MLS

FT Saturday, April 7, 2012
LA Galaxy DLLWL 0
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Sporting Kansas City LWWWW 1
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SKC101
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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
0
40.1
Possession
59.9
4
SHOTS
14
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
193
Accurate Passes
371
310
Passes
480
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
63
20
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
11
15
Effective Clearances
15
24
Clearances
24

Head to Head

series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

SKC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jimmy NielsenG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 78Aurélien CollinCD-R
  4. 16Seth SinovicLB
  5. 7Chance MyersRB
  6. 8Graham ZusiAM
  7. 15Roger EspinozaLM
  8. 55Julio CesarRM
  9. 17C.J. SapongF
  10. 11Bobby ConveyAM-L
  11. 23Kei KamaraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Lawrence OlumSUB
  2. 32Luke SassanoSUB
  3. 9Teal BunburySUB
  4. 2Michael HarringtonSUB
  5. 6Paulo NagamuraSUB
  6. 21Jon KempinSUB
  7. 37Jacob PetersonSUB

LA · 4-4-2

  1. 12Josh SaundersG
  2. 20A.J. DeLaGarzaCD-L
  3. 21Tommy MeyerCD-R
  4. 2Todd DunivantLB
  5. 5Sean FranklinRB
  6. 26Michael StephensCM-L
  7. 19JuninhoCM-R
  8. 18Mike MageeLM
  9. 10Landon DonovanRM
  10. 7Robbie KeaneCF-L
  11. 14Edson BuddleCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Bill GaudetteSUB
  2. 8Marcelo SarvasSUB
  3. 9Chad BarrettSUB
  4. 28Kyle NakazawaSUB
  5. 29Andrew BoyensSUB
  6. 6Bryan JordanSUB
  7. 11Pat NoonanSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Los Angeles Galaxy 0. Kei Kamara (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bobby Convey with a cross.
  2. 56' Attempt saved. Kei Kamara (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Graham Zusi.
  3. 69' Foul by Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City).
  4. 72' Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Todd Dunivant.
  5. 77' Attempt missed. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kei Kamara.
  6. 78' Substitution, Los Angeles Galaxy. Marcelo Sarvas replaces Michael Stephens because of an injury.
  7. 87' Attempt blocked. Mike Magee (Los Angeles Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  8. 90' Kei Kamara (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

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