MLS

FT Saturday, April 21, 2012
Sporting Kansas City WWWWL 0
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Portland Timbers LLLLW 1
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SKC000
POR101
Providence Park · 20,438 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
2
58.6
Possession
41.4
16
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
298
Accurate Passes
183
387
Passes
276
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.2
78
Long Balls
56
52
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
16
27
Clearances
29

Head to Head

SKC leads series 2-0

Lineups

POR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Troy PerkinsG
  2. 5Eric BrunnerCD-L
  3. 33Hanyer MosqueraCD-R
  4. 4Mike ChabalaLB
  5. 25Steve PurdyRB
  6. 30Lovel PalmerCM-L
  7. 13Jack JewsburyCM-R
  8. 21Diego CharáLM
  9. 6Darlington NagbeRM
  10. 9Kris BoydCF-L
  11. 15Jorge PerlazaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 35Andrew Jean-BaptisteSUB
  2. 16Brent RichardsSUB
  3. 28Freddie BraunSUB
  4. 40Brian RoweSUB
  5. 17Eric AlexanderSUB
  6. 8Franck Songo'oSUB
  7. 19Bright DikeSUB

SKC · 4-2-3-1

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

Substitutes

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

Timeline

  1. 22' Steve Purdy (Portland Timbers) Yellow Card at 22'
  2. 41' Attempt missed. Mike Chabala (Portland Timbers) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kris Boyd with a headed pass.
  3. 44' Lovel Palmer (Portland Timbers) Yellow Card at 44'
  4. 66' Steve Purdy (Portland Timbers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 71' Hand ball by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
  6. 76' Attempt missed. Kris Boyd (Portland Timbers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Mike Chabala with a cross.
  7. 78' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  8. 81' Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 84' Foul by Jorge Perlaza (Portland Timbers).
  10. 88' Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) Yellow Card at 88'
  11. 89' Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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