MLS

FT Saturday, May 19, 2012
Sporting Kansas City WLLLD 2
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Colorado Rapids WLWLD 2
1st2ndT
SKC202
COL022
Dick's Sporting Goods Park · 15,269 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
2
46.5
Possession
53.5
12
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
293
Accurate Passes
348
391
Passes
451
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
7
21
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.3
75
Long Balls
49
40
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
15
33
Clearances
20

Head to Head

SKC leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

COL · 4-3-3

  1. 18Matthew PickensG
  2. 3Drew MoorCD-L
  3. 34Tyrone MarshallCD-R
  4. 2Hunter FreemanLB
  5. 27Kosuke KimuraRB
  6. 4Jeff LarentowiczCM
  7. 23Jaime CastrillónLM
  8. 10Martin RiveroRM
  9. 32Tony CascioF
  10. 9Conor CaseyLF
  11. 15Wells ThompsonRF

Substitutes

  1. 31Steward CeusSUB
  2. 19Andre AkpanSUB
  3. 39Harrison HenaoSUB
  4. 29Scott PalgutaSUB
  5. 13Kamani HillSUB
  6. 37Luis Eduardo SchmidtSUB
  7. 21Luis ZapataSUB

SKC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jimmy NielsenG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 78Aurélien CollinCD-R
  4. 16Seth SinovicLB
  5. 7Chance MyersRB
  6. 6Paulo NagamuraLM
  7. 55Julio CesarRM
  8. 9Teal BunburyF
  9. 8Graham ZusiRCF
  10. 11Bobby ConveyAM-L
  11. 23Kei KamaraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Jon KempinSUB
  2. 37Jacob PetersonSUB
  3. 13Lawrence OlumSUB
  4. 19Peterson JosephSUB
  5. 3Korede AiyegbusiSUB
  6. 17C.J. SapongSUB
  7. 2Michael HarringtonSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Colorado Rapids 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Teal Bunbury (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Seth Sinovic with a cross.
  2. 14' Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Matt Pickens.
  3. 51' Martin Rivero (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  4. 52' Bobby Convey (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Bobby Convey tries a through ball, but Teal Bunbury is caught offside.
  6. 60' Attempt saved. Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  7. 68' Attempt missed. Tony Cascio (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Wells Thompson.
  8. 77' Jacob Peterson (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  9. 78' Foul by Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City).
  10. 87' Jacob Peterson (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  11. 89' Attempt missed. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.

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