MLS

FT Sunday, May 27, 2012
San Jose Earthquakes WLDDW 1
–
Sporting Kansas City WLLLD 2
1st2ndT
SJ011
SKC202
Children's Mercy Park · 19,974 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
53.9
Possession
46.1
7
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
327
Accurate Passes
268
420
Passes
356
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
8
11
Crosses
22
0.0
Cross %
0.4
61
Long Balls
53
24
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
11
19
Clearances
21

Head to Head

SKC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jimmy NielsenG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 78Aurélien CollinCD-R
  4. 16Seth SinovicLB
  5. 7Chance MyersRB
  6. 55Julio CesarLM
  7. 15Roger EspinozaRM
  8. 9Teal BunburyF
  9. 8Graham ZusiRCF
  10. 17C.J. SapongAM-L
  11. 23Kei KamaraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Lawrence OlumSUB
  2. 37Jacob PetersonSUB
  3. 2Michael HarringtonSUB
  4. 6Paulo NagamuraSUB
  5. 21Jon KempinSUB
  6. 19Peterson JosephSUB
  7. 14Dom DwyerSUB

SJ · 4-5-1

  1. 18Jon BuschG
  2. 15Justin MorrowCD-L
  3. 21Jason HernandezCD-R
  4. 12Ramiro CorralesLB
  5. 33Steven BeitashourRB
  6. 7Khari StephensonCM-L
  7. 5Brad RingCM-R
  8. 10Simon DawkinsAM
  9. 81Marvin ChávezLM
  10. 30Rafael BacaRM
  11. 16Alan GordonF

Substitutes

  1. 55Ike OparaSUB
  2. 14Jean-Marc AlexandreSUB
  3. 9Sercan GüvenisikSUB
  4. 1David BinghamSUB
  5. 11Malher MorenoSUB
  6. 27César Díaz PizarroSUB
  7. 4Sam CroninSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0. C.J. Sapong (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kei Kamara with a cross.
  2. 23' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Michael Harrington replaces Seth Sinovic because of an injury.
  3. 29' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Kei Kamara (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Harrington with a cross.
  5. 45' Alan Gordon (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Teal Bunbury (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  7. 61' Jason Hernandez (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Foul by C.J. Sapong (Sporting Kansas City).
  9. 71' Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Graham Zusi tries a through ball, but Teal Bunbury is caught offside.
  10. 72' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Tressor Moreno replaces Brad Ring.
  11. 74' Tressor Moreno (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  12. 79' Simon Dawkins (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  13. 90'+2' Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Jason Hernandez.
  14. 90'+3' Jimmy Nielsen (Sporting Kansas City) Yellow Card at 93'

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