MLS

FT Friday, September 28, 2012
Chicago Fire FC WWWWL 0
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Sporting Kansas City WDWDW 2
1st2ndT
CHI000
SKC112
Children's Mercy Park · 21,010 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
1
40.6
Possession
59.4
9
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
6
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
241
Accurate Passes
408
324
Passes
490
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
17
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.4
43
Long Balls
57
22
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
16
24
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
19
32
Clearances
40

Head to Head

CHI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jimmy NielsenG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 13Lawrence OlumCD-R
  4. 16Seth SinovicLB
  5. 7Chance MyersRB
  6. 55Julio CesarCM
  7. 15Roger EspinozaLM
  8. 6Paulo NagamuraRM
  9. 8Graham ZusiF
  10. 17C.J. SapongLF
  11. 23Kei KamaraRF

Substitutes

  1. 2Michael HarringtonSUB
  2. 19Peterson JosephSUB
  3. 20Oriol RosellSUB
  4. 18Eric KronbergSUB
  5. 22Soony SaadSUB
  6. 14Dom DwyerSUB
  7. 78Aurélien CollinSUB

CHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Sean JohnsonG
  2. 22Austin BerryCD-L
  3. 23Arne FriedrichCD-R
  4. 13Gonzalo SegaresLB
  5. 6Jalil AnibabaRB
  6. 71Alex LimaLM
  7. 12Logan PauseRM
  8. 7Sherjill MacdonaldF
  9. 18Chris RolfeRCF
  10. 14Patrick NyarkoAM-L
  11. 4Álvaro FernándezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Guillermo FrancoSUB
  2. 70Paolo TornaghiSUB
  3. 8Dominic OduroSUB
  4. 19Corben BoneSUB
  5. 15Wells ThompsonSUB
  6. 11Daniel PaladiniSUB
  7. 3Dan GarganSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Chicago Fire 0. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kei Kamara with a cross.
  2. 23' Arne Friedrich (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  4. 70' Patrick Nyarko (Chicago Fire) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 71' Paulo Nagamura (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Gonzalo Segares (Chicago Fire FC) Yellow Card at 72'
  7. 80' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  8. 90'+4' Second yellow card to Gonzalo Segares (Chicago Fire) for a bad foul.
  9. 90'+6' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Chicago Fire 0. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by C.J. Sapong with a headed pass.

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