MLS

FT Sunday, October 7, 2012
Sporting Kansas City WDWDW 1
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Columbus Crew LLWLW 1
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SKC101
CLB011
Historic Crew Stadium · 13,566 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
52.5
Possession
47.5
14
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
292
Accurate Passes
240
372
Passes
342
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
5
25
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
67
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
19
40
Clearances
41

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-2

Lineups

CLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Andy GruenebaumG
  2. 26Julius JamesCD-L
  3. 14Chad MarshallCD-R
  4. 3Josh WilliamsLB
  5. 21Sebastián MirandaRB
  6. 10Milovan MirosevicLM
  7. 8Chris BirchallRM
  8. 25Jairo ArrietaF
  9. 33Federico HiguaínRCF
  10. 12Eddie GavenAM-L
  11. 9Justin MeramAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Tony TchaniSUB
  2. 32Nemanja VukovicSUB
  3. 28Matt LampsonSUB
  4. 20Emilio RenteríaSUB
  5. 16Eric GehrigSUB
  6. 11Dilly DukaSUB
  7. 17Olman VargasSUB

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. 20Oriol RosellSUB
  2. 14Dom DwyerSUB
  3. 11Bobby ConveySUB
  4. 18Eric KronbergSUB
  5. 78Aurélien CollinSUB
  6. 37Jacob PetersonSUB
  7. 2Michael HarringtonSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' C.J. Sapong (Sporting Kansas City) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Graham Zusi with a cross.
  2. 67' Foul by Julius James (Columbus Crew).
  3. 68' Julius James (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 69' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 84' Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Andy Gruenebaum.
  6. 87' Attempt missed. Federico Higuaín (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nemanja Vukovic.
  7. 90'+1' Paulo Nagamura (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  8. 90'+4' Delay over. They are ready to continue.

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