MLS

FT Sunday, July 3, 2016
Columbus Crew LWDDL 2
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Sporting Kansas City DWWDL 3
1st2ndT
CLB112
SKC033
Children's Mercy Park · 19,332 att.

Match Report

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Sporting KC rallies to beat Columbus Crew SC with Matt Besler winner

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
3
45.9
Possession
54.1
6
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
9
0.8
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
237
Accurate Passes
326
341
Passes
400
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
17
0.0
Cross %
0.4
66
Long Balls
64
26
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
12
20
Clearances
18

Head to Head

SKC leads series 4-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 16Lawrence OlumCD-L
  3. 3Ike OparaCD-R
  4. 94Jimmy MedrandaLB
  5. 17Saad Abdul-SalaamRB
  6. 93Soni MustivarCM
  7. 10Benny FeilhaberLM
  8. 27Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 14Dom DwyerF
  10. 8Graham ZusiLF
  11. 37Jacob PetersonRF

CLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Steve ClarkG
  2. 2Tyson WahlCD-L
  3. 4M ParkhurstCD-R
  4. 3Corey AsheLB
  5. 25Harrison AffulRB
  6. 16Hector JimenezAM
  7. 6Tony TchaniLM
  8. 20Wil TrappRM
  9. 17Ola KamaraF
  10. 9Justin MeramAM-L
  11. 13Ethan FinlayAM-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Columbus Crew SC 1. Ola Kamara (Columbus Crew SC) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harrison Afful.
  3. 48' Tyson Wahl (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the red card.
  4. 49' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Columbus Crew SC 1. Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 50' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Chad Barson replaces Héctor Jiménez.
  6. 51' Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 54' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Matt Besler replaces Lawrence Olum.
  8. 56' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Columbus Crew SC 1. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roger Espinoza with a headed pass.
  9. 66' Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 73' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Dilly Duka replaces Wil Trapp.
  11. 75' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Columbus Crew SC 2. Ola Kamara (Columbus Crew SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tony Tchani with a through ball.
  12. 78' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Brad Davis replaces Jacob Peterson.
  13. 78' Substitution, Columbus Crew SC. Rodrigo Saravia replaces Justin Meram.
  14. 82' Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Justin Mapp replaces Benny Feilhaber.
  16. 84' Jimmy Medranda (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+1' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, Columbus Crew SC 2. Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ike Opara with a headed pass following a corner.

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