MLS

FT Thursday, October 27, 2016
Sporting Kansas City LDWWL 0
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Seattle Sounders FC WDLWW 1
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Lumen Field · 36,151 att.

Match Report

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Nelson Valdez scores late as the Seattle Sounders beat Sporting KC

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
7
50.5
Possession
49.5
12
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
276
Accurate Passes
258
386
Passes
366
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.3
76
Long Balls
63
30
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
5
24
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
20
25
Clearances
20

Highlights

01:57 Video via MLS: Seattle 1-0 Sporting KC Watch on ESPN 00:23 Video via MLS: Valdez buries the winner Watch on ESPN 05:51 Video via MLS: How Seattle bested SKC Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Stefan FreiG
  2. 14Chad MarshallCD-L
  3. 29Román TorresCD-R
  4. 33Joevin JonesLB
  5. 4Tyrone MearsRB
  6. 10Nicolás LodeiroAM
  7. 8Erik FribergLM
  8. 6Osvaldo AlonsoRM
  9. 13Jordan MorrisF
  10. 21Álvaro FernándezAM-L
  11. 7Cristian RoldanAM-R

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 4Kevin EllisCD-R
  4. 15Seth SinovicLB
  5. 17Saad Abdul-SalaamRB
  6. 93Soni MustivarCM
  7. 6Paulo NagamuraLM
  8. 10Benny FeilhaberRM
  9. 14Dom DwyerF
  10. 27Roger EspinozaLF
  11. 8Graham ZusiRF

Timeline

  1. 32' Osvaldo Alonso (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 63' Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 71' Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 79' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Nelson Valdez replaces Erik Friberg.
  5. 86' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Brad Evans replaces Álvaro Fernández.
  6. 88' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Nelson Valdez (Seattle Sounders FC) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joevin Jones with a cross.
  7. 90' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jimmy Medranda replaces Seth Sinovic.
  8. 90'+2' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Peterson replaces Paulo Nagamura.
  9. 90'+3' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.

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