U.S. Open Cup

FT Wednesday, August 9, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes LLWWL 1
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Sporting Kansas City WDWDW 1
1st2nd3rd4thOTT
SJ10-1041
SKC10-1051
Sporting Kansas City win 5-4 on penalties · Children's Mercy Park · 16,193 att.

Match Report

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Sporting KC beats San Jose on penalties in USOC semis

Sporting Kansas City beat the San Jose Earthquakes 5-4 on penalties on Wednesday night to reach the finals of the U.S. Open Cup.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
15
11
Saves
2
32.3
Possession
67.7
11
SHOTS
31
3
ON GOAL
12
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
281
Accurate Passes
670
364
Passes
753
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
8
Crosses
35
0.1
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
73
25
Accurate Long Balls
52
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
6
Blocked Shots
8
26
Effective Tackles
15
40
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
9
37
Clearances
9

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 3Ike OparaCD-R
  4. 94Jimmy MedrandaLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 10Benny FeilhaberLM
  8. 27Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 11Diego RubioF
  10. 9Latif BlessingLF
  11. 7GersoRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Dániel SallóiSUB
  2. 1Adrián ZendejasSUB
  3. 2Erik Palmer-BrownSUB
  4. 22Soony SaadSUB
  5. 4Kevin EllisSUB
  6. 93Soni MustivarSUB
  7. 17Saad Abdul-SalaamSUB

SJ · 3-5-2

  1. 28Andrew TarbellG
  2. 15Andres ImperialeCD
  3. 23Florian JungwirthCD-L
  4. 3Francois AffolterCD-R
  5. 22Tommy ThompsonCM-L
  6. 14Jackson YueillCM-R
  7. 17Darwin CerénAM
  8. 6Shea SalinasLM
  9. 24Nick LimaRM
  10. 11Valeri QazaishviliCF-L
  11. 9Danny HoesenCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Quincy AmarikwaSUB
  2. 5Víctor BernárdezSUB
  3. 18Kip ColveySUB
  4. 27Fatai AlasheSUB
  5. 1David BinghamSUB
  6. 2Kofi SarkodieSUB
  7. 8Chris WondolowskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Danny Hoesen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Valeri Qazaishvili.
  2. 32' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jimmy Medranda.
  3. 70' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Fatai Alashe replaces Tommy Thompson.
  4. 73' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Chris Wondolowski replaces Danny Hoesen.
  5. 74' Darwin Cerén (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Gerso Fernandes.
  7. 90'
  8. 92' Francois Affolter (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 103' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Víctor Bernárdez replaces Francois Affolter because of an injury.
  10. 105'+1' First Half Extra Time ends, Sporting Kansas City 1, San Jose Earthquakes 1.
  11. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins Sporting Kansas City 1, San Jose Earthquakes 1.
  12. 111' Andrés Imperiale (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 119' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Saad Abdul-Salaam replaces Graham Zusi.
  14. 120'+3'
  15. 120'
  16. 120' Penalty Shootout ends, Sporting Kansas City 1(5), San Jose Earthquakes 1(4).

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