MLS

FT Saturday, August 18, 2018
Portland Timbers WWLLL 0
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Sporting Kansas City LLWWW 3
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Match Report

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

Diego Rubio scores twice as Sporting Kansas City blanks Portland Timbers

Diego Rubio scored twice to set the tone as Sporting Kansas City did everything right in rolling to a 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
6
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
4
7
Saves
1
36.7
Possession
63.3
7
SHOTS
25
1
ON GOAL
10
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
332
Accurate Passes
639
408
Passes
712
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
0
7
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.0
63
Long Balls
63
36
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
12
9
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
15
18
Effective Clearances
9
18
Clearances
9

Head to Head

SKC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 3Ike OparaCD-R
  4. 15Seth SinovicLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 21Felipe GutiérrezLM
  8. 17Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 11Diego RubioF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 12GersoRF

POR · 3-5-2

  1. 1Jeff AttinellaG
  2. 13Lawrence OlumCD
  3. 18Julio CascanteCD-L
  4. 33Larrys MabialaCD-R
  5. 22Cristhian ParedesCM-L
  6. 14Andres FloresCM-R
  7. 20David GuzmánAM
  8. 32Marco FarfanLM
  9. 16Zarek ValentinRM
  10. 99Samuel ArmenterosCF-L
  11. 8Diego ValeriCF-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Portland Timbers 0. Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
  2. 37' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Portland Timbers 0. Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
  3. 45' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Bill Poni Tuiloma replaces Larrys Mabiala.
  4. 51' Julio Cascante (Portland Timbers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 57' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Sebastián Blanco replaces Cristhian Paredes.
  6. 60' Zarek Valentin (Portland Timbers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces Dániel Sallói.
  8. 73' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Krisztián Németh replaces Diego Rubio.
  9. 81' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Yohan Croizet replaces Felipe Gutiérrez.
  10. 81' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Tomás Conechny replaces Diego Valeri.
  11. 89' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, Portland Timbers 0. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Krisztián Németh with a through ball.

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