MLS

FT Wednesday, July 3, 2019
LAFC WWWLW 5
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Sporting Kansas City DLWLL 1
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LAFC145
SKC011
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Match Report

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LAFC rebounds to defeat Sporting KC

Carlos Vela added to his MLS goal-scoring lead, while Christian Ramirez and Diego Rossi also added scores, as LAFC beat Sporting Kansas City.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
8
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
2
38.3
Possession
61.7
11
SHOTS
21
7
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
272
Accurate Passes
468
354
Passes
567
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
4
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
32
21
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
15
21
Effective Clearances
10
21
Clearances
10

Head to Head

SKC leads series 2-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 4Andreu FontàsCD-R
  4. 15Seth SinovicLB
  5. 14Nicolas HaslerRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 30Benny FeilhaberLM
  8. 21Felipe GutiérrezRM
  9. 9Krisztian NemethF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 12GersoRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Gianluca BusioSUB
  2. 16Graham SmithSUB
  3. 11Kelyn RoweSUB
  4. 24Gedion ZelalemSUB
  5. 2Botond BaráthSUB
  6. 1Adrián ZendejasSUB
  7. 10Yohan CroizetSUB

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 23Pablo SisniegaG
  2. 4Eddie SeguraCD-L
  3. 27Tristan BlackmonCD-R
  4. 2Jordan HarveyLB
  5. 3Steven BeitashourRB
  6. 20Eduard AtuestaCM
  7. 7Latif BlessingLM
  8. 14Mark-Anthony KayeRM
  9. 21Christian RamírezF
  10. 9Diego RossiLF
  11. 10Carlos VelaRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Dejan JankovićSUB
  2. 40Philip EjimaduSUB
  3. 99Adama DiomandéSUB
  4. 13Mohamed El-MunirSUB
  5. 22Rodolfo ZelayaSUB
  6. 18Joshua PérezSUB
  7. 24Lee NguyenSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Christian Ramirez (Los Angeles Football Club) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 34' Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 38' Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 48' Felipe Gutiérrez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 50' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Christian Ramirez.
  8. 57' Mark-Anthony Kaye (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 3. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
  10. 65' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gedion Zelalem replaces Benny Feilhaber.
  11. 66' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Lee Nguyen replaces Eduard Atuesta.
  12. 69' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Yohan Croizet replaces Felipe Gutiérrez.
  13. 75' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gianluca Busio replaces Krisztián Németh.
  14. 78' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Rodolfo Zelaya replaces Christian Ramirez.
  15. 80' Steven Beitashour (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  16. 82' Penalty saved! Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  17. 83' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Mohamed El-Munir replaces Jordan Harvey.
  18. 85' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Los Angeles Football Club 3. Yohan Croizet (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilie Sánchez with a through ball.
  19. 89' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Los Angeles Football Club 4. Rodolfo Zelaya (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
  20. 89' Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+1' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Los Angeles Football Club 5. Mohamed El-Munir (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lee Nguyen.

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