MLS

FT Saturday, June 29, 2019
Sporting Kansas City DDLWL 0
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Real Salt Lake LLLDW 2
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Match Report

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Johnson's brace leads Real Salt Lake past Sporting KC

Sam Johnson netted a brace and Real Salt Lake remained in the thick of the playoff chase with a 2-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
1
5
Saves
3
54.4
Possession
45.6
11
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
305
Accurate Passes
249
397
Passes
337
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
0
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
7
0.0
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
74
30
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
4
11
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
12
9
Effective Clearances
23
9
Clearances
23

Head to Head

SKC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RSL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Nick RimandoG
  2. 14Nedum OnuohaCD-L
  3. 15Justen GladCD-R
  4. 4Danny ToiaLB
  5. 22Aaron HerreraRB
  6. 8Damir KreilachAM
  7. 5Kyle BeckermanLM
  8. 25Everton LuizRM
  9. 50Sam JohnsonF
  10. 23Sebastian SaucedoAM-L
  11. 11Albert RusnákAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Brooks LennonSUB
  2. 13Nick BeslerSUB
  3. 10Joao PlataSUB
  4. 17Corey BairdSUB
  5. 30Marcelo SilvaSUB
  6. 51Andrew PutnaSUB
  7. 21Tate SchmittSUB

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 2Botond BaráthCD-R
  4. 15Seth SinovicLB
  5. 14Nicolas HaslerRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 24Gedion ZelalemLM
  8. 21Felipe GutiérrezRM
  9. 9Krisztian NemethF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 12GersoRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Yohan CroizetSUB
  2. 4Andreu FontàsSUB
  3. 30Benny FeilhaberSUB
  4. 11Kelyn RoweSUB
  5. 75Wan KuzainSUB
  6. 16Graham SmithSUB
  7. 1Adrián ZendejasSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Real Salt Lake 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Sam Johnson (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Beckerman following a corner.
  2. 29' Goal! Real Salt Lake 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Sam Johnson (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Damir Kreilach following a fast break.
  3. 38' Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Yohan Croizet replaces Krisztián Németh.
  6. 61' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Brooks Lennon replaces Sebastián Saucedo.
  7. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Andreu Fontàs replaces Botond Baráth because of an injury.
  8. 66' Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 67' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Corey Baird replaces Sam Johnson because of an injury.
  10. 71' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Benny Feilhaber replaces Ilie Sánchez.
  11. 86' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Tate Schmitt replaces Albert Rusnák.
  13. 90'+2' Everton Luiz (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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