MLS

FT Saturday, April 20, 2019
Sporting Kansas City LDLDL 1
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San Jose Earthquakes LLWLW 4
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Match Report

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

Earthquakes pummel Sporting Kansas City as Danny Hoesen scores brace

Danny Hoesen scored twice in the first 12 minutes, and the San Jose Earthquakes poured it on in a 4-1 defeat of visiting Sporting Kansas City.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
48.3
Possession
51.7
17
SHOTS
14
7
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
314
Accurate Passes
362
408
Passes
450
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.6
49
Long Balls
68
20
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
10
17
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
17
8
Effective Clearances
24
8
Clearances
24

Head to Head

SKC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SJ · 4-1-4-1

  1. 17Daniel VegaG
  2. 23Florian JungwirthCD-L
  3. 31Harold CummingsCD-R
  4. 20Aníbal GodoyDM
  5. 24Nick LimaLB
  6. 22Tommy ThompsonRB
  7. 14Jackson YueillCM-L
  8. 7Magnus ErikssonCM-R
  9. 6Shea SalinasLM
  10. 10Cristian EspinozaRM
  11. 9Danny HoesenF

SKC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 2Botond BaráthCD-R
  4. 6Ilie SánchezDM
  5. 10Yohan CroizetLB
  6. 8Graham ZusiRB
  7. 21Felipe GutiérrezCM-L
  8. 13Gianluca BusioCM-R
  9. 12GersoLM
  10. 7Johnny RussellRM
  11. 9Krisztian NemethF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Danny Hoesen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aníbal Godoy with a through ball.
  2. 12' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Danny Hoesen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jackson Yueill with a through ball.
  3. 14' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field stands.
  4. 15' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Abdul Rwatubyaye replaces Matt Besler because of an injury.
  5. 26' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Krisztián Németh (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot is too high. Krisztián Németh should be disappointed.
  6. 45'+2' Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+5' Aníbal Godoy (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 46' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 3, Sporting Kansas City 0. Shea Salinas (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Magnus Eriksson.
  9. 48' Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 54' Yohan Croizet (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 54' Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 57' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Gianluca Busio.
  13. 61' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 4, Sporting Kansas City 0. Magnus Eriksson (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  14. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Kelyn Rowe replaces Ilie Sánchez.
  15. 66' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 4, Sporting Kansas City 1. Felipe Gutiérrez (Sporting Kansas City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  16. 70' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Judson replaces Tommy Thompson.
  17. 80' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Paul Marie replaces Cristian Espinoza.
  18. 80' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Chris Wondolowski replaces Danny Hoesen.

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