MLS

FT Saturday, February 29, 2020
Sporting Kansas City LLDLW 3
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Vancouver Whitecaps WDWLL 1
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SKC213
VAN101
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Match Report

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Newcomers help SKC defeat Whitecaps

Sporting Kansas City reaped the benefits of a busy offseason as Alan Pulido and Gadi Kinda scored in the first half of their MLS debuts for SKC, whi

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
1
51.9
Possession
48.1
11
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
422
Accurate Passes
395
506
Passes
474
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
64
30
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
13
Effective Tackles
9
24
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
16
15
Effective Clearances
23
15
Clearances
23

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VAN · 4-4-2

  1. 16Maxime CrépeauG
  2. 13Derek CorneliusCD-L
  3. 20Jasser KhmiriCD-R
  4. 53Ali Adnan KadhimLB
  5. 28Jakob NerwinskiRB
  6. 31Russell TeibertCM-L
  7. 6Hwang In-BeomCM-R
  8. 7Manuel MilinkovicLM
  9. 11Cristián DájomeRM
  10. 29Yordy ReynaCF-L
  11. 9Lucas CavalliniCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Fredy MonteroSUB
  2. 3Cristián GutiérrezSUB
  3. 15Andy RoseSUB
  4. 87Tosaint RickettsSUB
  5. 1Bryan MeredithSUB
  6. 32Patrick MetcalfeSUB
  7. 14Thelonius BairSUB

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 4Roberto PuncecCD-R
  4. 36Luís MartinsLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 15Roger EspinozaLM
  8. 17Gadi KindaRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 7Johnny RussellLF
  11. 11Khiry SheltonRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Richard SánchezSUB
  2. 19Erik HurtadoSUB
  3. 26Jaylin LindseySUB
  4. 27Gianluca BusioSUB
  5. 20Dániel SallóiSUB
  6. 12GersoSUB
  7. 2Botond BaráthSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Puncec with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  3. 23' Derek Cornelius (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 28' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Jake Nerwinski (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Milinkovic.
  5. 39' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 2. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Luis Martins.
  6. 57' Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Fredy Montero replaces David Milinkovic.
  8. 71' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gerso replaces Johnny Russell.
  9. 80' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Tosaint Ricketts replaces Cristian Dájome.
  10. 90' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gianluca Busio replaces Gadi Kinda.
  11. 90' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Hurtado replaces Alan Pulido because of an injury.
  12. 90'+5' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 3. Erik Hurtado (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gerso.

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