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FT Sunday, July 26, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps WLLWL 0
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Sporting Kansas City WLWWW 0
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Sporting Kansas City advance 3-1 on penalties

Match Report

Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports

Sporting Kansas City pips Vancouver Whitecaps in tense penalty shootout

Tim Melia stopped two of four penalty kicks as Sporting Kansas City defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps after a scoreless draw on Sunday night.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
12
8
Saves
5
37.1
Possession
62.9
8
SHOTS
37
5
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
207
Accurate Passes
389
290
Passes
470
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
13
9
Crosses
39
0.2
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
48
23
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
7
6
Effective Tackles
5
12
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
12
32
Effective Clearances
7
32
Clearances
7

Head to Head

SKC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 4Roberto PuncecCD-L
  3. 16Graham SmithCD-R
  4. 6Ilie SánchezDM
  5. 36Luís MartinsLB
  6. 8Graham ZusiRB
  7. 17Gadi KindaCM-L
  8. 15Roger EspinozaCM-R
  9. 11Khiry SheltonLM
  10. 7Johnny RussellRM
  11. 9Alan PulidoF

Substitutes

  1. 75Wan KuzainSUB
  2. 28Cameron DukeSUB
  3. 12GersoSUB
  4. 27Gianluca BusioSUB
  5. 5Matt BeslerSUB
  6. 1Richard SánchezSUB
  7. 26Jaylin LindseySUB
  8. 20Dániel SallóiSUB
  9. 13Amadou DiaSUB
  10. 22Winston ReidSUB
  11. 21Felipe HernàndezSUB
  12. 19Erik HurtadoSUB

VAN · 4-4-1-1

  1. 51Thomas HasalG
  2. 13Derek CorneliusCD-L
  3. 4Ranko VeselinovicCD-R
  4. 3Cristián GutiérrezLB
  5. 28Jakob NerwinskiRB
  6. 31Russell TeibertCM-L
  7. 17Leonard OwusuCM-R
  8. 53Ali Adnan KadhimLM
  9. 11Cristián DájomeRM
  10. 14Thelonius BairF
  11. 6Hwang In-BeomRCF

Substitutes

  1. 54Simon ColynSUB
  2. 27Ryan RaposoSUB
  3. 32Patrick MetcalfeSUB
  4. 55Michael BaldisimoSUB
  5. 29Yordy ReynaSUB
  6. 20Jasser KhmiriSUB
  7. 62Damiano PecileSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 47' Leonard Owusu (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Cristián Gutiérrez (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gianluca Busio replaces Roger Espinoza.
  5. 67' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gerso replaces Johnny Russell.
  6. 72' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Yordy Reyna replaces Hwang In-Beom.
  7. 79' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Khiry Shelton because of an injury.
  8. 90' Penalty Shootout begins Sporting Kansas City 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0.
  9. 97'

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