MLS

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.

Full story at ESPN →

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

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

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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