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FT Saturday, April 17, 2021
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Match Report

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Sporting Kansas City get back-to-back goals to top New York Red Bulls

Sporting KC scored a pair of goals in back-to-back minutes to defeat NYRB 2-1 in the season-opening battle of original MLS clubs on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
1
49
Possession
51
8
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
295
Accurate Passes
302
434
Passes
455
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.3
81
Long Balls
79
36
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
22
30
Effective Clearances
17
30
Clearances
17

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RBNY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Carlos CoronelG
  2. 33Aaron LongCD-L
  3. 15Sean NealisCD-R
  4. 5Andrew GutmanLB
  5. 6Kyle DuncanRB
  6. 42Brian WhiteAM
  7. 44Youba DiarraLM
  8. 27Sean DavisRM
  9. 9FábioF
  10. 37Caden ClarkAM-L
  11. 23Cristian Cásseres Jr.AM-R

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 1John PulskampG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 5Nicolas Isimat-MirinCD-R
  4. 36Luís MartinsLB
  5. 2Jaylin LindseyRB
  6. 54Rémi WalterCM
  7. 15Roger EspinozaLM
  8. 17Gadi KindaRM
  9. 10Gianluca BusioF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 11Khiry SheltonRF

Timeline

  1. 9' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 41' Youba Diarra (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Goal! New York Red Bulls 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Caden Clark (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  4. 54' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Florian Valot replaces Youba Diarra.
  5. 59' Goal! New York Red Bulls 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  6. 60' Goal! New York Red Bulls 1, Sporting Kansas City 2. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  7. 61' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Tom Barlow replaces Brian White.
  8. 72' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Wikelman Carmona replaces Cristian Cásseres Jr.
  9. 72' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Daniel Royer replaces Fábio.
  10. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces Dániel Sallói.
  11. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Alan Pulido replaces Gadi Kinda.
  12. 89' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Hernandez replaces Roger Espinoza because of an injury.

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