MLS

San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City, 2021 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
San Jose Earthquakes
  • 4': Javier López
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1 - 3
Sporting Kansas City
  • 15': Jaylin Lindsey
  • 60': Alan Pulido
  • 75': Dániel Sallói

Alan Pulido helps Sporting Kansas City edge San Jose Earthquakes

Alan Pulido's third goal in two matches lifted visiting Sporting Kansas City to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Jaylin Lindsey.
  • 4': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross following a corner.
  • 7': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 8': Foul by Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 8': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 10': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 14': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 15': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paul Marie.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gianluca Busio following a fast break.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Marie with a cross.
  • 25': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 27': Attempt saved. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tommy Thompson.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
  • 33': Foul by Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 33': Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Attempt saved. Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is saved in the top left corner.
  • 37': Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 39': Attempt saved. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
  • 40': Foul by Kaveh Rad (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 40': Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 40': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Kaveh Rad.
  • 43': Offside, San Jose Earthquakes. Javier López tries a through ball, but Andrés Ríos is caught offside.
  • 44': Foul by Andrés Ríos (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 44': Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Oswaldo Alanís.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Gianluca Busio with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 1.
  • 46': Foul by Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 46': Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 49': Foul by Andrés Ríos (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 49': Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Andrés Ríos (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 51': Hand ball by Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 52': Attempt saved. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Javier López.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 53': Foul by Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 53': Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 54': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ilie Sánchez.
  • 55': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Kaveh Rad.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Andrés Ríos (San Jose Earthquakes) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Javier López.
  • 60': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 2. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
  • 63': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Rémi Walter replaces Roger Espinoza.
  • 63': Attempt saved. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gadi Kinda.
  • 63': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Rémi Walter tries a through ball, but Gadi Kinda is caught offside.
  • 65': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Chris Wondolowski replaces Andrés Ríos.
  • 65': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Carlos Fierro replaces Javier López.
  • 66': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Shea Salinas replaces Tommy Thompson.
  • 69': Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 71': Attempt missed. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rémi Walter.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luis Martins with a cross.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paul Marie.
  • 74': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Luciano Abecasis replaces Paul Marie because of an injury.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Carlos Fierro (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shea Salinas.
  • 75': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 3. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
  • 77': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ilie Sánchez.
  • 77': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Alan Pulido.
  • 77': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Alan Pulido.
  • 82': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamin Kikanovic replaces Cade Cowell.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jackson Yueill.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 84': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Tim Melia.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Florian Jungwirth (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Shea Salinas (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Chris Wondolowski.
  • 87': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by James Marcinkowski.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Wondolowski.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 90': Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces Alan Pulido because of an injury.
  • 90'+4': Hand ball by Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Shea Salinas (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Jungwirth with a cross.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 3.
  • 0': Match ends, San Jose Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 3.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 8
4 Saves 4
42.6 Possession 57.4
15 SHOTS 16
7 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
326 Accurate Passes 423
392 Passes 510
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 7
9 Crosses 23
0.3 Cross % 0.3
49 Long Balls 73
23 Accurate Long Balls 39
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 4
12 Effective Tackles 9
17 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
13 Interceptions 9
21 Effective Clearances 8
21 Clearances 8

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: PayPal Park
Location: San Jose, California, USA

MLS Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 LAFC 5 +8 13
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 5 +12 12
3 San Jose Earthquakes 5 +6 12
4 San Diego FC 5 +8 11
Full Table

Line-Ups

SJ San Jose Earthquakes (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 JT Marcinkowski (GK)
4 Oswaldo Alanís
23 Florian Jungwirth
3 Paul Marie
22 Tommy Thompson
9 Javier López
5 Eric Remedi
14 Jackson Yueill
25 Andrés Ríos Yellow Card
44 Cade Cowell
10 Cristian Espinoza
San Jose Earthquakes Substitutes:
Daniel Vega, Chris Wondolowski, Judson, Luciano Abecasis, Benjamin Kikanovic, Shea Salinas, Carlos Fierro, Tanner Beason, Jack Skahan.

SKC Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)

No. Name
29 Tim Melia (GK)
48 Kaveh Rad
6 Ilie Sánchez
36 Luís Martins
2 Jaylin Lindsey
10 Gianluca Busio
17 Gadi Kinda
15 Roger Espinoza
9 Alan Pulido
20 Dániel Sallói
11 Khiry Shelton
Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:
Felipe Hernàndez, Amadou Dia, Roberto Puncec, Johnny Russell, John Pulskamp, Graham Smith, Rémi Walter, Wilson Harris, Cameron Duke.

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