Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo FC, 2022 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSWalter, Melia help Sporting KC beat Dynamo 1-0
— Remi Walter’s goal and Tim Melia’s two saves led Sporting Kansas City to a 1-0 win Saturday over the Houston Dynamo.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 1': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Attempt missed. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Logan Ndenbe.
- 3': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Adam Lundqvist.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Felipe Hernández.
- 4': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 12': Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 12': Foul by Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 18': Foul by Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 18': Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 19': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Sebastián Ferreira.
- 20': Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 23': Attempt blocked. Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastián Ferreira.
- 23': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 23': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Attempt missed. Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
- 26': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 28': Foul by Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City).
- 28': Zarek Valentin (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Zarek Valentin (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 29': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 29': Foul by Zarek Valentin (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 32': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Adam Lundqvist.
- 33': Foul by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
- 33': Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Khiry Shelton.
- 39': Foul by Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 39': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 39': Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 42': Foul by Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 42': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 45': Foul by Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 45': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 0, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
- 47': Attempt missed. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
- 49': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Felipe Hernández.
- 51': Attempt saved. Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fafà Picault.
- 53': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Tim Parker tries a through ball, but Fafà Picault is caught offside.
- 55': Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City).
- 55': Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Graham Zusi.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
- 60': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 63': Attempt saved. Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fafà Picault with a through ball.
- 64': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Isimat-Mirin.
- 64': Foul by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
- 64': Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Adalberto Carrasquilla replaces Darwin Cerén.
- 66': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Darwin Quintero replaces Memo Rodríguez.
- 66': Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 66': Foul by Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 66': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked.
- 72': Foul by Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 72': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Tyler Pasher replaces Corey Baird.
- 76': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Thorleifur Úlfarsson replaces Sebastián Ferreira.
- 77': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis replaces Khiry Shelton because of an injury.
- 77': Hand ball by Daniel Steres (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 78': Attempt missed. Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 79': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Johnny Russell.
- 81': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 81': Attempt saved. Tyler Pasher (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
- 82': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Cam Duke replaces Felipe Hernández.
- 83': Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Foul by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
- 83': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Foul by Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 86': Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Zeca replaces Zarek Valentin.
- 87': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
- 87': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Tim Parker.
- 87': Attempt saved. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Sporting Kansas City) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rémi Walter with a cross.
- 88': Foul by Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 88': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Johnny Russell following a set piece situation.
- 90'+2': Foul by Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 90'+2': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
Statistics
 HOU |
SKC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 41.7 | Possession | 58.3 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 324 | Accurate Passes | 483 |
| 396 | Passes | 553 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 10 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 35 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 14 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 14 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 18 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 18,872
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 18,872
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | +18 | 21 |
| 2 | San Jose Earthquakes | 7 | +11 | 18 |
| 3 | LAFC | 7 | +13 | 16 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 7 | +7 | 16 |
Line-Ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 29 | Tim Melia (GK) |
| 3 | Andreu Fontàs |
| 5 | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin |
| 18 | Logan Ndenbe |
| 8 | Graham Zusi |
| 54 | Rémi Walter |
| 21 | Felipe Hernàndez |
| 15 | Roger Espinoza  |
| 11 | Khiry Shelton |
| 20 | Dániel Sallói |
| 7 | Johnny Russell |
Houston Dynamo FC (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Steve Clark (GK) |
| 2 | Daniel Steres |
| 5 | Tim Parker |
| 3 | Adam Lundkvist |
| 4 | Zarek Valentin |
| 22 | Matías Vera |
| 8 | Memo Rodríguez |
| 24 | Darwin Cerén |
| 9 | Sebastián Ferreira |
| 10 | Fafà Picault |
| 11 | Corey Baird |
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