MLS

FT Saturday, March 5, 2022
Houston Dynamo FC LLLLD 0
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Sporting Kansas City LLWLL 1
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Match Report

Walter, 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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 5Nicolas Isimat-MirinCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 54Rémi WalterCM
  7. 21Felipe HernàndezLM
  8. 15Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 11Khiry SheltonF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Marinos TzionisSUB
  2. 12Kortne FordSUB
  3. 25Osvaldo CisnerosSUB
  4. 28Cameron DukeSUB
  5. 24Kayden PierreSUB
  6. 4Robert VoloderSUB
  7. 2Ben SweatSUB
  8. 17Jake DavisSUB
  9. 1John PulskampSUB

HOU · 4-3-3

  1. 12Steve ClarkG
  2. 2Daniel SteresCD-L
  3. 5Tim ParkerCD-R
  4. 3Adam LundkvistLB
  5. 4Zarek ValentinRB
  6. 22Matias VeraCM
  7. 8Memo RodríguezLM
  8. 24Darwin CerénRM
  9. 9Sebastián FerreiraF
  10. 10Fafà PicaultLF
  11. 11Corey BairdRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Adalberto CarrasquillaSUB
  2. 19Tyler PasherSUB
  3. 23Darwin QuinteroSUB
  4. 34Thorleifur ÚlfarssonSUB
  5. 26Michael NelsonSUB
  6. 17Teenage HadebeSUB
  7. 37ZecaSUB
  8. 21Derrick JonesSUB
  9. 29Samuel JunquaSUB

Timeline

  1. 55' Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 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.
  3. 66' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Adalberto Carrasquilla replaces Darwin Cerén.
  4. 66' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Darwin Quintero replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  5. 76' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Tyler Pasher replaces Corey Baird.
  6. 76' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Thorleifur Úlfarsson replaces Sebastián Ferreira.
  7. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis replaces Khiry Shelton because of an injury.
  8. 82' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Cam Duke replaces Felipe Hernández.
  9. 83' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Zeca replaces Zarek Valentin.
  12. 90'+2' Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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