Sporting Kansas City vs D.C. United, 2022 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSSporting KC blank D.C. United to keep playoff hopes alive
Khiry Shelton and Robert Voloder posted a pair of personal firsts to lift Sporting Kansas City to a 3-0 victory over D.C. United on Tuesday night in
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Victor Pálsson (D.C. United ).
- 2': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Steven Birnbaum.
- 6': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 6': Foul by Chris Odoi-Atsem (D.C. United ).
- 7': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Victor Pálsson.
- 11': Foul by Chris Odoi-Atsem (D.C. United ).
- 11': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Victor Pálsson (D.C. United ).
- 13': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Andy Najar (D.C. United ).
- 18': Attempt missed. Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marinos Tzionis.
- 20': Offside, D.C. United. Martín Rodríguez tries a through ball, but Ola Kamara is caught offside.
- 22': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Christian Benteke (D.C. United ).
- 23': Foul by Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ).
- 23': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Attempt missed. Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 27': Offside, D.C. United. Andy Najar tries a through ball, but Ola Kamara is caught offside.
- 29': Andy Najar (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Foul by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
- 29': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 30': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ).
- 31': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Ravel Morrison (D.C. United ).
- 31': Ravel Morrison (D.C. United ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 32': Attempt saved. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kayden Pierre.
- 32': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by David Ochoa.
- 33': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Victor Pálsson.
- 34': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, D.C. United 0. Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 35': Foul by Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City).
- 35': Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (D.C. United ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 36': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Robert Voloder.
- 36': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United ) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Martín Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
- 37': Foul by Andy Najar (D.C. United ).
- 37': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Foul by Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ).
- 39': Attempt blocked. Kayden Pierre (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marinos Tzionis.
- 42': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Donovan Pines.
- 43': David Ochoa (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City).
- 45'+1': Foul by Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City).
- 45'+1': Ravel Morrison (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 1, D.C. United 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 1, D.C. United 0.
- 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Roger Espinoza.
- 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Hernández replaces Cam Duke.
- 47': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marinos Tzionis.
- 49': Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Foul by Christian Benteke (D.C. United ).
- 51': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United ) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Victor Pálsson.
- 52': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Donovan Pines.
- 54': Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Foul by Andy Najar (D.C. United ).
- 54': Attempt missed. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 56': Delay in match because of an injury Ben Sweat (Sporting Kansas City).
- 57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 58': Attempt saved. Ola Kamara (D.C. United ) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Odoi-Atsem with a cross.
- 60': Substitution, D.C. United. Nigel Robertha replaces Ola Kamara.
- 61': Substitution, D.C. United. Kimarni Smith replaces Chris Odoi-Atsem.
- 61': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces Marinos Tzionis.
- 61': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Khiry Shelton.
- 62': Foul by Nigel Robertha (D.C. United ).
- 62': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Christian Benteke (D.C. United ).
- 62': Kayden Pierre (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Christian Benteke (D.C. United ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Kimarni Smith.
- 65': Attempt missed. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Erik Thommy following a corner.
- 67': Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Felipe Hernández.
- 68': Substitution, D.C. United. Chris Durkin replaces Sofiane Djeffal.
- 70': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Kimarni Smith.
- 70': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, D.C. United 0. Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 72': Kimarni Smith (D.C. United ) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
- 73': Kimarni Smith (D.C. United ) is shown the yellow card.
- 74': Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (D.C. United ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nigel Robertha.
- 74': Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Chris Durkin (D.C. United ).
- 75': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Steven Birnbaum.
- 76': Attempt blocked. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Thommy with a cross.
- 76': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Christian Benteke.
- 77': Offside, D.C. United. David Ochoa tries a through ball, but Nigel Robertha is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (D.C. United ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Pálsson.
- 78': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Kayden Pierre.
- 79': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (D.C. United ) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ravel Morrison with a cross following a corner.
- 79': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Kendall McIntosh tries a through ball, but William Agada is caught offside.
- 81': Offside, D.C. United. Chris Durkin tries a through ball, but Nigel Robertha is caught offside.
- 82': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Donovan Pines.
- 83': Foul by Kimarni Smith (D.C. United ).
- 83': Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 85': Substitution, D.C. United. Miguel Berry replaces Martín Rodríguez.
- 86': Substitution, D.C. United. Jackson Hopkins replaces Victor Pálsson.
- 86': Foul by Chris Durkin (D.C. United ).
- 86': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, D.C. United 0. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
- 88': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Andreu Fontàs tries a through ball, but William Agada is caught offside.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andreu Fontàs.
- 90'+1': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by David Ochoa.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Sweat.
- 90'+2': Foul by Miguel Berry (D.C. United ).
- 90'+2': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, D.C. United 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, D.C. United 0.
Statistics
 DC |
SKC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 0 |
| 0 | Saves | 0 |
| 0 | Possession | 0 |
| 0 | SHOTS | 0 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 0 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Passes | 0 |
| 0 | Passes | 0 |
| 0.0 | Pass Completion % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 0 | Crosses | 0 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Long Balls | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Long Balls | 0 |
| 0.0 | Long Balls % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 0 | Effective Tackles | 0 |
| 0 | Tackles | 0 |
| 0.0 | Tackle % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 0 | Effective Clearances | 0 |
| 0 | Clearances | 0 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 15,106
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 15,106
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville SC | 10 | +15 | 23 |
| 2 | New England Revolution | 10 | +6 | 19 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 11 | +3 | 19 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire FC | 10 | +8 | 17 |
Line-Ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Kendall McIntosh (GK) |
| 4 | Robert Voloder |
| 3 | Andreu Fontàs |
| 2 | Ben Sweat |
| 24 | Kayden Pierre |
| 54 | Rémi Walter |
| 28 | Cameron Duke |
| 15 | Roger Espinoza  |
| 11 | Khiry Shelton |
| 20 | Dániel Sallói |
| 27 | Marinos Tzionis |
D.C. United (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 32 | David Ochoa (GK) |
| 15 | Steve Birnbaum |
| 23 | Donovan Pines |
| 14 | Andy Nájar |
| 3 | Chris Odoi-Atsem |
| 44 | Victor Palsson |
| 13 | Sofiane Djeffal |
| 77 | Martín Rodríguez |
| 49 | Ravel Morrison |
| 9 | Ola Kamara |
| 20 | Christian Benteke |
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