Philadelphia Union vs Sporting Kansas City, 2023 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSGoalkeepers steal show as Sporting KC draw with Union
Goalkeepers Tim Melia of Sporting Kansas City and Andre Blake of Philadelphia both returned from injuries and made four saves apiece as their MLS te
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikael Uhre.
- 2': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Matt Real.
- 3': Attempt missed. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 4': Foul by Matt Real (Philadelphia Union).
- 4': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
- 6': Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag with a through ball.
- 8': Attempt blocked. José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya.
- 8': Foul by Matt Real (Philadelphia Union).
- 8': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Jack Elliott.
- 11': Attempt saved. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 13': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Matt Real.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 13': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Jakob Glesnes.
- 16': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
- 16': Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 16': William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 18': Hand ball by Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union).
- 18': Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 20': Foul by José Martínez (Philadelphia Union).
- 20': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 23': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Jack Elliott.
- 24': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
- 24': José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Attempt missed. Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by José Martínez following a set piece situation.
- 25': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
- 25': Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Jack Elliott tries a through ball, but Alejandro Bedoya is caught offside.
- 26': Foul by Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
- 26': Matt Real (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt missed. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nemanja Radoja.
- 31': Foul by Matt Real (Philadelphia Union).
- 31': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 32': Delay in match because of an injury Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City).
- 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 34': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza replaces Nemanja Radoja because of an injury.
- 35': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by José Martínez.
- 36': Attempt missed. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 37': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nathan Harriel.
- 37': Attempt saved. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erik Thommy with a cross.
- 39': Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
- 39': Attempt blocked. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
- 40': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
- 40': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 42': Foul by Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City).
- 42': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by José Martínez (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+1': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Philadelphia Union 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Philadelphia Union 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- 48': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 48': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
- 49': Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Delay in match because of an injury Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
- 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 54': Attempt saved. Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julián Carranza.
- 54': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Tim Melia.
- 55': Attempt blocked. José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Real.
- 55': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
- 55': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City).
- 59': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 60': Attempt saved. Matt Real (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag with a cross.
- 61': Attempt saved. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
- 62': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jack McGlynn replaces Leon Flach.
- 63': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Johnny Russell.
- 63': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Alan Pulido replaces William Agada.
- 63': Foul by Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City).
- 63': Matt Real (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Robert Castellanos.
- 66': Attempt missed. Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jack McGlynn with a cross following a corner.
- 68': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nathan Harriel.
- 68': Attempt missed. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a cross following a corner.
- 69': Attempt saved. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
- 70': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Graham Zusi with a cross.
- 72': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Quinn Sullivan replaces Mikael Uhre.
- 72': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Foul by José Martínez (Philadelphia Union).
- 72': José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Jack McGlynn tries a through ball, but Julián Carranza is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt missed. José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan.
- 79': Attempt saved. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan.
- 79': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Tim Melia.
- 80': Attempt missed. Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 81': Hand ball by Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City).
- 82': Foul by Jack Elliott (Philadelphia Union).
- 82': Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Attempt missed. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matt Real with a cross.
- 85': Attempt missed. Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag.
- 85': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Olivier Mbaizo replaces Nathan Harriel.
- 85': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Joaquín Torres replaces José Martínez.
- 86': Foul by Matt Real (Philadelphia Union).
- 86': Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Joaquín Torres (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 90'+5': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'+5': Joaquín Torres (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Philadelphia Union 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- 0': Match ends, Philadelphia Union 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
Statistics
 SKC |
PHI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 13 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 49.1 | Possession | 50.9 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 269 | Accurate Passes | 280 |
| 372 | Passes | 390 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 24 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 76 | Long Balls | 60 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 3 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 5 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 16 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 26 |
| 16 | Clearances | 26 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Subaru Park
Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Attendance: 18,550
Venue: Subaru Park
Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Attendance: 18,550
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego FC | 34 | +23 | 63 |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | +28 | 63 |
| 3 | LAFC | 34 | +25 | 60 |
| 4 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | +17 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Philadelphia Union (4-3-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Andre Blake (GK) |
| 3 | Jack Elliott |
| 5 | Jakob Glesnes |
| 2 | Matthew Real |
| 26 | Nathan Harriel  |
| 9 | Julián Carranza |
| 31 | Leon Flach |
| 10 | Dániel Gazdag |
| 8 | José Andrés Martínez |
| 11 | Alejandro Bedoya |
| 7 | Mikkel Uhre |
Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 29 | Tim Melia (GK) |
| 19 | Robert Castellanos |
| 5 | Dany Rosero |
| 4 | Robert Voloder |
| 8 | Graham Zusi |
| 6 | Nemanja Radoja |
| 26 | Erik Thommy |
| 54 | Rémi Walter |
| 23 | William Agada |
| 20 | Dániel Sallói |
| 7 | Johnny Russell |
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