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FT Sunday, November 5, 2023
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SKC wins series 2-0 · Children's Mercy Park · 21,650 att.

Match Report

Sporting Kansas City eliminates No. 1 seed St. Louis City

Logan Ndenbe scored in the first half and Daniel Salloi tallied in the second as Sporting Kansas City defeated St. Louis City 2-1 in the second match of their first-round MLS Cup Playoff series on Sunday night in Kansas City, Kan.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
50.9
Possession
49.1
15
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
251
Accurate Passes
262
365
Passes
364
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
28
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
78
31
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
30
17
Clearances
30

Highlights

00:53 Sporting KC eliminates top seed St. Louis in MLS Cup playoffs Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

series tied 2-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 5Dany RoseroCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 6Nemanja RadojaCM
  7. 10Gadi KindaLM
  8. 54Rémi WalterRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

STL · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Roman BürkiG
  2. 26Tim ParkerCD-L
  3. 15Joshua YaroCD-R
  4. 6Njabulo BlomDM
  5. 22Kyle HiebertLB
  6. 20Akil WattsRB
  7. 10Eduard LöwenAM
  8. 19Indiana VassilevLM
  9. 8Jared StroudRM
  10. 16Samuel AdeniranCF-L
  11. 9João KlaussCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Tim Parker (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, St. Louis City SC 0. Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
  5. 45' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Célio Pompeu replaces Samuel Adeniran.
  6. 65' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Jared Stroud.
  7. 69' Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, St. Louis City SC 0. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gadi Kinda following a fast break.
  9. 75' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Tomás Ostrák replaces Akil Watts.
  10. 81' Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Alan Pulido.
  12. 85' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Robert Castellanos replaces Dany Rosero.
  13. 86' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, St. Louis City SC 1. Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from long range on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Njabulo Blom following a set piece situation.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Aziel Jackson replaces Indiana Vassilev.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza replaces Gadi Kinda.
  16. 90'+6' Kyle Hiebert (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+7' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Johnny Russell.
  18. 90'+14' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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