MLS

FT Saturday, March 16, 2024
San Jose Earthquakes LLLLL 1
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Sporting Kansas City LDDDW 2
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SJ101
SKC202
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Match Report

Sporting Kansas City continue dominance of Earthquakes

Both Sporting Kansas City's run of home success and San Jose's rough patch to begin the new campaign continued on Saturday as the hosts came out on top of a 2-1 decision in Kansas City, Kan.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
6
48.8
Possession
51.2
13
SHOTS
5
6
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
424
Accurate Passes
452
492
Passes
526
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.1
39
Long Balls
58
15
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
11
16
Effective Clearances
22
16
Clearances
22

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 4Robert VoloderCD-L
  3. 5Dany RoseroCD-R
  4. 14Tim LeiboldLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 6Nemanja RadojaCM
  7. 8Memo RodríguezLM
  8. 26Erik ThommyRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 10Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

SJ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 42DanielG
  2. 26RodriguesCD-L
  3. 4Bruno WilsonCD-R
  4. 94Vítor CostaLB
  5. 3Paul MarieRB
  6. 11Jeremy EbobisseAM
  7. 7Carlos GruezoLM
  8. 14Jackson YueillRM
  9. 19Preston JuddF
  10. 9Amahl PellegrinoAM-L
  11. 10Cristian EspinozaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross following a corner.
  2. 18' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
  3. 29' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
  4. 35' Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Rémi Walter replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  6. 53' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Johnny Russell because of an injury.
  7. 63' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Jack Skahan replaces Amahl Pellegrino.
  8. 63' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamin Kikanovic replaces Jeremy Ebobisse.
  9. 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ousseni Bouda replaces Preston Judd.
  10. 66' Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Alfredo Morales replaces Carlos Gruezo.
  12. 80' Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 82' Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 85' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Tommy Thompson replaces Paul Marie.
  15. 88' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Alan Pulido.
  16. 88' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Alenis Vargas replaces Dániel Sallói.
  17. 90'+1' Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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