MLS

FT Saturday, June 8, 2024
Seattle Sounders FC DWWDL 1
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Sporting Kansas City WLLLW 2
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SEA101
SKC112
Children's Mercy Park · 18,177 att.

Match Report

SKC halt 7-match losing streak by edging Sounders

Alenis Vargas scored in the 85th minute as host Sporting Kansas City ended a seven-match skid by beating the Seattle Sounders 2-1 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
0
43.4
Possession
56.6
10
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
328
Accurate Passes
468
410
Passes
530
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
59
30
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
13
Effective Tackles
6
26
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
3
27
Effective Clearances
15
27
Clearances
15

Highlights

00:39 Johnny Russell brings Sporting Kansas City level with great strike Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 19Robert CastellanosCD-R
  4. 14Tim LeiboldLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 6Nemanja RadojaCM
  7. 26Erik ThommyLM
  8. 8Memo RodríguezRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 10Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

SEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Stefan FreiG
  2. 25Jackson RagenCD-L
  3. 28Yeimar GómezCD-R
  4. 21Reed Baker-WhitingLB
  5. 16Alex RoldanRB
  6. 11Albert RusnákAM
  7. 6João PauloLM
  8. 18Obed VargasRM
  9. 9Raúl RuidíazF
  10. 13Jordan MorrisAM-L
  11. 7Cristian RoldanAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Paulo with a through ball.
  2. 19' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 45'+2' Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Reed Baker-Whiting (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 70' Yeimar Gómez (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 70' Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 72' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Jake Davis.
  8. 72' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Hernández replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  9. 72' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Alenis Vargas replaces Dániel Sallói because of an injury.
  10. 73' Second yellow card to Reed Baker-Whiting (Seattle Sounders FC) for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Cody Baker replaces Raúl Ruidíaz.
  12. 81' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Josh Atencio replaces João Paulo.
  13. 84' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Antino Lopez replaces Albert Rusnák.
  14. 85' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Danny Musovski replaces Jordan Morris.
  15. 85' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Seattle Sounders FC 1. Alenis Vargas (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khiry Shelton.
  16. 88' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Zorhan Bassong replaces Tim Leibold because of an injury.
  17. 90'+4' Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+6' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Alan Pulido.

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