Concacaf Champions Cup

FT Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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Sporting Kansas City LLLLL 0
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1st Leg · Children's Mercy Park · 15,178 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi leads Miami to CCC first-leg win over Sporting KC

Inter Miami CF kicked off its 2025 campaign with a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the first round of the Concacaf Champions Cup at Children's Mercy Park.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
59.4
Possession
40.6
9
SHOTS
7
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
591
Accurate Passes
384
690
Passes
465
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
54
17
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
13
23
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
10
14
Effective Clearances
18
14
Clearances
18

Head to Head

MIA leads series 2-0

Lineups

SKC · 4-5-1

  1. 1John PulskampG
  2. 4Robert VoloderCD-L
  3. 5Dany RoseroCD-R
  4. 14Tim LeiboldLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 8Memo RodríguezCM-L
  7. 6Nemanja RadojaCM-R
  8. 16Jacob BartlettAM
  9. 26Erik ThommyLM
  10. 10Dániel SallóiRM
  11. 9Dejan JoveljicF

Substitutes

  1. 30Stephen AfrifaSUB
  2. 24JoaquínSUB
  3. 23William AgadaSUB
  4. 15Jansen MillerSUB
  5. 22Zorhan BassongSUB
  6. 93Shapi SuleymanovSUB
  7. 2Ian JamesSUB
  8. 20Alenis VargasSUB
  9. 18Logan NdenbeSUB
  10. 21Manu GarcíaSUB
  11. 36Ryan ScheweSUB
  12. 13Mason ToyeSUB

MIA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 19Oscar UstariG
  2. 2Gonzalo LujánCD-L
  3. 6Tomás AvilésCD-R
  4. 32Noah AllenLB
  5. 57Marcelo WeigandtRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-L
  7. 55Federico RedondoCM-R
  8. 8Telasco SegoviaLM
  9. 21Tadeo AllendeRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 24Julian GresselSUB
  2. 81Santiago MoralesSUB
  3. 30Benjamin CremaschiSUB
  4. 41David RuizSUB
  5. 37Maximiliano FalcónSUB
  6. 22Leo AfonsoSUB
  7. 7Fafà PicaultSUB
  8. 15Ryan SailorSUB
  9. 34Rocco Ríos NovoSUB
  10. 16Robert TaylorSUB
  11. 17Ian FraySUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Joaquín Fernández replaces Dany Rosero.
  2. 56' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Inter Miami CF 1. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  3. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Manu García replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  4. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe replaces Tim Leibold.
  5. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Dejan Joveljic.
  6. 73' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Fafá Picault replaces Tadeo Allende.
  7. 74' Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Benjamín Cremaschi replaces Telasco Segovia.
  9. 80' Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 83' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Dániel Sallói.
  11. 90' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Robert Taylor replaces Luis Suárez.

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