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San Jose Earthquakes WLLWW 2
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Sporting Kansas City LLLLL 1
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Match Report

San Jose survives a man down to win at SKC

Josef Martinez had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Earthquakes defeated Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in SKC's home opener Saturday night. Sporting played with a man advantage for more than 40 minutes, including stoppage time, but couldn't figure out...

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
32.2
Possession
67.8
7
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
3
0.7
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
246
Accurate Passes
574
320
Passes
664
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
5
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
46
28
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
11
11
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
19
Interceptions
8
34
Effective Clearances
10
34
Clearances
10

Head to Head

SKC leads series 4-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 1John PulskampG
  2. 4Robert VoloderCD-L
  3. 24JoaquínCD-R
  4. 14Tim LeiboldLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 16Jacob BartlettCM
  7. 21Manu GarcíaLM
  8. 22Zorhan BassongRM
  9. 9Dejan JoveljicF
  10. 26Erik ThommyLF
  11. 93Shapi SuleymanovRF

SJ · 3-5-2

  1. 42DanielG
  2. 4Bruno WilsonCD
  3. 12Dave RomneyCD-L
  4. 26RodriguesCD-R
  5. 6Ian HarkesCM-L
  6. 34Beau LerouxCM-R
  7. 23Hernan LopezAM
  8. 2Jamar RickettsLM
  9. 10Cristian EspinozaRM
  10. 17Josef MartínezCF-L
  11. 9Cristian ArangoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 5' Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 16' Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 19' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, San Jose Earthquakes 2. Josef Martínez (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  5. 27' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, San Jose Earthquakes 2. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 45' Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+5' Hernán López (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 52' Second yellow card to Hernán López (San Jose Earthquakes) for a bad foul.
  9. 56' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe replaces Tim Leibold.
  10. 56' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Andrew Brody replaces Jake Davis.
  11. 56' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Nemanja Radoja replaces Jacob Bartlett.
  12. 61' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Mark-Anthony Kaye replaces Josef Martínez.
  13. 67' Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 76' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Nick Lima replaces Beau Leroux.
  15. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodríguez replaces Zorhan Bassong.
  16. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Erik Thommy.
  17. 81' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ousseni Bouda replaces Cristian Arango because of an injury.

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