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FT Saturday, March 8, 2025
Sporting Kansas City LLLLL 1
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D.C. United WLDDW 2
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Match Report

DC United score twice in second half to down Sporting KC

D.C. United got second-half goals from Christian Benteke and Hosei Kijima to complete their comeback and defeat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 at home on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
19
4
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
0
56.3
Possession
43.7
7
SHOTS
11
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
374
Accurate Passes
264
480
Passes
368
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.4
77
Long Balls
74
29
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
11
31
Effective Clearances
27
31
Clearances
27

Head to Head

series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

DC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kim Joon-HongG
  2. 15Kye RowlesCD-L
  3. 3Lucas BartlettCD-R
  4. 28David SchneggLB
  5. 22Aaron HerreraRB
  6. 10Gabriel PiraniAM
  7. 6Boris EnowLM
  8. 77Hosei KijimaRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 7João PeglowAM-L
  11. 8Jared StroudAM-R

SKC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1John PulskampG
  2. 24JoaquínCD-L
  3. 5Dany RoseroCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 21Manu GarcíaAM
  7. 6Nemanja RadojaLM
  8. 22Zorhan BassongRM
  9. 9Dejan JoveljicF
  10. 26Erik ThommyAM-L
  11. 93Shapi SuleymanovAM-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Boris Enow (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Peglow (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jansen Miller replaces Dany Rosero.
  6. 52' Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 53' Goal! D.C. United 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Davis.
  8. 60' Goal! D.C. United 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  9. 68' Goal! D.C. United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Hosei Kijima (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Peglow with a cross.
  10. 70' Substitution, D.C. United. Jacob Murrell replaces Jared Stroud.
  11. 72' Substitution, D.C. United. Matti Peltola replaces Boris Enow.
  12. 76' Christian Benteke (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
  14. 81' Substitution, D.C. United. Brandon Servania replaces Peglow.
  15. 81' Substitution, D.C. United. Dominique Badji replaces Christian Benteke.
  16. 82' Substitution, D.C. United. Lukas MacNaughton replaces Gabriel Pirani.
  17. 82' John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 88' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Erik Thommy.
  19. 90' Kim Joon-Hong (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+8' Lukas MacNaughton (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+11' Aarón Herrera (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card.

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