FC Dallas vs Sporting Kansas City, 2025 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSLuciano Acosta, Leo Chu help FC Dallas beat hapless Sporting KC
Luciano Acosta and Leo Chu scored in a two-minute span of the first half to help propel host FC Dallas to a 2-1 win over hapless Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in a Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt missed. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Manu García.
- 3': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Osaze Urhoghide.
- 4': Attempt missed. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 5': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nolan Norris.
- 7': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Dejan Joveljic is caught offside.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Léo Chú (FC Dallas) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Musa.
- 11': Foul by Shaq Moore (FC Dallas).
- 11': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 11': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Shaq Moore.
- 13': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Shaq Moore.
- 15': Hand ball by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 15': Corner, FC Dallas. Conceded by Jansen Miller.
- 16': Attempt missed. Petar Musa (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nolan Norris with a headed pass following a corner.
- 17': Foul by Nolan Norris (FC Dallas).
- 17': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 19': Foul by Shaq Moore (FC Dallas).
- 19': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 21': Foul by Nolan Norris (FC Dallas).
- 21': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 23': Offside, FC Dallas. Petar Musa is caught offside.
- 24': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 24': Foul by Shaq Moore (FC Dallas).
- 24': Shaq Moore (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 25': Foul by Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City).
- 25': Petar Musa (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 26': Foul by Léo Chú (FC Dallas).
- 26': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt missed. Shaq Moore (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucho Acosta.
- 29': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 29': Patrickson Delgado (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Attempt missed. Léo Chú (FC Dallas) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 31': Foul by Ramiro (FC Dallas).
- 31': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Goal! FC Dallas 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shapi Suleymanov.
- 34': Foul by Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City).
- 34': Patrickson Delgado (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 34': Sebastian Lletget (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Attempt saved. Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
- 37': Goal! FC Dallas 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Petar Musa following a fast break.
- 39': Goal! FC Dallas 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Léo Chú (FC Dallas) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sebastian Lletget.
- 43': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe is caught offside.
- 45': Foul by Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City).
- 45': Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Foul by Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City).
- 45'+2': Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, FC Dallas 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Dallas 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
- 48': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nolan Norris.
- 50': Foul by Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City).
- 50': Léo Chú (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Offside, FC Dallas. Petar Musa is caught offside.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a cross.
- 55': Attempt missed. Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
- 56': Attempt missed. Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a fast break.
- 56': Substitution, FC Dallas. Logan Farrington replaces Léo Chú.
- 57': Substitution, FC Dallas. Tsiki Ntsabeleng replaces Patrickson Delgado.
- 57': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
- 57': Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 61': Attempt missed. Tsiki Ntsabeleng (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 61': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City).
- 61': Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Shaq Moore.
- 64': Attempt saved. Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Davis with a cross.
- 65': Foul by Nolan Norris (FC Dallas).
- 65': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 69': Foul by Ramiro (FC Dallas).
- 69': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Ramiro (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Attempt saved. Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jake Davis with a cross.
- 71': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodríguez replaces Jacob Bartlett.
- 71': Attempt missed. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Shapi Suleymanov.
- 74': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe is caught offside.
- 75': Substitution, FC Dallas. Marco Farfan replaces Nolan Norris.
- 75': Substitution, FC Dallas. Kaick replaces Sebastian Lletget.
- 75': Foul by Marco Farfan (FC Dallas).
- 75': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Corner, FC Dallas. Conceded by Jansen Miller.
- 79': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Dejan Joveljic.
- 80': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
- 80': Foul by Kaick (FC Dallas).
- 80': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 81': Attempt saved. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a cross.
- 83': Hand ball by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
- 83': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Foul by Ramiro (FC Dallas).
- 84': Delay in match because of an injury Kaick (FC Dallas).
- 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 89': Foul by Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City).
- 89': Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Lucho Acosta.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Zorhan Bassong replaces Jake Davis.
- 90'+1': Substitution, FC Dallas. Lalas Abubakar replaces Lucho Acosta.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a cross.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, FC Dallas 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
- 0': Match ends, FC Dallas 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
Statistics
 SKC |
DAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 0 | Saves | 4 |
| 62.6 | Possession | 37.4 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 465 | Accurate Passes | 257 |
| 541 | Passes | 334 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 33 | Crosses | 5 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 85 | Long Balls | 55 |
| 63 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 3 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 15 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.2 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 19 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 36 |
| 18 | Clearances | 36 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Toyota Stadium
Location: Frisco, Texas, USA
Attendance: 11,004
Venue: Toyota Stadium
Location: Frisco, Texas, USA
Attendance: 11,004
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | +14 | 28 |
| 2 | Minnesota United FC | 14 | +9 | 25 |
| 3 | San Diego FC | 14 | +9 | 24 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 14 | +3 | 23 |
Line-Ups
FC Dallas (4-3-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Maarten Paes (GK) |
| 3 | Osaze Urhoghide |
| 25 | Sebastien Ibeagha |
| 32 | Nolan Norris |
| 18 | Shaq Moore  |
| 17 | Ramiro |
| 6 | Patrickson Delgado |
| 8 | Sebastian Lletget |
| 9 | Petar Musa |
| 10 | Luciano Acosta |
| 7 | Léo Chú |
Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | John Pulskamp (GK) |
| 5 | Dany Rosero |
| 15 | Jansen Miller |
| 18 | Logan Ndenbe |
| 11 | Khiry Shelton |
| 16 | Jacob Bartlett |
| 21 | Manu García |
| 17 | Jacob Davis |
| 9 | Dejan Joveljic |
| 10 | Dániel Sallói |
| 93 | Shapi Suleymanov |
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