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Sporting Kansas City vs LA Galaxy, 2025 MLS, Regular Season

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Sporting Kansas City
  • 13': Maya Yoshida (OG)
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LA Galaxy

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    Sporting Kansas City are hosting LA Galaxy at Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the MLS.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 6': Foul by John Nelson (LA Galaxy).
    • 6': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Delay in match (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 10': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Andrew Brody.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Christian Ramirez (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Maya Yoshida with a headed pass.
    • 13': Own Goal by Maya Yoshida, LA Galaxy. Sporting Kansas City 1, LA Galaxy 0.
    • 16': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Robert Voloder.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Christian Ramirez (LA Galaxy) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joseph Paintsil with a cross.
    • 23': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Logan Ndenbe.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Reus with a cross following a corner.
    • 29': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
    • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 31': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Tim Leibold replaces Logan Ndenbe because of an injury.
    • 33': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Andrew Brody.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marco Reus following a corner.
    • 35': Delay in match because of an injury Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy).
    • 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 38': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
    • 38': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
    • 42': Foul by Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 42': Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 43': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 43': Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 44': Attempt saved. John Nelson (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City). Assisted by Diego Fagúndez with a cross.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy).
    • 45'+2': Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+2': Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+4': Attempt missed. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edwin Cerrillo.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 1, LA Galaxy 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 1, LA Galaxy 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jake Davis replaces Andrew Brody.
    • 46': Foul by Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy).
    • 46': Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Christian Ramirez (LA Galaxy).
    • 47': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 49': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Jacob Bartlett.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Maya Yoshida (LA Galaxy) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Diego Fagúndez with a cross.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Pec with a cross following a fast break.
    • 53': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Tim Leibold.
    • 54': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Tim Leibold.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 57': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Joseph Paintsil.
    • 58': Foul by Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy).
    • 58': Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Zorhan Bassong replaces Jacob Bartlett.
    • 59': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
    • 60': Offside, LA Galaxy. John Nelson is caught offside.
    • 63': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Miguel Berry replaces Christian Ramirez.
    • 65': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Tim Leibold is caught offside.
    • 69': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 69': Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 70': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
    • 71': Foul by Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy).
    • 71': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Delay in match because of an injury Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy).
    • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 74': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Mauricio Cuevas replaces Gabriel Pec because of an injury.
    • 74': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Julián Aude replaces John Nelson.
    • 75': Foul by Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 75': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 77': Handball by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy).
    • 80': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Matheus Nascimento replaces Joseph Paintsil because of an injury.
    • 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Foul by Miguel Berry (LA Galaxy).
    • 83': Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodríguez replaces Manu García.
    • 85': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Zorhan Bassong.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Miki Yamane.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 90'+1': Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 90'+3': Marco Reus (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+4': Marco Reus (LA Galaxy) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+6': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Tim Leibold.
    • 90'+7': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Erik Thommy.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 1, LA Galaxy 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 1, LA Galaxy 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 7
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    12 Corner Kicks 1
    0 Saves 1
    71.2 Possession 28.8
    11 SHOTS 0
    1 ON GOAL 0
    0.1 On Target % 0.0
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    639 Accurate Passes 222
    703 Passes 290
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    7 Accurate Crosses 0
    34 Crosses 6
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    58 Long Balls 51
    43 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 0
    7 Effective Tackles 7
    12 Tackles 8
    0.6 Tackle % 0.9
    6 Interceptions 7
    10 Effective Clearances 44
    10 Clearances 44

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Children's Mercy Park
    Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
    Attendance: 17,902

    MLS Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Austin FC 0 0 0
    2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0
    3 FC Dallas 0 0 0
    4 Houston Dynamo FC 0 0 0
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    Line-Ups

    SKC Sporting Kansas City (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 John Pulskamp (GK)
    4 Robert Voloder
    15 Jansen Miller
    16 Jacob Bartlett
    18 Logan Ndenbe
    3 Andrew Brody
    6 Nemanja Radoja
    21 Manu García
    10 Dániel Sallói
    93 Shapi Suleymanov
    9 Dejan Joveljic
    Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:
    Santiago Muñoz, Jacob Davis, Zorhan Bassong, Erik Thommy, Ryan Schewe, Dany Rosero, Memo Rodríguez, Tim Leibold, Stephen Afrifa.

    LA LA Galaxy (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    77 John McCarthy (GK)
    4 Maya Yoshida
    25 Carlos Garcés Yellow Card
    14 John Nelson
    2 Miki Yamane
    18 Marco Reus
    7 Diego Fagundez
    6 Edwin Cerrillo
    17 Christian Ramírez
    28 Joseph Paintsil Yellow Card
    11 Gabriel Pec
    LA Galaxy Substitutes:
    Mathias Jørgensen, Novak Micovic, Tucker Lepley, Lucas Sanabria, Maruicio Cuevas, Matheus Nascimento, Isaiah Parente, Miguel Berry, Julián Aude.

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