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Match Report

Yohei Takaoka, Whitecaps shut out Sporting Kansas City

Emmanuel Sabbi, J.C. Ngando and Mathias Laborda scored goals to help the Vancouver Whitecaps register a 3-0 victory over visiting Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
3
45.7
Possession
54.3
11
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
330
Accurate Passes
427
405
Passes
471
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
47
27
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
7
8
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
32
17
Clearances
32

Head to Head

VAN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VAN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yohei TakaokaG
  2. 15Bjørn Inge UtvikCD-L
  3. 33Tristan BlackmonCD-R
  4. 2Mathías LabordaLB
  5. 18Édier OcampoRB
  6. 20Andrés CubasCM
  7. 26Jean-Claude NgandoLM
  8. 16Sebastian BerhalterRM
  9. 24Brian WhiteF
  10. 7Jayden NelsonLF
  11. 11Emmanuel SabbiRF

Substitutes

  1. 28Tate JohnsonSUB
  2. 59Jeevan BadwalSUB
  3. 42Nelson PierreSUB
  4. 32Isaac BoehmerSUB
  5. 27Giuseppe BovalinaSUB
  6. 12Belal HalbouniSUB
  7. 13Ralph Priso-MbongueSUB
  8. 14Daniel RíosSUB
  9. 30Adrián ZendejasSUB

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 1John PulskampG
  2. 24JoaquínCD-L
  3. 15Jansen MillerCD-R
  4. 14Tim LeiboldLB
  5. 3Andrew BrodyRB
  6. 16Jacob BartlettCM
  7. 22Zorhan BassongLM
  8. 6Nemanja RadojaRM
  9. 9Dejan JoveljicF
  10. 10Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 93Shapi SuleymanovRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Logan NdenbeSUB
  2. 36Ryan ScheweSUB
  3. 7Santiago MuñozSUB
  4. 13Mason ToyeSUB
  5. 8Memo RodríguezSUB
  6. 2Ian JamesSUB
  7. 17Jacob DavisSUB
  8. 30Stephen AfrifaSUB
  9. 4Robert VoloderSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Emmanuel Sabbi (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 35' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Emmanuel Sabbi (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jayden Nelson.
  4. 43' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. J.C. Ngando (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ralph Priso replaces Andrés Cubas.
  6. 52' Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe replaces Tim Leibold.
  8. 60' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jake Davis replaces Nemanja Radoja.
  9. 60' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Santiago Muñóz replaces Dániel Sallói.
  10. 74' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Tate Johnson replaces Édier Ocampo because of an injury.
  11. 74' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Daniel Ríos replaces Emmanuel Sabbi.
  12. 81' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Jeevan Badwal replaces J.C. Ngando.
  13. 85' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Mason Toye replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
  14. 85' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodríguez replaces Zorhan Bassong.
  15. 87' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3, Sporting Kansas City 0. Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter with a cross following a corner.
  16. 89' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Belal Halbouni replaces Tristan Blackmon.

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