Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps, 2022 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLSWhitecaps prevail over Sporting KC on Lucas Cavallini's penalty kick
Lucas Cavallini's penalty kick in the 24th minute provided the only offense Vancouver would need as the Whitecaps defeated Sporting Kansas City 1-0
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Javain Brown.
- 1': Attempt missed. Ben Sweat (Sporting Kansas City) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Felipe Hernández with a cross following a corner.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Logan Ndenbe with a cross.
- 13': Cristian Dájome (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Foul by Kortne Ford (Sporting Kansas City).
- 13': Kortne Ford (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 14': Foul by Marcus Godinho (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 14': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia tries a through ball, but Johnny Russell is caught offside.
- 19': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Logan Ndenbe.
- 22': Penalty Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Lucas Cavallini draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 22': Penalty conceded by Oriol Rosell (Sporting Kansas City) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 24': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1. Lucas Cavallini (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
- 27': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 27': Foul by Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 27': Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 27': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Déiber Caicedo replaces Cristian Dájome because of an injury.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Oriol Rosell (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 30': Foul by Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City).
- 30': Lucas Cavallini (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt missed. Déiber Caicedo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Cavallini with a through ball following a fast break.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Déiber Caicedo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Godinho.
- 32': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Andreu Fontàs.
- 33': Attempt missed. Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Déiber Caicedo with a cross following a corner.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ranko Veselinovic.
- 35': Attempt missed. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ben Sweat.
- 40': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Hernández tries a through ball, but Johnny Russell is caught offside.
- 41': Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cam Duke.
- 42': Foul by Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City).
- 42': Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ranko Veselinovic tries a through ball, but Déiber Caicedo is caught offside.
- 44': Foul by Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City).
- 44': Lucas Cavallini (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
- 45': Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 45'+1': Foul by Javain Brown (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 45'+1': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
- 45'+3': Foul by Lucas Cavallini (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 45'+3': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.
- 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Kayden Pierre replaces Ben Sweat.
- 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis replaces Oriol Rosell.
- 45': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Michael Baldisimo replaces Leonard Owusu.
- 47': Foul by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
- 47': Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Marcus Godinho (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 48': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Felipe Hernández with a cross.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
- 52': Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52': Foul by Cristián Gutiérrez (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 52': Cristián Gutiérrez (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card.
- 53': Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Rémi Walter with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 55': Foul by Marcus Godinho (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 55': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 56': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Marcus Godinho.
- 57': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Cristián Gutiérrez.
- 58': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
- 58': Foul by Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 58': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Foul by Déiber Caicedo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 59': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Érik Godoy replaces Cristián Gutiérrez because of an injury.
- 63': Foul by Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City).
- 63': Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Attempt saved. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Felipe Hernández.
- 64': Foul by Cam Duke (Sporting Kansas City).
- 64': Marcus Godinho (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Attempt missed. Déiber Caicedo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
- 67': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Kayden Pierre.
- 68': Attempt missed. Lucas Cavallini (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Déiber Caicedo with a cross following a corner.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 68': Foul by Kortne Ford (Sporting Kansas City).
- 68': Lucas Cavallini (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin replaces Andreu Fontàs.
- 69': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Cam Duke.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Lucas Cavallini (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Déiber Caicedo with a cross.
- 72': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Kortne Ford.
- 74': Foul by Marcus Godinho (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 74': Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt missed. Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
- 79': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ryan Raposo replaces Sebastian Berhalter.
- 79': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Luis Martins replaces Marcus Godinho.
- 81': Attempt missed. Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
- 85': Foul by Déiber Caicedo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 85': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Michael Baldisimo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 86': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Foul by Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City).
- 88': Michael Baldisimo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Kortne Ford (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'+1': Jake Nerwinski (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Florian Jungwirth.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Felipe Hernández with a cross.
- 90'+4': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1.
Statistics
 VAN |
SKC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 1 | Saves | 0 |
| 40.9 | Possession | 59.1 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.1 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 285 | Accurate Passes | 446 |
| 366 | Passes | 515 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 14 | Crosses | 29 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 55 | Long Balls | 45 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 16 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 27 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 27 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 19,206
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 19,206
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego FC | 24 | +15 | 43 |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | +13 | 42 |
| 3 | Minnesota United FC | 24 | +13 | 41 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 23 | +4 | 37 |
Line-Ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 29 | Tim Melia (GK) |
| 3 | Andreu Fontàs  |
| 12 | Kortne Ford |
| 18 | Logan Ndenbe |
| 2 | Ben Sweat |
| 21 | Felipe Hernàndez |
| 15 | Roger Espinoza |
| 6 | Oriol Rosell |
| 7 | Johnny Russell |
| 28 | Cameron Duke |
| 54 | Rémi Walter |
Vancouver Whitecaps (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 55 | Cody Cropper (GK) |
| 4 | Ranko Veselinovic |
| 28 | Jakob Nerwinski |
| 23 | Javain Brown |
| 26 | Florian Jungwirth |
| 16 | Sebastian Berhalter |
| 3 | Cristián Gutiérrez |
| 2 | Marcus Godinho |
| 9 | Lucas Cavallini |
| 17 | Leonard Owusu |
| 11 | Cristián Dájome |
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