Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLS
FT
3 - 0
3 - 0
Sporting KC get crucial win, 3-0 over Whitecaps
Sporting Kansas City got goals from Remi Walter, Alan Pulido and Erik Thommy in a resounding and much-needed 3-0 victory over the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Alessandro Schöpf (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 4': Attempt blocked. Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Raposo with a cross.
- 4': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Andreu Fontàs.
- 5': Attempt missed. Simon Becher (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross following a corner.
- 5': Attempt missed. Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Simon Becher following a corner.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Schöpf (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 5': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Andreu Fontàs.
- 7': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 8': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Andreu Fontàs.
- 8': Delay in match because of an injury Kendall McIntosh (Sporting Kansas City).
- 12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 13': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 13': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Luís Martins.
- 14': Foul by Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City).
- 14': Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Dany Rosero.
- 23': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Luís Martins.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
- 23': Attempt missed. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gadi Kinda with a cross.
- 26': Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 26': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Delay in match because of an injury Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City).
- 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 29': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Ryan Raposo.
- 29': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gadi Kinda following a corner.
- 31': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 31': Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt missed. Sergio Córdova (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luís Martins with a cross.
- 33': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gadi Kinda.
- 35': Attempt missed. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 37': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Ryan Raposo.
- 38': Attempt missed. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a cross.
- 39': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Ryan Gauld.
- 40': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Johnny Russell with a cross.
- 41': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 41': Sergio Córdova (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 42': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Dany Rosero.
- 43': Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 43': Delay in match because of an injury Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
- 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45': Foul by Pedro Vite (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 45': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tim Leibold with a cross.
- 45'+3': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tim Leibold.
- 45'+4': Foul by Sergio Córdova (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 45'+4': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+6': Foul by Sergio Córdova (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 45'+6': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 2, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0.
- 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Nemanja Radoja.
- 45': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Sebastian Berhalter replaces Andrés Cubas.
- 46': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ranko Veselinovic tries a through ball, but Sergio Córdova is caught offside.
- 49': Hand ball by Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City).
- 49': Attempt blocked. Sergio Córdova (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Ranko Veselinovic.
- 49': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Rémi Walter.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Sergio Córdova (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a through ball.
- 52': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tim Leibold.
- 53': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 57': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
- 57': Luís Martins (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 57': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 58': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Luís Martins tries a through ball, but Mathías Laborda is caught offside.
- 61': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gadi Kinda.
- 61': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Levonte Johnson replaces Simon Becher.
- 61': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Déiber Caicedo replaces Pedro Vite.
- 62': Alessandro Schöpf (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
- 63': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Rémi Walter.
- 65': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 65': Foul by Luís Martins (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 66': Foul by Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 66': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ranko Veselinovic tries a through ball, but Sergio Córdova is caught offside.
- 71': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Yohei Takaoka tries a through ball, but Sergio Córdova is caught offside.
- 73': Hand ball by Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 74': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Mathías Laborda.
- 75': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 75': Foul by Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 78': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Jake Davis with a cross.
- 78': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Foul by Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 78': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis replaces Dániel Sallói.
- 78': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza replaces Gadi Kinda.
- 79': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Jean-Claude Ngando replaces Alessandro Schöpf.
- 81': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Giovanni Aguillar replaces Ryan Raposo.
- 83': Attempt missed. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rémi Walter.
- 83': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Ranko Veselinovic.
- 84': Attempt missed. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Johnny Russell with a cross following a corner.
- 85': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe replaces Tim Leibold.
- 86': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Alan Pulido.
- 87': Foul by Giovanni Aguillar (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
- 87': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Déiber Caicedo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 89': Déiber Caicedo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 89': Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Attempt saved. Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Sebastian Berhalter tries a through ball, but Sergio Córdova is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Andreu Fontàs.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Sergio Córdova (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Déiber Caicedo with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0.
Statistics
 VAN |
SKC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 0 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 37.4 | Possession | 62.6 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 261 | Accurate Passes | 514 |
| 330 | Passes | 571 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 24 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 54 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 39 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 20 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 22 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 18,867
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 18,867
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 (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Kendall McIntosh (GK) |
| 3 | Andreu Fontàs |
| 5 | Dany Rosero |
| 14 | Tim Leibold |
| 17 | Jacob Davis  |
| 6 | Nemanja Radoja |
| 10 | Gadi Kinda |
| 54 | Rémi Walter |
| 9 | Alan Pulido |
| 20 | Dániel Sallói |
| 7 | Johnny Russell |
Vancouver Whitecaps (4-3-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Yohei Takaoka (GK) |
| 2 | Mathías Laborda |
| 4 | Ranko Veselinovic |
| 14 | Luís Martins |
| 27 | Ryan Raposo |
| 20 | Andrés Cubas |
| 45 | Pedro Vite |
| 8 | Alessandro Schöpf |
| 29 | Simon Becher |
| 25 | Ryan Gauld |
| 9 | Sergio Córdova |
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