Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
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2 - 2
2 - 2
Real Salt Lake rally, salvage draw vs. Sporting Kansas City
Real Salt Lake rallied from a two-goal halftime deficit to post a 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City in a match between two red-hot teams on Wednesday night in Kansas City, Kan.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Andrew Brody.
- 6': Danny Musovski (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
- 8': Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 12': Emeka Eneli (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 15': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói tries a through ball, but Tim Leibold is caught offside.
- 19': Foul by Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake).
- 19': Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Alan Pulido tries a through ball, but Dániel Sallói is caught offside.
- 24': Attempt saved. Nelson Palacio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Oviedo.
- 24': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Kendall McIntosh.
- 27': Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Jasper Löffelsend.
- 27': Foul by Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake).
- 27': Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Emeka Eneli (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City).
- 30': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Johnny Russell with a cross.
- 31': Delay in match (Sporting Kansas City).
- 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 36': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 0. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
- 37': Foul by Nelson Palacio (Real Salt Lake).
- 37': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Foul by Danny Musovski (Real Salt Lake).
- 42': Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
- 44': Attempt missed. Jasper Löffelsend (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 45': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a cross following a fast break.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 0.
- 45': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Cristian Arango replaces Damir Kreilach.
- 45': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Diego Luna replaces Andrés Gómez.
- 45': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz replaces Jasper Löffelsend.
- 46': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 1. Danny Musovski (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
- 49': Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake).
- 50': Attempt saved. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Luna.
- 51': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Tim Leibold.
- 53': Attempt saved. Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Luna.
- 53': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Kendall McIntosh.
- 53': Attempt saved. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz with a cross.
- 56': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Andreu Fontàs tries a through ball, but Tim Leibold is caught offside.
- 57': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis replaces Johnny Russell.
- 57': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gadi Kinda replaces Erik Thommy.
- 58': Attempt saved. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz.
- 61': Attempt saved. Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
- 61': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz tries a through ball, but Danny Musovski is caught offside.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jake Davis.
- 64': Foul by Nelson Palacio (Real Salt Lake).
- 64': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Attempt missed. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rémi Walter following a set piece situation.
- 67': Foul by Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake).
- 67': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 67': Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Danny Musovski.
- 72': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 2. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
- 74': Foul by Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
- 74': Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 75': Foul by Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake).
- 76': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Cristian Arango.
- 77': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gadi Kinda with a cross following a corner.
- 77': Delay in match (Sporting Kansas City).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 79': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Braian Ojeda replaces Nelson Palacio.
- 80': Foul by Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake).
- 80': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Attempt saved. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dany Rosero.
- 81': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Gavin Beavers.
- 84': Attempt missed. Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jake Davis.
- 87': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Foul by Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake).
- 87': Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Attempt missed. Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 89': Attempt saved. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Pulido with a cross.
- 90'+1': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Gavin Beavers.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 2.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 2.
Statistics
 RSL |
SKC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 5 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 7 |
| 46.1 | Possession | 53.9 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.8 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 404 | Accurate Passes | 485 |
| 471 | Passes | 541 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 7 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 48 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 27 | Accurate Long Balls | 39 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 13 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.3 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 15 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
| 16 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 17,924
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 17,924
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | +17 | 35 |
| 2 | San Diego FC | 18 | +13 | 33 |
| 3 | Minnesota United FC | 18 | +8 | 30 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 18 | +4 | 30 |
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 |
| 54 | Rémi Walter |
| 26 | Erik Thommy |
| 9 | Alan Pulido |
| 20 | Dániel Sallói |
| 7 | Johnny Russell |
Real Salt Lake (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 35 | Gavin Beavers (GK) |
| 30 | Marcelo Silva |
| 15 | Justen Glad |
| 2 | Andrew Brody |
| 25 | Emeka Eneli |
| 13 | Nelson Palacio |
| 28 | Jasper Löeffelsend |
| 3 | Bryan Oviedo |
| 11 | Andres Gomez |
| 8 | Damir Kreilach |
| 17 | Daniel Musovski |
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