FC Cincinnati vs Sporting Kansas City, 2020 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLSSKC edge FC Cincinnati, clinch playoff spot
Roger Espinoza scored his second goal of the season to help Sporting Kansas City clinch a playoff spot with a 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt missed. Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Gutman.
- 5': Attempt missed. Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kamohelo Mokotjo.
- 8': Attempt missed. Joseph-Claude Gyau (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jürgen Locadia.
- 8': Attempt missed. Siem de Jong (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Joseph-Claude Gyau.
- 11': Foul by Roberto Puncec (Sporting Kansas City).
- 11': Frankie Amaya (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 18': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amadou Dia.
- 19': Foul by Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati).
- 19': Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Hand ball by Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City).
- 22': Foul by Amadou Dia (Sporting Kansas City).
- 22': Kamohelo Mokotjo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Jaylin Lindsey.
- 23': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Zico Bailey tries a through ball, but Tom Pettersson is caught offside.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
- 28': Felipe Hernandez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 28': Foul by Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati).
- 29': Attempt missed. Felipe Hernandez (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left.
- 32': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Tim Melia.
- 32': Attempt missed. Siem de Jong (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Haris Medunjanin with a cross following a corner.
- 38': Hand ball by Joseph-Claude Gyau (FC Cincinnati).
- 39': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Andrew Gutman.
- 43': Foul by Amadou Dia (Sporting Kansas City).
- 43': Zico Bailey (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Foul by Roberto Puncec (Sporting Kansas City).
- 45': Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zico Bailey.
- 45'+1': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Tim Melia.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Haris Medunjanin with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gerso replaces Khiry Shelton.
- 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza replaces Felipe Hernandez.
- 49': Attempt missed. Gerso (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Johnny Russell with a headed pass.
- 51': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Zico Bailey.
- 57': Goal! FC Cincinnati 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
- 58': Foul by Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City).
- 58': Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Penalty FC Cincinnati. Frankie Amaya draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 59': Penalty conceded by Roberto Puncec (Sporting Kansas City) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 60': Roberto Puncec (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': VAR Decision: Penalty FC Cincinnati.
- 63': Penalty missed! Still FC Cincinnati 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Siem de Jong (FC Cincinnati) hits the right post with a right footed shot.
- 63': (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Siem de Jong (FC Cincinnati).
- 64': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Foul by Tom Pettersson (FC Cincinnati).
- 65': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 65': Foul by Tom Pettersson (FC Cincinnati).
- 66': Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from long range on the right is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Gerso (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilie Sánchez.
- 67': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Johnny Russell.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 67': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Joseph-Claude Gyau.
- 68': Attempt saved. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
- 71': Hand ball by Jürgen Locadia (FC Cincinnati).
- 71': Foul by Zico Bailey (FC Cincinnati).
- 71': Gerso (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 72': Attempt saved. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 73': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Jaylin Lindsey.
- 73': Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Tom Pettersson (FC Cincinnati).
- 75': Attempt saved. Siem de Jong (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Frankie Amaya.
- 75': Hand ball by Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City).
- 76': Attempt blocked. Tom Pettersson (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 76': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Roberto Puncec.
- 77': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo replaces Jürgen Locadia.
- 78': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Saad Abdul-Salaam replaces Zico Bailey.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Haris Medunjanin (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Saad Abdul-Salaam.
- 78': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Roberto Puncec.
- 79': Attempt missed. Frankie Amaya (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrew Gutman.
- 79': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Foul by Haris Medunjanin (FC Cincinnati).
- 80': Foul by Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
- 80': Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Brandon Vázquez replaces Kamohelo Mokotjo.
- 81': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Cameron Duke replaces Gadi Kinda.
- 85': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Frankie Amaya (FC Cincinnati).
- 86': Attempt saved. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
- 86': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Spencer Richey.
- 88': Brandon Vázquez (FC Cincinnati) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
- 89': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. James McLaughlin replaces Tom Pettersson.
- 90': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Hurtado replaces Alan Pulido.
- 90'+1': Andrew Gutman (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Erik Hurtado (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'+2': Hand ball by Cameron Duke (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'+2': Foul by Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+2': Jaylin Lindsey (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Erik Hurtado (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'+3': Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Erik Hurtado (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Duke.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 0, Sporting Kansas City 1.
- 0': Match ends, FC Cincinnati 0, Sporting Kansas City 1.
Statistics
 SKC |
CIN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 37.5 | Possession | 62.5 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 283 | Accurate Passes | 522 |
| 365 | Passes | 610 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 12 | Crosses | 12 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 55 | Long Balls | 82 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 47 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 11 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 14 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Nippert Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Venue: Nippert Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte FC | 9 | +9 | 19 |
| 2 | FC Cincinnati | 9 | +2 | 19 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 8 | +7 | 18 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 9 | +5 | 18 |
Line-Ups
FC Cincinnati (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Spencer Richey (GK) |
| 3 | Tom Pettersson |
| 14 | Nick Hagglund |
| 96 | Andrew Gutman |
| 16 | Zico Bailey |
| 24 | Frankie Amaya |
| 6 | Haris Medunjanin |
| 15 | Kamohelo Mokotjo |
| 11 | Siem de Jong |
| 10 | Jürgen Locadia |
| 36 | Joseph-Claude Gyau |
Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 29 | Tim Melia (GK) |
| 3 | Andreu Fontàs |
| 4 | Roberto Puncec  |
| 13 | Amadou Dia |
| 26 | Jaylin Lindsey |
| 6 | Ilie Sánchez |
| 21 | Felipe Hernàndez |
| 17 | Gadi Kinda |
| 9 | Alan Pulido |
| 11 | Khiry Shelton |
| 7 | Johnny Russell |
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