MLS

Columbus Crew vs Sporting Kansas City, 2024 MLS, Regular Season

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Columbus Crew
  • 32': Cucho Hernández
  • 45'+1': Cucho Hernández
  • 66': Christian Ramírez
  • 71': Cucho Hernández
FT
4 - 0
Sporting Kansas City

    Hernandez gets hat trick as Crew crush Sporting KC

    Cucho Hernandez recorded a hat trick as the Columbus Crew won at home for the first time in over three months, beating hapless Sporting Kansas City 4-0 on Saturday night.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada is caught offside.
    • 4': Attempt blocked. Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
    • 5': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Robert Voloder.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe following a corner.
    • 7': Attempt missed. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a through ball.
    • 9': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Yevhen Cheberko.
    • 9': Foul by Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew).
    • 9': Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Ramírez with a cross.
    • 14': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 14': Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 15': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 15': Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 22': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Zorhan Bassong.
    • 22': Delay in match because of an injury Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 26': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
    • 26': William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Max Arfsten.
    • 29': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Dany Rosero.
    • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Kayden Pierre (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 31': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Kayden Pierre because of an injury.
    • 32': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Max Arfsten.
    • 33': Delay in match (Columbus Crew).
    • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 35': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 35': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 38': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 38': Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
    • 38': Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Delay in match because of an injury Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
    • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 45': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Khiry Shelton.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
    • 45'+1': Goal! Columbus Crew 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aidan Morris with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+4': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 45'+6': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+6': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, Sporting Kansas City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 2, Sporting Kansas City 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Alenis Vargas replaces Stephen Afrifa.
    • 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Andreu Fontàs replaces Robert Castellanos.
    • 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces William Agada.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi.
    • 51': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Dany Rosero.
    • 53': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 53': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Offside, Columbus Crew. Steven Moreira is caught offside.
    • 55': Offside, Columbus Crew. Cucho Hernández is caught offside.
    • 57': Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 57': Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 57': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodríguez is caught offside.
    • 61': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Sean Zawadzki replaces Aidan Morris.
    • 62': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
    • 62': Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Attempt saved. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Moreira with a through ball.
    • 66': Goal! Columbus Crew 3, Sporting Kansas City 0. Christian Ramírez (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
    • 70': Foul by Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 70': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Goal! Columbus Crew 4, Sporting Kansas City 0. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 73': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Marino Hinestroza replaces Cucho Hernández.
    • 73': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jake Davis replaces Nemanja Radoja.
    • 73': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Derrick Jones replaces Darlington Nagbe.
    • 73': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Alexandru Matan replaces Diego Rossi.
    • 73': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 74': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 74': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 75': Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Marino Hinestroza.
    • 77': Foul by Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 77': Marino Hinestroza (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Delay in match (Columbus Crew).
    • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 84': Foul by Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 84': Yevhen Cheberko (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 85': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 85': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alenis Vargas.
    • 86': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Taha Habroune replaces Christian Ramírez.
    • 88': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Alenis Vargas is caught offside.
    • 89': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 90': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Foul by Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew).
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 4, Sporting Kansas City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 4, Sporting Kansas City 0.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 5
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 2
    1 Corner Kicks 7
    4 Saves 0
    29.8 Possession 70.2
    3 SHOTS 13
    0 ON GOAL 8
    0.0 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    250 Accurate Passes 667
    311 Passes 729
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 6
    6 Crosses 19
    0.0 Cross % 0.3
    50 Long Balls 27
    24 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    12 Effective Tackles 7
    20 Tackles 11
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    3 Interceptions 8
    20 Effective Clearances 14
    20 Clearances 14

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Lower.com Field
    Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Attendance: 20,818

    MLS Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 +7 12
    2 San Diego FC 4 +4 8
    3 St. Louis CITY SC 4 +4 8
    4 Colorado Rapids 4 +2 8
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    CLB Columbus Crew (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    28 Patrick Schulte (GK)
    4 Rudy Camacho
    21 Yevhen Cheberko
    31 Steven Moreira
    8 Aidan Morris
    6 Darlington Nagbe
    10 Diego Rossi
    27 Max Arfsten
    23 Mohamed Farsi
    9 Cucho Hernández
    17 Christian Ramírez
    Columbus Crew Substitutes:
    Yaw Yeboah, Derrick Jones, Marino Hinestroza, Taha Habroune, William Sands, Alexandru Matan, Malte Amundsen, Sean Zawadzki, Nicholas Hagen.

    SKC Sporting Kansas City (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 John Pulskamp (GK)
    5 Dany Rosero Yellow Card
    4 Robert Voloder
    19 Robert Castellanos
    6 Nemanja Radoja
    8 Memo Rodríguez Yellow Card
    22 Zorhan Bassong
    24 Kayden Pierre
    23 William Agada
    30 Stephen Afrifa
    26 Erik Thommy
    Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:
    Khiry Shelton, Johnny Russell, Andreu Fontàs, Marinos Tzionis, Chris Rindov, Tim Melia, Alenis Vargas, Jacob Davis.

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