SPORTING KANSAS CITY v PHILADELPHIA UNION (Oct. 24, Livestrong Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT; NBC SN) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2012 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 33 17-7-9 60 40 26 16 9-3-4 31 20 11
Union on road
32 10-16-6 36 36 40 16 3-9-4 13 14 23
1 Nielsen
7
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
55
6
Julio Cesar
Nagamura Zusi
17
9
F 36 80
26
21
44
Daniel
M Farfan
Cruz
25
UNION
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
Williams
A 40 72
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
22 8 6 0
18 8 14 0
17 5 2 1 5 2 3 1
18 9 4 1 2 0 4 2
14 20 2
12 25 3
DISTANCE
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
9 12 5
(W-L-T) KC PHI
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 9-1-2 7-2-7 1-4-0 6-0-1 3-10-4 1-6-1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/28/2012 KC 2, CHI 0 9/19/2012 KC 2, NY 0 7/28/2012 KC 1, CLB 2 7/18/2012 KC 1, HOU 2 10/20/2012 KC 0, NY 0 10/20/2012 KC 0, NY 0 10/20/2012 KC 0, NY 0
Carroll
Lahoud
2
14
28 Gaddis
Okugo
18
REFEREE: Ismail Elfath. SAR (bench): Paul Scott; JAR (opposite): Steven Taylor; 4th: Leszek Stalmach INJURY REPORTS SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); MF Roger Espinoza (R ankle sprain); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture) … PHILADELPHIA UNION – OUT: DF Bakary Soumare (R knee menisectomy recovery); DOUBTFUL: DF Gabriel Farfan (R ankle stress reaction); QUESTIONABLE: DF Sheanon Williams (L ankle peroneal/Achilles strain); MF Danny Cruz (L big toe sesamoid stress fracture); FW Zach Pfeffer (L knee contusion); PROBABLE: MF Freddy Adu (L quad strain) DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Paulo Nagamura … PHI: Gabriel Farfan, Gabriel Gomez, Jack McInerney, Michael Lahoud
(0) (3) (5) (6) (0) (0) (0)
PHILADELPHIA UNION 1 Chris Konopka (GK) 2 Carlos Valdes (DF) 3 Chris Albright (DF) 4 Bakary Soumare (DF) 5 Greg Jordan (MF) 6 Gabriel Gomez (MF) 7 Brian Carroll (MF) 8 Roger Torres (MF) 9 Jack McInerney (FW) 11 Freddy Adu (FW) 12 Chandler Hoffman (FW) 13 Michael Lahoud (MF) 14 Amobi Okugo (MF) 15 Gabriel Farfan (MF) 17 Josue Martinez (FW) 18 Zac MacMath (GK) 20 Jimmy McLaughlin (MF) 21 Michael Farfan (MF) 24 Porfirio Lopez (DF) 25 Sheanon Williams (DF) 26 Keon Daniel (MF) 27 Zach Pfeffer (MF) 28 Raymon Gaddis (DF) 29 Antoine Hoppenot (FW) 30 Krystian Witkowski (FW) 31 Cristhian Hernandez (FW) 32 Chase Harrison (GK) 44 Danny Cruz (MF)
INTERNATIONAL DUTY none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 14-2-4 3-5-1 9-3-1 1-13-2
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
13
MacMath
TYPE OF PLAY
10 28 2
7
Valdes
HOW SCORED
13 2 0 1 3 1 4 2
23
McInerney
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING
37 Peterson
Kamara
UPCOMING MATCHES UNION SPORTING Sat. Oct. 27 New York Nov. 3 or 4 ECSF1 (A) END REGULAR SEASON Nov. 7 or 8 ECSF2 (H)
15 9 5 2 3 1 4 1
16 Sinovic
Sapong
2012 (MLS) 6/23: PHI 4, KC 0 (McInerney 1, 42; Pajoy 81; Hoppenot 87)
13 8 5 0
5 Besler
8
AT KC (2 meetings): Sporting 1 win, 3 goals … Union 0 wins, 1 goal … Ties 1
22 4 13 1
78 Collin
Myers
ALL-TIME (5 meetings): Sporting 1 win, 4 goals … Union 1 win, 6 goals … Ties 3
F A 40 26 74 114
ROSTERS SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Roger Espinoza (MF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Oriol Rosell (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 25 Neven Markovic (DF) 27 Kyle Miller (DF) 28 Scott Angevine (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)
PHILADELPHIA UNION Date Score (Gms since) 10/06/2012 PHI 1, NE 0 10/03/2012 PHI 3, CHI 1 9/20/2012 PHI 0, DC 1 10/20/2012 PHI 1, HOU 3 9/15/2012 PHI 1, TOR 1 10/06/2012 PHI 1, NE 0 9/20/2012 PHI 0, DC 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWWWWWLLLTWWTLLWTWLTLWWWTWTWTWTT Union LLLTWWLLLTLLWLWWWLWLLTTLTTLWLWWL
(0) (1) (2) (0) (6) (1) (5)
TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 11 Kamara A: 15 Zusi SHT: 132 Kamara SOG: 49 Kamara FC: 56 Collin FS: 62 Kamara OF: 16 Sapong C: 6 Collin E: 1 3 players tied UNION G: 8 McInerney A: 5 M Farfan SHT: 53 M Farfan SOG: 17 McInerney FC: 70 M Farfan FS: 57 M Farfan OF: 24 McInerney C: 7 M Farfan E: 1 5 players tied
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 33 8 13 9 3 0 40 1.21 PHI 32 10 13 5 3 1 36 1.13 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 33 15 12 5 0 1 26 0.79 PHI 32 8 13 6 5 0 40 1.25 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 40 11 5 7 5 4 8 PHI 36 3 3 8 6 5 11 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 26 2 6 4 5 3 6 PHI 40 3 3 8 5 10 11