SPORTING KANSAS CITY v LA GALAXY (April 7, Livestrong Sporting Park, 3 p.m. CT; ESPN/Deportes) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2012 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting KC 4 4-0-0 12 7 1 at home 2 2-0-0 6 5 1 Galaxy on road
1 Nielsen
3 1-2-0 3 5 7 0 0-0-0 0 0 0
7
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
55
15
Julio Cesar
Espinoza Zusi
23
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 5 54
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
17
8
30 Cardozo
23
19
Beckham
Juninho
20
29
DeLaGarza
Boyens
5
Dunivant
A 7 39
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
2 1 2 0
3 3 1 0
4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 4 0
1 6 0
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) KC LA
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
0 0 1
12
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. SAR (bench): Adam Wienckowski; JAR (opposite): Brian Poeschel; 4th: Michael Kennedy INJURY REPORTS SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back injury) … LA GALAXY – OUT: DF Omar Gonzalez (L knee surgery); DF Leonardo (R knee surgery); GK Brian Perk (sports hernia surgery); QUESTIONABLE: FW Adam Cristman (concussion); FW Landon Donovan (L quad tightness); MF Bryan Jordan (L hamstring strain); MF Mike Magee (R adductor tightness); FW Pat Noonan (R hip flexor tightness)
DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/25/2012 KC 2, DAL 1 4/01/2012 KC 1, CHV 0 8/27/2011 KC 2, DAL 3 9/17/2011 KC 0, RSL 1 10/01/2011 KC 1, SJ 1 4/01/2012 KC 1, CHV 0 9/17/2011 KC 0, RSL 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWW Galaxy LWL
(0) (0) (7) (4) (6) (0) (9)
LA GALAXY 1 Bill Gaudette (GK) 2 Todd Dunivant (DF) 5 Sean Franklin (DF) 6 Bryan Jordan (MF) 7 Robbie Keane (FW) 8 Marcelo Sarvas (MF) 9 Chad Barrett (FW) 10 Landon Donovan (MF) 11 Pat Noonan (FW) 12 Josh Saunders (GK) 14 Edson Buddle (FW) 15 Dan Keat (MF) 16 Hector Jimenez (MF) 17 Adam Cristman (FW) 18 Mike Magee (FW) 19 Juninho (MF) 20 A.J. DeLaGarza (DF) 21 Tommy Meyer (DF) 22 Leonardo (DF) 23 David Beckham (MF) 24 Brian Perk (GK) 25 Rafael Garcia (MF) 26 Michael Stephens (MF) 28 Kyle Nakazawa (MF) 29 Andrew Boyens (DF) 30 Paolo Cardozo (MF) 32 Jack McBean (FW) 34 Kenney Walker (MF) 35 Brian Gaul (DF)
INTERNATIONAL DUTY none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 3-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
Franklin
Saunders
TYPE OF PLAY
2 5 0
14 Buddle
Sarvas
HOW SCORED
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 Keane
2
GALAXY
SPORTING
11 Convey
Sapong
UPCOMING MATCHES GALAXY SPORTING Sat. Apr. 14 Portland Sat. Apr. 14 Real Salt Lake Sat. Apr. 21 at Colorado Wed. Apr. 18 at Vancouver Sat. Apr. 28 FC Dallas Sat. Apr. 21 at Portland Wed. May 2 at Seattle Sat. May 5 Montreal
3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
16 Sinovic
Kamara
LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/14: LA 4, KC 1 (Donovan 44, 46; Angel 64; Beckham 87 – own goal 39) 9/5: KC 2, LA 2 (Julio Cesar 72; Bravo 90 – Franklin 25, 74)
1 0 0 0
5 Besler
8
AT KC (25 meetings): Sporting 12 wins (1 shootout), 35 goals … Galaxy 8 wins (0 shootout), 34 goals … Ties 5
3 1 3 0
78 Collin
Myers
ALL-TIME (50 meetings): Sporting 17 wins (2 shootout), 60 goals … Galaxy 22 wins (0 shootout), 78 goals … Ties 11
F A 7 1 51 360
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 (FW) 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 Shawn Singh (DF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Cyprian Hedrick (DF) 32 Luke Sassano (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)
LA GALAXY Date Score (Gms since) 3/18/2012 LA 3, DC 1 9/24/2011 LA 1, CLB 0 3/31/2012 LA 1, NE 3 10/23/2011 LA 1, HOU 3 9/05/2011 LA 2, KC 2 10/16/2011 LA 1, CHV 0 10/04/2011 LA 0, NY 2
(1) (2) (0) (0) (10) (4) (5)
TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 3 Sapong A: 5 Zusi SHT: 28 Kamara SOG: 12 Kamara FC: 10 Myers FS: 7 Kamara/Espinoza OF: 2 Kamara/Sapong C: 2 Myers E: 0 GALAXY G: 3 Keane A: 2 Beckham SHT: 18 Keane SOG: 9 Keane FC: 13 Buddle FS: 6 Buddle OF: 4 Buddle/Keane C: 1 Donovan/Juninho E: 0
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 4 0 2 1 1 0 7 1.75 LA 3 0 2 0 1 0 5 1.67 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0.25 LA 3 0 1 0 2 0 7 2.33 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 7 0 1 2 2 0 2 LA 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 LA 7 2 0 0 0 2 3