Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan. Attendance: 18,602 (sold out)
Weather: 75 degrees and partly cloudy
Video: Match Highlights
<strong>Score</strong> |
<strong>1</strong> |
<strong>2</strong> |
<strong>F</strong> |
Sporting Kansas City (5-4-2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Seattle Sounders FC (2-3-3) |
0 |
1 |
1z |
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Josh Gardner (Seth Sinovic 75), Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Claudio Bieler 66), Peterson Joseph; Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson73)
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Lawrence Olum , Mikey Lopez, Mechack Jerome
Seattle Sounders FC: Michael Gspurning; Zach Scott, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Djimi Traore, Leo Gonzalez; Brad Evans, Osvaldo Alonso (C), Servando Carrasco, Mario Martinez ( Alex Caskey 94+); David Estrada (Mauro Rosales 85), Eddie Johnson
Subs not used: Patrick Ianni, Dylan Remick, Andy Rose, Eriq Zavaleta
<strong>Stats</strong> |
<strong>KC</strong> |
<strong>SEA</strong> |
Shots |
11 |
9 |
Shots on Goal |
3 |
2 |
Saves |
2 |
2 |
Fouls |
15 |
11 |
Offside |
1 |
5 |
Corner Kicks |
3 |
5 |
Misconduct Summary:
SEA -- Marcus Hahnemann (dismissed; foul or abusive language) 24
KC -- Ike Opara (caution; reckless tackle) 45
KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 91+
Scoring Summary:
SEA -- Djimi Traore 1 (unassisted) 94+
The Seattle Sounders FC defeated Sporting Kansas City 1-0 in front of a sold-out crowd on Wednesday night at Sporting Park.A 94th minute goal from Djimi Traore sent the Sounders home with three points.
Kei Kamara made his first appearance for Sporting Kansas City since returning from his loan stint with Norwich City FC and Josh Gardner made his first start as a Sporting Kansas City player.
Sporting Kansas City's first chance of the match came a mere 15 seconds in when Jacob Peterson dispossessed defender Zach Scott, sped down the left flank and fired a low shot that was saved by goalkeeper Michael Gspurning.
In the 13th minute, Sporting came close on another chance when C.J. Sapong took an attempt from the top of the box that floated just wide of the far post.
Seattle nearly went up a goal in the 20th minute of play when Mario Martinez played in a long ball that Brad Evans just barely clipped over the crossbar with a well-timed header.
Five minutes later, the home side followed up with a chance of their own when U.S.international Graham Zusi boldly struck from 20 yards out but Gspurning made the save.
Seattle were quick to respond in the form of a free kick from Martinez that evaded the wall and was goal-bound, but goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen made a sliding save.
With two minutes remaining in the first half, Sporting had their final chance of the first half when Ike Opara neatly headed down the ball down to Chance Myers, whose 20-yard volley was blocked by Gspurning.
The second half was relatively quiet until the 80th minute when Myers lofted in a pass headed for Kamara, but it was cleared out. Claudio Bieler settled the deflected ball and shot wide of the far post.
Three minutes later, Kamara, in his first MLS appearance of 2013, took a low shot from deep in the right corner, but Gspurning wasn't phased and snuffed out the chance.
The match appeared headed for a draw until the fourth minute of stoppage time when Zach Scott's throw-in fell to Traore, whoseshot sailed past Nielsen from close range.
Sporting Kansas City will return to the road to face Eastern Conference rival the Houston Dynamo at 7 p.m. CT on Sunday at BBVA Compass Stadium. The match will be broadcast live on KSMO-TV, Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Gran D 1340 AM.
