Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan
Attendance:
19,470 (sold out)
Weather
: Cloudy and 66 degrees
<strong>Score</strong> |
<strong>1</strong> |
<strong>2</strong> |
<strong>F</strong> |
Sporting Kansas City (6-5-4) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Montreal Impact (8-2-2) |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic (Josh Gardner 85), Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Paulo Nagamura (C.J. Sapong 77), Oriol Rosell ,Peterson Joseph (Benny Feilhaber 62); Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson
Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Michael Thomas, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Hassoun Camara, Matteo Ferrari, Dennis Iapichino, Alessandro Nesta; Patrice Bernier, Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 73), Felipe Martins (Jeb Brovksy 77), Sanna Nyassi, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Andrew Wenger 89)
Subs not used: Evan Bush, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Wandrille Lefevre, Blake Smith
<strong>Stats</strong> |
<strong>KC</strong> |
<strong>MTL</strong> |
Shots |
19 |
7 |
Shots on Goal |
6 |
2 |
Saves |
0 |
5 |
Fouls |
12 |
12 |
Offside |
0 |
6 |
Corner Kicks |
8 |
3 |
Misconduct Summary:
MTL -- Marco Schällibaum (dismissed; foul or abusive language) HT
KC -- Mechack Jerome (caution; reckless foul) 46
KC -- Ike Opara (caution; reckless foul) 52
MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 69
MTL -- Alessandro Nesta (ejection; violent conduct) 74
MTL -- Dennis Iapichino (caution; delaying a restart) 94+
Scoring Summary:
KC -- Claudio Bieler 7 (penalty kick) 49+
MTL -- Sanna Nyassi 1 (unassisted) 47
MTL -- Collen Warner 1 (unassisted) 53
Sporting Kansas City fell 2-1 to the Montreal Impact in front of a sold-out crowd at Sporting Park on Saturday night.
Sporting Kansas City opened the scoring from the penalty spot in first half stoppage time on Claudio Bieler's seventh goal of the season, third most in MLS. Sanna Nyassi equalized for Montreal in the 47th and Collen Warner earned the match-winner for the visitors in the 53rd minute of play.
In the 17th minute, Marco Di Vaio, the League's second leading scorer, chipped the ball to an unmarked Felipe Martins. Sporting KC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen was quick off his line and pushed the ball away from danger moments before the attacker arrived.
Seven minutes later, Bieler settled a pass from Ike Opara and fired from 22 yards out, but it was just wide of the right post.
Kei Kamara, in his first regular season start of the season for Sporting KC, had a chance of his own in the 33rd minute when Mechack Jerome tipped the ball to him deep in the right corner of the box. However, his ensuing angled shot was saved easily by goalkeeper Troy Perkins.
Montreal's best chance of the first half came in the 39th minute when Felipe went one-on-one with Nielsen and fired a low shot that hit the near post. The rebound came to Di Vaio and was sent just wide of the left post.
The tide turned in Sporting Kansas City's favor in the first minute of stoppage time when a penalty kick was granted to Sporting KC after Allesandro Nesta brought down Bieler at the top of the box. Bieler converted the penalty kick, sending the home side into halftime with the lead.
The Montreal Impact wasted no time in the second half and found an equalizer in the 47th minute of play. Nyassi chested down the ball from a cleared corner and thumped in a low shot from outside the box
