
Sporting Kansas City vs FC Dallas, 2024 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSWilliam Agada scores twice as Sporting Kansas City edge FC Dallas
Memo Rodriguez's goal and assist, plus two first-half goals from William Agada, gave Sporting Kansas City a 3-2 home win over FC Dallas Sunday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
- 2': Omar González (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Attempt missed. Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 8': Foul by Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City).
- 8': Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Logan Farrington.
- 11': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 0. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
- 15': Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City).
- 15': Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 18': Foul by Dante Sealy (FC Dallas).
- 18': Kayden Pierre (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21': Hand ball by Alenis Vargas (Sporting Kansas City).
- 23': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, FC Dallas 0. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alenis Vargas.
- 26': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Tim Leibold.
- 28': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 28': Nolan Norris (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 30': Attempt missed. Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Logan Farrington.
- 30': Own Goal by Tim Melia, Sporting Kansas City. Sporting Kansas City 2, FC Dallas 1.
- 32': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Tsiki Ntsabeleng (FC Dallas).
- 33': Alenis Vargas (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas).
- 35': Attempt missed. Ema Twumasi (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Logan Farrington.
- 37': Foul by Nkosi Tafari (FC Dallas).
- 37': William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 38': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nolan Norris.
- 39': Attempt missed. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
- 40': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Ema Twumasi (FC Dallas).
- 41': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 41': Tomas Pondeca (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jake Davis.
- 43': Attempt missed. Kayden Pierre (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alenis Vargas.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Alenis Vargas (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
- 45'+3': Attempt saved. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, FC Dallas 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 2, FC Dallas 1.
- 45': Substitution, FC Dallas. Sebastian Lletget replaces Tomas Pondeca.
- 48': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Sam Junqua.
- 49': Offside, FC Dallas. Sebastian Lletget is caught offside.
- 51': Attempt saved. Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nkosi Tafari.
- 53': Dante Sealy (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 54': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Alenis Vargas (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez.
- 55': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Maarten Paes.
- 55': Attempt missed. Alenis Vargas (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 56': Foul by Kayden Pierre (Sporting Kansas City).
- 56': Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Substitution, FC Dallas. Paul Arriola replaces Tsiki Ntsabeleng.
- 57': Substitution, FC Dallas. Asier Illarramendi replaces Nolan Norris.
- 57': Substitution, FC Dallas. Petar Musa replaces Dante Sealy.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 58': Delay in match because of an injury Alenis Vargas (Sporting Kansas City).
- 59': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Dániel Sallói.
- 59': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Zorhan Bassong replaces Tim Leibold.
- 59': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Alan Pulido.
- 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 61': Attempt saved. Petar Musa (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Logan Farrington.
- 64': Attempt missed. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by William Agada.
- 65': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, FC Dallas 2. Petar Musa (FC Dallas) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Logan Farrington.
- 66': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Kayden Pierre.
- 66': Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City).
- 67': Foul by Robert Castellanos (Sporting Kansas City).
- 67': Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68': Offside, FC Dallas. Logan Farrington is caught offside.
- 69': Foul by Nkosi Tafari (FC Dallas).
- 69': William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 70': Attempt saved. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a cross.
- 70': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Maarten Paes.
- 70': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces Alenis Vargas.
- 71': Attempt missed. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Johnny Russell with a cross following a corner.
- 73': Hand ball by Petar Musa (FC Dallas).
- 74': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City).
- 74': Paul Arriola (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Offside, FC Dallas. Logan Farrington is caught offside.
- 76': Foul by Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City).
- 76': Paul Arriola (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Attempt saved. Paul Arriola (FC Dallas) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Logan Farrington.
- 77': Attempt missed. Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 78': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City).
- 78': Sebastian Lletget (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Attempt missed. Asier Illarramendi (FC Dallas) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 79': Attempt missed. Paul Arriola (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 80': Substitution, FC Dallas. Marco Farfan replaces Omar González.
- 81': Attempt blocked. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Thommy with a cross.
- 82': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, FC Dallas 2. Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 84': Foul by Marco Farfan (FC Dallas).
- 84': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 84': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nkosi Tafari.
- 85': Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 85': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
- 85': Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Foul by Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City).
- 86': Sebastian Lletget (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Offside, FC Dallas. Nkosi Tafari is caught offside.
- 88': Attempt saved. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zorhan Bassong with a through ball.
- 88': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
- 88': Logan Farrington (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 89': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
- 89': Nkosi Tafari (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Foul by Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90': Marco Farfan (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Petar Musa.
- 90'+5': Paul Arriola (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+5': Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
- 90'+6': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+6': Foul by Marco Farfan (FC Dallas).
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, FC Dallas 2.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, FC Dallas 2.
Statistics
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9 | Fouls | 18 |
1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 1 |
4 | Offsides | 0 |
0 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
3 | Saves | 3 |
46.3 | Possession | 53.7 |
12 | SHOTS | 18 |
5 | ON GOAL | 6 |
0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
358 | Accurate Passes | 415 |
428 | Passes | 485 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
0 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
5 | Crosses | 19 |
0.0 | Cross % | 0.2 |
34 | Long Balls | 54 |
11 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
2 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
7 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
21 | Tackles | 19 |
0.3 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
6 | Interceptions | 9 |
16 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
16 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 17,457
MLS Standings
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1 | +4 | 3 |
2 | FC Dallas | 1 | +1 | 3 |
3 | Austin FC | 1 | +1 | 3 |
4 | LAFC | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Line-Ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
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29 | Tim Melia (GK) |
3 | Andreu Fontàs |
19 | Robert Castellanos ![]() |
14 | Tim Leibold |
24 | Kayden Pierre |
9 | Alan Pulido |
8 | Memo Rodríguez |
17 | Jacob Davis |
23 | William Agada |
10 | Dániel Sallói |
20 | Alenis Vargas |
FC Dallas (3-4-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
30 | Maarten Paes (GK) |
3 | Omar González |
29 | Samuel Junqua |
17 | Nkosi Tafari |
32 | Nolan Norris |
35 | Tomas Pondeca |
16 | Tsiki Ntsabeleng |
11 | Dante Sealy |
22 | Ema Twumasi |
77 | Bernard Kamungo |
23 | Logan Farrington |
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