VANCOUVER. Vancouver Whitecaps tops Sporting KC 1-0 after R. Raposo scored just 1 goal (73′).

The match was played at the BC Place Stadium stadium in Vancouver on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. In front of 16,772 spectators.​ The referee was Fotis Bazakos with the collaboration of Ian Anderson and Lyes Arfa. The 4th official was Ramy Touchan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.7 degrees Celsius or 45.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Vancouver Whitecaps

1 - 0

Sporting KC

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 12 Total 12
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 8
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 115 Attack 122
  • 38 Dangerous attack 34
  • 92 Ball safe 102
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 12 Total 11
  • 4 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Vancouver Whitecaps was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Sporting KC that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Vancouver Whitecaps was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Vancouver Whitecaps won the match​.

Vancouver Whitecaps shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Sporting KC shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Vancouver Whitecaps received 4 yellow cards (R. Teibert, S. Berhalter, R. Gauld and M. Godinho). On the opposite side, Sporting KC didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Russell Teibert- Yellow
37'
Sebastian Berhalter- Yellow
45'
46'
Róger Espinoza- sub ->O. Rosell
58'
60'
P. Vite- sub ->R. Gauld
69'
69'
R. Raposo(goal)
73'
77'
Marinos Tzionis- sub ->J. Russell
77'
Cameron Duke- sub ->F. Hernandez
79'
79'
80'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Philadelphia Union
67
34
CF Montréal
65
34
New York City
55
34
New York RB
53
34
Cincinnati
49
34
Inter Miami
48
34
Orlando City
48
34
Columbus Crew
46
34
New England
42
34
Charlotte
42
34
Atlanta United
40
34
Chicago Fire
39
34
Toronto
34
34
DC United
27
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Los Angeles FC
67
34
Austin
56
34
Dallas
53
34
Nashville SC
50
34
LA Galaxy
50
34
Minnesota United
48
34
Real Salt Lake
47
34
Portland Timbers
46
34
Colorado Rapids
43
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
43
34
Seattle Sounders
41
34
Sporting KC
40
34
Houston Dynamo
36
34
SJ Earthquakes
35
34

After this match, Vancouver Whitecaps will have 4 points like New York City, New England and Montreal Impact to sit in the 26th place. Regarding the opposition, Sporting KC will stay with 6 points like DC United, Charlotte, Cincinnati and Portland Timbers to hold in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps will play away against Minnesota United on the 9th of October with a 3-3 head to head stats.

Sporting KC will play away agasint Dallas on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head in favor of Dallas (9 draws).

Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation

Vancouver Whitecaps
G
Thomas Hasal 1.Canada
7.5
D
Ranko Veselinovic 4.Serbia
7.6
D
J. Nerwinski 28.United States
7.4
D
Tristan Blackmon 6.United States
7.2
90'
M
J. Brown 23.Jamaica
7.1
M
Sebastian Berhalter 16.United States
7.1
69' 45'
M
R. Raposo 27.Canada
7.6
79' 73'
M
Russell Teibert 31.Canada
7.1
37'
F
Ryan Gauld 25.Scotland
7.4
69'
F
Déiber Caicedo 7.Colombia
7.3
79'
F
Brian White 24.United States
6.7
58'
Substitutes
G
C. Cropper 55.USA
D
Cristián Gutiérrez 3.Canada
D
M. Godinho 2.Canada
6.4
79' 90'
D
F. Jungwirth 26.Germany
90'
M
Michael Baldisimo 33.Canada
6.4
69'
M
P. Vite 45.Ecuador
6.9
69'
F
T. Ricketts 87.Canada
6.6
79'
F
Cristian Dájome 11.Colombia
F
Lucas Cavallini 9.Canada
7.3
58' 60'

Vancouver Whitecaps started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Vanni Sartini decided to play with the following team: .

Vancouver Whitecaps could not rely on the presence of F. Jungwirth (injured).

Substitutions

Vancouver Whitecaps made 6 changes: B. White for L. Cavallini (58′), R. Gauld for P. Vite (69′), S. Berhalter for M. Baldisimo (69′), R. Raposo for M. Godinho (79′), D. Caicedo for T. Ricketts (79′) and T. Blackmon for F. Jungwirth (90′).

Sporting KC – Formation

Sporting KC
G
Tim Melia 29.United States
6.6
D
Graham Zusi 8.United States
7.0
D
Andreu Fontàs 3.Spain
7.0
D
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 5.France
7.0
D
Ben Sweat 2.United States
6.7
M
Oriol Rosell 6.Spain
6.2
46'
M
Rémi Walter 54.France
7.0
M
Felipe Hernández 21.Colombia
7.0
77'
F
Johnny Russell 7.Scotland
6.8
77'
F
Khiry Shelton 11.United States
6.8
80'
F
Dániel Sallói 20.Hungary
6.7
Substitutes
G
John Pulskamp 1.United States
D
Logan Ndenbe 18.Belgium
D
Robert Voloder 4.Germany
M
J. Davis 17.USA
M
Marinos Tzionis 27.Cyprus
7.0
77'
M
Róger Espinoza 15.Honduras
7.0
46'
M
Cameron Duke 28.United States
6.2
77'
F
Nikola Vujnovic 19.Montenegro
6.4
80'

Sporting KC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Peter Vermes played with: .

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 4 changes: O. Rosell for R. Espinoza (46′), J. Russell for M. Tzionis (77′), F. Hernandez for C. Duke (77′) and K. Shelton for N. Vujnovic (80′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​