KANSAS CITY. Sporting KC defeats Seattle Sounders 1-0 after W. Agada scored just 1 goal (41′).

The match was played at the Children’s Mercy Park stadium in Kansas City on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ted Unkel who had the assistance of Corey Rockwell and Ryan Graves. The 4th official was Calin Radosav. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.1 degrees Celsius or 77.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Sporting KC was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Seattle Sounders that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sporting KC was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting KC won the match​.

Sporting KC shot 16 times, 11 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Seattle Sounders shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Sporting KC received 1 yellow card (E. Thommy). Talking about the opposition, Seattle Sounders received 2 yellow cards (X. Arreaga and J. Atencio).

Standings

After playing this match, Sporting KC will have 40 points like Seattle Sounders to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Seattle Sounders will stay with 40 points like Sporting KC to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Sporting KC will play away with Dallas on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head statistic in favor of Dallas (10 draws).

Seattle Sounders will host SJ Earthquakes on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head stats in favor of Seattle Sounders (9 draws).

Sporting KC – Formation

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

The manager Peter Vermes decided to play with the following team: John Pulskamp (6.7), Graham Zusi (7.1), Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (6.8), Andreu Fontàs (7.6), Ben Sweat (7.0), Róger Espinoza (7.2), Rémi Walter (6.9), Erik Thommy (7.5), Johnny Russell (7.3), William Agada (7.1) and Dániel Sallói (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Kortne Ford (6.2), Marinos Tzionis, Khiry Shelton, Kayden Pierre (6.3), Kendall Mcintosh, Logan Ndenbe, Felipe Hernández (7.0), Robert Voloder and Oriol Rosell.

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 4 changes: R. Espinoza for F. Hernandez (66′), G. Zusi for K. Pierre (78′), E. Thommy for K. Ford (78′) and J. Russell for K. Shelton (90′).

Best player: Dániel Sallói​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting KC was Dániel Sallói even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 26 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Seattle Sounders – Formation

Seattle Sounders started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Brian Schmetzer played with: Stefan Frei (8.6), Alex Roldán (6.8), Yeimar Gómez Andrade (7.3), Xavier Arreaga (6.2), Nouhou Tolo (7.2), Danny Leyva (6.8), Josh Atencio (6.9), Cristian Roldán (6.7), Nicolás Lodeiro (7.4), Albert Rusnák (6.4) and Jordan Morris (6.8).

They had on the bench: Jimmy Medranda (6.1), Fredy Montero (6.6), Ethan Dobbelaere (6.9), Jackson Ragen, Stefan Cleveland, Léo Chú (6.3) and Will Bruin (6.3).

Substitutions

Seattle Sounders made 5 changes: D. Leyva for F. Montero (46′), X. Arreaga for W. Bruin (65′), J. Morris for J. Medranda (76′), C. Roldan for E. Dobbelaere (76′) and J. Atencio for L. Alves Chu Franco (81′).

Best player: Stefan Frei​

The most impressive player for Seattle Sounders was the goalkeeper: Stefan Frei. His rating is 8.60. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Sporting KC – Seattle Sounders – 1-0
• Portland Timbers – Los Angeles FC – 1-2
• LA Galaxy – Real Salt Lake – 1-1
• Vancouver Whitecaps – Austin – 2-0
• New York City – Orlando City – 2-1
• SJ Earthquakes – Minnesota United – 2-0