FRISCO. Dallas conquered Sporting KC to win 2-1. It was Dallas to strike first with a goal of S. Lletget at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, P. Arriola gave the win to Dallas in the 65′ minute with a goal. Sporting KC lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Toyota Stadium stadium in Frisco on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Víctor Rivas with the help of Jeffrey Greeson and Jose Da Silva. The 4th official was Nima Saghafi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.5 degrees Celsius or 79.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting KC had a superior ball possession 59% while Dallas was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting KC was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Dallas succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Dallas shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sporting KC shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Dallas received 2 yellow cards (E. Cerrillo and E. Twumasi). On the opposite side, Sporting KC received 2 yellow cards (F. Hernandez and N. Isimat-Mirin).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Dallas will have 53 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Sporting KC will stay with 40 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Dallas will host Minnesota United on the 18th of October with a 6-6 head to head statistic.

Dallas – Formation

Dallas adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Nicolás Estévez Martínez decided to play with the following team: Maarten Paes (7.7), Ema Twumasi (6.2), Matt Hedges (7.1), José Antonio Martinez (6.2), Marco Farfan (6.6), Sebastian Lletget (7.6), Edwin Cerrillo (6.4), Paxton Pomykal (7.0), Jader Obrian (7.1), Jesús Ferreira (7.4) and Paul Arriola (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jimmy Maurer, Kalil ElMedkhar, Facundo Quignon (6.9), Nkosi Burgess (6.8), Nanú (6.6), Brandon Servania, Franco Jara, Alan Velasco (7.6) and Tsiki Ntsabeleng.

Substitutions

Dallas made 5 changes: M. Farfan for Nanu (46′), E. Cerrillo for F. Quignon (60′), J. Obrian for A. Velasco (61′), M. Hedges for N. Burgess (61′) and P. Arriola for F. Jara (89′).

Best player: Maarten Paes​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dallas was the goalkeeper: Maarten Paes. His rating is 7.70. He performed 5 saves.

Sporting KC – Formation

Also Sporting KC adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Peter Vermes played with: Kendall Mcintosh (6.6), Graham Zusi (7.1), Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (7.3), Andreu Fontàs (6.6), Ben Sweat (6.8), Róger Espinoza (7.0), Rémi Walter (7.0), Erik Thommy (7.6), Johnny Russell (6.8), William Agada (6.8) and Dániel Sallói (6.7).

They had on the bench: Kortne Ford, Khiry Shelton, Oriol Rosell, Logan Ndenbe, Marinos Tzionis, John Pulskamp, Felipe Hernández (6.8), Robert Voloder and Kayden Pierre.

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 2 changes: R. Espinoza for F. Hernandez (69′) and G. Zusi for K. Pierre (81′).

Best player: Erik Thommy​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting KC was Erik Thommy.

His rating is (7.6) with 56 passes (92% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Seattle Sounders – SJ Earthquakes – 2-2
• Real Salt Lake – Portland Timbers – 3-1
• Minnesota United – Vancouver Whitecaps – 2-0
• Los Angeles FC – Nashville SC – 0-1
• Houston Dynamo – LA Galaxy – 1-3
• Dallas – Sporting KC – 2-1
• Austin – Colorado Rapids – 1-1
• Philadelphia Union – Toronto – 4-0
• Orlando City – Columbus Crew – 2-1
• New York RB – Charlotte – 2-0
• Inter Miami – Montreal Impact – 1-3
• DC United – Cincinnati – 2-5
• Chicago Fire – New England – 1-1
• Atlanta United – New York City – 1-2