Sporting KC
Sporting Kansas City vs. Austin FC Match Thread
Sporting Kansas City are unbeaten in three matches as they welcome Josh Wolff and Austin FC to Children’s Mercy Park
Sporting Kansas City vs. Austin FC
Time: 7:30 pm CST
Location: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas
How to Watch: Apple TV MLS Live
Commentators: English: Adrian Healy, Cobi Jones Spanish: Juan Arango, Carlos Suárez
Line: Sporting KC -120, Austin FC +270, Draw +260
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira
The Teams
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Sporting Kansas City
4-8-5, 17 points
12th in the West
Head Coach: Peter Vermes (15th season)
Last 5: D-L-W-W-D
Injury Report: OUT: Tim Melia (quad), OUT: Kortne Ford (Achilles surgery), OUT: Logan Ndenbe (hamstring), OUT: Kayden Pierre (hamstring), OUT: Graham Zusi (hamstring), OUT: Willy Agada (tibia stress fracture), OUT: Johnny Russell (hamstring), QUESTIONABLE: Andreu Fontas (hamstring), QUESTIONABLE: Dany Rosero (hamstring)
Austin FC
5-7-4, 19 points
8th in the West
Head Coach:Â Josh Wolff (3rd season)
Last 5: W-W-L-W-L
Injury Report: OUT: Zan Kolmanic (right ACL), OUT: Leo Vaisanen (right LCL), QUESTIONABLE: Aleksandar Radovanovic (right shoulder), QUESTIONABLE: Sofiane Djeffal (right ankle)
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Well, no clean sheet with that center back pairing. So let’s hope there’s some goals for the good guys.
I was really hoping Rosero would at least be on the bench. Austin hasn’t been scoring his year like they have the past couple, but I feel like the floodgates might open for them tonight.
Maybe I’ll be wrong and neither Castellonos or Voloder will an un-needed, crucial, game changing mistake….
GOOOOOAAALLLLLLL
Puligol
Whats up with these corners. Not even close to getting in the box
Liebold id really good.
Salloi on defense! Love it!
CASTELLANOS LET’S GOOO
Couldn’t ask for a better way to start the half!
Ugh I’m going to miss Pulido
With that said, he should be subbed off now. Alleviate ANY chance of him getting hurt.
EDIT: right as I type that, he gets cut down from behind. Get him out
Is it confirmed he’s leaving?
Nothing is confirmed. But he’s not rushing to sign a new deal.
I keep hearing/seeing in the Mexican press that is a done deal but for 2024 as he can go for free due to the low ball offer they gave us for him.
Good hustle and great pass from Liebold.
Good grief this is a Jekyll and Hyde season! Glad we’re on the positive end of things.
Bring John out of the dog house already. Completely botched that
The marking was non-existent.
I think John probably parries that one away too. The marking was shambolic.
Even in the turnaround, the set-piece defending has been poor.
And Radoja needs to be subbed. He’s skating on real thin ice.
Yeah this is the perfect situation to bring Hernandez or Espinoza on and have Remi drop back
It was a solid save
I can’t blame McIntosh for that. Sure, you’d like to control the parry better. But when there’s a free shot from inside 8yards, that’s not a given.
Tao hands should be a catch or stronger punch.
I’d like to see what Big Bear can do with a ball like that.
Yes.
It would be nice if MacIntosh could catch a ball or two
McIntosh is really trying me. I wanna root for him but every game he makes sus decisions. I dunno, I hope he proves himself.
Tzionis has played a great game. He’s been very active.
Would we care to mark the guys in green shirts on set pieces, please? That would really be nice.
The worst Vermes tendencies showing here. The team’s been reeling for he last 10 minutes. Austin’s scored and made 4 subs. KC’s disorganized trying to hold a lead and 0 subs.
Make a sub… Or 2 or 3! There’s guys out there that are obviously a step behind and tired, and if nothing else, use it to kill off some time.
I like Jake Davis’ drive and bite. But I do wish he would be a bit more selective in when he dove in. He’s going to get a red card if one of those slides connects.
And Khiry Shelton….doesn’t score.
He’s doing great considering how hard it is to move from CM to FB. He’s a very good young player
I don’t disagree. But if he gets a rep for missing slide tackles, he really will be Roger 2.0
Ha! True
Almost Khiry, almost.
I was going to be really happy for him. He’s terrible, but I’m sure he knows what the fans think of him, and I’d bet he sure would have loved to have a goal that he facilitated and that wasn’t a random bounce off of him into the goal
EDIT: there we go!
Man… close
There it is.. Khiry
There’s the quota for Khiry
His goals per 90 for tonight’s game was 5.6… just saying
When Kriry Shelton scores on you, someone’s job needs to be in trouble.
I can’t imagine how bad I would feel if Khiry scored on my team. SMDH !!!
I appreciate the token subs a minute and a half into stoppage time. Isn’t a game like this the reason Espinoza still has value on the roster? Put him in there for 20 minutes, not 30 seconds.
Yeah I’d feel petty as a coach putting in viable players with 30 seconds left, and I’d feel like an idiot as a player. The game needed them about 20 minutes earlier