Sporting KC
Sporting Kansas City at St. Louis City SC Match Thread
Sporting Kansas City just needs a win against St. Louis City SC to advance to the next round of the MLS Playoffs. See how to watch and stream.
Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City SC
Time: 4:00 pm CST
Location: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas
How to Watch: Apple TV MLS Live, FS1
Line: Sporting KC -145, St. Louis City SC +300, Draw +340
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Last Match: Sporting Kansas City 4-1 St. Louis City SC
Scenarios: Sporting Kansas City advance with win, St. Louis City SC would host third leg with win
The Teams
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16030713/SKC.png)
Sporting Kansas City
12-14-8, 44 points
8th in the West
Head Coach: Peter Vermes (15th season)
Last 5 (League Play): L-W-L-W-W
How they got here: Finished 8th in West, defeated San Jose Earthquakes 4-2 in penalties in wild card round
Injury Report: OUT: Kortne Ford (Achilles surgery), OUT: Kayden Pierre (hamstring), QUESTIONABLE: Tim Leibold (groin), QUESTIONABLE: Alan Pulido (foot), QUESTIONABLE: Johnny Russell (groin), QUESTIONABLE: Erik Thommy (calf), QUESTIONABLE: Jake Davis (knee sprain)
St. Louis City SC
17-12-5, 56 points
1st in the West
Head Coach:Â Bradley Carnell (1st season)
Last 5: D-W-W-L-L
Injury Report:Â OUT: Rasmus Alm (sports hernia)
Â
Across State Lines: Gil and Spokane Head to USL1 Championship
Hailie Mace Says Goodbye to Kansas City and the Current
Seven Current Players, Andonovski Named Finalists for Year End Awards
Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Current Season Ends
KC Current’s NWSL Shield-winning season ends vs. Gotham
Lots of Random Sporting KC News and KC Current Playoffs
Lo LaBonta Signs Long-term Extension with KC Current
Quarterfinals in KC: Current host Gotham
Hailie Mace Says Goodbye to Kansas City and the Current
I don’t know if you meant to publish this at 3am, but I’m here for it!
It’s game day people!
Well, there’s some dog puke pink scattered in the stands, but not to the extent as at the first visit. Dismayed to see they’ve taken over 1/3 of the South Stand, though… >:(
Disappointing that any of them are here at all but they seem to be contained to one disgusting area.
Yah, parolees get a day out once in a while.
I sat 1 row away from Dog Food SC supporters. they were very quiet after the first goal
There’s noticeably less STL fans here than before. Thank God
A player I specifically hate on STL’s roster is Adeniran; he’s dirty and reckless. Curious to see if he’s as reckless and dangerous (to the wellbeing of other players) as he has in the last few games, and if Elfath makes calls accordingly.
Worried about Klauss and Adeniran overwhelming the backline too. They just needed to take Klauss ut of the game last week, but Fontas and Rosero don’t do well when they can’t team up and have to worry about multiple threats.
3 minutes in and a couple weak calls already. If he’s calling these for them, they sure better be called both ways.
This has been a little too lopsided so far. We need to quit giving up these set pieces but keep absorbing their pressure.
That was dangerous. i almost would have rather taken the foul at the top of the box though.
Yellow card was a long time coming for STL
.
Anyone else think Pulido has looked a step behind or too slow when moving forward the last few games?
Ndenbe and Rosero are sending them diving with these little shoulder moves and I love it
No call on the body layout for Russell?
We keep holding onto the ball juuuust a second too long in the box. Kinda and Salloi have gotten in some incredible spots but the ball is stuck to their foot. Also, I think that was a lot closer to a PK than the announcers would have us believe. It doesn’t matter what the stakes are, if it’s a foul it’s a foul.
No call on a blatant handball, which leads to a yellow even though it’s Pulido’s first foul. Come on.
Just before the half, perfect!
Ndenbe is just in incredible form right now!
If Ndembe keeps this up, eventually he’s going to break the net with these rockets he keeps sending in.
Dogfood FC ought to have been called for a PK on a shove to Kinda in the box and, IMO, for Blom shoulder checking Johnny in the face in the box.
StL as a whole is such a dirty team. They all play like assholes.
They do play pretty dirty for the most part. I think refs have slowly caught on to them throughout the season. Half of the calls for us tonight wouldn’t have been called at the beginning of the season, and would have very possibly turned into them running at goal and scoring; the first half of their season capitalized 1/3 on the other team passing them the ball in front of goal, 1/3 on rough fouls leading to a turnover that leads to a goal, and 1/3 solid play.
Somehow, they’re still able to get away with a good amount of dirty play though.
i will say we have DEFINITELY grown into this game. not gonna lie I’m feeling a st Louis red card coming… I’m calling it now either Parker, Lowen, or Blom.
They’re going to be pushing hard this half, and are probably adjusting to put more pressure on us. They’ve been so narrow up front and that’s kept them from doing much since it pushed Klauss and Adeniran so close together. I think they’re stretch out the front line, forcing us to stretch a bit, and try to exploit the gaps
This is gonna be a rough half
Leaving your leg hanging up high like that is a foul, right? It was hard to tell who did what exactly
That was almost really bad. I got pretty scared that he hurt his knee again the way that his leg buckled. Really glad Kinda is ok
Honestly, I feel worse that I doubted Melia this season than that I doubted PV. That was an incredible save
We’re looking kind of out of it since the start of the half.
Gioachinni is in now, it could start getting real sketchy for the last 25 minutes if we don’t pull out another goal
This feels similar to the start of the first half. We need to start mucking things up and hitting them with the long balls again.
YESSSSSS! LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!
Twellman loves to try and act like he’s not an STL hack, but he has had some duuuumb things to say tonight.
Sooooooo….with this all sewn up except for the inevitable Dogfood FC frustration red card, would y’all rather go up against Houston or RSL next round?
Probably RSL. I think Houston is more dangerous and RSL didn’t end the season too hot. However, we are typically pretty bad in RSL and I’d be worried about beating them back to back at home.
Give me Houston. No altitude. Late enough in the year that the weather shouldn’t be a factor. And Ben Olsen sucks.
Concur. Playing RSL is akin to a trip into the Twilight Zone – strange occurrences abound. I’ll take my chances with Houston.
What was Rosero doing? There wasn’t a need to make such a hard tackle there. He could have gotten a red there, and now he hurt himself too.
For me that’s a red. Ugly and dumb.
What. Was. That.
Come on, do not let this up SKC
12 minutes? Seems a little generous, but nothing crazy considering the amount of injuries and a couple goals
12 minutes? That is insane, it’s like we’re watching the World Cup again.
I can’t believe Twellman is seriously asking for a red card on Salloi there. Yaro is 100% more at fault for that. Salloi went to ground before Yaro ever did.
I guess they are just going to keep playing until Dogfood score…12 minutes was ridiculous and yet they keep going
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
The boys are looking good! Now it’s time to heal up and get ready for the next round.