Played
May 27, 2012 4:52 PM EDT
LIVESTRONG Sporting Park — Kansas City, Kansas
Referee: B. Toledo
Attendance: 19974
May 27, 2012 4:52 PM EDT
LIVESTRONG Sporting Park — Kansas City, Kansas
Referee: B. Toledo
Attendance: 19974
MLS Preview: Sporting Kansas City - San Jose Earthquakes
Sporting started the season hottest, but since San Jose has taken its place as the most in-form team in the league.
By Zac Lee Rigg
| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
| Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3): Nielsen; Myers, Collin, Besler, Sinovic; Nagamura, Cesar, Espinoza; Kamara, Bunbury, Convey. |
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OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back strain)
PROBABLE: MF Julio Cesar (R knee strain); DF Aurelien Collin (L knee strain)
| San Jose Earthquakes (4-4-2): Busch; Beitashour, Hernandez, Opara, Corrales; Baca, Cronin, Stephenson, Chavez; Lenhart, Gordon. |
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OUT: MF Joey Gjertsen (R knee surgery); MF Shea Salinas (L clavicle fracture); DF Tim Ward (L non-specific soft tissue injury)
QUESTIONABLE: DF Victor Bernardez (L knee MCL sprain); MF Marvin Chavez (L hamstring strain)
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Sporting KC doesn't like May. The club hasn't won in May since 2009, 13 matches without a win.
- Kansas City opened the 2012 season with seven straight wins. It hasn't won in the four since, leaving it third in the East with 22 points from 11 games.
- Meanwhile San Jose has blazed to first overall with 27 points from 13 games.
- Alan Gordon has scored in the last minute or later in three consecutive games to salvage late points. Most recently he scored the winner against his former side the LA Galaxy to complete a 3-2 comeback win.
- San Jose last won in Kansas City in 2004, with KC boasting a six-game winning run against the 'Quakes.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Sporting Kansas City 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes
- 23.08 %
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Sporting Kansas City 2-3 San Jose Earthquakes
- 15.39 %
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Sporting Kansas City 1-2 San Jose Earthquakes
- 15.39 %
| Major League Soccer (MLS) | 2012-05-27 | Sporting Kansas City 2 - San Jose Earthquakes 1 | |
| Major League Soccer (MLS) | 2011-10-01 | San Jose Earthquakes 1 - Sporting Kansas City 1 | |
| Major League Soccer (MLS) | 2011-06-17 | Sporting Kansas City 1 - San Jose Earthquakes 0 | |
| Major League Soccer (MLS) | 2010-10-23 | Sporting Kansas City 4 - San Jose Earthquakes 1 | |
| Major League Soccer (MLS) | 2010-08-14 | San Jose Earthquakes 1 - Sporting Kansas City 0 |
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| 2013-05-19 | D.C. United 1 - Sporting Kansas City 1 | MLS |
| 2013-05-12 | Houston Dynamo 0 - Sporting Kansas City 1 | MLS |
| 2013-05-08 | Sporting Kansas City 0 - Seattle Sounders FC 1 | MLS |
| 2013-05-05 | Sporting Kansas City 4 - Chivas USA 0 | MLS |
| 2013-04-27 | Sporting Kansas City 2 - Portland Timbers 3 | MLS |
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| 2013-05-18 | San Jose Earthquakes 1 - Colorado Rapids 1 | MLS |
| 2013-05-11 | Seattle Sounders FC 4 - San Jose Earthquakes 0 | MLS |
| 2013-05-08 | San Jose Earthquakes 2 - Toronto FC 1 | MLS |
| 2013-05-04 | San Jose Earthquakes 2 - Montreal Impact 2 | MLS |
| 2013-04-27 | Chivas USA 2 - San Jose Earthquakes 2 | MLS |
| 1 | Jimmy Nielsen | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Matt Besler | Defender |
| 7 | Chance Myers | Defender |
| 15 | Seth Sinovic | Defender |
| 78 | Aurellien Collin | Defender |
| 8 | Graham Zusi | Striker |
| - | R. Espinoza | Midfielder |
| - | Julio César | Defender |
| 9 | Teal Bunbury | Striker |
| 17 | C. J. Sapong | Striker |
| 23 | Kei Kamara | Striker |
| - | Jon Kempin | Goalkeeper |
| - | Michael Harrington | Defender |
| 13 | Lawrence Olum | Midfielder |
| 6 | Paulo Nagamura | Midfielder |
| 19 | Peterson Joseph | Midfielder |
| - | Dominic Dwyer | Striker |
| 37 | Jacob Peterson | Midfielder |
| 18 | Jon Busch | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Justin Morrow | Defender |
| 21 | Jason Hernandez | Defender |
| 33 | Steven Beitashour | Defender |
| 12 | Ramiro Corrales | Defender |
| 30 | Rafael Baca | Midfielder |
| 81 | Marvin Chávez | Midfielder |
| 5 | Brad Ring | Midfielder |
| - | Khari Stephenson | Midfielder |
| 24 | Alan Gordon | Striker |
| - | Simon Dawkins | Striker |
| 1 | David Bingham | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Ike Opara | Defender |
| 4 | Sam Cronin | Midfielder |
| - | T. Moreno | Midfielder |
| - | Jean Alexandre | Midfielder |
| - | C. Pizarro | Striker |
| 10 | Sercan Güvenisik | Striker |
| Aurellien Collin | |
| Position: | Defender |
| Squad Number: | 78 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Marvin Chávez | |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Squad Number: | 81 |
| Games | Goals | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Results
Times In EST
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Jack McInerney Striker Philadelphia Union |
8 | 0 |
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Mike Magee Midfielder Los Angeles Galaxy |
6 | 1 |
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Claudio Bieler Striker Sporting Kansas City |
6 | 1 |
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Marco Di Vaio Striker Montreal Impact |
6 | 0 |
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Robert Earnshaw Striker Toronto FC |
5 | 2 |


