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Played
June 12, 2011 7:08 PM EDT
FC Dallas Stadium — Frisco, Texas
Referee: K. Stott
Attendance: 10450
June 12, 2011 7:08 PM EDT
FC Dallas Stadium — Frisco, Texas
Referee: K. Stott
Attendance: 10450
FC Dallas 1-4 Sporting Kansas City: Sporting earns huge win on the road
Dallas couldn't hold back the wave from Sporting Kansas City.
By Allen Ramsey
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Sporting Kansas City earned a massive win on the road, topping FC Dallas 4-1 on the strength of a Graham Zusi brace.
First Half
The match started out in typical fashion with both teams trying to find a rhythm early on. FC Dallas 'keeper Kevin Hartman was forced into a few saves early on but managed to keep the visitors at bay despite Sporting earning a series of early corners.
Int he 28th the match got the opening goal that it needed, courtesy of Zusi who did very well to cut in from the left and bury a righted footed shot into the corner of Hartman's net.
Dallas didn't take long to answer. Four minutes later Brek Shea had the home side on the board with a spectacular solo run through Sporting's back line. Shea split two defenders and used two nice cuts to split two more, freeing himself up in the box for a fairly simple finish.
The rest of the first half played out evenly and the teams went to the break level at 1-1.
Second Half
The second half was all Sporting K.C. Aurelien Collin restored the visitor's lead four minutes after the break after a corner was over-hit and then sent back into the box where he manged to tap it home past Hartman.
Zusi added another six minutes later, and it was a stunner. Zusi hit a free kick from near the center circle which knuckled and dove past the surprised Hartman, another superb effort to a fine weekend of goals in Major League Soccer.
The only negative for Sporting on the night came in the 56th when Milos Stojcev was sent off for a reckless tackle, his second of the night, but that wouldn't keep the Kansas City side from adding one more.
Luke Sassano finished off Hartman's terrible night at the office with a deft chip in the 78th, the fourth of the night for Sporting, which effectively put any doubts about the outcome to bed.
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First Half
The match started out in typical fashion with both teams trying to find a rhythm early on. FC Dallas 'keeper Kevin Hartman was forced into a few saves early on but managed to keep the visitors at bay despite Sporting earning a series of early corners.
Int he 28th the match got the opening goal that it needed, courtesy of Zusi who did very well to cut in from the left and bury a righted footed shot into the corner of Hartman's net.
Dallas didn't take long to answer. Four minutes later Brek Shea had the home side on the board with a spectacular solo run through Sporting's back line. Shea split two defenders and used two nice cuts to split two more, freeing himself up in the box for a fairly simple finish.
The rest of the first half played out evenly and the teams went to the break level at 1-1.
Second Half
The second half was all Sporting K.C. Aurelien Collin restored the visitor's lead four minutes after the break after a corner was over-hit and then sent back into the box where he manged to tap it home past Hartman.
Zusi added another six minutes later, and it was a stunner. Zusi hit a free kick from near the center circle which knuckled and dove past the surprised Hartman, another superb effort to a fine weekend of goals in Major League Soccer.
The only negative for Sporting on the night came in the 56th when Milos Stojcev was sent off for a reckless tackle, his second of the night, but that wouldn't keep the Kansas City side from adding one more.
Luke Sassano finished off Hartman's terrible night at the office with a deft chip in the 78th, the fourth of the night for Sporting, which effectively put any doubts about the outcome to bed.
Keep updated with Major League Soccer by visiting Goal.com's MLS page and joining Goal.com's
page.
Goal
Own Goal
Penalty
Penalty Missed
Yellow Card
Assist
Penalty Save
Penalty Shootout Goal
Penalty Shootout Miss
Yellow Card / Red Card
Red Card
Substitution IN
Substitution OUT
Injury
Goal.com Rating
Goal.com Man of the Match
Goal.com Flop of the Match
Top & Flop Global Ranking
Fans' Man of the Match
Fans' Flop of the Match
Results
Times In EST
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Kenny Cooper
Striker NY Red Bulls |
11 | 2 |
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Chris Wondolowski
Striker San Jose Earthquakes |
11 | 1 |
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Thierry Henry
Striker NY Red Bulls |
9 | 0 |
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Saer Sene
Striker New England |
7 | 1 |
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Maicon Santos
Striker D.C. United |
7 | 0 |