Played
September 19, 2012 7:10 PM EDT
Red Bull Arena — Harrison, New Jersey
Referee: D. Gantar
Attendance: 10286
September 19, 2012 7:10 PM EDT
Red Bull Arena — Harrison, New Jersey
Referee: D. Gantar
Attendance: 10286
MLS Preview: New York Red Bulls - Sporting Kansas City
Trailing by two points atop the Eastern Conference, New York defends its unbeaten home record against Sporting.
By Zac Lee Rigg
| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
| New York Red Bulls (4-4-2): Gaudette; Lade, Holgersson, Pearce, Conde; McCarty, Marquez, Cahill, Solli; Henry, Cooper. |
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OUT: GK Ryan Meara (L hip surgery); DF Roy Miller (groin strain)
| Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3): Nielsen; Myers, Besler, Collin, Sinovic; Espinoza, Cesar, Nagamura; Zusi, Sapong, Kamara. |
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OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture)
DOUBTFUL: FW Bobby Convey (R hamstring strain)
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- These teams, meeting for the second of three times at the tail end of the regular season, are separated by two points at the top of the Eastern Conference. They drew the earlier meeting this year.
- New York is riding a five-game unbeaten streak after a come-from-behind 3-1 win over the Columbus Crew, capped by an 'olympico' from Thierry Henry. That was Henry's 13th goal this year, the fourth-most in MLS.
- Henry's first in that game was assisted by Rafael Marquez, making his first start since July 15.
- Graham Zusi assisted on C.J. Sapong's equalizer against Houston over the weekend, moving Zusi to joint-first in the assist column in MLS. Sapong's goal was his first since June 16.
- New York has the best home record in MLS (10-0-3) and Kansas City boasts the best road record (7-4-2).
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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New York Red Bulls 2-1 Sporting Kansas City
- 24.24 %
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New York Red Bulls 3-2 Sporting Kansas City
- 9.09 %
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New York Red Bulls 4-2 Sporting Kansas City
- 9.09 %
| USA - Major League Soccer (MLS) | Apr 17, 2013 | New York Red Bulls 0 - Sporting Kansas City 1 |
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| USA - Major League Soccer (MLS) | Oct 20, 2012 | New York Red Bulls 0 - Sporting Kansas City 0 |
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| USA - Major League Soccer (MLS) | Sep 19, 2012 | New York Red Bulls 0 - Sporting Kansas City 2 |
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| USA - Major League Soccer (MLS) | Aug 26, 2012 | Sporting Kansas City 1 - New York Red Bulls 1 |
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| USA - Major League Soccer (MLS) | Oct 15, 2011 | Sporting Kansas City 2 - New York Red Bulls 0 |
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New York Red Bulls
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| May 19, 2013 | New York Red Bulls 1 - Los Angeles Galaxy 0 | MLS |
| May 11, 2013 | New England Revolution 1 - New York Red Bulls 1 | MLS |
| May 8, 2013 | New York Red Bulls 2 - Montreal Impact 1 | MLS |
| May 4, 2013 | Columbus Crew 0 - New York Red Bulls 1 | MLS |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Toronto FC 1 - New York Red Bulls 2 | MLS |
Sporting Kansas City
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| May 19, 2013 | D.C. United 1 - Sporting Kansas City 1 | MLS |
| May 12, 2013 | Houston Dynamo 0 - Sporting Kansas City 1 | MLS |
| May 8, 2013 | Sporting Kansas City 0 - Seattle Sounders FC 1 | MLS |
| May 5, 2013 | Sporting Kansas City 4 - Chivas USA 0 | MLS |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Sporting Kansas City 2 - Portland Timbers 3 | MLS |
| - | Bill Gaudette | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Wilman Conde | Defender |
| - | Heath Pearce | Defender |
| 4 | Rafa Márquez | Defender |
| 5 | Marcus Holgersson | Defender |
| 16 | Connor Lade | Defender |
| 28 | Teemu Tainio | Midfielder |
| 11 | Dax McCarty | Midfielder |
| - | Tim Cahill | Midfielder |
| 26 | Joel Lindpere | Midfielder |
| 14 | Thierry Henry | Striker |
| 32 | Luis Robles | Goalkeeper |
| - | Jan Gunnar Solli | Midfielder |
| - | Stephen Keel | Defender |
| - | Lloyd Sam | Midfielder |
| 25 | Brandon Barklage | Midfielder |
| 11 | Sebastien Le Toux | Midfielder |
| 33 | Kenny Cooper | Striker |
| 1 | Jimmy Nielsen | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Matt Besler | Defender |
| 7 | Chance Myers | Defender |
| 15 | Seth Sinovic | Defender |
| 78 | Aurellien Collin | Defender |
| 6 | Paulo Nagamura | Midfielder |
| 8 | Graham Zusi | Striker |
| - | Julio César | Defender |
| - | R. Espinoza | Midfielder |
| 23 | Kei Kamara | Striker |
| 17 | C. J. Sapong | Striker |
| 18 | Eric Kronberg | Goalkeeper |
| - | Michael Harrington | Defender |
| 13 | Lawrence Olum | Midfielder |
| 19 | Peterson Joseph | Midfielder |
| 20 | Oriol Rosell | Striker |
| - | Dominic Dwyer | Striker |
| 37 | Jacob Peterson | Midfielder |
Results
Times In EST
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scheduled
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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 LA Galaxy |
6 | 1 |
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Claudio Bieler Striker Sporting KC |
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 |
