Played
October 20, 2012 7:08 PM EDT
Red Bull Arena — Harrison, New Jersey
Referee: S. Petrescu
Attendance: 25219
October 20, 2012 7:08 PM EDT
Red Bull Arena — Harrison, New Jersey
Referee: S. Petrescu
Attendance: 25219
MLS Preview: New York Red Bulls - Sporting Kansas City
Sporting needs a win to maintain its outside chance at the Supporters' Shield, and losing could put New York's playoff spot in jeopardy.
By Keith Hickey
Ed Zurga
| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
| New York Red Bulls (4-4-2): Gaudette; Solli, Holgersson, Pearce, Conde; McCarty, Marquez, Lindpere, Lade; Henry, Cahill. |
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OUT: DF Brandon Barklage (L plantar fascia injury); GK Ryan Meara (L hip surgery)
| Spoorting Kansas City (4-3-3): Nielsen, Myers, Olum, Besler, Sinovic; Nagamura, Cesar, Convey; Kamara, Sapong, Zusi. |
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OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture)
DOUBTFUL: MF Roger Espinoza (R ankle sprain)
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- The teams are meeting for the third time this year, all coming over the final three months of the season. A month ago, C.J. Sapong and Kei Kamara scored as Sporting ended the Red Bulls' long home unbeaten streak with a 2-0 victory at Red Bull Arena. The teams played to a 1-1 draw on Aug. 26 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, as Kamara scored at both ends, giving KC an early lead then scoring into his own net for the equalizer.
- Graham Zusi regained the league lead with his 15th assist, setting up Sporting’s goal in their 1-1 draw with Columbus on Oct. 7.
- SKC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen has 14 shutouts this season, tied for second-most in a single season in MLS history. If he posts shutouts in the final two games of the season, he will equal the all-time MLS record set in 2000 by Kansas City’s Tony Meola.
- New York currently sits in fourth, four points ahead of outside-chancer Columbus, but the Red Bulls have won just won of their last four games, against dead-last Toronto FC.
- First-place Kansas City has now gone 10 games without defeat, last capitulating to the Columbus Crew on July 28.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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New York Red Bulls 3-1 Sporting Kansas City
- 20.83 %
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New York Red Bulls 1-0 Sporting Kansas City
- 12.5 %
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New York Red Bulls 1-2 Sporting Kansas City
- 12.5 %
| 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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| Jun 1, 2013 | New York Red Bulls 1 - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 | MLS |
| May 26, 2013 | New York Red Bulls 2 - Columbus Crew 2 | MLS |
| 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 |
Sporting Kansas City
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| Jun 1, 2013 | Sporting Kansas City 1 - Montreal Impact 2 | MLS |
| May 26, 2013 | Sporting Kansas City 1 - Houston Dynamo 1 | MLS |
| 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 |
| 32 | Luis Robles | Goalkeeper |
| - | Heath Pearce | Defender |
| 4 | Rafa Márquez | Defender |
| 5 | Marcus Holgersson | Defender |
| 16 | Connor Lade | Defender |
| 28 | Teemu Tainio | Midfielder |
| - | Lloyd Sam | Midfielder |
| 11 | Dax McCarty | Midfielder |
| - | Tim Cahill | Midfielder |
| 14 | Thierry Henry | Striker |
| 33 | Kenny Cooper | Striker |
| - | Bill Gaudette | Goalkeeper |
| 7 | Roy Miller | Defender |
| - | Jan Gunnar Solli | Midfielder |
| - | Stephen Keel | Defender |
| 15 | Tyler Ruthven | Defender |
| 26 | Joel Lindpere | Midfielder |
| 11 | Sebastien Le Toux | Midfielder |
| 1 | Jimmy Nielsen | Goalkeeper |
| 78 | Aurellien Collin | Defender |
| 5 | Matt Besler | Defender |
| 7 | Chance Myers | Defender |
| 15 | Seth Sinovic | Defender |
| - | Julio César | Defender |
| 6 | Paulo Nagamura | Midfielder |
| 8 | Graham Zusi | Striker |
| 37 | Jacob Peterson | Midfielder |
| 17 | C. J. Sapong | Striker |
| 23 | Kei Kamara | Striker |
| 18 | Eric Kronberg | Goalkeeper |
| - | Michael Harrington | Defender |
| 13 | Lawrence Olum | Midfielder |
| 19 | Peterson Joseph | Midfielder |
| 20 | Oriol Rosell | Striker |
| - | Bobby Convey | Midfielder |
| - | Dominic Dwyer | Striker |
Results
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Jack McInerney Striker Philadelphia Union |
10 | 0 |
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Marco Di Vaio Striker Montreal Impact |
9 | 0 |
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Mike Magee Midfielder LA Galaxy |
8 | 1 |
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Claudio Bieler Striker Sporting KC |
7 | 2 |
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Dominic Oduro Striker Columbus Crew |
7 | 0 |
