Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Sporting Kansas City
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Philadelphia Union

Sporting Park

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City4-3-3
TM29Melia
SA17Abdul-Salaam
IO3Opara
EP2Palmer-Brown
SS15Sinovic
BF10Feilhaber
IS6Sanchez
JM94Medranda
LB9Blessing
DR11⚽↓79'Rubio
DS30Salloi
JM23McCarthy
RG28Gaddis
OO5Onyewu
JE3Elliott
GW32Wijnaldum
DJ21Jones
HM6Medunjanin
CP13↓61'Pontius
I25↓61'Ilsinho
FP22↓90'Picault
CS17Sapong
Philadelphia Union4-2-3-1

Sporting Kansas City substitutes

7 Gerso Fernandes 5.4 ↑79'
21 Andrew Dykstra
39 Cameron Porter
4 Kevin Ellis
93 Sonny Mustivar
22 Soony Saad
77 Tyler Pasher

Coach: Peter Vermes

Philadelphia Union substitutes

20 Marcus Epps 6.9 ↑61'
10 Roland Alberg 6.9 ⚽↑61'
27 Jay Simpson ↑90'
7 Brian Carroll
29 Jake McGuire
15 Joshua Yaro
12 Keegan Rosenberry

Coach: Jim Curtin

Match events

Second half
49'Diego Rubio assist: Daniel Salloi 1 - 0⚽
61'↑ Marcus Epps ↓ Chris Pontius⇄
61'↑ Roland Alberg ↓ Ilsinho⇄
64'Saad Abdul-Salaam
68'Haris Medunjanin
68'Benny Feilhaber
69'Roland Alberg (penalty) 1 - 1⚽
79'↑ Gerso Fernandes ↓ Diego Rubio⇄
90'↑ Jay Simpson ↓ Fabrice Picault⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Friday, 7 July 2017, 00:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5Sporting Kansas City wins6Draws7Philadelphia Union wins

18 past meetings on record. Biggest Sporting Kansas City win: Philadelphia Union 4–0 Sporting Kansas City (2012). Biggest Philadelphia Union win: Philadelphia Union 1–3 Sporting Kansas City (2013).

2 Apr 2023Philadelphia Union 0 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
31 Jul 2020Philadelphia Union 3 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer Championship Playoff
10 Mar 2019Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
23 Sep 2018Philadelphia Union 2 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
28 Aug 2016Philadelphia Union 2 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
1 Oct 2015Philadelphia Union 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityUS Open Cup
6 Apr 2015Sporting Kansas City 3 - 2 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
19 Oct 2014Philadelphia Union 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
2 Aug 2014Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
15 May 2014Sporting Kansas City 1 - 2 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
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26 Oct 2013Philadelphia Union 1 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
28 Sep 2013Sporting Kansas City 0 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
2 Mar 2013Philadelphia Union 1 - 3 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
25 Oct 2012Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
24 Jun 2012Philadelphia Union 4 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
24 Sep 2011Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
23 Jun 2011Philadelphia Union 0 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
4 Sep 2010Philadelphia Union 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer