Regular season · 2012

Sporting KC 1–0 LA Galaxy.

Sporting Kansas City beat LA Galaxy 1–0 on Saturday, April 7, 2012, in the 2012 regular season at Livestrong Sporting Park, before an announced crowd of 20,323.

Sporting Kansas City

Peter Vermes

Kei Kamara 39'

1–0

Full time

LA Galaxy

Bruce Arena

Timeline

How it unfolded.

GoalKei Kamara39'
56'SubstitutionChad Barrettfor Edson Buddle
SubstitutionJacob Petersonfor Bobby Convey69'
72'SubstitutionKyle Nakazawafor Juninho
77'SubstitutionMarcelo Sarvasfor Michael Stephens
SubstitutionPaulo Nagamurafor Julio Cesar78'
SubstitutionTeal Bunburyfor C.J. Sapong87'
89'Yellow cardLandon Donovan

Team statistics

The box score.

59.9
Possession %: 40.1; 14
Shots: 4; 4
Shots on target: 0; 7
Corners: 2; 9
Fouls: 12; 2
Offsides: 1; 0
Yellow cards: 1; 0
Red cards: 0; 0
Saves: 3; 480
Passes: 310; 371
Accurate passes: 193; 77%
Pass accuracy: 62%; 0
Penalty goals: 0; 0
Penalties taken: 0; 25
Crosses: 13; 6
Accurate crosses: 2; 63
Long balls: 56; 33
Accurate long balls: 20; 2
Blocked shots: 1; 13
Tackles won: 14; 16
Tackles: 19; 11
Interceptions: 9; 15
Clearances: 15; 24
Clearances attempted: 24

Lineups

Who played.

Sporting Kansas City

Jimmy Nielsen
Matt Besler
Aurélien Collin
Seth Sinovic
Chance Myers
Graham Zusi
Roger Espinoza
Julio Cesar ↓
C.J. Sapong ↓
Bobby Convey A↓
Kei Kamara G

Bench

Paulo Nagamura ↑
Teal Bunbury ↑
Jacob Peterson ↑

LA Galaxy

Josh Saunders
A.J. DeLaGarza
Tommy Meyer
Todd Dunivant
Sean Franklin
Michael Stephens ↓
Juninho ↓
Mike Magee
Landon Donovan
Robbie Keane
Edson Buddle ↓

Bench

Marcelo Sarvas ↑
Kyle Nakazawa ↑
Chad Barrett ↑

Match facts

Date: Saturday, April 7, 2012
Competition: Regular season · 2012
Venue: Livestrong Sporting Park
Attendance: 20,323
Sporting KC coach: Peter Vermes
LA Galaxy coach: Bruce Arena
Officials: Jorge González (Referee), Jorge Gonzalez (Assistant)

Attendance is the announced figure.