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DC United Edges Out Sporting Kansas City in Thrilling Match at Audi Field
Washington, D.C. – DC United secured a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in a captivating match at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. The game, part of the Major League Soccer regular season’s fourth round, was characterized by numerous yellow cards and intense moments.
Although Sporting Kansas City controlled possession (56%), DC United proved more clinical in attack. Erik Thommy’s goal in the 54th minute, assisted by Johnny Davis, put Sporting Kansas City ahead. However, Christian Benteke leveled the score with a penalty in the 60th minute following a foul on a DC United player. The home side then took the lead with a goal from Hiroki Kijima in the 69th minute, assisted by Peglow. DC United displayed better accuracy in shots on target (4 out of 11 shots), while Sporting Kansas City only managed one shot on target from seven attempts.
The match was punctuated by a flurry of yellow cards. Referee Rosendo Mendoza issued five yellow cards to DC United (Boris Enow, Peglow, Christian Benteke, Jackson Kim, and Lucas MacNaughton) and four to Sporting Kansas City (D. Rosero, J. Fernandez, J. Miller, and J. Pulskamp). Despite the higher number of yellow cards for DC United, Sporting KC showed greater ball possession.
Substitutions sporting kansas city: at minute 46 J. Miller came in and D. Rosero went out., at minute 77 W. Agada came in and S. Suleymanov went out., at minute 88 D. Salloi came in and E. Thommy went out.
Substitutions dc united: at minute 70 M. Peltola came in and Boris Enow went out., at minute 70 J. Murrell came in and J. Stroud went out., at minute 82 B. Servania came in and Peglow went out., at minute 82 D. Badji came in and C. Benteke went out., at minute 82 L. MacNaughton came in and Gabriel Pirani went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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