1 |
2 |
1 OT |
2 OT |
PK |
F |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seattle |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 (6-5) |
Kansas City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Scoring Summary:
None.
Penalty Kick Summary:
KC - Pore (goal)
SEA - Jackson (goal)
KC-Conrad (save)
SEA -Le Toux (crossbar)
KC - McMahen (goal)
SEA -Treschuk (goal)
KC-Espinoza (goal)
SEA -Sakuda- (goal)
KC-Zavagnin (goal)
SEA -O'Brien (goal)
KC-Harrington (goal)
SEA -Kante (goal)
KC-Wahl (save)
SEA -Scott (goal)
Seattle win 6-5 in penalty kicks
The Kansas City Wizards were eliminated from the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Tuesday night in penalty kicks 6-5 after playing to a 0-0 draw with the Seattle Sounders (USL-1) through 120 minutes. Kansas City fielded a lineup that included zero starters from the last MLS match during the first half. Kansas City's last four matches in Open Cup play have gone to extra time, and two have gone to penalties.
Kansas City and Seattle played an up-and-down first half, with each team generating seven shots. The Wizards held a 5-2 advantage in shots on goal. The Wizards best scoring opportunity of the first half came in 18th minute and started through midfielder Roger Espinoza at the center of the park. Espinoza lofted a ball up the right flank to forward Ryan Pore running at the Sounders goal. Pore cut inside a defender and slipped the ball through to strike partner Michael Kraus. Kraus slid to put a shot on goal, but goalkeeper Chris Eylander was there to smother the opportunity.
In the second half, defender Tyson Wahl made a great hustle play to keep Seattle off the score sheet. In the 78th minute, the Sounders took a quick restart in midfield and the ball ended up behind the Wizards defense to forward Sebastian LeToux. Le Toux lofted the ball up and over goalkeeper Eric Kronberg, who had come quickly off his goal line, but Wahl was there to clear the ball away and out of danger.
Substitute midfielder Michael Harrington caused trouble for the Seattle defense in the 84th minute. Harrington cut in from the right flank across the middle of the field and around two defenders. He then lofted a ball toward midfielder Roger Espinoza on the left side of the penalty area. Espinoza raced to the ball, cut inside a defender and fired high and hard toward goal. Eylander was there, however to block the opportunity clear.
Goalkeeper Eric Kronberg then made an excellent save in extra time to keep the teams on level terms. In the 94th minute, substitute midfielder Jason Cascio got a clean look at goal from 18 yards out after a quick combination through midfield by Seattle. Cascio's hard shot toward the back post was parried wide by a dive from Kronberg, however, to keep the game scoreless.
The game was then decided in sudden-death penalty kicks. Ryan Pore converted the first for Kansas City, followed by a successful attempt from Seattle's Danny Jackson. Each team's second shooter failed to convert, as Chris Eylander stopped an effort from Wizards captain Jimmy Conrad and Seattle forward Sebastian Le Toux put his chance off the crossbar. The next four shooters for both teams converted before Eylander stopped Tyson Wahl's penalty. Zach Scott then stepped up and buried his chance in the right-side netting to send Seattle through to the semifinal round August 12 at fellow USL-1 side Charleston Battery.
The Wizards return home tomorrow and play again Thursday at 7 p.m. CT against Red Bull New York. Kansas City will then host Mexican partner club Atlas AC the next night at 7 p.m. CT. Both games will be played at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan. Friday's match will conclude a five-game in 11-day stretch that included two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games, two MLS matches and an international friendly.
Seattle Sounders Line-Up: Chris Eylander, Kevin Sakuda, Danny Jackson, Taylor Graham, Zach Scott, Josh Gardner (Yousouff Kante 83), Leighton O'Brien, Kenji Treschuk, Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (Jason Cascio 86), Sebastian LeToux, Andre Schmid (Michael Rodriguez 61)
Substitutes not used: Ben Dragavon (GK), Nick Besagno, Noah Merl, Craig Tomlinson
Kansas City Wizards Line-Up: Eric Kronberg, Chance Myers, Rauwshan McKenzie (Jimmy Conrad 46), Tyson Wahl, Matt Marquess, Jonathan Leathers (Ryan McMahen 83), Kerry Zavagnin, Roger Espinoza, Lance Watson (Michael Harrington 63), Michael Kraus (Nelson Pizarro 57), Ryan Pore
Substitutes not used: Boris Pardo (GK)
Misconduct:
KC - Lance Watson (caution) 23
Notables:
•Kansas City is now 10-10 all-time in Open Cup play.
•The Wizards play-in game to qualify for the Open Cup also went to PKs, with the Wizards winning 5-3 over Colorado Rapids after tying 2-2 through regulation and extra time.
• Kansas City is now 2-3 all-time in penalty kicks.
• The Wizards last four matches associated with the Open Cup have gone to overtime.
•Kansas City lost to Real Salt Lake 2-1 in a 2007 play-in game, defeated Colorado in this year's play-in contest and beat Carolina RailHawks 4-2 in extra time last Tuesday prior to today's PK loss.
•Defender Rauwshan McKenzie, midfielder Lance Watson and forward Michael Kraus made their first-ever first team starts and appearances for the Wizards.
•Nelson Pizarro, a second half substitute at forward, made his first-ever first team appearance.
•Kansas City next hosts Red Bull New York Thursday at 7 p.m. CT at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in KCK.
•The Wizards then play Mexican partner club Atlas AC Friday at 7 p.m. CT, also at CAB.
