冒険的な Kansas City shuts out 星雲 2-0
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Johnny Russell and Khiry Shelton each 得点する／非難する／２０d their first goals of the season late to 解除する the visiting 冒険的な Kansas City to a 2-0 victory over the LA 星雲 on Sunday night.
Russell gave Kansas City the lead in the 81st minute on a night the 星雲 lost MLS goal 得点する／非難する／２０ing leader Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to a late 傷害 scratch.
Shelton then 追加するd a goal in the fifth minute of second-half 停止 time as LA (7-4-0, 21 points) was caught 押し進めるing for an equalizer, in a victory that 押し進めるd Kansas City (8-3-2, 26 points) even on points with Seattle 頂上に the Western 会議／協議会 standings.
Seattle leads SKC on the first tiebreaker of goal differential.
Tim Melia made seven saves in Kansas City's third 連続した victory and first shutout of the season.
Jonathan 社債 made four saves for the 星雲, which held out Chicharito as a 警戒 because of a minor calf 傷害 that crept up during warm-ups.
Samuel Grandsir led the hosts with three 発射s on 的 but fell short in the search for his first MLS goal.
After 得点する／非難する／２０ing 25 times in his first three MLS seasons, the Scottish international Russell entered Sunday without a goal にもかかわらず 20 発射s and five 成果／努力s on 的.
He 訂正するd that on a sequence that （機の）カム 大部分は against the run of play, when Felipe Hernandez 軍隊d a turnover 深い in LA's own half.
Russell was first to the loose ball and struck an 初期の 試みる／企てる 否定するd by 社債. He then reached the 回復する while it was still in the 空気／公表する and flicked a clever header that 宙返り飛行d over the 'keeper and 負かす／撃墜する across the line.
Shelton made it 2-0 on a 脱退／分離 when he （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Sacha Kljestan to a loose ball 近づく midfield and, with LA 押し進めるing numbers 今後, 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd 社債 and tucked the ball into an empty 逮捕する.
Melia's heroics before that helped keep KC in position to こそこそ動く out with a 勝利，勝つ.
His best stops may have come in succession in the 33rd and 34th minute, when he smothered Ethan Zubak's header off a dangerous 始める，決める piece and then got just enough of Grandsir's 試みる／企てる.
--Field Level マスコミ
