Sporting Kansas City vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs D.C. United SC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- D.C. United SC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Sep D.C. United SC H 3–0 W 11 Sep Houston Dynamo A 0–0 D 05 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–2 D 28 Aug San Jose Earthquakes H 1–0 W 21 Aug Portland Timbers H 4–1 W 14 Aug Austin FC A 3–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Sep Sporting Kansas City A 0–3 L 11 Sep Real Salt Lake A 0–0 D 04 Sep Colorado Rapids SC H 0–0 D 01 Sep New York City FC A 2–1 W 28 Aug Atlanta United FC A 2–3 L 20 Aug Philadelphia Union H 0–6 L Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City D.C. United SC #30 Position #9 11 Points 18 14 Played 15 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 4 / 6 / 5 14 Scored 21 36 Conceded 25 -22 GD -4 0.79 PPG 1.20 21% Win % 27% Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season40% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). D.C. United SC are 9th (18 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededD.C. United SC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-602/361-751/276+4/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and D.C. United SC has kicked off!
- 5' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 20' Jackson Hopkins needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 25' The travelling D.C. United SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 29' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Yellow card on 29.
- 31' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Ravel Morrison.
- 34' Sporting Kansas City is taking the lead after the goal scored by Khiry Shelton on 34.
- 39' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 44' It’s high time Wayne Rooney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 46' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Roger Espinoza by Erik Thommy on 46 minute.
- 51' D.C. United SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 56' Marinos Tzionis has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 60' Nigel Robertha has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ola Kamara on 60 minute.
- 61' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Khiry Shelton by William Agada on 61 minute.
- 63' It’s a booking for D.C. United SC player. Christian Benteke gets a Yellow card.
- 68' Christopher Durkin has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sofiane Djeffal on 68 minute.
- 70' Goal! Robert Voloder scores his 2 goal in 396 matches.
- 73' The referee shows D.C. United SC player a Yellow card on 73.
- 78' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. D.C. United SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 83' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 86' It is a substitution in D.C. United SC team. Victor Palsson is replaced by Jackson Hopkins on 86 minute.
- 87' What a strike from Daniel Salloi! The score is 3-0.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for D.C. United SC.
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
- 54
- 20
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15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Erik Thommy 46'
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11
Khiry Shelton ↓ William Agada 61'
- 22
- 2
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28
Cameron Duke ↓ Felipe Hernandez 46'
- 4
- 27
- 3
- 24
Bench
- 5
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26
Erik Thommy ↑ 46'
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7
Johnny Russell ↑ 61'
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21
Felipe Hernandez ↑ 46'
- 12
- 6
- 1
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23
William Agada ↑ 61'
- 48
Coach Peter VermesD.C. United SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 20
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9
Ola Kamara ↓ Nigel Robertha 60'
- 44
- 3
- 14
- 23
- 32
- 49
- 15
- 13
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77
Martin Rodriguez ↓ Miguel Berry 86'
Bench
- 6
- 21
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19
Nigel Robertha ↑ 60'
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22
Miguel Berry ↑ 86'
- 97
- 93
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17
Kimarni Smith ↑ 61'
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8
Christopher Durkin ↑ 68'
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25
Jackson Hopkins ↑ 86'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hosei Kijima 1 Erik Thommy 1 Felipe Gutierrez 1 Felipe Gutierrez 1 Paul Arriola 1 Daniel Salloi 1 Khiry Shelton 1 Robert Voloder 1 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2022-09-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 D.C. United SC W 2022-09-11 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-09-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-08-21 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-08-14 Austin FC 4–3 Sporting Kansas City LD.C. United SC Form
2022-09-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 D.C. United SC L 2022-09-11 Real Salt Lake 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2022-09-04 D.C. United SC 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D 2022-09-01 New York City FC 1–2 D.C. United SC W 2022-08-28 Atlanta United FC 3–2 D.C. United SC L 2022-08-20 D.C. United SC 0–6 Philadelphia Union L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.55 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.28 D.C. United SC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sporting Kansas City winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.83Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 53% 47% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 73%Draw or D.C. United SC 53%Sporting Kansas City or D.C. United SC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Sporting Kansas City win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.6%2 – 1 8.7%1 – 0 8.3%0 – 0 7.8%1 – 2 7.2%2 – 0 7%0 – 1 6.6%2 – 2 5.6%0 – 2 4.7%3 – 1 4.5%3 – 0 Actual1 – 3 3.1%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push D.C. United SC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 21% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 17% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 29% ✗D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.