Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Allen Chapman
- Assistant 1 Logan Brown
- Assistant 2 Brian Dunn (USA)
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr San Jose Earthquakes H 1–3 L 04 Apr Real Salt Lake A 1–3 L 22 Mar Colorado Rapids SC H 1–4 L 15 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–1 W 08 Mar San Diego FC H 0–1 L 01 Mar Columbus Crew SC H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 12 Apr Sporting Kansas City A 3–1 W 05 Apr San Diego FC H 3–0 W 22 Mar Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–0 W 15 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 0–1 L 08 Mar Philadelphia Union A 1–0 W 01 Mar Atlanta United FC H 2–0 W Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes #30 Position #17 11 Points 32 14 Played 15 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 10 / 2 / 3 14 Scored 34 36 Conceded 15 -22 GD +19 0.79 PPG 2.13 21% Win % 67% Key Stats
76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededSan Jose Earthquakes0-157/316-302/231-453/146-604/461-753/–76+7/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: San Jose Earthquakes gets underway.
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Paul Marie, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. San Jose Earthquakes needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 27' Sporting Kansas City is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jacob Bartlett on 27.
- 32' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 37' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 42' Ian Harkes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 44' GOAL! Jack Skahan scores on 44. Assisted by Niko Tsakiris
- 49' What a strike from Jack Skahan! The score is 1-2.
- 54' That looks like a foul for a card for Magomed Suleymanov.
- 57' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Calvin Harris is replaced by Capita on 57 minute.
- 62' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 100% of all matches.
- 66' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jake Davis is hanging Manu Garcia on the field on 66 minute.
- 69' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 69 minute. Beau Leroux leaves to be changed by Ian Harkes.
- 74' San Jose Earthquakes 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.
- 75' GOAL! Dave Romney scores on 75. Assisted by Daniel Munie
- 76' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Benjamin Kikanovic departs to be replaced by Jack Jasinski.
- 81' The whistle greets Jacob Bartlett as he departs to be replaced by Taylor Calheira.
- 82' Taylor Calheira was booked on 82.
- 87' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Preston Judd is replaced by Paul Marie.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Manu Garcia ↓ Jake Davis 66'
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11
Calvin Harris ↓ Capita 57'
- 4
- 93
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99
Jayden Reid ↓ Kwaku Agyabeng 81'
- 13
- 57
- 16
- 2
Bench
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7
Capita ↑ 57'
- 23
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Jake Davis ↑ 66'
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17
Stephen Afrira ↑ 66'
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19
Taylor Calheira ↑ 81'
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- 15
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Kwaku Agyabeng ↑ 81'
- 12
Coach Raphaël WickySan Jose Earthquakes Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 42
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Jack Skahan ↓ Nick Fernandez 69'
- 28
- 4
- 10
- 7
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19
Preston Judd ↓ Paul Marie 87'
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Beau Leroux ↓ Ian Harkes 69'
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Bench
- 40
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Ian Harkes ↑ 69'
- 36
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Paul Marie ↑ 87'
- 21
- 25
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20
Nick Fernandez ↑ 69'
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17
Jack Jasinski ↑ 76'
- 32
Coach Bruce Arena -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Daniel Salloi 6 Alan Pulido 5 Erik Thommy 3 Danny Hoesen 3 Cristian Arango 3 Chris Wondolowski 3 Felipe Gutierrez 3 Shea Salinas 2 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-03-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-03-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 San Diego FC L 2026-03-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew SC DSan Jose Earthquakes Form
2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-04-05 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 San Diego FC W 2026-03-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-03-15 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2026-03-08 Philadelphia Union 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-03-01 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Atlanta United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.93 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.91 San Jose Earthquakes xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + San Jose Earthquakes to win 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: San Jose Earthquakes winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.84Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 72% 28% ± 3.5 52% 48% ± 4.5 33% 67% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 34%Draw or San Jose Earthquakes 85%Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes 81%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 9.3%0 – 3 8.7%1 – 2 8.3%1 – 3 Actual1 – 1 6.6%0 – 1 6.2%0 – 4 6.2%1 – 4 5.8%2 – 2 3.8%2 – 3 3.7%0 – 5 3.6%1 – 5 3.4%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 2% 97% -1.5 3% — 97% -1 3% 6% 91% -0.5 9% — 91% +0.5 24% — 76% +1 24% 19% 57% +1.5 43% — 57% +2 43% 21% 36% +2.5 64% — 36% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 6% ✓San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet 40% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.