Sporting Kansas City vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 2 May 2026 · 18:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 2' Paul Rothrock

Dejan Joveljic 18' 1–1

Y 31' Jackson Ragen

Y 90' Hassani Dotson

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Sergii Demianchuk (USA)
Assistant 1 Meghan Mullen (USA)
Assistant 2 Jeffrey Greeson

5 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 16 games · Avg 3.7 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2025-08-25 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Sporting Kansas City 2025-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-09-15 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City 2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–5	L
18 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	L
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

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
26 Apr	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W
19 Apr	St. Louis City	H	4–1	W
05 Apr	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W
22 Mar	Minnesota United FC	A	0–0	D
15 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Seattle Sounders FC
#30	Position	#24
21	Points	35
26	Played	26
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	9 / 8 / 9
31	Scored	33
63	Conceded	34
-32	GD	-1
0.81	PPG	1.35
23%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC get this one started.
2' Paul Rothrock is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 3 goals this season for the .
7' Supporters expect more eagerness from Snyder Brunell, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
12' Jesus Ferreira is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
17' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
18' What a moment for Dejan Joveljic! That strike on 18 puts his side firmly in control.
23' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
28' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
31' Controversy at the stadium! Jackson Ragen argues furiously but the card stands.
36' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
41' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
46' Cristian Roldan, a USA , has 16 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
51' 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.
56' Jacob Bartlett is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
61' Lasse Berg Johnsen has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
66' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
71' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
76' Ethan Bartlow has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
81' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
86' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Hassani Dotson.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	9
Johnny Russell	8
Raul Ruidiaz	3
Cristian Roldan	3
Danny Musovski	3
Will Bruin	2
Graham Zusi	2
William Agada	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 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

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 FC Dallas W 2026-04-19 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 St. Louis City W 2026-04-05 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2026-03-22 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-03-15 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.06 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.89 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw25% Seattle Sounders FC52%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.95

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

48%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

77%

Sporting Kansas City or Seattle Sounders FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City17% Draw43% Seattle Sounders FC40%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 2

9.2%

0 – 1

9.2%

0 – 0

1 – 3

0 – 3

5.7%

2 – 1

5.3%

2 – 2

1 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

3.3%

2 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	12%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	23%	33%
+1.5	67%	—	33%
+2	67%	17%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.