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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

3 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 12.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

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
14	Points	24
18	Played	17
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 7
18	Scored	20
46	Conceded	22
-28	GD	-2
0.78	PPG	1.41
22%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Seattle Sounders FC get us underway at Children's Mercy Park.
2' Seattle Sounders FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Paul Rothrock on 2.
7' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
12' 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.
17' Magomed Suleymanov needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
18' What a strike from Dejan Joveljic! The score is 1-1.
23' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
28' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
31' Poor challenge from Jackson Ragen. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
36' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
41' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
46' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
51' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
56' Wyatt Meyer is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
61' Manu Garcia, a Spain , has 10 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
66' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jordan Morris suffering a number of foals already.
71' Seattle Sounders FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
76' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
81' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
86' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
90' The referee calls foul for Hassani Dotson. He receives a card.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Seattle Sounders FC.

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
Paul Rothrock	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Dejan Joveljic	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

0.96 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.87 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw25% Seattle Sounders FC53%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.83

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	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

47%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

78%

Sporting Kansas City or Seattle Sounders FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City15% Draw44% Seattle Sounders FC41%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

10.3%

0 – 2

10.1%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 0

7.7%

0 – 3

6.2%

1 – 3

2 – 1

4.9%

1 – 0

4.8%

2 – 2

4.6%

2 – 3

0 – 4

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	12%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	43%	—	57%
+1	43%	23%	34%
+1.5	66%	—	34%
+2	66%	18%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

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