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 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 13 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	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

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	#21
11	Points	24
14	Played	13
3 / 2 / 9	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 3
14	Scored	17
36	Conceded	11
-22	GD	+6
0.79	PPG	1.85
21%	Win %	54%

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

38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Children's Mercy Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
2' GOAL! Paul Rothrock scores on 2.
7' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
12' Seattle Sounders FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
17' 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.
18' GOAL! Dejan Joveljic scores on 18.
23' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
28' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 28.
31' Jackson Ragen was booked on 31.
36' Jesus Ferreira has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
41' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
46' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jacob Bartlett, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
51' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
56' Seattle Sounders FC 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.
61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
66' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jayden Reid made 283 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
71' Andrew Thomas needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
76' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
81' It looks like no one’s ball. Seattle Sounders FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
86' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 281 games and scored 435 goals.
90' Hassani Dotson is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

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
Nicolas Lodeiro	2
Will Bruin	2
Graham Zusi	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

0 / 4

0.8 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.95 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC to win 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City18% Draw25% Seattle Sounders FC57%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

43%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

82%

Sporting Kansas City or Seattle Sounders FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City12% Draw44% Seattle Sounders FC44%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

12%

0 – 1

11.9%

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 0

8.2%

0 – 3

7.6%

1 – 3

6.1%

1 – 0

4.3%

2 – 1

3.8%

2 – 2

3.7%

0 – 4

3.7%

1 – 4

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	9%	87%
-0.5	13%	—	87%
+0.5	37%	—	63%
+1	37%	24%	39%
+1.5	61%	—	39%
+2	61%	20%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

46% ✓

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