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 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

8 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.1 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 17 games · Avg 3.6 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	#23
26	Points	46
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
40	Scored	44
81	Conceded	46
-41	GD	-2
0.76	PPG	1.35
21%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Sporting Kansas City have kicked off against Seattle Sounders FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
2' Paul Rothrock makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Seattle Sounders FC are in front.
7' Seattle Sounders FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Paul Rothrock scoring 1 goals.
12' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
17' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 17.
18' GOAL! Dejan Joveljic scores on 18.
23' Manu Garcia has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
28' Over 28 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
31' Seattle Sounders FC player sees a card in front of him.
36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Seattle Sounders FC winning 50% of all matches.
41' It’s high time Brian Schmetzer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
46' Alex Roldan has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 33 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
51' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Jacob Bartlett has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
56' USA international Stefan Cleveland has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
61' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
66' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
71' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
76' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andrew Thomas, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
81' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
86' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Hassani Dotson.
It finishes all square. Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC share the spoils 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
Cristian Roldan	4
Danny Musovski	3
Raul Ruidiaz	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

1.88 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: 2.94

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

49%

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

5.6%

2 – 1

5.4%

2 – 2

5.1%

1 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

3.3%

2 – 0

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%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	17%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

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.