Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 21 Sep 2025 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 10' Andres Cubas

Zorhan Bassong 44' Y

Y 53' Edier Ocampo

Y 57' Belal Halbouni

Y 66' Daniel Rios

Alan Montes Castro 82' Y

Y 90' Sebastian Berhalter

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 games · 50 pts (2026/26)

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 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2025-07-27 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-07-02 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
14 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
07 Sep	Austin FC	H	1–2	L
31 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–2	W
25 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–5	L
17 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	1–3	L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–0	W
14 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	7–0	W
24 Aug	St. Louis City	H	3–2	W
18 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
10 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
27 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#30	Position	#16
21	Points	50
26	Played	26
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	15 / 5 / 6
31	Scored	59
63	Conceded	26
-32	GD	+33
0.81	PPG	1.92
23%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Vancouver Whitecaps FC gets underway.
2' Against the run of play, Edier Ocampo has scored! This game has turned on its head.
7' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Vancouver Whitecaps FC's compact .
10' Vancouver Whitecaps FC player sees a card in front of him.
15' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' The 26-year-old Jean-Claude Ngando has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
25' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
30' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have won 438 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
35' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
40' It looks like no one’s ball. Vancouver Whitecaps FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
43' Kenji Cabrera does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
44' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 44.
49' Ali Ahmed is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
53' A meaty challenge results in booking for Edier Ocampo on 53.
57' Belal Halbouni was booked on 57.
62' Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
65' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Kenji Cabrera by Jayden Nelson on 65 minute.
66' The referee has no hesitation. Daniel Rios is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — card on 66.
71' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
74' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Mason Toye departs to be replaced by Stephen Afrira.
79' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jesper Sørensen will be considering his options from the bench.
81' Rayan Elloumi gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Daniel Rios and will look to change the dynamic.
82' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Alan Montes Castro on 82 minutes.
84' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Zorhan Bassong exits the field as Jacob Bartlett enters on 84.
89' Erik Thommy, a Germany , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
90' Sebastian Berhalter picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' Giuseppe Bovalina is replacing Tate Johnson for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

26
Erik Thommy
11
Khiry Shelton
9
Dejan Joveljic
18
Logan Ndenbe
22
Zorhan Bassong ↓ Jacob Bartlett 84'
1
John Pulskamp
7
Santiago Munoz ↓ Manu Garcia 65'
17
Jake Davis
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↓ Mason Toye 65'
2
Ian James
23
Alan Montes Castro ↓ Jansen Miller 84'

Bench

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas ↓ Jeevan Badwal 81'
16
Sebastian Berhalter
14
Daniel Rios ↓ Rayan Elloumi 81'
12
Belal Halbouni
22
Ali Ahmed ↓ Ralph Priso-Mbongue 90'
2
Mathias Laborda
17
Kenji Cabrera ↓ Jayden Nelson 65'
18
Edier Ocampo
11
Emmanuel Sabbi ↓ Jean-Claude Ngando 65'
28
Tate Johnson ↓ Giuseppe Bovalina 90'

Bench

7
Jayden Nelson ↑ 65'
32
Isaac Boehmer
6
Ralph Priso-Mbongue ↑ 90'
42
Nelson Pierre
26
Jean-Claude Ngando ↑ 65'
59
Jeevan Badwal ↑ 81'
27
Giuseppe Bovalina ↑ 90'
53
Mark O'Neill
75
Rayan Elloumi ↑ 81'

Coach Jesper Sørensen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Pulido	6
Ryan Gauld	4
Johnny Russell	4
Johnny Russell	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Emmanuel Sabbi	2
Gerso Fernandes	2
Russell Teibert	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2025-09-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC L 2025-08-31 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2025-08-25 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-08-17 Orlando City SC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2025-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2025-09-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7–0 Philadelphia Union W 2025-08-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 St. Louis City W 2025-08-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2025-08-10 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2025-07-27 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.96 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.58 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw20% Vancouver Whitecaps FC64%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.54

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

36%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

84%

Sporting Kansas City or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City12% Draw36% Vancouver Whitecaps FC52%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

0 – 3

8.1%

1 – 1

7.9%

1 – 3

7.7%

0 – 1

7.2%

0 – 4

5.2%

1 – 4

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.7%

2 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	7%	89%
-0.5	11%	—	89%
+0.5	29%	—	71%
+1	29%	21%	50%
+1.5	50%	—	50%
+2	50%	20%	30%
+2.5	70%	—	30%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

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