Major League Soccer Β· USA Β· Round 1

Sporting Kansas City
2 - 5 Full time
Houston Dynamo

Children's Mercy Park Β· Kansas City, Kansas

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City4-1-4-1
TM29Melia
GZ8Zusi
WR22Reid
MB5Besler
JL26Lindsey
GB27Busio
JR7βš½β†“64'Russell
RE15↓58'Espinoza
GK17βš½β†“72'Kinda
GF12↓58'Fernandes
AP9↓64'Pulido
MM1Maric
ZV4Valentin
AS5Struna
MF15Figueroa
AL3Lundqvist
DC24↓90'Ceren
MV22Vera
MR8↓80'Rodriguez
CD23βš½Γ—2↓66'Quintero
CR13βš½β†“66'Ramirez
AE7βš½β†“46'Elis
Houston Dynamo FC4-3-3

Sporting Kansas City substitutes

21 Felipe Hernandez 5.4 ↑58'
11 Khiry Shelton 5.5 ↑58'
20 Daniel Salloi 5.7 ↑64'
19 Erik Hurtado 5.6 ↑64'
28 Cameron Duke 6.0 ↑72'
13 Amadou Dia
16 Graham Smith
1 Richard Sanchez
4 Roberto Puncec

Coach: Peter Vermes

Houston Dynamo FC substitutes

12 Niko Hansen 8.4 βš½β†‘46'
27 Boniek Garcia 6.1 ↑66'
9 Mauro Manotas 6.0 ↑66'
10 Tomas Martinez 6.2 ↑80'
17 Nico Lemoine ↑90'
2 Alejandro Fuenmayor
55 Cody Cropper
18 Jose Bizama
29 Sam Junqua

Coach: Tab Ramos

Match events

17'Alberth Elis assist: Carlos Darwin Quintero 0 - 1⚽
25'Matias Vera
26'Johnny Russell 1 - 1⚽
38'Gianluca Busio
44'Christian Ramirez assist: Alberth Elis 1 - 2⚽
Second half
46'↑ Niko Hansen ↓ Alberth Elis⇄
48'Niko Hansen assist: Christian Ramirez 1 - 3⚽
49'Gadi Kinda 2 - 3⚽
57'Carlos Darwin Quintero assist: Darwin Ceren 2 - 4⚽
58'↑ Felipe Hernandez ↓ Roger Espinoza⇄
58'↑ Khiry Shelton ↓ Gerso Fernandes⇄
61'Carlos Darwin Quintero assist: Niko Hansen 2 - 5⚽
64'↑ Daniel Salloi ↓ Johnny Russell⇄
64'↑ Erik Hurtado ↓ Alan Pulido⇄
66'↑ Mauro Manotas ↓ Christian Ramirez⇄
66'↑ Boniek Garcia ↓ Carlos Darwin Quintero⇄
72'↑ Cameron Duke ↓ Gadi Kinda⇄
80'↑ Tomas Martinez ↓ Memo Rodriguez⇄
90'↑ Nico Lemoine ↓ Darwin Ceren⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 00:30 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

17Sporting Kansas City wins13Draws13Houston Dynamo wins

43 past meetings on record. Biggest Sporting Kansas City win: Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Houston Dynamo FC (2020). Biggest Houston Dynamo win: Houston Dynamo FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City (2017).

9 Jul 2023Houston Dynamo FC 2 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
11 May 2023Houston Dynamo FC 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityUS Open Cup
11 Sep 2022Houston Dynamo FC 0 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
26 May 2022Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 Houston Dynamo FCUS Open Cup
5 Mar 2022Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
3 Oct 2021Sporting Kansas City 4 - 2 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
30 May 2021Sporting Kansas City 3 - 2 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
13 May 2021Houston Dynamo FC 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
4 Oct 2020Houston Dynamo FC 1 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
6 Sep 2020Houston Dynamo FC 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
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8 Mar 2020Sporting Kansas City 4 - 0 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
1 Sep 2019Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
2 Jun 2019Houston Dynamo FC 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
5 Aug 2018Houston Dynamo FC 0 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
19 Jul 2018Houston Dynamo FC 4 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityUS Open Cup
24 Jun 2018Sporting Kansas City 3 - 2 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
27 Oct 2017Houston Dynamo FC 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer Playoff
16 Oct 2017Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
12 Oct 2017Houston Dynamo FC 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
28 Jun 2017Houston Dynamo FC 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityUS Open Cup
10 Sep 2016Sporting Kansas City 3 - 3 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
30 Jun 2016Houston Dynamo FC 3 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityUS Open Cup
8 May 2016Houston Dynamo FC 2 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
24 Sep 2015Houston Dynamo FC 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
2 Aug 2015Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
22 Jul 2015Sporting Kansas City 3 - 1 Houston Dynamo FCUS Open Cup
26 Apr 2015Houston Dynamo FC 4 - 4 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
30 Aug 2014Sporting Kansas City 1 - 3 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
7 Jun 2014Houston Dynamo FC 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
24 Nov 2013Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer Playoff
9 Nov 2013Houston Dynamo FC 0 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer Playoff
10 Oct 2013Houston Dynamo FC 0 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
26 May 2013Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
13 May 2013Houston Dynamo FC 0 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
8 Nov 2012Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer Playoff
4 Nov 2012Houston Dynamo FC 2 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer Playoff
15 Sep 2012Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
19 Jul 2012Houston Dynamo FC 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
8 Jul 2012Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
6 Nov 2011Sporting Kansas City 0 - 2 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer Playoff
10 Sep 2011Sporting Kansas City 3 - 0 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer
17 Jul 2011Houston Dynamo FC 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
23 Sep 2010Sporting Kansas City 4 - 3 Houston Dynamo FCMajor League Soccer