Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Sporting Kansas City
0 - 1 Full time
Real Salt Lake

Children's Mercy Park · Kansas City, Kansas

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City4-3-3
TM29Melia
GZ8Zusi
NI5Isimat-Mirin
AF3Fontàs
LM36Martins
RW54Walter
RE15Espinoza
JM32↓61'Mauri
GB19↓83'Barber
KS11Shelton
DS20Salloi
DO1Ochoa
AH22Herrera
JG15Glad
MS30Silva
AB2Brody
JM10↓71'Menendez
25Éverton
PR6↓71'Ruiz
AR11Rusnak
RR14↓63'Rubin
DK8⚽Kreilach
Real Salt Lake4-4-2

Sporting Kansas City substitutes

6 Ilie Sanchez 6.6 ↑61'
28 Cameron Duke ↑83'
1 John Pulskamp
46 Jacob Davis
48 Kaveh Rad
4 Roberto Puncec
13 Amadou Dia
7 Johnny Russell
96 Wilson Harris

Coach: Peter Vermes · Unavailable: Andrew Brody (injury), Joaquin Fernández (injury)

Real Salt Lake substitutes

29 Anderson Julio 6.6 ↑63'
9 Justin Meram 7.6 ↑71'
7 Bobby Wood 6.6 ↑71'
18 Zac MacMath
3 Ashtone Morgan
4 Donny Toia
20 Erik Holt
13 Nick Besler
16 Maikel Chang Ramirez

Coach: Pablo Mastroeni

Match events

Second half
61'↑ Ilie Sanchez ↓ José Mauri⇄
63'↑ Anderson Julio ↓ Rubio Rubin⇄
71'↑ Justin Meram ↓ Pablo Ruiz⇄
71'↑ Bobby Wood ↓ Jonathan Menendez⇄
78'Roger Espinoza
83'↑ Cameron Duke ↓ Grayson Barber⇄
86'Éverton
90+3'Aaron Herrera
90+5'Damir Kreilach assist: Justin Meram 0 - 1⚽

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 7 November 2021, 23:00 UTC — 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

11Sporting Kansas City wins9Draws14Real Salt Lake wins

34 past meetings on record. Biggest Sporting Kansas City win: Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City (2022). Biggest Real Salt Lake win: Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City (2020).

20 Jun 2024Sporting Kansas City 3 - 4 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
5 May 2024Real Salt Lake 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
8 Oct 2023Real Salt Lake 2 - 3 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
13 Jul 2023Sporting Kansas City 2 - 2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
18 Jul 2022Real Salt Lake 3 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
26 Mar 2022Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
28 Nov 2021Sporting Kansas City 1 - 2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer Playoff
1 May 2021Real Salt Lake 3 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
8 Nov 2020Real Salt Lake 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
22 Jul 2020Real Salt Lake 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer Grp. D
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11 Aug 2019Sporting Kansas City 1 - 2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
30 Jun 2019Real Salt Lake 2 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
11 Nov 2018Sporting Kansas City 4 - 2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer Playoff
5 Nov 2018Real Salt Lake 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer Playoff
30 Sep 2018Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
5 Jul 2018Real Salt Lake 4 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
7 Jun 2018Real Salt Lake 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityUS Open Cup
22 Oct 2017Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
23 Jul 2017Real Salt Lake 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
30 Apr 2017Sporting Kansas City 3 - 0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
16 Oct 2016Real Salt Lake 0 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
22 May 2016Sporting Kansas City 1 - 3 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
3 Apr 2016Sporting Kansas City 1 - 2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
13 Aug 2015Sporting Kansas City 3 - 1 Real Salt LakeUS Open Cup
25 Jul 2015Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
22 Jun 2015Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
12 Apr 2015Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
6 Apr 2014Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
7 Dec 2013Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer Playoff
21 Jul 2013Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
15 Apr 2012Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
18 Sep 2011Real Salt Lake 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
4 Aug 2011Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
8 Aug 2010Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer