Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1
3 - 0
Full time
Children's Mercy Park · Kansas City, Kansas
Lineups
TM
29Melia
29MeliaJD
17Davis
17DavisDR
5Rosero
AF
3Fontàs
LN
18Ndenbe
RW
54Walter
NR
6↓83'Radoja
6↓83'RadojaET
26⚽Thommy
JR
7⚽↓54'Russell
AP
9↓77'Pulido
DS
20⚽↓77'Salloi
D
42Daniel
CA
29↓67'Akapo
29↓67'AkapoR
26Rodrigues
26RodriguesTB
15Beason
15BeasonMT
21Trauco
21TraucoJY
14Yueill
CG
7Gruezo
CE
10↓75'Espinoza
JM
35↓66'Monteiro
CC
44↓46'Cowell
44↓46'CowellJE
11↓67'Ebobisse
Sporting Kansas City substitutes
11 Khiry Shelton ↑54'
77 Marinos Tzionis ↑77'
23 William Agada ↑77'
15 Roger Espinoza ↑83'
13 Felipe Gutiérrez
1 John Pulskamp
31 Luis Flores
4 Robert Voloder
14 Tim Leibold
Coach: Peter Vermes · Unavailable: Kayden Pierre (injury), Kortne Ford (injury)
San Jose Earthquakes substitutes
12 Matthew Hoppe ↑46'
16 Jack Skahan ↑66'
9 Ayo Akinola ↑67'
3 Paul Marie ↑67'
30 Niko Tsakiris ↑75'
1 James Marcinkowski
4 Jonathan Mensah
55 Michael Baldisimo
22 Tommy Thompson
Coach: Luchi Gonzalez · Unavailable: Nathan (injury)
Match events
3'Daniel Salloi assist: Johnny Russell 1 - 0⚽
42'Johnny Russell assist: Nemanja Radoja 2 - 0⚽
Second half
46'↑ Matthew Hoppe ↓ Cade Cowell⇄
54'↑ Khiry Shelton ↓ Johnny Russell⇄
66'↑ Jack Skahan ↓ Jamiro Monteiro⇄
67'↑ Ayo Akinola ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse⇄
67'↑ Paul Marie ↓ Carlos Akapo⇄
69'Erik Thommy assist: Nemanja Radoja 3 - 0⚽
75'↑ Niko Tsakiris ↓ Cristian Espinoza⇄
77'↑ William Agada ↓ Alan Pulido⇄
77'↑ Marinos Tzionis ↓ Daniel Salloi⇄
83'↑ Roger Espinoza ↓ Nemanja Radoja⇄
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Match details
| Competition | Major League Soccer |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Sunday, 27 August 2023, 00:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
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
25 past meetings on record. Biggest Sporting Kansas City win: San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City (2023). Biggest San Jose Earthquakes win: Sporting Kansas City 0–5 San Jose Earthquakes (2015).
16 Apr 2023San Jose Earthquakes 3 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
28 Aug 2022Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
23 May 2022San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
22 Jul 2021Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
23 May 2021San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 3 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
22 Nov 2020Sporting Kansas City 3 - 3 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer Playoff
18 Aug 2019Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
21 Apr 2019San Jose Earthquakes 4 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
16 Sep 2018San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 5 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
18 Mar 2018Sporting Kansas City 3 - 2 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
Show all 25 past meetings
10 Aug 2017Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 San Jose EarthquakesUS Open Cup
18 Jun 2017San Jose Earthquakes 0 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
19 Mar 2017Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
23 Oct 2016Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
25 Sep 2016San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
24 Apr 2016San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
17 Oct 2015San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
20 Aug 2015Sporting Kansas City 0 - 5 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
23 Mar 2014Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
19 Aug 2013San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
27 May 2012Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
2 Oct 2011San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
18 Jun 2011Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
24 Oct 2010Sporting Kansas City 4 - 1 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
15 Aug 2010San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
