Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Columbus Crew
4 - 0 Full time
Sporting Kansas City

Lower.com Field · Columbus, Ohio

Lineups

Columbus Crew3-4-2-1
PS28Schulte
SM31Moreira
RC4Camacho
EC21Cheberko
MF23Farsi
MA27Arfsten
DN6↓72'Nagbe
AM8↓60'Morris
CR17⚽↓86'Ramirez
DR10↓73'Rossi
JH9⚽×3↓72'Hernández
JP1Pulskamp
RC19↓46'Castellanos
DR5Rosero
RV4Voloder
KP24↓31'Pierre
MR8Rodríguez
NR6↓73'Radoja
ZB22Bassong
ET26Thommy
WA23↓46'Agada
SA30↓46'Afrifa
Sporting Kansas City3-4-3

Columbus Crew substitutes

25 Sean Zawadzki 6.3 ↑60'
5 Derrick Jones 6.6 ↑72'
11 Marino Hinestroza 6.1 ↑72'
20 Alexandru Mățan 6.9 ↑73'
16 Taha Habroune ↑86'
1 Nicholas Hagen
18 Malte Amundsen
3 Will Sands
14 Yaw Yeboah

Coach: Wilfried Nancy

Sporting Kansas City substitutes

11 Khiry Shelton 6.2 ↑31'
3 Andreu Fontàs 6.5 ↑46'
7 Johnny Russell 5.7 ↑46'
20 Alenis Vargas 6.5 ↑46'
17 Jacob Davis 6.3 ↑73'
29 Tim Melia
28 Chris Rindov
77 Marinos Tzionis

Coach: Peter Vermes · Unavailable: Alan Pulido (injury), Dániel Sallói (injury), Rémi Walter (injury)

Match events

31'↑ Khiry Shelton ↓ Kayden Pierre⇄
32'Juan Hernández assist: Max Arfsten 1 - 0⚽
45+2'Juan Hernández assist: Aidan Morris 2 - 0⚽
Second half
46'↑ Johnny Russell ↓ William Agada⇄
46'↑ Andreu Fontàs ↓ Robert Castellanos⇄
46'↑ Alenis Vargas ↓ Stephen Afrifa⇄
57'Memo Rodríguez
60'↑ Sean Zawadzki ↓ Aidan Morris⇄
66'Christian Ramirez 3 - 0⚽
71'Juan Hernández 4 - 0⚽
72'↑ Marino Hinestroza ↓ Juan Hernández⇄
72'↑ Derrick Jones ↓ Darlington Nagbe⇄
73'↑ Alexandru Mățan ↓ Diego Rossi⇄
73'↑ Jacob Davis ↓ Nemanja Radoja⇄
75'Dany Rosero
86'↑ Taha Habroune ↓ Christian Ramirez⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 22 June 2024, 23:30 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

4Columbus Crew wins5Draws10Sporting Kansas City wins

19 past meetings on record. Biggest Columbus Crew win: Columbus Crew 4–0 Sporting Kansas City (2024). Biggest Sporting Kansas City win: Columbus Crew 0–2 Sporting Kansas City (2012).

1 Mar 2026Sporting Kansas City 2 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
10 Aug 2024Columbus Crew 4 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityLeagues Cup
24 Apr 2022Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
23 Jun 2019Columbus Crew 0 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
27 May 2018Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
10 Sep 2017Columbus Crew 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
4 Jul 2016Sporting Kansas City 3 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
23 Aug 2015Columbus Crew 3 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
17 Jul 2014Columbus Crew 1 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
4 May 2014Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
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6 Oct 2013Columbus Crew 0 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
8 Sep 2013Sporting Kansas City 3 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
30 Jun 2013Sporting Kansas City 3 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
7 Oct 2012Columbus Crew 1 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
29 Jul 2012Sporting Kansas City 1 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
15 Jul 2012Columbus Crew 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
29 Sep 2011Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
17 Apr 2011Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
15 Jul 2010Columbus Crew 0 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer