Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 10 games · 5 pts (2026/26)
- New York City FC 11 games · 12 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 10 23 2 New England Revolution 10 19 3 Internacional CF Miami 11 19 4 Chicago Fire FC 10 17 5 D.C. United SC 11 15 6 FC Cincinnati 11 15 7 Charlotte FC 11 14 8 Toronto FC 11 14 9 New York City FC 11 12 10 Columbus Crew SC 11 12 11 New York Red Bulls 11 12 12 Atlanta United FC 11 10 13 Orlando City SC 11 10 14 Montreal Impact FC 10 9 15 Philadelphia Union 11 6 16 San Jose Earthquakes 11 28 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 25 18 Los Angeles FC 11 21 19 Seattle Sounders FC 9 20 20 Minnesota United FC 11 20 21 Real Salt Lake 10 19 22 FC Dallas 11 16 23 Houston Dynamo 10 15 24 Colorado Rapids SC 11 13 25 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 13 26 Austin FC 11 13 27 San Diego FC 11 12 28 Portland Timbers 10 10 29 St. Louis City 10 6 30 Sporting Kansas City 10 5 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Jul New York City FC H 1–1 D 13 Jul Seattle Sounders FC H 2–3 L 05 Jul Colorado Rapids SC A 2–1 W 29 Jun Real Salt Lake H 1–1 D 26 Jun Charlotte FC H 2–1 W 15 Jun FC Dallas H 2–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 1–1 D 17 Jul Orlando City SC A 2–1 W 12 Jul Charlotte FC A 0–2 L 03 Jul Toronto FC H 3–1 W 28 Jun Montreal Impact FC A 0–1 L 12 Jun Atlanta United FC H 4–0 W Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City New York City FC #30 Position #9 5 Points 12 10 Played 11 1 / 2 / 7 W / D / L 3 / 3 / 5 8 Scored 19 26 Conceded 18 -18 GD +1 0.50 PPG 1.09 10% Win % 27% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season9% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (5 pts). New York City FC are 9th (12 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The game is set. New York City FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Logan Ndenbe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 22' What a strike from Andres Perea! The score is 0-1.
- 27' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 27.
- 32' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 37' Daniel Salloi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 9 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 42' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 46' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Nemanja Radoja departs to be replaced by Zorhan Bassong.
- 47' It’s gonna be a card for Zorhan Bassong.
- 52' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 57' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nemanja Radoja made 305 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 62' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 264 games and scored 426 goals.
- 65' Agustin Ojeda is replacing Jonathan Shore for the New York City FC side.
- 66' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
- 66' Jake Davis is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
- 67' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Santiago Munoz is hanging Jacob Bartlett on the field on 67 minute.
- 72' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 72 minutes.
- 74' What a strike from Daniel Salloi! The score is 1-1.
- 78' The whistle greets Alonso Martinez as he departs to be replaced by Nico Cavallo.
- 83' Supporters expect more eagerness from Agustin Ojeda, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 88' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Sporting Kansas City
Starting XI-
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Manu Garcia ↓ Jake Davis 66'
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Nemanja Radoja ↓ Zorhan Bassong 46'
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Andrew Brody ↓ Khiry Shelton 46'
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- 93
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16
Jacob Bartlett ↓ Santiago Munoz 67'
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Bench- 14
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11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 46'
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22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 46'
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Santiago Munoz ↑ 67'
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Jake Davis ↑ 66'
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Coach Kerry ZavagninNew York City FC
Starting XI- 21
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- 80
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- 24
- 22
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Jonathan Shore ↓ Agustin Ojeda 65'
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16
Alonso Martinez ↓ Nico Cavallo 78'
Bench- 19
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Agustin Ojeda ↑ 65'
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Nico Cavallo ↑ 78'
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Coach Pascal Jansen -
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Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2025-07-20 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York City FC D 2025-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-06-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2025-06-15 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 FC Dallas LNew York City FC Form
2025-07-20 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York City FC D 2025-07-17 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York City FC W 2025-07-12 Charlotte FC 2–0 New York City FC L 2025-07-03 New York City FC 3–1 Toronto FC W 2025-06-28 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2025-06-12 New York City FC 4–0 Atlanta United FC W