Sporting Kansas City vs Toronto FC, 2018
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Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs Toronto FC — MLS .
- Sporting Kansas City 10 games · 5 pts (2026/26)
- Toronto FC 11 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Adam Wienckowski
- Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
- Referee David Gantar
- Referee Edvin Jurisevic
- Referee Richard Gamache
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Toronto FC H 2–2 D 05 Jul Real Salt Lake A 2–4 L 30 Jun Montreal Impact FC A 0–2 L 24 Jun Houston Dynamo H 3–2 W 10 Jun Portland Timbers A 0–0 D 04 Jun Minnesota United FC H 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 2–2 D 04 Jul Minnesota United FC A 3–4 L 01 Jul New York Red Bulls H 0–1 L 24 Jun New York City FC A 1–2 L 14 Jun D.C. United SC H 4–4 D 09 Jun Philadelphia Union A 2–0 W Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC #30 Position #8 5 Points 14 10 Played 11 1 / 2 / 7 W / D / L 3 / 5 / 3 8 Scored 18 26 Conceded 20 -18 GD -2 0.50 PPG 1.27 10% Win % 27% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season9% Clean Sheets
Toronto FC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (5 pts). Toronto FC are 8th (14 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, Toronto FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 10' 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.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Toronto FC that had 260 games and scored 346 goals.
- 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Diego Rubio, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 25' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Johnny Russell has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 35' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 40' Ike Opara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 45' Toronto FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
- 50' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Michael Bradley made 260 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 60' 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.
- 65' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tosaint Ricketts suffering a number of foals already.
- 70' Alex Bono has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
- 80' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 85' The travelling Toronto FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 90' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Sporting Kansas City
Starting XI- 7
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Ike Opara ↓ Emiliano Amor 73'
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Diego Rubio ↓ Khiry Shelton 71'
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Bench- 15
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Khiry Shelton ↑ 71'
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Emiliano Amor ↑ 73'
Coach Peter VermesToronto FC
Starting XI- 9
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Marky Delgado ↓ Nicolas Hasler 67'
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Liam Fraser ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 67'
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Jordan Hamilton ↓ Ayo Akinola 88'
Bench- 1
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Tosaint Ricketts ↑ 67'
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Ayo Akinola ↑ 88'
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Nicolas Hasler ↑ 67'
Coach Greg Vanney -
Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2018-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Toronto FC D 2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W