Sporting Kansas City vs LAFC, 2025 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSShort-handed LAFC have enough to keep Sporting KC skidding
David Martinez took advantage of a rare start to score his second goal of the season and short-handed LAFC eased to a 2-0 away victory over struggling Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Delay in match (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 3': Foul by Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City).
- 3': Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 4': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 5': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 5': Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 5': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Mark Delgado.
- 6': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 7': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
- 7': Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Davis with a cross.
- 7': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Mark Delgado.
- 10': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Foul by Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 10': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City).
- 10': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Cengiz Ünder (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Foul by Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City).
- 11': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 11': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. David Martínez is caught offside.
- 15': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 15': Foul by David Martínez (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 15': Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 17': Attempt saved. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathan Ordaz with a cross.
- 17': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
- 18': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. David Martínez (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
- 24': Cengiz Ünder (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 24': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City).
- 24': Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
- 28': Cengiz Ünder (Los Angeles Football Club) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead with a cross.
- 29': Foul by Manu García (Sporting Kansas City).
- 29': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Foul by Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 30': Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt missed. David Martínez (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manu García.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manu García.
- 36': Foul by Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 36': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 43': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Sergi Palencia.
- 44': Hand ball by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
- 45': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City).
- 45': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic with a headed pass.
- 45'+1': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
- 50': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Ryan Hollingshead.
- 52': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 52': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nathan Ordaz.
- 53': Foul by Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City).
- 53': Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Attempt saved. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross.
- 54': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
- 60': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 60': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Hand ball by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
- 65': Foul by Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City).
- 65': Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Erik Thommy.
- 66': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Dejan Joveljic.
- 68': Foul by Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 68': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': VAR Decision: No Penalty Sporting Kansas City.
- 72': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Mason Toye replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
- 73': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Nathan Ordaz is caught offside.
- 74': Foul by William Agada (Sporting Kansas City).
- 74': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Adrian Wibowo replaces David Martínez.
- 75': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Yaw Yeboah replaces Cengiz Ünder.
- 78': Attempt missed. Yaw Yeboah (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Timothy Tillman.
- 79': Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 81': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Nathan Ordaz is caught offside.
- 82': Attempt missed. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 84': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Sergi Palencia.
- 86': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 86': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Jake Davis.
- 87': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Tim Leibold replaces Logan Ndenbe.
- 87': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Odin Holm replaces Nathan Ordaz.
- 87': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Nkosi Tafari replaces Mark Delgado.
- 88': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Nkosi Tafari.
- 88': Attempt saved. Mason Toye (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a cross.
- 88': Foul by Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City).
- 88': Igor Jesus (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Adrian Wibowo (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 90': Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Foul by Yaw Yeboah (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 90'+2': Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Yaw Yeboah (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Foul by Adrian Wibowo (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 90'+4': Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Artem Smoliakov replaces Ryan Hollingshead.
- 90'+5': Attempt saved. Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2.
Statistics
 LAFC |
SKC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 11 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 48.8 | Possession | 51.2 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 417 | Accurate Passes | 401 |
| 495 | Passes | 488 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 13 |
| 7 | Crosses | 42 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 56 | Long Balls | 63 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 16 |
| 17 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 32 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
| 32 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 15,263
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 15,263
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego FC | 20 | +16 | 39 |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 19 | +16 | 38 |
| 3 | Minnesota United FC | 20 | +10 | 34 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 19 | +1 | 30 |
Line-Ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | John Pulskamp (GK) |
| 4 | Robert Voloder |
| 15 | Jansen Miller |
| 18 | Logan Ndenbe  |
| 17 | Jacob Davis |
| 21 | Manu García |
| 8 | Memo Rodríguez |
| 6 | Nemanja Radoja |
| 9 | Dejan Joveljic |
| 26 | Erik Thommy |
| 93 | Shapi Suleymanov |
LAFC (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (GK) |
| 4 | Eddie Segura |
| 33 | Aaron Long |
| 24 | Ryan Hollingshead |
| 14 | Sergi Palencia |
| 6 | Igor Jesus |
| 8 | Mark Delgado |
| 11 | Timothy Tillman |
| 27 | Nathan Ordaz |
| 30 | David Martínez |
| 22 | Cengiz Ünder |
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