MLS

LA Galaxy vs Sporting Kansas City, 2025 MLS, Regular Season

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LA Galaxy
  • 4': Joseph Paintsil
  • 25': Joseph Paintsil
  • 43': Joseph Paintsil
  • 60': Diego Fagundez
FT
4 - 1
Sporting Kansas City
  • 28': Dejan Joveljic
  • Red Card 83': Shapi Suleymanov

About

LA Galaxy are hosting Sporting Kansas City at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the MLS.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Afrifa.
  • 1': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Edwin Cerrillo.
  • 1': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by John Nelson.
  • 2': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Diego Fagúndez.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 3': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Ian James.
  • 3': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
  • 4': Goal! LA Galaxy 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mauricio Cuevas following a corner.
  • 5': Foul by Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy).
  • 5': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 6': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Elijah Wynder.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Harbor Miller (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Nelson.
  • 13': Elijah Wynder (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 13': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 14': Elijah Wynder (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 14': Attempt saved. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Novak Micovic (LA Galaxy). Assisted by Memo Rodríguez.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal by John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City). Assisted by Chris Rindov.
  • 20': Foul by Maya Yoshida (LA Galaxy).
  • 20': Mason Toye (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Mason Toye (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Novak Micovic (LA Galaxy). Assisted by Memo Rodríguez.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 23': Foul by Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy).
  • 23': Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Goal! LA Galaxy 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 27': Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Foul by Chris Rindov (LA Galaxy).
  • 28': Goal! LA Galaxy 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mason Toye.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mason Toye.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Novak Micovic (LA Galaxy).
  • 31': Foul by Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy).
  • 31': Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 31': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Chris Rindov.
  • 33': Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy).
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Harbor Miller (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Pec.
  • 35': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Logan Ndenbe.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Harbor Miller.
  • 43': Goal! LA Galaxy 3, Sporting Kansas City 1. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mauricio Cuevas.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Gabriel Pec with a through ball.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Mason Toye (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 45'+3': Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, LA Galaxy 3, Sporting Kansas City 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins LA Galaxy 3, Sporting Kansas City 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jake Davis replaces Khiry Shelton.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Novak Micovic (LA Galaxy). Assisted by Logan Ndenbe with a cross.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Novak Micovic (LA Galaxy). Assisted by Logan Ndenbe.
  • 49': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Novak Micovic.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 50': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Mason Toye (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez following a corner.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mauricio Cuevas.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 55': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Logan Ndenbe.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Chris Rindov (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Pec with a cross following a corner.
  • 60': Goal! LA Galaxy 4, Sporting Kansas City 1. Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Pec following a fast break.
  • 61': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Santiago Muñóz replaces Stephen Afrifa.
  • 61': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Bartlett replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harbor Miller.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zorhan Bassong.
  • 64': Foul by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 64': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Julián Aude replaces Harbor Miller.
  • 65': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Emiro Garcés replaces Chris Rindov.
  • 65': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Miguel Berry replaces Joseph Paintsil.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Mason Toye (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alán Montes following a fast break.
  • 68': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by John Nelson.
  • 70': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Robert Voloder replaces Alán Montes.
  • 70': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Shapi Suleymanov replaces Dániel Sallói.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Miguel Berry (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julián Aude.
  • 71': Foul by Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy).
  • 71': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 72': Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Ian James (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 73': Miguel Berry (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 73': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Rubén Ramos replaces Elijah Wynder.
  • 74': Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Foul by Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 75': Attempt saved. Rubén Ramos (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City). Assisted by Gabriel Pec.
  • 77': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Robert Voloder.
  • 77': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Miki Yamane replaces Mauricio Cuevas.
  • 78': Foul by Julián Aude (LA Galaxy).
  • 78': Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Muñóz.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City). Assisted by Maya Yoshida.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Rubén Ramos (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City). Assisted by Miguel Berry.
  • 81': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by John Pulskamp.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City). Assisted by Edwin Cerrillo.
  • 83': Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 83': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the red card.
  • 87': Foul by Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy).
  • 87': Santiago Muñóz (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87': Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Robert Voloder.
  • 90': Foul by Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy).
  • 90': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Emiro Garcés (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City).
  • 90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Novak Micovic (LA Galaxy).
  • 90'+3': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Novak Micovic.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Santiago Muñóz (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, LA Galaxy 4, Sporting Kansas City 1.
  • 0': Match ends, LA Galaxy 4, Sporting Kansas City 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
9 Corner Kicks 7
5 Saves 6
45.9 Possession 54.1
20 SHOTS 19
7 ON GOAL 9
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
438 Accurate Passes 559
502 Passes 613
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 2
23 Crosses 6
0.1 Cross % 0.3
23 Long Balls 28
10 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
7 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 8
13 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 7
14 Effective Clearances 35
14 Clearances 35

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park
Location: Carson, California, USA
Attendance: 17,903

MLS Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Vancouver Whitecaps 33 +29 63
2 San Diego FC 33 +19 60
3 LAFC 33 +25 59
4 Minnesota United FC 33 +18 58
Full Table

Line-Ups

LA LA Galaxy (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Novak Micovic (GK)
4 Maya Yoshida
14 John Nelson
63 Chris Rindov
6 Edwin Cerrillo
22 Elijah Wynder
26 Harbor Miller
19 Maruicio Cuevas
28 Joseph Paintsil
7 Diego Fagundez
11 Gabriel Pec
LA Galaxy Substitutes:
Rúben Ismael, Carlos Garcés, JT Marcinkowski, Miki Yamane, Mathias Jørgensen, Eriq Zavaleta, Miguel Berry, Julián Aude, Tucker Lepley.

SKC Sporting Kansas City (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 John Pulskamp (GK)
23 Alán Montes
2 Ian James
18 Logan Ndenbe
11 Khiry Shelton
22 Zorhan Bassong
8 Memo Rodríguez
10 Dániel Sallói
30 Stephen Afrifa
13 Mason Toye
9 Dejan Joveljic
Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:
Shapi Suleymanov, Jansen Miller, Jacob Bartlett, Robert Voloder, Nemanja Radoja, Jacob Davis, Ryan Schewe, Santiago Muñoz.

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