MLS

FT Saturday, May 9, 2026
Sporting Kansas City LLLDL 0
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Portland Timbers WLWLW 6
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Match Report

Kelsy scores 2 goals, Timbers beat Sporting KC 6-0 for largest margin of victory in club history

- Kevin Kelsy had two goals and two assists - his first multi-goal game this season - and James Pantemis had three saves Saturday night to help Portland beat Sporting Kansas City 6-0, the Timbers' largest margin of victory in club (MLS regular season)...

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
11
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
3
36.8
Possession
63.2
11
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
361
Accurate Passes
679
413
Passes
729
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.4
36
Long Balls
32
15
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
4
10
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
5
23
Effective Clearances
35
23
Clearances
35

Head to Head

POR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 41James PantemisG
  2. 4Kamal MillerCD-L
  3. 20Finn SurmanCD-R
  4. 27Jimer ForyLB
  5. 5Brandon ByeRB
  6. 10David Da CostaAM
  7. 30José CaicedoLM
  8. 17Cole BassettRM
  9. 19Kevin KelsyF
  10. 11AntonyAM-L
  11. 99Kristoffer VeldeAM-R

SKC · 4-4-2

  1. 30Stefan ClevelandG
  2. 28Wyatt MeyerCD-L
  3. 23Ethan BartlowCD-R
  4. 99Jayden ReidLB
  5. 8Jacob DavisRB
  6. 16Jacob BartlettCM-L
  7. 4Lasse Berg JohnsenCM-R
  8. 93Shapi SuleymanovLM
  9. 7CapitaRM
  10. 9Dejan JoveljicCF-L
  11. 6Manu GarcíaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Portland Timbers 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Kristoffer Velde (Portland Timbers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by David da Costa.
  2. 15' Goal! Portland Timbers 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Kevin Kelsy (Portland Timbers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David da Costa.
  3. 19' Lasse Berg Johnsen (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 22' Goal! Portland Timbers 3, Sporting Kansas City 0. Cole Bassett (Portland Timbers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin Kelsy following a corner.
  5. 26' Own Goal by Jake Davis, Sporting Kansas City. Portland Timbers 4, Sporting Kansas City 0.
  6. 33' José Caicedo (Portland Timbers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 41' Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45'+3' Jayden Reid (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 45' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Diego Chará replaces José Caicedo.
  10. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Ian James replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
  11. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Calvin Harris replaces Manu García.
  12. 53' Ethan Bartlow (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 60' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Zorhan Bassong replaces Lasse Berg Johnsen.
  14. 61' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Joao Ortiz replaces Cole Bassett.
  15. 61' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Ariel Lassiter replaces Antony.
  16. 61' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Ian Smith replaces Jimer Fory because of an injury.
  17. 61' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Alexander Aravena replaces David da Costa.
  18. 71' Goal! Portland Timbers 5, Sporting Kansas City 0. Ariel Lassiter (Portland Timbers) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  19. 72' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Taylor Calheira replaces Dejan Joveljic.
  20. 74' Goal! Portland Timbers 6, Sporting Kansas City 0. Kevin Kelsy (Portland Timbers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ariel Lassiter with a cross.
  21. 76' Capita (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 76' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Capita.

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