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FT Sunday, August 23, 2026
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Almirón has assists on goals by Jacob and Picault as Atlanta beats Sporting KC

Tomás Jacob and Fafà Picault both scored goals with an assist from Miguel Almirón and Atlanta United beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Sunday night for its first three-match MLS win streak in five years.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
0
51.3
Possession
48.7
8
SHOTS
8
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
469
Accurate Passes
448
527
Passes
521
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
3
25
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.6
29
Long Balls
61
19
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
7
11
Effective Clearances
28
11
Clearances
28

Head to Head

ATL leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

ATL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Lucas HoyosG
  2. 6Júnior AlonsoCD-L
  3. 27Paulo DíazCD-R
  4. 3Elías BaezLB
  5. 55Tomás JacobRB
  6. 16Adrian GillCM
  7. 8Tristan MuyumbaLM
  8. 48Cooper SanchezRM
  9. 22Fafà PicaultF
  10. 10Miguel AlmirónLF
  11. 59Alexey MiranchukRF

SKC · 4-4-2

  1. 30Stefan ClevelandG
  2. 28Wyatt MeyerCD-L
  3. 3Moisés MosqueraCD-R
  4. 18Emir KaricLB
  5. 8Jacob DavisRB
  6. 22Zorhan BassongCM-L
  7. 4Lasse Berg JohnsenCM-R
  8. 11Calvin HarrisLM
  9. 7CapitaRM
  10. 19Taylor CalheiraCF-L
  11. 93Shapi SuleymanovCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Atlanta United 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Tomás Jacob (Atlanta United) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Almirón.
  2. 22' Emir Karic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 24' Goal! Atlanta United 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Fafà Picault (Atlanta United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Elías Báez following a corner.
  4. 44' Delay in match (Atlanta United).
  5. 44' Delay in match because of an injury Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
  6. 45' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  7. 45'
  8. 45'+2' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Justin Reynolds replaces Jake Davis because of an injury.
  9. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jayden Reid replaces Emir Karic.
  10. 62' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Taylor Calheira.
  11. 62' Substitution, Atlanta United. Will Reilly replaces Fafà Picault.
  12. 62' Substitution, Atlanta United. Luke Brennan replaces Adrian Gill.
  13. 70' Goal! Atlanta United 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  14. 72' Luke Brennan (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 73' Substitution, Atlanta United. Stian Gregersen replaces Paulo Díaz.
  16. 76' Elías Báez (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 77' Delay in match because of an injury Luke Brennan (Atlanta United).
  18. 77'
  19. 77' Substitution, Atlanta United. Steven Alzate replaces Cooper Sanchez.
  20. 78' Substitution, Atlanta United. Matt Edwards replaces Luke Brennan because of an injury.
  21. 78' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  22. 78'
  23. 87' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Bartlett replaces Capita.

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