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Regular Season - 25• 13 Sept 2026

Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles FC

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Match Recap

Sporting Kansas City handed Los Angeles FC a 3-1 defeat in Major League Soccer on Sunday, claiming their first win over the visitors in three head-to-head meetings with a performance that was more authoritative than anyone's recent form suggested. André Luiz got Kansas City moving in the 18th minute, and Taylor Calheira doubled the lead before halftime to put the hosts firmly in control. LAFC, sitting sixth in the table with 40 points, refused to fold, and Denis Bouanga pulled one back just 47 seconds into the second half to make it a contest. Kansas City held firm though, and Jacob Bartlett settled it in the 71st minute, putting a scoreline on the night that reflected how thoroughly a 15th-place side outplayed one of the league's stronger outfits. Bartlett's 71st-minute finish, the goal that finally closed the door on LAFC, is worth every second of the watch.

Match Statistics

Sporting Kansas City
VS
Los Angeles FC
43% Ball Possession 57%
20 Total Shots 22
8 Shots on target 8
6 Shots off target 6
6 Blocked Shots 8
12 Shots inside box 15
8 Shots outside box 7
6 Corner Kicks 13
1 Offsides 3
6 Fouls 9
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
7 Goalkeeper Saves 6
386 Total passes 507
331 Accurate passes 455
9 Free Kicks 6

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City
R. Wicky 4-4-2
VS
Los Angeles FC
M. Dos Santos 4-3-3

Substitutes — Sporting Kansas City

16J. Bartlett 57Diego Borges 15Jansen Miller 1J. Pulskamp 24R. Ramos 99J. Reid 29S. Reid 93M. Suleymanov 42Alexander Cunningham

Substitutes — Los Angeles FC