Austin vs Sporting Kansas City
Ref: Marcos de Oliveira, USAQ2 Stadium, Austin, Texas · 20,738 cap
Match recap
Sporting Kansas City beat Austin 2–1 in their Major League Soccer fixture. Desler scored for Austin; Manu García and Afrifa replied for Sporting Kansas City. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.37 for Austin versus 1.52 for Sporting Kansas City. Austin sit 14th in the Major League Soccer table while Sporting Kansas City are 15th.
First Half
28'
Capita
Yellow Card
⚽
Desler
Assist: Biro
Second Half
46'
⇄
Capita
47'
Davis
Yellow Card
Svatok
Yellow Card
⇄
Ramirez
⇄
Wolff
Sánchez
Yellow Card
63'
Bassong
Yellow Card
64'
⇄
Bassong
64'
⇄
Davis
Nelson
Yellow Card
⇄
Sánchez
⇄
Torres
75'
⇄
Calheira
79'
⚽
Manu García
Assist: Suleymanov
82'
⚽
Afrifa
82'
⇄
James
⇄
Desler
Fodrey
Yellow Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | +27 | 40 |
| 13 |  Seattle Sounders | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 |  Austin | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -14 | 21 |
| 15 |  Sporting Kansas City | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -30 | 15 |
As of 4 Jun 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
AustinSporting Kansas City
4Won
Statistical edge
4–11
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.37VS1.52
Attack0 · 6 won
8
Shots
20
3
Shots on target
8
3
Shots in the box
13
5
Shots outside box
7
4
Shots off goal
5
3
Corners
7
Possession & Passing1 · 3 won
46%
Possession
54%
372
Total passes
423
314
Accurate passes
347
84%
Pass accuracy
82%
Discipline2 · 1 won
13
Fouls
21
4
Yellow cards
3
0
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
6
Goalkeeper saves
2
1
Blocked shots
7
-0.09
Goals prevented
-0.09
Austin
4-4-2
Sporting Kansas City
4-4-2Austin
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1B. StuverG
- 3M. DeslerD
- 5O. SvatokD
- 6Ilie SánchezM
- 10M. UzuniF
- 11F. TorresM
- 15J. BellD
- 21C. RamirezF
- 29Guilherme BiroD
- 30J. RosalesM
- 33O. WolffM
Substitutes
- 7J. NelsonF
- 8D. PereiraM
- 9B. VázquezF
- 12D. LasG
- 17J. GallagherD
- 19C. FodreyM
- 20N. DubersarskyM
- 23Ž. KolmaničD
- 35M. ĐorđevićD
Sporting Kansas City
4-4-2Starting XI
- 2I. JamesD
- 4L. JohnsenM
- 7CapitaM
- 8J. DavisD
- 9D. JoveljićF
- 11C. HarrisM
- 19T. CalheiraF
- 22Z. BassongM
- 28Wyatt MeyerD
- 30S. ClevelandG
- 99J. ReidD
Substitutes
- 1J. PulskampG
- 6Manu GarcíaM
- 13J. ReynoldsD
- 14M. TschantretM
- 16J. BartlettD
- 17S. AfrifaF
- 23E. BartlowD
- 93M. SuleymanovF
Austin
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkel Desler | D | 84 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Brad Stuver | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Facundo Torres | M | 73 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joseph Rosales | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/4 |
| Jonathan Bell | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guilherme Biro | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Ilie Sánchez(C) | M | 73 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Owen Wolff | M | 60 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Myrto Uzuni | F | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Christian Ramirez | F | 60 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Oleksandr Svatok | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Mateja Đorđević | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Žan Kolmanič | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Damian Las | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nicolas Dubersarsky | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Pereira | M | 17 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Jayden Nelson | F | 30 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/3 |
| Brandon Vázquez | F | 17 | 6.7 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Jon Gallagher | D | 30 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Calvin Fodrey | M | 11 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sporting Kansas City
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Meyer | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lasse Berg Johnsen | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Ian James | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Taylor Calheira | F | 75 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zorhan Bassong | M | 64 | 6.7 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Calvin Harris | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Jayden Reid | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Dejan Joveljić(C) | F | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 |
| Stefan Cleveland | G | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jacob Davis | D | 64 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/4 |
| Capita | M | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Ethan Bartlow | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diego Borges | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Macielo Tschantret | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jacob Bartlett | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Pulskamp | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manu García | M | 26 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stephen Afrifa | F | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Justin Reynolds | D | 26 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/2 |
| Shapi Suleymanov | F | 45 | 6.9 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 |