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2026 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, April 25, 2026 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Soldier Field (Chicago, IL) MLS Regular Season Game 9 Sporting Kansas City 1-6-1, 4 points (0-3-1 home; 1-3-0 away) 15th in MLS Western Conference Chicago Fire 4-2-2, 14 points (3-1-0 home; 1-1-2 away) T-4th in MLS Eastern Conference
1-6-1 (4 pts.) 0.50 8 15th in MLS West 7 0.88 12 20 2.50 -13 55 (23) 41.8% 97 105 12 0
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Brandon Stevis Ian McKay Tyler Wyrostek Sergii Boiko Edvin Jurisevic
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 23 28 30 36 57 93 99
Pos. GK DEF MID MID FWD MID FWD FWD GK DEF MID DEF MID FWD FWD MID DEF DEF DEF GK GK DEF FWD DEF
Name John Pulskamp Ian James Lasse Berg Johnsen Manu Garcia Capita Capemba Jake Davis Dejan Joveljic Calvin Harris Jack Kortkamp Justin Reynolds Cielo Tschantret Jansen Miller Jacob Bartlett Stephen Afrifa Taylor Calheira Kwaku Agyabeng Zorhan Bassong Ethan Bartlow Wyatt Meyer Stefan Cleveland Ryan Schewe Diego Borges Shapi Suleymanov Jayden Reid
Pronunciation
LAH-seh MAH-noo cuh-PEA-tuh
CHICAGO FIRE
RECORD POINTS PER GAME GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
4-2-2 (14 pts.) 1.75 8 T-4th in MLS East 12 1.50 9 8 1.00 +4 105 (35) 33.3% 109 86 20 1
2026 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
DAY-yahn YO-vel-itch
Dejan Joveljic Five Players Dejan Joveljic Dejan Joveljic Lasse Berg Johnsen Afrifa, Joveljic Jake Davis Manu Garcia Three Players N/A
CHELL-oh tuh-SAN-tret uh-FREE-fuh cal-HAIR-uh KWAY-koo AH-jee-BANG ZOR-uhn bah-SONG steff-en SHAY-way BORE-jus SHAH-pea soo-lee-MAH-nov
W 8 7 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 1
L 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 6
T 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 4 0 2 3 1 4 3 1
GD +18 +18 +10 -2 +7 +4 +6 +4 -4 +1 -2 -7 -7 -6 -13
GP 9 8 9 9 7 8 9 9 8 9 9 8 9 8 8
Eastern Conference Pts 1. Nashville SC 19 2. Inter Miami 18 3. New England Revolution 15 4. Chicago Fire 14 5. Charlotte FC 14 6. Toronto FC 13 7. New York City FC 12 8. Red Bull New York 12 9. Columbus Crew 9 10. D.C. United 9 11. FC Cincinnati 9 12. Orlando City 7 13. CF Montreal 6 14. Philadelphia Union 5 15. Atlanta United 4
W 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
L 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 7
T 1 3 0 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 2 1
GD +13 +4 +5 +4 +2 -1 +4 -7 -1 -5 -6 -16 -8 -6 -9
GP 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9
4 GOALS 2 ASSISTS 13 SHOTS 8 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 12 FOULS COMMITTED 21 FOULS SUFFERED 2 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS
John Pulskamp 720 John Pulskamp 2.50 John Pulskamp 1 N/A 0 John Pulskamp 25
2026 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Western Conference Pts 1. San Jose Earthquakes 24 2. Vancouver Whitecaps 21 3. LAFC 17 4. Minnesota United 17 5. Seattle Sounders 16 6. Real Salt Lake 16 7. Colorado Rapids 13 8. FC Dallas 13 9. Houston Dynamo 12 10. San Diego FC 11 11. LA Galaxy 9 12. Portland Timbers 7 13. Austin FC 7 14. St. Louis 6 15. Sporting Kansas City 4
CHICAGO FIRE
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
6 2 20 9 2 2 16 16 4 1
Hugo Cuypers Bamba, Zinckernagel Philip Zinckernagel Hugo Cuypers Jonathan Bamba Jonathan Bamba Robin Lod Philip Zinckernagel Philip Zinckernagel Jonathan Dean
720 Chris Brady 1.00 Chris Brady 4 Chris Brady 4 Chris Brady 29 Chris Brady
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON RAPHAEL WICKY
GREGG BERHALTER
3rd season
7th season 86-71-55 (.535) 2nd season 19-13-10 (.571)
(.347) 13-31-15
1st season (.188) 1-6-1
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
SPORTING KANSAS CITY FACT FILE Club Name Second Reference Inaugural Season Stadium Capacity Training Facility Owner President of Soccer Ops & GM Head Coach Captain MLS Cup MLS Supporters’ Shield U.S. Open Cup 1
Sporting Kansas City Sporting KC, Sporting, SKC 1996 Sporting Park 18,467 (Max Standing Room: 21,650) Compass Minerals National Performance Center Sporting Club David Lee Raphael Wicky Dejan Joveljic 2000 & 2013 2000 2004, 2012, 2015 & 2017