San Diego vs Sporting Kansas City 0-1
- André Luiz (P)76'
- Kick-off
- Sun, 8 Nov 2026 · 00:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
- Referee
- Ramy Touchan
Match timeline
- 88’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityShapi Suleymanov ONStephen Afrifa OFF - 87’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityJayden Reid ONOsvaldo Pedro Capemba OFF - 76’Penalty goal
Sporting Kansas CityAndré Luiz0 – 1 - 72’Yellow card
San DiegoChristopher McVey - 70’Yellow card
Sporting Kansas CityJustin Reynolds - 69’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityJustin Reynolds ONLasse Berg Johnsen OFF - 69’Substitution
San DiegoDavid Mimbang ONOnni Valakari OFF - 69’Substitution
San DiegoDavid Vazquez ONMarcus Ingvartsen OFF
Show 7 earlier events
- 67’Yellow card
San DiegoManu Duah - 61’Yellow card
Sporting Kansas CityLasse Berg Johnsen - 59’Substitution
San DiegoGabriel Pirani ONAlejandro Alvarado Jr OFF - 59’Substitution
San DiegoAmahl Pellegrino ONBryan Zamblé OFF - 58’Substitution
San DiegoJeppe Tverskov ONPedro soma OFF - 57’Yellow card
San DiegoMarcus Ingvartsen - 12’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityRuben Ramos Jr ONTaylor Calheira OFF - 1’Kick-off
Key stats
- 66%Possession34%
- 16Shots15
- 0.81xG1.83
- 4Shots on Target6
- 8Corners4
- 11Fouls13
- 1Offsides2
- 5Saves4
- 668Passes334
- 3Yellow Cards2
Lineups
Confirmed selections
San Diego4 - 3 - 3
- 13Sisniega
- 3Þórhallsson
- 97McVey
- 26Duah
- 5Sargeant
- 70Alvarado
- 15Soma
- 8Valakari
- 10Dreyer
- 7Ingvartsen
- 14Zamble
Substitutions
- 58’↑6 J. Tverskov↓15 P. Soma
- 59’↑12 Gabriel Pirani↓ Alejandro Alvarado Jr
- 59’↑90 A. Pellegrino↓14 B. B. Zamble
- 69’↑36 David Mimbang↓8 O. Valakari
- 69’↑19 D. Vazquez↓7 M. Ingvartsen
Unused substitutes 1 C. dos Santos, 20 A. Godoy, 25 I. Pilcher, 33 O. Verhoeven
Coach Mikey Varas
Sporting Kansas City4 - 4 - 2
- 30Cleveland
- 8Davis
- 15Miller
- 28Meyer
- 18Karić
- 11Luiz
- 4Johnsen
- 33Wolff
- 7Capita
- 19Calheira
- 17Afrifa
Substitutions
- 12’↑ Ruben Ramos Jr↓19 T. Calheira
- 69’↑13 J. Reynolds↓4 L. Johnsen
- 87’↑99 J. Reid↓ Osvaldo Pedro Capemba
- 88’↑ Shapi Suleymanov↓17 S. Afrifa
Unused substitutes 23 E. Bartlow, 93 M. Suleymanov, 24 R. Ramos, 1 J. Pulskamp, 2 I. James, 61 Z. Loyo Reynaga
Coach R. Wicky
Match facts
- Competition
- Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
- Round
- Matchday 34
- Date
- Sun, 8 Nov 2026
- Kick-off
- 00:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
- Referee
- Ramy Touchan
- San Diego coach
- Mikey Varas
- Sporting Kansas City coach
- R. Wicky
League table
Major League Soccer - United States and Canada · Western Conference
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | +40 | 64 | |
| 2 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | +11 | 58 | |
| 3 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | +11 | 54 | |
| 4 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | +6 | 52 | |
| 5 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 51 | |
| 6 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | +12 | 47 | |
| 7 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | +1 | 46 | |
| 8 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 46 | |
| 9 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | +1 | 45 | |
| 10 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 44 | |
| 11 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 44 | |
| 12 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 43 | |
| 13 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 38 | |
| 14 | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -23 | 34 | |
| 15 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -41 | 26 |
Match related news
Player ratings
- 1
P. Sisniega7.7 - 2
P. Soma7.0 - 3
B. B. Zamble7.0 - 4David Mimbang6.9
- 5
D. Þórhallsson6.9 - 6
A. Alvarado6.8 - 7
M. Duah6.7 - 8
A. Dreyer6.6 - 9
A. Pellegrino6.5 - 10
J. Tverskov6.5 - 11
Gabriel Pirani6.4 - 12
D. Vazquez6.3 - 13
M. Ingvartsen6.2 - 14
C. McVey6.2 - 15
O. Valakari6.0 - 16
Kieran Sargeant5.9 - 17
C. dos Santos0.0 - 18
A. Godoy0.0 - 19
I. Pilcher0.0 - 20
O. Verhoeven0.0
- 1
S. Cleveland7.6 - 2
Jansen Miller7.4 - 3
S. Afrifa7.2 - 4
O. Wolff7.2 - 5
André Luiz7.1 - 6
L. Johnsen7.0 - 7
E. Karić7.0 - 8
Wyatt Meyer6.9 - 9
J. Reid6.8 - 10
M. Suleymanov6.7 - 11
T. Calheira6.5 - 12
R. Ramos6.5 - 13
Capita6.3 - 14
J. Reynolds6.2 - 15
J. Davis6.1 - 16
E. Bartlow0.0 - 17
I. James0.0 - 18
J. Pulskamp0.0 - 19
Z. Loyo Reynaga0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match

P. Sisniega
San Diego
- 0
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 7.7, the best on the pitch in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
- W-D-L
- 1-3-1
- Scored / match
- 1.8
- Conceded / match
- 2.2
- W-D-L
- 0-1-4
- Scored / match
- 0.8
- Conceded / match
- 2.6
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Match report
Sporting Kansas City left Snapdragon Stadium with a 1-0 win after André Luiz scored a penalty in the 76th minute. San Diego had most of the ball and more of the play, but Sporting Kansas City took the result.
The first half passed without a goal, with Sporting Kansas City forced into an early change in the 12th minute when Taylor Calheira made way for Ruben Ramos Jr. It was 0-0 at half-time.
San Diego made two changes on 59 minutes, then another two on 69 minutes, but the breakthrough still came for Sporting Kansas City. Lasse Berg Johnsen was booked on 61 minutes and later replaced on 69 minutes, while Justin Reynolds was booked a minute after coming on. André Luiz then converted the penalty on 76 minutes to make it 1-0, and Sporting Kansas City saw out the rest of the match with late substitutions for Osvaldo Pedro Capemba and Stephen Afrifa.
San Diego had 66% of the possession and 668 passes to Sporting Kansas City's 334, while the home side also had more shots, 16 to 15, and more corners, 8 to 4. Sporting Kansas City, though, had more shots on target, 6 to 4, and a higher xG figure, 1.83 to 0.81.
There were three yellow cards for San Diego, to Marcus Ingvartsen in the 57th minute, Manu Duah in the 67th and Christopher McVey in the 72nd. Sporting Kansas City had two bookings, for Lasse Berg Johnsen and Justin Reynolds, and no side had a red card.
Match record
- Competition
- Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
- Round
- Matchday 34
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
- Referee
- Ramy Touchan
- Match ID
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15 events
- 12’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityRuben Ramos Jr ONTaylor Calheira OFF - 57’Yellow card
San DiegoMarcus Ingvartsen - 58’Substitution
San DiegoJeppe Tverskov ONPedro soma OFF - 59’Substitution
San DiegoGabriel Pirani ONAlejandro Alvarado Jr OFF - 59’Substitution
San DiegoAmahl Pellegrino ONBryan Zamblé OFF - 61’Yellow card
Sporting Kansas CityLasse Berg Johnsen - 67’Yellow card
San DiegoManu Duah - 69’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityJustin Reynolds ONLasse Berg Johnsen OFF - 69’Substitution
San DiegoDavid Mimbang ONOnni Valakari OFF - 69’Substitution
San DiegoDavid Vazquez ONMarcus Ingvartsen OFF - 70’Yellow card
Sporting Kansas CityJustin Reynolds - 72’Yellow card
San DiegoChristopher McVey - 76’Penalty goal
Sporting Kansas CityAndré Luiz0 – 1 - 87’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityJayden Reid ONOsvaldo Pedro Capemba OFF - 88’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityShapi Suleymanov ONStephen Afrifa OFF






