Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers 3-3

Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers drew 3-3 at Children’s Mercy Park in a match shaped by a penalty, a missed penalty and three goals after half-time. Portland led 3-1 and looked set to take the points before Sporting Kansas City levelled after the hour.

Portland went ahead in the 10th minute when David Da Costa scored from Ariel Lassiter’s assist to make it 1-0. Vincent Janssen was booked in the 12th minute, then VAR confirmed a penalty for Kristoffer Velde in first-half stoppage time and Janssen converted in the 45th minute plus 4 to make it 2-0. Sporting Kansas City then had a missed penalty in the 45th minute plus 7 through André Luiz, who immediately pulled one back himself in the 45th minute plus 7 to leave it 2-1 at the break.

Portland made two changes in the 63rd minute and went 3-1 up a minute later, when Ariel Lassiter scored from Jímer Fory’s assist. Sporting Kansas City responded in the 70th minute through Justin Reynolds, assisted by Taylor Calheira, before making three changes in the 71st minute. One of those substitutes, Seymour Garfield-Reid, set up André Luiz for his second of the match in the 72nd minute, and that goal brought it back to 3-3. Portland made two more changes in the 87th minute, but neither side found a winner after that.

The numbers fit a drawn game with different strengths on each side. Portland had 54% of the ball and 542 passes to Sporting Kansas City’s 444, while Sporting Kansas City had 12 shots to Portland’s 8, 6 corners to 1, and a higher xG of 1.91 to 1.46. Both sides had 5 shots on target and 2 saves, and the teams were level on offsides at 1 apiece.

Portland collected the only yellow card, with Vincent Janssen booked in the 12th minute. There were no red cards.