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2026 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Sunday, August 23, 2026 Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA) MLS Regular Season Game 21 Sporting Kansas City 4-13-3, 15 points (2-5-3 home; 2-8-0 away) 15th in MLS Western Conference Atlanta United 5-12-3, 18 points (3-5-1 home; 2-7-2 away) 15th in MLS Eastern Conference
4-13-3 (15 pts.) 0.75 20 15th in MLS West 19 0.95 28 49 2.45 -30 195 (79) 40.5% 263 237 34 3
Broadcast: Apple TV English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Tori Penso Brooke Mayo Walt Heatherly Rosendo Mendoza Daniel Radford
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 28 30 36 57 93 99
Pos. GK DEF DEF MID DEF FWD MID FWD FWD GK DEF MID DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID MID DEF DEF GK GK DEF FWD DEF FWD
Name John Pulskamp Ian James Moises Mosquera Lasse Berg Johnsen Or Blorian Capita Capemba Jake Davis Dejan Joveljic Calvin Harris Jack Kortkamp Justin Reynolds Cielo Tschantret (loaned out) Jansen Miller Jacob Bartlett Stephen Afrifa Emir Karic Taylor Calheira Kwaku Agyabeng Zorh an Bassong Ethan Bartlow (loaned out) Wyatt Meyer Stefan Cleveland Ryan Schewe Diego Borges Shapi Suleymanov Jayden Reid Andre Luiz
Pronunciation
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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
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
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Dejan Joveljic Garcia, Harris Harris, Joveljic Dejan Joveljic Four Players Calvin Harris Jake Davis Calvin Harris Bassong, Capita Three Players
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L 6 4 7 7 5 6 10 7 9 8 7 9 8 10 13
T 2 4 4 3 6 6 1 4 3 7 7 3 6 5 3
GD +5 +22 +14 +10 +9 +2 +5 +3 +1 -5 -6 -5 +2 -14 -30
GP 20 19 21 20 20 20 20 19 20 21 20 19 20 20 20
Eastern Conference Pts 1. Nashville SC 46 2. Inter Miami 39 3. Chicago Fire 35 4. New England Revolution 33 5. FC Cincinnati 30 6. Charlotte FC 29 7. New York City FC 26 8. Red Bull New York 25 9. D.C. United 24 10. Orlando City 21 11. Toronto FC 21 12. Columbus Crew 20 13. Philadelphia Union 20 14. CF Montreal 20 15. Atlanta United 18
W 14 11 11 10 8 8 7 7 5 6 4 5 5 5 5
L 2 3 6 7 6 7 8 9 6 11 7 10 10 10 12
T 4 6 2 3 6 5 5 4 9 3 9 5 5 5 3
GD +25 +10 +11 +7 +2 +4 +5 -12 -6 -18 -7 -5 -7 -10 -12
GP 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
ATLANTA UNITED
8 GOALS 5 ASSISTS 38 SHOTS 22 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 30 FOULS COMMITTED 40 FOULS SUFFERED 4 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Stefan Cleveland 990 Stefan Cleveland 2.18 Stefan Cleveland 3 N/A 0 Stefan Cleveland 33
2026 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS W 12 11 10 10 9 8 9 8 8 6 6 7 6 5 4
5-12-3 (18 pts.) 0.90 20 15th in MLS East 23 1.15 33 35 1.75 -12 252 (81) 32.1% 241 185 47 1
2026 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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Western Conference Pts 1. Houston Dynamo 38 2. Vancouver Whitecaps 37 3. LAFC 34 4. San Jose Earthquakes 33 5. FC Dallas 33 6. St. Louis 30 7. Colorado Rapids 28 8. Real Salt Lake 28 9. Portland Timbers 27 10. LA Galaxy 25 11. Minnesota United 25 12. Seattle Sounders 24 13. San Diego FC 24 14. Austin FC 20 15. Sporting Kansas City 15
ATLANTA UNITED
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
5 7 36 14 2 3 32 25 6 1
Alexey Miranchuk Alexey Miranchuk Almiron, Miranchuk Alexey Miranchuk Tristan Muyumba Alexey Miranchuk Cooper Sanchez Miguel Almiron Tomas Jacob Enea Mihaj
1800 Lucas Hoyos 1.75 Lucas Hoyos 5 Lucas Hoyos 1 Lucas Hoyos 59 Lucas Hoyos
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON RAPHAEL WICKY
TATA MARTINO
3rd season
5th season 67-37-31 (.611) 3rd season 41-28-19 (.574)
(.345) 16-38-17
1st season
(.275) 4-13-3
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