SPORTING KANSAS CITY at ST. LOUIS
Sporting Kansas City
3-8-1,
(2-3-1 home; 1-5-0 away) T-12th in
2-6-4,
(1-3-2
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Kickoff: 7:45 p.m. CT
Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO)
MLS Regular Season Game 13
Conference
Apple TV: Apple TV+ & MLSSP
National TV: FS1 & FOX Deportes
Local Radio: ESPN 94.5 FM
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistant ref: Lyes Arfa
Assistant ref: Mike Nickerson
4th official: Rubiel Vazquez
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO
6 MID Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ah 7 FWD Santiago Munoz SAHN-tee-AH-go MOON-yoz 8
Ndenbe en-DEN-bay
MAH-noo
Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG
Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh
SHAY-way
FWD Shapi Suleymanov SHAH-pea soo-lee-MAH-nov
2025 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
2025 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS
2025 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Dejan Joveljic 5
Manu Garcia 4
Joveljic, Salloi 16
Daniel Salloi 11
Joveljic, Salloi 1 Manu Garcia 2
Dejan Joveljic 16
Shapi Suleymanov 31 Five Players 3 N/A 0
John Pulskamp 1080 John Pulskamp 1.83
John Pulskamp 3
John Pulskamp 2
John Pulskamp 31
SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL GAME-WINNING GOALS GAME-WINNING ASSISTS FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
Hartel, Teuchert
Marcel Hartel
Lowen, Teuchert
Hiebert, Wallem 1 Lowen, Morales
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2025 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
FEBRUARY 19 INTER MIAMI
February 22 at Austin FC
February 25 at Inter Miami
MARCH 22 LAFC
March 29 at FC Dallas
APRIL
April 19 at San Jose Earthquakes
April 26 at FC Cincinnati
May 14 at St. Louis
May 17 at San Diego
May 28 at LAFC
May 31 at Houston
JUNE 14
JUNE 25 CHARLOTTE FC
JUNE 28
July 4 at Colorado Rapids
JULY 12
JULY 19
July 26 at
AUGUST 9
August 16 at Orlando City
August 24 at
AUGUST 30
SEPTEMBER 7 AUSTIN FC
September 13 at Real Salt Lake
September 27 at
October 4 at Minnesota United
OCTOBER 18
Ndenbe, Salloi (2), Garcia, Thommy
SEASON PASS
#STLvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD
Sporting Kansas City (3-8-1, 10 pts.) is set to face off against cross-state rivals St. Louis (2-6-4, 10 pts.) at Energizer Park on Wednesday night, closing out the season series between the two clubs.
Sporting and St. Louis have already met at Children’s Mercy Park this season, with Sporting coming out on top 2-0 on April 5, 2025. In the club’s first match since moving on from longtime Manager Peter Vermes, Dejan Joveljic scored a clinical second-half brace to lead interim head coach Kerry Zavagnin to three points in his first game in charge.
Sporting last visited Energizer Park on Sept. 28, 2024 - three days after falling in the U.S. Open Cup Final at LAFC in extra time. St. Louis battled to a 3-1 victory on the night as Stephen Afrifa’s excellent strike from distance gave Sporting hope midway through the second half by pulling the score to 2-1 only for St. Louis to add a third moments later.
Sporting trails the all-time regular-season series 2-3-2, but holds a 2-0-0 edge in the postseason after the club’s rout of their rivals in the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs. Sporting earned a thumping 4-1 win at Energizer Park in that postseason series, while St. Louis is yet to win a game in five attempts at Children’s Mercy Park, where Sporting holds a 3-0-2 record.
#STLvSKC: Recent Meetings (STL leads 3-2-2 in regular season)
Date Score Result Details
04/05/2025
09/28/2024
07/20/2024
04/20/2024
09/30/2023
KC 2 vs STL 0 W Joveljic tallies second-half brace in home victory
KC 1 at STL 3 L Afrifa scores in tough road loss three days after USOC final
KC 1 vs STL 1 T Agada scores equalizer after Thorisson opener in first half
KC 3 vs STL 3 T Pulido, an own goal and Thommy find the net in wild draw
KC 1 at STL 4 L Agada scores late consolation after STL scores 4 in 12 mins
#STLvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY
• Forward Dejan Joveljic has three goals against St. Louis, bagging a brace in Sporting’s 2-0 home win on April 5, 2025 and the other coming as a member of the LA Galaxy in a 3-3 home draw on March 16, 2024.
• Midfielder Erik Thommy has one goal and two assists vs. St. Louis, tallying two assists in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 2, 2023 before scoring in the 3-3 home draw on April 20, 2024.
• Forward Stephen Afrifa has scored once against St. Louis, coming in the 3-1 road defeat on Sept. 28, 2024.
• Forward Daniel Salloi has tallied two assists against St. Louis, coming on Alan Pulido’s goal in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 2, 2023 and Willy Agada’s goal in the 4-1 road loss on Sept. 30, 2023.
• Midfielder Jake Davis has recorded two assists against St. Louis, first setting up the game-winner in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 2, 2023 before tallying another in the 3-1 road loss on Sept. 28, 2024.
• Midfielder Manu Garcia has one assist against St. Louis, coming on the gamewinner in the 2-0 home win on April 5, 2025.
• Midfielder Nemanja Radoja has one assist against St. Louis, coming in the 2-0 home win on April 5, 2025.
• Defender Andrew Brody has one assist against St. Louis, coming as a member of Real Salt Lake in a 3-1 road win on June 21, 2023.
• Goalkeeper John Pulskamp is 1-1-0 against St. Louis, recording a clean sheet in the 2-0 home win on April 5, 2025.
• Defender Jansen Miller was born and raised in the St. Louis area and was a part of the Saint Louis FC and St. Louis Scott Gallagher setup as a youth player.
• Defender Robert Voloder and St. Louis midfielder Tomas Ostrak were teammates in the FC Cologne Academy, second team and first team from 20162021. Voloder was also at Cologne’s Academy and second team while Marcel Hartel and Jannes Horn were playing for the first team.
• Defender Tim Leibold was teammates with St. Louis midfielder Eduard Lowen at FC Nurnberg from 2016-2019 and forward Cedric Teuchert from 2015-2018.
• Defender Tim Leibold and St. Louis defender Timo Baumgartl are both born in Boblingen, Germany.
• Midfielder Erik Thommy was playing at Fortuna Dusseldorf from 2019-2020 alongside St. Louis midfielder Alfredo Morales and also while current St. Louis Sporting Director Lutz Pfannenstiel was the Managing Director of Sports. Thommy also played alongside Timo Baumgartl at Stuttgart from 2018-2019.
• Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty played alongside St. Louis assistant coach Elvir Kafedzic at AC St. Louis in 2010.
• St. Louis striker Simon Becher was born in Topeka, Kansas.
#STLvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS
Sporting KC Team Notes
• Sporting has won three of its last six matches since April 5 after a club-record 13-match winless streak across all competitions that began on Sept. 21, 2024.
• Sporting has lost six matches by a single goal this season, tied for the most in MLS.
• All five of Sporting’s away losses this season have come by a single goal (1-5-0 road record).
• Sporting has been outscored 18-9 through the 60th minute this season while outscoring opponents 8-4 after the 60th minute.
• Sporting has conceded just three shots on target across its last two matches, a 1-0 home win over the LA Galaxy on May 4 and a 1-0 road loss at the Portland Timbers on Saturday.
• Sporting has conceded three total goals in its last three matches, two of which have been spectacular overhead kicks by Cincinnati’s Kevin Denkey and Portland’s Santiago Moreno.
• Sporting ranks last in MLS with 9.2 shots per match.
• Sporting is 3-2-0 when scoring the first goal and 0-6-1 when conceding the first goal this season.
• Sporting is 2-0-0 when leading at halftime and 0-5-1 when trailing at halftime this season.
• Sporting leads MLS in progressive dribbles per match (19.3) while ranking seventh in progressive passes per match (44.8). Progressive dribbles and passes are dribbles and passes that advance the ball at least 10 yards closer to the opponent’s goal line or into the penalty area.
• Sporting ranks third in MLS in touches in the attacking third per game (181).
Sporting KC Player Notes
• Midfielder Manu Garcia leads Sporting in assists (four) and key passes (19) this season while ranking third in MLS in progressive passes (102), fourth in goalcreating actions (eight), fourth in successful passes into the final third (88), ninth in successful through balls (six) and 20th in distance covered (80.3 miles).
• Forward Daniel Salloi has six goal contributions (four goals, two assists) in Sporting’s last nine matches since March 15 after totaling seven goal contributions (two goals, five assists) during the entire 2024 MLS season.
• Forward Shapi Suleymanov ranks third in MLS in fouls suffered (31), fourth in dribbles into the penalty area (24), fifth in progressive passes received (112) and 10th in progressive dribbles (43).
St. Louis Team Notes
• St. Louis is on an eight-match MLS winless drought (0-6-2) since March 22 after opening the season with a 2-0-2 record. St. Louis last won on March 15 with a 1-0 home result against Seattle Sounders FC.
• St. Louis has a 1-3-2 home record with just one point in its last four home matches at Energizer Park.
• St. Louis has scored three goals in six home matches this season. Their three home goals are second fewest in MLS ahead of only Montreal, which has one goal in three home games.
• St. Louis has one shutout in its last eight matches after opening the season with four consecutive clean sheets.
• St. Louis has conceded one goal in the first 30 minutes of matches this season, tied for the fewest in MLS.
• St. Louis has faced 15.4 shots per game, second most in MLS.
St. Louis Player Notes
• Midfielder Marcel Hartel leads St. Louis in starts (12), minutes (1,073), shots (23), shots on target (10), expected goals (2.67) and key passes (26) this season. Despite his 26 key passes ranking 10th in MLS, he has zero assists.
• Midfielder Conrad Wallem ranks fourth in MLS with 24 fouls committed.
• Forward Joao Klauss ranks sixth in MLS with 33 aerial duels won.
• Defender Kyle Hiebert ranks sixth in MLS with 22 blocks.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES
• Defender Tim Leibold is one shy of 350 appearances in his professional club career.
• Defender Khiry Shelton is one shy of 250 appearances in his professional club career.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
UP AND DOWN STRETCH CONTINUES
Sporting Kansas City continued a grueling stretch of matches in May with a 1-0 setback against the Portland Timbers at Providence Park on Saturday night and is now readying for another pair of road matches this week, starting with a visit to St. Louis at Energizer Park on Wednesday night.
Sporting has won three of the club’s six matches since Kerry Zavagnin took over as interim head coach at the end of March. After conceding seven goals in their first three games under Zavagnin, Sporting has solidified defensively and has conceded just three in their last three games - with the last two coming courtesy of stunning bicycle kicks from Cincinnati’s Kevin Denkey and Portland’s Santiago Moreno that both served as game-winners.
Saturday’s result in Portland continued a trend of roller-coaster action over the past month, as the team has gone W-L-W-L-W-L since Zavagnin took charge for the first time with the 2-0 win over St. Louis on April 5.
On the other end of Wednesday’s clash with St. Louis, Sporting will jet back to the west coast to face expansion side San Diego FC for the first time on Saturday, May 17.
ANOTHER CLASH WITH RIVALS ON SHORT REST
Sporting Kansas City continues a tough road schedule this week with a visit to crossstate rivals St. Louis at Energizer Park on Wednesday night. Sandwiched in between two road games on the west coast, Wednedsay’s game marks the fourth time in eight regular-season meetings that Sporting will face St. Louis on short rest, and the third time on the road.
Sporting has already beaten St. Louis this season, earning a 2-0 victory on April 5, 2025 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kerry Zavagnin’s first match in charge as interim head coach. After a scoreless first half, striker Dejan Joveljic scored a pair of goals in the second half to lead Sporting to their first win of the campaign.
Sporting last faced St. Louis at Energizer Park on Sept. 28, 2024, suffering a 3-1 defeat three days after falling in the U.S. Open Cup Final after extra time at LAFC. Stephen Afrifa scored Sporting’s only goal of the night with a brilliant hit from distance, but St. Louis saw out the three points against a fatigued Sporting side.
Sporting trails the all-time regular-season series 2-3-2, but holds a 2-0-0 edge in the postseason after the club’s rout of their rivals in the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs. Sporting earned a thumping 4-1 win at Energizer Park in that postseason series, while St. Louis is yet to win a game in five attempts at Children’s Mercy Park, where Sporting holds a 3-0-2 record.
GARCIA MAKES SPORTING TICK
Sporting Kansas City newcomer Manu Garcia is showing all the qualities that made Sporting bring him in as a Designated Player this past offseason, producing top performances in the heart of the club’s midfield week after week.
Garcia leads Sporting in assists (four) and key passes (19) this season while ranking third in MLS in progressive passes (102), fourth in goal-creating actions (eight), fourth in successful passes into the final third (88), ninth in successful through balls (six) and 20th in distance covered (80.3 miles).
The Spaniard arrived in the offseason from Greek side Aris Thessaloniki alongside teammate Shapi Suleymanov. Garcia scored his first goal for the club in the 5-3 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on April 19 after tallying his first game-winning assist against St. Louis on April 5.
RESURGENT SALLOI DRIVING SPORTING FORWARD
Sporting Kansas City forward and Academy product Daniel Salloi is enjoying a resurgent 2025 campaign, and his performances on the left wing have been driving Sporting forward over the past month of the season.
The Hungarian frontman was a constant thorn in Portland’s side this past weekend during the club’s 1-0 defeat at Providence Park, taking six shots and putting three on target - accounting for over half of the team’s shots and all of Sporting’s shots on goal in the contest.
After struggling throughout the 2024 season where Salloi could only muster seven goal contributions (2 goals, 5 assists), the 28-year-old has already reached six goal contributions (4 goals, 2 assists) in 2025.
Salloi is Sporting’s longest tenured player, having initially signed as a Homegrown Player in 2016. He currently ranks in Sporting’s top 10 in games played (8th), goals (4th), assists (7th), shots (3rd), shots on goal (2nd), fouls suffered (10th) and gamewinning goals (1st).
PULSKAMP CONTINUES FINE STRING OF PERFORMANCES
Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper John Pulskamp continued his string of excellent recent performances this past weekend, producing one of the saves of his career in the club’s 1-0 defeat to the Portland Timbers at Providence Park on Saturday night.
The 24-year-old stopper could do little about Portland’s only goal of the match - a stunning bicycle kick from Santiago Moreno - but showed his quality in the 21st minute to scurry across his line and stick out his left foot to prevent what looked like a tap-in for Moreno.
Pulskamp recently moved into a tie for seventh in club history in both shutouts (eight) and wins (12) in the regular season following his shutout victory over the LA Galaxy on May 4.
Pulskamp, who is in his first season as a full time starter between the sticks for Sporting, made his 100th professional appearance on Saturday in Portland, having now played 56 matches for the Sporting first team and 44 matches for Sporting KC II.
MAY PRESENTS DAUNTING ROAD SCHEDULE
Sporting Kansas City is in the midst of a brutal schedule throughout the month of May that sees the team play five of seven matches on the road, including the club’s 1-0 loss at the Portland Timbers at Providence Park on May 10.
Looking forward, four of Sporting’s next five games are on the road, and the club is in the midst of a daunting three-game road swing where the team will log almost 6,000 air miles in the space of seven days.
Date Match Location
May 10 L 0-1 at Portland Timbers Providence Park (Portland, OR)
May 14 at St. Louis Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO)
May 17 at San Diego FC Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, CA)
After a brief respite with a home game against the New England Revolution on May 24, Sporting closes out the month with further road trips to take on LAFC at BMO Stadium on May 28 and the Houston Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium on May 31.
The schedule-makers return the favor to Sporting in the month of June, as the team plays just three matches with all taking place at Children’s Mercy Park.
POSTGAME: #PORvSKC
Head coach Kerry Zavagnin
On Sporting KC’s 1-0 loss to Portland…
“I think we got off to a little bit of a slow start. They threw a lot at us early and put a lot of pressure on us, but that’s to be expected when you come and play Portland at their home. I thought they scored a fantastic goal—an excellent goal. Then we stabilized and we created our own chances. Over the course of the game, I think it was a relatively even, back-and-forth game. We started the second half extremely well, and I thought we were going to get a goal in the first 15 minutes. There are a lot of positives. I know it’s not easy to digest any time you lose a game, but our performances over the last couple of weeks have been stabilizing and we’re doing a lot of really good things in the game. That’s not being a cheerleader, that’s looking at it from a realistic perspective. Organizationally and defensively, we were very difficult to play against today against a very powerful attack. They get out in transition. We had talked about that before the game. The team has a lot to be proud of despite the fact that we didn’t get the result.”
On Sporting KC’s chance creation…
“Even through the first half, when Portland dropped back, they really dropped into a low block—a really compact 4-4-2 block. It was difficult to find space between the lines in the first half. Manu (Garcia) came into a more central position and there were some opportunities that were just a little bit off. In the second half, I think Portland with the 1-0 lead conceded a little bit more space further up the field and really compacted that area around the goal. So we looked to get attacking players on the field. The outside backs were planned substitutions just due to health. But it was good to get Santiago Munoz on the field, and Eric Thommy giving us a lift in the second half—and obviously Jake Davis with his work rate. But I just think that in tight areas and the way that Portland made it really compact for us, it was difficult to break down. A credit to them, but also a credit to us not to give up until the end.”
2025 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
2025 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
March 15 vs. MIN Joe Dickerson
Radford
Joaquin Fernandez is adjudged to have blocked a shot from Jeong Sang-Bin with his hand in the penalty area, and referee Joe Dickerson awards
After reviewing the play, Dickerson overturns his original decision as Fernandez had blocked the shot with his head.
March 22 vs. LAFC Ismir Pekmic
Terry Jr.
Shapi Suleymanov dribbles into the area and attempts to shoot but is tripped from behind by LAFC’s David Martinez, and referee Ismir Pekmic awards a penalty. After reviewing the play, Pekmic overturns his original decision as Martinez was adjudged to have won the ball.
April 13 vs. POR Pierre-Luc Lauziere Shawn Tehini
Shapi Suleymanov dribbles into the area, passes the ball to Jake Davis and is caught late by Portland’s Antony, but
Pierre-Luc Lauziere waves
After
the play, Lauziere overturns his original decision and awards the penalty kick.
Feb. 22, 2025: Austin FC 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Game 1 | Q2 Stadium | Austin, TX Attendance: 20,738 Weather: 40 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC (0-1-0, 0 pts.) 0 0 0
Austin FC (1-0-0, 3 pts.) 0
Sporting KC Austin FC GK Pulskamp GK Stuver
D Davis D Desler (Fodrey 90’)
D Fernandez (Rosero 72’) D Cascante
D Voloder D Hines-Ike
D Ndenbe D Biro
M Bartlett (Garcia 46’) M Ilie (C) (Sabovic 78’)
M Radoja M Pereira
M Rodriguez (Bassong 73’) M Wolff (Rubio 78’)
F Salloi F Obrian (Gallagher 72’)
F Agada (Joveljic 46’) F Vazquez
F Thommy (C) (Suleymanov 84’) F Bukari
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Cleveland (GK)
James Kolmanic
Leibold Svatok
Afrifa Vaisanen Dubersarsky
Scoring Summary:
ATX - Osman Bukari 1 (Owen Wolff 1) 76’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Joaquin Fernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’
ATX - Mikkel Desler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’
ATX - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 60’
ATX - Brandon Vazquez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’
SKC - Dejan Joveljic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Dissent) 93+
Stats Summary SKC ATX
Shots (on goal)
March 15, 2025: Sporting KC 3-3 Minnesota United MLS Game 4 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS
Attendance: 14,867
Weather: 43 degrees and snowy
(0-3-1, 1
(2-1-1,
Sporting KC Minnesota United GK Pulskamp GK St. Clair
D Davis (Shelton 88’) D Hlongwane
D Fernandez D Harvey
D Voloder D Boxall (C)
D Ndenbe (Leibold 59’) D Duggan
M Radoja D Markanich
M Bassong (Rodriguez 46’) M Pereyra (Diaz 65’)
M Garcia M Trapp
F Suleymanov M Dotson (Gene 74’)
F Joveljic F Oluwaseyi (Sang-Bin 64’)
F Thommy (C) (Salloi 58’) F Lod (Yeboah 74’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Smir (GK)
Miller Padelford
Afrifa Romero
Agada Jung
Toye Shashua
Scoring Summary:
MIN - Hassani Dotson 1 (Morris Duggan 1) 15’
MIN - Tani Oluwaseyi 1 (Bongokuhle Hlongwane 1) 31’
MIN - Tani Oluwaseyi 2 (Joaquin Pereyra 1, Robin Lod 1) 46’
SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Tim Leibold 1) 68’
SKC - Own Goal (Morris Duggan) 72’
SKC - Dejan Joveljic 2 (Manu Garcia 1) 80’
Misconduct Summary:
MIN - Tani Oluwaseyi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 6’
SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’
Stats Summary SKC MIN
Shots (on goal) 8 (3) 14 (6)
Saves 3 1
Fouls 10 18
Offside 0 2
Corner Kicks 4 4
March 1, 2025: Sporting KC 1-2 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Game 2 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 16,277 Weather: 37 degrees and clear
Sporting KC (0-2-0,
Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes
GK Pulskamp GK Daniel
D Davis (Brody 56’) D Rodrigues
D Fernandez D Wilson
D Voloder D Romney
D Leibold (Ndenbe 56’) M Espinoza (C)
M Bartlett (Radoja 56’) M Leroux (Lima 76’)
M Bassong (Rodriguez 77’) M Harkes
M Garcia M Ricketts
F Suleymanov F Lopez
F Joveljic F Martinez (Kaye 61’)
F Thommy (C) (Salloi 77’) F Arango (Bouda 81’)
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Schewe (GK) Edwards Jr. (GK)
James Costa
Rosero Floriani
Agada Munie
Tsakiris
Pellegrino
Scoring Summary:
SJ - Chicho Arango 1 (Unassisted) 3’
SJ - Josef Martinez 1 (Unassisted) 19’
SKC - Dejan Joveljic 1 (Penalty Kick) 27’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Dissent) 5’
SKC - Jacob Bartlett (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 16’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’
SJ - Hernan Lopez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50+
SJ - Hernan Lopez (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Dissent) 67’
Stats
March 22, 2025: Sporting KC 0-2 LAFC MLS Game 5 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,263
Weather: 60 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC (0-4-1, 1 pt.)
LAFC (3-2-0, 9 pts.)
Sporting KC LAFC
GK Pulskamp GK Lloris
D Davis (Shelton 86’) D Palencia
D Miller D Segura
D Voloder D Long (C)
D Ndenbe (Leibold 87’) D Hollingshead (Smoliakov 95+)
M Radoja M Delgado (Tafari 87’)
M Rodriguez M Jesus
M Garcia M Tillman
F Suleymanov (Toye 72’) F Under (Yeboah 75’)
F Joveljic (Agada 66’) F Ordaz (Holm 87’)
F Thommy (C) (Salloi 66’) F Martinez (Wibowo 75’)
Subs not used:
Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Hasal (GK)
Bartlett Chanot
Afrifa Saldana Ebobisse
Scoring Summary:
LAFC - David Martinez 2 (Marky Delgado 1) 18’
LAFC - Aaron Long 1 (Unassisted) 54’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Logan Ndenbe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’
SKC - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’
LAFC - Sergi Palencia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’
SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’
LAFC - Yaw Yeboah (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats
SCORES
March 8, 2025: D.C. United 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Game 3 | Audi Field | Washington, DC Attendance: 15,183
Weather:
Sporting KC D.C. United GK Pulskamp GK Jun-hong
D Davis D Herrera
D Rosero (Miller 46’) D Bartlett
D Fernandez D Rowles
D Ndenbe D Schnegg
M Radoja M Kijima
M Bassong M Enow (Peltola 70’)
M Garcia M Stroud (Murrell 70’)
F Suleymanov (Agada 77’) M Pirani (MacNaughton 81’)
F Joveljic M Peglow (Servania 81’)
F Thommy (C) (Salloi 88’) F Benteke (C) (Badji 81’)
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Schewe (GK) Barraza (GK)
Voloder Dodson
Bartlett Barajas
Rodriguez Zouhir
Toye
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Erik Thommy 1 (Jake Davis 1, Shapi Suleymanov 1) 53’
DC - Christian Benteke 3 (Penalty Kick) 60’
DC - Hosei Kijima 1 (Joao Peglow 1) 68’
Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’
DC - Boris Enow (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’
DC - Joao Peglow (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’
SKC - Joaquin Fernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’
SKC - Jansen Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’
DC - Christian Benteke (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’
SKC - John Pulskamp (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’
DC - Kim Jun-hong (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 90’
DC - Lukas MacNaughton (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 98+
DC - Aaron Herrera (Yellow Card; Dissent) 99+
March 29, 2025: FC Dallas 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Game 6 | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance:
Sporting KC FC Dallas
GK Pulskamp GK Paes
D Shelton D Moore
D Miller D Ibeagha
D Rosero D Urhoghide
D Ndenbe D Norris (Farfan 75’)
M Bartlett (Rodriguez 71’) M Ramiro
M Davis (Bassong 91+) M Lletget (Kaick 75’)
M Garcia M Delgado (Ntsabeleng 56’)
F Suleymanov (Thommy 80’) M Acosta (C) (Abubakar 91+)
F Joveljic (Agada 79’) F Chu (Farrington 56’)
F Salloi (C) F Musa
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Schewe (GK) Collodi (GK)
Leibold Kamungo
Voloder Pedrinho
Radoja Show
Afrifa
Scoring Summary:
SKC – Daniel Salloi 2 (Shapi Suleymanov 2) 32’
DAL – Lucho Acosta 3 (Petar Musa 3) 37’
DAL – Leo Chu 1 (Sebastian Lletget 1, Osaze Urhoghide 1) 39’
Misconduct Summary:
DAL – Shaq Moore (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’
SKC – Jacob Bartlett (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’
DAL – Eric Quill (Yellow Card; Dissent) 47+
DAL – Ramiro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’
Stats Summary SKC DAL Shots (on goal) 13 (5) 8 (2)
0 4
3 2
SPORTING KC 2025 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES
April 5, 2025: Sporting KC 2-0 St. Louis
MLS Game 7 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS
Attendance: 18,116
Weather: 45 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC (1-5-1, 4 pts.)
St. Louis (2-3-2, 8 pts.)
Sporting KC St. Louis
GK Pulskamp GK Lundt
D Shelton (Radoja 59’) D Watts
D Miller D Yaro
D Fernandez (Rosero 82’) D Kessler
D Ndenbe D Nilsson (Ostrak 26’)
M Bartlett D Hiebert
M Davis M Morales (Teuchert 80’)
M Garcia M Hartel (C)
F Suleymanov (Thommy 79’) F Wallem
F Joveljic (Toye 94+) F Klauss
F Salloi (C) F Pompeu (Becher 65’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Olivares (GK)
Leibold Baumgartl
Rodriguez Wentzel
Afrifa Zelinsky
Agada Girdwood-Reich Jaaskelainen
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Dejan Joveljic 3 (Manu Garcia 2, Nemanja Radoja 1) 71’
SKC - Dejan Joveljic 4 (unassisted) 88’
Misconduct Summary:
STL - Conrad Wallem (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 28’
SKC - Jacob Bartlett (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 39’
STL - Tomas Ostrak (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’
STL - Cedric Teuchert (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) Postgame
Stats Summary SKC STL
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11 (5) 11 (4)
4 3
April 26, 2025: FC Cincinnati 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Game 10 | TQL Stadium | Cincinnati, OH Attendance: 25,513 Weather: 56 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC (2-7-1, 7 pts.)
FC Cincinnati (7-2-1, 22 pts.)
Sporting KC FC Cincinnati
GK Pulskamp GK Celentano
D Shelton (Brody 86’) D Yedlin
D Miller D Robinson
D Voloder D Miazga (C) (Santos 63’)
D Ndenbe D Hagglund
M Bartlett D Engel (Smith 86’)
M Garcia M Bucha
M Radoja (Bassong 66’) M Anunga (Nwobodo 63’)
F Suleymanov (Afrifa 86’) M Evander
F Joveljic F Orellano (Powell 85’)
F Salloi (C) (Thommy 73’) F Denkey (Baird 91+)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Louro (GK)
James Flores
Leibold Chirila
Rodriguez Valenzuela
Toye
Scoring Summary:
CIN - Kevin Denkey 5 (unassisted) 43’
CIN - Kevin Denkey 6 (Luca Orellano 2) 78’
SKC - Zorhan Bassong 1 (Erik Thommy 2, Andrew Brody 1) 89’
Misconduct Summary:
CIN - Brian Anunga (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’
SKC - Dejan Joveljic (Yellow Card; Simulation) 65’
CIN - Kevin Denkey (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’
Stats Summary SKC CIN
Shots (on goal) 11 (4) 14 (7)
Saves 5 3
Fouls 5 8
Offside 2 5
Corner Kicks 5 4
April 13, 2025: Sporting KC 2-4 Portland Timbers MLS Game 8 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,898
Weather: 82 degrees and mostly sunny
(1-6-1,
Sporting KC Portland Timbers
GK Pulskamp GK Pantemis
D Shelton (Rodriguez 69’) D Mosquera
D Miller D Surman
D Fernandez D K. Miller
D Ndenbe (Leibold 69’) D Smith (Bravo 46’)
M Bartlett (Afrifa 88’) M Chara (C) (Paredes 69’)
M Davis M Ayala
M Garcia (Agada 88’) M Moreno (Rodriguez 69’)
F Suleymanov (Thommy 55’) M Da Costa
F Joveljic M Antony (Lassiter 76’)
F Salloi (C) F Kelsy (Mora 76’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Crepeau (GK)
Rosero E. Miller
Bassong Zuparic
Toye Ortiz
Scoring Summary:
POR - David Ayala 1 (David Da Costa 3) 10’
SKC - Shapi Suleymanov 1 (Unassisted) 16’
POR - Kevin Kelsy 2 (David Ayala 1) 26’
SKC - Dejan Joveljic 5 (Penalty Kick) 33’
POR - Kevin Kelsy 3 (Antony 1) 49’
POR - Own Goal (Jansen Miller) 54’
Misconduct Summary:
POR - Ian Smith (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’
POR - Antony (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’
SKC - Joaquin Fernandez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51+
POR - Diego Chara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’
POR - Ariel Lassiter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’
Stats
May 4, 2025: Sporting KC 1-0 LA Galaxy MLS Game 11 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,902
Weather: 69 degrees and sunny
Sporting KC (3-7-1, 10 pts.)
LA Galaxy (0-8-3, 3 pts.)
Sporting KC LA Galaxy
GK Pulskamp GK McCarthy
D Brody (Davis 46’) D Yamane
D Miller D Garces
D Voloder D Yoshida (C)
D Ndenbe (Leibold 31’) D Nelson (Aude 75’)
M Bartlett (Bassong 59’) M Cerrillo
M Garcia (Rodriguez 84’) M Reus
M Radoja M Fagundez
F Suleymanov (Thommy 59’) F Pec (Cuevas 74’)
F Joveljic F Ramirez (Berry 63’)
F Salloi (C) F Paintstil (Nascimento 75’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Micovic (GK)
Rosero Zanka
Afrifa Lepley
Munoz Parente Sanabria
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Own Goal (Maya Yoshida) 13’
Misconduct Summary:
LA - John Paintstil (Yellow Card; Simulation) 38’
SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 42’
LA - Carlos Garces (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+
Stats
April 19, 2025: San Jose Earthquakes 3-5 Sporting KC MLS Game 9 | PayPal Park | San Jose, CA Attendance: 14,167
Weather:
Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes
GK Pulskamp GK Edwards Jr.
D Shelton D Rodrigues (Floriani 88’)
D Miller D Munie
D Fernandez (Voloder 47+) D Romney
D Ndenbe M Espinoza (C)
M Bartlett M Leroux (Judd 81’)
M Garcia (Rodriguez 91+) M Kaye (Harkes 46’)
M Radoja (Bassong 67’) M Costa (Bouda 78’)
F Suleymanov (Thommy 68’) F Tsakiris (Pellegrino 78’)
F Joveljic (Agada 91+) F Martinez
F Salloi (C) F Arango
Subs not used: Subs not used: Schewe (GK) Montali (GK)
Brody Lima
Leibold Ricketts
Afrifa Roberts
Scoring Summary:
SKC - Logan Ndenbe 1 (Dejan Joveljic 1, Daniel Salloi 1) 18’
SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (John Pulskamp 1) 20’
SKC - Manu Garcia 1 (Shapi Suleymanov 3, Nemanja Radoja 2) 24’
SJ - Josef Martinez 5 (Rodrigues 1) 30’
SJ - Chicho Arango 5 (Daniel Munie 1, Cristian Espinoza 6) 42’
SKC - Daniel Salloi 4 (Erik Thommy 1, Manu Garcia 3) 73’
SKC - Erik Thommy 2 (Daniel Salloi 2, Manu Garcia 4) 85’
SJ - Chicho Arango 6 (penalty kick) 94+
Misconduct Summary:
SJ - Mark-Anthony Kaye (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’
SKC - Logan Ndenbe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’
SJ - Rodrigues (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’
SKC - John Pulskamp (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+
May 10, 2025: Portland Timbers 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Game 12 | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,287
Weather: 64 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC (3-8-1, 10 pts.)
Sporting KC Portland Timbers GK Pulskamp GK Crepeau
D Brody (Shelton 69’) D Mosquera (E. Miller 84’)
D Miller D Surman
D Voloder D K. Miller
D Leibold (Bassong 69’) D Bravo
M Bartlett (Davis 46’) M Ortiz
M Garcia M Ayala (Paredes 68’)
M Radoja M Moreno (Fernandez 78’)
F Suleymanov (Munoz 81’) M Da Costa (Rodriguez 78’)
F Joveljic M Antony
F Salloi (C) (Thommy 69’) F Mora (C) (Kelsy 68’)
Subs not used: Subs not used:
Schewe (GK) Muse (GK)
Rosero Smith
Rodriguez Zuparic
Afrifa Lassiter
Scoring Summary:
POR - Santiago Moreno 3 (David Da Costa 6, Antony 7) 10’
Misconduct Summary:
POR - Claudio Bravo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’
SKC - Shapi Suleymanov (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’
SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 74’
SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2025 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3 (11 games)
Left forward
Daniel Salloi 7
Erik Thommy 5
Left-center midfielder
Manu Garcia 7
Nemanja Radoja 4
Memo Rodriguez 1
Center forward
Dejan Joveljic 11
William Agada 1
Left back
Logan Ndenbe 10
Tim Leibold 2
Defensive midfielder
Jacob Bartlett 9
Nemanja Radoja 3
Left center back
Robert Voloder 7
Joaquin Fernandez 4
Dany Rosero 1
Right forward
Shapi Suleymanov 11
Daniel Salloi 1
Right-center midfielder
Manu Garcia 4
Zorhan Bassong 3
Jake Davis 3
Nemanja Radoja 1
Memo Rodriguez 1
Right center back
Jansen Miller 8
Joaquin Fernandez 3
Dany Rosero 1
Goalkeeper
John Pulskamp 12
Right back
Jake Davis 5
Khiry Shelton 5
Andrew Brody 2
NOTE: Charts do not account for players interchanging and/ or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
A leading independent children’s health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, educating caregivers and breakthrough innovation to create a world of well-being for all children, Children’s Mercy Kansas City began a 10-year partnership with Sporting KC in 2016. Children’s Mercy provides the highest level of care for children from birth through the age of 21. U.S. News & World Report has repeatedly ranked Children’s Mercy as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.”
The comprehensive partnership between Sporting KC and Children’s Mercy Kansas City – which includes naming rights to Sporting KC’s world-class stadium, Children’s Mercy Park, as well as the Sporting KC II and Sporting KC Academy complex at Swope Soccer Village – is also at the forefront of Sporting’s state-of-the-art training ground at Compass Minerals National Performance Center. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a professional sports team, a national sports federation and a sports medicine provider, the facility opened in 2018 and features the Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center alongside Sporting Kansas City and U.S. Soccer. Children’s Mercy Kansas City is also the official health care and sports medicine provider for the Sporting Kansas City Academy and Compass Minerals National Performance Center as part of a multi-faceted partnership that focuses on the following three components to impact the local community:
1. Strengthening community
• The partnership directly supports The Victory Project, Sporting’s foundation to help children - including those with cancer and disabilities – through all of life’s challenges.
• Sporting KC players and staff engage with, encourage and inspire Children’s Mercy patients throughout the year during hospital visits and special events.
• FLEET, an innovative team of remote experience robots operated via an iPad, regularly attends Sporting KC home matches to provide an all-access interactive experience for patients at Children’s Mercy. Manufactured by Double Robotics, the robot allows users to enjoy two-way live audio and video captured from a 150-degree wide-angle lens while navigating to control their own VIP behind-the-scenes journey.
• Launched in 2018, the RED CARD campaign addresses one of the most significant social issues impacting children nationwide by empowering youth and adults to prevent and intervene in bullying. Through school assemblies and community-wide messaging, the RED CARD initiative aims to reach children, parents, teachers and coaches who have daily opportunities to create supportive environments and stop bullying in its tracks. In 2023 and 2024, Sporting and Children’s Mercy teamed up to provide 90 students at 30 local elementary and middle schools with SKC jerseys on National Random Acts of Kindness Day as part of a Kindness In The Schools (K.I.T.S.) initiative.
2. Improving access to pediatric-trained sports medicine
• The Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center at Village West is located inside Compass Minerals National Performance Center and offers a full range of sports medicine services, resources and programming for youth athletes. More than two million high-school athletes and 3.5 million children under age 14 are injured each year in the U.S. playing sports. Only a small percentage are treated by pediatric-trained sports medicine specialists who truly understand the youth’s growing body, developing brain and unique psychosocial stressors.
3. Protecting youth athletes and educating parents and coaches
• The partnership provides athletic training, rehabilitation and conditioning programs for the Sporting KC Academy’s six teams at Swope Soccer Village, which hosts Sporting KC II home matches as well as year-round athletic leagues, tournaments and other marquee events.
SPORTING KC 2025 PARTICIPATION CHART (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
PLAYER @ATX SJ @DC MIN LAFC @DAL STL
AFRIFA DNP UNAV SKCII DNP DNP DNP
AGADA CF-45 DNP SUB-13 DNP SUB-24 SUB-11 DNP
BARTLETT DM-45 DM-56 DNP SKCII DNP DM-71 DM-90
BASSONG SUB-17 CM-77 CM-90 CM-45 INTL SUB-1 UNAV DNP
BRODY UNAV SUB-34 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ
RB-45 RB-69
DAVIS RB-90 RB-56 RB-90 RB-88 RB-86 CM-89 CM-90 CM-90 INJ INJ SUB-45 SUB-45
FERNANDEZ CB-72 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ INJ CB-82 CB-90 CB-44 INJ INJ INJ
GARCIA SUB-45 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-88 CM-89 CM-90 CM-84 CM-90
JAMES DNP DNP SKCII SKCII INTL SKCII UNAV ACD ACD DNP SKCII UNAV
JOVELJIC SUB-45 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-66 CF-79 CF-89 CF-90 CF-89 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90
KORTKAMP UNAV SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII SKCII UNAV ACD ACD SKCII SKCII UNAV
LEIBOLD DNP LB-56 INJ SUB-31 SUB-3 DNP DNP SUB-21 DNP DNP SUB-59 LB-69
MILLER INJ INJ SUB-45 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90
MUNOZ UNAV DNP SUB-9
NDENBE LB-90 SUB-34 LB-90 LB-59 LB-87 LB-90 LB-90 LB-69 LB-90 LB-90 LB-31 INJ
PULSKAMP GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90
RADOJA CM-90 SUB-34 DM-90 DM-90 DM-90 DNP SUB-31 INJ CM-67 CM-66 CM-90 CM-90
RODRIGUEZ CM-73 SUB-13 DNP SUB-45 CM-90 SUB-19 DNP SUB-21 SUB-1 DNP SUB-6 DNP
ROSERO SUB-18 DNP CB-45 INJ INJ CB-90 SUB-8 DNP INJ INJ DNP DNP
SALLOI RW-90 SUB-13 SUB-2 SUB-32 SUB-24 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-73 LW-90 LW-69 SCHEWE DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
SHELTON INJ INJ INJ SUB-2 SUB-4 RB-90 RB-59 RB-69 RB-90 RB-86 INJ SUB-21 SULEYMANOV SUB-6 RW-90 RW-77 RW-90 RW-72 RW-80 RW-79 RW-55 RW-68 RW-86 RW-59 RW-81 TOYE UNAV UNAV DNP DNP SUB-18 UNAV SUB-1 DNP UNAV DNP UNAV UNAV
THOMMY LW-84 LW-77 LW-88 LW-58 LW-66 SUB-10 SUB-11 SUB-35 SUB-22 SUB-17 SUB-31 SUB-21 VOLODER CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 DNP UNAV UNAV SUB-46 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 6/14 6/25 6/28 7/4
PLAYER DAL CLT RSL @COL SEA NYC @VAN SD @ORL @SEA COL ATX @RSL VAN @LA @MIN HOU AFRIFA
BARTLETT BASSONG
BRODY
DAVIS
FERNANDEZ
GARCIA
JAMES
JOVELJIC KORTKAMP
LEIBOLD MILLER
MUNOZ
NDENBE PULSKAMP RADOJA
RODRIGUEZ ROSERO
SALLOI SCHEWE SHELTON
SULEYMANOV TOYE
THOMMY VOLODER
KEY
Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played DNP - Unused Substitute INJ - Injured SKCII - Sporting Kansas City II SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played UNAV - Unavailable For Selection SUS - Suspended INTL - International Duty LOAN - Out on Loan ACD - Sporting KC Academy
