Match Thread
Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew Match Thread
Sporting Kansas City opens their 2026 home campaign with another MLS original in the Columbus Crew.
Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew
Time: 7:30 pm CST
Location: Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas
How to Watch: Apple TV
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
The Teams:

Sporting Kansas City
0-1-0, 0 points
15th in the West
Head Coach: Raphael Wicky (1st season)
Availability report: OUT: Zorhan Bassong (hamstring), OUT: Lasse Berg Johnsen (not due to injury), OUT: Jack Kortkamp (ankle), OUT: Justin Reynolds (hamstring), OUT: Ryan Schewe (hand), QUESTIONABLE: Stephen Afrifa (hamstring)
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Columbus Crew
0-1-0, 0 points
7th in the East
Head Coach: Henrik Rydström (1st season)
Availability report: OUT: Dylan Chambost (thigh), OUT: Mohamed Farsi (sports hernia)
Just give us a goal tonight.
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I’d be down to clown
Reid and Harris look pretty good out on the left.
What was that one on the goal
Hell of a team goal for skc. That was fun to watch. Great early cross from Harris. Great lay off from Jake.
Deki!!! Clinical
If you’re SKC, you have to be encouraged by this performance. Two goals given up by preventable mistakes, and mostly solid defensively. You can see the coaching in this squad. This is a game last year that might have been 3-0 or 3-1.
Agreed. This was a big improvement over last week. A couple silly mistakes but Columbus is a very good team and they weren’t just tearing us apart.
i was shocked at the xG #s. Sporting could have gotten all 3 and it would have been a deserved result