Sporting KC
Match Thread July 26 – SKC at Vancouver
A thread for comments, appreciation and complaints.
Sporting Kansas City heads northwest to face the Whitecaps. Vancouver is at the top of the Western Conference and does not give up points easily at home.
Time: Â 9:30 p.m. CT (9:40 kickoff)
Location: BC Place | Vancouver, Canada
How to Watch: Apple TV: MLS Season Pass
Local Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB or 103.7
Officials:
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistant ref: Mike Nickerson
Assistant ref: Kevin Lock
4th official: Niko Jecanski
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: Jonathan Johnson
Sporting Kansas City
6-11-6, 24 points
(3-5-4 home; 3-6-2 away)
13th in MLS Western Conference
Head Coach: Kerry Zavagnin (Interim)
Leading scorers:Â Jovelic (13 G, 2 A), Salloi (6 G, 4 A)
Availability Report:
Dany Rosero – Ankle (Out)
Khiry Shelton – Calf (Out)
Erik Thommy – Hip (Out)
Manu Garcia – Quad (Questionable)
Our XI to take on Vancouver 😤#VANvSKC | @BlueKC pic.twitter.com/aPlI5jGvSP
— Sporting Kansas City (@SportingKC) July 27, 2025
Vancouver Whitecaps
12-5-6, 42 points
(6-2-2 home; 6-3-4 away)
2nd in MLS Western Conference
Head Coach: Jesper Sørensen (1st season in MLS)
Leading scorers: White (11 G, 1 A), Vite (4 G, 6 A)
Availability Report:
Sam Adekugbe – Achilles (Out)
Ali Ahmed – Ankle (Out)
Kenji Cabrera – Not Due To Injury (Out)
Ryan Gauld – Knee (Out)
Ranko Veselinović – Knee (Out)
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9 minutes in, and Berhalter looks clearly the best player on the field.
He is.
True.
At some point, SKC has to get pressure on the ball. You can’t spend 90-plus minutes playing in your box. Vancouver is just switching play whenever they want. This is just way too easy.
And SKC’s right side is way too easy for Vancouver.
Yeah, Brody is getting picked on every single time they have the ball.
Radoja is doing such a good job of giving Brody cover.
He’s just not good enough for this level of competition
I’m certain KS has to see that too, so why not trot Jake Davis at right back? He certainly won’t be this bad.
Too easy. I didn’t have high hopes for this game, especially without Manu, so I’m honestly not that disappointed by that goal, but I hate watching a team walk into the goal
Same.
I’m about ready to see if Toye can play defense.
It is nearly impossible to stay in games playing 4-3-3 when you get almost nothing from your wingers. No one is taking on anybody or even running at someone. All of this, and it still baffles me that SKC have a player on their bench in Afrifa, who had the most take-ons among forwards in the least amount of minutes in the MLS last season.
Yeah, I’m really curious as to why he’s gotten no playing time this season.
I love that Vancouver just keeps doing the same thing over and over. Diagonal switch to Nelson. At what point do we adapt? Or sub brody? This is awful
Problem is Jake is the only other option and there is no midfield depth other than Memo.
Oof. Sporting has been a second half team this season, but the problem is the second half doesn’t start until nearly 11 PM. I hope they can work some magic next half; ill be snoozing soundly.
The “plan” – whatever it was – has been terrible. Cap that off with the midfield we have, and it’s a recipe for disaster.
Radoja: I’ve never been a fan, he’s never done anything that makes his $1m+ salary make even an ounce of sense.
On that 2nd goal, he) literally stands, watching the whole thing happen. A simple step on the guy he was staring at and he could have easily disrupted him/him getting a shot off and scoring. He’s covered Brody here and there, but that’s not enough.
Bartlett: he’s not ready, and hasn’t been for awhile. He’s hit the ceiling that he’s going to for right now. He’ll probably get better, but right now, he is what he is, and it’s not near enough. He has a few awful giveaways each game, his reaction time is too slow, and he doesn’t read the game anywhere near a high enough level.
Then there’s Brody. Man, he’s just flat out not very good. I used to be a Shelton hater, but I’ll gladly take him at RB over Brody
To come out at the half and not make a single change is coaching malpractice. You could have brought in Munoz, Davis, or Mason Toye.
First half Déjà vu…. Second half Déjà vu
The starting line up just screamed of a game SKC assumed they would lose. Basically started 3 defensive midfielders, a RB that should be coaching a High School team instead of playing professional soccer and a backup LB.