Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Long Winless Run Against LAFC Continues

Sporting Kansas City lost to Los Angeles FC on Saturday night, 4-0 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The loss was a let down after a solid performance at home on Wednesday against Minnesota United. Here are the stats and milestones from the game.

With the loss, Sporting is winless in 10 straight games against Los Angeles FC in league play. Add the 2024 US Open Cup Final and KC is winless in their last 12 games against LAFC. Their last win was 8/4/2021. In that last win, KC jumped out to a 3-0 half time lead on goals by Alan Pulido, Luis Martins, and Daniel Salloi. They made it 4-0 early in the second half through Gadi Kinda before a late consolation goal by Danny Musovski.

Since that win, KC have gone 0-8-2 against LAFC in league play, 0-9-2 in all competitions. They’ve scored just four goals and conceded twenty-four in league play, scoring five and allowing twenty-seven in all competitions. The two draws have come on the road, meaning they are 0-4 at home in that stretch and have scored just a single goal.

The winless streak is the longest against any one team currently for Sporting. The next longest winless run is 5, which is a tie amongst 5 different teams: Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, Vancouver Whitecaps, New England Revolution and New York City FC.

Moises Mosquera is the 16th player to make their debut for KC across all competitions this season. That’s tied for the second most in a single season in club history with the 2016 season. The record is 22 players making their debut, in the club’s inaugural season in 1996.