Match Thread
Match Thread: Sporting KC at Minnesota
Sporting KC on road to face the Loons
Sporting Kansas City at Minnesota
Location: Allianz Field | St. Paul, Minnesota
Officials:
Referee: Natalie Simon
Assistant ref: Jeremy Kieso
Assistant ref: Ian McKay
4th official: Sergii Demianchuk
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: John Krill
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Sporting Kansas City
7-19-6, 27 points
(4-8-4 home; 3-11-2 away)
14th in MLS Western Conference
Head Coach: Kerry Zavagnin (Interim)
Leading scorers: Jovelic (18 G, 2 A), Salloi (7 G, 4 A), Garcia (2G, 9A) Thommy (4G, 4A)
Availability Report:
Andrew Brody – Quad (Out)
Shapi Suleymanov – Suspended (Out)
Manu Garcia – Quad (Questionable)
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Minnesota United
15-7-10, 55 points
(7-5-4 home; 8-2-6 away)
3rd in MLS Western Conference
Head Coach: Eric Ramsay (2nd season)
Leading scorers: Tani Oluwaseyi (10 G, 9 A), Pereyra (4 G,10 A), Yeboah (9 G, 3A)
Availability Report:
Carlos Harvey – Leg (Out)
Kelvin Yeboah – Thigh (Out)









Is this a 3 back tonight? Definitely feels like Mr. Lee is experimenting.
Officially no, since he is still employed by NY until Monday. But it does feel like it these last two games.
For those who don’t know, Sporting’s former socials manager explains how this rivalry name came to be:
https://x.com/oliviabrestal/status/1512494500865789958
Definitely did not expect that to stick around as long as it has.
It could be worse.
It got worse.
It’s bad, I know, but I stopped as soon as we got scored on