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LAFC at Sporting Kansas City

MLSSeptember 12, 2026Sporting Park

LAFCLAFC11-7-7

LAFC 1, Kansas City 3

Final
Kansas CitySporting Kansas CitySKCWon4-3-16

LAFC goals: Bouanga 47'

Kansas City goals: Luiz 18'Calheira 31'Bartlett 71'

André Luiz, Taylor Calheira help Sporting KC stun LAFC 3-1 to end long winless streakAndré Luiz and Taylor Calheira scored first-half goals and Sporting Kansas City shocked Los Angeles FC with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night that ended a seven-match winless streak.Recap · ESPN

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st half

  1.  First Half begins.
  2. 18'André Luiz (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Justin Reynolds.
  3. 19'Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 31'Taylor Calheira (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range to the top left corner.
  5. 44'Kwaku Agyabeng (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'Delay in match because of an injury Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
  7. 45'Start Delay
  8. 45'+1'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  9. 45'+1'End Delay
  10. 45'+4'Halftime

2nd half

  1. 45'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Mark Delgado replaces Igor Jesus.
  2. 45'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jacob Shaffelburg replaces Jude Terry.
  3. 45'Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 2, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
  4. 47'Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Shaffelburg.
  5. 61'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Bartlett replaces Kwaku Agyabeng.
  6. 67'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ryan Hollingshead replaces Sergi Palencia.
  7. 67'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Tyler Boyd replaces Armindo Sieb.
  8. 71'Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  9. 80'Yevhen Cheberko (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jeremy Ebobisse replaces Yevhen Cheberko.
  11. 82'Calvin Harris (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85'Seymour Reid (Sporting Kansas City) Substitution at 85'
  13. 85'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Shapi Suleymanov replaces André Luiz.
  14. 87'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jayden Reid replaces Calvin Harris.
  15. 90'+5'End Regular Time

1st half

  1. 18'LAFC 0, SKC 1André Luiz (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Justin Reynolds.
  2. 31'LAFC 0, SKC 2Taylor Calheira (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range to the top left corner.

2nd half

  1. 47'LAFC 1, SKC 2Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Shaffelburg.
  2. 71'LAFC 1, SKC 3Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

Game leaders

LAFC

Kansas CitySporting Kansas City

Team stats

  • LAFC 58%PossessionSKC 42%
  • LAFC 21ShotsSKC 20
  • LAFC 9Shots on targetSKC 8
  • LAFC 13CornersSKC 6
  • LAFC 90%Pass accuracySKC 90%
  • LAFC 6SavesSKC 7
  • LAFC 9FoulsSKC 6
  • LAFC 3OffsidesSKC 1
  • LAFC 2Yellow cardsSKC 2
All team stats
  • LAFC 40%On target %SKC 40%
  • LAFC 455Accurate passesSKC 331
  • LAFC 507PassesSKC 386
  • LAFC 8Accurate crossesSKC 4
  • LAFC 37CrossesSKC 14
  • LAFC 20%Cross %SKC 30%
  • LAFC 47Long ballsSKC 52
  • LAFC 31Accurate long ballsSKC 23
  • LAFC 70%Long balls %SKC 40%
  • LAFC 6Blocked shotsSKC 6
  • LAFC 13Effective tacklesSKC 12
  • LAFC 15TacklesSKC 16
  • LAFC 90%Tackle %SKC 80%
  • LAFC 6InterceptionsSKC 1
  • LAFC 9Effective clearancesSKC 46
  • LAFC 9ClearancesSKC 46

Box score

OutfieldGASHOTSOGYCRCOFFCFAAPPOGSUBGASHF
Nkosi Tafari CD-L00210001010030
Eddie Segura CD-R00200000010030
Yevhen Cheberko LB00001002010030
Sergi Palencia RB00101002110020
Igor Jesus CM00000001110020
Jude Terry LM00110001010020
Mathieu Choinière RM00110000210030
Son Heung-Min F00320010010030
Denis Bouanga LF10530020110030
Armindo Sieb RF00100000010020
Jeremy Ebobisse SUB00100000010100
Ryan Hollingshead SUB00210000010110
Mark Delgado SUB00200001010110
Jacob Shaffelburg SUB01000001110110
Tyler Boyd SUB00000000010110
GoalkeepersSVGASHFFCFAYCRCAPPOGSUBASOGGSHOT
Hugo Lloris G63000001000000

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