Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin

Major League Soccer 2026 Matchweek 31 · 25 Oct 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Austin in the Major League Soccer 2026.

At Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City.

Referee: Ricardo Fierro.

Austin beat Sporting Kansas City 2–1. Stephen Afrifa opened the scoring for Sporting Kansas City after 55 minutes. Myrto Uzuni made it 1–2 after 86 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

Sporting Kansas City: Stephen Afrifa 55'
Austin: Myrto Uzuni 64', Myrto Uzuni 86'

Sporting Kansas City starting lineup (4-4-2)

30 S. Cleveland (G)
8 J. Davis (D)
15 Jansen Miller (D)
28 Wyatt Meyer (D)
18 E. Karić (D)
11 André Luiz (M)
20 K. Agyabeng (M)
22 Z. Bassong (M)
7 Capita (M)
19 T. Calheira (F)
17 S. Afrifa (F)

Austin starting lineup (3-4-3)

12 D. Las (G)
3 M. Desler (D)
6 Ilie Sánchez (D)
29 Guilherme Biro (D)
30 J. Rosales (M)
38 Ervin Torres (M)
24 Jorge Alastuey (M)
17 J. Gallagher (M)
10 M. Uzuni (F)
9 B. Vázquez (F)
11 F. Torres (F)

Match events

21′ Sporting Kansas City: Yellow Card, Kwaku Agyabeng
32′ Austin: Substitution, Besard Sabovic, Ervin Torres
37′ Austin: Yellow Card, Mikkel Desler
37′ Sporting Kansas City: Yellow Card, Jacob Davis
45′ Sporting Kansas City: Substitution, Calvin Harris, Osvaldo Pedro Capemba
46′ Sporting Kansas City: Yellow Card, Stephen Afrifa
51′ Austin: Yellow Card, Ilie Sánchez
52′ Sporting Kansas City: Yellow Card, Zorhan Bassong
55′ Sporting Kansas City: Normal Goal, Stephen Afrifa, André Luiz
64′ Austin: Normal Goal, Myrto Uzuni
68′ Sporting Kansas City: Substitution, Ruben Ramos Jr, Taylor Calheira
71′ Austin: Substitution, Przemyslaw Płacheta, Mikkel Desler
74′ Sporting Kansas City: Substitution, Jacob Bartlett, Zorhan Bassong
74′ Sporting Kansas City: Substitution, Owen Wolff, André Luiz
76′ Austin: Substitution, Christian Ramirez, Brandon Vazquez
86′ Austin: Normal Goal, Myrto Uzuni
90′ Sporting Kansas City: Substitution, Shapi Suleymanov, Kwaku Agyabeng
90+5′ Sporting Kansas City: Yellow Card, Owen Wolff

Match statistics

Statistic	Sporting Kansas City	Austin
Total Shots	18	13
Shots on Goal	5	8
Ball Possession	44%	56%
Expected goals	1.47	1.82
Corner Kicks	2	5
Fouls	16	11
Passes accurate	337	415
Goalkeeper Saves	5	3

Sporting Kansas City before this match

vs Real Salt Lake 1–3 (Real Salt Lake) · Matchweek 30, 18 Oct 2026
at Nashville SC 0–4 (Nashville SC) · Matchweek 29, 15 Oct 2026
vs Portland Timbers 3–3 (Portland Timbers) · Matchweek 28, 11 Oct 2026
at Seattle Sounders 1–2 (Seattle Sounders) · Matchweek 24, 2 Oct 2026
at Houston Dynamo 2–0 (Houston Dynamo) · Matchweek 27, 27 Sep 2026

Austin before this match

vs Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2 (Vancouver Whitecaps) · Matchweek 30, 18 Oct 2026
at Los Angeles FC 1–3 (Los Angeles FC) · Matchweek 29, 15 Oct 2026
vs Nashville SC 1–4 (Nashville SC) · Matchweek 28, 11 Oct 2026
vs San Diego 3–3 (San Diego) · Matchweek 27, 27 Sep 2026
at FC Dallas 0–0 (FC Dallas) · Matchweek 26, 20 Sep 2026