Portland Timbers v Sporting Kansas City result

Full-time · Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City

Major League Soccer · Sun, 11 May 2025 03:30 BST

Updated 2 Jul 2026, 16:33 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Portland Timbers · Sporting Kansas City · Head-to-head

Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City — Portland Timbers won this Major League Soccer match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Portland Timbers beat Sporting Kansas City 1–0 in Major League Soccer on Sunday 11 May. Portland Timbers have scored in six consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

Portland Timbers led 1–0 at half-time. The goals — Portland Timbers: S. Moreno (10’).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) had little between the sides: Portland Timbers 1.01, Sporting Kansas City 0.92, from 9 shots to 11 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

Ricardo Fierro, USA showed three yellow cards — against 4.0 yellows a game across the last 9 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Portland Timbers: Claudio Bravo (67’); Sporting Kansas City: S. Suleymanov (73’) and J. Davis (74’).

What it changes

Portland Timbers have scored 35 goals, the seventh-fewest of the 15 clubs (2025 so far, after 27 games, ranked per game). Portland Timbers have conceded 37 goals, the seventh-fewest of the 15 clubs.

Sporting Kansas City have scored 37 goals, the eighth-most of the 15 clubs (2025 so far, after 26 games, ranked per game). Sporting Kansas City have conceded 50 goals, the second-most of the 15 clubs.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, S. Moreno (Portland Timbers) 6.4, Antony (Portland Timbers) 4.7 and Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) 4.5 led the match.

Head-to-head

Portland Timbers are unbeaten in the last three meetings with Sporting Kansas City.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Result: Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City · Major League Soccer
Referee: Ricardo Fierro, USA
Head-to-head (last 6): Portland Timbers 3 · draws 1 · Sporting Kansas City 2 · 4.33 goals/game
Recent form: Portland Timbers 3W 1D 1L · Sporting Kansas City 3W 0D 2L

Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City (Major League Soccer): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 2 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2.63 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.75 / 2 · 5 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.71 / 4.57

Corners

against 5.43 / 5.83 · 1 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 7 matches

6 / 4.14

Shots on target

against 4.57 / 4.67 · 4 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.43 / 1.17

Cards

against 2.29 / 2.33 · 4 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 6 matches

4 yellows

Referee · Ricardo Fierro, USA

29.44 fouls a game

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over 9 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 7 May 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 7 May 2025. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Portland Timbers for / against	Line	Sporting Kansas City for / against
Goals scored	2.63 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.71 for · 5.43 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	4.57 for · 5.83 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	13 for · 12.57 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	8.57 for · 13.5 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	6 for · 4.57 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	4.14 for · 4.67 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	11 for · 10.43 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	11.14 for · 13.33 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.43 for · 2.29 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	1.17 for · 2.33 against n 6 Last 5

Referee: Ricardo Fierro, USA — 4 yellow cards a game, 0.22 red cards, 29.44 fouls over 9 matches.

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Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers Goalkeeper

Portland Timbers — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Pantemis	9	90810 min	323.6 /90	111.2 /90	30.3 /90
Maxime Crépeau	2	90180 min	105 /90	84 /90	00 /90

Portland Timbers — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Pantemis n 8	90	3.5 5/4
Maxime Crépeau n 8	91.4	2.7 6/3

Portland Timbers Defensive

Portland Timbers — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
F. Surman	11	88966 min	80.7 /90	60.6 /90	90.8 /90	403.7 /90	50.5 /90	00 /90
J. Fory	9	87779 min	141.6 /90	121.4 /90	50.6 /90	424.9 /90	182.1 /90	60.7 /90
K. Miller	8	88704 min	20.3 /90	101.3 /90	50.6 /90	182.3 /90	91.2 /90	20.3 /90
J. Mosquera	7	76529 min	20.3 /90	20.3 /90	00 /90	142.4 /90	10.2 /90	00 /90
Ian Smith	5	53266 min	51.7 /90	20.7 /90	20.7 /90	155.1 /90	10.3 /90	10.3 /90
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Portland Timbers — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
F. Surman n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.6 4/1	—
David Pereira da Costa n 8	87.9	0.6 4/1	0.4 3/0	D. Joveljic
Antony n 8	78.6	2.3 5/4	1 4/3	Manu García
D. Ayala n 8	80.8	0.8 4/2	0.7 3/2	Manu García
K. Kelsy n 8	38	1.8 4/1	0.9 3/0	—
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Portland Timbers — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
F. Surman n 8	90	0.8 5/1
David Pereira da Costa n 8	87.9	0.6 4/1
Antony n 8	78.6	2.1 7/3
D. Ayala n 8	80.8	3.3 8/7
K. Kelsy n 8	38	0.3 1/0
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Portland Timbers Attacking

Portland Timbers — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
K. Kelsy	10	42418 min	40.9 /90	00 /90	61.3 /90	51.1 /90	30.6 /90	30.6 /90
F. Mora	9	65581 min	50.8 /90	20.3 /90	111.7 /90	101.5 /90	81.2 /90	10.2 /90
Jonathan Rodríguez	3	2885 min	11.1 /90	11.1 /90	44.2 /90	22.1 /90	22.1 /90	00 /90
O. Fernandez	1	2020 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	14.5 /90	00 /90
David Pereira da Costa	11	84927 min	20.2 /90	30.3 /90	181.7 /90	80.8 /90	262.5 /90	212 /90
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Portland Timbers — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
F. Surman n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0.1 1/0
David Pereira da Costa n 8	87.9	1.8 8/4	0.9 5/1
Antony n 8	78.6	1.6 6/3	1 4/1
D. Ayala n 8	80.8	0.7 4/1	0.1 1/0
K. Kelsy n 8	38	1.2 3/1	1.2 3/1
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Portland Timbers — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
F. Surman n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
David Pereira da Costa n 8	87.9	0.1 1/0	0.4 3/0
Antony n 8	78.6	0.4 2/1	0.7 3/1
D. Ayala n 8	80.8	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
K. Kelsy n 8	38	1.2 3/1	0 0/0
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Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City Goalkeeper

Sporting Kansas City — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Pulskamp	13	901170 min	312.4 /90	251.9 /90	00 /90

Sporting Kansas City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sporting Kansas City before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Pulskamp n 8	90	3 6/5

Sporting Kansas City Defensive

Sporting Kansas City — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
L. Ndenbe	12	71848 min	283 /90	111.2 /90	20.2 /90	525.5 /90	50.5 /90	20.2 /90
J. Davis	11	81888 min	262.6 /90	131.3 /90	10.1 /90	414.2 /90	111.1 /90	20.2 /90
Robert Voloder	9	85765 min	131.5 /90	151.8 /90	20.2 /90	263.1 /90	70.8 /90	00 /90
Jansen Miller	8	84675 min	152 /90	70.9 /90	91.2 /90	314.1 /90	70.9 /90	10.1 /90
Joaquín Fernández	8	76604 min	81.2 /90	10.1 /90	30.4 /90	274 /90	111.6 /90	30.4 /90
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Sporting Kansas City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sporting Kansas City before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Pulskamp n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0	—
D. Joveljic n 8	85.4	1.4 7/2	0.5 4/0	David Pereira da Costa
Manu García n 8	88.9	0.6 4/1	2.4 8/6	D. Ayala
L. Ndenbe n 8	75.8	0.7 4/1	1 3/3	—
J. Davis n 8	79.3	1.4 5/3	0.4 3/0	—
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Sporting Kansas City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sporting Kansas City before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
D. Joveljic n 8	85.4	0.8 5/1
Manu García n 8	88.9	1.1 6/3
L. Ndenbe n 8	75.8	3.3 6/6
J. Davis n 8	79.3	3.1 8/6
S. Suleymanov n 8	73.6	1.5 5/3
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Sporting Kansas City Attacking

Sporting Kansas City — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
D. Joveljic	13	791028 min	50.4 /90	10.1 /90	131.1 /90	111 /90	100.9 /90	50.4 /90
Dániel Sallói	11	71783 min	40.5 /90	10.1 /90	91 /90	80.9 /90	80.9 /90	50.6 /90
W. Agada	4	32129 min	00 /90	00 /90	32.1 /90	00 /90	21.4 /90	00 /90
M. Toye	1	1818 min	00 /90	00 /90	15 /90	15 /90	00 /90	15 /90
Manu García	13	791022 min	10.1 /90	20.2 /90	80.7 /90	40.4 /90	211.8 /90	221.9 /90
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Sporting Kansas City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sporting Kansas City before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Pulskamp n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Joveljic n 8	85.4	1.4 4/3	1.2 4/2
Manu García n 8	88.9	0.6 5/0	0.4 3/0
L. Ndenbe n 8	75.8	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
J. Davis n 8	79.3	1 3/3	0.3 2/0
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Sporting Kansas City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Sporting Kansas City before kick-off, to 7 May 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Pulskamp n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
D. Joveljic n 8	85.4	0.5 3/1	0.1 1/0
Manu García n 8	88.9	0.1 1/0	0.3 2/0
L. Ndenbe n 8	75.8	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
J. Davis n 8	79.3	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Portland Timbers		Sporting Kansas City
49%	Possession	51%
1.01	Expected goals (xG)	0.92
9	Shots	11
3	Shots on target	3
5	Shots off target	5
1	Blocked shots	3
9	Shots inside the box	7
8	Corners	0
5	Offsides	2
13	Fouls	13
1	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
3	Saves	2
530	Passes	560
87%	Pass accuracy	85%

Portland Timbers Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Maxime Crépeau	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.3
F. Surman	90	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7.2
K. Miller	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7
Claudio Bravo	90	0	0	0	0	1	3	Y	7.6
J. Ortiz	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.9
Antony	90	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	7.2
J. Mosquera	84	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.2
S. Moreno	78	1	0	4	2	1	2	0	6.9
David Pereira da Costa	78	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	7.2
D. Ayala	68	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7
F. Mora	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
C. Paredes sub	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
K. Kelsy sub	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
O. Fernandez sub	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7.3
Jonathan Rodríguez sub	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
E. Miller sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6

Sporting Kansas City Player Stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
J. Pulskamp	90	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Jansen Miller	90	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
Robert Voloder	90	0	0	0	1	0	7.3
Manu García	90	1	0	3	2	0	7.3
N. Radoja	90	0	0	0	3	0	7.2
D. Joveljic	90	0	0	0	2	0	6.9
S. Suleymanov	81	0	0	0	1	Y	6.9
Dániel Sallói	70	6	3	0	1	0	7.3
Andrew Brody	69	0	0	1	1	0	7.2
Tim Leibold	69	0	0	1	1	0	6.9
J. Bartlett	45	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
J. Davis sub	45	1	0	2	0	Y	6.9
Khiry Shelton sub	21	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Zorhan Bassong sub	21	0	0	0	1	0	6.7
E. Thommy sub	20	0	0	1	0	0	6.9
S. Muñóz sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	6.3

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Portland Timbers v Sporting Kansas City — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Portland TimbersWDWLW

Last 5: 3W 1D 1L · 3 scored / 2.6 conceded per game

Sporting Kansas CityWLWLW

Last 5: 3W 0D 2L · 2.2 scored / 1.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Portland Timbers 3 · 1 draw · Sporting Kansas City 2 · 4.33 goals/game

2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers
2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City
2024-04-07 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers
2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers
2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City
2022-08-21 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers

League standing · 2025

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Portland Timbers#8 pos44 pts34 pl-7 GD

Sporting Kansas City#15 pos28 pts34 pl-24 GD

Goals per game

Portland Timbers scored1.21

Sporting Kansas City scored1.35

Portland Timbers conceded1.41

Sporting Kansas City conceded2.06

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the head-to-head record between Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City?: In their last 6 meetings, Portland Timbers won 3, Sporting Kansas City won 2 and there was 1 draw, averaging 4.33 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City?: Recent form — Portland Timbers 3W 1D 1L; Sporting Kansas City 3W 0D 2L.

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