Sporting Kansas City v Columbus Crew result

Full-time · Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew

Major League Soccer · Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:30 GMT · Children's Mercy Park

Updated 2 Nov 2026, 03:25 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Sporting Kansas City · Columbus Crew · Head-to-head

Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew — this Major League Soccer match was drawn.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew drew 2–2 at Children's Mercy Park in Major League Soccer on Sunday 1 March. Sporting Kansas City are winless in their last eight matches in all competitions. Columbus Crew are winless in their last three matches in all competitions.

The goals

Columbus Crew led 1–0 at half-time and were pegged back. The goals — Columbus Crew: W. Abou Ali (33’, assisted by Taha Habroune) and Diego Rossi (82’); Sporting Kansas City: D. Joveljic (48’, assisted by J. Davis; 72’).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) tell a different story: Columbus Crew out-shot Sporting Kansas City 10 to 8 and created the better chances, 3.15 xG to 1.49 (the provider’s expected goals for this match). Context.

Discipline

Sergii Demianchuk, USA showed three yellow cards — against 3.8 yellows a game across the last 13 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Sporting Kansas City: J. Bartlett (44’); Columbus Crew: Andres Herrera (15’) and Sean Zawadzki (79’).

What it changes

Sporting Kansas City have scored 39 goals, the third-fewest (shared) of the 30 clubs (2026 so far, after 33 games). Sporting Kansas City have conceded 81 goals, the most of the 30 clubs.

Columbus Crew have scored 55 goals, the 14th-most (shared) of the 30 clubs (2026 so far, after 33 games). Columbus Crew have conceded 49 goals, the 12th-fewest of the 30 clubs.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) 8.0, D. Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) 7.8 and Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) 7.3 led the match.

Head-to-head

Columbus Crew are unbeaten in the last three meetings with Sporting Kansas City.

Next up

Sporting Kansas City next travel to San Diego on 8 November 2026.

Columbus Crew next travel to Chicago Fire on 7 November 2026.

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

Next for Sporting Kansas City: San Diego v Sporting Kansas City, Sunday 8 November — the preview. Next for Columbus Crew: Chicago Fire v Columbus Crew, Saturday 7 November — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew · Major League Soccer
Venue: Children's Mercy Park · Kansas City
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk, USA
Head-to-head (last 6): Sporting Kansas City 1 · draws 3 · Columbus Crew 2 · 1.83 goals/game
Recent form: Sporting Kansas City 0W 1D 4L · Columbus Crew 2W 0D 3L

Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew (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 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

0.88 / 1.5

Goals

against 2.25 / 1.38 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.88 / 5.5

Corners

against 5 / 4.75 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

3.88 / 4.75

Shots on target

against 6.13 / 4.38 · 2 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

1.38 / 1

Cards

against 2 / 2 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

3.77 yellows

Referee · Sergii Demianchuk, USA

23.77 fouls a game

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over 13 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 22 February 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 22 February 2026. 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	Sporting Kansas City for / against	Line	Columbus Crew for / against
Goals scored	0.88 for · 2.25 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.5 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.88 for · 5 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5.5 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	12.63 for · 13.88 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	13.5 for · 10.63 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	3.88 for · 6.13 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.75 for · 4.38 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.25 for · 13.63 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	10.13 for · 10.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.38 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: Sergii Demianchuk, USA — 3.77 yellow cards a game, 0 red cards, 23.77 fouls over 13 matches.

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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	1	9090 min	33 /90	33 /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 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Pulskamp n 8	90.6	3.6 8/6

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
I. James	1	9090 min	22 /90	11 /90	00 /90	44 /90	11 /90	00 /90
J. Reid	1	9090 min	44 /90	11 /90	11 /90	88 /90	11 /90	00 /90
Wyatt Meyer	1	9090 min	33 /90	00 /90	11 /90	77 /90	00 /90	00 /90
J. Reynolds	1	3838 min	24.7 /90	12.4 /90	00 /90	511.8 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Jansen Miller	1	2222 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	312.3 /90	14.1 /90	00 /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 22 February 2026. 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
D. Joveljic n 8	90.6	1.6 6/4	1.6 6/5	—
J. Davis n 8	75	1.3 6/2	0.9 4/1	Maximilian Arfsten
J. Bartlett n 8	51	1.1 4/1	0.4 1/1	Sean Zawadzki
I. James n 8	72.5	0.9 5/1	0 0/0	Malte Amundsen
Manu García n 8	65.3	0.9 4/1	1.4 4/3	Andres Herrera
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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 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
J. Davis n 8	75	1.8 7/4
I. James n 8	72.5	1.6 5/3
J. Bartlett n 8	51	1.5 6/1
Manu García n 8	65.3	0.7 4/0
D. Joveljic n 8	90.6	0.5 4/0
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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	1	9090 min	00 /90	00 /90	11 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90
J. Davis	1	9090 min	00 /90	00 /90	11 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Manu García	1	9090 min	00 /90	00 /90	11 /90	00 /90	33 /90	11 /90
C. Harris	1	8989 min	00 /90	00 /90	11 /90	11 /90	00 /90	00 /90
S. Suleymanov	1	6868 min	00 /90	00 /90	11.3 /90	00 /90	11.3 /90	00 /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 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
D. Joveljic n 8	90.6	2 7/5	1.4 4/4
J. Davis n 8	75	0.6 4/0	0 0/0
Manu García n 8	65.3	0.5 3/0	0 0/0
I. James n 8	72.5	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
J. Bartlett n 8	51	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
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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 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
D. Joveljic n 8	90.6	0.5 3/1	0 0/0
Manu García n 8	65.3	0 0/0	0.2 1/0
J. Bartlett n 8	51	0 0/0	0.2 1/0
J. Pulskamp n 8	90.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Davis n 8	75	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew Goalkeeper

Columbus Crew — 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
Patrick Schulte	1	9090 min	33 /90	33 /90	00 /90

Columbus Crew — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Columbus Crew before kick-off, to 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Patrick Schulte n 8	92.8	2.8 7/5

Columbus Crew Defensive

Columbus Crew — 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
Malte Amundsen	1	9090 min	11 /90	22 /90	00 /90	44 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Sean Zawadzki	1	9090 min	44 /90	22 /90	00 /90	66 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Rudy Camacho	1	7373 min	00 /90	00 /90	11.2 /90	33.7 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Andres Herrera	1	9090 min	22 /90	33 /90	00 /90	22 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Maximilian Arfsten	1	9090 min	44 /90	22 /90	00 /90	1212 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Columbus Crew — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Columbus Crew before kick-off, to 22 February 2026. 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
Maximilian Arfsten n 8	91.9	1.1 6/2	1 4/3	J. Davis
Andres Herrera n 8	86.5	1 7/1	1.2 6/2	Manu García
Diego Rossi n 8	77.1	1 4/2	1.5 6/3	—
Malte Amundsen n 8	89	0.6 5/0	0.6 4/1	I. James
Sean Zawadzki n 8	91.6	0.2 2/0	0.5 3/1	J. Bartlett
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Columbus Crew — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Columbus Crew before kick-off, to 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Maximilian Arfsten n 8	91.9	3.3 8/8
Sean Zawadzki n 8	91.6	2.5 7/6
Andres Herrera n 8	86.5	2.2 7/5
Malte Amundsen n 8	89	1.3 6/3
Diego Rossi n 8	77.1	0.3 2/0
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Columbus Crew Attacking

Columbus Crew — 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
Diego Rossi	1	9090 min	11 /90	00 /90	44 /90	22 /90	11 /90	00 /90
Hugo Picard	1	8282 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	22.2 /90	00 /90
W. Abou Ali	1	8282 min	11.1 /90	11.1 /90	22.2 /90	22.2 /90	11.1 /90	00 /90
Andres Herrera	1	9090 min	00 /90	00 /90	22 /90	00 /90	22 /90	00 /90
Maximilian Arfsten	1	9090 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	22 /90	66 /90
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Columbus Crew — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Columbus Crew before kick-off, to 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Diego Rossi n 8	77.1	3.2 7/6	1.8 6/5
Andres Herrera n 8	86.5	1.3 6/4	0.8 5/1
Maximilian Arfsten n 8	91.9	1 5/2	0.4 3/0
Sean Zawadzki n 8	91.6	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
Malte Amundsen n 8	89	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
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Columbus Crew — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Columbus Crew before kick-off, to 22 February 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Diego Rossi n 8	77.1	0.6 2/1	0.1 1/0
Andres Herrera n 8	86.5	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
Maximilian Arfsten n 8	91.9	0.1 1/0	0.2 2/0
Patrick Schulte n 8	92.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
Sean Zawadzki n 8	91.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Sporting Kansas City		Columbus Crew
42%	Possession	58%
1.49	Expected goals (xG)	3.15
8	Shots	10
4	Shots on target	5
1	Shots off target	3
3	Blocked shots	2
6	Shots inside the box	8
4	Corners	4
1	Offsides	2
9	Fouls	13
1	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
3	Saves	2
384	Passes	536
80%	Pass accuracy	87%

Sporting Kansas City Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
J. Pulskamp	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
E. Bartlow	90	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.5
Wyatt Meyer	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.6
J. Davis	90	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	6.9
Manu García	90	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	8.9
J. Reid	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.6
D. Joveljic	90	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	8.2
I. James	89	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.6
J. Bartlett	89	0	0	0	0	0	2	Y	6.5
S. Suleymanov	89	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	7.2
C. Harris	81	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	7.2
S. Afrifa sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.7
Jansen Miller sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
K. Agyabeng sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.6
T. Calheira sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3

Columbus Crew Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Patrick Schulte	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.3
Rudy Camacho	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7
Malte Amundsen	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
Andres Herrera	90	0	0	0	0	0	3	Y	6.7
Sean Zawadzki	90	0	0	1	1	0	2	Y	6.7
Maximilian Arfsten	90	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	7.7
Diego Rossi	90	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	7.3
W. Abou Ali	90	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	5.9
Steven Moreira	81	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.5
Taha Habroune	64	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	7
Dániel Gazdag	64	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
Sekou Tidiany Bangoura sub	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
Hugo Picard sub	26	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.3
J. Thiare sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.6

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

Recent form

Sporting Kansas CityLLLDL

Last 5: 0W 1D 4L · 0.2 scored / 2.4 conceded per game

Columbus CrewWLWLL

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 2 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Sporting Kansas City 1 · 3 draws · Columbus Crew 2 · 1.83 goals/game

2024-08-09 Columbus Crew 4–0 Sporting Kansas City
2024-06-22 Columbus Crew 4–0 Sporting Kansas City
2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew
2019-06-23 Columbus Crew 0–1 Sporting Kansas City
2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew
2017-09-10 Columbus Crew 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

League standing · 2026

Sporting Kansas City#15 pos23 pts33 pl-42 GD

Columbus Crew#8 pos44 pts33 pl+6 GD

Goals per game

Sporting Kansas City scored1.18

Columbus Crew scored1.67

Sporting Kansas City conceded2.45

Columbus Crew conceded1.48

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What is the head-to-head record between Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew?: In their last 6 meetings, Sporting Kansas City won 1, Columbus Crew won 2 and there were 3 draws, averaging 1.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew?: Recent form — Sporting Kansas City 0W 1D 4L; Columbus Crew 2W 0D 3L.

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