Sporting Kansas City v San Jose Earthquakes result

Full-time · Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Major League Soccer · Sun, 27 Aug 2023 01:30 BST · Children's Mercy Park

Updated 9 May 2026, 04:53 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Sporting Kansas City · San Jose Earthquakes · Head-to-head

Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes — Sporting Kansas City won this Major League Soccer match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Sporting Kansas City beat San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 at Children's Mercy Park in Major League Soccer on Sunday 27 August. Sporting Kansas City have scored in eight consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

Sporting Kansas City led 2–0 at half-time. The goals — Sporting Kansas City: Dániel Sallói (3’, assisted by J. Russell), J. Russell (42’, assisted by N. Radoja) and E. Thommy (69’, assisted by N. Radoja).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) had little between the sides: Sporting Kansas City 1.35, San Jose Earthquakes 1.68, from 15 shots to 11 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

P. Lauziere showed no yellow cards — against 3.6 yellows a game across the last 14 matches refereed (this competition).

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, N. Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) 10.1, Timothy Melia (Sporting Kansas City) 8.8 and J. Russell (Sporting Kansas City) 8.8 led the match.

Next up

Sporting Kansas City next host Austin on 25 October 2026.

San Jose Earthquakes next travel to FC Dallas on 25 October 2026.

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

Next for Sporting Kansas City: Sporting Kansas City v Austin, Sunday 25 October — the preview. Next for San Jose Earthquakes: FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes, Sunday 25 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes · Major League Soccer
Venue: Children's Mercy Park · Kansas City, Kansas
Referee: P. Lauziere
Head-to-head (last 6): Sporting Kansas City 2 · draws 3 · San Jose Earthquakes 1 · 3 goals/game
Recent form: Sporting Kansas City 1W 2D 2L · San Jose Earthquakes 2W 1D 2L

Sporting Kansas City 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes (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 9 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

1.63 / 1

Goals

against 1.75 / 1.5 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.8 / 5.33

Corners

against 4 / 4.17 · 0 of the last 2 over 9.5

over 5 matches

3.6 / 3.33

Shots on target

against 5.4 / 5.33 · 2 of the last 2 over 8.5

over 5 matches

1.6 / 3.5

Cards

against 2 / 1.83 · 0 of the last 2 over 3.5

over 5 matches

3.64 yellows

Referee · P. Lauziere

1.5 home / 2.14 away

over 14 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 21 August 2023. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 21 August 2023. 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	San Jose Earthquakes for / against
Goals scored	1.63 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.8 for · 4 against n 5 Last 5	9.5standard	5.33 for · 4.17 against n 6 Last 5
Shots	10.6 for · 12.8 against n 5 Last 5	19.5standard	10.67 for · 12.83 against n 6 Last 5
Shots on target	3.6 for · 5.4 against n 5 Last 5	8.5standard	3.33 for · 5.33 against n 6 Last 5
Fouls committed	8.4 for · 12.6 against n 5 Last 5	21.5standard	12.33 for · 10.33 against n 6 Last 5
Cards shown	1.6 for · 2 against n 5 Last 5	3.5standard	3.5 for · 1.83 against n 6 Last 5

Referee: P. Lauziere — 3.64 yellow cards a game, 0 red cards, 24 fouls over 14 matches (1.5 to the home side, 2.14 to the away side).

Home 1.5Away 2.14

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. 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
Khiry Shelton n 8	23.6	4.8 5/3	1.4 2/1	—
Róger Espinoza n 8	15.5	2.2 2/1	3.6 3/2	—
Felipe Gutiérrez n 8	57.3	2 7/3	1.4 5/2	—
S. Afrifa n 3	18	1.7 1/0	0 0/0	—
G. Kinda n 8	51	1.5 4/2	4 6/4	—

Sporting Kansas City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Pulido n 8	82.1	2.6 8/6	1.6 7/4
G. Kinda n 8	51	2 7/2	0.9 4/0
E. Thommy n 8	68	1.8 6/4	0.7 4/0
Dániel Sallói n 8	84.4	1.3 5/3	0.5 4/0
M. Tzionis n 8	50	1.3 4/2	0.2 1/0

Sporting Kansas City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Pulido n 8	82.1	1.1 5/3	0.1 1/0
G. Kinda n 8	51	0.2 1/0	0.7 3/0
Róger Espinoza n 8	15.5	0 0/0	0.7 1/0
E. Thommy n 8	68	0.2 1/0	0.3 2/0
Khiry Shelton n 8	23.6	0.5 1/0	0 0/0

Sporting Kansas City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Róger Espinoza n 8	15.5	4.4 3/1
M. Tzionis n 8	50	2.9 6/3
Felipe Gutiérrez n 8	57.3	2.6 7/4
J. Davis n 8	87.5	2.1 7/4
Andreu Fontàs n 8	84.4	2.1 6/3

Sporting Kansas City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
K. McIntosh n 8	90	2.9 5/4

San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. 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
O. Bouda n 8	14.1	8 5/2	0 0/0	—
M. Baldisimo n 8	37.5	3 5/4	0.6 2/0	—
T. Thompson n 8	18.9	2.4 3/1	1.8 3/0	—
Carlos Akapo n 8	72.8	1.9 8/2	1.5 6/2	—
Judson n 8	41.3	1.9 5/2	0.8 2/1	—

San Jose Earthquakes — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
O. Bouda n 8	14.1	2.4 3/0	0.8 1/0
Benjamin Kikanović n 8	23.4	1.9 3/1	0 0/0
C. Espinoza n 8	90	1.4 7/3	1 6/2
J. Ebobisse n 8	88	1.2 7/2	0.4 3/0
A. Akinola n 8	38.1	1.2 3/1	0.3 1/0

San Jose Earthquakes — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
C. Espinoza n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0.3 2/0
O. Bouda n 8	14.1	0.8 1/0	0 0/0
J. Skahan n 8	43.3	0.3 1/0	0.3 1/0
Carlos Akapo n 8	72.8	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
Jackson Yueill n 8	87	0 0/0	0.3 2/0

San Jose Earthquakes — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Judson n 8	41.3	3.3 6/4
M. Baldisimo n 8	37.5	3 4/4
Carlos Akapo n 8	72.8	2.9 7/7
Rodrigues n 8	90	2.6 8/7
Jamiro Monteiro n 8	78.3	1.9 7/5

San Jose Earthquakes — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 21 August 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Daniel n 8	85.8	4.2 7/6
JT Marcinkowski n 8	82.6	3.5 8/5

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Sporting Kansas City		San Jose Earthquakes
59%	Possession	41%
1.35	Expected goals (xG)	1.68
15	Shots	11
6	Shots on target	2
5	Shots off target	4
4	Blocked shots	5
7	Shots inside the box	7
5	Corners	5
2	Offsides	1
8	Fouls	7
2	Saves	3
631	Passes	427
92%	Pass accuracy	83%

Sporting Kansas City player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Rating
Timothy Melia	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.3
J. Davis	90	0	0	0	0	0	3	7.3
D. Rosero	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	7.3
Andreu Fontàs	90	0	0	1	0	0	2	7.7
L. Ndenbe	90	0	0	1	0	0	2	6.7
R. Walter	90	0	0	1	1	2	1	7.6
E. Thommy	90	1	0	2	1	6	0	8
N. Radoja	84	0	2	0	0	3	2	8.3
A. Pulido	77	0	0	1	1	1	1	6.9
Dániel Sallói	77	1	0	2	2	1	0	7.5
J. Russell	54	1	1	1	1	1	0	8.2
Khiry Shelton sub	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
W. Agada sub	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.7
M. Tzionis sub	13	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.7
Róger Espinoza sub	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7

San Jose Earthquakes player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Rating
Daniel	90	0	0	0	0	6.2
Rodrigues	90	0	0	0	5	6.9
Tanner Beason	90	0	0	0	1	6.2
M. Trauco	90	1	0	0	2	6.3
Jackson Yueill	90	0	0	1	1	6.7
Carlos Gruezo	90	1	1	0	1	6.2
C. Espinoza	75	0	0	1	0	6.3
Carlos Akapo	67	2	1	0	3	6.5
J. Ebobisse	67	0	0	0	0	6.6
Jamiro Monteiro	66	0	0	4	0	7
Cade Cowell	45	1	0	0	2	6.5
M. Hoppe sub	45	0	0	1	0	6.9
J. Skahan sub	24	1	0	0	0	6.6
A. Akinola sub	23	0	0	0	0	6.5
P. Marie sub	23	0	0	0	0	6.5
N. Tsakiris sub	15	0	0	0	1	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 San Jose Earthquakes — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Sporting Kansas CityDLDWL

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 1.6 scored / 2.2 conceded per game

San Jose EarthquakesDWLLW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 0.8 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Sporting Kansas City 2 · 3 draws · San Jose Earthquakes 1 · 3 goals/game

2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City
2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes
2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City
2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes
2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City
2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes

League standing · 2023

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Sporting Kansas City#8 pos44 pts34 pl-3 GD

San Jose Earthquakes#9 pos44 pts34 pl-4 GD

Goals per game

Sporting Kansas City scored1.41

San Jose Earthquakes scored1.15

Sporting Kansas City conceded1.5

San Jose Earthquakes conceded1.26

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Frequently asked questions

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

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