Sporting Kansas City v Vancouver Whitecaps result

Full-time · Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps

Major League Soccer · Sun, 02 Jul 2023 01:30 BST · Children's Mercy Park

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

Team pages: Sporting Kansas City · Vancouver Whitecaps · Head-to-head

Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps — Sporting Kansas City won this Major League Soccer match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Sporting Kansas City beat Vancouver Whitecaps 3–0 at Children's Mercy Park in Major League Soccer on Sunday 2 July. It is Sporting Kansas City’s first win over Vancouver Whitecaps since 20 November 2021, after three meetings without one (the 6 prior meetings TACTIX holds).

The goals

Sporting Kansas City led 2–0 at half-time. The goals — Sporting Kansas City: R. Walter (33’, assisted by G. Kinda), A. Pulido (45’, assisted by Tim Leibold) and E. Thommy (53’).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) agree with the result: Sporting Kansas City 2.28, Vancouver Whitecaps 0.83, from 16 shots to 11 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

M. Badawi showed three yellow cards — against 4.9 yellows a game across the last 11 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Sporting Kansas City: E. Thommy (57’) and J. Davis (89’); Vancouver Whitecaps: Sebastian Berhalter (66’).

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, G. Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) 8.4, R. Walter (Sporting Kansas City) 7.0 and Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) 6.4 led the match.

Next up

Sporting Kansas City next host Austin on 25 October 2026.

Vancouver Whitecaps next travel to Colorado Rapids 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 Vancouver Whitecaps: Colorado Rapids v Vancouver Whitecaps, Sunday 25 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps · Major League Soccer
Venue: Children's Mercy Park · Kansas City, Kansas
Referee: M. Badawi
Head-to-head (last 6): Sporting Kansas City 2 · draws 1 · Vancouver Whitecaps 3 · 2.33 goals/game
Recent form: Sporting Kansas City 1W 2D 2L · Vancouver Whitecaps 2W 2D 1L

Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps (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

1.75 / 2

Goals

against 1.63 / 1.75 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6.75 / 4.63

Corners

against 3.13 / 4.5 · 2 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

5.38 / 4.63

Shots on target

against 3.63 / 4.88 · 2 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2 / 2.5

Cards

against 1.88 / 2.5 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

4.91 yellows

Referee · M. Badawi

2.45 home / 2.45 away

over 11 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 25 June 2023. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 25 June 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	Vancouver Whitecaps for / against
Goals scored	1.75 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	2 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6.75 for · 3.13 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	4.63 for · 4.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	15.5 for · 11 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	12.25 for · 13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.38 for · 3.63 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.63 for · 4.88 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	9.75 for · 13.38 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	12.75 for · 10.75 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.5 for · 2.5 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: M. Badawi — 4.91 yellow cards a game, 0.09 red cards, 23.18 fouls over 11 matches (2.45 to the home side, 2.45 to the away side).

Home 2.45Away 2.45

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 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	23.1	4.9 5/3	1 1/1	—
Róger Espinoza n 8	24	2.8 3/1	1.9 3/1	—
D. Rosero n 8	86.6	1.6 6/5	1.2 7/2	—
G. Kinda n 8	42.3	1.6 5/1	2.7 5/3	—
Tim Leibold n 8	59.4	1.5 5/2	0.2 1/0	—

Sporting Kansas City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 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	84.5	2.7 7/7	1.7 7/5
E. Thommy n 8	76.4	1.8 7/4	0.9 6/0
Dániel Sallói n 8	90	1.6 6/3	0.8 4/1
G. Kinda n 8	42.3	1.6 5/1	0.8 3/0
M. Tzionis n 8	52	1.5 6/1	0.6 3/0

Sporting Kansas City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 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	84.5	0.8 4/2	0.1 1/0
G. Kinda n 8	42.3	0.5 2/0	0.3 1/0
Róger Espinoza n 8	24	0 0/0	0.5 1/0
Khiry Shelton n 8	23.1	0.5 1/0	0 0/0
E. Thommy n 8	76.4	0.1 1/0	0.3 2/0

Sporting Kansas City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Róger Espinoza n 8	24	3.8 4/2
Felipe Hernández n 8	32.8	3.4 3/3
J. Davis n 8	68.4	2.8 5/5
M. Tzionis n 8	52	2.6 5/3
Tim Leibold n 8	59.4	2.3 6/4

Sporting Kansas City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 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 6/2

Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver Whitecaps — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 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
Sebastian Berhalter n 8	36.3	3.7 3/3	0.6 2/0	—
Andrés Cubas n 8	77	2.6 8/5	1.2 5/3	—
Déiber Caicedo n 8	12.9	2.6 3/0	2.6 2/1	—
A. Ahmed n 8	67.8	2.5 7/5	2.8 8/5	—
J. Brown n 8	77.4	1.7 6/3	0.7 4/1	—

Vancouver Whitecaps — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Brian White n 8	74.9	2.9 8/6	1.7 7/3
R. Gauld n 8	78.5	2.3 7/5	1.3 7/2
S. Becher n 8	27.5	2 4/1	0.8 2/0
Sebastian Berhalter n 8	36.3	1.6 3/1	0.6 2/0
S. Cordova n 8	50	1.3 2/2	0.7 2/1

Vancouver Whitecaps — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
R. Gauld n 8	78.5	0.6 4/0	0.6 3/1
Brian White n 8	74.9	0.8 4/1	0.2 1/0
Sebastian Berhalter n 8	36.3	0.3 1/0	0.3 1/0
J. Gressel n 8	71.5	0.3 1/1	0.2 1/0
P. Vite n 8	82.1	0.4 3/0	0 0/0

Vancouver Whitecaps — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Ahmed n 8	67.8	3.8 7/6
Mathías Laborda n 8	77.1	3.5 6/6
A. Schopf n 8	63.3	3 8/6
Andrés Cubas n 8	77	2.9 7/7
Luís Martins n 8	79.9	2.8 8/6

Vancouver Whitecaps — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 25 June 2023. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Thomas Hasal n 8	88	4.1 7/7
Yohei Takaoka n 8	90	3 5/4

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Sporting Kansas City		Vancouver Whitecaps
63%	Possession	37%
2.28	Expected goals (xG)	0.83
16	Shots	11
4	Shots on target	1
10	Shots off target	4
2	Blocked shots	6
12	Shots inside the box	7
7	Corners	8
0	Offsides	5
9	Fouls	13
2	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
1	Saves	1
571	Passes	330
90%	Pass accuracy	79%

Sporting Kansas City player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
K. McIntosh	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
J. Davis	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	Y	6.9
D. Rosero	90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.7
Andreu Fontàs	90	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7.6
R. Walter	90	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	7.9
J. Russell	90	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	7.6
Tim Leibold	86	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	7.3
A. Pulido	86	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	7.2
G. Kinda	78	0	1	2	0	4	2	0	7.9
Dániel Sallói	78	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	7.2
N. Radoja	45	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.2
E. Thommy sub	45	1	0	2	1	0	1	Y	7.3
Róger Espinoza sub	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.6
M. Tzionis sub	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
L. Ndenbe sub	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
S. Afrifa sub	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2

Vancouver Whitecaps player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Yohei Takaoka	90	0	0	0	0	0	5.9
Ranko Veselinović	90	0	0	1	1	0	6.6
Mathías Laborda	90	1	0	0	4	0	6.6
Luís Martins	90	0	0	1	3	0	6.7
S. Cordova	90	2	0	0	0	0	6
R. Gauld	90	0	0	2	1	0	6.7
Ryan Raposo	81	0	0	1	3	0	6.9
A. Schopf	79	0	0	0	1	0	6.5
P. Vite	61	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
S. Becher	61	1	0	1	1	0	6.9
Andrés Cubas	45	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
Sebastian Berhalter sub	45	1	1	0	2	Y	6.9
L. Johnson sub	29	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
Déiber Caicedo sub	29	0	0	1	1	0	6.9
Jean-Claude Ngando sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
Giovanni Aguilar sub	9	0	0	0	1	0	6.7

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 Vancouver Whitecaps — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Sporting Kansas CityDWLDL

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 1.6 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

Vancouver WhitecapsLWDDW

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 2.4 scored / 1.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Sporting Kansas City 2 · 1 draw · Vancouver Whitecaps 3 · 2.33 goals/game

2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–1 Sporting Kansas City
2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps
2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Sporting Kansas City
2021-11-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps
2021-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Sporting Kansas City
2021-05-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps

League standing · 2023

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Sporting Kansas City#8 pos44 pts34 pl-3 GD

Vancouver Whitecaps#6 pos48 pts34 pl+7 GD

Goals per game

Sporting Kansas City scored1.41

Vancouver Whitecaps scored1.62

Sporting Kansas City conceded1.5

Vancouver Whitecaps conceded1.41

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What is the head-to-head record between Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps?: In their last 6 meetings, Sporting Kansas City won 2, Vancouver Whitecaps won 3 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.33 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps?: Recent form — Sporting Kansas City 1W 2D 2L; Vancouver Whitecaps 2W 2D 1L.

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