Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City

MLS - Group Stage 14 Sep 2025, 01:30
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
2–1
HT 1–0
FULL TIME
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City
🏟 America First Field

Match report

Real Salt Lake edged past Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in the MLS - Group Stage on 14 September 2025.

Real Salt Lake had 18 shots to Sporting Kansas City's 12.

The match was played at America First Field.

Half-time 1-0 Possession 48% - 52% Shots 18 - 12 On target 7 - 3 Corners 4 - 3 Fouls 16 - 7 Yellow cards 2
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Player of the match
Alexandros Katranis
Real Salt Lake · 1 goal
8 Diego Luna 1 goal
8 Zavier Gozo 2 assists
8 Rwan Cruz captained the side
8 John Pulskamp 5 saves
First half vs second half
Sporting Kansas City came out stronger after half-time, with 10 second-half shots against 2 before the break.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 10–2 8–10
Shots On Goal 3–0 4–3
Ball Possession 56–44 —
Corners 3–2 1–1
Attacks 48–49 32–50
Match statistics
4 Corners 3
4 Substitution 5
80 Attacks 99
39 Dangerous Attacks 50
7 On Target 4
11 Off Target 9
18 Shots Total 12
7 Shots On Goal 3
6 Shots Off Goal 6
5 Shots Blocked 3
8 Shots Inside Box 7
10 Shots Outside Box 5
16 Fouls 7
5 Corners 3
1 Offsides 3
48% Ball Possession 52%
2 Yellow Cards 0
3 Saves 5
410 Passes Total 435
348 Passes Accurate 365
Line-ups 4-4-2  vs  4-3-3
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Real Salt Lake · 4-4-2
1 R. Cabral
92 N. Caliskan 15 J. Glad 4 B. Vera 98 A. Katranis
72 Z. Gozo 6 B. Ojeda 14 E. Eneli 8 D. Luna
12 R. Cruz 17 V. Olatunji
Sporting Kansas City · 4-3-3
1 J. Pulskamp
11 K. Shelton 15 J. Miller 24 J. Fernández 18 L. Ndenbe
17 J. Davis 16 J. Bartlett 6 N. Radoja
93 M. Suleymanov 9 D. Joveljić 10 D. Sallói
Real Salt Lake
Coach
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni
Substitutes
  • 29 Sam Junqua
  • 16 Tyler Wolff
  • 9 William Agada
  • 10 Diogo Gonçalves
  • 31 Mason Stajduhar
  • 26 Philip Quinton
  • 77 Johnny Russell
  • 23 Ariath Piol
Sporting Kansas City
Coach
Kerry Zavagnin
Substitutes
  • 23 Alan Montes
  • 26 Erik Thommy
  • 13 Mason Toye
  • 21 Manu García
  • 7 Santiago Muñoz
  • 36 Ryan Schewe
  • 14 Tim Leibold
  • 4 Robert Voloder
  • 8 Memo Rodríguez
Substitutions
  • 63' ↑ M. Toye ↓ N. Radoja Sporting Kansas City
  • 63' ↑ E. Thommy ↓ S. Suleymanov Sporting Kansas City
  • 63' ↑ A. Montes ↓ J. Fernandez Sporting Kansas City
  • 72' ↑ S. Junqua ↓ A. Katranis Real Salt Lake
  • 72' ↑ W. Agada ↓ Rwan Cruz Real Salt Lake
  • 72' ↑ T. Wolff ↓ Z. Gozo Real Salt Lake
  • 78' ↑ M. Garcia ↓ J. Davis Sporting Kansas City
  • 79' ↑ D. Goncalves ↓ D. Luna Real Salt Lake
  • 85' ↑ S. Munoz ↓ D. Salloi Sporting Kansas City
Cards
  • 59' Rwan Cruz Real Salt Lake
  • 90+4' D. Joveljic Sporting Kansas City
Head-to-head
Real Salt Lake 8 3 draws 3 Sporting Kansas City
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2025-06-29 Sporting KC vs Salt Lake 1 - 1
2024-06-20 Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake 3 - 4
2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting KC 1 - 0
2023-07-13 Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake 2 - 2
Recent form
Real Salt Lake D D D D D
Sporting Kansas City D D D D D
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City?
Real Salt Lake won 2-1 against Sporting Kansas City on 14 September 2025.
Who won Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City?
Real Salt Lake won the match 2-1.
Where was Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City played?
The match was played at America First Field.
Who had more possession in Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City?
Sporting Kansas City had 52% of possession, compared to 48% for the other side.