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Seattle vs Kansas City: match report

Seattle Sounders FC hosted Sporting Kansas City at Lumen Field on Friday 2 October 2026, in the MLS. Seattle are without 2 players (Dejan Joveljić, Nikola Petković); Kansas City have no reported absences. Jair Marrufo is the referee, averaging 2.9 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2.

Result and scorers

Seattle 2-1 Kansas City. Goals: André Luiz 44' for Kansas City; Sebastian Gomez 51' for Seattle; Cristian Roldan 90' for Seattle. Attendance: 28,587.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 44' Goal: André Luiz (Kansas City) 0-1
  • 51' Goal: Sebastian Gomez (Seattle) 1-1
  • 61' Yellow card: Nouhou Tolo (Seattle)
  • 90' Goal: Cristian Roldan (Seattle) 2-1
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Jacob Bartlett (Kansas City)
Match stats (contains the result)
58.6%Possession41.4%
21Shots22
7Shots on target11
11Corners6
7Fouls4
1Offsides2
9Saves5
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Seattle 4-2-3-1

Coach: Brian Schmetzer

  1. 26 Andrew Thomas GK
  2. 16 Álex Roldán DEF
  3. 39 Stuart Russell Hawkins DEF
  4. 25 Jackson Ragen DEF
  5. 5 Nouhou Tolo DEF
  6. 45 Peter Kingston MID
  7. 7 Cristian Roldan MID
  8. 13 Jordan Morris FWD
  9. 11 Albert Rusnák MID
  10. 17 Paul Arriola FWD
  11. 19 Danny Musovski FWD

Bench

  • 90 Sebastian Gomez FWD
  • 85 Kalani Rienzi DEF
  • 8 Caden Clark FWD
  • 81 Mark Bronnik FWD
  • 28 Yeimar Gómez DEF
  • 24 Stefan Frei GK
  • 35 Antino Lopez DEF
  • 4 Ryan Sailor DEF

Kansas City 4-4-2

Coach: Raphael Wicky

  1. 30 Stefan Cleveland GK
  2. 13 Justin Reynolds DEF
  3. 15 Jansen Miller DEF
  4. 28 Wyatt Meyer DEF
  5. 18 Emir Karić DEF
  6. 11 André Luiz FWD
  7. 4 Lasse Berg Johnsen MID
  8. 20 Kwaku Agyabeng MID
  9. 14 Calvin Harris MID
  10. 19 Taylor Calheira FWD
  11. 17 Stephen Afrifa FWD

Bench

  • 93 Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov MID
  • 22 Zorhan Bassong MID
  • 29 Seymour Reid FWD
  • 16 Jacob Bartlett MID
  • 1 John Pulskamp GK
  • 42 Alexander Cunningham DEF
  • 23 Ethan Bartlow DEF
  • 2 Ian James DEF
  • 99 Jayden Reid DEF

Injuries and suspensions

Seattle

  • Dejan Joveljić other, back Early October 2026
  • Nikola Petković injury, back Unknown

Kansas City

No reported absences.

Previous meetings
  • Saturday 2 May 2026: Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Seattle Sounders FC
  • Monday 25 August 2025: Seattle Sounders FC 5-2 Sporting Kansas City
  • Sunday 13 July 2025: Sporting Kansas City 2-3 Seattle Sounders FC
  • Sunday 15 September 2024: Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 Sporting Kansas City
  • Sunday 9 June 2024: Sporting Kansas City 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC