Sporting Kansas City vs Portland Timbers — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 12′Portland Timbers, yellow card:
- 45+1′Portland Timbers, VAR review:Penalty confirmed
- 45+4′Portland Timbers, penalty goal:0–2Penalty
- 45+7′Sporting Kansas City, missed penalty:Missed penalty
- 45+7′Sporting Kansas City, goal:1–2
- Half-time1 – 2
- 63′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 63′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 64′Portland Timbers, goal:1–3assist
- 70′Sporting Kansas City, goal:2–3assist
- 71′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 71′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 71′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 72′Sporting Kansas City, goal:3–3assist
- 75′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 79′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 82′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 87′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 87′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- Full-time3 – 3
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Sporting Kansas City storm back from two down to draw 3-3 with Portland Timbers
Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers shared six goals in a 3-3 draw at Children's Mercy Park on Matchday 28 of Major League Soccer. The hosts, 30th in the table with 22 points, recovered from a two-goal deficit twice in the match, leaving Portland in 19th on 33 points.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Portland made the early running. David Pereira da Costa put them ahead in the 10th minute from an Ariel Lassiter assist, and Vincent Janssen converted a penalty in first-half stoppage time (45+4) to make it 2-0. Kansas City answered almost at once, André Luiz scoring at 45+7 so that the visitors led 2-1 at the interval.
Lassiter restored the two-goal cushion in the 64th minute, finishing from a Jimer Fory assist to make it 3-1. The hosts then struck twice in three minutes: Justin Reynolds scored at 70 from a Taylor Calheira assist, and André Luiz equalised at 72 from a Seymour Reid assist. Neither side found a winner in the remaining time.
Kansas City edged the shot count 12 to 9 and won six corners to one, though Portland held 54 per cent of possession. Both teams put five shots on target, and the match produced six goals in all.
André Luiz scored twice for Sporting Kansas City, including the equaliser at 72 minutes, and earned the match's highest rating of 8.15.
Sporting Kansas City won six corners to Portland's one.
Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers drew 3–3 (half-time 1–2).
Sporting Kansas City met Portland Timbers in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 28). Kick-off was Sunday, 11 October 2026, 00:30 UTC at Children's Mercy Park. Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere. Attendance: 14,825.
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Key moments
- 10' Goal: David Da Costa (assist: Ariel Lassiter) — 0–1 · Watch David Da Costa's goal video (10')
- 45+4' Goal (penalty): Vincent Janssen — 0–2
- 45+7' Goal: André Luiz — 1–2
- 64' Goal: Ariel Lassiter (assist: Jimer Fory) — 1–3
- 70' Goal: Justin Reynolds (assist: Taylor Calheira) — 2–3
- 72' Goal: André Luiz (assist: Seymour Reid) — 3–3
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Sporting Kansas City (4-4-2)
Portland Timbers (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sporting Kansas City 38%, the draw 25%, Portland Timbers 37%. It finished Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers.
Anyone's game — Portland Timbers are the stronger side on our strength rating, and Major League Soccer home advantage is not enough to separate them. The draw at 25% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Sporting Kansas City at 38%?
Home ground, against the rating. Portland Timbers sit 131 points higher on our strength rating — 1326 to 1457. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.9% of 13,810 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.7% vs 30.0%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.2% of 5,207 games vs 44.6% across all 101,016 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 38%?
Because Portland Timbers are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 25% and Portland Timbers at 37%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.6 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,847. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Portland Timbers have averaged 8 percentage points more possession than Sporting Kansas City in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Sporting Kansas City are 2 games into a new manager (R. Wicky), appointed 14 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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