2022 Sporting Kansas City season

The 2022 Sporting Kansas City season will be the 27th season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the 12th year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

Sporting Kansas City
2022 season
OwnerSporting Club
Head coachPeter Vermes
StadiumChildren's Mercy Park
MLSConference: TBD
Overall: TBD
PlayoffsTBD
U.S. Open CupTBD
Leagues CupTBD
Highest home attendanceLeague/All:
Lowest home attendanceLeague/All:
Average home league attendanceLeague/All: 18,872
Biggest defeatATL 3–1 SKC (3/5)

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date Player Position Previous club Fee/notes Ref
January 14, 2022 Logan Ndenbe DF Guingamp [1]
January 14, 2022 Kortne Ford DF San Antonio FC [2]
February 15, 2022 Nikola Vujnovic FW FK Voždovac Loan [3]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2022 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Round Pick Number Player Position School Ref
1 22 Esai Easley DF Grand Canyon [4]
2 50 Brett St. Martin DF Maryland [4]

Out
Date Player Position Destination club Notes Ref
November 30, 2021 Amadou Dia DF Lousiville City Contract option declined [5]
November 30, 2021 Wilson Harris FW Lousiville City Contract option declined [5]
November 30, 2021 Luís Martins DF TBD Contract option declined [5]
November 30, 2021 Roberto Punčec DF Botev Plovdiv Contract option declined [5]
November 30, 2021 Ilie Sánchez MF Los Angeles FC Contract option declined [5]
November 30, 2021 Graham Smith DF/MF TBD Contract expired [5]
November 30, 2021 Brooks Thompson GK TBD Contract option declined [5]
December 12, 2021 Jaylin Lindsey DF Charlotte FC 2021 MLS Expansion Draft pick [6]
April 12, 2022 José Mauri MF TBD Contract teminated [7]

Non-competitive

Preseason exhibitions
January 21 United States v Sporting Kansas City Phoenix, AZ
12:00 CST
Note: Result not made public.
January 29 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Colorado Rapids Tucson, AZ
18:00 CST Report Stadium: Kino North Stadium
February 3 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Portland Timbers Chandler, AZ
13:00 CST Isimat-Mirin 18'
Russell 34'
Ndenbe  48'
Freeman  57'
Hernández  90'		 SKC Tweet
POR Report		 Quinn 51'
McGraw  79'
Mora 90+1'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex at Wild Horse Pass
February 9 El Paso Locomotive v Sporting Kansas City Chandler, AZ
13:00 CST Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex at Wild Horse Pass
Note: Match was canceled.
February 12 Phoenix Rising 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Chandler, AZ
13:00 CST Moar 28'
Rodríguez 81' (pen.)		 Report Sallói 12' Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex at Wild Horse Pass
February 19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Toronto FC Austin, TX
16:00 CST Sallói 73' Report Mbongue 89'

Competitive
Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
9 Nashville SC 8 3 3 2 8 9 −1 11
10 Portland Timbers 10 2 3 5 10 15 −5 11
11 Sporting Kansas City 10 2 6 2 8 16 −8 8
12 Seattle Sounders FC 7 2 4 1 9 11 −2 7
13 San Jose Earthquakes 8 1 4 3 15 20 −5 6
Updated to match(es) played on April 30, 2022. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
23 Chicago Fire 9 2 3 4 6 7 −1 10
24 D.C. United 8 3 5 0 10 13 −3 9
25 Sporting Kansas City 10 2 6 2 8 16 −8 8
26 Seattle Sounders FC 7 2 4 1 9 11 −2 7
27 San Jose Earthquakes 8 1 4 3 15 20 −5 6
Updated to match(es) played on April 30, 2022. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Match results
February 27 1 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Atlanta, Georgia
2:00 PM CST Araújo 20'
Dwyer 45+3'
Wiley 89'		 Report Sallói 85' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 67,523
Referee: Ted Unkel
March 5 2 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo Kansas City, Kansas
2:30 PM CST Walter 60'
Espinoza  83'		 Report Cerén  55'
Quintero  86'
Vera  90+2'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,872
Referee: Victor Rivas
March 12 3 Colorado Rapids 2–0 Sporting Kansas City Commerce City, Colorado
8:00 PM CST Rubio 21'
Kaye 51'
Moor  62'		 Report Isimat-Mirin  29'
Duke  56'		 Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 12,387
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
March 19 4 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Chicago, Illinois
5:00 PM CST Przybyłko 30' 82'
Herbers  37'
Shaqiri 50' (pen.)  74'		 Report Fontàs  35'
Zusi  53'
Espinoza 56'		 Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 9,352
Referee: Timothy Ford
March 26 5 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake Kansas City, Kansas
7:00 PM CDT Espinoza  40'
Sweat  45+'
Walter  51'
Russell 81'
Duke  90+'		 Report Löeffelsend  7'
Brody  29'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,107
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
April 2 6 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Sporting Kansas City Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM CDT Teibert  37'
Berhalter  45'
Cavallini  60'
Raposo 73'
Godinho  90+4'		 Report Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 16,772
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
April 9 7 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 PM CDT Duke  17'
Walter 25'
Espinoza  52'
Hernández  63'		 Report Romney 51'
Sapong 68'
Washington  79'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,852
Referee: Ismail Elfath
April 17 8 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Los Angeles, California
3:00 PM CDT Murillo  8'
Fall  25'
Arango 44'
Palacios  51'
Tajouri-Shradi 70'
Cifuentes 78'		 Report Espinoza  6'
Palacios 28' (o.g)
Russell  43'
Isimat-Mirin  80'		 Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,097
Referee: Armando Villarreal
April 23 9 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 PM CDT Report Santos  45+1'
Mensah  90+2'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,483
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
April 30 9 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas Kansas City, Kansas
7:30PM CDT (UTC-05) Russell 22' (pen.),  50'
Walter  27'
Ford  34'
Sallói 77'		 Report Ntsabeleng  87'
Velasco 36',  53'
Ferreira 42'  62'
Twumasi  44'
Servania  63'  67'
Paes  90+4'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 17,334
Referee: Nima Saghafi

MLS Cup Playoffs

References
  1. Kovzan, Sam (January 14, 2022). "Sporting KC acquires 21-year-old Belgian youth international left back Logan Ndenbe in transfer from Guingamp". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  2. Kovzan, Sam (January 14, 2022). "Sporting KC signs free agent center back Kortne Ford". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. Kovzan, Sam (February 15, 2022). "Sporting KC acquires Montenegrin international striker Nikola Vujnovic on season-long loan from FK Vozdovac in Serbia". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  4. Kovzan, Sam (January 11, 2022). "Sporting KC selects defenders Esai Easley and Brett St. Martin in MLS SuperDraft 2022 presented by adidas". Sporting Kansas City.
  5. "Sporting KC announces roster moves ahead of 2022 MLS season" (Press release). Sporting Kansas City. November 30, 2021.
  6. "Charlotte FC Acquires Defender Jaylin Lindsey from Sporting Kansas City for $100,000 in General Allocation Money" (Press release). Charlotte FC. December 12, 2021.
  7. "Sporting KC mutually agrees to terminate contract of midfielder Jose Mauri". Sporting KC. April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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