San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City

20 April 2025 · MLS · 2025 · Referee Joseph Dickerson

Full time 3 – 5

Half-time: 2–3

Josef Martínez 30’
Cristian Arango 42’, 90+4’ (pen)

Logan Ndenbe 18’
Dániel Sallói 21’, 73’
Manu García 24’
Erik Thommy 85’

Match summary

Sporting Kansas City took a 5-3 win at San Jose Earthquakes. Sporting Kansas City led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Logan Ndenbe put Sporting Kansas City ahead in the 18th minute, Dániel Sallói made it 0-2 in the 21st minute, Manu García made it 0-3 in the 24th minute, Josef Martínez pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 30th minute, and Cristian Arango made it 2-3 with a header in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Sallói made it 2-4 in the 73rd minute, Erik Thommy made it 2-5 in the 85th minute, and Arango made it 3-5 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

San Jose Earthquakes can feel hard done by, creating 4.18 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Sporting Kansas City's 1.76 from 7.

Match stats

67% Possession 33%

22 Shots 7

7 Shots on target 5

6 Corners 0

553 Passes 283

81.4% Pass accuracy 60.8%

22 Tackles 21

13 Fouls 15

2 Yellow cards 2

6 Offsides 3

Key events

San Jose Earthquakes Sporting Kansas City

Kick-off

Josef MartínezShot on target

3’

Cristian EspinozaShot on target

14’

18’

Logan NdenbeLeft foot shot

0-1

21’

Dániel SallóiLeft foot shot

0-2

24’

Manu GarcíaRight foot shot

0-3

Josef MartínezRight foot shot

1-3

30’

Mark-Anthony Kaye

36’

41’

Logan Ndenbe

Cristian ArangoHeader

2-3

42’

45+2’

Robert VoloderJoaquín Fernández

Half-time2-3

Ian HarkesMark-Anthony Kaye

46’

Cristian ArangoShot on target

49’

Second half underway

Rodrigues

52’

67’

Zorhan BassongNemanja Radoja

68’

Erik ThommyShapi Suleymanov

Daniel MunieShot on target

70’

73’

Dániel SallóiRight foot shot

2-4

Amahl PellegrinoNiko Tsakiris

78’

Ousseni BoudaVitor Costa

78’

Preston JuddBeau Leroux

81’

85’

Erik ThommyLeft foot shot

2-5

Max FlorianiRodrigues

88’

90+1’

William AgadaDejan Joveljić

90+1’

Memo RodríguezManu García

90+2’

John Pulskamp

Cristian ArangoPenalty

3-5

90+4’

Full-time3-5

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

San Jose Earthquakes 4.18 xGSporting Kansas City 1.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sporting Kansas City attacking San Jose Earthquakes attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes 3-5-2 Starting XI

Sporting Kansas City 4-1-4-1 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


Earl Edwards Jr	90′	0	5	18	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders5 players


Rodrigues Taken off	88′	3	2	–	8	2	80	2	–	1	–
Daniel Munie	90′	1	–	–	3	1	88	–	–	–	–
Dave Romney	90′	–	1	–	2	2	79	2	–	–	–
Vitor Costa Taken off	78′	2	1	–	4	–	33	1	–	–	–
Max Floriani Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–

Midfielders6 players


Cristian Espinoza	90′	–	–	50	5	0.55	2	2	4	2	1	–
Niko Tsakiris Taken off	78′	–	–	36	3	0.30	3	–	3	–	–	–
Beau Leroux Taken off	81′	–	–	60	–	0.04	3	2	9	–	1	–
Mark-Anthony Kaye Taken off	45′	–	–	27	1	0.01	–	–	1	2	–	–
Ian Harkes Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	28	1	0.02	5	–	7	–	1	–
Ousseni Bouda Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	8	–	0.01	1	–	1	–	–	–

Forwards4 players


Josef Martínez	90′	1	–	4	2	0.73	0.05	–	3	2	18	–
Cristian Arango	90′	2	–	5	3	1.85	0.05	2	6	2	20	–
Amahl Pellegrino Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	0.00	–	1	1	4	–
Preston Judd Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	0.00	–	–	–	1	–

Goalkeeper1 player


John Pulskamp	90′	4	3	41	2	1	–	1	–

Defenders5 players


Khiry Shelton	90′	1	1	–	3	1	29	–	–	–	–
Jansen Miller	90′	1	1	–	2	–	19	1	–	–	–
Joaquín Fernández Taken off	44′	1	–	–	1	–	3	1	–	–	–
Logan Ndenbe	90′	5	1	–	10	2	24	1	1	–	–
Robert Voloder Came on as a substitute	46′	–	1	–	1	1	7	1	–	–	–

Midfielders7 players


Jacob Bartlett	90′	–	–	20	–	0.01	–	2	–	1	–	–
Shapi Suleymanov Taken off	68′	–	1	14	1	0.16	3	–	3	2	–	–
Manu García Taken off	89′	1	–	28	2	0.05	1	1	6	1	4	–
Nemanja Radoja Taken off	67′	–	–	32	1	0.02	3	1	5	–	1	–
Dániel Sallói	90′	2	1	31	2	0.07	3	–	6	1	2	–
Zorhan Bassong Came on as a substitute	23′	–	–	10	–	0.01	2	1	2	–	–	–
Erik Thommy Came on as a substitute	22′	1	1	5	2	0.50	1	1	1	1	–	–

Forwards1 player


Dejan Joveljić Taken off	89′	–	1	–	–	–	0.05	1	4	1	19	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Form going into the game

San Jose Earthquakes L L D W L

Sporting Kansas City D L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sporting Kansas City 1-2 San Jose Earthquakes, 02 Mar 25 Next meeting: San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 Sporting Kansas City, 22 Feb 26 All San Jose Earthquakes vs Sporting Kansas City meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.