Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps

21 September 2025 · MLS · 2025 · Referee Chris Penso

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

É. Ocampo 2’
K. Cabrera 42’

Match summary

Vancouver Whitecaps took a 2-0 win at Sporting Kansas City. Vancouver Whitecaps led 2-0 at half-time.

É. Ocampo put Vancouver Whitecaps ahead in the 2nd minute and K. Cabrera made it 0-2 in the 42nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Vancouver Whitecaps created 1.28 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Sporting Kansas City's 0.52 from 10.

Match stats

49% Possession 51%

10 Shots 12

1 Shots on target 4

8 Corners 1

533 Passes 571

84.2% Pass accuracy 87.9%

10 Tackles 22

7 Fouls 16

2 Yellow cards 5

0 Offsides 1

Key events

Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps

Kick-off

2’

É. OcampoRight foot shot

0-1

10’

A. Cubas

42’

K. CabreraLeft foot shot

0-2

Z. Bassong

44’

Half-time0-2

Second half underway

53’

É. Ocampo

56’

B. Halbouni

M. GarcíaS. Muñoz

65’

M. ToyeS. Suleymanov

65’

J. NgandoE. Sabbi

65’

J. NelsonK. Cabrera

66’

D. Rios

E. ThommyShot on target

67’

S. AfrifaM. Toye

74’

76’

J. NelsonShot on target

76’

A. AhmedShot on target

81’

R. ElloumiD. Rios

A. Montes

82’

J. BadwalA. Cubas

J. MillerA. Montes

84’

J. BartlettZ. Bassong

84’

90+2’

G. BovalinaT. Johnson

90+2’

R. PrisoA. Ahmed

90+6’

S. Berhalter

Full-time0-2

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.

Sporting Kansas City 0.52 xGVancouver Whitecaps 1.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Vancouver Whitecaps attacking Sporting Kansas City attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Sporting Kansas City 4-2-3-1 Starting XI

Vancouver Whitecaps 4-2-3-1 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


J. Pulskamp	90′	2	2	22	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders5 players


K. Shelton	90′	2	2	–	3	–	49	1	–	–	–
I. James	90′	–	–	–	–	–	69	–	–	–	–
A. Montes Taken off	84′	–	2	–	1	–	61	1	–	–	–
L. Ndenbe	90′	1	1	–	2	–	41	–	–	–	–
J. Miller Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	3	3	12	–	–	–	–

Midfielders8 players


J. Davis	90′	–	–	55	–	0.13	2	–	8	1	–	–
Z. Bassong Taken off	84′	–	–	55	–	0.04	1	3	4	3	3	–
M. S. Suleymanov	90′	–	–		–	–						–
S. Muñoz Taken off	65′	–	–	36	–	0.04	–	–	2	–	2	–
E. Thommy	90′	–	–	49	–	0.05	1	2	8	1	6	–
M. García Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	22	–	0.08	–	–	4	–	2	–
M. Toye Came on as a substituteTaken off	25′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
J. Bartlett Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	14	–	0.01	1	–	2	–	–	–

Forwards2 players


D. Joveljić	90′	–	–	–	–	–	0.01	–	1	–	13	–
S. Afrifa Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	0.03	1	3	1	10	–

Goalkeeper1 player


Y. Takaoka	90′	1	0	50	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders4 players


É. Ocampo	90′	4	2	–	6	–	57	2	1	–	–
B. Halbouni	90′	1	1	–	2	1	83	2	–	–	–
M. Laborda	90′	1	1	–	2	1	73	1	–	–	–
T. Johnson Taken off	89′	4	2	–	5	1	47	–	–	–	–

Midfielders7 players


S. Berhalter	90′	–	–	60	1	0.03	8	2	11	4	2	–
A. Cubas Taken off	82′	–	–	39	–	0.01	1	1	4	3	–	–
E. Sabbi Taken off	65′	–	1	23	2	0.13	–	–	–	1	–	–
K. Cabrera Taken off	65′	1	–	34	1	0.09	3	–	5	–	1	–
A. Ahmed Taken off	89′	–	1	46	4	0.25	–	–	2	–	–	–
J. Ngando Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	23	–	0.01	–	–	2	–	2	–
J. Badwal Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	5	–	0.00	–	1	–	1	–	–

Forwards3 players


D. Rios Taken off	81′	–	–	3	–	0.19	0.20	2	1	–	20	–
J. Nelson Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	1	1	0.03	0.00	–	–	–	4	–
R. Elloumi Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	0.00	–	–	–	2	–

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. A blank cell means that figure is not available for that player.

Form going into the game

Sporting Kansas City L L W L L

Vancouver Whitecaps W L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 Sporting Kansas City, 27 Jul 25 Next meeting: Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 Sporting Kansas City, 18 Apr 26 All Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps 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.