LAFC

6thin Western Conference · 11-8-9

Ugh, no.

LAFC lost to Sporting Kansas City

11-8-9 1 – 3

6-3-18

FT · Sat, Sep 12

Match Details

Sporting Park (Kansas City, Kansas) · Apple TV

Highlights

André Luiz, Taylor Calheira help Sporting KC stun LAFC 3-1 to end long winless streak

André Luiz and Taylor Calheira scored first-half goals and Sporting Kansas City shocked Los Angeles FC with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night that ended a seven-match winless streak.

Recap via ESPN

0:29 Taylor Calheira scores in the 31'

0:47 Jacob Bartlett scores in the 71'

Clips play on ESPN

Commentary

·Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
90'+5'Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 3, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
90'+4'Attempt missed. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jacob Shaffelburg with a cross.
90'+3'Attempt blocked. Jeremy Ebobisse (Los Angeles Football Club) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Shaffelburg with a cross.
90'+1'Attempt missed. Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mathieu Choinière with a cross.
90'+1'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'Attempt missed. Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jacob Shaffelburg with a cross following a corner.
90'Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Shapi Suleymanov.
89'Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyler Boyd.
87'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jayden Reid replaces Calvin Harris.
87'Attempt saved. Calvin Harris (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Seymour Reid.
86'Attempt saved. Nkosi Tafari (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is saved in the top left corner by Stefan Cleveland (Sporting Kansas City). Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead.

Line Score

	1	2	T
LAFC	0	1	1
SKC	2	1	3

Match Leaders

LAFC

DB Denis Bouanga · 1Goals
Denis Bouanga · 5Total Shots
HL Hugo Lloris · 6Saves
Nkosi Tafari · 11Defensive Interventions
Eddie Segura · 71Accurate Passes

Sporting Kansas City

AL André Luiz · 1Goals
AL André Luiz · 7Total Shots
Stefan Cleveland · 7Saves
MM Moisés Mosquera · 24Defensive Interventions
LB Lasse Berg Johnsen · 49Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026 MLS

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Nashville	27	18	6	3	+34	60
2	New England	27	14	4	9	+9	46
3	Miami	27	12	10	5	+14	46
4	Charlotte	27	12	7	8	+9	43
5	Chicago	26	12	6	8	+8	42
6	Philadelphia	27	11	6	10	+10	39
7	Orlando	27	10	4	13	-16	34
8	Red Bull NY	27	9	6	12	-17	33
9	NYCFC	27	8	9	10	+5	33
10	Cincinnati	26	8	9	9	-9	33
11	D.C. United	26	6	12	8	-8	30
12	Columbus	27	8	5	14	-4	29
13	Toronto	27	6	11	10	-12	29
14	Atlanta	27	7	6	14	-13	27
15	CF Montréal	27	6	6	15	-20	24

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Key Events

87'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jayden Reid replaces Calvin Harris.

85'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Shapi Suleymanov replaces André Luiz.

85'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Seymour Reid replaces Stephen Afrifa.

82'Calvin Harris (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

81'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jeremy Ebobisse replaces Yevhen Cheberko.

80'Yevhen Cheberko (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

71'Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

67'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Tyler Boyd replaces Armindo Sieb.

67'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ryan Hollingshead replaces Sergi Palencia.

61'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Jacob Bartlett replaces Kwaku Agyabeng.

47'Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Shaffelburg.

45'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jacob Shaffelburg replaces Jude Terry.

45'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Mark Delgado replaces Igor Jesus.

44'Kwaku Agyabeng (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

31'Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Los Angeles Football Club 0. Taylor Calheira (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range to the top left corner.

19'Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

18'Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0. André Luiz (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Justin Reynolds.