Sporting Kansas City 1–3 Real Salt Lake: Tactical Breakdown of a Team Going Backwards A promising kickoff time, a familiar performance, and more growing concerns about formtion and squad quality

SKC have taken steps backwards in their last two games. It doesn’t feel like a rebuild. It feels like 2025 part 2.

drewfarmer.substack.com/p/sporting-k...

#mls #soccer #kcbaby #sportingkc #rslvskc

Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Rough Weekend for Sporting It was a rough weekend for Sporting KC’s two teams this weekend with the two teams suffering lopsided losses in their games. Saturday afternoon Sporting KC was on the road against Real Salt Lake. And ...

Stats and milestones from a rough weekend for #SportingKC and SKCII. kcsoccerjournal.com/04/05/2026/j...

Sporting KC Continue to Struggle, but the KC Current Bounce Back Sporting Kansas City don't make much progress in another loss, but the KC Current rescued the week with a strong showing at home.

A new episode is out! This week:

- #SportingKC continue their struggles (this time against #RSL)
- SKC sign a contract, get a visa, and make a front office change
- The #KCCurrent get some revenge on Gotham
- and more #KCBaby

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/05/2026/s...

Sporting KC Continue to Struggle, but the KC Current Bounce Back Sporting Kansas City don't make much progress in another loss, but the KC Current rescued the week with a strong showing at home.

A new @fortheglorykc.bsky.social is out! This week:

- #SportingKC continue their struggles (this time against #RSL)
- SKC sign a contract, get a visa, and make a front office change
- The #KCCurrent get some revenge on Gotham
- and more #KCBaby

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/05/2026/s...

Sporting KC Continue to Struggle, but the KC Current Bounce Back Sporting Kansas City don't make much progress in another loss, but the KC Current rescued the week with a strong showing at home.

A new @fortheglorykc.bsky.social is out! This week:

- #SportingKC continue their struggles (this time against #RSL)
- SKC sign a contract, get a visa, and make a front office change
- The #KCCurrent get some revenge on Gotham
- and more #KCBaby

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/05/2026/s...

passing xG chart for game

passing xG chart for game

Real Salt Lake 3-1 Sporting Kansas City

Passes per shot: RSL 2.8-5.2 SKC
Avg Progression to shot (m): RSL 29.5-46.9 SKC

Shots: RSL 22-5 SKC
xG: RSL 2.81-0.63 SKC
xG (open play): RSL 2.35-0.63 SKC
xG (dead ball): RSL 0.46-0 SKC

#MLS #RSLvSKC #RSL #SportingKC

3-1 defeat to RSL leaves Sporting KC feeling salty Sporting Kansas City traveled to Sandy, Utah looking to end their one game losing streak against Real Salt Lake. Rafa Wicky set his team up in a 3-4-3 formation with Ian James and Jansen Miller return...

#SportingKC fail to bounce back after the international break and perhaps show signs of regression.

Let's journey through the 3-1 loss to #RSL #RSLvSKC

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/04/2026/3...

Snacking on Soccer: Stoppage Time Killers + Non-Defending Defenses Sundays are for snacking! Nibble on this quick-hitting digest with some of the best from Saturday’s soccer around the globe.

Snack on some Soccer with me!

Check out my weekly Sunday article containing rapid reactions to some of yesterday’s most interesting football results from all around this Earth!

#BayernMunich #RealMadrid #RCDMallorca
#PSVEindhoven
#RSL #SportingKC
#LAFC #OrlandoCity

Post facto plot of win and goal probabilities based on xGs

Post facto plot of win and goal probabilities based on PSxGs

xG Post Facto: What could've happened when Salt Lake played Kansas City?

#RSLvSKC
#RSL
#SportingKC
#MLS

I didn't expect much from this game (or this season to be honest), but I wanted to see improvement from #SportingKC, I wanted to see a response from the CO loss. I've not seen it the last 2 games, if anything it's been regression from SKC.

*sigh* #Sportingkc lost

a bald man in a blue suit is holding a small pink cat ALT: a bald man in a blue suit is holding a small pink cat

Deleting last post but keeping the gif. #Sportingkc

#SportingKC lucky it's only 1-0 not 2, 3, or even 4-0 at this point...

Sporting KC Crash Back Down to Earth Sporting KC and the KC Current lost this weekend. But at least the Comets won. For the Glory KC breaks down the last week of soccer.

Waiting around for overlapping #SportingKC and #KCCurrent games today?

You could listen to a podcast. I've got one for each team. First, SKC:

kcsoccerjournal.com/03/24/2026/s...

In two games. You love to see it. #SportingKC

Scouting the Competition: Real Salt Lake Or is it Talking with the Enemy? Let's learn more about Real Salt Lake ahead of the match today with Sporting KC.

Our Editor, Thad, and Wasatch Soccer Sentinel Editor Matt Montgomery exchanged questions ahead of #SportingKC versus #RSL.

Check out Matt's answers here, and we link to Thad's answers.

(The Agada pic will make more sense when you read Thad's answers) #RSLvSKC

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/04/2026/s...

Scouting the Competition: Real Salt Lake Or is it Talking with the Enemy? Let's learn more about Real Salt Lake ahead of the match today with Sporting KC.

Our Editor, Thad, and Wasatch Soccer Sentinel Editor Matt exchanged questions ahead of #SportingKC versus #RSL.

Check out Matt's answers here, and we link to Thad's answers as well. #RSLvSKC

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/04/2026/s...

My Starting XI for #SportingKC Pulskamp/Reynolds-Bartlow-Borges-Bassong/Davis-LBJ-Manu/Harris-Jovelcic-Shapi. Even though I think Bassong has played better in MF for SKC, he was listed as a defender when he re-signed and that's the need. At CB, hoping to see Borges.

Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC: Wizards face MLS week 6 test against in-form RSL Sporting KC travel west for MLS Week 6 with Salt Lake City the destination and pressure building. The Wizards face Real Salt Lake with more than just three poin

Game day! Can Sporting KC topple Western Conference rivals RSL?

reportingkc.com/real-salt-la...

#sportingkc #rsl #mls #soccer #preview #kansascity

Preview: Sporting KC on the Road at Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City hit the road for a tough test against rivals Real Salt Lake.

#SportingKC return on Saturday to face #RSL on the road in Utah.

Catch our preview, predictions, possible lineup and injury updates for the team. #RSLvSKC

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/03/2026/p...

Preview: Sporting KC on the Road at Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City hit the road for a tough test against rivals Real Salt Lake.

#SportingKC return on Saturday to face #RSL on the road in Utah.

Catch our preview, predictions, possible lineup and injury updates for the team. #RSLvSKC

kcsoccerjournal.com/04/03/2026/p...

Cleveland is a new addition to the report. Just in time since Kortkamp came off the report and sat the bench for SKC II last weekend. #SportingKC

Good thing #SportingKC has 4 GKs... Congrats to Kortkamp, I believe this'll be the first time he makes the bench for an MLS game.

#MLSRefStats MD 6
#RSLvSKC

REGULAR SEASON FIXTURE STATS:
42 g, 4.21 Y/g, 12 R, 8 pens, 24.55 F/g

#RSL: 2.24 Y/g, 4 R, 3 pens, 13.10 FC/g
#SportingKC: 1.98 Y/g, 8 R, 5 pens, 11.45 FC/g

#MLSRefStats MD 6
#RSLvSKC

R: Tim FORD

Matching or reverse regular season fixtures:
05/04/2024 RSL 1–0 SKC

RSL: 3 Y, 0 R, 0 pens
SKC: 1 Y, 0 R, 0 pens

#RSL #SportingKC

#MLSRefStats MD 6
#RSLvSKC

R: Tim FORD

KANSAS CITY:
9 g, 1.33 Y/g, 3 R, 0 pens, 12.11 FC/g

SKC OPPs: 1.78 Y/g, 0 R, 2 pens, 10.11 FC/g
SKC RECORD: 1 W - 3 D - 5 L (0.667 PPG)
SKC AWAY: 0 W - 1 D - 5 L (0.167 PPG)

#RSL #SportingKC

#MLSRefStats MD 6
#RSLvSKC

R: Tim FORD

RSL:
5 g, 2.20 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens, 11.60 FC/g

RSL OPPs: 2.40 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens, 10.00 FC/g
RSL RECORD: 5 W - 0 D - 0 L (3.000 PPG)
RSL AT HOME: 2 W - 0 D - 0 L (3.000 PPG)

#RSL #SportingKC

#MLSRefStats MD 6
#RSLvSKC

R: Tim FORD

2026 REGULAR SEASON:
2 g, 3.50 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens, 24.50 F/g

HOME: 1.00 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens, 15.50 FC/g
AWAY: 2.50 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens, 9.00 FC/g
HOME RECORD: 1 W - 0 D - 1 L (1.500 PPG)

#RSL #SportingKC

#MLSRefStats MD 6
#RSLvSKC

R: Tim FORD

REGULAR SEASON:
96 g, 3.64 Y/g, 22 R, 30 pens, 22.14 F/g

HOME: 94 g, 1.72 Y/g, 12 R, 22 pens, 10.82 FC/g
AWAY: 1.89 Y/g, 10 R, 8 pens, 11.10 FC/g
HOME RECORD: 50 W - 22 D - 22 L (1.830 PPG)

#RSL #SportingKC

#MLSRefStats Match Day 6
@realsaltlake.com vs @sportingkc.com

REF: Tim FORD - 97th game

AR1: Adam GARNER - 313th
AR2: Stephen McGONAGLE - 30th
4TH: Trevor WISEMAN - 6th
VAR: Ismir PEKMIC - 13th
AVAR: John KRILL - 19th

#RSLvSKC #RSL #SportingKC