MLS · Round 0
Q2 Stadium

Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City starting lineups

Austin FC Sporting Kansas City
1 - 2
Full time
Desler 45+1'
García 79' Afrifa 82'

Austin FC and Sporting Kansas City lineup images

Austin FC starting lineup vs Sporting Kansas City, 4-4-2: Stuver, Desler, Svatok, Bell, Biro, Torres, Rosales, Sánchez, Wolff, Ramirez, Uzuni. MLS Round 0, Saturday, May 16, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Sporting Kansas City starting lineup vs Austin FC, 4-4-2: Cleveland, Davis, James, Meyer, Reid, Capita, Bassong, Berg Johnsen, Harris, Calheira, Joveljic. MLS Round 0, Saturday, May 16, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

28'
Yellow cardCapita Yellow card
1 - 0Deslergoal
45+1'
Half time · 1 - 0
46'
substitutionSuleymanov for Capita
47'
Yellow cardDavis Yellow card
Svatok Yellow cardYellow card
57'
Gallagher for Wolffsubstitution
60'
Nelson for Ramirezsubstitution
60'
Sánchez Yellow cardYellow card
61'
63'
Yellow cardBassong Yellow card
64'
substitutionReynolds for Davis
64'
substitutionGarcía for Bassong
Nelson Yellow cardYellow card
71'
Pereira for Sánchezsubstitution
73'
Vázquez for Torressubstitution
73'
75'
substitutionAfrifa for Calheira
79'
goalGarcía1 - 1
82'
goalAfrifa1 - 2
83'
substitutionEthan Bartlow for James
Fodrey for Deslersubstitution
85'
Fodrey Yellow cardYellow card
86'

Austin FC and Sporting Kansas City team sheets and player ratings

Austin FC

4-4-2
Starting XI
1 United States Stuver rating 6.9
3 Denmark Desler 1 goal off 85' rating 6.9
5 Ukraine Svatok yellow card rating 5.9
15 Jamaica Bell rating 6.5
29 Brazil Biro rating 7.8
11 Uruguay Torres off 73' rating 6.5
30 Honduras Rosales rating 6.9
6 Spain Sánchez yellow card off 73' rating 6.4
33 United States Wolff off 60' rating 6.5
21 United States Ramirez off 60' rating 6.2
10 Albania Uzuni rating 6.0
Substitutes
17 Republic of Ireland Gallagher on 60' rating 6.3
7 Canada Nelson yellow card on 60' rating 5.7
8 Venezuela Pereira on 73' rating 7.0
9 United States Vázquez on 73' rating 6.2
19 United States Fodrey yellow card on 85'
12 United States Las
35 Serbia Djordjevic
20 Argentina Dubersarsky
23 Slovenia Kolmanic

Sporting Kansas City

4-4-2
Starting XI
30 United States Cleveland rating 6.6
8 United States Davis yellow card off 64' rating 6.8
2 United States James off 83' rating 7.6
28 United States Meyer rating 7.2
99 United States Reid rating 7.3
7 Angola Capita yellow card off 46' rating 6.7
22 Canada Bassong yellow card off 64' rating 6.8
4 Norway Berg Johnsen rating 7.6
11 England Harris rating 7.4
19 United States Calheira off 75' rating 7.0
9 Serbia Joveljic rating 7.1
Substitutes
93 Russia Suleymanov on 46' rating 7.5
13 United States Reynolds on 64' rating 6.9
6 Spain García 1 goal on 64' rating 7.2
17 Canada Afrifa 1 goal on 75' rating 7.0
23 Bartlow on 83'
1 United States Pulskamp
57 Brazil Borges
16 United States Bartlett
14 Tschantret

Managers

Estévez4-4-2Austin FC
Wicky4-4-2Sporting Kansas City
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Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City: match summary

Sporting Kansas City beat Austin FC 2–1 at Q2 Stadium in Austin on Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Round 0 of the MLS. Mikkel Desler (45+1') scored for Austin FC, Manu García (79') and Stephen Afrifa (82') for Sporting Kansas City. The match ratings read 6.5 for Austin FC and 7.1 for Sporting Kansas City. Guilherme Biro of Austin FC was the highest rated player on the pitch at 8.0, with Ian James at 7.5 and Jayden Reid at 7.5 next, and Oleksandr Svatok of Austin FC the lowest rated starter at 6.0. Austin FC lined up in a 4-4-2 under Estévez, Sporting Kansas City in a 4-4-2 under Wicky. Manu García had come on for Zorhan Bassong on 64 minutes and Stephen Afrifa had come on for Taylor Calheira on 75 minutes. Capita was booked on 28 minutes, Jacob Davis on 47, Oleksandr Svatok on 57, Ilie Sánchez on 61, Zorhan Bassong on 63, Jayden Nelson on 71 and CJ Fodrey on 86, and nobody was sent off. Western standings taken on September 2, 2026 had Austin FC 14th on 24 points and Sporting Kansas City 15th on 15.

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