#30

Sporting Kansas City

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Points

25.5 xPts

Pts − xPts

-3.5

over/under

Goals

35 – 72

-37 GD

30.4

60.3 xGA

xGD

-29.9

-25.0 npxGD

PPDA

—

no pressing data

Profile — percentile rank vs league (100 = best)

Attack (xG)7

Defence3

Expected pts7

Goals7

Analyst — squad needs & recruitment priorities

Priority need:goalscorer

Weakest area: Defence — attacking output in the 7th percentile of the league.

Attacking output by area — percentile vs league

Attack

Midfield

Defence

Top-2 xG share

42%

balanced

Top-2 minutes

12%

Core avg age

25.9

2 aged 30+

Expiring soon

contracts

Recruitment priorities

goalscorerFW attacking output in the bottom 10% of the league

ball-playing defenderDF attacking output in the bottom 7% of the league

Expiring: Manu García (2027), Calvin Harris (2027), Lasse Berg Johnsen (2028), Stephen Afrifa (2026), Jacob Davis (2027), Jayden Reid (2026), Taylor Calheira (2028), Ian James (2027), Wyatt Meyer (2026), Shapi Suleymanov (2026), Ethan Bartlow (2026), Jansen Miller (2026), Jacob Bartlett (2027), Justin Reynolds (2026), Emir Karić (2028), Kwaku Agyabeng (2028), Stefan Cleveland (2027), John Pulskamp (2026)

Data desk view: attacking output only (npxG + xA). Defensive and tactical quality are not modelled — pair with the eye test.

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Clean sheets

Failed to score

Finishing (G − xG)

+4.6

Defence (xGA − GA)

-11.7

Home / Away split

	P	W–D–L	GF–GA	Pts	xG	xGA
Home	14	3–4–7	21–29	13	16.8	25.4
Away	15	3–0–12	14–43	9	13.6	34.9

Cumulative expected goals — attack vs defence

Season by season — league finish (top-4 shaded; current highlighted)

League position by matchday (1 = top)

xG by situation — attack (team colour) vs defence (red)

xG by 15-min window — for (team colour) vs against (red, below)

xG by game state — leading / level / trailing

Results — click a score for the match, a team for its page

MD	H/A	Opponent		Score	xG	xGA
–	A	San Jose Earthquakes	l	0–3	0.5	3.0
–	H	Columbus Crew	d	2–2	1.5	3.2
–	H	San Diego FC	l	0–1	0.4	1.8
–	A	LA Galaxy	w	2–1	0.7	2.2
–	H	Colorado Rapids	l	1–4	0.8	4.3
–	A	Real Salt Lake	l	1–3	0.5	2.5
–	H	San Jose Earthquakes	l	1–3	0.8	1.7
–	A	Vancouver Whitecaps	l	0–3	0.1	3.1
–	A	Chicago Fire	l	0–5	0.4	3.0
–	H	Seattle Sounders FC	d	1–1	1.2	1.7
–	A	Portland Timbers	l	0–6	0.5	1.7
–	H	LA Galaxy	w	3–1	2.2	1.0
–	A	Austin FC	w	2–1	1.4	0.5
–	H	New York Red Bulls	l	1–2	1.7	0.9
–	A	St.Louis City	l	2–3	1.0	2.6
–	H	Minnesota United	w	2–1	1.1	1.9
–	A	Los Angeles FC	l	0–4	0.4	1.4
–	H	Houston Dynamo	l	0–2	0.2	1.9
–	A	Colorado Rapids	l	0–2	1.0	3.0
–	H	St.Louis City	d	1–1	1.3	0.5
–	A	Atlanta United	l	1–2	0.7	1.9
–	H	Vancouver Whitecaps	l	0–3	0.4	2.6
–	A	FC Dallas	l	3–5	2.6	2.7
–	H	Los Angeles FC	w	3–1	1.9	1.8
–	H	Philadelphia Union	l	3–4	1.0	0.7
–	A	Houston Dynamo	w	2–0	1.1	1.5
–	A	Seattle Sounders FC	l	1–2	2.0	1.7
–	H	Portland Timbers	d	3–3	2.4	1.5
–	A	Nashville SC	l	0–4	0.6	4.2
–	H	Real Salt Lake	l	1–3	0.7	1.0

Squad planning — value, age and expiring contracts

Squad market value

€44.4M

25 players valued

Average age

24.2

24.8 value-weighted

Expiring by 2027

contracts

Expiring contracts

Player	Age	Value	Until
Shapi Suleymanov	26	€2.6M	2026
Jansen Miller	24	€830k	2026
Jayden Reid	24	€580k	2026
Wyatt Meyer	25	€580k	2026
Ethan Bartlow	26	€580k	2026
John Pulskamp	25	€540k	2026
Stephen Afrifa	25	€485k	2026
Justin Reynolds	22	€220k	2026
Shane Donovan	19	—	2026
Manu García	28	€4.3M	2027
Jacob Davis	24	€1.9M	2027
Jacob Bartlett	20	€1.1M	2027
Calvin Harris	26	€870k	2027
Ian James	18	€830k	2027
Stefan Cleveland	32	€140k	2027
Macielo Tschantret	20	€54k	2027

Market values and contract dates are current snapshots for players in the present squad — historical seasons may be incomplete. Not transfer advice.

Squad · 24 players

Player
CH Calvin Harris Sporting Kansas City· MF	29	2256	4	4	5.55	5.55	21	54	-1.5
TC Taylor Calheira Sporting Kansas City· FW	22	1122	4	2	4.54	4.54	16	32	-0.5
AL André Luiz Sporting Kansas City· MF	9	612	7	2	3.58	2.76	8	32	+4.2
SA Stephen Afrifa Sporting Kansas City· FW	25	921	3	3	2.13	2.13	14	27	+0.9
SS Shapi Suleymanov Sporting Kansas City· FW	24	1164	1	1	1.67	1.67	15	24	-0.7
C Capita Sporting Kansas City· MF	17	1174	2	1	1.64	1.64	9	21	+0.4
ZB Zorhan Bassong Sporting Kansas City· MF	18	1018	0	0	1.05	1.05	10	11	-1.0
JD Jacob Davis Sporting Kansas City· DF	22	1597	0	2	0.68	0.68	14	10	-0.7
LJ Lasse Berg Johnsen Sporting Kansas City· MF	23	1915	1	1	0.63	0.63	19	12	+0.4
JR Jayden Reid Sporting Kansas City· DF	19	1133	0	0	0.62	0.62	4	7	-0.6
WM Wyatt Meyer Sporting Kansas City· DF	24	1920	1	0	0.50	0.50	1	6	+0.5
MG Manu García Sporting Kansas City· MF	18	1250	2	4	0.46	0.46	30	9	+1.5
JB Jacob Bartlett Sporting Kansas City· DF	25	1250	2	0	0.43	0.43	8	3	+1.6
JR Justin Reynolds Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	925	1	2	0.43	0.43	15	6	+0.6
JM Jansen Miller Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	1070	0	0	0.31	0.31	0	4	-0.3
IJ Ian James Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	990	0	0	0.22	0.22	4	5	-0.2
MM Moises Mosquera Sporting Kansas City· DF	8	626	0	0	0.18	0.18	3	3	-0.2
EB Ethan Bartlow Sporting Kansas City· DF	10	780	0	0	0.15	0.15	3	3	-0.1
KA Kwaku Agyabeng Sporting Kansas City· MF	21	1104	0	0	0.12	0.12	16	3	-0.1
EK Emir Karić Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	1269	0	2	0.07	0.07	17	4	-0.1
OB Or Blorian Sporting Kansas City· DF	8	568	0	0	0.06	0.06	1	3	-0.1
DB Diego Borges Sporting Kansas City· DF	3	205	0	0	0.03	0.03	0	1	0.0
SC Stefan Cleveland Sporting Kansas City· G	21	1890	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0.0
JP John Pulskamp Sporting Kansas City· G	9	810	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0.0

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Standings

#30

Sporting Kansas City

6W · 4D · 19LSeason Wrapped →

Points

25.5 xPts

Pts − xPts

-3.5

over/under

Goals

35 – 72

-37 GD

30.4

60.3 xGA

xGD

-29.9

-25.0 npxGD

PPDA

—

no pressing data

Profile — percentile rank vs league (100 = best)

Attack (xG)7

Defence3

Expected pts7

Goals7

Analyst — squad needs & recruitment priorities

Priority need:goalscorer

Weakest area: Defence — attacking output in the 7th percentile of the league.

Attacking output by area — percentile vs league

Attack

Midfield

Defence

Top-2 xG share

42%

balanced

Top-2 minutes

12%

Core avg age

25.9

2 aged 30+

Expiring soon

contracts

Recruitment priorities

goalscorerFW attacking output in the bottom 10% of the league

ball-playing defenderDF attacking output in the bottom 7% of the league

Data desk view: attacking output only (npxG + xA). Defensive and tactical quality are not modelled — pair with the eye test.

Checking access…

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Recent form (last 5, oldest → newest)

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Clean sheets

Failed to score

Finishing (G − xG)

+4.6

Defence (xGA − GA)

-11.7

Home / Away split

	P	W–D–L	GF–GA	Pts	xG	xGA
Home	14	3–4–7	21–29	13	16.8	25.4
Away	15	3–0–12	14–43	9	13.6	34.9

Cumulative expected goals — attack vs defence

Season by season — league finish (top-4 shaded; current highlighted)

League position by matchday (1 = top)

xG by situation — attack (team colour) vs defence (red)

xG by 15-min window — for (team colour) vs against (red, below)

xG by game state — leading / level / trailing

Results — click a score for the match, a team for its page

MD	H/A	Opponent		Score	xG	xGA
–	A	San Jose Earthquakes	l	0–3	0.5	3.0
–	H	Columbus Crew	d	2–2	1.5	3.2
–	H	San Diego FC	l	0–1	0.4	1.8
–	A	LA Galaxy	w	2–1	0.7	2.2
–	H	Colorado Rapids	l	1–4	0.8	4.3
–	A	Real Salt Lake	l	1–3	0.5	2.5
–	H	San Jose Earthquakes	l	1–3	0.8	1.7
–	A	Vancouver Whitecaps	l	0–3	0.1	3.1
–	A	Chicago Fire	l	0–5	0.4	3.0
–	H	Seattle Sounders FC	d	1–1	1.2	1.7
–	A	Portland Timbers	l	0–6	0.5	1.7
–	H	LA Galaxy	w	3–1	2.2	1.0
–	A	Austin FC	w	2–1	1.4	0.5
–	H	New York Red Bulls	l	1–2	1.7	0.9
–	A	St.Louis City	l	2–3	1.0	2.6
–	H	Minnesota United	w	2–1	1.1	1.9
–	A	Los Angeles FC	l	0–4	0.4	1.4
–	H	Houston Dynamo	l	0–2	0.2	1.9
–	A	Colorado Rapids	l	0–2	1.0	3.0
–	H	St.Louis City	d	1–1	1.3	0.5
–	A	Atlanta United	l	1–2	0.7	1.9
–	H	Vancouver Whitecaps	l	0–3	0.4	2.6
–	A	FC Dallas	l	3–5	2.6	2.7
–	H	Los Angeles FC	w	3–1	1.9	1.8
–	H	Philadelphia Union	l	3–4	1.0	0.7
–	A	Houston Dynamo	w	2–0	1.1	1.5
–	A	Seattle Sounders FC	l	1–2	2.0	1.7
–	H	Portland Timbers	d	3–3	2.4	1.5
–	A	Nashville SC	l	0–4	0.6	4.2
–	H	Real Salt Lake	l	1–3	0.7	1.0

Squad planning — value, age and expiring contracts

Squad market value

€44.4M

25 players valued

Average age

24.2

24.8 value-weighted

Expiring by 2027

contracts

Expiring contracts

Player	Age	Value	Until
Shapi Suleymanov	26	€2.6M	2026
Jansen Miller	24	€830k	2026
Jayden Reid	24	€580k	2026
Wyatt Meyer	25	€580k	2026
Ethan Bartlow	26	€580k	2026
John Pulskamp	25	€540k	2026
Stephen Afrifa	25	€485k	2026
Justin Reynolds	22	€220k	2026
Shane Donovan	19	—	2026
Manu García	28	€4.3M	2027
Jacob Davis	24	€1.9M	2027
Jacob Bartlett	20	€1.1M	2027
Calvin Harris	26	€870k	2027
Ian James	18	€830k	2027
Stefan Cleveland	32	€140k	2027
Macielo Tschantret	20	€54k	2027

Market values and contract dates are current snapshots for players in the present squad — historical seasons may be incomplete. Not transfer advice.

Squad · 24 players

Player
CH Calvin Harris Sporting Kansas City· MF	29	2256	4	4	5.55	5.55	21	54	-1.5
TC Taylor Calheira Sporting Kansas City· FW	22	1122	4	2	4.54	4.54	16	32	-0.5
AL André Luiz Sporting Kansas City· MF	9	612	7	2	3.58	2.76	8	32	+4.2
SA Stephen Afrifa Sporting Kansas City· FW	25	921	3	3	2.13	2.13	14	27	+0.9
SS Shapi Suleymanov Sporting Kansas City· FW	24	1164	1	1	1.67	1.67	15	24	-0.7
C Capita Sporting Kansas City· MF	17	1174	2	1	1.64	1.64	9	21	+0.4
ZB Zorhan Bassong Sporting Kansas City· MF	18	1018	0	0	1.05	1.05	10	11	-1.0
JD Jacob Davis Sporting Kansas City· DF	22	1597	0	2	0.68	0.68	14	10	-0.7
LJ Lasse Berg Johnsen Sporting Kansas City· MF	23	1915	1	1	0.63	0.63	19	12	+0.4
JR Jayden Reid Sporting Kansas City· DF	19	1133	0	0	0.62	0.62	4	7	-0.6
WM Wyatt Meyer Sporting Kansas City· DF	24	1920	1	0	0.50	0.50	1	6	+0.5
MG Manu García Sporting Kansas City· MF	18	1250	2	4	0.46	0.46	30	9	+1.5
JB Jacob Bartlett Sporting Kansas City· DF	25	1250	2	0	0.43	0.43	8	3	+1.6
JR Justin Reynolds Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	925	1	2	0.43	0.43	15	6	+0.6
JM Jansen Miller Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	1070	0	0	0.31	0.31	0	4	-0.3
IJ Ian James Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	990	0	0	0.22	0.22	4	5	-0.2
MM Moises Mosquera Sporting Kansas City· DF	8	626	0	0	0.18	0.18	3	3	-0.2
EB Ethan Bartlow Sporting Kansas City· DF	10	780	0	0	0.15	0.15	3	3	-0.1
KA Kwaku Agyabeng Sporting Kansas City· MF	21	1104	0	0	0.12	0.12	16	3	-0.1
EK Emir Karić Sporting Kansas City· DF	16	1269	0	2	0.07	0.07	17	4	-0.1
OB Or Blorian Sporting Kansas City· DF	8	568	0	0	0.06	0.06	1	3	-0.1
DB Diego Borges Sporting Kansas City· DF	3	205	0	0	0.03	0.03	0	1	0.0
SC Stefan Cleveland Sporting Kansas City· G	21	1890	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0.0
JP John Pulskamp Sporting Kansas City· G	9	810	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0.0

xA, xGCh, xGBld are not provided by this season’s data source, so they are hidden here. What do these mean?