Sporting Kansas City 5, San Jose 3

Earthquakes doomed by cluster of defensive lapses in 5-3 loss to Kansas City

The Earthquakes fell behind Saturday night by three first-half goals within eight minutes and could not recover despite three strikes from their star forward tandem, losing to Sporting Kansas City 5-3 at PayPal Park. The Quakes (3-1-5, 10 points) controlled possession, took more shots and created more chances than Kansas City (2-1-6, 7 points), but their defense broke down in key moments to send them to a fifth loss in seven games. “You concede …

Sporting Kansas City 5, San Jose 3

Sporting Kansas City32—5San Jose21—3

Sporting Kansas City win Eight Goal Thriller in San Jose

Matchday nine saw Sporting Kansas City hit the road for the first game of a two-game road trip. They headed to Northern California for the first rematch of the young MLS season against the San Jose Earthquakes. Sporting KC would attempt to get the job done without the services of Jake Davis who popped up on the injury report on Friday missing his first action of the 2025 season. He was replaced in the starting lineup by Nemanja Radoja, who misse…