Sporting Kansas City suffered a 6-0 loss on the road towards the Portland Timbers on Saturday at Providence Park.
The hosts opened the scoring within the sixth minute in elegant style as Designated Player Kristoffer Velde fired a shot from greater than 25 yards out into the highest nook for his team-leading fourth purpose of the yr.
The Timbers would double their lead within the fifteenth minute as Kevin Kelsy scored his first of two targets on the night time on a intelligent backheel from David Da Costa, who earned the first assists on every of Portland’s first two targets of the sport.
Velde and Kelsy could be concerned once more within the Timbers’ third purpose, this time establishing Cole Bassett with a strike from six-yards out on a recycled nook within the twenty second minute.
Four minutes later, a fourth purpose would discover the again of the web after touches by three totally different SKC gamers as Ethan Bartlow’s clearance deflected off Wyatt Meyer and Jake Davis earlier than crossing the goalline.
Down 4-0 at halftime of an MLS match for the primary time in membership historical past, Sporting made two modifications to begin the second half with the introduction of Calvin Harris and Ian James. The guests almost pulled a purpose again simply 45 seconds into the half as Dejan Joveljic did nicely to show a cross from Jacob Bartlett in direction of purpose with a first-time volley nevertheless James Pantemis was alert to maintain it out. The TImbers goalkeeper was referred to as into motion once more within the 58th minute to show away Capita’s try from a decent angle on the suitable aspect of the penalty space.
On the other finish, Stefan Cleveland made his lone save of the night time 10 minutes later to disclaim second-half substitute Alexander Aravena his first MLS purpose.
Portland would produce the ultimate two targets of the night time briefly succession with Ariel Lassiter – the son of former KC ahead Roy Lassiter – curling a left-footed free kick from 25 yards out previous Cleveland within the 71st minute earlier than Kelsy accomplished his brace as he capped off the scoring within the 74th minute with a first-time end at the again put up.
Sporting midfielder Zorhan Bassong returned from damage to play the ultimate half-hour and almost put his title on the scoresheet within the 84th minute solely to see his half-volley deflect narrowly over the crossbar. Sporting continued to push late for a comfort purpose and got here shut within the 89th minute as Harris pressured a robust save from Pantemis, who dove low to his left to show away the try and snap the Timbers streak of 21 consecutive video games and not using a shutout courting again to final season.
The end result extends Sporting’s winless stretch to eight straight video games throughout all competitions as SKC returns residence empty-handed for a seventh time in seven tries at Providence Park.
Sporting will subsequent host the LA Galaxy at 7:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday at Sporting Park. Tickets for the Western Conference conflict can be found on SeatGeek and the mid-week match-up will probably be obtainable to observe stay on Apple TV.
2026 MLS Regular Season | Game 11
Providence Park | Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 22,384
Weather: 73 levels and partly cloudy
Sporting Kansas City 0-6 Portland Timbers
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Score |
1 |
2 |
F |
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Sporting Kansas City (1-8-2, 5 factors) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Portland Timbers (4-6-1, 13 factors) |
4 |
2 |
6 |
Sporting Kansas City: Stefan Cleveland; Jake Davis, Ethan Bartlow, Wyatt Meyer, Jayden Reid; Lasse Berg Johnsen (Zorhan Bassong 60′), Jacob Bartlett, Manu Garcia (Calvin Harris 46′); Capita Capemba (Stephen Afrifa 76′), Dejan Joveljic (C) (Taylor Calheira 72′), Shapi Suleymanov (Ian James 46′)
Subs Not Used: John Pulskamp, Ryan Schewe, Pierre Lurot, Cielo Tschantret
Portland Timbers: James Pantemis; Brandon Bye, Finn Surman (C), Kamal Miller, Jimer Fory (Ian Smith 61′); Cole Bassett (Joao Ortiz 61′), David Da Costa (Alexander Aravena 61′), Jose Caicedo (Diego Chara 46′); Kristoffer Velde, Kevin Kelsy, Antony (Ariel Lassiter 61′)
Subs Not Used: Trey Muse, Alex Bonetig, Sawyer Jura, Felipe Mora
Scoring Summary:
POR – Kristoffer Velde 4 (David Da Costa 1, Kevin Kelsy 2) 6′
POR – Kevin Kelsy 3 (David Da Costa 2, Cole Bassett 3) 15′
POR – Cole Bassett 1 (Kevin Kelsy 3, Kristoffer Velde 2) 22′
POR – Jake Davis (personal purpose) 26′
POR – Ariel Lassiter 2 (free kick) 71′
POR – Kevin Kelsy 4 (Ariel Lassiter 1, Alexander Aravena 1) 74′
Misconduct Summary:
SKC – Lass Berg Johnsen (yellow card; unsporting conduct) 19′
POR – Jose Caicedo (yellow card; unsporting conduct) 33′
SKC – Jake Davis (yellow card; unsporting conduct) 41′
SKC – Jayden Reid (yellow card; unsporting conduct) 45+3′
SKC – Ethan Bartlow (yellow card; unsporting conduct) 53′
SKC – Capita Capemba (yellow card; unsporting conduct) 76′
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Assistant Referee: Ryan Graves
Assistant Referee: Kali Smith
Fourth Official: Ricardo Fierro
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Tom Felice