Match Centre: Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers
Suleymanov 16′Joveljić 33′ (p)
Ayala 10′Kelsy 25′Kelsy 49′Miller 54′ (og)
Player of the match David Ayala 8.6
GolVolt rating 4.4GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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16 → 8
Portland Timbers climb 8 places in the table. Sporting KC stay in place 27.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 54′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Kelsy scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.1 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 3.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 6 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.4more watchable than 44% of MLS matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
6 goals5 cards1 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 10' Goal: David Ayalaassist: Da Costa0:1
- 16' Goal: Shapi SuleymanovSporting KC1:1
- 22' Ian Smithyellow card
- 25' Goal: Kevin Kelsyassist: Ayala1:2
- 28' Antonyyellow card
- 30' VAR Review
- 33' Goal: Dejan Joveljićpenalty2:2
- 45+6' Joaquín Fernándezyellow card
- Half-time · 2:2
- 46' SubstitutionBravo for Smith
- 49' Goal: Kevin Kelsyassist: Antony2:3
- 54' Goal: Jansen Millerown goal2:4
- 55' SubstitutionThommy for Suleymanov
- 58' Diego Charáyellow card
- 69' 2 substitutionsLeibold for NdenbeRodríguez for Shelton
- 69' 2 substitutionsParedes for CharáRodríguez for Moreno
- 76' 2 substitutionsLassiter for AntonyMora for Kelsy
- 78' Ariel Lassiteryellow card
- 88' SubstitutionAfrifa for Bartlett
- 89' SubstitutionAgada for García
- 90+3' Dejan Joveljićmissed penalty
- Full-time · 2:4
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Sporting KC
Portland Timbers
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Sporting KC
- 36 Ryan Schewe GK —
- 5 Dany Rosero DEF —
- 14 Tim Leibold DEF on
- 22 Zorhan Bassong DEF —
- 8 Memo Rodríguez MID on
- 26 Erik Thommy MID on
- 13 Mason Toye ATT —
- 23 Willy Agada ATT on
- 30 Stephen Afrifa ATT on
Portland Timbers
- 16 Maxime Crépeau GK —
- 5 Claudio Bravo DEF on
- 13 Dario Župarić DEF —
- 15 Eric Miller DEF —
- 17 Cristhian Paredes MID on
- 80 Joao Ortiz MID —
- 7 Ariel Lassiter ATT on
- 9 Felipe Mora ATT on
- 14 Jonathan Rodríguez ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Portland Timbers David Ayala
- 2. place · Portland Timbers Kevin Kelsy
- 3. place · Sporting KC Shapi Suleymanov
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