Match Centre: Portland Timbers vs Sporting KC
Velde 6′Kelsy 15′Bassett 22′Davis 26′ (og)Lassiter 71′Kelsy 74′
Player of the match Kevin Kelsy 9.1
GolVolt rating 3.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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26 → 21
Portland Timbers climb 5 places in the table. Sporting KC stay in place 30.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 15′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 15′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Kelsy: rated 9.1. Heroes: 5.0 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 0.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 6 goals.Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 2.2 out of 10
Five goals or a hat-trick: the rating never drops below 3.0.
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.0more watchable than 30% 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 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 6' Goal: Kristoffer Veldeassist: Da Costa1:0
- 15' Goal: Kevin Kelsyassist: Da Costa2:0
- 19' Lasse Berg Johnsenyellow card
- 22' Goal: Cole Bassettassist: Kelsy3:0
- 26' Goal: Jake Davisown goal4:0
- 33' José Luis Caicedo Barrerayellow card
- 41' Jake Davisyellow card
- 45+3' Jayden Reidyellow card
- Half-time · 4:0
- 46' SubstitutionChará for Barrera
- 46' 2 substitutionsHarris for GarcíaJames for Suleymanov
- 53' Ethan Bartlowyellow card
- 60' SubstitutionBassong for Johnsen
- 61' 4 substitutionsAravena for Da CostaLassiter for AntonyOrtiz for BassettSmith for Fory
- 71' Goal: Ariel LassiterPortland Timbers5:0
- 72' SubstitutionCalheira for Joveljić
- 74' Goal: Kevin Kelsyassist: Lassiter6:0
- 76' Capitayellow card
- 76' SubstitutionAfrifa for Capita
- Full-time · 6:0
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Portland Timbers
Sporting KC
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Portland Timbers
- 25 Trey Muse GK —
- 6 Alex Bonetig DEF —
- 16 Sawyer Jura DEF —
- 23 Ian Smith DEF on
- 21 Diego Chará MID on
- 80 Joao Ortiz MID on
- 7 Ariel Lassiter ATT on
- 9 Felipe Mora ATT —
- 28 Alexander Aravena ATT on
Sporting KC
- 1 John Pulskamp GK —
- 36 Ryan Schewe GK —
- 2 Ian James DEF on
- 22 Zorhan Bassong DEF on
- 41 Pierre Lurot DEF —
- 14 Cielo Tschantret MID —
- 11 Calvin Harris ATT on
- 17 Stephen Afrifa ATT on
- 19 Taylor Calheira ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Providence Park, Portland
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Portland Timbers Kevin Kelsy
- 2. place · Portland Timbers Kristoffer Velde
- 3. place · Portland Timbers Ariel Lassiter
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