Teams · Western Conference · since 1996 · Kansas City, Kansas

Sporting Kansas City

Kansas City Wiz 1996Kansas City Wizards 1997–2010Sporting Kansas City 2011–

MLS Cups: 2; 2000 2013
Supporters' Shields: 1; 2000
Playoff appearances: 20; 1996–2023
Seasons: 31; Sporting Park · 18,467

2026 · right now15th in the West23 pts6-22-5 · 33 played · 0.70 PPG · −42 GD

Playoff picture · updated Nov 1, 10:09 AM EST

Sporting Kansas City is a Major League Soccer club from Kansas City, Kansas, in the league since 1996. It has also played as Kansas City Wiz (1996) and Kansas City Wizards (1997–2010). It has won MLS Cup in 2000 and 2013, the Supporters' Shield in 2000 and the U.S. Open Cup four times (2004, 2012, 2015, 2017). It has reached the MLS Cup Playoffs 20 times in 31 seasons. In 2026 it is 15th in the Western Conference with 23 points from 33 matches (6 wins, 22 losses, 5 draws). In 2025 it finished 15th in the Western Conference with 28 points and missed the playoffs. Its head coach is Raphaël Wicky. It plays its home games at Sporting Park.

Trophy case · 7 trophies

Every final, won and lost.

2
MLS Cup
- 2000beat Chicago Fire
- 2013beat Real Salt Lake
Lost the final: 2004 to D.C. United
1
Supporters' Shield
- 2000
4
U.S. Open Cup
- 2004beat Chicago Fire
- 2012beat Seattle Sounders FC
- 2015beat Philadelphia Union
- 2017beat New York Red Bulls
Lost the final: 2024 to Los Angeles FC
Not played in 2020 or 2021.

Season by season · 1996–2026

Every regular season, one row each.

Sporting Kansas City season by season
	As	Conf	W-L-D						Playoffs	Coach
2026		West	6-22-5	23	0.70	39–81 (−42)	30th of 30	15th	SpoonIn progress	Raphaël Wicky
2025		West	7-20-7	28	0.82	46–70 (−24)	27th of 30	15th	Missed playoffs	Peter Vermes / Kerry Zavagnin
2024		West	8-19-7	31	0.91	51–66 (−15)	27th of 29	13th	Missed playoffs	Peter Vermes
2023		West	12-14-8	44	1.29	48–51 (−3)	15th of 29	8th	Out in conference semifinals	Peter Vermes
2022		West	11-16-7	40	1.18	42–54 (−12)	22nd of 28	12th	Missed playoffs	Peter Vermes
2021		West	17-10-7	58	1.71	58–40 (+18)	4th of 27	3rd	Out in conference semifinals	Peter Vermes
2020		West	12-6-3	39	1.86	38–25 (+13)	5th of 26	1st	Out in conference semifinals	Peter Vermes
2019		West	10-16-8	38	1.12	49–67 (−18)	21st of 24	11th	Missed playoffs	Peter Vermes
2018		West	18-8-8	62	1.82	65–40 (+25)	3rd of 23	1st	Out in conference finals	Peter Vermes
2017		West	12-9-13	49	1.44	40–29 (+11)	11th of 22	5th	Out in knockout round	Peter Vermes
2016		West	13-13-8	47	1.38	42–41 (+1)	8th of 20	5th	Out in knockout round	Peter Vermes
2015		West	14-11-9	51	1.50	48–45 (+3)	10th of 20	6th	Out in knockout round	Peter Vermes
2014		East	14-13-7	49	1.44	48–41 (+7)	10th of 19	5th	Out in knockout round	Peter Vermes
2013		East	17-10-7	58	1.71	47–30 (+17)	2nd of 19	2nd	CupBracket	Peter Vermes
2012		East	18-7-9	63	1.85	42–27 (+15)	2nd of 19	1st	Out in conference semifinals	Peter Vermes
2011		East	13-9-12	51	1.50	50–40 (+10)	5th of 18	1st	Out in conference finals	Peter Vermes
2010	Kansas City Wizards	East	11-13-6	39	1.30	36–35 (+1)	9th of 16	3rd	Missed playoffs	Peter Vermes
2009	Kansas City Wizards	East	8-13-9	33	1.10	33–42 (−9)	13th of 15	6th	Missed playoffs	Curt Onalfo / Peter Vermes
2008	Kansas City Wizards	East	11-10-9	42	1.40	37–39 (−2)	6th of 14	4th	Out in conference semifinals	Curt Onalfo
2007	Kansas City Wizards	East	11-12-7	40	1.33	45–45 (0)	7th of 13	5th	Out in conference finals	Curt Onalfo
2006	Kansas City Wizards	East	10-14-8	38	1.19	43–45 (−2)	11th of 12	5th	Missed playoffs	Bob Gansler / Brian Bliss
2005	Kansas City Wizards	East	11-9-12	45	1.41	52–44 (+8)	9th of 12	5th	Missed playoffs	Bob Gansler
2004	Kansas City Wizards	West	14-9-7	49	1.63	38–30 (+8)	1st of 10	1st	MLS Cup runner-up	Bob Gansler
2003	Kansas City Wizards	West	11-10-9	42	1.40	48–44 (+4)	4th of 10	2nd	Out in conference finals	Bob Gansler
2002	Kansas City Wizards	West	9-10-9	36	1.29	37–45 (−8)	8th of 10	5th	Out in quarterfinals (officially conference semifinals)	Bob Gansler
2001	Kansas City Wizards	West	11-13-3	36	1.33	33–53 (−20)	8th of 12	3rd	Out in quarterfinals	Bob Gansler
2000	Kansas City Wizards	West	16-7-9	57	1.78	47–29 (+18)	1st of 12	1st	CupShieldBracket	Bob Gansler
1999	Kansas City Wizards	West	8-24 (2 SOW)	20	0.63	33–53 (−20)	11th of 12	6th	Missed playoffs	Ron Newman / Ken Fogarty / Bob Gansler
1998	Kansas City Wizards	West	12-20 (2 SOW)	32	1.00	45–50 (−5)	11th of 12	6th	Missed playoffs	Ron Newman
1997	Kansas City Wizards	West	21-11 (7 SOW)	49	1.53	57–51 (+6)	2nd of 10	1st	Out in conference semifinals	Ron Newman
1996	Kansas City Wiz	West	17-15 (5 SOW)	41	1.28	61–63 (−2)	5th of 10	3rd	Out in conference finals	Ron Newman

Head coaches · 8

Everyone who has picked the team.

Regular-season record in every match in charge, playoffs alongside. A season shared by two coaches is split between them.

Sporting Kansas City head coaches
			W-L-D		Playoffs
Raphaël WickyNow	2026	26	6-17-3	0.81	—	—
Peter Vermes	2009–2025	511	203-185-123	1.43	9-10-7	2013
Kerry Zavagnin	2025	28	7-15-6	0.96	—	—
Curt Onalfo	2007–2009	78	27-29-22	1.32	1-2-2	—
Bob Gansler	1999–2006	222	86-85-51	1.37	9-8-3	2000
Brian Bliss	2006	14	4-4-6	1.29	—	—
Ron Newman	1996–1999	100	50-50-0	1.22	2-5-0	—
Ken Fogarty	1999	3	0-3-0	0.00	—	—

Home grounds · 3

Where the home games were.

1996–2007Arrowhead Stadium · Kansas City
2008–2010CommunityAmerica Ballpark · Kansas City, KansasA minor-league baseball park while the new stadium was built.
2011–Livestrong Sporting Park · Kansas City, KansasLater Sporting Park, now Children's Mercy Park.18,467 seats

Season

Position

Players used26

Average age24.4

Goals23

Most minutes

Stefan Cleveland

3,430 min · GK

Sporting Kansas City 2026 roster
#		Pos		Nat
1	Stefan Cleveland	GK	32	USA	3,430	0	0	0.0	0	1
2	Calvin Harris	M	26	England	2,128	4	4	6.5	48	1
3	Lasse Berg Johnsen	M	27	Norway	2,060	1	1	0.8	12	1
4	John Pulskamp	GK	25	USA	1,826	0	0	0.0	0	6
5	Wyatt Meyer	D	25	USA	1,745	1	0	0.3	3	1
6	Jake Davis	D	24	USA	1,702	0	2	0.4	10	6
7	Manu García	M	28	Spain	1,395	2	4	0.5	9	2
8	Capita	M	24	Angola	1,242	2	1	2.4	21	1
9	Jacob Bartlett	M	21	USA	1,215	2	0	0.4	2	2
10	Jayden Reid	D	25	USA	1,178	0	0	0.4	7	1
11	Shapi Suleymanov	M	27	Russia	1,165	1	1	1.7	23	2
12	Emir Karic	D	29	Austria	1,093	0	2	0.1	3	1
13	Ian James	D	18	USA	964	0	0	0.2	3	2
14	Taylor Calheira	F	24	USA	959	3	1	4.0	21	1
15	Kwaku Agyabeng	M	20	Ghana	896	0	0	0.1	2	1
16	Ethan Bartlow	D	26	USA	893	0	0	0.2	3	1
17	Zorhan Bassong	D	27	Canada	887	0	0	0.7	10	3
18	Justin Reynolds	D	22	USA	857	0	2	0.5	4	1
19	Stephen Afrifa	M	25	Canada	844	3	2	3.4	22	4
20	Jansen Miller	D	24	USA	800	0	0	0.2	2	2
21	Moises Castillo Mosquera	D	25	Colombia	708	0	0	0.2	2	1
22	Or Blorian	D	26	Israel	629	0	0	0.1	3	1
23	André Luiz	M	24	Brazil	357	4	1	1.3	19	1
24	Diego Borges	D	22	Brazil	232	0	0	0.0	1	1
25	Macielo Tschantret	M	20	USA	58	0	0	0.0	0	1
26	Shane Donovan	M	19	USA	6	0	0	0.0	0	1

Everyone who played a minute for the club in 2026, regular season and playoffs combined. Age is during the season, by birth year.

All-time · 1996–2026

The club's leaders.

Goals

1Preki1996–200579
2Johnny RussellF · 2018–202461
3Dániel SallóiF · 2017–202560
4Dom DwyerF · 2012–201654
5Davy Arnaud2002–201147
6Josh Wolff2003–201044
7Chris Klein1998–200542
8Kei KamaraF · 2009–201338
9Alan PulidoF · 2020–202436
10Graham ZusiD · 2009–202332

Assists

1Preki1996–200583
2Graham ZusiD · 2009–202360
3Chris Klein1998–200537
4Dániel SallóiF · 2017–202533
5Roger EspinozaM · 2008–202331
6Benny FeilhaberM · 2013–201729
7Johnny RussellF · 2018–202429
8Mo Johnston1996–200129
9Davy Arnaud2002–201127
10Mark Chung1996–199826

Minutes

1Tim MeliaGK · 2015–202454,346
2Graham ZusiD · 2009–202331,980
3Matt BeslerD · 2009–202028,657
4Roger EspinozaM · 2008–202327,622
5Kerry Zavagnin2000–200822,274
6Nick Garcia2000–200721,978
7Seth SinovicD · 2011–201920,382
8Davy Arnaud2002–201120,287
9Dániel SallóiF · 2017–202520,204
10Jimmy Conrad2003–201019,268

Expected goals

1Dániel SallóiF · 2017–202558.9
2Dom DwyerF · 2013–201656.2
3Johnny RussellF · 2018–202450.4
4Alan PulidoF · 2020–202429.3
5Benny FeilhaberM · 2013–201726.8
6William AgadaF · 2022–202425.4
7GersoF · 2017–202020.7
8Graham ZusiD · 2013–202320.5
9Khiry SheltonF · 2018–202518.8
10Roger EspinozaM · 2015–202317.8

Saves

1Tim MeliaGK · 2015–2024787
2John PulskampGK · 2021–2026214
3Jimmy NielsenGK · 201375
4Stefan ClevelandGK · 202658
5Eric KronbergGK · 201448
6Kendall McIntoshGK · 2022–202346
7Andy GruenebaumGK · 201434
8Luis MarínGK · 201519
9Alec KannGK · 201617
10Andrew DykstraGK · 201714

Seasons at the club

1Graham ZusiD · 2009–202315
2Roger EspinozaM · 2008–202314
3Matt BeslerD · 2009–202012
4Tim MeliaGK · 2015–202410
5Davy Arnaud2002–201110
6own goal1996–201110
7Kerry Zavagnin2000–20089
8Seth SinovicD · 2011–20199
9Dániel SallóiF · 2017–20259
10Preki1996–20059

Club records

Best season (PPG)

1.86 · 2020

12-6-3 · 39 pts · Out in conference semifinals

Worst season (PPG)

0.63 · 1999

8-24-0 · 20 pts

Longest win streak

7 matches

2012 · since 1996

Biggest win

7–1 vs Montreal

Sat, Mar 30 2019

Heaviest defeat

0–7 vs Chicago

Wed, Jul 4 2001

Biggest home crowd

72,610

2–3 vs Miami · Sun, Apr 14 2024

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