
Sporting Kansas City vs LA Galaxy, 2024 MLS, Regular Season
· MLS2 - 3
Galaxy score three late goals to stun Sporting KC

Marco Delgado scored a game-winning goal in the 80th minute as the L.A. Galaxy scored three straight goals in less than 10 minutes to rally for a 3-2 win over host Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City).
- 2': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Attempt blocked. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
- 10': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
- 12': Attempt saved. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by William Agada.
- 12': Attempt saved. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
- 12': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by John McCarthy.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Thommy with a cross.
- 12': Attempt saved. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 13': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
- 13': Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joseph Paintsil.
- 16': Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City).
- 18': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Foul by Maya Yoshida (LA Galaxy).
- 22': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Julián Aude (LA Galaxy).
- 23': Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City).
- 25': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 25': Foul by Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy).
- 25': Attempt saved. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 27': Attempt missed. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 28': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Jake Davis.
- 29': Attempt saved. Maya Yoshida (LA Galaxy) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joseph Paintsil with a cross.
- 29': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Rémi Walter.
- 29': Hand ball by Eriq Zavaleta (LA Galaxy).
- 30': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Voloder.
- 33': Attempt blocked. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by William Agada.
- 34': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
- 34': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, LA Galaxy 0. Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói following a corner.
- 37': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Dany Rosero.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Davis.
- 38': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Edwin Cerrillo.
- 38': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Miki Yamane.
- 39': Attempt missed. Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a cross following a corner.
- 39': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Julián Aude.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 41': Foul by Eriq Zavaleta (LA Galaxy).
- 41': William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 42': Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by Maya Yoshida (LA Galaxy).
- 43': Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
- 44': Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rémi Walter.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rémi Walter.
- 45'+2': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Eriq Zavaleta.
- 45'+3': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 0. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 0.
- 49': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jake Davis.
- 50': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Jake Davis.
- 51': Attempt missed. Eriq Zavaleta (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mark Delgado with a cross following a corner.
- 51': Delay in match because of an injury Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
- 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 52': Attempt saved. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
- 53': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
- 53': Julián Aude (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Hand ball by Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City).
- 56': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
- 56': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Robert Voloder.
- 57': Offside, LA Galaxy. Dejan Joveljic is caught offside.
- 58': Foul by Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City).
- 58': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Dany Rosero.
- 59': Foul by Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy).
- 59': William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 61': Attempt missed. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
- 62': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Gastón Brugman replaces Edwin Cerrillo.
- 64': Foul by Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy).
- 64': Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Dany Rosero.
- 65': Attempt missed. Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mark Delgado following a corner.
- 69': Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
- 71': Attempt saved. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miki Yamane with a cross.
- 71': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Tim Melia.
- 72': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 1. Eriq Zavaleta (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Davis.
- 73': Attempt saved. Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 74': Offside, LA Galaxy. Dejan Joveljic is caught offside.
- 75': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 2. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riqui Puig with a through ball.
- 80': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 80': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 3. Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
- 81': VAR Decision: Goal Sporting Kansas City 2-3 LA Galaxy (Mark Delgado).
- 83': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Diego Fagúndez replaces Gabriel Pec.
- 83': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Dániel Sallói.
- 83': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Miguel Berry replaces Dejan Joveljic.
- 85': Attempt saved. Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nemanja Radoja.
- 86': Foul by Dany Rosero (Sporting Kansas City).
- 86': Miguel Berry (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 86': Foul by Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City).
- 86': Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Foul by Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy).
- 88': Gastón Brugman (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90': Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Maya Yoshida (LA Galaxy).
- 90': Attempt blocked. Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Jake Davis.
- 90'+1': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Erik Thommy.
- 90'+5': Attempt saved. Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
- 90'+6': Foul by Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'+6': Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+6': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Stephen Afrifa.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 3.
- 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, LA Galaxy 3.
Statistics
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SKC![]() |
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10 | Fouls | 12 |
1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
2 | Offsides | 0 |
11 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
7 | Saves | 4 |
51.8 | Possession | 48.2 |
12 | SHOTS | 26 |
7 | ON GOAL | 9 |
0.6 | On Target % | 0.3 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
470 | Accurate Passes | 434 |
548 | Passes | 506 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
4 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
18 | Crosses | 23 |
0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
42 | Long Balls | 49 |
19 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
3 | Blocked Shots | 11 |
12 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
16 | Tackles | 21 |
0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
18 | Interceptions | 7 |
21 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
21 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 18,102
MLS Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | +11 | 20 |
2 | Austin FC | 9 | -1 | 16 |
3 | Minnesota United FC | 9 | +4 | 16 |
4 | Portland Timbers | 9 | +3 | 15 |
Line-Ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-2-2-2)
No. | Name |
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29 | Tim Melia (GK) |
4 | Robert Voloder |
5 | Dany Rosero |
14 | Tim Leibold ![]() |
17 | Jacob Davis |
54 | Rémi Walter |
6 | Nemanja Radoja |
9 | Alan Pulido |
23 | William Agada |
10 | Dániel Sallói |
26 | Erik Thommy ![]() |
LA Galaxy (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
77 | John McCarthy (GK) |
4 | Maya Yoshida |
15 | Eriq Zavaleta |
3 | Julian Aude |
2 | Miki Yamane |
20 | Edwin Cerrillo |
10 | Ricard Puig |
8 | Mark Delgado |
9 | Dejan Joveljic |
11 | Gabriel Pec |
28 | Joseph Paintsil |
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