Kansas City vs Dallas 2025 MLS, Regular Season
61': Khiry Shelton2 - 4
Luciano Acosta's brace gives FC Dallas win over Sporting KC
Luciano Acosta scored a brace, leading FC Dallas to a 4-2 win over the host Sporting KC on Saturday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 8': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 0. Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
- 11': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 1. Petar Musa (FC Dallas) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shaq Moore.
- 45'+3': Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+5': Petar Musa (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+7': Anderson Julio (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 1.
- 49': Pedrinho (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 2. Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 60': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Erik Thommy.
- 60': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodríguez replaces Jake Davis.
- 61': Second yellow card to Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) for a bad foul.
- 64': Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Substitution, FC Dallas. Bernard Kamungo replaces Pedrinho.
- 66': Substitution, FC Dallas. Nolan Norris replaces Sebastian Lletget.
- 69': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 3. Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
- 78': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Stephen Afrifa replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
- 78': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Santiago Muñóz replaces Logan Ndenbe.
- 82': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, FC Dallas 4. Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nolan Norris.
- 83': Substitution, FC Dallas. Logan Farrington replaces Petar Musa.
- 90': Substitution, FC Dallas. Anthony Ramirez replaces Anderson Julio.
- 90': Substitution, FC Dallas. Joshua Torquato replaces Lucho Acosta.
- 90': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Mason Toye replaces Dejan Joveljic.
- 90'+1': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, FC Dallas 4. Santiago Muñóz (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manu García.
- 90'+8': Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+10': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+11': Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
Game Information
Venue: Children's Mercy Park
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Attendance: 17,144
MLS Standings
| POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +17 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 35 | 2 |
| +13 | San Diego FC | 18 | 33 | 5 |
| +8 | Minnesota United FC | 18 | 30 | 4 |
| +4 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 30 | 4 |
Statistics
 DAL |
SKC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 17 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 3 | Saves | 1 |
| 47.9 | Possession | 52.1 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 359 | Accurate Passes | 381 |
| 408 | Passes | 430 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 7 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.7 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 34 | Long Balls | 36 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 20 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 3 |
| 25 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 25 | Clearances | 12 |
Sporting Kansas City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | John Pulskamp (GK) |
| 24 | Joaquín  |
| 15 | Jansen Miller |
| 18 | Logan Ndenbe |
| 11 | Khiry Shelton |
| 21 | Manu García |
| 17 | Jacob Davis |
| 16 | Jacob Bartlett |
| 9 | Dejan Joveljic |
| 26 | Erik Thommy |
| 93 | Shapi Suleymanov |
FC Dallas (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Maarten Paes (GK) |
| 25 | Sebastien Ibeagha |
| 22 | Álvaro Augusto |
| 4 | Marco Farfan |
| 18 | Shaq Moore |
| 8 | Sebastian Lletget |
| 6 | Patrickson Delgado |
| 20 | Pedrinho |
| 11 | Anderson Julio |
| 10 | Luciano Acosta |
| 9 | Petar Musa |
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