Atlanta United FC 2-1 Sporting Kansas City: Final score, stats and lineups
MLS
Atlanta United FC
6-3-12
- Tomás Jacob 13'
- Fafà Picault 24'
2-1
FT
Sporting Kansas City
6-4-22
- Stephen Afrifa 70'
Key events
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Tomás JacobAssist: Miguel Almirón13'
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22'
Emir Karic
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Fafà PicaultAssist: Elías Baez24'
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45'+2'
Justin ReynoldsOff: Jacob Davis
- Halftime 45'+6'
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62'
Jayden ReidOff: Emir Karic
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62'
Stephen AfrifaOff: Taylor Calheira
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Will ReillyOff: Fafà Picault62'
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Luke BrennanOff: Adrian Gill62'
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70'
Stephen Afrifa
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Luke Brennan72'
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Stian GregersenOff: Paulo Díaz73'
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Elías Baez76'
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Steven AlzateOff: Cooper Sanchez77'
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Matt EdwardsOff: Luke Brennan78'
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87'
Jacob BartlettOff: Capita
- End Regular Time 90'+6'
Team stats
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2Corner Kicks6
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48.7Possession51.3
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8SHOTS8
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3ON GOAL1
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1Blocked Shots2
Match info
- Competition
- MLS
- Kickoff
- Sunday, August 23, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
- Venue
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
- Where to watch
- Apple TV
- Series
- ATL leads series 2-1-1
Team stats
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8Fouls13
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2Yellow Cards1
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0Red Cards0
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1Offsides1
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2Corner Kicks6
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0Saves1
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48.7Possession51.3
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8SHOTS8
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3ON GOAL1
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0.4On Target %0.1
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0Penalty Goals0
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0Penalty Kicks Taken0
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448Accurate Passes469
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521Passes527
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0.9Pass Completion %0.9
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3Accurate Crosses6
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5Crosses25
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0.6Cross %0.2
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61Long Balls29
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32Accurate Long Balls19
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0.5Long Balls %0.7
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1Blocked Shots2
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11Effective Tackles7
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14Tackles12
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0.8Tackle %0.6
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7Interceptions10
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28Effective Clearances11
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28Clearances11
Lineups
Atlanta United FC4-3-3- 1Lucas HoyosG
- 55Tomás JacobRB
- 3Elías BaezLB
- 16Adrian Gill↓CM
- 27Paulo Díaz↓CD-R
- 6Júnior AlonsoCD-L
- 48Cooper Sanchez↓RM
- 8Tristan MuyumbaLM
- 22Fafà Picault↓F
- 59Alexey MiranchukRF
- 10Miguel AlmirónLF
- 28Will Reilly↑
- 42Jayden Hibbert
- 20Luke Brennan↓↑
- 47Matt Edwards↑
- 4Enea Mihaj
- 7Steven Alzate↑
- 19Sergio Santos
- 2Ronald Hernández
- 5Stian Gregersen↑
Sporting Kansas City4-4-2- 30Stefan ClevelandG
- 8Jacob Davis↓RB
- 18Emir Karic↓LB
- 4Lasse Berg JohnsenCM-R
- 3Moisés MosqueraCD-R
- 28Wyatt MeyerCD-L
- 7Capita↓RM
- 22Zorhan BassongCM-L
- 19Taylor Calheira↓CF-L
- 93Shapi SuleymanovCF-R
- 11Calvin HarrisLM
- 16Jacob Bartlett↑
- 99Jayden Reid↑
- 13Justin Reynolds↑
- 15Jansen Miller
- 20Kwaku Agyabeng
- 2Ian James
- 57Diego Borges
- 17Stephen Afrifa↑
- 1John Pulskamp
MLS Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | +34 | 58 |
| 2 | FC Dallas | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | +9 | 54 |
| 3 | St. Louis CITY SC | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | +11 | 51 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo FC | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | +3 | 51 |
| 5 | San Jose Earthquakes | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | +7 | 49 |
| 6 | LAFC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | +15 | 47 |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | +1 | 43 |
| 8 | Seattle Sounders FC | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | +1 | 43 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | +1 | 42 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | -9 | 41 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 40 |
| 12 | Minnesota United FC | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | -6 | 38 |
| 13 | San Diego FC | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 35 |
| 14 | Austin FC | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | -18 | 34 |
| 15 | Sporting Kansas City | 32 | 6 | 4 | 22 | -42 | 22 |
Last five games
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ATL leads series 2-1-1
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