Match Report
Seattle Sounders edged past Sporting Kansas City 2-1 at Lumen Field, Seattle on 2 October 2026. André Luiz opened the scoring in the 44th minute for Sporting Kansas City, set up by Stephen Afrifa, to make it 1-0. Sebastian Gomez levelled it 51 minutes into the game for Seattle Sounders, set up by Jordan Morris, to make it 1-1. Cristian Roldán put Seattle Sounders in front late on, in the 90th minute to make it 2-1. Nouhou Tolo (61') was booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Seattle Sounders 211 points stronger than Sporting Kansas City. On current ratings the model favours Seattle Sounders at 73.9% in this pairing, and Seattle Sounders won this one. Seattle Sounders are unbeaten in the latest 8 matches of their recorded form in the 2026 Major League Soccer.