2018 Sporting Kansas City season

The 2018 Sporting Kansas City season is the twenty-third season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the eighth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.

Sporting Kansas City

2018 season
Owner	Sporting Club
Head Coach	Peter Vermes
Stadium	Children's Mercy Park
MLS	Conference: 1st Overall: 3rd
Playoffs	Conference Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Russell (10) All: Dániel Sallói (13)
Highest home attendance	20,831 March 4 vs NYCFC
Lowest home attendance	15,238 June 16 vs FC Dallas
Average home league attendance	League: 19,774 All: 19,270
Home colors Away colors
← 2017 2019 →

Current roster

As of October 10, 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Adrián Zendejas 2 DF  CAN Amer Didic 3 DF  USA Ike Opara 4 DF  USA Brad Evans 5 DF  USA Matt Besler (Captain) 6 MF  ESP Ilie Sánchez 7 FW  SCO Johnny Russell 8 DF  USA Graham Zusi 9 FW  HUN Krisztián Németh 10 MF  FRA Yohan Croizet (DP) 11 FW  CHI Diego Rubio 12 FW  GNB Gerso Fernandes 13 FW  USA Gianluca Busio (HGP) 14 FW  USA Khiry Shelton

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  USA Seth Sinovic 16 DF  USA Graham Smith 17 MF  HON Roger Espinoza (DP) 18 GK  USA Eric Dick 19 MF  ESP Cristian Lobato 20 FW  HUN Dániel Sallói (HGP) 21 MF  CHI Felipe Gutiérrez (DP) 23 DF  USA Colton Storm 26 DF  USA Jaylin Lindsey (HGP) 28 FW  USA Tyler Freeman (HGP) 29 GK  USA Tim Melia 30 DF  ESP Andreu Fontas 75 MF  USA Wan Kuzain 90 FW  USA Kharlton Belmar 94 MF  COL Jimmy Medranda

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 14, 2017	Khiry Shelton	FW	New York City FC	Traded for Saad Abdul-Salaam	[2]
December 15, 2017	Yohan Croizet	MF	KV Mechelen	Transfer	[3]
January 17, 2018	Zach Wright	FW	University of North Carolina	Homegrown Player	[4]
January 22, 2018	Matt Lewis	DF	Fordham University	Homegrown Player	[5]
January 31, 2018	Johnny Russell	FW	Derby County	Transfer	[6]
February 6, 2018	Felipe Gutiérrez	MF	Real Betis	Transfer	[7]
February 15, 2018	Eric Dick	GK	Butler University	2018 MLS SuperDraft	[8]
February 15, 2018	Graham Smith	DF	Denver University	2018 MLS SuperDraft	[8]
February 20, 2018	Brad Evans	DF	Seattle Sounders FC	Free agent	[9]
April 13, 2018	Wan Kuzain	MF	Saint Louis FC	Homegrown Player	[10]
August 6, 2018	Krisztián Németh	FW	New England Revolution	Trade with New England Revolution	[11]
August 8, 2018	Andreu Fontàs	CB	RC Celta de Vigo	Trade with RC Celta de Vigo	[12]
October 2, 2018	Tyler Freeman	FW		Homegrown Player (Will be added to roster ahead of 2019 season)	[13]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Round	Pick Number	Player	Position	School
1	13	Eric Dick	GK	Butler
	18	Graham Smith	DF	Denver
4	75	Will Bagrou	FW	Bercer
	82	Wilfred Williams	DF	Oakland

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Notes	Ref
November 27, 2017	Cameron Porter	FW	Retired	Out of contract	[14]
November 27, 2017	Erik Palmer-Brown	DF	Manchester City	Out of contract	[15][16]
November 27, 2017	Cameron Iwasa	FW	Sacramento Republic	Option declined, later signed with Sacramento Republic	[14]
November 27, 2017	Soni Mustivar	MF	Neftçi PFK	Option declined, later signed with Neftçi PFK	[14]
November 27, 2017	Kevin Oliveira	MF	Ottawa Fury	Option declined, later signed with Ottawa Fury	[17]
November 27, 2017	Tyler Pasher	MF	Indy Eleven	Option declined, later signed with Indy Eleven	[17]
December 12, 2017	Latif Blessing	FW	Los Angeles FC	Selected in 2017 MLS Expansion Draft	[18]
December 14, 2017	Saad Abdul-Salaam	DF	New York City FC	Traded for Khiry Shelton	[2]
January 3, 2018	Benny Feilhaber	MF	Los Angeles FC	Traded	[19]
February 8, 2018	Andrew Dykstra	GK	Colorado Rapids	Traded	[20]
February 8, 2018	Soony Saad	FW	Indy Eleven	Waived, later signed with Indy Eleven	[21]
February 27, 2018	Kevin Ellis	DF	Chicago Fire	Signed with Chicago Fire on March 9	[22][23]
February 27, 2018	Zach Wright	DF	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Waived	[22]
March 1, 2018	James Musa	MF	Phoenix Rising	Waived	[24]
June 25, 2018	Matt Lewis	DF	Swope Park Rangers	Waived	[25]

Loans

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
January 18, 2018	Emiliano Amor	DF	Vélez Sarsfield	one year loan, option to buy at the end of the year	[26]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
August 8, 2018	Emiliano Amor	DF	Vélez Sarsfield	Mutually agreed to part ways with Sporting KC	[27]

Competitions

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise

Phoenix Rising FC trialists v Sporting Kansas City

January 27, 2018	Phoenix Rising FC trialists	1–2	Sporting Kansas City	Scottsdale, Arizona
12:00	Player X 87'	Report	Sallói 23' Busio 37'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Note: Three 30-minute periods

Sporting Arizona FC v Sporting Kansas City

January 31, 2018	Sporting Arizona FC	0–4	Sporting Kansas City	Scottsdale, Arizona
12:00		Report	Lobato 17' Gerso 45' Barry 84' Bagrou 90'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Note: Three 30-minute periods

Colorado Rapids v Sporting Kansas City

February 3, 2018	Colorado Rapids	0–2	Sporting Kansas City	Scottsdale, Arizona
11:30		Report	Shelton 12' Gerso 22'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Note: Two 45-minute halves and an extra 30-minute period

Mobile Mini Sun Cup

Main article: 2018 Mobile Mini Sun Cup

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise

New York Red Bulls v Sporting Kansas City

February 14, 2018	New York Red Bulls	1–1	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
18:20	Wright Phillips 15'	Report	Hernandez 77'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

Phoenix Rising FC v Sporting Kansas City

February 17, 2018	Phoenix Rising FC	1–2	Sporting Kansas City	Phoenix, Arizona
16:00	Frater 5'	Report	Ilie 18' Sallói 30'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 5,060

New England Revolution v Sporting Kansas City

February 21, 2018	New England Revolution	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
12:00	Dick 13' (o.g.) Rowe 36'	Report	Rubio 21'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

Portland Timbers v Sporting Kansas City

February 24, 2018	Portland Timbers	3–2	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
	Armenteros 54', 59' Paredes 76'	Report	Espinoza 27' Rubio 52'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

Regular season

Main article: 2018 Major League Soccer season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

Sporting Kansas City v New York City FC

March 4, 2018 1	Sporting Kansas City	0 – 2	New York City FC	Kansas City, Kansas
18:30 CST		Report	Medina  23' 53' (Sweat, Herrera) Moralez 32' (Villa, Medina) Ring  34' Johnson  59' Chanot  88'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,831 Referee: Mark Geiger

Chicago Fire v Sporting Kansas City

March 10, 2018 2	Chicago Fire	3 – 4	Sporting Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CST	Kappelhof  36' Schweinsteiger  50' Katai 70' (Schweinsteiger) Nikolić 74 ', 82' (Vincent, Polster)	Report	Gutiérrez 9 ', 86' (Sallói, Russell) Melia  33' Russell 44' (Sallói, Espinoza) Sánchez  56' Medranda 83'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,021 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Sporting Kansas City v San Jose Earthquakes

March 17, 2018 3	Sporting Kansas City	3 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Sallói  21' Sánchez 25' (pen.) Zusi 56' Gutiérrez 68'	Report	Vako 34' Quintana  39' Wondolowski 90+1'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,868 Referee: Allen Chapman

Colorado Rapids v Sporting Kansas City

March 24, 2018 4	Colorado Rapids	2 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Commerce City, Colorado
20:00	Badji 5' (Castillo) Mason 8' (Smith) Price  15' Jackson  65' Howard  79'	Report	Gutiérrez 57' Diego Rubio 90' (Shelton)	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,424 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Sporting Kansas City v D. C. United

March 31, 2018 5	Sporting Kansas City	1 – 0	D. C. United	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Gutiérrez 3' (Shelton)	Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,624 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

LA Galaxy v Sporting Kansas City

April 8, 2018 6	LA Galaxy	0 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Carson, California
20:00	Steres  55' dos Santos  77'	Report	Sallói 57' Russell 61' (Espinoza) Espinoza  82'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,846 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC

April 15, 2018 7	Sporting Kansas City	2 – 2	Seattle Sounders FC	Kansas City, Kansas
15:00	Sánchez 34' (PK) Espinoza  53' Zusi 78' (Medranda) Medranda  90'	Report	McCrary  24' Roldan  44' 73' (Bruin) Bruin 45' (Marshall) Alonso  85'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,508 Referee: Drew Fischer

Sporting Kansas City v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

April 20, 2018 8	Sporting Kansas City	6 – 0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Kansas City, Kansas
20:00	Russell 10' (Espinoza, Zusi), 16' (Espinoza), 48' (Besler)  40' Medranda 30' (Sallói) Lobato 54' (Croizet) Croizet 77' (Sánchez)	Report	Waston  36' Reyna  40' Juárez  40'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,690 Referee: Kevin Stott

New England Revolution v Sporting Kansas City

April 28, 2018 9	New England Revolution	1 – 0	Sporting Kansas City	Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:30	Bunbury 44' Fagúndez  45' Somi  76'	Report	Shelton  76'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 17,015 Referee: David Gantar

Sporting Kansas City v Colorado Rapids

May 5, 2018 10	Sporting Kansas City	1 – 0	Colorado Rapids	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Opara  10' Sallói 16'	Report	McBean  13' Castillo  52' Badji  89'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,553 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Atlanta United FC v Sporting Kansas City

May 9, 2018 11	Atlanta United FC	0 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Atlanta, Georgia
18:30	Larentowicz  31' Guzan  34'	Report	Sallói 67' (Ilie) Gerso 87' (Ilie) Besler  89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 44,696 Referee: Mark Geiger

Minnesota United FC v Sporting Kansas City

May 20, 2018 12	Minnesota United FC	1 – 1	Sporting Kansas City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
13:00	Quintero 20' Schüller  51' Luiz Fernando  71'		Shelton 8' (Russell)  58' Sinovic  53'	Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 23,117 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Sporting Kansas City v Columbus Crew SC

May 27, 2018 13	Sporting Kansas City	0 – 0	Columbus Crew SC	Kansas City, Kansas
17:00	Besler  90+4'	Report	Higuaín  45+6' Afful  49'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,697 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Sporting Kansas City v Minnesota United FC

June 3, 2018 14	Sporting Kansas City	4 – 1	Minnesota United FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Sallói 9' (Croizet) Kuzain 35' Lobato 38' (Espinoza) Diego Rubio 81' (Gerso)	Report	Mears 12' (Schüller) Maximiniano  48'  63' Ibarra  77'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,422 Referee: Drew Fischer

Portland Timbers v Sporting Kansas City

June 9, 2018 15	Portland Timbers	0 – 0	Sporting Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
21:30	Blanco  90+3'	Report	Opara  90+3'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Chris Penso

Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo

June 23, 2018 16	Sporting Kansas City	3 – 2	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Espinoza  27' Sallói 59' (Russell) Diego Rubio 85' (Sallói) Shelton 88' (Sallói)	Report	Manotas 2' (Martínez), 45' (Beasley) Alexander  22'  87' Willis  55' Fuenmayor  90+2'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,081 Referee: Alan Kelly

Montreal Impact v Sporting Kansas City

June 30, 2018 17	Montreal Impact	2 – 0	Sporting Kansas City	Montreal, Quebec
18:00	Krolicki  19' Duvall  46' Piatti 54' Silva 70' (pen.)	Report	Croizet  68' Opara  69'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 16,142

Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City

July 4, 2018 18	Real Salt Lake	4 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
21:00	Savarino 29' Baird 37' Saucedo  44' 45+1' (Kreilach) Kreilach  77' Silva 90+10' (PK)	Report	Sallói 20' (Sinovic, Espinoza)  43'  90' Amor  59' Espinoza  60'  90+4' Opara 64' (Russell, Espinoza)  66' Gerso  90+3' Ilie  90+9'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,206 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Sporting Kansas City v Toronto FC

July 7, 2018 19	Sporting Kansas City	2 – 2	Toronto FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Sánchez 57' (PK) Russell 61' (Diego Rubio) Zusi  81' Kuzain  90+4'	Report	Osorio 25' (Morrow, Giovinco) Zavaleta  56' Fraser  59' Hamilton 69' (Hasler)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 21,064 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

New York Red Bulls v Sporting Kansas City

July 14, 2018 20	New York Red Bulls	3 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Harrison, New Jersey
18:00	Wright-Phillips 4' (Kaku) Muyl  31' Rzatkowski 72' (Adams), 80' (Davis)	Report	Russell 8' (Zusi) Croizet  17' Espinoza 51' (Zusi)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 16,793 Referee: Kevin Stott

Sporting Kansas City v FC Dallas

July 28, 2018 21	Sporting Kansas City	2 – 3	FC Dallas	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Opara  45+2' Gerso 50' (Diego Rubio) Espinoza  87' Sallói 90+7' (Opara)		Gruezo  15' Barrios 23 ', 62' (Lamah), 74' (Urruti) Lamah  41' Pedroso  69' Urruti  90+9'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,758 Referee: Drew Fischer

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

August 4, 2018 22	Houston Dynamo	0 – 1	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
20:00	Quioto  4' Fuenmayor  14' Elis  15'  90+8' García  19' Willis  70' Peña  80' Cerén  90+4' Leonardo  90+10'	Report	Sinovic  22' Diego Rubio 74' (Busio, Zusi)  90+2'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 14,675 Referee: Chris Penso

Los Angeles FC v Sporting Kansas City

August 11, 2018 23	Los Angeles FC	0 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Los Angeles, California
21:30	Nguyen  36' Jakovic  63'	Report	Gerso 17' (Diego Rubio) Sánchez 66' (PK) Espinoza  70' Zusi  72'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers

August 18, 2018 24	Sporting Kansas City	3 – 0	Portland Timbers	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Diego Rubio 28' (Espinoza), 37' (Sallói, Besler) Russell 89' (Németh)	Report	Cascante  51' Valentin  60'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,737 Referee: Allen Chapman

Sporting Kansas City v Minnesota United FC

August 25, 2018 25	Sporting Kansas City	2 – 0	Minnesota United FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Croizet 47' (Russell, Diego Rubio) Diego Rubio 62' (Russell. Sinovic)	Report	Calvo  50' Boxall  52'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,345 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Seattle Sounders FC v Sporting Kansas City

September 1, 2018 26	Seattle Sounders FC	3 – 1	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
15:00	Ruidíaz 12' (Smith, Alonso) Kee-hee  27' Zusi 52' (O.G.) Lodeiro 56' (P.K.) Marshall  81' Frei  82'	Report	Diego Rubio 2' (Fernandes),  32' Sánchez  43' Opara  45+1'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,530 Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Note: Marshall's red card was rescinded by an independent panel[28]

Sporting Kansas City v Orlando City SC

September 8, 2018 27	Sporting Kansas City	1 – 0	Orlando City SC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Gutiérrez 53' (Croizet)	Report	Mueller  38' Johnson  42'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,332 Referee: Alan Kelly

San Jose Earthquakes v Sporting Kansas City

September 15, 2018 28	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 5	Sporting Kansas City	San Jose, California
21:30	Godoy  50' Eriksson  57' Hossen 80' (Fernandes)	Report	Gutiérrez 18' (Fernandes) Fernandes 23' (Gutiérrez), 86' (Rubio) Opara 42' Németh 67' (Fernandes, Gutiérrez)	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 16,682 Referee: Dave Gantar

Philadelphia Union v Sporting Kansas City

September 23, 2018 29	Philadelphia Union	2 – 0	Sporting Kansas City	Chester, Pennsylvania
12:00	Simpson 71', 89' Accam  66' Mbaizo  75'	Report	Espinoza  65'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Mark Geiger

Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake

September 30, 2018 30	Sporting Kansas City	1 – 1	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00	Opara 52' Gutiérrez  74'	Report	Baird 9'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,844 Referee: Kevin Stott

Sporting Kansas City v LA Galaxy

October 6, 2018 31	Sporting Kansas City	1 – 1	LA Galaxy	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Zlatan 25' Bingham  89'	Report	Sinovic  34' Russell  49' 83' Sánchez  49' Sallói  50' Rubio  90+7'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,092 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Sporting Kansas City

October 17, 2018 32	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1 – 4	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver, British Columbia
21:00	Felipe 42'	Boxscore	Sinovic  53' Croizet 62' Sallói 82', 90'+7' Busio 90'+4'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 18,689 Referee: Armando Villarreal

FC Dallas v Sporting Kansas City

October 21, 2018 33	FC Dallas	0 – 3	Sporting Kansas City	Frisco, Texas
16:00	González  16' Pedroso  86'	Report	Sallói 45' Espinoza  45+2' 64' Gutiérrez  68' Sánchez  73' Russell 87' (P.K.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 19,096 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Sporting Kansas City v Los Angeles FC

October 28, 2018 34	Sporting Kansas City	2 – 1	Los Angeles FC	Kansas City, Kansas
15:30	Russell  14' Espinoza 37' Sinovic  62' Gutiérrez  70' Sallói 72' Melia  90+1'	Report	Atuesta  8' Vela 63' (P.K.)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,702 Referee: Allen Chapman

MLS Cup Playoffs

See also: 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals

Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City

November 4, 2018 Leg 1	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
9:00pm CDT	Rusnák  26', 51' Beckerman  72'	Report	Rubio 60',  76'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,045 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake

November 11, 2018 Leg 2	Sporting Kansas City	4–2	Real Salt Lake	Kansas City, Kansas
2:00 PM	Rubio 14'  63' Sallói 19', 90+7' Sánchez 67' (pen.) Espinoza  82'	Report	Herrera  49' Saucedo 60' Beckerman  64' Kreilach 72'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,918 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Sporting Kansas City won 5-3 on aggregate.

Conference Finals

Portland Timbers v Sporting Kansas City

November 25, 2019 Leg 1	Portland Timbers	0–0	Sporting Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
18:30 CST	Guzmán  36'	Report	Sinovic  45+1' Besler  66' Sallói  89'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers

November 29, 2018 Leg 2	Sporting Kansas City	2–3 (2–3 agg.)	Portland Timbers	Kansas City, Kansas
20:30 CST	Sallói 20' Rubio  47' Fernandes 81'	Report	Valentin  17' Guzmán  45+5' Blanco 52' Valeri 61', 90+9' Chara  77' Villafaña  90+6' Asprilla  90+7'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,091 Referee: Mark Geiger

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise

2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City

June 6, 2018 Fourth Round	Real Salt Lake	0 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Sandy, Utah
20:00 MDT	Herrera  28' Ruíz  47'	Report	Russell 47' Belmar 74'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,833 Referee: Malik Badawi

Sporting Kansas City v FC Dallas

June 16, 2018 Round of 16	Sporting Kansas City	3 – 2	FC Dallas	Kansas City, Kansas
20:00	Sallói 43' (Opara, Zusi), 66' (Kuzain) Amor  83' Croizet 89'	Report	Gruezo 18' (Barrios) Lamah  20' 77' Barrios  37' Hayes  72' Ulloa  74'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 15,238 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

July 18, 2018 Quarterfinals	Houston Dynamo	4 – 2	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
19:30	Quioto  26', 35', 66' (Cerén) O. García  45' Manotas 69', 88' (Rodríguez) Fuenmayor  79'	Report	Russell 2' (Gerso) Croizet 90+3' (Russell)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,431 Referee: Allen Chapman

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	Open Cup	Total
1	FW	20	Dániel Sallói	8	3	2	13
2	FW	7	Johnny Russell	10	0	2	12
3	FW	11	Diego Rubio	8	2	0	10
4	MF	21	Felipe Gutiérrez	6	0	0	7
5	FW	12	Gerso Fernandes	5	1	0	6
6	MF	6	Ilie Sánchez	4	1	0	5
7	MF	10	Yohan Croizet	2	0	2	4
8	DF	3	Ike Opara	3	0	0	3
9	DF	8	Graham Zusi	2	0	0	2
	FW	14	Khiry Shelton	2	0	0	2
	MF	19	Cristian Lobato	2	0	0	2
	DF	94	Jimmy Medranda	2	0	0	2
	MF	17	Roger Espinoza	2	0	0	2
14	MF	75	Wan Kuzain	1	0	0	1
	FW	90	Kharlton Belmar	0	0	1	1
	FW	9	Krisztián Németh	1	0	0	1
Total				58	7	7	72

As of November 10, 2018

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	MLS		U.S. Open Cup		Total
3		DF	Ike Opara	5	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Matt Besler	2	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Ilie Sánchez	5	0	0	0	5	0
7		FW	Johnny Russell	2	0	0	0	2	0
8		DF	Graham Zusi	2	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Yohan Croizet	2	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Diego Rubio	3	0	0	0	3	0
12		FW	Gerso Fernandes	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		FW	Khiry Shelton	2	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Seth Sinovic	4	0	0	0	4	0
17		MF	Roger Espinoza	8	1	0	0	8	1
20		FW	Dániel Sallói	3	1	0	0	3	1
22		DF	Emiliano Amor	1	0	1	0	2	0
29		GK	Tim Melia	1	0	0	0	1	0
75		MF	Wan Kuzain	1	0	0	0	1	0
94		DF	Jimmy Medranda	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	43	2	3	0	46	2

As of September 9, 2018