Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 3-1 on Saturday, 04 April 2026 in MLS. The match was refereed by Tim Ford. It was played at America First Field.
First half: Real Salt Lake took an early lead at 4' when D. Luna scored, with the assist credited to N. Caliskan, making the score 1-0. VAR intervened at 45+1' for Real Salt Lake (Penalty cancelled).
Second half: Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 46', with E. Bartlow replacing Diego Borges. Real Salt Lake extended the lead at 55' when S. Solans scored, with the assist credited to Z. Gozo, making the score 2-0. Sporting Kansas City reduced the deficit at 59' when D. Joveljić scored, with the assist credited to J. Reynolds, making the score 2-1. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 64', with J. Reynolds replacing J. Bartlett. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 64', with I. James replacing Z. Bassong. Real Salt Lake made their 1st substitution at 72', with A. Katránis replacing S. Junqua. Real Salt Lake made their 2nd substitution at 72', with S. Solans replacing V. Olatunji. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 74', with C. Harris replacing S. Afrifa. Real Salt Lake extended the lead at 82' when Z. Gozo scored, with the assist credited to N. Caliskan, making the score 3-1. Real Salt Lake made their 3rd substitution at 84', with D. Luna replacing D. Marczuk. Real Salt Lake made their 4th substitution at 84', with S. Spierings replacing G. Dillon. M. Guilavogui received a yellow card for Real Salt Lake at 88'. Real Salt Lake made their 5th substitution at 90+2', with Z. Gozo replacing Jesús Rafael Barea Barroso.
Real Salt Lake used 5 substitutions while Sporting Kansas City used 4 substitutions. Real Salt Lake got 1 yellow card.
How the match was won
- Real Salt Lake outshot their opponent (22-5).
- Possession was balanced (49%-51%).
- Real Salt Lake had the sharper finishing (7-3 shots on target).
