Sporting Kansas City returns home this weekend to host fellow MLS founding member the New England Revolution at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT and will be available to stream on Apple TV+ as well as MLS Season Pass. The game will also be broadcast locally on the radio via Sports Radio 810 WHB. Tickets are available via SeatGeek.com.
1. RETURNING HOME AFTER GRITTY ROAD PERFORMANCES
Sporting Kansas City closed out a brutal stretch of three road games in the space of seven days last weekend with a gritty 0-0 draw against high-flying expansion side San Diego FC at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday night. Sporting will now enjoy a welcome homecoming when the team hosts the New England Revolution at Children’s Mercy Park this Saturday.
Sporting has gone 3-3-2 since Kerry Zavagnin took over as interim head coach at the end of March, with the pair of draws against St. Louis and San Diego in the team’s last two matches serving as the first time Sporting has earned back-to-back results in 2025.
On the tail end of a travel schedule that saw the team travel nearly 6,000 air miles in the space of eight days, Sporting took a pragmatic and smart approach to last weekend’s draw in San Diego, limiting the hosts to just 10 shots - when Mikey Varas’ side entered the match averaging over 16 shots per home game - on the way to earning Sporting’s third shutout of the season and second clean sheet in the last four matches.
Sporting has earned three results in its last five away matches (1-2-2 record) since April 19 after earning just two results in its previous 18 away matches (1-16-1 record) from April 2024 through March 2025. After going on the road in five of their last six, Sporting will now play four of their next six matches at Children’s Mercy Park through the end of June.
2. HOSTING THE REVS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2022
Sporting Kansas City will enjoy the friendly confines of Children’s Mercy Park for the second and final time this month when the team hosts the New England Revolution on Saturday night. Following the rescheduling of Sporting’s match at LAFC - moved from May 28 to June 8 - Sporting will now play four of six games in the month of May on the road.
Sporting last faced New England on April 22, 2023 - in the midst of Sporting’s 10-game winless run to open the campaign. Sporting fell behind in the first half following a brace from Giacomo Vrioni but reduced the deficit when Johnny Russell converted Daniel Salloi’s free kick early in the second half. Any hopes of a comeback were dashed in the 61st minute when Andreu Fontas was shown a red card and the Revs saw out the 2-1 victory.
The last time Sporting hosted the Revolution came almost three years ago on June 12, 2022. After Gustavo Bou had given New England the lead, Sporting was reduced to 10 men when Uri Rosell was sent off. Undeterred, Sporting equalized through a brilliant free kick from Russell only for Emmanuel Boateng to break Sporting hearts with an 87th-minute winner.
3. VOLODER NAMED TO TEAM OF THE MATCHDAY
Major League Soccer announced on Monday the MLS Team of the Matchday for Matchday 14 of the regular season with Sporting Kansas City defender Robert Voloder honored as one of the top 11 players in the league after the team’s scoreless draw at San Diego FC on Saturday night.
Voloder partnered with Jansen Miller in central defense to help Sporting earn the team’s third clean sheet of the season and first road shutout in more than a year dating back to March 9, 2024. The 24-year-old German led all players in the match with nine possessions won and eight clearances, according to Opta.
Voloder joined Sporting from Slovenian side Maribor as a U22 Initiative signing ahead of the 2022 campaign and has gone on to make 70 appearances for the club across all competitions, tallying one goal and two assists.
4. PULSKAMP POSTS THIRD CLEAN SHEET OF 2025
Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper capped an excellent trio of road performances last week with his third shutout of the 2025 campaign during the club’s 0-0 draw with San Diego FC at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday night.
After producing a save of the season candidate in Portland on May 10 and preserving a point for the club with a string of excellent saves midweek at St. Louis on May 14, Pulskamp recorded another three saves to stave off a high-octane San Diego side that was shutout for just the third time in their expansion season.
Pulskamp’s performances have steadily improved game-by-game since taking over the reins as the club’s starting goalkeeper at the start of the 2025 season following the retirement of longtime ‘keeper Tim Melia.
The 24-year-old American has now made 58 appearances for the club in all competitions since signing as an 18-year-old in 2020 - recording 14 shutouts and 19 victories. Pulskamp ranks seventh in club history in both regular-season shutouts (nine) and regular-season wins (12).
5. MAY PRESENTS DAUNTING ROAD SCHEDULE
Sporting Kansas City is in the midst of a brutal schedule throughout the month of May that sees the team play four of six matches on the road.
Sporting is coming off a week where the team played three matches on the road in the space of seven days, emerging with a 0-1-2 record as the team racked up almost 6,000 air miles.
Date | Match | Location |
May 10 | L 0-1 at Portland Timbers | Providence Park (Portland, OR) |
May 14 | T 2-2 at St. Louis | Energizer Park (St. Louis, MO) |
May 17 | T 0-0 at San Diego FC | Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, CA) |
Sporting will enjoy home comforts this weekend as the team hosts the New England Revolution on Saturday night before closing out the month at the Houston Dynamo on May 31.
Sporting was set to play another road match next week, but the game against LAFC that was originally scheduled for May 28 was rescheduled to June 8 due to LAFC’s involvement in the FIFA Club World Cup.
