Sporting Kansas City hits the road this weekend for a showdown against Austin FC at Q2 Stadium on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT and will be available to stream on Apple TV, while the game will also be broadcast locally on the radio via Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM.
1. RENEWED CONFIDENCE
Sporting Kansas City will look to take the confidence gained from Wednesday night’s 3-1 victory over the LA Galaxy at Sporting Park into this weekend’s road match against Austin FC at Q2 Stadium on Saturday night with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. CT.
In the midst of a seven-game winless run in the regular season, Sporting came out with a point to prove on Wednesday night and scored three goals for the first time this season as Capita Capemba and Calvin Harris bagged their first goals for the club while Dejan Joveljic got his customary goal against his former club. The win was Sporting’s first at Sporting Park since Aug. 30, 2025 - a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids.
Having bounced back from the team’s heavy loss in Portland last weekend, Sporting will be determined to make it a happier road trip this weekend with a visit to Austin to take on a side just two places above Sporting in the Western Conference standings and who are coming off a heavy defeat of their own, a 5-0 loss at San Diego midweek.
The team will host Red Bull New York at Sporting Park in the final match heading into the World Cup break next Saturday, May 23, before returning to MLS action on July 16.
2. HEADING TO AUSTIN IN QUICK TURNAROUND
Sporting Kansas City is back on the road this weekend with a quick turnaround as the team heads south to take on Austin FC at Q2 Stadium on Saturday night.
Sporting last visited Q2 Stadium in the club’s MLS season opener last season, falling to a narrow 1-0 defeat on Feb. 22, 2025. Days after opening the season against Inter Miami in the Concacaf Champions Cup, Sporting went home empty-handed on a freezing night in Texas after conceding late on to Osman Bukari’s goal off a corner kick in an otherwise even match.
The two sides then faced off at Sporting Park on Sept. 7, 2025 with Sporting once again suffering a close defeat, this time by a 2-1 scoreline. Dejan Joveljic scored the opener from the penalty spot early on before Owen Wolff equalized ahead of the halftime interval. With the game seemingly heading for a stalemate, CJ Fodrey headed home the winner late on to seal all three points for the visitors.
All-time, Sporting trails Austin 3-7-1 in the regular-season series and is yet to pick up a single point at Q2 Stadium where Sporting has gone 0-5-0 since the Texans joined MLS in 2021.
3. OUTSTANDING HARRIS RECORDS GOAL & TWO ASSISTS vs. LA
Sporting Kansas City winger Calvin Harris earned all the plaudits this week after his performance led Sporting to a 3-1 victory over the LA Galaxy at Sporting Park on Wednesday night.
Harris, who was honored with a spot on the MLS Team of the Matchday for his performance, played a part in all three of Sporting’s goals - earning the primary assists on the opening two goals from Capita Capemba and Dejan Joveljic in the first half before tallying his first goal for the club in the second half - on a career night in which he recorded three goal contributions in an MLS match for the first time.
The 26-year-old winger also covered the most ground (7.73 miles) and registered the fastest top speed (21.85 mph) of any player in the contest.
Harris becomes the third Sporting player selected to a Team of the Matchday in 2026 and he now has a career-high four regular season assists this year after joining the club as a free agent in January following five seasons with FC Cincinnati (2021-22) and the Colorado Rapids (2023-25).
4. JOVELJIC CONTINUES TO PUNISH LA GALAXY
Sporting Kansas City forward Dejan Joveljic continued to torment his former club the LA Galaxy, adding yet another goal in the club’s 3-1 victory over the Californians at Sporting Park on Wednesday night.
The Serbian marksman now has three goals in his last three games against the team he departed after scoring the game-winner in the 2024 MLS Cup - and four overall goal contributions. Joveljic had the game-winning assist in the 2-1 win at Dignity Health Sports Park on March 14, 2026 before tallying the game-winning goal on Wednesday night at Sporting Park.
Joveljic received a pass from Calvin Harris in the left channel and, with no Galaxy players closing him down, he drove toward goal before chipping an impudent finish over JT Marcinkowski to double the team’s lead to 2-0 in first-half stoppage time.
Joveljic leads the team with six goals this season and now has 24 goals in 44 regular season games. His 0.55 goals per game average is the best in club history among players with a minimum of 15 goals.
5. CAPITA OFF THE MARK IN SPORTING BLUE
Sporting Kansas City winger Capita Capemba opened his account for the club on Wednesday, scoring the opening goal of the club’s 3-1 victory over the LA Galaxy at Sporting Park on Wednesday night.
Capita, who joined Sporting in a transfer from Radomiak Radom in Poland earlier this year, arrived in front of goal to turn home Calvin Harris’ low cross in the 31st minute to send Sporting on their way to a much-needed three points at home. Capita became the second newcomer to score for Sporting this season, alongside Lasse Berg Johnsen, before Calvin Harris completed the same feat later in the match.
The Angolan speedster arrived in Kansas City having developed into one of the premier attackers in the Polish Ekstraklasa over the past two seasons, tallying 12 goals and two assists in 38 appearances for Radomiak Radom.
