Sporting was handed a lifeline six minutes into the second half when Hernan Lopez was shown a red card after receiving his second yellow for a nasty challenge from behind on Erik Thommy. That gave Sporting a man advantage for 44 minutes, including stoppage time.

Sporting Kansas City welcome the San Jose Earthquakes to Children's Mercy Park, hoping to get their season up and running on home turf.

The second round of the matches in the 2025 Major League Soccer season sees Sporting Kansas City and the San Jose Earthquakes lock horns at the Children's Mercy Park on Sunday. Both teams got off to contrasting starts last time out as the away side cruised to an emphatic victory, while the hosts were on the receiving end of a narrow defeat.

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Josef Martinez had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Earthquakes defeated Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in SKC's home opener Saturday night. Sporting played with a man advantage for more than 40 minutes,