Earthquakes vs. Sporting Kansas City All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 24-25-8
Home: 16-5-7 (38 GF, 21 GA)
Away: 8-20-1 (31 GF, 47 GA)
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 69, Kansas City – 68
Last Game vs. Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City 3, Earthquakes 2; March 17, 2018; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS
The San Jose Earthquakes fell to Sporting Kansas City 3-2 at Children’s Mercy Park in their first road game of 2018, with Quakes midfielder Vako and forward Chris Wondolowski each finding the back of the net. With his stoppage-time goal, Wondolowski moved into sole possession of second place in MLS all-time goals with 135, surpassing Jeff Cunningham (134). Following this match, the Quakes’ captain was just 11 goals shy of becoming the league’s all-time leader for goals, and was 10 away from tying current leader Landon Donovan (145).
History of the Quakes – Kansas City Rivalry
The San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City, then known as the Kansas City Wiz (later Kansas City Wizards), were two of the 10 original clubs during the inaugural 1996 MLS season … The first meeting between the sides was a thriller on April 21, 1996, at Spartan Stadium … With the game tied 2-2 at the end of regulation, the Clash fell in a lengthy shootout by a score of 8-7 … San Jose’s first win against Kansas City came later that season on May 29, 2-1 at Spartan Stadium, thanks to an Eric Wynalda brace … The teams have faced off twice in the postseason … The Quakes won 3-2 at Spartan Stadium on Nov. 15, 2003, on a 117th-minute Landon Donovan goal in sudden-death overtime during the Western Conference Finals en route to their second MLS Cup title … The two teams met again in the 2004 MLS Cup Playoffs for a two-game Western Conference Semifinals series … The Quakes took a 2-0 win in their home leg on Oct. 24, but were then eliminated on aggregate following a 3-0 Wizards victory six days later at Arrowhead Stadium … Chris Wondolowski tallied the goal that sealed his first Golden Boot award during the 2010 regular-season finale on Oct. 23 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, his 18th of the year … The Earthquakes played in the second-ever MLS match at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on June 17, 2011, falling 1-0 with C.J. Sapong re-directing a free kick from Graham Zusi for the only goal of the match in the 31st minute … San Jose fell 2-1 on the road against Sporting KC in their lone meeting in 2012 on May 27 … The Earthquakes took the 2013 edition of this matchup 1-0 on Aug. 18 at Buck Shaw Stadium with Chris Wondolowski scoring his fifth career goal against Sporting KC … In their only meeting of 2014, the Earthquakes fell to Sporting KC 1-0 after Dom Dwyer converted a penalty kick early in the second half … The San Jose Earthquakes routed Sporting Kansas City 5-0 in their first meeting of the 2015 season at Sporting Park in Kansas City on Aug. 19 with a pair of braces by Chris Wondolowksi and Cordell Cato, and Anibal Godoy’s first MLS goal … The Quakes shut out Sporting KC again in their last matchup up of 2015 on Oct. 16, with Godoy tallying his second goal of the season against them to lead San Jose to a 1-0 win at Avaya Stadium … San Jose defeated Sporting KC 1-0 at Avaya Stadium in their first matchup of 2016 behind Chris Wondolowski’s penalty on April 24 … Sporting KC leveled the season series with a 2-1 victory over the Quakes in San Jose on Sept. 24. … Kansas City won the final encounter of 2016 with a 2-0 victory at home … Sporting KC kicked off the 2017 series with a 2-1 win over the Quakes at Children’s Mercy Park on March 18 … The Quakes shutout Kansas City 0-0 at home in their second regular season matchup of 2017 on June 17 … In their first meeting of 2018, the Quakes suffered a 3-2 loss to Sporting KC at Children’s Mercy Park on March 17.
