The 2021 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-sixth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the eleventh year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker. The season began on April 17.
Summary
Preseason
Sporting KC players reported for a seven day quarantine period involving medical exams and testing on March 1. The team then trained for six weeks beginning on March 8 before the season started on April 17. Sporting KC began a one week voluntary training on March 1 before heading to Arizona on March 7. The team then began preseason training and played 4 preseason matches on March 13, March 20, March 24 and April 3 before returning to Kansas City on April 3.
Roster
Player movement
In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed. DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRefOctober 21, 2020 Wilson HarrisFW Sporting Kansas City IIHomegrown SigningDecember 17, 2020 Kendall McIntoshGK New York Red Bulls2020 MLS Re-Entry Process SigningDecember 22, 2020 Remi WalterMF Yeni MalatyasporInternational SigningJanuary 20, 2021 Grayson BarberMFSporting Kansas City AcademyHomegrown Academy SigningJanuary 20, 2021 Ozzie CisnerosFWSporting Kansas City AcademyHomegrown Academy SigningJanuary 20, 2021 Brooks ThompsonGKSporting Kansas City AcademyHomegrown Academy SigningFebruary 3, 2021 Nicolas Isimat-MirinDF Beşiktaş J.K.International Signing
Draft picks Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
RoundPick NumberPlayerPositionSchool 2 23 Matt Constant DF University of North Carolina 3 23 Jamil Roberts FW Marshall University
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubNotesRef
Competitions
Preseason Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
Preseason schedule announced on March 1, 2021.
MLS
Standings
Western Conference
Overall table
Results by round
Match Results
MLS Cup Playoffs
Leagues Cup
Player statistics
Squad appearances and goals Last updated on September 23, 2020.
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Goalkeepers
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Defenders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Midfielders
! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
0+1 means player did came on as a sub once. 1+1 means player started once and came on as a sub once.
References