How & where to watch Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps: Starting lineup, prediction & more | OneFootball

Watch Sporting Kansas City host Vancouver Whitecaps in an MLS regular-season match at Children’s Mercy Park,Kansas, on September 20. Kickoff is at 7:30 PM CT.

How and Where to Watch

For D.C. United fans, English language coverage can be heard on 1190 iHeart Sports DC and 101.1 HD2 and Spanish coverage can be found on iHeartRadio. Both teams will also receive national coverage on SiriusXM FC, Channel 157.

Match Context

This one means a lot for the Whitecaps as they chase the Shield. They’ve been one of the hottest teams in MLS, sitting near the top of the West with one of the best goal differentials.

Coach Jesper has been saying all week that they need to stay sharp in attack and the 7–0 win over Philadelphia is a great example of how dangerous they can be when everything is clicking.

For SKC it’s about survival. They’re 13th in the West and their playoff hopes are hanging by a thread and every point dropped makes the road even tougher.

With only two home games left in the season, this one at Children’s Mercy Park is huge. Anything less than three points and they’ll be closer to elimination so it’s a must win for the hosts.

Expected Lineups Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps

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Sporting Kansas City: John Pulskamp, Khiry Shelton, Jansen Miller, Robert Voloder, Logan Ndenbe, Zorhan Bassong, Jacob Bartlett, Jake Davis, Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov, Dejan Joveljić, Erik Thommy.

Unavailable players: Andrew Brody, Daniel Salloi and Joaquin Fernández (injuries).

Vancouver Whitecaps: Isaac Boehmer, Édier Ocampo, Belal Halbouni, Mathías Laborda, Tate Johnson, Sebastian Berhalter, Andres Cubas, Emmanuel Sabbi, Jean-Claude Ngando, Jayden Nelson, Daniel Rios.

Unavailable players: Brian White, Joedrick Pupe, Ranko Veselinovic, Ryan Gauld, Sam Adekugbe, Sebastian Schonlau, Thomas Müller and Tristan Blackmon (injuries).

Head-to-Head History

MLS all-time head-to-head:

In the most recent matchup between the two clubs on August 23, 2025, the match ended in a 1–1 tie at Audi Field.

Prediction

Vancouver’s form and goal run gives them the edge in odds and models. Several match previews and tip sites have Vancouver winning. If Sporting can shut down Vancouver’s attack and exploit home set-piece opportunities, an upset is possible but the market says Vancouver.

However in this case, home advantage at Children’s Mercy Park and the injury lists for Vancouver could the deciding factors rather than history this weekend.