Published on May 12, 2026 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release
Sporting Kansas City will host the LA Galaxy at 7:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday at Sporting Park as SKC looks to sweep the season series following a 2-1 road win over the six-time MLS Cup champions in March.
Tickets for SKCvLA are available on SeatGeek and fans can purchase the club’s new Americana pre-match top at SportingStyle.com for pickup at Sporting Park on Wednesday. Prior to the match, Sporting Legend Matt Besler will participate in a meet and greet from 6-7 p.m. on the Sporting Plaza through club partner Russell Stover. Following the final whistle, Price Chopper will give away co-branded umbrellas while supplies last and Logan Mize will take the stage on the Sporting Plaza for a postgame concert.
The mid-week match-up between MLS charter clubs is headlined by a pair of players facing their former teams as Sporting Kansas City striker Dejan Joveljic is set to make the 150th regular season appearance of an MLS career which began with four seasons in LA from 2021-2024. His time with the Galaxy culminated with the game-winning goal in the 2024 MLS Cup Final and the Serbian striker has since scored in each of his last two games against LA in route to becoming the only player in MLS with five or more regular season goals in each of the past five seasons.
On the other side, LA Galaxy newcomer Erik Thommy is poised to return to Sporting Park for the first time after spending the past four seasons with Sporting Kansas City and twice earning the team’s Offensive Player of the Year accolade. The 31-year-old German marked his return from injury on Saturday with an immediate impact as a second-half substitute, entering the match in the 73rd minute with LA trailing 1-0 and playing a part in the game-tying goal less than a minute later.
The Galaxy — who have scored in 21 consecutive MLS matches, the longest active streak in the league — would complete the comeback for a 2-1 road win in Atlanta as 25-year-old Brazilian Gabriel Pec, who leads LA with 13 goal contributions (nine goals, four assists) across all competitions in 2026, scored both goals. Pec and fellow Designated Player Joseph Paintsil– who helped Ghana qualify for the FIFA World Cup next month — both have enjoyed success against Sporting with five goal contributions each in their four previous career match-ups with SKC, however both players missed the previous match-up in March.
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