Injury Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest injury news ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by The Sports Medicine Center at Children's Mercy. All injuries listed are from the teams' official injury reports submitted prior to matchday.
Sporting Kansas City has seven players on the club’s official injury report heading into this afternoon’s match against Columbus Crew SC at MAPFRE Stadium.
Defender Matt Besler remains questionable, as he has a back concern, while Gianluca Busio (head) and Jimmy Medranda (hamstring) are also questionable. Roger Espinoza (PCL), Erik Hurtado (knee), Jaylin Lindsey (meniscus) and Rodney Wallace (hip) all remain out.
The Crew will be without influential playmaker Federico Higuain (knee), left back Milton Valenzuela (knee) and central defender Josh Williams (foot).
Kickoff for this today’s match is set for 4:30 p.m. CT on FOX Sports Kansas City Plus, while Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and ESPN Deportes 1480 AM (Spanish) will carry the game locally on the radio.