Sports Medicine Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest health update around the team ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
All details listed are from the teams' official player availability reports submitted approximately three days prior to the match.
Four days after taking on Los Angeles FC, Sporting Kansas City will be back in action against the LA Galaxy at 9:30 p.m. CT tonight in southern California.
With Colombian centerback Dany Rosero and club captain Johnny Russell returning from injury on the weekend, Sporting has two players - centerback Andreu Fontas and right back Kayden Pierre - questionable for the mid-week match-up and six players ruled out due to injury with the new addition of Cam Duke.
#LAvSKC Sports Medicine Report
Sporting Kansas City
Questionable
- Defender Andreu Fontas (hamstring injury)
- Defender Kayden Pierre (hamstring injury)
Out
- Goalkeeper Tim Melia (quad injury)
- Defender Kortne Ford (Achilles surgery)
- Defender Logan Ndenbe (hamstring injury)
- Defender Graham Zusi (hamstring injury)
- Midfielder Cam Duke (concussion)
- Forward Willy Agada (tibia stress fracture)
LA Galaxy
Questionable
- None
Out
- Defender Sega Coulibaly (knee)
- Midfielder Memo Rodriguez (thigh)
- Forward Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez (knee)
In addition, four players are expected to miss the match due to international duty. Sporting is without winger Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) while LA is without forward Dejan Joveljic (Serbia), defender Jalen Neal (United States) and defender Eriq Zavaleta (El Salvador).
Kickoff is set for 9:30 p.m. CT (9:39 p.m. CT actual kick) and will be available to stream in English and Spanish on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish) will carry the game locally on the radio.
