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.
Sporting Kansas City remains at home tonight as the team plays host to Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are currently four points back of Vancouver in the race for the postseason, with Sporting in 11th and Vancouver occupying the ninth and final MLS Cup Playoff spot.
Sporting defender Logan Ndenbe has been upgraded to questionable for tonight’s match, while Homegrown midfielder Cam Duke is removed from the report entirely after recovering from a concussion.
#SKCvVAN Sports Medicine Report
Sporting Kansas City
Questionable
- Defender Logan Ndenbe (hamstring injury)
- Defender Kayden Pierre (hamstring injury)
Out
- Goalkeeper Tim Melia (quad injury)
- Defender Kortne Ford (Achilles surgery)
- Defender Graham Zusi (hamstring injury)
- Forward Willy Agada (tibia stress fracture)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Questionable
- Forward Brian White (hip strain))
Out
- Defender Tristan Blackmon (right heel contusion)
- Midfielder Russell Teibert (left knee pain)
In addition, Vancouver are without three players who are on international duty with their countries at the Concacaf Gold Cup in Ali Ahmed (Canada), Javain Brown (Jamaica) and Julian Gressel (United States).
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT (7:39 p.m. CT actual kick) and will be available to stream in English, Spanish and French 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. Tickets are available via SeatGeek.com.
