Recap: Sporting KC secures 3-1 home win over LA Galaxy

Sporting Kansas City completed a season sweep of the LA Galaxy on Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over the six-time MLS champions at Sporting Park.

Calvin Harris played a part in each of the team's season-high three goals, providing primary assists on goals by Capita Capemba and Dejan Joveljic in the first half before tallying a goal of his own in the second half as Sporting snapped an eight-game winless skid across all competitions and an eight-game winless run at home in emphatic fashion.

Capita struck first in the 32nd minute on a superb counter attack from the hosts as Lasse Berg Johnsen won the ball inside his own half before threading a pass to Harris racing down the left flank. Harris' centered a perfectly-placed pass into the path of Capita for a sliding finish from eight yards out for his first goal since joining the club in April.

Sporting would add a second on the stroke of halftime, again from a well-worked counter, as Zorhan Bassong -- who made his first start of the season on Wednesday -- played a 40-yard pass forward for Harris. The Englishman took his first touch in stride and held off LA Galaxy defender Emiro Garces before dishing to Joveljic to finish the move with a deft chip over Marcinkowski.

The Serbian striker, who made his 150th regular season appearance on Wednesday, began his MLS career with four seasons in LA from 2021-2024 -- leading the Galaxy to a league title in his final season -- and has since scored in each of his last three games against his former side.

Harris had a trio of chances to open his SKC scoring account -- first in the 11th minute, again in the seventh minute of first-half stoppage time and finally in the 63rd minute -- only to be denied by Marcinkowski on each occasion before breaking through to stretch Sporting's lead to 3-0 with 20 minutes remaining. Second-half substitute Manu Garcia -- coming off the bench for the first time in the regular season -- evaded three Galaxy players to set up Harris, who fired low inside the far post for his first goal in Sporting Blue.

The Galaxy own the league's longest active scoring streak with goals in 22 consecutive MLS matches as Gabriel Pec kept the run alive with a sublime strike from 25 yards out l in the 89th minute. The Brazilian has six goal contributions (two goals, four assists) in five career match-ups with Sporting and now has the Galaxy's last three goals after bagging a brace on Saturday.

Sporting Kansas City will play the club's final road match before the World Cup this weekend as the team travels to Texas to take on Austin FC at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Q2 Stadium. The Western Conference match-up will be available to watch on Apple TV in addition to local radio coverage on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM.

2026 MLS Regular Season | Game 12
Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas
Attendance: 14,188
Weather: 75 degrees and sunny

Sporting Kansas City: Stefan Cleveland; Jake Davis (Justin Reynolds 81'), Ian James Wyatt Meyer, Jayden Reid; Capita Capemba (Stephen Afrifa 46'), Lasse Berg Johnsen, Zorhan Bassong (Jacob Bartlett 61'), Calvin Harris; Taylor Calheira (Manu Garcia 62'), Dejan Joveljic (C) (Shapi Suleymanov 90+2')

Subs Not Used: John Pulskamp, Ethan Bartlow, Diego Borges, Cielo Tschantret

LA Galaxy: J.T. Marcinkowski; Mauricio Cuevas (Miki Yamane 65'), Jakob Glesnes, Emiro Garces (Justin Haak 64'), John Nelson; Lucas Sanabria (Erik Thommy 64'), Marco Reus (C), Edwin Cerrillo; Gabriel Pec, Joseph Paintsil, Harbor Miller (Elijah Wydner 46')

Subs Not Used: Novak Micovic, Maya Yoshida, Isaiah Parente, Ruben Ramos Jr., Matheus Nascimento

Scoring Summary:
SKC - Capita Capemba 1 (Calvin Harris 3, Lasse Berg Johnsen 3) 32'
SKC - Dejan Joveljic 6 (Calvin Harris 4, Zorhan Bassong 1) 45+4'
SKC - Calvin Harris 1 (Manu Garcia 3, Jacob Bartlett 1) 70'
LA - Gabriel Pec 4 (Justin Haak 2, Erik Thommy 1) 89'

Misconduct Summary:
SKC - Zorhan Bassong (yellow card; unsporting behavior) 41'
LA - Mauricio Cuevas (yellow card; unsporting behavior) 49'
LA - Gabriel Pec (yellow card; unsporting behavior) 79'

Referee: Ricardo Montero Araya
Assistant Referee: Nick Uranga
Assistant Referee: Walt Heatherly
Fourth Official: Drew Klemp
VAR: Guido Gonzales Jr.
AVAR: Jeffrey Greeson