Sporting Kansas Metropolis’s 2021 season will begin later than another in crew historical past.
Sporting KC will open its 34-match schedule April 17 on the New York Purple Bulls and end it Nov. 7 towards Actual Salt Lake at Youngsters’s Mercy Park.
The house opener is April 23 vs. Orlando Metropolis SC.
Bally Sports activities Kansas Metropolis will function the native tv house of Sporting in 2021. Play-by-play announcer Nate Bukaty, colour commentator Jacob Peterson and sideline reporter Carter Augustine will probably be on the decision. Broadcast particulars for all regional telecasts will probably be introduced quickly.
Sporting will open the season with a lowered capability of 6,500 at Youngsters’s Mercy Park. The membership will proceed to implement complete well being and security protocols in any respect house matches, together with obligatory face coverings for followers.
“We’re excited to welcome supporters again to Youngsters’s Mercy Park this yr,” stated Jake Reid, Sporting KC president and CEO. “With help and steerage from native officers, we have been permitted to host matches at a bigger capability to start the season however will begin with a extra restricted variety of roughly 6,500 followers. The protection and well-being of supporters stays our high precedence. To that finish, we are going to make the most of the detailed security protocols in place on the stadium and proceed to adapt in accordance with the altering panorama.”
Sporting KC 2021 MLS Common Season Schedule
| Day, Date | Opponent (house video games in daring) | Time (Central) |
| Saturday, April 17 | at New York Purple Bulls | 7 p.m. |
| Friday, April 23 | Orlando Metropolis SC | 6:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, Could 1 | at Actual Salt Lake | 1 p.m. |
| Sunday, Could 9 | Austin FC | 6:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Could 12 | at Houston Dynamo | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, Could 16 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 p.m. |
| Saturday, Could 22 | at San Jose Earthquakes | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday, Could 29 | Houston Dynamo FC | 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, June 19 | at Portland Timbers | 9:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, June 23 | Colorado Rapids | 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, June 26 | LAFC | 4 p.m. |
| Sunday, July 4 | at LA Galaxy | 9:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, July 17 | Austin FC | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, July 21 | San Jose Earthquakes | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, July 25 | at Seattle Sounders FC | 8 p.m. |
| Saturday, July 31 | FC Dallas | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Aug. 4 | at LAFC | 9:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, Aug. 7 | at Colorado Rapids | 8 p.m. |
| Saturday, Aug. 14 | at FC Dallas | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Aug. 18 | Portland Timbers | 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, Aug. 21 | at Minnesota United FC | 2:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, Aug. 28 | Colorado Rapids | 7;30 p.m. |
| Friday, Sept. 3 | at LAFC | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday, Sept. 11 | Chicago Fireplace FC | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 15 | Minnesota United FC | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, Sept. 26 | Seattle Sounders FC | 5 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 29 | at FC Dallas | 7 p.m. |
| Sunday, Oct. 3 | Houston Dynamo | TBD |
| Sunday, Oct. 17 | at Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 9 p.m. |
| Saturday, Oct. 23 | at Seattle Sounders FC | 8 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Oct. 27 | LA Galaxy | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, Oct. 31 | at Minnesota United FC | TBD |
| Wednesday, Nov. 3 | at Austin FC | 8 p.m. |
| Sunday, Nov. 7 | Actual Salt Lake | 5 p.m. |
