Sporting Kansas City vs New York Red Bulls tickets MLS

Sporting Kansas City came into this MLS meeting having lost three matches in a row, while the New York Red Bulls arrived on a defensive stretch that had seen them concede in seventeen straight games. That form line gave the fixture at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City real edge on Saturday 23 May 2026 at 7.30pm. The two clubs had already faced off earlier the same season, when the Red Bulls edged Sporting 2-1, so this rematch carried its own thread of history. The pairing goes back further too, to a 1-1 draw at Red Bull Arena in September 2024. A hosting side chasing a way out of its slide against visitors unable to keep a clean sheet promised an open, unpredictable evening.