Sporting KC II vs Tacoma Defiance

Sporting KC II face Tacoma Defiance in the MLS Next Pro (Group Stage) on Monday 4 May 2026, kick-off 00:00 UTC at Swope Soccer Village.

At home this season Sporting KC II average 1.1 goals scored and 2.6 conceded per game; on the road Tacoma Defiance average 1.5 scored and 2.3 conceded. Sporting KC II have kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 8 times; Tacoma Defiance have 6 clean sheets and 8 blanks.

Sporting KC II have scored 6 and conceded 18 in their last 5 matches, with 5 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Tacoma Defiance have scored 7 and conceded 12 in their last 5 matches, with 4 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3.

Sporting KC II come into this fixture with a recent record of 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats, while Tacoma Defiance have 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in the same window. Across the last 4 head-to-head meetings, 20 goals have been scored and both teams found the net in 3 of them. The model rates the two sides evenly matched, backing the draw. The Draw selection (Draw) is assigned a 90% probability at odds of 1.11.

• Tacoma Defiance have the better recent form (5 pts vs 3 pts from the last 5 matches).
• Sporting KC II have scored 37 goals this season compared with 47 for Tacoma Defiance.
• Defensively, Sporting KC II have conceded 78 and Tacoma Defiance have conceded 50.
• Tacoma Defiance have won 5 of 14 away matches in this competition.
• The last 4 H2H meetings average 5 goals per game.
• Market rationale: the model sees the teams as evenly matched.

• Sporting KC II at home: 3 wins, 0 draws and 11 defeats from 14 games.
• Tacoma Defiance away from home: 5 wins, 1 draws and 9 defeats from 15 games.
• Sporting KC II have taken 3 points from their last 5 matches.
• Tacoma Defiance have taken 5 points from their last 5 matches.

In the last 4 meetings, Sporting KC II have won 0, Tacoma Defiance have won 4 and 0 ended level. The most recent, on 25 August 2026, finished Tacoma Defiance 4-0 Sporting KC II.