| Club: | Sporting Kansas City |
| Season: | 2018 |
| Stadium: | Children's Mercy Park |
| League: | MLS |
| League Result: | Conference: 1st Overall: 3rd |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Sporting Club |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Peter Vermes |
| Cup1: | Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Conference Finals |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| Season Topscorer: | Dániel Sallói (13) |
| League Topscorer: | Johnny Russell (10) |
| Highest Attendance: | 20,831 March 4 vs NYCFC |
| Lowest Attendance: | 15,238 June 16 vs FC Dallas |
| Average Attendance: | League: All: |
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| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Sporting Kansas City season is the twenty-third season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the eighth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker.
As of October 10, 2018 [1]
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14, 2017 |  Khiry Shelton | FW | New York City FC | Traded for Saad Abdul-Salaam | |
| December 15, 2017 |  Yohan Croizet | MF |  KV Mechelen | Transfer | [2] |
| January 17, 2018 | Zach Wright | FW | University of North Carolina | Homegrown Player | [3] |
| January 22, 2018 | Matt Lewis | DF | Fordham University | Homegrown Player | [4] |
| January 31, 2018 | Johnny Russell | FW | Derby County | Transfer | [5] |
| February 6, 2018 | Felipe Gutiérrez | MF |  Real Betis | Transfer | [6] |
| February 15, 2018 | Eric Dick | GK | Butler University | 2018 MLS SuperDraft | [7] |
| February 15, 2018 | Graham Smith | DF | Denver University | 2018 MLS SuperDraft | |
| February 20, 2018 | Brad Evans | DF | Seattle Sounders FC | Free agent | [8] |
| April 13, 2018 | Wan Kuzain | MF | Saint Louis FC | Homegrown Player | [9] |
| August 6, 2018 |  Krisztián Németh | FW | New England Revolution | Trade with New England Revolution | [10] |
| August 8, 2018 | Andreu Fontàs | CB | RC Celta de Vigo | Trade with RC Celta de Vigo | [11] |
| October 2, 2018 | Tyler Freeman | FW | Homegrown Player (Will be added to roster ahead of 2019 season) | [12] | |
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
| Round | Pick Number | Player | Position | School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Eric Dick | align=center | GK | Butler |
| 18 | Graham Smith | align=center | DF | Denver | |
| 4 | 75 | Will Bagrou | align=center | FW | Bercer |
| 82 |  Wilfred Williams | align=center | DF | Oakland | |
| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 27, 2017 | Cameron Porter | FW | Retired | Out of contract | [13] |
| November 27, 2017 | Erik Palmer-Brown | DF | Manchester City | Out of contract | [14] [15] |
| November 27, 2017 | Cameron Iwasa | FW | Sacramento Republic | Option declined, later signed with Sacramento Republic | |
| November 27, 2017 | Soni Mustivar | MF |  Neftçi PFK | Option declined, later signed with Neftçi PFK | |
| November 27, 2017 |  Kevin Oliveira | MF |  Ottawa Fury | Option declined, later signed with Ottawa Fury | [16] |
| November 27, 2017 | Tyler Pasher | MF | Indy Eleven | Option declined, later signed with Indy Eleven | |
| December 12, 2017 |  Latif Blessing | FW | Los Angeles FC | Selected in 2017 MLS Expansion Draft | [17] |
| December 14, 2017 | Saad Abdul-Salaam | DF | New York City FC | Traded for Khiry Shelton | [18] |
| January 3, 2018 | Benny Feilhaber | MF | Los Angeles FC | Traded | [19] |
| February 8, 2018 | Andrew Dykstra | GK | Colorado Rapids | Traded | [20] |
| February 8, 2018 | Soony Saad | FW | Indy Eleven | Waived, later signed with Indy Eleven | [21] |
| February 27, 2018 | Kevin Ellis | DF | Chicago Fire | Signed with Chicago Fire on March 9 | [22] [23] |
| February 27, 2018 | Zach Wright | DF | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Waived | |
| March 1, 2018 |  James Musa | MF | Phoenix Rising | Waived | [24] |
| June 25, 2018 | Matt Lewis | DF | Swope Park Rangers | Waived | [25] |
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
See main article: 2018 Mobile Mini Sun Cup.
Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
See main article: 2018 Major League Soccer season.
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
See also: 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs.
Sporting Kansas City won 5-3 on aggregate.
Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06) unless shown otherwise
See main article: 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
| width=40 | Rank | width=40 | Position | width=40 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | width=80 | width=80 | width=80 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 20 | Dániel Sallói | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | 7 | Johnny Russell | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| 3 | FW | 11 | Diego Rubio | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| 4 | MF | 21 | Felipe Gutiérrez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | FW | 12 | Gerso Fernandes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | 6 | Ilie Sánchez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | 10 | Yohan Croizet | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 8 | DF | 3 | Ike Opara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 9 | DF | 8 | Graham Zusi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| FW | 14 | Khiry Shelton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | 19 | Cristian Lobato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | 94 |  Jimmy Medranda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | 17 | Roger Espinoza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 | MF | 75 | Wan Kuzain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| FW | 90 | Kharlton Belmar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | 9 | Krisztián Németh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 58 | 7 | 7 | 72 | |||||||||||
As of November 10, 2018
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | | DF | Ike Opara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | DF | Matt Besler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | Ilie Sánchez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 7 | FW | Johnny Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | DF | Graham Zusi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | MF | Yohan Croizet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW | Diego Rubio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 12 | FW | Gerso Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | FW | Khiry Shelton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | DF | Seth Sinovic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 17 | MF | Roger Espinoza | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 20 | | FW | Dániel Sallói | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 22 |  | DF | Emiliano Amor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 29 | | GK | Tim Melia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 75 | | MF | Wan Kuzain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 94 | | DF | Jimmy Medranda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 2 | |||||
As of September 9, 2018