Kansas City will host the Portland Thorns on Sunday, May 24, 2026, at CPKC Stadium with kickoff at noon CT in a nationally broadcast match on CBS and the World Feed.
Temwa Chawinga, who has 25 regular season goals at home and 40 goals and 10 assists in 50 regular season matches, figures to be central to the contest as Kansas City tries to protect an extended run of form at CPKC Stadium.
The numbers make the stakes plain: Portland entered the match at 7-2-2 with 23 points and top of the standings, while Kansas City came in 5-0-5 with 15 points in sixth place. Kansas City arrives unbeaten in 21 straight regular season home matches at CPKC Stadium and on an eight-match winning streak at home; a victory Sunday would make the Current the first team in league history to win nine straight regular season home matches. The game was also designated Military Appreciation Day, and the first 3,000 fans in attendance were set to receive an exclusive Challenge Coin giveaway.
Form and recent results add texture. Portland beat Kansas City 2-0 on March 28 in the teams’ first meeting this year; the clubs met previously on March 15, 2025, when Kansas City won 3-1 at CPKC Stadium. Kansas City arrived on Sunday recovering from a 2-1 loss at Angel City FC on Wednesday, May 20, when Ally Sentnor scored in the 45th minute for her second goal this season and Izzy Rodriguez recorded her second assist of the year on Sentnor’s strike.
Match access is comprehensive: the game is airing nationally on CBS and on the World Feed, available on the KC Current App in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and carried on radio at 90.9 The Bridge.
Individual form lines deepen the story. Chawinga’s home scoring record emphasizes the familiarity Kansas City has manufactured at CPKC Stadium. Rodriguez brings playmaking proven across seasons—she has eight regular season assists since the start of last season and has assisted 12 different teammates since her debut in 2022. Croix Bethune’s career production—14 regular season assists and a 0.41 assists-per-90-minute average—adds another creative dimension to the midfield mix. Sophia Wilson has found the net three times since returning from maternity leave, a detail that matters in a matchup where fine margins decide outcomes.
The friction here is immediate. Portland arrives as the league leader and left Kansas City beaten in their March meeting, while Kansas City’s unbeaten, win-heavy run at CPKC Stadium has defined its season at home. The Current also face a short turnaround after a midweek loss at Angel City FC—fact, not conjecture—that complicates preparation. The last eight meetings between these clubs have produced no draws, underlining a history of decisive results rather than stalemates.
Television reach, multilingual streaming on the KC Current App, the radio broadcast on 90.9 The Bridge and the Military Appreciation Day presentation ensure the match will be visible and ceremonial as well as competitive. For fans in the stands and watching at home, that combination turns what could be a routine regular-season fixture into a milestone opportunity.
The single question left hanging over CPKC Stadium at kickoff is stark: can Temwa Chawinga convert her home scoring history into the goal that hands Kansas City a ninth straight regular season home win, or will Portland’s top-table form extend its hold on first place?
