SKC vs. HOU game notes

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY v HOUSTON DYNAMO (July 7, Livestrong Sporting Park, 7 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2012 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 17 10-5-2 32 23 17 8 6-2-0 18 11 5

Dynamo on road

17 6-5-6 24 22 24 10 2-5-3 9 12 18

1 Nielsen

7

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

6

15

Nagamura

Espinoza Zusi

17

9 12

9

F 22 70

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

11

16

Davis

Moffat

26 Ashe

A 24 64

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

6 11 5 0

11 8 4 1

9 3 5 0 2 1 1 1

11 6 3 0 3 0 1 0

5 14 3

5 16 3

TYPE OF PLAY

OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS DISTANCE

7 16 0 (W-L-T) KC HOU

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

5 9 3

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 5-1-1 5-1-1 0-3-0 3-0-0 3-1-5 0-4-1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/16/2012 KC 2, TOR 0 7/04/2012 KC 3, MTL 1 6/29/2012 KC 0, CHI 1 6/23/2012 KC 0, PHI 4 6/20/2012 KC 1, SEA 1 6/16/2012 KC 2, TOR 0 6/29/2012 KC 0, CHI 1

4

32

Taylor

Boswell

31 Hainault

1

REFEREE: Chris Penso. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Eric Proctor; 4th: John McCloskey INJURY REPORTS SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); GK Jon Kempin (R ankle fracture); DF Lawrence Olum (L groin strain); DOUBTFUL: MF Michael Thomas (R ankle sprain); PROBABLE: FW Bobby Convey (L calf strain) … HOUSTON DYNAMO -- DOUBTFUL: DF Alex Dixon (concussion); MF Calen Carr (L hamstring strain); MF Je-Vaughn Watson (L adductor strain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Geoff Cameron (L hamstring strain)

(1) (0) (0) (1) (3) (4) (1)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWWWWWLLLTWWTLLW Dynamo WWLTTLLWTTWLWTLWT

HOUSTON DYNAMO 1 Tally Hall (GK) 3 Calen Carr (FW) 4 Jermaine Taylor (DF) 5 Warren Creavalle (DF) 6 Nathan Sturgis (MF) 7 Colin Clark (MF) 8 Kofi Sarkodie (DF) 9 Macoumba Kandji (FW) 10 Je-Vaughn Watson (MF) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Will Bruin (FW) 14 Colin Rolfe (FW) 15 Cam Weaver (FW) 16 Adam Moffat (MF) 17 Luiz Camargo (MF) 18 Josue Soto (MF) 19 Alex Dixon (MF) 20 Geoff Cameron (MF) 22 Brian Ownby (MF) 23 Oscar Recio (DF) 24 Tyler Deric (GK) 25 Brian Ching (FW) 26 Corey Ashe (MF) 27 Boniek Garcia (MF) 28 Erich Marscheider (GK) 31 Andre Hainault (DF) 32 Bobby Boswell (DF)

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Jimmy Nielsen INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 8-1-2 2-4-0 5-0-2 1-5-2

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

17

Hall

HOW SCORED

7 0 0 1 3 1 4 1

27 Boniek

Camargo

DYNAMO

SPORTING

Bruin

Kandji

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

7 8 3 1 2 0 1 1

23 Kamara

Bunbury

UPCOMING MATCHES DYNAMO SPORTING Sun. July 15 D.C. United Sat. July 14 at Columbus Wed. July 18 Sporting KC Wed. July 18 at Houston Sat. July 21 Montreal Sat. July 21 New England Sat. July 28 at Toronto FC Sat. July 28 Columbus

9 5 3 0

16 Sinovic

Sapong

LAST YEAR (MLS) 7/16: HOU 1, KC 1 (Collin 90 – Davis 8) 9/10: KC 3, HOU 0 (Bunbury 9, 73; Sapong 79)

12 3 7 1

78 Collin

8

AT KANSAS CITY (6 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 9 goals … Dynamo 3 wins, 8 goals … Ties 1

A 17 90

5 Besler

Myers

ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Sporting 3 wins, 15 goals … Dynamo 5 wins, 18 goals … Ties 4

F 23 67

ROSTERS SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Roger Espinoza (MF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Shawn Singh (DF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 27 Kyle Miller (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)

HOUSTON DYNAMO Date Score (Gms since) 6/30/2012 HOU 2, PHI 1 3/17/2012 HOU 1, SJ 0 6/18/2011 HOU 0, CLB 2 6/23/2012 HOU 2, MTL 4 7/03/2012 HOU 0, CHI 0 7/03/2012 HOU 0, CHI 0 7/03/2012 HOU 0, CHI 0

(1) (8) (15) (0) (0) (0) (0)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 6 Kamara A: 8 Zusi SHT: 68 Kamara SOG: 29 Kamara FC: 39 Collin FS: 32 Espinoza OF: 9 Sapong C: 4 Collin/Nielsen E: 1 Espinoza DYNAMO G: 9 Bruin A: 4 Davis SHT: 45 Bruin SOG: 24 Bruin FC: 24 Moffat FS: 19 Ashe OF: 12 Ching C:  3 Ashe/Carr E: 1 Moffat

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 17 4 6 4 3 0 23 1.35 HOU 17 4 5 7 1 0 22 1.29 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 17 6 7 3 0 1 17 1.00 HOU 17 5 5 3 3 1 24 1.41 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 23 4 3 6 4 3 3 HOU 22 2 4 3 4 2 7 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 17 2 2 2 4 3 4 HOU 24 6 6 1 5 5 1


SPORTING KANSAS CITY v HOUSTON DYNAMO (July 7, Livestrong Sporting Park, 7 p.m. CT - MLS Game 163)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 17 17 0 0 77 77 0 0 2 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 5 3 0 1 143 122 5 14 3 Korede Aiyegbusi DF 5-5 155 07/15/1988 London, England 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 14 13 0 0 86 81 2 2 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 10 3 0 0 167 147 9 14 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 17 17 0 4 76 54 0 6 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 17 16 2 8 81 50 8 16 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 14 8 2 0 69 41 16 5 11 Bobby Convey MF 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 11 11 1 2 175 163 12 32 12 Konrad Warzycha FW 6-1 190 02/14/1989 Zabrze, Poland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 10 4 0 0 11 4 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 160 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 16 16 0 2 103 83 2 11 16 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 14 14 0 2 54 52 0 2 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 16 14 5 0 50 36 10 5 18 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 20 Shawn Singh DF 5-9 145 05/05/1989 Bakersfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 5 1 0 1 9 1 1 1 23 Kei Kamara MF 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 16 15 6 3 161 120 40 16 24 Cyprian Hedrick DF 6-0 185 10/06/1989 Duala, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Kyle Miller DF 5-9 160 05/12/1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 12 2 2 1 150 84 11 11 55 Julio Cesar MF 6-1 170 11/18/1978 Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 14 14 1 0 41 39 3 2 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 17 17 3 1 40 38 6 1 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 HEAD  COACH  :  Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W37 L33 T23

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 205 05/12/1985 SeaTac, WA 17 17 0 0 56 56 0 1 3 Calen Carr MF 6-0 150 10/04/1982 Oakland, CA 12 7 0 0 103 30 10 3 4 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 195 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 13 12 0 1 26 22 0 2 5 Warren Creavalle DF 6-0 165 08/14/1990 Brooklyn, NY 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 Nathan Sturgis MF 5-10 150 07/06/1987 Boca Raton, FL 4 3 0 0 79 65 1 2 7 Colin Clark MF 6-0 180 04/11/1984 Fort Collins, CO 13 5 0 0 126 92 14 13 8 Kofi Sarkodie DF 5-8 165 03/22/1991 Huber Heights, OH 1 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 9 Macoumba Kandji FW 6-4 175 08/02/1985 Dakar, Senegal 13 5 1 1 70 40 7 11 10 Je-Vaughn Watson MF 6-1 175 10/22/1983 St. Catherine, Jamaica 12 11 0 0 34 22 1 2 11 Brad Davis MF 5-11 175 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 15 14 4 4 271 232 39 84 12 Will Bruin FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 17 16 9 1 42 37 14 2 14 Colin Rolfe FW 6-0 175 02/15/1990 Spokane, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Cam Weaver FW 6-4 195 06/10/1983 Tacoma, WA 3 1 0 0 62 35 11 5 16 Adam Moffat MF 6-0 175 05/15/1986 Glasgow, Scotland 14 14 1 2 75 62 8 4 17 Luiz Camargo MF 5-8 172 05/04/1987 Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 15 9 1 0 22 15 1 2 18 Josue Soto MF 5-9 155 01/03/1989 Fort Worth, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Alex Dixon MF 5-8 150 02/07/1990 Bay City, TX 2 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 20 Geoff Cameron DF 6-3 185 07/11/1985 Attleboro, MA 14 14 0 2 115 99 11 15 22 Brian Ownby MF 6-0 160 07/16/1990 Glen Allen, VA 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 23 Oscar Recio DF 5-9 161 06/23/1989 Monterrey, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 195 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 25 Brian Ching FW 6-1 195 05/24/1978 Haleiwa, HI 16 12 2 3 205 169 79 31 26 Corey Ashe DF 5-7 154 03/14/1986 Orange County, CA 15 15 0 1 145 91 1 12 27 Boniek Garcia MF 5-9 160 09/04/1984 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 28 Erich Marscheider GK 6-3 185 01/05/1993 Vienna, Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Andre Hainault DF 6-0 180 06/17/1986 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 12 12 2 1 91 88 6 4 32 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 17 17 1 0 209 206 12 7 HEAD  COACH  :  Dominic Kinnear

07/26/1967 W106 L72 T86


SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs HOUSTON DYNAMO LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. July 7, 2012 (WEEK 18, MLS Game #163) 7 p.m. CT (KSMO; FS-Hou/MultiMedios) A heated battle for Eastern Conference placing is in store on Saturday evening at Livestrong Sporting Park as Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo meet. Sporting put an end to their short losing run at midweek, coming back for a 3-1 win at the Montréal Impact. The Dynamo are still unbeaten at home this year, reaching a scoreless draw with the Chicago Fire, also at midweek. REFEREE: Chris Penso. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Eric Proctor; 4th: John McCloskey MLS Career: 22 games; FC/gm: 21.9; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 5; pens: 10 INJURY REPORT: SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); GK Jon Kempin (R ankle fracture); DF Lawrence Olum (L groin strain); DOUBTFUL: MF Michael Thomas (R ankle sprain); PROBABLE: FW Bobby Convey (L calf strain) … HOUSTON DYNAMO -- DOUBTFUL: DF Alex Dixon (concussion); MF Calen Carr (L hamstring strain); MF Je-Vaughn Watson (L adductor strain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Geoff Cameron (L hamstring strain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Jimmy Nielsen SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers, Julio Cesar … HOU: Calen Carr, Corey Ashe HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Sporting 3 wins, 15 goals … Dynamo 5 wins, 18 goals … Ties 4 AT KANSAS CITY (6 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 9 goals … Dynamo 3 wins, 8 goals … Ties 1 RETURN MATCHES: 7/18: Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. CT; 9/14: Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBC SN) LAST YEAR (MLS) 7/16: HOU 1, KC 1 (Collin 90 – Davis 8) 9/10: KC 3, HOU 0 (Bunbury 9, 73; Sapong 79)  The game is a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Championship, won 2-0 by the Dynamo at Livestrong Sporting Park. It was the second time the teams had met with a trip to the MLS Cup Final on the line (also 2007, also won 2-0 by Houston).  After winning the first meeting ever between the clubs, April 8, 2006 at Robertson Stadium, Kansas City has not won in Houston. The Dynamo have won three of the six MLS league and cup meetings since at home (with three draws).  In league play, Sporting have a three-game unbeaten streak alive vs. Houston, winning their last two meetings in Kansas City.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. HOU: P5 W2 L1 D2 … Dominic Kinnear vs. KC: P18 W7 L5 D6 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City put an end to their two-game losing run, storming back for a 3-1 win against the Montréal Impact on Wednesday evening at Stade Saputo. Sporting are in second place in the Eastern Conference with 32 points from 17 matches. LAST MATCH  The Impact took the lead four minutes into the second half. Felipe ran onto a Zarek Valentin through ball on the right side of the area and he cut back a low cross which evaded everyone in the box. It fell perfectly for Patrice Bernier, who came charging through the center and unleashed a first-time to the back of the net.  But Sporting were level six minutes later when Bernier was whistled for a hand ball in the penalty area. Kei Kamara stepped up to convert the penalty.  Yet another scramble in the Impact’s penalty area in the 75th minute saw Montreal captain Davy Arnaud foul KC substitute Soony Saad. Referee Sorin Stoica pointed to the spot once again, and this time it was Graham Zusi's turn to convert and put the visitors ahead 2-1.  Sporting added a third eight minutes from full time. Roger Espinoza’s cross from the left found Jacob Peterson on the opposite side and his hard drive deflected off a defender and flew past goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts for the capper.

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Sporting head coach Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that dropped a 1-0 decision to the Chicago Fire at Livestrong Sporting Park. Matt Besler came into the back four for Lawrence Olum, and Paulo Nagamura started in midfield in place of Julio Cesar.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Roger Espinoza, Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 86) - Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 69), Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong - Teal Bunbury (Jacob Peterson 46). TEAM NEWS  Sporting put an end to a three-game winless run, winning their first league game since June 16.  The penalty kicks were the first of the season converted by Sporting KC. Kei Kamara saw a penalty saved by FC Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman on March 25.  “It’s not the ordinary thing to get two penalties on the road, but that happens. I think we deserved both of them,” said Sporting manager Peter Vermes. “I saw the action and it was a handball. Unfortunately it is, but it happens to all of us in the game. And on the other play, the player wasn’t playing the ball. He tackled the man and you can’t do that.”  Kamara was taken off between the two penalties, so Graham Zusi stepped up to take the second.  “He could have taken the first one if he’d wanted to,” Vermes said. “I like the way he stepped up and took it, and he finished it really well.”  The first penalty kick was KC’s first goal in 319 minutes, their longest goalless drought of the season, the first since Jacob Peterson’s eighth-minute goal June 20 vs. Seattle.  “It was one of those ugly games,” said Kamara. “But it’s finally about time when we can have an ugly game and then get points from it. So we’ll take the points back home and get back to what we’ve been doing.”  Jacob Peterson scored his second goal in his last three appearances. “Jacob is continually getting better with understanding how our formation plays, and his role and responsibility,” Vermes said. “I’m really happy for him. His work ethic when he came in was tremendous, and that’s one thing that really helped us get back in the game. The scoring was just the icing on the cake.”  Peterson came on as a halftime substitute in place of striker Teal Bunbury as Sporting made a tactical shift.  “We changed our style defensively. We were more compact, did better pressure, so they didn’t get a lot of occasions,” said defender Aurelien Collin. “We were better at blocking the passes between the lines. And then when everybody started to get tired, we waited for them to play, played on our strength and won a lot of air balls and second balls.”  Paulo Nagamura returned to the starting lineup in place of Júlio César after being unavailable for the previous four games. He was stretched off the field after 86 minutes, but it was not a recurrence of his groin strain. “He was cramping,” Vermes said. “So it was time to take him out.” HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo continued their undefeated run in their new ground, reaching a scoreless draw with the Chicago Fire at BBVA Compass Stadium on Tuesday evening. The Dynamo are in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 24 points from 17 games. LAST MATCH  The teams combined for just three shots on target for the evening. Chicago’s Marco Pappa tested Tally Hall in the 12th minute with a left-footed strike from outside that box -- the only chance the Dynamo 'keeper had to deal with.  Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson made two saves on the evening, both in the final 45 minutes, greatly threatened by neither.  Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made one change to the team that got a late winner for a 2-1 win against Philadelphia Union at BBVA Compass Stadium. Adam Moffat came into the midfield in place of Geoff Cameron.  HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-3-3): Tally Hall - Andre Hainault, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Luiz Camargo (Brian Ownby 69), Adam Moffat, Brad Davis - Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Brian Ching 65), Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark 81). TEAM NEWS  The Dynamo kept a clean sheet for the first time in nearly two months, since a scoreless draw with the Portland Timbers on May 15.  “That’s the positive you take out of it, negating their chances,” Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear said. “The back four’s been solid. We’re not giving up chances in the run of play, which is nice to see.”  Said center back Bobby Boswell: “We gave up seven goals in two games during a stretch and that’s not us. Tonight was a good night for us in terms of keeping the ball out of the back of the net and limiting their chances. We just have to get ready for Kansas City, another team who can put a lot of goals up on you if you aren’t accountable.”  The Dynamo faced just one attempt at goal from Chicago, a season-low for the Orange this season.

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“We’ve always prided ourselves in being tough defenders and honest workers … and taking responsibility for our actions in the defensive end,” Davis said. “[Kinnear] puts, not necessarily pressure, but expects a lot of us and we expect to give that to him. I think it’s being accountable for the work and organization and staying in a good defensive block. Not giving a team anything easy … That’s what championship teams do.” While Houston were held without a goal for a second time in their new home, they did remain unbeaten in league play (4-0-3) at BBVA Compass Stadium. “I thought we had some good looks in the first half. I think as the game wore on, they went the way we thought they would,” said Kinnear. “They sat in deep and tried to break on us. They defend well. They take out passing lanes, so it’s important to try and get that first goal to try and open the game and unfortunately that didn’t happen tonight.” The Dynamo are unbeaten in league play in Houston since last June 18, and 10 of their games over the second half of the season will be at BBVA Compass Stadium. “One of the big things for us is to continue being undefeated at home,” said midfielder Brad Davis. “We haven’t had as many games yet, but whenever you defend your home, that’s a good thing.” Geoff Cameron missed out on the contest after suffering a hamstring strain in the days leading up to the match.

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2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (10-5-2, 32 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 23 M Kei Kamara 17 F C.J. Sapong 78 D Aurelien Collin 8 M Graham Zusi 37 M Jacob Peterson 9 F Teal Bunbury 11 M Bobby Convey 55 M Julio Cesar 7 D Chance Myers 15 M Roger Espinoza 16 D Seth Sinovic 2 D Michael Harrington 22 F Soony Saad 5 D Matt Besler 19 M Peterson Joseph 6 M Paulo Nagamura 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 32 D Luke Sassano 88 M Michael Thomas 12 F Konrad Warzycha 3 D Korede Aiyegbusi 14 F Dom Dwyer 4 D Kevin Ellis 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 27 D Kyle Miller 20 D Shawn Singh Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 16 16 17 17 12 14 11 14 17 16 14 5 5 14 5 10 17 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GS 15 14 17 16 2 8 11 14 17 16 14 3 1 13 1 3 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 1354 1156 1499 1444 322 768 838 1117 1530 1404 1192 338 158 1239 76 351 1530 355 14 116 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

17 17

17 17

1530 1530

G 6 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 17

A 3 0 1 8 1 0 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 68 30 20 40 6 32 5 13 13 24 6 0 6 4 1 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 29 11 5 10 3 6 2 2 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 23 20 39 20 3 18 3 15 22 32 13 1 3 8 1 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 31 25 17 21 2 7 5 15 16 32 15 3 1 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 4 9 4 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 2 0 0 74 0 1 26 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 1 0 4 2 0 2 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

25 12

281 179

79 57

233 212

212 233

29 63

110 55

29 31

1 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: C.J. Sapong 3, Kei Kamara 3, Graham Zusi 2, Aurelien Collin 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 4, Chance Myers 3, Jacob Peterson 1, Kei Kamara 1 Michael Harrington 1, Bobby Convey 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kei Kamara 1-2, Graham Zusi 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 17 17 1530 Team totals 17 17 1530 Opponent totals 17 17 1530

SHTS 57 57 79

SV 41 41 55

GA 17 17 23

GAA 1.00 1.00 1.35

PG 3 3 2

PA 3 3 3

W 10 10 5

L 5 5 10

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 2 2 2

SO 6 6 4


2012 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (6-5-6, 24 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 12 F Will Bruin 11 M Brad Davis 25 F Brian Ching 31 D Andre Hainault 16 M Adam Moffat 9 F Macoumba Kandji 32 D Bobby Boswell 17 M Luiz Camargo 20 D Geoff Cameron 22 M Brian Ownby 26 D Corey Ashe 27 M Boniek Garcia 4 D Jermaine Taylor 3 M Calen Carr 7 M Colin Clark 5 D Warren Creavalle 19 M Alex Dixon 1 G Tally Hall 8 D Kofi Sarkodie 6 M Nathan Sturgis 10 M Je-Vaughn Watson 15 F Cam Weaver 24 G Tyler Deric 28 G Erich Marscheider 23 D Oscar Recio 14 F Colin Rolfe 18 M Josue Soto Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 17 15 16 12 14 13 17 15 14 5 15 2 13 12 13 3 2 17 1 4 12 3 0 0 0 0 0

GS 16 14 12 12 14 5 17 9 14 0 15 2 12 7 5 1 0 17 0 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 1342 1236 1038 993 1243 448 1506 797 1236 93 1317 180 1101 617 565 110 50 1506 8 242 831 90 0 0 0 0 0

17 17

17 17

1506 1506

G 9 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 24

A 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 45 26 25 9 19 6 12 4 10 4 6 1 7 9 6 0 1 0 0 3 14 3 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 24 7 10 5 6 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

FC 4 19 13 13 24 11 11 14 13 1 10 2 9 12 5 2 0 0 0 4 12 2 0 0 0 0 0

FS 12 16 16 3 9 9 10 11 5 4 19 4 1 10 4 2 0 2 0 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 5 0 12 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 56 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

E 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19 23

210 187

74 66

181 172

172 181

30 38

67 72

19 22

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Andre Hainault 2, Brad Davis 2, Adam Moffat 1, Brian Ching 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Adam Moffat 1, Andre Hainault 1, Brad Davis 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Brad Davis 1-1, Brian Ching 1-1 HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 1 G Tally Hall 17 Team totals 17 Opponent totals 17

GS 17 17 17

MIN 1506 1506 1506

SHTS 66 66 74

SV 41 41 52

GA 24 24 22

GAA 1.43 1.43 1.31

PG 3 3 2

PA 3 3 2

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Houston Dynamo statistics listed here.

W 6 6 5

L 5 5 6

T 6 6 6

SO 5 5 4


SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct.

10 17 25 1 7 14 18 21 5 12 19 27 16 20 23 29 4 7 14 18 21 28 4 11 18 26 1 14 19 22 28 7 20 24

OPPONENT at D.C. United New England FC Dallas at Chivas USA Los Angeles Real Salt Lake at Vancouver at Portland Montreal at Chicago at Colorado San Jose Toronto FC at Seattle at Philadelphia Chicago at Montreal Houston at Columbus at Houston New England Columbus at New England D.C. United at Toronto FC New York Toronto FC Houston at New York at Montreal Chicago at Columbus at New York Philadelphia

RESULT W 1-0 W 3-0 W 2-1 W 1-0 W 1-0 W 1-0 W 3-1 L 0-1 L 0-2 L 1-2 T 2-2 W 2-1 W 2-0 T 1-1 L 0-4 L 0-1 W 3-1

ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 16,314 1-0-0 1 3 KC: Sapong (93+) 19,777 2-0-0 T1 6 KC: Zusi (28) Kamara (39) Sapong (47) 15,161 3-0-0 1 9 KC: Collin (49+) Kamara (88); DAL: Villar (25) 13,372 4-0-0 1 12 KC: Sapong (47) 20,323 5-0-0 1 15 KC: Kamara (40) 19,422 6-0-0 1 18 KC: Collin (63) 15,382 7-0-0 1 21 KC: Collin (24) own goal (51) Kamara (65); VAN: Le Toux (79) 20,438 7-1-0 1 21 POR: own goal (41) 20,404 7-2-0 1 21 MTL: Martins (30) Bernier (64) 14,159 7-3-0 1 21 KC: Convey (31); CHI: Grazzini (61) Oduro (81) 15,269 7-3-1 3 22 KC: Bunbury (2,14); COL: Marshall (52) Kimura (60) 19,974 8-3-1 0 25 KC: Sapong (5) Kamara (39); SJ: Dawkins (72) 20,488 9-3-1 2 28 KC: Sapong (18) Santos (35) 46,932 9-3-2 2 29 KC: Peterson (8); SEA: Ianni (15) 18,207 9-4-2 2 29 PHI: McInerney (0:59,42) Pajoy (81) Hoppenot (87) 19,274 9-5-2 3 29 CHI: Pappa (58) 12,085 10-5-2 T1 32 KC: Kamara (57) Zusi (75) Peterson (82); MTL: Bernier (49)

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Tue. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May June June June

11 17 23 15 21 28 9 12 15 19 26 10 16 20

OPPONENT at Chivas USA at San Jose at Seattle at Chicago at Columbus at D.C. United at New York D.C. United Portland at New England Los Angeles at Vancouver FC Dallas Toronto FC

RESULT W 1-0 W 1-0 L 0-2 T 1-1 T 2-2 L 2-3 L 0-1 W 1-0 T 0-0 T 2-2 W 2-1 L 1-3 W 2-1 T 3-3

ATT. 14,464 21,816 38,304 10,489 10,479 13,975 11,315 22,039 22,039 16,414 22,039 18,811 22,039 21,423

Sat. June

23 at Montreal

L 2-4

12,357

Sat. Tue. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sat. Fri. Fri. Sun. Sat. Sun. Thu. Fri. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

30 3 7 15 18 21 28 3 10 19 25 2 6 14 23 29 6 20 27

W 2-1 T 0-0

19,806 22,039

June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct.

Philadelphia Chicago at Sporting KC D.C. United Sporting KC Montreal at Toronto FC New York at New York Columbus Toronto FC at Chicago Real Salt Lake at Sporting KC at Philadelphia New England Montreal Philadelphia at Colorado

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 HOU: Hainault (92+) 2-0-0 T1 6 HOU: Davis (14) 2-1-0 T1 6 SEA: Estrada (23) Evans (27) 2-1-1 4 7 HOU: Bruin (24); CHI: Pause (27) 2-1-2 T4 8 HOU: Bruin (59) Ching (81); CLB: Gaven (63,74) 2-2-2 T4 8 HOU: Bruin (50,59); DC: Santos (11,70) De Rosario (54) 2-3-2 0 8 NY: Cooper (7) 3-3-2 T7 11 HOU: Davis (67) 3-3-3 T5 12 3-3-4 T5 13 HOU: Bruin (32) Camargo (87); NE: Sene (26,57) 4-3-4 6 16 HOU: own goal (38) Hainault (57); LA: Buddle (10) 4-4-4 T6 16 HOU: Kandji (83); VAN: Mattocks (4,66) Harvey (88) 5-4-4 T4 19 HOU: Bruin (3) Moffat (76); DAL: Jackson (59) 5-4-5 5 20 HOU: Boswell (20) Bruin (73,90); TOR: Hall (13) Koevermans (22,45) 5-5-5 5 20 HOU: Davis (16) Bruin (45); MTL: Nyassi (4) Arnaud (21) Camara (60) Bernier (67) 6-5-5 5 23 HOU: Davis (19) Ching (83); PHI: Daniel (46) 6-5-6 5 24


SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 1 12 times

Goals 3 03/17/2012 3 04/18/2012 3 07/04/2012

Shots 8 04/18/2012 8 05/12/2012

at at

VAN CHI

W 3-1 L 1-2

Shots on Goal 2 04/18/2012 2 04/21/2012

at at

VAN POR

W 3-1 L 0-1

Fouls Committed 9 04/07/2012 vs. LA 9 05/05/2012 vs. MTL

W 1-0 L 0-2

Fouls Suffered 8 05/19/2012 at

COL

T 2-2

Corner Kicks 3 06/16/2012

vs. TOR

W 2-0

Offside 0 03/10/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/14/2012

at DC at CHV vs. RSL

W 1-0 W 1-0 W 1-0

vs. at vs. vs.

W W W L

at CHV vs. LA

Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 11 Kei Kamara

03/25/2012

vs. DAL

vs. DAL

W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-1

W 2-1 Assists 4 05/27/2012

03/25/2012

vs. NE at VAN at MTL

vs. SJ

W 2-1

W 2-1

Shots on Goal 5 Kei Kamara

03/25/2012

vs. DAL

W 2-1

Shots 27 03/17/2012 27 06/29/2012

Fouls Committed 6 Aurelien Collin

06/20/2012

at

SEA

T 1-1

Shots on Goal 9 03/25/2012

Fouls Suffered 5 Kei Kamara

04/21/2012

at

POR

L 0-1

Fouls Committed 19 06/23/2012 at

PHI

L 0-4

Offside 2 Kei Kamara 2 C.J. Sapong 2 Aurelien Collin 2 Teal Bunbury 2 C.J. Sapong

03/17/2012 03/17/2012 05/05/2012 05/19/2012 06/16/2012

vs. vs. vs. at vs.

NE NE MTL COL TOR

W W L T W

Fouls Suffered 16 04/21/2012

at

POR

L 0-1

Corner Kicks 11 04/14/2012 11 05/05/2012

vs. RSL vs. MTL

W 1-0 L 0-2

Saves 6 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen

03/17/2012 04/18/2012

Shots Faced 6 Jimmy Nielsen

6 times

Goals Allowed 4 Jimmy Nielsen

06/23/2012

vs. NE at VAN

at

PHI

3-0 3-0 0-2 2-2 2-0

W 3-0 W 3-1

L 0-4

Goals 2 Will Bruin 2 Will Bruin Assists 2 Brad Davis 2 Geoff Cameron Shots 7 Will Bruin Shots on Goal 3 Will Bruin 3 Will Bruin 3 Will Bruin 3 Will Bruin

04/28/2012 06/20/2012

06/20/2012 06/20/2012

04/28/2012

03/11/2012 04/21/2012 04/28/2012 06/16/2012

at DC vs. TOR

vs. TOR vs. TOR

at

at at at vs.

DC

CHV CLB DC DAL

L 2-3 T 3-3

T 3-3 T 3-3

L 2-3

W T L W

1-0 2-2 2-3 2-1

Fouls Committed 4 Jermaine Taylor 4 Adam Moffat

03/17/2012 06/23/2012

at at

SJ MTL

W 1-0 L 2-4

Fouls Suffered 4 Bobby Boswell 4 Boniek Garcia

04/28/2012 06/30/2012

at DC vs. PHI

L 2-3 W 2-1

Offside 3 Macoumba Kandji

vs. PHI

W 2-1

Offside 4 03/17/2012 4 05/05/2012

vs. NE vs. MTL

W 3-0 L 0-2

Saves 6 03/17/2012 6 04/18/2012

vs. NE at VAN

W 3-0 W 3-1

Shots Faced 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012

at

L 0-4

PHI

03/17/2012

at

SJ

W 1-0

Shots Faced 7 Tally Hall 7 Tally Hall 7 Tally Hall

04/28/2012 06/10/2012 06/23/2012

at at at

DC VAN MTL

L 2-3 L 1-3 L 2-4

Goals Allowed 4 Tally Hall

06/23/2012

at

MTL

L 2-4

2-1 1-0 1-0 0-2

W 1-0 W 1-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 3 06/20/2012

vs. TOR

T 3-3

Shots 5 04/15/2012 5 06/23/2012

at at

CHI MTL

T 1-1 L 2-4

Assists 5 06/20/2012

vs. TOR

T 3-3

Shots on Goal 1 04/15/2012

at

CHI

T 1-1

Shots 20 05/12/2012

vs. DC

NY

L 0-1

Fouls Suffered 6 05/12/2012 vs. DC

W 1-0

Corner Kicks 0 04/15/2012

at

CHI

T 1-1

Offside 0 03/23/2012 0 04/15/2012 0 04/21/2012 0 05/19/2012 0 06/10/2012

at at at at at

SEA CHI CLB NE VAN

L T T T L

Saves 0 03/23/2012

at

SEA

L 0-2

Shots Faced 1 05/12/2012 1 07/03/2012

vs. DC vs. CHI

W 1-0 T 0-0

Shots on Goal 10 05/12/2012

vs. DC

Fouls Committed 18 05/19/2012 at Fouls Suffered 17 06/30/2012

NE

vs. PHI

W 1-0

W 1-0

T 2-2

W 2-1

Corner Kicks 7 05/12/2012

vs. DC

W 1-0

Offside 6 06/30/2012

vs. PHI

W 2-1

at

SJ

Fouls Committed 6 05/09/2012 at

0-2 1-1 2-2 2-2 1-3

W 1-0

W 2-1

Saves 5 Tally Hall

DAL CHV LA MTL

Shots Faced 6 6 times

Saves 5 03/17/2012 06/30/2012

vs. DAL

W 3-0 L 0-1

Saves 0 03/25/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012 0 05/05/2012

Goals Allowed 4 06/23/2012

HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)

vs. NE vs. CHI

Shots Faced 7 04/28/2012 7 06/10/2012 7 06/23/2012

at at at

DC VAN MTL

L 2-3 L 1-3 L 2-4

Goals Allowed 4 06/23/2012

at

MTL

L 2-4


2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (1-0-1) UNF 9 78 17 8 15 23 55 22 5 99 20 2 10 7 1 16

POS PLAYER FWD Teal Bunbury DEF Aurelien Collin FWD C.J. Sapong MID Graham Zusi M/D Roger Espinoza FWD Kei Kamara DEF Julio Cesar MID Davy Arnaud DEF Matt Besler FWD Omar Bravo FWD Birahim Diop DEF Michael Harrington MID Jeferson DEF Chance Myers GK Jimmy Nielsen DEF*Seth Sinovic ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1

GS 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1

MIN 84 90 180 180 180 106 90 33 180 180 90 92 57 168 180 90

G 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 3 3 4 6 2 5 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 1 0 1

SOG 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0

FC 2 3 4 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 0 0

FS 1 3 2 4 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 2

OFF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0

C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

4 1

5 0

35 15

14 2

26 28

28 26

3 5

15 12

2 2

0 3

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 2

SV 1

GA 1

GAA 0.50

PG 0

PA 0

W 1

L 0

T 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

2 14

1 10

1 4

0.50 2.00

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 1

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Teal Bunbury 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0 1 0

0-0-0 0-0-0

2011 HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-1) UNF 11 26 32 17 20 25 7 29 5 21 31 1 16 22 8 4 10 15

POS PLAYER MID Brad Davis MID Corey Ashe DEF Bobby Boswell MID Luiz Camargo MID Geoff Cameron FWD Brian Ching MID Colin Clark FWD Carlo Costly MID Danny Cruz DEF Hunter Freeman DEF Andre Hainault GK Tally Hall MID*Adam Moffat MID*Lovel Palmer DEF Kofi Sarkodie DEF Jermaine Taylor MID Je-Vaughn Watson FWD Cam Weaver ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1

GS 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0

MIN 142 180 45 9 180 114 118 64 79 101 180 180 90 29 90 135 135 23

G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 3 1 0 0 4 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1

FS 2 3 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0

OFF 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

1 4

0 5

15 35

2 14

28 26

26 28

5 3

12 15

2 2

3 0

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 14

SV 10

GA 4

GAA 2.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 0

L 1

T 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

14 2

10 1

4 1

2.00 0.50

0 0

0 0

0 1

1 0

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Tally Hall ----------Team totals Opponent totals

SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 1

0-0-0 0-0-0


HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Dynamo 5 wins, 18 goals Sporting 3 wins, 15 goals Ties 4 04/08/2006 07/15/2006

KC 2 at HOU 1 HOU 3 at KC 2

(H) (KC)

06/24/2007 09/01/2007

HOU 1 at KC 0 HOU 1 vs KC 1

(KC) (H)

04/12/2008 09/07/2008

KC 0 vs HOU 0 HOU 3 vs KC 1

(CA) (H)

07/04/2009 10/04/2009

HOU 1 at KC 0 HOU 1 vs KC 1

(CA) (H)

05/01/2010 09/22/2010

HOU 3 vs KC 0 KC 4 vs HOU 3

(H) (CA)

07/16/2011 09/10/2011

HOU 1 vs KC 1 KC 3 vs HOU 0

(H) (SP)

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 4 11 0 15 62 75 0 137 26 27 0 53 71 69 0 140 11 16 0 27 34 35 0 69

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 9 62 28 84 28 38

Dynamo 2 OT Tot. 9 0 18 66 0 128 28 0 56 72 0 156 16 0 44 33 0 71

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

KC HOU

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 1 1 2 1 4 6 2 5 2 3 4 2

OT 0 0

Total 15 18

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes vs. HOU Dominic Kinnear vs. KC

2-1-2 (1.60 pts./game) 7-5-6 (1.50 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 11/10/2007

HOU 2 vs KC 0

(H)

11/06/2011

HOU 2 at KC 0

(SP)

U.S. OPEN CUP 04/06/2011

KC 1 at HOU 0

(H, R1)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

3 3 12 6 9 14

Sporting KC Teal Bunbury Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Eddie Johnson Michael Harrington Davy Arnaud

3 2 20 8 15 16

Dynamo Brad Davis 5 players tied Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Corey Ashe

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

2 3 1 23 7

Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Hartman/Nielsen Kevin Hartman Hartman/Nielsen

4 2 3 20 10

Pat Pat Pat Pat Pat

Onstad Onstad Onstad Onstad Onstad

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC Teal Bunbury (9/10/11) Harrington/Zusi 3 players tied Eddie Johnson (9/1/07) Santiago Hirsig (7/4/09) Sealy/Hirsig

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 2 5 4 6 5

Saves Goals Allowed

7 Kevin Hartman (9/7/08) 3 4 players tied

2 2 8 3 4 5

Dynamo Nate Jaqua (9/7/08) Kamara/Oduro Brian Ching (4/8/06) 4 players tied 6 players tied Joseph Ngwenya (9/1/07)

7 Tally Hall (7/16/11) 4 Pat Onstad (9/22/10)

2012 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

HOUSTON DYNAMO W-L-T Streak (started)

W-L-T

CHICAGO FIRE Streak (started)

3-0-0 3-1-4 0-4-1

5 Ws (10/14/2011 1 Ls (6/23/2012) 1 Ts (6/20/2012)

3-0-0 4-3-3 1-2-0

9 Ws (8/21/2011) 1 Ws (6/29/2012) 1 Ls (5/26/2012)

5-0-2 1-5-2

3 Ws (5/12/2012) 1 Ls (6/23/2012)

5-0-0 3-5-2

11 Ws (8/21/2011) 2 Ls (5/26/2012)

0-2-1 3-1-1 3-2-2 0-0-1 0-0-0

1 1 1 1 11

Ts Ls Ws Ts Ws

(5/15/2012) (6/10/2012) (6/30/2012) (6/20/2012) (4/2/2006)

0-2-1 2-3-2 4-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0

1 1 7 8 23

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(6/2/2012) (6/29/2012) (8/21/2011) (9/29/2010) (5/23/1998)

3-0-1 3-1-1 0-1-2 0-2-1 0-1-0

1 3 2 1 3

Ts Ws Ts Ts Ls

(5/15/2012) (5/26/2012) (4/21/2012) (6/20/2012) (6/5/2010)

2-0-1 5-0-2 1-5-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 5 4 3 13

Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls

(6/29/2012) (5/4/2012) (4/28/2012) (5/31/2009) (6/21/2003)


SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (3-5-4) PLAYER Teal Bunbury Josh Wolff Jose Burciaga Jr. Sasha Victorine Kei Kamara Davy Arnaud Aurelien Collin Jimmy Conrad Zoltan Hercegfalvi Eddie Johnson C.J. Sapong Ryan Smith Michael Harrington Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Claudio Lopez Craig Rocastle Julio Cesar Scott Sealy Alex Zotinca Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Omar Bravo Eloy Colombano Birahim Diop Pablo Escobar Nick Garcia Herculez Gomez Matt Groenwald Kevin Hartman Santiago Hirsig Aaron Hohlbein Jeferson Jack Jewsbury Michael Kraus Jonathan Leathers Carlos Marinelli Rauwshan McKenzie Kurt Morsink Yura Movsisyan Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Ryan Raybould Seth Sinovic Shavar Thomas Abe Thompson Ivan Trujillo Tyson Wahl Lance Watson Kerry Zavagnin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 7 3 4 5 10 1 7 1 3 2 2 10 3 6 4 2 1 4 2 2 5 2 1 2 1 4 2 1 6 2 2 1 10 1 1 4 1 3 1 6 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 6 12 12

GS 1 6 3 4 4 7 1 7 0 3 2 2 9 2 6 4 1 1 3 1 2 5 2 0 2 1 4 1 1 6 2 2 1 8 0 1 2 1 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 12 12

GOALKEEPER Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6 4 2

MIN 540 360 180

12 12

1080 1080

MIN 147 525 270 342 303 653 90 630 28 270 180 162 760 203 493 360 130 90 224 98 135 436 180 18 135 90 360 94 82 540 180 135 57 742 16 90 175 90 203 39 398 360 180 10 16 90 180 74 11 162 135 452 1080 1080

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (3-5-4) G 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 18

A 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19

SHT 5 11 4 5 12 10 3 3 2 7 4 2 3 6 4 11 1 0 3 2 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 9 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 137 128

SHTS 30 13 13

SV 23 6 8

GAA 1.17 1.75 2.00

PG 0 0 0

56 53

37 35

1.50 1.25

0 0

PLAYER Brian Ching Bobby Boswell Will Bruin Colin Clark Macoumba Kandji Adam Moffat Brad Davis Geoff Cameron Andre Hainault Nathan Sturgis Corey Ashe Luiz Camargo Calen Carr Tally Hall Jermaine Taylor Je-Vaughn Watson Cam Weaver Team totals Opponent totals

GP 14 17 2 7 6 4 17 7 7 7 6 2 2 3 2 2 2 13 13

GS 13 17 2 6 4 4 14 7 7 6 6 2 0 3 1 1 1 13 13

GOALKEEPER Tally Hall ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3

MIN 246

13 13

1146 1146

MIN 1170 1506 154 538 350 267 1260 546 586 470 405 153 33 246 111 78 94 1146 1146

G 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 16

A 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 10

SHT 26 8 6 11 12 4 18 8 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 153 131

SHTS 12

SV 9

GAA 1.10

PG 0

58 65

41 42

1.26 1.65

1 1


HOUSTON DYNAMO CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-3-4) PLAYER Brad Davis Luis Angel Landin Brian Ching Nate Jaqua Kei Kamara Dominic Oduro Brian Mullan Adrian Serioux Cam Weaver Samuel Appiah Patrick Ianni Joseph Ngwenya Eddie Robinson Mike Chabala Stuart Holden Corey Ashe Dwayne De Rosario Kevin Goldthwaite Alejandro Moreno Craig Waibel Ade Akinbiyi Wade Barrett Bobby Boswell Tony Caig Luiz Camargo Geoff Cameron Franco Caraccio Ronald Cerritos Colin Clark Ricardo Clark Ryan Cochrane Carlo Costly Danny Cruz Hunter Freeman Kelly Gray Andre Hainault Tally Hall Adam Moffat Richard Mulrooney Pat Onstad Lovel Palmer Kofi Sarkodie Jermaine Taylor Je-Vaughn Watson Chris Wondolowski Team totals Opponent totals

GP 11 2 5 1 2 4 9 4 3 1 2 3 6 4 5 9 5 1 2 3 1 6 7 2 1 7 1 1 2 6 7 1 3 2 3 5 2 1 5 8 3 1 2 2 2 12 12

GS 10 2 5 1 2 3 9 2 2 0 2 2 5 4 3 6 4 1 2 3 0 6 6 2 0 5 1 0 2 6 4 1 1 1 2 5 2 1 5 8 2 1 2 1 0 12 12

GOALKEEPER Tony Caig Pat Onstad Tally Hall ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 8 2

MIN 180 720 180

12 12

1080 1080

CURRENT HOUSTON DYNAMO PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-3-4)

MIN 737 134 384 83 180 267 786 206 130 19 180 171 459 360 314 598 361 90 169 270 23 539 585 180 9 475 71 3 118 537 351 64 99 101 190 450 180 90 450 720 209 90 135 135 6 1080 1080

G 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 15

A 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 16

SHT 20 3 15 4 9 6 8 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 4 4 9 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 128 137

SHTS 6 33 14

SV 5 20 10

GAA 0.50 1.25 2.00

PG 0 0 0

53 56

35 37

1.25 1.50

0 0

PLAYER Brian Ching Brad Davis Cam Weaver Bobby Boswell Calen Carr Adam Moffat Colin Clark Corey Ashe Luiz Camargo Geoff Cameron Andre Hainault Tally Hall Macoumba Kandji Kofi Sarkodie Nathan Sturgis Jermaine Taylor Je-Vaughn Watson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 16 21 4 17 8 4 7 9 1 7 5 2 2 1 4 2 2 12 12

GS 12 19 3 16 1 4 7 6 0 5 5 2 2 1 4 2 1 12 12

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GP 2

MIN 180

12 12

1080 1080

MIN 1122 1486 220 1485 209 324 493 598 9 475 450 180 149 90 315 135 135 1080 1080

G 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 15

A 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 16

SHT 34 33 2 6 3 9 5 4 0 2 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 128 137

SHTS 14

SV 10

GAA 2.00

PG 0

53 56

35 37

1.25 1.50

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2012 Regular season Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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10-5-2 (29 pts) 17 2nd in East 23 1.35 17 1 +6 281 (79) 28.1% 233 212 29 1

SPORTING Kansas City roster No. Pos. 1 GK 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 MID 16 DEF 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 21 GK 22 FWD 23 FWD 24 DEF 27 DEF 37 FWD 55 DEF 78 DEF 88 MID

Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi co-red-eh eye-eh-BOO-see Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree Bobby Convey CON-vee Konrad Warzycha Var-ZEE-hah Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Jon Kempin Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Kei Kamara kye kah-MAHR-ah Cyprian Hedrick sip-ree-an HE-drick Kyle Miller Jacob Peterson Julio Cesar JEW-lee-o SEH-sahr Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Michael Thomas

Houston Dynamo

RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS

6-5-6 (24 pts) 17 5th in East 22 1.29 24 1.41 -2 210 (74) 35.2% 181 172 19 1

2012 REgular season Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Houston Dynamo

Will Bruin 9 6 Kei Kamara goals Brad Davis 4 8 Graham Zusi assists Will Bruin 45 68 Kei Kamara shots Will Bruin 24 29 Kei Kamara shots on Goal 3 Kamara/Sapong game-winning goals Hainault/Davis 2 4 Graham Zusi game-winning assists Moffat/Hainault/Davis 2 Corey Ashe 19 32 Roger Espinoza fouls suffered Adam Moffat 24 39 Aurelien Collin fouls committed Carr/Ashe 3 4 Collin/Nielsen cautions Adam Moffat 1 1 Roger Espinoza ejections 1.00 Jimmy Nielsen goals against avg 10 Jimmy Nielsen wins 6 Jimmy Nielsen shutouts 41 Jimmy Nielsen saves

Tally Hall 1.43

Tally Hall 6 Tally Hall 5 Tally Hall 41

Coaches - REGULAR SEASON 2012 Regular Season MLS Standings As of 7/6/2012:

Eastern Conf. 1. D.C. United 2. Sporting Kansas City 3. New York Red Bulls 4. Chicago Fire 5. Houston Dynamo 6. Columbus Crew 7. New England Revolution 8. Montreal Impact 9. Philadelphia Union 10. Toronto FC Western Conf. 1. San Jose Earthquakes 2. Real Salt Lake 3. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4. Seattle Sounders FC 5. Colorado Rapids 6. LA Galaxy 7. Chivas USA 8. Portland Timbers 9. FC Dallas

GP W L T 18 10 5 3 17 10 5 2 17 9 4 4 17 8 5 4 17 6 5 6 15 6 5 4 16 5 7 4 19 5 11 3 15 4 9 2 16 2 10 4 GP W L T 18 11 4 3 19 10 6 3 17 8 4 5 18 7 5 6 17 7 9 1 18 6 10 2 16 5 7 4 16 5 7 4 18 3 9 6

P 33 32 31 28 24 22 19 18 14 10 P 36 33 29 27 22 20 19 19 15

Peter Vermes 4th season 37-33-23 4th season 37-33-23

Dominic kinnear

MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team

9th season 106-72-87 7th season 79-58-66

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Kansas City was eliminated in their quest for the 2011 MLS Cup in the Eastern Conference Championship against the Houston Dynamo at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. Houston returns Andre Hainault, one of two goalscorer’s in the Eastern Conference Finals, however Carlo Costly is no longer with the club. Sporting Kansas City faced the Houston Dynamo two additional times in 2011 during the MLS regular season earning a 1-1 result at Robertson Stadium on July 16th and a 3-0 victory at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on September 10th. Corey Ashe earned the assist on the game-winning goal in 1-0 win at Kansas City on July 4, 2009. Ashe played collegiate ball at the University of North Carolina with Sporting Kansas City defender Michael Harrington from 2003-2006. Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara played for the Houston Dynamo from 2008-2009, scoring seven goals and tallying three assists. Houston defender Bobby Boswell and Sporting Kansas City midfielder Bobby Convey both started their MLS careers at D.C. United. However, their time spent with the club did not overlap as Convey was there from 2000 to 2004 where as Boswell joined D.C. United in 2005. Dynamo striker Will Bruin was fourth runner-up to C.J. Sapong for 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year. Bruin was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Dynamo midfielder Luiz Camargo made his MLS debut in a 3-0 loss at KC on September 10, 2011. Camargo was also credited for the assist in 2-0 victory against Sporting KC in the 2011 Eastern Conference finals at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on November 6. Houston’s Calen Carr scored a late insurance goal in 2-0 win versus Kansas City on August 25, 2007. Houston’s Brian Ching was ejected in 1-1 tie versus Kansas City on July 16, 2011. Ching also recorded a goal and an assist in 3-2 victory against Kansas City on April 23, 2005. Dynamo midfielder Collin Clark was also ejected in 1-1 tie versus Kansas City on July 16, 2011. Houston midfielder Brad Davis was nominated for Goal of the Week in 1-1 draw with KC on July 16th. Davis made his 200th Dynamo appearance at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on November 6, 2011 in the Eastern Conference Finals against Kansas City and set a club record for minutes played in all competitions. Davis is from St. Charles, Missouri. Houston goalkeeper Tyler Deric and Sporting Kansas City’s Jon Kempin were each the first home-grown players for their respective clubs. Houston’s Alex Dixon made his first Dynamo start and played 120 minutes in midfield in 1-0 overtime loss versus Kansas City in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifying round on April 6, 2011. Dixon played collegiate ball with UNC and faced Teal Bunbury and Akron in the 2009 NCAA semifinal. Akron advanced due to a shootout victory. Bunbury was also teammates with Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie at the University of Akron from 2008 to 2009. Kei Kamara was teammates with Adam Moffat in 2007 at the Columbus Crew. Sporting KC’s Paulo Nagamura was teammates with Nathan Sturgis at the LA Galaxy in 2006. Houston’s Cam Weaver was ejected for in the 18th minute of

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1-1 tie versus Kansas City on October 4, 2009.

Sporting Kansas City’s three goals in the second half on Wednesday was the second most goals scored in the second half in 2012 by an MLS team. A team has scored three or more goals in the second half 11 times this season. The four goals combined in the second half of Wednesday’s game was the second most goals scored in the second half in 2012 by two teams. Only 13 games have had four or more goals scored in the second half

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Montreal’s Eduardo Sebrango became the oldest player to play in an MLS game in 2012 at 39 years and 82 days when he entered in the second-half of Sporting Kansas City’s match at Stade Saputo on Wednesday. Sporting Kansas City’s two goals in a seven-minute span on Wednesday was the fastest two goals the team has scored this season. Soony Saad became the youngest player in Sporting KC history to record an assist at 19 years, 322 days on Wednesday. He is also the youngest player to score a goal in club history, scoring on his 19th birthday in his debut. Jimmy Nielsen recorded his 200th MLS regular season save on Wednesday, becoming the fifth Sporting KC goalkeeper all-time to break the 200-save barrier. Kei Kamara became the fifth player in club history to convert three or more penalties in their KC career, tying Jack Jewsbury, Josh Wolff and Jose Burciaga for third most on the team’s all-time chart.

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Sporting Kansas City is 204-204-102 all-time. The Dynamo are one of three teams Sporting KC is yet to play half way through the season, along with fellow Eastern Conference counterparts Columbus Crew and New York Red Bulls. Sporting Kansas City has allowed only five goals at home all season for a 0.63 goals against average, the lowest of any MLS team at home in 2012. Houston has allowed 18 of their 24 goals on the road this season, the second most road goals conceded of any MLS team in 2012. Sporting Kansas City has sold out six straight MLS matches at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park seven of the team’s eight home games this season. The club average of 19,353 fans in 2012 ranks sixth-best in MLS and is above the League average of 18,880. Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes has the second-best winning percentage in MLS this season at .647 among the 21 head coaches to manage an MLS game this season. Sporting Kansas City ranks first in MLS in shots (281), corner kicks (110) and fewest shots against (179) this season. Sporting Kansas City leads MLS in all-time shots taken with 6,930. The Houston Dynamo have allowed only one goal in the final 15 minutes of the first half and one goal in the final 15 minutes of the second half in 2012. Combined, the two goals allowed in the final 15 minutes of a half are the fewest in MLS this year. The Houston Dynamo have only led at halftime three times in 2012, while Sporting Kansas City have only trailed at halftime three times this season. Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara leads MLS with 29 shots on goal this season. He ranks second with 68 shots. Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi leads MLS with 74 corner kicks this season. He ranks second in the League with eight assists, including an MLS-high four game-winning assists. Sporting Kansas City captain Jimmy Nielsen leads all MLS goalkeepers with 10 wins in 2012. His six shutouts are second-most in MLS. Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen has made 200 saves in his KC career and is six saves away from passing Mike Ammann for fourth on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Sporting KC defender Michael Harrington has played 143 games in his KC career and is one game away from the ninth spot on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Sporting KC striker Kei Kamara has recorded 93 shots on goal in his KC career and is two shots on target shy of the seventh spot on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Kamara has also attempted 262 shots in his KC career and is two shots away from the fifth spot on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Kamara has 26 goals in his KC career and two more will see him tie Scott Sealy and Vitalis Takawira for the sixth spot on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Teal Bunbury has 16 goals in his KC career and his next goal will tie Jimmy Conrad and Eddie Johnson for the 10th spot on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Graham Zusi has eight game-winning assists in his KC career and his next such assist will move him into sole possession of fifth on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Kei Kamara has eight game-winning goals in his KC career and his next such goal will move him into sole possession of fifth on Sporting KC’s all-time chart Kei Kamara’s next successful penalty kick will see him tie Claudio Lopez for second-most on Sporting KC’s all-time chart with four.


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Sporting Kansas City News, Notes and headlines Results | Sporting Kansas City currently sit in second place of the Eastern Conference with a record of 10-5-2 (32 points) one-point behind D.C. United. The team had a historic start to 2012, garnering seven straight wins to begin the season. However, Kansas City experienced a slight decrease in their momentum losing three games in a row before earning a draw against Western Conference foe Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The momentum was back in Kansas City’s favor as the team won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games against Orlando City SC and Colorado Rapids and added two MLS victories against the San Jose Earthquakes and Toronto FC. Sporting KC then went on the road and earned a tie at CenturyLink Field against Western Conference foe Seattle Sounders. The club has ten wins this season after just 17 matches. It took them 26 games in 2011 until they got their tenth win on August 28, 2011. Sporting KC experienced a second short slump in MLS play, suffering a 4-0 defeat to the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park followed by a 1-0 loss to rival Chicago Fire at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. However, in between the two MLS matches, Sporting Kansas City hosted the Dayton Dutch Lions in Open Cup competition, in which they earned a 3-0 victory to send them to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semi-finals. Sporting Kansas City got back on track in MLS competition on Wednesday when they beat Montreal 3-1 at Saputo Stadium. When they last met| Sporting Kansas City last played the Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Championship in their quest for the 2011 MLS cup. The match resulted in a 2-0 defeat for Kansas City ending a 2011 season that saw the club ascend from worst to first in the Eastern Conference. Houston began the scoring in the 53rd minute on an unassisted finish from Andre Hainault. The goal transpired from an Adam Moffat free kick on the right side. The ball was served in for Jermaine Taylor who directed his header on goal. Nielsen was there to make the play, but gave up a rebound that landed in the path of Hainault. As Sporting Kansas City pushed numbers forward in efforts to secure the equalizer, Houston patiently waited before capitalizing on the stretched out backline in the 87th minute when Luiz Camargo slipped a through ball in for Carlo Costly. The Honduran international striker took two touches before slamming a left-footed shot off the post and into the net. The defeat took place at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in front of a sell-out crowd of 20,839 fans on November 6. Six for All-Star | Sporting KC had six players up for the AT&T MLS All-Star Game of 2012. Nominated players were goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen, defend-

er Aurelien Collin, midfielders Roger Espinoza and Graham Zusi, and forwards Kei Kamara and C.J. Sapong. Fan voting ended on Monday, July 2nd online at www.MLSsoccer.com and also by texting the player’s last name to 22442. The All-Star First XI will be announced on July 8 during the ESPN broadcast of Chicago Fire versus LA Galaxy at 2pm CT. While the gameday roster will be announced during the ESPN broadcast of the New York Red Bulls versus Seattle Sounders on July 15 at 3pm CT. Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | Sporting Kansas City advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup after garnering victories against Orlando City SC, Colorado Rapids and the Dayton Dutch Lions. Sporting KC hosted Orlando City SC at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on May 29th earning the 3-2 victory on a goal from Paulo Nagamura followed by two more from Michigan native Soony Saad. A week later Kansas City was home again in the fortress that is LIVESTRONG Sporting Park as they defeated a familiar MLS foe, the Colorado Rapids 2-0. Sporting KC defender Aurelien Collin was able to get on the end of a Graham Zusi free kick. Collin’s header was initially blocked by Rapids goalkeeper Matt Pickens, but his slight touch only guided the ball into the post before bouncing off the back of his head and into the back of the net to give Sporting KC the 1-0 lead. Teal Bunbury added an insurance goal in the 79th minute to boost Sporting KC’s lead to two, where it would stand at the final whistle. The quarterfinals were held on June 26th against the Dayton Dutch Lions at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. Sporting Kansas City earned the early lead when C.J. Sapong was able to redirect a shot by Seth Sinovic. The scoring continued when Graham Zusi hammered a shot from 20 yards out to beat Dayton goalkeeper Matt Williams. It was Sapong again on the third tally as he headed home a Soony Saad corner kick. With the win, Sporting Kansas City advance to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals and will face the Philadelphia Union on July 11th at PPL Park.

2012 Major Events at Livestrong sporting park

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International Friendly: Montpellier HSC (July 24, 2012) International Friendly: Stoke City FC (August 1, 2012) Concert: Journey with Pat Benatar (August 31, 2012) Concert: Y’allapalooza (September 8, 2012) World Cup Qualifier: USMNT versus Guatemala (October 16, 2012)

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY YEAR MLS SUPERDRAFT 2006 Eric Kronberg (40th)

MLS SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT

SIGNINGS

TRADES

HOMEGROWN MLS LOTTERY PLAYERS DRAFT

2007 Michael Harrington (3rd) 2008 Chance Myers (1st) Roger Espinoza (11th) 2009 Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd) 2010 Teal Bunbury (10th)

Kei Kamara (Sept. 15 from HOU) Korede Aiyegbusi (20th)

2011 C.J. Sapong (10th) Konrad Warzycha (46th)

2012 Dom Dwyer (16th) Cyprian Hedrick (30th)

Jimmy Nielsen (Feb. 15) Julio Cesar (Mar. 14) Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 Aurelien Collin from MON, originally (Apr. 15) signed on May 10) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. Lawrence Olum 29 from CHV) (Sept. 15) Bobby Convey (Dec. 2 from SJ)

Kyle Miller (54th)

Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19)

Michael Thomas (Jan. 18 from SJ)

Jon Kempin (Aug. 31) Kevin Ellis Soony Saad (Feb. 18) (Jul 5, MLS Lottery Draft)


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All-time regular season results Date 4/8/2006 7/15/2006 6/24/2007 9/1/2007 4/12/2008 9/7/2008 7/4/2009 10/4/2009 5/1/2010 9/22/2010 7/16/2011 9/10/2011

Score 2-1 2-3 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-3 0-1 1-1 0-3 4-3 1-1 3-0

Result W L L T T L L T L W T W

Location Robertson Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Robertson Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Robertson Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Robertson Stadium Robertson Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Robertson Stadium LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

All-time Post season results Date 11/10/2007 11/6/2011

Score Result Location 0-2 L Robertson Stadium 0-2 L LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC HOU

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 1 1 2 1 4 6 0 15 2 5 2 3 4 2 0 18

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 4 62 26 71 11 34

2 11 75 27 69 16 35

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot. 15 137 53 140 27 69

houston dynamo Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 9 62 28 84 28 38

2 9 66 28 72 16 33

OT Tot. 0 18 0 128 0 56 0 156 0 44 0 71

All-Time Regular Season series leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Houston Dynamo

3 Teal bunbury Goals Brad Davis 3 3 Michael Harrington Assists 5 Players Tied 2 12 Kei Kamara Shots Brad Davis 20 6 Eddie Johnson Shots on Goal Brad Davis 8 9 Michael Harrington Fouls Committed Brad Davis 15 14 Davy Arnaud Fouls Suffered Corey Ashe 16 2 Jimmy Nielsen Wins 3 Kevin Hartman Losses 1 Hartman/Nielsen Shutouts 23 Kevin Hartman Saves 7 Hartman/Nielsen Goals allowed

Pat Onstad 4 Pat Onstad 2 Pat Onstad 3 Pat Onstad 20 Pat Onstad 10

All-Time Regular Season game highs SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 2 5 4 6 5

Houston Dynamo

Teal Bunbury Goals Nate Jaqua 2 Assists Harrington/Zusi Kamara/Oduri 2 Shots Brian Ching 8 3 Players Tied 4 Players Tied 3 Eddie Johnson Shots on Goal 3 6 Players Tied 4 Santiago Hirsia Fouls Committed Sealy/Hirsia Fouls suffered Joseph Ngwenya 5

7 Kevin Hartman Saves 3 4 Players Tied Goals allowed

Tally Hall 7 Pat Onstad 4

2012 Home attendance Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Sat., May 5th Sun., May 27th Sun., June 16th Fri., June 29th

3-0 W vs. New England 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas 1-0 W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake 2-0 L vs. Montreal Impact 2-1 W vs. San Jose 2-0 W vs. Toronto FC 1-0 L vs. Chicago Fire

19,777 15,161 20,323 19,422 20,404 19,974 20,488 19,274

2012 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 13 10 23 SPORTING 123 158 281 SPORTING 39 41 80 Opp. 6 11 17 Opp. 69 111 180 Opp. 23 35 58 Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total Corners 1 2 Total SPORTING 110 123 233 SPORTING 11 18 29 SPORTING 56 54 110 Opp. 100 98 198 Opp. 32 28 60 Opp. 18 38 56 Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total PK 1 2 Total SPORTING 13 16 29 SPORTING 0 1 1 SPORTING 0 3 3 Opp. 13 18 31 Opp. 1 1 2 Opp. 0 3 3


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SPORTING KANSAS CITY REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS GOALS assists PLAYER TEAM GP A 1. Dwayne De Rosario DC 18 10 2. Graham Zusi KC 17 8 3. Marvin Chavez SJ 15 7 4. Steven Beitashour SJ 18 6 4. Martin Rivero COL 13 6 6. David Beckham LA 15 5 6. Patrice Bernier MTL 12 5 6. Davide Chiumiento VAN 15 5 6. Ramiro Corrales SJ 13 5 6. Sebastian Grazzini CHI 14 5 6. Thierry Henry NY 11 5 6. Felipe Martins MTL 19 5

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS

PLAYER TEAM GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi KC 17 4 2. Chance Myers KC 17 3 18 3 2. Dwayne De Rosario DC

Corner Kicks PLAYER TEAM GP CK 1. Graham Zusi KC 17 74 2. David Beckham LA 15 72 3. Martin Rivero COL 13 59 4. Brad Davis HOU 15 56 5. Felipe Martins MTL 19 54 6. Mauro Rosales SEA 14 43 7. Daniel Hernandez DAL 16 41 8. Javier Morales RSL 15 39 9. Freddy Adu PHI 11 38 9. Marvin Chavez SJ 15 38

SAVES

PLAYER TEAM GP SV 1. Matt Pikens COL 17 65 2. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 15 59 3. Joe Cannon VAN 17 56 4. Dan Kennedy CHV 16 55 5. Ryan Meara NY 17 54 6. Matt Reis NE 16 50 7. Kevin Hartman DAL 14 49 7. Milos Kocic TOR 16 49 7. Troy Perkins POR 16 49

GOALKEEPER WINS

PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 17 9 1. Jon Busch SJ 16 9 1. Ryan Meara NY 17 9 1. Nick Rimando RSL 17 9 5. Joe Cannon VAN 17 7 5. Sean Johnson CHI 14 7 5. Matt Pickens COL 17 7 8. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 15 6 8. Tally Hall HOU 17 6 DC 9 6 8. Bill Hamid 8. Josh Saunders LA 11 6

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS

PLAYER TEAM GP SHO 1. Joe Cannon VAN 17 7 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 17 6 1. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 15 6 2. Nick Rimando RSL 17 6

PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 16 14 2. Kenny Cooper NY 17 11 3. Will Bruin HOU 17 9 3. Thierry Henry NY 11 9 3. Danny Koevermans TOR 13 9 3. Chris Pontius DC 15 9 7. Saer Sene NE 15 8 8. Maicon Santos DC 16 7 8. Eddie Johnson SEA 15 7 8. Alvaro Saborio RSL 19 7

Multi-Goal Games PLAYER TEAM GP GAMES 1. Thierry Henry NY 11 3 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 16 3 3. Will Bruin HOU 17 2 3. Kenny Cooper NY 17 2 3. Maicon Santos DC 16 2 3. Steven Lenhart SJ 15 2 3. Chris Pontius DC 15 2 3. Alvaro Saborio RSL 19 2 9. Teal Bunbury KC 14 1 9. 18 others tied with 1...

Game-Winning Goals PLAYER TEAM 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 2. Chris Pontius DC 3. Kenny Cooper NY 4. Kei Kamara KC 4. C.J. Sapong KC 4. Jaime Castrillon COL 4. Fabian Espindola RSL 4. Dominic Oduro CHI 4. Marco Pappa CHI

GP GWG 16 7 15 5 17 4 16 3 16 3 17 3 17 3 17 3 16 3

Shots on Goal PLAYER TEAM GP SOG 1. Kei Kamara KC 16 29 2. Fredy Montero SEA 17 26 3. Chris Wondolowski SJ 16 25 4. Will Bruin HOU 17 24 NY 17 24 4. Kenny Cooper

Shots

PLAYER TEAM GP SH 1. Fredy Montero SEA 17 72 2. Kei Kamara KC 16 68 3. Chris Wondolowski SJ 16 60 4. Marco Pappa CHI 16 52 5. Dwayne De Rosario DC 18 51 6. Maicon Santos DC 16 50 7. Alvaro Saborio RSL 19 49 8. Kris Boyd POR 16 48 9. Kenny Cooper NY 17 47 10. Fabian Espindola RSL 17 46 10. Thierry Henry NY 11 46

Hat Tricks PLAYER TEAM GP HATS 1. David Estrada SEA 13 1 1. Thierry Henry NY 11 1 1. Chris Pontius DC 15 1


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Sporting kansas city GOALS AND ASSISTS

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GOAL information 1- C.J. Sapong (Graham Zusi), Mar. 10, at D.C. United, 93+ 2- Zusi (Kei Kamara), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 28 3- Kamara (Seth Sinovic), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 39 4- Sapong (Sinovic), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 47 5- Aurelien Collin (Zusi), Mar. 25, vs. FC Dallas, 49 6- Kamara (Chance Myers), Mar. 25, vs. FC Dallas, 88 7- Sapong (Zusi), Apr. 1, at Chivas USA, 47 8- Kamara (Bobby Convey), Apr. 7, vs. LA Galaxy, 40 9- Collin (Zusi), Apr. 14, vs. Real Salt Lake, 63 10- Collin (unassisted), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 24 11- Martin Bonjour (Own Goal), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 51 12- Kamara (Myers), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 65 13- Convey (Roger Espinoza), May 12, at Chicago Fire, 31 14- Teal Bunbury (Sinovic), May 19, at Colorado Rapids, 2 15- Bunbury (unassisted), May 19, at Colorado Rapids, 14 16- Sapong (Kamara), May 27, vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 5 17- Kamara (Michael Harrington), May 27, vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 39 18- Sapong (Jacob Peterson), June 16, vs. Toronto FC, 18 19- Julio Cesar (Zusi), June 16, vs. Toronto FC, 35 20- Jacob Peterson (Collin), June 20, at Seattle Sounders FC, 8 21- Kei Kamara (Penalty Kick), July 4, at Montreal, 57 22- Graham Zusi (Penalty Kick), July 4, at Montreal, 75 23- Jacob Peterson (Espinoza/Saad), July 4, at Montreal, 82

KEY GOALS: 1 ASSISTS: 1


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2012 Schedule and Box Scores DATE

Sat., March 10th Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sun., April 1st Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Wed., April 18th Sat., April 21st Sat., May 5th Sat., May 12th Sat., May 19th Sun., May 27th Tues., May 29th Tues., June 5th Sat., June 16th Wed., June 20th Sat., June 23rd Tues., June 26th Fri., June 29th Wed., July 4th Sat., July 7th Sat., July 14th Wed., July 18th Sat., July 21st Sat., July 28th Wed., August 1st Sat., August 4th Sat., Aug. 11th Sat., August 18th Sun., Aug. 26th Sat., Sept. 1st Fri., Sept. 14th Wed., Sept. 19th Sat., Sept. 22nd Fri., Sept. 28th Sun., October 7th Sat., October 20th Wed., Oct. 24th

OPPONENT

GOAL SCORERS

1-0 W @ D.C. United Sapong 3-0 W vs. New England Zusi/Kamara/Sapong 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas Collin/Kamara 1-0 W @ Chivas USA Sapong 1-0 W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Kamara 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake Collin 3-1 W @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC Collin/OG/Kamara 1-0 L @ Portland Timbers OG 2-0 L vs. Montreal Impact None 2-1 L @ Chicago Fire Convey 2-2 T @ Colorado Rapids Bunbury(2) 2-1 W vs. San Jose Earthquakes Sapong/Kamara 3-2 W vs. Orlando City SC* Nagamura/Saad(2) 2-0 W vs. Colorado Rapids* OG/Bunbury 2-0 W vs. Toronto FC Sapong/Cesar 1-1 T @ Seattle Sounders Peterson 4-0 L @ Philadelphia Union None 3-0 W vs. Dayton Dutch Lions* Sapong(2)/Zusi 1-0 L vs. Chicago Fire None 3-1 W @ Montreal Impact Kamara/Zusi/Peterson vs. Houston Dynamo @ Columbus Crew @ Houston Dynamo vs. New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew vs. Stoke City FC** @ New England Revolution vs. D.C. United @ Toronto FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Toronto FC vs. Houston Dynamo @ New York Red Bulls @ Montreal Impact vs. Chicago Fire @ Columbus Crew @ New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS D.C. UNITED (0-1-0) DATE: March 10, 2012 -- RFK Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot D.C. United 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 1 (Zusi 1) 93+ Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Teal Bunbury DC: Cautions: John Lozano Stats Sporting Kansas City DC United TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 6) 7 (De Rosario/Salihi/Santos) SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Kamara 3) 1 (Santos 1) FOULS: 16 (4 tied with 3) 12 (Boskovic/Woolard 2) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 5 3 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Hammid 7 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 85), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 75). D.C. UNITED--Bill Hamid, Robbie Russell, Daniel Woolard, Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Andy Najar, Chris Pontius (Danny Cruz 74), Perry Kitchen, Branko Boskovic (Josh Wolff 66), Dwayne De Rosario, Hamdi Salihi (Maicon Santos 80). Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Sean Hurd, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik. Attendance: 16, 314. Temperature: 44.

*Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup **International Friendly NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (0-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) DATE: March 17, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

1 0 2

2 0 1

Tot 0 3

FC DALLAS (1-1-1) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (3-0-0) DATE: March 25, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period FC Dallas Sporting Kansas City

1 1 1

2 0 1

Tot 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Zusi 1 (Kamara 1) 28 KC--Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39 KC--Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 47

Scoring Summary: DAL--Ricardo Villar 2 (free kick) 25 KC--Collin 1 (Zusi 3) 49+ KC--Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Zusi 28, Myers 45 NE: Ejections: McCarthy 14

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 32, Myers 36, Espinoza 93+ DAL: Cautions: D. Hernandez 49+

Stats Sporting Kansas City New England TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 7) 11 (Nguyen/Simms 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 6 (Guy 2) FOULS: 12 (Myers 3) 10 (Sene 2) OFFSIDE: 4 2 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 6 Reis 4

Stats Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Kamara 11) 8 (Villar 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Kamara 5) 1 (Villar 1) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (4 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 1 0 CORNER KICKS: 7 5 SAVES: N/A Hartman 7

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Stephen McCarthy (Ejected 14), Benny Feilhaber (Jeremiah White 61), Clyde Simms, Shalrie Joseph, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Ryan Guy 45), Saer Sene (Diego Fagundez 57).

FC DALLAS--Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd, Hernan Pertuz, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Bryan Leyva (Andrew Wiedeman 70), Daniel Hernandez, Jair Benitez, Ricardo Villar (Bobby Warshaw 45, Luis Perea 90), Andrew Jacobson, Blas Perez.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 59), Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 57), Bobby Convey, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 76), C.J. Sapong.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Lawrence Olum 91+), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 93+), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Silviu Petrescu Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Corey Parker 4th Official: David Gantar. Attendance: 19,777. Temperature: 74 and Cloudy.

Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Yader Reyes. Attendance: 15,161. Temperature: 81 and Sunny.


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2012 Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA (1-3-0) DATE: April 1, 2012 -- The Home Depot Center Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chivas USA 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 3 (Zusi 5) 47

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chivas USA TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Kamara 4) 6 (3 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Sapong 3) 0 (26 Tied with 0) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (Minda 3) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 7 1 SAVES: N/A Kennedy 4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 89), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 73), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 72). CHIVAS USA--Dan Kennedy, James Riley, Ante Jazic (Cesar Romero 80), Heath Pearce, Rauwshan McKenzie, Ryan Smith, Laurent Courtois, Oswaldo Minda, Nick LaBrocca, Alejandro Moreno (Miller Bolanos 72), Casey Townsend. Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Frank Anderson 4th Official: Allen Chapman. Attendance: 13,372. Temperature: 64 and Clear.

REAL SALT LAKE (5-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (6-0-0) DATE: April 14, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park 1 0 0

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot LA Galaxy 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Kamara 3 (Convey 1) 40

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Sinovic 34 CHV: Cautions: Rauwshan McKenzie 84

Goals by Period Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

LA GALAXY (1-3-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-0-0) DATE: April 7, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

2 Tot 0 0 1 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 2 (Zusi 6) 63 Misconduct Summary: RSL: Cautions: Johnson 51 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 76 RSL: Cautions: Steele 78 Stats Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 10 (Espindola 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 Tied with 1) 1 (Borchers 1) FOULS: 13 (Espinoza 4) 14 (Espindola/Steele 3) OFFSIDE: 0 2 CORNER KICKS: 11 4 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Rimando 2 REAL SALT LAKE--Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Chris Wingert, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Will Johnson, Luis Gil (Paulo Junior 76), Kyle Beckerman, Sebastian Velasquez (Jonny Steele 63), Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio. SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 89), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 82), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 51), C.J. Sapong. Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Tyler Ploeger. Attendance: 19,422. Temperature: 72 and Cloudy.

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: None. LA: Cautions: Donovan Stats Sporting Kansas City LA Galaxy TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Espinoza/Zusi 3) 4 (Magee 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 0 (31 Tied with 0) FOULS: 9 (Kamara 5) 12 (Donovan 4) OFFSIDE: 2 1 CORNER KICKS: 7 2 SAVES: N/A Saunders 3 LA GALAXY--Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Tommy Meyer, A.J. DeLaGarza, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Michael Stephens (Marcelo Sarvas 77), Juninho (Kyle Nakazawa 72), Edson Buddle (Chad Barrett 56), Robbie Keane. SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 69), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 78), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 87). Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Michael Kennedy. Attendance: 20,323. Temperature: 60 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-0-0) VS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (2-2-2) DATE: April 18, 2012 -- BC Place Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC

1 1 0

2 Tot 2 3 1 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 3 (unassisted) 24 KC--own goal (Bonjour) 51 KC--Kamara 4 (Myers 2) 65 VAN--Le Toux 3 (unassisted) 79 Misconduct Summary: VAN: Cautions: Hassli 6 KC: Cautions: Collin 18 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 38 VAN: Cautions: DeMerit 67 Stats Sporting Kansas City Vancouver TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara 3) 19 (da Silva 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara/Collin 1) 7 (da Silva 3) FOULS: 14 (Espinoza 4) 13 (Hassli 4) OFFSIDE: 3 6 CORNER KICKS: 4 5 SAVES: Nielsen 6 None SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 52), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 77), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 62). VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC--Joe Cannon, Lee Young-Pyo, Jordan Harvey, Jay DeMerit, Martin Bonjour (Long Tan 87), Atiba Harris (Omar Salgado 79), Davide Chiumiento, Gershon Koffie, John Thorrington (Camilo 60), Sebastien Le Toux, Eric Hassli. Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Kevin Duliba 4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal. Attendance: 15,382. Temperature: 52 and Clear.


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2012 Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-1-0) VS PORTLAND TIMBERS (2-4-1) DATE: April 21, 2012 -- Jeld-Wen Field Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Portland Timbers 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: POR--own goal (Myers) 41 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 66 KC: Cautions: Besler 88 POR: Cautions: Purdy 22 POR: Cautions: Palmer 44 POR: Cautions: Boyd 81 Stats Sporting Kansas City Portland Timbers TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Kamara/Sapong 4) 12 (Boyd 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara 2) 2 (Boyd/Brunner 1) FOULS: 12 (Collin 3) 16 (Chabala/Chara 3) OFFSIDE: 1 5 CORNER KICKS: 7 7 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Perkins 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Teal Bunbury 71), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 76), C.J. Sapong. PORTLAND TIMBERS--Troy Perkins, Steve Purdy (Freddie Braun 78), Mike Chabala, Hanyer Mosquera, Eric Brunner, Darlington Nagbe (Franck Songo’o 89), Diego Chara, Lovel Palmer, Jack Jewsbury, Jorge Perlaza (Eric Alexander 84), Kris Boyd. Referee: Hilario Grajeda Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Paul Scott 4th Official: Sorin Stoica. Attendance: 20,438. Temperature: 73 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-0) VS CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3) DATE: May 12, 2012 -- Toyota Park

MONTREAL IMPACT (3-5-2) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-2-0) DATE: May 5, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Montreal Impact 1 1 2 Scoring Summary: MTL--Felipe Martins 1 (Braun 1) 30 MTL--Bernier 1 (penalty kick) 64 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Cesar 35 MON: Cautions: Rivas 36 MON: Cautions: Bernier 45 MON: Cautions: Ubiparipovic 53 MON: Cautions: Wahl 77 Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Kamara/Zusi 5) 6 (Rivas 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 Tied with 1) 2 (Bernier/Martins) FOULS: 9 (Collin 2) 15 (Martins 5) OFFSIDE: 4 5 CORNER KICKS: 11 1 SAVES: N/A Ricketts 4 MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Jeb Brovsky, Tyson Wahl, Nelson Rivas (Matteo Ferrari 62), Hassoun Camara, Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Andrew Wenger 84), Lamar Neagle, Felipe Martins, Patrice Bernier, Justin Braun, Eduardo Sebrango (Davy Arnaud 70). SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 79), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 66), Bobby Convey. Referee: Juan Guzman Referee’s Assistants: Brian Poeschel, Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Jorge Luna Hernandez. Attendance: 20,404. Temperature: 86 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (5-6-1) DATE: May 19, 2012 -- Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 Chicago Fire 0 2 2

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2 Colorado Rapids 0 2 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Convey 1 (Espinoza 1, Kamara 2) 31 CHI--Grazzini 1 (penalty kick) 61 CHI--Oduro 4 (Nyarko 2) 81

Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 1 (Sinovic 1, Convey 2) 2 KC--Bunbury 2 (unassisted) 14 COL--Marshall 1 (Rivero 4) 52 COL--Kimura 1 (Casey 1) 60

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Cesar 4 CHI: Cautions: Pardo 38 CHI: Segares 40 KC: Cautions: Myers 57 KC: Cautions: Kamara 93+ KC: Ejections: Espinoza 62 CHI: Cautions: Puppo 79 Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago 8 (Espinoza 3) 18 (Pappa 6) TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Espinoza 2) 6 (Pappa 2) FOULS: 12 (4 Tied with 2) 13 (Segares 4) OFFSIDE: 1 6 CORNER KICKS: 8 6 SAVES: Nielsen 4 Johnson 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (Lawrence Olum 88), Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 78), Roger Espinoza (Ejected 62), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 74). CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares, Arne Friedrich (Dan Gargan 29), Austin Berry, Logan Pause (Rafael Robayo 71), Pavel Pardo, Sebastian Grazzini (Federico Puppo 80), Marco Pappa, Patrick Nyarko, Dominic Oduro. Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Chris Strickland 4th Official: Terry Vaughn. Attendance: 14,159. Temperature: 53 and Overcast.

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Convey 51 Stats Sporting Kansas City Colorado TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Bunbury/Nagamura 3) 13 (Rivero 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Bunbury 2) 6 (6 Tied with 1) FOULS: 13 (Collin 4) 8 (8 Tied with 1) OFFSIDE: 2 3 CORNER KICKS: 6 2 SAVES: Nielsen 4 Pickens 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 59), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 77), Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 87), Teal Bunbury. COLORADO RAPIDS--Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Hunter Freeman, Tyrone Marshall, Drew Moor, Wells Thompson (Kamani Hill 78), Jaime Castrillon, Martin Rivero, Jeff Larentowicz, Conor Casey (Edu 68), Tony Cascio (Luis Zapata 89). Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Jeremy Hanson 4th Official: Landis Wiley. Attendance: 15,269. Temperature: 52 and Cloudy.


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2012 Box Scores SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (8-3-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (8-3-1) DATE: May 27, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

TORONTO FC (1-10-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-1) DATE: June 16, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot San Jose 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Toronto FC 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 4 (Kamara 3, Zusi 7) 5 KC--Kamara 5 (Harrington 1, Myers 3) 39 SJ--Dawkins 2 (Corrales 3) 72

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 5 (Peterson 1, Myers 4) 18 KC--Julio Cesar 1 (Zusi 8) 35 Misconduct Summary: TOR: Cautions: Lambe 55 TOR: Cautions: Johnson 77 KC: Cautions: Bunbury 82

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Espinoza 29 SJ: Cautions: Gordon 45 SJ: Cautions: Hernandez 61 KC: Cautions: Olum 79 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 93+ Stats Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes TOTAL SHOTS: 20 (Kamara 6) 7 (3 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Kamara 2) 4 (Chavez 2) FOULS: 13 (Myers/Sapong 3) 13 (Gordon 4) OFFSIDE: 1 1 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Busch 3 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Jon Busch, Steven Beitashour, Ramiro Corrales, Jason Hernandez, Justin Morrow, Rafael Baca (Ike Opara 65), Simon Dawkins, Marvin Chavez, Brad Ring (Tressor Moreno 71), Khari Stephenson, Alan Gordon (Cesar Diaz Pizarro 61). SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 23), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 74), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury. Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Fabio Tovar 4th Official: Landis Wiley. Attendance: 19,974. Temperature: 90 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-2) VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (7-4-4) DATE: June 20, 2012 -- CenturyLink Field Goals by Period Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City

1 1 1

2 Tot 0 1 0 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Peterson 1 (Collin 1) 8 SEA--Ianni 1 (Rosales 3) 15 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 16 KC: Cautions: Olum 48 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 59 SEA: Cautions: Scott 89 SEA: Ejections: Fernandez 91+ Stats Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Bunbury/Thomas 3) 16 (Caskey 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (3 Tied with 1) FOULS: 18 (Collin 6) 9 (Scott 3) OFFSIDE: 2 7 CORNER KICKS: 9 4 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Weber 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Michael Thomas, Peterson Joseph (Graham Zusi 50), Roger Espinoza, Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 65), Teal Bunbury, Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 86). SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Andrew Weber, Zach Scott, Marc Burch, Jeff Parke, Patrick Ianni, Brad Evans (Andy Rose 72), Alex Caskey, Mauro Rosales (Alvaro Fernandez 81, SEA Nonindividual 89), Osvaldo Alonso, Eddie Johnson (Sammy Ochoa 80), Fredy Montero. Referee: Jair Marrufo Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos. Attendance: 46,932. Temperature: 70 and Cloudy.

Stats Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Cesar 4) 12 (Silva 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (Koevermans 2) FOULS: 12 (3 Tied with 2) 14 (Johnson 5) OFFSIDE: 3 8 CORNER KICKS: 3 4 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Kocic 3 TORONTO FC--Milos Kocic, Richard Eckersley, Jeremy Hall, Doneil Henry, Adrian Cann (Ashtone Morgan 45), Reggie Lambe (Julian de Guzman 62), Eric Avila (Luis Silva 62), Torsten Frings, Terry Dunfield, Ryan Johnson, Danny Koevermans SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi (Konrad Warzycha 90), Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Peterson Joseph 89), Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 73), Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong. Referee: Paul Ward Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Marco Arruda 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach. Attendance: 20,488. Temperature: 88 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-4-2) VS PHILADELPHIA UNION (3-8-2) DATE: June 23, 2012 -- PPL Park Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union

1 0 2

2 Tot 0 0 2 4

Scoring Summary: PHI--McInerney 1 (Pajoy 1, Gaddis 1) 1 PHI--McInerney 2 (unassisted) 42 PHI--Pajoy 4 (penalty kick) 81 PHI--Hoppenot 1 (M. Farfan 1) 87 Misconduct Summary: PHL: Cautions: Carroll 17 KC: Cautions: Cesar 22 PHI: Cautions: Gaddis 25 PHI: Cautions: Lahoud 63 Stats Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Bunbury 4) 10 (5 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Kamara 2) 6 (McInerney 2) FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 15 (Lahoud 4 OFFSIDE: 2 5 CORNER KICKS: 4 2 SAVES: Nielsen 2 MacMath 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Jacob Peterson 84), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Michael Thomas 64), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 74), Teal Bunbury. PHILADELPHIA UNION -Zac MacMath, Raymon Gaddis, Gabriel Farfan, Amobi Okugo, Carlos Valdes, Freddy Adu (Antoine Hoppenot 59), Michael Farfan, Michael Lahoud, Brian Carroll, Lionard Pajoy, Jack McInerney (Keon Daniel 73). Referee: Terry Vaughn Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Jason Cullum 4th Official: John McCloskey. Attendance: 18,207. Temperature: 86 and Sunny.


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2012 Box Scores and Miscellaneous Stats CHICAGO FIRE (8-5-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-5-2) DATE: June 29, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (10-5-2) VS MONTREAL IMPACT (5-11-3) DATE: July 4, 2012 -- Saputo Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 0 3 3 0 1 1 Montreal

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chicago Fire 0 1 1 SportingKC 0 0 0

Scoring Summary: MTL--Bernier 4 (Felipe Martins 5, Valentin 1) 49 KC--Kamara 6 (penalty kick) 57 KC--Zusi 2 (penalty kick) 75 KC--Peterson 2 (Espinoza 2, Saad 1) 82

Scoring Summary: CHI--Pappa 5 (Rolfe 1) 58 Misconduct Summary: CHI: Cautions: Jalil Anibaba 33 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 86 CHI: Cautions: Chris Rolfe 87

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Graham Zusi 16; Seth Sinovic 90 MTL: Cautions: Felipe Martins 36; Collen Warner 67; Davy Arnaud 69 Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (3 Tied with 3) 11 (Di Vaio 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (5 Tied with 1) 6 (Martins 2) FOULS: 17 (Espinoza/Sinovic 3) 14 (Warner 5) OFFSIDE: 1 3 5 6 CORNER KICKS: SAVES: Nielsen 5 Ricketts 1

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago Fire TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 8) 10 (Pappa 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 14 (4 Tied with 2) 4 (4 Tied with 1) FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 12 (Gargan 3) OFFSIDE: 2 2 CORNER KICKS: 8 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Johnson 5 CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Dan Gargan, Arne Friedrich (Hunter Jumper 79), Austin Berry, Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko (Rafael Robayo 82), Marco Pappa (Alex 64), Pavel Pardo, Logan Pause, Dominic Oduro. SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum (Matt Besler 19), Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Peterson Joseph 82), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 72), Teal Bunbury. Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Adam Garner 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach. Attendance: 19,274. Temperature: 98 and Sunny.

Quickest Goal...

61 sec., Teal Bunbury, 5/19 at COL

Quickest Goal Against...

59 sec, Jack McInerney, 6/23 at PHI

Game-tying goals after 75’... Game-winning goals against after 75’...

93+, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at DC 88, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL 75, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON N/A 81, Dominic Oduro, 5/12 at CHI

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

N/A

Hat Tricks...

N/A

Hat Tricks Against...

N/A

Own Goals...

51, Martin Bonjour, 4/18 at VAN

Own Goals Against...

41, Chance Myers, 4/21 at POR

Red Cards... Red Cards Against...

62, Roger Espinoza, 5/12 at CHI 14, Stephen McCarthy, 3/17 vs NE 91, Alvaro Fernandez, 6/20 at SEA

Penalty Kicks...

50, Saved, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL 57, Goal, Kei Kamara, 7/4 at MON 75, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON

Penalty Kicks Against...

64, Goal, Patrice Bernier, 5/5 vs MON 61, Goal, Sebastian Grazzini, 5/12 vs CHI 81, Goal, Lionard Pajoy, 6/23 at PHI

Youngest Goalscorer...

MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Zarek Valentin, Jeb Brovsky (Eduardo Sebrango 80), Shavar Thomas, Hassoun Camara, Felipe Martins, Justin Mapp (Justin Braun 87), Patrice Bernier, Davy Arnaud, Collen Warner, Marco Di Vaio (Sanna Nyassi 71). Referee: Sorin Stoica Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Craig Lowry 4th Official: John McCloskey. Attendance: 12,085. Temperature: 81 and Clear.

SKC Miscellaneous Stats

SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2012 Regular Season

Game-winning goals after 75’...

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 69), Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 86), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury (Jacob Peterson 45).

22y82d, Teal Bunbury, 5/19 at COL

Oldest Goalscorer...

28y351d, Bobby Convey, 5/12 at CHI

Youngest Starter...

19y309d, Soony Saad, 6/20 at SEA

Oldest Starter...

34y333d, Jimmy Nielsen, 7/4 at MON

2012 Record When…

Record By Month...

8-1-2 Scoring first goal 2-4-0 Conceding first goal 5-1-1 Leading at halftime 5-1-1 Tied at halftime 0-3-0 Trailing at halftime 0-4-0 Scoring 0 goals 4-1-1 Scoring 1 goal 3-0-1 Scoring 2 goals 3-0-0 Scoring 3 goals N/A Scoring 4+ goals 6-0-0 Allowing 0 goals 4-2-1 Allowing 1 goal 0-2-1 Allowing 2 goals N/A Allowing 3 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting Blue 8-4-2 2-1-0 Wearing Dark indigo 7-0-0 Leading at 75’ 3-1-2 Tied at 75’ 0-4-0 Trailing at 75’ Outshooting opponent 9-3-0 1-1-2 Outshot by opponent 1-0-0 Shots even 6-3-0 One-goal games 1-0-0 On ESPN 1-1-0 On NBCSN N/A On KCTV5 8-4-2 On KSMO-TV Day games (before 5pm)2-0-0 8-5-2 Games 5pm or later With red card received 0-1-0 1-0-1 With red card against 3-3-0 Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75 7-2-2 2-1-1 In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone 0-0-1 6-3-0 In Central time zone 2-1-0 In Eastern time zone vs. Eastern Conference 4-4-0 vs. Western Conference 6-1-2 9-4-1 On grass 1-1-1 On turf

March 2012 March all-time April 2012 April all-time May 2012 May all-time June 2012 June all-time July 2012 July all-time Aug. 2012 Aug. all-time Sept. 2012 Sept. all-time Oct. 2012 Oct. all-time

Home and Away... Overall All-time 2012 At home All-time at home 2012 On road All-time on road

3-0-0 8-6-1 4-1-0 35-27-11 1-2-1 26-35-17 1-2-1 33-27-20 1-0-0 36-29-20 N/A 31-39-12 N/A 22-31-11 N/A 13-10-10

Team-by-team (in 2012)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

10-23-9 (0-2-0) Chicago 7-4-4 (1-0-0) Chivas USA 20-17-13 (0-0-1) Colorado Rapids 18-20-5 (0-0-0) Columbus Crew 17-18-9 (1-0-0) D.C. United 20-19-8 (1-0-0) FC Dallas 3-5-4 (0-0-0) Houston Dynamo 18-22-11 (1-0-0) LA Galaxy 3-4-1 Miami Fusion 1-1-0 (1-1-0) Montreal Impact 20-13-9 (1-0-0) N.E. Revolution New York Red Bulls 17-17-9 (0-0-0) Philadelphia Union 1-1-3 (0-1-0) 2-1-0 (0-1-0) Portland Timbers 7-5-3 (1-0-0) Real Salt Lake 20-20-7 (1-0-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-5-1 (0-0-1) 10-6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 6-3-4 (1-0-0) Toronto FC 5-3-4 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0-1 (1-0-0)

204-204-102 6-2-0 136-74-43 4-3-2 67-130-59


MINI BIOS

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com

Coaching Staff

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

#3 | D | Korede Aiyegbusi Ht: 5-5 Wt. 155 DOB: 7/15/1988 Hometown: London, UK College: North Carolina State Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round(#20)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs PHI Last.. Appearance August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Goal N/A Assit: N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht: 6-2 Wt. 175 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012 KC at MON Goal May 19, 2012, KC at COL Assist Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 4-2-2 he scores 0-0-1

#55 | D | Julio Cesar Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Last Club: Maritimo Funchal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots 4, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 4, June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Last.. Appearance June 29, 2012 KC vs CHI Goal June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Assist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 8-5-1 he scores 1-0-0

#5 | D | Matt Besler

#55 | D | Aurelien Collin

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 2 times, last: August 6, 2011, KC vs SEA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Aug. 6, 2011, KC vs SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 9-3-1 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assists 1, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 4, 2 times, last: June 29, 2012, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 6, 2 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: May 27, 2012, KC vs SJ Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assist June 20, 2012, KC at SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 10-5-2 he scores 3-0-0


Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com #11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Assists 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2010, SJ vs NY Shots on Goal 4, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Shots 8, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Fouls Committed 5, August 6, 2011, SJ vs POR Fouls Suffered 7, May 3, 2003, DC vs DAL Last.. Appearance May 19, 2012, KC at COL Goal May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 7-3-1 he scores 0-1-0

#15 | M | Roger Espinoza Ht: 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, CO College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Regular-Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assists 1, 9 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 4 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2012 Record when: he starts 10-5-1 he scores 0-0-0

#14 | D | Dom Dwyer

#2 | D | Michael Harrington

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: Cuckfield, England College: University of South Florida Acquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986 Hometown: Greenville, NC College: North Carolina Acquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assists 2, Sept. 22, 2010, KC vs HOU Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Shots 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Fouls Committed 6, July 11, 2009, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, July 14, 2007, KC vs RSL Last.. Appearance June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Goal Oct 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assist Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI 2012 Record when: he starts 0-2-1 he scores 0-0-0 #24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick Ht: 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989 Hometown: Cameroon College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0


Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com #19 | M | Peterson Joseph

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 09/01/11

Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA College: California Acquired: ‘06 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, June 29, 2012, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 1, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered 1, 2 Times, last: July 4, 2012, KC at MON Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last.. Appearance Shutout

June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#23 | F | Kei Kamara

#27 | D | Kyle Miller

Ht: 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Rockhurst University Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Shots 11, March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: April 7, 2012, KC vs LA Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal July 4, 2012, KC at MON Assist May 27, 2012, KC vs SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 9-5-1 he scores 6-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin

#7 | M | Chance Myers

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last.. Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 5 times last: June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal N/A Assist June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 10-5-2 he scores 0-0-0


Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com #6 | M | Paulo Nagamura

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Aquired in trade on 11/29/2011

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Shots on Goal 4, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal Sept. 10, 2010, CHV vs NE Assist June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: July 4, 2012, KC at MON Assists 1, 11 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 4, 4 times, last: April 16, 2011, TOR at DC Fouls Committed 2, 8 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal July 4, 2012, KC at MON Assist June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 1-0-1

#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen

#22 | F | Soony Saad

Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last.. Appearance Shutout 2012 Record when:

July 4, 2012, KC at MON June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR he starts 10-5-2

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists July 4, 2012, KC at MON Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: June 29, 2012, KC vs CHI Shots 2, June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: July 4, 2012, KC at MON Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: July 4, 2012, KC at MON Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum

#17 | F | C.J. Sapong

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist University Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed 9/15/10

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots Fouls Committed 1, 5 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance June 29, 2012, KC vs CHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 1-2-1 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 10 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: May 27, 2012, KC vs SJ Fouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Last.. July 4, 2012, KC at MON Appearance Goal June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Assist Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 10-5-0 he scores 5-0-0


Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com #16 | D | Seth Sinovic

#8 | M | Graham Zusi

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 2 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: July 4, 2012, KC at MON Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal N/A Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 10-3-1 he scores 0-0-0 #88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht: 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: Notre Dame Last Club: Ljungskile Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 3, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 1, June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 1, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Last.. Appearance June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0 #12 | M | Konrad Warzycha

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Dublin, Ohio College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012: KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 3 times, last: May 27, 2012, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: March 10, 2012, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Last.. Appearance July 4, 2012, KC at MON Goal July 4, 2012, KC at MON Assist June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 10-5-1 he scores 2-0-0


Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

86

81

7371

2

2

21

8

63

42

5

0

10

0

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

89

84

7641

2

2

21

8

66

43

6

0

0

1

1

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

69

41

3953

16

5

139

51

77

46

41

4

7

1

4

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

246

2

0

7

3

5

4

1

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

72

44

4199

18

5

146

54

82

50

42

4

8

1

5

1

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

41

39

3266

3

2

22

6

45

33

1

0

6

1

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

239

0

1

1

0

1

5

0

0

2

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

44

42

3505

3

3

23

6

46

38

1

0

8

1

1

2

Aurelien Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

40

38

3411

6

1

35

10

77

36

6

0

14

1

3

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

4

1

5

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

43

41

3681

7

1

39

11

82

37

6

0

14

1

4

0

Bobby Convey

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

11

11

838

1

2

5

2

3

5

0

26

1

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

175

163

14529

12

32

199

90

229

216

41

275

35

2

2

10

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

2

1

7

3

8

8

1

11

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

180

168

14979

14

33

206

93

237

224

42

286

35

2

3

10

Dom Dwyer

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kevin Ellis

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Roger Espinoza

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

103

83

7379

2

11

85

24

141

134

8

13

16

4

1

2

KC - Post Season

5

4

288

0

0

1

0

3

5

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

108

87

7667

2

11

86

24

144

139

9

13

18

4

1

2

Michael Harrington

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

143

122

11094

5

14

34

21

125

102

9

4

17

0

0

5

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

148

127

11544

5

14

34

21

128

109

9

4

18

0

0

5

Cyprian Hedrick

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Peterson Joseph

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

6

1

84

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

6

1

84

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

81

70

6280

26

13

262

93

114

130

29

3

8

0

8

5

MLS - Reg. Season

161

120

11107

40

16

390

151

221

234

70

5

15

1

12

7

KC - Post Season

3

3

269

0

0

8

4

3

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

5

4

347

1

0

9

5

5

7

4

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

166

124

11454

41

16

399

156

226

241

74

5

15

1

12

7

10


Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com Kyle Miller

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

76

54

5153

0

6

51

13

76

50

3

4

5

1

0

3

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

5

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

79

57

5423

0

6

51

13

81

54

3

4

5

1

0

3

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

10

3

351

0

0

5

1

6

4

0

1

2

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

167

147

13119

9

14

145

52

252

213

4

18

41

2

4

5

MLS - Post Season

10

9

909

0

0

9

5

16

24

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

177

156

14028

9

14

154

57

268

237

5

18

45

2

4

5

Lawrence Olum

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

11

4

368

0

0

4

0

5

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

11

4

368

0

0

4

0

5

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

Jacob Peterson

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

12

2

322

2

1

6

3

3

2

2

0

0

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

150

84

7608

11

11

120

45

48

82

18

60

5

0

3

5

MLS - Post Season

3

2

161

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

153

86

7769

11

11

120

45

49

84

19

60

5

0

3

5

Soony Saad

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

9

1

197

1

1

8

2

4

3

0

5

0

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

11

1

201

1

1

8

2

5

3

0

5

0

0

0

0

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

50

36

3252

10

5

83

36

50

69

14

0

0

0

4

2

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

5

5

8

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

53

39

3522

11

5

88

41

58

76

14

0

0

0

4

2

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

34

34

2929

0

2

12

2

28

31

2

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

54

52

4509

0

2

19

3

41

41

2

0

7

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

265

0

0

0

0

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

57

55

4774

0

2

19

3

45

44

2

0

7

0

0

0

Michael Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

2

1

116

0

0

3

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

2

1

116

0

0

3

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Konrad Warzycha

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

0

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

81

50

4837

8

16

108

33

62

70

7

188

8

0

3

8

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

2

4

0

5

3

0

11

0

0

0

1

MLS Career - TOTAL

84

53

5107

8

18

112

33

67

73

7

199

8

0

3

9


Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 7th, 2012 vs Houston Dynamo | www.SportingKC.com

GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

77

77

6907

285

200

23

86

1.12

5

6

32

26

18

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

9

7

2

2

0.67

0

0

2

1

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

80

80

7177

294

207

25

88

1.10

5

6

34

27

18

Jon Kempin

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

Eric Kronberg

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

MLS Career - TOTAL

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2


#

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 32 37 43 55 78 88

Player

Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Bobby Convey Konrad Warzycha Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Shawn Singh Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Cyprian Hedrick Kyle Miller Luke Sassano Jacob Peterson Birahim Diop Julio Cesar Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas

"00" = minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position

90D 90D 39 77M 90D 90D 90M 90M 28 82M 52M 13

90D 14 90D 90M 19 71M

90D 11 90D 90M 24 90F 3

88D 90D 77M 90D 90M 90F 59M 90D 90M 16 78M 2

16

13 TOR 2-0 90G

14 SEA 1-1 90G 90D

15 PHI 0-4 90G

16 CHI 0-1 90G

1 90D 90D 90D 19D

17 MTL 3-1 90G

90D 71 90D 1 86M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 89M 40 90M 90M 90M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 45F

12 SJ 2-1 90G 67

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 90D 12 90D 90M 3 69M

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC NE DAL CHV LA RSL VAN POR MTL CHI COL 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 0-1 0-2 1-2 2-2 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 1 90D 90D

1

90D 90D 90D 90D 33 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 57M 89M 89M 75F 18 85M 90M 89M 73M 31

13

1

17

21

8

38

12

31

50M

6

8

4

45

86F 16 18 21 25 90M 90M 69M

73F 65F

17

1

90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 62M 89M 89M 90M 84M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D 90D 90D 90D 23D 90D 90D 90D 90D 15 90F 90F 72F 87F 90F 62F 90F 66F 74F 90M 90F 4 74M 72M 90M

14

90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90F 90M 90M 90M

5

90M 76M 90M 90M 78M 51M 76M 79M 90M 87M 74M 90M 64M 82M 90D 59D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 26


Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game

log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 03/10/2012 03/17/2012 03/25/2012 04/01/2012 04/07/2012 04/14/2012 04/18/2012 04/21/2012 05/05/2012 05/12/2012 05/19/2012 05/27/2012 06/16/2012 06/20/2012 06/23/2012 06/29/2012 07/04/2012

KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC

1 3 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 3

DC 0 NE 0 DAL 1 CHV 0 LA 0 RSL 0 VAN 1 POR 1 MTL 2 CHI 2 COL 2 SJ 1 TOR 0 SEA 1 PHI 4 CHI 1 MTL 1

W W W W W W W L L L T W W T L L W 57; Zusi 2 (penalty kick)

47

75; Peterson 2 (Espinoza 2, Saad 1)

39

1 (Zusi 1) 93 (Kamara 1) 28; Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39; Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 1 (Zusi 3) 49+; Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88 3 (Zusi 5) 47 3 (Convey 1) 40 2 (Zusi 6) 63 3 (unassisted) 24; own goal (Bonjour) 51; Kamara 4 (Myers 2) 65

Kamara 6 (penalty kick)

Convey 1 (Espinoza 1, Kamara 2) 31 Bunbury 1 (Sinovic 2, Convey 2) 2; Bunbury 2 (unassisted) 14 Sapong 4 (Kamara 3, Zusi 7) 5; Kamara 5 (Harrington 1, Myers 3) Sapong 5 (Peterson 1, Myers 4) 18; Julio Cesar 1 (Zusi 8) 35 Peterson 1 (Collin 1) 8

Sapong Zusi 1 Collin Sapong Kamara Collin Collin

SPORTING KANSAS CITY at vs vs at vs vs at at vs at at vs vs at at vs at

82


#

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 32 37 43 55 78 88

Player

KC 3 KC 2 KC 3

Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Bobby Convey Konrad Warzycha Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Shawn Singh Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Cyprian Hedrick Luke Sassano Jacob Peterson Birahim Diop Julio Cesar Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2012 4R 06/05/2012 QF 06/26/2012

90D 45

85D 90M 45F

73M

90D 90F

17

90D 90M 90F

90D

90F

90M

31 90D 74F

22 90D

59M 16

68D

Nagamura (Joseph) 47+; Saad (Nagamura) 65; Saad (unassisted) 69 Pickens (own goal) 27; Bunbury (Sapong) 79 Sapong (Sinovic) 5; Zusi (Peterson) 56; Sapong 2 (Saad) 59

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

59M

17

90F

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 4R QF ORLC COL DAYT 3-1 2-0 3-0 90G 90G 90D

90G 90F

73F

5 90M 90D 31

90F

90M

90M 90D

W W W

90D

vs ORLCTY 1 vs COL 0 vs DAYTON 0


Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo Saturday, 7 July 2012 – 7 p.m. CT MLS regular season – Game #18 – Road Game #11 LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS Broadcast Information

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DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KC – 2011 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL REMATCH The Houston Dynamo (6‐5‐6; 24 points) travel to Kansas City for a meeting with Sporting Kansas City (10‐5‐2; 32 points) on Saturday at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. It is the first regular season meeting between the clubs since the 2011 Eastern Conference final, a 2‐0 Dynamo win at the same venue on Nov. 6. It’s another key game for both teams, with the Dynamo (fifth place) trailing Sporting KC (second place) by eight points in the Eastern Conference standings. The Dynamo drew 0‐0 with the Chicago Fire on Tuesday to remain unbeaten at BBVA Compass Stadium (4‐0‐3). Sporting KC captured a 3‐1 win at Montreal on Wednesday. Saturday marks the first of three meetings between Houston and Sporting KC over the final 17 regular season games of the season. The Dynamo host Sporting KC just 11 days from Saturday, on July 18 in Houston. The Dynamo will return to Kansas on Sept. 14 for the third meeting of the campaign.

Houston vs. Kansas City The Dynamo are 5‐3‐4 all‐time in regular season games with Sporting Kansas City. The clubs drew 1‐1 in the first meeting of 2011, July 16 at Robertson Stadium. Brad Davis delivered a 1‐0 lead in the third minute with a free kick goal from 22 yards. The Dynamo were reduced to nine men when Colin Clark and Brian Ching received red cards before Aurelien Collin stole a point for SKC with an equalizer in the 90th minute. Sporting KC won 3‐0 on Sept. 10 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, with two goals from Teal Bunbury and C.J. Sapong chipping in a third. The last two goals for Sporting KC came after Carlo Costly was ejected in the 64th minute. In the Eastern Conference final, the Dynamo earned a 2‐0 road win to reach their third MLS Cup in six years. Brad Davis left with a quad injury in the 39th minute, but the Dynamo received goals from Andre Hainault and Costly for the victory. DYNAMO PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (4‐3‐3, Right‐Left) Tally Hall; Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe; Luiz Camargo, Adam Moffat, Brad Davis; Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin, Macoumba Kandji

DYNAMO NOTES 

Dynamo complete “first half”: The Dynamo played their 17th regular season game on Tuesday to complete the “first half” of the 34‐game MLS regular season schedule. The Dynamo are 6‐5‐6 (24 points) and have scored 22 goals while allowing 24 goals. At the same point in 2011, through 17 games, the Dynamo were 4‐6‐7 (19 points) and had scored 21 goals while allowing 22. The Dynamo went 8‐3‐6 (24 GF, 19 GA) in the second half to finish 2011 with a 12‐9‐13 mark (45 GF, 41 GA) and 49 points to finish in second place in the East. The Dynamo are on pace for 48 points but the Eastern Conference appears stronger in 2012, with Sporting Kansas City on pace for 64 points, New York and D.C United on pace for 62 points and Chicago on pace for 56 points. Comparatively, Sporting Kansas City led the conference with 51 points in 2011. Nine of Houston’s first 17 games were at home in 2011, while seven of the first 17 games have been at home in 2012.


Homeward Bound: After Saturday’s game at Sporting Kansas City, the Dynamo will play 10 of their final 16 regular season games at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. The Dynamo are 4‐0‐3 at home this year and have not lost a home game in over a year, with their last home defeat on June 18, 2011, a 2‐0 loss to the Columbus Crew. The Dynamo are unbeaten in 16 consecutive home games (playoffs included), spanning the final nine games at Robertson Stadium and the first seven games at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Bruin in elite sophomore company: Forward Will Bruin is in elite company for second‐year players in MLS. Bruin is third in scoring for players who debuted in MLS in 2011, with 14 goals in 42 games. Toronto FC’s Danny Koevermans leads second‐years players with 17 goals while Vancouver’s Camilo is second with 15 goals.

East Coast Bias: The Dynamo are currently in a stretch of 14 consecutive games against Eastern Conference teams. Houston has ten games remaining on the Eastern stretch and is 2‐3‐5 overall vs. the Eastern Conference. The next time the Dynamo face a team from the Western Conference is Sept. 6, when they host Real Salt Lake.

Dynamo newcomer Boniek García makes impressive debut: Honduran midfielder Boniek García made his debut in the Dynamo starting lineup on June 30 against Philadelphia and made immediate contributions. García began the sequence and earned an assist on Brad Davis’ opening goal and was a part of the buildup before Brian Ching earned a penalty kick in the second half. García played 90 minutes in his MLS debut. The 27‐year‐old Designated Player played for Honduran powerhouse C.D. Olimpia since 2007 after his first tenure with the club from 2003‐06. With García, Olimpia captured the 2011‐12 Honduran League Apertura and Clausura championships. The midfielder debuted for the Honduras national team in 2005 and has 69 appearances for his country, including five appearances in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Dynamo will face Olimpia in CONCACAF Champions League group play on Aug. 30 in Honduras and Oct. 23 in Houston.

Ching ties Preki on MLS all‐time goal list: Dynamo forward Brian Ching scored his 79th career MLS regular season goal with his game‐winning penalty on June 30 vs. Philadelphia. Ching tied Preki, the Serbian‐born U.S. international who tallied 79 goals for Kansas City and Miami from 1996‐2005. With Ching’s next goal, he will tie Josh Wolff (still active with D.C. United) and Brian McBride for 12th on the all‐time scoring list.

Ching passes Ralston on game‐winning goals list: Ching’s goal on June 30 also marked his 20th career MLS regular season game‐winning goal. The game‐winner moved Ching past Dynamo assistant coach Steve Ralston, New York forward Kenny Cooper and Roy Lassiter for 12th on the all‐time chart.

Davis passes De Ro for second on Dynamo scoring list: Brad Davis’ goal in the first half on June 30 was his 25th regular season goal with the Dynamo. He moved past Dwayne De Rosario into second on the franchise list.

Bruin bags ninth goal: Dynamo forward Will Bruin scored his ninth goal of the season with a first‐half equalizer on June 23 at Montreal. The second‐year forward is tied for third in the MLS Golden Boot race with Thierry Henry, Chris Pontius and Danny Koevermans. The four players trail Chris Wondolowski (14 goals) and Kenny Cooper (11).

Bruin in historic Dynamo territory: Bruin’s 9 goals are the most for a Dynamo player since Brian Ching set a franchise record with 13 goals in 2008. Bruin reached 9 goals in the fastest number of games (15) in team history. Ching reached 9 goals in Houston’s 16th game in 2006, but Ching missed six of those games due to U.S. men’s national team duties for the 2006 World Cup. Ching scored his ninth goal of 2006 in his tenth game of the season. Bruin’s 9 goals in 2012 have come in a 12‐game stretch (April 15 at Chicago to present). The next two best goal‐scoring stretches in Dynamo history are Ching in 2008, when he scored 9 goals in his first 18 games played (the 9 goals came in a 12‐game stretch) and Dwayne De Rosario, who scored 9 goals in a 21‐game span in 2006.


Three in a row for Bruin: Will Bruin scored in three consecutive games (6/16, 6/20, 6/23) for the second time this season (4/15, 4/21, 4/28), with four goals in each three‐game scoring streak. He is the first Dynamo player with a pair of three‐ game scoring streaks in the same season, and just the second player to record two streaks overall (Ching). His current streak marks the sixth time a Dynamo player has scored in three consecutive games (Bruin 2012 (twice); Ching 2006, 2008; Joseph Ngwenya 2007; Stuart Holden 2009). No Dynamo player has ever scored in four consecutive games.

More Bruin: Bruin has 14 regular season goals in his two‐year career. With his next goal, he will tie Stuart Holden for fourth on the franchise list. Bruin has already surpassed his 2011 total for shots on goal, with 24 this year after posting 23 shots on goal in 2011.

Possession: The Dynamo have won the possession battle in 14 of 17 games on the season. Houston had 61% possession vs. Chicago on Tuesday, 55% vs. Philadelphia, lost the possession battle, 53‐47%, at Montreal, had 63% possession vs. Toronto, 54% against FC Dallas, 54% at Vancouver, 60% vs. LA, 62% at New England, 60% vs. Portland, 56% vs. D.C., 53% at New York, 54% at D.C., a 49‐51% disadvantage at Columbus, 55% at Chicago, 56% at Seattle, a disadvantage (48‐52%) at San Jose, and 53% at Chivas USA.

Dynamo productive in final 15 minute: Ching’s goal in the 83rd minute on June 30 was Houston’s seventh goal in the final 15 minutes of games this year. The Dynamo are in fourth in the league in goals scored in the final 15 minutes (San Jose leads with 13). Last year, Houston scored 14 goals in the final 15 minutes of games, the second most in MLS (Seattle).

Dynamo are defensive in final 15 minutes: While the Dynamo have scored seven goals in the final 15 minutes of games this year, they have allowed just one goal in the final quarter hour (June 10, at Vancouver). Houston and Chicago (1 goal each) are tied for the fewest goals allowed in the final 15 minutes of games.

Ching ties Mullan for second on assists chart: With his assist on June 23 at Montreal, Brian Ching reached 19 regular season assists with the Dynamo to move into a tie for second with Brian Mullan on the franchise list.

Champions League schedule announced: The Dynamo learned its schedule in Group 3 of the 2012‐2013 CONCACAF Champions League on June 22. Houston will open group play with two road games – Aug. 22 at C.D. FAS of El Salvador and Aug. 30 at C.D. Olimpia of Honduras. The Dynamo will host FAS on Sept. 20 and Olimpia on Oct. 23 at BBVA Compass Stadium. The group winner will advance to the quarterfinals, set for March 2013. The Dynamo qualified for the tournament by advancing to the 2011 MLS Cup Final. This is the fifth appearance for the Dynamo in the regional championship, including semifinal runs in the 2007 and 2008 Champions Cup tournaments. It is the first appearance for the Dynamo in Champions League since they advanced to the quarterfinals in 2008‐2009.

Boswell is Mr. Reliable: Dynamo defender Bobby Boswell has played full time in 27 consecutive MLS matches (playoffs included) dating to Sept. 14, 2011 at Columbus. The center back is the only Dynamo field player to play every minute of every MLS game in 2012. Boswell has now started 128 regular season games with the Dynamo and is now third on the franchise list.

Corey Ashe made has 185th appearances for the Dynamo in all competitions on Tuesday vs. Chicago to pass Brian Mullan for second on the franchise list for appearances in all competitions.

Cameron passes Barrett on games list; will reach 100 with next start: With Geoff Cameron’s start on June 30, he reached 99 MLS regular season starts, passing Dynamo assistant coach Wade Barrett for sixth on the Dynamo all‐time list.

Hall sets goalkeeper consecutive starts record: Tally Hall set a franchise record for consecutive starts by a goalkeeper with his 47th consecutive starts against FC Dallas on June 16. He broke the record of 46 games set by Pat Onstad from Sept. 13, 2008 – May 13, 2010. Hall started all 34 games in 2011 and the first 17 games in 2012, pushing the active record to 51 games. Hall has the second longest active streak MLS goalkeepers, behind Matt Pickens of Colorado (60 starts).


Wonderful vs. West: With the 2‐1 win over FC Dallas on June 16, the Dynamo improved to 4‐2‐1 on the season against the heralded Western Conference. Houston has wins against FC Dallas, LA Galaxy, San Jose and Chivas USA.

Ching third on Dynamo games played list: Ching started on June 16 vs. FC Dallas for his 137th MLS regular season game with the Dynamo. He passed Brian Mullan and Pat Onstad for third on Houston’s all‐time regular season games list.

Second Half Savants: Houston’s 0‐0 draw with the Fire on Tuesday improved its record to 6‐1‐5 when tied or leading at the break. The Dynamo are 3‐1‐5 in games in which they were tied at halftime and 3‐0 when leading at halftime. Houston is 0‐4‐ 1 when trailing at the interval after its comeback draw with Toronto on June 20.

Cameron, Hainault, Taylor, Watson return from national duty: Three members of Houston’s heralded backline and regular starting midfielder Je‐Vaughn Watson returned from national duty for the June 16 match against FC Dallas after missing the June 10 game at Vancouver. Geoff Cameron played the second half off USA’s 1‐1 draw at Guatemala on June 12. The center back also played 90 minutes in a friendly vs. Scotland on May 26. Andre Hainault was called in by Canada and played 90 minutes in a friendly vs. the U.S. and 90 minutes in both of Canada’s Olympic qualifiers against Cuba and Honduras to reach 28 caps. Watson started three matches for Jamaica, including a 2‐1 win over Guatemala and a 0‐0 draw vs. Antigua & Barbuda in a pair of qualifying matches. Taylor did not appear in any of the three games for Jamaica.

Clark hits 125 MLS games: Dynamo midfielder Colin Clark played in his 125th career regular season game on June 23.

• 75 assists for Davis: Dynamo midfielder Brad Davis recorded his 75th assist for the Dynamo in all competitions with his corner kick that Andre Hainault headed in for the winning goal vs. the Galaxy on May 26. Davis is Houston’s all‐time assist leader. 

First Comeback Win: The Dynamo recorded a 2‐1 win on May 26 over the LA Galaxy for their first come‐from‐behind win of the season. Prior to the Galaxy game, the Dynamo were 0‐3‐1 on the season when allowing the first goal of the game.

Daytime Dominance: Houston’s 3‐1 loss at Vancouver on June 10 was its first loss in a day game this season, with its record dropping to 4‐1. The Dynamo have daytime wins over Chivas USA, San Jose, D.C. United and the Galaxy. The Dynamo are 2‐4‐5 at night, but eight of the 11 night games have been on the road. Houston has two more day games this season (July 28 at Toronto FC and Sept. 29 at Philadelphia).

Cameron’s streak ends: Geoff Cameron missed the May 26 game with the Galaxy while playing for the U.S. in its 5‐1 win over Scotland. It was the first MLS game that Cameron missed since May 4, 2011 vs. Colorado. Prior to May 26, Cameron had started and played full time in 40 consecutive matches (playoffs included), the longest streak among Houston field players in team history. Cameron played 3,576 consecutive minutes in MLS play (playoffs included) before his latest absence. In a similar feat, Brad Davis’ streak of 45 consecutive starts was broken at Chicago on April 15 due to a calf strain.

BBVA Compass Stadium opener: The Dynamo opened the 13th soccer‐specific stadium in Major League Soccer on May 12. On a gorgeous, 82‐degree day in front of a sell‐out crowd of 22,039, the Dynamo honored past legends, including Wade Barrett, Pat Onstad, Eddie Robinson and Craig Waibel in a pregame ceremony that included the unveiling of 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup championship banners. Brad Davis provided a signature opening moment, delivering a beautiful, curling 30‐ yard strike for the game‐winning goal in the 67th minute.

Clutch: Luiz Camargo’s 87th‐minute equalizer at New England on May 19 was Houston’s third late goal on the road this season. Brian Ching’s equalizer in the 81st minute at Columbus on April 21 and Hainault’s game‐winner two minutes into stoppage time at Chivas USA on March 11 were also reminiscent of 2011 for the Dynamo. Last year, Houston scored 14 goals in the final 15 minutes of games, the second most in MLS (Seattle).


Six years after the club’s first match on April 2, 2006, only two players remain on the Dynamo roster: Brian Ching and Brad Davis. Defender Eddie Robinson retired in January and joined the front office as an assistant coach with the team’s Youth Academy and as a color analyst on TV broadcasts.

UP NEXT: THREE HOME GAMES IN SEVEN DAYS The Dynamo open a key three‐game homestand with two games against teams they are trailing in the standings. The three games are Sunday, July 15 vs. D.C. United, Wednesday, July 18 vs. Sporting KC and vs. Montreal Impact on Saturday, July 21.

Injury Report Presented by The Methodist Center for Sports Medicine (As of Tuesday, July 3) HOUSTON DYNAMO DOUBTFUL: DF Alex Dixon (concussion); MF Calen Carr (L hamstring strain); MF Je‐Vaughn Watson (L adductor strain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Geoff Cameron (L hamstring strain) SPORTING KANSAS CITY OUT: DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); GK Jon Kempin (R ankle fracture); DF Lawrence Olum (L groin strain); DOUBTFUL: MF Michael Thomas (R ankle sprain); PROBABLE: FW Bobby Convey (L calf strain)


HOUSTON DYNAMO NUMERICAL ROSTER/TECHNICAL STAFF No. Name

Pos. Ht. Wt. Born

Pronunciation

1

Tally Hall

GK 6‐4

205 5‐12‐85

rhymes with RALLY

3

Calen Carr

F

6‐0

150 10‐4‐82

4

Jermaine Taylor

D

5‐10 180 1‐14‐85

6‐0

cruh‐VALL

165 8‐14‐90

Status

International

5

Warren Creavalle

D

6

Nathan Sturgis

M/D 5‐10 150 7‐6‐87

7

Colin Clark

M

6‐0

180 4‐11‐84

8

Kofi Sarkodie

D

5‐8

165 3‐22‐91

KO‐fee sar‐KO‐dee

9

Macoumba Kandji

F

6‐4

175 8‐2‐84

mah‐KOOM‐bah KAHN‐gee

10 Je‐Vaughn Watson

M

6‐1

175 10‐22‐83

11 Brad Davis

M

5‐11 175 11‐8‐81

12 Will Bruin

F

6‐2

194 10‐24‐89

14 Colin Rolfe

F

6‐0

175 2‐15‐90

Rawlfe

15 Cam Weaver

F

6‐4

195 6‐10‐83

16 Adam Moffat

M

6‐0

175 5‐15‐86

Moff‐it

17 Luiz Camargo

M

5‐8

172 5‐4‐87

18 Josue Soto

M

5‐9

160 1‐3‐89

hoh‐SWAY

Homegrown Player

19 Alex Dixon

M

5‐8

150 2‐7‐90

Homegrown Player

20 Geoff Cameron

D

6‐3

185 7‐11‐85

22 Brian Ownby

M

6‐0

160 7‐14‐90

Own‐be

Stir‐jiss

Jeh‐Vaughn

23 Oscar Recio

D

5‐9

161 6‐23‐89

REH‐cee‐oh

24 Tyler Deric

GK 6‐3

195 8‐30‐88

DARE‐ick

25 Brian Ching

F

6‐1

195 5‐24‐78

26 Corey Ashe

M

5‐5

154 3‐14‐86

ASH

28 Erich Marscheider

GK 6‐3

185 1‐5‐93

Mar‐shy‐der

31 Andre Hainault

D

6‐0

180 6‐17‐86

HAY‐no

32 Bobby Boswell

D

6‐2

185 3‐15‐83

BOZ‐well

Head Coach – Dominic Kinnear (9th year overall, 106‐72‐87 MLS) Assistant Coach – Wade Barrett Assistant Coach – Steve Ralston Goalkeepers Coach – Tim Hanley Head Athletic Trainer – Theron Enns Director, Soccer Operations – Nick Kowba Assistant Athletic Trainer – Shane Caron Equipment Manager – Michael Porter

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Houston Dynamo Player Bios *All Dynamo career stats are regular season only 1 TALLY HALL GK 6-4 205 Born: 5/12/85, SeaTac, WA Age: 27 Last Club: Esbjerg fB (Denmark) - 2007-09 College: San Diego State University Dynamo career: Fourth year – 56 GP, 56 GS, 12 SHO Goalkeeper with great size and shot-blocking ability returns as the starter in 2012 after making first MLS All-Star team in 2011 2012 MLS: 17 GS, 1506 mins, 1.41 GAA, 5 shutouts, 6-5-5 2011 MLS: 34 GS, 3,060 mins, 1.21 GAA, 6 shutouts, 12-9-13

 Set a franchise record for goalkeepers by making his 47th consecutive start on 6/16 vs. FC Dallas, surpassing Pat Onstad’s mark of 46  Has already recorded five shutouts in 2012 after tallying six clean sheets in 2011  2011: Posted a 1.21 GAA and notched six shutouts while playing every minute of the regular season (Dynamo Ironman of the Year).  Notched two playoff shutouts and allowed just 2 goals in 4 games in 2011 Cup run.  One of only four players to play all 3,060 minutes of the season in 2011, an MLS record. Most saves (’12): 5, 3/17/12 at San Jose Last shutout: 7/3/12 vs. Chicago Fire Last goal: 10/21/09 at Isidro Metapán (CCL) Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York FW 6-0 150 3 CALEN CARR Born: 10/4/82, Berkeley, CA Age: 29 Last Club: Chicago Fire - 2006-11 College: University of California Dynamo career: Second year – 20 GP, 10 GS, 1 G, 0 A Fast, versatile forward acquired from Chicago early in 2011 season.

2012 MLS: 11 GP, 6 GS, 573 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 339 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 9 GP, 4 GS, 380 mins, 1 G, 0 A  Exited the match vs. FC Dallas on 6/16 in the 44th minute with a left leg injury, missed 3-3 draw vs. Toronto on 6/20  Scored sensational goal vs. Valencia on 5/31, dribbling past several defenders before cracking a left-footed strike into far corner  Has started last seven MLS games at right mid  Has made eleven appearances after offseason surgery to repair meniscus in left knee  2011: Started all four playoff matches and scored game-winning goal in first leg vs. PHI on 10/30  Recovered from preseason concussion in 2011 to make 9 regular-season appearances, including 4 starts Last goal: 10/30/11 at Philadelphia (Playoffs) Last assist: 10/21/07 vs. LA Galaxy (w. CHI) Last start: 6/16/12 vs. FC Dallas DF 5-10 180 I 4 JERMAINE TAYLOR Born: 1/14/85, Portland, Jamaica Age: 27 Last Club: St. George’s SC (Jamaica) – 2009-11 Other Clubs: Harbour View F.C. (Jamaica) – 2004-09 Dynamo career: Second year – 26 GP, 22 GS, 0 G, 2 A Calm, experienced defender who provides depth across backline and remains a fixture for Jamaica national team (48 caps)

2012 MLS: 13 GP, 12 GS, 1101 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2011 MLS: 13 GP, 10 GS, 925 mins, 0 G, 1 A  Played 90 minutes at center back vs. Chicago on 7/3  Started at center back against LA on 5/26 for the third position in back line he has played this year (RB, CB, LB).  Recorded first assist of season with excellent cross from flank on Will Bruin’s first goal at D.C. on 4/28  In 2011, made 13 appearances (10 starts), and notched one assist while missing time due to injury and national team duty


Last start: 7/3/12 vs. Chicago Fire Last goal: None in MLS Last assist: 4/28/12 at Columbus 5 WARREN CREAVALLE DF 6-0 165 Born: 8/14/90, Brooklyn, NY Age: 21 Last Club: University of Central Florida ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in second round of 2012 SuperDraft (No.37 overall) Predominately a defensive midfielder in college, has begun transition to right back with Houston

2012 MLS: 3 GP, 1 GS, 110 min, 0 G, 0A 2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 6 GS, 538 mins, 0 G, 2 A  Played 11 minutes as a midfield substitute in 2-1 win vs. Philadelphia on 6/30  First MLS appearance and start in 3-1 loss at Vancouver on 6/10 (played 90 minutes)  Started and played 90 minutes in USOC match vs. San Antonio on 5/29  Rookie has started all six Reserve League games  Played at Furman University (2008-09) and University of Central Florida (2010-11)  Scored 8 goals and added 10 assists in 73 career collegiate games  Two-time All-Conference USA First Team (2010, ’11)  Two-time All-Southern Conference Second Team (2008, ’09)  Played for U.S. U-20 national team on a tour of Spain against Real Madrid, Atletico Marid, and Rayo Vallecano (2008) 6 NATHAN STURGIS M/D 5-10 150 Born: 7/6/87, Boca Raton, FL Age: 24 Last Club: Toronto FC (2011) Other Clubs: Seattle (2009-10), Real Salt Lake (2007-08), LA Galaxy (2006-07) College: Clemson University Dynamo career: 2012 debut *Traded from Toronto FC in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2012 SuperDraft on 12/29/11.

Versatile player who can fill roles in midfield and defense, while offering both experience and youth to new club.

2012 MLS: 4 GP, 3 GS, 242 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 360 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 14 GP, 11 GS, 953 mins, 0 G,0 A  Played 78 minutes in start on 6/10 at Vancouver  Made Dynamo starting debut in 1-1 draw at Chicago  2011: Appeared in 14 games for Toronto FC, starting 11. Led club with 31 corner kicks  2010: Appeared in 20 games for Seattle, starting 16. Last start: 6/10/12 at Vancouver Last goal: 9/18/10 at Columbus (only career goal) Last assist: 10/2/10 vs. Toronto FC MF 6-0 180 7 COLIN CLARK Born: 4/11/84, Fort Collins, CO Age: 28 Last Club: Colorado Rapids (2006-10) College: Southern Methodist University Dynamo career: Third year – 32 GP, 22 GS, 4 G, 3 A Tricky, technical attacking midfielder acquired from Colorado in 2010. United States international (1 cap)

2012 MLS: 13 GP, 5 GS, 565 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 29 GP, 17 GS, 1,486 mins, 4 G, 3 A  Has appeared as a substitute in 8 games this year  2011: Returned from 2010 ACL injury and made first MLS appearance for Houston on 4/10/11 Last goal: 10/1/11 vs. Chicago Last assist: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last start: 6/23/12 at Montreal DF 5-8 165 GA 8 KOFI SARKODIE Born: 3/22/91, Dayton, OH Age: 21 Last Club: University of Akron Dynamo career: Second year – 8 GP, 7 GS, 0 G, 0 A Dynamic outside defender who likes to attack. Selected by Dynamo with No. 7 pick of 2011 MLS SuperDraft. United States U-23 international


2012 MLS: 1 GP, 0 GS, 8 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 582 mins, 0 G, 0 A  Made 2012 debut as sub in 3-2 loss at D.C. on 4/28  Played 90 minutes in Reserve League games at Chicago and FC Dallas  Played 90 minutes in two of three games for the U.S. U-23 team in the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying, starting games vs. Cuba and El Salvador  Played 90 minutes in US U-23s 2-0 win over rival Mexico in friendly in Frisco, Texas on Feb. 29.  Started in 1-1 tie at SEA on 3/25/11, becoming youngest Dynamo player to start an MLS match at age 20 years, 3 days Last appearance: 4/28/12 at D.C. United Last start: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA Last goal: never in MLS Last assist: never in MLS FW 6-4 175 9 MACOUMBA KANDJI Born: 8/2/85, Dakar, Senegal Age: 26 Last Club: Colorado Rapids - 2010-11 Other Clubs: N.Y. Red Bulls – 2008-10 College: Georgia Military College Dynamo career: 2012 debut *Traded from Colorado in exchange for a conditional draft pick on 2/8/12. A tall, quick, athletic forward, who has can play both the outside mid and forward positions.

2012 MLS: 13 GP, 5 GS, 448 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 6 GS, 487 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 9 GP, 1 GS, 123 mins, 0 G, 0 A  Started at left wing last two matches (6/30 vs. PHI, 7/3 vs. CHI)  Assisted Brad Davis’ 4th-minute goal vs. Philadelphia on 6/20, laying the ball off from the top of the box for Davis to finish into the sidenetting  Scored first goal since 4/3/10 (w/ NY) at Vancouver on 6/10, a side-footed half-volley from Brian Ownby’s cross in the 83rd minute

 Has started all six Reserve League games  2011: Appeared in nine games (one start) for Colorado ... Playoffs: Made three appearances off the bench and totaled 102 minutes Last goal: 6/10/12 at Vancouver Last assist: 6/30/12 vs. Philadelpha Union Last start: 7/3/12 vs. Chicago Fire Last 2-goal game: 10/24/09 vs. Toronto (only in MLS) MF 6-1 175 I 10 JE-VAUGHN WATSON Born: 10/22/83, St. Catherine, Jamaica Age: 28 Last Club: Sporting Central (Jamaica) – 2005-11 Other Clubs: None Dynamo career: Second year – 34 GP, 22 GS, 1 G, 2 A Energetic player who can play a variety of roles in midfield. Jamaica international (15 caps).

2012 MLS: 12 GP, 11 GS, 831 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 1 GP, 0 GS, 44 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 22 GP, 11 GS, 1,163 mins, 1 G, 2 A  Appeared as a substitute for the first time this year, playing 33 minutes in 3-3 draw vs. TFC on 6/20  Returned from international duties with Jamaica; played 86 minutes in 2-1 loss at Panama on 6/1, played 90 minutes and had an assist in 2-1 win vs. Guatemala on 6/8, played 90 minutes in 0-0 draw at Antigua & Barbuda on 6/12  Played full 90 minutes on 5/26 vs. LA Galaxy for first time since 3/17 at San Jose  Started six consecutive games to begin 2012 for his longest starting streak in his MLS career  Scored goal and had two assists for Jamaica in pair of February friendlies vs. Cuba and New Zealand  Acquired in April 2011 and made Dynamo debut as substitute in 1-1 tie at CHI on 4/23 Last goal: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last assist: 5/7/11 at Toronto FC


11 BRAD DAVIS MF 5-11 175 Born: 11/8/81, St. Charles, MO Age: 30 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2005) Other Clubs: Dallas Burn - 2003-04, New York - 2002 College: Saint Louis University Dynamo career: Seventh year – 174 GP, 159 GS, 25 G, 66 A Original Dynamo player, 4-time MLS All-Star and winner of last three team MVP awards. Club's all-time leader in games, starts, and assists, the midfielder recorded 16 assists in 2011 and finished as MLS MVP runner-up and named to MLS Bext XI. United States international (5 caps)

2012 MLS: 15 GP, 14 GS, 1236 mins, 4 G, 4 A 2011 MLS: 34 GS, 2,892 mins, 4 G, 16 A  Fourth goal of the year (25th all-time with Dynamo) in 4th minute vs. Philadelphia on 6/30; a left-footed chip over the keeper into the side netting  Scored 3rd goal of the year on 6/23 at Montreal; a left-footed free kick to the top corner in the 16th minute  Logged two assists in 3-3 draw vs. Toronto on 6/20; Bobby Boswell’s 20th minute header off a corner kick, and Will Bruin’s 73rd minute strike  First multi-assist game since 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake  Assisted Andre Hainault’s goal on 5/26 vs. LA Galaxy for his 75th Dynamo assist in all competitions…named to MLS Team of the Week  Recorded first assist of the season at New England on 5/19, a free kick headed in by Will Bruin  Scored first-ever goal at BBVA Compass Stadium on 5/12, a stunning 30-yard bending strike for winning goal in 67th minute (MLS Goal of the Week nominee)  Started against D.C. United on Saturday for his 150th MLS regular season start with the Dynamo. Davis is the franchise leader in regular season starts.  Did not play at Chicago on 4/15 due to left calf strain, breaking a streak of 45 consecutive regular season games started

 Scored game-winning penalty (14’) in 1-0 win @ San Jose on 3/17  2011: Assisted two of three Houston goals in playoff series vs. PHI with free kick deliveries  League MVP runner up after leading MLS with 16 assists  40 assists over last three seasons (16, 12, 12)  Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week on seven different occasions, tied for the most in MLS  Started every regular-season match for the first time in his career Last goal: 6/30/12 vs. Philadelphia Union Last assist: 6/20/12 vs. Toronto FC (2) FW 6-2 194 GA 12 WILL BRUIN Born: 10/24/89, St. Louis, MO Age: 22 Last Club: Indiana University Dynamo career: Second year – 42 GP, 37 GS, 14 G, 2 A Forward saw significant playing time after being selected in the first round (No. 11) of 2011 MLS SuperDraft

2012 MLS: 17 GP, 16 GS, 1342 mins, 9 G, 1 A 2011 MLS: 25 GP, 21 GS, 1,693 mins, 5 G, 1 A  Has scored in three consecutive games twice this season  Scored in the 45th minute at Montreal on 6/23 off an assist from Brian Ching; 9th of the year  MLS Team of the Week, Week 16  Two goals vs. Toronto in 3-3 draw on 6/20; a 73rd minute right-footed strike from inside the penalty area and a 90th minute headed equalizer off a Geoff Cameron cross; 7th and 8th goals of the season, respectively  Third multi-goal game of his career (2 vs. DC United on 4/28/12, 3 vs. DC United on 4/29/11); three goals in last two games  Scored in the 3rd minute vs. FC Dallas on 6/16 for his 6th goal this year  Scored in three consecutive games (4 goals total) from 4/15 to 4/28. It was the fifth time a Dynamo player has scored in three consecutive


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games (Ching 2006, 2008; Joseph Ngwenya 2007; Stuart Holden 2009) Scored two goals on 4/28 at D.C. for his first multigoal game since hat trick vs. D.C. on 4/29/11 Named to MLS Team of Week two consecutive weeks after 2 goals at D.C. United and goal and assist in 2-2 draw at Columbus Scored first goal since 9/17/11 at San Jose with opening goal of 1-1 draw at Chicago on 4/15 2011: Scored five goals to tie for lead among MLS rookies while appearing in club-rookie-record 25 games Became fifth player and first rookie in Dynamo history to score a hat trick in 4-1 win vs. DC on 4/29 ... In the process, became second-youngest player in MLS history and fourth MLS rookie to ever score three goals in a game

Last goal: 6/23/12 at Montreal Impact Last assist: 4/21/12 at Columbus Last hat trick: 4/29/11 vs. DC United (only in MLS) FW 6-0 175 14 COLIN ROLFE Born: 2/15/90, Spokane, WA Age: 22 Last Club: University of Louisville ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in first round of 2012 MLS SuperDraft (No. 18 overall) Hard-nosed forward, drafted by the Dynamo with the No. 18 overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.

2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 1 GS, 205 mins, 3 G, 1 A  Made professional debut as a sub in USOC match at San Antonio on 5/29  Has been productive in his six Reserve League games, scoring goals at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27, at Colorado on 5/23 and vs. FC Dallas on 6/16, as well as recording an assist on the winner at FC Dallas on 4/10  Named a finalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy as the nation’s top college player in 2010  Appeared in 87 career games, with 79 starts, and finished with 33 goals and 21 assists

 Finished senior campaign in 2011 with nine goals and 10 assists in 23 games 15 CAM WEAVER FW 6-4 195 Born: 6/10/83, Tacoma, WA Age: 29 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2009) Other Clubs: FK Haugesund (Norway) – 2007-2009; Seattle Sounders (USL1) - 2006 College: Seattle University Dynamo career: Fourth year – 53 GP, 30 GS, 10 G, 3 A Towering target forward who missed end of 2011 season with hip injury

2012 MLS: 3 GP, 1 GS, 90 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 6 GS, 525 mins, 4 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 28 GP, 16 GS, 1,611 mins, 4 G, 1 A  Made first MLS start since 9/14/11 in 1-0 loss at New York on 5/9  Made season debut as substitute in 1-0 win at San Jose on 3/17 for first appearance since 9/17/11.  2012 Reserves: Scored game-winning goals in 1-0 win at FC Dallas on April 10, 3-0 win at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27 and in stoppage time vs. FC Dallas on 6/16 (second of two)  Missed 2011 playoffs following October surgery to repair torn labrum in hip  Scored four goals in 2011 to tie an MLS career high and added an assist … Four goals came in first 13 games; he played rest of year with labrum injury Last start: 5/29/12 at San Antonio (USOC) Last goal: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last assist: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last two-goal game: 6/13/09 at FC Dallas MF 6-0 175 16 ADAM MOFFAT Born: 5/15/86, Glasgow, Scotland Age: 26 Last Club: Portland (2011) Other Clubs: Columbus – 2007-10, Cleveland City Stars – 2007 (USL2); Elgin City – 2006-07 (Scotland); Ross County – 2005-06 (Scotland) Dynamo career: Second year – 27 GP, 26 GS, 3 G, 3 A


Tenacious two-way midfielder acquired in July 2011 trade with Portland in exchange for Lovel Palmer and Mike Chabala.

2012 MLS: 14 GP, 14 GS, 1253 mins, 1 G, 2 A 2011 MLS: 13 GP, 12 GS, 1,103 mins, 2 G, 1 A (HOU only)

 Has already surpassed 2011 minute total (1,203) with 1,243 minutes in 2012 through Chicago game on 7/3  Scored game-winning goal vs. FC Dallas on 6/16 in the 76th minute, a rocket to the upper corner off a deflected corner kick for first goal of the year  Assist from corner kick on Bruin’s opening goal in 2-2 draw at Columbus on 4/21  Earned assist on Andre Hainault’s stoppage-time winner at Chivas USA on 3/11/12  2011: Key acquisition via trade helped Dynamo go 62-4 in his 12 starts while scoring two spectacular long-range goals and adding one assist  Had been limited to four games and 100 minutes in league play with Portland  Scored spectacular goal from nearly 40 yards out to key 2-1 win vs. POR on 8/14/11 ... Strike against his former club was voted MLS Goal of the Week Last goal: 6/16/12 vs. FC Dallas Last assist: 4/21/12 at Columbus MF 5-8 172 I 17 LUIZ CAMARGO Born: 5/24/87, Vinheda, Brazil Age: 25 Last Club: Paraná Clube 2009-11 (Brazil Serie B) Other Clubs: Mogi Mirim 2009 (Brazil) Dynamo career: Second year – 22 GP, 15 GS, 1 G, 2 A Skilled, hard-tackling midfielder acquired in August 2011

2012 MLS: 15 GP, 9 GS, 728 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 272 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 6 GS, 515 mins, 0 G, 2 A  Scored first MLS goal on 5/19 at New England, a blistering half-volley in the 87th minute to equalize the match (Goal of the Week nominee)

 Appeared in every game since missing first two of the season  Made first start of season at Chicago on 4/15, playing first 63 minutes  2011: Played every minute of all four playoff games  Key player in Houston's late surge, appearing in the last seven games and contributing two assists, while helping Houston go 4-0-2 in his six starts  Set up game-clinching goal late in 2-0 win at KC on 11/6, playing long through ball to Carlo Costly Last assist: 11/6/11 at Kansas City (Playoffs) Last goal: 5/19/12 at New England (first MLS goal) MF 5-9 18 JOSUE SOTO Born: 1/3/89, Fort Worth, TX Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: Southern Methodist University Dynamo career – Second year

160 HG Age: 23

Steady midfielder and home-grown product signed in Jan. 2011 after completing collegiate career at SMU. LOAN: Currently on loan to the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League (NASL)

2012 Reserves: 5 GP, 3 GS, 339 mins, 0 G, 2 A 2011 Reserves: 10 GS, 873 mins, 0 G, 2 A  Played 15 minutes as substitute in USOC match at San Antonio on 5/29  2011: Rookie did not appear in a competitive match  Made first professional appearance in 2-0 Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton Wanderers on 7/20/11 19 ALEX DIXON MF 5-8 150 HG Born: 2/7/90, Bay City, TX Age: 22 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: University of North Carolina Dynamo career: Second year – 9 GP, 0 GS, 1 G, 0 A Talented attacking player and home-grown product signed after three years at North Carolina.


2012 MLS: 2 GP, 0 GS, 50 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 5 GP, 5 GS, 422 mins, 1 G, 2 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 84 mins, 1 G, 0 A  Played 16 minutes as a sub 5/15 vs. Portland  Made 2012 MLS debut on 5/9 at New York  Tallied goal and two assists in 3-0 Reserve League win at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27  Has started all four Reserve League games.  2011: Made seven substitute appearances in league play and scored one goal in his rookie season Last appearance: 5/29/12 at San Antonio (USOC) Last start: 5/29/12 at San Antonio (USOC) Last goal: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake (first MLS goal) DF 6-3 185 20 GEOFF CAMERON Born: 7/11/85, Attleboro, MA Age: 26 Last Club: University of Rhode Island Dynamo career: Fifth year – 115 GP, 99 GS, 11 G, 15 A Versatile player is an emerging star who can play in midfield and defense. United States international (5 caps)

2012 MLS: 14 GP, 14 GS, 1236 mins, 0 G, 2 A 2011 MLS: 33 GS, 2,970 mins, 5 G, 5 A  Missed the 0-0 draw vs. Chicago on 7/3 due to a strained hamstring  Started at defensive midfield for the first time this season in 2-1 victory vs. Philadelphia on 6/30  Tallied first two assists of the season after pushing into the midfield in 3-3 draw vs. Toronto on 6/20; a chipped ball to Brad Davis who laid it off for Will Bruin’s goal in the 73rd minute, and a cross from the right flank for Bruin’s equalizer in the 90th minute  Played full time in 40 consecutive matches (playoffs included) (3,576 minutes), before missing 5/26 game vs. LA with national team  Played 90 minutes in 5-1 win vs. Scotland on 5/26, 45 minutes in 1-1 draw at Guatemala on 6/12 while with US national team  2011: Won Dynamo Golden Boot with a career-high five goals (tied for team lead) and five assists (Golden Boot tiebreaker)

 Started for US men’s national team in January friendlies with Venezuela and Panama. Part of US team which beat Italy 1-0 in Genoa in February.  Named MLS All-Star in 2011 for second time in three seasons and played 52 minutes at center back Last goal: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Last assist: 6/20/12 vs. Toronto FC (2) MF 6-0 160 22 BRIAN OWNBY Born: 7/16/90, Glen Allen, VA Age: 21 Last Club: University of Virginia ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in first round of 2012 Supplemental draft (No. 7 overall) Hard-working outside midfielder who can run at opponents and offers pace on the right flank.

2012 MLS: 5 GP, 0 GS, 93 mins, 0 G, 2 A 2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 5 GS, 244 mins, 1 G, 0 A  Appeared as a substitute in last four games  Played 13 minutes as a substitute in 3-3 draw vs. Toronto on 6/20; secondary assist on Will Bruin’s 90th minute equalizer, freed up space on right flank for Geoff Cameron’s cross  Made MLS debut as substitute at Vancouver on 6/10, played 12 minutes and earned first career assist on Mac Kandji’s 83rd minute goal  Made pro debut in USOC match at San Antonio on 5/29, coming on as a sub in the 62nd minute  Suffered left elbow dislocation in Reserve League game at Chicago on 4/16  Scored winning goal in 80th minute of 1-0 win Colorado Rapids on 3/13. Came off bench and buried the rebound of Jermaine Taylor’s shot.  Played four years at the University of Virginia (2008-11)

 Scored 19 goals and added 10 assists in 72 games  2011 All-ACC Second Team and NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region Third Team  Played for USA at FIFA U-20 World Cup (scored one goal in group stage match against Cameroon)  2007 Virginia High School Player of the Year Last goal: None in MLS Last assist: 6/20/12 vs. Toronto FC


23 OSCAR RECIO DF Born: 6/23/89, Monterrey, Mexico Last Club: CF Monterrey Acquired: Loan from Monterrey

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Crafty left back who offers depth to the Houston backline.

2012 Reserves: 6 GP, 6 GS, 540 mins, 0 G, 0 A  Played 90 minutes in 1-0 USOC loss at San Antonio on 5/29  Has played every minute of all six Reserve League matches  Part of 2009/10 Apertura-winning Monterrey side  On loan from Mexican club Monterrey 24 TYLER DERIC GK 6-3 Born: 8/30/88, Houston, TX Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: North Carolina Dynamo career: Fourth year – 2 GP, 2 GS

195 HG Age: 23

First ever Academy product; served as No. 2 goalkeeper in 2011 after strong outings in 2010.

2012 Reserves: 6 GS, 540 mins, 0.83 GAA, 3 shutouts, 4-1-1 2011 Reserves: 10 GS, 900 mins, 1.10 GAA, 6 shutouts, 6-4-0

 Started and recorded shutouts in three Reserve League wins – 1-0 at FC Dallas on Tuesday, 3-0 win at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27 and 1-0 vs. Colorado on 3/13.  Has now recorded 9 shutouts in 14 Reserve League games since start of 2011  2011: Served as Tally Hall’s backup entire season  Reserves: Led MLS Reserve League with six shutouts while playing every minute of all 10 games Last start: 5/29/12 at San Antonio (USOC) Last shutout: 10/16/10 at San Jose Most saves (Career): 5, 10/23/10 vs. Seattle

FW 6-1 195 25 BRIAN CHING Born: 5/24/78, Haleiwa, HI Age: 34 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2003-05) Other Clubs: LA Galaxy (2001) College: Gonzaga University Dynamo career: Seventh year – 140 GP, 122 GS, 53 G, 18 A Traded back to Houston on 2/16/11 after Montreal selected Ching in 2011 Expansion draft. Original Dynamo player and all-time leading scorer. The forward led or tied for the team lead in goals in five consecutive seasons (2007-2011) and set a franchise and personal record with 13 goals in 2008. United States international (45 caps, 11 goals)

2012 MLS: 16 GP, 12 GS, 1038 mins, 2 G, 3 A 2011 MLS: 20 GP, 15 GS, 1,242 mins, 5 G, 1 A  Drew and converted a game-winning penalty in the 83rd minute vs. Philadelphia on 6/30, his first goal at BBVA Compass Stadium  Penalty vs. Philadelphia on 6/30 was his 20th career game-winning goal  Assisted Will Bruin’s 45th minute goal on 6/23 at Montreal with a through ball into the box; 3rd assist of the season  Played 27 minutes as a substitute in 3-3 draw vs. Toronto  Start at Vancouver on 6/10 was his 200th MLS appearance, 137 of which are with the Dynamo (second on all-time Dynamo list)  Assisted Luiz Camargo’s goal on 5/19 at New England with a beautiful chip from the top of the box in the 87th minute  Scored first goal of season with 81st-minute equalizer at Columbus on 4/21  Assisted on Will Bruin’s goal at Chicago, marking his 25th assist in all competitions for Dynamo  Started opening day on 3/11 for the sixth time in seven years with Houston  2011: Was limited to 1,242 minutes in 20 appearances due to injury (hamstring, ribs, foot and adductor), the lowest minute total of his Houston career, but still tied for team lead with five goals


 Ching returns to Houston among the leaders of several franchise records, including games played (fifth, 168), games started (fourth, 144), and assists (third, 24). His club-record 64 goals is twice the amount of the second player on the all-time list (Dwayne De Rosario, 32 goals) Last goal: 6/30/12 vs. Philadelphia Union Last assist: 6/23/12 at Montreal Last two-goal game: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last hat trick: 8/21/10 vs. Chicago (2 in MLS career) DF 5-5 154 26 COREY ASHE Born: 3/14/86, Orange County, CA Age: 26 Last Club: University of North Carolina Dynamo career: Sixth year – 144 GP, 90 GS, 1 G, 12 A Career midfielder switched to left back early in 2011 season and earned MLS All-Star selection

2012 MLS: 15 GP, 15 GS, 1317 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2011 MLS: 32 GP, 30 GS, 2,617 mins, 0 G, 0 A  Start vs. Portland on 5/15 was Ashe’s 137th MLS regular season appearance to move to second on the Dynamo all-time list  Earned assist on Bruin’s second goal at D.C. at 4/28  Missed San Jose game on 3/17 with strained left hamstring  2011: Began season at right midfield but became starter at left back, starting 28 games  Named MLS All-Star for the first time Last goal: 9/22/09 vs. Árabe Unido (CCL) Last assist: 4/28/12 at D.C. United

27 Boniek Garcia MF 5-9 159 I Born: 9/4/84, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Age: 27 Last Club: C.D. Olimpia (Honduras) 2003-06, 2007-12 Other Clubs: C.D. Marathón (Honduras) 2006-2007 Dynamo career: 2012 debut Acquired: Transfer from C.D. Olimpia Versatile two-way midfielder who is a fixture for the Honduran national team (69 caps)

2012 MLS: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0 G, 1 A  Earned secondary assist on Brad Davis’ 4thminute goal vs. Philadelphia on 6/30; crossed the ball hard to Kandji who laid it off for Davis to finish  MLS debut in start vs. Philadelphia on 6/30, played 90 minutes at right wing  Capable of playing right midfield, right back and attacking midfield positions  Made 115 appearances for Olimpia, scoring 14 goals  Played in 14 CONCACAF Champions League matches from 2008-2011, scored two goals, advanced to quarterfinals of 2010-11 CCL tournament  International: 69 caps for Honduras at a variety of positions; (1 goal) Last goal: None in MLS Last assist: 6/30/12 vs. Philadelphia (first in MLS) 28 ERICH MARSCHEIDER GK 6-3 185 Born: 1/5/93, Vienna, Austria Age: 19 Last Club: Colorado Rush Soccer Club ROOKIE Acquired: Signed with Dynamo on Feb. 22, 2012 after trial Young, hard-working goalkeeper who signed with the Dynamo midway through the 2012 preseason  Played three years of varsity soccer at Pine Creek High School (Colorado Springs, Colo.)  Earned Golden Gloves honors as top goalkeeper in 2011 for Colorado Rush program


DF 6-0 180 I 31 ANDRE HAINAULT Born: 6/17/86, Montréal, QC, Canada Age: 26 Last Club: FK SIAD Most - 2005-08 (Czech Rep.) Other Clubs: Sparta Prague 2008 (loan), Montreal Impact - 2004-05 (USL1) Dynamo career: Fourth year – 91 GP, 88 GS, 6 G, 4 A Promising Canadian defender who can play anywhere on back line. Canada international (27 caps, 2 goals)

DF 6-2 185 32 BOBBY BOSWELL Born: 3/15/83, Austin, TX Age: 29 Last Club: D.C. United (2005-07) College: Florida International University Dynamo career: Fifth year – 128 GP, 127 GS, 8 G, 2 A Backbone of the Dynamo defense since joining club in 2008. United States international (3 caps).

2012 Career: 17 GP, 17 GS, 1506 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2012 MLS: 12 GP, 12 GS, 993 mins, 2 G, 1 A

2011 MLS: 28 GP, 27 GS, 2,460 mins, 5 G, 1 A

2011 MLS: 31 GS, 2,790 mins, 1 G, 0 A  Played 90 minutes at center back against the U.S., Cuba and Honduras with Canadian national team  Headed in game-winning goal vs. LA Galaxy on 5/26 off a Brad Davis corner kick … named to MLS Team of the Week  Assisted on Davis’ game-winning goal on 5/12 vs. D.C. United with short pass  Made his 100th Dynamo appearance in all competitions at Columbus on 4/21, becoming the 15th player to reach 100 in franchise history  Scored game-winner in the 2nd minute of stoppage time for 1-0 win at Chivas USA on 3/11/12  2011: Dynamo Defender of the Year  Played every minute of playoffs and led team with two goals Last goal: 5/29/12 vs. LA Galaxy Last assist: 5/12/12 vs. DC United Last yellow card: 4/21/12 at Columbus

 Scored first goal of the season in 3-3 draw vs. Toronto on 6/20, a blistering header off a Brad Davis corner kick in the 20th minute  Only field player to play every minute this season  Start vs. LA on 5/26 was his 200th MLS start  5/12 vs. D.C. was his 200th Major League Soccer appearance in his eight-year career. He has averaged 27.4 games per season and has played every minute of every match in 2012  Has played at least 23 games in each year and has played full time in 27 consecutive MLS matches dating to Sept. 14, 2011 at Columbus (including playoffs)  Start at New York was his 150th Dynamo start in all competitions  Made 150th Dynamo appearance in all competitions in 2-0 loss at Seattle on 3/23  2011: Scored a career-high five goals to tie for the team lead, adding one assist Last goal: 6/20/12 vs. Toronto FC Last assist: 4/10/11 vs. Vancouver Last yellow card: 5/19/12 at New England Last red card: 7/24/10 at Columbus LEGEND: GK-goalkeeper; DF-defender; MF-midfielder; FW-forward; I-international; HG-home-grown; GAGeneration adidas; USOC-U.S. Open Cup; CCLCONCACAF Champions League


HOW THE 2012 DYNAMO WERE ASSEMBLED Date 12/16/05 12/16/05 1/12/07 12/12/07 1/18/08 1/23/09 2/27/09 4/14/09 6/9/09 9/15/10 1/13/11 1/13/11 1/19/11 1/19/11 2/16/11 3/23/11 4/15/11 7/21/11 8/9/11 12/29/11 1/12/12 1/12/12 1/17/12 2/8/12 2/22/12 4/13/12 6/7/12

Player Brian Ching Brad Davis Corey Ashe Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Tally Hall Tyler Deric Andre Hainault Cam Weaver Colin Clark Kofi Sarkodie Will Bruin Josue Soto Alex Dixon Jermaine Taylor Calen Carr Je-Vaughn Watson Adam Moffat Luiz Camargo Nathan Sturgis Colin Rolfe Warren Creavalle Brian Ownby Macoumba Kandji Eric Marscheider Oscar Recio Oscar Boniek Garcia

Transaction type Moved with club from San Jose (SJ acquired 03 Supplemental Draft) Moved with club from San Jose (SJ acquired 05 trade) 2007 MLS SuperDraft, Round 2 (pick 26) Traded from D.C. United for Zach Wells 2008 MLS SuperDraft, Round 3 (pick 42) Signed as discovery player on free transfer from Esbjerg (Denmark) Signed as home-grown player (first in club history) Transferred from SIAD Most (Czech Republic) Traded from San Jose Earthquakes for Chris Wondolowski Traded from Colorado Rapids for Brian Mullan 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 7) 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Round 1 (pick 11) Signed as home-grown player Signed as home-grown player Transferred from St. George’s (Jamaica) Traded from Chicago Fire for Dominic Oduro Transferred from Sporting Central (Jamaica) Traded from Portland Timbers for Mike Chabala and Lovel Palmer Loaned from Clube Paraná (Brazil) Traded from Toronto FC for conditional draft pick 2012 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 (pick 18) 2012 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 (pick 37) 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 (pick 7) Traded from Colorado for conditional draft pick Signed as trialist Loaned from C.F. Monterrey (Mexico) Transferred from C.D. Olimpia (Honduras)

Acquisitions by first season with club 2006 2 2007 1 2008 2 2009 4 2010 1 2011 9 2012 8

Acquisitions by method MLS SuperDraft MLS Supplemental Draft Trade Home-Grown Player San Jose original Transfer Loan Trialist

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DYNAMO GAME-BYGAME LINEUPS Dynamo at Chivas USA – 3/11/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Colin Clark Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson Brad Davis Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 86) Will Bruin (Calen Carr 77) Dynamo at San Jose Earthquakes – 3/17/12

Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Jermaine Taylor Colin Clark (Nathan Sturgis 82) Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson Brad Davis Will Bruin (Calen Carr 67) Brian Ching (C) (Cam Weaver 67) Dynamo at Seattle Sounders – 3/23/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault (Jermaine Taylor 45) Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Colin Clark Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson (Luiz Camargo 67) Brad Davis Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 76)

(Formations listed right‐to‐left) Dynamo at Chicago Fire – 4/15/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Jermaine Taylor Je‐Vaughn Watson Nathan Sturgis Luiz Camargo (Calen Carr 63) Corey Ashe Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) Dynamo at Columbus Crew – 4/21/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Jermaine Taylor Je‐Vaughn Watson (Calen Carr 79) Adam Moffat Luiz Camargo Corey Ashe (Macoumba Kandji 91) Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) (Cam Weaver 84) Dynamo at D.C. United – 4/28/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault (Brad Davis 72) Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Jermaine Taylor Je‐Vaughn Watson (Calen Carr 59) Adam Moffat Luiz Camargo Corey Ashe (Kofi Sarkodie 82) Will Bruin Brian Ching (C)

(4‐4‐2 unless otherwise noted) Dynamo at New York Red Bulls – 5/9/12

Tally Hall Jermaine Taylor Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Calen Carr Adam Moffat Luiz Camargo (Alex Dixon 56) Brad Davis (C) Cam Weaver (Will Bruin 61) Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark 73) D.C. United at Dynamo – 5/12/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Jermaine Taylor Calen Carr (Colin Clark 71) Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson (Luiz Camargo 66) Brad Davis Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 84) Portland Timbers at Dynamo – 5/15/12 Tally Hall Jermaine Taylor Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Calen Carr Nathan Sturgis Luiz Camargo Brad Davis (C) (Alex Dixon 74) Will Bruin (Brian Ching 64) Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark 71)


Dynamo at N.E,Revolution – 5/19/12 Tally Hall Jermaine Taylor Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Calen Carr (Macoumba Kandji 76) Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson (Luiz Camargo 66) Brad Davis (Colin Clark 70) Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) LA Galaxy at Dynamo – 5/26/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Jermaine Taylor Corey Ashe Calen Carr (Colin Clark 75) Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson Brad Davis (Luiz Camargo 84) Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 72 Dynamo at Vancouver Whitecaps – 6/10/12 Tally Hall Warren Creavalle Bobby Boswell Nathan Sturgis (Brian Ownby 78) Corey Ashe Calen Carr Adam Moffat Luiz Camargo (Colin Clark 71) Brad Davis Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 71)

F.C. Dallas at Dynamo – 6/16/12 Tally Hall Jermaine Taylor Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Calen Carr (Colin Clark 45) Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson (Luiz Camargo 75) Brad Davis Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 77)

Toronto F.C. at Dynamo – 6/20/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Colin Clark (Brian Ownby 77) Adam Moffat Luiz Camargo (Je‐Vaughn Watson 57) Brad Davis (C) Will Bruin Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ching 63) Dynamo at Montreal Impact – 6/23/12 Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Geoff Cameron Corey Ashe Colin Clark (Brian Ownby 62) Adam Moffat Je‐Vaughn Watson (Luiz Camargo 51) Will Bruin Brian Ching (C) (Warren Creavalle 81) Philadelphia Union at Dynamo – 6/30/12 (4‐3‐3) Tally Hall Andre Hainault Jermaine Taylor Bobby Boswell Corey Ashe Luiz Camargo (Warren Creavalle 79) Geoff Cameron Brad Davis (C) Boniek Garcia Will Bruin (Brian Ching 74) Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ownby 71) Chicago Fire at Dynamo – 7/3/12 (4‐3‐3) Tally Hall Andre Hainault Bobby Boswell Jermaine Taylor Corey Ashe Luiz Camargo (Brian Ownby 69) Adam Moffat Brad Davis (C) Boniek Garcia Will Bruin (Brian Ching 65) Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark 9)


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U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2012


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