Game Guide: Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v LA GALAXY (September 18, Children's Mercy Park, 1 p.m. CT; FOX) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 29 11-12-6 39 35 35 15 9-4-2 29 26 17

Galaxy on road

29 11-4-14 47 49 32 14 3-4-7 16 19 18

29 Kann

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (57 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (2 shootout), 67 goals … Galaxy 24 wins (0 shootout), 85 goals …Ties 13

Abdul-Salaam

27 Espinoza

F 49 53

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

dos Santos

Keane

Magee

Lletget

A 32 82

16 27 6 0

17 10 5 0

28 7 3 3 3 0 3 2

18 3 2 4 3 1 1 0

14 30 5

5 20 7

TYPE OF PLAY

10 20 5

5 23 7

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Gerrard

Larentowicz

van Damme

Steres

Rogers

12 Rowe

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

21 14

Cole

HOW SCORED

20 4 1 1 3 1 3 2

8 3

GALAXY

SPORTING

17 5 5 2 4 0 2 0

11 Davis

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

19 11 4 1

5 Besler

Feilhaber

Peterson

UPCOMING MATCHES GALAXY SPORTING Sun. Sep. 25 Seattle Sat. Sep. 24 at San Jose Sat. Oct. 1 at FC Dallas Sat. Oct. 1 at New England Sun. Oct. 16 at Houston Sun. Oct. 16 at Real Salt Lake Sun. Oct. 23 FC Dallas Sun. Oct. 23 San Jose

11 15 9 0

12 Coelho

2016 (MLS) 5/1: KC 1, LA 1 (Davis 30 – dos Santos 42) 6/2: LA 0, KC 0

A 35 75

3 Opara

Mustivar

AT KC (29 meetings): Sporting 15 wins (1 shootout), 41 goals … Galaxy 8 wins (0 shootout), 37 goals … Ties 6

F 35 75

ROSTERS

REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Peter Manikowski; AR2 (opposite): Frank Anderson; 4th: Younes Marrakchi DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza, Jimmy Medranda … LA: Jelle Van Damme

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

SPORTING KC 1 Jon Kempin (GK) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Diego Rubio (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Nuno Andre Coelho (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Lawrence Olum (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 21 Justin Mapp (MF) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Emmanuel Appiah (MF) 24 Ever Alvarado (DF) 25 Alec Kann (GK) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 39 Cameron Porter (FW) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) Benji Joya (MF) LA GALAXY 1 Dan Kennedy (GK) 3 Ashley Cole (DF) 5 Jose Villarreal (FW) 6 Baggio Husidic (MF) 7 Robbie Keane (FW) 8 Steven Gerrard (MF) 9 Alan Gordon (FW) 10 Giovani dos Santos (FW) 11 Gyasi Zardes (FW) 12 Brian Rowe (GK) 14 Robbie Rogers (MF) 15 Ariel Lassiter (FW) 17 Sebastian Lletget (MF) 18 Mike Magee (MF) 20 A.J. DeLaGarza (DF) 21 Jeff Larentowicz (MF) 22 Leonardo (DF) 24 Emmanuel Boateng (FW) 25 Rafael Garcia (MF) 26 Landon Donovan (MF) 27 David Romney (DF) 31 Clement Diop (GK) 32 Jack McBean (FW) 36 Oscar Sorto (DF) 37 Jelle Van Damme (DF) 38 Bradford Jamieson (FW) 40 Raul Mendiola (FW) 44 Daniel Steres (DF)

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC LA

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-0-1 4-7-4 1-5-1 7-0-1 3-3-12 1-1-1

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 9-1-2 2-11-3 7-1-4 4-3-6

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 8/20/2016 KC 2, VAN 0 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 8/27/2016 KC 0, PHI 2 9/09/2016 KC 3, HOU 3 8/20/2016 KC 2, VAN 0 8/27/2016 KC 0, PHI 2

(1) (12) (7) (0) (0) (2) (1)

LA GALAXY Date Score (Gms since) 9/11/2016 LA 4, ORL 2 7/23/2016 LA 2, POR 1 10/18/2015 LA 2, POR 5 8/20/2016 LA 0, NYC 1 9/07/2016 LA 3, RSL 3 8/27/2016 LA 0, VAN 0 8/27/2016 LA 0, VAN 0

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWLWLLLTTLLWLLTWTWWLLWWLTWLT Galaxy WLWTTWWTWTTLTLTTWWWWTTTLTTWTW

(0) (4) (15) (2) (1) (3) (3)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 13 Dwyer A: 8 Feilhaber SHT: 100 Dwyer SOG: 38 Dwyer FC: 60 Espinoza FS: 62 Dwyer OF: 28 Dwyer C: 9 Espinoza E: 2 Espinoza GALAXY G: 14 dos Santos A: 11 dos Santos/Gerrard SHT: 53 dos Santos SOG: 28 dos Santos FC: 41 Van Damme FS: 40 Lletget OF: 15 Keane C: 8 Van Damme E: 2 Cole

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 29 9 9 7 4 0 35 1.21 LA 29 7 8 7 2 5 49 1.69 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 29 8 10 8 3 0 35 1.21 LA 29 7 14 6 2 0 32 1.10 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 35 3 8 5 7 6 6 LA 49 9 4 9 7 8 12 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 35 2 6 7 3 7 10 LA 32 4 4 3 5 7 9

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v LA GALAXY

(September 18, Children's Mercy Park, 1 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 291)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 1 Jon Kempin DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 21 15 1 2 83 60 9 2 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 9 5 0 0 58 48 4 4 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 15 14 1 1 197 191 3 11 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 2 0 0 248 220 15 20 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 11 6 0 1 147 114 2 16 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 16 1 4 191 153 25 48 8 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 13 3 1 0 13 3 1 0 9 Diego Rubio 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-10 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25 23 6 8 167 151 28 42 MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 22 13 2 1 390 338 57 123 11 Brad Davis 12 Nuno Andre Coelho DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 19 18 1 1 19 18 1 1 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 28 26 13 2 108 92 49 7 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 7 4 0 0 151 144 0 7 15 MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 19 17 2 1 86 57 5 3 16 Lawrence Olum 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 25 21 0 5 47 31 0 6 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 6 0 0 0 309 243 22 65 21 22 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 17 12 0 1 30 18 0 2 23 Emmanuel Appiah MF 5-9 160 09/26/1993 Sampa, Ghana 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Ever Alvarado DF 5-11 154 01/30/1992 El Negrito, Honduras 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 25 Alec Kann GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 7 7 0 0 8 8 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 26 26 1 5 156 136 4 20 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 22 22 0 0 51 50 0 0 FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 18 15 5 1 243 144 21 17 37 Jacob Peterson 39 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 20 19 0 0 45 39 0 2 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 24 19 1 2 37 27 1 2 Benji Joya MF 5-8 145 09/22/1993 San Jose, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ON LOAN Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 7 4 0 0 10 6 0 0 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 13 4 0 0 84 52 12 3 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W101 L81 T59

LA GALAXY 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Dan Kennedy GK 6-1 200 07/22/1982 Fullerton, CA 3 2 0 0 163 160 0 0 3 Ashley Cole DF 5-9 146 12/20/1980 Stepney, England 22 21 1 0 22 21 1 0 FW 5-8 160 09/10/1993 Inglewood, CA 3 0 0 0 56 21 5 6 5 Jose Villarreal MF 6-1 165 05/19/1987 Velika Kladusa, Yugoslavia 25 14 2 2 133 93 14 17 6 Baggio Husidic 7 Robbie Keane FW 5-9 160 07/08/1980 Dublin, Ireland 14 13 8 2 122 116 81 45 MF 6-0 183 05/30/1980 Liverpool, England 19 17 3 11 32 30 5 14 8 Steven Gerrard Alan Gordon FW 6-1 190 10/16/1981 Long Beach, CA 17 5 1 1 240 127 50 28 9 10 Giovani dos Santos FW 5-10 157 05/11/1989 Monterrey, Mexico 25 24 14 11 35 34 17 16 MF 6-2 175 09/02/1991 Hawthorne, CA 19 17 6 5 107 93 32 15 11 Gyasi Zardes 12 Brian Rowe GK 6-1 185 11/16/1988 Chicago, IL 26 25 0 0 40 39 0 0 DF 5-10 165 05/12/1987 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 16 14 1 1 179 155 15 23 14 Robbie Rogers Ariel Lassiter FW 5-10 155 09/27/1994 Turrialba, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 MF 5-10 165 09/03/1992 San Francisco, CA 27 19 1 6 47 36 8 8 17 Sebastian Lletget MF 5-10 160 09/02/1984 Chicago, IL 28 15 6 4 314 224 70 38 18 Mike Magee DF 5-9 150 11/04/1987 Bryans Road, MD 21 20 0 0 201 193 2 4 20 A.J. DeLaGarza 21 Jeff Larentowicz MF 6-1 175 08/05/1983 Pasadena, CA 18 13 1 1 319 304 38 19 Leonardo DF 6-2 185 02/05/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 4 0 0 85 79 2 0 22 24 Emmanuel Boateng FW 5-6 150 01/17/1994 Accra, Ghana 21 14 2 4 21 14 2 4 Rafael Garcia MF 5-6 150 12/19/1988 Granada Hills, CA 4 1 0 0 25 6 0 0 25 26 Landon Donovan MF 5-8 155 03/04/1982 Ontario, CA 1 0 0 0 335 313 144 136 David Romney DF 6-2 190 06/12/1993 Irvine, CA 9 7 0 1 14 9 0 1 27 31 Clement Diop GK 6-1 165 10/12/1993 Paris, France 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 Jack McBean FW 6-0 175 12/15/1994 Newport Beach, CA 2 1 0 0 19 9 2 2 32 36 Oscar Sorto DF 5-8 155 08/13/1994 Los Angeles, CA 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 37 Jelle Van Damme DF 6-3 198 10/10/1983 Lokeren, Belgium 24 24 0 4 24 24 0 4 38 Bradford Jamieson FW 6-1 165 10/18/1996 Los Angeles, CA 3 0 0 0 12 6 1 1 40 Raul Mendiola FW 5-8 150 05/18/1994 Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 3 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 44 Daniel Steres DF 6-0 170 11/11/1990 Burbank, CA 28 26 1 1 28 26 1 1 HEAD COACH : Bruce Arena

09/21/1951 W201 L119 T87

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs LA GALAXY CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. September 18, 2016 (WEEK 28, MLS Game #291) 1 p.m. CT (FOX / FOX Deportes) A pair of clubs holding down places in the push for the Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs meet in a critical encounter when Sporting Kansas City entertain the LA Galaxy on Sunday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park before a FOX audience. Sporting saw their home winning streak put to an end, still sitting in fifth place in the West after being hauled back into a late 3-3 draw with the Houston Dynamo last Friday evening. The Galaxy have moved into second place in the conference, just four points off the lead held by MLS overall leaders FC Dallas, their undefeated run now at five games following a 4-2 win against Orlando City SC last Sunday at StubHub Center. REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Peter Manikowski; AR2 (opposite): Frank Anderson; 4th: Younes Marrakchi MLS Career: 225 games; FC/gm: 26.5; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 64; pens: 76 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza, Jimmy Medranda … LA: Jelle Van Damme SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Dom Dwyer, Lawrence Olum … LA: A.J. DeLaGarza, Jeff Larentowicz DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (57 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (2 shootout), 67 goals … Galaxy 24 wins (0 shootout), 85 goals …Ties 13 AT KC (29 meetings): Sporting 15 wins (1 shootout), 41 goals … Galaxy 8 wins (0 shootout), 37 goals … Ties 6 2016 (MLS) 5/1: KC 1, LA 1 (Davis 30 – dos Santos 42) 6/2: LA 0, KC 0  The teams are meeting for the third time this season, having played to draws in the first two. SKC’s Brad Davis and the Galaxy’s Giovani dos Santos traded first-half goals as the clubs finished in a 1-1 draw May 1 at Children’s Mercy Park; they reached a scoreless draw June 2 at StubHub Center.  The Galaxy have not won in Kansas City since 2007; Sporting have won four of their eight home games since, with four draws. Sporting’s last win against the Galaxy in Carson came in 2010 – the last victory by the visiting team in the series; the Galaxy had won three home meetings in a row with KC before this year’s draw.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. LA: P11 W4 L3 D4 … Bruce Arena vs. KC: P27 W8 L11 D8 LAST MEETING (MLS)  It was a night for the defenses. Despite the Galaxy holding the majority of possession, they did not register an attempt at goal until after the hour mark, and failed to register a shot on target at all.  Sporting did put four shots on target for the match, but never seriously tested Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe.  LA GALAXY (4-1-3-2): Brian Rowe - Robbie Rogers, Daniel Steres, A.J. DeLaGarza, Ashley Cole - Nigel de Jong - Baggio Husidic, Jeff Larentowicz (Emmanuel Boateng 62), Sebastian Lletget (Jose Villarreal 87) - Mike Magee (Alan Gordon 81), Giovani dos Santos.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Medranda - Benny Feilhaber - Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza - Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers 58), Dom Dwyer (Diego Rubio 90), Connor Hallisey. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City had their home winning streak put to an end in dramatic circumstances, the Houston Dynamo hitting for a late goal to leave the teams in a 3-3 draw on Friday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are in fifth place in the Western Conference with 39 points from 29 games. LAST MATCH  The hosts opened the scoring 14 minutes in. Jacob Peterson put a blast on goal which was saved by Dynamo goalkeeper Joe Willis. Dom Dwyer attempted to score on the rebound, but that effort was blocked, before Peterson made no mistake with his second attempt.  Roger Espinoza doubled the lead 12 minutes later, as he stole the ball in the Dynamo end before unleashing a rocket from outside of the box to beat Willis.

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But the Dynamo were level with goals on either side of halftime. Mauro Manotas scored his first career MLS goal after receiving a nice through ball from Boniek Garcia and finishing with a bouncing shot inside the left post on the half-hour. The leveler came just before the hour mark when Alex latched onto a ball bounding in the box and drove it home.  Sporting regained the lead in the final minutes, as Dwyer put home a left-footed shot from a corner kick routine in the 81st minute. But the Dynamo had one final answer, Raul Rodriguez scoring the final equalizer on the last touch of the game, heading a free kick sent in from the right off the bar and the back of goalkeeper Alec Kann before settling in the goal.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that fell 2-0 to Philadelphia Union at Talen Energy Stadium. Kevin Ellis and Nuno Andre Coelho came into the back four for Ike Opara and Jimmy Medranda, and Brad Davis started up top in place of Graham Zusi.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Alec Kann - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Nuno Andre Coelho (Seth Sinovic 63), Matt Besler - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Jacob Peterson (Ike Opara 88), Dom Dwyer, Brad Davis (Connor Hallisey 69). TEAM NEWS  Sporting saw their six-game home winning streak – one game shy of the club record – come to an end with the late draw with the Dynamo. The Dynamo’s last home loss came May 27, a 1-0 defeat by the LA Galaxy.  “We owned the game tonight. We led the game three times. We gave up three goals which we never should have. In those three actions, we were very poor. In the last one, it was terrible management in the game. We have no one to blame but ourselves,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes.  Said midfielder Benny Feilhaber: “Every point matters that much more. We know where we stand in the table. We have to win our home games and we had, I don't know how many opportunities to win this game. We are up 2-0 and 3-2 with 10 seconds left in the game. It's not a good one to let slip away.”  Roger Espinoza scored his first goal of the season, his first in MLS play since March 14, 2015 vs. FC Dallas. Espinoza has four goals in 156 career league appearances, scoring one goal in four of his seven seasons.  Espinoza also collected an assist, his fifth of the season, a single-season MLS career-high, his first since July 24. It was the first time in his MLS career Espinoza had scored a goal and added an assist in the same game.  “There's no such thing as balance,” Espinoza said. “It doesn't make it right – just because I scored and had an assist, that I can make the foul and they tie the game. We weren't having a very good second half, but we had the lead with one minute left. The foul right there (leading to the game-tying freekick) should never have been a foul. I should never have committed the foul, I should say.”  Jacob Peterson scored his fifth goal of the season, his third goal over the last six matches dating back to July 31. Peterson has started 15 consecutive matches in a wide forward role.  Nuno Andre Coelho returned to the starting lineup after a one-match absence, coming back into central defense and playing 63 minutes. Coelho two previous starts where as a deep-lying central midfielder.  Benny Feilhaber collected his eighth assist of the season, his fourth assist over the last six matches. Feilhaber has played a part in five of SKC’s last eight goals, dating back to July 31.  “I think we played like crap from the 2-1 goal all the way to the 2-2 goal and then we woke up a little bit. The 2-1 goal was one of the easiest goals I have ever seen a team winning 2-0 give up. It was way too easy and after that we followed that with 30 minutes of really bad soccer,” said Feilhaber. “We deserved to get the 2-2 at that point. Then we woke up and barely had enough time to get to 3-2. Then we weren't able to hold on with five minutes to go.”  On Tuesday, Sporting was eliminated from the knockout stage of the 2016/17 CONCACAF Champions League following a 2-1 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park. Diego Rubio pulled Sporting level with a goal early in the second half, but VWFC’s Alphonso Davies scored the winner in stoppage time to guarantee his club’s advancement out of the group.  Here’s the Sporting team: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Seth Sinovic 29), Ike Opara, Amer Didic, Tyler Pasher; Paulo Nagamura, Ualefi, Emmanuel Appiah; Cameron Porter (Kris Tyrpak 46), Diego Rubio, Connor Hallisey  “I think there were certain moments that were good in the game. I also think at the end, giving up a goal at the end like we did, it shows a lack of concentration which has to do with a lack of fatigue. I think there were a lot of guys out there that just weren't 90 minutes fit to play at the pace we want to play at. There is no doubt that fitness had a lot to do with it,” said Vermes. LA GALAXY The LA Galaxy extended their current undefeated run to five matches, rolling to a 4-2 win against Orlando City SC on Sunday afternoon at StubHub Center. The Galaxy are in second place in the Western Conference with 47 points from 29 games. LAST MATCH  City struck first on the counterattack. Cyle Larin saw his shot blocked inside the six-yard box, but the ball rebounded out to Kevin Molino, who fired home in the 20th minute.

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But the Galaxy were level in the 35th minute when Emmanuel Boateng raced downfield on a lightning-quick counterattack before centering the ball for Giovani dos Santos to tap home. Then in the 38th minute, the Galaxy took the lead when Alan Gordon deflected home a pass by Jelle Van Damme from close range.  The lead was extended to 3-1 just before halftime when dos Santos converted a penalty kick after Gordon went down under a tackle right at the edge of the area and referee Ismail Elfath pointed to the spot. Then it was 4-1 when Robbie Keane tapped into a open goal after dos Santos slipped the ball past an onrushing Joe Bendik after being sent in alone on goal.  Orlando City did pull a goal back in stoppage time when Brek Shea slammed home a rebound from a blocked shot from the right side of the area.  Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena made three changes to the team that reached a 3-3 draw with Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. Jelle Van Damme, Rafael Garcia and Raul Mendiola all came into the team, in place of Leonardo, Jeff Larentowicz and Baggio Husidic.  LA GALAXY (4-2-3-1): Brian Rowe - Robbie Rogers, Daniel Steres, Jelle Van Damme (A.J. DeLaGarza 74), Ashley Cole - Sebastian Lletget, Rafael Garcia - Raul Mendiola (Landon Donovan 83), Giovani dos Santos, Emmanuel Boateng - Alan Gordon (Robbie Keane 60). TEAM NEWS  The Galaxy extended their current undefeated run to five matches, with a second victory in their last three games, after the victory against Orlando City.  The Galaxy netted four goals, the most they’ve scored in a league game since the 4-2 win against New England on May 8. The Galaxy have scored nine goals over their last three contests with multiple goals in each.  Giovani dos Santos scored a pair of goals, his second consecutive match with two goals, now with five goals over his last three games. Dos Santos now has 14 goals for the season, sitting in a tie for fourth place in the MLS Golden Boot standings.  “As heralded as he was and is, he has not played on a regular basis in his club careers. Now he’s a year in and this season is probably the fullest season he’s had in his career,” said Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena. “And you can see that he’s now getting fitter, getting more experienced, understanding this league and understanding the things that he needs to do to make himself a better player and also make our team a better team. And you can see that happening. He has 14 goals now. For that position, that’s pretty good. In that position, strikers usually score that many goals and he’s not a striker.”  Dos Santos also collected a pair of assists, his second two-assist game this season, and the first time in his MLS assist he’s scored multiple goals and had multiple assists in the same game. Dos Santos has a goal and/or an assist in eight of his last 10 games, dating back to July 23, with seven goals and six assists in that span. Dos Santos has played a part in each of the Galaxy’s last eight goals.  “I feel like I am in the best moment of my career,” dos Santos said. “I’ve never felt this way. I feel very good, my finishing is good. The team is doing good. So I feel great right now.”  Robbie Keane scored his first goal in league play since July 23, now with eight goals on the season. Keane came off the substitutes’ bench for the final half-hour, his first appearance in an MLS game since starting and playing the full 90 minutes Aug. 20 vs. New York City FC.  Alan Gordon netted his first goal of the season, his first in league play since last Aug. 1. Gordon was making a third start in the last four matches, playing the opening hour at the spearhead of the Galaxy attack.  Jelle Van Damme collected a pair of assists, now with four for the season, making his return to the lineup after missing two matches through injury, playing 74 minutes in central defense.  “He’s been a good player for us all year and he’s a real leader. He obviously has a great presence on the field,” Arena said. “Even though we screwed up a little in conceding that goal– of which Jelle was probably a little bit responsible for – but he’s a great leader and a great player and the team feeds off him. You could argue he’s been our best player to date this year. He has a real presence and he’s an important player on the field.”  Said Van Damme: “I used to be a striker when I was young, so maybe that’s the thing that keeps me going forward. I like going forward when I can. In the last five years on my old team, I played as a fullback and that was very offensive. Once in a while, you like going up front. Bruce tells me to pick my moments, and that’s what I try to do.”  Landon Donovan made his return from retirement, coming on for the final seven minutes. Donovan had retired following MLS Cup 2014, won by the Galaxy. “The certain conditions would be about 4-1 with about 10 minutes left,” Arena said. “Probably no other circumstances would have allowed me to play him today. But I wanted him to get out there, reward the crowd for showing up, and also, it helps Landon see how far he has to go.”  Said Donovan: “I need to get fit. I came into a game where both teams were exhausted and I was the slowest player on the field. So I need to get myself ready to compete in a real way. Bruce and the coaching staff need to know that when they put me in, it can mean something. So tonight worked out well. But I need to be able to contribute.”

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (11-12-6, 39 pts.) UNF 14 10 37 11 16 27 8 3 94 5 12 9 17 7 22 96 25 13 13 39 23 24 21 4 6 15 93 29

POS F M F M M M F D M D D F D D F M G D D F M D M D M D M G

PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Jacob Peterson Brad Davis Lawrence Olum Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi Ike Opara Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Nuno Andre Coelho Diego Rubio Saad Abdul-Salaam Chance Myers Connor Hallisey Jordi Quintilla Alec Kann Amadou Dia (KC) Amadou Dia (TOT) Cameron Porter Emmanuel Appiah Ever Alvarado Justin Mapp Kevin Ellis Paulo Nagamura Seth Sinovic Soni Mustivar Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 28 25 18 22 19 26 18 21 24 15 19 13 25 11 17 6 7 10 11 2 1 1 6 9 5 7 20 22

GS 26 23 15 13 17 26 16 15 19 14 18 3 21 6 12 6 7 9 10 0 1 0 0 5 2 4 19 22

MIN 2374 2122 1244 1209 1469 2319 1426 1434 1671 1276 1480 296 1927 559 1072 410 630 817 907 32 90 29 43 503 196 352 1645 1980

29 29

2610 2610

G 13 6 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35

A 2 8 1 1 1 5 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 100 42 32 31 10 42 26 14 39 3 16 13 11 1 18 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 5 6 0

SOG 38 12 12 11 4 11 8 7 8 1 3 2 2 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0

36 31

421 264

132 103

FC 56 25 8 9 13 60 12 21 30 13 4 12 26 6 5 4 0 16 20 0 0 0 0 6 5 5 26 2

FS 62 47 10 27 4 43 17 11 16 6 12 12 15 5 12 9 0 5 5 1 1 2 0 5 0 3 14 0

OFF 29 1 3 4 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 70 1 52 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

C 7 3 0 0 3 9 1 3 7 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2

E 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

364 358 358 364

57 83

176 86

52 47

5 6

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jacob Peterson 3, Dom Dwyer 2, Jimmy Medranda 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1, Matt Besler 1, Lawrence Olum 1, Brad Davis 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 3, Graham Zusi 3, Dom Dwyer 2, Roger Espinoza 2, Jimmy Medranda 1, Saad Abdul-Salaam 1, Jordi Quintilla 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1, Ike Opara 1, Chance Myers 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 4-4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Alec Kann Team totals Opponent totals

GP 22 7 29 29

GS 22 7 29 29

MIN SHTS 1980 75 630 28 2610 103 2610 132

SV 52 17 69 93

GA 24 11 35 35

GAA 1.09 1.57 1.21 1.21

PG 3 0 3 4

PA 4 0 4 4

W L 9 10 2 2 11 12 12 11

T 3 3 6 6

SO 6 2 8 9

2016 LA GALAXY STATISTICS (11-4-14, 47 pts.) UNF 10 7 11 18 8 24 6 17 9 44 21 14 3 37 27 20 15 38 12 31 1 32 5 26 22 34 25 40

POS F F M M M F M M F D M D D D D D F F G G G F F M D M M F

PLAYER Giovani dos Santos Robbie Keane Gyasi Zardes Mike Magee Steven Gerrard Emmanuel Boateng Baggio Husidic Sebastian Lletget Alan Gordon Daniel Steres Jeff Larentowicz Robbie Rogers Ashley Cole Jelle Van Damme David Romney A.J. DeLaGarza Ariel Lassiter Bradford Jamieson Brian Rowe Clement Diop Dan Kennedy Jack McBean Jose Villarreal Landon Donovan Leonardo Nigel De Jong Rafael Garcia Raul Mendiola Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 14 19 28 19 21 25 27 17 28 18 16 22 24 9 21 1 3 26 2 3 2 3 1 4 18 4 3

GS 24 13 17 15 17 14 14 19 5 26 13 14 21 24 7 20 1 0 25 2 2 1 0 0 4 18 1 2

MIN 2080 1156 1604 1350 1404 1257 1370 1709 495 2400 1129 1205 1867 2076 640 1807 67 39 2315 180 115 99 17 7 360 1561 185 179

29 29

2610 2610

G 14 8 6 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 49 32

A 11 2 5 4 11 4 2 6 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 53 33 24 30 29 15 12 26 9 9 8 5 8 20 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 0 1

SOG 28 17 15 16 11 5 4 8 3 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0

54 26

308 451

124 151

FC 15 6 10 13 19 11 19 17 12 29 28 19 19 41 4 18 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 20 5 1

FS 21 15 32 21 12 10 18 40 11 13 10 21 25 11 6 19 0 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 1 28 0 0

OFF 12 15 2 3 0 4 1 3 6 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

CK 33 5 0 31 40 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

C 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 5 4 2 3 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

320 342 342 320

53 66

120 150

47 37

3 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Robbie Keane 3, Giovani dos Santos 2, Gyasi Zardes 2, Emmanuel Boateng 1, Steven Gerrard 1, Mike Magee 1, Baggio Husidic 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Gyasi Zardes 3, Giovani dos Santos 2, Steven Gerrard 1, Robbie Rogers 1, Jelle Van Damme 1, Sebastian Lletget 1, David Romney 1, Emmanuel Boateng 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Robbie Keane 2-3, Giovani dos Santos 1-1, Steven Gerrard 0-1 LA GALAXY GOALKEEPING UNF 1 12 31

POS G G G

GOALKEEPER Dan Kennedy Brian Rowe Clement Diop Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 26 2 29 29

GS 2 25 2 29 29

MIN SHTS SV 115 7 4 2315 129 100 180 15 11 2610 151 115 2610 124 73

GA 3 26 3 32 49

GAA 2.35 1.01 1.5 1.1 1.69

PG 0 2 1 3 3

PA 0 3 1 4 5

W L T 0 0 1 11 3 12 0 1 1 11 4 14 4 11 14

SO 0 7 0 7 7

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat.

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

OPPONENT RESULT 6 at Seattle W 1-0 12 Vancouver W 2-1 20 Toronto FC W 1-0 2 Real Salt Lake L 1-2 9 at New York W 2-0 13 Colorado L 1-2 17 at FC Dallas L 1-2 24 at San Jose L 0-1 27 at Vancouver T 1-1 1 Los Angeles T 1-1 7 at Houston L 0-2 11 at Colorado L 0-1 15 Orlando City SC W 2-1 21 Real Salt Lake L 1-3

ATT 39525 20178 19867 20553 21406 19168 16215 18000 18836 19431 20071 12857 19080 20618

W-L-T 1-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 4-2-0 4-3-0 4-4-0 4-4-1 4-4-2 4-5-2 4-6-2 5-6-2 5-7-2

Fri. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sun.

May June June June July

27 D.C. United 2 at Los Angeles 19 FC Dallas 25 at Montreal 3 Columbus

L T W T W

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

19118 19651 18927 20032 19332

5-8-2 5-8-3 6-8-3 6-8-4 7-8-4

10 New York City FC 13 at Chicago 16 at Colorado 24 Seattle 31 Portland 7 at Portland 13 at FC Dallas 20 Vancouver 27 at Philadelphia 9 Houston

W 3-1

19881

8-8-4

L L W W L T W L T

13879 18461 18563 19098 21144 13408 20159 17911 19331

8-9-4 8-10-4 9-10-4 10-10-4 10-11-4 10-11-5 11-11-5 11-12-5 11-12-6

Sun. July Wed. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.

July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct.

Sun. Oct.

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

POS PTS NOTES: 5 3 KC: Coelho (73); 1 6 KC: Dwyer (5,41); VAN: Morales (70) 1 9 KC: Davis (70); 2 9 KC: Feilhaber (94+); RSL: Glad (29) Mulholland (79) 1 12 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (60); 2 12 KC: Dwyer (77); COL: Solignac (41) Gashi (82) 4 12 KC: Olum (22); DAL: Barrios (35) Rosales (68) 6 12 SJ: Wondolowski (59) 6 13 KC: Rubio (27); VAN: Bolanos (14) 6 14 KC: Davis (30); LA: dos Santos (42) 6 14 HOU: Barnes (30) Wenger (46+) 7 14 COL: Serna (78) 7 17 KC: Dwyer (74) Peterson (79); ORL: own goal (67) 7 17 KC: Dwyer (50); RSL: Martinez (32) own goal (47+) Movsisyan (53) 7 17 DC: Kamara (86) 8 18 4 21 KC: Olum (43) Feilhaber (47+); 6 22 KC: Dwyer (21,59); MTL: Ontivero (16) Piatti (39) 4 25 KC: Feilhaber (49) Zusi (56) Besler (91+); CLB: Kamara (22,75) 5 28 KC: Feilhaber (8) Medranda (16) Opara (51); NYC: Lampard (14) 5 28 CHI: de Leeuw (19) 6 28 COL: Hairston (78) 4 31 KC: Dwyer (21,79) Peterson (48+); 4 34 KC: Peterson (50); 5 34 POR: Valeri (65) Jewsbury (87) Adi (92+) 5 35 KC: Dwyer (68,74); DAL: Akindele (66) Urruti (76) 4 38 KC: Peterson (39) Feilhaber (64); 5 38 PHI: Alberg (67) Barnetta (92+) 5 39 KC: Peterson (14) Espinoza (26) Dwyer (81); HOU: Manotas (30) De Lima (59) Rodriguez (94+)

18 Los Angeles 24 at San Jose 1 at New England 16 at Real Salt Lake 23 San Jose

LA GALAXY 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Fri.

Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

OPPONENT 6 D.C. United

RESULT W 4-1

ATT 25667

W-L-T 1-0-0

POS PTS NOTES: 1 3 LA: Steres (54) Magee (64,87) Keane (83); DC: Neagle (5) 4 3 COL: Pappa (95+) 1 6 LA: Zardes (56,62) Keane (91+); SJ: Wondolowski (89) 4 7 4 8 LA: own goal (84); POR: Adi (52) 3 11 LA: dos Santos (4,31) Husidic (21) Zardes (49); HOU: Horst (1) 3 14 LA: Zardes (19) Magee (26) Boateng (41) dos Santos (45) Gerrard (91+); RSL: Martinez (16) Morales (70) 4 15 LA: dos Santos (42); KC: Davis (30) 2 18 LA: Keane (13,45) dos Santos (24) Gerrard (93+); NE: Rowe (68) Agudelo (70) 3 19 LA: Rogers (15) Magee (48); PHI: Nogueira (4) Rosenberry (63) 5 20 LA: own goal (83); SJ: Alashe (87) 5 20 LA: dos Santos (8) Magee (58); MTL: Piatti (26) Ontivero (56) Drogba (94+) 5 21 5 21 TOR: Moor (76) 4 22 5 23 LA: dos Santos (69); SJ: Barrett (90) 4 26 LA: Keane (12) Larentowicz (47); 4 29 LA: Keane (15); 3 32 LA: Gerrard (66); 3 35 LA: Keane (7) Zardes (11); POR: Valentin (41) 3 36 LA: Lletget (78); SEA: Roldan (49) 4 37 LA: Magee (80) Cole (89); NYR: Veron (68) Davis (74) 3 38 LA: dos Santos (62); COL: Gashi (51) 5 38 NYC: Villa (6)

12 at Colorado 19 San Jose 2 at Vancouver 10 Portland 15 at Houston

L W T T W

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

17474 25667 27038 25667 20563

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

Sat. Apr.

23 Real Salt Lake

W 5-2

25867

4-1-2

Sun. May Sun. May

1 at Sporting KC 8 New England

T 1-1 W 4-2

19431 21237

4-1-3 5-1-3

Wed. May

11 at Philadelphia

T 2-2

17985

5-1-4

Sun. May Sat. May

22 San Jose 28 at Montreal

T 1-1 L 2-3

27167 20801

5-1-5 5-2-5

Thu. Sat. Wed. Sat. Mon. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat.

2 Sporting KC 18 at Toronto FC 22 Colorado 25 at San Jose 4 Vancouver 9 at Seattle 15 Houston 23 at Portland 31 at Seattle 7 New York 13 Colorado 20 at New York City FC 24 at Chicago

T L T T W W W W T T T L

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

19651 30025 21884 50816 27167 40813 25667 21144 48458 25671 25667 35509

5-2-6 5-3-6 5-3-7 5-3-8 6-3-8 7-3-8 8-3-8 9-3-8 9-3-9 9-3-10 9-3-11 9-4-11

T 2-2

16179

9-4-12

T 0-0 W 2-1 T 3-3

25667 9-4-13 24693 10-4-13 20266 10-4-14

4 4 3

Sun. Sep.

27 Vancouver 3 Columbus 7 at Real Salt Lake 11 Orlando City SC

W 4-2

27167 11-4-14

Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun.

18 at Sporting KC 25 Seattle 1 at FC Dallas 16 at Houston 23 FC Dallas

June June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug.

Wed. Aug. Sat. Aug. Sat. Sep. Wed. Sep.

Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

39 LA: Zardes (31) dos Santos (69); CHI: Alvarez (34) Accam (39) 40 43 LA: Husidic (78) dos Santos (82); CLB: Jahn (92+) 44 LA: Boateng (6) dos Santos (57,64); RSL: Plata (53,67) Martinez (94+) 47 LA: dos Santos (35,45) Gordon (38) Keane (70); ORL: Molino (20) Shea (92+)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 4 times Assists 1 36 times Shots 9 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 5 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 4 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 6 Alec Kann Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia 8 Alec Kann Goals Allowed 3 Tim Melia 3 Alec Kann 3 Alec Kann

Goals 3 07/03/2016 vs 3 07/10/2016 vs 3 07/24/2016 vs 3 09/09/2016 vs Assists 4 05/15/2016 vs 4 07/24/2016 vs Shots 34 05/15/2016 vs Shots on Goal 13 05/15/2016 vs Fouls Committed 20 04/24/2016 vs 20 07/31/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 20 03/12/2016 vs Corner Kicks 13 08/07/2016 vs Offside 8 04/02/2016 vs Saves 6 04/02/2016 vs 6 04/09/2016 vs 6 08/27/2016 vs Shots Faced 8 04/02/2016 vs 8 08/27/2016 vs Goals Allowed 3 05/21/2016 vs 3 08/07/2016 vs 3 09/09/2016 vs

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/06/2016 vs SEA

W 1-0

09/09/2016 vs HOU

T 3-3

09/09/2016 vs HOU

T 3-3

05/27/2016 vs DC 07/31/2016 vs POR

L 0-1 W 1-0

05/07/2016 vs HOU

L 0-2

04/09/2016 vs NYR

W 2-0

04/02/2016 vs RSL 04/09/2016 vs NYR 08/27/2016 vs PHI

L 1-2 W 2-0 L 0-2

04/02/2016 vs RSL 08/27/2016 vs PHI

L 1-2 L 0-2

05/21/2016 vs RSL 08/07/2016 vs POR 09/09/2016 vs HOU

L 1-3 L 0-3 T 3-3

CLB NYC SEA HOU

W W W T

ORL SEA

W 2-1 W 3-0

ORL

W 2-1

ORL

W 2-1

SJ POR

L 0-1 W 1-0

VAN

W 2-1

POR

L 0-3

RSL

L 1-2

RSL NYR PHI

L 1-2 W 2-0 L 0-2

RSL PHI

L 1-2 L 0-2

RSL POR HOU

L 1-3 L 0-3 T 3-3

GALAXY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 6 times Assists 2 7 times Shots 6 Steven Gerrard Shots on Goal 3 10 times Fouls Committed 5 Jeff Larentowicz 5 Jeff Larentowicz 5 Rafael Garcia Fouls Suffered 4 6 times Offside 3 4 times Saves 7 Brian Rowe 7 Brian Rowe Shots Faced 8 6 times Goals Allowed 3 Brian Rowe 3 Brian Rowe

Goals 5 04/23/2016 at Assists 6 04/23/2016 at 6 09/11/2016 at Shots 18 05/08/2016 at Shots on Goal 12 04/23/2016 at Fouls Committed 20 09/11/2016 at Fouls Suffered 22 03/19/2016 at Corner Kicks 10 08/13/2016 at Offside 5 09/11/2016 at Saves 7 03/12/2016 at 7 09/03/2016 at Shots Faced 8 03/12/2016 at 8 05/08/2016 at 8 07/31/2016 at 8 08/24/2016 at 8 09/03/2016 at 8 09/07/2016 at Goals Allowed 3 05/28/2016 at 3 09/07/2016 at

03/06/2016 at DC

W 4-1

04/23/2016 at RSL

W 5-2

06/25/2016 at SJ

T 1-1

04/23/2016 at RSL

W 5-2

06/25/2016 at SJ 07/15/2016 at HOU 09/11/2016 at ORL

T 1-1 W 1-0 W 4-2

03/12/2016 at COL

L 0-1

07/15/2016 at HOU

W 1-0

03/12/2016 at COL 09/03/2016 at CLB

L 0-1 W 2-1

03/12/2016 at COL

L 0-1

05/28/2016 at MTL 09/07/2016 at RSL

L 2-3 T 3-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-3

Shots 7 03/20/2016 vs 7 04/09/2016 vs 7 05/11/2016 vs Shots on Goal 1 05/01/2016 vs 1 05/11/2016 vs Fouls Committed 4 04/09/2016 vs 4 04/13/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 5 07/24/2016 vs Corner Kicks 0 04/09/2016 vs 0 06/19/2016 vs Offside 0 03/20/2016 vs 0 08/07/2016 vs Saves 0 05/01/2016 vs 0 05/15/2016 vs 0 06/02/2016 vs 0 07/24/2016 vs Shots Faced 0 05/15/2016 vs 0 06/02/2016 vs 0 07/24/2016 vs

TOR NYR COL

W 1-0 W 2-0 L 0-1

LA COL

T 1-1 L 0-1

NYR COL

W 2-0 L 1-2

SEA

W 3-0

NYR DAL

W 2-0 W 2-0

TOR POR

W 1-0 L 0-3

LA ORL LA SEA

T W T W

ORL LA SEA

W 2-1 T 0-0 W 3-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)

RSL

W 5-2

RSL ORL

W 5-2 W 4-2

W 4-2

RSL

W 5-2

ORL

W 4-2

W 3-1

COL

T 1-1

ORL

W 4-2

COL CLB

L 0-1 W 2-1

COL NE SEA CHI CLB RSL

L W T T W T

MTL RSL

L 2-3 T 3-3

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

Shots 1 06/02/2016 at Shots on Goal 0 06/02/2016 at Fouls Committed 6 08/27/2016 at Fouls Suffered 4 09/03/2016 at Corner Kicks 0 06/02/2016 at 0 06/25/2016 at Offside 0 04/23/2016 at 0 05/11/2016 at 0 06/18/2016 at 0 06/22/2016 at 0 07/04/2016 at 0 08/13/2016 at 0 09/03/2016 at Saves 0 05/01/2016 at Shots Faced 1 05/01/2016 at

T 0-0

VAN

T 0-0

CLB

W 2-1

KC SJ

T 0-0 T 1-1

RSL PHI TOR COL VAN COL CLB

W T L T W T W

T 1-1

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

2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. LA GALAXY (0-0-2) UNF 11 5 8 27 10 21 7 6 37 3 29 15 16 14 94 17 22 12 9

POS M D F M M M D M F D G D M F M D F D F

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2

1 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2

90 90 90 180 180 8 32 90 58 180 180 90 90 179 172 90 90 90 1 180 180

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

3 0 0 4 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 32 5

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

0 2 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 5 4 3 1 0 0 27 21

0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 21 27

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 6

5 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0

Brad Davis Matt Besler Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Justin Mapp Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Jacob Peterson Ike Opara Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Jimmy Medranda Saad Abdul-Salaam Connor Hallisey Nuno Andre Coelho Diego Rubio Team totals Opponent totals

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

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

2 2 2

MIN SHT 180 180 180

1 1 5

GAA

O'TIME

0 0 4

1 1 1

0.50 0.50 0.50

0 0 0

2 2 2

1 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

2016 LA GALAXY VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-0-2) UNF 10 11 3 34 9 21 18 14 20 6 37 5 44 12 17 24

POS F M D M F M M D D M D F D G M F

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2

179 90 160 90 9 90 153 108 180 180 90 4 180 180 149 118 180 180

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 32

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5

0 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 1 21 27

3 1 2 2 0 0 3 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 4 1 27 21

1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0

Giovani dos Santos Gyasi Zardes Ashley Cole Nigel De Jong Alan Gordon Jeff Larentowicz Mike Magee Robbie Rogers A.J. DeLaGarza Baggio Husidic Jelle Van Damme Jose Villarreal Daniel Steres Brian Rowe Sebastian Lletget Emmanuel Boateng Team totals Opponent totals

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

UNF 12

POS G

GOALKEEPER Brian Rowe Team totals Opponent totals

2 2 2

MIN SHT 180 180 180

5 5 1

GAA

O'TIME

4 4 0

1 1 1

0.50 0.50 0.50

0 0 0

2 2 2

1 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

GALAXY VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Galaxy

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 20 wins, 69 goals Galaxy 24 wins, 85 goals 13 ties 5/19/1996 7/6/1996 8/11/1996 8/21/1996 10/10/1996 10/13/1996 4/5/1997 5/10/1997 5/30/1997 9/28/1997 4/18/1998 4/29/1998 7/4/1998 8/13/1998 5/8/1999 6/6/1999 7/25/1999 10/9/1999 5/6/2000 6/24/2000 8/5/2000 8/12/2000 9/29/2000 10/3/2000 10/6/2000 4/14/2001 5/5/2001 6/13/2001 8/15/2001 5/4/2002 5/18/2002 7/20/2002 8/21/2002 9/25/2002 9/28/2002 10/2/2002 5/24/2003 6/14/2003 9/27/2003 10/11/2003 6/5/2004 7/24/2004 10/2/2004 10/16/2004 11/5/2004 9/17/2005 9/25/2005 7/1/2006 9/2/2006 7/7/2007 9/27/2007 5/24/2008 9/13/2008 5/30/2009 7/25/2009 4/24/2010 8/28/2010 5/14/2011 9/5/2011 4/7/2012 4/20/2013 7/19/2014 4/18/2015 10/25/2015 5/1/2016 6/2/2016

LA KC KC KC LA LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC LA KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA LA KC LA KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA KC KC LA

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

vs vs vs at vs at vs vs at vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs

KC LA LA LA KC KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA KC LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC KC LA KC LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC LA LA KC

0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

KC SOW KC SOW LA SOW

(2OT)

(2OT) (2OT) (OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT)

(OT)

(RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (KC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (CA) (CA) (HD) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 32 312 128 411 91 157

2 50 348 171 433 84 172

OT 1 6 5 5 1 4

Tot 83 666 304 849 176 333

1 29 311 114 385 72 121

2 37 362 154 369 77 140

OT 1 4 1 2 1 1

Tot 67 677 269 756 150 262

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC LA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

8 7

10 11

10 13

11 11

14 16

13 24

1 3

67 85

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Bruce Arena Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. LA

8-11-8 4-3-4

(1.19 pts./game) (1.45 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

8 9 89 45 41 59 6 6 3 71 22

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Matt McKeon Preki Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola

8 10 50 22 36 77 12 9 7 79 29

Galaxy Cobi Jones Cienfuegos/Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

2 2 8 6 6 8 1 8 5

Sporting KC Chris Klein (09/27/03) 3 players tied Preki (10/11/03) Preki (05/19/96) Diop/Johnston Arnaud/Radosavljevic 9 players tied 3 players tied Tony Meola (08/05/00)

2 2 7 5 7 7 1 8 3

Galaxy 7 players tied 8 players tied 3 players tied Mathis/Quijano Carlos Ruiz (06/14/03) Carlos Ruiz (05/24/03) 14 players tied Kramer/Reis Hartman/Kramer

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

LA Galaxy W-L-T

Streak (started)

6-0-1 4-7-4 1-5-1

1 Ts 1 Ls 1 Ls

(09/09/2016) 7-0-1 (08/27/2016) 3-3-12 (07/13/2016) 1-1-1

1 Ws (09/11/2016) 1 Ws (09/03/2016) 1 Ts (08/24/2016)

2-11-3 9-1-2

1 Ls 1 Ts

(08/27/2016) (09/09/2016)

4-3-6 7-1-4

1 Ws (09/11/2016) 1 Ts (09/07/2016)

0-8-1 3-4-2 5-0-2 3-0-1 0-0-0

4 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ts 3 Ws

(07/13/2016) (07/31/2016) (08/20/2016) (09/09/2016) (05/20/2015)

0-3-4 1 2-0-6 2 3-1-3 1 1-0-1 1 5-0-0 10

Ts Ts Ws Ts Ws

(08/27/2016) (07/31/2016) (09/03/2016) (09/07/2016) (06/20/2015)

7-0-1 3-5-2 1-5-2 0-2-1 0-0-0

4 Ws 2 Ls 1 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ls

(06/19/2016) (07/13/2016) (08/27/2016) (09/09/2016) (08/19/2015)

3-0-4 5-3-6 3-0-3 0-1-1 0-0-0

Ts Ws Ws Ts Ls

(08/27/2016) (09/03/2016) (09/11/2016) (09/07/2016) (05/17/2015)

1 1 1 1 2

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. GALAXY (20-24-13) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Igor Simutenkov Diego Gutierrez Claudio Lopez Chris Brown Benny Feilhaber Jack Jewsbury Mo Johnston Matt McKeon Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Jimmy Conrad Dom Dwyer Francisco Gomez Kei Kamara Omar Bravo Alex Bunbury Brad Davis Kevin Ellis Gary Glasgow Alexi Lalas Onandi Lowe Yura Movsisyan Krisztian Nemeth Lawrence Olum Paul Rideout Julio Cesar Carey Talley Shavar Thomas Scott Uderitz Roger Espinoza Herculez Gomez Stephen Armstrong Matt Besler Sean Bowers Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Bobby Convey Vicente Figueroa Chris Henderson Brandon Prideaux Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

29 24 21 12 12 15 7 14 4 15 6 13 18 21 11 24 17 5 15 4 1 3 1 3 4 4 1 3 2 2 4 3 7 5 5 11 3 7 10 14 10 7 2 4 7 11 10 57 57

27 21 16 12 12 10 5 12 3 12 5 10 16 19 8 24 17 5 10 4 1 3 1 2 2 4 0 0 2 2 4 3 6 4 5 10 3 3 10 13 10 4 1 1 7 9 8 57 57

2427 1965 1463 1050 1077 962 478 1160 289 990 481 967 1539 1725 711 2177 1489 449 819 321 90 257 90 187 231 360 51 81 164 180 360 258 547 336 424 865 230 336 900 1102 817 408 83 156 632 886 751 5130 5130

8 7 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 85

9 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 61 91

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

89 30 28 21 30 21 13 9 8 11 13 15 23 21 10 10 5 15 20 8 2 6 3 3 5 6 3 3 6 2 8 2 3 1 3 10 9 8 0 11 7 1 0 2 10 0 11 678 671

3 5 1 6 5 16 4 7 10 1 1 57 57

270 450 90 540 405 1369 360 630 885 90 90 5130 5130

Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Andy Gruenebaum Kevin Hartman Chris Snitko Tony Meola Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Bo Oshoniyi Luis Marin Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

5 3 0.67 16 12 0.80 2 1 1.00 24 15 1.33 30 22 1.33 96 71 1.45 22 15 1.50 34 19 1.71 62 43 1.83 6 4 2.00 10 6 4.00 307 211 1.48 269 199 1.16

0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 7 5

GALAXY CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (24-20-13) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Cobi Jones Landon Donovan Mauricio Cienfuegos Carlos Ruiz Ezra Hendrickson Sasha Victorine Clint Mathis David Beckham Greg Vanney Danny Califf Alan Gordon Carlos Hermosillo Robbie Keane Edson Buddle Sean Franklin Gavin Glinton Herculez Gomez Eduardo Hurtado Tyrone Marshall Alejandro Moreno Brian Mullan Danny Pena Mark Semioli Paul Caligiuri Luis Hernandez Alexi Lalas Martin Machon Chris Albright Brian Ching Giovani dos Santos Omar Gonzalez Guillermo Jara Harut Karapetyan Marcelo Sarvas Juan Pablo Angel Baggio Husidic Marvin Quijano Marcelo Saragosa Brian Taylor Jose Vasquez Sebastien Vorbe Simon Elliott Peter Vagenas Chad Barrett Welton Roy Myers Dan Calichman Adam Frye Juninho Andreas Herzog Bradford Jamieson Quavas Kirk Jovan Kirovski Dema Kovalenko Ricky Lewis Mike Randolph Diego Serna Craig Waibel Gyasi Zardes Team totals Opponent totals

37 17 28 11 20 17 8 5 24 15 11 4 4 7 7 7 4 7 13 7 4 10 7 14 3 10 8 13 3 3 9 4 8 3 1 4 3 5 2 2 3 13 19 3 7 4 10 5 8 3 2 2 7 1 4 1 2 3 4 57 57

34 16 28 9 16 15 5 5 21 14 6 4 4 6 7 2 3 6 10 2 3 10 7 12 3 10 8 12 0 3 8 1 5 2 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 12 18 2 4 3 10 3 8 2 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 3 57 57

2993 1465 2497 843 1513 1317 501 450 1982 1324 554 292 360 495 630 227 227 566 948 218 299 851 626 1108 273 903 697 1029 86 269 732 146 424 193 29 354 133 405 141 144 101 1167 1577 174 385 291 900 252 657 218 105 122 388 90 307 90 140 200 291 5130 5130

8 7 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 85 69

9 10 10 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 91 61

50 24 40 36 21 20 18 8 15 13 19 8 7 13 5 5 10 20 7 4 10 14 6 12 8 5 8 10 3 2 2 6 15 3 2 3 6 2 3 5 3 27 7 5 9 2 1 3 5 12 2 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 5 671 678

Carlo Cudicini Brian Rowe Jorge Campos Matt Reis Joe Cannon Josh Saunders Kevin Hartman Donovan Ricketts Steve Cronin Jaime Penedo Josh Wicks David Kramer Team totals Opponent totals

1 2 5 8 2 4 25 5 2 2 1 4 57 57

MIN SHTS 90 180 414 659 180 331 2205 389 180 180 90 283 5130 5130

GAA

2 2 0.00 5 4 0.50 27 24 0.65 34 26 0.96 6 4 1.00 12 9 1.09 111 79 1.18 19 13 1.39 9 6 1.50 8 5 1.50 6 4 2.00 30 23 2.23 269 199 1.16 307 211 1.48

0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. GALAXY (20-24-13)

CURRENT GALAXY VS. SPORTING KC (24-20-13)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Brad Davis Justin Mapp Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Paulo Nagamura Bernardo Anor Kevin Ellis Lawrence Olum Jacob Peterson Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Nuno Andre Coelho Connor Hallisey Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Ike Opara Erik Palmer-Brown Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

30 18 7 5 14 3 3 2 17 11 10 10 2 1 1 2 3 1 8 5 1 1 7 57 57

26 14 6 5 12 2 2 2 9 10 10 8 2 1 1 2 3 1 5 4 0 0 7 57 57

2259 1176 571 449 1070 180 187 180 771 865 900 751 180 90 90 172 270 90 518 377 1 1 630 5130 5130

6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 85

8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 91

37 15 17 15 12 5 3 2 13 10 0 11 0 0 0 8 0 0 7 5 0 0 1 678 671

Landon Donovan Mike Magee Robbie Rogers Alan Gordon Robbie Keane Jeff Larentowicz Giovani dos Santos Baggio Husidic Bradford Jamieson Gyasi Zardes Emmanuel Boateng Ashley Cole A.J. DeLaGarza Rafael Garcia Steven Gerrard Dan Kennedy Sebastian Lletget Jack McBean Leonardo Brian Rowe Daniel Steres Jelle Van Damme Jose Villarreal Team totals Opponent totals

29 24 13 15 4 22 3 5 2 4 2 2 12 1 1 7 3 1 3 2 2 1 3 57 57

26 22 11 9 4 21 3 5 1 3 1 2 12 1 1 6 3 1 3 2 2 1 0 57 57

2461 1811 964 808 360 1890 269 444 105 291 118 160 1056 66 90 558 228 68 270 180 180 90 15 5130 5130

13 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 69

12 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 61

54 28 21 22 7 17 2 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 671 678

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

3 57 57

270 5130 5130

5 3 0.67 307 211 1.48 269 199 1.16

0 7 5

5 4 0.50 34 20 1.94 269 199 1.16 307 211 1.48

0 0 5 7

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Brian Rowe Dan Kennedy Team totals Opponent totals

2 7 57 57

MIN SHTS 180 558 5130 5130

GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LA GALAXY

2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 Kickoff: 1 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 30 Sporting Kansas City 11-12-6, 39 points (9-4-2 home; 2-8-4 away) 5th place in Western Conference

English TV: FOX Spanish TV: ESPN Deportes English Radio: ESPN 99.3 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM

LA Galaxy 11-4-14, 47 points (8-0-7 home; 3-5-6 away) 2nd place in Western Conference

Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:

11-12-6 (39 pts.) RECORD 29 GAMES PLAYED 5th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 35 GOALS 1.21 GOALS/GAME 36 ASSISTS 35 GOALS ALLOWED 1.21 ALLOWED/GAME 0 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 421 (132) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 31.3% ON GOAL % 364 FOULS COMMITTED 358 FOULS SUFFERED 52 CAUTIONS 5 EJECTIONS

Ricardo Salazar Peter Manikowski Frank Anderson Younes Marrakchi

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 37 39 93 94

Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID DEF MID FWD MID MID DEF FWD DEF MID DEF MID MID MID DEF GK MID GK FWD FWD MID MID

Name Jon Kempin Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Diego Rubio Benny Feilhaber Brad Davis Nuno Andre Coelho Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Lawrence Olum Saad Abdul-Salaam Justin Mapp Connor Hallisey Emmanuel Appiah Ever Alvarado Alec Kann Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Cameron Porter Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

LA GALAXY

Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah

11-4-14 (47 pts.) 29 2nd in West 49 1.69 54 32 1.10 +17 308 (124) 40.3% 320 342 47 3

2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra gram ZOO-see

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

FAIL-hob-ber KWAY-yoh sin-OH-vick OH-lum sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM

HAL-iss-see AH-pee-ah CAN

LA GALAXY

Dom Dwyer 13 GOALS 14 Benny Feilhaber 8 ASSISTS 11 Dom Dwyer 100 SHOTS 53 Dom Dwyer 38 SHOTS ON GOAL 28 Jacob Peterson 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 Feilhaber/Zusi 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 3 Roger Espinoza 60 FOULS COMMITTED 41 Dom Dwyer 62 FOULS SUFFERED 40 Roger Espinoza 9 CAUTIONS 8 Roger Espinoza 2 EJECTIONS 2 Tim Melia 1980 Tim Melia 1.09 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 52

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Giovani dos Santos dos Santos/Gerrard Giovani dos Santos Giovani dos Santos Robbie Keane Gyasi Zardes Jelle Van Damme Sebastian Lletget Jelle Van Damme Ashley Cole

2315 Brian Rowe 1.04 Brian Rowe 11 Brian Rowe 7 Brian Rowe 100 Brian Rowe

MEE-lia

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah

PETER VERMES

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Pts 46 44 44 41 38 34 33 33 26 26

W 13 12 12 11 9 7 8 7 6 5

L 8 9 9 10 8 8 12 9 13 11

T 7 8 8 8 11 13 9 12 8 11

GD +12 +12 –1 +3 –1 –2 –14 –1 –9 –9

GP 28 29 29 29 28 28 29 28 27 27

Western Conference 1. FC Dallas 2. LA Galaxy 3. Colorado Rapids 4. Real Salt Lake 5. Sporting Kansas City 6. Portland Timbers 7. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8. San Jose Earthquakes 9. Seattle Sounders FC 10. Houston Dynamo

Pts 51 47 46 44 39 38 34 33 32 26

W 15 11 12 12 11 10 9 7 9 5

L 8 4 5 9 12 11 13 8 13 11

T 6 14 10 8 6 8 7 12 5 11

GD +8 +17 +5 +1 0 –1 –8 –3 –4 –5

GP 29 29 27 29 29 29 29 27 27 27

8th season 101-81-59 8th season (.541) 101-81-589

Through Thursday, Sept. 15

Eastern Conference 1. Toronto FC 2. New York Red Bulls 3. New York City FC 4. Philadelphia Union 5. Montreal Impact 6. Orlando City SC 7. New England Revolution 8. D.C. United 9. Chicago Fire 10. Columbus Crew SC

(.541)

BRUCE ARENA

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

14th season 201-119-87 (.601) 9th season 124-68-77 (.604)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, Sept. 15 OUT: • Justin Mapp (calf) • Chance Myers (thigh strain) • Lawrence Olum (abdominal injury) • Graham Zusi (lower leg strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | Sept. 18, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvLA: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvLA: BY THE NUMBERS

A longtime MLS rivalry is renewed Sunday when Sporting KC and the LA Galaxy square off at Children’s Mercy Park in a match that carries significant Western Conference playoff implications. The sides have met twice previously this season, battling to a 1-1 draw in Kansas City on May 1 and a scoreless stalemate in Southern California on June 2. Brad Davis and Giovani dos Santos traded first-half goals in the opening meeting before Sporting KC held LA to an MLS record-low one shot attempt in the 0-0 draw. Despite splitting the points with LA on both occasions this season, Sporting KC held the upper hand in both fixtures. Peter Vermes’ men outshot the Galaxy 32-5 over the two games, including a 17-4 discrepancy when the sides last met at Children’s Mercy Park. LA is 0-3-2 in five trips to the word-class stadium since it opened in 2011. Sunday marks the 58th regular season meeting between the MLS charter members. Sporting KC has just one loss in its last five fixtures against the Galaxy (2-1-2) and is 4-0-4 at home vs. LA since 2008. The Galaxy haven’t claimed a win in Kansas City since Sept. 27, 2007 at Arrowhead Stadium. The previous 57 games have produced just three scoreless draws, including their most recent showdown at StubHub Center. Both teams enter the contest with favorable home and away records. Sporting KC is 6-0-1 in its last seven regular season matches at Children’s Mercy Park, while the Galaxy have just one loss in their previous seven regular season road trips (2-1-4). Sporting KC has kept three clean sheets during their home unbeaten run, but LA has just one clean sheet in its last 12 road games. LA holds a 24-20-13 record in the regular season series but are just 8-15-6 in Kansas City. In addition, Sporting KC is the only team that Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena has a losing regular season record against in his MLS coaching career (8-11-8). Arena is the second winningest coach in MLS history with 201 regular season wins and has a .500 or better record against all but one opponent. #LAvSKC: Recent Regular Season Meetings (LA Galaxy leads 24-20-13)

Sporting KC Team Stats (as of Sept. 15) • SKC is on a seven-game home unbeaten streak in the regular season dating back to June 19 (6-0-1). • SKC leads MLS with 14.5 shots per game while also allowing a leaguelow 9.1 shots per game. • SKC leads MLS with 66 chances created from set pieces, nine more than any other team. • SKC is second in MLS with 23.9 touches per game in the opponent’s box. • SKC leads MLS with 28 headed shots on target. • SKC leads MLS with 56.0 percent average possession. • SKC is 19th in MLS in both shooting accuracy (40.6%) and shot conversion rate (8.3%, including blocked shots). Sporting KC Player Stats (as of Sept. 15) • Forward Dom Dwyer is seventh in MLS with 13 goals, tied for second with four multi-goal games and third with 100 shot attempts (4th most in a single season in KC history). • Defender Jimmy Medranda is fourth in MLS with 64 tackles won and third with 20 successful crosses from open play. Since May 20, he also leads MLS with 56 interceptions. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is fourth in MLS with 185 duels won and 10th with 51 tackles won. LA Galaxy Team Stats (as of Sept. 15) • Despite ranking last in MLS with 10.6 shots per game, LA is tied for the MLS lead with 1.69 goals per game (49 in 29 games). • LA leads MLS with a 15.1% shot conversion rate. • Despite ranking last in MLS with 15.6 shots per game, LA ranks third in scoring defense with 1.10 goals allowed per game. • LA has the fewest road losses (4) and total losses (4) in MLS. The team has lost just one of its last seven road games (2-1-4). • LA is one of two teams in MLS (Toronto FC) with a positive road goal differential at plus-1 (19 GF, 18 GA). LA Galaxy Player Stats (as of Sept. 15) • Forward Giovani Dos Santos is tied for fourth in MLS with 14 goals and tied for third with 11 assists. He and Toronto’s Sebastian Giovinco are the only players to rank in the top five in both categories. • Dos Santos has five goals and three assists in his last three games, including back-to-back braces (Sept. 7 at RSL and Sept. 11 vs. ORL). • Midfielder Steven Gerrard is tied for third in MLS with 11 assists. • Goalkeeper Brian Rowe is third in MLS in both GAA (1.01) and save percentage (77.5). • Defender Daniel Steres is fourth in MLS with 127 clearances • Defender Jelle Van Damme ranks 10th with 115 clearances and third with 21 blocked shots.

Date

04/07/2012 04/20/2013 07/19/2014 04/18/2015 10/25/2015 05/01/2016 06/02/2016

Score

KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0

Result Details W L W L W T T

Besler, Myers and Sinovic contribute to shutout Landon Donovan scores goal and assist; Keane assists Feilhaber and Olum on target; Keane scores for LA Feilhaber and Dwyer assist Nemeth; Husidic scores Ellis and Dwyer score for SKC; dos Santos assists Keane Davis scores stunner in 30th; dos Santos replies in 42nd SKC holds LA to MLS record-low one shot attempt

#SKCvLA: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has scored or assisted in three of his last five appearances against LA. • Sporting KC winger Brad Davis has six goals and eight assists in 30 career regular season appearances against LA, including a goal in the 1-1 draw between the clubs on May 1 at Children’s Mercy Park. • LA forward Giovani dos Santos has one goal and one assist against Sporting KC in the regular season, including the equalizer in the 1-1 draw on May 1. • LA forward Mike Magee has six goals in 24 career regular season appearances against Sporting KC. • LA defender Robbie Rogers has two goals and three assists in 12 career regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all of which as a member of Columbus Crew SC (2007-11). • LA midfielder Landon Donovan has 13 goals and 12 assists in 29 regular season appearances vs. Sporting KC.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Forward Dom Dwyer is one shy of his 50th career goal in the MLS regular season. Coincidentally, he could be the 50th player in MLS history to reach the milestone (RSL’s Javier Morales is also at 49 goals). • Midfielder Soni Mustivar is one shy of his 50th career start for Sporting KC in all competitions. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is one shy of tying Graham Zusi for 10th in team history with 28 goals in all competitions. • Forward Diego Rubio is the first player in Sporting KC history to score in MLS, the CONCACAF Champions League and the U.S. Open Cup in the same season. • Forward Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 100th career substitute appearance in the MLS regular season. He would be the sixth player in league history to reach that milestone. • Midfielder Brad Davis has 40 game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS lead. • Sporting KC is one shy of 1,100 goals in all competitions.

#SKCvLA: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Sporting KC defender Matt Besler and winger Graham Zusi have joined LA forward Gyasi Zardes on the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for the 2016 Copa America Centenario. • Sporting KC defender Ike Opara and LA forward Alan Gordon were teammates at the San Jose Earthquakes from 2011-12. • LA forward Alan Gordon (2000-01) and Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza (2005-06) both played their first two years of college soccer at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona. • Sporting KC defender Chance Myers and LA goalkeeper Brian Rowe were college teammates at UCLA in 2007. • LA Galaxy President Chris Klein played for Kansas City from 1998-2005. He won all three major domestic trophies during his KC career, leading the club to the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup double in 2000 before adding a U.S. Open Cup title in 2004. Klein contributed 43 goals and 54 assists in 235 games played for Kansas City across all competitions, placing him second on the club’s all-time chart with 97 combined goals and assists.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | Sept. 18, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes HOT AT HOME

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES FEILHABER FANTASTIC

Sporting KC was aiming for its seventh straight regular season home win last Friday against the Houston Dynamo, which would have tied a club record first set in 1998 and 2000. And while the team fell just short of the milestone with a 3-3 draw, they can now set their sights on equalling the longest league unbeaten streaks. Peter Vermes’ side is now at seven unbeaten (6-0-1), five away from equalling the best mark all-time. Prior to the 3-3 stalemate with Houston, Sporting KC’s preivous three home wins had come via shutout (3-0 vs. Seattle on July 24, 1-0 vs. Portland on July 31 and 2-0 vs. Vancouver on Aug. 20).

It would have been hard for Benny Feilhaber to replicate a 2015 season that saw him set MLS career-highs with 10 goals and 15 assists. And while 31-year-old hasn’t been as prolific this campaign, he’s still been pretty darn good. Feilhaber has stayed within touching distance of New York Red Bulls’ Sacha Kljestan for most combined goals and assists from MLS midfielders since the start of 2015. MLS midfielders: Most goals and assists since 2015 (regular season) Player Club G+A GLS AST Sacha Kljestan NY Red Bulls 42 13 29 Benny Feilhaber Sporting KC 39 16 23 Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact 36 23 13 Ethan Finlay Columbus 36 17 19 Mauro Diaz FC Dallas 34 13 21

Sporting KC Longest Home Shutout Streaks (Regular Season) STREAK DATES 12 games March 8, 2015 to Aug. 15, 2015 10 games June 28, 2008 to Oct. 18, 2008 9 games six times

DOM-INANT DWYER

Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer has made history in 2016 as the first player in club history to score at least 12 goals in three straight regular seasons. The Englishman joined Sporting KC in 2012 out of the MLS SuperDraft and has since scored 58 goals in all competitions, second most in team history.

CCL HOPES DASHED

Sporting KC crashed out of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League with a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Tuesday at Children’s Mercy Park. Diego Rubio scored for the hosts shortly after halftime, but a 41st-minute goal from Erik Hurtado and a 93rd-minute strike from 15-year-old Alphonso Davies clinched first place in Group C for Vancouver and eliminated Sporting KC from North America’s premier club tournament. Tuesday’s match was delayed for two hours in the 35th minute as inclement weather passed over the KC area.

Dwyer’s 13 goals this campaign lead Sporting KC and rank seventh in MLS. Dwyer is second in MLS with 47 regular season goals since the start of 2014, tied with LA Galaxy’s Robbie Keane and 15 behind New York Red Bulls’ Bradley Wright-Phillips. The Sporting KC striker is one shy of 50 regular season goals in his career. He’d be the 50th MLS player to score 50 regular season goals, so long as Real Salt Lake’s Javier Morales — also sitting on 49 goals — doesn’t score before him.

Manager Peter Vermes made wholesale lineup changes from last Friday’s 3-3 draw with the Houston Dynamo. The back line featured two loanees from the Swope Park Rangers as Amer Didic partnered Ike Opara in central defense and left back Tyler Pasher earned his Sporting KC debut. Rangers midfielder Ualefi patrolled the center of the park alongside Emmanuel Appiah and captain Paulo Nagamura, while forward Diego Rubio was flanked by Cameron Porter and Connor Hallisey up top. Goalkeeper Tim Melia returned from a back injury to make his first appearance since July 24. Rangers forward Kris Tyrpak made his Sporting KC debut as a halftime substitute, replacing Porter.

POINTS FROM PETERSON

No Sporting KC player has scored more game-winning goals this season than Jacob Peterson’s three. The veteran forward has come up clutch on multiple occasions this year, delivering decisive goals against Orlando City SC (May 15), Portland Timbers (July 31) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Aug. 20). Only six players in MLS have more game-winning goals this season than Peterson, whose five total goals in 2016 are an MLS career-high. Sporting KC is 11-0-3 in all competitions when Peterson scores a goal, including a 4-0-1 mark in 2016.

2016-17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Group C Standings Record PTS GF GA GD # Club 1 Vancouver 3-0-0 9 6 1 +5 2 Central FC 0-1-1 1 2 3 -1 3 Sporting KC 0-2-1 1 3 7 -4

In a 3-3 draw against the Houston Dynamo last Friday, Peterson accomplished a feat rarely seen in club history. He became just the third Kansas City player to score a goal in four straight regular season home games — the first to do it since Scott Sealy in 2006 after KC legend Preki did so twice in 1996.

LATE CONCESSION STINGS SKC

NEW DADDY DWYER TAKES TEAM OF THE WEEK HONORS

In many ways, Sporting KC’s 3-3 draw with the Houston Dynamo last Friday felt like a defeat. The 100th regular season match at Children’s Mercy Park saw Sporting KC dominate for large periods, yet Peter Vermes’ men came away from the encounter with a single point after Raul Rodriguez nodded the visitors level with the last meaningful play of the game.

The night before the birth of his firstborn son, Dom Dwyer continued one of his favorite pastimes: scoring against the Houston Dynamo. Sporting KC’s center forward notched his 13th goal of the season and the 49th of his regular season career in a pulsating 3-3 draw with Houston last Friday at Children’s Mercy Park. The Englishman, who celebrated his 81st-minute strike with a salute to his wife Sydney Leroux Dwyer, was justly rewarded on Monday with a spot on Bleacher Report’s MLS Team of the Week.

The late gut punch was especially hard to tolerate, given the fact that Sporting KC had produced three goals in one of its best offensive performances of the season. As a result, the club dropped two points in the Western Conference playoff race and suffered a statistical rarity. Last Friday marked just the fourth time in Kansas City history that the club had scored three goals in a home regular season game and failed to win. The team is now 77-1-3 in such matches, with the lone loss coming in a penalty shootout in 1999. Never before had Sporting KC netted three goals at Children’s Mercy Park and failed to secure all three points.

In addition to bagging Sporting KC’s third goal in a back-and-forth affair, Dwyer set regular season career-highs with nine shot attempts and five shots on target. The 26-year-old was involved early and often, singlehandedly forcing goalkeeper Joe Willis into two saves on either side of halftime. Dwyer and his wife Sydney Leroux Dwyer shared exciting news last Saturday on social media, welcoming their new-born son Cassius Cruz into the world. Sydney — herself a forward on the U.S. Women’s National Team — gave birth to a healthy Cassius on Sept. 10, the day after the Houston match.

ROAD WOES

As strong as Sporting KC has been at home, the club has struggled mightily on its travels over the last several months. The club is winless in 12 straight league games dating back to mid-April, one shy of tying the club’s longest road winless streak in the regular season during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Kansas City went 13 road games without a win during the 2008 campaign. Across all competitions, Sporting KC has failed to win in regulation in 16 straight road games. The club needed extra time to win at Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 15. Their last win away from Children’s Mercy Park came on April 9 — a 2-0 result against the New York Red Bulls.

GETTING THE BEST OF BRUCE

Sporting KC is the only team that Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena has a losing regular season record against in his MLS coaching career (8-11-8). Arena is the second winningest coach in MLS history with 201 regular season wins and has a .500 or better record against all but one opponent.

STRONG ON THE NATIONAL STAGE

Sporting KC has shown well in nationally televised games this sesaon, going 8-3-1 in matches broadcast on FOX Sports or ESPN. Sporting KC is 5-1-1 on FOX Sports specifically, including a 4-0-1 mark at Children’s Mercy Park. Kansas City’s state-of-the-art stadium is the only venue to host two games televised on FOX’s national network this season.

Sporting KC was the league’s best road team from 2012-2014, going 28-26-14 while winning seven more away games than any other team. The side regressed in 2015 with a 4-9-4 road mark and has continued to slip this year, going 2-8-4.

Sporting KC Game Notes | Sept. 18, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes MEDRANDA MAGNIFICENT

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) RUBIO TRANSFER COMPLETE

Left back Jimmy Medranda has enjoyed a breakout year in 2016. The 22-yearold Colombian is fourth in MLS in tackles won (64) and third in successful crosses from open play (20) despite not starting regularly until the end of April. Since May 20 specifically, Medranda leads MLS in tackles (48), successful crosses from open play (18) and interceptions (56). He was ranked the secondbest left back in MLS by the Audi Index last month.

Sporting KC announced on Sept. 1 that the club has completed the permanent transfer of forward Diego Rubio from Spanish side Real Valladolid. Rubio is no longer on loan and his contract with Sporting KC runs through the 2018 season with a team option for 2019. Rubio joined Sporting KC on loan in March after spending the first five years of his professional career in South America and Europe. The 23-year-old Chilean has started six of 17 appearances this season, tallying two goals and one assist in all competitions. Rubio opened his MLS scoring account in a 1-1 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 27 and bagged the game-winner in extra time of a 2-1 U.S. open Cup victory over Minnesota United FC on June 15. He then recorded his first Sporting KC assist in a U.S. Open Cup defeat at the Houston Dynamo on June 29.

SAAD HAPPY TO ASSIST

Sporting KC right back Saad Abdul-Salaam is tied for second among MLs defenders with five assists. The second-year professional joined the club in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of Akron and has since become a mainstay along Kansas City’s back line, starting 36 of 56 appearances across all competitions. Abdul-Salaam, 24, was the only player to feature in all six matches during a grueling month of August in which Sporting KC played five road games. The travel-heavy month included trips to Portland, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Dallas and Trinidad and Tobago as Peter Vermes’ men juggled regular season play with the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.

In Tuesday’s 2-1 CONCACAF Champions League defeat to Vancouver, Rubio became the first player in Sporting KC history to score in MLS, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League in the same season. A native of Santiago, Chile, Rubio has scored 40 goals and added 16 assists since turning professional in 2011 at age 17. After rising from the youth ranks to the senior team at hometown side Colo-Colo, Rubio moved overseas to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he netted 22 goals for the club’s reserve team Sporting B from 2011-2015. The forward played 20 first-team matches at Sporting while also going on loan to Romanian outfit Pandurii Targu Jiu in 2013 and Norwegian club Sandnes Ulf in 2014.

BABY BRINGS OUT BEST IN BESLER

Matt Besler celebrated the birth of his first child in style. The Sporting KC defender scored his first international goal on Sept. 2 as the U.S. Men’s National Team topped St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6-0 at Arnos Vale Stadium in Kingstown, moving a step closer to CONCACAF’s Hexagonal round of FIFA World Cup qualifying. The U.S. would indeed qualify with a 4-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago four days later.

THREE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS

Donning U.S. colors on the day his daughter Parker Rhea was born in Overland Park, Kansas, Besler hammered home from close range in the 32nd minute after the St. Vincent defense failed to clear a free kick swung in by Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi. Besler (36 caps) and Zusi (41 caps) both played the full 90 minutes as the U.S. breezed to victory with additional goals coming from Bobby Wood, Jozy Altidore, Sacha Kljestan and Christian Pulisic (two).

When Sporting KC lifted the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last September, it became the fifth MLS club to win three major trophies in a four-year span since 2005, joining Seattle, D.C. United, LA Galaxy and Columbus Crew SC. Should Sporting KC add to its trophy haul in 2016, it would join LA as the only MLS clubs to win four titles in a five-year span since 2005. Sporting KC MLS Cup (2013), Open Cup (2012, 2015) Seattle Sounders FC Open Cup (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), Supporters’ Shield (2014) D.C. United Open Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2006, 2007) LA Galaxy MLS Cup (2011, 2012, 2014), Supporters Shield (2010, 2011) Columbus Crew SC MLS Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2008, 2009)

Besler returned to Kansas City following the match to be with Parker and his wife Amanda. The 29-year-old is fifth in Sporting KC history with 235 appearances and 20,571 minutes played across all competitions.

VERMES REACHES 100 REGULAR SEASON WINS

Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes earned his 100th regular season win on July 31 with a 1-0 result against the Portland Timbers at Children’s Mercy Park. His 101 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth among active coaches. Among the eight men who have won at least 100 regular season matches, Vermes becomes just the fifth — alongside Sigi Schmid, Bruce Arena, Dominic Kinnear and Steve Nicol — to hit triple digits with a single club. He and Nicol are the only coaches in the group to spend their entire MLS coaching tenure with one team. Coach Wins Seasons Active in MLS Sigi Schmid 228 17 No Bruce Arena 201 14 Yes (LA) Dominic Kinnear 159 13 Yes (SJ) Frank Yallop 130 13 No Bob Bradley 124 9 No Steve Nicol 112 11 No Jason Kreis 103 9 Yes (ORL) Peter Vermes 101 8 Yes (SKC)

Sporting KC Game Notes | Sept. 18, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. LA Galaxy: 20-24-13 Home games: 15-8-6 (41 GF, 37 GA) Road games: 5-16-7 (26 GF, 48 GA) Date 05/19/1996 07/06/1996 08/11/1996 08/21/1996 04/05/1997 05/10/1997 05/30/1997 09/28/1997 04/18/1998 04/29/1998 07/04/1998 08/13/1998 05/08/1999 06/06/1999 07/25/1999 10/09/1999 05/06/2000 06/24/2000 08/05/2000 08/12/2000 04/14/2001 05/05/2001 06/13/2001 08/15/2001 05/04/2002 05/18/2002 07/20/2002 08/21/2002 05/24/2003 06/14/2003 09/27/2003 10/11/2003 06/05/2004 07/24/2004 10/02/2004 10/16/2004 09/17/2005 09/25/2005 07/01/2006 09/02/2006 07/07/2007 09/27/2007 05/24/2008 09/13/2008 05/30/2009 07/25/2009 04/24/2010 08/28/2010 05/14/2011 09/05/2011 04/07/2012 04/20/2013 07/19/2014 04/18/2015 10/25/2015 05/01/2016 06/02/2016

Score KC 0 at LA 2 KC 3 vs LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 3 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 3 at LA 1 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 vs LA 5 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 4 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 vs LA 0 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 1 at LA 4 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W (SO) Arrowhead Stadium W (SO) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium T Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center W StubHub Center W Arrowhead Stadium W StubHub Center T Arrowhead Stadium T StubHub Center W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center L Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center T StubHub Center L Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center W Arrowhead Stadium T StubHub Center T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W StubHub Center L StubHub Center T Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park L StubHub Center W Children’s Mercy Park L StubHub Center W Children’s Mercy Park T Children’s Mercy park T StubHub Center

8 Preki 9 Preki 89 Preki 45 Preki 41 Matt McKeon 59 Preki

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

6 Tony Meola 6 Tony Meola 3 Jimmy Nielsen 71 Tony Meola 22 Tony Meola

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

Cobi Jones 8 Cienfuegos/Donovan 10 Cobi Jones 50 Cobi Jones 22 Danny Califf 36 Cobi Jones 77 Kevin Hartman 12 Kevin Hartman 9 Kevin Hartman 7 Kevin Hartman 79 Kevin Hartman 29

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

LA GALAXY

2 Chris Klein (9/27/03) 2 three players tied 8 Preki (10/11/03) 6 Preki (5/19/96) 6 Diop/Johnston 8 Arnaud/Preki

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

8 three players tied 5 Tony Meola (8/5/00)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

seven players tied 2 eight players tied 2 three players tied 7 Mathis/Quijano 5 (6/14/03) Carlos Ruiz 7 (5/24/03) Carlos Ruiz 7 Reis/Kramer 8 Hartman/Kramer 3

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

KC 8 LA 6

16-30

31-45

10 11

11 15

46-60

12 9

61-75

76-90

13 18

12 23

1 3

Total

67 85

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 29 311 114 385 72 121

2 37 362 154 369 77 139

OT 1 5 1 6 2 1

Total 67 678 269 760 151 261

LA GALAXY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 32 312 128 411 91 157

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,419

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 106 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 100 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 6 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 106 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

131

LA GALAXY

105.2 5

2 50 348 171 433 84 171

OT 3 11 8 6 2 6

Total 85 671 307 850 177 334

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

212

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 131 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | Sept. 18, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Lawrence Olum (signing - 12/9/15)

Jalil Anibaba (option declined - 11/25/15)

Alec Kann (Re-Entry Draft - 12/11/15)

Mikey Lopez (out of contract - 12/31/15)

Justin Mapp (signing - 12/14/15)

Krisztian Nemeth (transfer - 1/29/16)

Brad Davis (trade - 1/7/16)

Erik Palmer-Brown (loan - 2/1/16)

Daniel Salloi (Homegrown - 1/13/16)

Bernardo Anor (loan - 2/17/16)

Nuno Andre Coelho (signing - 1/26/16)

Amobi Okugo (waived - 2/23/16)

Diego Rubio (loan - 3/8/16)

Marcel de Jong (contract terminated - 3/1/16)

Ever Alvarado (signing - 6/24/16)

Jordi Quintilla (waived - 6/23/16)

Emmanuel Appiah (signing - 7/12/16)

Amadou Dia (trade - 7/12/16)

Cameron Porter (trade - 7/12/16)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE Nov. 25: Dec. 9: Dec. 11: Dec. 14: Dec. 31 Jan. 7: Jan. 11: Jan. 13: Jan. 26: Jan. 29: Feb. 1: Feb. 17: Feb. 23: March 1: March 8: March 25: April 1: April 27: May 26: June 7: June 14: June 15: June 23: June 24: June 25: July 12: July 12: July 12: July 14: July 19: July 23: Aug. 3: Aug. 4: Aug. 14: Aug. 22: Aug. 24: Sept. 2: Sept. 4:

IN/OUT DETAILS OUT Sporting KC declines contract option for D Jalil Anibaba IN Sporting KC signs M Lawrence Olum, re-signs D Seth Sinovic and GK Jon Kempin to new contracts IN Sporting KC selects GK Alec Kann in first round of MLS Re-Entry Draft IN Sporting KC signs M Justin Mapp OUT M Mikey Lopez leaves Sporting KC out of contract IN Sporting KC acquires M Brad Davis from the Houston Dynamo (MLS) in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, a third-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations Sporting KC re-signs M Soni Mustivar and M Paulo Nagamura to new contracts IN Sporting KC signs F Daniel Salloi as Homegrown Player IN Sporting KC signs D Nuno Andre Coelho OUT Sporting KC transfers F Krisztian Nemeth to Al-Gharafa SC (Qatar) OUT Sporting KC loans D Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto (Portugal) OUT Sporting KC loans M Bernardo Anor to Minnesota United FC (NASL) OUT Sporting KC waives M Amobi Okugo OUT Sporting KC and D Marcel de Jong mutually agree to terminate contract IN Sporting KC acquires F Diego Rubio on loan as Young Designated Player OUT Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin, D Jimmy Medranda and F Daniel Salloi to Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC recalls D Jimmy Medranda from Swope Park Rangers (USL) OUT Sporting KC loans M Jordi Quintilla to Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC recalls M Jordi Quintilla from Swope Park Rangers (USL) OUT Sporting KC laons GK Alec Kann to Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC recalls GK Alec Kann from Swope Park Rangers (USL) OUT Sporting KC loans F Daniel Salloi to Gyirmot SE (Hungary) OUT Sporting KC waives M Jordi Quintilla IN Sporting KC signs D Ever Alvarado OUT Sporting KC loans D Amadou Dia to Swope Park Rangers (USL) OUT Sporting KC loans D Ever Alvarado and D Kevin Ellis to Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC signs M Emmanuel Appiah IN / OUT Sporting KC acquires F Cameron Porter from Montreal Impact (MLS) in exchange for D Amadou Dia IN Sporting KC recalls D Kevin Ellis from Swope Park Rangers (USL) OUT Sporting KC loans GK Alec Kann, D Kevin Ellis, D Chance Myers and M Emmanuel Appiah to Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC recalls GK Alec Kann, D Kevin Ellis, D Chance Myers and M Emmanuel Appiah from Swope Park Rangers (USL) OUT Sporting KC loans M Emmanuel Appiah and F Diego Rubio to Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC recalls GK Jon Kempin, D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah and F Diego Rubio from Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic and M Tyler Pasher on short-term loans from Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC signs M Ualefi on short-term loan from Swope Park Rangers (USL) IN Sporting KC sends D Amer Didic, M Tyler Pasher and M Ualefi back to Swope Park Rangers (USL) following short-term loan OUT Sporting KC loans GK Tim Melia, D Ever Alvarado, D Kevin Ellis, D Seth Sinovic, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, M Paulo Nagamura, F Cameron Porter and F Diego Rubio to Swope Park Rangers (USL). IN Sporting KC recalls GK Tim Melia, D Ever Alvarado, D Kevin Ellis, D Seth Sinovic, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, M Paulo Nagamura, F Cameron Porter and F Diego Rubio from Swope Park Rangers (USL).

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011 2012

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11) Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013 2015

2016

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15)

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) (ON LOAN - Minnesota Utd)

Lawrence Olum (12/9/15) Justin Mapp (12/14/15) Nuno Andre Coelho (1/26/16) Diego Rubio (3/8/16) Ever Alvarado (6/24/16) Emmanuel Appiah (7/12/16)

Brad Davis (1/7/16) Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11) Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13) (ON LOAN - FC Porto)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16) (ON LOAN - Gyirmot SE)

Alec Kann (12/11/15)

Sporting KC Game Notes | Sept. 18, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Sunday, March 6

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

W 1-0

Coelho 73

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS

W 2-1

Dwyer 5, 41

SUNDAY, MARCH 20

TORONTO FC

MLS

W 1-0

Davis 70

SATURDAY, APRIL 2

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

L 1-2

Feilhaber 94+

Saturday, April 9

at New York Red Bulls

MLS

W 2-0

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

L 1-2

Sunday, April 17

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-2

Olum 22

Sunday, April 24

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

L 0-1

---

Wednesday, April 27

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

T 1-1

Rubio 27

SUNDAY, MAY 1

LA GALAXY

MLS

T 1-1

Davis 30

Saturday, May 7

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

L 0-2

---

Wednesday, May 11

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

L 0-1

---

SUNDAY, MAY 15

ORLANDO CITY SC

MLS

W 2-1

Dwyer 74; Peterson 79

SATURDAY, MAY 21

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

L 1-3

Dwyer 50

FRIDAY, May 27

D.C. UNITED

MLS

L 0-1

---

Thursday, June 2

at LA Galaxy

MLS

T 0-0

---

Wednesday, June 15

at Minnesota United FC (NASL) U.S. Open Cup (Round of 32) W 2-1 (AET)

Feilhaber 65; Rubio 109

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

FC DALLAS

MLS

W 2-0

Olum 43; Feilhaber 47+

Saturday, June 25

at Montreal Impact

MLS

T 2-2

Dwyer 21, 59

Wednesday, June 29

at Houston Dynamo U.S. Open Cup (Round of 16) L 1-3

Davis 61

SUNDAY, JULY 3

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MLS

W 3-2

Feilhaber 49; Zusi 56; Besler 91+

SUNDAY, JULY 10

NEW YORK CITY FC

MLS

W 3-1

Feilhaber 8; Medranda 16; Opara 51

Wednesday, July 13

at Chicago Fire

MLS

L 0-1

---

Saturday, July 16

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

L 0-1

---

SUNDAY, JULY 24

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

W 3-0

Dwyer 21, 79; Peterson 48+

SUNDAY, JULY 31

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

W 1-0

Peterson 50

Sunday, Aug. 7

at Portland Timbers

MLS

L 0-3

---

Saturday, Aug. 13

at FC Dallas

MLS

T 2-2

Dwyer 68, 73

Tuesday, Aug. 16

at Central FC

CCL Group Stage

T 2-2

Sinovic 51; Ellis 70

SATURDAY, AUG. 20

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

W 2-0

Peterson 39; Feilhaber 64

Tuesday, Aug. 23

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

CCL Group Stage

L 0-3

---

Saturday, Aug. 27

at Philadelphia Union

MLS

L 0-2

---

FRIDAY, SEPT. 9

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

T 3-3

Peterson 14; Espinoza 26; Dwyer 81

TUESDAY. SEPT. 13

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

CCL Group Stage

L 1-2

Rubio 55

SUNDAY, SEPT. 18

LA GALAXY

MLS