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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. FC DALLAS

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal Sporting Kansas City 8-4-8, 32 points (6-0-4 home; 2-4-4 away) 1st place in Western Conference

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FC Dallas 8-3-7, 31 points (6-1-3 home; 2-2-4 away) 2nd place in Western Conference

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

8-4-8 (32 pts.)

20 1st in West 24 1.20 20 14 0.70 +10 292 (99) 33.9% 222 253 37 1

Younes Marrakchi Artyom Arustamyan Ryan Cook Greg Dopka

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 17 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 39 55 77 93 94 TBD

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter Amer Didic Tyler Pasher Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Cristian Lobato

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas

FC DALLAS

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

8-3-7 (31 pts.)

18 2nd in West 30 1.67 31 18 1.00 +12 238 (83) 34.9% 208 197 36 0

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

oh-PAR-ah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh JER-soh gram ZOO-see FAIL-hob-ber sin-OH-vick sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM SOO-nee sod

EE-wah-sah MEE-lia shallow-EE uh-MEER JIDD-itch

Gerso Four Players Gerso Dwyer, Gerso Three Players Besler, Espinoza Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza

6 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 47 SHOTS 22 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 35 FOULS COMMITTED 37 FOULS SUFFERED 6 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 1800 Tim Melia 0.70 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 60

SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah loh-BAH-toe

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

PETER VERMES

Pts 38 38 33 30 29 28 26 23 21 20 18

W L T 11 3 5 11 3 5 10 6 3 9 7 3 8 7 5 9 10 1 8 8 2 6 7 5 5 6 6 5 9 5 5 11 3

GD +18 +15 +12 +12 -7 -2 -5 +4 -2 -2 -17

Western Conference 1. Sporting Kansas City 2. FC Dallas 3. Houston Dynamo 4. Portland Timbers 5. San Jose Earthquakes 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7. Seattle Sounders FC 8. LA Galaxy 9. Real Salt Lake 10. Colorado Rapids 11. Minnesota United FC

Pts 32 31 28 27 26 24 24 22 20 19 18

W L T 8 4 8 8 3 7 8 7 4 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 7 3 6 7 6 6 8 4 6 12 2 6 11 1 5 11 3

GD GP +10 20 +12 18 +5 19 +3 20 -4 19 -3 17 -3 19 -4 18 -17 20 -8 18 -17 19

11 Maxi Urruti 10 Michael Barrios 58 Maxi Urruti 27 Maxi Urruti 3 Maxi Urruti 3 Michael Barrios 33 Carlos Gruezo 29 Maxi Urruti 6 Maynor Figeuroa 0 N/A 1350 Jesse Gonzalez 0.93 Jesse Gonzalez 6 Jesse Gonzalez 5 Jesse Gonzalez 37 Jesse Gonzalez

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. Chicago Fire 2. Toronto FC 3. New York City FC 4. Atlanta United FC 5. Orlando City SC 6. Columbus Crew SC 7. New York Red Bulls 8. Philadelphia Union 9. Montreal Impact 10. New England Revolution 11. D.C. United

FC DALLAS

GP 19 19 19 19 20 20 18 18 17 19 19

9th season 111-86-69 9th season (.547) 111-86-69 (.547)

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

OSCAR PAREJA 6th season 84-63-41 (.556) 4th season 59-33-28 (.608)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, July 10 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • None

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvFCD: HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY

Sporting Kansas City is set to take on FC Dallas in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals on Tuesday night at Children’s Mercy Park in a matchup between the last two champions of the century-old tournament. Sporting KC hoisted the trophy in 2015 before FC Dallas did the same in 2016.

History favors Sporting KC both in the regular season and in the U.S. Open Cup, with the side holding a slender 23-22-12 lead in the all-time regular-season series between the two sides, and has also won the only two showdowns in the U.S. Open Cup in 2004 and 2015 - Sporting KC won the title in each of those years.

Sporting KC holds a 17-8-7 mark against FC Dallas at home in all competitions: going 14-8-7 in the regular season, 1-0-0 in the MLS Cupl Playoffs and 2-0-0 in the U.S. Open Cup. Sporting KC first dispatched the then Dallas Burn by a 4-0 scoreline in the U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals on Aug. 4, 2004 before claiming another four-goal victory with a 6-2 win in the Round of 16 on July 1, 2015.

#SKCvFCD: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 23-22-12 in regular season)

YEAR OPPONENT 1996 Colorado Rapids

RESULT L 2-3

ROUND Quarterfinal

1997

at San Francisco Bay Seals

L 1-2

Round of 16

1998

at Nashville Metros

L 1-3

Round of 16

2000

at Chicago Sockers

T 0-0 (6-7 PK)

Round of 32

2001

Seattle Sounders Chicago Fire

W 4-0 L 0-1

Round of 32 Round of 16

2002

at Rochester Rhinos at Milwaukee Rampage at Columbus Crew

W 3-2 (ET) W 2-0 L 2-3 (ET)

Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal

2003

at Colorado Rapids

L 2-3

Round of 16

04/22/2017 03/11/2017 08/13/2016 06/19/2016 04/17/2016

2004

at Atlanta Silverbacks Dallas Burn San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire

W 4-1 W 4-0 W 1-0 W 1-0 (ET)

Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final

2005

Des Moines Menace Minnesota Thunder

W 6-1 L 1-3

Round of 16 Quarterfinal

2006

Des Moines Menace at Chicago Fire

W 2-1 L 0-2

Round of 32 Round of 16

2007

at Real Salt Lake

L 1-2 (ET)

Qualifying

2008

Colorado Rapids at Carolina RailHawks at Seattle Sounders

T 2-2 (5-3 PK) W 4-2 (ET) T 0-0 (5-6 PK)

Qualifying Round of 16 Quarterfinal

2009

at Minnesota Thunder at Seattle Sounders

T 3-3 (4-2) L 0-1

Round of 16 Quarterfinal

2010

Colorado Rapids

L 1-2

Qualifying

2011

at Houston Dynamo New England Revolution Chicago Fire PDL Richmond Kickers

W 1-0 (ET) W 5-0 W 3-0 L 0-2

Qualifying Qualifying Round of 16 Quarterfinal

2012

Orlando City SC Colorado Rapids Dayton Dutch Lions at Philadelphia Union Seattle Sounders

W 3-2 W 2-0 W 3-0 W 2-0 T 1-1 (3-2 PK)

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final

2013

Des Moines Menace Orlando City SC

W 2-0 L 0-1

Round of 32 Round of 16

2014

Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers

W 2-0 L 1-3

Round of 32 Round of 16

2015

Saint Louis FC FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia Union

W 1-0 W 6-2 W 3-1 W 3-1 T 1-1 (7-6 PK)

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final

2016

at Minnesota United FC at Houston Dynamo

W 2-1 (ET) L 1-3

Round of 32 Round of 16

2017

Minnesota United FC at Houston Dynamo

W 4-0 W 2-0

Round of 32 Round of 16

Date

Score

KC 0 at FCD 1 KC 0 vs FCD 0 KC 2 at FCD 2 KC 2 vs FCD 0 KC 1 at FCD 2

Result Details L T T W L

Figueroa scores in 77th minute for only goal of the game SKC dominates, outshooting FCD 14-6, but can’t score Dwyer tallies twice in between Akindele and Urruti goals Olum and Feilhaber net two gaols late in the first half Olum scores before FCD responds with Barrios & Rosales

#SKCvFCD: PLAYER HISTORY Regular Season • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber leads the team with four goal and six assists against FC Dallas. Feilhaber’s four goals and six assists are both his most against any MLS club. In all competitions, Feilhaber has four goals and seven assists in his last nine games against Dallas.

• Defender Graham Zusi has three goals and five assists against Dallas, including a two-goal and one assist performance in a 4-1 road win on June 12, 2011. He also recorded assists on both goals as Sporting KC earned a 2-1 win at Children’s Mercy Park on March 25, 2012. Zusi had one goal and two assists in the 4-0 rout at home on May 29, 2015.

• Forward Dom Dwyer has three goals in eight games against FC Dallas, with two coming in the 2016 season - both in a 2-2 draw at Toyota Stadium on Aug. 13, 2016. Dwyer has seven goals in his last seven games against Dallas in all competitions.

• Defender Kevin Ellis has one goal and one assist against FC Dallas, both coming in the same game. He first tallied the game-winning assist on Krisztian Nemeth’s goal before adding a strike of his own as Sporting KC topped Dallas 4-0 on May 29, 2015. Ellis was one of just four defenders in 2015 to record a goal and an assist in one game.

• Midfielder Roger Espinoza has scored one goal against FC Dallas, coming in a 3-1 defeat at Toyota Stadium on March 14, 2015.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 2-2-2 all-time against FC Dallas, posting a 0.83 goals against average and three shutouts.

U.S. Open Cup • Forward Dom Dwyer has four goals against FC Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup, all coming in the 6-2 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on July 1, 2015.

• Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has three assists against Dallas in the Open Cup, with all three coming in that same 6-2 home win on July 1, 2015.

• Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam recorded an assist in that game on July 1, 2015.

#SKCvFCD: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Midfielder Roger Espinoza was a teammate of FC Dallas’ Maynor Figueroa at Wigan Athletic during the latter’s loan spell in 2014, while the two have played together consistently for the Honduras National Team since 2009.

• Defender Graham Zusi and FC Dallas goalkeeper Chris Seitz played together at the University of Maryland in 2005 and 2006.

• Sporting KC Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown and FC Dallas Homegrown midfielder Coy Craft were teammates during the U.S. Under-20 National Team’s recent run to CONCACAF U-20 Championship glory.

• Defender Tyler Pasher was playing for the USL’s Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2015 when FC Dallas Homegrown goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez went on loan for one game.

• FC Dallas’ third round (59th overall) pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, Dakota Barnathan, signed with Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, in February after spending preseason with Dallas.

• Sporting KC goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty was an assistant coach at Florida Gulf Coast University in 2014 to FC Dallas defender Aaron Guillen.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is 40 minutes away from becoming the club’s all-time leader in minutes played in the U.S. Open Cup, overtaking Kerry Zavagnin’s 1453.

• Defender Matt Besler is one start away from hitting 250 in all competitions.

• Defender Seth Sinovic is two starts away from reaching 150 in the regular season for Sporting KC. 2

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

HOMESTAND TO CONCLUDE ON TUESDAY

PATH TO THE QUARTERFINAL

Sporting Kansas City’s club-record home unbeaten streak reached 19 last Thursday with a 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union. Sporting KC took the lead through Diego Rubio’s blistering finish in the 49th but were forced to settle for a point after Roland Alberg slotted home a penalty 20 minutes later. The Union largely relied on the heroics of goalkeeper John McCarthy to keep Sporting KC at bay, with the home side outpacing the visitors 19-8 in shots and 7-2 in shots on target.

Sporting Kansas City has advanced to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals with relative ease, despite facing two MLS opponents in the Round of 32 and Round of 16.

Peter Vermes’ men kicked off their involvement in the tournament with a 4-0 hammering of Minnesota United FC at Children’s Mercy Park on June 14, with Ike Opara, Gerso, Dom Dwyer and Daniel Salloi all finding the back of the net in the rout.

That victory set up a Round of 16 date with the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium on June 28. The Dynamo had knocked Sporting KC out of the competition at that exact stage and exact location in 2016, but this time it was Sporting KC that emerged victorious as second-half goals from Opara and Gerso saw the side head back to Kansas City with a 2-0 victory.

Sporting KC is unbeaten across 11 games in both MLS and Open Cup contests at Children’s Mercy Park in 2017, going 7-0-4. The side is 13-0-6 in MLS action since a 1-0 defeat to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. It’s the longest active home unbeaten streak in MLS as Sporting KC are one of just four remaining teams to boast an unbeaten home record in the 2017 regular season, alongside the Houston Dynamo, Toronto FC and the Chicago Fire.

FC Dallas has had a slightly kinder U.S. Open Cup schedule to handle, facing the USL’s Tulsa Roughnecks FC in the Round of 32 before taking on MLS side the Colorado Rapids in the Round of 16 - with both contests coming in the friendly confines of Toyota Stadium.

Despite nearing 20 games unbeaten at home in MLS play, Sporting KC has now dropped points in each of their last three MLS contests at Children’s Mercy Park. First, the side conceded late against the Montreal Impact on June 10 to tie 1-1 before coming back from a one-goal deficit against Portland on July 1. The frustration was compounded by only taking a point from a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia in a game that Peter Vermes’ men dominated on July 6.

Dallas scraped through their Open Cup opener with a 2-1 victory as Tulsa suffered heartbreak when Modou Jadama conceded an own goal in the 92nd minute to give Dallas a 2-1 victory after the two sides had traded goals from FCD’s Coy Craft and Tulsa’s Kosuke Kimura on June 14.

In between those three games was a U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round showdown with Minnesota United FC, which Sporting KC claimed 4-0 behind goals from Ike Opara, Gerso, Dom Dwyer and Daniel Salloi. Tuesday’s game will wrap up a three-game homestand for the club heading into the CONCACAF Gold Cup break, and will next be in action on July 22 against Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

Dallas was then drawn against the Rapids and battled to a 3-1 win on June 27. Mauro Diaz netted from the penalty spot just before halftime before Michael Azira equalized seconds after the break. FC Dallas re-took the lead through Ryan Hollingshead in the 57th minute before Javier Morales made sure of the victory in the 89th minute after Colorado’s Kortne Ford had been ejected moments earlier.

DOMINANT VS. DALLAS

TRIO REPRESENT U.S. NATIONAL TEAM

Sporting Kansas City has history on its side against FC Dallas, leading series against the Texas club in the regular season, the postseason and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Sporting KC has a slender 23-22-12 edge in the regular season, a 1-0-0 mark in the MLS Cup Playoffs and are 2-0-0 in the U.S. Open Cup.

Sporting Kansas City continues to be without the services of defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi along with forward Dom Dwyer after all three were called in to the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup. Besler and Zusi have been staples of the U.S. National Team in recent years, while Dwyer received his first call-up after gaining his citizenship in March.

FC Dallas have narrowed the margin in the regular-season series over the last year, with Sporting KC going 1-2-2 over the last five matches, including a 0-1-1 mark in 2017 where the side labored to a point in a 0-0 draw at Children’s Mercy Park on March 11 before falling 1-0 to a late goal from Maynor Figueroa at Toyota Stadium on April 22.

The trio all started and played the full 90 minutes in the USMNT’s first matchup in the Gold Cup - a 1-1 draw against Panama on Saturday, July 8 - with Dwyer opening the scoring early in the second half with a clinical finish off Kelyn Rowe’s cross for his second goal in as many international appearances for the U.S.

Sporting KC has won the only two matches in the U.S. Open Cup, first taking a 4-0 victory at the Quarterfinal stage at Blue Valley District Activity Center on Aug. 4, 2004 behind goals from Chris Klein, Davy Arnaud, Justin Detter and Alex Zotinca on their way to lifting the trophy that season.

Dwyer marked his international debut with a goal just 19 minutes into a friendly against Ghana on July 1, as he volleyed home an emphatic finish to give the U.S. the lead after great play from Jorge Villafana. Dwyer became the 48th U.S. player to score on his debut and the first to score in the first 20 minutes of his international career since Eddie Robinson in 2008.

The two sides met again in Sporting KC’s successful run to the U.S. Open Cup title in 2015 - this time in the Round of 16 - with Dom Dwyer bagging four goals to go along with a pair of strikes from Krisztian Nemeth on their way to a resounding 6-2 victory on July 1, 2015. Both seasons that Sporting KC has faced Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup, the club has gone on to win the trophy.

Besler, Zusi and Dwyer will now focus on claiming top spot in Group B, with a match on Wednesday, July 12 against Martinique before finishing up group play against Nicaragua on Saturday, July 15. The trio are joined on the roster by FC Dallas defender Matt Hedges and midfielder Kellyn Acosta, while Dallas are also without Maynor Figueroa who is with the Honduras National Team.

RUBIO NETS ON RETURN TO THE LINEUP

Chilean striker Diego Rubio made a successful return to the Sporting KC Starting XI by netting his first goal of the season in the 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union on Thursday, July 6. In the 49th minute, Rubio received a pass from Daniel Salloi, cut inside of his man before rifling a thunderous effort into the top corner to give his side the lead on the night.

VERMES VERBATIM

Thoughts on the 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union…

“We should have had three tonight. This is a game where we should’ve had three points.

We were the better team. Whatever statistics say, it doesn’t really matter. You can just watch the game and know that. We had a five-minute lapse in the second half where after we scored, we kind of took our foot off the gas. I can’t tell you if it was because of the penalty or not, I couldn’t really even see it, there were too many people in front of us.

I’ll see it later. Regardless of that, we did not step it up in that moment when we needed to. There’s minutes after you score when you have to be on top of everything -- your concentration has to be very high in that moment. And it wasn’t. And we let them back in the game. A lot of times, the chances aren’t very good. We had three or four really good chances, and they have got to be goals. We could’ve scored three goals easily tonight.

And we should’ve. Whether it’s young guys out there or not - to me it doesn’t matter tonight we should have got three points. It’s not a night that we should have gotten one.

And I’m disappointed in that regard.”

Rubio now has two goals in just four starts for Sporting KC in the regular season, tacking on Thursday’s strike to his first goal for the club in a 1-1 road draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 27, 2016. Rubio’s goal against the Union was his first since returning from a torn ACL that kept him out for the first half of the season. He sustained the injury in training in October 2016, and made his return to the field in the 0-0 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on June 17 at Avaya Stadium.

Rubio became the 11th Sporting KC player to score a goal in MLS play in 2017, meaning the club is now tied for second in the league in the amount of different goalscorers - only Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s 12 different goalscorers top Sporting KC. With Salloi’s assist, Sporting KC has 16 players with at least a goal or an assist to their name this year, which is also tied for second in MLS behind Toronto FC’s 18.

On the depth of his roster…

“Depth is one thing, but when those guys (Rubio, Blessing and Salloi) put in performances like that, they make a serious claim to be starters. And that’s what you want on your team. They played very well. I’ll say it again, the movement they had off the ball was excellent. It caused a lot of problems for Philly. The only thing that was lacking was some finishing opportunities. We put some of those goals away, the game is totally different.”

Rubio has scored at every level of the organization, netting two goals in MLS play, once in the U.S. Open Cup and once in the CONCACAF Champions League. He has also scored twice for the side’s USL affiliate - the Swope Park Rangers - including the opening goal in a 2-1 win over Tulsa Roughnecks FC just 10 days prior to scoring for Sporting KC on June 27.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP RESULTS

ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICS LEADERS GAMES PLAYED PLAYER GP 1. Matt Besler* 17 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 3. Chance Myers 16 4. Roger Espinoza* 15 5. Jacob Peterson 14 5. Nick Garcia 14 7. Graham Zusi* 13 7. Michael Harrington 13 7. C.J. Sapong 13 10. Kevin Ellis* 12 10. Seth Sinovic* 12 10. Davy Arnaud 12

Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup record vs. FC Dallas: 2-0-0 Home games: 2-0-0 (10 GF, 2 GA) Road games: 0-0-0 (0 GF, 0 GA) Date 08/04/2004 07/01/2015

Score KC 4 vs FCD 0 KC 6 vs FCD 2

Result Location W Blue Valley District Activity Center W Children’s Mercy Park

ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICS (ACTIVE PLAYERS) # PLAYER 14 Dom Dwyer 22 Soony Saad 10 Benny Feilhaber 8 Graham Zusi 7 Gerso 3 Ike Opara 11 Diego Rubio 93 Soni Mustivar 30 Daniel Salloi 27 Roger Espinoza 15 Seth Sinovic 5 Matt Besler 4 Kevin Ellis 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 9 Latif Blessing 6 Ilie 29 Tim Melia 94 Jimmy Medranda 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 39 Cameron Porter 90 Kharlton Belmar* 55 Amer Didic 21 Andrew Dykstra 24 Cameron Iwasa 77 Tyler Pasher 23 Colton Storm 1 Adrian Zendejas TBD Cristian Lobato

POS GP F 11 F 5 M 10 D 13 F 2 D 4 F 2 M 8 F 1 M 15 D 12 D 17 D 12 D 7 F 2 M 2 GK 7 M 4 D 3 F 1 F 1 D 0 GK 0 F 0 D 0 D 0 GK 0 M 0

GS 10 4 9 11 2 4 1 7 1 13 12 15 10 3 1 2 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 900 375 826 1058 167 388 86 640 90 1414 1078 1384 959 379 102 180 660 374 196 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GS 7 0 0

MIN 660 0 0

G 6 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 1 1 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GOALKEEPING STATISTICS POS GK GK GK

GP 7 0 0

97

GA GAA SO REC. 5 0.68 3 6-0-1 0 0.00 0 0-0-0 0 0.00 0 0-0-0

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,428

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 118 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 112 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 15 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 118 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

145

GP G 11 6 12 5 13 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 6 4 13 3 10 3 -- 3

GAMES STARTED ASSISTS PLAYER GS PLAYER GP A 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 1. Benny Feilhaber* 10 6 2. Matt Besler* 15 2. Graham Zusi* 13 4 3. Roger Espinoza* 13 3. Roger Espinoza* 15 3 3. Chance Myers 13 3. Davy Arnaud 12 3 3. Nick Garcia 13 3. Chris Klein 10 3 6. Seth Sinovic* 12 3. Jacob Peterson 14 3 7. Graham Zusi* 11 7. Josh Wolff 7 3 8. Dom Dwyer* 10 7. Seth Sinovic* 12 2 8. Kevin Ellis* 10 7. Three Players -- 2 8. Eric Kronberg 10

MINUTES PLAYED SHUTOUTS PLAYER MIN PLAYER GP SO 1. Kerry Zavagnin 1453 1. Eric Kronberg 10 5 2. Roger Espinoza* 1414 2. Tim Melia* 7 3 3. Matt Besler* 1384 2. Jimmy Nielsen 4 3 4. Nick Garcia 1313 2. Bo Oshoniyi 6 3 5. Chance Myers 1197 5. Tony Meola 5 2 6. Michael Harrington 1096 6. Taly Goode 1 1 7. Seth Sinovic* 1078 6. Andy Gruenebaum 2 1 8. Graham Zusi* 1058 9. Eric Kronberg 990 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 10. Kevin Ellis* 959 PLAYER GP GAA 1. Taly Goode 1 0.00 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL 2. Jimmy Nielsen 4 0.23 PLAYER GP 3. Tim Melia* 7 0.68 1. Eric Kronberg 10 4. Bo Oshoniyi 6 0.72 2. Tim Melia* 7 5. Eric Kronberg 10 0.73 3. Bo Oshoniyi 6 4. Tony Meola 5 GOALKEEPER WINS 5. Jimmy Nielsen 4 PLAYER GP W 5. William Hesmer 4 1. Tim Melia* 5 6

2. Eric Kronberg 10 4

2. Tony Meola 5 4 *Denotes Player on Current Roster 4. Jimmy Nielsen 4 3

5. Bo Oshoniyi 6 2

5. William Hesmer 4 2

*On loan from Swope Park Rangers (USL)

# PLAYER 29 Tim Melia 21 Andrew Dykstra 1 Adrian Zendejas

GOALS PLAYER 1. Dom Dwyer* 2. Davy Arnaud 2. C.J. Sapong 2. Krisztian Nemeth 2. Igor Simutenkov 6. Soony Saad* 6. Ryan Pore 8. Graham Zusi* 8. Benny Feilhaber* 8. Three Players

105.2 4

79

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

242

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 145 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16)

Amer Didic (signed from SPR - 5/31/17)

Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17)

Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17) Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17) Igor Juliao (waived - 6/29/17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M

Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky May 31: IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 29: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs M Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) and waives on-loan D Igor Juliao

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011 2012

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

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

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013 2015

Trades

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Colton Storm (14th)

Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17) Amer Didic (5/31/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)

Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

T

0-0

--

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

T

0-0

--

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

W

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

T

0-0

--

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

W

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

W

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

L

0-1

--

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

W

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

W

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

L

0-2

--

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

T

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

W

3-0

Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

L

0-2

--

Saturday, May 27

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

L

0-1

--

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

W

3-0

Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

T

1-1

Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

U.S. OPEN CUP

W

4-0

Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

T

0-0

--

Saturday, June 24

at LA Galaxy

MLS

W

2-1

Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28

at Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup

W

2-0

Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T

1-1

Salloi

THURSDAY, JULY 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

T

1-1

Rubio

TUESDAY, JULY 11

FC DALLAS

U.S. OPEN CUP

7:30

SPORTINGKC.COM

Saturday, July 22

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

9:00

FOX Sports KC Plus

SATURDAY, JULY 29

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

SUNDAY, AUG. 6

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

7:00

FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, Aug. 12

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

3:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, AUG. 19

FC DALLAS

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, Aug. 26

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

8:00

FOX Sports KC

Wednesday, Sept. 6

at New York City FC

MLS

6:30

FOX Sports KC

Sunday, Sept. 10

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

12:00

ESPN

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

SUNDAY, SEPT. 24

LA GALAXY

MLS

12:00

ESPN

SATURDAY, SEPT. 30

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

8:00

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, Oct. 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

7:00

FOX Sports KC

SUNDAY, OCT. 15

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

4:00

FOX SPORTS KC

Sunday, Oct. 22

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

3:00

FOX Sports KC

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2017 Record When...

Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime

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

Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals

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

Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo

4-2-7 4-2-1

Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’

8-0-1 0-1-7 0-3-0

Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even

6-2-7 2-1-1 0-1-0

With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs

1-0-1 1-1-1 6-3-6

Day games (before 5 p.m.)

Games 5 p.m. CT or later

1-1-0 7-3-8

With red card for With red card against

0-0-1 0-1-0

Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75

2-0-5 6-4-3

In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone

2-1-1 0-1-0 6-2-4 0-0-3

vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference

7-4-3 1-0-5

On grass On turf

7-2-8 1-2-0

Quickest Goals...

Seth Sinovic (4/9 vs. COL) - 6th Minute

Quickest Goals Against...

Cyle Larin (5/13 at ORL) - 16th Minute

Regular Season Record By Month March 2017 March all-time April 2017 April all-time May 2017 May all-time June 2017 June all-time July 2017 July all-time Aug. 2017 Aug. all-time Sept. 2017 Sept. all-time Oct. 2017 Oct. all-time

Game-winning goals after 75’...

1-0-3 17-9-9 3-1-0 43-36-15 2-3-1 36-46-25 2-0-2 41-29-25 0-0-2 50-35-26 0-0-0 40-50-16 0-0-0 30-37-17 0-0-0 21-15-15

vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United

vs. FC Dallas

vs. Houston Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Own Goal (3/18 vs. SJ) - 89th Minute

Game-tying goals after 75’...

None

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

Maynor Figueroa (4/22 at FCD) - 77th Minute

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Matteo Mancosu (6/10 vs. MTL) - 82nd Minute

Red Cards...

Roger Espinoza (5/27 at COL) - 93rd Minute

Red Cards Against...

Chris Duvall (6/10 vs. MTL) - 86th Minute

Penalty Kicks...

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2017)

Shutouts 5-0-4 One-goal games 3-2-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC

SPORTING KC IN 2017 (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 0-0-1 0-1-3 3-0-2 5-3-2

None

Penalty Kicks Against...

0-0-0 (0-0-0) 14-26-11 (0-0-0) 24-23-13 (1-1-0) 25-22-6 (0-0-0) 20-21-13 (0-0-1) 23-22-12 (0-1-1) 5-9-11 (0-0-0) 21-24-14 (1-0-0) 1-1-0 (1-1-0) 6-3-3 (0-0-1) 24-17-11 (0-0-0) 2-0-0 (0-0-0) 21-20-13 (1-0-0) 1-1-1 (0-0-1) 5-5-5 (0-0-1) 6-3-3 (1-0-1) 9-9-6 (1-0-0) 24-24-8 (1-0-1) 5-7-3 (1-0-0) 14-4-6 (0-0-1) 6-2-3 (0-1-0)

Marcelo Sarvas (3/4 at DC) - Saved by Tim Melia Kevin Doyle (4/9 vs. COL) - Scored on Tim Melia Fredy Montero (5/20 at VAN) - Saved by Tim Melia Diego Valeri (7/1 vs. POR) - Saved by Tim Melia Roland Alberg (7/6 vs. PHI) - Scored on Tim Melia

Youngest Goalscorer...

Oldest Goalscorer...

Youngest Starter...

Youngest to play in a game...

Oldest Starter...

Oldest to play in a game...

Latif Blessing (5/13 at ORL) - 20 years and 134 days Benny Feilhaber (4/29 vs. RSL) - 32 years and 100 days Erik Palmer-Brown (7/6 vs. PHI) - 20 years and 73 days Latif Blessing (3/11 vs. FCD) - 20 years and 71 days Benny Feilhaber (7/6 vs. PHI) - 32 years and 168 days Benny Feilhaber (7/6 vs. PHI) - 32 years and 168 days

Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2017 at home All-time at home 2017 on road All-time on road

278-257-148 6-0-4 182-91-68 2-4-4 96-166-80

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 8 16 24 OPPONENT 6 8 14

SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 146 147 293 OPPONENT 74 98 182

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 42 56 98 OPPONENT 30 46 76

FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 92 130 222 OPPONENT 119 131 250

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 23 14 37 OPPONENT 21 23 44

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 55 52 107 OPPONENT 27 43 70

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 11 24 35 OPPONENT 14 27 41

EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 1 1 OPPONENT 0 1 1

PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0/0 0/0 0/0 OPPONENT 0/1 2/4 2/5

SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 278 257 148 17 20 8 26 15 6 10 12 9 331 304 171

HOME GF GA 946 906 59 60 95 55 39 45 1139 1066

Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 182 91 68 14 3 3 18 7 2 6 4 5 220 105 78

7

AWAY GF GA 569 402 35 15 63 26 20 13 689 456

Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 96 166 80 2 16 5 8 8 4 4 8 3 110 198 92

GF GA 375 504 21 42 32 29 19 32 447 607

Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL

W L T 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2017 REGULAR SEASON)

Formation: 4-3-3

NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match.

Substitute players are not listed.

Center forward Dom Dwyer 14 Latif Blessing 3 Soony Saad 2 Diego Rubio 1

Left forward

Jimmy Medranda 9 Latif Blessing 4 Soony Saad 3 Gerso 2 Tyler Pasher 1 Daniel Salloi 1

Right forward Gerso 17 Jimmy Medranda 2 Latif Blessing 1

Left-center midfielder

Right-center midfielder

Benny Feilhaber 15 Jimmy Medranda 2 Roger Espinoza 1 Jimmy Medranda 1 Soni Mustivar 1

Roger Espinoza 17 Benny Feilhaber 2 Jimmy Medranda 1

Defensive midfielder Ilie 20

Left back

Seth Sinovic 20

Left center back

Right center back

Matt Besler 17 Kevin Ellis 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 1

Ike Opara 18 Kevin Ellis 2

Goalkeeper Tim Melia 20

8

Right back

Graham Zusi 15 Saad Abdul-Salaam 4 Igor Juliao 1

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES March 4, 2017: D.C. United 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,268 Weather: Clear and 37 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt.)

D.C. United (0-0-1, 1 pt.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda F Dwyer F Gerso

D.C. United GK Hamid D DeLeon D Birnbaum (C) D Franklin D Kemp M Sarvas M Sam (Neagle 76’) M Jeffrey M Buscher (Vincent 61’) M Nyarko F Mullins (Ortiz 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Worra (GK) Ellis Boswell Abdul-Salaam Harkes Mustivar Le Toux Blessing Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’ DC - Sean Franklin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 54’ DC - Rob Vincent (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (5) 5 11 2 5

DC 9 (6) 5 22 0 4

March 31, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 Toronto FC MLS Regular Season | BMO Field | Toronto, Ontario Attendance: 27,909 Weather: Rainy and 44 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC (1-0-3, 6 pts.)

Toronto FC (1-0-3, 6 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 65’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Blessing 83’)

Toronto FC GK Irwin (Bono 40’) D Zavaleta D Moor D Hagglund M Beitashour M Osorio (Cooper 76’) M Bradley (C) M Vazquez M Edwards F Giovinco F Ricketts (Altidore 62’)

March 11, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,117 Weather: Clear and 31 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC (0-0-2, 2 pts.)

FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda (Blessing 67’) F Dwyer F Gerso

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Harris D Figueroa D Hedges (C) D Guillen M Cermeno M Gruezo M Pomykal (Barrios 80’) M Hayes (Acosta 46’) M Akindele F Colman (Lamah 63’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Seitz (GK) Ellis Grana Juliao Zimmerman Mustivar Urruti Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: FCD - Aaron Guillen (Yellow Card; Handball) 4’ FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Argument) 81’ FCD - Carlos Gruezo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ FCD - Carlos Cermeno (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Dissent) 95+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 14 (2) 4 18 1 4

FCD 6 (4) 2 13 1 3

April 9, 2017: Sporting KC 3-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,249 Weather: Partly cloudy and 74 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 1 1

Sporting KC (2-0-3, 9 pts.)

Colorado Rapids (1-2-1, 4 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 74’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Salloi 83’)

Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Miller D Ford (Burling 83’) D Watts D Williams M Adjei-Boateng (Powers 73’) M Azira M Gashi (Calvert 68’) M Hairston M Badji F Doyle

March 18, 2017: Sporting KC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,282 Weather: Sunny and 60 degrees

Sporting KC (1-0-2, 5 pts.)

San Jose Earthquakes (2-1-0, 6 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber (Mustivar 85’) M Espinoza F Gerso F Dwyer F Medranda (Saad 78’)

1 2 F 1 1 2 0 1 1

San Jose Earthquakes GK Bingham D Lima D Bernardez D Jungwirth D Francis M Hyka (Salinas 61’) M Alashe (Thompson 80’) M Godoy M Dawkins F Wondolowski (C) F Urena (Hoesen 68’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tarbell (GK) Ellis Imperiale Juliao Sarkodie Blessing Ceren Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 37’ SKC - David Bingham (Own Goal) 89’ SJ - Florian Jungwirth 1 (Danny Hoesen 1, Anibal Godoy 1) 91+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Simulation) 16’ SJ - Marco Urena (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (4) 2 9 1 7

SJ 5 (3) 3 11 2 2

April 15, 2017: Sporting KC 1-0 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,144 Weather: Sunny and 54 degrees

Sporting KC (3-0-3, 12 pts.)

Portland Timbers (4-2-1, 13 pts.)

1 2 F 0 1 1 0 0 0

Sporting KC Portland Timbers GK Melia GK Gleeson D Zusi D Powell D Opara D Olum D Besler (C) D Miller D Sinovic D Farfan (Asprilla 85’) M Ilie M Guzman (Mattocks 71’) M Espinoza (Abdul-Salaam 90’) M Chara M Feilhaber (Mustivar 83’) M Blanco F Gerso M Valeri (C) F Dwyer M Nagbe F Medranda F Adi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Mavinga Abdul-Salaam Chapman Ellis Cheyrou Porter Delgado Salloi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK) Abdul-Salaam da Fonte Ellis Hamilton Blessing Gatt Porter

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Attinella (GK) Ellis Myers Blessing Vytas Saad Okugo Salloi Barmby

Scoring Summary: None

Scoring Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic 1 (Unassisted) 6’ SKC - Gerso 1 (Roger Espinoza 1, Dom Dwyer 1) 58’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Seth Sinovic 1, Soni Mustivar 1) 85’ COL - Kevin Doyle 1 (Penalty Kick) 94+

Scoring Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1) 53’

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ TOR - Jozy Altidore (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (5) 2 11 0 4

TOR 13 (2) 5 10 0 6

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ COL - Jared Watts (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (6) 2 8 1 7

9

COL 8 (3) 3 12 4 1

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 25’ COL - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (4) 3 12 0 5

POR 10 (4) 3 22 4 4

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) April 22, 2017: FC Dallas 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 15,411 Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1

Sporting KC (3-1-3, 12 pts.)

FC Dallas (4-0-2, 14 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Mustivar 72’) F Gerso (Blessing 84’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Salloi 81’)

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Hedges (C) D Figueroa M Acosta M Gruezo M Lamah (Harris 86’) M Morales (Ulloa 85’) M Akindele (Barrios 73’) F Urruti

April 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,648 Weather: Rainy and 48 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0

Sporting KC (4-1-3, 15 pts.)

Real Salt Lake (2-5-2, 8 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Mustivar 70’) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Saad 91+) F Medranda (Salloi 79’)

Real Salt Lake GK VanOekel D Acosta (Saucedo 71’) D Wingert (C) D Schuler D Phillips M Mulholland (Hernandez 85’) M Sunny M Rusnak M Lennon M Movsisyan (Silva 60’) F Plata

May 3, 2017: Sporting KC 2-0 New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,965 Weather: Cloudy and 50 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC (5-1-3, 18 pts.)

New York Red Bulls (5-4-1, 16 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Mustivar 91+) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Saad 93+) F Medranda (Salloi 91+)

New York Red Bulls GK Robles D Murillo D Long D Zizzo D Lade M Davis M Felipe M Muyl M Etienne Jr. (Wright-Phillips 65’) M Veron (Kljestan 57’) F Gulbrandsen (Royer 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Lissek (GK) Ellis Hollingshead Abdul-Salaam Cermeno Saad Colman

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Fernandez (GK) Ellis Dunk Abdul-Salaam Schmidt Blessing Holness

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Meara (GK) Ellis Perrinelle Juliao Lawrence Blessing Adams

Scoring Summary: FCD - Maynor Figeuroa 1 (Michael Barrios 2, Hernan Grana 1) 77’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 2, Roger Espinoza 2) 17’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 3 (Unassisted) 51’ SKC - Gerso 2 (Soony Saad 1) 95+

Scoring Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer 4 (Unassisted) 46’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 5 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68’

Misconduct Summary: RSL - Luke Mulholland (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 39’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ RSL - Demar Phillips (Yellow Card; Dissent) 51’ RSL - Yura Movsisyan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ SKC - Brooks Lennon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ NY - Sean Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ NY - Connor Lade (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+

Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 11 (1) 5 5 1 3

FCD 11 (6) 1 11 6 3

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks May 7, 2017: Minnesota United FC 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 17,709 Weather: Cloudy and 60 degrees

Sporting KC (5-2-3, 18 pts.)

Minnesota United FC (3-5-2, 11 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Juliao (Zusi 46’) D Ellis D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso (Salloi 77’) F Dwyer F Saad (Medranda 60’)

1 2 F 0 0 0 2 0 2

Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Thiesson (Taylor 75’) D Kallman D Calvo (C) D Burch M Ibson M Cronin M Molino M Danladi (Warner 72’) M Ibarra F Ramirez (Venegas 84’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK) Opara Davis Mustivar Kadrii Blessing Jome Scoring Summary: MIN - Abu Danladi 1 (Miguel Ibarra 1, Ibson 2) 22’ MIN - Christian Ramirez 6 (Miguel Ibarra 2, Abu Danladi 1) 39’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Igor Juliao (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’ MIN - Christian Ramirez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ MIN - Francisco Calvo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 17 (7) 2 15 1 10

MIN 7 (4) 7 10 3 2

SKC 10 (7) 2 7 4 6

RSL 14 (2) 4 15 3 6

May 13, 2017: Orlando City SC 2-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Orlando City Stadium | Orlando, FL Attendance: 25,527 Weather: Cloudy and 80 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 2 0 2

Sporting KC (5-2-4, 19 pts.)

Orlando City SC (6-3-1, 19 pts.)

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 18 (8) 2 16 4 3

NY 6 (2) 6 10 1 3

May 17, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,139 Weather: Sunny and 77 degrees

Sporting KC (6-2-4, 22 pts.)

Seattle Sounders FC (2-5-4, 10 pts.)

1 2 F 0 3 3 0 0 0

Sporting KC Orlando City SC GK Melia GK Bendik D Zusi D Sutter D Opara D Aja D Besler (C) D Spector D Sinovic (Abdul-Salaam 93+) D Toia M Ilie M Higuita (Gil 65’) M Espinoza M Nocerino M Feilhaber M Kaka (C) F Gerso M Johnson F Blessing (Saad 81’) F Rivas (Barnes 64’) F Medranda (Mustivar 86’) F Larin

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Salloi 89’) F Gerso (Blessing 83’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Mustivar 79’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Saunders (GK) Ellis Giro Porter Pereira Salloi Garcia Carrasco

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Miller (GK) Abdul-Salaam Tolo Ellis Mathers Porter Dempsey

Scoring Summary: SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Matt Besler 1) 9’ ORL - Cyle Larin 7 (Carlos Rivas 5, Donny Toia 2) 16’ ORL - Kaka 3 (Scott Sutter 3) 26’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Unassisted) 74’ Misconduct Summary: ORL - Jose Aja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’ ORL - Christian Higuita (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Simulation) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 14 (8) 2 7 5 3

10

ORL 7 (4) 6 9 2 4

Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D Delem D Marshall D Alfaro D Fisher (Evans 78’) M Fernandez M Roldan M Svensson (Shipp 72’) M Morris (Adekoya 77’) F Lodeiro (C) F Bruin

Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso 3 (Unassisted) 56’ SKC - Gerso 4 (Unassisted) 58’ SKC - Gerso 5 (Graham Zusi 3, Benny Feilhaber 3) 69’ Misconduct Summary: SEA - Jordy Delem (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 3’ SEA - Tony Alfaro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (6) 5 8 1 5

SEA 10 (5) 3 6 3 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) May 20, 2017: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 21,020 Weather: Sunny and 67 degrees

May 27, 2017: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 17,648 Weather: Partly cloudy and 55 degrees

1 2 F Sporting KC (6-3-4, 22 pts.)

0 0 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5-5-1, 16 pts.) 1 1 2

Sporting KC (6-4-4, 22 pts.)

Colorado Rapids (3-8-1, 10 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ellis D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Mustivar (Feilhaber 56’) F Gerso F Blessing (Porter 69’) F Pasher (Medranda 46’)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Sent Off 93+) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Blessing F Medranda (Saad 74’)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC GK Ousted D Williams D Waston (C) D Parker D Harvey M Laba M Techera M Jacobson M Tchani (Davies 62’) M Bolanos (Mezquida 78’) F Montero (Shea 85’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tornaghi (GK) Abdul-Salaam de Jong Opara Rosales Salloi Teibert Scoring Summary: VAN - Cristian Techera 3 (Christian Bolanos 3, Sheanon Williams 2) 40’ VAN - Tim Parker 1 (Christian Bolanos 4) 67’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ VAN - Matias Laba (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (2) 5 15 4 3

VAN 13 (7) 2 11 4 8

June 10, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Montreal Impact MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,334 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees

Sporting KC (7-4-5, 26 pts.)

Montreal Impact (4-4-5, 17 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Ellis D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer F Medranda (Mustivar 80’)

1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1

Montreal Impact GK Bush D Duvall (Sent Off 86’) D Cabrera D Camara D Fisher D Lovitz M Oduro (Mancosu 77’) M Mallace M Donadel M Piatti (C) (Salazar 92+) F DePuy (Romero 71’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kronberg (GK) Didic Lefevre Juliao Arregui Porter Rubio Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso 6 (Ilie 1) 24’ MTL - Matteo Mancosu 3 (Unassisted) 82’ Misconduct Summary: MTL - Ignacio Piatti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ MTL - Matteo Mancosu (Yellow Card; Dissent) 84’ MTL - Chris Duvall (Red Card; Serious Foul) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (5) 6 3 1 4

MTL 11 (7) 4 11 2 3

1 2 F 0 0 0 1 0 1

Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Hairston (Williams 86’) D Burling D Ford D Miller (da Fonte 46’) M Azira M Powers M Gashi M Saeid (Gatt 76’) F Badji F Doyle

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) MacMath (GK) Abdul-Salaam Serna Juliao Hamilton Mustivar Gordon Porter Salloi Scoring Summary: COL - Kortne Ford 1 (Shkelzen Gashi 1) 11’

June 3, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Minnesota United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,361 Weather: Partly cloudy and 86 degrees

Sporting KC (7-4-4, 25 pts.)

Minnesota United FC (4-8-2, 14 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Medranda (Mustivar 67’) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Saad (Dwyer 62’) F Blessing (Salloi 75’)

1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0

Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Thiesson D Kallman (C) D Taylor D Burch (Davis 63’) M Ibson M Warner M Ibarra (Schuller 8’) M Molino M Jome (Kadrii 55’) F Ramirez

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Alvbage (GK) Didic Greenspan Juliao Venegas Porter Martin Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Matt Besler 2) 47+ SKC - Jimmy Medranda 1 (Unassisted) 54’ SKC - Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 (Unassisted) 87’

Misconduct Summary: COL - Bobby Burling (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 19’ COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ COL - Tim Howard (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 86’ COL - Kevin Doyle (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Misconduct Summary: MIN - Ismaila Jome (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 7’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’ MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ MIN - Bobby Shuttleworth (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’ SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 25 (2) 2 14 0 8

COL 6 (3) 1 19 1 3

June 17, 2017: San Jose Earthquakes 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA Attendance: 18,000 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees

Sporting KC (7-4-6, 27 pts.)

San Jose Earthquakes (5-6-5, 20 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Rubio 76’) F Blessing (Medranda 69’)

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

San Jose Earthquakes GK Bingham D Lima D Bernardez D Imperiale D Sarkodie M Cato (Salinas 70’) M Godoy M Thompson (Yueill 75’) M Hyka F Wondolowski (C) F Hoesen

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Tarbell (GK) Abdul-Salaam Francis Ellis Mfeka Mustivar Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SJ - Anibal Godoy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’ SJ - Chris Wondolowski (Yellow Card; Dissent) 74’ SKC - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 13 (4) 3 15 3 6

11

SJ 5 (3) 3 7 2 2

SKC 27 (9) 1 13 2 9

MIN 7 (1) 6 14 1 2

June 24, 2017: LA Galaxy 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 20,140 Weather: Sunny and 69 degrees 1 2 F 2 0 2 0 1 1

Sporting KC (8-4-6, 30 pts.)

LA Galaxy (6-6-4, 22 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Medranda 61’) F Gerso F Dwyer (Mustivar 92+) F Blessing (Salloi 72’)

LA Galaxy GK Diop D Smith D Romney D Van Damme (C) D Cole M Garcia (Pedro 60’) M Villarreal M Zardes (Jamieson IV 77’) M Alessandrini M Boateng F McBean (Villarreal 62’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kempin (GK) Abdul-Salaam Arellano Ellis Lassiter Saad McInerney Scoring Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza 1 (Gerso 1) 22’ SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 3) 35’ LA - Dave Romney 1 (Unassisted) 77’ Misconduct Summary: LA - Jaime Villarreal (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 33’ LA - Nathan Smith (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’ LA - Jelle Van Damme (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 10 (5) 4 12 4 2

LA 17 (5) 3 14 0 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) July 1, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,933 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees

Sporting KC (8-4-7, 31 pts.)

Portland Timbers (7-7-5, 26 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Ellis D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber (Medranda 80’) F Gerso (Salloi 35’) F Saad (Rubio 59’) F Blessing

1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1

Portland Timbers GK Gleeson D Powell (Valentin 76’) D Olum D Miller D Vytas M Nagbe M Zemanski M Asprilla (Mattocks 60’) M Valeri (C) M Blanco (Arboleda 92+) F Adi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Attinella (GK) Palmer-Brown Myers Storm Farfan Mustivar Ebobisse Scoring Summary: POR - Diego Valeri 10 (Sebastian Blanco 4) 26’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 3) 60’ Misconduct Summary: POR - Fanendo Adi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ SKC - Kevin Ellis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 7 (1) 2 14 1 0

POR 9 (3) 0 11 3 2

July 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,240 Weather: Sunny and 88 degrees

Sporting KC (8-4-8, 32 pts.)

Philadelphia Union (6-7-5, 23 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber (C) M Medranda F Blessing F Rubio (Gerso 80’) F Salloi

1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1

Philadelphia Union GK McCarthy D Gaddis D Elliott D Onyewu D Wijnaldum M Jones M Medunjanin (C) M Pontius (Epps 61’) M Ilsinho (Alberg 61’) M Picault (Simpson 92+) F Sapong

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) McGuire (GK) Ellis Rosenberry Pasher Yaro Mustivar Carroll Porter Saad Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 49’ PHI - Roland Alberg 4 (Penalty Kick) 69’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Saad Abdul Salaam (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ PHI - Haris Medunjanin (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 19 (8) 1 9 1 14

12

PHI 7 (2) 6 12 2 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES June 14, 2017: Sporting KC 4-0 Minnesota United FC U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,260 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 2 2 4 0 0 0

Sporting KC Minnesota United FC Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara (Ellis 88’) D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Feilhaber 74’) F Gerso (Blessing 78’) F Dwyer F Salloi

Minnesota United FC GK McLain D Venegas D Greenspan (Burch 67’) D Kallman (C) D Davis D Jome (Thiesson 75’) M Warner M Martin M Schuller (Ibson 46’) F Danladi F Kadrii

June 28, 2017: Houston Dynamo 0-2 Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 6,095 Weather: Sunny and 83 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo GK Melia GK Willis D Abdul-Salaam (Palmer-Brown 74’) D Garcia D Opara D Anibaba D Ellis D Hunter D Sinovic D Remick M Ilie M Ward M Espinoza (C) M Bird (Holland 81’) M Medranda M Wenger (Garcia 62’) F Gerso (Belmar 94+) M Alex (Luna 68’) F Porter (Mustivar 54’) M Rodriguez F Blessing F Sanches (C)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK) Abdul-Salaam Cronin Porter Ibarra Ramirez

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Brown (GK) Maher Greene Hernandez Escalante James

Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 43’ SKC - Gerso 1 (Unassisted) 46+ SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Gerso 1) 72’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 83’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Kevin Ellis 1, Ilie 1) 61’ SKC - Gerso 2 (Latif Blessing 1) 91+

Misconduct Summary: MIN - Justin Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 19 (8) 0 13 1 4

MIN 5 (0) 4 18 3 3

Misconduct Summary: HOU - Eric Bird (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ HOU - Andrew Wenger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ HOU - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Simulation) 64’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (7) 2 13 5 7

13

HOU 10 (2) 5 21 1 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes DATE

March 4 March 11 March 18 March 31 April 9 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 3 May 7 May 13 May 17 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 6 1July 22 July 29 Aug. 6 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Aug. 26 Sept. 6 Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 15 Oct. 22

SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

OPPONENT

at D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes at Toronto FC vs. Colorado Rapids at Portland Timbers at FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake vs. New York Red Bulls at Minnesota United FC at Orlando City SC vs. Seattle Sounders FC at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact at San Jose Earthquakes at LA Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers vs. Philadelphia Union at Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago Fire vs. Atlanta United FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo at New York City FC at Columbus Crew SC vs. New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Minnesota United FC vs. Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake

RESULT T T W T W W L W W L T W L L W T T W T T

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

ATTEND. 18,268 19,117 19,282 27,909 19,249 21,144 15,411 18,648 18,965 17,709 25,527 20,139 21,020 17,648 20,361 20,334 18,000 20,140 20,933 19,240

RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3 3-0-3 3-1-3 4-1-3 5-1-3 5-2-3 5-2-4 6-2-4 6-3-4 6-4-4 7-4-4 7-4-5 7-4-6 8-4-6 8-4-7 8-4-8

T-6 6 5 T-4 T-3 2 4 T-2 T-1 T-1 T-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 2 5 6 9 12 12 15 18 18 19 22 22 22 25 26 27 30 31 32

--Feilhaber, Own Goal -Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer Dwyer -Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso Dwyer (2) -Blessing (2) Gerso (3) --Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam Gerso -Espinoza, Opara Salloi Rubio

SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON STATS

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (8-4-8, 32 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF JULY 6, 2017 UNF POS PLAYER 7 F Gerso Fernandes 14 F Dom Dwyer 10 M Benny Feilhaber 9 F Latif Blessing 3 D Ike Opara 27 M Roger Espinoza 94 F Jimmy Medranda 30 F Daniel Salloi 15 D Seth Sinovic 17 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 11 F Diego Rubio 5 D Matt Besler 8 D Graham Zusi 93 M Soni Mustivar 22 F Soony Saad 6 M Ilie Sanchez 4 D Kevin Ellis 40 D Igor Juliao 29 GK Tim Melia 2 D Erik Palmer-Brown 77 M Tyler Pasher 39 F Cameron Porter 55 D Amer Didic 21 GK Andrew Dykstra 24 F Cameron Iwasa 23 D Colton Storm 1 GK Adrian Zendejas

Own-goals received

Team totals

Opponent totals

GP 20 15 18 12 18 18 20 10 20 6 3 17 16 13 10 20 4 1

20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

20 20

GS MIN 19 1639 14 1271 17 1494 8 679 18 1620 18 1597 15 1324 1 220 20 1799 4 362 1 125 17 1530 15 1395 1 197 5 386 20 1800 4 360 1 45 20 1800 1 90 1 45 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

20 1800 20 1800

G 6 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 14

A 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 47 45 32 19 12 26 36 10 9 3 3 4 18 0 13 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 22 22 10 9 4 4 8 3 2 2 1 1 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 27 35 21 16 8 30 8 4 9 7 4 15 9 6 6 9 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 30 37 28 17 7 24 16 3 12 2 4 8 9 3 8 25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 4 10 0 8 1 2 3 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

CK 5 2 74 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 3 5 3 2 2 6 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

E 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

20 16

292 183

99 76

222 253

253 222

38 43

108 69

37 43

1 1

PA 5 5 0

W 8 8 4

L 4 4 8

T 8 8 8

SO 9 9 8

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Roger Espinoza 2, Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 20 20 20

GS 20 20 20

MIN 1800 1800 1800

SH 76 76 99

SV 60 60 74

14

GA 14 14 24

GAA 0.70 0.70 1.20

PG 2 2 0

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes

Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.

Peter Vermes is in his ninth season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2017. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 138 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won three major trophies – the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to six straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 111 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank eighth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions. He has coached 316 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.

He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.

Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, the Swope Park Rangers (USL) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.

On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.

Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic

Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored a sensational goal against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.

Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States.

A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.

For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.

After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.

Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Year

In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.

PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total

2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 8-4-8 --- TOTAL 111-86-69 5-5-3

--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 2-0-0 16-5-2

--- --- --- --- 2-0-2 3-2-1 --- 1-2-1 --- 6-4-4

3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 10-4-8 138-100-78

Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty enters his first season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as Sporting KC’s USL affiliate - the Swope Park Rangers - goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016.

A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, going on to make one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season.

Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel Mateus Manoel is in his eighth season with Sporting KC as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery.

Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.

In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia.

Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.

15

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | D | SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM | @Saad_Abdul SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

58

40

3813

1

7

MLS Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

7

3

379

0

1

International

2

2

180

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

69

47

4582

0

8

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 1, 8 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Fouls Committed 5, May 21, 2016, KC vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2015, KC at POR Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assist Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA 2017 Record when: he starts 1-0-3 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)

Sporting KC selected defender Saad Abdul-Salaam with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-14), recording three MLS SuperDraft. The right back played 28 matches across all competitions during his goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He helped Akron win MAC regular season titles rookie season, including 22 regular season appearances, all five games in the Lamar in each of his three seasons and earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014.

Hunt U.S. Open Cup and one start in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He recorded six assists in 30 MLS appearances in 2016 and once again started in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He scored his first career goal in a 3-0 win over Minnesota United FC on June 3, 2017.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

58

40

3813

1

7

23

8

52

37

5

0

3

0

0

1

KC - Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

0

0

5

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

60

42

4023

1

7

23

8

57

39

5

0

4

0

0

1

#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

217

211

19022

3

14

MLS Postseason

13

13

1260

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

17

15

1384

0

1

International

10

10

885

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

257

249

22551

3

15

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season...

Appearance June 24, 2017, KC at LA Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist June 24, 2017, KC at LA 2017 Record when: he starts 8-4-5 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his ninth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame.

Besler has earned 38 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Besler ranks fourth in Sporting KC history with 257 appearances across all competitions. Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 224 of 230 MLS matches (including the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015).

Kansas City.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

217

211

19022

3

14

41

9

192

103

7

1

28

2

2

7

KC - Postseason

13

13

1260

0

0

2

0

14

10

2

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

230

224

20282

3

14

43

9

207

113

9

1

28

2

2

7

16

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #9 | F | LATIF BLESSING | @latif_blessing SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

12

8

679

2

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

2

1

102

0

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

14

9

781

2

1

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 13, 2017, KC at ORL Assists 0 Shots on Goal 3, July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 3, 4 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Fouls Committed 6, May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 4, March 11, 2017, KC vs. FCD Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal May 13, 2017, KC at ORL Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 2-2-4 he scores 0-0-1

Height: 5-3 Weight: 130 Birthday: 12/30/1996 Hometown: Accra, Ghana Last Club: Liberty Professionals FC (Ghana) Acquired: Signed on 1/9/2017 Sporting Kansas City acquired 20-year-old winger Latif Blessing in a transfer from Liberty Professionals FC of the Ghana Premier League in early 2017. Blessing scored two goals on his first start for the club in a 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC on May 13, 2017.

Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Blessing was named the 2016 Ghana Premier League player of the year after leading the top flight with 17 goals in his first season on the senior team. He was also a finalist for the 2016 Ghanaian FA Cup most valuable player award, helping Liberty Professionals reach the semifinals of the knockout competition.

Blessing, a product of the Liberty Professionals youth academy, debuted for the first team on Feb. 28, 2016 and opened his scoring account with a game-winning goal against Inter Allies one week later. He caught fire during the month of April with five goals over a three-game span, including a brace in a 5-1 victory over defending league champions Ashanti Gold.

Blessing received his first call-up to the Ghana Men’s National Team in December 2016 as a member of the Black Stars’ 30-man provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not selected to the final roster.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

12

8

679

2

0

19

9

15

18

8

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

12

8

679

2

0

19

9

15

18

8

0

2

0

0

0

#55 | D | AMER DIDIC | @amerdidic_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

3

3

270

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

3

3

270

0

0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 5/31/2017

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 Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 12/28/1994

Sporting Kansas City signed central defender Amer Didic from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, on May 31, 2017. Didic had previously made three appearances for Sporting KC in the CONCACAF Champions League during the 2016 campaign after joining on loan from the Rangers.

Didic was born in Zenica, Bosnia, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta after his parents fled the war-torn Eastern European nation when Didic was a child. He made 32 appearances for the Rangers in their inaugural season in 2016, helping guide the side to the Western Conference championship before falling to defeat in the USL Cup Final against New York Red Bulls II.

he scores 0-0-0

Didic was named to the USL Team of the Week a league-high six times throughout the year before earning a spot on the USL All-League First Team, while also being named a finalist for USL Defender of the Year. In addition, he was named Swope Park Rangers defensive player of the year. Collegiately, Didic played at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, making 84 appearances and scoring 28 goals from central defense.

Didic represented Canada’s Under-23 National Team for the first time in March 2017 when he took part in a mini-tournament in Qatar, playing the full 90 minutes in two games against Uzbekistan and Qatar without conceding a goal as Canada won the tournament with 1-0 and 2-0 wins, respectively.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular 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

17

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #14 | F | DOM DWYER | @Ddwyer14 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

128

111

10042

57

9

MLS Postseason

9

6

582

2

0

U.S. Open Cup

11

10

900

6

1

International

9

2

314

2

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

157

129

11838

67

10

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 10 times, last: May 3, 2017, KC vs. NY Assists 1, 9 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Shots 9, Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Fouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 3, 2017, KC vs. NY Fouls Suffered 9, April 19, 2014, KC vs. MTL Last Regular Season...

Appearance June 24, 2017, KC at LA Goal May 3, 2017, KC vs. NY Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 7-2-5 he scores 4-0-0

Height: 5-9 Weight: 180 Birthday: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: South Florida Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Dom Dwyer has scored 67 goals for Sporting KC in all competitions, second most in team Open Cup Golden Boot honors with five goals in the tournament, including a single-game history, since being taken in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft (16th overall). He set a singleclub record four goals against FC Dallas in the Round of 16. season club record with 22 MLS goals in 2014 and has become the first player in Kansas City history to score at least 12 goals in three straight regular seasons.

Dwyer has one cap for the U.S. Men’s National Team after gaining his citizenship in March 2017. He scored on his debut in a friendly against Ghana on July 1, 2017. Dwyer A 2014 MLS All-Star, Dwyer has scored 89 goals in all competitions since the start of won national championships at Tyler Junior College in 2009 and 2010, earning national 2013, 67 for Sporting KC and 22 for former USL affiliate Orlando City SC, while he is tied junior college player of the year honors after scoring 37 times as a sophomore. He moved for first in club history with 13 game-winning goals. In 2015, he claimed Lamar Hunt U.S. to South Florida in 2011, netting 16 goals in 21 games.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

128

111

10042

57

9

401

161

240

272

108

4

26

1

13

4

KC - Postseason

9

6

582

2

0

24

9

20

18

8

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

137

117

10548

59

9

425

170

260

290

116

4

27

1

14

4

#21 | GK | ANDREW DYKSTRA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 3 times, last: March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Saves 8, May 15, 2010, CHI at KC (w/ CHI) Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Shutout April 12, 2014, DC at NY (w/ DC) 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Birthday: 1/2/1986 Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia College: Virginia Commonwealth University Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 after being selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft Dykstra joins Sporting KC having previously played for D.C. United from 2012-2016, where he served as a backup goalkeeper to Bill Hamid. He began his professional career with the Chicago Fire in 2009 and boasts seven years of MLS experience, appearing in 31 regular season matches with seven shutouts and an 11-11-8 record.

Undrafted out of college, Dykstra was signed to the Chicago Fire’s developmental roster in April 2009. He was signed to the senior roster two months later and became Chicago’s starting goalkeeper ahead of the 2010 campaign. He ended the year with a career-high 17 MLS appearances and five shutouts. Dykstra has previously spent time on loan in the USL with the Richmond Kickers and the Charleston Battery.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

31

31

2758

153

104

7

44

1.44

3

5

0

1

11

11

8

MLS - TOTAL

31

31

2758

153

104

7

44

1.44

3

5

0

10

11

11

8

18

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | KEVIN ELLIS | @Kev_Ellis4 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

67

57

5299

5

5

MLS Postseason

3

3

300

1

0

U.S. Open Cup

12

10

959

0

1

International

6

6

540

2

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

88

76

7101

8

6

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Shots 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 4, April 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Goal Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assist Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE 2017 Record when: he starts 0-2-2 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011 Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, Kevin Ellis set regular season career-highs with 27 games played and four goals in 2015, the most by any MLS defender that year. He added another goal in the MLS Cup Playoffs and finished 2015 with starts in 32 of 33 appearances across all competitions. On April 2, 2016 he became the first Sporting KC Homegrown Player to reach 50 career regular season appearances.

Now in his seventh MLS season, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing at Barton County Community College from 2009-10. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals against eventual champion Cruz Azul (Mexico).

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

67

57

5299

5

5

26

11

69

43

2

0

10

0

2

3

KC - Postseason

3

3

300

1

0

2

2

4

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

70

60

5599

6

5

28

13

73

45

2

0

11

0

2

3

#27 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

178

158

14010

5

23

MLS Postseason

8

7

545

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

15

13

1414

0

3

International

3

2

232

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

204

180

16201

5

26

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 23 times, last: July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Shots on Goal 2, 8 times, last: May 13, 2017, KC at ORL Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, May 1, 2016, KC vs. LA Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR 2017 Record when: he starts 7-4-7 he scores 1-0-0

Birthday: 10/25/1986

Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016, tallying a career-high five assists.

Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 204 appearances for the club in all

competitions, tallying five goals and 26 assists over seven seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City.

Espinoza has earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

178

158

14010

5

23

189

48

278

243

12

15

38

7

1

6

KC - Postseason

8

7

545

0

0

6

2

10

10

1

0

3

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

186

165

14555

5

23

195

50

288

253

13

15

41

7

1

6

19

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #10 | M | BENNY FEILHABER | @b_feilhaber22 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

138

127

11169

26

41

MLS Postseason

7

7

694

0

3

U.S. Open Cup

10

9

826

3

6

International

9

8

592

1

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

164

151

13281

29

54

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs. FCD Assists 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Shots 7, May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal April 29, 2017, KC vs. RSL Assist May 17, 2017, KC vs.SEA 2017 Record when: he starts 7-3-7 he scores 2-0-0

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution on 12/11/2012 A seven-year MLS veteran, Benny Feilhaber set professional career-highs in 2015 with 10 goals and 15 assists en route to an MLS MVP nomination. He was named MLS Player of the Month in April of that year, earned MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career and landed Sporting KC’s 2015 Most Valuable Player award after finishing with a club record 20 assists in all competitions.

Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with German club Hamburg after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish side AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. He

joined Sporting KC prior to the 2013 campaign and has made 164 appearances across all competitions for the club with 29 goals and 54 assists.

Feilhaber has earned 43 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup Final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He returned to the National Team after a three year absence in January 2017 under new head coach Bruce Arena.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

138

127

11169

26

41

205

64

168

266

4

257

24

1

7

12

MLS - Regular Season

190

174

15362

31

50

283

91

235

407

6

328

32

3

7

13

KC - Postseason

7

7

694

0

3

17

3

14

17

2

2

2

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

197

180

16056

31

53

300

94

249

424

8

330

34

3

7

14

#7 | F | GERSO FERNANDES | @ge7fe SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

20

19

1639

6

1

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

2

2

167

2

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

22

21

1806

8

2

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs.SEA Assists 1, June 24, 2017, KC at LA Shots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs.SEA Shots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs.SEA Fouls Committed 4, June 17, 2017, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL Assist June 24, 2017, KC at LA 2017 Record when: he starts 8-4-7 he scores 3-0-1

Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991 Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Last Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017 Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. He has spent each of the last five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses.

On May 17, 2017, Gerso scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick in seven years in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC before adding a goal and an assist in his first-ever U.S. Open Cup game against Minnesota United FC on June 14, 2017.

He started nine of 14 Primeira Liga appearances for Belenenses since August, recording four assists as well as the game-winning goal against Maritimo on Dec. 10, 2016. He also contributed one assist in three domestic cup matches, featuring in the 2016-17 Taça de Portugal and the 2016-17 Taça da Liga. Fernandes appeared more than 100 times for Estoril between 2011-2016. He helped clinch promotion to the Primera Liga in his first year with the club before facilitating Estoril’s transition to the top flight over the next two seasons, recording four assists in 43 Primera Liga appearances and playing six games in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

20

19

1639

6

1

47

22

26

29

4

5

3

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

19

19

1629

6

1

46

22

26

28

3

4

3

0

2

0

20

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #24 | F | CAMERON IWASA | @cam31iwasa SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

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 Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/7/1993 Hometown: Sacramento, California Last Club: Sacramento Republic FC (USL) Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 Cameron Iwasa was a 2016 USL All-League Second Team honoree, recording 12 goals and three assists in his second year with Sacramento Republic FC. Iwasa’s 12 goals set a regular-season club record and helped Sacramento finish first in the USL Western Conference standings.

Iwasa appeared in all 30 regular season matches for his hometown club in 2016, including a team-record 27 straight starts to end the campaign. His 59 shot attempts and 31 shots on goal were also single-season Sacramento records. Iwasa earned USL Team of the Week honors three times and was named USL Player of the Week in Week 13 after netting a brace in a 3-2 win over Rio Grande Valley FC on June 18.

he scores 0-0-0

The forward inked his first professional contract with Sacramento in 2015 and ended the season with one goal and one assist in 17 regular season appearances as a rookie.

Iwasa totaled 23 goals and 14 assists during a four-year collegiate career at UC Irvine. He was named a 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior after recording six goals, six assists and guiding UC Irvine to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular 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

#TBD | M | CRISTIAN LOBATO SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

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 Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 3/7/1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 6/29/2017 Cristian Lobato joins Sporting Kansas City after spending the last two seasons with Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013. He spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet..

Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and helped the club win a

he scores 0-0-0

Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B of the Segunda Division, scoring eight goals in 57 games.

In February 2014, Lobato made his top-flight debut for CA Osasuna and ended the 2013-14 La Liga campaign with 12 appearances. He then left Spain for the first time, helping Asteras Tripoli to a fourth-place finish in the 2014-15 Superleague Greece before returning to join Gimnastic de Tarragona in 2015.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular 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

21

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

61

45

3821

2

3

MLS Postseason

1

0

1

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

4

374

0

0

International

2

1

96

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

68

50

4292

2

3

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 3 times, last: April 15, 2017, KC at POR Shots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Shots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assist April 15, 2017, KC at POR 2017 Record when: he starts 7-2-6 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 68 games for the club across all competitions, including a career-high 32 appearances and 25 starts in 2016.

Medranda has scored two goals and added three assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

61

45

3821

2

3

87

17

59

41

4

7

9

1

1

2

KC - Postseason

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

62

45

3822

2

3

87

17

59

41

4

7

9

1

1

2

#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

70

70

6300

0

0

MLS Postseason

2

2

174

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

7

7

660

0

0

International

1

1

90

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

80

80

7224

0

0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJ Saves 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shutout June 17, 2017, KC at SJ 2017 Record when: he starts 8-4-8

Birthday: 5/15/1986

Tim Melia solidified his position as starting goalkeeper in 2016 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Now in his sixth MLS season after previously serving as a back-up goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake (2010-11) and Chivas USA (2012-14), Melia ended 2016 with eight clean sheets and a 1.11 goals against average in the regular season as Sporting KC made its sixth straight playoff appearance.

During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.

After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New In 2016, Melia became the first goalkeeper in club history to record at least five saves, York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL one penalty stop and a shutout win in the same match against the New York Red Bulls on First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of April 9 before performing the feat again in the 2017 season opener against D.C. United.

2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

70

70

6300

280

204

25

72

1.03

7

11

6

0

29

23

17

MLS - Regular Season

76

75

6739

316

226

25

86

1.15

8

12

6

1

30

27

18

KC - Postseason

2

2

174

5

2

0

2

1.03

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

78

77

6913

321

228

25

88

1.15

8

12

6

1

30

28

18

22

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #93 | M | SONI MUSTIVAR | @billydougie SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

63

45

4130

0

3

MLS Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

8

7

640

1

0

International

2

2

154

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

75

56

5134

1

3

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs. VAN Shots on Goal 1, Oct. 21, 2015, KC vs. COL Shots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: May 11, 2016, KC at COL Last Regular Season...

Appearance June 24, 2017, KC at LA Goal N/A Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 2/12/1990

Soni Mustivar is entering his third season with Sporting KC having set career-highs in starts (24) and minutes played (2095) in 2016. In his first season at Sporting KC, Mustivar earned Co-Defender of the Year honors after producing a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions and led MLS during the regular season with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played.

Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 from 2008-10. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played three seasons in

Romania’s Liga I, recording 61 league appearances in addition to eight games in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2013 Romanian Cup Final.

Mustivar has earned 12 caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team since debuting in 2013.

This year he has helped Haiti book a spot in the Copa America Centenario and featured in a pair of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He was a youth international for France at the U-20 level and holds dual citizenship in both France and Haiti. He joined Haiti for the Copa America Centenario but did not appear in a game.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

63

45

4130

0

3

11

1

67

41

0

0

8

1

0

1

KC - Postseason

2

2

210

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

65

47

4340

0

3

11

1

69

44

0

0

8

1

0

1

#3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

70

57

5255

8

3

MLS Postseason

3

0

16

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

4

388

2

0

International

7

7

630

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

84

68

6289

11

3

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, April 13, 2016, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ 2017 Record when: he starts 8-2-8 he scores 2-0-0

Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Eighth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his fifth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (25), starts (15) and assists (3) in 2016. He enjoyed a sensational first month of the 2015 campaign, scoring two goals, leading MLS in interceptions and earning an MLS Player of the Month nomination, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year, and has featured regularly along the back line since then.

Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014. Opara represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

70

57

5255

8

3

51

21

65

28

3

0

9

1

5

2

MLS - Regular Season

105

79

7407

11

3

72

28

94

45

8

1

11

1

6

2

KC - Postseason

3

0

16

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

4

0

94

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

109

79

7501

11

3

73

28

95

47

8

1

11

1

6

2

23

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #2 | D | ERIK PALMER-BROWN | @ErikBrown14 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

11

7

701

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

3

2

196

0

0

International

1

1

60

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

15

10

957

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 1, 4 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Birthday: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Last Club: FC Porto (Portugal) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 8/2/2013 Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown is the youngest signing in club history. A native of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Palmer-Brown is considered one of the top youth prospects for his age in the country. He was named captain of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team in 2017 and led the side to a quarterfinal appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He previously represented the U.S. U-20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting the third and final group stage match.

Palmer-Brown made his debut and first MLS start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF

Champions League). He added seven more competitive appearances in 2015, including four starts. He made his first start since late 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Palmer-Brown has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels and captained the U-20s at the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in September 2015. Most recently, Palmer-Brown captained the U.S. U-20s in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, guiding the side to a quarterfinal appearance.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

11

7

701

0

0

2

0

7

4

1

0

4

1

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

11

7

701

0

0

2

0

7

4

7

0

4

1

0

0

#77 | D | TYLER PASHER | @typash SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

1

1

45

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

1

1

90

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

2

2

135

0

0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Hometown: Elmira, Ontario Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season...

Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 4/27/1994

Canadian midfielder Tyler Pasher signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after starring for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He made his MLS debut for Sporting KC at Vancouver on May 20, 2017.

Pasher had previously played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL and Lansing United of the NPSL. Raised in the Newcastle United Academy in England, Pasher returned to Canada and joined the Toronto FC Academy in 2010 before turning pro and signing with PS Kemi in Finland three years later.

The 22-year-old joined the Rangers in March 2016 after a successful preseason spell and played a leading role throughout the season. He started 26 of 28 USL appearances with Pasher has previously represented the Canadian National Team at the Under-17 and five goals and four assists (including playoffs), tallying three of his assists in the playoffs Under-20 levels, while he was called into the Canadian senior team to train ahead of a as the Rangers were crowned USL Western Conference champions and advanced to the pair of friendlies in March 2015.

USL Cup Final.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1

1

45

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

45

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

24

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes # 39 | F | CAMERON PORTER | @Cam39Porter SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

3

0

53

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

1

1

54

0

0

International

4

3

234

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

8

4

341

1

0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Hometown: Centerville, OH College: Princeton Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Signed on 7/12/2016

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 2, March 7, 2015, MTL at DC (w/ MTL) Last Regular Season...

Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 5/23/1993

Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old forward Cameron Porter from the Montreal Impact on July 12, 2016. Montreal selected Porter with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He played five matches during his rookie campaign, including three games in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage.

Porter scored one of Montreal’s most important goals in club history on March 4, 2015, netting a 94th-minute equalizer against Mexican side CF Pachuca in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. His first professional tally, scored before a crowd of 38,104 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, sent the Impact to the semifinals and allowed the

club to eventually finish runners-up in the tournament. Porter suffered an ACL tear to his left knee two weeks later and missed the remainder of the 2015 season. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC on July 24, then scored his first goal for the club in the CONCACAF Champions League on Oct. 19, a 3-1 win over Central FC. Porter played collegiately at Princeton University from 2011-2014, recording 31 goals and 13 assists in 67 appearances. The college star led the NCAA with 15 goals during his final college season.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

3

0

53

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

5

1

92

0

0

2

0

0

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

#11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

18

4

455

2

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

2

1

86

1

1

International

3

3

270

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

23

8

811

4

1

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 4, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Fouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe. The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season.

A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September. Rubio tore his ACL in October 2016 and made his return to the field on June 17, 2017 in a 0-0 road draw with San Jose before scoring his first goal since returning in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-1

Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals.

Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

18

4

455

2

0

16

3

17

17

5

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

18

4

455

2

0

16

3

17

17

5

0

2

0

0

0

25

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #22 | F | SOONY SAAD | @SoonySaad SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

68

31

2988

8

7

MLS Postseason

4

0

47

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

4

375

4

1

International

4

4

376

2

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

81

39

3786

14

8

Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan Last Club: Pattaya United (Thailand) Acquired: Signed on 1/30/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs. TOR Assists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs. NE Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs. CLB Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Goal Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Assist April 29, 2017, KC vs. RSL 2017 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 8/17/1992

Saad rejoins Sporting KC from Pattaya United of Thailand’s first division, where he scored Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, scoring two pivotal goals in a 3-2 third-round victory over nine goals across 28 Thai League appearances in 2016. He has also recorded three Orlando City. goals for the Lebanon Men’s National Team since making his senior international debut in 2013.

Saad enjoyed a breakout year in 2013, reaching MLS career-highs with four goals, four assists and 23 games played. He also notched a brace in a 2-0 CONCACAF Champions During his first stint with Sporting KC, Saad tallied 14 goals and seven assists in 71 League win at Honduran side Olimpia and appeared in two playoff games during Sporting appearances across all competitions. He was signed by MLS and allocated to Sporting KC’s run to the 2013 MLS Cup championship. In 2014, Saad scored five goals across all KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. The following month, he scored nine minutes into his competitions and helped the club advance to the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fourth straight MLS debut on his 19th birthday to become the youngest goal scorer in club history. In year. Thai outfit BEC Tero Sasana signed Saad ahead of the 2015 season and loaned 2012, Saad played nine MLS matches and helped Sporting Kansas City capture the him to Pattaya United last year.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

68

31

2988

8

7

111

34

44

59

3

27

2

0

2

2

KC - Postseason

4

0

47

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

72

31

3035

8

7

111

34

47

59

3

27

2

0

2

2

#30 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

10

1

220

1

1

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

1

1

90

1

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

11

2

310

2

1

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Assists 1, July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots on Goal 2,July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 4, July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Fouls Committed 2, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Assist July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is the third Homegrown Player on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Kevin Ellis (2011) and Erik Palmer-Brown (2013). He scored on his first start for Sporting KC - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first career MLS goal against Portland on July 1.

In June 2016, he was loaned to Hungarian club Gyirmot SE for the remainder of the year.

Prior to his loan to Gyirmot, Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. The forward scored four goals and added three assists in six

starts for the team. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season and scored a team-high 21 goals in 28 appearances, including three hat-tricks in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.

After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

10

1

220

1

1

10

3

4

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

10

1

220

1

1

10

3

4

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

26

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

20

20

1800

0

1

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

2

2

180

0

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

22

22

1980

0

2

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Shots 2, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: March 31, 2017, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 4, March 4, 2017, KC at DC Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal N/A Assist June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL 2016 Record when: he starts 8-4-8 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 11/21/1990

Sánchez, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season.

After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.

Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier.

Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

20

20

1800

0

1

11

1

10

26

0

8

3

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

20

20

1800

0

1

11

1

10

26

0

8

3

0

0

0

#15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 8 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 2, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Shots 3, 3 times, last: May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA

SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

153

148

13119

1

8

MLS Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

U.S. Open Cup

12

12

1078

0

2

International

11

10

937

1

2

ALL COMPETITIONS

188

182

16268

4

12

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011

Last Regular Season...

Appearance July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 8-4-8 he scores 1-0-0

Birthday: 1/28/1987

An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 182 of 188 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.

A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

153

148

13119

1

8

76

20

167

98

8

0

26

0

0

4

MLS - Regular Season

173

166

14699

1

8

83

21

180

108

8

0

29

0

0

4

KC - Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

5

3

18

12

0

0

2

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

185

178

15833

3

8

88

24

198

120

8

0

31

0

2

4

27

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

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 Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania College: University of North Carolina Acquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017 Rookie defender Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm, a right back, tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the University of North Carolina.He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh final four in program history.

he scores 0-0-0

Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle FC in his hometown.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular 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

#1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 8/30/1995

Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign.

Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average.

Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final.

The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015. His youth career includes a stint at Nomads SC in San Diego, California while he also played for Hilltop High School in Chula Vista.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

28

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

210

170

15721

26

51

MLS Postseason

13

13

1259

0

6

U.S. Open Cup

13

11

1058

3

4

International

8

8

690

0

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

244

202

18728

29

64

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 5 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs. FCD Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season...

Appearance June 24, 2017, KC at LA Goal Oct. 23, 2016, KC vs. SJ Assist May 17, 2017, KC vs.SEA 2017 Record when: he starts 7-3-5 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

A nine-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15), Benny Feilhaber’s goal against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition assists and moved into a tie for first place in club history with 23 game-winning assists. to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014.

Zusi has earned 49 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and six assists. He played four matches at the 2014 Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 29 goals FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He and 64 assists in 244 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a drafted in 2008 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the championships. He is second in club history with 64 total assists, while his 410 chances U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist on Rica.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

210

170

15721

26

51

307

99

174

250

28

660

17

0

8

23

KC - Postseason

13

13

1259

0

6

24

1

20

23

1

61

1

0

0

3

MLS - TOTAL

223

183

16980

26

57

331

100

194

273

29

721

18

0

8

26

29

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 11, 2017 vs. FC Dallas | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 PARTICIPATION CHART

PLAYER Abdul-Salaam Besler Blessing Didic Dwyer Dykstra Ellis Espinoza Feilhaber Gerso Iwasa Juliao Lobato Medranda Melia Mustivar Opara Palmer-Brown Pasher Porter Rubio Saad Salloi Ilie Sinovic Storm Zendejas Zusi

3/4 3/11 3/18 3/31 4/9 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/3 5/7 5/13 5/17 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/10 6/17 @DC FCD SJ @TOR COL @POR @FCD RSL NY @MIN @ORL SEA @VAN @COL MIN MTL @SJ DNP UNAV INJ DNP DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP UNAV UNAV SUB-1 DNP DNP DNP RB-90 RB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL CB-90 DNP SUB-23 DNP SUB-7 DNP DNP SUB-6 DNP DNP DNP CF-82 SUB-7 CF-69 CF-90 LW-75 INJ LW-69 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP DNP SPR CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-89 CF-89 CF-90 SUS CF-90 INJ INJ SUB-28 CF-90 CF-76 UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CB-90 DNP DNP CB-90 INJ INJ CB-90 DNP CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 CM-90 CM-70 CM-89 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUS CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-85 INJ INJ CM-83 CM-72 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUB-34 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 LW-90 LW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-84 RW-90 RW-90 RW-77 RW-90 RW-83 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 INJ INJ INJ UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP RB-45 UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP UNAV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW-90 RW-67 LW-78 CM-65 CM-74 LW-90 LW-81 LW-79 LW-89 SUB-30 LW-86 LW-79 SUB-45 LW-74 CM-67 LW-80 SUB-21 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 DNP DNP SUB-5 SUB-25 SUB-16 SUB-7 SUB-18 SUB-20 SUB-1 DNP SUB-4 SUB-11 CM-56 DNP SUB-23 SUB-10 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL INJ INJ SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INTL INTL INTL INTL INTL INJ INJ UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR LW-45 SPR SPR INTL SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP SUB-21 DNP DNP DNP UNAV INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ DNP SUB-14 DNP DNP SUB-12 LW-83 LW-83 DNP DNP SUB-1 SUB-1 LW-60 SUB-8 INJ UNAV SUB-16 CF-62 INTL UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-7 DNP SUB-9 SUB-11 SUB-1 SUB-13 DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP SUB-15 DNP DNP CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-89 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INJ SPR SPR DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR INJ SPR SPR RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 SUB-45 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 INTL INTL RB-90

6/24 7/1 7/6 7/22 7/29 8/6 8/12 8/19 8/26 9/6 9/10 9/16 9/24 9/30 10/7 10/15 10/22 PLAYER @LA POR PHI @RSL CHI ATL @SEA FCD @HOU @NYC @CLB NE LA VAN @MIN HOU @RSL Abdul-Salaam DNP RB-90 RB-90 Besler CB-90 INTL INTL Blessing LW-72 LW-90 RW-90 Didic UNAV SPR SPR Dwyer CF-89 INTL INTL Dykstra DNP DNP DNP Ellis DNP CB-90 DNP Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 SUS Feilhaber CM-61 CM-80 CM-90 Gerso RW-90 RW-35 SUB-10 Iwasa SPR SPR SPR Juliao UNAV -- -- Lobato -- UNAV UNAV Medranda SUB-29 SUB-10 CM-90 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Mustivar SUB-1 DNP DNP Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Palmer-Brown INJ DNP CB-90 Pasher SPR SPR DNP Porter UNAV UNAV DNP Rubio SPR SUB-31 CF-80 Saad DNP CF-59 DNP Salloi SUB-18 SUB-55 LW-90 Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Sinovic LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 Storm SPR DNP SPR Zendejas SPR SPR SPR Zusi RB-90 INTL INTL KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played

DNP - Unused Substitute UNAV - Unavailable For Selection

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INJ - Injured SUS - Suspended

SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL) INTL - International Duty