TORONTO FC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (August 8, BMO Field, 4 p.m. ET; TSN) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2015 SEASON RECORDS Toronto FC at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 21 9-8-4 31 36 35 8 5-2-1 16 14 8
Sporting on road
20 9-4-7 34 30 21 9 2-4-3 9 11 14
ROSTERS TORONTO FC 1 Chris Konopka (GK) 2 Justin Morrow (DF) 3 Warren Creavalle (MF) 4 Michael Bradley (MF) 5 Ashtone Morgan (DF) 6 Nick Hagglund (DF) 8 Benoit Cheyrou (MF) 10 Sebastian Giovinco (FW) 11 Jackson (MF) 12 Joseph Bendik (GK) 14 Jay Chapman (MF) 15 Eriq Zavaleta (DF) 17 Jozy Altidore (FW) 18 Marky Delgado (MF) 19 Daniel Lovitz (MF) 20 Christopher Mannella (MF) 21 Jonathan Osorio (MF) 22 Jordan Hamilton (FW) 23 Josh Williams (DF) 24 Damien Perquis (DF) 25 Alex Bono (GK) 26 Collen Warner (MF) 27 Luke Moore (FW) 28 Mark Bloom (DF) 34 Manny Aparicio (MF) 38 Clément Simonin (DF) 40 Quillan Roberts (GK) 41 Ahmed Kantari (DF) 55 Robbie Findley (FW)
12 Bendik
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
2
ALL-TIME (21 meetings): Toronto FC 4 wins, 17 goals … Sporting 12 wins, 33 goals … Ties 5 AT TORONTO (10 meetings): Toronto FC 3 wins, 7 goals … Sporting 4 wins, 7 goals … Ties 3
15
24
Zavaleta
Perquis
19
Morrow
Lovitz
8
11
18
Cheyrou
Delgado
Jackson
3 Creavalle
LAST YEAR (MLS) 5/23: KC 2, TOR 2 (Dwyer 47, 84 – Moore 67; Orr 91+) 7/26: TOR 1, KC 2 (Jackson 16 – Zusi 48; Peterson 80) 8/16: KC 4, TOR 1 (Dwyer 18, 33; Saad 64; Sapong 77 – Gilberto 46+)
10
55
Giovinco
Findley
9
UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING TORONTO FC Sat. Aug. 15 Vancouver Sat. Aug. 15 at Red Bulls Wed. Aug. 19 San Jose Sat. Aug. 22 Orlando City SC Sat. Aug. 22 at Columbus Sat. Aug. 29 Montreal Sat. Aug. 29 at Colorado Sat. Sep. 5 at Seattle
Nemeth
22 Hallisey
8
20
10
Okugo
Feilhaber
Zusi
93 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING
TORONTO FC
F 36 53
A 35 54
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
F 30 60
A 21 86
13 7 10 0
14 1 5 1
15 5 3 0 3 0 3 1
11 0 3 1 1 0 4 1
6 19 5
4 15 2
Mustivar
13 Dia
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
20 8 6 1
TYPE OF PLAY
23 3 1 1 5 3 0 0
17 5 1 1 5 2 3 1
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
8 21 7
10 19 6
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
4
Besler
Ellis
7 Myers
29 Melia
HOW SCORED
27 6 3 0
5
REFEREE: Mark Geiger. AR1 (bench): Eric Boria; AR2 (opposite): Kathryn Nesbitt; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: TOR: Damian Perquis (through Aug. 9); Benoit Cheyrou (caution accumulation; through Aug. 9) … KC: Dom Dwyer (caution accumulation; through Aug. 9); Roger Espinoza (through Aug. 9) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): TOR: Nick Hagglund, Damian Perquis … KC: Kevin Ellis, Benny Feilhaber DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE TOR: Mark Bloom (season-ending injury) … KC: Ike Opara
SPORTING KC 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 20 Amobi Okugo (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) TOR KC
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 4-0-1 5-2-1 0-6-2 5-0-1 3-3-5 1-1-1
INTERNATIONAL DUTY
none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 6-0-0 3-8-3 7-0-3 2-4-1
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
TORONTO FC Date Score (Gms since) 8/05/2015 TOR 4, ORL 1 6/06/2015 TOR 2, DC 1 6/20/2015 TOR 0, NYC 2 8/01/2015 TOR 1, NE 3 7/25/2015 TOR 3, CLB 3 6/27/2015 TOR 0, DC 0 7/04/2015 TOR 0, LA 4
(0) (4) (4) (0) (2) (6) (5)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/18/2015 KC 2, MTL 1 7/12/2015 KC 1, VAN 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 7/24/2015 KC 1, RSL 2 8/01/2015 KC 1, HOU 1 7/12/2015 KC 1, VAN 0 5/23/2015 KC 0, SEA 0
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Toronto FC Sporting KC
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(1) (1) (11) (0) (0) (3) (8)
TEAM LEADERS TORONTO FC G: 16 Giovinco A: 10 Giovinco SHT: 122 Giovinco SOG: 52 Giovinco FC: 30 Warner FS: 55 Giovinco OF: 22 Giovinco C: 5 Perquis/Warner E: 1 3 players tied SPORTING G: 7 3 players tied A: 11 Feilhaber SHT: 60 Dwyer SOG: 21 Dwyer FC: 35 Dwyer FS: 53 Dwyer OF: 17 Dwyer C: 5 Dwyer E: 1 Besler
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG TOR 21 4 6 5 4 2 36 1.71 KC 20 3 11 2 1 3 30 1.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG TOR 21 4 7 4 4 2 35 1.67 KC 20 9 4 5 1 1 21 1.05 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOR 36 2 4 8 8 2 12 KC 30 4 5 6 6 4 5 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOR 35 6 8 7 6 4 4 KC 21 5 2 3 4 3 4