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2021 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Sunday, February 27, 2022 Kickoff: 2:00 p.m. CT Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) MLS Regular Season Game 1 Sporting Kansas City (2021) 17-10-7, 58 points (9-3-5 home; 8-7-2 away) 3rd in MLS Western Conference Atlanta United FC (2021) 13-9-12, 51 points (9-3-5 home; 4-6-7 away) 5th in MLS Eastern Conference
17-10-7 (58 pts.) 1.71 34 3rd in West 58 1.71 53 40 1.18 +18 469 (173) 36.9% 347 422 50 2
English TV: FS1 English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Ted Unkel Jeremy Kieso Adam Wienckowski Pierre-Luc Lauziere Jose Carlos Rivero
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 27 28 29 32 48 54
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD DEF DEF MID DEF FWD FWD MID GK DEF FWD FWD MID GK MID DEF MID
Name John Pulskamp Ben Sweat Andreu Fontas Robert Voloder Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Uri Rosell Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gadi Kinda Khiry Shelton Kortne Ford Roger Espinoza Jake Davis Logan Ndenbe Nikola Vujnovic Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Marinos Tzionis Cam Duke Tim Melia Jose Mauri Kaveh Rad Remi Walter
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ATLANTA UNITED FC
RECORD POINTS PER GAME 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
13-9-12 (51 pts.) 1.50 34 5th in East 45 1.32 39 37 1.09 +8 455 (156) 34.3% 388 529 66 3
2021 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY Daniel Salloi Three Players Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Gadi Kinda Roger Espinoza Espinoza, Walter
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16 GOALS 8 ASSISTS 86 SHOTS 38 SHOTS ON GOAL 5 GAME-WINNING GOALS 4 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 48 FOULS COMMITTED 57 FOULS SUFFERED 7 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 2520 Tim Melia 1.18 Tim Melia 14 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia 67
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ATLANTA UNITED FC
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
12 8 79 30 4 3 43 104 8 1
Josef Martinez Ezequiel Barco Marcelino Moreno Marcelino Moreno Josef Martinez Ezequiel Barco Santiago Sosa Marcelino Moreno Santiago Sosa Three Players
2610 1.00 13 10 98
Brad Guzan Brad Guzan Brad Guzan Brad Guzan Brad Guzan
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON
2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
Eastern Conference Pts 1. New England Revolution - s 73 2. Philadelphia Union - x 54 3. Nashville SC - x 54 4. New York City FC - x 51 5. Atlanta United FC - x 51 6. Orlando City SC - x 51 7. New York Red Bulls - x 48 8. D.C. United - e 47 9. Columbus Crew - e 47 10. CF Montreal - e 46 11. Inter Miami CF - e 41 12. Chicago Fire FC - e 34 13. Toronto FC - e 28 14. FC Cincinnati - e 20
W 22 14 12 14 13 13 13 14 13 12 12 9 6 4
L 5 8 4 11 9 9 12 15 13 12 17 18 18 22
T 7 12 18 9 12 12 9 5 8 10 5 7 10 8
GD +24 +13 +22 +20 +8 +2 +6 +2 +1 +2 -17 -18 -27 -37
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
Western Conference Pts 1. Colorado Rapids - y 61 2. Seattle Sounders FC - x 60 3. Sporting Kansas City - x 58 4. Portland Timbers - x 55 5. Minnesota United FC - x 49 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC - x 49 7. Real Salt Lake - x 48 8. LA Galaxy - e 48 9. Los Angeles FC - e 45 10. San Jose Earthquakes - e 41 11. FC Dallas - e 33 12. Austin FC - e 31 13. Houston Dynamo FC - e 30
W 17 17 17 17 13 12 14 13 12 10 7 9 6
L 7 8 10 13 11 9 14 12 13 13 15 21 16
T 10 9 7 4 10 13 6 9 9 11 12 4 12
GD +16 +20 +18 +4 -2 0 +1 -4 +2 -8 -9 -21 -18
GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
PETER VERMES 14th season 172-131-100 14th season (.551) 172-131-100 (.551)
GONZALO PINEDA
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
2nd season 7-3-3 (.654) 2nd season 7-3-3 (.654)
PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Wednesday, February 23 QUESTIONABLE • None OUT • MID - Gadi Kinda (Knee Surgery) • FWD - Alan Pulido (Knee Surgery) • FWD - Nikola Vujnovic (Pending Immigration) Health & Safety Protocols A player may be listed as “Questionable” or “Out” due to Health and Safety Protocols for the following reasons: Quarantine due to participating in high risk behavior. Quarantine related to being a high risk close contact. Pending COVID-19 test results. An inconclusive COVID-19 test result. A positive COVID-19 test or a confirmed case of COVID-19. Other illness not related to COVID-19.
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