Sporting Kansas City 2021 Postseason Media Guide

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Table of Contents I. Sporting Kansas City 2021 Regular Season in Review

Editorial note: All contents updated as of 11/25/2021.

a. Sporting Kansas City 2021 Roster

pg. 3

b. Sporting Kansas City 2021 Schedule and Results

pg. 4

c. Sporting Kansas City 2021 MLS Award Contenders and Team Awards pg. 5

d. Sporting Kansas City in Top 5 of 2021 MLS Statistical Categories

pg. 6-8

e. Major League Soccer: 2021 Regular Season Standings II. Audi 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs Overview

pg. 8

a. Audi 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs Bracket and Schedule

pg. 9

b. Audi 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs Format and Policies

pg. 10

III. Sporting Kansas City Postseason History and Statistics

a. Sporting Kansas City All-Time Postseason Results

pg. 11

b. Sporting Kansas City Postseason History

pg. 12

c. Sporting Kansas City Postseason Leaders, Highs and Lows

pg. 13-14

d. Year-By-Year Postseason Stats for Sporting Kansas City Roster

pg. 15-17

e. All-Time Sporting Kansas City Postseason Player Statistics

pg. 18-19

f. All-Time Sporting Kansas City Postseason Box Scores

pg. 20-29

IV. Major League Soccer’s Audi 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs Guide a. Sporting Kansas City Addendum pg. 30-41

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 ROSTER (NUMERICAL) NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 31 32 36 46 48 54 96

PLAYER PRONUNCIATION POS. HT. John Pulskamp GK 6-4 Jaylin Lindsey DEF 5-11 Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo DEF 6-2 Roberto Puncec PUHN-chetz DEF 6-1 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN DEF 6-2 Ilie Sanchez ILL-ee-eh SAHN-chez MID 6-0 Johnny Russell FWD 5-9 Graham Zusi ZOO-see DEF 5-10 Alan Pulido AH-lahn poo-LEE-dough FWD 5-10 Khiry Shelton KY-ree FWD 6-3 Amadou Dia AH-mah-doo DEE-uh DEF 5-9 Roger Espinoza MID 5-10 Graham Smith DEF 6-3 Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah MID 5-8 Grayson Barber FWD 5-8 Daniel Salloi shallow-EE FWD 6-1 Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay MID 5-7 Kendall McIntosh GK 5-11 Tyler Freeman (loaned out) FWD 6-0 Kayden Pierre DEF 5-10 Ozzie Cisneros FWD 5-5 Cam Duke MID 5-6 Tim Melia MEE-lia GK 6-0 Brooks Thompson GK 6-4 Jose Mauri MAO-ree MID 5-6 Luis Martins lou-EESE mar-TEENS DEF 5-8 Jake Davis MID 5-10 Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD DEF 5-11 Remi Walter vault-AIR MID 5-8 Wilson Harris FWD 5-10

NO. 19 25 46 13 28 15 3 23 96 21 5 17 2 36 32 22 29 24 9 1 4 48 7 20 6 11 16 31 54 8

PLAYER PRONUNCIATION POS. HT. Grayson Barber FWD 5-8 Ozzie Cisneros FWD 5-5 Jake Davis MID 5-10 Amadou Dia AH-mah-doo DEE-uh DEF 5-9 Cam Duke MID 5-6 Roger Espinoza MID 5-10 Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo DEF 6-2 Tyler Freeman (loaned out) FWD 6-0 Wilson Harris FWD 5-10 Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay MID 5-7 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN DEF 6-2 Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah MID 5-8 Jaylin Lindsey DEF 5-11 Luis Martins lou-EESE mar-TEENS DEF 5-8 Jose Mauri MAO-ree MID 5-6 Kendall McIntosh GK 5-11 Tim Melia MEE-lia GK 6-0 Kayden Pierre DEF 5-10 Alan Pulido AH-lahn poo-LEE-dough FWD 5-10 John Pulskamp GK 6-4 Roberto Puncec PUHN-chetz DEF 6-1 Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD DEF 5-11 Johnny Russell FWD 5-9 Daniel Salloi shallow-EE FWD 6-1 Ilie Sanchez ILL-ee-eh SAHN-chez MID 6-0 Khiry Shelton KY-ree FWD 6-3 Graham Smith DEF 6-3 Brooks Thompson GK 6-4 Remi Walter vault-AIR MID 5-8 Graham Zusi ZOO-see DEF 5-10

WT. 215 180 200 175 180 170 175 155 175 185 155 185 190 145 170 160 145 185 165 140 130 135 205 185 145 165 150 165 170 175

BIRTHDATE (AGE) HOMETOWN 04/19/2001 (20) Bakersfield, CA 03/27/2000 (21) Charlotte, NC 11/14/1989 (32) Banyoles, Spain 10/27/1991 (30) Varazdin, Croatia 11/15/1991 (30) Meudon, France 11/21/1990 (31) Barcelona, Spain 04/08/1990 (31) Glasgow, Scotland 08/18/1986 (35) Longwood, FL 03/08/1991 (30) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 06/26/1993 (28) Leander, TX 06/08/1993 (28) Nantes, France 10/25/1986 (35) Aurora, CO 11/25/1995 (26) Highlands Ranch, CO 03/23/1994 (27) Ashdod, Israel 05/03/2000 (21) Elgin, SC 07/19/1996 (25) Budapest, Hungary 06/08/1998 (23) Nashville, TN 01/24/1994 (27) Santa Rosa, CA 01/09/2003 (18) Shawnee, KS 02/16/2003 (18) Bloomfield Hills, MI 03/13/2004 (17) Omaha, NE 02/13/2001 (20) Overland Park, KS 05/15/1986 (35) East Islip, NY 05/28/2002 (19) Floyds Knobs, IN 05/16/1996 (25) Realico, Argentina 06/10/1992 (29) Lamego, Portugal 01/03/2002 (19) Rochester, MI 06/13/2001 (20) Durham, NC 04/26/1995 (26) Essey-les-Nancy, France 11/28/1999 (21) Los Angeles, CA

LAST CLUB Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Sporting KC Academy Celta Vigo (Spain) HNK Rijeka (Croatia) Besiktas (Turkey) Elche CF (Spain) Derby County FC (England) Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) SC Paderborn 07 (Germany) Phoenix Rising FC (USL) Wigan Athletic (England) Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC II (USL Championship) New York Red Bulls (MLS) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Chivas USA (MLS) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Club Atletico Talleres (Argentina) G.D. Chaves (Portugal) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey) Sporting KC II (USL Championship)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 ROSTER (ALPHABETICAL) WT. 170 130 150 155 135 185 200 165 175 145 180 145 180 165 145 185 205 140 175 215 175 165 175 160 170 185 190 185 170 155

BIRTHDATE (AGE) BIRTHPLACE 05/03/2000 (21) Columbia, SC 03/13/2004 (17) Omaha, NE 01/03/2002 (19) Rochester, MI 06/08/1993 (28) Nantes, France 02/13/2001 (20) Overland Park, KS 10/25/1986 (35) Puerto Cortes, Honduras 11/14/1989 (32) Banyoles, Spain 01/09/2003 (18) Overland Park, KS 11/28/1999 (21) Los Angeles, CA 06/08/1998 (23) Ibague, Colombia 11/15/1991 (30) Meudon, France 03/23/1994 (27) Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 03/27/2000 (21) Charlotte, NC 06/10/1992 (29) Lamego, Portugal 05/16/1996 (25) Realico, Argentina 01/24/1994 (27) Oakland, CA 05/15/1986 (35) Great River, NY 02/16/2003 (18) Rochester Hills, MI 03/08/1991 (30) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 04/19/2001 (20) Bakersfield, CA 10/27/1991 (30) Varazdin, Croatia 06/13/2001 (20) Chapel Hill, NC 04/08/1990 (31) Glasgow, Scotland 07/19/1996 (25) Siofok, Hungary 11/21/1990 (31) Barcelona, Spain 06/26/1993 (28) Fort Carson, CO 11/25/1995 (26) Highlands Ranch, CO 05/28/2002 (19) Jeffersonville, IN 04/26/1995 (26) Essey-les-Nancy, France 08/18/1986 (35) Orlando, FL

COLLEGE Clemson University Clemson University Ohio State University

Santa Clara University Lynn University (Florida)

Oregon State University University of Denver University of Maryland

TECHNICAL STAFF Manager/Sporting Director: Peter Vermes Assistant Coach: Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach: Zoran Savic Goalkeeper Coach: Alec Dufty Director, Sports Performance & Science: Joey Harty Strength & Conditioning Coach: Alphonso Thompson

Tactical Analyst: Ash Wallace Technical Director/VP Player Personnel: Brian Bliss Team Administrator: Jon Farrell Director, Equipment Operations: Mike Flaherty Assistant Equipment Manager: Sam Jaksen Sports Performance Dietitian: Kim Gaskill 3

Director, Sports Medicine: Kurt Andrews Assistant Athletic Trainer: Dr. Randi Lininger Assistant Athletic Trainer: Eric Schwartz Team Massage Therapist: Khalid Jones Team Physical Therapist: Dr. Chris Wolbert Director, Player Care: Betsy Maxfield


SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

RESULT

SCORERS

Saturday, April 17

at New York Red Bulls

MLS

W

2-1

Kinda, Salloi

FRIDAY, APRIL 23

ORLANDO CITY SC

MLS

T

1-1

Busio

Saturday, May 1

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

L

1-3

Pulido

Sunday, May 9

Austin FC

MLS

W

2-1

Ilie, Kinda

Wednesday, May 12

at Houston Dynamo FC

MLS

L

0-1

--

SUNDAY, MAY 16

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

W

3-0

Salloi, Pulido (2)

Saturday, May 22

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

W

3-1

Lindsey, Pulido, Salloi

SATURDAY, MAY 29

HOUSTON DYNAMO FC

MLS

W

3-2

Busio, Pulido, Kinda

SATURDAY, JUNE 12

AUSTIN FC

MLS

T

1-1

Salloi

Saturday, June 19

at Portland Timbers

MLS

L

1-2

Lindsey

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

W

3-1

Pulido (2), Hernandez

SATURDAY, JUNE 26

LOS ANGELES FC

MLS

W

2-1

Pulido, Salloi

Sunday, July 4

at LA Galaxy

MLS

W

2-0

Russell, Shelton

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

T

1-1

Salloi

Sunday, July 25

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

W

3-1

Russell, Salloi, Duke

SATURDAY, JULY 31

FC DALLAS

MLS

L

1-2

Russell

Wednesday, August 4

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

W

4-1

Pulido, Martins, Salloi, Kinda

Saturday, August 7

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

T

0-0

--

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10

CLUB LEON

LEAGUES CUP

L

1-6

Duke

Saturday, August 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

W

2-0

Pulido, Salloi

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T

1-1

Salloi

Saturday, August 21

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

T

0-0

--

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

T

1-1

Russell

Friday, September 3

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

L

0-4

--

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

CHICAGO FIRE FC

MLS

W

2-0

Mauri, Russell

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

W

4-0

Shelton, Salloi, Russell, Duke

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

L

1-2

Russell

Wednesday, September 29

at FC Dallas

MLS

W

3-1

Salloi (2), Russell

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3

HOUSTON DYNAMO FC

MLS

W

4-2

Russell (2), Salloi, Kinda

Sunday, October 17

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

L

1-2

Russell

Saturday, October 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

W

2-1

Walter, Russell

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27

LA GALAXY

MLS

W

2-0

Russell (2)

Sunday, October 31

at Minnesota United

MLS

L

1-2

Shelton

Wednesday, November 3

at Austin FC

MLS

L

1-3

Russell

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

L

0-1

--

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS W

3-1

Shelton, Isimat-Mirin, Zusi

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS

REGULAR SEASON

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS

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Daniel Salloi - MVP Caliber Season Daniel Salloi was the focal point in a lethal Sporting Kansas City attack in 2021. The Sporting KC Academy product led the team in goals (16), assists (eight) and total goal contributions (24) en route to becoming club MVP. His on-field performance turned heads on the national stage as well. Salloi was nominated for the 2021 Landon Donovan MLS Most Valubale Player award and the MLS Comeback Player of the Year. Salloi is one of five players in club history to be named a finalist for MLS MVP alongside Preki (1996, 1997, 2003), Tony Meola (2000), Graham Zusi (2012) and Benny Feilhaber (2015). Salloi’s 16 non-penalty goals were tied for a league lead, and the most all time by a Sporting player. It was a career season for the forward as he set career marks in goals and assists. Sporting went undefeated in matches where Salloi scored, boasting an 11-0-3 record in said matches. With Salloi’s 24 goal contributions, Sporting ranked second in the league with 58 goals scored and was one win shy of tying their club record in a 34-match regular season. Salloi’s nomination for Comeback Player of the Year is thanks to the his rebound performance from a 2020 season in which he logged just 165 minutes. Salloi was an eight-time MLS Team of the Week selection this season and took home MLS Player of the Week Honors on Sept. 30, a day after scoring twice in a 3-1 win over FC Dallas. His 2021 form earned him a spot on the MLS All-Star squad that took down the LIGA MX AllStars in a penalty shootout. Salloi converted his spot kick. The Hungarian earned his first senior national team appearance on Sept. 2, and his first start on Oct. 9 against Albania. SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 TEAM AWARD WINNERS

Most Valuable Player Daniel Salloi

Defensive Player of the Year Andreu Fontas

Offensive Player of the Year Johnny Russell

Newcomer of the Year Remi Walter

Golden Boot Daniel Salloi

Humanitarian of the Year Ilie Sanchez

Goal of the Year Johnny Russell

Sporting KC II MVP Enoch Mushagalusa

Sporting KC announced the club’s 2021 end-of-year awards on Nov. 13. Online voting by supporters, players and media determined the annual award winners for MVP, Offensive/Defensive Players of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Goal of the Year.

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SPORTING KC PLAYERS IN TOP FIVE OF MLS STATISTICAL CATEGORIES (2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON) Player Name (Team)

Goals

Valentin Castellanos (NYC)

19

Ola Kamara (DC)

19

Raul Ruidiaz (SEA)

17

Javier Hernandez (LA)

17

Daniel Salloi (SKC)

16

Three players tied...

16

Player Name (Team)

Player Name (Team)

Goals (ex. Penalties)

Player Name (Team)

Goals (LeftFooted)

Player Name (Team)

Goals (Outside Box)

Daniel Salloi (SKC)

16

Javier Lopez (SJ)

12

Lucas Zelarayan (CLB)

8

Damir Kreilach (RSL)

16

Johnny Russell (SKC)

11

Randall Leal (NSH)

5

Javier Hernandez (LA)

16

Jesus Medina (NYC)

8

Nani (ORL)

4

Adam Buksa (NE)

16

Robin Lod (MIN)

8

Johnny Russell (SKC)

3

Two players tied...

15

Adam Buksa (NE)

7

Daniel Salloi (SKC)

3

Seven players tied...

3

Shots on Target

Valentin Castellanos (NYC) 57 Adam Buksa (NE)

43

Hany Mukhtar (NSH)

43

Damir Kreilach (RSL)

39

Daniel Salloi (SKC)

38

Raul Ruidiaz (SEA)

38

Player Name (Team)

Goals (Open Play)

Daniel Salloi (SKC)

15

Javier Hernandez (LA)

15

Damir Kreilach (RSL)

14

Adam Buksa (NE)

14

Two players tied...

13

Player Name (Team)

Goals (Direct Free Kicks)

Lucas Zelarayan (CLB)

5

Johnny Russell (SKC)

2

Hany Mukhtar (NSH)

2

Ezequiel Barco (ATL)

2

Two players tied...

2

Player Name (Team)

Passes

Andreu Fontas (SKC)

2818

Ilie Sanchez (SKC)

2172

Michael Bradley (TOR)

2166

Alexander Ring (ATX)

2126

Joao Paulo (SEA)

1857

Player Name (Team)

Passes into Final Third

Andreu Fontas (SKC)

348

Joao Paulo (SEA)

348

Sean Davis (NY)

342

Alvaro Medran (CHI)

331

Alexander Ring (ATX)

330

Player Name (Team)

Goals (Fastbreak)

Daniel Salloi (SKC)

3

C.J. Sapong (NSH)

2

Gustavo Bou (NE)

2

Randall Leal (NSH)

2

Five players tied...

2

Player Name (Team)

Passes Succesful

Andreu Fontas (SKC)

2515

Ilie Sanchez (SKC)

1924

Michael Bradley (TOR)

1912

Alexander Ring (ATX)

1833

Darlington Nagbe (CLB)

1589

Player Name (Team)

Succesful Passes (Opp-half)

Michael Bradley (TOR)

979

Wil Trapp (MIN)

909

Andreu Fontas (SKC)

884

Alexander Ring (ATX)

854

Carles Gil (NE)

843

Player Name (Team)

Crosses (Open Play)

Player Name (Team) (Field Players Only)

Long Passes Succesful

Brandon Bye (NE)

143

Ilie Sanchez (SKC)

233

Julian Gressel (D.C.)

141

Alexander Ring (ATX)

226

Luis Martins (SKC)

137

Jack Elliott (PHI)

196

Olivier Mbaizo (PHI)

134

Andreu Fontas (SKC)

192

Lewis Morgan (MIA)

123

Andrew Farrell (NE)

190

Possessions Won in Defensive 1/3

Player Name (Team)

Touches

Andreu Fontas (SKC)

3178

Andrew Farrell (NE)

154

Luis Martins (SKC)

2601

6

Andreu Fontas (SKC)

142

Alexander Ring (ATX)

2573

Alejandro Bedoya (PHI)

6

Jesus David Murillo (LAFC)

135

Michael Bradley (TOR)

2514

Three players tied...

6

Alan Franco (ATL)

134

Joao Paulo (SEA)

2463

Jakob Glesnes (PHI)

128

Ilie Sanchez (SKC)

2454

Player Name (Team)

Pull Back Passes

Julian Araujo (LA)

9

Johnny Russell (SKC)

7

Daniel Salloi (SKC)

Player Name (Team)

SPORTING KC STATISTICAL TOTALS AND (LEAGUE RANKINGS) IN 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON Goals

Opp. Goals

Goal Diff.

Shots

Opp. Shots

Shots on Goal

Opp. Shots on Goal

Fouls

Opp. Fouls

Corners

58 (2)

40 (20)

+18 (5)

469 (7)

398 (20)

173 (6)

120 (26)

347 (26)

422 (12)

207 (2)

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Opp. Cautions Corners 122 (27)

50 (27)

Opp. Cautions

Red Cards

Opp. Red Cards

PKs

Opp. PKs

79 (4)

2 (T-17)

4 (T-2)

6 (T-4)

2 (T-23)


SPORTING KC IN TOP FIVE OF MLS STATISTICAL CATEGORIES (2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON) Team

Goals Scored

Team

Corner Kicks

Team

Points from Losing Position

New England Revolution

65

New England Revolution

217

Sporting Kansas City

58

Sporting Kansas City

207

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

22

D.C. United

56

Austin FC

205

Sporting Kansas City

19

New York City FC

56

Minnesota United FC

190

New England Revolution

18

Portland Timbers

56

Two teams tied...

189

Nashville SC

18

Minnesota United FC

18

Team

ThreeGoal Games

Team

MultiGoalGames

Team

PenaltyKick Goals

New England Revolution

10

New England Revolution

21

D.C. United

10

Sporting Kansas City

9

Portland Timbers

18

Los Angeles FC

7

D.C. United

8

Sporting Kansas City

17

Sporting Kansas City

6

LA Galaxy

8

Columbus Crew

17

Atlanta United FC

6

Real Salt Lake

8

Real Salt Lake

16

Three teams tied...

5

Team

SecondHalf Goals

Team

Scoring Pct.

New England Revolution

34

New England Revolution

13.1

Colorado Rapids

33

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

12.9

New York City FC

33

Portland Timbers

12.6

Seattle Sounders

33

Sporting Kansas City

12.4

Sporting Kansas City

31

Two teams tied...

12.4

Real Salt Lake

31

Team

Wins

New England Revolution

22

Sporting Kansas City

17

Colorado Rapids

17

Seattle Sounders FC

17

Portland Timbers

17

Team

Away Wins

New England Revolution

10

Seattle Sounders FC

9

Sporting Kansas City

8

Colorado Rapids

8

Portland Timbers

6

Team

GameWinning Assists

New England Revolution

25

Colorado Rapids

23

New York Red Bulls

22

Sporting Kansas City

18

New York City FC

18

Team

First-Half Goals

D.C. United

34

New England Revolution

31

Sporting Kansas City

27

Portland Timbers

27

Two Teams Tied...

25

Team

Winning Pct.

New England Revolution

.750

Colorado Rapids

.647

Seattle Sounders FC

.632

Nashville SC

.618

Sporting Kansas City

.603

Team

Shot on Goal Pct.

Nashville SC

40.5

Real Salt Lake

38.9

Toronto FC

37.2

Inter Miami CF

37.1

Sporting Kansas City

36.9

Team

Goals (Excluding Penalties)

Team

Goals (LeftFooted)

New England Revolution

63

Minnesota United FC

22

Portland Timbers

53

San Jose Earthquakes

20

Nashville SC

53

New York City FC

18

Sporting Kansas City

52

New England Revolution

18

Two teams tied...

52

Sporting Kansas City

17

Team

Penalties Taken

D.C. United

11

Los Angeles FC

8

Orlando City SC

8

Sporting Kansas City

6

Three teams tied...

6

Team

Goals (RightFooted)

Team

Goals (Outside Box)

Team

Conversion (Excluding Penalties)

Nashville SC

39

Sporting Kansas City

10

New England Revolution

16.2

FC Dallas

38

Columbus Crew

10

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

16.14

Los Angeles FC

38

Nashville SC

10

Portland Timbers

15.59

Sporting Kansas City

34

Orlando City SC

9

Sporting Kansas City

14.99

Two teams tied...

33

Three teams tied...

8

Real Salt Lake

14.77

Team

Direct Free Kick Goals

Team

Team

5

Shot from Set Piece

Team

Columbus Crew

Total Shots (Outside Box)

Shots on Goal Outside Box

Sporting Kansas City

3

Minnesota United FC

203

New York Red Bulls

43

Atlanta United FC

59

Atlanta United FC

3

New York Red Bulls

202

Seattle Sounders FC

40

New York Red Bulls

58

Philadelphia Union

3

Los Angeles FC

199

Sporting Kansas City

34

Sporting Kansas City

55

Four teams tied...

2

Sporting Kansas City

192

New England Revolution

34

Columbus Crew

55

San Jose Earthquakes

189

D.C. United

34

Chicago Fire FC

55

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SPORTING KC IN TOP FIVE OF MLS STATISTICAL CATEGORIES (2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON) Team

Goals from Fast Breaks

Sporting Kansas City

6

New England Revolution

6

Portland Timbers

5

FC Dallas

5

Nashville SC

5

Team

Primary Assists

Team

New England Revolution

50

New England Revolution

42

Real Salt Lake

46

Real Salt Lake

39

Nashville SC

42

Sporting Kansas City

35

D.C. United

39

Portland Timbers

34

Sporting Kansas City

38

Three teams tied...

33

Team

Passes Succesful

Team

Passing Accuracy

Sporting Kansas City

15,131

Sporting Kansas City

85.5

LA Galaxy

14,720

LA Galaxy

85.27

Atlanta United FC

14,337

Atlanta United FC

85.09

CF Montreal

13,803

Austin FC

84.97

Austin FC

13,665

CF Montreal

84.58

Team

Possession (pct.)

Team Sporting Kansas City

Succesful LongPasses 1229

San Jose Earthquakes

1154

Philadelphia Union

1126

Real Salt Lake

1094

Atlanta United FC

1093

Team

Tackle Success (pct.)

Seattle Sounders FC

64.58

Sporting Kansas City

62.48

Portland Timbers

61.9

New York City FC

61.82

Chicago Fire FC

61.02

Assists from Open Play

Team

Passes

Sporting Kansas City

17,698

LA Galaxy

17,263

Atlanta United FC

16,850

CF Montreal

16,319

Austin FC

16,082

Team

Passes Opposing half

Team

Crosses (Open Play)

Minnesota United FC

9209

Philadelphia Union

539

Sporting Kansas City

9055

New England Revolution

528

Toronto FC

8913

Austin FC

486

Los Angeles FC

8873

Sporting Kansas City

485

LA Galaxy

8867

New York Red Bulls

480

Team

Duel Success (pct.)

Team

Touches

Sporting Kansas City

24,040

LA Galaxy

23,531

Atlanta United FC

53.86

Atlanta United FC

23,221

Seattle Sounders FC

52.41

CF Montreal

22,329

New England Revolution

52.27

Austin FC

22,258

Sporting Kansas City

51.12

San Jose Earthquakes

50.63

Team

Passes Ending in Final 1/3

Los Angeles FC

5004

Minnesota United FC

4989

Philadelphia Union

4841

Sporting Kansas City

4777

New York City FC

4654

Atlanta United FC

57.45

Sporting Kansas City

55.24

LA Galaxy

54.12

Austin FC

54.03

New York City FC

53.1

Team

Possession won final 1/3

Team

Penalties Faced

New York Red Bulls

253

Los Angeles FC

0

Los Angeles FC

222

Colorado Rapids

1

New York City FC

212

Sporting Kansas City

2

Sporting Kansas City

207

D.C. United

2

Philadelphia Union

200

FC Cincinnati

2

2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

Overall T 7 12 18 9 12 12 9 5 8 10 5 7 10 8

Eastern Conference 1. New England Revolution 2. Philadelphia Union 3. Nashville SC 4. New York City FC 5. Atlanta United FC 6. Orlando City SC 7. New York Red Bulls 8. D.C. United 9. Columbus Crew 10. CF Montreal 11. Inter Miami CF 12. Chicago Fire FC 13. Toronto FC 14. FC Cincinnati

PTS 73 54 54 51 51 51 48 47 47 46 41 34 28 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

GD +24 +13 +22 +20 +8 +2 +6 +2 +1 +2 -17 -18 -27 -37

GF 65 48 55 56 45 50 39 56 46 46 36 36 39 37

Western Conference 1. Colorado Rapids 2. Seattle Sounders FC 3. Sporting Kansas City 4. Portland Timbers 5. Minnesota United FC 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7. Real Salt Lake 8. LA Galaxy 9. Los Angeles Football Club 10. San Jose Earthquakes 11. FC Dallas 12. Austin FC 13. Houston Dynamo FC

PTS 61 60 58 55 49 49 48 48 45 41 33 31 30

W 17 17 17 17 13 12 14 13 12 10 7 9 6

L T GD GF 7 10 +16 51 8 9 +20 53 10 7 +18 58 13 4 +4 56 11 10 -2 42 9 13 0 45 14 6 1 55 12 9 -4 50 13 9 2 53 13 11 -8 46 15 12 -9 47 21 4 -21 35 16 12 -18 36

Home

Away

GA 41 35 33 36 37 48 33 54 45 44 53 54 66 74

W 12 11 8 10 9 8 8 11 10 9 7 7 4 1

W 10 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 2 2 3

GA 35 33 40 52 44 45 54 54 51 54 56 56 54

W L T GD GF GA 9 1 7 +17 31 14 8 4 5 +13 28 15 9 3 5 +15 32 17 11 4 2 +13 35 22 10 4 3 +10 24 14 10 4 3 +9 24 15 9 4 4 +9 30 21 8 4 5 +7 29 22 8 3 6 +11 34 23 5 7 5 +1 25 24 5 5 7 +4 25 21 7 8 2 +2 27 25 6 5 6 -1 21 22

8

L 2 3 0 3 3 2 3 5 4 4 8 5 6 11

T 3 3 9 4 5 7 6 1 3 4 2 5 7 5

GD +13 +15 +17 +24 +11 +11 +8 +15 +11 +6 -11 +5 -3 -12

GF 31 25 35 37 25 29 19 32 33 29 26 23 24 17

GA 18 10 18 13 14 18 11 17 22 23 35 18 27 29

L 3 5 4 8 6 7 9 10 9 8 9 13 12 11

T 4 9 9 5 7 5 3 4 5 6 3 2 3 3

GD +11 -2 +5 -4 -3 -9 -2 -13 -10 -4 -8 -23 -24 -25

W L T GD 8 6 3 -1 9 4 4 +7 8 7 2 +3 6 9 2 -9 3 7 7 -12 2 5 10 -8 5 10 2 -8 5 8 4 -12 4 10 3 -9 5 6 6 -9 2 10 5 -13 2 13 2 -23 0 11 6 -17

GF 34 23 20 19 20 21 20 24 13 17 10 13 15 20

GA 23 25 15 23 23 30 22 37 23 21 18 36 39 45

GF GA 20 21 25 18 26 23 21 30 18 30 20 28 25 33 19 31 19 28 21 30 22 35 8 31 15 32


WESTERN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (schedule is subject to change, all times CT)

EASTERN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (schedule is subject to change, all times CT)

Round One

Round One

Saturday, Nov. 20 #3 Sporting KC vs. #6 Vancouver Whitecaps (SKC: 3 VAN: 1)

Saturday, Nov. 20 #2 Philadelphia Union vs. #7 New York Red Bulls (PHI: 1 NY: 0 AET)

Sunday, Nov. 21 #4 Portland Timbers vs. #5 Minnesota United (POR: 3 MIN: 1)

Sunday Nov. 21 #4 New York City FC vs. #5 Atlanta United FC (NYC: 2 ATL: 0)

Tuesday, Nov. 23 Tuesday Nov. 23 #2 Seattle Sounders vs. #7 Real Salt Lake (SEA:0 RSL: 0 | RSL advanc- #3 Nashville SC vs. #6 Orlando City SC (NSH: 3 ORL:1) es 6-5 on penalties) Conference Semifinals Conference Semifinals Sunday, Nov. 28 Thursday, Nov. 25 4:30 p.m. #2 Philadelphia Union vs. #3 Nashville SC (ESPN) 3:30 p.m. #1 Colorado Rapids vs. #4 Portland Timbers (FOX) Tuesday, Nov. 30 Sunday, Nov. 28 6:30 p.m. #1 New England Revolution vs. #1 New York City FC (FS1) 2 p.m. #3 Sporting KC vs. #7 Real Salt Lake (ABC) Conference Finals Conference Finals Dec. 4/5 Dec. 4/5 Time and Match-Up TBD Time and Match-Up TBD

2021 MLS CUP (Hosted at the home venue of the finalist with the most points during the regular season) Saturday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. CT on ABC, UniMás & TUDN 9


MLS CUP PLAYOFFS QUALIFICATION AND FORMAT

At the end of the 2021 MLS Regular Season, the top seven teams from both the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (14 Clubs total) qualified for the Audi 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs. The Audi MLS Cup Playoffs will again consist of single-elimination matches hosted by the higherseeded team and follow a straight bracket format through MLS Cup on Dec. 11. Qualification for the Audi 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs was determined by points earned in each respective conference (three points for a win, one point for a tie, zero points for a loss).

EXTRA TIME AND PENALTY SHOOTOUTS

If a match is tied through 90 minutes of regulation, two 15-minute extra time periods will be played in their entirety. If the score remains tied after the extra time periods, a penalty shootout will determine the winner. Five substitutions per club are permitted over the course of three opportunities excluding halftime. Similar to the MLS regular season, a maximum of two concussion substitutes will be available to both clubs. If a club does not use all five of their permitted substitutes and all three of their opportunities during regulation, they are permitted to use them during extra time. Available substitutions during extra time can be used during the period between the end of regulation and the start of the first extra time period, or after the end of the first 15-minute extra time period without using an

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES • • • • •

Yellow card accumulation thresholds for players, coaches, and team officials are reset entering the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. A player, coach, or team official who reached an accumulation threshold in the last 2021 MLS Regular Season match (e.g. 3rd for coaches and team officials, 5th, 8th, etc. for players) is eligible for the first match of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs and is eligible for the first regular season match of 2022. A player, coach, or team official who received a red card or second yellow in his last 2021 MLS Regular Season match is suspended for the next match for which that individual is eligible, including the first match of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs or the first regular season match of 2022. A player, coach, or team official sanctioned by the MLS Disciplinary Committee during the 2021 MLS Regular Season and/or Audi 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs will have any corresponding suspension applied to the next match(es) for which that individual is eligible, including Audi MLS Cup Playoff match(es) or the next season’s regular season match(es). Cautions for players and team officials issued during the match (regulation and extra time) are not carried forward to kicks from the penalty mark.

YELLOW CARD ACCUMULATION Once the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs begin and up until MLS Cup when playoff yellow card accumulation will again reset: • A player receiving a yellow card in Round One and a yellow card in the Conference Semifinal will be suspended for the Conference Championship. For clarification, a player who earns a second cumulative yellow card in the Conference Championship is eligible to play in MLS Cup. • If a player’s club does not advance to the next round of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs after the player receives a second yellow card in consecutive matches, the suspension will not carry over into the next MLS Regular Season. • A player who is issued two yellow cards in the same match is suspended for his next match for which he eligible, including an Audi MLS Cup Playoffs round match, MLS Cup, and/or his next MLS Regular Season match. • If a coach or staff member receives a total of two yellow cards during the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, that individual will be suspended for the next match unless the next match is MLS Cup. To clarify, a team official who receives their second yellow card in the Conference Final will be available for MLS Cup. RED CARDS AND YELLOW CARD ACCUMULATION •

A player receiving a straight red card in the same match in which he previously received a second cumulative yellow card will be suspended for his next Audi MLS Cup Playoffs match. Example: A player receives a yellow card in his Round One match. He then receives a yellow card and a straight red card (not a second yellow)in the Conference Semifinal. The player will serve his red card suspension during the Conference Final. However, yellow cards reset before MLS Cup, and the player will be eligible to play in the championship match. Red Card Suspensions •

A player who receives a red card in any Audi MLS Cup Playoff match, whether it is a straight red card or two yellow cards, is suspended for his next match. Example: If the red card is issued during his club’s last postseason match, including MLS Cup, the suspension carries over to the first Regular Season match of 2022 MLS Regular Season. Example: If player receives a straight red card in the Conference Final, and his team advances, that player will serve his red card suspension in MLS Cup. Disciplinary Committee Disciplinary Committee sanctions will be applied to the next match in which a player is eligible, including any round of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, MLS Cup, or the 2022 MLS Regular Season. If a player receives a yellow card in a game, but the Disciplinary Committee issues a one match (or more) suspension, the original yellow card will not be counted toward the player’s yellow card accumulation total. All incidents reviewed by the MLS Disciplinary Committee in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs will be evaluated through the same process as the MLS Regular Season and will be consistent with parameters outlined in the 2021 MLS Competition Guidelines. 10


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME PLAYOFF RESULTS DATE 09/26/1996 09/29/1996 10/02/1996 10/10/1996 10/13/1996

OPPONENT RESULT Dallas W 3-2 at Dallas L 1-2 at Dallas T 2-2 (SO) at Los Angeles L 1-2 Los Angeles T 1-1 (SO)

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

RD. QTR QTR QTR SEM SEM

GOAL SCORERS KC: Johnston (16) McKeon (79) Preki (89); DAL: Elliott (21) Ashton (25) KC: Preki (30); DAL: Kreis (5) Washington (32) KC: Chung (41) Takawira (62); DAL: Sanchez (27) Elliott (66) KC: Preki (52); LA: Armas (48) Vanney (57) KC: Preki (69); LA: Vanney (76)

10,174 0-1-0 13,117 0-2-0

QTR QTR

COL: C. Henderson (25) Bravo (67) Paule (75) KC: Takawira (9) Preki (88); COL: Bravo (16,68) Harris (83)

W 1-0 T 0-0 (OT) W 3-2 T 0-0 (OT) L 1-2 (OT) W 2-0 (OT) W 1-0

8,682 8,789 4,156 11,815 20,849 8,320 39,159

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

QTR QTR QTR SEM SEM SEM FIN

KC: Molnar (18)

L 0-2 W 3-0 L 1-2

6,281 5,803 8,119

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

QTR QTR QTR

MIA: Serna (28) Pineda Chacon (53) KC: Lowe (24) McKeon (31) Gomez (49+) KC: Lowe (13); MIA: Preki (14) Henderson (71)

09/25/2002 at Los Angeles L 2-3 (OT) 09/28/2002 Los Angeles W 4-1 10/02/2002 at Los Angeles L 2-5

14,585 0-1-0 9,484 1-1-0 14,713 1-2-0

QTR QTR QTR

KC: Preki (25) Brown (70); LA: Ruiz (62,99) Jones (85) KC: Simutenkov (19) Quill (37) Preki (70) Fabbro (73); LA: Albright (71) KC: Klein (47) Preki (72); LA: Ruiz (34,66) Jones (46+,62) Tennyson (93+)

11/04/2003 at Colorado 11/08/2003 Colorado 11/15/2003 at San Jose

T 1-1 W 2-0 L 2-3 (OT)

6,434 0-0-1 10,712 1-0-1 16,108 1-1-1

QTR QTR SEM

KC: Harris (3); COL: Borchers (53) KC: Simutenkov (47+) Klein (63) KC: Simutenkov (57) Klein (72); SJ: Lagos (61) Mullan (83) Donovan (117)

10/24/2004 10/30/2004 11/05/2004 11/14/2004

10/04/1997 Colorado 10/08/1997 at Colorado 09/16/2000 09/20/2000 09/24/2000 09/29/2000 10/03/2000 10/06/2000 10/15/2000

L 0-3 L 2-3

Colorado at Colorado Colorado Los Angeles at Los Angeles Los Angeles Chicago

09/22/2001 at Miami 09/26/2001 Miami 09/29/2001 at Miami

at San Jose San Jose Los Angeles D.C. United

ATT 4,466 10,125 9,802 25,212 11,041

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

KC: Henderson (11) Molnar (65) Gomez (69); COL: Bravo (70,94+) KC: McKeon (29); LA: Jones (16) Califf (93) KC: Molnar (21,96) KC: Molnar (11)

L 0-2 W 3-0 W 2-0 L 2-3

8,659 10,222 11,931 25,797

QTR QTR SEM FIN

SJ: De Rosario (40) Waibel (52) KC: Stephenson (26) own goal (48) Jewsbury (92+) KC: Arnaud (24,69) KC: Burciaga (6) Wolff (58); DC: Eskandarian (19,23) own goal (26)

10/27/2007 Chivas USA W 1-0 11/03/2007 at Chivas USA T 0-0 11/10/2007 at Houston L 0-2

12,442 1-0-0 19,711 1-0-1 30,972 1-1-1

QTR QTR SEM

KC: Arnaud (35)

11/01/2008 Columbus 11/08/2008 at Columbus

T 1-1 L 0-2

10,385 0-0-1 11,153 0-1-1

QTR QTR

KC: Arnaud (53); CLB: Lenhart (92+) CLB: Evans (7) Rogers (57)

HOU: Jaqua (35) De Rosario (81)

10/30/2011 at Colorado 11/02/2011 Colorado 11/06/2011 Houston

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

8,601 1-0-0 18,565 2-0-0 20,839 2-1-0

QTR QTR SEM

KC: Bunbury (49,59) KC: Collin (28) Sapong (76) HOU: Hainault (53) Costly (87)

11/04/2012 at Houston 11/07/2012 Houston

20,689 0-1-0 20,894 1-1-0

QTR QTR

HOU: Moffat (18) Bruin (75) KC: Sinovic (64)

15,164 19,031 22,107 21,650 21,650

QTR QTR SEM SEM FIN

KC: Collin (69); NE: Dorman (55) Rowe (67) KC: Collin (41) Sinovic (79) Bieler (113); NE: Imbongo (70)

15,518

0-1-0

WC

KC: Dwyer (53); NY: Wright-Phillips (77,90)

T 2-2 (OT)(SO)

21,144

0-0-1

WC

KC: Ellis (87) Nemeth (96); POR: Wallace (57) Urruti (118)

L 0-1

36,151

0-1-0

WC

SEA: Valdez (88)

L 0-1 (OT)

14,126

0-1-0

WC

HOU: Elis (94)

14,045 19,918 21,144 20,091

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

QTR QTR SEM SEM

KC: Rubio (60); RSL: Rusnak (51) KC: Rubio (14) Salloi (19, 97+) Sanchez (67); RSL: Saucedo (60) Kreliach (72)

0-0-1 0-1-1

R16 QTR

KC: Espinoza (4) Ilie (47) Busio (91+); SJ: Fierro (22) Salinas (34) Wondolowski (97+)

11/02/2013 11/06/2013 11/09/2013 11/23/2013 12/07/2013

at New England L 1-2 New England W 3-1 (OT) at Houston T 0-0 Houston W 2-1 Real Salt Lake T 1-1 (OT)(SO)

10/30/2014 at New York

L 1-2

10/29/2015 at Portland 10/27/2016 at Seattle 10/26/2017 at Houston 11/04/2018 11/11/2018 11/25/2018 11/29/2018

L 0-2 W 1-0

at Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake at Portland Portland

11/22/2020 San Jose 12/03/2020 Minnesota

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

T 3-3 (OT)(SO) L 0-3

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

11/20/2021 Vancouver W 3-1 19,817 1-0-0 11/28/2021 Real Salt Lake

KC: Sapong (14) Dwyer (63); HOU: Garcia (3) KC: Collin (76); RSL: Saborio (52)

KC: Salloi (20) Gerso (81); POR: Blanco (52) Valeri (61, 99+) MIN: Molino (27,35) Dibassy (39)

RD1 KC: Shelton (17’) Isimat-Mirin (48+) Zusi (58’); VAN: Dajome (39’) QTR

11


SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYOFF HISTORY vs. Team Chicago Chivas USA Colorado Columbus D.C. United Dallas Houston LA Galaxy Miami Minnesota New England Red Bulls Portland Real Salt Lake San Jose Seattle Vancouver TOTALS

Series W-L GP W-L-T (Aggregate) 1 1-0 1 1-0-0 (1-0) 1 1-0 2 1-0-1 (1-0) 4 3-1 9 5-2-2 (13-9) 1 0-1 2 0-1-1 (1-3) 1 0-1 1 0-1-0 (2-3) 1 1-0 3 1-1-1 (6-6) 5 1-4 7 2-4-1 (3-8) 4 2-2 9 3-4-2 (15-14) 1 0-1 3 1-2-0 (4-4) 1 0-1 1 0-1-0 (0-3) 1 1-0 2 1-1-0 (4-3) 1 0-1 1 0-1-0 (1-2) 2 0-2 3 0-1-2 (4-5) 2 2-0 3 1-0-2 (6-4) 3 2-1 4 1-2-1 (8-8) 1 0-1 1 0-1-0 (0-1) 1 1-0 1 1-0-0 (3-1) 31 15-16 53 18-22-13

OT SO GF GA 0-0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0-1 0-0 13 9 0-0-0 0-0 1 3 0-0-0 0-0 2 3 0-0-0 1-0 6 6 0-1-0 0-0 3 8 1-2-1 0-1 15 14 0-0-0 0-0 4 4 0-0-0 0-0 0 3 1-0-0 0-0 4 3 0-0-0 0-0 1 2 0-0-1 0-1 4 5 0-0-1 1-0 6 4 0-1-1 1-0 8 8 0-0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0-0 0-0 3 1 2-4-5 3-2 72 74

Last Mtg 2000 2007 2011 2008 2004 1996 2017 2004 2001 2020 2013 2014 2018 2018 2020 2016 2021

Rd. MLS Cup West Semis East Semis East Semis MLS Cup West Semis KO Round West Semis Quarters Quarters East Semis KO Round West Final West Semis Round of 16 KO Round Round One

Result Won Won Won Lost Lost Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Won Won Lost Won

RECORD BREAKDOWN: HOME VS. ROAD IN PLAYOFFS Overall

Home

GP W L T GD GF GA 53 18 22 13 -2 72 74

Road

W L T GD GF GA 16 4 5 +20 47 27

W L T GD GF GA 1 17 8 -22 22 44

TEAM ALL-TIME POSTSEASON TOTALS GP Sporting KC 53 MLS rank, total 4 MLS rank (per game) 3

G 72 3 13

A 67 4 17

SHT 699 4 8

SOG 279 2 8

PKG 5 2 10

PKA 5 5 17

FS 832 2 4

OFF 118 6 19

CK 250 6 17

C 110 3 9

E 2 -14 -22

W-L-T (PCT) W-L-T (PCT) Scoring First Goal 17-7-4 (.679) Leading at Half 14-2-1 (.853) Allowing First Goal 1-15-4 (.150) Trailing at Half 1-10-1 (.125) In One-Goal Games 7-13-0 (.350)

SPORTING KC COACHES IN POSTSEASON Year Coach W-L-T (PCT) OT 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0

Opp. LA MIA D.C. COL RSL

KC Shooter Miklos Molnar Matt McKeon Josh Wolff Teal Bunbury Ilie Sanchez

Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman Nick Rimando Nick Rimando Matt Pickens Nick Rimando

GP 25 26 2

TOTAL AVG 312,088* 13,569* 413,318 15,897 64,956 32,478

*Attendance for two reduced-capacity matches in 2020 not included

SKC COACHING RECORDS IN POSTSEASON

Coach Ron Newman Bob Gansler Curt Onalfo Peter Vermes

SO 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0

W-L-T (PCT) 1-4-2 (.286) 9-8-3 (.525) 1-2-2 (.400) 7-8-6 (.476)

ACTIVE PLAYOFF STREAKS (3+ GAMES)

Streak Road Winless

Games 9

Streak Started 11/4/12 (2-0 L at HOU)

PLAYOFF STREAKS

ALL-TIME PENALTY KICKS: FOR AND AGAINST IN PLAYOFFS Date 10/6/00 9/26/01 11/14/04 10/30/11 11/11/18

1st (Avg) 2nd (Avg) OT Total Goals For 31 (0.58) 38 (0.72) 3 72 Goals Against 26 (0.49) 43 (0.81) 5 74 Shots For 325 (6.1) 374 (7.1) Shots Against 272 (5.1) 331 (6.2) Home Road Neutral

SPORTING KC’S POSTSEASON RECORD WHEN...

1-2-2 (.400) 0-2-0 (.000) 4-1-2 (.714) 1-2-0 (.333) 1-2-0 (.333) 1-1-1 (.500) 2-2-0 (.500) 1-1-1 (.500) 0-1-1 (.250) 2-1-0 (.667) 1-1-0 (.500) 2-1-2 (.600) 0-1-0 (.000) 0-0-1 (.500) 0-1-0 (.000) 0-1-0 (.000) 1-1-2 (.500) 0-1-1 (.250) 1-0-0 (1.000)

GF GA 3 3

TEAM POSTSEASON ATTENDANCE

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Scored 9 14 8 12 15 11 3 Allowed 4 13 9 13 16 14 5

Ron Newman Ron Newman Bob Gansler Bob Gansler Bob Gansler Bob Gansler Bob Gansler Curt Onalfo Curt Onalfo Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes Peter Vermes

W L T GD 1 1 0 0

SKC IN PLAYOFFS: 1ST VS 2ND HALF FC 841 2 6

SPORTING KC GOAL INTERVALS IN POSTSEASON

1996 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021

Neutral

Result Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal

Streak Winning Streak Undefeated Streak Losing Streak Winless Streak Home Winning Home Undefeated Home Winless Road Winless Road Losing

Date 9/24/00 9/25/02 10/26/17 11/20/21 12

Opp. COL LA HOU VAN

Games Streak 2 Three times (2000, 2004, 2011) 4 Two times (2000, 2013) 2 Five times 6 9/29/96-10/8/97; 12/7/13-11/4/18) 7 10/6/00-10/27/07 12 9/16/00-11/2/11 3 11/29/18-12/3/2020 16 9/29/96-11/8/08 5 10/3/00-10/2/02

Shooter Paul Bravo Carlos Ruiz Vicente Sanchez Cristian Dajome

KC Goalkeeper Tony Meola Tony Meola Andrew Dykstra Tim Melia

Result Goal Goal Save Goal


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFF LEADERS CAREER Games Played

ONE POSTSEASON

SINGLE GAME

Games Played

Nick Garcia, 23 Kerry Zavagnin, 23

Goals

Ten players (2000), 7

Minutes Played

Nick Garcia, 2135

Miklos Molnar (2000), 2 Davy Arnaud (2004), 2 Teal Bunbury (2011), 2 Daniel Salloi (2018), 2

Minutes Played

Seven players (2000), 659

Assists

Goals

Goals

Graham Zusi (2011), 2 Felipe Gutierrez (2018), 2 Daniel Salloi (2021), 2

Miklos Molnar (2000), 5

Preki, 8

Assists

Assists

Graham Zusi, 7

Eric Quill (2002), 3 Felipe Gutierrez (2018), 3

Shots

Shots

Points

Miklos Molnar (2000), 4 Davy Arnaud (2004), 4 Teal Bunbury (2011), 4 Daniel Salloi (2018), 4

SINGLE HALF Goals

Teal Bunbury (2011), 2

Assists

Felipe Gutierrez (2018), 2

Shots

Onandi Lowe (2001), 5

Shots on Goal Preki (1997), 4

Fouls Committed

Shots

Matt McKeon (1997), 5 Matt McKeon (2000), 5 Graham Zusi (2012), 5

Preki, 30

Miklos Molnar (2000), 13

Onandi Lowe (2001), 10

Fouls Committed

Vitalis Takawira (1996), 8 12 times, 2

Miklos Molnar (2000), 28

Preki, 54

Shots on Goal

Shots on Goal

Fouls Committed

Shots on Goal

Matt McKeon, 42

Matt McKeon (2000), 22

Fouls Suffered

Fouls Suffered

Vitalis Takawira (1996), 5 Preki (1997), 5 Miklos Molnar (2000), 5

Kerry Zavagnin, 37

Chris Henderson (2000), 18

Offsides

Offsides

Vitalis Takawira (1996), 7

Four times, 6

Vitalis Takawira, 9

Corner Kicks

Corner Kicks

Vitalis Takawira (1996), 8

Graham Zusi, 69

Graham Zusi (2013), 26

Cautions

Cautions

Nick Garcia, 6 Roger Espinoza, 6

Three players, 3

Ejections

Mo Johnston (2000), 1 Herculez Gomez (2008), 1

Herculez Gomez, 1 Mo Johnston, 1

Saves

Tony Meola (2000), 30

Offsides Corner Kicks

Chris Henderson (2000), 6

Saves

Tony Meola (2000), 6

Offsides Onandi Lowe (2001), 3 Eddie Johnson (2007), 3

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2013), 9

Saves

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000), 5

Tony Meola, 62

Fouls Suffered

Ejections

Shutouts

Tony Meola, 7

Fouls Committed

Fouls Suffered

Tony Meola (2000), 10

Saves

SPORTING KANSAS CITY POSTSEASON AGE-RELATED MILESTONES Youngest player to ... Oldest player to ...

play in a game Gianluca Busio start a game Gianluca Busio play a full game Oriol Rosell score a goal Gianluca Busio record an assist Gianluca Busio score two goals Teal Bunbury play a game as GK Jon Kempin start a game as GK Garth Lagerwey play full game as GK Garth Lagerwey record a shutout Tony Meola record a win Garth Lagerwey play in a game Preki start a game Preki play a complete game Preki score a goal Preki record an assist Preki score 2 goals in a game Miklos Molnar play a game as GK Jimmy Nielsen start a game as GK Jimmy Nielsen play full game as GK Jimmy Nielsen record a shutout Jimmy Nielsen record a win Jimmy Nielsen

18 yrs., 178 days 18 yrs., 178 days 20 yrs., 123 days 18 yrs., 178 days 18 yrs., 178 days 21 yrs., 245 days 22 yrs., 204 days 23 yrs., 289 days 23 yrs., 289 days 31 yrs., 208 days 23 yrs., 289 days 40 yrs., 144 days 40 yrs., 144 days 40 yrs., 144 days 39 yrs., 100 days 40 yrs., 144 days 30 yrs., 179 days 36 yrs., 123 days 36 yrs., 123 days 36 yrs., 123 days 36 yrs., 95 days 36 yrs., 109 days 13

11/22/2020 KC vs SJ 11/22/2020 KC vs SJ 11/07/2012 KC vs HOU 11/22/2020 KC vs SJ 11/22/2020 KC vs SJ 10/30/2011 KC at COL 10/29/2015 KC at POR 09/26/1996 KC vs DAL 09/26/1996 KC vs DAL 09/16/2000 KC vs COL 09/26/1996 KC vs DAL 11/15/2003 KC at SJ 11/15/2003 KC at SJ 11/15/2003 KC at SJ 10/02/2002 KC at LA 11/15/2003 KC at SJ 10/06/2000 KC vs LA 12/07/2013 KC vs RSL 12/07/2013 KC vs RSL 12/07/2013 KC vs RSL 11/09/2013 KC at HOU 11/23/2013 KC vs HOU


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME TEAM PLAYOFF HIGHS ONE POSTSEASON Games Played

7 in 2000

Minutes Played

SINGLE GAME Goals

4 in 2002 and 2018

Assists

659 in 2000

4 in 2002, 2004 and 2020

Goals

Points

8 in 1996, 2000 and 2002

Assists

9 in 2002

Shots

103 in 2000

Shots on Goal

43 in 1996

Fouls Committed

126 in 2000

Fouls Suffered

125 in 2000

Offsides

15 in 1996

Corner Kicks

36 in 2000

Cautions

15 in 2000

Ejections

1 in 2000 and 2008

Shutouts

5 in 2000

SINGLE HALF Goals

3 in 2001

Assists

3 on 5 times

Shots

12 in 2002

14 in 2001

Shots

Shots on Goal

32 in 2013

Shots on Goal 15 in 1996

Fouls Committed

27 in 2000

Fouls Suffered

27 in 2013

8 in 1996

Fouls Committed

17 in 2000

Fouls Suffered

14 in 2002

Offsides 4 in 2000 and 2002

Offsides 5 in 1997 and 2000

Corner Kicks

13 in 2018

Corner Kicks

7 in 2018

Cautions

3 on 10 times

Cautions

5 in 2015 and 2017

Ejections

1 in 2000 and 2008

Saves

Ejections

1 in 2000 and 2008

Saves

6 in 2000

Goals Allowed

10 in 2000

Goals Allowed

3 in 2002, 2004, 2018 and 2020

5 in 2002

Saves

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME TEAM PLAYOFF GAME LOWS

Goals Allowed

0 on 15 times

Wins

0 on 19 times

30 in 2000 9 in 1996 and 2002 4 in 2000

Ties

2 in 2000, 2013 and 2018

Losses

3 in 1996

Goals

Assists Shots

3 in 2007 and 2014

Shots on Goal

0 in 2007

Fouls Committed

8 in 2000

Fouls Suffered

7 in 2001

Corner Kicks

0 in 2007

Offsides 0 on 8 times

14

Saves

0 in 2012, 2016 and 2018

Shots Faced

1 in 2000, 2011, 2012, 2016

Goals Allowed

0 on 16 times


YEAR-BY-YEAR POSTSEASON STATS: CURRENT SPORTING KC ROSTER #2 JAYLIN LINDSEY

Year Team GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2020 Sporting KC 2 2 210 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Totals 2 2 210 0 0 0 0 0 0

#3 ANDREU FONTAS

Year Team GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2021 Sporting KC 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Totals 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0

#4 ROBERTO PUNCEC

Year Team GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2020 Sporting KC 2 2 210 0 0 1 1 0 0 Career Totals 2 2 210 0 0 1 1 0 0

#5 NICOLAS ISIMAT-MIRIN

Year Team GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2021 Sporting KC 1 1 90 1 0 1 1 1 0 Career Totals 1 1 90 1 0 1 1 1 0

#6 ILIE SANCHEZ

Year Team 2017 Sporting KC 2018 Sporting KC 2020 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

#7 JOHNNY RUSSELL

Year Team 2018 Sporting KC 2020 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 1 1 120 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 360 1 0 4 2 1 0 2 2 210 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 780 2 0 7 4 1 0 GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 4 4 345 0 1 8 2 0 0 2 2 210 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 1 90 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 7 645 0 2 15 5 0 0

#8 GRAHAM ZUSI (MLS CUP CHAMPION IN 2013) Year Team 2011 Sporting KC 2012 Sporting KC 2013 Sporting KC 2014 Sporting KC 2015 Sporting KC 2016 Sporting KC 2017 Sporting KC 2018 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

#11 KHIRY SHELTON

Year Team 2016 New York City FC 2018 Sporting KC 2020 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

#13 AMADOU DIA

Year Team 2015 Sporting KC 2020 Sporting KC Career Totals

GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 3 3 270 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 180 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 5 509 0 2 12 1 0 1 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 120 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 90 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 120 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 4 360 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 90 1 1 1 1 0 0 19 19 1829 1 7 32 4 0 3 GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 172 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 210 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 90 1 0 2 1 0 0 8 5 529 1 1 6 2 0 0 GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 1 1 120 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 176 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 296 0 1 0 0 0 0

15


YEAR-BY-YEAR POSTSEASON STATS: CURRENT SPORTING KC ROSTER #15 ROGER ESPINOZA Year Team 2008 Sporting KC 2011 Sporting KC 2012 Sporting KC 2016 Sporting KC 2017 Sporting KC 2018 Sporting KC 2020 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

#17 GADI KINDA

Year Team 2020 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2 1 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 210 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 167 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 90 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 114 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 360 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 167 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 1189 1 0 13 6 0 0 GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 87 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 143 0 0 2 0 0 0

#20 DANIEL SALLOI

Year Team 2017 Sporting KC 2018 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 1 0 69 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 4 328 3 0 11 4 0 0 1 1 90 0 2 3 1 0 0 6 5 487 3 2 18 6 0 0

#21 FELIPE HERNANDEZ

Year Team GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2020 Sporting KC 2 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Totals 2 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0

#29 TIM MELIA Year Team 2015 Sporting KC 2016 Sporting KC 2018 Sporting KC 2020 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

#36 LUIS MARTINS

GP 1 1 4 2 1 9

Year Team 2020 Sporting KC 2021 Sporting KC Career Totals

GS 1 1 4 2 1 9

MIN SHT SVS GA GAA SO 84 4 2 1 1.07 0 90 1 0 1 1 0 360 19 13 6 1.50 1 210 16 10 6 2.57 0 90 4 3 1 1 0 834 44 28 15 1.62 1

GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 1 0 34 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 124 0 0 2 0 0 0

#54 REMI WALTER

Year Team GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 2021 Sporting KC 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career Totals 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 0 0

16


YEAR-BY-YEAR POSTSEASON STATS: CURRENT SPORTING KC ROSTER PETER VERMES (MLS CUP CHAMPION IN 2000, 2013; MLS CUP RUNNER-UP IN 1997) Playing Career Year Team 1996 Red Bulls 1997 Rapids 1998 Rapids 1999 Rapids 2000 Sporting KC 2001 Sporting KC 2002 Sporting KC Career Totals

GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG GWG GWA 3 3 270 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 450 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 150 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 7 659 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 3 270 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 255 0 1 1 0 0 1 25 25 2234 0 2 15 3 0 1 Coaching Career

Year Team W L T Pct. 2011 Sporting KC 2 1 0 .667 2012 Sporting KC 1 1 0 .500 2013 Sporting KC 2 1 2 .600 2014 Sporting KC 0 1 0 .000 2015 Sporting KC 0 0 1 .500 2016 Sporting KC 0 1 0 .000 2017 Sporting KC 0 1 0 .000 2018 Sporting KC 1 1 2 .500 2020 Sporting KC 0 1 1 .250 2021 Sporting KC 1 0 0 1.000 Career Totals 7 8 6 .476

MOST YEARS IN MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: PLAYERS AND/OR HEAD COACHES Name Peter Vermes Kyle Beckerman Bruce Arena

As Player 7 16 0

17

As Coach 10 0 16

Total 17 16 16


CAREER POSTSEASON STATS: FIELD PLAYERS ALL TIME WITH SPORTING KANSAS CITY UNF POS PLAYER GP GS 11 M Preki 20 19 7 F Miklos Molnar 7 7 22 M Davy Arnaud 15 9 78 D Aurelien Collin 11 11 17 M Chris Klein 16 16 20 F Daniel Salloi 6 5 20 F Igor Simutenkov 8 6 2 D Matt McKeon 19 14 21 M Francisco Gomez 9 3 11 F Diego Rubio 4 3 17 F CJ Sapong 11 10 12 F Vitalis Takawira 7 7 9 F Teal Bunbury 5 5 14 F Dom Dwyer 9 6 32 F Onandi Lowe 3 3 6 M Ilie Sanchez 8 8 15 D Seth Sinovic 15 15 8 M Graham Zusi 19 19 19 F Eric Quill 6 5 8 M Chris Brown 10 7 10 M Mo Johnston 15 11 20 D Jose Burciaga Jr. 5 4 10 M Gianluca Busio 2 2 13 M Mark Chung 7 7 12 F Gerso Fernandes 5 3 14 M Jack Jewsbury 9 9 11 F Khiry Shelton 6 5 16 F Josh Wolff 7 4 16 F Claudio Bieler 3 0 4 D Kevin Ellis 3 3 15 M Roger Espinoza 16 14 9 F Dario Fabbro 2 0 13 F Wolde Harris 3 3 19 M Chris Henderson 7 7 5 D Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 1 1 9 F Krisztian Nemeth 2 1 7 M Khari Stephenson 4 3 10 M Benny Feilhaber 8 8 21 M Felipe Gutierrez 4 4 5 M Kerry Zavagnin 23 23 7 F Johnny Russell 7 7 10 M Mike Sorber 5 5 6 D Peter Vermes 13 13 4 M Mike Burns 4 3 13 M Amadou Dia 3 3 3 D Nick Garcia 23 23 55 D Julio Cesar 4 4 23 F Kei Kamara 5 5 15 F Roy Lassiter 3 2 7 F Claudio Lopez 2 2 7 D Chance Myers 10 10 20 D Uche Okafor 7 5 3 F Paul Wright 6 5 23 D Alex Zotinca 6 5 17 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 3 2 16 M Stephen Armstrong 6 1 5 D Matt Besler 18 18 9 F Latif Blessing 1 1 6 D Sean Bowers 7 7 99 F Omar Bravo 1 0 20 M Jorge Claros 1 1 16 M Eloy Colombano 1 0 12 D Jimmy Conrad 12 12 11 M Bobby Convey 1 0 10 D Yohan Croizet 4 1 14 D John DeBrito 1 0 43 F Birahim Diop 1 0 15 D Samuel Ekeme 2 0 3 D Andreu Fontas 1 1 12 F Gary Glasgow 3 2 21 F Herculez Gomez 1 1 4 D Richard Gough 2 2 26 D Taylor Graham 2 0 13 M Andrew Gregor 3 1 16 M Diego Gutierrez 15 15 2 D Michael Harrington 5 5 21 M Felipe Hernandez 2 0 19 F Erik Hurtado 2 0 10 M Jeferson 2 0 5 M Brian Johnson 3 0 7 F Eddie Johnson 3 3 19 M Peterson Joseph 2 1 17 M Gadi Kinda 3 1 14 F Frank Klopas 5 1 30 M Michael Kraus 1 0 25 D Jonathan Leathers 2 2

MIN G A 1758 8 4 659 5 0 927 4 1 1050 4 1 1440 3 4 487 3 2 437 3 2 1335 3 1 272 2 2 288 2 1 957 2 1 586 2 1 399 2 0 582 2 0 270 2 0 780 2 0 1404 2 0 1829 1 7 448 1 3 680 1 2 1166 1 2 368 1 1 154 1 1 629 1 1 240 1 1 759 1 1 472 1 1 449 1 1 85 1 0 300 1 0 1189 1 0 76 1 0 261 1 0 659 1 0 90 1 0 130 1 0 211 1 0 795 0 3 360 0 3 2065 0 3 645 0 2 403 0 2 1184 0 2 296 0 1 296 0 1 2135 0 1 329 0 1 449 0 1 166 0 1 179 0 1 960 0 1 393 0 1 461 0 1 441 0 1 216 0 0 180 0 0 1740 0 0 100 0 0 630 0 0 5 0 0 90 0 0 24 0 0 1107 0 0 1 0 0 105 0 0 20 0 0 11 0 0 30 0 0 90 0 0 140 0 0 75 0 0 180 0 0 32 0 0 118 0 0 1369 0 0 450 0 0 43 0 0 53 0 0 20 0 0 33 0 0 270 0 0 103 0 0 143 0 0 105 0 0 31 0 0 180 0 0 18

SHT 54 28 12 12 10 18 11 17 7 6 25 13 11 24 22 7 7 32 5 11 27 3 7 12 10 8 6 8 4 2 13 5 6 16 1 4 6 21 9 13 15 3 6 3 0 1 2 15 3 2 7 1 10 4 0 2 4 2 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 9 0 0 3 1 1 5 2 2 2 0 0

SOG 30 13 8 4 5 6 4 7 4 3 11 12 6 9 7 4 4 4 3 5 14 1 3 6 5 3 2 4 1 2 6 1 3 6 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

FC FS 15 35 20 10 23 26 21 10 15 8 3 8 5 13 42 20 6 10 6 6 20 30 10 17 7 4 20 18 13 15 8 8 23 16 26 30 3 4 11 5 34 20 8 5 2 2 8 11 4 8 8 11 8 4 9 7 2 1 4 2 22 23 2 1 3 3 18 18 2 3 3 0 3 2 16 23 9 11 31 37 8 15 7 3 12 20 7 1 5 3 32 31 1 6 5 10 2 1 2 1 9 10 8 3 10 13 7 6 5 2 4 2 20 16 4 0 5 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 22 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 6 2 1 7 1 1 0 4 2 36 17 3 7 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 1 2 1 3 3 3 0 0 2 1

OFF 2 4 6 4 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 9 4 8 6 0 0 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0

CK C E 27 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 69 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 11 1 0 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 11 0 0 3 5 0 21 1 0 12 1 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


CAREER POSTSEASON STATS: FIELD PLAYERS ALL TIME WITH SPORTING KANSAS CITY UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G 2 D Jaylin Lindsey 2 2 210 0 19 M Cristian Lobato 1 0 20 0 10 M Carlos Marinelli 1 0 44 0 24 D Matt Marquess 1 0 13 0 36 D Luis Martins 2 1 124 0 94 M Jimmy Medranda 2 1 121 0 11 M Kurt Morsink 3 3 252 0 93 M Soni Mustivar 2 2 210 0 6 M Paulo Nagamura 7 7 696 0 88 M Kevin Oliveira 1 0 19 0 16 D Lawrence Olum 2 1 202 0 3 D Ike Opara 8 5 496 0 37 F Jacob Peterson 7 3 264 0 3 D Steve Pittman 2 2 160 0 29 F Ryan Pore 3 0 56 0 4 D Brandon Prideaux 7 7 659 0 4 D Roberto Puncec 2 2 210 0 26 D Ryan Raybould 1 0 1 0 22 D Winston Reid 2 2 210 0 7 M Edmundo Rodriguez 1 0 10 0 20 M Oriol Rosell 6 6 488 0 22 F Soony Saad 4 0 47 0 19 F Scott Sealy 3 3 262 0 26 M Kevin Souter 2 2 179 0 4 D Carey Talley 6 6 576 0 19 F Matt Taylor 1 0 24 0 4 F Abe Thompson 2 2 128 0 9 D Ryan Tinsley 2 2 150 0 23 F Ivan Trujillo 1 0 1 0 4 D Scott Uderitz 5 5 431 0 9 M Sasha Victorine 3 3 223 0 20 D Tyson Wahl 2 2 158 0 8 M Diego Walsh 3 0 23 0 54 M Remi Walter 1 1 90 0 6 M Lance Watson 1 0 1 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 53 53 5005 72 Opponent totals 53 53 5005 74

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

SHT 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 13 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0

SOG 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 4 0 2 1 2 1 7 2 10 0 0 3 1 1 0 11 0 0 4 1 9 3 1 0 14 0 5 4 0 11 2 4 1 1 0

FS 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 3 9 1 1 4 2 4 0 15 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 7 0 2 5 1 15 7 0 1 0 0

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

CK C 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

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

67 699 279 841 832 118 250 110 2 74 603 251 832 841 154 246 118 5

CAREER POSTSEASON STATS: GOALKEEPERS ALL TIME WITH SPORTING KANSAS CITY

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 21 G Andrew Dykstra 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 1 G Kevin Hartman 1 G Bo Oshoniyi 1 G Tony Meola 29 G Tim Melia 25 G Garth Lagerwey 1 G Eric Kronberg 1 G Jon Kempin 1 G Mike Ammann Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 10 5 4 16 9 5 1 1 2 53 53

GS 1 10 5 4 16 9 5 1 0 2 53 53

MIN 120 960 450 360 1505 834 450 90 36 180 5005 5005

SHTS 5 24 24 18 84 44 31 5 1 15 251 279

SV 4 15 18 14 62 28 18 3 0 9 175 198

GA 1 9 5 5 21 15 9 2 1 6 74 72

GAA PG 0.75 0 0.84 0 1.00 0 1.25 0 1.26 2 1.62 1 1.80 0 2.00 0 2.50 0 3.00 0 1.33 3 1.29 5

PA 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 5

W L T 0 1 0 5 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 7 6 3 2 3 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18 22 13 22 18 13

SO 0 4 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 16 15

OT RECORD 0-1-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-2 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 2-4-5 4-2-5

CAREER POSTSEASON STATS: CURRENT SPORTING KC PLAYERS ACROSS MLS CAREERS UNF

POS

PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

PKG

PKA

SKG

SKA

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

13 15 3 21 5 17 2 36 4 7 20 6 11 54 8

D M D M D M D D D F F M F M D

Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Andreu Fontas Felipe Hernandez Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Gadi Kinda Jaylin Lindsey Luis Martins Roberto Puncec Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Khiry Shelton Remi Walter Graham Zusi

3 16 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 7 6 8 8 1 19

3 14 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 5 8 5 1 19

296 1189 90 43 90 143 210 124 210 645 487 780 529 90 1829

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

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

0 13 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 15 18 7 6 1 32

0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 6 4 2 0 4

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

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

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

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

5 22 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 8 3 8 8 1 26

3 23 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 15 8 8 5 0 30

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

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 1 69

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

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

CAREER POSTSEASON STATS: CURRENT SPORTING KC GOALKEEPERS UNF

POS

PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

SHTS

SV GA

GAA PKG

PKA

SKG SKA W

L

T SO

29

GK

Tim Melia

9

9

834

44

28

1.62

1

0

3

3 1

15 19

1

3

2


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 1996 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) Kansas City Wizards (17-15-0, 1-0-0) vs. Dallas Burn (17-15-0, 0-1-0) September 26, 1996 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Dallas Kansas City

Dallas Burn (17-15-0, 1-1-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (17-15-0, 1-1-0) September 29, 1996 -- Cotton Bowl

1 2 Tot 2 0 2 1 2 3

Goals By Period Kansas City Dallas

Scoring Summary: KC--Johnston 1 (Sorber 1) 16’ DAL--Elliott 1 (Unassisted) 21’ DAL--Ashton 1 (Elliott 1) 25’ KC-- McKeon 1 (Unassisted) 79’ KC--Preki 1 (Chung 1) 89’

Dallas Burn (17-15-0, 1-2-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (17-15-0, 2-1-0) October 2, 1996 -- Cotton Bowl

1 2 Tot 1 0 1 2 0 2

Goals By Period Kansas City Dallas

Scoring Summary: DAL--Kreis 1 (Sanchez 1) 5’ KC--Preki 2 (Johnston 1) 30’ DAL--Washington 1 (Lozzano 1) 32’

Kansas City Wizards--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz (Samuel Ekeme 71’), Uche Okafor, Sean Bowers, Mike Sorber (Matt McKeon 71’), Paul Wright, Diego Gutierrez, Preki, Mark Chung, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira

Scoring Summary: DAL--Sanchez 1 (Santel 1) 27’ KC--Chung 1 (Sorber 2, Preki 1) 41’ KC--Takawira 1 (Wright 1) 62’ DAL--Elliott 2 (Sanchez 2) 66’

Dallas Burn--Mark Dodd, Diego Sonora, Brandon Pollard, Mark Santel, Richard Farrer, Zak Ibsen, Lawrence Lozzano, Leonel Alvarez, Jason Kreis (Brian Haynes 59’), Hugo Sanchez (Chad Ashton 82’), Dante Washington (Gerell Elliott 68’) Cautions: Kreis 17’, Farrer 20’

Dallas Burn--Mark Dodd, Lawrence Lozzano, Diego Sonora, Mark Santel, Richard Farrer, Brandon Pollard, Chad Ashton (Zak Ibsen 79’), Leonel Alvarez, Brian Haynes, Gerell Elliott (Ted Eck 46’), Dante Washington

Kansas City Wizards--Garth Lagerwey, Sean Bowers, Uche Okafor (Matt McKeon 46’), Scott Uderitz, Preki, Paul Wright (Frank Klopas 68’), Mike Sorber, Mark Chung, Diego Gutierrez, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira

Cautions: Sonora 57’, Alvarez 87’

Cautions: Sorber 50’, Gutierrez 70’

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

DAL 14 7 17 6 3 12

KC 20 15 11 4 9 4

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Referee: Tim Weyland Referee’s Assistants: Ali Mohabbi, Mehrdad Bonvan 4th Official: Rob Chaplin Attendance: 4,466

KC 13 9 16 1 5 5

1 2 Tot 1 1 2 1 1 2

Kansas City Wizards Win On Penalty Kicks 3-2: DAL--Farrer, Goal KC --Johnston, Saved DAL--Ashton, Saved KC --Takawira, Time Expired DAL--Sanchez, Goal KC --Wright, Goal DAL--Haynes, High KC --Klopas, Goal DAL--Lozzano, Saved KC --Preki, Goal Dallas Burn--Mark Dodd, Brandon Pollard, Diego Sonora (Brian Haynes 66’), Richard Farrer, Mark Santel, Lawrence Lozzano, Zak Ibsen, Leonel Alvarez, Jason Kreis (Chad Ashton 89’), Hugo Sanchez, Dante Washington (Gerell Elliott 46’) Cautions: Sanchez 41’, Farrer 73’, Haynes 81’

DAL 9 8 15 3 9 6

Kansas City Wizards--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz, Matt McKeon, Sean Bowers, Preki, Paul Wright, Mike Sorber (Samuel Ekeme 79’), Mark Chung (Frank Klopas 89’), Diego Gutierrez, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira Cautions: Uderitz 22’, Preki 35’

Referee: Esse Baharmast Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Jon Wilson 4th Official: Misail Tsapos Attendance: 10,125

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 9 5 16 3 5 1

DAL 4 4 23 1 5 1

Referee: Rich Grady Referee’s Assistants: Michael Williams, Andrew Barnes 4th Official: Glenn Prechac Attendance: 9,802

1996 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE FINAL) Los Angeles Galaxy (19-13-0, 3-1-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (17-15-0, 2-2-0) October 10, 1996 -- Rose Bowl Goals By Period Kansas City Los Angeles

1 2 Tot 0 1 1 0 2 2

Goals By Period Los Angeles Kansas City

Scoring Summary: LA--Armas 1 (Unassisted) 48’ KC--Preki 3 (Unassisted) 52’ LA--Vanney 1 (Unassisted) 57’

Cautions: Calichman 18’ Kansas City Wizards--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz, Matt McKeon, Sean Bowers, Mike Sorber (Frank Klopas 73’), Paul Wright, Preki, Mark Chung, Diego Gutierrez, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira (Uche Okafor 79’) Cautions: Wright 15 KC 11 7 11 3 4 5

1 2 Tot 0 1 1 0 1 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Preki 4 (Unassisted) 69’ LA--Vanney 2 (Cienfuegos 1) 76’

LA Galaxy--Jorge Campos, Robin Fraser, Dan Calichman, Greg Vanney, Mark Semioli (Brad Wilson 88’), Mauricio Cienfuegos, Jorge Salcedo, Chris Armas, Cobi Jones, Harut Karapetyan (Eduardo Hurtado 46’), Ante Razov (Guillermo Jara 78’)

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Kansas City Wizards (17-15-0, 2-3-0) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (19-13-0, 4-1-0) October 13, 1996 -- Arrowhead Stadium

LA 14 8 11 6 3 5

Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Levon Baladjanian, Juan Hernandez 4th Official: Hugo Silva Attendance: 25,212

Los Angeles Galaxy Win On Penalty Kicks 3-1: LA --Noamouz, Saved KC --Sorber, Saved LA --Vanney, Goal KC --Wright, Goal LA --Cienfuegos, Goal KC --Chung, Wide Left LA --Jones, High KC --Preki, Saved LA --Fraser, Goal Kansas City Wizards--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz, Uche Okafor (Matt McKeon 51’), Sean Bowers, Diego Gutierrez, Mike Sorber, Preki, Mark Chung, Paul Wright, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira Cautions: Johnston 70’, Preki 81’ LA Galaxy--Jorge Campos, Greg Vanney, Dan Calichman, Robin Fraser, Mark Semioli (Arash Noamouz 71’), Jorge Salcedo (David Kramer 73’), Chris Armas, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Cobi Jones, Ante Razov (Harut Karapetyan 54’), Eduardo Hurtado Cautions: Calichman 38’, Semioli 42’, Armas 60’, Cienfuegos 67’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

LA 9 4 18 3 8 6

KC 14 7 23 4 5 3

Referee: Zimmerman Boulos Referee’s Assistants: Ali Saheli, Alan Shepherd 4th Official: Mehrdad Bonvan Attendance: 11,041 20


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 1997 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) Kansas City Wizards (21-11-0, 0-1-0) vs. Colorado Rapids (14-18-0, 1-0-0) October 4, 1997 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Colorado Kansas City

Colorado Rapids (14-18-0, 2-0-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (21-11-0, 0-2-0) October 8, 1997 -- Mile High Stadium

1 2 Tot 1 2 3 0 0 0

Goals By Period Kansas City Colorado

Scoring Summary: COL--C. Henderson 1 (Unassisted) 25’ COL--Bravo 1 (C. Henderson 1) 67’ COL--Paule 1 (Bravo 1, C. Henderson 2) 75’ Kansas City Wizards--Mike Ammann, Matt McKeon, Uche Okafor, Richard Gough, Sean Bowers, Steve Pittman, Ryan Tinsley (Edmundo Rodriguez 80’), Frank Klopas (Preki 46’), Mark Chung, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira (Paul Wright 57’) Cautions: Pittman 35’, Tinsley 52’, Preki 84’, Rodriguez 84’ Colorado Rapids--Marcus Hahnemann, Chris Martinez (Marcelo Balboa 77’), Tahj Jakins, Peter Vermes, Steve Trittschuh, Matt Kmosko, Sean Henderson, Paul Bravo, Chris Henderson, David Patino (Ross Paule 70’), Steve Rammel (Wolde Harris 62’) Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

COL 9 5 13 3 7 3

KC 10 3 12 1 5 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Takawira 1 (Okafor 1) 9’ COL--Bravo 2 (C. Henderson 3, S. Henderson 1) 16’ COL--Bravo 3 (Kmosko 1, Harris 1) 68’ COL--Harris 1 (Bravo 2, Balboa 1) 83’ KC--Preki 1 (Takawira 1) 88’ Colorado Rapids--Marcus Hahnemann, Steve Trittschuh, Matt Kmosko, Chris Martinez, Peter Vermes, Marcelo Balboa, David Patino (Tahj Jakins 73’), Sean Henderson, Paul Bravo, Chris Henderson, Steve Rammel (Wolde Harris 63’) Kansas City Wizards--Mike Ammann, Sean Bowers, Uche Okafor, Steve Pittman (John Debrito 70’), Richard Gough, Matt McKeon, Ryan Tinsley (Frank Klopas 70’), Mark Chung, Preki, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira Cautions: Gough 23’, McKeon 27’, Okafor 51’, Klopas 85’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Laszlo Nagy, Tom Bobadilla Attendance: 10,174

1 2 Tot 1 1 2 1 2 3

KC 14 9 21 5 3 7

COL 14 10 17 7 5 7

Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Steve Olson, Susan Cicchinelli Attendance: 13,117

2000 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (QUARTERFINALS) Kansas City Wizards (16-7-9, 1-0-0) vs. Colorado Rapids (13-15-4, 0-1-0) September 16, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Colorado Kansas City

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 0 1

Goals By Period Kansas City Colorado

Scoring Summary: KC--Molnar 1 (Preki 1) 18’ Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Chris Klein (Chris Brown 46’), Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon (Francisco Gomez 67’), Chris Henderson, Mo Johnston, Miklos Molnar, Preki (Brian Johnson 77’) Cautions: Garcia 24’, Johnston 27’, Henderson 84’ Ejections: Johnston 92+ Colorado Rapids--David Kramer, Marcelo Balboa, Chris Martinez, David Vaudreuil, Scott Vermillion, Jason Moore (Anders Limpar 75’), Ross Paule, Jason Bent, Wes Hart (Junior Agogo 62’), Paul Bravo, Matt Okoh (Jorge Dely Valdes 46’) Cautions: Hart 13’, Vaudreuil 15’, Bent 18’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

COL 19 6 19 5 4 7

Colorado Rapids (13-15-4, 0-1-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (16-7-9, 1-0-1) September 20, 2000 -- Mile High Stadium

KC 12 8 24 3 2 6

Referee: Rich Grady Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, Rick Eddy 4th Official: Noel Kenny Attendance: 8,682

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Colorado Rapids--David Kramer, Marcelo Balboa, Chris Martinez, Scott Vermillion, Ross Paule (Jason Moore 46’), Anders Limpar (Wes Hart 84’), Paul Bravo, David Vaudreuil, Jason Bent, Junior Agogo, Jorge Dely Valdes (Matt Okoh 96’)

Kansas City Wizards (16-7-9, 2-0-1) vs. Colorado Rapids (13-15-4, 0-2-1) September 24, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Colorado Kansas City

1 2 Tot 0 2 2 1 2 3

Cautions: Vermillion 31’, Bravo 59’, Limpar 68’

Scoring Summary: KC--Henderson 1 (Unassisted) 11’ KC--Molnar 2 (Klein 1, Gomez 1) 65’ KC--Gomez 1 (Zavagnin 1) 69’ COL--Bravo 1 (Vermillion 1) 70’ COL--Bravo 2 (Penalty Kick) 94+

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Nick Garcia, Chris Klein (Brian Johnson 91’), Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon (Francisco Gomez 62’), Chris Henderson, Preki, Miklos Molnar, Chris Brown

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Chris Klein, Francisco Gomez, Matt McKeon (Brian Johnson 80’), Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Henderson, Preki (Chris Brown 74’), Miklos Molnar

Cautions: Vermes 27’

Cautions: Zavagnin 59’, McKeon 73’ Colorado Rapids--David Kramer, Marcelo Balboa, Chris Martinez (Lance Key 50’), David Vaudreuil (Wes Hart 85’), Scott Vermillion, Jason Bent, Paul Bravo, Ross Paule, Anders Limpar, Jorge Dely Valdes, Junior Agogo

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 18 3 17 1 5 3

COL 12 3 20 4 7 3

Referee: Noel Kenny Referee’s Assistants: Tom Bobadilla, Jon Wilson 4th Official: Michael Kennedy Attendance: 8,789

Cautions: Key 61’ Ejections: Agogo 75’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

COL 7 4 16 2 3 5

KC 20 8 14 1 4 2

Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Chip Reed, Francisco Sanchez 4th Official: Ali Saheli Attendance: 4,156

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2000 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (SEMIFINALS) Kansas City Wizards (16-7-9, 2-0-2) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (14-10-8, 2-0-1) September 29, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Los Angeles Kansas City

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Los Angeles Galaxy (14-10-8, 3-0-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (16-7-9, 2-1-2) October 3, 2000 -- Rose Bowl Goals By Period Kansas City Los Angeles

1 2 OT Tot 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2

Goals By Period Los Angeles Kansas City

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Matt McKeon (Francisco Gomez 83’), Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Klein, Chris Henderson, Preki, Chris Brown (Mo Johnston 46’), Miklos Molnar

Scoring Summary: LA--Jones 2 (Hendrickson 1) 16’ KC-- McKeon 1 (Zavagnin 2) 29’ LA--Califf 1 (Jones 2) 93’

Cautions: Klein 2’, Henderson 15’

Los Angeles Galaxy--Kevin Hartman, Greg Vanney, Robin Fraser, Ezra Hendrickson, Paul Caligiuri, Zak Ibsen (Danny Califf 46’), Mauricio Cienfuegos, Simon Elliott, Brian Kelly (Sasha Victorine 55’), Cobi Jones, Luis Hernandez

Los Angeles Galaxy--Kevin Hartman, Robin Fraser, Paul Caligiuri, Ezra Hendrickson, Greg Vanney, Brian Kelly (Sebastien Vorbe 77’), Simon Elliott, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Zak Ibsen, Cobi Jones, Luis Hernandez Cautions: Fraser 58’, Cienfuegos 97’, Jones 98’, Hernandez 100’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

LA 6 1 22 4 6 8

KC 20 8 10 1 10 1

Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Roger Sill, Albert Echeverria 4th Official: Marcel Yonan Attendance: 11,815

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Brandon Prideaux, Peter Vermes, Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Chris Klein, Chris Henderson, Miklos Molnar, Mo Johnston, Preki (Francisco Gomez 91’) KC 11 6 8 0 8 4

LA 9 6 16 5 6 5

Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, Rick Eddy 4th Official: Kevin Terry Attendance: 20,849

2000 MLS CUP Chicago Fire (17-9-6, 4-3-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (16-7-9, 4-1-2) October 15, 2000 -- RFK Stadium Goals By Period Chicago Kansas City

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 0 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Molnar 5 (Klein 2) 11’ Chicago Fire--Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Carlos Bocanegra, Tenywa Bonseu, Peter Nowak (Lubos Kubik 83’), Dema Kovalenko, Diego Gutierrez (Damarcus Beasley 70’), Chris Armas, Jesse Marsch (Josh Wolff 59’), Hristo Stoichkov, Ante Razov Cautions: Kovalenko 47, Bonseu 76 Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Chris Klein (Francisco Gomez 89’), Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Preki (Uche Okafor 74’), Matt McKeon, Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Henderson, Mo Johnston, Miklos Molnar Cautions: Johnston 48’, Garcia 58’, Meola 76’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

1 2 OT Tot 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Molnar 3 (Penalty Kick) 21’ KC--Molnar 4 (Johnston 1) 96’

Cautions: Hernandez 59’, Hendrickson 82’

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Kansas City Wizards (16-7-9, 3-1-2) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (14-10-8, 3-1-1) October 6, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium

CHI 22 10 17 1 8 2

KC 6 3 26 5 2 10

Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, George Vergara 4th Official: Kevin Stott Attendance: 39,159 22

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Matt McKeon, Kerry Zavagnin, Mo Johnston, Chris Klein, Chris Henderson, Preki, Miklos Molnar Cautions: Garcia 40’, Molnar 50’, Johnston 58’, Zavagnin 76’ Los Angeles Galaxy--Kevin Hartman, Robin Fraser, Danny Califf, Ezra Hendrickson, Paul Caligiuri, Simon Elliott, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Sasha Victorine, Greg Vanney, Luis Hernandez, Cobi Jones Cautions: Vanney 36’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

LA 9 4 20 5 7 2

KC 16 4 27 2 5 4

Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Nate Clement, George Gansner 4th Official: Gerry Corrie Attendance: 8,320


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2001 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (QUARTERFINALS) Miami Fusion (16-5-5, 1-0-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (11-13-3, 0-1-0) September 22, 2001 -- Lockhart Stadium Goals By Period Kansas City Miami

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

Goals By Period Miami Kansas City

Scoring Summary: MIA--Serna 1 (Woan 1, Rooney 1) 28’ MIA--Pineda Chacon 1 (Preki 1, Serna 1) 53’ Miami Fusion--Nick Rimando, Ian Woan (Tyrone Marshall 73’), Carlos Llamosa, Ivan Mckinley, Pablo Mastroeni, Jim Rooney, Chris Henderson, Alex Pineda Chacon, Ian Bishop, Preki (Johnny Torres 82’), Diego Serna Cautions: Rooney 50 Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Mike Burns, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Chris Klein, Kerry Zavagnin (Mo Johnston 69’), Matt McKeon, Andrew Gregor (Francisco Gomez 79’), Gary Glasgow, Onandi Lowe, Chris Brown (Roy Lassiter 46’) Cautions: McKeon 33’, Gregor 56’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 10 2 19 4 2 3

Kansas City Wizards (11-13-3, 1-1-0) vs. Miami Fusion (16-5-5, 1-1-0) September 26, 2001 -- Arrowhead Stadium

MIA 13 5 17 1 4 2

Goals By Period Kansas City Miami

1 2 Tot 1 0 1 1 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Lowe 1 ( McKeon 1, Gomez 1) 24’ KC-- McKeon 1 (Penalty Kick) 31’ KC--Gomez 1 (Vermes 1) 49+

Scoring Summary: KC--Lowe 2 (Burns 1, Lassiter 1) 13’ MIA--Preki 1 (Unassisted) 14’ MIA--Henderson 1 (Torres 1, Mckinley 1) 71’

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Chris Klein, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Mike Burns, Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Francisco Gomez (Mo Johnston 46’), Gary Glasgow (Chris Brown 21’), Roy Lassiter (Andrew Gregor 60’), Onandi Lowe

Miami Fusion--Nick Rimando, Ian Woan (Johnny Torres 62’), Brian Dunseth, Carlos Llamosa, Ivan Mckinley, Jim Rooney, Chris Henderson, Ian Bishop, Lazo Alavanja (Tyrone Marshall 62’), Alex Pineda Chacon, Preki (Jeff Bilyk 90’)

Cautions: Lassiter 38’, Burns 60’, Gregor 79’, Vermes 80’

Cautions: Alavanja 42’

Miami Fusion--Nick Rimando (Jeff Cassar 46’), Ivan Mckinley, Carlos Llamosa (Brian Dunseth 46’), Pablo Mastroeni, Ian Woan (Tyrone Marshall 43’), Jim Rooney, Ian Bishop, Chris Henderson, Alex Pineda Chacon, Preki (Lazo Alavanja 46’), Diego Serna

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Chris Klein, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Mike Burns, Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Francisco Gomez (Mo Johnston 45’), Chris Brown (Andrew Gregor 81’), Onandi Lowe, Roy Lassiter (Gary Glasgow 61’)

Cautions: Mastroeni 4’, Llamosa 29’, Woan 41’ Ejections: Mastroeni 30’, Serna 82’

Cautions: Lowe 16’, Burns 65’, Glasgow 91+

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Rob Fereday, Steve Taylor 4th Official: Robbie Mann Attendance: 6,281

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 3 0 3

Miami Fusion (16-5-5, 2-1-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (11-13-3, 1-2-0) September 29, 2001 -- Lockhart Stadium

MIA 8 5 7 1 6 2

KC 19 7 25 2 8 5

Referee: Alex Prus Referee’s Assistants: Richard Huber, George Gansner 4th Official: Ali Saheli Attendance: 5,803

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 21 8 19 2 8 1

MIA 12 4 15 2 6 7

Referee: Gerry Corrie Referee’s Assistants: Chip Reed, Rick Eddy 4th Official: Reggie Rutty Attendance: 8,119

2002 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) Los Angeles Galaxy (16-9-3, 1-0-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (9-10-9, 0-1-0 September 25, 2002 -- Rose Bowl Goals By Period Kansas City Los Angeles

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3

Kansas City Wizards (9-10-9, 1-1-0) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (16-9-3, 1-1-0) September 28, 2002 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Los Angeles Kansas City

1 2 Tot 0 1 1 2 2 4

Goals By Period Kansas City Los Angeles

Scoring Summary: KC--Preki 1 (Brown 1, Quill 1) 25’ LA--Ruiz 1 (Penalty Kick) 62’ KC--Brown 1 (Klein 1) 70’ LA--Jones 1 (Marshall 1) 85’ LA--Ruiz 2 (Elliott 1) 99’

Scoring Summary: KC--Simutenkov 1 (Garcia 1) 19’ KC--Quill 1 (Vermes 1, Preki 1) 37’ KC--Preki 2 (Unassisted) 70’ LA--Albright 1 (Ruiz 1) 71’ KC--Fabbro 1 (Quill 2) 73’

Los Angeles Galaxy--Kevin Hartman, Danny Califf, Alexi Lalas (Brian Mullan 84’), Tyrone Marshall, Cobi Jones, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Simon Elliott, Ezra Hendrickson, Sasha Victorine, Chris Albright (Alejandro Moreno 70’), Carlos Ruiz

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Carey Talley, Peter Vermes, Nick Garcia, Chris Klein (Stephen Armstrong 81’), Preki (Matt McKeon 76’), Kerry Zavagnin, Diego Gutierrez, Eric Quill, Igor Simutenkov (Dario Fabbro 59’), Chris Brown

Cautions: Elliott 63’

Cautions: Vermes 43’, Fabbro 61’

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Carey Talley, Chris Klein, Diego Gutierrez, Kerry Zavagnin, Preki, Eric Quill (Stephen Armstrong 82’), Chris Brown, Igor Simutenkov (Mike Burns 73’)

Los Angeles Galaxy--Kevin Hartman, Alexi Lalas (Brian Mullan 73’), Ezra Hendrickson, Tyrone Marshall, Danny Califf, Peter Vagenas (Adam Frye 76’), Simon Elliott, Mauricio Cienfuegos (Chris Albright 46’), Sasha Victorine, Cobi Jones, Carlos Ruiz

Cautions: Talley 27’, Garcia 67’

Cautions: Ruiz 40’

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 13 4 20 0 5 7

LA 19 10 19 5 3 2

Referee: Richard Heron Referee’s Assistants: George Gansner, Craig Lowry 4th Official: Jesse Johnson Attendance: 14,585

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

LA 14 4 9 2 5 4

KC 13 8 22 4 3 3

Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Thomas Supple, Steve Taylor 4th Official: Alex Prus Attendance: 9,484

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Los Angeles Galaxy (16-9-3, 2-1-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (9-10-9, 1-2-0) October 2, 2002 -- Rose Bowl 1 2 Tot 0 2 2 2 3 5

Scoring Summary: LA--Ruiz 3 (Victorine 1) 34’ LA--Jones 2 (Unassisted) 46+ KC--Klein 1 (Quill 3, Brown 2) 47’ LA--Jones 3 (Ruiz 2) 62’ LA--Ruiz 4 (Jones 1, Waibel 1) 66’ KC--Preki 3 (Unassisted) 72’ LA--Tennyson 1 (Unassisted) 93+ Los Angeles Galaxy--Kevin Hartman, Danny Califf, Alexi Lalas, Tyrone Marshall, Cobi Jones, Simon Elliott, Chris Albright (Craig Waibel 62’), Ezra Hendrickson, Sasha Victorine, Alejandro Moreno (Brian Mullan 71’), Carlos Ruiz (Mckinley Tennyson 92+) Cautions: Ruiz 27’, Lalas 67’ Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes (Stephen Armstrong 66), Carey Talley, Chris Klein, Diego Gutierrez (Matt McKeon 73’), Kerry Zavagnin, Preki, Eric Quill, Chris Brown, Igor Simutenkov (Dario Fabbro 46’) Cautions: Simutenkov 37’, Vermes 48’, McKeon 78’, Quill 84’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 15 7 13 3 4 3

LA 12 8 26 8 4 5

Referee: Michael Kennedy Referee’s Assistants: George Vergara, David Bragg 4th Official: Jair Marrufo Attendance: 14,713


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2003 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) Colorado Rapids (11-12-7, 0-0-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (11-10-9, 0-0-1) November 4, 2003 -- Invesco Field At Mile High Goals By Period Kansas City Colorado

1 2 Tot 1 0 1 0 1 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Harris 1 (Zavagnin 1) 3’ COL--Borchers 1 (Beckerman 1, Kotschau 1) 53’ Colorado Rapids--Joe Cannon, Kyle Beckerman, Wes Hart (Matt Crawford 45’), Nat Borchers, Ritchie Kotschau, Robin Fraser, Mark Chung, Chris Henderson, Pablo Mastroeni, Chris Carrieri (Zizi Roberts 66’), John Spencer Cautions: Carrieri 12’, Fraser 48’ Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Chris Klein, Alex Zotinca (Stephen Armstrong 71’), Eric Quill, Carey Talley, Kerry Zavagnin, Wolde Harris (Davy Arnaud 86’), Preki Cautions: Klein 16’, Arnaud 90’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 6 4 13 4 3 3

COL 12 4 20 1 4 3

Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Roger Itaya, Steven Davidson 4th Official: Michael Kennedy Attendance: 6,434

Kansas City Wizards (11-10-9, 1-0-1) vs. Colorado Rapids (11-12-7, 0-1-1) November 8, 2003 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Colorado Kansas City

Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Chris Klein, Kerry Zavagnin, Eric Quill (Stephen Armstrong 45’), Igor Simutenkov (Alex Zotinca 71’), Carey Talley, Wolde Harris (Davy Arnaud 85’), Preki Cautions: Meola 47+, Zavagnin 70’, Armstrong 77’ Colorado Rapids--Joe Cannon, Nat Borchers, Robin Fraser, Wes Hart (Chris Carrieri 64’), Ritchie Kotschau, Kyle Beckerman, Mark Chung, Chris Henderson, Pablo Mastroeni, Zizi Roberts, John Spencer Cautions: Roberts 58’, Beckerman 89’ COL 9 4 10 3 5 3

KC 10 6 14 1 4 4

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Thomas Supple 4th Official: Terry Vaughn Attendance: 10,712

2004 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) San Jose Earthquakes (9-10-11, 1-0-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (14-9-7, 0-1-0) October 24, 2004 -- Spartan Stadium Goals By Period Kansas City San Jose

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

Scoring Summary: SJ--De Rosario 1 (Donovan 1) 40’ SJ--Waibel 1 (Agoos 1) 52’ San Jose Earthquakes--Pat Onstad, Jeff Agoos, Ryan Cochrane, Todd Dunivant, Craig Waibel, Ramiro Corrales, Landon Donovan, Brian Mullan, Ian Russell (Chris Brown 94+), Brian Ching, Dwayne De Rosario (Jamil Walker 86’) Cautions: Agoos 24’, Mullan 38’ Kansas City Wizards--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Alex Zotinca, Diego Gutierrez, Jack Jewsbury (Diego Walsh 79’), Igor Simutenkov (Khari Stephenson 52’), Kerry Zavagnin, Davy Arnaud, Josh Wolff Cautions: Simutenkov 41’, Zotinca 59’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 5 2 14 3 5 5

Kansas City Wizards (14-9-7, 1-1-0) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (9-10-11, 1-1-0) October 30, 2004 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period San Jose Kansas City

SJ 15 7 24 2 11 2

Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Rob Fereday, Rick Eddy 4th Official: Alex Prus Attendance: 8,659

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 2 3

Kansas City Wizards--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Alex Zotinca (Taylor Graham 94+), Jack Jewsbury, Khari Stephenson (Igor Simutenkov 69’), Kerry Zavagnin (Diego Walsh 86’), Davy Arnaud, Diego Gutierrez, Josh Wolff Cautions: Jewsbury 46+, Arnaud 56’, Gutierrez 78’ San Jose Earthquakes--Pat Onstad, Jeff Agoos, Ryan Cochrane, Todd Dunivant, Craig Waibel, Ramiro Corrales (Eddie Robinson 94+), Landon Donovan, Brian Mullan, Richard Mulrooney, Brian Ching, Dwayne De Rosario (Ian Russell 61’) Cautions: Donovan 43’ SJ 8 4 15 6 4 3

KC 14 6 21 2 5 4

Referee: Terry Vaughn Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, George Gansner 4th Official: Abbey Okulaja Attendance: 10,222 24

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3

Scoring Summary: KC--Simutenkov 2 (Klein 1) 57’ SJ--Lagos 1 (Dayak 2, Donovan 2) 61’ KC--Klein 2 (Preki 1) 72’ SJ--Mullan 1 (Russell 2) 83’ SJ--Donovan 2 (Ekelund 2) 117’ San Jose Earthquakes--Pat Onstad, Jeff Agoos, Troy Dayak, Eddie Robinson, Craig Waibel (Dwayne De Rosario 81’), Ronnie Ekelund, Manny Lagos (Ian Russell 68’), Brian Mullan, Richard Mulrooney, Landon Donovan, Jamil Walker (Rodrigo Faria 77’) Cautions: Dayak 73’, Faria 112’ Kansas City Wizards--Tony Meola, Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Stephen Armstrong (Eric Quill 66’), Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Klein, Preki, Carey Talley, Wolde Harris (Davy Arnaud 91+), Igor Simutenkov (Josh Wolff 71’) Cautions: Zavagnin 100’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 13 4 16 2 2 3

SJ 21 6 10 2 6 2

Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: George Vergara, Greg Barkey 4th Official: Ricardo Valenzuela Attendance: 16,108

2004 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE FINAL) Kansas City Wizards (14-9-7, 2-1-0) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (11-9-10, 1-2-0) November 5, 2004 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Los Angeles Kansas City

Scoring Summary: KC--Stephenson 1 (Jewsbury 1, Arnaud 1) 26’ KC--Own Goal (Ching) 48’ KC--Jewsbury 1 (Simutenkov 1, Burciaga 1) 92+

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

San Jose Earthquakes (14-7-9, 2-1-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (11-10-9, 1-1-1) November 15, 2003 -- Spartan Stadium Goals By Period Kansas City San Jose

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Simutenkov 1 (Unassisted) 47+ KC--Klein 1 (Simutenkov 1) 63’

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

2003 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE FINAL)

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Arnaud 1 (Wolff 1) 24’ KC--Arnaud 2 (Zotinca 1) 69’ Kansas City Wizards--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Alex Zotinca, Diego Gutierrez, Jack Jewsbury, Khari Stephenson (Taylor Graham 59’), Kerry Zavagnin, Davy Arnaud, Josh Wolff Cautions: Burciaga 41’, Zotinca 72’ Los Angeles Galaxy--Kevin Hartman, Chris Albright, Paul Broome, Danny Califf (Alejandro Moreno 78’), Tyrone Marshall, Cobi Jones (Andreas Herzog 59’), Marcelo Saragosa (Arturo Torres 62’), Peter Vagenas, Sasha Victorine, Jovan Kirovski, Carlos Ruiz Cautions: Vagenas 26’, Broome 72’, Herzog 83’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

LA 9 3 17 1 5 4

KC 14 6 19 3 5 3

Referee: Abbey Okulaja Referee’s Assistants: Thomas Supple, Steve Taylor 4th Official: Michael Kennedy Attendance: 11,931


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2004 MLS CUP D.C. United (11-10-9, 3-0-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (14-9-7, 2-2-0) November 14, 2004 -- The Home Depot Center Goals By Period D.C. United Kansas City

1 2 Tot 3 0 3 1 1 2

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 0 1

Cautions: Stewart 55’, Namoff 72’, Olsen 89’ Ejections: Kovalenko 57’ Kansas City Wizards--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Alex Zotinca (Diego Walsh 82’), Diego Gutierrez, Jack Jewsbury (Matt Taylor 66’), Khari Stephenson (Igor Simutenkov 45’), Kerry Zavagnin, Davy Arnaud, Josh Wolff Cautions: Gutierrez 33’ KC 11 6 13 1 5 2

Kansas City Wizards--Kevin Hartman, Jack Jewsbury (Ryan Raybould 89’), Nick Garcia, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Sasha Victorine, Kerry Zavagnin, Kurt Morsink (Ryan Pore 72’), Scott Sealy, Eddie Johnson Cautions: Harrington 44’, Garcia 54’, Zavagnin 88’ Chivas USA--Brad Guzan, Jason Hernandez, Claudio Suarez, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Alex Zotinca (John Cunliffe 57’), Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch, Paulo Nagamura, Francisco Mendoza, Laurent Merlin (Ramon Nunez 70’) Cautions: Zotinca 46+ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

CHV 8 4 18 5 1 2

Chivas USA (15-7-8, 0-1-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (11-12-7, 1-0-1) November 3, 2007 -- The Home Depot Center Goals By Period Kansas City Chivas USA

Scoring Summary: KC--Arnaud 1 (Free Kick) 35’

D.C. United--Nick Rimando, Bryan Namoff, Ryan Nelsen, Mike Petke, Brian Carroll, Earnie Stewart (Brandon Prideaux 82’), Christian Gomez (Joshua Gros 59’), Dema Kovalenko (Ejected 57’), Ben Olsen, Alecko Eskandarian (Freddy Adu 65’), Jaime Moreno

DC 8 4 15 2 4 2

Kansas City Wizards (11-12-7, 1-0-0) vs. Chivas USA (15-7-8, 0-1-0) October 27, 2007 -- Arrowhead Stadium Goals By Period Chivas USA Kansas City

Scoring Summary: KC--Burciaga 1 (Unassisted) 6’ DC--Eskandarian 3 (Carroll 1) 19’ DC--Eskandarian 4 (Unassisted) 23’ DC--Own Goal (Zotinca) 26’ KC--Wolff 1 (Penalty Kick) 58’

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

2007 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS)

KC 8 3 12 2 2 4

Referee: Alex Prus Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Rob Fereday 4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez Attendance: 12,442

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chivas USA--Brad Guzan, Lawson Vaughn, Claudio Suarez, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Francisco Mendoza (Anthony Hamilton 81’), Paulo Nagamura, Jesse Marsch, Sacha Kljestan, Maykel Galindo, Ramon Nunez (John Cunliffe 74’) Cautions: Marsch 19’, Francisco Mendoz 53’, Nunez 62’, Bornstein 89’ Kansas City Wizards--Kevin Hartman, Jack Jewsbury, Nick Garcia, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Kurt Morsink, Kerry Zavagnin (Lance Watson 94+), Sasha Victorine (Ryan Pore 67’), Eddie Johnson, Scott Sealy (Jose Burciaga Jr. 82’) Cautions: Johnson 65’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 8 3 13 4 0 6

CHV 16 7 20 2 6 3

Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Steve Taylor 4th Official: Tim Weyland Attendance: 19,711

Referee: Michael Kennedy Referee’s Assistants: Nate Clement, Kermit Quisenberry 4th Official: Abbey Okulaja Attendance: 25,797

2007 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE FINAL) Houston Dynamo (15-8-7, 2-1-0) vs. Kansas City Wizards (11-12-7, 1-1-1) November 10, 2007 -- Robertson Stadium Goals By Period Kansas City Houston

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

2008 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) Kansas City Wizards (11-10-9, 0-0-1) vs. Columbus Crew (17-7-6, 0-0-1) November 1, 2008 -- CommunityAmerica Ballpark Goals By Period Columbus Kansas City

1 2 Tot 0 1 1 0 1 1

Columbus Crew (17-7-6, 1-0-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (11-10-9, 0-1-1) November 8, 2008 -- Columbus Crew Stadium Goals By Period Kansas City Columbus

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

Scoring Summary: HOU--Jaqua 1 (Mulrooney 1) 35’ HOU--De Rosario 1 (Waibel 1) 81’

Scoring Summary: KC--Arnaud 1 (Lopez 1) 53’ CLB--Lenhart 1 (Moreno 1) 92+

Scoring Summary: CLB--Evans 1 (Carroll 1) 7’ CLB--Rogers 1 (Moreno 2, Barros Schelotto 1) 57’

Houston Dynamo--Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Brian Mullan, Eddie Robinson, Ryan Cochrane, Wade Barrett, Dwayne De Rosario (Stuart Holden 85’), Richard Mulrooney, Brad Davis, Brian Ching (Joseph Ngwenya 70’), Nate Jaqua

Kansas City Wizards--Kevin Hartman, Jonathan Leathers, Tyson Wahl, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Herculez Gomez (Ejected 75’), Jack Jewsbury, Davy Arnaud, Kevin Souter (Roger Espinoza 92+), Abe Thompson (Josh Wolff 69’), Claudio Lopez (Ivan Trujillo 89’)

Columbus Crew--William Hesmer, Frankie Hejduk, Chad Marshall (Andy Iro 92+), Danny O’rourke, Gino Padula (Ezra Hendrickson 92+), Eddie Gaven, Brad Evans, Brian Carroll, Robbie Rogers, Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Emmanuel Ekpo 85’), Alejandro Moreno

Cautions: Jewsbury 41’ Ejections: Gomez 75’

Cautions: Evans 63’, Rogers 66’, Hejduk 87’, Ekpo 90’

Cautions: Jaqua 41’ Kansas City Wizards--Kevin Hartman, Jack Jewsbury (Ryan Pore 75’), Nick Garcia, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Kurt Morsink, Kerry Zavagnin (Carlos Marinelli 46’), Sasha Victorine (Eloy Colombano 66’), Eddie Johnson, Scott Sealy Cautions: Garcia 55’, Marinelli 58’, Arnaud 93+ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 3 0 10 0 1 4

HOU 11 6 11 6 6 0

Referee: Jair Marrufo Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Abbey Okulaja Attendance: 30,972

Columbus Crew--William Hesmer, Frankie Hejduk, Chad Marshall, Danny O’rourke, Gino Padula, Eddie Gaven (Steven Lenhart 83’), Brad Evans, Brian Carroll, Robbie Rogers (Emmanuel Ekpo 88’), Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Alejandro Moreno Cautions: Padula 84’, Carroll 93+ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

CLB 10 4 14 0 4 1

KC 5 2 18 0 1 3

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Corey Rockwell 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo Attendance: 10,385 25

Kansas City Wizards--Kevin Hartman, Jonathan Leathers, Tyson Wahl (Josh Wolff 68’), Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Roger Espinoza (Matt Marquess 77’), Jack Jewsbury, Kevin Souter, Abe Thompson (Michael Kraus 59’), Claudio Lopez Cautions: Arnaud 39’, Wahl 49’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 6 2 10 2 3 1

CLB 13 3 15 1 1 2

Referee: Ricardo Salazar Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Nate Clement 4th Official: Mark Geiger Attendance: 11,153


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2011 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE FINAL)

2011 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) Colorado Rapids (12-9-13, 1-1-0) vs. Sporting Kansas City (13-9-12, 1-0-0) October 30, 2011 -- Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Goals By Period Sporting KC Colorado

Colorado Rapids (12-9-13, 1-2-0) vs. Sporting Kansas City (13-9-12, 2-0-0) November 2, 2011 -- Livestrong Sporting Park

1 2 Tot 0 2 2 0 0 0

Goals By Period Colorado Sporting KC

Sporting Kansas City (13-9-12, 2-1-0) vs. Houston Dynamo (12-9-13, 3-0-0) November 6, 2011 -- Livestrong Sporting Park

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

Goals By Period Houston Sporting KC

1 2 Tot 0 2 2 0 0 0

Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 1 (Julio Cesar 1) 49’ KC--Bunbury 2 (Penalty Kick) 59’

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 1 (Zusi 1) 28’ KC--Sapong 1 (Zusi 2) 76’

Scoring Summary: HOU--Hainault 2 (Unassisted) 53’ HOU--Costly 1 (Luiz Camargo 1) 87’

Colorado Rapids--Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura (Tyrone Marshall 36’), Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor (Scott Palguta 59’), Miguel Comminges, Brian Mullan, Jeff Larentowicz, Sanna Nyassi, Wells Thompson, Omar Cummings, Caleb Folan (Macoumba Kandji 23’)

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Birahim Diop 79’), Roger Espinoza (Davy Arnaud 45’), Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury (Soony Saad 87’), CJ Sapong

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Omar Bravo 85’), Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Jeferson 82’), Roger Espinoza (Davy Arnaud 75’), Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, CJ Sapong

Cautions: Nyassi 63’ Ejections: Marshall 57’

Cautions: Espinoza 35’, Santos 48+, Arnaud 65’

Cautions: Santos 30’, Espinoza 74’

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Jeferson 78’), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 89’), Teal Bunbury (Davy Arnaud 69’), CJ Sapong

Colorado Rapids--Matt Pickens, Wells Thompson, Marvell Wynne, Scott Palguta, Miguel Comminges, Brian Mullan, Joseph Nane (Macoumba Kandji 56’), Jeff Larentowicz, Sanna Nyassi, Omar Cummings (Quincy Amarikwa 45’), Ross Labauex (Eddie Ababio 80’)

Houston Dynamo--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Corey Ashe, Danny Cruz, Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo, Brad Davis (Jermaine Taylor 39’), Calen Carr (Will Bruin 68’), Brian Ching (Carlo Costly 78’)

Cautions: Bunbury 47+

Cautions: Nane 27’, Comminges 55’, Mullan 75’, Nyassi 93+

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 8 5 13 0 4 1

COL 8 1 10 2 6 3

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, Ian Anderson 4th Official: Juan Guzman Attendance: 8,601

COL 9 4 17 3 2 5

Cautions: Carr 17’, Camargo 55’, Costly 88’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 12 7 21 3 3 4

HOU 6 4 13 5 1 4

Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Steve Taylor 4th Official: Chris Penso Attendance: 20,839

Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: David Gantar Attendance: 18,565

2012 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) Houston Dynamo (14-9-11, 2-0-0) vs. Sporting Kansas City (18-7-9, 0-1-0) November 4, 2012 -- BBVA Compass Stadium Goals By Period Sporting KC Houston

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 1 1 2

Scoring Summary: HOU--Moffat 1 (Bruin 1) 18’ HOU--Bruin 3 (Carr 2) 75’

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 0 1 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Sinovic 1 (Zusi 1, Kamara 1) 64’

Houston Dynamo--Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor (Andre Hainault 55’), Corey Ashe, Boniek Garcia, Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis, Calen Carr (Brian Ching 81’), Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 84’) Cautions: Carr 27’, Sarkodie 73’ Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Jacob Peterson (Bobby Convey 90’), Julio Cesar, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Peterson Joseph 77’), Kei Kamara, CJ Sapong (Dom Dwyer 80’) Cautions: Kamara 42’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Sporting Kansas City (18-7-9, 1-1-0) vs. Houston Dynamo (14-9-11, 2-1-0) November 7, 2012 -- Livestrong Sporting Park Goals By Period Houston Sporting KC

KC 13 1 11 2 4 0

HOU 13 2 15 2 3 1

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Adam Garner 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos Attendance: 20,689

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Peterson Joseph, Roger Espinoza, Oriol Rosell, Kei Kamara, CJ Sapong, Graham Zusi Cautions: Zusi 26’, Myers 56’ Houston Dynamo--Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Boniek Garcia, Ricardo Clark, Adam Moffat, Brad Davis (Luiz Camargo 84’), Calen Carr (Macoumba Kandji 33’), Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 74’) Cautions: Garcia 41’, Ashe 84’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

HOU 3 1 14 0 0 3

KC 20 4 14 2 5 1

Referee: Allen Chapman Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Corey Parker 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo Attendance: 20,894

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2013 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS) New England Revolution (14-11-9, 1-0-0) vs. Sporting Kansas City (17-10-7, 0-1-0) November 2, 2013 -- Gillette Stadium Goals By Period Sporting KC New England

Sporting Kansas City (17-10-7, 1-1-0) vs. New England Revolution (14-11-9, 1-1-0) November 6, 2013 -- Sporting Park

1 2 Tot 0 1 1 0 2 2

Goals By Period New England Sporting KC

Scoring Summary: NE--Dorman 1 (Unassisted) 55’ NE--Rowe 1 (Nguyen 1, Agudelo 1) 67’ KC--Collin 1 (Sapong 1, Myers 1) 69’

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 2 (Unassisted) 41’ NE--Imbongo 1 (Rowe 1) 70’ KC--Sinovic 1 (Zusi 1, Collin 1) 79’ KC--Bieler 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 113’

New England Revolution--Matt Reis, Andrew Farrell, A.J. Soares, Jose Goncalves, Darrius Barnes, Juan Agudelo, Lee Nguyen, Andy Dorman, Kelyn Rowe (Chad Barrett 85’), Diego Fagundez, Dimitry Imbongo (Scott Caldwell 71’)

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 116’), Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura (Soony Saad 97’), CJ Sapong, Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 84’), Graham Zusi

Cautions: Imbongo 69’, Nguyen 84’, Soares 89’, Barrett 92+

Cautions: Myers 19’

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Graham Zusi, Oriol Rosell, Lawrence Olum, Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 70’), Teal Bunbury (Dom Dwyer 77’), CJ Sapong

New England Revolution--Matt Reis, Andrew Farrell, A.J. Soares, Jose Goncalves, Darrius Barnes (Jerry Bengtson 115’), Juan Agudelo, Kelyn Rowe, Andy Dorman (Scott Caldwell 45’), Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez, Dimitry Imbongo (Chad Barrett 78’)

Cautions: Sinovic 53’, Bunbury 71’, Collin 76’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 13 4 12 2 3 1

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3

Cautions: Barnes 19’, Caldwell 88’

NE 8 3 13 2 2 2

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Referee: Ismail Elfath Referee’s Assistants: George Gansner, Corey Rockwell 4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez Attendance: 15,164

NE 5 2 27 1 1 7

KC 32 10 16 3 10 1

Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Sean Hurd, Joe Fletcher 4th Official: Sorin Stoica Attendance: 19,031

2013 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS (CONFERENCE FINAL) Houston Dynamo (14-11-9, 2-0-2) vs. Sporting Kansas City (17-10-7, 1-1-1) November 9, 2013 -- BBVA Compass Stadium Goals By Period Sporting KC Houston

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City (17-10-7, 2-1-1) vs. Houston Dynamo (14-11-9, 2-1-2) November 23, 2013 -- Sporting Park Goals By Period Houston Sporting KC

1 2 Tot 1 0 1 1 1 2

Scoring Summary: HOU--Garcia 2 (Davis 1) 3’ KC--Sapong 1 (Unassisted) 14’ KC--Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 63’

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (CJ Sapong 74’), Graham Zusi, Teal Bunbury (Dom Dwyer 76’), Jacob Peterson (Ike Opara 84’)

Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 84’), CJ Sapong, Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 94+), Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 91+)

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Houston Dynamo--Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Eric Brunner, Corey Ashe, Giles Barnes, Warren Creavalle (Servando Carrasco 75’), Brad Davis, Boniek Garcia, Cam Weaver (Jason Johnson 82’), Andrew Driver (Omar Cummings 70’)

HOU 10 3 11 2 4 2

Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Adam Wienckowski 4th Official: Chris Penso Attendance: 22,107

HOU 8 2 14 2 1 1

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1

Scoring Summary: RSL--Saborio 1 (Beckerman 1) 52’ KC--Collin 3 (Zusi 2) 76’

Cautions: Garcia 37’, Brunner 85’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Sporting Kansas City (17-10-7, 2-1-2) vs. Real Salt Lake (16-10-8, 3-1-1) December 7, 2013 -- Sporting Park Goals By Period Real Salt Lake Sporting KC

Houston Dynamo--Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Eric Brunner, Mike Chabala, Boniek Garcia, Warren Creavalle, Ricardo Clark (Andrew Driver 26’), Brad Davis, Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 45’), Omar Cummings (Giles Barnes 78’)

KC 15 3 12 2 1 3

2013 MLS CUP

KC 14 3 14 2 4 1

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Frank Anderson 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic Attendance: 21,650

Sporting Kansas City Win On Penalty Kicks 7-6: KC --Bieler, Goal RSL--Saborio, High KC --Nagamura, Goal RSL--Grabavoy, Saved KC --Besler, Saved RSL--Beckerman, Goal KC --Feilhaber, Goal RSL--Plata, Goal KC - Zusi, High RSL--Morales, Goal KC --Sinovic, Goal RSL--Schuler, Goal KC --Sapong, Goal RSL--Beltran, Goal KC --Olum, Wide Left RSL--Velasquez, Saved KC --Myers, Goal RSL--Borchers, Goal KC --Collin, Goal RSL--Palmer, Crossbar Sporting Kansas City--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 8’), Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 72’), CJ Sapong Cautions: Collin 35’, Feilhaber 103’ Real Salt Lake--Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Chris Wingert (Lovel Palmer 72’), Luis Gil (Sebastian Velasquez 87’), Javier Morales, Kyle Beckerman, Ned Grabavoy, Alvaro Saborio, Robbie Findley (Joao Plata 112’) Cautions: Wingert 24’, Saborio 44’, Beckerman 100’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

RSL 12 2 21 3 1 4

KC 24 5 19 4 9 1

Referee: Hilario Grajeda Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Bill Dittmar 4th Official: Ismail Elfath Attendance: 21,650 27


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2014 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KNOCKOUT ROUND

2015 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KNOCKOUT ROUND

2016 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KNOCKOUT ROUND

New York Red Bulls (13-10-11, 1-0-0) vs. Sporting Kansas City (14-13-7, 0-1-0) October 30, 2014 -- Red Bull Arena

Portland Timbers (15-11-8, 0-0-1) vs. Sporting Kansas City (14-11-9, 0-0-1) October 29, 2015 -- Providence Park

Seattle Sounders FC (14-14-6, 1-0-0) vs. Sporting Kansas City (13-13-8, 0-1-0) October 27, 2016 -- Centurylink Field

Goals By Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 0 1 1 New York 0 2 2 Scoring Summary: KC--Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 53’ NY--Wright-Phillips 1 (Henry 1, Luyindula 1) 77’ NY--Wright-Phillips 2 (Oyongo 1, Luyindula 2) 90’

Goals By Period Sporting KC Portland

New York Red Bulls--Luis Robles, Richard Eckersley (Ambroise Oyongo 75’), Jamison Olave, Ibrahim Sekagya, Roy Miller, Lloyd Sam, Dax Mccarty, Tim Cahill (Connor Lade 94+), Thierry Henry, Eric Alexander (Peguy Luyindula 65’), Bradley Wright-Phillips

Portland Timbers Win On Penalty Kicks 7-6: POR--Valeri, Saved KC --Feilhaber, Goal POR--Borchers, Goal KC --Dwyer, Saved POR--Ridgewell, Goal KC --Zusi, Goal POR--Jewsbury, High KC --Besler, High POR--Urruti, Goal KC --Nagamura, Goal POR--Villafana, Saved KC --Ellis, Left Pipe POR--Asprilla, Goal KC --Mustivar, Goal POR--Nagbe, Goal KC --Peterson, Goal POR--Powell, Saved KC --Abdul-Salaam, Left Pipe POR--Fochive, Goal KC --Dia, Goal POR--Kwarasey, Goal KC --Kempin, Saved

Sporting Kansas City--Eric Kronberg, Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Paulo Nagamura, Jorge Claros, Benny Feilhaber, CJ Sapong (Jacob Peterson 81’), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 3 2 19 3 6 3

NY 13 5 8 4 5 1

Referee: Armando Villarreal Referee’s Assistants: Peter Manikowski, Brian Dunn 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu Attendance: 15,518

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2

Scoring Summary: POR--Wallace 1 (Valeri 1) 57’ KC--Ellis 1 (Zusi 1) 87’ KC--Nemeth 1 (Dia 1) 96’ POR--Urruti 1 (Asprilla 1) 118’

Goals By Period Sporting KC Seattle

1 2 Tot 0 0 0 0 1 1

Scoring Summary: SEA--Valdez 1 (J. Jones 1) 88’

Portland--Adam Larsen Kwarasey, Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana, Diego Valeri, Jack Jewsbury, Darlington Nagbe, Lucas Melano (George Fochive 85’), Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti 105’), Rodney Wallace (Dairon Asprilla 99’) Cautions: Ridgewell 38’, Wallace 69’, Fochive 107’, Valeri 115’ Sporting KC--Tim Melia (Jon Kempin 84’), Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia, Paulo Nagamura, Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 110’) Cautions: Ellis 11’, Dwyer 35’, Nemeth 76’, Dia 76’, Abdul-Salaam 93’ KC POR Shots 9 15 Shots on Goal 3 5 Fouls 24 24 Offside 4 6 Corner Kicks 6 9 Saves 2 1

Seattle Sounders Fc--Stefan Frei, Tyrone Mears, Roman Torres, Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones, Osvaldo Alonso, Cristian Roldan, Nicolas Lodeiro, Alvaro Fernandez (Brad Evans 86’), Erik Friberg (Nelson Haedo Valdez 79’), Jordan Morris Cautions: Alonso 32’ Sporting Kansas City--Tim Melia, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Jimmy Medranda 90’), Benny Feilhaber, Soni Mustivar, Paulo Nagamura (Jacob Peterson 92+), Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Roger Espinoza Cautions: Sinovic 63’, Feilhaber 71’, Espinoza 93+ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 12 7 18 2 5 0

SEA 10 1 12 2 4 7

Referee: Ismail Elfath Referee’s Assistants: Peter Manikowski, Corey Parker 4th Official: Ricardo Salazar Attendance: 36,151

Referee: Armando Villarreal Referee’s Assistants: Peter Manikowski, Corey Parker 4th Official: Allen Chapman Attendance: 21,144

2017 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KNOCKOUT ROUND Houston Dynamo (13-10-11, 1-0-0) vs. Sporting Kansas City (12-9-13, 0-1-0) October 26, 2017 -- BBVA Compass Stadium Goals By Period Sporting KC Houston

1 2 1OT 2OT Tot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Scoring Summary: HOU--Elis 1 (Sanchez 1) 94’ Houston--Tyler Deric, Adolfo Machado, Philippe Senderos, Leonardo (Jalil Anibaba 41’), Damarcus Beasley, Ricardo Clark (Vicente Sanchez 87’), Alberth Elis, Tomas Martinez, Juan David Cabezas, Alex (Eric Alexander 90’), Erick Torres (Romell Quioto 73’) Cautions: Senderos 14’, Clark 21’, Machado 76’, Quioto 109’, Elis 121+ Sporting KC--Andrew Dykstra, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda, Roger Espinoza (Saad Abdul-Salaam 114’), Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Kevin Oliveira 101’), Latif Blessing (Cristian Lobato 100’), Diego Rubio, Gerso Fernandes (Daniel Salloi 51’) Cautions: Zusi 47+, Sanchez 53’, Espinoza 65’, Rubio 89’, Dykstra 123+ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 22 5 16 3 9 4

HOU 20 5 21 4 6 6

Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Joe Fletcher, Mike Rottersman 4th Official: Hilario Grajeda Attendance: 14,126

2018 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL Real Salt Lake (14-13-7, 1-0-1) vs. Sporting Kansas City (18-8-8, 0-0-1) November 4, 2018 -- Rio Tinto Stadium Goals By Period Sporting KC Real Salt Lake

1 2 Tot 0 1 1 0 1 1

Goals By Period Real Salt Lake Sporting KC

Scoring Summary: RSL--Rusnak 1 (Kreilach 1) 51’ KC--Rubio 1 (Gutierre 1) 60’ Real Salt Lake--Nick Rimando, Brooks Lennon, Marcelo Silva (Justen Glad 41’), Nedum Onuoha, Aaron Herrera, Sunday Stephen, Jefferson Savarino (Sebastian Saucedo 87’), Albert Rusnak, Joao Plata (Corey Baird 77’), Kyle Beckerman, Damir Kreilach Cautions: Rusnak 26’, Beckerman 72’ Sporting KC--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Yohan Croizet, Johnny Russell, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Felipe Gutierrez, Daniel Salloi (Gerso Fernandes 83’), Khiry Shelton (Diego Rubio 60’) Cautions: Rubio 76’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

Sporting Kansas City (18-8-8, 1-0-1) vs. Real Salt Lake (14-13-7, 1-1-1) November 11, 2018 -- Children’s Mercy Park 1 2 Tot 0 2 2 2 2 4

Scoring Summary: KC--Rubio 2 (Gutierrez 2, Russell 1) 14’ KC--Salloi 1 (Gutierrez 3) 19’ RSL--Saucedo 1 (Plata 1) 60’ KC--Sanchez 1 (Penalty Kick) 67’ RSL--Kreilach 3 (Plata 2) 72’ KC--Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 97+ Sporting KC-Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Felipe Gutierrez, Johnny Russell (Yohan Croizet 77’), Diego Rubio (Khiry Shelton 68’), Daniel Salloi Cautions: Rubio 63’, Espinoza 82’ RSL-Nick Rimando, Brooks Lennon, Nick Besler, Nedum Onuoha, Aaron Herrera, Kyle Beckerman, Jefferson Savarino, Damir Kreilach, Luke Mulholland (Pablo Ruiz 90’), Joao Plata, Luis Silva (Sebastian Saucedo 45’) Cautions: Herrera 49’, Beckerman 64’

KC 12 6 11 1 4 2

RSL 10 3 10 3 6 4

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Gianni Facchini, Felisha Mariscal 4th Official: Alan Kelly Attendance: 14,045 28

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

RSL 20 7 17 1 7 2

KC 15 7 18 0 8 5

Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Andrew Bigelow 4th Official: Chris Penso


SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME POSTSEASON BOX SCORES 2018 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINAL Portland Timbers (15-10-9, 2-1-1) vs. Sporting Kansas City (18-8-8, 1-0-2) November 25, 2018 -- Providence Park

Sporting Kansas City (18-8-8, 1-1-2) vs. Portland Timbers (15-10-9, 3-1-1) November 29, 2018 -- Children’s Mercy Park

Goals By Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 0 0 0 Portland 0 0 0

Goals By Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 1 1 2 Portland 0 3 3

Scoring Summary: None

Scoring Summary: KC--Salloi 3 (Rubio 1) 20’ POR--Blanco 3 (Villafana 1) 52’ POR--Valeri 3 (unassisted) 61’ KC--Fernandes 1 (unassisted) 81’ POR--Valeri 4 (Chara 1) 99+

Portland Timbers--Jeff Attinella, Zarek Valentin, Larrys Mabiala (Bill Tuiloma 19’), Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana, Dairon Asprilla, Diego Chara, Diego Valeri, David Guzman, Sebastian Blanco, Jeremy Ebobisse (Lucas Melano 81’) Cautions: Guzman 36’ Sporting Kansas City--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Felipe Gutierrez, Johnny Russell (Yohan Croizet 92+), Khiry Shelton, Daniel Salloi Cautions: Sinovic 46+, Besler 66’, Salloi 89’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 9 1 15 4 1 6

POR 14 6 16 1 5 1

Referee: Robert Sibiga Referee’s Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Corey Rockwell 4th Official: Ted Unkel Attendance: 21,144

Sporting Kansas City--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Felipe Gutierrez, Johnny Russell (Yohan Croizet 90’), Diego Rubio (Krisztian Nemeth 70’), Daniel Salloi (Gerso Fernandes 65’). Cautions: Rubio 47’ Portland Timbers--Jeff Attinella, Zarek Valentin (Alvas Powell 80’), Bill Tuiloma, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana, Diego Chara, Andy Polo (Dairon Asprilla 72’), Diego Valeri, Sebastian Blanco, David Guzman (Lawrence Olum 84’), Jeremy Ebobisse. Cautions: Valentin 17’, Guzman 50+, Chara 77’, Villafana 96+, Asprilla 97+ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 20 8 9 4 13 0

POR 8 3 13 2 3 6

Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Joe Fletcher, Matthew Nelson 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo Attendance: 20,091

2020 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL

2020 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL

2021 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS ROUND ONE

Sporting Kansas City (12-6-3, 0-0-1) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (8-9-6, 0-0-1) November 22, 2020 - Children’s Mercy Park

Sporting Kansas City (12-6-3, 0-1-1) vs. Minnesota United (9-5-7, 2-0-0) December 3, 2020 - Children’s Mercy Park

Sporting Kansas City (17-10-7, 1-0-0) vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (12-9-13, 0-1-0) November 20, 2021 - Children’s Mercy Park

Goals By Period 1 2 OT1 OT2 Tot Sporting KC 1 2 0 0 3 San Jose 2 1 0 0 3

Goals By Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 0 0 0 Minnesota 3 0 3

Goals By Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 2 1 3 Vancouver 1 0 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Espinoza 1 (Russell 1) 4’ SJ--Fierro 1 (unassisted) 22’ SJ--Salinas 1 (Espinoza 1, Fierro 1) 34’ KC--I. Sanchez 1 (Busio 1) 47’ KC--Busio 1 (Shelton 1, Fernandes 1) 91+ SJ--Wondolowski 1 (Espinoza 2, Rios 1) 97+

Scoring Summary: MIN--Molino 3 (Reynosos 4) 27’ MIN--Molino 4 (Reynoso 5) 35’ MIN--Dibassy 1 (Reynoso 6) 39’

Scoring Summary: KC--Shelton 1 (Zusi 1, Salloi 1) 17’ VAN--Dajome 1 (Penalty Kick) 39’ KC--Isimat-Mirin 1 (unassisted) 48+ KC--Graham Zusi 1 (Salloi 2) 58’

Sporting Kansas City Win On Penalty Kicks 3:0: KC--Russell, Goal SJ --Alanis, Saved KC--Ilie, Goal SJ --Yueill, Saved KC--Shelton, Goal SJ --Espinoza, Saved Sporting Kansas City--Tim Melia, Jaylin Lindsey, Roberto Puncec, Winston Reid, Amadou Dia, Roger Espinoza (Felipe Hernandez 93+), Ilie Sanchez, Gianluca Busio (Gadi Kinda 97’), Johnny Russell, Khiry Shelton, Gerso Fernandes (Erik Hurtado 93+) Cautions: Reid 39’, Dia 78’, Espinoza 79’, Russell 86’ San Jose Earthquakes--JT Marcinkowski, Nick Lima, Florian Jungwirth, Oswaldo Alanis, Marcos Lopez (Tommy Thompson 102’), Cristian Espinoza, Judson (Eric Calvillo 115’), Jackson Yueill, Shea Salinas (Cade Cowell 87’), Carlos Fierro (Andres Rios 87’), Chris Wondolowski. Cautions: Lima 28’, Lopez 56’, Espinoza 85’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 14 8 19 0 5 5

SJ 17 8 17 0 6 5

Sporting Kansas City--Tim Melia, Jaylin Lindsey, Roberto Puncec, Winston Reid, Amadou Dia (Luis Martins 56’), Ilie Sanchez, Roger Espinoza (Felipe Hernandez 78’), Gianluca Busio (Gadi Kinda 56’), Johnny Russell, Khiry Shelton, Gerso Fernandes (Erik Hurtado 68’) Minnesota United FC--Dayne St. Clair, Romain Metanire, Michael Boxall, Bakaye Dibassy, Chase Gasper, Jan Gregus, Osvaldo Alonso (Hassani Dotson 72’), Ethan Finlay, Emanuel Reynoso (Marlon Hairston 80’), Kevin Molino (Jacori Hayes 88’), Robin Lod Cautions: Reynoso 42’, Gregus 57’, Gasper 80’, Bibassy 82’, Hairston 84’ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 19 5 12 2 5 5

MIN 13 8 20 3 4 4

Referee: Drew Fischer Referee’s Assistants: Kathryn Nesbitt, Peter Manikowski 4th Official: Victor Rivas

Referee: Nima Saghafi Referee’s Assistants: Andrew Bigelow, Jeremy Kieso 4th Official: Ramy Touchan 29

Sporting Kansas City--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Nicolas IsimatMirin, Andreu Fontas, Luis Martins, Ilie Sanchez, Remi Walter, Gadi Kinda (Roger Espinoza 87’), Johnny Russell, Khiry Shelton, Daniel Salloi Vancouver Whitecaps FC--Maxime Crepeau, Florian Jungwirth (Erik Godoy 46’) Andy Rose, Jake Nerwinski (Javain Brown 73’), Bruno Gaspar, Russell Teiber, Leonard Owusu (Lucas Cavallini 73’), Marcus Godinho (Deiber Caicedo 65’), Ryan Gauld, Brian White, Cristian Dajome Cautions: Gaspar 86’, Cavallini 89’, Godoy 92+ Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offside Corner Kicks Saves

KC 12 5 10 0 3 3

MIN 6 4 9 1 4 2

Referee: Alan Kelly Referee’s Assistants: Jason White, Mike Rottersman 4th Official: Rosendo Mendoza Attendance: 19,817


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