Game Notes: Sporting KC vs. New York City FC | March 4, 2018

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. NEW YORK CITY FC

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Sunday, March 4, 2018 (Week 1, MLS Game #9) 6:30 p.m. CT (FS1; TSN2)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Amer Didic 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 30 30 3 0 117 91 12 3 4 Brad Evans DF 6-1 160 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 11 6 1 0 230 198 25 29 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 26 26 0 4 226 220 3 15 5 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 33 33 0 2 33 33 0 2 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 168 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 24 23 0 8 218 178 26 56 8 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 16 11 6 2 31 14 7 2 FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 32 26 8 2 32 26 8 2 12 Gerso Fernandes 13 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 15 3 1 0 54 23 6 10 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 32 32 1 2 185 178 1 9 15 Seth Sinovic 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 186 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 30 30 1 3 190 170 5 23 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 10 6 1 0 10 6 1 0 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 22 12 3 2 22 12 3 2 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Emiliano Amor DF 6-0 175 05/16/1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 31 31 0 0 87 86 0 0 James Musa DF 6-3 170 04/01/1992 Plymouth, England 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 41 88 Matt Lewis DF 6-2 165 08/01/1996 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 Kharlton Belmar FW 5-11 160 12/01/1992 Virginia Beach, VA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 33 24 2 1 74 54 3 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W115 L91 T74

NEW YORK CITY FC 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Atlanta, GA 32 32 0 0 208 208 0 1 1 Sean Johnson 2 Ben Sweat DF 6-2 175 09/04/1991 Palm Harbor, FL 26 25 1 6 26 25 1 6 DF 5-9 150 02/26/1991 Linkoping, Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Anton Tinnerholm 4 Maxime Chanot DF 6-1 172 11/21/1989 Nancy, France 19 19 2 0 25 24 2 0 5 Cedric Hountondji DF 6-5 187 01/19/1994 Toulouse, France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Alexander Callens DF 6-1 180 05/04/1992 Callao, Peru 34 34 2 0 34 34 2 0 FW 5-9 152 12/03/1981 Langreo, Spain 31 28 22 9 94 89 63 21 7 David Villa 8 Alexander Ring MF 5-9 159 04/09/1991 Helsinki, Finland 29 29 0 4 29 29 0 4 FW 6-1 172 09/11/1990 Hadeland, Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jo Inge Berget 10 Maximiliano Moralez MF 5-3 115 02/27/1987 Granadero Baigorria, Argentina 29 28 5 9 29 28 5 9 Ebenezer Ofori MF 5-8 154 07/01/1995 Kumasi, Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 12 10 1 1 64 46 1 8 Kwame Awuah MF 5-7 160 12/02/1995 Toronto, ON, Canada 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 15 Thomas McNamara MF 5-9 170 02/06/1991 West Nyack, NY 27 19 3 2 82 68 14 14 16 James Sands MF 5-11 162 07/06/2000 Rye, NY 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 Jonathan Lewis FW 5-7 150 06/04/1997 Plantation, FL 11 4 2 1 11 4 2 1 Jeff Caldwell GK 6-3 187 02/20/1996 Todd, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Jesus Medina MF 5-10 154 04/30/1997 Asuncion, Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Ronald Matarrita DF 5-9 154 07/09/1994 Alajuela, Costa Rica 12 8 0 3 37 31 1 8 23 Rodney Wallace FW 5-11 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 26 23 4 6 185 151 23 28 Andre Rawls GK 6-2 182 12/20/1991 San Ramon, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 29 Ismael Tajouri FW 5-6 141 03/28/1994 Bern, Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Yangel Herrera MF 6-0 170 01/07/1998 La Guaira, Venezuela 18 14 1 2 18 14 1 2 33 Sebastien Ibeagha DF 6-2 187 01/21/1992 Warri, Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 181 04/16/1991 Cleveland, OH 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 HEAD COACH : Patrick Vieira

06/23/1976 W31 L19 T18

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. NEW YORK CITY FC Sunday, March 4; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 6:30 p.m. CT REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS

Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 34 12-9-13 49 40 29 17 10-1-6 36 30 11

NYCFC on road

34 16-9-9 57 56 43 17 6-7-4 22 23 23

REFEREE: Mark Geiger.

AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Nima Saghafi; VAR: Jon Freemon TEAM NEWS SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 2 wins, 4 goals …

NYCFC 1 win, 2 goals … Ties 0

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT KC: Sporting 1 win, 3 goals …

NYCFC 0 wins, 1 goal … Ties 0 LAST YEAR (MLS): 9/6: NYC 1, KC 0 (Harrison 84)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES WESTERN CONF. KNOCKOUT ROUND HOUSTON DYNAMO 1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0 (OT) Scoring Summary: HOU--Elis 1 (Sanchez 1) 94

UPCOMING MATCHES NYCFC SPORTING Sun., Mar 11 LA Galaxy Sat., Mar 10 at Chicago Sat., Mar 17 Orlando Sat., Mar 17 San Jose Sat., Mar 24 at New England Sat., Mar 24 at Colorado Sat., Mar 31 at San Jose Sat., Mar 31 DC United

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--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).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM NYCFC

SPORTING

F A 40 29 77 106

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 56 55

A 43 71

23 22 11 0

21 15 7 0

34 7 4 2 4 0 5 0

22 8 4 4 3 1 1 0

12 38 6

10 27 6

HOW SCORED

23 14 3 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

12 9 8 0

TYPE OF PLAY

27 2 2 4 2 0 2 1

9 9 2 1 2 1 3 2

OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

11 22 7

9 17 3

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

EASTERN CONF. SEMIFINALS LEG 2 NEW YORK CITY FC 2 COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 Scoring Summary: NYC--Villa 2 (penalty kick) 16 NYC--Struna 1 (Wallace 1) 53 NEW YORK CITY FC--Sean Johnson, Andraz Struna (Sean Okoli 82), Frederic Brillant, Ben Sweat, Ronald Matarrita (Andrea Pirlo 90), Jack Harrison, Yangel Herrera, Alexander Ring, Rodney Wallace (Jonathan Lewis 92+), Maximiliano Moralez, David Villa.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC NYC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 9-1-2 3-3-8 0-5-3 4-1-3 11-3-5 1-5-1

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 11-1-6 1-8-2 11-1-5 5-8-4

THE LAST TIME

Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 9/30/2017 KC 0, VAN 1 10/22/2017 KC 1, RSL 2 10/15/2017 KC 0, HOU 0 10/15/2017 KC 0, HOU 0 10/15/2017 KC 0, HOU 0

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

NEW YORK CITY FC Date Score (Gms since) 9/06/2017 NYC 1, KC 0 9/27/2017 NYC 1, MTL 0 9/09/2017 NYC 0, POR 1 10/15/2017 NYC 1, NE 2 10/22/2017 NYC 2, CLB 2 9/27/2017 NYC 1, MTL 0 9/09/2017 NYC 0, POR 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTWTTTWTLWLTWWLTLTL NYCFC LWTWLWLWWTLWLTWWWWLTWLWWWTWLTTWTLT

(3) (2) (2) (0) (0) (3) (6)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 8 Fernandes A: 8 Zusi SHT: 64 Feilhaber SOG: 25 Fernandes FC: 48 Espinoza FS: 48 Feilhaber OF: 23 Blessing C: 9 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza/Zusi NYCFC G: 22 Villa A: 9 Moralez/Villa SHT: 136 Villa SOG: 55 Villa FC: 55 Ring FS: 81 Moralez OF: 32 Villa C: 10 Ring E: 1 Harrison/Herrera

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 34 12 10 6 6 0 40 1.18 NYC 34 3 13 12 5 1 56 1.65 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 34 11 17 6 0 0 29 0.85 NYC 34 7 15 9 2 1 43 1.26 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 40 2 7 9 13 3 6 NYC 56 6 7 10 9 13 11 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 29 3 5 6 2 3 10 NYC 43 6 8 7 9 7 6

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (12-9-13, 49 pts.)

UNF 7 11 10 14 14 30 9 3 94 27 15 17 19 8 5 6 93 22 21 39 2 40 41 4 88 90 29 77

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

PLAYER Gerso Fernandes Diego Rubio Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer (KC) Dom Dwyer (TOT) Daniel Salloi Latif Blessing Ike Opara Jimmy Medranda Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Cristian Lobato Graham Zusi Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Soni Mustivar Soony Saad Andrew Dykstra Cameron Porter Erik Palmer-Brown Igor Juliao James Musa Kevin Ellis Kevin Oliveira Kharlton Belmar Tim Melia Tyler Pasher Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 32 16 30 15 27 22 25 30 33 30 32 12 10 24 26 33 14 12 4 1 10 1 1 5 2 1 31 1

GS 26 11 24 14 25 12 16 30 24 30 32 10 6 23 26 33 2 6 3 0 7 1 1 5 0 0 31 1

MIN 2238 1010 2269 1271 2246 1172 1419 2700 2086 2677 2857 902 547 2114 2339 2970 260 453 301 21 641 45 90 450 16 6 2759 45

34 34

34 34

3060 3060

G 8 6 5 5 9 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 29

A 2 2 3 1 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 62 37 64 45 74 42 37 17 49 48 17 10 7 37 4 19 0 14 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

SOG 25 14 20 22 36 19 15 5 10 10 5 3 3 11 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

34 28

514 341

171 130

FC 32 22 35 35 47 11 31 23 19 48 20 12 3 16 22 16 7 7 0 0 4 1 2 4 1 0 2 1

FS 40 28 48 37 65 18 37 14 20 43 18 10 3 17 14 37 4 8 0 0 7 2 0 2 3 1 0 0

OFF 7 6 0 10 21 4 23 1 4 3 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 7 0 86 2 2 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 41 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 2 4 5 5 1 3 3 2 9 6 1 0 3 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

374 433 433 374

69 88

172 136

56 73

2 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Diego Rubio 3, Gerso Fernandes 2, Ike Opara 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Latif Blessing 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 3, Roger Espinoza 2, Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Seth Sinovic 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Gerso Fernandes 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2, Diego Rubio 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 21 29

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Andrew Dykstra Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 31 34 34

GS 3 31 34 34

MIN SHTS SV 301 14 10 2759 116 91 3060 130 101 3060 171 129

GA 5 24 29 40

GAA 1.5 0.78 0.85 1.18

PG 0 2 2 2

PA 0 5 5 3

W L T 0 2 2 12 7 11 12 9 13 9 12 13

SO 1 10 11 12

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2017 NEW YORK CITY FC STATISTICS (16-9-9, 57 pts.)

UNF 7 11 10 23 15 17 6 4 2 30 13 19 99 9 8 27 22 21 3 32 25 16 12 14 5 1

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

PLAYER David Villa Jack Harrison Maximiliano Moralez Rodney Wallace Thomas McNamara Jonathan Lewis Alexander Callens Maxime Chanot Ben Sweat Yangel Herrera Frederic Brillant Khiry Shelton Miguel Camargo Sean Okoli Alexander Ring R.J. Allen Ronald Matarrita Andrea Pirlo Ethan White Andraz Struna Eirik Johansen James Sands John Stertzer Kwame Awuah Mikey Lopez Sean Johnson Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 31 34 29 26 27 11 34 19 26 18 23 15 8 16 29 15 12 15 21 5 2 1 5 4 12 32

GS 28 33 28 23 19 4 34 19 25 14 16 3 2 3 29 10 8 14 19 4 2 0 0 0 5 32

MIN 2556 2757 2523 1935 1574 342 3060 1710 2176 1223 1523 502 176 421 2604 1009 696 1085 1553 322 180 23 53 26 609 2880

34 34

34 34

3060 3060

G 22 10 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 43

A 9 6 9 6 2 1 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 136 65 44 52 23 9 15 16 17 20 15 7 3 13 22 6 2 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0

SOG 55 31 17 19 11 5 3 3 4 7 5 2 1 6 6 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

57 36

484 421

180 144

FC 30 29 31 46 18 10 27 17 28 44 10 9 4 11 55 24 5 9 24 3 0 1 1 1 10 0

FS 68 30 81 23 28 4 29 17 11 38 7 6 4 6 34 4 3 16 9 3 1 0 0 0 4 4

OFF 32 7 10 6 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 24 10 81 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 3 8 6 5 0 4 3 3 7 3 0 1 1 10 3 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2

E 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

447 455 455 447

69 63

183 162

75 66

2 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jack Harrison 6, David Villa 3, Rodney Wallace 2, Jonathan Lewis 2, Thomas McNamara 1, Frederic Brillant 1, Alexander Callens 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Rodney Wallace 3, Ben Sweat 3, Ronald Matarrita 2, Jack Harrison 2, David Villa 2, Yangel Herrera 1, R.J. Allen 1, Ethan White 1, Thomas McNamara 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: David Villa 4-5, Maximiliano Moralez 0-1 NEW YORK CITY FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Eirik Johansen Team totals Opponent totals

GP 32 2 34 34

GS 32 2 34 34

MIN SHTS SV 2880 137 96 180 7 3 3060 144 99 3060 180 119

GA 39 4 43 56

GAA 1.22 2 1.26 1.65

PG 3 0 3 4

PA 4 0 4 6

W L 15 8 1 1 16 9 9 16

T 9 0 9 9

SO 7 0 7 3

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

OPPONENT 4 at D.C. United 11 FC Dallas 18 San Jose 31 at Toronto FC 9 Colorado

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

15 at Portland 22 at FC Dallas 29 Real Salt Lake 3 New York Red Bulls 7 at Minnesota 13 at Orlando City SC 17 Seattle 20 at Vancouver 27 at Colorado 3 Minnesota 10 Montreal 17 at San Jose 24 at Los Angeles 1 Portland 6 Philadelphia 22 at Real Salt Lake 29 Chicago

W L W W

6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 11 at Houston 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake

Sun. May Sat. May Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat.

May May May June June June June July July July

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

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

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

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

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

21144 15411 18648 18965

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

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

2 2

18 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39) 19 KC: Blessing (9,74); ORL: Larin (16) Santos Leite (26)

W L L W T T W T T T

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

20139 21020 17648 20361 20334 18000 20140 20933 19240 19316

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

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

22 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69); 22 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67) 22 COL: Ford (11) 25 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87); 26 KC: Fernandes (24); MTL: Mancosu (82) 27 30 KC: Espinoza (22) Opara (35); LA: Romney (77) 31 KC: Salloi (61); POR: Valeri (26) 32 KC: Rubio (49); PHI: Alberg (69) 33 KC: Feilhaber (59); RSL: Silva (43)

W 3-2

20313

9-4-9

1

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

19481 9-4-10 43530 9-5-10 19869 10-5-10 0 10-5-10 19353 10-6-10

1 3 1 3 3

36 KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51); CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78) 37 KC: Feilhaber (59); ATL: Peterson (91+) 37 SEA: Dempsey (36) 40 KC: Rubio (42) Fernandes (92+); 40 40 NYC: Harrison (84)

T W W L T L T L

17089 19089 19028 18990 23060 15724 19083 19102

4 3 3 3 2 2 4 5

41 KC: Lobato (19); CLB: Kamara (46+) 44 KC: Fernandes (16) Rubio (45,57); NE: Bunbury (4) 47 KC: Salloi (18) Rubio (35); LA: Alessandrini (58) 47 VAN: Hurtado (53) 48 KC: Rubio (47+); MIN: Kallman (84) 48 KC: Medranda (33); HOU: Martinez (63) own goal (77) 49 49 KC: Opara (89); RSL: Silva (3) Lennon (41)

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

10-6-11 11-6-11 12-6-11 12-7-11 12-7-12 12-8-12 12-8-13 12-9-13

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 6 2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+) 5 6 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle (94+) 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77) 2 15 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (51) Fernandes (95+); 1 18 KC: Dwyer (46,68);

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NEW YORK CITY FC 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

Sun. May Sun. May Wed. May Sun. May Sun. May Wed. May Sat. June Sat. June Sat. June Thu. June

OPPONENT RESULT 5 at Orlando City L 0-1 SC 12 D.C. United W 4-0 18 Montreal T 1-1 1 San Jose W 2-1 8 at D.C. United L 1-2 14 at Philadelphia W 2-0 23 Orlando City SC L 1-2 29 at Columbus W 3-2

ATT 25527

W-L-T 0-1-0

24259 18515 20066 18855 16553 22470 17336

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

4 5 3 5 1 6 3

W 3-1

25605

5-3-1

3

14 at FC Dallas 17 at Real Salt Lake 21 at Orlando City SC 28 at Atlanta 31 New England

T 1-1 L 1-2

14665 16434

5-3-2 5-4-2

4 5

3 NYC: Wallace (8) Villa (28,75) Moralez (39); 4 NYC: Wallace (44); MTL: Oduro (68) 7 NYC: Harrison (10) McNamara (67); SJ: Urena (6) 7 NYC: Villa (84); DC: Sam (53) Acosta (73) 10 NYC: Harrison (52) Villa (90); 10 NYC: Villa (74); ORL: Larin (31,51) 13 NYC: Harrison (8,76) Herrera (64); CLB: Higuain (29) Kamara (49) 16 NYC: Villa (17) Wallace (60) Moralez (62); ATL: Carmona (39) 17 NYC: McNamara (68); DAL: Acosta (20) 17 NYC: Okoli (4); RSL: Rusnak (38) Maund (51)

W 3-0

25527

6-4-2

3

20 NYC: Villa (14,82) Wallace (35);

L 1-3 T 2-2

44901 20193

6-5-2 6-5-3

3 5

3 Philadelphia 17 Seattle 24 at New York Red Bulls 29 Minnesota

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

21851 25073 25219

7-5-3 8-5-3 9-5-3

2 3 3

20 NYC: Harrison (71); ATL: Almiron (16,23) Villalba (19) 21 NYC: Harrison (16) Camargo (64); NE: Kamara (24) Kouassi (86) 24 NYC: Chanot (80) Callens (85); PHI: Picault (69) 27 NYC: Villa (52,77); SEA: Roldan (40) 30 NYC: Harrison (33) Sweat (65);

W 3-1

21572

10-5-3

3

L 2-3

22120

10-6-3

3

7 Atlanta

POS PTS NOTES: 11 0 ORL: Larin (15)

Wed. July

19 Toronto FC

T 2-2

22011

10-6-4

3

Sat. July Sun. July Sun. Aug.

22 Chicago 30 at Toronto FC 6 New York Red Bulls 12 at Los Angeles 20 New England 25 at New York Red Bulls 6 Sporting KC 9 Portland 16 at Colorado 23 Houston 27 at Montreal 30 at Chicago 15 at New England 22 Columbus

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

26025 29203 33679

11-6-4 11-7-4 12-7-4

3 3 3

33 NYC: Callens (38) Harrison (52) Villa (63); MIN: Ramirez (9) 33 NYC: Chanot (34) Villa (40); VAN: Montero (3) Harvey (54) Reyna (88) 34 NYC: Villa (47+) Moralez (56); TOR: Morgan (11) Vazquez (91+) 37 NYC: Villa (47) Brillant (50); CHI: Accam (54) 37 TOR: Giovinco (32,67) Altidore (75) Edwards (82) 40 NYC: Villa (28,72,76); NYR: Wright-Phillips (41,64)

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

25667 22415 25219

13-7-4 14-7-4 14-7-5

2 2 2

43 NYC: Lewis (54) Villa (73); 46 NYC: Villa (77) Lewis (94+); NE: Bunbury (57) 47 NYC: Moralez (56); NYR: Veron (70)

W L T T W T L T

19353 23651 14336 10165 16005 20195 33767 20113

15-7-5 15-8-5 15-8-6 15-8-7 16-8-7 16-8-8 16-9-8 16-9-9

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

50 NYC: 50 POR: 51 NYC: 52 NYC: 55 NYC: 56 NYC: 56 NYC: 57 NYC:

Wed. July

Sat. Aug. Sun. Aug. Fri. Aug. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct.

5 at Vancouver

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

Harrison (84); Valeri (44) McNamara (19); COL: Badji (88) Moralez (6); HOU: Manotas (16) Harrison (29); Villa (43); CHI: Nikolic (20) Shelton (93+); NE: Fagundez (51,92+) Villa (18,45); CLB: Kamara (11) Williams (58)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 3 Gerso Fernandes Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 10 Benny Feilhaber Shots on Goal 5 Diego Rubio Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Offside 4 Latif Blessing 4 Latif Blessing Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 6 times

Goals 3 04/09/2017 vs 3 04/29/2017 vs 3 05/17/2017 vs 3 06/03/2017 vs 3 07/29/2017 vs 3 09/16/2017 vs Assists 4 04/09/2017 vs 4 09/24/2017 vs Shots 27 06/03/2017 vs 27 10/15/2017 vs Shots on Goal 10 06/03/2017 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/11/2017 vs 18 09/16/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 22 03/04/2017 vs 22 04/15/2017 vs Corner Kicks 14 07/06/2017 vs Offside 6 08/06/2017 vs Saves 6 06/10/2017 vs Shots Faced 7 05/20/2017 vs 7 06/10/2017 vs Goals Allowed 2 05/07/2017 vs 2 05/13/2017 vs 2 05/20/2017 vs 2 07/29/2017 vs 2 10/11/2017 vs 2 10/22/2017 vs

05/17/2017 vs SEA

W 3-0

08/19/2017 vs DAL

W 2-0

10/15/2017 vs HOU

T 0-0

09/30/2017 vs VAN

L 0-1

05/03/2017 vs NYR 05/27/2017 vs COL

W 2-0 L 0-1

03/04/2017 vs DC 04/15/2017 vs POR 08/06/2017 vs ATL

T 0-0 W 1-0 T 1-1

08/06/2017 vs ATL 09/16/2017 vs NE

T 1-1 W 3-1

06/10/2017 vs MTL

T 1-1

05/20/2017 vs VAN 06/10/2017 vs MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

05/07/2017 vs MIN

L 0-2

NEW YORK CITY FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017) Goals 3 David Villa Assists 2 5 times Shots 9 David Villa Shots on Goal 6 David Villa 6 David Villa Fouls Committed 5 6 times Fouls Suffered 7 Maximiliano Moralez Offside 4 David Villa 4 David Villa 4 David Villa Saves 9 Sean Johnson Shots Faced 12 Sean Johnson Goals Allowed 4 Sean Johnson

COL RSL SEA MIN CHI NE

W W W W W W

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

COL LA

W 3-1 W 2-1

MIN HOU

W 3-0 T 0-0

MIN

W 3-0

DAL NE

T 0-0 W 3-1

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

PHI

T 1-1

ATL

T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

VAN MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

MIN ORL VAN CHI HOU RSL

L T L W L L

W 3-2

03/12/2017 at DC

W 4-0

10/22/2017 at CLB

T 2-2

08/06/2017 at NYR 10/22/2017 at CLB

W 3-2 T 2-2

03/12/2017 at DC

W 4-0 W 2-1

03/05/2017 at ORL 06/29/2017 at MIN 08/06/2017 at NYR

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

10/15/2017 at NE

L 1-2

10/15/2017 at NE

L 1-2

07/30/2017 at TOR

L 0-4

Goals 4 03/12/2017 at Assists 5 05/07/2017 at Shots 23 10/22/2017 at Shots on Goal 11 05/07/2017 at Fouls Committed 22 05/07/2017 at 22 06/17/2017 at Fouls Suffered 25 08/06/2017 at Corner Kicks 12 04/23/2017 at Offside 8 08/06/2017 at Saves 9 10/15/2017 at Shots Faced 12 10/15/2017 at Goals Allowed 4 07/30/2017 at

Shots 7 07/01/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 vs 1 07/01/2017 vs 1 09/06/2017 vs Fouls Committed 3 06/10/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/17/2017 vs Corner Kicks 0 07/01/2017 vs Offside 0 03/31/2017 vs 0 04/15/2017 vs 0 05/27/2017 vs 0 08/19/2017 vs 0 09/30/2017 vs 0 10/07/2017 vs Saves 1 06/03/2017 vs 1 07/06/2017 vs 1 08/06/2017 vs 1 09/16/2017 vs Shots Faced 1 06/03/2017 vs

POR

T 1-1

DAL POR NYC

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

MTL

T 1-1

SEA

W 3-0

POR

T 1-1

TOR POR COL DAL VAN MIN

T W L W L T

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

MIN PHI ATL NE

W T T W

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

MIN

W 3-0

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

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

08/06/2017 at NYR

07/22/2017 at CHI

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

DC

W 4-0

ATL

W 3-1

CLB

T 2-2

ATL

W 3-1

ATL SEA

W 3-1 W 2-1

NYR

W 3-2

ORL

L 1-2

NYR

W 3-2

NE

L 1-2

NE

L 1-2

TOR

L 0-4

Shots 8 10/15/2017 at Shots on Goal 1 05/14/2017 at Fouls Committed 5 04/08/2017 at Fouls Suffered 7 08/12/2017 at Corner Kicks 1 07/30/2017 at Offside 0 03/12/2017 at 0 06/17/2017 at 0 07/05/2017 at 0 08/25/2017 at 0 09/27/2017 at Saves 0 03/05/2017 at 0 05/28/2017 at Shots Faced 1 03/05/2017 at 1 06/24/2017 at 1 09/06/2017 at

NE

L 1-2

DAL

T 1-1

DC

L 1-2

LA

W 2-0

TOR

L 0-4

DC SEA VAN NYR MTL

W W L T W

ORL ATL

L 0-1 L 1-3

ORL NYR KC

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

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

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

NEW YORK CITY FC VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

New York City FC

Sporting KC 2 wins, 4 goals New York City FC 1 wins, 2 goals 0 ties 3/28/2015 7/10/2016 9/6/2017

KC 1 at NYC 0 KC 3 vs NYC 1 NYC 1 vs KC 0

() (SP) ()

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 1 16 6 18 4 6

2 1 18 7 20 3 6

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC

Tot 2 34 13 38 7 12

1 3 20 7 21 2 6

2 1 18 5 17 3 7

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 4 38 12 38 5 13

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC NYC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

OT

Total

2 1

1 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 1

0 0

4 2

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Patrick Vieira Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. NYC

1-1-0 2-1-0

(1.5 pts./game) (2 pts./game)

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

2 1 6 3 5 6 1 1 1 8 2

Sporting KC Ike Opara Matt Besler Benny Feilhaber Espinoza/Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dwyer/Rubio Melia/Marin Tim Melia Luis Marin Tim Melia Tim Melia

New York City FC Lampard/Harrison 3 times Jack Harrison Jack Harrison Hernandez/Moralez David Villa Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

1 1 6 3 4 5 1 2 1 7 4

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 1 4 players tied 1 Matt Besler (03/28/15) 4 Feilhaber/Rubio

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

3 Benny Feilhaber (07/10/16) 3 4 players tied

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

6 Dom Dwyer (03/28/15) 1 Luis Marin (03/28/15) 5 Tim Melia (09/06/17)

Goals Allowed

1 Tim Melia (twice)

New York City FC 1 Lampard/Harrison 1 3 players tied 5 Jack Harrison (09/06/17) 2 3 players tied 4 Maximiliano Moralez (09/06/17) 5 David Villa (07/10/16) 1 Sean Johnson (09/06/17) 6 Josh Saunders (07/10/16) 3 Josh Saunders (07/10/16)

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

Streak (started)

New York City FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

1 Ls 1 Ts 2 Ls

(10/11/2017) (10/15/2017) (08/12/2017)

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

1 Ts (10/22/2017) 1 Ls (10/15/2017) 2 Ls (07/30/2017)

0-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ls 1 Ls

(09/30/2017) (10/11/2017)

0-0-0 0-0-0

1 Ts (10/22/2017) 1 Ws (09/27/2017)

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

1 Ts 2 Ls 3 Ws 6 Ws 0-

(10/15/2017) (10/11/2017) (06/24/2017) (04/09/2017) -

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

3 1 1 5 1

Ls Ls Ts Ws Ws

(03/05/2017) (10/15/2017) (10/22/2017) (04/29/2017) (03/12/2017)

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

1 Ts 1 Ts 2 Ls 00-

(10/15/2017) (10/07/2017) (10/11/2017) -

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

7 3 1 2 1

Ws Ts Ts Ls Ls

(03/12/2017) (09/16/2017) (10/22/2017) (05/28/2017) (07/30/2017)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-1-0) PLAYER Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Team totals Opponent totals

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

3 3 3 1 3 3

3 3 2 1 3 3

264 270 179 90 270 270

2 1 1 0 4 2

0 0 0 1 1 3

SHT GOALKEEPER 2 6 5 0 38 34

Luis Marin Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP

MIN

SHT

SV

GAA

PG

1 2 3 3

90 180 270 270

3 10 13 12

3 8 11 8

0.00 1.00 0.67 1.33

0 0 0 0

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NEW YORK CITY FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (1-2-0) PLAYER Jack Harrison Frank Lampard R.J. Allen Ronald Matarrita Andrea Pirlo Team totals Opponent totals

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

2 1 2 1 2 3 3

2 1 2 1 2 3 3

180 63 180 45 180 270 270

1 1 0 0 0 2 4

0 0 1 1 1 3 1

6 1 0 0 1 34 38

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 2 3 3

MIN SHTS

SV

GAA

PG

90 180 270 270

1 7 8 11

0.00 2.00 1.33 0.67

0 0 0 0

1 11 12 13

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-10)

CURRENT NEW YORK CITY FC VS. SPORTING KC (1-20)

PLAYER Ike Opara Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Brad Evans Gerso Fernandes Cristian Lobato Tim Melia Diego Rubio Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

3 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 3

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

264 179 90 180 180 7 83 180 113 90 90 158 39 270 270

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

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

2 5 0 4 1 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 1 38 34

Rodney Wallace Ronald Matarrita Alexander Callens Sean Johnson Jonathan Lewis Thomas McNamara Maximiliano Moralez Ben Sweat David Villa Team totals Opponent totals

12 1 1 13 1 3 1 1 1 3 3

11 1 1 13 1 1 1 1 1 3 3

943 45 90 1170 55 141 90 90 90 270 270

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4

2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

10 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 34 38

GP

MIN

SHT

GAA

PG

GOALKEEPER

GP

GAA

PG

2 3 3

180 270 270

10 13 12

8 1.00 11 0.67 8 1.33

0 0 0

Sean Johnson Team totals Opponent totals

13 3 3

42 0.77 8 1.33 11 0.67

0 0 0

SV

MIN SHTS 1170 270 270

53 12 13

SV

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WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. NEW YORK CITY FC

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 1 Sporting Kansas City (2017) 12-9-13, 49 points (10-1-6 home; 2-8-7 away) 5th place in Western Conference New York City FC (2017) 16-9-9, 57 points (10-2-5 home; 6-7-4 away) 2nd place in Eastern Conference

12-9-13 (49 pts.)

34 5th in West 40 1.18 34 29 0.85 +11 515 (171) 33.2% 374 433 56 2

English TV: FOX Sports 1 English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Mark Geiger Frank Anderson Kyle Atkins Nima Saghafi Jon Freemon

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 29 41 88 90 94

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Amer Didic Ike Opara Brad Evans Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Yohan Croizet Diego Rubio Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Khiry Shelton Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Cristian Lobato Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Emiliano Amor Colton Storm Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia James Musa Matt Lewis Kharlton Belmar Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas uh-MEER JIDD-itch oh-PAR-ah

NEW YORK CITY FC

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

16-9-9 (57 pts.)

34 2nd in Eest 56 1.65 57 43 1.26 +13 484 (180) 37.2% 447 455 75 2

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh gram ZOO-see CRAH-zay JER-soh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh KY-ree sin-OH-vick

loh-BAH-toe shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay ah-MORE MEE-lia MOO-suh

Gerso Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Gerso Diego Rubio Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Roger Espinoza Espinoza, Zusi

NEW YORK CITY FC

8 GOALS 7 ASSISTS 64 SHOTS 25 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 48 FOULS COMMITTED 47 FOULS SUFFERED 9 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 2759 Tim Melia 0.78 Tim Melia 12 Tim Melia 10 Tim Melia 91

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

22 9 136 55 6 3 55 81 10 1

David Villa Moralez, Villa David Villa David Villa Jack Harrison Sweat, Wallace Alexander Ring Maxi Moralez Alexander Ring Harrison, Herrera

2880 Sean Johnson 1.22 Sean Johnson 15 Sean Johnson 7 Sean Johnson 96 Sean Johnson

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

PETER VERMES

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

Pts 69 57 55 55 54 50 45 42 39 39 32

W L T 20 5 9 16 9 9 16 11 7 15 9 10 16 12 6 14 12 8 13 15 6 11 14 9 11 17 6 10 15 9 9 20 5

GD +37 +13 +14 +30 +4 +6 -8 +3 -6 -19 -29

GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34

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

Pts 53 53 52 50 49 46 46 45 36 33 32

W L T 15 11 8 14 9 11 15 12 7 13 10 11 12 9 13 13 14 7 11 10 13 13 15 6 10 18 6 9 19 6 8 18 8

GD +10 +13 +1 +12 +11 -21 0 -6 -23 -20 -22

GP 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34

10th season 115-90-74 10th season (.545) 115-90-74 (.545)

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

PATRICK VIEIRA 3rd season 31-19-18 (.588) 3rd season 31-19-18 (.588)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Wednesday, February 28 QUESTIONABLE: • Brad Evans (Lower Back Injury) • Khiry Shelton (Leg Bruise) OUT: • None

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvNYC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvNYC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is set to open the season with a fourth-ever showdown with New York City FC. Sporting KC holds a 2-1-0 edge of NYC across the first three games the two sides have played, claiming victories in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the matchup, before suffering defeat in 2017.

Sporting Kansas City were the first-ever team to beat New York City FC when the two sides met in 2015, as the expansion side had opened the season with a 1-0-2 record before welcoming Peter Vermes’ men in late March. Sporting KC’s two center backs linked up for the game’s only goal, as Matt Besler’s long throw-in from the right found Ike Opara, who crashed a header into the corner in the 12th minute to give Sporting KC a 1-0 victory.

Sporting KC welcomed New York City to Children’s Mercy Park for the first time on July 10, 2016. Sporting KC raced out to a 1-0 lead when Benny Feilhaber knocked the ball home from close range, only for Frank Lampard to equalize moments later for the visitors. Sporting KC retook the lead before halftime when Jimmy Medranda scored his first-ever goal for the club from distance, before Ike Opara netted his first goal of the season early in the second half to make the final score 3-1.

Last season, New York City exacted some revenge in the form of a 1-0 victory at a rain soaked Yankee Stadium on September 6, 2017. Despite holding out in difficult conditions for a long stretch of the match, Sporting KC eventually surrendered a late goal to winger Jack Harrison, who volleyed in a low attempt beyond Tim Melia to give the home side the victory.

An offseason trade has added a layer of intruige to Sunday’s match, with Sporting KC acquiring forward Khiry Shelton from New York City FC in exchange for right back Saad Abdul-Salaam back in December.

#NYCvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 2-1-0 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats (2017) • SKC allowed a league low 29 in 34 games this season, comfortably ahead of Toronto FC’s 37. That meant SKC posted best goals against average with 0.85, ahead of TFC’s 1.09, and the club’s 11 shutouts were tied for the fourth most in the league behind TFC (13), SEA (13) and ATL (12).

• SKC finished second in MLS with 514 shots while facing a league-low 341 shots - 34 less than FCD in second to last. The side also ranked in a fourth with 171 shots on target in 2017.

• SKC led MLS in passes (17,235), successful passes (14,350) and passing accuracy (83.26) in 2017 while ranking second in average possession (57.57) behind ATL (57.76).

• SKC finished the season tied for second in MLS with 377 chances created and second with 326 chances created from open play.

• SKC committed the fifth fewest fouls in 2017 with 374 and finished sixth with 411 fouls suffered.

Date

09/06/2017 07/10/2016 03/28/2015

Score

KC 0 at NYC 1 KC 3 vs NYC 1 KC 1 at NYC 0

Sporting KC Player Stats (2017) • Goalkeeper Tim Melia posted the best goals against average in MLS at 0.78, conceding just 24 goals in 31 starts and placed in a tie for second with 10 shutouts. In addition, his 79.13 save percentage led the league. Melia also led MLS with three penalty saves on five faced. (Minimum 1,300 mins played) • Midfielder Ilie ended the season second in MLS with 2,295 passes attempted and third in the league in passes completed with 1,959.

• Defender Matt Besler finished the year seventh in MLS and first among defenders in passes attempted per game (69.42) and passes completed per game (59.62).

• Defender Graham Zusi led all MLS defenders with 59 chances created and was also first among defenders with 40 chances created from open play.

• Midfielder Roger Espinoza finished in a tie for fifth in MLS with nine yellow cards.

• Midfielder Ilie was tied for second among MLS midfielders with 64 interceptions.

Result Details L W W

Harrison scores late goal to win it at Yankee Stadium Feilhaber, Medranda and Opara cancel out Lampard strike Opara scores early header off Besler throw-in

New York City FC Team Stats (2017) • NYC finished the season with the sixth most goals scored in the 2017 MLS season, scoring 56.

• NYC also finished fifth in MLS with 43 assists.

• NYC ended the season fourth in shots in MLS with 484, and is second in the league with 180 shots on goal.

• NYC led MLS in yellow cards last season, receiving 74 cautions.

#SKCvNYC: PLAYER HISTORY • Defender Ike Opara leads the team with two goals against New York City FC, scoring in the club’s first two games against NYC. He scored the game-winner in Sporting KC’s first-ever meeting with NYCFC at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015 before adding his first goal of the 2016 season in a 3-1 win at Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016.

• Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one goal against New York City FC, having scored the game-winner in the 3-1 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016. The goal was the first of his career.

• Defender Matt Besler has one assist against New York City FC, with his long throw-in finding the head of Ike Opara for the only goal at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 1-1-0 all-time against New York City FC, posting a 1.00 goals against average.

New York City FC Player Stats (2017) • Forward David Villa finished second in the MLS Golden Boot race with 22 goals in 2017, only trailing CHI’s Nemanja Nikolic (24).

• Forward David Villa also took the second most shots (136) and the second most shots on goal (55) in MLS. • Midfielder Alexander Ring ended the 2017 MLS season in a tie for second with 10 yellow cards.

• Defender Alexander Callens was second among all MLS defenders with 1,947 passes and first with 1,673 passes completed in 2017.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is one appearance shy of reaching 200 for Sporting KC in MLS competition.

• Forward Daniel Salloi is two appearances away from hitting 25 for the club in MLS play.

• Midfielders Yohan Croizet and Felipe Gutierrez as well as forwards Johnny Russell and Khiry Shelton could all make their Sporting KC debuts on Sunday.

#SKCvNYC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Sporting Kansas City forward Khiry Shelton spent three seasons with New York City FC from 2015-2017, tallying six goals and 10 assists for the club after being the team’s first-ever SuperDraft selection.

• New York City FC defender Saad Abdul-Salaam spent the last three seasons with Sporting KC and arrived in New York in the same trade that brought Khiry Shelton to Kansas City.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia played alongside New York City midfielder Tommy McNamara at Chivas USA in 2014.

• Defender Jaylin Lindsey has played with New York City defender James Sands on the U.S. Under-17 National Team.

• New York City goalkeeper Andre Rawls is from St. Louis, Missouri.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes A NEW BEGINNING

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

YOUNGSTERS EARN PRESEASON MINUTES

One major theme of Sporting Kansas City’s preseason heading into the 2018 MLS season was the amount of minutes awarded to the younger players on the squad’s roster. Homegrown signings Gianluca Busio (15) and Jaylin Lindsey (17) each earned several starts throughout preseason, while two Swope Park Rangers players also enjoyed playing time in 19-year-old midfielders Felipe Hernandez and Kuzain.

Sporting Kansas City is set to kick off the 2018 campaign this Sunday against New York City FC at Children’s Mercy Park. Twelve of the side’s 22 season openers have come at home, though playing a game on March 4 marks the earliest MLS match in club history.

Sporting KC heads into the club’s season and home opener with the most wins of all MLS teams in season openers, having gone 13-5-4 in the 22 seasons prior.

PLAYER Gianluca Busio Jaylin Lindsey Felipe Hernandez* Kuzain*

Under Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting KC has gone 5-1-2 in season openers, including last season’s 0-0 draw with D.C. United at RFK Stadium to open the 2017 campaign.

Date Result March 4, 2017 D.C. United 0-0 Sporting KC March 6, 2016 Seattle 0-1 Sporting KC March 8, 2015 Sporting KC 1-1 New York March 8, 2014 Seattle 1-0 Sporting KC March 2, 2013 Philadelphia 1-3 Sporting KC March 10, 2012 D.C. United 0-1 Sporting KC March 19, 2011 Chivas USA 2-3 Sporting KC March 27, 2010 Sporting KC 4-0 D.C. United

Goalscorers -Coelho Opara -Zusi, Rosell, Bieler Sapong Sapong, Bravo (2)

POS. GP MID 6 DEF 7 MID 6 MID 6

GS MIN 1 239 5 299 1 239 1 299

G A 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

*Swope Park Rangers

A nagging injury to Graham Zusi in the middle of preseason allowed the 17-year-old Lindsey to earn five starts at right back, while he also provided one assist throughout preseason - to 15-year-old Busio in the team’s preseason opener against Phoenix Rising FC back on January 27.

Kamara, Arnaud, Smith, Jewsbury

In addition, Sporting KC is unbeaten in its seven home openers since moving into Children’s Mercy Park in 2011, going 2-0-5 and posting four shutouts - including last season’s 0-0 draw with FC Dallas on March 11, 2017. All-time, Sporting KC is 13-2-7 in home openers with the lone losses coming in 1999 against the Chicago Fire and in 2009 against Toronto FC.

Hernandez and Kuzain are coming off breakout seasons with the Rangers, having made 23 and 13 appearances in the 2017 USL season, respectively. All four players arrived in Kansas City through the Sporting KC Academy before earning professional contracts with either Sporting KC or the Rangers.

New York City FC, who only joined the league as an expansion side in 2015, is 1-1-1 in their first three season openers of club history. NYC played to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City SC in 2015, before beating Chicago 4-3 in 2016 and falling 1-0 to Orlando in 2017.

Sporting Kansas City defender Ike Opara made his long-awaited debut for the U.S. National Team in January, carrying on his form from a momentous season with Sporting KC that saw him named MLS Defender of the Year while also earn a spot in the league’s Best XI for the 2017 season.

OPARA MAKES LONG AWAITED USMNT DEBUT

ADDED TALENT

Sporting Kansas City welcomed 10 new players to its first team this offseason, including two Designated Players as Manager Peter Vermes and his staff endured a busy winter. The club added players through almost every mechanism: Transfers, trades, free agents, foreign out-of-contract signings, Homegrown signings, loans and MLS SuperDraft selections.

After being called in to he U.S. National Team’s annual January camp, Opara made his debut for his country on January 28 in a 0-0 draw with Bosnia & Herzegovina at StubHub Center in Carson, California. Opara started the game and played the full 90 minutes, making two crucial clearances to preserve a clean sheet for his side.

Opara, who suffered season-ending injuries in 2014 and 2015 with Sporting KC before becoming the league’s best defender in 2017, had previously represented the U.S. at the Under-20 and Under-23 levels, playing in a U-20 FIFA World Cup and training with the U.S. Olympic squad for qualifying in 2012 with the U-23s.

The club strengthened its midfield with the DP additions of Frenchman Yohan Croizet and Chilean National Teamer Felipe Gutierrez. Vermes strengthened his frontline by signing Derby County winger Johnny Russell and acquiring promising forward Khiry Shelton in a trade with Sunday’s opponent, New York City FC.

MELIA & OPARA SCOOP INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES

Following their best professional seasons of their playing careers, Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia and defender Ike Opara earned two individual accolades apiece to close out 2017. Melia was awarded MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, while Opara was named the league’s Defender of the Year. In addition, both were named to the end-ofyear MLS Best XI.

Sporting KC added defensive depth with the addition of Emiliano Amor on loan from storied Argentinian side Velez Sarsfield, and also fortified it’s defense and midfield with MLS veteran and free agent Brad Evans joining the club following a trophy-laden nine seasons with Seatte Sounders FC. Homegrown signings Jaylin Lindsey - who signed his deal last season but saw his contract begin on January 1, 2018 - and Fordham product Matt Lewis are joined by MLS SuperDraft First Round selections Eric Dick and Graham Smith to round out the new faces on Sporting KC’s roster heading into 2018.

Melia won Goalkeeper of the Year with a staggering 50.29 percent of the vote, more than 40 percent higher than his closest challenger, Philadelphia’s Andre Blake. Melia became the third Sporting KC goalkeeper to win the award after legendary ‘keepers Jimmy Nielsen (2012) and Tony Meola (2000). Melia posted MLS career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759) in 2017 and led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy, while he was second in shutouts.

LEAGUE-BEST BACKLINE RETURNS

Sporting Kansas City’s league-best backline from last season remains intact heading into the 2018 campaign, with MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Tim Melia and MLS Defender of the Year Ike Opara joined by U.S. National Team veterans Matt Besler and Graham Zusi and fan favorite Kansas City native Seth Sinovic. All five players return for 2018, including a pair of new contracts for Melia and Opara.

Opara overcame several injury-ravaged seasons to help Sporting KC’s backline concede just 29 goals in 34 games in 2017, eight fewer than treble winners Toronto FC. Opara set MLS career-highs with 30 starts and 2,700 minutes played, contributed to 11 shutouts and helped Sporting KC reach the MLS Cup Playoffs for the seventh straight year. Opara is joined by center back partner Matt Besler, manager Peter Vermes and KC legend Jimmy Conrad as Sporting KC players to have won the MLS Defender of the Year accolade.

Sporting KC conceded just 29 goals in 34 games last season - a goals against average of 0.85, while Melia’s individual goals against average stood at 0.78. The 2010 Real Salt Lake side still boasts the best defensive record in league history when the side conceded 20 goals in a 30-game season for a goals against average of 0.67. Sporting KC’s 2017 goals against average was the second lowest in club history, as the club’s record in its previous 21 years of existance was 0.79 - posted in 2012 when Sporting KC finished atop of the Eastern Conference and raised the U.S. Open Cup that year - the club’s first silverware since 2004.

BESLER & ZUSI ON CUSP OF HISTORY

Sporting Kansas City defendes Matt Besler and Graham Zusi are set to match several records as they enter their 10th straight season with the club. Besler has started the last eight season openers, while Zusi has started eight of the last nine.

Sporting KC went through the entire 2017 campaign without conceding more than two goals in a match, meaning the side was the only team in the league that did not concede three or more goals in a match last season. The club’s closest defensive challenger in 2017, Toronto FC, conceded three goals on three occasions last season as part of their 37 goals allowed in 34 games.

By playing in their 10th season with Sporting KC, Besler and Zusi match legendary midfielder Davy Arnaud for most seasons in club history. On a wider scale, only two other pro athletes have longer tenures in Kansas City: Kansas City Royals (MLB) outfielder Alex Gordon and Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) linebacker Tamba Hali.

Besler is set to reach some all-time milestones in 2018 as well. With another 15 starts in MLS regular-season play, Besler will become Sporting KC’s all-time appearance leader, overtaking Arnaud who currently sits on 240 appearances in MLS action. In addition, Besler is nine starts and 685 minutes shy of overtaking current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin as the club leader in each of those categories.

By completing the 2017 season without conceding three or more goals in a single match, Peter Vermes’ side became just the fourth team in league history to perform that feat, and the first since 2010. The only other teams to also go through an entire season without conceding three or more in a game are the 2003 LA Galaxy (1.12 GAA), 2010 FC Dallas (0.93 GAA) and 2010 Real Salt Lake (0.67 GAA).

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES Zusi, who is second among all active MLS players in assists, can also rise up the charts this season, as his next assist will tie him for 24th most in MLS history, while his next game-winning assist will tie him with Jaime Moreno for eighth most in MLS history. Additionally, Zusi’s next game winning goal will break tie with Digital Takawira for seventh most in team history.

Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles during his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing the legendary Sigi Schmid, who is currently the head coach of the LA Galaxy.

On a local level, Vermes’ 10 years with Sporting KC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who served as Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974.

ILIE RETURNS FOLLOWING RECORD-SETTING DEBUT SEASON Sporting KC midfielder Ilie returns for his second season with the club having been named the club’s Newcomer of the Year in 2017 and setting numerous club records along the way.

Vermes has compiled a 144-106-84 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 18-5-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 115 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks in a tie for third among all coaches in MLS history, trailing the Galaxy’s Schmid and Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley, and alongside Orlando City SC head coach Jason Kreis.

The 27-year-old Spaniard became the first outfield player in club history to start 33 games in one season last year, with only legendary goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen surpassing him by starting all 34 matches in 2012 and 2013. By playing in 2,970 minutes in 2017, Ilie also became the new single-season minutes leader among outfield players (with, again, Nielsen leading the way with 3,060 minutes played in 2012 and 2013). He edged out current manager Peter Vermes and former defender Nick Garcia, who both played 2,915 minutes in the club’s Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup winning season in 2000.

LOOKING TO EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting KC is looking to continue it’s impressive streak of postseason appearances after becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances.

Ilie is one of five outfield players in club history to appear in 33 matches, with C.J. Sapong the only outfield player to appear in all 34 matches, doing so in 2011. Jimmy Medranda also makes that list, having appeared in 33 of the 34 matches this regular season. Ilie started 39 games in all competitions for the club, playing every minute of every match he played in during the 2017 campaign. Of his 39 starts, 33 came in MLS regular-season play, one came in the MLS Cup Playoffs and the other five came as he played all 510 minutes in Sporting KC’s triumphant Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup campaign.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2017) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2017) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 7 (2011-2017) *active

The only match Ilie failed to appear in last season across all competitions was a 1-0 defeat to Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field on Aug. 12 - three days after a gruelling penalty shootout victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in the U.S. Open Cup Semifinals.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 7 2011-2017 (active) Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015

LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

MELIA, OPARA & SALLOI REWARDED WITH NEW DEALS

Sporting Kansas City announced new contracts for three key players on Tuesday, with 2017 Goalkeeper of the Year Tim Melia, 2017 Defender of the Year Ike Opara and Homegrown forward Daniel Salloi all inking new deals to remain with the club for the foreseeable future.

Melia has signed a three-year deal through 2020, Opara has signed a two-year deal through 2019 with an option for 2020, and Salloi has signed a two-year deal with options for 2020 and 2021.

CORPORATE PARTNERS PROVIDE ENHANCEMENTS

On February 9, 2018, Sporting Kansas City announced that several of the club’s corporate partners were adding enhancements to Children’s Mercy Park, including Toyota, Anheuser-Busch, Audi and Coca-Cola. Toyota, a club partner since 2016, and Anheuser-Busch, a club partner since 2015, each become official First Team partners of Sporting Kansas City in 2018 through expanded partnerships.

All three members of the squad played key roles for Sporting KC in 2017, helping the side lift the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and clinch a berth in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the seventh straight season - a club-record. Melia and Opara were each named to the MLS Best XI on top of their positional awards, while Salloi scored six goals - including the game-winner in the U.S. Open Cup final - in his first full season with the club.

The Toyota Plaza, formerly identified as the Sporting Plaza, is located on the west side of Children’s Mercy Park and features 124,000 square feet for gameday activations and fan-friendly amenities, including two SportingStyle retail stores.

Melia led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage, 69.2-percent passing accuracy and three penalty kick saves, among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular season appearances. He also started all five matches en route to Sporting KC’s U.S. Open Cup title, posting a 0.72 goals against average with 13 clean sheets across all competitions.

The Budweiser Brew House, a one-of-a-kind space for supporters, will makeover the northeast corner of Children’s Mercy Park. Previously known as the Members Club, the Budweiser Brew House will be redesigned as a next-generation sports bar complete with charging tables, banners celebrating monumental moments in club history, a bottle cap wall and a programmable scarf corner by incorporating elements reflective of the club’s legacy and Anheuser-Busch’s storied heritage.

Opara was a huge part of a defense that conceded just 29 goals throughout the regular season, eight fewer than any other team, while the 29-year-old also set MLS career-highs in starts (30) and minutes played (2,700) while scoring four goals in all competitions.

The Audi Sport Club redesigns the stadium’s Signature Level for suite holders by introducing a more luxurious setting to complement the all-inclusive premium dining and service available to guests. The multi-year partnership, in conjunction with Kansas City Audi and Shawnee Mission Audi, enters its second season in 2018 with Audi serving as a presenting sponsor of the Sporting KC’s Behind the Shield video series, and Pitch Black, the club’s annual year-end awards gala.

Salloi scored three times in the MLS regular season and added three more goals in Sporting KC’s run to the U.S. Open Cup title in 2017. On the international stage, Salloi featured twice for the Hungary U-21 Men’s National Team in UEFA European U-21 Championship Qualifying last November, providing a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win over Cyprus.

The Coca-Cola Champions Deck, a single-game suite located at field level in the northwest corner of Children’s Mercy Park, will also be upgraded for 2018 by now offering ticket holders exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to a climate-controlled and fully-branded premium buffet in addition to the existing in-seat food and beverage service.

THE VERMES ERA CONTINUES

Now entering his 10th season at the helm of Sporting Kansas City, manager Peter Vermes is looking to guide his side to yet another postseason appearance and remain firmly in the hunt for silverware in 2018.

Vermes is now the longest tenured coach that is actively coaching a team in Major League Soccer, having been in charge of Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been running the show at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when former LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team coaching gig in November 2016, having been in charge of the Galaxy since 2008.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. New York City FC: 2-1-0 Home games: 1-0-0 (3 GF, 1 GA) Road games: 1-1-0 (1 GF, 1 GA) Date 03/28/2015 07/10/2016 09/06/2017

Score KC 1 at NYC 0 KC 3 vs NYC 1 KC 0 at NYC 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 1 6 3 5 6

Result Location W Yankee Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park L Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Ike Opara Matt Besler Benny Feilhaber Espinoza, Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dwyer, Rubio

Harrison, Lampard Three Players Jack Harrison Jack Harrison Hernandez, Moralez David Villa

1 1 6 3 4 5

Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Sean Johnson Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

1 2 1 7 4

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

1 Marin, Melia 1 Melia 1 Luis Marin 8 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 1 4 3 3 6

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Four Players Matt Besler (3/28/15) Feilhaber, Rubio Benny Feilhaber (7/10/16) Four Players Dom Dwyer (3/28/15)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

5 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia (twice)

Harrison, Lampard Three Players (9/6/17) Jack Harrison Three Players (9/6/17) Maxi Moralez (7/10/16) David Villa (7/10/16) Josh (7/10/16) Josh

Saunders Saunders

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 3 1 0 4 Shots 20 18 0 38 Shots on Goal 7 5 0 12 Fouls 21 17 0 38 Offsides 2 3 0 5 Corner Kicks 6 7 0 13

NEW YORK CITY FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 1 1 0 2 Shots 16 18 0 34 Shots on Goal 6 7 0 13 Fouls 18 20 0 38 Offsides 4 3 0 7 Corner Kicks 6 6 0 12

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC NYC

104

1-15

3 1

16-30

31-45

0 0

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,442

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 125 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 119 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 18 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 124 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

155

0 0

105.3 5

46-60

1 0

61-75

0 0

76-90

0 1

OT

0 0

Total

4 2

85

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

259

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 155 matches played at the stadium

1 1 5 2 4 5 6 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Kenwyne Jones (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Cameron Iwasa (Option Declined - Nov. 27, 2017)

Alexander Tambakis (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Soni Mustivar (Option Declined - Nov. 27, 2017)

Khiry Shelton (Trade - Dec. 14, 2017)

Erik Palmer-Brown (Out of Contract - Nov. 27, 2017)

Yohan Croizet (Transfer - Dec. 15, 2017)

Cameron Porter (Retired - Nov. 27, 2017)

Zach Wright (Signed as Homegrown Player - Jan. 17, 2018)

Kevin Oliveira (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Emiliano Amor (Loan - Jan. 18, 2018)

Tyler Pasher (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Matt Lewis (Signed as Homegrown Player - Jan. 22, 2018)

Latif Blessing (Expansion Draft - Dec. 12, 2017)

Johnny Russell (Transfer - Jan. 31, 2018)

Saad Abdul-Salaam (Trade - Dec. 14, 2017)

Felipe Gutierrez (Signing - Feb. 6, 2018)

Kenwyne Jones (Retired - Dec. 31, 2017)

Eric Dick (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)

Alexander Tambakis (Option Declined - Dec. 31, 2017)

Graham Smith (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)

Benny Feilhaber (Trade - Jan. 3, 2018)

Brad Evans (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 20, 2018)

Andrew Dykstra (Trade - Feb. 8, 2018) Soony Saad (Waived - Feb. 8, 2018) Kevin Ellis (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018) Zach Wright (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 27: OUT Sporting KC declines options on D Tyler Pasher, M Soni Mustivar, M Kevin Oliveira and F Cameron Iwasa. Additionally, D Erik Palmer-Brown and F Cameron

Porter (later retires) are out of contract.

Dec. 10: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires GK Alexander Tambakis and F Kenwyne Jones from Atlanta United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Tyler Pasher and M Kevin Oliveira.

Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC has F Latif Blessing selected by Los Angeles Football Club (MLS) in the MLS Expansion Draft.

Dec. 14: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires F Khiry Shelton from New York City FC (MLS) in exchange for D Saad Abdul-Salaam.

Dec. 15: IN Sporting KC signs M Yohan Croizet as a Designated Player in a transfer from KV Mechelen (Belgium).

Dec. 31: OUT Sporting KC has F Kenwyne Jones retire and declines option on GK Alexander Tambakis.

Jan. 3: OUT Sporting KC acquires $400,000 in Allocation Money from Los Angeles Football Club (MLS) in exchange for M Benny Feilhaber.

Jan. 17: IN Sporting KC signs F Zach Wright as a Homegrown Player from the University of North Carolina (NCAA).

Jan. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Emiliano Amor on loan from from Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) Jan. 22: IN Sporting KC signs D Matt Lewis as a Homegrown Player from Fordham University (NCAA).

Jan. 31: IN Sporting KC acquires F Johnny Russell in a transfer from Derby County FC (England).

Feb. 6: IN Sporting KC signs M Felipe Gutierrez as a Designated Player.

Feb. 8: OUT Sporting KC acquires a 2020 MLS SuperDraft Second Round Pick from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for GK Andrew Dykstra.

Feb. 8: OUT Sporting KC waives F Soony Saad.

Feb. 13: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires $100,000 in General Allocation Money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for a 2018 international roster spot.

Feb. 15: IN Sporting KC signs MLS SuperDraft First-Round selections GK Eric Dick and D Graham Smith.

Feb. 20: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Brad Evans as a free agent.

Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives D Kevin Ellis and F Zach Wright.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Swope Park Rangers

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)

2016

Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017

Colton Storm (14th)

Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

2018

Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)

Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Emiliano Amor (1/18/18) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Brad Evans (2/20/18)

Khiry Shelton (12/14/17)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Matt Lewis (1/22/18)

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Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Amer Didic (5/31/17) James Musa (8/11/17) Kharlton Belmar (9/15/17)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

NEW YORK CITY FC

MLS

6:30

FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, March 10

at Chicago Fire

MLS

5:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Saturday, March 24

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

8:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, MARCH 31

D.C. UNITED

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, April 8

at LA Galaxy

MLS

8:00

FOX Sports 1

SUNDAY, APRIL 15

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3:00

ESPN

FRIDAY, APRIL 20

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

8:00

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, April 28

at New England Revolution

MLS

6:30

FOX Sports KC Plus

SATURDAY, MAY 5

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Wednesday, May 9

at Atlanta United FC

MLS

6:30

FOX Sports KC Plus

Sunday, May 20

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

1:00

FOX Sports KC Plus

SUNDAY, MAY 27

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MLS

5:00

FOX SPORTS 1

SUNDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, June 9

at Portland Timbers

MLS

9:30

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, JUNE 23

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Saturday, June 30

at Montreal Impact

MLS

6:00

FOX Sports KC

Wednesday, July 4

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

9:00

FOX Sports KC Plus

SATURDAY, JULY 7

TORONTO FC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Saturday, July 14

at New York Red Bulls

MLS

6:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, JULY 28

FC DALLAS

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Saturday, August 4

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

8:00

FOX Sports KC Plus

Saturday, August 11

at Los Angeles Football Club

MLS

9:30

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, September 1

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

3:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

ORLANDO CITY SC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, September 15

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

9:30

FOX Sports KC

Sunday, September 23

at Philadelphia Union

MLS

12:00

ESPN

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

4:00

FOX SPORTS 1

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

LA GALAXY

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Wednesday, October 17

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

9:00

FOX Sports KC

Sunday, October 21

at FC Dallas

MLS

TBD

TBD

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28

LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB

MLS

3:30

FOX SPORTS KC

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2017 Record When...

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

11-1-6 1-8-2 9-1-2 2-3-8 0-5-3

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

0-7-5 1-2-7 5-0-1 6-0-0 0-0-0 6-0-5 5-3-6 1-4-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo

8-4-9 4-5-4

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

12-0-3 0-3-10 0-6-0

Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even

10-5-11 2-3-2 0-1-0

Shutouts 6-0-5 One-goal games 5-7-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC

1-0-2 2-1-2 9-8-9

Day games (before 5 p.m.)

Games 5 p.m. CT or later

2-3-1 10-6-12

With red card for With red card against

0-2-0 1-1-2

Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75

6-1-6 6-8-7

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

2-2-1 0-2-1 10-4-7 0-1-4

vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference

9-8-6 3-1-7

On grass On turf

11-6-12 1-3-1

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

SPORTING KC IN 2017 (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 0-0-1 0-1-6 3-1-2 9-7-4

Quickest Goal...

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

Quickest Goal Against...

Luis Silva (10/22 at RSL) - 3rd Minute

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

Game-winning goals after 75’...

1-0-3 17-9-9 3-1-0 43-36-15 2-3-1 36-46-25 2-0-2 41-29-25 1-0-3 51-35-27 1-1-1 41-51-17 2-2-1 32-39-18 0-2-2 21-17-17

Game-tying goals after 75’...

Maynor Figueroa (4/22 at FCD) - 77th Minute Jack Harrison (9/6 at NYC) - 84th Minute Erik Palmer-Brown OG (10/11 at HOU) - 77th Minute

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Matteo Mancosu (6/10 vs. MTL) - 82nd Minute Jacob Peterson (8/6 vs. ATL) - 91st Minute Brent Kallman (10/7 at MIN) - 84th Minute

Red Cards...

Roger Espinoza (5/27 at COL) - 93rd Minute Graham Zusi (9/30 vs. VAN) - 91st Minute

Red Cards Against...

0-0-1 (0-0-1) 15-26-11 (1-0-0) 24-23-13 (1-1-0) 25-22-7 (0-0-1) 20-21-13 (0-0-1) 24-22-12 (1-1-1) 5-10-12 (0-1-1) 22-24-14 (2-0-0) 1-1-1 (1-1-1) 6-3-3 (0-0-1) 25-17-11 (1-0-0) 2-1-0 (0-1-0) 21-20-13 (1-0-0) 1-1-1 (0-0-1) 5-5-5 (0-0-1) 6-3-3 (1-0-1) 9-10-7 (1-1-1) 24-24-8 (1-0-1) 5-8-3 (1-1-0) 14-4-6 (0-0-1) 6-3-3 (0-2-0)

Chris Duvall (6/10 vs. MTL) - 86th Minute Krisztian Nemeth (9/16 vs. NE) - 11th Minute Christian Bolanos (9/30 vs. VAN) - 93rd Minute Joseph Greenspan (10/7 at MIN) - 91st Minute

Penalty Kicks...

Benny Feilhaber (7/22 at RSL) - Scored on Nick Rimando Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - Scored on Brad Guzan Diego Rubio (9/30 vs. VAN) - Off Target on Stefan Marinovic

Penalty Kicks Against...

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

Youngest Goalscorer...

Oldest Goalscorer...

Youngest Starter...

Youngest to play in a game...

Oldest Starter...

Oldest to play in a game...

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

None

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2017) vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United

vs. FC Dallas

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

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

282-262-153 10-1-6 186-92-70 2-8-7 96-170-83

Latif Blessing (5/13 at ORL) - 20 years and 134 days Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - 32 years and 198 days Erik Palmer-Brown (7/6 vs. PHI) - 20 years and 73 days Latif Blessing (3/11 vs. FCD) - 20 years and 71 days Benny Feilhaber (10/15 vs. HOU) - 32 years and 269 days Benny Feilhaber (10/22 vs. HOU) - 32 years and 276 days

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 18 22 40 OPPONENT 13 16 29

SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 248 268 516 OPPONENT 143 187 340

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 74 96 170 OPPONENT 52 78 130

FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 169 204 373 OPPONENT 194 237 431

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 38 31 69 OPPONENT 43 45 88

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 85 86 171 OPPONENT 61 76 137

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 19 35 54 OPPONENT 22 49 71

EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 2 2 OPPONENT 1 3 4

PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0/1 2/2 2/3 OPPONENT 0/1 2/4 2/5

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

W L T 282 262 153 17 21 8 28 15 7 10 12 9 337 310 177

HOME GF GA 962 921 59 61 101 57 39 45 1161 1084

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

W L T 186 92 70 14 3 3 20 7 3 6 4 5 226 106 81

8

AWAY GF GA 582 408 35 15 69 28 20 13 706 464

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

W L T 96 170 83 2 17 5 8 8 4 4 8 3 110 203 95

GF GA 380 513 21 43 32 29 19 32 452 617

Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL

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

GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2017 REGULAR SEASON)

Formation: 4-3-3

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

Substitute players are not listed.

Center forward Dom Dwyer 14 Diego Rubio 11 Latif Blessing 6 Soony Saad 3

Left forward

Daniel Salloi 11 Jimmy Medranda 9 Latif Blessing 8 Soony Saad 3 Gerso Fernandes 2 Tyler Pasher 1

Right forward

Gerso Fernandes 24 Cristian Lobato 4 Jimmy Medranda 3 Latif Blessing 2 Daniel Salloi 1

Left-center midfielder

Right-center midfielder

Benny Feilhaber 21 Jimmy Medranda 10 Roger Espinoza 1 Cristian Lobato 1 Soni Mustivar 1

Roger Espinoza 29 Benny Feilhaber 3 Jimmy Medranda 1 Soni Mustivar 1

Defensive midfielder Ilie 33 James Musa 1

Left back

Seth Sinovic 32 Cristian Lobato 1 Jimmy Medranda 1

Left center back

Right center back

Matt Besler 26 Erik Palmer-Brown 6 Kevin Ellis 2

Ike Opara 30 Kevin Ellis 3 Erik Palmer-Brown 1

Goalkeeper

Tim Melia 31 Andrew Dykstra 3

9

Right back

Graham Zusi 23 Saad Abdul-Salaam 10 Igor Juliao 1

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES March 4, 2017: D.C. United 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,268 Weather: Clear and 37 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

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

SKC 15 (5) 5 11 2 5

DC 9 (6) 5 22 0 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SKC 14 (2) 4 18 1 4

FCD 6 (4) 2 13 1 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 2 F 1 1 2 0 1 1

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

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

SKC 15 (4) 2 9 1 7

SJ 5 (3) 3 11 2 2

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

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

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

1 2 F 0 1 1 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

Scoring Summary: None

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

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

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

SKC 15 (5) 2 11 0 4

TOR 13 (2) 5 10 0 6

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

SKC 12 (6) 2 8 1 7

10

COL 8 (3) 3 12 4 1

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

SKC 12 (4) 3 12 0 5

POR 10 (4) 3 22 4 4

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) April 22, 2017: FC Dallas 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 15,411 Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SKC 11 (1) 5 5 1 3

FCD 11 (6) 1 11 6 3

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

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

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

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

1 2 F 0 0 0 2 0 2

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

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

SKC 17 (7) 2 15 1 10

MIN 7 (4) 7 10 3 2

SKC 10 (7) 2 7 4 6

RSL 14 (2) 4 15 3 6

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

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

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

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

SKC 18 (8) 2 16 4 3

NY 6 (2) 6 10 1 3

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

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

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

1 2 F 0 3 3 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

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

SKC 14 (8) 2 7 5 3

11

ORL 7 (4) 6 9 2 4

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

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

SKC 12 (6) 5 8 1 5

SEA 10 (5) 3 6 3 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) May 20, 2017: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 21,020 Weather: Sunny and 67 degrees

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SKC 12 (2) 5 15 4 3

VAN 13 (7) 2 11 4 8

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

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

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

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

1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1

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

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

SKC 15 (5) 6 3 1 4

MTL 11 (7) 4 11 2 3

1 2 F 0 0 0 1 0 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

SKC 25 (2) 2 14 0 8

COL 6 (3) 1 19 1 3

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

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

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

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

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

SKC 13 (4) 3 15 3 6

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SJ 5 (3) 3 7 2 2

SKC 27 (9) 1 13 2 9

MIN 7 (1) 6 14 1 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

SKC 10 (5) 4 12 4 2

LA 17 (5) 3 14 0 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) July 1, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,933 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees

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

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

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

1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1

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

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

SKC 7 (1) 2 14 1 0

POR 9 (3) 0 11 3 2

July 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-2 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,313 Weather: Sunny and 79 degrees

Sporting KC (9-4-9, 36 pts.)

Chicago Fire (11-5-5, 38 pts.)

1 2 F 2 1 3 1 1 2

July 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,240 Weather: Sunny and 88 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1

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

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

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

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

July 22, 2017: Real Salt Lake 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 19,316 Weather: Sunny and 92 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1

Sporting KC (8-4-9, 33 pts.)

Real Salt Lake (7-12-3, 24 pts.)

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

Real Salt Lake GK Rimando (C) D Beltran D Glad D M. Silva D Acosta M Sunny (Lennon 72’) M Mulholland M Savarino M Rusnak M Plata F L. Silva

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) McGuire (GK) Ellis Rosenberry Pasher Yaro Mustivar Carroll Porter Saad

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Fernandez (GK) Didic Horst Pasher Maund Medranda Wingert Mustivar Saucedo Dwyer Movsisyan

Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 49’ PHI - Roland Alberg 4 (Penalty Kick) 69’

Scoring Summary: RSL - Luis Silva 1 (Joao Plata 3, Danilo Acosta 2) 43’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber 3 (Penalty Kick) 59’

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Saad Abdul Salaam (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ PHI - Haris Medunjanin (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 19 (8) 1 9 1 14

PHI 7 (2) 6 12 2 3

August 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Atlanta United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,418 Weather: Cloudy and 73 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1

Sporting KC (9-4-10, 37 pts.)

Atlanta United FC (10-7-5, 35 pts.)

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

SKC 9 (3) 5 9 1 1

RSL 20 (6) 2 15 3 6

August 12, 2017: Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | CenturyLink Field | Seattle, WA Attendance: 43,530 Weather: Cloudy and 69 degrees

Sporting KC (9-5-10, 37 pts.)

Seattle Sounders FC (10-7-7, 37 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Lobato (Feilhaber 46’) F Gerso (Medranda 83’) F Blessing F Salloi (Rubio 71’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Cleveland (GK) Abdul-Salaam Harrington Ellis Mihailovic Saad Conner

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Reynish (GK) Ellis Mears Zusi Kratz Saad Wheeler-Omiunu

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Miller (GK) Espinoza Alfaro Ilie Delem Rubio Rodriguez

Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 23’ CHI - Matt Besler (Own Goal) 28’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber 4 (Unassisted) 46+ SKC - Latif Blessing 3 (Diego Rubio 1, Daniel Salloi 2) 51’ CHI - David Accam 12 (Patrick Doody 1, Dax McCarty 4) 78’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 5 (Penalty Kick) 59’ ATL - Jacob Peterson 2 (Unassisted) 91+

Scoring Summary: SEA - Clint Dempsey 10 (Jordan Morris 1, Cristian Roldan 3) 36’

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

SKC 19 (9) 2 8 5 5

CHI 10 (3) 6 10 3 5

Misconduct Summary: ATL - Jeff Larentowicz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’ ATL - Carlos Carmona (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ ATL - Yamil Asad (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (Yellow Card; Dissent) 61’ ATL - Mikey Ambrose (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 14 (3) 1 10 6 3

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ATL 7 (2) 2 20 3 1

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Palmer-Brown D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Musa M Mustivar (Feilhaber 63’) M Medranda F Gerso (Lobato 72’) F Saad (Blessing 60’) F Salloi

1 2 F 0 0 0 1 0 1

Sporting KC Chicago Fire GK Melia GK Lampson D Zusi D Polster D Opara D Kappelhof D Besler (C) D Meira D Sinovic D Doody M Ilie M Schweinsteiger (Campbell 91+) M Espinoza M McCarty M Feilhaber (Palmer-Brown 87’) M Juninho (C) (Johnson 77’) F Blessing (Medranda 83’) F Solignac (Accam 55’) F Rubio F Nikolic F Salloi (Lobato 73’) F de Leeuw

Misconduct Summary: CHI - Juninho (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ CHI - Joao Meira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’

Atlanta United FC GK Guzan D Walkes D Parkhurst (C) D Gonzalez Pirez D Ambrose M Larentowicz (McCann 71’) M Carmona M Gressel (Peterson 67’) M Almiron M Asad F Villalba (Vazquez 83’)

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’ RSL - Sunny (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ RSL - Danilo Acosta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ RSL - Tony Beltran (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’

Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D Leerdam D Torres D Marshall D Jones M Roldan M Svensson M Lodeiro (C) M Dempsey (Tolo 87’) M Morris (Neagle 91+) F Bruin (Alonso 59’)

Misconduct Summary: SKC - James Musa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ SEA - Nicolas Lodeiro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ SEA - Roman Torres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 8 (3) 4 13 1 3

SEA 15 (5) 3 11 6 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) August 19, 2017: Sporting KC 2-0 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,869 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC (10-5-10, 40 pts.)

FC Dallas (9-6-8, 35 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Blessing 93+) F Lobato (Gerso 68’) F Rubio F Salloi (Palmer-Brown 83’)

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Hedges (C) D Figueroa M Barrios (Craft 79’) M Gruezo M Acosta M Lamah (Hollingshead 75’) F Colman (Akindele 65’) F Urruti

September 6, 2017: New York City FC 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Yankee Stadium | New York, NY Attendance: 19,353 Weather: Rainy and 66 degrees

Sporting KC (10-6-10, 40 pts.)

New York City FC (15-7-5, 50 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic (Medranda 68’) M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber F Lobato (Gerso 83’) F Blessing (Rubio 66’) F Salloi

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1

New York City FC GK Johnson D Allen D Brillant D Callens D Sweat M Pirlo M McNamara (C) M Lewis (Shelton 55’) M Moralez M Harrison F Okoli (Stertzer 83’)

September 10, 2017: Columbus Crew SC 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | MAPFRE Stadium | Columbus, OH Attendance: 17,089 Weather: Sunny and 72 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 1 0 1

Sporting KC (10-6-11, 41 pts.)

Columbus Crew SC (13-12-4, 43 pts.)

Sporting KC Columbus Crew SC GK Melia GK Steffen D Zusi D Jimenez (Afful 84’) D Opara D Mensah D Besler (C) D Williams D Sinovic D Raitala M Ilie M Trapp (C) M Espinoza M Abu M Feilhaber (Medranda 93+) M Pedro Santos (Martinez 65’) F Lobato (Gerso 91+) M Higuain F Rubio (Blessing 83’) M Meram F Salloi F Kamara (Jahn 64’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Seitz (GK) Abdul-Salaam Harris Sinovic Morales Musa Ulloa

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Johansen (GK) Didic Rawls Mustivar Awuah Sands

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Stuver (GK) Abdul-Salaam Abubakar Palmer-Brown Artur Mustivar Manneh

Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 2 (Graham Zusi 4) 42’ SKC - Gerso 7 (Graham Zusi 5) 92+

Scoring Summary: NYC - Jack Harrison 9 (R.J. Allen 3) 84’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Cristian Lobato 1 (Matt Besler 4) 19’ CLB - Ola Kamara 15’ (Pedro Santos 2) 46+

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 13 (7) 2 3 0 5

FCD 11 (2) 4 10 7 6

September 16, 2017: Sporting KC 3-1 New England Revolution MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,089 Weather: Partly cloudy and 78 degrees

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’ NYC - Maxi Moralez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’ NYC - R.J. Allen (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ SKC - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 10 (1) 5 10 2 2

NYC 16 (6) 1 11 2 8

September 24, 2017: Sporting KC 2-1 LA Galaxy MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,028 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees

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

SKC 20 (4) 4 9 3 3

CLB 12 (5) 3 13 4 5

September 30, 2017: Sporting KC 0-1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,990 Weather: Clear and 67 degrees

1 2 F Sporting KC (11-6-11, 44 pts.)

2 1 3 New England Revolution (10-14-5, 35 pts.) 1 0 1

Sporting KC (12-6-11, 47 pts.)

LA Galaxy (7-17-6, 27 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Medranda (Saad 83’) F Gerso (Oliveira 79’) F Rubio (Lobato 65’) F Blessing

Sporting KC LA Galaxy GK Melia GK Diop D Zusi D Zardes D Opara D Ciani D Besler (C) (Palmer-Brown 94+) D Romney D Sinovic D Cole M Ilie M J. dos Santos M Espinoza M Pedro (Garcia 31’) M Medranda (Feilhaber 63’) M Alessandrini F Lobato (Gerso 75’) M Jamieson IV (McBean 82’) F Rubio M Boateng (Lassiter 75’) F Salloi F G. dos Santos (C)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Medranda (Feilhaber 57’) F Gerso (Lobato 46’) F Rubio (Blessing 78’) F Salloi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Cropper (GK) Abdul-Salaam Watson Palmer-Brown Woodberry Musa Hollinger-Janzen

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kempin (GK) Abdul-Salaam Smith Oliveira Arellano Blessing McInerney

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Ousted (GK) Abdul-Salaam Maund Didic Montero Musa Ibini-Isei

Scoring Summary: NE - Teal Bunbury 7 (Unassisted) 4’ SKC - Gerso 8 (Unassisted) 16’ SKC - Diego Rubio 3 (Gerso 2, Graham Zusi 6) 45’ SKC - Diego Rubio 4 (Unassisted) 57’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (Diego Rubio 2, Graham Zusi 7) 18’ SKC - Diego Rubio 5 (Seth Sinovic 2, Ilie 2) 35’ LA - Romain Alessandrini 10 (Unassisted) 58’

Scoring Summary: VAN - Erik Hurtado 3 (Jordan Harvey 1) 53’

New England Revolution GK Knighton D Farrell D Angoua D Dielna D Tierney (C) (Kobayashi 46’) M Koffie M Nguyen (Agudelo 79’) M Caldwell F Bunbury (Fagundez 62’) F Kamara F Nemeth

Misconduct Summary: NE - Krisztian Nemeth (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 11’ SKC - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 26’ NE - Claude Dielna (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ NE - Diego Fagundez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 20 (8) 1 18 4 4

NE 6 (2) 5 9 0 4

1 2 F 2 0 2 0 1 1

Misconduct Summary: CLB - Jonathan Mensah (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 13’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 15’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ CLB - Josh Williams (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’ CLB - Mohammed Abu (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

Misconduct Summary: LA - Jonathan dos Santos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 1’ LA - Michael Ciani (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ LA - Jack McBean (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 11 (6) 3 9 2 3

14

LA 7 (4) 4 11 2 8

1 2 F Sporting KC (12-7-11, 47 pts.)

0 0 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (15-10-6, 51 pts.) 0 1 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC GK Marinovic D Nerwinski D Waston (C) D Parker D Harvey M Ghazal M de Jong M Davies (Teibert 84’) M Mezquida (Reyna 68’) M Shea (Bolanos 60’) F Hurtado

Misconduct Summary: VAN - Alphonso Davies (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 69’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Red Card; DOGSO) 91+ VAN - Christian Bolanos (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 18 (7) 2 10 0 7

VAN 11 (3) 7 12 2 2

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES & MLS CUP PLAYOFFS BOX SCORE (CONT.) October 7, 2017: Minnesota United FC 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 23,060 Weather: Clear and 58 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1

Sporting KC (12-7-12, 48 pts.)

Minnesota United FC (10-16-6, 36 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia (Dykstra 59’) D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Medranda F Gerso F Rubio F Blessing

Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Thiesson D Greenspan D Kallman D Burch (Nicholson 79’) M Finlay M Martin (Warner 79’) M Ibson (C) M Ibarra (Allen 81’) F Ramirez F Danladi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Didic McLain (GK) Pasher Venegas Lobato Jome Mustivar Leiton Belmar Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 6 (Latif Blessing 1) 47+ MIN - Brent Kallman 2 (Abu Danladi 3) 84’ Misconduct Summary: MIN - Jerome Thiesson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 70’ SKC - Andrew Dykstra (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 72’ MIN - Joseph Greenspan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ MIN - Joseph Greenspan (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 20 (4) 3 12 0 6

MIN 9 (4) 3 13 3 6

October 22, 2017: Real Salt Lake 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 19,102 Weather: Sunny and 64 degrees

Sporting KC (12-9-13, 49 pts.)

Real Salt Lake (13-15-6, 45 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Dykstra D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Feilhaber 72’) F Salloi (Oliveira 85’) F Rubio (Gerso 59’) F Blessing

1 2 F 0 1 1 2 0 2

Real Salt Lake GK Rimando D Wingert (Phillips 79’) D M. Silva D Glad D Acosta M Mulholland M Beckerman (C) M Lennon F Rusnak F Plata (Savarino 73’) F L. Silva (Movsisyan 87’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) VanOekel (GK) Abdul-Salaam Horst Musa Sunny Mustivar Saucedo Scoring Summary: RSL - Luis Silva 7 (Unassisted) 3’ RSL - Brooks Lennon 3 (Unassisted) 41’ SKC - Ike Opara 3 (Graham Zusi 8) 89’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’ SKC - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 19 (5) 4 11 3 6

RSL 11 (6) 4 16 3 3

October 11, 2017: Houston Dynamo 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 15,724 Weather: Clear and 79 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 0 2 2

Sporting KC (12-8-12, 48 pts.)

Houston Dynamo (12-10-10, 46 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Dykstra D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Medranda F Gerso (Rubio 73’) F Blessing (Belmar 84’) F Salloi

Houston Dynamo GK Deric D DeLaGarza D Senderos D Leonardo D Remick (Anibaba 94+) M Clark (C) M Alexander (Alex 78’) M Martinez F Manotas F Sanchez (Torres 73’) F Wenger

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Willis (GK) Didic Garcia Musa Holland Mustivar Ward Lobato Scoring Summary: SKC - Jimmy Medranda 2 (Saad Abdul-Salaam 1) 33’ HOU - Tomas Martinez 2 (Unassisted) 63’ HOU - Erik Palmer-Brown (Own Goal) 77’ Misconduct Summary: HOU - Ricardo Clark (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ HOU - Andrew Wenger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (5) 3 16 3 8

HOU 9 (4) 4 19 5 1

October 26, 2017: Houston Dynamo 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 14,126 Weather: Clear and 71 degrees

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

1 2 ET1 ET2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo GK Dykstra GK Deric D Zusi D Machado D Opara D Senderos D Besler (C) D Leonardo (Anibaba 41’) D Medranda D Beasley M Ilie M Clark (C) (Sanchez 87’) M Espinoza (Abdul-Salaam 114’) M Martinez M Feilhaber (Oliveira 101’) M Cabezas F Blessing (Lobato 100’) F Elis F Rubio F Torres (Quioto 73’) F Gerso (Salloi 51’) F Alex (Alexander 91’) Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Willis (GK) Palmer-Brown Garcia Mustivar Manotas Scoring Summary: HOU - Alberth Elis 1 (Vicente Sanchez 1) 94’ Misconduct Summary: HOU - Pilippe Senderos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 14’ HOU - Ricardo Clark (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 21’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’ HOU - Adolfo Machado (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ SKC - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ HOU - Romell Quioto (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 109’ HOU - Alberth Elis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 121+ SKC - Andrew Dykstra (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 123+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 22 (6) 4 16 3 9

15

HOU 20 (5) 6 21 4 6

October 15, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 Houston Dynamo MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,083 Weather: Clear and 57 degrees

Sporting KC (12-8-13, 49 pts.)

Houston Dynamo (12-10-11, 47 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Dykstra D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Lobato (Blessing 83’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Medranda F Rubio F Salloi

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Houston Dynamo GK Deric D DeLaGarza D Machado D Leonardo D Beasley M Clark (C) M Martinez (Sanchez 72’) M Cabezas F Elis F Torres (Manotas 90’) F Alex (Quioto 66’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Willis (GK) Didic Anibaba Sinovic Remick Mustivar Alexander Oliveira Gerso Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: HOU - Erick Torres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’ HOU - A.J. DeLaGarza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 27 (7) 2 8 2 9

HOU 14 (2) 9 11 1 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES June 14, 2017: Sporting KC 4-0 Minnesota United FC U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,260 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 2 2 4 0 0 0

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

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

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

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

July 11, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 FC Dallas (AET) U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,016 Weather: Sunny and 91 degrees

Sporting KC FC Dallas

1 2 ET1 ET2 F 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

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

Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara (Ellis 110+) D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Medranda F Gerso (Salloi 85’) F Rubio (Feilhaber 91’) F Blessing

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

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

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Seitz (GK) Storm Hume Mustivar Guillen Saad Hayes

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

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

Scoring Summary: SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 108+ SKC - Latif Blessing 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1) 113+ SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 118’

Misconduct Summary: MIN - Justin Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Misconduct Summary: HOU - Eric Bird (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ HOU - Andrew Wenger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ HOU - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Simulation) 64’

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

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

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Red Card; DOGSO) 15’ FCD - Victor Ulloa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48+ FCD - Mauro Diaz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’ FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 101’ FCD - Javier Morales (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 110+ FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 120’

SKC 19 (8) 0 13 1 4

MIN 5 (0) 4 18 3 3

August 9, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 (5-4) San Jose Earthquakes U.S. Open Cup Semifinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 16,193 Weather: Cloudy and 76 degrees

Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes

1 2 ET1 ET2 PK F 1 0 0 0 5 1 (5) 1 0 0 0 4 1 (4)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (Abdul-Salaam 119’) D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso (Salloi 77’) F Rubio F Blessing

San Jose Earthquakes GK Tarbell D Affolter (Bernardez 103’) D Jungwirth D Imperiale M Lima M Yueill M Thompson (Alashe 70’) M Ceren M Salinas (C) F Vako F Hoesen (Wondolowski 73’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Bingham (GK) Ellis Sarkodie Palmer-Brown Colvey Mustivar Amarikwa Saad Scoring Summary: SJ - Danny Hoesen 3 (Vako 1) 4’ SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Jimmy Medranda 2) 32’ Misconduct Summary: SJ - Darwin Ceren (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 74’ SJ - Francois Affolter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92’ SJ - Andres Imperiale (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 111’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 31 (11) 2 10 2 15

SJ 12 (3) 11 15 6 1

SKC 12 (7) 2 13 5 7

HOU 10 (2) 5 21 1 6

September 20, 2017: Sporting KC 2-1 New York Red Bulls U.S. Open Cup Final | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 21,523 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 78 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 0 1 1

Sporting KC New York Red Bulls Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso (Medranda 56’) F Rubio (Oliveira 82’) F Blessing (Salloi 43’)

New York Red Bulls GK Meara D Adams D Escobar D Long D Lawrence (Zizzo 66’) D Murillo M Muyl (Veron 71’) M Felipe M Kljestan (C) M Davis (Keita 77’) F Wright-Phillips

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Robles (GK) Abdul-Salaam Lade Palmer-Brown Metzger Lobato Etienne Jr. Scoring Summary: SKC - Latif Blessing 3 (Graham Zusi 2) 25’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 66’ NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips 4 (Unassisted) 91+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 4’ NY - Aaron Long (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ NY - Tyler Adams (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 96+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 11 (5) 6 19 0 4

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NY 17 (7) 3 13 3 6

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

FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Harris D Hollingshead (Morales 88’) M Gruezo M Diaz (C) M Ulloa (Akindele 46’) M Barrios M Lamah (Colman 106’) F Urruti

SKC 22 (9) 6 13 0 1

FCD 23 (6) 5 20 4 10

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE

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

OPPONENT

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

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

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

ATTEND. 18,268 19,117 19,282 27,909 19,249 21,144 15,411 18,648 18,965 17,709 25,527 20,139 21,020 17,648 20,361 20,334 18,000 20,140 20,933 19,240 19,316 20,313 19,418 43,530 19,869 19,353 17,089 19,089 19,028 18,990 23,060 15,724 19,083 19,102

RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3 3-0-3 3-1-3 4-1-3 5-1-3 5-2-3 5-2-4 6-2-4 6-3-4 6-4-4 7-4-4 7-4-5 7-4-6 8-4-6 8-4-7 8-4-8 8-4-9 9-4-9 9-4-10 9-5-10 10-5-10 10-6-10 10-6-11 11-6-11 12-6-11 12-7-11 12-7-12 12-8-12 12-8-13 12-9-13

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

1 2 5 6 9 12 12 15 18 18 19 22 22 22 25 26 27 30 31 32 33 36 37 37 40 40 41 44 47 47 48 48 49 49

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

SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (12-9-13, 49 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF OCTOBER 22, 2017 UNF POS PLAYER 7 F Gerso Fernandes 11 F Diego Rubio 10 M Benny Feilhaber 14 F Dom Dwyer* 30 F Daniel Salloi 9 F Latif Blessing 3 D Ike Opara 94 F Jimmy Medranda 27 M Roger Espinoza 15 D Seth Sinovic 17 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 19 M Cristian Lobato 8 D Graham Zusi 5 D Matt Besler 6 M Ilie Sanchez 93 M Soni Mustivar 22 F Soony Saad 90 F Kharlton Belmar 21 GK Andrew Dykstra 4 D Kevin Ellis 40 D Igor Juliao 29 GK Tim Melia 41 M James Musa 88 M Kevin Oliveira 2 D Erik Palmer-Brown 77 M Tyler Pasher 39 F Cameron Porter 20 F Gianluca Busio 55 D Amer Didic 24 F Cameron Iwasa 23 D Colton Storm 1 GK Adrian Zendejas

Own-goals received

Team totals

Opponent totals

GP 32 16 30 15 22 25 30 33 30 32 12 10 24 26 33 14 12 1 4 5 1

31 1 2 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

34 34

GS MIN 26 2238 11 1010 24 2269 14 1271 12 1172 16 1419 30 2700 24 2086 30 2677 32 2857 10 902 6 547 23 2114 26 2339 33 2970 2 260 6 453 0 6 3 301 5 450 1 45 31 2759 1 90 0 16 7 641 1 45 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 3060 34 3060

G 8 6 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 29

A 2 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 61 37 64 45 43 38 17 49 48 17 10 7 37 4 19 0 14 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 25 14 20 22 19 15 5 10 10 5 3 3 11 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 32 22 35 35 11 31 23 19 48 20 12 3 16 22 16 7 7 0 0 4 1 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 40 28 48 37 18 37 14 20 43 18 10 3 17 14 37 4 8 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 7 6 0 10 4 24 1 4 3 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

CK 7 0 86 2 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 41 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 2 4 5 1 3 3 2 9 6 1 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 26

515 341

171 130

374 433

433 374

70 88

172 136

56 73

2 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Diego Rubio 3, Ike Opara 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Latif Blessing 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 3, Roger Espinoza 2, Matt Besler 2, Seth Sinovic 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Gerso Fernandes 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2, Diego Rubio 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK 21 GK

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

GP 31 4 34 34

GS 31 3 34 34

MIN 2759 301 3060 3060

SH 116 14 130 171

SV 91 10 101 129

* = Played with other teams in 2017. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

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GA 24 5 29 40

GAA 0.78 1.50 0.85 1.18

PG 2 0 2 2

PA 5 0 5 3

W 12 0 12 9

L 7 2 9 12

T 11 2 13 13

SO 10 1 11 12

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes

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

Peter Vermes is entering his 10th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2017 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 144 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to seven straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 115 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank sixth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions. He has coached 334 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.

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

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

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

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

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year

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

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

2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 12-9-13 0-1-0 2018 0-0-0 --- TOTAL 115-91-74 5-6-3

--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 4-0-1 0-0-0 18-5-3

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

3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 16-9-13 0-0-0 144-106-84

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

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

He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.

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

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

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

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #22 | D | EMILIANO AMOR | @LoveEmiliano SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina Last Club: Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) Acquired: Signed on loan on 1/18/2018

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 5/16/1996

Sporting Kansas City added defender Emiliano Amor to the roster on loan from Argentinian side Velez Sarsfield this offseason. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Amor has spent his first five professional seasons with his hometown club, a 10-time champion of the top-flight Argentine Primera Division. The center back has logged more than 50 first-team appearances since emerging from Velez Sarsfield’s youth system.

he scores 0-0-0

the quarterfinals of the 2014-15 Copa Argentina, starting in three clean-sheet victories and scoring in a Round of 32 triumph against Acassuso.

In 2016, Amor helped propel Velez Sarsfield to a sixth-place finish in Zone 1 of the Primera Division. He then guided the team to another Copa Argentina quarterfinal appearance last fall, anchoring a pair of shutout efforts in the 2016-17 edition of the Amor made his Primera Division debut in November 2014 at age 19, featuring in a 2-0 win tournament. Amor played eight games during the 2017-18 Primera Division campaign over Defensa Y Justicia. He became a regular starter the following year, recording three under the guidance of first-year manager Gabriel Heinze, a World Cup veteran and goals in 25 Primera Division matches for El Fortin. He also helped Velez Sarsfield reach longtime defender for the Argentina Men’s National Team.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#90 | F | KHARLTON BELMAR | @Kharltonbelmar SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

1

0

6

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

1

0

1

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

2

0

7

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 1, Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 12/1/1992 Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia College: Virginia Commonwealth University Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2017 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Kharlton Belmar late in the 2017 season from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. Belmar led the Rangers with 15 goals in 2017 - setting a new single-season record for the club.

Belmar added a further three goals and three assists in limited minute during the 2016 season and ended his tenure in Portland with 15 goals and six assists across 53 appearances in the USL.

Belmar was selected in the Second Round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the Portland Timbers, and spent the next two seasons playing with Portland Timbers 2. He scored 12 goals in his rookie year in 2015 on his way to garnering USL Rookie of the Year and USL All-League Second Team honors, before spending the tail-end of the 2015 campaign on loan at NASL club the New York Cosmos.

The Virginia Beach, Virginia native attended college close to home at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he had 18 goals and five assists across a four-year career for the Rams. Belmar was named an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection as a junior and senior and also played for USL Premier Development League sides Mississippi Brilla (2012) and the Portland Timbers U-23s (2014) while at college.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assists 1, 15 times, last: Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL

A

MLS Regular Season

226

220

19831

3

15

MLS Postseason

14

14

1380

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

19

17

1594

0

1

International

10

10

885

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

269

261

23690

3

16

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his 10th season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame.

Besler has earned 47 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Besler ranks fourth in Sporting KC history with 269 appearances across all competitions. Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 234 of 240 MLS matches (including the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in Kansas City. He recently made four appearances for his country as the U.S. claimed the playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015).

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

226

220

19831

3

15

41

9

200

109

8

1

29

2

2

7

KC - Postseason

14

14

1380

0

0

2

0

14

10

3

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

240

234

21211

3

15

43

9

214

119

11

1

29

2

2

7

#13 | M | GIANLUCA BUSIO | @gbusio10 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/25/2017

he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City signed Gianluca Busio as the club’s fifth Homegrown Player on August 25, 2017, making Busio the youngest active player in MLS and the second youngest player in MLS history at the age of 15 years and 89 days.

He tallied three goals during Sporting KC’s impressive postseason run from late June to mid-July. Busio also earned playing time for the Sporting KC U-18s throughout 2016-17, scoring in their regular-season finale on June 3.

Busio starred for the Sporting Kansas City Academy during the 2016-17 season as one of the United States’ top youth prospects for his age. The versatile forward played three matches for the Sporting KC U-14s before stepping up to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and earned Central Conference Best XI honors. He led the U-16s to their first appearance in the USSDA quarterfinals.

At the international level, Busio is a member of the U.S. U-17 National Team. He previously guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches in August 2017. In May 2017 at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy, Busio scored three goals as the American U-17s were crowned tournament champions.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #10 | M | YOHAN CROIZET | @Yohancroizet SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Sarrebourg, France Last Club: KV Mechelen (Belgium) Acquired: Signed on 12/15/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 2/15/1992

he scores 0-0-0

Yohan Croizet has scored 31 goals in more than 200 professional appearances across Europe. He joins Sporting KC after spending each of the last three seasons in the top-flight Belgian First Division A, where he has tallied 12 goals and 11 assists since 2015. He signed as a Designated Player in December 2017.

Prior to joining KV Mechelen, Croizet blossomed during a two-year stint with Belgian outfit OH Leuven. He bagged four goals as OH Leuven won the 2014-15 Belgian Second Division playoffs and earned promotion to the top flight. The following year, Croizet notched a career-high nine goals and added four assists as the team’s top scorer.

In his first season with KV Mechelen in 2016-17, Croizet played 37 matches, tallying three goals and four assists to help KV Mechelen to a seventh-place finish and 14 league wins, their most in the Belgian first division since 1993. Croizet added three assists in 15 appearances during the 2017-18 season.

Croizet began his professional career as a 19-year-old, debuting for French club FC Metz in 2011. The midfielder amassed seven goals in 57 matches for FC Metz II from 2011-13 before moving from his native France to Belgium ahead of the 2013-14 campaign, signing for RE Virton of the Belgian Second Division. His six goals from the midfield paved the way for his subsequent move to OH Leuven.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#18 | GK | ERIC DICK | @DaBrickWall00 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 Birthday: 10/3/1994 Hometown: Carmel, Indiana College: Butler University Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#13) - signed on 2/15/18

he scores 0-0-0

Born in Kansas City suburb Roeland Park, Kansas, Dick led Butler to the 2016 Big East Championship and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances over his last two seasons.

He compiled a 27-10-4 record over his junior and senior campaigns, landing First Team Dick, the 13th overall pick in the SuperDraft, was a four-year starter at Butler University in All-Big East Conference accolades in 2017.

Indianapolis. As a senior, he was named the 2017 Big East Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and received United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American honors. He ended his At the youth level, Dick played for the Indiana Fire Academy and attended Carmel High college career with 28 shutouts and a 0.96 goals against average across 71 starts.

School in Carmel, Indiana, where he was a two-time All-District and All-County performer.

Sporting KC selected goalkeeper Eric Dick with the 13th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. He officially signed an MLS contract for the club in February 2018.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

21

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #2 | D | AMER DIDIC | @amerdidic_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

3

3

270

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

3

3

270

0

0

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 12/28/1994

he scores 0-0-0

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

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

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

Didic was called in to the Canada National Team for the first time in August 2017, but did not appear in a friendly against Jamaica on Sept. 2. Didic represented Canada’s Under-23 National Team for the first time in March 2017 when he took part in a mini-tournament in Qatar, playing every minute as Canada won the tournament with 1-0 and 2-0 wins over Uzbekistan and Qatar, respectively.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#17 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

190

170

15090

5

23

MLS Postseason

9

8

659

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

18

16

1744

0

3

International

3

2

232

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

220

196

17725

5

26

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 23 times, last: July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Shots on Goal 2, 9 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 10/25/1986

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

Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 220 appearances for the club in all

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

190

170

15090

5

23

211

53

297

263

13

16

41

7

1

6

KC - Postseason

9

8

659

0

0

7

3

12

12

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

199

178

15749

5

23

218

56

309

275

14

16

45

7

1

6

22

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D/M | BRAD EVANS | @brad_evans3 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2012, SEA vs. FCD (w/ SEA) Assists 3, Sept. 3, 2014, SEA at CHV (w/ SEA) Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: March 30, 2013, SEA at RSL (w/ SEA) Shots 6, 2 times, last: April 30, 2011, SEA vs. TOR (w/ SEA) Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, SEA vs. MTL (w/ SEA) Fouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: March 8, 2015, SEA vs. NE (w/ SEA)

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 5, 2017, SEA at MIN (w/ SEA) Goal July 19, 2017, SEA vs. DC (w/ SEA) Assist Aug. 21, 2016, SEA vs. POR (w/ SEA) 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 160 Birthday: 4/20/1985 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona College: University of California - Irvine Last Club: Seattle Sounders FC Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent on 2/20/2018 Brad Evans joins Sporting KC having amassed 28 goals and 31 assists in 255 MLS appearances (including playoffs) since beginning his professional career in 2007. Evans, who lifted his first MLS Cup in 2008 with Columbus Crew SC, spent each of the last nine seasons with Seattle Sounders FC, where he won four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championships and the 2016 MLS Cup.

Seattle selected Evans in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft ahead of their inaugural season, and won three consecutive U.S. Open Cups from 2009-2011. In the 2014 campaign as club captain, Evans helped Seattle capture another U.S. Open Cup and win its first Supporters’ Shield. In 2016, Evans scored his penalty kick as Seattle beat Toronto FC to win the MLS Cup.

Evans joined Columbus Crew SC as the No. 15 overall pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft out of UC Irvine. In his second season with the Crew, he scored six goals across 31 league appearances, helping Columbus win the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup double.

Evans has earned 27 appearances for the U.S. National Team. He competed at the 2009 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cups and started five matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying cycle, helping the United States advance to the final tournament in Brazil.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

230

198

17351

25

29

207

71

164

164

20

41

25

4

8

10

KC - Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

25

20

1821

3

2

23

9

14

18

0

4

3

0

2

1

MLS - TOTAL

255

218

19172

28

31

230

80

178

182

20

45

28

4

10

11

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

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

32

26

2237

8

2

MLS Postseason

1

1

51

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

5

385

2

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

38

32

2673

10

3

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Shots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Shots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 4, June 17, 2017, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Assist Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991 Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Last Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017 Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. Prior to joining Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season, he spent the previous five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses. On May 17, 2017, Fernandes scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick in seven years in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC before adding a goal and an assist in his first-ever U.S. Open Cup game against Minnesota United FC on June 14, 2017. He was named the club’s 2017 Offensive Player of the Year.

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

32

26

2237

8

2

63

25

33

40

7

7

4

0

2

1

KC - Postseason

1

1

51

0

0

2

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

33

27

2288

8

2

65

26

34

41

7

7

4

0

2

1

23

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #21 | M | FELIPE GUTIERREZ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Hometown: Quintero, Chile Last Club: Real Betis (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 2/6/2018

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 10/8/1990

Gutierrez joined 12-time Chilean Primera Division champion CD Universidad Catolica in 2009. He enjoyed a breakout season for the club in 2011, scoring 10 goals in the top-flight Primera Division as Universidad Catolica finished atop the spring Apertura standings and won the 2011 Copa Chile. Gutierrez landed a transfer to FC Twente ahead of the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, debuting for the Dutch side in a UEFA Europa League qualifier. In his sophomore season at FC Twente, Gutierrez reached new heights as the midfielder started 33 league matches and was named the 2013-14 Eredivisie Most Valuable Player for his instrumental role in propelling the Tukkers to a third-place finish in the table.

he scores 0-0-0

Gutierrez moved from Netherlands to Spain in 2016-17, signing for Spanish La Liga side Real Betis. His first La Liga goal was a stoppage-time winner as Real Betis beat Osasuna 2-1 in October 2016. Gutierrez spent most of 2017 on loan at Internacional in Brazil, where he played 16 games and helped the club gain promotion to the top-flight Serie A. A native of Quintero, Chile, Gutierrez has represented his country 35 times at the senior international level. He’s competed on a global stage at the sport’s highest level, featuring at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and helping Chile lift the 2015 Copa America title as champions of South America..

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#88 | D | MATT LEWIS | @mattylew03 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 6-2 Weight: 165 Birthday: 8/1/1996 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Fordham University Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/22/18 Sporting Kansas City signed center back Matt Lewis as a Homegrown player following a four-year career at Fordham University. Lewis started all 84 college appearances from 2014-2017 - becoming Fordham’s career leader in both categories - while also tallying five goals and four assists over his last two seasons. He helped lead the Rams to a pair of Atlantic 10 Championship titles and three NCAA tournament appearances, including a run to the program’s first-ever Elite Eight in 2017.

In addition to winning 39 career games at Fordham, Lewis earned multiple individual accolades as a college standout. He was an All-Atlantic 10 Second Team selection as a

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sophomore and junior and received 2017 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior, guiding Fordham to 11 clean sheets in his final season.

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Lewis attended Rockhurst High School and anchored the Sporting KC U-18 backline throughout the 2013-14 campaign. The center back was named a finalist for Sporting KC Male Youth Player of the Year at the 2014 Kevin Gray Awards.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

24

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #26 | D | JAYLIN LINDSEY | @JaylinLindsey SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Birthday: 3/27/2000 Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/1/2018

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day later, he became the first American player born in 2000 or later to appear in a professional match. Lindsey would feature once more for the Rangers before joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in August 2016.

Sporting Kansas City signed Jaylin Lindsey as a Homegrown Player in September 2017, with his contract starting on Jan. 1, 2018. A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Lindsey is the third-youngest signing in club history. The defender has featured for the Sporting KC U-16s and U-18s and made more than 25 appearances for the United States U-17 Men’s National Team from 2016-2017.

Lindsey has featured regularly for the U.S. U-17s. He was named to the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI in May after helping the U.S. to a second-place finish. That allowed Lindsey to represent the U.S. at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Lindsey has been a youth international since 2013, representing the U-14s, U-15s and U-17s.

Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lindsey joined the Sporting KC Academy in January 2015. He has made more than 30 combined appearances for the U-16s and U-18s. After impressing throughout his first full Academy season with Sporting KC, Lindsey signed an Academy contract with the Swope Park Rangers on May 6, 2016. A MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#19 | M | CRISTIAN LOBATO SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

10

6

547

1

0

MLS Postseason

1

0

20

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

11

6

567

1

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Shots 2, Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYC Fouls Committed 2, Oct. 15, 2017, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 15, 2017, KC vs. HOU Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 15, 2017, KC vs. HOU Goal Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 3/7/1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 6/29/2017 Cristian Lobato joined Sporting Kansas City in the summer of 2017 after spending two seasons with Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013.

He spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet. Lobato scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw on the road at Columbus Crew SC in September 2017.

Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and helped the club win a Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B of the Segunda Division, scoring eight goals in 57 games.

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

10

6

547

1

0

7

3

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

KC - Postseason

1

0

20

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

11

6

567

1

0

9

4

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

25

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Assists 1, 3 times, last: April 15, 2017, KC at POR Shots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Shots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD

A

MLS Regular Season

74

54

4583

3

3

MLS Postseason

2

1

121

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

7

6

648

0

2

International

2

1

96

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

85

62

5449

3

5

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Assist April 15, 2017, KC at POR 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 85 games for the club across all competitions. He set career highs for appearances (39), starts (29), minutes (2,619) and goals (2) in 2017.

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

74

54

4583

3

3

100

19

70

45

5

18

11

1

1

2

KC - Postseason

2

1

121

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

76

55

4704

3

3

101

19

71

46

5

18

11

1

1

2

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

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

81

81

7259

0

0

MLS Postseason

2

2

174

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

10

10

990

0

0

International

1

1

90

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

94

94

8513

0

0

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

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

Appearance Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Shutout Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 5/15/1986

Tim Melia became one of the top goalkeepers in MLS in 2017 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Melia claimed the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759). Melia was named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts.

During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against

average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.

After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

81

81

7259

320

235

26

82

1.02

7

11

6

0

33

26

20

MLS - Regular Season

87

86

7698

356

257

26

96

1.12

8

12

6

1

34

30

21

KC - Postseason

2

2

174

5

2

0

2

1.03

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

89

88

7872

361

259

26

98

1.12

8

12

6

1

34

31

21

26

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #41 | M | JAMES MUSA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

1

1

90

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

1

1

90

0

0

Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 Hometown: Plymouth, England Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 8/11/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Shots 1, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 2, Aug. 12, 2017, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 0

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0

Birthday: 4/1/1992

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New Zealand in 2013. He then moved to South Melbourne in 2014 before heading back to Team Wellington after one season in Australia.

James Musa signed for Sporting KC in August of 2017 after spending the earlier part of the year with the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. Musa joined the Swope Park Rangers from fellow USL side Saint Louis FC ahead of the 2017 season. He spent two years in St. Louis, making 51 appearances in the club’s first two years of existence.

Musa has earned three caps for the New Zealand National Team, appearing in the side’s two FIFA World Cup Qualifier against the Solomon Islands in September 2017 after making his debut in a friendly against South Africa on May 30, 2014. He previously represented New Zealand at the Under-20 and Under-23 levels, including three appearances at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and one appearance for the U-23s at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Musa began his professional career with Wellington Phoenix FC in 2010 before playing for Waitakere City FC and Team Wellington FC. Musa was offered a trial by then English Premier League side Fulham FC and signed with the club in 2012. A loan spell at Hereford United FC in the Conference followed before returning to Team Wellington in MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1

1

90

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

90

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

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

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, April 13, 2016, KC vs. COL

A

MLS Regular Season

82

69

6335

9

3

MLS Postseason

4

1

136

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

7

7

703

2

0

International

7

7

630

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

100

84

7804

12

3

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Assist Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Ninth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his sixth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (30), starts (30) and equaled his career high with three goals in 2017. His performances in 2017 earned him the 2017 MLS Defender of the Year title. Opara was previously a nominee for MLS Player of the Month in March 2015, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year, and has featured regularly along the back line since then.

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

82

69

6335

9

3

56

22

80

36

3

0

10

1

5

2

MLS - Regular Season

117

91

8487

12

3

77

29

109

53

8

1

12

1

6

2

KC - Postseason

4

1

136

0

0

1

0

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

5

1

214

0

0

2

0

3

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

122

92

8701

12

3

79

29

112

56

9

1

12

1

6

2

27

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 5, Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Shots 7, Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Fouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC

A

MLS Regular Season

31

14

1340

7

2

MLS Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

4

378

2

1

International

3

3

270

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

40

22

2108

10

3

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe.

The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27, 2016 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, 2016, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13, 2016 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September 2016. He tore his ACL that October and made his return to the field on June 17, 2017 in a 0-0 road draw with San Jose before scoring his first goal since returning in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Assist Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

31

14

1340

7

2

50

16

36

41

11

0

4

0

3

1

KC - Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

32

15

1460

7

2

50

16

37

41

12

0

5

0

3

1

#7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Last Club: Derby County FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/31/2018

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 4/8/1990

Sporting KC acquired Scottish winger Johnny Russell in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. Russell has scored 94 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United FC Academy in Scotland before making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17.

He spent most of the following two seasons on loan at Scottish side Forfar Athletic, recording eight goals, and marked his first career Dundee United start with a goal in a 2009 Scottish FA Cup win over East Sterlingshire. After being loaned to Raith Rovers in 2009-10, Russell enjoyed a breakout year at Dundee United with nine goals as the Tangerines finished fourth in the Scottish Premier League. He added 14 more goals in all

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comps during the 2011-12 campaign to pace another fourth-place finish. Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals in 38 competitive appearances.

Russell reached new heights in June 2013 when he joined Derby County. He marked his debut for the outfit with his first of nine goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as the Rams fell just short of promotion to the EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons.

Russell has earned four career caps for Scotland, receiving his first call to the senior squad in May 2012 for a friendly against the U.S. but did not feature in the match. Russell made his debut in a 2014 friendly against England and featured in two more friendlies the following year. Russell has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

28

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Assists 1, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Shots on Goal 4, Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots 5, Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 4, Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU

A

MLS Regular Season

22

12

1172

3

2

MLS Postseason

1

0

69

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

1

215

3

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

27

13

1456

6

2

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Assist July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is one of four Homegrown Players on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Gianluca Busio (2017), Jaylin Lindsey (2018) and Matt Lewis (2018).

Hungary for the remainder of the season. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season.

He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1.

Salloi scored the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final in September. Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, in 2016 and scored four goals and added three assists before being loaned to Gyirmot SE in

After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday. Salloi made his debut for the Hungary Under-21 National Team in late 2017 and has two caps to date.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

22

12

1172

3

2

43

19

11

18

4

0

1

0

0

1

KC - Postseason

1

0

69

0

0

4

1

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

23

12

1241

3

2

47

20

11

21

4

0

1

0

0

1

#6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

33

33

2970

0

2

MLS Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

5

510

0

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

39

39

3600

0

3

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB Shots 3, Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Fouls Committed 3, Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, March 4, 2017, KC at DC Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal N/A Assist Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 11/21/1990

Sánchez, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season. He joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season and has made 38 appearances in all competitions for the club, earning Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year honors in 2017.

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

Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as Division.

Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

33

33

2970

0

2

19

2

16

37

0

11

6

0

0

1

KC - Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

34

34

3090

0

2

20

2

17

39

0

11

7

0

0

1

29

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #14 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 15, 2017, NYC at NE (w/ NYC) Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: March 6, 2016, NYC at CHI (w/ NYC) Shots 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 23, 2016 NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 27, 2017, NYC at MTL (w/ NYC) Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC) Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, NYC vs. CLB (w/ NYC) Goal Oct. 15, 2017, NYC at NE (w/ NYC) Assist Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Birthday: 6/26/1993 Hometown: Leander, Texas College: Oregon State Last Club: New York City FC Acquired: Acquired via trade with New York City FC on 12/14/2017

season. He was an NSCAA All-America Second Team; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003.

Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 15, 2015 by expansion side New York City FC. After three seasons with the club, Shelton moved to Sporting KC in December 2017 in a trade for Saad Abdul-Salaam.

Shelton was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team for the Lisbon International games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts. The Leander, Tournament in 2011. Selected to the U18 squad for its trip to Israel in 2010.

Texas native had his best season in 2016 when he tallied four goals and nine assists.

In college, Shelton recorded 10 goals and 12 assists at Oregon State University his senior MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

54

23

2485

6

10

37

12

24

31

3

0

0

0

0

3

MLS - Postseason

2

0

57

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

56

23

2542

6

10

37

12

24

32

3

0

0

0

0

3

#15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

165

160

14177

1

9

MLS Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

U.S. Open Cup

14

14

1183

0

2

International

11

10

937

1

2

ALL COMPETITIONS

202

196

17431

4

13

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 9 times, last: Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Shots 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 1/28/1987

An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 196 of 202 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

165

160

14177

1

9

83

23

177

104

9

0

27

0

0

5

MLS - Regular Season

185

178

15757

1

9

90

24

190

115

10

0

30

0

0

5

KC - Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

5

3

18

12

0

0

2

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

197

190

16891

3

9

95

27

208

127

9

0

32

0

2

5

30

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #16 | D | GRAHAM SMITH SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Birthday: 4/8/1990 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: University of Denver Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#18) - signed on 2/15/18

he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City selected center back Graham Smith with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft before officially sigining him in February 2018.

goals in 38 matches for the Beavers, helping the side reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014.

Smith split his four-year college career between Oregon State University (2014-15) and the University of Denver (2016-17). The versatile defender started all 80 appearances at the NCAA Division I level, registering six goals and seven assists in his final two seasons with the Denver Pioneers.

Upon transferring to Denver in 2016, Smith helped the Pioneers reach the Men’s College Cup for the first time in program history. He split time between the holding midfield and center back positions, serving as the anchor of a defense that notched a 0.52 goals against average in 2016 and a 0.71 goals against average in 2017. As a senior, Smith was a United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team selection and a CoSIDA Academic All-American.

A native of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Smith was teammates with current Sporting KC forward Khiry Shelton during his freshman campaign at Oregon State. He assisted three MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania College: University of North Carolina Acquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017

he scores 0-0-0

Right back Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh final four in program history.

2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm spent the 2017 season on loan with the Swope Park Rangers, tallying one goal and three assists in 30 games as the Rangers won their Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for second consecutive USL Western Conference title.

North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense Storm tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle University of North Carolina. He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team FC in his hometown.

All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

31

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 8/30/1995

Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He spent the 2017 season primarily on loan with the Swope Park Rangers, making 25 starts for the club and posting a 0.92 goals against average with 10 shutouts. Zendejas was one of the top goalkeepers in the USL, cementing his pedigree by saving four penalties and scoring the game-winning spot kick in the shootout of the Western Conference Final against OKC Energy FC in November 2017.

Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a

perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average.

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

The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 6 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI

A

MLS Regular Season

218

178

16440

26

56

MLS Postseason

14

14

1379

0

6

U.S. Open Cup

15

13

1267

3

5

International

8

8

690

0

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

255

213

19776

29

70

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 15, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Oct. 23, 2016, KC vs. SJ Assist Oct. 15, 2017, KC at RSL 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) A 10-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014.

Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 29 goals and 69 assists in 254 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2009 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 69 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist

against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season assists and later moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017 versus FC Dallas.

Zusi has earned 55 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

218

178

16440

26

56

326

105

181

258

28

691

17

1

8

25

KC - Postseason

14

14

1379

0

6

27

2

21

25

1

69

2

0

0

3

MLS - TOTAL

232

192

17819

26

62

353

107

202

283

29

760

19

1

8

28

32

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 PARTICIPATION CHART

3/4 3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/8 4/15 4/20 4/28 5/5 5/9 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/9 6/23 6/30 PLAYER NYC @CHI SJ @COL DC @LA SEA VAN @NE COL @ATL @MIN CLB MIN @POR HOU @MTL Amor Belmar Besler Busio Croizet Dick Didic Espinoza Evans Fernandes Gutierrez Lewis Lindsey

Lobato Medranda Melia Musa Opara Rubio Russell Salloi Ilie Shelton Sinovic Smith Storm Zendejas Zusi

7/4 7/7 7/14 7/28 8/4 8/11 8/18 8/25 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/23 9/30 10/6 10/17 10/21 10/28 PLAYER @RSL TOR @NY FCD @HOU @LFC POR MIN @SEA ORL @SJ @PHI RSL LA @VAN @FCD LFC Amor Belmar Besler Busio Croizet Dick Didic Espinoza Evans Fernandes Gutierrez Lewis Lindsey Lobato Medranda Melia Musa Opara Rubio Russell Salloi Ilie Shelton Sinovic Smith Storm Zendejas Zusi KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played

DNP - Did Not Play/Unused Substitute UNAV - Unavailable For Selection

33

INJ - Injured SUS - Suspended

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

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) 1996-2017

ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

C.J. Sapong (2011)

34

Games

Davy Arnaud

240

Minutes

Ilie Sanchez (2017)

2970

Minutes

Kerry Zavagnin

20515

Goals

Dom Dwyer (2014)

22

Goals

Preki

71

Assists

Preki (1997 & 2003)

17

Assists

Preki

98

Shots

Preki (1996)

140

Shots

Preki

693

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

61

Shots on goal

Preki

283

Fouls Committed

Chris Henderson (2000)

79

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud

329

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2004)

111

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud

528

Offsides

Eddie Johnson (2007)

50

Offsides

Vitalis Takawira

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi

691

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2013)

13

Cautions

Kerry Zavagnin

44

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010)

3

Ejections

Roger Espinoza

7

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) 1996-2017

ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)

34

Games

Jimmy Nielsen

128

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)

3060

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen

11497

Wins

Mike Ammann (1997)

21

Wins

Jimmy Nielsen

57

Losses

Mike Amman (1998)

16

Losses

Tony Meola

45

Draws

Bo Oshoniyi (2005)

12

Draws

Jimmy Nielsen

32

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000)

16

Shutouts

Jimmy Nielsen

45

Goals Against Avg.

Tim Melia (2017)

0.78

Goals Allowed

Tony Meola

154

Goals Allowed

Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007)

45

Saves

Tony Meola

507

Saves

Tony Meola (2000)

129

Goals Against Avg.

Jimmy Nielsen

0.99

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Year

#

Goals

Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso Fernandes (2017)

3

Goals

1996

61

Assists

2000

67

Assists

Chris Henderson (1999)

4

Shots

2012

542

Shots

Preki (1997)

12

Shots on goal

1996

250

Shots on goal

Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)

6

Fouls Committed

2013

511

2000

541

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)

8

Fouls Suffered

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

10

Offsides

1997

117

2012

199

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

7

Corner Kicks

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

12

Cautions

2013

67

Ejections

2011

8

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

Points

2012

63

Stat

Player

#

Wins

1997

21

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi

7

Losses

1999

24

Saves

Garth Lagerwey (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000, three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

9

Ties

2017

13

Shutouts

2000

17

Goals Allowed

1996

63

34

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3. Matt Besler* 226 3. Nick Garcia 224 5. Graham Zusi* 218 5. Preki 218 7. Jimmy Conrad 204 8. Chris Klein 200 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 10. Roger Espinoza* 190

GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 8. Benny Feilhaber 150 29 9. Scott Sealy 88 28 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 28

GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 228 2. Nick Garcia 224 3. Matt Besler* 220 4. Davy Arnaud 213 5. Jimmy Conrad 203 6. Preki 199 7. Chris Klein 183 8. Graham Zusi* 178 9. Roger Espinoza* 170 10. Seth Sinovic* 160

ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 218 56 2. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 41 5. Davy Arnaud 240 35 6. Mo Johnston 149 28 7. Josh Wolff 144 26 8. Mark Chung 94 25 9. Roger Espinoza* 190 23 10. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22

MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 2. Nick Garcia 20,157 3. Matt Besler* 19,831 4. Davy Arnaud 19,399 5. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 6. Preki 17,817 7. Chris Klein 16,380 8. Graham Zusi* 16,440 9. Roger Espinoza* 15,090 10. Seth Sinovic* 14,177

SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Dom Dwyer 128 401 4. Kei Kamara 113 370 5. Graham Zusi* 218 326 6. Chris Klein 200 312 7. Mo Johnston 149 274 8. Josh Wolff 144 265 9. Benny Feilhaber 150 237 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 216

GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 2. Tony Meola 125 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 4. Kevin Hartman 90 5. Tim Melia* 81 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tony Meola 125 507 2. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 3. Kevin Hartman 90 332 4. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 5. Tim Melia* 81 239 6. Mike Amman 60 206 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 2. Tony Meola 125 37 3. Tim Melia* 81 26 4. Kevin Hartman 90 22 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 6. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 2. Tony Meola 125 49 3. Tim Melia* 81 34 4. Mike Ammann 60 33 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 6. Kevin Hartman 90 30 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5

SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer 128 161 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 7. Kei Kamara 113 126 8. Graham Zusi* 218 105 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 10. Mark Chung 94 95 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Davy Arnaud 240 329 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 3. Matt McKeon 144 309 4. Roger Espinoza* 190 297 5. Dom Dwyer 128 239 6. Nick Garcia 224 234 7. Mo Johnston 149 226 8. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 9. Matt Besler* 226 200 10. Aurelien Collin 107 191 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 286 5. Dom Dwyer 128 273 6. Roger Espinoza* 190 263 7. Graham Zusi* 218 258 8. Nick Garcia 224 250 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Roger Espinoza* 190 41 4. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Aurelien Collin 107 31 6. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 6. Matt McKeon 144 30 8. Matt Besler* 226 29 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 9. Mo Johnston 149 28

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CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 218 691 2. Preki 218 452 3. Benny Feilhaber 150 271 4. Claudio Lopez 57 188 5. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 6. Francisco Gomez 114 157 7. Chris Henderson 61 154 8. Chris Klein 200 152 9. Davy Arnaud 240 144 10. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 13 1. Preki 218 13 3. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Graham Zusi* 218 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 9. Benny Feilhaber 150 7 9. C.J. Sapong 110 7 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi* 218 25 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 12 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 7. Mo Johnston 149 8 7. Kei Kamara 113 8 7. Chance Myers 147 8 7. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 9. Graham Zusi* 218 3 9. Davy Arnaud 240 3 9. Teal Bunbury 89 3 9. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber 150 12 3. Dom Dwyer 128 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 5. Claudio Lopez 57 4 6. Claudio Bieler 41 3 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 6. Josh Wolff 144 3 10. Omar Bravo 27 2 10. Matt McKeon 144 2 Player 1. Dom Dwyer 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Vitalis Takawira 7. Mark Chung 7. Mo Johnston 9. Chris Klein 10. Benny Feilhaber *Minimum 20 goals

GOALS PER GAME GP 128 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 200 150

GLS AVG 57 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 43 0.30 28 0.27 20 0.21 31 0.21 39 0.20 29 0.19

BOLD * - denotes player on current roster

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2012 Kei Kamara 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 2017 Jimmy Medranda 33 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33

10 players tied with 32 MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2017 Ilie Sanchez 2970 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 2017 Tim Melia 31 SAVES Year Player GP SV 2000 Tony Meola 31 129 2003 Tony Meola 30 121 2008 Kevin Hartman 30 117 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 112 2007 Kevin Hartman 30 110 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen 2017 Tim Melia

SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 30 10 29 10 31 10

GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 2017 Tim Melia 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2017 Tim Melia 31 24 0.78 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played

Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira

GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 28 13

CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2011 Graham Zusi 32 97

Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber

ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15

OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36

SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97

GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5

Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki

SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 2015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 2017 Roger Espinoza 30 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3

eight players tied with 2

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GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 1996 Preki 32 18 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 16 *Minimum 5 goal

AVG 0.71 0.67 0.63 0.56 0.48

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 4, 2018 vs. New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 7 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd) ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st) SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 8 times

CORNER KICKS Career: 691 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)

FOULS COMMITTED Career: 329 Davy Arnaud Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)

GOALS ALLOWED Career: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/201 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times

FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times

SAVES Career: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 9 9 times Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/23/2000 at MET, 1st) Half: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (06/13/2001 at LA, 2nd) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/08/2003 vs. SJ, 1st)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 61 Game: 6 Game: 6 Game: 6 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5

in 1996 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 06/21/1997 vs. DC 06/20/1999 vs. MET 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)

ASSISTS Season: 67 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8

in 2000 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)

SHOTS Season: 542 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 Half: 19

in 2012 05/15/2016 vs ORL 08/14/1999 at MET 08/05/2000 vs. LA 06/09/2001 at MIA 07/28/2012 vs. CLB (2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)

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CORNER KICKS Season: 199 in 2012 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half: Half: Half:

133 9 18 18 7 7 7

in 1999 10 times 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 09/02/2000 vs. TB 08/23/2000 at MET (1st) 06/13/2001 at LA (2d) 08/08/2003 vs. SJ (1st)

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

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Lobato 1 (Besler 4) 19 Fernandes 8 (unassisted) 16; Rubio 3 (Fernandes 2, Zusi 6) 45; Rubio 4 (unassisted) Salloi 3 (Rubio 2, Zusi 7) 18; Rubio 5 (Sinovic 2, Sanchez 2) 35

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Opara 1 (Besler 2) 47+; Medranda 1 (unassisted) Fernandes 6 (Sanchez 1) 24

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Feilhaber 2 (Zusi 2, Espinoza 2) 17; Dwyer 3 (unassisted) Dwyer 4 (unassisted) 46; Dwyer 5 (Feilhaber 2) 68

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KC

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KOR 10/26/2017

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

Player

U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/13/2017 5R 06/28/2017 QF 07/12/2017 SF 08/09/2017 F 09/20/2017

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY

MATCH NOTES Match Information

Opponent Info: Sporting Kansas City

New York City FC at Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City 0-0-0 (W-L-D); GD: 0-0 (0 SKC) AT

Head to Head:

Date: Sunday, March 4, 2018

All-Time NYCFC: 1-2-0 (W-L-D); Goals: 2-4 (-2 NYCFC)

Kick-off: 7:30 p.m. EDT

• 9 /6/2017: NYCFC - 1 vs. Sporting Kansas City - 0

Location: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS

• 7/10/2016: NYCFC – 1 @ Sporting Kansas City – 3 • 3 /28/2015: NYCFC – 0 vs. Sporting Kansas City – 1

Forecast: Cloudy 46°F | 8°C

Referees Referee: Mark Geiger Assistant Referee 1 (bench): Frank Anderson Assistant Referee 2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins Fourth Official: Nima Saghafi Video Assistant Referee: Jon Freemon

Broadcast English TV, USA: FS1 Spanish TV, USA: Other Broadcasts (International): TSN 2 Streaming: English Radio, USA: WNYE-FM 91.5 (Pregame begins 6:45 PM) Spanish Radio, USA:

Disciplinary Info

Key Points • New York City FC begins the season away from Yankee Stadium for the fourth straight year. In the Club’s first three seasons, City have compiled a 1-1-1 record on opening weekend. The Boys in Blue will look to kick-start the 2018 campaign, after sputtering out of the gate last season with a 1-0 loss to Orlando City SC. • City begins 2018 fresh off the most successful season in Club history.

57 points was good enough for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference table which earned NYCFC a bye in the playoffs. A third successive trip to the playoffs would be quite the feat for the young club who is still looking for the first trophy in their short history.

• In 2017, David Villa became the first MLS player in league history to score 20 goals in back-to-back seasons. If the preseason is any indication, the Spaniard is dialed in on making it three straight. He finished the preseason in style last weekend, scoring a brace against Montreal Impact.

• NYCFC Head Coach Patrick Vieira could give MLS debuts to as many as seven new signings. During the very active offseason, the Club welcomed 10 new faces to New York City. Goalkeeper Brad Stuver previously made his debut with Columbus Crew SC in 2016 while Noreweigan international Jo Inge Berget will miss out due to injury.

• Newcomer Saad Abdul-Salaam makes his return to Children’s Mercy Park where he was named SKC’s Defender of the Year in 2016. NYCFC acquired the right back in an offseason trade that saw former 2nd overall pick Khiry Shelton go the other away. Sporting KC supporters hope Shelton’s fresh start can help revitalize and offensive attack that failed to produce a 10-goal scorer in 2017.

Suspended: Suspended after one yellow card: Suspended after two yellow cards:

Injury Report Jo Inge Berget

OUT

Quad injury

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MATCH NOTES Alphabetical Roster PLAYER

#

POS

HT

WT

DOB

AGE

PLACE OF BIRTH

PRONUNCIATION

Abdul-Salaam, Saad

13

D

6’4

185

09/08/91

26

Charlotte, NC

Awuah, Kwame

14

M

5’7

160

12/02/95

22

Toronto, ON

Berget, Jo Inge

9

F

6’1

172

09/11/90

27

Hadeland, Norway

Jeff Caldwell

18

GK

6’3

187

02/20/96

22

Todd, NC

JEFF CALLED-well

Callens, Alexander

6

D

6’1

180

05/04/92

25

Callao, Peru

AL-lex-an-der CAL-lens

Chanot, Maxime

4

D

6’1

172

11/21/89

28

Nancy, France

Max-EEM sha-NO

Herrera, Yangel

30

M

6’0

170

01/07/98

20

La Guaira, Venezuela

Hountondji, Cedric

5

D

6’5

187

01/19/90

24

Toulouse, France

Ibeagha, Sebastien

33

D

6’2

187

01/21/92

26

Warri, Nigeria

Johnson, Sean

1

GK

6’3

217

05/31/89

28

Atlanta, GA

SHAWN JOHN-son

Lewis, Jonathan

17

F

5’7

150

06/04/93

20

Plantation, FL

JOHN-a-than LEW-is

Matarrita, Ronald

22

D

5’9

154

07/09/94

23

Alajuela, Costa Rica

RON-ald ma-ta-REE-ta

McNamara, Thomas

15

M

5’9

170

02/06/91

27

West Nyack, NY

TAH-mas MAC-na-ma-ra

Medina, Jesus

19

M

5’10

154

04/30/97

20

Asunción, Paraguay

Moralez, Maximiliano 10

M

5’3

115

02/27/87

31

Granadero Baigorria, Argentina

Ofori, Ebenezer

12

M

5’8

154

07/01/95

22

Kumasi, Ghana

Rawls, Andre

24

GK

6’2

182

12/20/91

26

San Ramon, CA

AHN-dre RAWLS

Ring, Alexander

8

M

5’9

159

12/20/91

26

Helsinki, Finland

al-lex-AN-der RING

Sands, James

16

M

5’11

162

01/01/97

17

Rye, NY

JAMES SANDS

Stuver, Brad

41

GK

6’3

181

01/01/18

26

Mayfield, OH

BRAD STU-ver

Sweat, Ben

2

D

6’2

175

09/04/91

25

Palm Spring Harbor, FL

BEN SWEAT

Tajouri-Shradi, Ismael 29

F

5’6

141

03/24/94

23

Bern, Switzerland

Tinnerholm, Anton

3

D

5’9

150

02/26/91

27

Linköping, Sweden

Villa, David

7

F

5’9

152

12/03/81

35

Langreo, Spain

Dah-VEED VEE-ya

Wallace, Rodney

23

F

5’11

165

06/17/88

28

San Jose, Costa Rica

ROD-nee WALL-as

kuh-WAH-me UH-woo-ah

YAN-hell her-RARE-uh

MAX-ee more-AL-ez

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MATCH NOTES New York City FC 2017 MLS Schedule and Results * PK, ^ ET + = Sellout Date Opponent Time/Result GWG NYCFC Goals Attendance Sun, March 4

@ Sporting Kansas City

7:30 PM

Sun, March 11

Los Angeles Galaxy

5:00 PM

Sat, March 17 Orlando City SC 3:30 PM Sat, March 24

@ New England Revolution

1:30 PM

Sat, March 31

@ San Jose Earthquakes

8:00 PM

Wed, April 11

Real Salt Lake

7:00 PM

Sun, April 15

@ Atlanta United FC

6:00 PM

Sun, April 22

@ Portland Timbers

6:00 PM

Sun, April 29

FC Dallas

6:00 PM

Sat, May 5

@ New York Red Bulls

2:00 PM

Sun, May 13

Los Angeles FC

8:30 PM

Sat, May 19

Colorado Rapids

1:00 PM

Fri, May 25

@ Houston Dynamo

9:00 PM

Sat, June 2

Orlando City SC

7:30 PM

Sat, June 9

Atlanta United FC

12:30 PM

Sun, June 24

Toronto FC

5:00 PM

Sat, June 30

@ Chicago Fire

8:30 PM

Sun, July 8

New York Red Bulls

7:00 PM

Wed, July 11

Montreal Impact

7:00 PM

Sat, July 14

Columbus Crew SC

7:00 PM

Thu, July 26

@ Orlando City SC

8:00 PM

Sun, July 29

@ Seattle Sounders FC

5:00 PM

Sat, August 4

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

8:00 PM

Sun, August 12

@ Toronto FC

4:00 PM

Sat, August 18

@ Philadelphia Union

TBA

Wed, August 22

New York Red Bulls

7:00 PM

Sat, September 1

@ Columbus Crew SC

8:00 PM

Wed, September 5

New England Revolution

7:00 PM

Sat, September 8

D.C. United

3:30 PM

Sat, September 22

@ Montreal Impact

7:30 PM

Wed, September 26

@ Chicago Fire

7:00 PM

Sat, September 29

@ Minnesota United FC

8:00 PM

Sun, October 21

D.C. United

TBA

Sun, October 28

Philadelphia Union

4:30 PM

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MATCH NOTES 2018 New York City FC Player Bios

#1 SEAN JOHNSON | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: May 31, 1989 Birthplace: Atlanta, GA HT: 6’3” WT: 217 lbs.

Acquired: Acquired from Atlanta United FC for General Allocation Money and Target Allocation Money on December 11, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Started 32 matches for City in 2017, notching 7 clean sheets and 96 saves. Earned call-up to the United States Men’s National Team for the 2017 Gold Cup. Started and made 176 appearances over seven seasons with the Chicago Fire.

Named Chicago Fire’s 2014 MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. Logged six shutouts and 96 saves in 33 matches started.

Has logged one playoff appearance in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs. Recorded four saves in a 2-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo in an Eastern Conference Knockout Round.

Recorded five caps with the United States Men’s National Team. Made first cap as a halftime substitute in a friendly match against Chile on January 22, 2011. Part of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning U.S. National Team. Made his first national team start in the final match of the group stage against Costa Rica, recording a shutout in a 1-0 victory.

Played collegiate soccer at Central Florida, recording seven shutouts and 191 saves in 37 career games. Represented the United States at the U-20 level while at Central Florida.

#2 BEN SWEAT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: September 4, 1991 Birthplace: Palm Harbor, FL HT: 6’2” WT: 175 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 23, 2017.

Made his New York City FC debut on April 29, 2017 vs Columbus Crew SC. Appeared in 26 matches, starting 25. Scored his first MLS goal in a 2-0 win over New York Red Bulls. Added six assist while helping lead NYCFC to its best defensive season to date.

Joined NYCFC as a trialist in the 2017 preseason. Made appearances in matches against Jacksonville University, CS Emelec, New York Red Bulls and Houston Dynamo before being signed to a contract.

Spent 2015 and 2016 seasons playing for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, making 33 appearances.

Originally drafted by Columbus Crew SC with the 14th overall pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Loaned to USL Pro affiliate Dayton Dutch Lions in 2014, making seven appearances. Made first professional start for Columbus in the fifth round of the 2014 US Open Cup against the Chicago Fire.

Spent 2012 and 2013 seasons with the VSI Tampa Flames and Reading United. Also trained during the summers with Djurgårdens IF Fotboll in Sweden and SK Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Republic.

Spent four years with the South Florida Bulls, making a record 78 appearances that still stands today.

#3 ANTON TINNERHOLM | DEFENDER Date of Birth: February, 26 1991 Birthplace: Linköping, Sweden HT: 5’ 9” WT: 150 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Malmo FF on December 13, 2017.

Joins New York City FC as reining Allsvenskan Defender of the Year.

Signed for reining Swedish champions Malmo FF in 2014. Led club to back-to-back league titles in 2017 and helped club to group stages of 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League.

Began professional career for Atvidabergs FF and featured more than 100 times.

Earned 9 caps to date with Sweden’s national team.

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MATCH NOTES #4 MAXIME CHANOT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: November 21, 1989 Birthplace: Nancy, France HT: 6’ 1” WT: 172 lbs.

Acquired: Transferred from KV Kortijk on July 16, 2016 Made New York City FC debut on July 30, 2016 against Colorado Rapids.

Appeared in 19 matches and scored two goals for the Club in 2017.

Made six appearances and started in five matches, logging 495 minutes in his rst season with New York City.

Started both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 36 appearances and scored four goals for KV Kortijk from 2013-2016.

Has played on eight different teams across several different countries since 2007.

Has represented Luxembourg internationally, making 22 appearances. Scored a goal against Italy in a 1-1 friendly draw on June 4, 2014 and converted a penalty in a 2016 World Cup Qualifier against the Netherlands in a 3-1 defeat on November 13, 2016.

#5 CEDRIC HOUNTONDJI | DEFENDER Date of Birth: January 19, 1994 Birthplace: Toulouse, France HT: 6’ 5” WT: 187 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from GFC Ajaccio on January 11, 2018.

Joined Gazelec Ajaccio ahead of 2016/2017 season and played 35 games, scoring two goals.

Moved to Auxerre and cemented reputation as one of France’s up and coming defender with 32 Ligue 2 appearances in 2015.

Spent a year on loan at Ligue 2 Chateauroux and made 30 appearances.

Came through the ranks at French club Rennes. Made his first-team debut during the 2013-2014 season. Appeared 20 times and scored two goals that season.

A French native, Houtondji played at many levels of France’s youth setup. Declared allegiance to Benin national team in 2017 making his debut on March 24, 2017 in a friendly against Mauritania.

#6 ALEXANDER CALLENS | DEFENDER Date of Birth: May 4, 1992 Birthplace: Callao, Peru HT: 6’ 1” WT: 180 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Numancia on January 27, 2017 Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Played every minute of 2017 regular season earning NYCFC’s 2017 Defensive Player of the Year award.

Callens joins NYCFC after having spent the past two seasons with Numancia in La Liga 2. Callens recorded 40 appearances with Numancia, scoring three goals.

Recorded 125 total appearances in La Liga 2, including 86 for Real Sociedad B from 2011-2015.

Has represented the Peruvian National Team, recording one goal in 10 caps.

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MATCH NOTES #7 DAVID VILLA | FORWARD Date of Birth: December 3, 1981 Birthplace: Langreo, Spain HT: 5’ 9” WT: 152 lbs. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Atlético Madrid on June 2, 2014 MBecame first player in MLS history to score 20 goals in back-to-back season, finishing 2017 with 22 goals. Scored Club’s first-ever playoff goal against Columbus Crew SC. Named Team MVP for the third-consecutive season.

Captured MLS MVP honors for 2016, scoring a team-high 23 goals while leading NYCFC to their first playoff appearance in Villa’s second season as NYCFC’s captain. Named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April, August and September of 2016. Named to the 2016 MLS All-Star Game. Named NYCFC MVP for 2016.

Scored a team leading 18 goals and registered eight assists as New York City FC’s Captain in 2015. Played in 30 games and started in 29 of them. Named NYCFC Etihad Airways Player of the Month for July of 2015. Named to 2015 MLS AllStar Game; Named NYCFC MVP for 2015 season.

Scored first home goal in historic home opener on March 15, 2015 against the New England Revolution at Yankee Stadium.

Won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and UEFA European Championship in 2008.

Won the UEFA Champions League in 2010-11 with FC Barcelona. Also won La Liga three times in 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14.

#8 ALEXANDER RING | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: April 9, 1991 Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland HT: 5’ 9” WT: 159 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 1, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. In 2017, Ring started 29 matches and was named NYCFC Newcomer of the Year after an excellent first campaign.

Has made 76 appearances for 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 2013-2017, scoring eight goals.

He made his senior debut at Klubi-04, scoring nine goals in 32 appearances in the 2009-2010 season before signing a full professional contract at the age of 19 in 2010 with HJK Helsinki. Made 27 appearances with Helsinki, scoring two goals.

Was loaned to Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2012-2013 season.

Made appearances at each level of the Finland U-17 through U-21 teams before debuting for the senior team in 2011.

Earned 42 caps for Finland, scoring once in a friendly against Luxembourg on March 26, 2013.

Played a key role in Finland’s qualifying campaign for the UEFA Euro 2012. .

#9 JO INGE BERGET | FORWARD Date of Birth: February 3, 1993 Birthplace: Federal Way, WA HT: 6’ 1” WT: 178 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on December 5, 2016.

Signed with Malmo FF in January 2015 and helped his team reach the UEFA Champions League group stages against Real Madrid. Won back-to-back titles and lead team in scoring in final season with club.

Joined Cardiff City in the English Premier League under Ole Gunnar Solksjaer in 2014 and made his debut in the fifth round of the FA Cup against Wigan Athletic. Signed a short-term loan deal with Celtic where he made four appearances.

Sold to Molde in 2011 scoring 17 league goals in 63 appearance and helped lead the club to their first league championship.

Began career with FC Lyn Oslo in Norway, but joined Italian club Udinese shortly after his debut.

Made international debut on January 18, 2012. Scored first goal for Norway in 2015 against Croatia in a 2016 UEFA European Championship qualifier.

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MATCH NOTES #10 MAXIMILIANO MORALEZ | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 27, 1987 Birthplace: Granadero Baigorria, Argentina HT: 5’ 3” WT: 115 lbs.

INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Club Leon on February 15, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. In his debut season, Moralez frequently showed his playmaking class, scoring five goals and assisting on nine occasions.

Made 34 appearances for Leon from 2015-2017, scored six goals and helped club to an eighth place finish in 2016.

Spent four seasons with Atalanta from 2011 to 2015. Made 142 appearances with the club, scoring 18 goals.

Bought by Velez Sarsfield in 2009. Spent 2009-2011 with the Argentinian club, scoring 20 goals in 72 appearances.

Helped his club to the championship in his first season, scoring the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute of the final game to win. Won a second title in 2011.

Made 89 appearances from 2005-2008 for Racing Club, scoring 16 goals. Was loaned to FC Moscow for half a year in 2007-2008 season. Scored decisive goal in 2008 relegation playoff.

Made debut for Argentinian National Team in a 4-1 friendly victory over Venezuela on March 16, 2011. Part of the 2007 Argentinian U-20 FIFA W-20 World Cup Champion team. Awarded Bronze Shoe and Silver Ball honors for his four-goal performance in the tournament.

#12 EBENEZER OFORI | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: July 1, 1995

Birthplace: Kumasi, Ghana

HT: 5’ 8” WT: 154 lbs. INTERNATIONAL

Acquired: Secured via one-year loan from VfB Stuttgart with option to purchase permanently.

Ofori helped Bundesliga outfit VfB Stuttgart win promotion in 2017. Prior to joining the German club, Ofori spent three successful seasons at AIK in the Swedish Allsvenskan, making over 75 appearances and earning the league’s honor for Best Midfielder in 2015.

He began his career in his native Ghana with New Edubiase United FC. Ofori made his debut for the Ghana national team in February 2017, scoring his first goal for the Black Stars later that year in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia.

#13 SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM | DEFENDER Date of Birth: September 8, 1991 Birthplace: Charlotte, NC HT: 6’ 4” WT: 185 lbs.

Acquired: Acquired via trade with Sporting Kansas City on December 14, 2017.

Named Sporting KC’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2016. Lead league in assists by defender with six.

Drafted 12th overall in the 2015 SuperDraft by Sporting KC. Loaned to San Antonio Scorpions from the North American Soccer League spring season.

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MATCH NOTES #14 KWAME AWUAH | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: December 2, 1995 Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario HT: 5’7” WT: 160 lbs.

Acquired: Selected with the 16th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on January 13, 2017.

Signed on February 20, 2017.

Made NYCFC debut on May 7, 2017 against Atlanta United FC. Had four appearances in his rookie season impressing enough to have contract option picked up for the 2018 campaign.

As a senior at UCONN, started all 19 games as one of two co-captains. He was selected to the American Athletic Conference First Team and scored two goals and assisted seven times for the Huskies in 2016.

#15 THOMAS MCNAMARA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 6, 1991 Birthplace: West Nyack, NY HT: 5’ 9” WT: 170 lbs.

Acquired: Selected 16th in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft from D.C. United on December 10, 2014. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Made his New York City FC debut on March 28, 2015 against Sporting Kansas City.

In his third year with the Club, McNamara appeared in 27 matches, starting 19. He scored three goals and added a pair of assists and his play earned him a spot on the USA’s preliminary Gold Cup roster.

Tommy was a crucial member of the team which qualified for the MLS Playoffs for the first time, playing 31 times, scoring five and assisting nine goals in 2016. Earned the Etihad Player of the Month award for March 2016 and won MLS Goal of the Week for week’s 4 and 14.

McNamara quickly became a fan favorite in his first season in his native New York. Appeared on 19 occasions, and added five goals and three assists in his debut campaign.

Drafted 20th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Chivas USA making his professional debut on March 9 against Chicago. Prior to being drafted, played four seasons at Brown before enrolling at Clemson to pursue a master’s degree.

#16 JAMES SANDS | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: July 7, 2000 Birthplace: Rye, NY HT: 5’ 11” WT: 162 lbs.

Acquired: Selected 16th in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft from D.C. United on December 10, 2014. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on September 16, 2017 vs Colorado. Spent most of the year with the United States U-17 National Team, anchoring their defense to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

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MATCH NOTES #17 JONATHAN LEWIS | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 4, 1997 Birthplace: Plantation, FL HT: 5’ 7” WT: 150 lbs. GENERATION ADIDAS Acquired: Drafted with the third overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on January 13, 2017.

Signed on January 13, 2017.

Made New York City FC debut on March 18, 2018 vs Montreal. Appeared 11 times in first season with the Club, scoring twice and assisting on one occasion.

Was named MVP of the 2017 MLS Combine.

Played at the University of Akron in 2016. Was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, scoring two goals and distributing 12 assists.

Called up to the United States U-20 Men’s National Team Camp in preparation for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Named to the tournament-winning roster on January 31, 2017. Scored a goal in a 4-1 victory against St. Kitts and Nevis that saw the United States advance to the second round of the tournament.

Has played in the Chicago Fire Academy, Plantation FC and Kendall SC.

#18 JEFF CALDWELL | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: February 20, 1996 Birthplace: Todd, NC HT: 6’ 3” WT: 187 lbs.

Acquired: Drafted 19th overall in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.

Made his New York City FC debut on March 8, 2015 against Orlando City SC. Joins a talented goalkeeper group after playing every minute of 2015 and 2016 at the University of Virginia. Earned backto-back Second Team All-ACC honors.

Played with U-17 and U-18 National Team and was member of United States roster at 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

#19 JESUS MEDINA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: April 30, 1997 Birthplace: Asunción, Paraguay HT: 5’ 10” WT: 154 lbs. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYERS Acquired: Transferred from Club Libertad on January 1, 2018.

Medina joined NYCFC as the Club’s third Designated Player ahead of the 2018 season.

The Paraguay international has played professionally since 2012, making his Club Libertad debut at the age of 15. At Libertad, in addition to being a five-time Paraguayan champion, Medina helped his hometown club to the semifinals of the Copa. Sudamericana in 2017.

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MATCH NOTES #22 RONALD MATARRITA | DEFENDER Date of Birth: July 9, 1994 Birthplace: Alajuela, Costa Rica HT: 5’ 9” WT: 154 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Originally signed from Alajuelense on January 20, 2016. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire.

Appeared 12 times for NYCFC starting on 8 occasions registering three assists. Helped Costa Rica qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Made 25 appearances and 23 starts in his first season for New York City. Logged 1,988 minutes on the pitch, en route to being named NYCFC’s 2016 Defensive Player of the Year. Scored first MLS goal against Seattle Sounders FC on June 25.

Appeared and started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 67 appearances and scored four goals for Costa Rican side Alajuelense from 2012-2016. Won the Costa Rican Primera Division in 2013-2014 Invierno.

A mainstay in the Costa Rican National Team set up, having progressed from the U-17 level in 2010 to the first team in 2015 where he has earned 17 caps.

Scored first two national team goals for Costa Rica in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, one against Panama on September 6, 2016 and one against Trinidad and Tobago on November 11, 2016.

#23 RODNEY WALLACE | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 17, 1988 Birthplace: San Jose, Costa Rica HT: 5’ 11” WT: 175 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on February 15, 2017. Right of First Refusal acquired from Portland Timbers in exchange for General Allocation Money and Target Allocation Money.

Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored the Club’s first goal of 2017. Appeared in 26 matches, starting 23 while also helping lead Costa Rica to a 2018 World Cup berth. Scored four goals and tallied six assists in his debut campaign.

Spent 2016 season with Brazilian-side Sport Recife. Made 24 appearances, scoring four goals. Played two matches with Portuguese-side F.C. Arouca before signing with Sport Recife.

Veteran of MLS, logged 159 appearances from 2009- 2015 with D.C. United (2009-2010) and Portland Timbers (20112015). Scored 16 goals over his five seasons with Portland. Three goals over two seasons with D.C. Helped lead Portland to the 2015 MLS Cup Championship. Was instrumental in the playoffs, scoring a goal in October 29 knockout round against Sporting Kansas City and netting the game-winning goal in the 7th minute of the MLS Cup Final against Columbus Crew SC on December 6. Originally drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. Made 25 starts in his rookie season, scoring three goals and dishing out three assists.

Has earned 17 caps for the Costa Rican National Team. Scored three goals for his country and has represented Costa Rica in three FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

#24 ANDRE RAWLS | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: December 20, 1991 Birthplace: San Ramon, CA HT: 6’ 2” WT: 182 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed on March 3, 2016 from the college protected list. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016.

Served as the Club’s third-choice goalkeeper during the 2017 season.

Spent 2015 with the Club’s USL affiliate, the Wilmington Hammerheads where we made 22 starts.

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MATCH NOTES #29 ISMAEL TAJOURI-SHRADI | FORWARD Date of Birth: March 28, 1994 Birthplace: Bern, Switzerland HT: 5’ 6” WT: 141 lbs.

Acquired: Signed on January 12, 2018.

Became a first-team regular after coming through the youth ranks at Austria Wien. Made 96 top-flight appearances, including in two Europa League campaigns.

Spent two and a half seasons on loan at Rheindorf Altach helping the club achieve promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga.

Represented Libya at the U20 level.

#30 YANGEL HERRERA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: January 7, 1998 Birthplace: La Guaira, Venezuela HT: 6’ 0” WT: 170 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Secured via loan from Manchester City FC on February 14, 2017.

Made his New York City FC debut on March 12, 2018 vs D.C. United. Quickly established himself as one of MLS’ brightest young midfielders. Started 14 games and added four appearances off the bench, tallying one goal and two assist.

Joined Manchester City on a permanent basis from Atletico Venezuela on January 31, 2017.

Played with Atletico Venezuela for the 2016 season. Started in all 32 matches, scored three goals and helped lead the club to the semifinals of the National Championships.

Served as captain of the Venezuelan U-20 National Team that finished third at the South American U20 Championships.

Scored twice in the tournament, including one in the first game of the final stage against Ecuador in a 4-2 victory.

Made international debut for the Venezuelan National Team against Brazil on October 12 in the CONMEBOL group stage of the FIFA World Cup Qualifications.

#33 SEBASTIEN IBEAGHA | DEFENDER Date of Birth: JJanuary 21, 1992 Birthplace: Warri, Nigeria HT: 6’ 2” WT: 187 lbs.

Acquired: Transferred from San Antonio FC on February 27, 2018.

Spent 2018 preseason with New York City FC appearing in three friendlies.

Singed with NYCFC’s USL Affiliate Team San Antonio FC making 30 league appearances and scoring two goals. Named 2017 USL Defender of the Year.

Joined Houston Dynamo in 2016 and enjoyed loan spells at Rio Grande Valley FC Toros and Rayo OKC Played four years at Duke University and named First-Team All-ACC in 2012 and 2013.

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MATCH NOTES #41 BRAD STUVER | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: April 16, 1991 Birthplace: Mayfield, Ohio HT: 6’ 3”

WT: 181 lbs.

Acquired: Acquired from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for 2019 4th Round SuperDraft pick on December 14, 2017.

Served as the backup goalkeeper in Columbus during 2017.

Appeared in two matches for Crew SC in 2016. Made MLS debut on October 16, 2016 vs New York Red Bulls. Faced off against NYCFC in second professional game on Decision Day, making two saves. Also made two appearances in the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, including a Round of 16 clash with Chicago.

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MATCH NOTES Coaches

PATRICK VIEIRA | HEAD COACH Patrick Vieira was named Head Coach of New York City FC on November 9, 2015 and took over the post on J anuary 1, 2016.

As a player, his 107 caps for France include winning performances in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 UEFA European Championships.

He has represented Cannes, Milan, Arsenal, Juventus, Internazionale, and Manchester City over the course of his glittering 17-year playing career.

Vieira’s illustrious time on the pitch as a player saw him lift five FA Cups and nine league titles.

His time as a Manchester City player, which began in January 2010, concluded with the winning of the FA Cup final in May 2011, the club’s first silverware in 35 years.

Following retirement in 2011, Vieira took on the Football Development Executive role with Manchester City and two years later, Vieira was named the manager of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad, where he posted a record of 47 wins, 28 losses and eight draws.

In December 2013, Vieira led the Manchester City U-19s through to the last 16 of a major continental competition for the first time, claiming 11 points from UEFA Youth League Group D. They overcame Atletico Madrid away from home in the second round before they were knocked out

by Benfica in the last eight.

Vieira also oversaw a 14-match unbeaten run, which put Manchester City into the four-team playoffs for the Barclays U-21 Premier League prize.

Vieira also guided his team to the final of the Premier League Cup where Reading edged them out after two legs.

After accepting the head coaching position with New York City FC, Vieira was quick to make moves, trading for Jack Harrison (the first overall selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft), as well as signing players like Ronald Matarrita and Frederic Brillant.

Vieira made his MLS coaching debut on March 6, 2016 when he led the club to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Fire. In his first season, Vieira led the club to a 15-10-9 (W-L-D) season, good for 54 points and a second place finish in the Eastern Conference. New York City FC also made their first MLS Cup playoff appearance under Vieira, but were eliminated in the second round by Toronto FC.

CHRISTIAN LATTANZIO | ASSISTANT COACH Christian Lattanzio was named assistant coach for New York City FC on December 11, 2015.

Before joining New York City FC, Lattanzio was Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad Technical Coordinator, a role he assumed in July 2013.

Lattanzio has worked closely alongside some of football’s most decorated managers, including Fabio Capello during his tenure as manager of the Enlgish National Team.

Originally brought into the City Football Group by Brian Marwood in 2010, Lattanzio’s role was to support Patrick Vieira and the staff at Carrington and to help integrate the tactical, technical and mental elements into the squad’s training programs.

Director, Media Relations: Nicole Chayet 858.775.5211, nicole.chayet@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Woody Wilder, 2276.620.9839, woody.wilder@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES JAVIER PEREZ | ASSISTANT COACH Javier Perez was named assistant coach of New York City FC on December 11, 2015.

Prior to joining New York City FC, Perez was head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team.

Previously, Perez was Director of Coaching at New York Soccer Club and spent six years with Spanish club Real Madrid at the club’s development center. Perez holds a UEFA PRO license from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and a UEFA “A” license from the English Football Association. He is one of three coaches in Spain to hold both an Exercise Physiology Ph.D. and the UEFA PRO license.

Perez has experience with U.S. Soccer, having worked with previous U.S. Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna to develop the U.S. Soccer coaching curriculum, which is designed to improve development of players in the United States.

He has also worked with former U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann as a member of the staff for a two-game trip in October of 2011.

ROB VARTUGHIAN | ASSISTANT COACH Rob Vartughian was named assistant coach for New York City FC on December 22, 2014.

Prior to joining New York City FC, Vartughian spent five years with the Philadelphia Union where he was an assistant coach before becoming technical director alongside his coaching responsibilities. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach and scout for the United States Men’s National Under-15 to Under-23 teams.

Before joining the Union, Vartughian was an assistant coach with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland.

Vartughian played collegiately for St. Bonaventure and Wake Forest.

KRISTIAN WILSON | PERFORMANCE COACH Kristian Wilson was named performance coach for New York City FC on Dec. 11 2015.

Before joining New York City FC, Wilson was Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad (EDS) skills coach, a role he assumed in June 2013. Wilson was brought in to the EDS coaching by Patrick Vieira.

Wilson began his coaching career working with Simon Clifford, the man credited with introducing South American training techniques to children within the UK courtesy of his Brazilian Soccer Schools. He was mentored by one of the game’s leading coaches, Roger Spry, who is now the technical director for the Austrian FA and has worked with Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Sir Bobby Robson

Director, Media Relations: Nicole Chayet 858.775.5211, nicole.chayet@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Woody Wilder, 2276.620.9839, woody.wilder@nycfc.com

Sean Johnson Ben Sweat Ethan White Maxime Chanot Mikey Lopez Alexander Callens David Villa Alexander Ring Sean Okoli Maximiliano Moralez Jack Harrison John Stertzer Frederic Brillant Kwame Awuah Thomas McNamara James Sands Jonathan Lewis Khiry Shelton Andrea Pirlo Ronald Matarrita Rodney Wallace Andre Rawls Eirik Johansen R.J. Allen Yangel Herrera Andraz Struna Shannon Gomez Miguel Camargo

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