March 10th - SKC at DC United

D.C. UNITED v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (March 10, RFK Memorial Stadium, 7:30 p.m. ET) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2011 SEASON RECORDS GP 34 17

United at home Sporting on road

34 17

W-L-T 9-13-12 4-5-8 13-9-12 4-7-6

PTS 39 20

GF 49 28

51 18

GA 52 27

50 21

28 Hamid

40 24

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

3

ALL-TIME (43 meetings): United 18 wins (1 shootout), 60 goals …

Sporting 16 wins (0 shootout), 67 goals … Ties 9

5

4

Jakovic

McDonald

Russell

23

14

13

Najar

Pontius

8 Boskovic

LAST YEAR (MLS): 8/21: KC 1, DC 0 (Kamara 19) 10/22: DC 0, KC 1 (Besler 54)

7

9

De Rosario

Salihi

17

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING KC D.C. UNITED Sat. Mar. 17 New England Sun. Mar. 18 at Los Angeles Sun. Mar. 25 FC Dallas Sat. Mar. 24 at Vancouver Sun. Apr. 1 at Chivas USA Fri. Mar. 30 FC Dallas Sat. Apr. 7 Los Angeles Sat. Apr. 7 Seattle

Sapong

23

11

Kamara

Convey

32

8 Zusi

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 49 62

F 50 61

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

7

Sinovic

A 40 77

29 16 5 0

19 11 9 1

25 6 7 4 3 1 2 2

19 8 3 0 2 3 5 0

TYPE OF PLAY

26 6 2 1 8 2 4 0

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

19 17 4 2 6 0 2 2

DISTANCE

10 31 8

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

10 38 4

(W-L-T) DC KC

RECORD LEAD 6-1-3 9-2-1

10 33 7

AT HALFTIME TIED TRAIL 3-5-5 0-7-4 4-5-5 0-2-6

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

Besler

Collin

Myers

4 27 9

REFEREE: Mark Geiger.

SAR (bench): Sean Hurd; JAR (opposite): Steven Taylor; 4th: Mark Kadlecik INJURY REPORTS D.C. UNITED -- OUT: MF Kurt Morsink (L foot neurectomy); QUESTIONABLE: DF Ethan White (R knee inflammation) …

SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back injury); QUESTIONABLE: MF Paulo Nagamura (L calf strain); PROBABLE: MF Graham Zusi (R quad strain); MF Julio Cesar (L knee strain)

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 9-3-4 0-10-5 12-3-2 1-6-7

1 0 1 2 1 0 1

(3) (4) (0) (0) (1) (9) (0)

SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (FW) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Roger Espinoza (MF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Birahim Diop (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Cyprian Hedrick (DF) 29 Julio Cesar (DF) 32 Luke Sassano (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)

SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 10/15/2011 KC 2, NY 0 10/22/2011 KC 1, DC 0 8/27/2011 KC 2, DAL 3 9/17/2011 KC 0, RSL 1 10/01/2011 KC 1, SJ 1 10/22/2011 KC 1, DC 0 9/17/2011 KC 0, RSL 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED United Sporting KC

78 1

THE LAST TIME D.C. UNITED Date Score (Gms since) 9/24/2011 DC 4, RSL 9/10/2011 DC 3, CHV 10/22/2011 DC 0, KC 10/12/2011 DC 1, VAN 10/19/2011 DC 1, POR 9/10/2011 DC 3, CHV 10/22/2011 DC 0, KC

5

Nielsen

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

25 12 15 0

Sassano

Espinoza

HOW SCORED

31 14 4 0

15

16

SPORTING

A 52 59

21 Woolard

Kitchen

AT RFK STADIUM (21 meetings): United 12 wins (0 shootout), 33 goals …

Sporting 5 wins (0 shootout), 24 goals … Ties 4

UNITED

ROSTERS D.C. UNITED 2 Danny Cruz (MF) 3 Robbie Russell (DF) 4 Brandon McDonald (MF) 5 Dejan Jakovic (DF) 6 Kurt Morsink (MF) 7 Dwayne De Rosario (MF) 8 Branko Boskovic (MF) 9 Hamdi Salihi (FW) 11 Marcelo Saragosa (MF) 13 Chris Pontius (MF) 14 Andy Najar (MF) 15 Ethan White (DF) 16 Josh Wolff (FW) 17 Conor Shanosky (MF) 18 Nick DeLeon (MF) 19 Emiliano Dudar (DF) 20 Stephen King (MF) 21 Daniel Woolard (DF) 22 Chris Korb (DF) 23 Perry Kitchen (MF) 25 Lance Rozeboom (MF) 28 Bill Hamid (GK) 29 Maicon Santos (FW) 31 Joe Willis (GK) 50 Andrew Dykstra (GK) Josh Lambo (GK)

WLLTWLLWTTWTLTTTWTLWTWTLWLTWLLLLTL WLTLLLLLTTTWWTWWTTTWTWLWWLTWLTWTWW

(0) (0) (5) (2) (2) (0) (5)

TEAM LEADERS UNITED G: 13 De Rosario A: 7 De Rosario/Wolff SHT: 76 De Rosario SOG: 31 De Rosario FC: 44 Najar FS: 38 Najar OF: 28 De Rosario C: 4 3 players tied E: 1 4 players tied SPORTING G: 9 3 players tied A: 7 Zusi SHT: 91 Kamara SOG: 29 Kamara FC: 44 Espinoza FS: 44 3 players tied OF: 27 Bravo C: 10 Collin E: 2 Bravo

GOALSCORING GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 DC 34 8 12 7 KC 34 7 12 9

RECORD 3 5 4

4+ 2 2

TOT AVG 49 1.44 50 1.47

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 DC 34 8 11 8 3 KC 34 9 16 4 4

4+ 4 1

TOT AVG 52 1.53 40 1.18

GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 DC 49 7 5 9 7 13 8 KC 50 5 8 10 7 13 7 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 DC 52 8 5 7 13 7 12 KC 40 4 3 8 6 7 12

D.C. UNITED v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (March 10, RFK Memorial Stadium, 7:30 p.m. ET - MLS Game 3)

D.C. UNITED No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 28 29 31 50

Player Danny Cruz Robbie Russell Brandon McDonald Dejan Jakovic Kurt Morsink Dwayne De Rosario Branko Boskovic Hamdi Salihi Marcelo Saragosa Chris Pontius Andy Najar Ethan White Josh Wolff Conor Shanosky Nick DeLeon Emiliano Dudar Stephen King Daniel Woolard Chris Korb Perry Kitchen Lance Rozeboom Bill Hamid Maicon Santos Joe Willis Andrew Dykstra Josh Lambo

Pos MF DF MF DF MF MF MF FW MF MF MF DF FW MF MF DF MF DF DF MF MF GK FW GK GK GK

Ht 5-8 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-7 6-0 5-9 6-4 5-10 6-4 5-8 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-4 6-0

Wt 170 200 185 178 160 164 170 170 175 170 150 183 160 185 170 193 153 155 160 160 170 225 186 190 205 210

HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen

Birthdate 01/03/1990 07/16/1979 01/16/1986 07/16/1985 06/27/1984 05/15/1978 06/21/1980 01/19/1984 01/22/1982 05/12/1987 03/16/1993 01/01/1991 02/25/1977 12/13/1991 07/17/1990 01/17/1982 03/06/1986 05/22/1984 10/08/1987 02/29/1992 05/31/1989 11/25/1990 04/18/1984 08/10/1988 01/02/1986 11/19/1990

Birthplace Petersburg, VA Accra, Ghana Phoenix, AZ Karlovac, Croatia Orlando, FL Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Vojvodina, Montenegro Shkoder, Albania Campo Grande, Brazil West Covina, CA Santa Cruz, Honduras Kensington, MD Stone Mountain, GA Pittsburgh, PA Phoenix, AZ Buenos Aires, Argentina Medford, NJ Bedford, TX Gates Mills, OH Indianapolis, IN Walker, IA Annandale, VA Paracambi, Brazil St. Louis, MO Woodbridge, VA Middleton, WI

2011 GP GS G 20 13 2 26 22 0 29 26 2 15 15 0 2 2 0 33 31 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25 7 31 28 5 24 21 1 30 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 11 1 26 26 1 12 12 0 31 30 1 0 0 0 28 28 0 30 24 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 3 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

05/03/1977

CAREER GP GS G 51 27 4 78 68 1 92 82 5 57 56 0 69 45 0 274 228 93 17 9 0 0 0 0 116 96 2 70 61 13 57 50 10 24 21 1 258 209 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 38 3 42 32 2 12 12 0 31 30 1 0 0 0 36 36 0 62 45 14 3 3 0 17 17 0 0 0 0

A 5 9 4 0 3 63 0 0 7 9 7 0 47 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0

W12 L21 T13

SPORTING KANSAS CITY No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 29 32 37 78 88 18

Player Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Bobby Convey Konrad Warzycha Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Peterson Joseph Birahim Diop Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Cyprian Hedrick Julio Cesar Luke Sassano Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas Eric Kronberg (DL) HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

Pos GK DF DF DF DF MF DF MF FW MF FW DF FW MF DF FW MF FW GK FW FW DF DF DF MF DF MF GK

Ht 6-3 6-0 5-5 5-9 6-0 5-8 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-9 6-1 6-2 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-2 5-8 6-3 6-1 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-10 6-5

Wt 200 170 155 160 170 154 165 160 175 150 190 185 180 160 170 185 132 180 170 165 186 185 170 170 165 169 190 210

Birthdate 08/06/1977 01/24/1986 07/15/1988 06/30/1991 02/11/1987 03/02/1983 12/07/1987 08/18/1986 02/27/1990 05/27/1983 02/14/1989 07/10/1984 07/30/1990 10/25/1986 01/28/1987 12/27/1988 04/24/1990 02/07/1979 04/08/1993 08/17/1992 09/01/1984 10/06/1989 11/18/1978 10/14/1985 01/27/1986 03/08/1986 03/08/1989 06/07/1983 11/21/1966

Birthplace Aalborg, Denmark Greenville, NC London, England Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO Sao Paulo, Brazil Thousand Oaks, CA Orlando, FL Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Philadelphia, PA Zabrze, Poland Nairobi, Kenya Cuckfield, England Puerto Cortes, Honduras Kansas City, MO Manassas, VA Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thies, Senegal Overland Park, KS Dearborn, MI Kenema, Sierra Leone Duala, Cameroon Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Orinda, CA Portage, MI Enghien-les-Bains, France Olathe, KS Santa Rosa, CA

2011 GP GS G 31 31 0 23 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 32 32 2 11 6 0 28 24 0 32 25 5 29 20 9 21 19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 1 20 20 0 34 22 5 1 0 0 18 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 30 24 9 0 0 0 27 25 2 9 5 1 22 18 0 23 21 3 0 0 0 4 3 0

A 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0

CAREER GP GS G 60 60 0 138 119 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 72 68 2 157 144 9 59 37 0 64 34 6 55 33 14 164 152 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 87 67 2 40 38 0 34 22 5 1 0 0 36 18 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 145 105 34 0 0 0 27 25 2 47 30 1 138 82 9 23 21 3 0 0 0 5 4 0 W27 L28 T21

A 0 13 0 0 2 14 2 8 5 30 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 2 0 0 13 0 2 0 10 0 0 0

D.C. UNITED vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY RFK MEMORIAL STADIUM, Washington, D.C. March 10, 2012 (WEEK 1, MLS Game #3) 7:30 p.m. ET (CSN-MA+; KSMO) D.C. United and Sporting Kansas City ended the 2011 regular season against each other – and the Eastern Conference foes meet once again, this time to kick off the 2012 campaign. For United, that season finale came just after seeing their playoff hopes dashed for a fourth consecutive year. Sporting ended the 2011 season atop the Eastern Conference and were 90 minutes from reaching MLS Cup, before falling in the conference final on their home ground.

REFEREE: Mark Geiger. SAR (bench): Sean Hurd; JAR (opposite): Steven Taylor; 4th: Mark Kadlecik MLS Career: 88 games; FC/gm: 26.5; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 16; pens: 30 INJURY REPORT: D.C. UNITED -- OUT: MF Kurt Morsink (L foot neurectomy); QUESTIONABLE: DF Ethan White (R knee inflammation) … SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back injury); QUESTIONABLE: MF Paulo Nagamura (L calf strain); PROBABLE: MF Graham Zusi (R quad strain); MF Julio Cesar (L knee strain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (43 meetings): United 18 wins (1 shootout), 60 goals … Sporting 16 wins (0 shootout), 67 goals … Ties 9 AT RFK STADIUM (21 meetings): United 12 wins (0 shootout), 33 goals … Sporting 5 wins (0 shootout), 24 goals …

Ties 4 RETURN MATCH: 8/11: Sporting Kansas City vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS): 8/21: KC 1, DC 0 (Kamara 19) 10/22: DC 0, KC 1 (Besler 54)  Sporting won both meetings last season by 1-0 scorelines.  United haven’t won in Kansas City since a 1-0 victory, July 4, 2007.  Last year’s Sporting win at RFK Stadium was the first win by a road team in the series since United’s 2007 win at Arrowhead Stadium.  Coaches record: Ben Olsen vs. KC: P2 W0 L2 D0 … Peter Vermes vs. DC: P6 W3 L2 D1 D.C. UNITED D.C. United are looking to return to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2007 – the longest postseason drought in the storied club’s history – when Ben Olsen begins his second full season in charge. United were pipped from a playoff spot in the season’s final week last year, finishing in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.  While the preseason finale against the Columbus Crew in the Carolina Challenge Cup was cancelled because of inclement weather in Charleston, S.C., United claimed the “Coffee Pot Cup” – emblematic of the preseason tournament championship – for a third consecutive year.  United defeated the USL Pro League Charleston Battery 3-1 in their eventual final match, behind goals from Maicon Santos, Ryan Richter and Hamdi Salihi.  Here’s the United team: Joe Willis (Andrew Dykstra 61'); Chris Korb, Brandon McDonald (Dejan Jakovic 46'), Emiliano Dudar (Ethan White 46'), José Burciaga [trialist] (Andy Najar 46'); Danny Cruz (Daniel Woolard 78'), Branko Boskovic (Stephen King 46'), Lance Rozeboom [trialist] (Conor Shanosky 61'), Nick DeLeon (Chris Pontius 71'); Ryan Richter [trialist] (Josh Wolff 61'), Maicon Santos (Hamdi Salihi 71')  To open the tournament, United defeated the Chicago Fire 1-0, with Salihi scoring the only goal.  Here’s the United team: Joe Willis; Robbie Russell (Chris Korb 78'), Brandon McDonald (Ethan White 46'), Dejan Jakovic (Emiliano Dudar 46'), Daniel Woolard (Guilherme [trialist 75']); Andy Najar (Danny Cruz 78'), Stephen King (Ryan Richter [trialist] 88'), Marcelo Saragosa (Lance Rozeboom 46'), Chris Pontius (Nick DeLeon 71'); Dwayne DeRosario (Conor Shanosky 58'), Hamdi Salihi (Maicon Santos 68')  Salihi, an Albanian international, was signed by the club just before heading to South Carolina and scored goals in each of his appearances.  "He's a thinker," said fellow forward Josh Wolff. "He's constantly moving and scheming around the backs. He's not a big guy but he uses his space very well. His timing is impeccable." Added strike partner Dwayne De Rosario: "He's a very smart player. He's dangerous in the box. He makes good runs, timely runs, and he reads the game really well."

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United are also hoping to have Designated Player Branko Boskovic back for the entire season. He suffered a torn ACL in his knee last April – an injury he says is completely healthy.

“I feel good, I feel alive. I love the team. I think there are some very good players. I’m very happy to be with this group,” Boskovic said. “ … I missed a couple of days in Arizona and I need to work a lot on my fitness. I will see how long I can play and for how many minutes. Still, I don’t know. But for the first game, I will be ready.”

The final match cancellation also robbed United head coach Ben Olsen with the opportunity to see his firstchoice XI together. Goalkeeper Bill Hamid and holding midfielder Perry Kitchen missed the first two matches in Charleston while on duty with the U.S. U-23 national team.

United thought they had lost a quality offseason pickup when midfielder Danny Cruz suffered an ankle injury in a tackle and had to be carted off in the match vs. host Charleston. But after initial indications were the injury was more serious, Cruz returned to training before the club returned home.

“It comes with the way that I play," Cruz said. "I expect it every game. If you look at the amount of times that I get fouled, it's a lot compared to my minutes. I'm getting hit a lot, so I'm used to getting hit."

OFFSEASON TRANSACTIONS IN: D Robbie Russell (11/29: trade from RSL); M Nick DeLeon (1/12: SuperDraft); M Lance Rozeboom (1/17: supplemental draft); F Maicon Santos (1/18: free); M Danny Cruz (1/20: trade from Houston); D Emiliano Dudar (1/25: free/BSC Young Boys); F Hamdi Salihi (2/2: Rapid Vienna); M Marcelo Saragosa (2/6: Ravan Baku); GK Andrew Dykstra (2/27: free) OUT: M Santino Quaranta (12/7: retired); D Marc Burch (12/12: Re-Entry Stage 2/Seattle); M Clyde Simms (12/12: ReEntry Stage 2/New England); M Brandon Barklage (12/12: option declined); G Steve Cronin (12/12: option declined); F Joseph Ngwenya (12/12: option declined); D Jed Zayner (12/12: option declined); D Devon McTavish (12/22: retired); M Austin da Luz; F Blake Brettschneider (2/3: waived); M Conor Shanosky (3/2: loaned to Fort Lauderdale) SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City kick off Peter Vermes’ third full season in charge with a target on their backs after finishing atop the Eastern Conference regular season standings a season ago following a two-year postseason absence. In the opening season of their Livestrong Sporting Park home, SKC played host to the Eastern Conference Championship, but fell 2-0 to the Houston Dynamo.  Sporting concluded their preseason preparations in Florida with a 4-1 win against the U.S. U-17 national team last Thursday. Soony Saad scored the final two goals for K.C., which also got goals from Konrad Warzycha and Kyle Miller.  Here’s the Sporting team: Steve Spangler, Korede Aiyegbusi (Shawn Singh 46), Lawrence Olum, Cyprian Hedrick (Sacir Hot 46), Michael Harrington, Luke Sassano (Stefan Antonijevic 46), Mozzi Gyorio, Konrad Warzycha (Michael Thomas 46), Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad, Kevin Ellis (Kyle Miller 46)  The match came after three contests in the Disney Pro Soccer Challenge, where Sporting failed to advance out of the group phase after a 3-0 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the third game. The loss was the first of the preseason in six matches for K.C.  “It [loss vs. Vancouver] came at a great time,” SKC head coach Peter Vermes said. “It gets you 10 days right before the first game. Maybe you think things are going well and you deal with a little bit of adversity. … But our preparation has always been for D.C. And nothing else has changed.”  Here’s the Sporting team: Jon Kempin; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Cyprian Hedrick 78), Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 63), Paulo Nagamura (Mozzi Gyorio 73), Bobby Convey (Soony Saad 63); Jacob Peterson (Michael Harrington 83), C.J. Sapong (Dom Dwyer 69), Kei Kamara  Prior to that match, SKC played to a pair of draws against MLS clubs, 1-1 with Montréal Impact on Feb. 26 and 0-0 with Houston Dynamo on Feb. 24.  Coming out of preseason camp, the Sporting midfield is somewhat injury-hit. Holding midfielder Júlio César took part in limited training, while Paulo Nagamura and Graham Zusi – who won his first full U.S. cap and scored on his international debut – were held out of training.  “It’s nothing too bad,” said Zusi, suffering from right quadriceps tightness. “I just don’t want to make it any worse. It’s a little frustrating, because you always want to be out with the out with the guys and playing, especially leading up to the first game of the season, but I want to be as sharp and fit as possible.”  Bobby Convey, acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes, started in the midfield vs. Vancouver and played 63 minutes.  “We’ve got a ton of guys,” Vermes said. “[Luke] Sassano can play there, Konrad [Warzycha] can play there, [Michael] Thomas can play there. It’s not going to be hard to find someone to play that spot. Obviously, you always want to have everyone around,” Vermes added, “but I’ve always been of the belief that one man’s absence is another man’s opportunity.”

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OFFSEASON TRANSACTIONS IN: D Seth Sinovic (11/28: trade from Montreal); M Paulo Nagamura (11/29: trade from Chivas USA); M/D Bobby Convey (12/2: trade from San Jose); F Dom Dwyer (1/12: SuperDraft); D Cyprian Hedrik (1/12: SuperDraft); M Michael Thomas (1/18: Ljungskile SK/Sweden); F Jacob Peterson (1/19: free/San Jose Earthquakes) OUT: M Davy Arnaud (11/28: trade to Montreal); M JĂŠferson (11/23: waived); D Scott Lorenz (11/23: waived); M Craig Rocastle (11/23: waived); D Seth Sinovic (11/23: expansion draft) M Milos Stojcev (11/23: waived); F Omar Bravo (12/12: Cruz Azul/Mexico); D Shavar Thomas (12/12: option declined); M Daneil Cyrus (1/22: waived)

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2011 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (9-13-12, 39 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 7 M Dwayne De Rosario (TOT) 7 M Dwayne De Rosario (DC) 9 F Charlie Davies 13 M Chris Pontius 16 F Josh Wolff 14 M Andy Najar 2 M Brandon McDonald (TOT) 2 M Brandon McDonald (DC) 25 M Santino Quaranta 29 F Blake Brettschneider 3 M Austin da Luz (TOT) 3 M Austin da Luz (DC) 4 D Marc Burch 20 M Stephen King 23 M Perry Kitchen 15 D Ethan White 21 D Daniel Woolard 22 D Chris Korb 10 M *Dax McCarty 27 M Fred 12 D Jed Zayner 24 M Brandon Barklage 8 M Branko Boskovic 3 D Rodrigo Brasesco 1 G Steve Cronin 28 G Bill Hamid 5 D Dejan Jakovic 6 M Kurt Morsink 11 F Joseph Ngwenya 20 G Pat Onstad 19 M Clyde Simms 31 G Joe Willis 18 D Devon McTavish 17 M Conor Shanosky Team totals Opponent totals

GP 33 18 26 25 30 31 29 18 21 15 21 14 17 20 31 24 26 12 13 17 4 4 4 3 2 28 15 2 16 3 29 3 0 0 34 34

GS 31 17 18 25 23 28 26 18 10 9 9 5 11 11 30 21 26 12 11 5 4 0 1 2 0 28 15 2 7 3 29 3 0 0 34 34

MIN 2781 1488 1553 2114 1924 2522 2294 1599 1091 789 983 616 1117 1068 2726 1928 2254 1020 946 596 311 38 124 155 126 2392 1324 157 629 270 2404 270 0 0 3060 3060

G 16 13 11 7 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 52

A 12 7 1 5 7 6 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 46

SHT 113 76 34 53 41 57 10 9 22 20 16 12 7 18 11 6 7 0 10 10 0 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 427 466

SOG 44 31 19 20 17 20 3 2 5 5 5 4 1 5 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 151 156

FC 57 33 23 18 17 44 29 22 22 13 9 4 10 8 33 14 16 7 12 14 9 1 1 1 0 3 18 0 20 0 20 0 0 0 383 367

FS 46 30 22 33 36 38 13 7 15 8 2 1 8 10 24 1 23 9 13 10 4 0 1 1 0 3 9 3 11 1 5 0 0 0 367 383

OFF 45 28 14 3 19 4 1 1 2 15 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 98 79

CK 16 2 0 4 3 64 0 0 31 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 133

C 3 1 3 2 1 2 6 4 2 1 5 3 4 0 4 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 43 38

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dwayne De Rosario 3, Charlie Davies 3, Chris Pontius 2, Josh Wolff 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Andy Najar 3, Josh Wolff 2, Dwayne De Rosario 2, Chris Pontius 1 Blake Brettschneider 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Charlie Davies 4-5, Dwayne De Rosario 2-3, Chris Pontius 2-2 D.C. UNITED INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER 31 G Joe Willis 28 G Bill Hamid 20 G Pat Onstad 1 G Steve Cronin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 28 3 2 34 34

GS 3 28 3 0 34 34

MIN 270 2392 270 126 3060 3060

SHTS SV 16 12 114 77 16 8 10 6 156 103 151 97

GA 4 37 7 4 52 49

GAA 1.33 1.39 2.33 2.86 1.53 1.44

PG 0 4 2 0 6 8

PA 0 4 2 0 6 10

* = Played with other teams in 2011. Only D.C. United statistics listed here.

W 1 7 1 0 9 13

L 2 9 2 0 13 9

T 0 10 0 2 12 12

SO 1 7 0 0 8 8

E 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (13-9-12, 51 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 23 F Kei Kamara 9 F Teal Bunbury 99 F Omar Bravo 8 M Graham Zusi 17 F C.J. Sapong 78 D Aurelien Collin 5 D Matt Besler 55 D Julio Cesar 15 M Roger Espinoza 11 F Soony Saad 32 D Luke Sassano 11 M Ryan Smith 22 M Davy Arnaud 88 M Milos Stojcev 20 F Birahim Diop 10 M Jeferson 7 D Chance Myers 3 D Korede Aiyegbusi 27 M *Stephane Auvray 25 D Daneil Cyrus 2 D Michael Harrington 19 M Peterson Joseph 18 G Eric Kronberg 24 D Scott Lorenz 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 4 M Craig Rocastle 16 D Seth Sinovic (TOT) 16 D Seth Sinovic (KC) 6 D Shavar Thomas 14 D Kevin Ellis 21 G Jon Kempin 12 F Konrad Warzycha Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 30 29 27 32 34 23 32 27 24 4 9 6 22 12 18 9 28 3 6 2 23 1 4 1 31 1 6 20 20 3 0 0 0

GS 24 20 26 25 22 21 32 25 24 0 5 2 16 11 8 8 24 1 3 1 16 0 3 1 31 0 5 20 20 0 0 0 0

MIN 2201 1744 2150 2329 2096 1912 2880 2149 1979 39 531 294 1536 790 761 571 2209 94 325 108 1495 8 292 84 2767 13 306 1737 1737 35 0 0 0

34 34

34 34

3060 3060

G 9 9 9 5 5 3 2 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 0 2 50 40

A 4 3 2 7 5 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 91 65 60 47 53 15 10 9 20 2 2 9 24 18 10 17 21 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0

SOG 29 22 25 16 25 5 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 4 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

FC 37 36 22 26 30 38 23 30 44 1 2 0 18 9 19 4 36 1 4 4 14 0 0 3 1 0 6 15 15 2 0 0 0

FS 44 17 24 38 44 19 13 17 44 2 6 4 28 8 6 1 21 0 5 1 16 0 0 0 4 0 7 15 15 1 0 0 0

OFF 7 21 27 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

CK 0 1 24 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 2 2 4 4 0 10 2 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0

E 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

35 39

488 399

159 129

425 417

416 425

71 78

161 141

51 61

8 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Aurelien Collin 2, Teal Bunbury 2, Omar Bravo 2, Graham Zusi 1, C.J. Sapong 1 Julio Cesar 1, Kei Kamara 1, Roger Espinoza 1, Matt Besler 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 4, C.J. Sapong 2, Omar Bravo 2, Julio Cesar 1, Jeferson 1 Kei Kamara 1, Matt Besler 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kei Kamara 2-2, Omar Bravo 2-2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 31 31 2767 18 G Eric Kronberg 4 3 292 Team totals 34 34 3060 Opponent totals 34 34 3060

SHTS SV 114 79 15 10 129 89 159 110

GA 35 5 40 50

GAA 1.14 1.54 1.18 1.47

PG 1 1 2 4

PA 2 1 3 4

W 12 1 13 9

L 8 1 9 13

* = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 11 1 12 12

SO 7 1 9 7

D.C. UNITED 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May June June June July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

10 18 24 30 7 14 18 22 28 2 5 12 16 19 26 16 24 30 15 21 4 11 19 22 25 29 1 15 20 23 29 6 20 27

OPPONENT Sporting KC at Los Angeles at Vancouver FC Dallas Seattle at New England Montreal New York Houston at San Jose at Toronto FC at Houston Colorado Toronto FC New England at Philadelphia at New York Montreal at Houston at Columbus Columbus at Sporting KC Philadelphia Chicago at Montreal New York at Real Salt Lake New England at Philadelphia Chivas USA at Portland at Toronto FC Columbus at Chicago

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May June June June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

10 17 25 1 7 14 18 21 5 12 19 27 16 20 23 29 4 7 14 18 21 28 4 11 18 26 1 14 19 22 28 7 20 24

OPPONENT at D.C. United New England FC Dallas at Chivas USA Los Angeles Real Salt Lake at Vancouver at Portland Montreal at Chicago at Colorado San Jose Toronto FC at Seattle at Philadelphia Chicago at Montreal Houston at Columbus at Houston New England Columbus at New England D.C. United at Toronto FC New York Toronto FC Houston at New York at Montreal Chicago at Columbus at New York Philadelphia

D.C. UNITED 2011 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Apr.

OPPONENT 19 Columbus 26 at New England 3 at Colorado

RESULT W 3-1 L 1-2 L 1-4

ATT. 18,132 12,914 9,857

Sat. Sat. Thu. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun.

Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May

9 16 21 29 4 7 14 29

T W L L W T T W

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

26,622 16,313 18,052 20,577 11,254 11,504 12,499 18,627

T 0-0 L 2-4

20,036 14,105

Los Angeles at Toronto FC New York at Houston Seattle FC Dallas Colorado at Portland

Fri. June Sat. June

3 at Los Angeles 11 San Jose

Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.

June June July July July July July Aug.

18 25 2 9 16 20 30 6

at Real Salt Lake T 1-1 Houston T 2-2 Philadelphia T 2-2 at New York W 1-0 at FC Dallas T 0-0 New England L 0-1 at San Jose W 2-0 Toronto FC T 3-3

16,841 15,734 13,365 22,200 10,802 15,597 10,525 11,684

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

13 18 21 10 17 21 24 29

Vancouver at Chicago at Sporting KC at Chivas USA at Seattle Chivas USA Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia

W T L W L T W L

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

11,738 15,818 15,352 12,245 36,242 14,849 16,367 17,963

Sun. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

2 12 15 19 22

at Columbus at Vancouver Chicago Portland Sporting KC

L L L T L

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

15,566 17,288 16,548 14,317 15,965

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 DC: Wolff (51) Davies (63,77); CLB: Rogers (79) 1-1-0 T5 3 DC: Davies (90); NE: Schilawski (8) Joseph (17) 1-2-0 8 3 DC: Quaranta (70); COL: Folan (38,81) Smith (71) Cummings (90) 1-2-1 T6 4 DC: Davies (90); LA: Magee (12) 2-2-1 4 7 DC: Pontius (5,73) Davies (10) 2-3-1 5 7 NY: Henry (12,38) Lindpere (76) Agudelo (90) 2-4-1 T6 7 DC: Burch (39); HOU: Bruin (4,41,57) Weaver (62) 3-4-1 5 10 DC: Wolff (31) Davies (52); SEA: Evans (71) 3-4-2 5 11 3-4-3 6 12 DC: Pontius (62); COL: Moor (23) 4-4-3 0 15 DC: Kitchen (13) Pontius (75) Wolff (85); POR: Jewsbury (68) Perlaza (88) 4-4-4 T3 16 4-5-4 5 16 DC: Najar (13) Brettschneider (34); SJ: Lenhart (15,22,60) Dawkins (49) 4-5-5 5 17 DC: Davies (85); RSL: Espindola (38) 4-5-6 5 18 DC: Pontius (31) Davies (73); HOU: Davis (41) Ching (89) 4-5-7 T5 19 DC: Wolff (44) Najar (58); PHI: own goal (49) Ruiz (84) 5-5-7 0 22 DC: De Rosario (61) 5-5-8 T5 23 5-6-8 T5 23 NE: McCarthy (73) 6-6-8 6 26 DC: De Rosario (57,67) 6-6-9 6 27 DC: De Rosario (19,64,88); TOR: Marosevic (52) de Guzman (69) Koevermans (86) 7-6-9 T4 30 DC: Pontius (45,70) Najar (48) King (81) 7-6-10 T5 31 DC: Wolff (73); CHI: Grazzini (59) 7-7-10 6 31 KC: Kamara (19) 8-7-10 5 34 DC: Davies (11,15,66) 8-8-10 6 34 SEA: Fucito (35) Fernandez (45,60) 8-8-11 6 35 DC: De Rosario (39) White (47); CHV: Angel (57,70) 9-8-11 6 38 DC: Najar (13) De Rosario (22,27,31); RSL: Saborio (86) 9-9-11 0 38 DC: De Rosario (22) Najar (30); PHI: Le Toux (4,15) M. Farfan (57) 9-10-1 0 38 DC: Woolard (37); CLB: own goal (48) Gaven (60) 9-11-1 6 38 DC: McDonald (57); VAN: Camilo (1) Tan (46) 9-12-1 7 38 DC: De Rosario (90); CHI: Grazzini (90) Chaves (90) 9-12-1 7 39 DC: De Rosario (73); POR: Cooper (24) 9-13-1 7 39 KC: Besler (54)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2011 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 19 at Chivas USA 26 at Chicago

RESULT W 3-2 L 2-3

ATT. 18,122 12,157

Sat. Apr.

2 at Vancouver

T 3-3

20,518

Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sun. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May June June June June June June July July July July July

16 23 30 14 21 28 4 9 12 17 22 25 2 6 9 16 23

at Columbus at New England at New York at Los Angeles at Seattle at Colorado at Toronto FC Chicago at FC Dallas San Jose at Philadelphia Vancouver at Portland Colorado Chivas USA at Houston Toronto FC

L L L L L T T T W W T W W T T T W

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

7,695 11,414 20,636 19,763 36,098 16,439 19,962 19,925 10,450 18,467 18,127 18,467 18,627 15,209 18,467 12,047 16,382

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

July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

30 3 6 17 21 27

New England Real Salt Lake Seattle Portland D.C. United FC Dallas

T W L W W L

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

17,418 18,467 17,493 15,271 15,352 20,018

Mon. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

5 10 17 23 28 1 15 22

Los Angeles Houston at Real Salt Lake Philadelphia Columbus at San Jose New York at D.C. United

T W L T W T W W

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

20,512 14,791 19,888 18,778 17,838 10,525 19,921 15,965

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 KC: Sapong (2) Bravo (45,74); CHV: Conrad (56) Zemanski (84) 1-1-0 T5 3 KC: Besler (51) Bunbury (72); CHI: Chaves (34) Puerari (40) Pappa (60) 1-1-1 T4 4 KC: Bunbury (45,58) Kamara (62); VAN: Harris (73) Camilo (90,90) 1-2-1 T8 4 CLB: Rogers (53) 1-3-1 9 4 KC: Kamara (14,69); NE: Perovic (12) Joseph (72) Lekic (83) 1-4-1 9 4 NY: Rodgers (22) 1-5-1 9 4 KC: own goal (39);LA: Donovan (44,46) Angel (64) Beckham (87) 1-6-1 9 4 SEA: Parke (90) 1-6-2 9 5 KC: Smith (75); COL: Casey (13) 1-6-3 0 6 1-6-4 9 7 2-6-4 9 10 KC: Zusi (28,55) Collin (49) Sassano (78); DAL: Shea (32) 3-6-4 9 13 KC: Sapong (31) 3-6-5 0 14 4-6-5 6 17 KC: Bravo (33) Santos (40); VAN: Camilo (15) 5-6-5 4 20 KC: Sapong (15) Collin (19); POR: Nagbe (45) 5-6-6 4 21 KC: Zusi (62); COL: Casey (32) 5-6-7 T5 22 KC: Bravo (90); CHV: LaBrocca (30) 5-6-8 T5 23 KC: Collin (90); HOU: Davis (8) 6-6-8 4 26 KC: Kamara (28,33) Bravo (37,64); TOR: Koevermans (50) Johnson (72) 6-6-9 T4 27 KC: Bunbury (89); NE: Lekic (38) 7-6-9 T3 30 KC: Espinoza (29) Bunbury (34) 7-7-9 T3 30 KC: Kamara (20); SEA: Rosales (90) Neagle (90) 8-7-9 3 33 KC: Zusi (25,40) Saad (73); POR: Dike (81) 9-7-9 2 36 KC: Kamara (19) 9-8-9 2 36 KC: Kamara (22) Bravo (68); DAL: D. Hernandez (70) Santos (89) Warshaw (90) 9-8-10 2 37 KC: Santos (72) Bravo (90); LA: Franklin (25,74) 10-8-10 T1 40 KC: Bunbury (9,73) Sapong (79) 10-9-10 2 40 RSL: Borchers (54) 10-9-11 T1 41 KC: Bravo (56); PHI: Le Toux (63) 11-9-11 1 44 KC: Kamara (15) own goal (74); CLB: Renteria (34) 11-9-12 1 45 KC: Bunbury (85); SJ: Wondolowski (85) 12-9-12 T1 48 KC: Bunbury (57) Sapong (74) 13-9-12 1 51 KC: Besler (54)

D.C. UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 3 Dwayne De Rosario 3 Charlie Davies 3 Dwayne De Rosario Assists 3 Chris Pontius Shots 9 Dwayne De Rosario 9 Dwayne De Rosario Shots on Goal 5 Dwayne De Rosario 5 Dwayne De Rosario Fouls Committed 5 Joseph Ngwenya 5 Dejan Jakovic

08/06/2011 09/10/2011 09/24/2011

09/10/2011

vs. TOR at CHV vs. RSL

at

CHV

T 3-3 W 3-0 W 4-1

Saves 6 Bill Hamid Shots Faced 8 Bill Hamid

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011)

Goals 4 08/13/2011 4 09/24/2011

vs. VAN vs. RSL

W 4-0 W 4-1

Shots 5 07/16/2011 5 08/21/2011

at at

DAL KC

T 0-0 L 0-1

Assists 5 09/10/2011

at

W 3-0

Shots on Goal 1 07/16/2011 1 08/18/2011 1 10/12/2011 1 10/15/2011

at at at vs.

DAL CHI VAN CHI

T T L L

Shots 26 10/19/2011 08/06/2011 10/22/2011

08/06/2011 09/21/2011

05/07/2011 05/29/2011

vs. TOR vs. KC

vs. TOR vs. CHV

vs. DAL at POR

07/30/2011

10/15/2011

10/15/2011

at

SJ

vs. CHI

vs. CHI

CHV

W 3-0

T 3-3 L 0-1

T 3-3 T 2-2

T 0-0 W 3-2

Fouls Suffered 4 5 times Offside 5 Dwayne De Rosario

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011)

W 2-0

Shots on Goal 8 08/13/2011 8 10/19/2011

vs. POR

vs. VAN vs. POR

Fouls Committed 19 08/21/2011 at

T 1-1

W 4-0 T 1-1

KC

Fouls Suffered 19 03/26/2011

at

Corner Kicks 10 06/11/2011 10 10/19/2011

vs. SJ vs. POR

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

Fouls Committed 4 04/21/2011 vs. NY

L 0-4

Fouls Suffered 4 07/20/2011 vs. NE

L 0-1

Corner Kicks 1 07/09/2011 1 08/18/2011

at at

NY CHI

W 1-0 T 1-1

Offside 0 05/07/2011 0 07/20/2011 0 10/02/2011

vs. DAL vs. NE at CLB

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

L 0-1

NE

L 1-2

L 2-4 T 1-1

Offside 6 05/14/2011 6 07/30/2011

vs. COL at SJ

T 1-1 W 2-0

Saves 0 04/03/2011

at

COL

L 1-4

Saves 6 10/15/2011

vs. CHI

L 1-2

Shots Faced 1 06/03/2011

at

LA

T 0-0

Shots Faced 8 10/15/2011

vs. CHI

L 1-2

Goals Allowed 4 04/03/2011 4 04/21/2011 4 04/29/2011 4 06/11/2011

at vs. at vs.

L L L L

L 1-2

L 1-2

Goals Allowed 4 4 times

COL NY HOU SJ

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011)

Goals 2 8 times

Goals 4 06/12/2011 4 07/23/2011

Shots 7 05/21/2011

at

SEA

L 0-1

Shots on Goal 0 06/22/2011

at

Assists 2 Kei Kamara 2 Milos Stojcev 2 Graham Zusi Shots 7 Teal Bunbury Shots on Goal 4 Kei Kamara 4 Teal Bunbury

03/19/2011 04/02/2011 09/10/2011

10/01/2011

09/28/2011 10/01/2011

at CHV at VAN vs. HOU

at

SJ

vs. CLB at SJ

W 3-2 T 3-3 W 3-0

T 1-1

W 2-1 T 1-1

Assists 5 07/23/2011 Shots 24 07/16/2011 24 10/15/2011 Shots on Goal 7 04/02/2011

at DAL vs. TOR

vs. TOR

at HOU vs. NY

at

VAN

W 4-1 W 4-2

T 1-1 W 2-0

T 3-3

Fouls Committed 7 Teal Bunbury

08/27/2011

vs. DAL

L 2-3

Fouls Committed 18 04/16/2011 at 18 04/23/2011 at

Fouls Suffered 6 Roger Espinoza

09/17/2011

at

RSL

L 0-1

Fouls Suffered 19 08/21/2011

vs. DC

W 1-0

Offside 3 Teal Bunbury 3 Omar Bravo 3 Omar Bravo

04/02/2011 06/04/2011 06/17/2011

at VAN at TOR vs. SJ

T 3-3 T 0-0 W 1-0

Corner Kicks 10 04/23/2011 10 07/16/2011

at at

L 2-3 T 1-1

Saves 7 Jimmy Nielsen Shots Faced 10 Eric Kronberg Goals Allowed 4 Eric Kronberg

06/22/2011

05/14/2011

05/14/2011

at

at

at

PHI

LA

LA

T 0-0

L 1-4

L 1-4

Offside 5 06/04/2011 5 06/17/2011 Saves 7 06/09/2011 7 06/22/2011 Shots Faced 10 05/14/2011 Goals Allowed 4 05/14/2011

CLB NE

NE HOU

at TOR vs. SJ

vs. CHI at PHI

at

at

LA

LA

PHI

T 0-0

Fouls Committed 5 06/09/2011 vs. CHI

T 0-0

Fouls Suffered 5 10/01/2011 at

SJ

T 1-1

Corner Kicks 1 05/14/2011

at

LA

L 1-4

Offside 0 05/21/2011 0 06/12/2011 0 07/02/2011 0 07/30/2011 0 10/15/2011

at at at vs. vs.

SEA DAL POR NE NY

L W W T W

Saves 0 04/23/2011 0 06/12/2011 0 09/10/2011

at NE at DAL vs. HOU

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

Shots Faced 0 09/10/2011

vs. HOU

W 3-0

W 4-2

L 0-1 L 2-3

T 0-0 W 1-0

T 0-0 T 0-0

L 1-4

L 1-4

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

2011 D.C. UNITED VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-2-0) UNF 29 4 3 7 28 5 20 23 22 2 14 11 13 25 19 15 31 16 21

POS PLAYER FWD Blake Brettschneider DEF Marc Burch MID*Austin da Luz MID*Dwayne De Rosario GK Bill Hamid DEF Dejan Jakovic MID Stephen King MID Perry Kitchen DEF Chris Korb MID*Brandon McDonald M/F Andy Najar FWD Joseph Ngwenya M/F Chris Pontius M/F Santino Quaranta MID Clyde Simms DEF Ethan White GK Joe Willis FWD Josh Wolff DEF Daniel Woolard ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2

GS 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2

MIN 45 70 73 135 90 90 75 180 90 180 180 10 90 180 107 90 90 80 125

G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

SOG 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

FC 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 2

FS 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1

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

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

C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

0 2

0 1

20 37

7 8

25 20

20 25

7 3

6 15

3 1

0 0

0 0

GP 1 1

GS 1 1

MIN 90 90

SHTS 4 4

SV 3 3

GA 1 1

GAA 1.00 1.00

PG 0 0

PA 0 0

W 0 0

L 1 1

T 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

8 7

6 7

2 0

1.00 0.00

0 0

0 0

0 2

2 0

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 28 GK Bill Hamid 31 GK Joe Willis ----------Team totals Opponent totals

SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 2

0-0-0 0-0-0

2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. D.C. UNITED (2-0-0) UNF 5 23 99 22 9 78 20 15 2 7 1 55 17 16 8

POS PLAYER DEF Matt Besler FWD Kei Kamara FWD Omar Bravo MID Davy Arnaud FWD Teal Bunbury DEF Aurelien Collin FWD Birahim Diop M/D Roger Espinoza DEF Michael Harrington DEF Chance Myers GK Jimmy Nielsen DEF Julio Cesar FWD C.J. Sapong DEF*Seth Sinovic MID Graham Zusi ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2

GS 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 2

MIN 180 180 179 45 141 90 17 135 1 180 180 180 112 180 180

G 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 1 9 7 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 4

SOG 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2

FC 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 4 1 2

FS 0 4 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 4 2 2

OFF 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

CK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

2 0

1 0

37 20

8 7

20 25

25 20

3 7

15 6

1 3

0 0

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Kei Kamara 1, Matt Besler 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Omar Bravo 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 7

SV 7

GA 0

GAA 0.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 2

L 0

T 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

7 8

7 6

0 2

0.00 1.00

0 0

0 0

2 0

0 2

0 0

SO O'TIME 2 0-0-0 2 0

0-0-0 0-0-0

D.C. UNITED VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS United 18 wins, 60 goals Sporting 16 wins, 67 goals Ties 9

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 30 241 121 326 54 98

United 2 OT 29 1 258 6 116 3 274 9 58 1 135 2

Tot. 60 505 240 609 113 235

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 36 30 1 67 247 269 2 518 116 113 2 231 268 275 3 546 77 75 2 154 89 92 0 181

06/20/1996 07/31/1996 08/04/1996

KC 5 vs DC 1 KC 3 at DC 2 KC 4 at DC 2

(KC) (DC) (DC)

06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/31/1997

KC 6 vs DC 1 KC 3 vs DC 2 DC 2 vs KC 0

(KC) (KC) (DC)

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

03/21/1998 08/26/1998

DC 3 vs KC 2 DC 2 at KC 1

(DC) (KC)

DC KC

05/15/1999 06/26/1999

DC 3 at KC 3 DC 3 vs KC 0

DC SOW (KC) (DC)

05/17/2000 06/10/2000

KC 2 vs DC 0 DC 0 vs KC 0

(KC) (DC)

04/07/2001 06/16/2001

DC 3 vs KC 2 DC 3 at KC 0

(DC) (KC)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

04/20/2002 06/15/2002 07/04/2002 08/10/2002

DC KC KC DC

1 (OT) 0 1 0 (OT)

(DC) (KC) (KC) (DC)

04/12/2003 05/17/2003 10/25/2003

KC 3 vs DC 2 (OT) DC 1 vs KC 1 (OT) DC 1 vs KC 1 (OT)

(KC) (DC) (DC)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

8 8 37 22 32 57

United Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Richie Williams Jaime Moreno

9 10 51 25 33 45

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud

05/15/2004 07/10/2004

DC 1 vs KC 0 KC 1 vs DC 0

(DC) (KC)

04/30/2005 05/21/2005 07/09/2005 07/20/2005

KC DC KC KC

0 3 1 1

vs vs at vs

DC KC DC DC

0 2 0 1

(KC) (DC) (DC) (KC)

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

5 4 3 47 14

Troy Nick Nick Troy Troy

4 5 4 44 13

Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Tony Meola Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi

05/13/2006 05/27/2006 06/24/2006 06/28/2006

DC DC DC DC

2 3 1 3

vs at vs at

KC KC KC KC

1 1 0 2

(DC) (KC) (DC) (KC)

04/14/2007 07/04/2007 10/05/2007

KC 4 at DC 2 DC 1 at KC 0 KC 1 vs DC 1

(DC) (KC) (KC)

03/29/2008 08/02/2008

KC 2 vs DC 0 DC 2 vs KC 0

(CA) (DC)

05/06/2009 09/09/2009 10/24/2009

KC 1 vs DC 1 DC 1 vs KC 0 KC 2 vs DC 2

(CA) (DC) (CA)

03/27/2010 05/05/2010

KC 4 vs DC 0 DC 2 vs KC 1

(CA) (DC)

08/21/2011 10/22/2011

KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0

(SP) (DC)

2 2 2 0

vs vs vs vs

KC DC DC KC

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 11/14/2004

DC 3 at KC 2

(HD, F)

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 7 10 13 10 12 7 10 17 9 12 10 8

OT 1 1

Total 60 67

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Ben Olsen vs. KC Peter Vermes vs. DC

0-2-0 (0.00 pts./game) 3-2-1 (1.67 pts./game)

Perkins Rimando Rimando Perkins Perkins

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: United 6 players tied 3 players tied Dwayne De Rosario (10/22/11) Luciano Emilio (9/9/09) 3 players tied Etcheverry/Olsen

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 2 9 5 7 6

Saves Goals Allowed

9 Troy Perkins (7/4/07) 6 Jeff Causey (6/21/97)

2 3 7 4 7 6

Sporting KC 5 players tied Chung/Preki Kei Kamara (10/22/11) Takawira/Smith Fabbro/Zotinca 5 players tied

9 Garth Lagerwey (8/4/96) 3 8 players tied

2011 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

W-L-T

D.C. UNITED Streak (started)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY W-L-T Streak (started)

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

1 Ls (10/2/2011) 3 Ls (9/29/2011) 1 Ts (10/19/2011

9-2-1 4-5-5 0-2-6

1 Ws (9/10/2011) 2 Ws (10/15/2011 6 Ts (5/28/2011)

9-3-4 0-10-5

2 Ls (10/2/2011) 1 Ls (10/22/2011

12-3-2 1-6-7

3 Ws (9/28/2011) 1 Ts (10/1/2011)

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

4 1 1 1 29

Ls Ts Ls Ws Ws

(7/20/2011) (10/19/2011 (9/29/2011) (9/10/2011) (7/18/1998)

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

1 1 2 2 31

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(9/17/2011) (10/22/2011 (9/28/2011) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)

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

3 1 3 2 27

Ws Ls Ls Ls Ls

(7/30/2011) (10/22/2011 (10/2/2011) (9/17/2011) (4/13/1996)

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

5 1 1 2 20

Ws Ts Ts Ls Ls

(8/3/2011) (10/1/2011) (9/5/2011) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

D.C. UNITED CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-16-9)

CURRENT D.C. UNITED PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-16-9)

PLAYER Jaime Moreno Christian Gomez Marco Etcheverry Raul Diaz Arce Luciano Emilio Santino Quaranta Roy Wegerle Roy Lassiter John Harkes Carey Talley Danny Allsopp Ali Curtis Freddy Adu Bobby Convey Tony Sanneh A.J. Wood Jeff Agoos Alecko Eskandarian Joshua Gros Rodney Wallace Bobby Boswell Abdul Thompson Conteh Mario Gori Julius James Mark Lisi Ivan McKinley Shawn Medved Mike Petke Hristo Stoitchkov Bryan Namoff Richie Williams Marc Burch Brian Carroll Ben Olsen Clyde Simms Chris Albright Jose Alegria Adam Cristman Eric Denton Facundo Erpen Fred Ivan Guerrero Brian Kamler Dema Kovalenko John Maessner Mark Simpson Mark Watson Craig Ziadie

GP 26 14 16 8 8 14 3 4 6 8 2 6 10 9 5 6 10 6 12 5 10 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 2 16 16 6 13 16 18 4 4 1 3 5 6 1 6 6 5 5 2 2

GS 22 13 15 8 7 9 2 4 4 6 1 1 7 9 5 4 10 5 12 5 10 2 2 2 1 4 2 5 0 16 16 4 13 13 18 3 3 1 2 5 3 1 4 5 3 4 2 2

MIN 1837 1015 1365 624 643 898 196 360 439 544 135 227 661 732 450 400 855 466 1048 450 900 147 209 209 147 332 129 489 67 1451 1290 397 1170 1228 1451 302 262 71 139 406 346 90 374 465 287 405 180 178

G 8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 37 34 33 24 18 18 5 8 9 4 6 10 11 12 8 7 12 8 9 4 5 6 2 3 2 7 1 2 2 3 7 3 6 17 9 8 2 0 1 3 2 0 6 8 5 0 0 0

Team totals Opponent totals

43 43

43 43

3914 3914

60 67

60 61

505 518

GOALKEEPER Josh Wicks Doug Warren Louis Crayton Bill Hamid Zach Wells Joe Willis Nick Rimando Tom Presthus Scott Garlick Troy Perkins Steve Cronin Mark Simpson Jeff Causey ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 1 2 2 1 11 4 4 9 1 5 2

MIN 90 100 90 180 180 90 1014 316 360 810 90 405 135

SHTS 5 2 3 10 11 4 55 15 17 64 6 23 16

SV 5 1 2 8 9 3 43 10 11 47 3 14 5

GAA 0.00 0.90 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.15 1.42 1.50 1.56 2.00 2.22 6.67

PG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1

43 43

3914 3914

231 240

161 170

1.54 1.38

6 8

PLAYER Josh Wolff Dwayne De Rosario Robbie Russell Maicon Santos Marcelo Saragosa Danny Cruz Austin da Luz Bill Hamid Dejan Jakovic Stephen King Perry Kitchen Chris Korb Brandon McDonald Kurt Morsink Andy Najar Chris Pontius Ethan White Joe Willis Daniel Woolard Team totals Opponent totals

GP 11 24 6 4 8 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 6 2 3 5 1 1 3 43 43

GS 6 16 4 4 6 1 0 2 3 1 2 1 6 2 3 5 1 1 2 43 43

GOALKEEPER Bill Hamid Joe Willis ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 1

MIN 180 90

43 43

3914 3914

MIN 583 1524 427 314 601 99 73 180 270 96 180 90 505 180 225 405 90 90 126 3914 3914

G 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 67

A 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 61

SHT 18 48 5 14 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 5 0 0 0 505 518

SHTS 10 4

SV 8 3

GAA 1.00 1.00

PG 0 0

231 240

161 170

1.54 1.38

6 8

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. D.C. UNITED (16-18-9)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. D.C. UNITED (16-18-9)

PLAYER Preki Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Scott Sealy Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Mo Johnston Chris Brown Chris Klein Claudio Lopez Eddie Johnson Frank Klopas Jack Jewsbury Josh Wolff Stephen Armstrong Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Michael Harrington Chris Henderson Matt McKeon Ryan Smith Carey Talley Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Matt Besler Sean Bowers Dario Fabbro Nick Garcia Roy Lassiter Miklos Molnar Edmundo Rodriguez Mike Sorber Matt Taylor Ivan Trujillo Francisco Gomez Diego Gutierrez Stephane Auvray Teal Bunbury Brian Johnson Garth Lagerwey Tony Meola Uche Okafor Ryan Pore Igor Simutenkov Lance Watson Graham Zusi

GP 22 8 9 12 5 10 12 9 20 5 2 6 20 9 6 20 11 10 4 13 2 6 4 24 6 8 4 21 2 1 2 3 2 1 10 13 2 4 5 2 11 8 9 4 4 4

GS 19 8 7 10 4 10 12 7 19 5 2 5 16 8 3 17 11 8 4 9 2 6 3 23 6 7 3 21 2 1 1 3 1 1 8 13 2 2 3 2 11 7 5 4 1 3

MIN 1776 716 608 842 405 882 986 636 1593 449 178 407 1445 745 365 1592 968 728 316 856 171 572 233 2090 540 639 220 1854 180 90 96 270 86 69 678 1154 163 202 322 180 980 632 431 308 142 282

G 9 7 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 10 4 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 51 16 12 24 18 17 14 15 25 13 4 6 25 10 8 39 15 2 4 9 7 3 1 14 2 3 9 3 3 4 1 5 3 1 10 3 1 5 6 0 0 0 11 7 0 4

Team totals Opponent totals

43 43

43 43

3914 3914

67 60

61 60

518 505

GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Chris Snitko William Hesmer ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 11 8 9 2 5 3 1

MIN 360 980 720 810 180 450 270 90

SHTS 14 56 37 54 21 31 21 6

SV 12 44 25 39 14 19 13 4

GAA 0.50 1.01 1.25 1.44 1.50 2.00 2.67 3.00

PG 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0

43 43

3914 3914

240 231

170 161

1.38 1.54

8 6

PLAYER Kei Kamara Jacob Peterson Michael Harrington Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Paulo Nagamura Graham Zusi Korede Aiyegbusi Aurelien Collin Bobby Convey Birahim Diop Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Julio Cesar C.J. Sapong Luke Sassano Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

GP 8 10 10 6 4 10 4 1 1 6 2 7 4 4 2 2 3 3 43 43

GS 6 9 8 6 2 9 3 0 1 6 1 5 3 4 2 1 3 3 43 43

GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4

MIN 360

43 43

3914 3914

MIN 609 730 728 540 202 876 282 9 90 540 107 418 272 360 180 112 237 270 3914 3914

G 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 60

A 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 60

SHT 24 16 2 2 5 8 4 0 2 5 0 7 3 0 0 4 0 2 518 505

SHTS 14

SV 12

GAA 0.50

PG 0

240 231

170 161

1.38 1.54

8 6

D.C. UNITED GAME NOTES D.C. UNITED VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY MARCH 10, 2012 | RFK STADIUM | 7:30 P.M. ET

By the numbers D.C. United’s all-time record in home openers is 7-54. The team has played Kansas City in its home opener on three occasions, putting together a record of 2-1. (W: ‘98, ’01, L: ’07). In last year’s home opener, 18,132 fans saw United best the Columbus Crew 3-1. 2011 newcomer Josh Wolff tallied the first goal of the season and Charlie Davies netted two to finish off the Crew.

2011 summary Coming off the worst season in club history (6-20-4 in 2010), D.C. United made major strides in 2011.

The team increased its goal output from 21 in 2010 to 49 last season. The team was in the playoff race until the final week of the season and finished with a record of 9-13-12 (39 points). Injuries to Dejan Jakovic and Chris Pontius in the same week in September saw United finish the season 1-6-2 down the stretch without both in the lineup. Ultimately, it was largely the absence of those two players that saw United miss out on the post-season for the fourth year in a row.

De Rosario wins MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario’s 2011 season an usual one, to say the least. The 4-time MLS Cup winner started the season in Toronto, before being shipped to New York. After just a few weeks, D.C. United acquired him for Dax McCarty. DeRo was motivated and went on to score 13 goals in 18 games for DC. He led MLS with 16 goals, to go along with 12 assists en route to winning his first League MVP award. DeRo signed a long-term deal with United during the offseason and may very well finish his career in DC. Record-setting Kitchen United defender Perry Kitchen enters his sophomore season with veteran-like experience. Kitchen led the team in minutes played (2,726) last season, becoming the first rookie in United history to do so. The 19year-old played in 31 MLS matches (30 starts), missing only three matches for international duty with the United States’ U-20s. In preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games, Kitchen was called into U.S. U-23 camp in Duisburg, Germany in November. The United midfielder was again called up to the U-23 team in February and started in the USA’s win against Mexico on 2/29/12.

Hamid earns first U.S. cap After several call-ups last year where he served as Tim Howard’s back-up, Hamid finally made his debut with the U.S. Men’s National Team, keeping a clean sheet to lead the team to a 1-0 victory over Venezuela in Glendale, Ariz. on 1/21. He became the ninth goalkeeper in U.S. history to record a shutout in his first appearance. Hamid posted another clean sheet with the U-23 team on 2/29, winning 2-0 against Mexico. The 21-year-old cemented himself as the Black-and-Red’s starting goalkeeper after starting 28 League games in 2011. In 2,392 minutes of action, Hamid compiled an overall MLS record of 7-9-10, posting 77 saves and a 1.39 goals-against-average mark.

Salihi and Boskovic re-United Hamdi Salihi, who was most recently with Rapid Vienna of Austria's top division, signed with D.C. United last month and is already making an impact on the field. In three years with Rapid Vienna, he tallied a prolific 53 goals in 90 total matches (all competitions). The 4,000+ mile trip from Austria to Washington puts Salihi back on the same field with Branko Boskovic. The two played together for more than a year at Rapid Vienna.

Salihi’s strike rate With 163 goals in 269 career professional games, Hamdi Salihi has shown an incredible prowess around the goal. In fact, there are only two players in Major League Soccer who have scored more career goals than Salihi – NY’s Thierry Henry (326) and LA’s Robbie Keane (188).

Carolina Challenge Cup captured For the third year in a row, D.C. United put together the best record in the four-team tournament that takes place annually in Charleston, SC. United defeated the Chicago Fire and host Charleston Battery, before its final match versus Columbus was rained out. Seventime participants in the tournament, United is 12-3-5 all-time.

Boskovic’s return Signed as a Designated Player in July of 2010, D.C. United fans have still not had the opportunity to see a fully healthy Branko Boskovic. The midfielder showed glimpses of his ability–notching two second half goals in a U.S. Open Cup contest last April–but a

torn ACL in the same match ended his 2011 season.

Now, fully recovered and approaching fitness, Head Coach Ben Olsen has tabbed Boskovic as an important piece for DC’s playoff aspirations.

DeLeon drafted With the seventh overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, D.C. United selected University of Louisville standout Nick DeLeon. The 21-year old midfielder impressed during preseason camps in Florida, Arizona, and South Carolina, and is expected to provide depth at outside midfield. DeLeon’s pace, grittiness, and ability to go forward along the flanks place him as a favorite to make immediate contributions, and likely one of the first players off the bench.

Defensive depth While United dealt with a number of injury issues on the backline in 2011, the team’s defensive corps is largely healthy and also gained reinforcements during the offseason. The additions of Robbie Russell (acquired from Real Salt Lake) and Emiliano Dudar (signed from Switzerland) will complement the likes of Daniel Woolard (26 GP), Ethan White (24 GP), Brandon McDonald (18 GP), Dejan Jakovic (15 GP) and Chris Korb (12 GP).

Turning the page Following a fourth straight season without making the post-season, Head Coach Ben Olsen and the technical staff made the difficult decision to part ways with several club veterans. Santino Quaranta (10 seasons in DC), Clyde Simms (seven seasons), Devon McTavish (six seasons), and Marc Burch (five seasons) are no longer with the team, which makes Chris Pontius (drafted in 2009) as the longest-tenured player on the team.

Shanosky loaned to Ft. Lauderdale On 3/2, United announced 20-year old Conor Shanosky would be loaned to the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League.

Shanosky was originally signed directly from D.C. United’s Academy on 8/6/10. His only first team appearance came last year in the team’s friendly versus AFC Ajax on 5/22.

Impressive history D.C. United is the most successful professional soccer team in United States history. The club has won four MLS Cups (1996, 1997, 1999, 2004), four Supporters’ Shields for putting together the best regular season record (1997, 1999, 2006, 2007), two U.S. Open Cup titles (1996, 2008) and two international trophies – the CONCACAF Champions Cup and InterAmerican Cup, both in 1998

2012 D.C. UNITED TRANSACTIONS 1/12: 2012 MLS SuperDraft Nick DeLeon (First round/seventh overall) 1/17: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft Lance Rozebloom (second round/26th overall), Charles Rodriguez (3/45), Matthew Kuhn (4/64) 1/18: Maicon Santos signed 1/20: Danny Cruz acquired from Houston Dynamo in exchange for partial allocation 1/25: Emiliano Dudar signed 2/2: Hamdi Salihi signed as a Designated Player 2/3: Blake Brettschneider waived 2/6: Marcelo Saragosa signed 2/20: Dwayne De Rosario re-signed 2/27: Andrew Dykstra signed 3/2: Conor Shanosky loaned to Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 3/7: Lance Rozeboom signed

D.C. UNITED SUPPLEMENTAL PLAYER BIOS LANCE ROZEBOOM | 25 POS: M | H: 6-1 | W: 170 DOB: 5-31-89 COLLEGE EXPERIENCE 2008-11: Rozeboom spent four years a the University of New Mexico and was a key member of the team’s undefeated 2011 season.

The midfielder started each of the team’s 22 matches last year, collecting three goals and two assists, as the Lobos finished 18-0-4. As a freshman, Rozeboom started six of 16 games played, before starting 66 consecutive matches beginning during his sophomore season through the end of his senior campaign. He finished his career at New Mexico with six goals and five assists in 78 games (68 starts).

No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 28 29 31 50

Name Danny Cruz Robbie Russell Brandon McDonald Dejan Jakovic Kurt Morsink Dwayne De Rosario Branko Bošković Hamdi Salihi Marcelo Saragosa Chris Pontius Andy Najar Ethan White Josh Wolff Conor Shanosky Nick DeLeon Emiliano Dudar Stephen King Daniel Woolard Chris Korb Perry Kitchen Lance Rozeboom Bill Hamid Maicon Santos Joe Willis Andrew Dykstra

No. 24 2 18 7 19 50 28 5 7 23 22 2 6 14 13 25 3 9 29 11 17 15 31 16 21

Name Branko Bošković Danny Cruz Nick DeLeon Dwayne De Rosario Emiliano Dudar Andrew Dykstra Bill Hamid Dejan Jakovic Stephen King Perry Kitchen Chris Korb Brandon McDonald Kurt Morsink Andy Najar Chris Pontius Lance Rozeboom Robbie Russell Hamdi Salihi Maicon Santos Marcelo Saragosa Conor Shanosky Ethan White Joe Willis Josh Wolff Daniel Woolard

Pos. M D D D M M M F M M/F M D F D/M M D M D D M M GK F GK GK

Age 30 22 21 33 30 26 21 26 25 19 24 25 27 18 24 22 32 28 27 30 20 20 23 34 27

Ht. 5-8 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-8 6-0 5-9 6-4 5-10 6-4 5-8 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-4

Wt. 170 205 185 178 160 164 172 170 175 168 150 183 160 185 170 193 153 155 160 160 170 225 186 190 195

2012 D.C. United Roster DOB Hometown 3-1-90 Petersburg, VA 7-16-79 Amherst, MA 1-16-86 Phoenix, AZ 7-16-85 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada 6-27-84 San Jose, Costa Rica 5-15-78 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 6-21-80 Vojvodina, Montenegro 1-19-84 Shkoder, Albania 1-22-82 Campo Grande, Brazil 5-12-87 Yorba Linda, CA 3-16-93 Choluteca, Honduras 1-1-91 Kensington, MD 2-25-77 Atlanta, GA 12-13-91 Sterling, VA 7-17-90 Phoenix, AZ 8-12-81 Buenos Aires, Argentina 3-6-86 Medford, NJ 5-22-84 Bedford, TX 10-8-87 Gates Mills, OH 2-29-92 Indianapolis, IN 5-31-89 Walker, IA 11-25-90 Annandale, VA 4-18-84 Paracambi, Brazil 8-10-88 St. Louis, MO 1-2-86 Woodbridge, VA

D.C. United Alphabetical Roster Pronunciation Birthplace BOSS-coe-vitch Bačka Topola, Serbia cruise Petersburg, Virginia de-le-ON Phoenix, Arizona DAY-row SAR-ee-oh Scarborough, Ontario, Canada doo-DAR Buenos Aires, Argentina DYKE-strah Honolulu, HI Ah-meed Annandale, VA DAY-on YA-ko-vich Karlovac, Croatia king Medford, NJ kitch-in Indianapolis, IN CORB Cleveland, OH MAC-donald Glendale, AZ more-sink San Jose, Costa Rica na-HARR Choluteca, Honduras PON-tee-us West Covina, CA rose-BOOM Walker, Iowa russell Accra, Ghana sa-LEE-he Shkoder, Albania my-CONE SAN-tos Paracambi, Brazil sarah-GO-sa Campo Grande, Brazil shan-OSCK-kee Pittsburgh, PA white Kensington, MD willis St. Louis, MO wulf Stone Mountain, GA wull-ERD Bedford, TX

College University of Nevada Duke University University of San Francisco University of Alabama-Birmingham James Madison University --------------------University of California-Santa Bárbara

-----University of Maryland University of South Carolina -----University of Louisville -----University of Maryland Midwestern State University University of Akron University of Akron University of New Mexico ----------University of Denver Virginia Commonwealth University

Previous Club SK Rapid Vienna (Austria) Houston Dynamo University of Louisville New York Red Bulls BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) Charleston Battery (USL Pro) D.C. United Academy Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) Seattle Sounders FC University of Akron University of Akron San Jose Earthquakes Kansas City Wizards D.C. United Academy Univ. of California-Santa Barbara University of New Mexico Real Salt Lake SK Rapid Vienna (Austria) FC Dallas South Brazil D.C. United Academy University of Maryland University of Denver Sporting Kansas City Carolina RailHawks (NASL)

D.C. UNITED MINI BIOS 2 | DANNY CRUZ Cruz was traded to D.C. United in early 2012 from the Houston Dynamo, where he saw action in 20 matches, including 13 starts. Cruz is a gritty player who played a major role in the Dynamo’s road to the MLS Cup final, starting all four of the Dynamo playoff games. Last year Cruz netted two goals and assisted on three others.

3 | ROBBIE RUSSELL Russell is one of the few United players with an MLS Cup under his belt and will use his veteran experiences to help lead the back four. Russell enjoyed a successful 2011 season at Real Salt Lake, in which he started 22 of the 26 matches he played, netting two assists in 1,809 minutes of action.

4 | BRANDON McDONALD McDonald is a hard-nosed defender who joined D.C. United mid-season last year from the San Jose Earthquakes. Since joining United, McDonald started all 18 matches he played in and tallied a goal for United against the Vancouver Whitecaps.

5 | DEJAN JAKOVIC Jakovic, a native of Ontario, Canada, has started 56 of 57 games he has played in for the black-and-red. Jakovic is also becoming an integral part of the Canadian National Team. Jakovic was signed on 2/27/2009 from Red Star Belgrade of Serbia.

6 | KURT MORSINK Morsink joined United in 2009 when he was signed from the Kansas City Wizards and has now tallied over 1,600 minutes for the side. Morsink played college soccer for James Madison University and was a standout garnering honors in all four years of play.

7 | DWAYNE DE ROSARIO De Rosario is the reigning 2011 MLS MVP after an outstanding 2011 season that saw moves from Toronto to New York and from New York to his eventual landing spot in our nation’s capital. De Rosario was the league's leading scorer with an MLS-best 16 goals and 12 assists, 13 of them coming while playing for United in 18 games.

8 | BRANKO BOSKOVIC Signed as a Designated Player on 6/14/2010, Boskovic appeared in 13 matches and started eight for D.C. in 2010. The midfielder joined United from Rapid Vienna in Austria. The 2011 season was cut short for Boskovic after an ACL tear early in the season. Boskovic is fit and ready to kick off the 2012 season.

9 | HAMDI SALIHI Salihi was signed in February of 2012 from Rapid Vienna of Austria's top division, where he was once the teammate of Branko Boskovic. Salihi, in three years with Rapid Vienna, tallied a prolific 53 goals in 90 total matches (all competitions). Salihi is already making his presence felt in D.C., scoring two goals in two games for United during his first appearances with the black-and-red in preseason matches.

11 | MARCELO SARAGOSA Midfielder Marcelo Saragosa began his career with the youth teams at his hometown São Paulo FC in Brazil before moving to the LA Galaxy in 2004. After a brief return to São Paulo, Saragosa again joined the Galaxy in August 2005, playing four regular season games and two playoff games, helping the team win both the MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup. Saragosa, who signed with the club in February of 2012, will add depth and experience to the United roster.

13 | CHRIS PONTIUS Pontius is currently D.C. United’s longest tenured player on the roster. After starting all 25 matches he played in during the 2011 season, Pontius suffered a broken right tibia. Pontius has made a great recovery and has seen action in United’s pre-season contests.

14 | ANDY NAJAR Najar, a product of the D.C. United Youth Academy, was signed to a Generation Adidas contract on 3/22/10 with the first team and won the 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year Award. The then 17-year-old midfielder was the second player to sign with the senior squad directly from United’s Academy, joining goalkeeper Bill Hamid. Najar has started in 50 of the 57 games he has played in and has tallied 10 goals and seven assists in two years.

15 | ETHAN WHITE White, a native of Kensington, Maryland, was signed on 12/14/2010 after playing for the University of Maryland.

Last year, White racked up close to 2,000 minutes after appearing in 24 contests with 21 starts.

16 | JOSH WOLFF Wolff is a U.S. Soccer veteran spending numerous years in both MLS and with the U.S. Men’s National Team.

Wolff signed with D.C. United on 12/15/2010 following his selection in the MLS Re-Entry Draft. Last year with D.C. United, Wolff started 23 of the 30 games he appeared in, netting five goals and assisting on seven.

Wolff has also been a consistent fixture in international competition, playing in the 2000 Olympics, and the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.

18 | NICK DeLEON With the seventh overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, D.C. United selected University of Louisville standout midfielder Nick DeLeon. In his senior season at Louisville, DeLeon ranked second on the team in scoring with six goals and six assists, starting every match during his senior season. In addition to earning All-Great Lakes Region and All-Big East First Team honors for the second straight year, DeLeon was the only Cardinal selected to the Big East All-Tournament Team.

19 | EMILIANO DUDAR Dudar, a native of Argentina, joined D.C. United on 1/25/2012 from the Swiss side BSC Young Boys and is entering his first season in Major League Soccer. In the 2009/2010 season with BSC Young Boys, Dudar was named the Swiss Golden Player as the league’s defender of the year after playing in 31 Swiss League matches (all starts) that season.

20 | STEPHEN KING King played at the University of Maryland where he started all 93 matches that he played in over a four-year career. King was drafted in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire and saw time with Seattle Sounders FC before coming to United in 2010. Since joining the blackand-red, King has been a regular in the first team squad.

21 | DANIEL WOOLARD Woolard was signed on 1/6/2011 after spending time with USL side Carolina Railhawks. In 2011, he made an immediate impression and has been a consistent fixture in United’s starting 11. Woolard started all 26 games he played in last year and logged over 2,000 minutes.

22 | CHRIS KORB Korb began his professional career after being selected in the second round (31st overall) in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft on 1/13. The former University of Akron defender started all 12 matches that he played in for United, registering two assists in 1,020 minutes of action during the 2011 MLS season.

23 | PERRY KITCHEN Kitchen became the only rookie in United’s 16-year history to lead the team in minutes played (2,726) during his inaugural MLS season in 2011. The 19-year-old played in 31 MLS matches (30 starts), missing only three league contests due to international duty with the U.S. U20s. Kitchen continually proved his worth to Ben Olsen’s side last year, playing right back, center back and defensive midfield at various points during the season.

25 | LANCE ROZEBOOM A versatile and hard working midfielder, Rozeboom earned his contract with United thanks to a solid preseason performance. The 22-year old was selected in the second round (26th overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft from the University of New Mexico, where he finished his collegiate career with six and five assists in 78 matches (68 starts).

28 | BILL HAMID The first D.C. United Academy player ever to sign with the first team, Hamid solidified his position as United’s first-choice goalkeeper last season. Hamid was rewarded for his continued success with inclusion in Jurgen Klinsmann’s USMNT several times last year. The young goalkeeper earned his first cap on 1/21/12, keeping a clean sheet to help the team to a 1-0 victory over Venezuela.

29 | MAICON SANTOS A physical target forward with vast experience, Santos boosts United’s attack with his outstanding technique and powerful left foot. The Brazilian striker rejoins De Rosario in D.C., after playing together for Toronto FC. Santos’s resume also includes Dallas and Chivas USA. 31 | JOE WILLIS A reliable back-up goalkeeper, Willis made his MLS debut last year in the 4-0 win against expansion side Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The University of Denver graduate had a memorable first outing for the Black-andRed, recording six saves and earning his first career win and shutout. Willis played three matches (three starts) for United, registering one shutout and 12 saves in 270 minutes of action during the 2011 MLS season.

50 | ANDREW DYKSTRA Dykstra’s hard work in preseason paid off, earning him a contract to cap off a successful trial period with United.

The Woodbridge native spent the 2011 season with USL Pro team Charleston Battery, starting each of the 16 matches he played for the South Carolina side. The former Chicago Fire goalkeeper led the league with a 0.98 goals-against average and 16 goals against.

2012 Season Opener // Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 6:30pm CT Sporting Kansas City vs D.C. United

GAME NOTES

RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. English TV: KSMO-TV Spanish Radio: 1340 AM

www.SportingKC.com

SPORTING Kansas City roster No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 32 37 55 78 88

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

Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi co-red-eh eye-eh-BOO-see Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree Bobby Convey CON-vee Konrad Warzycha Var-ZEE-hah Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Birahim Diop Bee-ra-heem Dee-op Jon Kempin Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Kei Kamara kye kah-MAHR-ah Cyprian Hedrick sip-ree-an HE-drick Luke Sassano sah-SAHN-noh Jacob Peterson Julio Cesar JEW-lee-o SEH-sahr Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Michael Thomas

2011 Regular season MLS Standings Eastern Conf.

1. Sporting Kansas City 2. Houston Dynamo 3. Philadelphia Union 4. Columbus Crew 5. New York Red Bulls 6. Chicago Fire 7. D.C. United 8. Toronto FC 9. NE Revolution Western Conf.

1. LA Galaxy 2. Seattle Sounders 3. Real Salt Lake 4. FC Dallas 5. Colorado Rapids 6. Portland Timbers 7. San Jose Earthquakes 8. Chivas USA 9. Vancouver Whitecaps

GP W L T P 34 13 9 12 51 34 12 9 13 49 34 11 8 15 48 34 13 13 8 47 34 10 8 16 46 34 9 9 16 43 34 9 13 12 39 34 6 13 15 33 34 5 16 13 28 GP W L T P 34 19 5 10 67 34 18 7 9 63 34 15 11 8 53 34 15 12 7 52 34 12 9 13 49 34 11 14 9 42 34 8 12 14 38 34 8 14 12 36 34 6 18 10 28

Coaches - REGULAR SEASON Peter vermes Ben Olsen 4th season 27-28-21 4th season 27-28-21

MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team

3rd season 12-21-13 3rd season 12-21-13

2011 Regular season Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY D.C. United 13-9-12 (51 pts) 34 1st in East 50 1.47 40 1.18 +10 488 (159) 32.6% 425 416 51 8

Record Games played Conference position Goals Goals/game Allowed Allowed/game Goal differential Shots (On Goal) On Goal % Fouls committed Fouls suffered Cautions Ejections

9-13-12 (39 pts) 34 7th in East 49 1.44 52 1.53 -3 427 (151) 35.4% 383 367 43 4

2011 REgular season Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY D.C. United 9 Bravo/Kamara/Bunbury goals Dwayne De Rosario 13 assists 7 Graham Zusi Dwayne De Rosario 7 shots 91 Kei Kamara De Rosario 76 shots on Goal 29 Kei Kamara De Rosario 31 2 Collin/Bravo/Bunbury game-winning goals Davies/De Rosario 3 4 Graham Zusi game-winning assists Andy Najar 3 44 Espinoza/Sapong fouls suffered Andy Najar 38 44 Roger Espinoza fouls committed Andy Najar 44 10 Aurelien Collin cautions Burch/McDonald/Kitchen 4 2 Omar Bravo ejections 4 players tied with 1 1.14 Jimmy Nielsen goals against avg 12 Jimmy Nielsen wins 7 Jimmy Nielsen shutouts 79 Jimmy Nielsen saves

Joe Willis 1.33 Bill Hamid 7 Bill Hamid 7 Bill Hamid 77

When last they met...

Sporting Kansas City earned a 1-0 victory over D.C. United on October 10th, 2011, the last time they visited RFK Stadium. The lone goal scored by Matt Besler off a Graham Zusi corner kick secured the win, and the regular season Eastern Conference title.

Besler’s left-footed volley past Bill Hamid came in the 54th minute, but required a few redirects before eventually making its way to the foot of the Kansas native. Zusi’s kick initially connected with Kei Kamara, whose header hit off the post and redirected to the foot of Omar Bravo. Bravo then made the quick flick to Besler who faced up and smashed it to the back of the net.

• Sporting KC midfielder Graham Zusi and D.C United midfielder Stephen King were teammates at the University of Maryland from 2005-2007. The university is less than 10 miles from RFK Stadium.

• Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza and D.C. United midfielder Andy Najar have both earned caps with the Honduras National Team.

• Sporting Kansas City striker C.J. Sapong played for D.C. United Youth Academy at the Super-20 Nationals.

• Sapong is from Manassas, Virginia, approximately 35 miles from RFK Stadium.

• Sporting KC defender Korede Aiyegbusi played for the Baltimore Casa Mia Bays club team, just 40 miles from RFK Stadium.

The victory provided the Sporting Kansas City defense, anchored by goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen and center backs Matt Besler and Aurelien Collin, their 7th shutout of the 2011 MLS season. Sporting KC was able to limit D.C. United to just five shots on goal.

Kansas City Connections • This will be the seventh time Kansas City and D.C. United meet each other in a season opener since the beginning of MLS. • D.C. United midfielder Josh Wolff spent seven years playing for Kansas City before being traded to D.C. United prior to the 2011 season. While in KC, Wolff was teammates with Sporting KC assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin.

• Wolff appeared in 175 games and scored 43 goals along with 26 assists. Wolff also contributed one goal and one assist in seven postseason appearances during his KC career, including a penalty kick in the 2004 MLS Cup again D.C. United.

• D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid appeared in his first MLS match against Kansas City on May 5, 2010. Hamid became the youngest goalkeeper in history to win a league contest in the 2-1 decision at RFK Stadium.

• D.C. United midfielder Kurt Morsink began his professional career in Kansas City. Morsink appeared in 47 games during his three seasons in Kansas City from 2007-2009, recording three assists.

Morsink also appeared in three postseason games during the 2007 MLS Cup playoffs.

• Ben Olsen played his final MLS regular season match against Kansas City on October 23, 2009, entering at halftime for his 221st MLS regular season appearance to end a 12-year MLS career.

• Sporting Kansas City midfielder Paulo Nagamura played with D.C. United’s Maicon Santos and Marcelo Saragosa during the 2009 MLS season for Chivas USA. • Sporting Kansas City’s Bobby Convey and Jacob Peterson played with D.C. United’s Brandon McDonald for the San Jose Earthquakes during the 2011 MLS season.

• Sporting Kansas City’s Teal Bunbury and D.C. United’s Chris Korb were teammates in 2008 and 2009 at the University of Akron.

Noteworthy Milestones • Five goals shy of 700 all-time in club history • Next successful penalty kick will be 50th all-time in club history • Next loss will be 200th all-time in club history • Sporting KC has the most ties of any MLS team in League history • Two goals against on road shy of 400 away goals against all-time • Two second half goals shy of 400 all-time • Two assists in a victory shy of 500 assists in a victory • One second half goal against shy of 400 goals against in second half all-time • Kei Kamara’s next multi-goal game will tie him for 5th on KC’s all-time multi-goal game chart with 4 • Graham Zusi’s next multi-goal game will tie him for 7th on KC’s all-time multi-goal game chart with 3 • Kei Kamara has 20 goals scored in his KC career and is tied with Mark Chung for 8th most on Sporting KC’s all-time goals scored chart

2012 Major Events at Livestrong sporting park • Concert: Buzz Beach Ball (June 2, 2012) • CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament:

Semifinals on March 31, 2012

Championship on April 2, 2012 • Inagural Kevin Gray Father’s Day 5K Run & Walk and Kid’s Fun Run: (June 16, 2012)

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Sporting Kansas City News, Notes and headlines Preseason | After a short offseason, Sporting Kansas City prepared for the 2012 MLS season in two phases of preseason.

Phase one, Tucson, Arizona:

In Tucson, Sporting KC played three matches, the first resulted in a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes at the Kino Sports Complex. It only took Chris Wondolowski and SJ three minutes to earn the first tally of the contest. The goal came off a cross from Honduran winger Marvin Chavez. Sporting Kansas City was quick to respond, earning an equalizer just one minute later when Roger Espinoza slipped Kei Kamara through for the finish. Konrad Warzycha scored the game winner on a free kick from 25 yrds out.

Next Sporting KC faced D.C. United. This time Sporting KC got on the board first with a Graham Zusi free kick in the 34th minute. However the game winner came in the 62nd minute. Aggressive defense from Dom Dwyer allowed Jacob Peterson to win a loose ball in SKC’s attacking third. The ball ultimately ricocheted to Soony Saad for the easy finish. Jose Burciaga, Jr. scored the lone goal for D.C. United off a deflected cross from Danny Cruz.

SKC played Tucson in the final match of the first phase of preseason garnering a decisive 5-1 victory. Kei Kamara and Roger Espinoza started the scoring for SKC in the 18th and 40th minutes respectively; both goals unassisted. Tucson’s Redi Schmitt cut the lead in half with his goal in the 65th minute. Dwyer answered with a hat trick on assists from Shawn Singh in the 70th minute and Cyrus Saydee just seconds before the end of regulation.

Phase two, Orlando Florida:

After a few days back in Kansas City, Sporting was off again, this time to Florida for the Disney Pro Soccer Classic in Orlando. Sporting Kansas City battled the Houston Dynamo to a 0-0 draw in the first match of the tournament.

In the second match, Sporting Kansas City faced expan-

sion team Montreal Impact and former Kansas City captain Davy Arnaud. The game concluded in a 1-1 draw with goals from Montreal’s Mike Fucito and Sporting Kansas City’s Soony Saad.

Montreal struck first in the 37th minute when Andrew Wenger, the first overall pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, slid a smooth pass across the penalty area for Fucito to bury in the back of the net. Sporting evened the score in the 70th minute when Michael Thomas found Saad in front of the goal. Saad turned and placed the ball through the legs of Evan Bush and into the back of the net.

Sporting’s final game of the Disney Pro Soccer Classic resulted in a 0-3 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps. The Whitecaps, Sebastian Le Toux opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Russell Teibert and Caryle Mitchell added the insurance in the 62nd and 67th minute respectively.

Before returing to KC, Sporting competed once more, scrimmaging the United States Under-17 National Team, in which they posted a 4-1 victory.

Returning 11 starters from Conference Championship | SKC

return all 11 starters from their 2011 playoff campaign. The youth movement the club has embraced over the last several seasons leaves just three players on the roster over the age of 30 (Diop, Nielsen, Cesar). The team’s average age in 2011 was 26.8, the youngest ever in the team’s 16-year history.

Nielsen named club captain | Jimmy Nielsen was named club

captain for the 2012 campaign. Nielsen’s accolades include but are not limited too: 2010 All-Star, 2011 Team MVP, and best goals against average for a Sporting KC goalkeeper alltime. Nielsen also earned MLS Save of the Week honors four times throughout the course of the 2011 season.

2011 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total SPORTING 23 27 50 Opp. 15 25 40

SPORTING 236 252 488 Opp. 176 223 399

Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 71 88 159 Opp. 55 74 129

Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total

Corners 1 2 Total

SPORTING 193 232 425 Opp. 200 216 416

SPORTING 73 88 161 Opp. 58 83 141

SPORTING 34 37 71 Opp. 43 35 78

Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total

PK 1 2 Total

SPORTING 20 31 51 Opp. 24 37 61

SPORTING 2 2 4 Opp. 3 0 3

SPORTING 1 7 8 Opp. 1 4 5

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All-time regular season results Date

6/20/1996 7/31/1996 8/4/1996 6/21/1997 7/19/1997 8/31/1997 3/21/1998 8/26/1998 5/15/1999 6/26/1999 5/17/2000 6/10/2000 4/7/2001 6/16/2001 4/20/2002 6/15/2002 7/4/2002 8/10/2002 4/12/2003 5/17/2003 10/25/2003 5/15/2004 7/10/2004 4/30/2005 5/21/2005 7/9/2005 7/20/2005 5/13/2006 5/27/2006 6/24/2006 6/28/2006 4/14/2007 7/4/2007 10/5/2007 3/29/2008 8/2/2008 5/6/2009 9/9/2009 10/24/2009 3/27/2010 5/5/2010 8/21/2011 10/22/2011

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

Result W W W W W L L L SOL L W T L L L (OT) W W T (2OT) W (OT) T (2OT) T (2OT) L W T L W T L L L L W L T W L T L T W L W W

Location Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium RFK Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark RFK Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark RFK Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark RFK Stadium LIVESTRONG Sporting Park RFK Stadium

All-time POSTseason results Date

11/14/2004

Score 2-3

Result L

Location The Home Depot Center

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots

Shots on Goal Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

1 36 247 116 268 77 89

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kick

1 30 241 121 326 54 98

2 30 269 113 275 75 92

OT 1 2 2 3 2 0

Tot. 67 518 231 546 154 181

D.C. United

2 Overtime Total 29 1 60 258 6 505 116 3 240 274 9 609 58 1 113 135 2 235

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

KC DC

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 10 17 9 12 10 8 1 67 7 10 13 10 12 7 1 60

All-Time Regular Season game highs SPORTING KANSAS CITY D.C. United

45 Davy Arnaud

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls suffered

44 Tony Meola 13 Bo Oshoniyi

Saves Goals allowed

9 Preki 10 Preki 51 Preki 25 Preki 33 Kerry Zavagnin

Jamie Moreno 8 Jamie Moreno 8 Jamie Moreno 37 Jamie Moreno 22 Richie Williams 32 Jamie Moreno 57

Troy Perkins 47 Troy Perkins 14

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season opener statistics

10-4-2 all-time in season openers

-- only one loss in last 10 years

-- best mark in MLS

-- 2-3-0 on road in season opener 4-2-0 all-time against D.C. United in season openers (1-2-0 at D.C.) 1996 vs COL 3-0 W 1997 vs SJ 2-2 T (4-3 W in SO) 1998 at DC 2-3 L 1999 at DAL 0-4 L 2000 vs CHI 4-3 W 2001 at DC 2-3 L 2002 vs COL 1-1 T 2003 vs DC 3-2 W (OT) 2004 vs CHI 0-0 T 2005 vs COL 3-2 W 2006 vs CLB 3-1 W 2007 at DC 4-2 W 2008 vs DC 2-0 W 2009 vs TOR 2-3 L 2010 vs DC 4-0 W 2011 at CHV 3-2 W

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2012 MLS SCHEDULE Date Sat., March 10th Sat., March 17th Sat., March 25th Sun., April 1st Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Wed., April 18th Sat., April 21st Sat., May 5th Sat., May 12th Sat., May 19th Sun., May 27th Sat., June 16th Wed., June 20th Sat., June 23rd Fri., June 29th Wed., July 4th Sat., July 7th Sat., July 14th Wed., July 18th Sat., July 21st Sat., July 28th Sat., August 4th Sat., August 11th Sat., August 18th Sun., August 26th Sat., September 1st Fri., September 14th Wed., September 19th Sat., September 22nd Fri., September 28th Sun., October 7th Sat., October 20th Wed., October 24th

Time 6:30PM CST 7:30PM CST 6:00PM CDT 8:00PM CDT 3:00PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 9:00PM CDT 9:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 8:00PM CDT 3:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 9:00PM CDT 6:00PM CDT 7:00PM CDT 6:00PM CDT 7:00PM CDT 6:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 6:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 3:30PM CDT 8:00PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 6:00PM CDT 12:00PM CDT 7:30PM CDT 3:00PM CDT 6:00PM CDT 7:30PM CDT

TV

Opponent KSMO-TV

@ D.C. United KSMO-TV New England Revolution Galavision/KSMO-TV FC Dallas KSMO-TV @Chivas USA ESPN/ESPN Deportes Los Angeles Galaxy KSMO-TV Real Salt Lake KSMO-TV @Vancouver Whitecaps KSMO-TV @Portland Timbers KSMO-TV Montreal Impact KSMO-TV @Chicago Fire KSMO-TV @Colorado Rapids NBC Sports San Jose Earthquakes KSMO-TV Toronto FC KSMO-TV @Seattle Sounders KSMO-TV @Philadelphia Union NBC Sports Chicago Fire KSMO-TV @Montreal Impact KCTV5/KSMO-TV Houston Dynamo KSMO-TV @Columbus Crew KSMO-TV @Houston Dynamo KSMO-TV New England Revolution KSMO-TV Columbus Crew KSMO-TV @New England Revolution KSMO-TV D.C. United KSMO-TV @Toronto FC ESPN Deportes/ESPN2 New York Red Bulls KSMO-TV Toronto FC NBC Sports Houston Dynamo KSMO-TV @New York Red Bulls KCTV5/KSMO-TV @Montreal Impact NBC Sports Chicago Fire KSMO-TV @Columbus Crew KSMO-TV @New York Red Bulls KSMO-TV Philadelphia Union

Venue RFK Stadium LIVESTRONG Sporting Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park The Home Depot Center LIVESTRONG Sporting Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park BC Place Stadium JELD-WEN Field LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Toyota Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Qwest Field PPL Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Saputo Stadium LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Columbus Crew Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium LIVESTRONG Sporting Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Gillette Stadium LIVESTRONG Sporting Park BMO Field LIVESTRONG Sporting Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Red Bull Arena Saputo Stadium LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Columbus Crew Stadium Red Bull Arena LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

72

68

6132

2

2

17

7

55

37

4

0

9

0

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

75

71

6402

2

2

17

7

58

38

5

0

9

0

1

1

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

55

33

3185

14

5

106

45

59

39

36

3

5

1

4

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

246

2

0

7

3

5

4

1

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

58

36

3431

16

5

113

48

64

43

37

3

6

1

5

1

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

27

25

2149

2

2

9

4

30

17

1

0

3

1

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

239

0

1

1

0

1

5

0

0

2

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

30

28

2388

2

3

10

4

31

22

1

0

5

1

1

2

Aurelien Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

23

21

1912

3

0

15

5

38

19

2

0

10

1

2

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

4

1

5

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

26

24

2182

4

0

19

6

43

20

2

0

10

1

3

0

Bobby Convey

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

164

152

13691

11

30

194

88

226

211

41

249

34

2

2

9

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

2

1

7

3

8

8

1

11

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

169

157

14141

13

31

201

91

234

219

42

260

34

2

3

9

Birahim Diop

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

32

15

1253

5

2

25

11

31

15

10

0

3

0

2

0

MLS - Reg. Season

36

18

1486

5

2

25

11

35

19

12

0

3

0

2

0

KC - Post Season

1

0

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

37

18

1497

5

2

25

11

35

19

12

0

3

0

2

0

Dom Dwyer

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Kevin Ellis

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Roger Espinoza

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

87

67

5975

2

9

61

17

109

102

8

12

14

3

1

2

KC - Post Season

5

4

288

0

0

1

0

3

5

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

92

71

6263

2

9

62

17

112

107

9

12

16

3

1

2

Michael Harrington

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

138

119

10756

5

13

34

21

124

99

9

4

17

0

0

4

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

143

124

11206

5

13

34

21

127

106

9

4

18

0

0

4

Cyprian Hedrick

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Peterson Joseph

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

65

55

5016

20

10

194

64

91

99

25

1

7

0

5

4

MLS - Reg. Season

145

105

9753

34

13

322

122

198

203

66

3

14

1

9

6

KC - Post Season

3

3

269

0

0

8

4

3

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

5

4

347

1

0

9

5

5

7

4

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

150

109

10100

35

13

331

127

203

210

70

3

14

1

9

6

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

59

37

3623

0

2

38

12

55

34

3

4

2

1

0

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

5

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

62

40

3893

0

2

38

12

60

38

3

4

2

1

0

0

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

157

144

12768

9

14

140

51

246

209

4

17

39

2

4

5

MLS - Post Season

10

9

909

0

0

9

5

16

24

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

167

153

13677

9

14

149

56

262

233

5

17

43

2

4

5

Lawrence Olum

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

0

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jacob Peterson

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

138

82

7286

9

10

114

42

45

80

16

60

5

0

3

4

MLS - Post Season

3

2

161

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

141

84

7447

9

10

114

42

46

82

17

60

5

0

3

4

Soony Saad

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4

0

39

1

0

2

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

6

0

43

1

0

2

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

34

22

2096

5

5

53

25

30

44

5

0

0

0

1

2

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

5

5

8

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

37

25

2366

6

5

58

30

38

51

5

0

0

0

1

2

Luke Sassano

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

9

5

531

1

0

2

2

2

6

0

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

47

30

2784

1

0

16

3

20

27

1

1

4

1

0

0

MLS - Post Season

4

4

341

0

0

1

0

3

5

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

51

34

3125

1

0

17

3

23

32

1

1

5

1

0

0

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

20

20

1737

0

0

6

2

15

15

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

40

38

3317

0

0

13

3

28

25

1

0

5

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

265

0

0

0

0

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

43

41

3582

0

0

13

3

32

28

1

0

5

0

0

0

Michael Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Konrad Warzycha

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. 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

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

64

34

3393

6

8

68

23

42

49

4

114

6

0

1

4

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

2

4

0

5

3

0

11

0

0

0

1

MLS Career - TOTAL

67

37

3663

6

10

72

23

47

52

4

125

6

0

1

5

GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATS Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

60

60

5377

228

159

17

69

1.15

2

3

22

21

16

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

9

7

2

2

0.67

0

0

2

1

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

63

63

5647

237

166

19

71

1.12

2

3

24

22

16

Jon Kempin

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

Eric Kronberg

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

MLS Career - TOTAL

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

#3 | D | Korede Aiyegbusi Ht : 5-5 Wt. 155 DOB: 7/15/1988 Hometown: London, UK College: North Carolina State Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#20) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs PHI Last..

August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Appearance Goal N/A Assit: N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #5 | D | Matt Besler Ht : 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 2 times, last: August 6, 2011, KC vs. SEA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA 2, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Shots Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs. DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL Last..

Appearance Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Goal Assist Aug. 6, 2011, KC vs SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht : 6-2 Wt. 175 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2011, KC vs HOU Assists 1, 5 times, last: August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last..

Appearance Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Goal Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL Assist Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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#55 | D | Julio Cesar Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Last Club: Maritimo Funchal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs. LA 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Assists Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 2, Sept. 28, 2011, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Last..

Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Appearance Goal Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs LA Assist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #55 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht : 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Fouls Committed 6, Apr. 23, 2011, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Last..

Appearance Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Goal Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht : 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Assists 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2010, SJ vs NY Shots on Goal 4, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Shots 8, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Fouls Committed 5, August 6, 2011, SJ vs POR Fouls Suffered 7, May 3, 2003, DC vs DAL Last..

Appearance August 27, 2011, SJ at TOR Goal May 21, 2011, SJ vs NE Assist May 14, 2011, SJ vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #20 | M | Birahim Diop Ht : 6-3 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/7/1979 Hometown: Thies, Senegal Last Club: FC Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol (Moldova) Acquired: Signed 3/17/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: 3, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Goals Assists 1, 2 times, last: June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Shots on Goal 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Shots 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 28, 2010, KC at LA Fouls Suffered 3, August 21, 2011, KC vs DC Last..

Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL Appearance Goal Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ June 12, 2011, KC vs DAL Assist 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #14 | D | Dom Dwyer Ht : 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: Cuckfield, England College: University of South Florida Acquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16) 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..

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

#4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht : 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11 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..

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

#15 | M | Roger Espinoza Ht : 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, CO College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Regular-Season Game Highs: 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs. RSL Goals Assists 1, 9 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Shots 5, August 3, 2011, KC vs. RSL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Appearance Goal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assist July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #2 | D | Michael Harrington Ht : 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986 Hometown: Greenville, NC College: North Carolina Acquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 5, 2008, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, Sept. 22, 2010, KC vs HOU Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Shots 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Fouls Committed 6, July 11, 2009, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, July 14, 2007, KC vs. RSL Last..

Appearance Sept. 28, 2011, KC vs CLB Goal Oct 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assist Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick Ht : 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989 Hometown: Cameroon College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30) 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..

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last..

Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

#19 | M | Peterson Joseph Ht : 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 09/01/11 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..

Appearance Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #23 | F | Kei Kamara Ht : 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Last Club: Houston Dynamo

Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs. TOR Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 5, July 10, 2010, KC vs. CHV Shots 7, 3 times, last: Oct. 22, 2010, KC at DC Fouls Committed 5, 3 times, last: July 17, 2010, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI Last..

Appearance Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Goal Sept. 28, 2011, KC vs CLB Assist Sept. 23, 2011 KC vs PHI 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg Ht : 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA College: California Acquired: ‘06 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last..

Appearance Shutout

June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#7 | M | Chance Myers Ht : 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 2 times last: July 23, 2011 KC vs. TOR Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 10, 2011, KC vs HOU Last..

Appearance Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Goal N/A Assist July 23, 2011 KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#6 | M | Paulo Nagumura Ht : 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Aquired in trade on 11/29/2011 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Shots on Goal 4, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last..

Appearance Aug. 24, 2011, CHV at POR Goal Sept. 10, 2010, CHV vs NE Assist June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen Ht : 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last..

Appearance Shutout

Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum Ht : 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist University Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO)

Acquired: Signed 9/15/10 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..

Appearance Sept. 28, 2011, KC vs CLB Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson Ht : 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes

Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Assists 1, 10 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, SJ at TOR Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 4, 4 times, last: April 16, 2011, TOR at DC Fouls Committed 2, 7 times, last: July 20, 2011, SJ at VAN Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last..

Sept. 24, 2011, SJ at COL Appearance Goal Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Assist Aug. 27, 2011, SJ at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #22 | F | Soony Saad Ht : 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Shots 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 1, Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs. LA Last..

Appearance Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #17 | F | C.J. Sapong Ht : 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 2, 6 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Shots 5, March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Fouls Committed 3, March 26, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Last..

Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Appearance Goal Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL Assist Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#32 | D | Luke Sassano Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/14/1985 Hometown: Orinda, California College: University of California, Berkeley Last Club: NY Red Bulls

Acquired: Trade with LA Galaxy on 12/15/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 17, 2011, KC vs SJ Shots 3, April 27, 2008, NY vs SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 25, 2008, NY vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, June 12, 2008, NY at DC Last..

August 6, 2011, KC vs. SEA Appearance Goal June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 1-0-0 #16 | D | Seth Sinovic Ht : 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution

Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs. RSL Last..

Appearance Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht : 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: Notre Dame Last Club: Borac Čačak (Serbia)

Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011 Regular-Season Game Highs: N/A Goals Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

Appearance N/A N/A Goal Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha Ht : 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Dublin, Ohio College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round 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..

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

#8 | M | Graham Zusi Ht : 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) Regular-Season Game Highs: 2, 2 times, last: August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Goals 2, Sept. 10, 2011: KC vs. HOU Assists Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Shots 5, July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Appearance Nov. 6, 2011, KC vs HOU Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assist Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0