3/25 SKC - FCD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v FC DALLAS (March 25, Livestrong Sporting Park, 6 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2012 SEASON RECORDS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting KC 2 2-0-0 6 4 0 at home 1 1-0-0 3 3 0

ROSTERS

1 Nielsen

FC Dallas 2 1-0-1 4 3 2 on road 0 0-0-0 0 0 0

7

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

78

5

Collin

Besler

Myers

ALL-TIME (46 meetings): Sporting 19 wins (2 shootout), 66 goals …

FC Dallas 19 wins (1 shootout), 76 goals … Ties 8 AT KC (23 meetings): Sporting 10 wins (0 shootout), 41 goals …

FC Dallas 8 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals … Ties 5

15 Espinoza

55

8

Julio Cesar

LAST YEAR (MLS): 6/12: DAL 1, KC 4 (Shea 32 – Zusi 28, 55; Collin 49; Sassano 78) 8/27: KC 2, DAL 3 (Kamara 22; Bravo 68 – D. Hernandez 70; Maicon Santos 89; Warshaw 90) UPCOMING MATCHES FC DALLAS SPORTING Fri. Mar. 30 at D.C. United Sun. Apr. 1 at Chivas USA Thu. Apr. 5 New England Sat. Apr. 7 Los Angeles Sat. Apr. 14 Montreal Sat. Apr. 14 Real Salt Lake Sat. Apr. 21 at Vancouver Wed. Apr. 18 at Vancouver

16 Sinovic

Zusi

11

23

Convey

Kamara

17 Sapong

9 Perez

23 Wiedeman

4

11

Jacobson

Villar

21 Leyva

2 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM FC DALLAS

SPORTING

F 4 45

A 0 0

F 3 60

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

A 2 90

Hernandez

5 Benitez

1 2 0 0

2 0 0 0

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 0

0 2 0

TYPE OF PLAY

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

1 3 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC DAL

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/17/2012 KC 3, NE 0 3/10/2012 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 3/17/2012 KC 3, NE 0 9/17/2011 KC 0, RSL 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC FC Dallas

WW WT

Pertuz

REFEREE: Abbey Okulaja.

SAR (bench): Frank Anderson; JAR (opposite): Peter Balciunas; 4th: Yader Reyes INJURY REPORTS SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back injury); PROBABLE: MF Paulo Nagamura (L calf strain); MF Graham Zusi (R knee strain); FW Bobby Convey (L abdominal strain); DF Aurelien Collin (R hamstring strain) …

FC DALLAS – OUT: MF Fabian Castillo (L knee); FW Scott Sealy (R knee); DOUBTFUL: MF David Ferreira (R ankle) DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

(0) (0) (6) (3) (4) (0) (7)

FC DALLAS 1 Kevin Hartman (GK) 2 Daniel Hernandez (MF) 3 Ugo Ihemelu (DF) 4 Andrew Jacobson (MF) 5 Jair Benitez (DF) 7 Fabian Castillo (FW) 8 Bruno Guarda (MF) 9 Blas Perez (FW) 10 David Ferreira (MF) 11 Ricardo Villar (MF) 13 Hernan Pertuz (DF) 14 George John (DF) 15 Luis Perea (FW) 16 Bobby Warshaw (DF) 17 Zach Loyd (DF) 18 Chris Seitz (GK) 20 Brek Shea (DF) 21 Bryan Leyva (MF) 22 Carlos Rodriguez (DF) 23 Andrew Wiedeman (FW) 24 Matt Hedges (DF) 28 Victor Ulloa (MF) 29 Moises Hernandez (DF) 31 Scott Sealy (FW) 32 Jonathan Top (FW) 34 Ruben Luna (FW) 35 Alex Lee (DF) 40 Richard Sanchez (GK)

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Teal Bunbury (USA U-23) …

DAL: Brek Shea (USA U-23); Carlos Rodriguez (Panama U-23)

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0

THE LAST TIME

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

Ihemelu

Loyd

Hartman

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

13 1

HOW SCORED

2 1 1 0

17

3

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 Shawn Singh (DF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Cyprian Hedrick (DF) 32 Luke Sassano (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 43 Birahim Diop (FW) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)

FC DALLAS Date Score (Gms since) 3/11/2012 DAL 2, NY 1 10/12/2011 DAL 2, CHI 1 9/24/2011 DAL 0, HOU 1 10/22/2011 DAL 2, SJ 4 3/17/2012 DAL 1, POR 1 10/15/2011 DAL 2, VAN 0 10/01/2011 DAL 0, COL 1

(1) (1) (3) (0) (0) (3) (5)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 2 Sapong A: 2 Zusi SHT: 13 Kamara SOG: 6 Kamara FC: 5 Zusi FS: 5 Espinoza OF: 2 Kamara/Sapong C: 1 3 players tied E: 0 FC DALLAS G: 1 3 players tied A: 2 Perez SHT: 3 3 players tied SOG: 3 Perez/Villar FC: 6 Jacobson FS: 7 Villar OF: 1 Perez C: 2 Benitez E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 2.00 DAL 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DAL 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.00 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 DAL 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAL 2 0 0 0 1 0 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v FC DALLAS (March 25, Livestrong Sporting Park, 6 p.m. CT - MLS Game 26)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 2 2 0 0 62 62 0 0 2 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 0 0 0 0 138 119 5 13 3 Korede Aiyegbusi DF 5-5 155 07/15/1988 London, England 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 74 70 2 2 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 1 0 0 0 158 144 9 14 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 2 2 0 0 61 39 0 2 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 2 2 1 2 66 36 7 10 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 56 34 14 5 11 Bobby Convey MF 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 2 2 0 0 166 154 11 30 12 Konrad Warzycha FW 6-1 190 02/14/1989 Zabrze, Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 160 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 2 2 0 0 89 69 2 9 16 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 1 42 40 0 1 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 2 1 2 0 36 23 7 5 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 Shawn Singh DF 5-9 145 05/05/1989 Bakersfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 23 Kei Kamara FW 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 2 2 1 1 147 107 35 14 24 Cyprian Hedrick DF 6-0 185 10/06/1989 Duala, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Luke Sassano DF 6-0 170 10/14/1985 Orinda, CA 1 0 0 0 48 30 1 0 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 1 0 0 0 139 82 9 10 43 Birahim Diop MF 6-3 180 02/07/1979 Thies, Senegal 0 0 0 0 36 18 5 2 55 Julio Cesar DF 6-1 170 11/18/1978 Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 2 2 0 0 29 27 2 2 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 2 2 0 0 25 23 3 0 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Eric Kronberg (DL) GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 4 3 0 0 5 4 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W29 L28 T21

FC DALLAS 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Kevin Hartman GK 6-1 192 05/25/1974 Athens, OH 2 2 0 0 388 383 0 3 2 Daniel Hernandez MF 5-11 165 07/23/1976 Tyler, TX 2 2 0 0 178 144 6 20 3 Ugo Ihemelu DF 6-0 178 04/03/1983 Enugu, Nigeria 2 2 0 0 177 168 5 5 4 Andrew Jacobson MF 6-2 185 09/25/1985 Ft. Myers, FL 2 2 0 0 71 45 1 5 5 Jair Benitez DF 5-7 145 01/11/1979 Jamundi, Colombia 2 2 0 0 70 68 0 6 7 Fabian Castillo FW 5-8 150 06/17/1992 Cali, Colombia 1 1 0 0 22 17 2 3 8 Bruno Guarda MF 5-8 155 02/06/1986 Piracicaba, Brazil 0 0 0 0 36 18 1 3 9 Blas Perez FW 6-1 174 03/13/1981 Panama City, Panama 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 10 David Ferreira MF 5-5 145 08/09/1979 Santa Marta, Colombia 0 0 0 0 66 66 19 21 11 Ricardo Villar MF 5-9 155 08/11/1979 Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 2 1 0 22 16 1 2 13 Hernan Pertuz DF 6-0 160 03/31/1989 Barranquilla, Atlantico, Col 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 14 George John DF 6-3 200 03/20/1987 Shoreline, WA 2 0 0 0 74 71 4 1 15 Luis Perea DF 6-2 160 01/30/1979 Medellin, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Bobby Warshaw DF 6-0 185 11/21/1988 Mechanicsburg, PA 1 0 0 0 18 4 1 0 17 Zach Loyd DF 5-10 168 07/18/1987 Tulsa, OK 2 2 1 0 56 49 2 4 18 Chris Seitz GK 6-3 236 03/12/1987 San Luis Obispo, CA 0 0 0 0 31 30 0 0 20 Brek Shea MF 6-4 188 02/28/1990 College Station, TX 1 1 0 0 78 59 16 12 21 Bryan Leyva MF 5-6 149 02/09/1992 Chihuahua, Mexico 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 22 Carlos Rodriguez DF 6-0 0 04/12/1990 Villa Lucre, Panama 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 23 Andrew Wiedeman FW 5-11 165 08/22/1989 Oakland, CA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 Matt Hedges DF 6-4 190 04/01/1990 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Victor Ulloa MF 6-0 158 04/03/1992 Chihuahua, Mexico 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 Moises Hernandez DF 6-0 154 03/05/1992 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Scott Sealy FW 5-9 184 06/04/1981 Petit Valley, Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 0 0 128 90 31 9 32 Jonathan Top FW 5-8 160 01/26/1993 Fort Worth, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Ruben Luna FW 6-0 185 02/10/1992 Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 0 0 0 0 19 2 1 1 35 Alex Lee DF 5-10 159 01/15/1990 Rockville, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Richard Sanchez GK 6-3 197 04/05/1994 Mission Hills, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Schellas Hyndman

11/04/1949 W43 L34 T36

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs FC DALLAS LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. March 25, 2012 (WEEK 3, MLS Game #26) 6 p.m. CT (Galavision; KSMO; FS-SW) Sporting Kansas City are aiming to keep their perfect record for the season intact when they play host to FC Dallas at Livestrong Sporting Park on Sunday evening. Sporting made it two wins from two starts last weekend in their home debut, a 3-0 victory against the New England Revolution. FC Dallas are on the road for the first time after following up a First Kick win with a 1-1 draw against the Portland Timbers last weekend.

REFEREE: Abbey Okulaja. SAR (bench): Frank Anderson; JAR (opposite): Peter Balciunas; 4th: Yader Reyes MLS Career: 112 games; FC/gm: 26.8; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 19; pens: 25 INJURY REPORT: SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back injury); PROBABLE: MF Paulo Nagamura (L calf strain); MF Graham Zusi (R knee strain); FW Bobby Convey (L abdominal strain); DF Aurelien Collin (R hamstring strain) … FC DALLAS – OUT: MF Fabian Castillo (L knee); FW Scott Sealy (R knee); DOUBTFUL: MF David Ferreira (R ankle) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Teal Bunbury (USA U-23) … DAL: Brek Shea (USA U-23); Carlos Rodriguez (Panama U-23) SUSPENDED: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (46 meetings): Sporting 19 wins (2 shootout), 66 goals … FC Dallas 19 wins (1 shootout), 76 goals … Ties 8 AT KC (23 meetings): Sporting 10 wins (0 shootout), 41 goals … FC Dallas 8 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals … Ties 5 LAST YEAR (MLS): 6/12: DAL 1, KC 4 (Shea 32 – Zusi 28, 55; Collin 49; Sassano 78) 8/27: KC 2, DAL 3 (Kamara 22; Bravo 68 – D. Hernandez 70; Maicon Santos 89; Warshaw 90)  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  After 16 seasons, the all-time series between the teams is deadlocked, each club with 19 victories.  The road team has won each of the last three meetings in the series, including a 3-2 FC Dallas victory last Aug. 27 at Livestrong Sporting Park.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. DAL: P5 W2 L3 D0 … Schellas Hyndman vs. KC: P8 W4 L2 D2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City made their 2012 home debut and won for the second time in as many starts, a comprehensive 3-0 victory against the New England Revolution on Saturday evening at Livestrong Sporting Park. Sporting are tied with the Houston Dynamo with 6 points from 2 matches, leading the Eastern Conference.

LAST MATCH  The tenor of the match changed after just 14 minutes, when Revolution center back Stephen McCarthy was shown a straight red card for a foul on C.J. Sapong.  Graham Zusi was the first to take advantage of the man advantage, cleaning up in front of goal in the 28th minute. Kei Kamara sent in a ball from the right, and Zusi slid to shoot. New England goalkeeper Matt Reis did well to block, but the rebound fell to Zusi, who fired home while still on the ground.  The second goal came on another putback, this time by Kamara. Left winger Bobby Convey drove into the area and crossed to Kamara in the 39th minute. Reis blocked his first low shot, but Kamara pounced on the rebound and drove it home.  Sapong, starting at center forward with Teal Bunbury on U.S. U-23 national team duty, put the game away less than two minutes into the second half when he scored from point-blank range after left back Seth Sinovic pulled back a low pass from the byeline.  Sporting head coach Peter Vermes made one change to the team that opened the season with a 1-0 win against D.C. United at RFK Stadium. C.J. Sapong replaced Teal Bunbury, away on international duty.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 59), Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Roger Espinoza, Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 76)- Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 57), Bobby Convey - C.J. Sapong.

TEAM NEWS  Sporting are one of three teams – along with Houston and Vancouver – yet to concede a goal on the young season.

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“It’s such a long season,” center back Matt Besler said. “There’s going to be ups and downs. But we’ve been saying all along, through the preseason, that we really feel ahead of where we’ve ever been, and we’re two-fortwo in showing that. That’s the most important part, getting the shutouts. If you don’t give up a goal, you can’t lose – and I don’t mind not losing.”

It’s the second time in three seasons SKC has started with back-to-back shutout victories.

“When you’re winning and you’re keeping the ball, you have a lot more energy than when you’re defending all the time,” said right back Chance Myers. “I think everybody was having fun out there tonight, but our mentality was right too. We were ready to come out here and perform tonight.”

Left back Seth Sinovic recorded the first point of his MLS career – against his former club – when he set up C.J. Sapong for the third goal.

“Bobby (Convey) is able to bring Seth into the game, take a little pressure off of him by actually attracting some guys and then releasing the ball,” Vermes said. “Bobby’s got a great final pass to people. For sure that’s going to be a help to Seth.”

Sporting were forced into a change just before the hour mark when center back Aurélien Collin suffered a tight hamstring.

“He’s going through therapy,” Vermes said. “I don’t think we’ll know anything until probably Wednesday. I think what happened was, he just kind of cramped up in his hammy and didn’t want to go again. If it’s cramped up and you go on, then there’s a chance of getting a tear or something. It’s still sore, which you kind of expect.”

Midfielder Paulo Nagamura, who missed the season opener with a calf strain, was able to make his SKC debut as a second-half substitute. “It feels great,” said Nagamura. “After a few months on the sidelines with injuries, it felt great to play.”

The 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year, C.J. Sapong has started off his sophomore campaign with goals in each of SKC’s opening two games. Sapong scored five goals in his rookie season.

“I’ve been fortunate to get a lot of opportunities and find myself in the right position, so I’m pretty happy about that,” Sapong said. “I’m pretty confident that I can continue the streak. “

FC DALLAS FC Dallas completed their two-game homestand to start the 2012 season with a draw, a 1-1 result with the Portland Timbers on Saturday evening at FC Dallas Stadium. FCD is tied for fourth place in the Western Conference with 4 points from 2 matches.

LAST MATCH  FC Dallas opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Carlos Rodríguez found FCD Academy product Bryan Levya on the right side of the Timbers area. Leyva fired a hard shot that was brushed away by Timbers 'keeper Troy Perkins, only to bounce to a wide-open Blas Pérez waiting to put in the rebound.  Portland answered six minutes after the break. Darlington Nagbe, who came in for Jorge Perlaza to start the second half, collected a Daniel Hernandez turnover outside the penalty area and quickly slid it past FCD 'keeper Kevin Hartman for his first goal of the season.  FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman made two changes to the team that opened the season with a 2-1 win against the New York Red Bulls at FC Dallas Stadium. Bryan Leyva and Carlos Rodriguez came into the wide midfield spots in place of Fabian Castillo and Brek Shea.  FC DALLAS (4-1-4-1): Kevin Hartman - Zach Loyd, Hernan Pertuz, Ugo Ihemelu, Jair Benitez - Daniel Hernandez - Bryan Leyva (George John 46), Ricardo Villar, Andrew Jacobson, Carlos Rodriguez - Blas Perez.

TEAM NEWS  FC Dallas were able to come away with a point despite missing Castillo after his injury forced him off early in the season opener, and with Shea away on international duty.  “It was a good result for us considering we were without three of our most important attacking phase players: Fabian Castillo, Brek Shea and David Ferreira,” said FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman. “I was really pleased with the effort the boys put in. I was very happy we fought all the way to the last second.”  After setting up both FC Dallas goals in his first MLS game, Panamanian international Blas Pérez scored his first league goal in FCD’s 1-1 tie Saturday with the Portland Timbers.  “I feel good [about how I’ve played so far],” Perez said. “I know there are going to be difficult moments in every game, but you have to be mentally and physically prepared. You have to be mature in the sense that when difficult times come, you have to overcome them.  It took nearly three years, but FCD Home Grown Player Bryan Leyva finally made his first MLS start Saturday vs. Portland. Since signing with the club Sept. 20, 2009, Leyva had made one league appearance – a 13minute shift on May 20, 2010 vs. LA.  “He took the shot that lead to the goal and I thought he really did a lot for himself today. Not only for himself personally with confidence, but for his teammates and coaching staff,” said Hyndman. “I think we all felt that he did a really good job.”

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Leyva played just 45 minutes, as Hyndman took him off at halftime in favor of center back George John.

Hernan Pertuz moved to left back, Jair Benitez moved forward into the midfield and Carlos Rodriguez switched flanks.

“It was just too difficult to deal with Portland’s size and physical play in the box," Hyndman said. "I think the strength on Portland’s team is their flank play, getting crosses off, and they got a lot of guys in there that can deal with the crosses."

FCD will be without another starter for the next couple of weeks, after Carlos Rodriguez was called into Panama’s U-23 national team for the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

“I just think we are very thin right now. I didn’t want to put a player late in the game and have him try and get into the rhythm of the game. That is why we only used one substitution,” Hyndman said.

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2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (2-0-0, 6 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 17 F C.J. Sapong 8 M Graham Zusi 23 F Kei Kamara 16 D Seth Sinovic 5 D Matt Besler 9 F Teal Bunbury 78 D Aurelien Collin 11 M Bobby Convey 15 M Roger Espinoza 55 D Julio Cesar 7 D Chance Myers 6 M Paulo Nagamura 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 37 M Jacob Peterson 32 D Luke Sassano 3 D Korede Aiyegbusi 20 M Birahim Diop 14 F Dom Dwyer 4 D Kevin Ellis 2 D Michael Harrington 19 M Peterson Joseph 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 22 F Soony Saad 88 M Michael Thomas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

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

MIN 105 147 180 180 180 75 149 175 180 166 180 33 180 31 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 180

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

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

SHT 6 7 13 2 1 3 2 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 18

SV 7 7 11

GA 0 0 4

SOG 4 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7

FC 2 5 4 1 0 3 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 22

GAA 0.00 0.00 2.00

PG 0 0 0

FS 4 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 28

OFF 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5

CK 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4

C 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Graham Zusi 1, C.J. Sapong 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1, Kei Kamara 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 2 2 Team totals 2 2 Opponent totals 2 2

MIN 180 180 180

SHTS 7 7 15

PA 0 0 0

W 2 2 0

L 0 0 2

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 0 0 0

SO 2 2 0

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

2012 FC DALLAS STATISTICS (1-0-1, 4 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 9 F Blas Perez 17 D Zach Loyd 11 M Ricardo Villar 5 D Jair Benitez 7 F Fabian Castillo 1 G Kevin Hartman 2 M Daniel Hernandez 3 D Ugo Ihemelu 4 M Andrew Jacobson 14 D George John 21 M Bryan Leyva 13 D Hernan Pertuz 22 D Carlos Rodriguez 20 M Brek Shea 16 D Bobby Warshaw 10 M David Ferreira 8 M Bruno Guarda 24 D Matt Hedges 29 D Moises Hernandez 35 D Alex Lee 34 F Ruben Luna 15 D Luis Perea 40 G Richard Sanchez 31 F Scott Sealy 18 G Chris Seitz 32 F Jonathan Top 28 M Victor Ulloa 23 F Andrew Wiedeman Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

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

MIN 180 180 164 175 31 180 180 180 180 50 45 180 149 90 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 180

GS 2 2 2

MIN 180 180 180

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

A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

SHT 3 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 24

SV 3 3 6

GA 2 2 3

SOG 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5

FC 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 27

GAA 1.00 1.00 1.50

PG 0 0 0

FS 4 1 7 2 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 26

OFF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

CK 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12

C 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ricardo Villar 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Blas Perez 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None FC DALLAS INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 G Kevin Hartman Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2

SHTS 5 5 9

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only FC Dallas statistics listed here.

PA 0 0 0

W 1 1 0

L 0 0 1

T 1 1 1

SO 0 0 0

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

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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

RESULT W 1-0 W 3-0

ATT. 16,314 19,777

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 1 3 KC: Sapong (93+) 2-0-0 T1 6 KC: Zusi (28) Kamara (39) Sapong (47)

OPPONENT RESULT New York W 2-1 Portland T 1-1 at Sporting KC at D.C. United New England Montreal at Vancouver Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles Colorado Seattle at Columbus Philadelphia at Chicago at Real Salt Lake at Houston Chivas USA Toronto FC San Jose at Colorado at San Jose Portland Los Angeles at Portland Colorado at Vancouver at Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles Seattle Vancouver at San Jose at Chivas USA at Seattle Chivas USA

ATT. 20,906 12,203

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 DAL: Loyd (11) Villar (61); NY: Cooper (78) 1-0-1 T3 4 DAL: B. Perez (22); POR: Nagbe (51)

FC DALLAS 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sun. Fri. Thu. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun.

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

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

11 17 25 30 5 14 21 25 28 6 9 12 19 23 26 16 23 4 7 14 18 21 28 5 11 15 18 26 2 15 29 7 21 28

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 1 C.J. Sapong 1 Kei Kamara 1 C.J. Sapong 1 Graham Zusi

03/10/2012 03/17/2012 03/17/2012 03/17/2012

at vs. vs. vs.

DC NE NE NE

W W W W

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

Assists 1 Graham Zusi 1 Kei Kamara 1 Seth Sinovic 1 Graham Zusi

03/10/2012 03/17/2012 03/17/2012 03/17/2012

at vs. vs. vs.

DC NE NE NE

W W W W

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

Shots 6 Kei Kamara

03/10/2012

at

DC

W 1-0

Shots on Goal 3 Kei Kamara 3 Kei Kamara 3 C.J. Sapong

03/10/2012 03/17/2012 03/17/2012

at DC vs. NE vs. NE

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

Fouls Committed 3 5 times Fouls Suffered 4 Roger Espinoza

03/10/2012

at

DC

W 1-0

Offside 2 Kei Kamara 2 C.J. Sapong

03/17/2012 03/17/2012

vs. NE vs. NE

W 3-0 W 3-0

Saves 6 Jimmy Nielsen

03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

Shots Faced 6 Jimmy Nielsen

03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

FC DALLAS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 1 Zach Loyd 1 Ricardo Villar 1 Blas Perez Assists 2 Blas Perez Shots 3 Brek Shea 3 Ricardo Villar Shots on Goal 3 Ricardo Villar Fouls Committed 4 Andrew Jacobson Fouls Suffered 5 Ricardo Villar Offside 1 Blas Perez Saves 2 Kevin Hartman Shots Faced 3 Kevin Hartman Goals Allowed 1 Kevin Hartman 1 Kevin Hartman

03/11/2012 03/11/2012 03/17/2012

03/11/2012

03/11/2012 03/11/2012

03/11/2012

03/17/2012

03/17/2012

03/11/2012

03/17/2012

03/17/2012

03/11/2012 03/17/2012

vs. NY vs. NY vs. POR

vs. NY

vs. NY vs. NY

vs. NY

vs. POR

vs. POR

vs. NY

vs. POR

vs. POR

vs. NY vs. POR

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

W 2-1

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 3 03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

Shots 17 03/10/2012

Assists 3 03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

Shots on Goal 7 03/17/2012

Shots 27 03/17/2012 Shots on Goal 8 03/10/2012

vs. NE

at

DC

W 3-0

W 1-0

at

DC

vs. NE

W 1-0

W 3-0

Fouls Committed 12 03/17/2012 vs. NE

W 3-0

Fouls Suffered 10 03/17/2012

W 3-0

vs. NE

Fouls Committed 16 03/10/2012 at

DC

W 1-0

Corner Kicks 4 03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

Fouls Suffered 12 03/10/2012

DC

W 1-0

Offside 0 03/10/2012

at

DC

W 1-0

at

Corner Kicks 5 03/10/2012

at

DC

W 1-0

Saves 1 03/10/2012

at

DC

W 1-0

Offside 4 03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

Shots Faced 1 03/10/2012

at

DC

W 1-0

Saves 6 03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

Shots Faced 6 03/17/2012

vs. NE

W 3-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 2 03/11/2012

vs. NY

W 2-1

Shots 6 03/17/2012

vs. POR

T 1-1

Assists 2 03/11/2012

vs. NY

W 2-1

Shots on Goal 3 03/17/2012

vs. POR

T 1-1

Shots 11 03/11/2012

vs. NY

W 2-1

Fouls Committed 13 03/11/2012 vs. NY 13 03/17/2012 vs. POR

W 2-1 T 1-1

Fouls Suffered 11 03/11/2012

W 2-1

W 2-1 W 2-1

Shots on Goal 6 03/11/2012

W 2-1

Fouls Committed 13 03/11/2012 vs. NY 13 03/17/2012 vs. POR

W 2-1 T 1-1

Corner Kicks 2 03/11/2012

vs. NY

W 2-1

Fouls Suffered 16 03/17/2012

T 1-1

Offside 0 03/17/2012

vs. POR

T 1-1

T 1-1

T 1-1

W 2-1

T 1-1

T 1-1

W 2-1 T 1-1

vs. NY

vs. POR

W 2-1

vs. NY

Corner Kicks 7 03/17/2012

vs. POR

T 1-1

Saves 1 03/11/2012

vs. NY

W 2-1

Offside 1 03/11/2012

vs. NY

W 2-1

Shots Faced 2 03/11/2012

vs. NY

W 2-1

Saves 2 03/17/2012

vs. POR

T 1-1

Shots Faced 3 03/17/2012

vs. POR

T 1-1

Goals Allowed 1 03/11/2012 1 03/17/2012

vs. NY vs. POR

W 2-1 T 1-1

2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. FC DALLAS (1-1-0) UNF 8 99 78 23 32 22 9 20 17 5 15 2 18 7 1 55 16 88

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

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

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

MIN 179 71 109 112 90 68 77 79 180 180 90 1 90 180 90 101 179 56

G 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 4 1 1 4 1 0 3 1 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1

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

FC 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 2

FS 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 7 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

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

CK 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

2 2

2 2

180 180

6 4

5 3

26 27

12 5

23 30

30 23

2 2

8 6

5 7

2 0

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Aurelien Collin 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1, C.J. Sapong 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 18 GK Eric Kronberg 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1

GS 1 1

MIN 90 90

SHTS 1 4

SV 0 1

GA 1 3

GAA 1.00 3.00

PG 0 0

PA 0 0

W 1 0

L 0 1

T 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

5 12

1 6

4 6

2.00 3.00

0 0

0 0

1 1

1 1

0 0

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

2011 FC DALLAS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-1-0) UNF 20 9 2 16 3 24 5 15 18 8 17 1 6 4 14 12 34 7 11

POS PLAYER DEF Brek Shea FWD*Maicon Santos MID Daniel Hernandez DEF Bobby Warshaw DEF Ugo Ihemelu MID*Eric Alexander DEF Jair Benitez FWD Fabian Castillo MID Marvin Chavez MID Bruno Guarda DEF*Jeremy Hall GK Kevin Hartman DEF Jackson MID Andrew Jacobson DEF George John DEF Zach Loyd FWD Ruben Luna FWD Milton Rodriguez MID Ricardo Villar ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 180 90 180 23 180 45 154 90 157 61 90 180 74 180 90 45 26 45 90

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

A 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 5 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1

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

FC 3 1 4 0 6 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1

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

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

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

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

4 6

3 5

27 26

5 12

30 23

23 30

2 2

6 8

7 5

0 2

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 12

SV 6

GA 6

GAA 3.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 1

L 1

T 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

12 5

6 1

6 4

3.00 2.00

0 0

0 0

1 1

1 1

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Bobby Warshaw 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Brek Shea 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Kevin Hartman ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

FC DALLAS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS FC Dallas 19 wins, 76 goals Sporting 19 wins, 66 goals Ties 8

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 21 45 0 66 290 367 7 664 137 157 1 295 295 301 4 600 74 48 1 123 108 125 4 237

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

04/18/1996 05/11/1996 06/29/1996 07/20/1996

DAL 3 vs KC DAL 3 at KC KC 1 at DAL DAL 2 at KC

0 2 0 1

(CB) (KC) (CB) (KC)

04/18/1997 06/06/1997 07/06/1997 08/02/1997

KC 2 vs DAL KC 1 at DAL DAL 3 at KC KC 2 at DAL

1 1 1 1

(KC) KC SOW (CB) (KC) (CB)

04/25/1998 05/20/1998 07/11/1998 09/19/1998

DAL 3 vs KC KC 1 at DAL KC 2 vs DAL DAL 1 at KC

1 1 0 0

(CB) KC SOW (CB) (KC) (KC)

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:

03/20/1999 06/12/1999 07/10/1999 09/18/1999

DAL 4 vs KC KC 1 vs DAL DAL 5 vs KC DAL 1 at KC

0 0 0 1

(CB) (KC) (CB) DAL SOW (KC)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

06/17/2000 06/21/2000

DAL 4 vs KC 1 KC 0 vs DAL 0 (OT)

(CB) (KC)

07/14/2001 08/25/2001

KC 3 vs DAL 2 DAL 3 vs KC 0

(KC) (CB)

04/27/2002 06/01/2002 07/06/2002 07/31/2002

DAL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs DAL KC 1 vs DAL KC 1 at DAL

1 (OT) 2 (OT) 1 (OT) 0

(CB) (KC) (KC) (CB)

05/10/2003 07/12/2003 08/16/2003 10/18/2003

KC 3 at DAL KC 5 vs DAL DAL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs DAL

1 1 2 0

(DR) (KC) (DR) (KC)

04/24/2004 05/22/2004 07/03/2004 07/17/2004

DAL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs DAL KC 5 vs DAL KC 1 at DAL

0 0 1 0

(CB) (KC) (KC) (CB)

05/07/2005 10/15/2005

KC 3 vs DAL 3 DAL 2 vs KC 2

(KC) (PH)

04/23/2006 08/27/2006

DAL 2 vs KC 1 KC 1 vs DAL 0

(PH) (KC)

05/12/2007 10/20/2007

DAL 2 at KC 1 KC 2 at DAL 0

(KC) (PH)

07/04/2008 08/23/2008

DAL 1 vs KC 1 KC 1 vs DAL 1

(PH) (CA)

08/01/2009 09/19/2009

DAL 6 vs KC 0 KC 3 vs DAL 2

(PH) (CA)

07/03/2010 09/25/2010

DAL 1 vs KC 0 DAL 3 at KC 1

(PH) (CA)

06/12/2011 08/27/2011

KC 4 at DAL 1 DAL 3 at KC 2

(PH) (SP)

1 24 288 114 335 63 84

FC Dallas 2 OT Tot. 52 0 76 303 8 599 145 1 260 311 7 653 72 3 138 113 2 199

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 09/26/1996 09/29/1996 10/02/1996

KC 3 vs DAL 2 DAL 2 vs KC 1 KC 2 at DAL 2

(KC) (CB) KC SOW (CB)

U.S. OPEN CUP 08/04/2004

KC 4 vs DAL 0

(X6, QF)

KC DAL

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 6 7 8 14 13 18 8 8 8 14 14 24

Peter Vermes vs. DAL Schellas Hyndman vs. KC

OT 0 0

Total 66 76

2-3-0 (1.20 pts./game) 4-2-2 (1.75 pts./game)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

6 9 78 34 37 46

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Matt McKeon Davy Arnaud

14 7 81 31 39 43

FC Dallas Jason Kreis Jason Kreis Jason Kreis Jason Kreis Jason Kreis Jason Kreis

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

7 5 5 54 17

Tony Tony Tony Tony Tony

5 6 4 74 13

Mark Mark Matt Mark Mark

Meola Meola Meola Meola Meola

Dodd Dodd Jordan Dodd Dodd

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Saves Goals Allowed

3 2 10 5 7 8

Sporting KC Davy Arnaud (7/3/04) 5 players tied Preki (7/6/02) Preki (twice) Uderitz/Bunbury Onandi Lowe (8/25/01)

9 Mike Ammann (6/6/97) 6 Kevin Hartman (8/1/09)

4 2 10 6 7 6

FC Dallas Jeff Cunningham (8/1/09) 10 players tied Cooper/dos Santos Ronnie O'Brien (5/7/05) Atiba Harris (9/25/10) 3 players tied

12 Mark Dodd (9/19/98) 5 Jeff Cassar (twice)

2012 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

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

W-L-T

FC DALLAS Streak (started)

1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ws (9/10/2011) 3 Ws (10/15/2011 6 Ts (5/28/2011)

1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 Ts (3/17/2012) 2 Ls (8/6/2011) 4 Ls (9/10/2011)

2-0-0 0-0-0

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

1-0-1 0-0-0

1 Ts (3/17/2012) 5 Ls (9/10/2011)

0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

1 2 2 3 31

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

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

0-0-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

5 1 1 10 16

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(8/20/2011) (3/17/2012) (3/11/2012) (9/28/2008) (5/12/2001)

2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

7 1 1 2 20

Ws Ts Ts Ls Ls

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

0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

3 1 1 3 27

Ws Ts Ls Ls Ls

(7/20/2011) (3/17/2012) (9/10/2011) (9/19/2009) (7/1/1998)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. FC DALLAS (19-19-8)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. FC DALLAS (19-19-8)

PLAYER Preki Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Chris Klein Scott Sealy Jimmy Conrad Eric Quill Mark Chung Matt McKeon Stephen Armstrong Dario Fabbro Ryan Tinsley Paul Wright Graham Zusi Roy Lassiter Igor Simutenkov Mo Johnston Jack Jewsbury Chris Brown Francisco Gomez Kei Kamara Frank Klopas Onandi Lowe Omar Bravo Chris Brunt Aurelien Collin Diego Gutierrez Michael Harrington Santiago Hirsig Alexi Lalas Luke Sassano Ryan Smith Mike Sorber Sasha Victorine Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Kerry Zavagnin Sean Bowers Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Birahim Diop Nick Garcia Gary Glasgow Zoltan Hercegfalvi Paul Rideout C.J. Sapong Vitalis Takawira Matt Taylor Scott Uderitz Peter Vermes

GP 24 20 13 23 5 17 7 12 15 7 4 8 11 4 2 5 17 15 13 14 5 7 2 1 3 2 12 9 2 4 1 2 2 8 9 4 22 16 4 9 2 22 4 1 4 2 12 3 8 6

GS 22 17 11 20 3 17 7 12 15 2 3 6 6 2 1 4 14 9 7 8 3 7 2 1 2 1 11 7 2 4 1 1 2 8 6 4 22 15 1 7 2 22 4 0 3 2 9 0 7 6

MIN 1939 1509 1087 1850 237 1516 540 1071 1351 391 261 545 619 233 74 329 1327 897 798 792 337 552 180 71 168 109 1001 622 180 360 90 121 171 692 501 330 1973 1346 134 623 124 1926 315 13 286 180 837 47 623 570

G 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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 0 0 0

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

SHT 78 35 23 35 6 8 13 30 16 9 7 4 14 6 2 18 37 11 18 22 10 17 9 1 2 1 12 2 2 3 1 2 3 13 7 9 11 10 4 7 2 2 11 0 8 5 22 2 3 3

Team totals Opponent totals

46 46

46 46

4180 4180

66 76

66 78

664 599

GOALKEEPER Garth Lagerwey Eric Kronberg Tony Meola Mike Ammann Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Chris Snitko Pat Harrington Cesar Delgado ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 15 8 6 6 3 3 2 1

MIN 90 90 1380 720 550 540 270 270 180 90

SHTS 7 1 73 49 43 32 16 19 12 8

SV 4 0 54 39 29 20 9 10 4 4

GAA 0.00 1.00 1.11 1.25 1.80 2.00 2.33 2.67 3.00 4.00

PG 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

46 46

4180 4180

260 295

173 217

1.64 1.42

3 6

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

GP 11 11 4 2 9 4 14 4 3 2 4 5 1 3 3 13 2 3 46 46

GS 11 6 2 1 7 3 13 1 2 2 4 3 1 3 3 6 1 3 46 46

GOALKEEPER Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 3

MIN 90 270

46 46

4180 4180

MIN 1005 635 233 109 622 281 1163 134 125 180 333 325 90 239 270 628 101 261 4180 4180

G 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 76

A 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 78

SHT 24 22 6 1 2 2 8 4 2 5 0 2 0 5 0 15 0 0 664 599

SHTS 1 16

SV 0 9

GAA 1.00 2.33

PG 0 1

260 295

173 217

1.64 1.42

3 6

FC DALLAS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (19-19-8)

CURRENT FC DALLAS PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (19-19-8)

PLAYER Jason Kreis Jeff Cunningham Ariel Graziani Gerell Elliott David Ferreira Oscar Pareja Ted Eck Jorge Rodriguez Joselito Vaca Mickey Trotman John Kerr Ronald Cerritos Kenny Cooper Damian Eddie Johnson Washington Rodriguez Chad Deering Brek Shea Paul Broome Ronnie O'Brien Dax McCarty Toni Nhleko Mark Santel Alain Sutter Dante Washington Ramon Nunez Abe Thompson Marvin Chavez Brad Davis Maicon Santos Daniel Hernandez Lubos Kubik Aaron Pitchkolan Andre Rocha Milton Rodriguez Carlos Ruiz Juan Toja Bobby Warshaw Leonel Alvarez Bobby Rhine Lazo Alavanja Atiba Harris Hamisi Amani-Dove Eric Avila Sergi Daniv Ugo Ihemelu Jackson Antonio Martinez Roberto Mina Richard Mulrooney Hugo Sanchez Diego Sonora Ryan Suarez Temoc Suarez Simo Valakari Dave van den Bergh

GP 28 5 5 8 4 17 18 19 9 4 2 6 6 4 9 2 18 4 11 10 8 5 15 3 7 6 5 5 7 1 4 1 3 2 2 5 3 1 7 16 3 4 1 4 4 4 3 6 2 2 2 7 6 9 8 2

GS 26 3 5 7 4 13 14 19 8 3 2 3 6 4 5 0 16 4 9 8 5 4 11 3 4 3 3 5 6 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 0 6 9 2 4 0 0 3 4 1 3 1 2 2 7 5 3 8 2

MIN 2336 324 450 595 352 1083 1251 1708 755 212 180 350 508 339 513 49 1378 340 840 763 541 320 1062 270 355 267 266 303 486 90 315 90 114 111 90 284 270 23 554 868 235 360 55 113 300 360 164 385 118 180 118 630 399 256 701 139

G 14 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 81 14 14 17 8 14 21 21 17 10 5 10 24 16 18 3 20 9 7 21 4 13 2 8 8 11 2 5 9 10 4 2 1 2 1 9 8 1 4 14 1 6 3 1 2 1 2 5 3 0 2 7 4 4 5 3

Team totals Opponent totals

46 46

46 46

4180 4180

76 66

78 66

599 664

GOALKEEPER Matt Jordan Garth Lagerwey Dario Sala Mark Dodd D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Ray Burse Kevin Hartman Jeff Cassar ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 2 8 11 4 4 1 3 3

MIN 930 180 720 990 370 360 90 270 270

SHTS 62 16 39 91 21 22 4 16 24

SV 45 14 30 74 14 15 2 10 13

GAA 0.87 1.00 1.13 1.18 1.70 1.75 2.00 2.00 3.67

PG 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0

46 46

4180 4180

295 260

217 173

1.42 1.64

6 3

PLAYER David Ferreira Brek Shea Daniel Hernandez Scott Sealy Bobby Warshaw Ugo Ihemelu Jair Benitez Fabian Castillo Bruno Guarda Kevin Hartman Andrew Jacobson George John Zach Loyd Ruben Luna Chris Seitz Ricardo Villar Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 4 13 4 1 10 6 1 3 28 5 3 3 2 4 1 46 46

GS 4 4 10 2 0 9 6 1 1 27 4 3 2 0 4 1 46 46

GOALKEEPER Chris Seitz Kevin Hartman ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 28

MIN 360 2475

46 46

4180 4180

MIN 352 340 1028 204 23 841 484 90 98 2475 368 270 149 26 360 90 4180 4180

G 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 66

A 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 66

SHT 8 9 11 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 599 664

SHTS 19 127

SV 12 89

GAA 1.25 1.27

PG 0 0

295 260

217 173

1.42 1.64

6 3

GAME NOTES

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Kansas City, KS English TV: KSMO-TV Spanish TV: Galavision Spanish Radio: 1340 AM

RECORD 2-0-0 (6 pts) GAMES PLAYED 2 CONFERENCE POSITION 1st in East GOALS 4 GOALS/GAME 2 ALLOWED 0 ALLOWED/GAME 0 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL +4 SHOTS (ON GOAL) 44 (15) ON GOAL % 34.1% FOULS COMMITTED 28 FOULS SUFFERED 22 CAUTIONS 3 EJECTIONS 0

SPORTING Kansas City roster No. Pos. 1 GK 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 MID 16 DEF 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 20 DEF 21 GK 22 FWD 23 FWD 24 DEF 32 DEF 37 FWD 43 FWD 55 DEF 78 DEF 88 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 Shawn Singh sing 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 Birahim Diop Bee-ra-heem Dee-op Julio Cesar JEW-lee-o SEH-sahr Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Michael Thomas

2012 Regular season MLS Standings

1-0-1 (4 pts) 2 4th in the West 3 1.5 0 0 +1.5 17 (9) 52.9% 26 27 2 0

2012 REgular season Individual SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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2 C.J. Sapong goals Perez/Villar/Loyd 1 2 Graham Zusi assists Blas Perez 2 13 Kei Kamara shots Perez, Shea, Villar 3 6 Kei Kamara shots on Goal Perez/Villar 3 1 Sapong/Zusi game-winning goals Ricardo Villar 1 1 Kamara/Zusi game-winning assists Blas Perez 1 5 Roger Espinoza fouls suffered Ricardo Villar 7 5 Graham Zusi fouls committed Andrew Jacobson 6 1 Bunbury/Myers/Zusi cautions Jair Benitez 2 N/A ejections N/A 0.00 Jimmy Nielsen goals against avg Kevin Hartman 1.00 2 Jimmy Nielsen wins Kevin Hartman 1 2 Jimmy Nielsen shutouts N/A 6 Jimmy Nielsen saves Kevin Hartman 3

Coaches - REGULAR SEASON FC DaLLAS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 4th season 29-28-21 4th season 29-28-21

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GP W L T P 1. Sporting Kansas City 2 2 0 0 6 2. Houston Dynamo 2 2 0 0 6 3. Chicago Fire 1 0 0 1 1 4. Montreal Impact 2 0 1 1 1 5. Toronto FC 1 0 1 0 0 6. Columbus Crew 1 0 1 0 0 7. Philadelphia Union 2 0 2 0 0 8. D.C. United 2 0 2 0 0 9. New York Red Bulls 2 0 2 0 0 10. New England Revolution 2 0 2 0 0 Western Conf.

GP W L T P 1. Real Salt Lake 2 2 0 0 6 2.

Colorado Rapids 2 2 0 0 6 3. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2 0 0 6 4. Portland Timbers

2 1 0 1 4 5. FC Dallas 2 1 0 1 4 6. Seattle Sounders FC 1 1 0 0 3 7. LA Galaxy 2 1 1 0 3 8. San Jose Earthquakes 2 1 1 0 3 9. Chivas USA 2 0 2 0 0

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MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team

5th season 43-34-36 5th season 43-34-36

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Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com When last they met...

Noteworthy milestones...

Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas last met on August 27, 2011 in front of a sell-out crowd at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. FC Dallas earned the three points as a result of their dramatic come-frombehind stoppage-time victory.

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Kansas City held a 1-0 lead going into the half and added their second tally in the 68th minute off goals from Kei Kamara and Omar Bravo in that order. However, FC Dallas captain Daniel Hernandez cut Sporting Kansas City’s lead in half in the 70th minute when his free kick made its way through a crowded KC penalty area and into the back of the net.

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Just six minutes later Teal Bunbury received his second yellow card of the match, providing Dallas with the one man-advantage.

The advantage proved pivotal as FC Dallas went on to score two more unanswered goals.

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The first came in the 89th minute, when Brek Shea got himself just a sliver of space on the left sideline. Shea’s service connected with Maicon Santos for the equalizer. The game-winner was eerily similar as Shea once again got himself free out on the left flank, but this time finding rookie Bobby Warshaw, who earned the first points of his MLS career on the play.

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FC Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman played three seasons for Kansas City and started all 90 games from 2007-2009, fostering a 1.4 GAA. Hartman is third all-time in shutouts for Kansas City goalkeepers with 22.

FC Dallas forward Scott Sealy was initially drafted out of Wake Forest in 2005 by Kansas City. He spent his first four seasons in MLS in KC making 88 appearances and scoring 28 goals, adding 5 assists, and totaling 5474 minutes in a Wizards uniform.

Sealy’s next home in MLS was San Jose where he was teammates with current Sporting Kansas City players Bobby Convey and Jacob Peterson.

FC Dallas Goalkeeper Chris Seitz was teammates with Graham Zusi at the University of Maryland when they won the National Championship in 2005.

FC Dallas Brek Shea, Zach Loyd and Ugo Ihemelu were teammates with Sporting Kansas City Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong, and Graham Zusi at USMNT camp and international friendlies in January of 2012. Shea and Bunbury are currently away on international duty playing for the US U-23 MNT in the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Luke Sassano and Aurelien Collin both scored the first goals of their MLS careers against FC Dallas at FC Dallas Stadium on June 12, 2011.

In that same game Graham Zusi earned the first multi-goal game of his MLS career.

Ruben Luna scored four goals for FC Dallas in an MLS Reserve League match against Sporting Kansas City on November 9th, 2011.

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Kei Kamara is 67 minutes shy of surpassing 10,000 regular season minutes played in his MLS career. Only 163 players have broken the 10,000 minutes played barrier in their MLS careers and Kamara will become one of 53 active players to do so.

Kei Kamara and Graham Zusi’s next game-winning assist will move them into a tie for 10th place on the club’s all-time chart, joining Mark Chung, Matt McKeon and Sasha Victorine with 6.

Kei Kamara’s next game-winning goal will move him into a tie for 7th place on the club’s all-time chart, joining Chris Brown, Jose Burciaga, Jr., Eddie Johnson, Mo Johnston and Miklos Molnar with 6.

Kei Kamara is two shots on goal shy of Chris Brown and Scott Sealy for 10th place (72 sog) on the club’s all-time chart. He is four shots on goal back of Matt McKeon for 9th place (74 sog).

Kei Kamara moved past Mark Chung and into the 7th spot on Sporting Kansas City’s career shots chart on Saturday in the team’s 3-0 win over New England. He is now nine shots shy of Jack Jewsbury for 6th place.

Sporting Kansas City’s match on Sunday will be their third in the month of March this year, marking the most games played during the month in team history.

Sporting Kansas City has scored 27 goals in the month of March all-time, tied with the Colorado Rapids for most all-time in March.

Sporting Kansas City’s next game-winning assist will be the 200th in club history. The club will become the sixth MLS club to accumulate 200 or more game-winning assists.

Sporting Kansas City goalkeepers have recorded 795 saves in MLS regular season home matches. Five more and the club will surpass 800 saves at home.

Sporting Kansas City’s next successful penalty kick will be the 50th in club history. The club has converted 74% of penalties taken.

Sporting Kansas City’s next regular season loss will be the 200th in team history. Four clubs have lost 200 or more MLS regular season matches, led by the New York Red Bulls with 217 defeats.

Sporting Kansas City has scored 297 goals all-time in the first half of MLS regular season matches. Three more first half strikes and the club will become the seventh MLS club to score 300 or more goals in the opening 45 minutes.

Sporting Kansas City’s next goal allowed in the second half will be the 400th given up by the team in the second half in team history. By contrast, the team has allowed 305 goals in the first half of play.

2012 Major Events at Livestrong sporting park

• CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament:

Semifinals on March 31, 2012

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

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com Sporting Kansas City News, Notes and headlines Sophomore streak, not slump for Sapong | C.J. Sapong scored the game-winner in the 93rd minute on March 10th at RFK Stadium in front of his friends and family to help Kansas City earn the three points from week 1. This marks the second year in a row the Virginia native has scored a goal in the season opener.

Sapong struck again in Sporting KC’s home opener at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on March 17th scoring the third goal of the match to give KC the 3-0 victory.

Kevin Hartman (22), and Bo Oshoniyi (22).

Speaking of shutouts | Sporting Kansas City are one of three teams to open the 2012 season with back-to-back shutout victories, along with the Houston Dynamo and Vancouver Whitecaps. In the previous 16 MLS seasons, only 16 teams had accomplished the feat. Should Sporting Kansas City extend the shutout streak to three matches, it would be a club best (surpassing the 269-minute mark set in the 2010 season) and Sporting would become the fifth team in MLS history to start a season with three consecutive clean sheets, pending the outcome of the Houston and Vancouver matches in week 3.

Sporting Kansas City is now 8-0 when Sapong puts the ball in the back of the net. Sapong is one of just four players in the League to have scored more than one goal at the conclusion of week 2.

Saint Paddy’s Day Shenanigans | Kei Kamara scored the second goal in Kansas City’s 3-0 victory over the New England Bunbury named to US Under-23 Men’s National Team | Teal Revolution last Saturday. Coincidentally the game fell on Saint Bunbury is in Tennessee with the United States Under-23 Patrick’s day, but not so coincidental was the goal celebration Men’s National Team to compete in the CONCACAF Men’s that occurred after Kamara’s goal.

Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The eight-team tournament began Thursday with the United States playing in Group A at Sporting Kansas City equipment manager Mike Flaherty LP Field in Nashville. helped Kamara follow through with an idea he had construed earlier that morning. Flaherty hid two leprechaun hats by the The top two teams from Group A will advance to the semifi- corner flag and when Kamara scored, him and Sapong put on nals on March 31 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas quite the Irish jig for Kansas City supporters.

City, KS. Each semifinal winner will qualify for the Olympic Games in London this summer.

Sports Team of the Year | Sporting Kansas City has been nominated by the 2012 Sports Business Awards for Sports Nielsen named club captain | Jimmy Nielsen was named club Team of the Year. In addition, LIVESTRONG Sporting Park recaptain for the 2012 campaign. Nielsen’s accolades include ceived nomination for Sports Facility of the Year. The winners but are not limited too: 2010 All-Star, 2011 Team MVP, and of Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal 2012 awards best goals against average for a Sporting KC goalkeeper all- will be announced on May 23, 2012 at the New York Marriott time. Nielsen also earned MLS Save of the Week honors four Marquis at Times Square. times throughout the course of the 2011 season.

Nielsen has already continued to yield success on the field in 2012, opening the season with two clean sheets. Nielsen helped Sporting KC secure shutouts in victories against D.C. United and the New England Revolution. Nielsen has now earned 19 shutouts for Kansas City throughout his MLS career. With one more shutout Nielsen will have earned the 20th of his career ranking him 20th in MLS. He is currently 4th among all-time KC goalkeepers, behind Tony Meola (37),

2012 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 2 2 4 SPORTING 20 24 44 SPORTING 5 10 15 Opp. 0 0 0 Opp. 9 9 18 Opp. 3 4 7 Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total Corners 1 2 Total SPORTING 17 11 28 SPORTING 1 3 4 SPORTING 4 5 9 Opp. 11 11 22 Opp. 3 2 5 Opp. 2 3 5 Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total PK 1 2 Total SPORTING 2 1 3 SPORTING 0 0 0 SPORTING 0 0 0 Opp. 0 1 2 Opp. 1 0 1 Opp. 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com All-time regular season results Date

4/18/1996 5/11/1996 6/29/1996 7/20/1996 4/18/1997 6/6/1997 7/6/1997 8/2/1997 4/25/1998 5/20/1998 7/11/1998 9/19/1998 3/20/1999 6/12/1999 7/10/1999 9/18/1999 6/17/2000 6/21/2000 7/14/2001 8/25/2001 4/27/2002 6/1/2002 7/6/2002 7/31/2002 5/10/2003 7/12/2003 8/16/2003 10/18/2003 4/24/2004 5/22/2004 7/3/2004 7/17/2004 5/7/2005 10/15/2005 4/23/2006 8/27/2006 5/12/2007 10/20/2007 7/4/2008 8/23/2008 8/1/2009 9/19/2009 7/3/2010 9/25/2010 6/12/2011 8/27/2011

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

Result Location L Cotton Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium W Cotton Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium SOW Cotton Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium W Cotton Bowl L Cotton Bowl SOW Cotton Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Cotton Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Cotton Bowl SOL Arrowhead Stadium L Cotton Bowl T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Cotton Bowl T (2OT) Cotton Bowl T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium W Cotton Bowl W Dragon Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Dragon Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Cotton Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Cotton Bowl T Arrowhead Stadium T Pizza Hut Park L Pizza Hut Park W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Pizza Hut Park T Pizza Hut Park T CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Pizza Hut Park W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Pizza Hut Park L CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Pizza Hut Park L LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals

Shots

Shots on Goal Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

1 21 290 137 295 74 108

2 45 367 157 301 48 125

OT 0 7 1 4 1 4

Tot. 66 664 295 600 123 237

Fc dallas Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kick

1 24 288 114 335 63 84

2 52 303 145 311 72 113

OT 0 8 1 7 3 2

Tot. 76 599 260 653 138 199

All-Time Regular Season series leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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6 Preki Goals 9 Preki Assists 78 Preki Shots 34 Preki Shots on Goal 37 Matt McKeon Fouls Committed

Jason Kreis 14 Jason Kreis 7 Jason Kreis 81 Jason Kreis 31 Jason Kreis 43

7 Tony Meola 5 Tony Meola 5 Tony Meola 54 Tony Meola 17 Tony Meola

Mark Dodd 5 Mark Dodd 6 Matt Jordan 4 Mark Dodd 74 Mark Dodd 13

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals allowed

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3 Davy Arnaud Goals Jeff Cunningham 4 Assists 2 5 Players Tied 10 Players Tied 2 Shots Cooper/Dos Santos 10 10 Preki Shots on Goal Ronnie O’Brien 6 5 Preki 7 Uderitz/BunburyFouls Committed Atiba Harris 7 Fouls suffered 3 Players Tied 6 8 Onandi Lowe Saves 9 Mike Ammann 6 Kevin Hartman Goals allowed

Mark Dodd 12 Jeff Cassar 5

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 KC 6 7 8 14 DAL 8 8 8 14

61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 13 18 0 66 14 24 0 76

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com SPORTING KANSAS CITY REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS assists GOALS PLAYER TEAM GP A 1. Graham Zusi KC 2 2 1. Alvaro Fernandez SEA 1 2 1. Blas Perez DAL 2 2 1. David Beckham LA 2 2 1. Jack Jewsbury POR 2 2 1. Kosuke Kimura COL 2 2 2. Kei Kamara KC 2 1 2. Adam Moffat HOU 2 1 2. Alain Rochat VAN 2 1 2. Alvaro Saborio RSL 2 1 2. 17 others tied with 1...

PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. David Estrada SEA 1 3 2. C.J. Sapong KC 2 2 2. Fabian Espindola RSL 2 2 2. Robbie Keane LA 2 2 5. Kei Kamara KC 2 1 5. Graham Zusi KC 2 1 5. Blas Perez DAL 2 1 5. Camilio VAN 2 1 5. Kalif Alhassan POR 2 1 5. Nick DeLeon DC 1 1 5. 24 others tied with 1...

Game-Winning Goals

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS PLAYER TEAM GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi KC 2 1 1. Kei Kamara KC 2 1 1. Adam Moffat HOU 2 1 1. Alain Rochat VAN 2 1 1. Alvaro Fernandez SEA 1 1 1. Blas Perez DAL 2 1 1. Camilo VAN 2 1 1. Eric Hassli VAN 2 1 1. Kalif Alhassan POR 2 1 1. Kosuke Kimura COL 2 1 1. 4 others tied with 1...

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PLAYER TEAM GP C.J. Sapong KC 2 Graham Zusi KC 2 Andre Hainault HOU 2 Brad Davis HOU 2 Chris Wondolowski SJ 2 David Estrada SEA 1 Drew Moor COL 2 Fabian Espindola RSL 2 Javier Morales RSL 2 Jay DeMerit VAN 2 5 others tied with 1...

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Multi-assist Game GOALKEEPER WINS PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 2 1. Matt Pickens COL 2 2 1. Nick Rimando RSL 2 2 1. Tally Hall HOU 2 2 5. Brad Knighton VAN 1 1 5. Joe Cannon VAN 2 1 5. Jon Busch SJ 2 1 5. Josh Saunders LA 2 1 5. Kevin Hartman DAL 2 1 5. Michael Gspurning SEA 1 1 5. Troy Perkins POR 2 1

SAVES PLAYER TEAM GP SV 1. Dan Kennedy CHV 2 9 2. Joe Cannon VAN 2 8 3. Jimmy Nielsen KC 2 7 3. Bill Hamid DC 1 7 3. Matt Pickens COL 2 7 3. Nick Rimando RSL 2 7 3. Tally Hall

HOU 2 7 8. Ryan Meara NY 2 6 9. Zac MacMath PHI 1 6

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Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com 2012 Schedule and Box Scores DATE

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GOAL SCORERS

Sat., March 10th 1-0 W @ D.C. United Sapong Sat., March 17th 3-0 W vs. New England Zusi/Kamara/Sapong Sun., March 25th vs. FC Dallas Sun., April 1st @Chivas USA Sat., April 7th vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Sat., April 14th vs. Real Salt Lake Wed., April 18th @Vancouver Whitecaps Sat., April 21st @Portland Timbers Sat., May 5th vs. Montreal Impact Sat., May 12th @Chicago Fire Sat., May 19th @Colorado Rapids Sun., May 27th vs. San Jose Earthquakes Sat., June 16th vs. Toronto FC Wed., June 20th @Seattle Sounders Sat., June 23rd @Philadelphia Union Fri., June 29th vs. Chicago Fire Wed., July 4th @Montreal Impact Sat., July 7th vs. Houston Dynamo Sat., July 14th @Columbus Crew Wed., July 18th @Houston Dynamo Sat., July 21st vs. New England Revolution Sat., July 28th vs. Columbus Crew Sat., August 4th @New England Revolution Sat., Aug. 11th vs. D.C. United Sat., August 18th @Toronto FC Sun., Aug. 26th vs. New York Red Bulls Sat., Sept. 1st vs. Toronto FC Fri., Sept. 14th vs. Houston Dynamo Wed., Sept. 19th @New York Red Bulls Sat., Sept. 22nd @Montreal Impact Fri., Sept. 28th vs. Chicago Fire Sun., October 7th @Columbus Crew Sat., October 20th @New York Red Bulls Wed., Oct. 24th vs. Philadelphia Union NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (0-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) DATE: March 17, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Stadium

Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

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Scoring Summary: KC--Zusi 1 (Kamara 1) 28 KC--Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39 KC--Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 47 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Zusi 28, Myers 45 NE: Ejections: McCarthy 14 Stats Sporting Kansas City New England TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 7) 11 (Nguyen/Simms 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 6 (Guy 2) FOULS: 12 (Myers 3) 10 (Sene 2) OFFSIDE: 4 2 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 6 Reis 4 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Stephen McCarthy (Ejected 14), Benny Feilhaber (Jeremiah White 61), Clyde Simms, Shalrie Joseph, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Ryan Guy 45), Saer Sene (Diego Fagundez 57).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 59), Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 57), Bobby Convey, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 76), C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Silviu Petrescu Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Corey Parker 4th Official: David Gantar.

Attendance: 19,777.

Temperature: 74 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS D.C. UNITED (0-1-0) DATE: March 10, 2012 -- RFK Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot D.C. United 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 1 (Zusi 1) 93+ Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Teal Bunbury DC: Cautions: John Lozano Stats Sporting Kansas City DC United TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 6) 7 (De Rosario/Salihi/Santos) SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Kamara 3) 1 (Santos 1) FOULS: 16 (4 tied with 3) 12 (Boskovic/Woolard 2) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 5 3 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Hammid 7 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 85), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 75).

D.C. UNITED--Bill Hamid, Robbie Russell, Daniel Woolard, Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Andy Najar, Chris Pontius (Danny Cruz 74), Perry Kitchen, Branko Boskovic (Josh Wolff 66), Dwayne De Rosario, Hamdi Salihi (Maicon Santos 80).

Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Sean Hurd, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik.

Attendance: 16, 314.

Temperature: 44.

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com Miscellaneous Stats - 2012 Regular Season Quickest Goal...

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Regular Season Record Breakdown

28, Graham Zusi, 3/17 vs NE N/A 93+, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at D.C. United

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23y2m13d, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at DC

27y6m16d, Kei Kamara, 3/17 vs NE 22y13d, Teal Bunbury, 3/10 at DC 34y7m5d, Jimmy Nielsen, 3/10 at DC

2012 Record When…

• Scoring first goal: 2-0-0 • Conceding first goal: N/A • Leading at halftime: 1-0-0 • Tied at halftime: 1-0-0 • Trailing at halftime: N/A

0 goals scored: N/A

1 goal scored: 1-0-0

2 goals scored: N/A

3 goals scored: 1-0-0

4+ goals scored: N/A

0 goals allowed: 2-0-0

1 goal allowed: N/A

2 goals allowed: N/A

3 goals allowed: N/A

4+ goals allowed: N/A • Wearing Sporting Blue: 2-0-0 • Wearing Dark indigo: N/A • Leading at 75’ 1-0-0 • Tied at 75’ 1-0-0 • Trailing at 75’ N/A • Outshooting opponent 2-0-0 • Outshot by opponent N/A • Shots even N/A • One-goal games 1-0-0 • On ESPN2 N/A • On NBCSN N/A • On KCTV5 N/A • On KSMO-TV 2-0-0 • Day games (before 5pm) N/A • Games 5pm or later: 2-0-0 • With red card received… N/A • With red card against… 1-0-0 • Temperature 75 & up… N/A • Temperature below 75… 2-0-0 • In Pacific time zone… N/A • In Mountain time zone… N/A • In Central time zone… 1-0-0 • In Eastern time zone… 1-0-0 • vs. Eastern Conference 2-0-0 • vs. Western Conference N/A • On grass… 2-0-0 • On turf… N/A Home and Away...

• Overall All-time: 196-199-100 • 2012 At home: 1-0-0 • All-time at home: 132-72-43 • 2012 On road: 1-0-0 • All-time on road: 64-127-57

Record By Month..

March 2012: 2-0-0

March all-time: 7-6-1

April 2012: N/A

April all-time: 31-26-11

May 2012: N/A

May all-time: 25-33-16

June 2012: N/A

June all-time: 32-25-19

July 2012: N/A

July all-time: 35-29-20

Aug. 2012: N/A

Aug. all-time: 31-39-12

Sept. 2012: N/A

Sept. all-time: 22-31-11

Oct. 2012: N/A

Oct. all-time: 13-10-10 Team-by-team (in 2012)...

• vs. Chicago: 10-21-9 (0-0-0) • vs. Chivas USA: 6-4-4 (0-0-0) • vs. Colorado Rapids: 20-17-12 (0-0-0) • vs. Columbus Crew: 18-20-5 (0-0-0) • vs. D.C. United: 17-18-9 (1-0-0) • vs. FC Dallas: 19-19-8 (0-0-0) • vs. Houston Dynamo: 3-5-4 (0-0-0) • vs. LA Galaxy: 17-22-11 (00-0) • vs. Miami Fusion: 3-4-1 • vs. N.E. Revolution: 20-13-9 (1-0-0) • vs. New York Red Bulls: 1717-9 (0-0-0) • vs. Philadelphia Union: 1-0-3 (0-0-0) • vs. Portland Timbers: 2-0-0 (0-0-0) • vs. Real Salt Lake: 6-5-3 (0-0-0) • vs. SJ Earthquakes: 19-20-7 (0-0-0) • vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 1-5-0 (0-0-0) • vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny: 10-6-1 • vs. Toronto FC: 5-3-4 (0-0-0) • vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 1-01 (0-0-0)

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com

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

74

70

6312

2

2

18

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

77

73

6582

2

2

18

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

56

34

3259

14

5

109

45

62

40

36

3

6

1

4

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

246

2

0

7

3

5

4

1

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

59

37

3505

16

5

116

48

67

44

37

3

7

1

5

1

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

29

27

2315

2

2

9

4

33

19

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

32

30

2554

2

3

10

4

34

24

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

25

23

2061

3

0

17

6

41

20

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

28

26

2331

4

0

21

7

46

21

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

2

2

175

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

5

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

166

154

13866

11

30

195

88

227

212

41

254

34

2

2

9

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

2

1

7

3

8

8

1

11

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

171

159

14317

13

31

202

91

235

220

42

265

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

89

69

6155

2

9

67

18

112

107

8

13

14

3

1

2

KC - Post Season

5

4

288

0

0

1

0

3

5

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

94

73

6443

2

9

68

18

115

112

9

13

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

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

67

57

5196

21

11

207

70

95

103

27

1

7

0

5

5

MLS - Reg. Season

147

107

9933

35

14

335

128

202

207

68

3

14

1

9

7

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

151

110

10190

35

13

337

130

206

213

70

3

14

1

9

7

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

61

39

3803

0

2

40

12

58

34

3

4

3

1

0

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

5

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

64

42

4073

0

2

40

12

63

38

3

4

3

1

0

0

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

0

33

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

157

144

12801

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

13710

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

2

0

44

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

2

0

44

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

1

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

139

82

7290

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

142

84

7451

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

36

23

2201

7

5

59

29

32

48

7

0

0

0

2

2

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

5

5

8

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

39

26

2471

8

5

64

34

40

55

5

0

0

0

2

2

Luke Sassano

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

10

5

545

1

0

3

2

2

6

0

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

48

30

2798

1

0

17

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

52

34

3139

1

0

18

3

23

32

1

1

5

1

0

0

Shawn Singh

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

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

22

22

1917

0

1

8

2

16

16

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

42

40

3497

0

1

15

3

29

26

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

45

43

3762

0

1

15

3

33

29

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

66

36

3540

7

10

75

26

47

50

4

117

7

0

2

5

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

2

4

0

5

3

0

11

0

0

0

1

MLS Career - TOTAL

69

39

3810

7

12

79

26

52

53

4

128

7

0

2

6

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GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

62

62

5557

235

166

19

69

1.12

2

3

24

21

16

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

9

7

2

2

0.67

0

0

2

1

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

65

65

5827

244

173

21

71

1.10

2

3

26

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

MINI BIOS

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com

COACHING STAFF

#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:

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager

Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach

Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel

Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2011, KC vs HOU Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 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 March 10, 2012 KC at DC Goal Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL Assist Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Fitness Coach

#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..

Appearance August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Goal N/A Assit: N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#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 Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY 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..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs LA Assist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#5 | D | Matt Besler

#55 | D | Aurelien Collin

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

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, 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 Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Aug. 6, 2011, KC vs SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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 March 17, 2012 KC vs NE Goal Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com #11 | M | Bobby Convey

#4 | D | Kevin Ellis

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

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 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 March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal May 21, 2011, SJ vs NE Assist May 14, 2011, SJ vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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

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

#43 | M | Birahim Diop

#15 | M | Roger Espinoza

Ht: 6-3 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/7/1979 Hometown: Thies, Senegal Last Club: FC Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol (Moldova) Acquired: Signed 3/17/10

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: Goals 3, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ 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..

Appearance Nov. 2, 2011, KC vs COL Goal Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Assist June 12, 2011, KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL 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, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assist July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#14 | D | Dom Dwyer

#2 | D | Michael Harrington

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: Cuckfield, England College: University of South Florida Acquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

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 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

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

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com #24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin

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

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 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

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

#19 | M | Peterson Joseph

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg

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

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 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

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

#23 | F | Kei Kamara

#7 | M | Chance Myers

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

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 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, 4 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 5, 3 times, last: July 17, 2010, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI Last..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Assist March 17, 2012 KC vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 1-0-0

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: Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 10, 2011, KC vs HOU Last..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal N/A Assist July 23, 2011 KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com #6 | M | Paulo Nagumura

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson

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

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: Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Goals 1, 9 times, last: Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Assists 1, 10 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, SJ at TOR Shots on Goal 4, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 4, 4 times, last: April 16, 2011, TOR at DC Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Committed 2, 7 times, last: July 20, 2011, SJ at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last..

Last..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Appearance March 10, 2012 KC at DC Goal Sept. 10, 2010, CHV vs NE Goal Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Assist June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Assist Aug. 27, 2011, SJ at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen

#22 | F | Soony Saad

Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10

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 Allowed 4, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last..

Appearance Shutout 2012 Record when:

March 17, 2012, KC vs NE March 17, 2012 KC vs NE he starts 2-0-0

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

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum

#17 | F | C.J. Sapong

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

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 N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A N/A Shots Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 7 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, March 17, 2012, KC vs NE 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Shots Fouls Committed 3, March 26, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Last..

March 17, 2012 KC vs NE Appearance Goal March 17, 2012 KC vs NE Assist Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 2-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 25, 2012 vs FC Dallas | www.SportingKC.com #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..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal June 12, 2011, KC at DAL 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: 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

#20 | D | Shawn Singh

#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 145 DOB: 05/05/1989 Hometown: Bakersfield, California College: UCLA Acquired: ‘12 MLS Supplemental Draft 1st Round (16th). Signed 3/19/12

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

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

#16 | D | Seth Sinovic

#8 | M | Graham Zusi

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011

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: Goals N/A Assists 1, March 17, 2012, KC vs NE 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 March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal N/A Assist March 17, 2012, KC vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assists 2, Sept. 10, 2011: KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: March 10, 2012, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Assist March 17, 2012, KC vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 1-0-0

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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 Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Birahim Diop Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Cyprian Hedrick Luke Sassano Jacob Peterson Julio Cesar Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas

"00" = minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 DC NE 1-0 3-0 90G 90G

90D 90D 33 90D 90D 90M 57M 75F 85M 90M 31 90M 90M 90D 90D 15 90F

90M 90M 14 5 90M 76M 90D 59D

Game log: Game #1 03/10/2012 Game #2 03/17/2012 W W

Sapong 1 (Zusi 1) Zusi 1 (Kamara 1)

93 28; Kamara 1 (unassisted)

39; Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY KC 1 at DC 0 KC 3 vs NE 0

47

DALLAS/KANSAS CITY ALL‐TIME MLS REGULAR‐SEASON RESULTS FC Dallas record: 19‐19‐8 Home games: 11‐9‐3 (44 GF, 25 GA) Road games: 8‐10‐5 (32 GF, 41 GA)

REGULAR SEASON GOALS SCORED IN 15‐MINUTE INTERVALS

1‐15 16‐30 31‐45 46‐60 61‐75 76‐90 Total DAL 8 8 8 14 14 24 76

KC 6 7 8 14 13 18 66

LAST FIVE DALLAS/NEW YORK REGULAR SEASON RESULTS 09/19/2009 DAL 2 at KC 3 CommunityAmerica Ballpark 07/03/2010 DAL 1 vs KC 0 FC Dallas Stadium 09/25/2010 DAL 3 at KC 1 CommunityAmerica Ballpark 06/12/2011 DAL 1 vs KC 4 FC Dallas Stadium 08/27/2011 DAL 3 at KC 2 Livestrong Sporting Park

FC DALLAS ATTENDANCE FC Dallas’ attendance is on the rise again in 2012. The team’s attendance went up by 19 percent from 2010 to 2011. In its first two home matches of 2012, Dallas has drawn an average of 16,555 fans, an increase of 28.7 percent.

Year Home Average Increase 2010 10,815 ‐‐ 2011 12861 19% 2012 16,555 28.7%

VILLAR’S A DAD… AND THE MOST FOULED PLAYER IN MLS FC Dallas’ Ricardo Villar is tied with Portland’s Diego Chara for the league lead in fouls suffered with seven. The 32‐year‐old attacking midfielder scored his first goal in an FC Dallas uniform on Sunday, March 11 in a 2‐1 victory over New York. Villar celebrated by pretending to rock a baby to sleep, a tribute to his son Lucas, who was born on February 1, 2012.

OFF TO A GOOD START FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City are the only two teams in MLS with two goals scored in the first half of play already this season.

Both teams have also not allowed a first half goal this season.

KEY STATS: FC DALLAS VS PORTLAND – March 17, 2012 • Andrew Jacobson had a game‐high 15 headers.

• Ugo Ihemelu had a team‐high nine clearances.

• In just one half of play, George John tied with Portland’s Diego Chara and Rodney Wallace with a game‐high three interceptions.

• Daniel Hernandez completed a game‐high 38 passes.

GEORGE JOHN IS BACK George John, who recorded career highs in goals (3), assists (1), minutes played (2,781) and shots (18) during the 2011 regular season, returned to Dallas on March 2 following a two‐month loan with English Championship League side West Ham United. One of MLS’s top center backs, John’s return gives FC Dallas four rock solid options in central defense (Ihemelu, Pertuz, Hedges and John).

MLS MVP DAVID FERREIRA 2010 MLS MVP, David Ferreira, is expected to make his return from injury early in 2012. Ferreira missed most of the 2011 season after suffering an ankle injury against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 23, 2011. Ferreira netted eight goals and added 13 assists to lead FC Dallas during his MVP season. He picked up another three goals and an assist in 2011 before suffering a broken ankle in his seventh match of the season.

FC DALLAS STADIUM ADVANTAGE In 2011, FC Dallas allowed the second‐fewest goals against at home.

With only 11 goals against in Frisco, Dallas was sandwiched between the L.A. Galaxy (8GA) and Real Salt Lake (15GA).

EXTRA SET PIECES FC Dallas suffered 456 fouls from opponents last season, which puts Dallas first in MLS in dead ball opportunities (and bruises).

OFFSEASON ADDITIONS FCD loaded up on defenders and forwards during the offseason. The club brought in seven new players. Forwards Blas Perez, Luis Perea and Scott Sealy will look to supplement the offense while defenders Matt Hedges, Carlos Rodriguez, Alex Lee and Hernan Pertuz will look to improve on Dallas’ 2011 goals against of 1.15.

FC DALLAS SIGNS COLOMBIAN STRIKER LUIS PEREA FC Dallas signed 6’2” Colombian striker Luis Perea on March 13.

Perea spent his youth career with Atlético Nacional. In 2010, he appeared in 36 games for León de Huánuco, scoring 22 goals for the Peruvian side. The success led to a loan with Chilean football club Everton de Viña del Mar, where the young forward notched six goals in 13 games. Perea then remained in Peru to play for Universidad San Martin de Porres until the club folded earlier this year.

FC DALLAS’ MILESTONE ASSIST Blas Perez’s two‐assist outing against New York on March 11 lifted Dallas two passes closer to reaching the 800 assist mark. FCD now has 797 franchise assists, three passes away from reaching a milestone only two other MLS clubs have attained (DCU 837 assists, LA 820 assists). Perez is also tied for the league lead in assists with Beckham, Alvaro Fernandez, Jewsbury, Kosuke Kimura and Zusi.

USSF HALL OF FAMER FERNANDO CLAVIJO NAMED TD A native of Maldonado, Uruguay, Clavijo played three seasons in the American Soccer League, two in the North American Soccer League and 10 in Major Indoor Soccer League before transitioning to a spot on the sidelines. Inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005, Clavijo earned 61 caps for the U.S. National Team.

When his playing career ended, Clavijo stepped to the sidelines and was head coach of the Colorado Rapids from 2005 to 2008. He also served as an assistant with the MetroStars in 1998 and head coach of the New England Revolution from 2000 to 2002. At the international level, Clavijo was an assistant coach with the Nigerian national team in 1998 and head coach of the Haitian national team from 2003 to 2005. Most recently, Clavijo has served as executive director of soccer for Traffic Sports USA in Florida.

SHEA CALLED INTO U.S. U‐23 NATIONAL TEAM CAMP U.S. Under‐23 Men’s National Team head coach Caleb Porter’s 19‐ player roster for training camp convening March 13 included FC Dallas winger Brek Shea. Porter is beginning his final preparations for the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament. The U.S. will compete in Group A, which kicks off March 22 at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn.

LOYD’S SOPHOMORE SEASON Zach Loyd finished the 2011 season in a four‐way tie with Daniel Hernandez, Marvin Chavez and Brek Shea for second on the team in th assists. FCD’s first pick (5 overall) in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, Loyd logged career highs in every category last season despite playing 24 matches for Dallas during his rookie season. Loyd scored Dallas’ first match of this season when he tucked away a pass from Blas Perez in th the 11 minute of FC Dallas’ 2‐1 victory over New York on March 11.

BREK KEEPING BUSY FC Dallas midfielder Brek Shea spent the offseason training with Arsenal FC in Europe. He also logged substantial minutes with the U.S. Under‐23 National Team in preparation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On top of that, Shea was called into the full U.S. Men’s National Team to assist in a historic 1‐0 victory over Italy in Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa on Feb. 29. One of Shea’s proudest achievements is the fact that he has been able to improve his stats each year he has been in the league.

Year Age GP G A 2008 18 2 0 0 2009 19 19 0 4 2010 20 25 5 4 2011 21 31 11 4 2012 22 1 ‐ ‐

2011 SHUTOUT STREAK Kevin Hartman and the FC Dallas defense held the longest shutout streak of the 2011 MLS season at 531 minutes (05/01/11 – 05/28/11). During that stretch, the team went 4‐0‐3.

MLS RESERVE LEAGUE GOLDEN BOOT FC Dallas Home Grown player Ruben Luna led the MLS Reserve League in goals with six during the 2011 season. Leading the league in goals is nothing new for the 20‐year‐old striker. Luna recorded 38 goals in 27 games for the FC Dallas Academy U16 team in 2009. That total gave him the most goals in the U16 U.S. Development Academy League that season. Luna also found the back of the net twice in a CONCACAF Champions League match against Tauro FC on Sept. 28 to lead FC Dallas in goals scored during the competition.

FC DALLAS STADIUM ATTENDANCE RECORDS Advancing to MLS Cup 2010 is having lasting impressions on FC Dallas’ fan base. The club drew three of its top 10 regular season crowds in FC Dallas Stadium history during the 2011 season and led off the 2012 season with the fourth largest crowd in club history.

1. May 18, 2008 – FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles (5‐1 LA) 22,331 2. May 1, 2011 – FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles (2‐1 FCD) 21,867 3. July 27, 2008 – FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles (4‐0 FCD) 21,020 4. March 11, 2012 – FC Dallas vs. New York (2‐1 FCD) 20,906 5. July 2, 2011 – FC Dallas vs. Columbus (2‐0 FCD) 20,704 6. Oct. 7, 2006 – FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles (2‐1 FCD) 20,500 7. April 22, 2007 – FC Dallas vs. Colorado (3‐1 FCD) 20,500 8. Oct. 20, 2007 – FC Dallas vs. Kansas City (2‐0 KC) 20,500 9. March 19, 2011 – FC Dallas vs. Chicago (1‐1 Draw) 20,145

BEST IN MLS HISTORY In 2010, FCD goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (0.62) broke the all‐time MLS record for goals‐against‐average (GAA) in a season. He became the first MLS goalkeeper to eclipse the 1,300 save mark on April 17, 2011. He also became the first MLS goalkeeper to reach 100 shutouts on June 4, 2011. Hartman has enjoyed a renaissance since joining FC Dallas. He took over the starting goalkeeper role on May 5, 2010 and has a compiled a regular season record of 26‐12‐15.

FC DALLAS RESERVES DEFEAT RSL RESERVES 3‐1 FC Dallas Reserves got a boost from newly signed striker Luis Perea.

The 25‐year‐old Colombian netted a goal and an assist in just one half of play as FC Dallas Reserves defeated Real Salt Lake Reserves 3‐ 1 at FC Dallas Stadium on March 13. Dallas also got goals out of Homegrown players Bryan Leyva and Jonathan Top. Andrew Wiedeman added an assist.

FCD RESERVES PICK UP 1‐0 WIN OVER RAPIDS RESERVES FC Dallas Reserves collected its second win of the season with a 1‐0 victory over the Colorado Rapids Reserves at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on March 20. Homegrown player Bryan Leyva scored the only goal of the game late in the match, dribbling past a Rapids defender before firing a shot to the far post from 15 yards out. Leyva now has two goals in two games. The 20‐year‐old midfielder earned the first start of his MLS career against Portland on March 17.

FC Dallas Reserves Schedule (All Times Central) Date Time/Result Opponent Location March 13 3‐1 W Real Salt Lake FC Dallas Stadium Dick’s Sporting Goods Park March 20 1‐0 W Colorado April 10 7:30 PM Houston FC Dallas Stadium April 17 11 AM Real Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Utah May 1 7:30 PM Sporting KC LIVESTRONG Sporting Park June 16 6:30 PM Houston BBVA Compass Stadium Sept. 11 7:30 PM Colorado FC Dallas Stadium Sept. 18 10 AM Chicago Toyota Park Practice Field Sept. 25 7:30 PM Sporting KC FC Dallas Stadium TBD TBD Chicago FC Dallas Stadium

FC DALLAS PLAYER NOTES

# 1 Kevin Hartman GK 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 180 MP, 3 SAVES, 1.00 GAA, 1‐0‐1

2011: Hartman led the MLS in 2011 with 13 shutouts on the season, including his 100th career shutout against New England Revolution on June 4. 2010: Since joining FC Dallas, Hartman shattered the MLS single‐season goals against average (0.62) previously held by Pat Onstad (0.82 in 2007).

# 2 Daniel Hernandez M 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 180 MP, 2 SHOTS, 4 FC, 1 FS

2011: Hernandez recorded two goals, the first a game‐winner against Toronto FC on May 11. 2010: Hernandez was named team Captain at the start of the season... He was one of six FC Dallas players to surpass the 2,000 minute mark and started all 24 matches in which he appeared.

# 3 Ugo Ihemelu D 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 180 MP, 2 FC, 2 FS

2012: Entering the season, Ihemelu has been named team captain.

2011: The SMU product has started in 30 games and had two goals for FC Dallas. 2010: Ihemelu started 18 games for FC Dallas, scoring his only goal of the season against Houston on May 5. The goal was a game‐winner, securing FC Dallas’ first‐ever victory in Houston against the Dynamo.

# 4 Andrew Jacobson M 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 180 MP, 6 FC, 4 FS

2011: A key part of the FC Dallas midfield, Jacobson made an immediate impact after coming over from Philadelphia in the offseason. He led FC Dallas in assists with five for the 2011 season.

2010: Selected by the Union in the 2009 Expansion Draft, Jacobson started 13 of 25 games and played a total of 1,294 minutes for the Union in 2010.

# 5 Jair Benitez D 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 175 MP, 1 SHOT, 2 FC, 2 FS

2011: Benitez missed the start of the season due to injury, but regained his steady form, starting 25 games for FCD since June 4.

2010: Picked up his first assist of the season in a 3‐1 win over the Philadelphia Union on Aug. 8. Benitez notched his second assist of the season two games later when he picked out Brek Shea for a game‐winner against Chivas USA on Aug. 21.

# 6 Carlos Rodriguez D 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 149 MP, 1 SHOT, 1 FC, 2 FS

Rodriguez is a familiar player for FC Dallas. Dallas faced him during his time with Tauro FC twice in CONCACAF Champions League group play last season. He picked up one assist for Tauro FC during the tournament. Rodriguez also appeared in two friendlies for the Panama National Team last year, earning caps against Paraguay on Sept. 2 and Costa Rica on Nov. 11.

# 7 Fabian Castillo F 2012 Totals: 1 GP, 31 MP

2011: Castillo rejoined FC Dallas on Aug. 20, his first appearance since June 18 due to an international call‐up. Castillo spent his time away as the only MLS representative in the 2011 FIFA U‐20 World Cup. History: A member of the Colombian U‐20 National Team, Castillo began his career in the Deportivo Cali youth ranks before making his first team professional debut during the 2010 season.

# 8 Bruno Guarda M 2011 Totals: 11 GP, 500 MP, 2 A, 5 SHOTS, 9 FC, 7 FS

2011: Guarda started his first game of the season for FC Dallas in a 1‐0 win over Chivas USA on July 31. 2010: Guarda made nine appearances for FC Dallas, starting twice for a total of 233 minutes...

He saw 45 minutes of action in FC Dallas’ friendly against the West Texas United Sockers.

# 9 Blas Perez F 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 180 MP, 1 G, 2 A, 3 SHOTS, 4 FC, 4 FS

Pérez, who turned 31 on Feb. 13, scored 19 goals in 23 starts during his last full season with León of the Mexican second division. The 6‐1 Panamanian had a strong showing in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He scored Panama’s first goal of the tournament just 29 minutes into its 3‐2 win over Guadeloupe. He found the back of the net three times during the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

# 10 David Ferreira M/F 2011 Totals: 6 GP, 505 MP, 3 G, 1 A, 11 SHOTS, 5 FC, 19 FS

2011: Ferreira started the 2011 season with a bang, scoring three goals in his first five matches before going down with an ankle injury against the Vancouver Whitecaps on April 23. The injury ended his season. 2010: Ferreira was named Major League Soccer’s MVP on Nov. 20... He tied for the MLS lead in game‐winning assists (5)... He also scored two game‐winning goals.

# 11 Ricardo Villar M 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 164 MP, 1 G, 3 SHOTS, 2 FC, 7 FS

2011: Villar started 14 MLS matches for FC Dallas in the 2011 season. He had the game winning assist against Alianza FC on July 28, five days after recording his first assist with FC Dallas in a 2‐2 draw at NY. History: Born on Aug. 11, 1979, in São Paulo, Brazil, Villar began his career with the youth ranks of São Paulo FC. Villar left São Paulo FC in 1996 to play collegiate soccer at Penn State for current FC Dallas Technical Director Barry Gorman. From 1997 to 2001 Villar scored 27 goals and added 31 assists for PSU.

# 13 Hernan Pertuz D 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 180 MP

Along with forward Fabian Castillo, Pertúz is the second youthful Colombian FC Dallas has signed in the past year. The six‐foot center back will turn 23 on March 31. He scored one goal last season with Independiente Medellín, who finished the Liga Postobon with a 6‐8‐ 4 record. The up‐and‐coming defender will be called upon to add depth to the FC Dallas backline.

# 14 George John D 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 50 MP, 1 FC, 3 FS

2011: One of the top center backs in MLS, John currently finished eighth out of 445 players in MLS by the Castrol Player Ranking.

2010: John logged the fifth‐most minutes of any FC Dallas player (2,138MP) and started 25 of 30 regular season games he played. He scored his only goal of the season against the LA Galaxy in the Western Conference Final on Nov. 14. He helped Dallas record a franchise‐best goals against average of 0.93.

# 16 Bobby Warshaw M 2012 Totals: 1 GP, 16 MP

2011: FCD’s first round selection in 2011 appeared in 17 games. His first goal of the season was a game‐winner in stoppage time at Sporting KC on Aug. 27. 2010: Warshaw was a Hermann Trophy semifinalist and NSCAA All‐American. Warshaw captained Stanford as a junior and senior, leading the Cardinal in scoring three times, even after moving to central defense to shore up the back line. A three‐time All‐Pac‐10 first team honoree, Warshaw was one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award in 2010.

# 17 Zach Loyd D/M 2012 Totals: 2 GP, 180 MP, 1 G, 1 SHOT, 2 FC, 1 FS

2011: In addition to being a major contributor in the success of the FCD defense, Loyd assisted on four goals and scored one of his own.

2010: Dallas’ first‐round pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, Loyd made his professional debut in FCD’s second match of the season, playing 90 minutes in a 2‐2 draw with Columbus on April 10.

# 20 Brek Shea D/M 2012 Totals: 1 GP, 90 MP, 3 SHOTS, 3 FC, 2 FS

2011: Shea was named to the MLS All‐Star team on July 11. He th finished the regular season ranked 9 in MLS with 11 goals and tied for first in game‐winning goals (5). 2010: Shea finished seventh on the team in minutes played (2,035)... He made a career‐high 25 regular season appearances and scored his first professional goal on May 15 against Philadelphia.

# 21 Bryan Leyva M 2012 Totals: 1 GP, 45 MP, 1 SHOT

2011: Leyva appeared in his first game and recorded his first assist of the season on Sept. 3 against Tigres in a 2‐1 victory. History: Leyva signed as FC Dallas’ first Home Grown player on Sept. 16, 2009. He made his professional debut on May 20, 2010. Leyva played 13 minutes in a 1‐0 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy at Pizza Hut Park.

# 23 Andrew Wiedeman F 2011 Totals: 3 GP, 59 MP, 2 SHOTS, 1 FS

2011: In a loss to Tigres Monterrey on March 24, Wiedeman scored the only goal in a 2‐1 loss. The goal came 30‐yards from goal and is one of the best Dallas has scored this season. Wiedeman also netted a goal and assist in a 2‐2 draw with the Venezuelan National Team on June 14.

# 24 Matt Hedges D Dallas’ first round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, Hedges was four‐year collegiate starter. He compiled 85 starts between Butler University and the University of North Carolina. Hedges scored 18 goals and added seven assists as a defender. He was named to the NSCAA All‐American First Team as a senior, leading the Tar Heels defense to a 0.69 goals against average and its second national title.

Hedges started all 26 games UNC played in 2011 alongside freshman and FC Dallas Academy product Boyd Okwuonu.

# 28 Victor Ulloa M 2011: A member of the U.S. U‐20 National Team, Ulloa has been a staple for the FC Dallas Reserves defense that is 4‐4‐0 in the MLS Reserve League this season. 2010: Ulloa signed with FC Dallas as a Home Grown Player on July 30, 2010. He made his FC Dallas debut in a 2‐0 win over the Colorado Rapids Reserves on Oct. 10. He played 45 minutes as an outside midfielder. He was recently called up to join the U.S. Under‐20 National Team for a camp in Vichy, France, May 15‐20 for two friendlies against the France U‐20 MNT.

D # 29 Moises Hernandez 2011: Hernandez started the Sept. 3 match against Tigres and continues to play for the FC Dallas reserves this season.

2010: Hernandez was not eligible to play in MLS matches during the 2010 season...He made his professional debut against 2010 UEFA Champions League winner, Inter Milan on Aug.5, 2010 at Pizza Hut Park. He played five minutes in the 2‐2 draw. Hernandez is a member of the U.S. U‐20 National Team Player Pool.

# 30 Chris Seitz GK 2011 Totals: 1 GP, 90 MP, 5 SAVES, 4.0 GAA, 0‐1‐0

2011: Seitz appeared in his first game of the season on Sept. 3 against Tigres in a 2‐1 win. He was in goal as FCD won the Rio Grande Plate in penalties. He continues to play for the FC Dallas reserves this season. Seitz was acquired in a trade with the Seattle Sounders on 12‐15‐10. He started 22 of the 23 matches he played for Philadelphia Union during the 2010 season. Seitz logged well‐ over 2,000 minutes and made 68 saves.

# 31 Scott Sealy F Sealy spent the past two seasons with the San Jose Earthquakes, where he made 26 appearances contributing with strong play in the midfield. Following the 2011 season Sealy was released by San Jose and became a free agent, before coming to FCD for the 2012 season.

Sealy left Wake Forest in 2005 as the 11th pick for the Kansas City Wizards where he spent three season making 88 appearances, while scoring 28 goals. Sealy is currently a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

# 32 Jonathan Top F 2011: Top appeared in his first match with FC Dallas on Sept. 3 against Tigres. He continues to see time for the FC Dallas Rreserves.

Top signed as FC Dallas’ fifth Home Grown player on Jan. 12, 2011.

He was the leading scorer for the FC Dallas Under‐18 Development Academy team in 2010.

# 34 Ruben Luna F 2011 Totals: 15 GP, 407 MP, 1 G, 1 A, 12 SHOTS, 11 FC, 13 FS

2011: Luna made 15 appearances for FC Dallas during the 2011 season. He recorded his first career MLS goal on Oct. 22 against San Jose. Along with seeing time this season, Luna continues to play for the FC Dallas reserves and leads the MLS Reserve League with six goals. 2010: After signing with FC Dallas midseason, Luna made his professional debut on Sept. 4 against Toronto. Luna scored a goal in FC Dallas’ Reserves 2‐0 win against the Colorado Rapids’ Reserves on Oct. 10.

D # 35 Alex Lee The 11th overall pick in the first round of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, Lee captained Maryland to a 14‐4‐3 season in 2011. The 5‐10 native of Rockville, Md. led the Terps backline to a 1.05 goals against average. Lee picked up a game‐winning assist in a 2‐1 overtime victory against Rutgers on Oct. 4 and started all but three contests for Maryland in 2011.

# 40 Richard Sanchez GK Sanchez became the first American‐born player to win a FIFA World title when he backstopped the Mexican U‐17 National Team to a U17 World Cup title on July 10, 2011. Sanchez signed with FC Dallas on Feb. 18, 2011. In January of 2011, the 16‐year‐old Sanchez was named the top goalkeeper in the Universidad Catolica tournament in Chile, while playing for the Mexican U‐17 National Team.

2012 FC DALLAS STARTING LINEUPS

vs. NEW YORK March 11 ‐ (Win 2‐1) GK Kevin Hartman LB Jair Benitez CB Ugo Ihemelu CB Hernan Pertuz RB Zach Loyd DCM Daniel Hernandez LM Brek Shea CM Andrew Jacobson CM Ricardo Villar RM Fabian Castillo F Blas Perez Subs Carlos Rodriguez (Castillo) 31 Bobby Warshaw (Villar) 74 George John (Jair Benitez) 85

vs. PORTLAND March 17 ‐ (Draw 1‐1) GK Kevin Hartman LB Jair Benitez CB Ugo Ihemelu CB Hernan Pertuz RB Zach Loyd DCM Daniel Hernandez LM Carlos Rodriguez CM Andrew Jacobson CM Ricardo Villar RM Bryan Leyva F Blas Perez Subs George John (Leyva) 45+

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1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 28 29 31 32 34 35 40

Player

Kevin Hartman Daniel Hernandez Ugo Ihemelu Andrew Jacobson Jair Benitez Fabian Castillo Bruno Guarda Blas Perez David Ferreira Ricardo Villar Hernan Pertuz George John Luis Perea Bobby Warshaw Zach Loyd Chris Seitz Brek Shea Bryan Leyva Carlos Rodriguez Andrew Wiedeman Matt Hedges Victor Ulloa Moises Hernandez Scott Sealy Jonathan Top Ruben Luna Alex Lee Richard Sanchez

"00" = minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position

2 POR 1-1 90G 90M 90D 90M 90D

FC DALLAS 1 NY 2-1 90G 90M 90D 90M 85D 31M 90F 90F 74M 90M 90D 90D 5 45

45M 90M

16 90D 90D 90M 59

Game log: Game #1 03/11/2012 Game #2 03/17/2012 W T

Loyd 1 (B. Perez 1) 11; Villar 1 (B. Perez 2) B. Perez 1 (unassisted) 22

FC DALLAS DAL 2 vs NY 1 DAL 1 vs POR 1

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