Game Notes: Sporting KC vs. Seattle Sounders FC | April 15, 2018

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 3 p.m. CT (ESPN / ESPN Deportes)

Sun., April 15, 2018 (Week 7, MLS Game #66)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Amer Didic 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 0 0 123 97 12 3 4 Brad Evans DF 6-1 160 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 0 0 0 0 230 198 25 29 DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 6 6 0 0 232 226 3 15 5 Matt Besler 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 6 6 1 0 39 39 1 2 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 168 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 6 6 2 2 6 6 2 2 DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 6 6 1 0 224 184 27 56 8 Graham Zusi 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 6 3 0 0 6 3 0 0 11 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 2 1 1 0 33 15 8 2 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 6 0 0 1 38 26 8 3 13 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 5 5 0 2 59 28 6 12 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 189 181 1 9 15 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 186 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 6 6 0 3 196 176 5 26 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 1 1 0 0 11 7 1 0 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 5 4 1 3 27 16 4 5 21 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 22 Emiliano Amor DF 6-0 175 05/16/1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 6 6 0 0 93 92 0 0 75 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 Matt Lewis DF 6-2 165 08/01/1996 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 Kharlton Belmar FW 5-11 160 12/01/1992 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 6 2 1 0 80 56 4 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W119 L92 T75

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A FW 6-1 170 03/09/1983 Nacogdoches, TX 1 1 0 0 173 162 71 41 2 Clint Dempsey 4 Gustav Svensson MF 6-0 170 02/07/1987 Gothenberg, Sweden 3 3 0 0 35 33 1 4 DF 5-10 175 06/23/1997 Douala, Cameroon 3 2 0 0 22 12 0 1 5 Nouhou Tolo 6 Osvaldo Alonso MF 5-11 155 11/11/1985 San Cristobal, Cuba 0 0 0 0 252 245 10 21 MF 5-8 165 06/03/1995 Artesia, CA 3 3 0 0 91 75 10 7 7 Cristian Roldan 8 Victor Rodriguez MF 5-7 154 07/23/1989 Sabadell, Spain 0 0 0 0 7 5 2 1 Nicolas Lodeiro MF 5-7 150 03/21/1989 Paysandu, Uruguay 2 2 0 0 48 48 11 20 10 12 Seyi Adekoya FW 5-11 170 12/05/1995 Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 FW 6-0 185 10/26/1994 Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 57 54 15 5 13 Jordan Morris 14 Chad Marshall DF 6-4 190 08/22/1984 Riverside, CA 2 2 0 0 373 368 22 15 Tony Alfaro DF 6-2 190 06/15/1993 Michoacan, Mexico 1 1 0 0 22 10 0 0 15 16 Alex Roldan MF 5-10 155 07/28/1996 Artesia, CA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 Will Bruin FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 2 2 0 0 211 174 61 22 18 Kelvin Leerdam DF 5-10 154 06/24/1990 Paramaribo, Suriname 2 2 0 0 17 16 1 2 19 Harry Shipp MF 5-9 145 11/07/1991 Lake Forest, IL 2 2 0 0 113 88 14 18 20 Kim Kee-Hee DF 6-2 175 07/13/1989 Busan, South Korea 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jordy Delem MF 5-11 156 03/18/1993 Le Francois, Martinique 1 1 0 0 15 10 0 1 21 22 Magnus Eikrem MF 5-11 155 08/08/1990 Molde, Norway 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 23 Henry Wingo MF 6-0 170 10/04/1995 Seattle, WA 1 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 24 Stefan Frei GK 6-3 195 04/20/1986 Altstaetten, Switzerland 3 3 0 0 216 216 0 3 Calle Brown GK 6-6 200 07/01/1992 Leesburg, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 27 Lamar Neagle MF 5-11 165 05/07/1987 Tacoma, WA 2 0 0 0 202 127 40 25 Roman Torres DF 6-2 195 03/20/1986 Panama City, Panama 3 3 0 0 39 36 0 3 29 30 Jordan McCrary DF 5-9 165 07/28/1993 Alpharetta, GA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 Bryan Meredith GK 6-2 193 08/02/1989 Scotch Plains, NJ 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 70 Handwalla Bwana MF 5-9 145 06/25/1999 Mombasa, Kenya 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 DF 5-9 160 09/20/1990 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 84 76 0 18 90 Waylon Francis HEAD COACH : Brian Schmetzer

08/18/1962 W22 L14 T15

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Sunday, April 15, 2018; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 3 p.m. CT REFEREES

2018 SEASON RECORDS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 6 4-1-1 13 12 9 at home 3 2-1-0 6 4 4

REFEREE: Drew Fischer.

AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Jeffrey Greeson; 4th: David Gantar; VAR: Geoff Gamble TEAM NEWS

Sounders FC 3 0-3-0 0 0 5 on road 1 0-1-0 0 0 3

SUSPENDED: SEA: Kelvin Leerdam (through April 15); Clint Dempsey (through April 15) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 5 wins, 15 goals …

Sounders FC 8 wins, 14 goals … Ties 3

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT KC: Sporting 3 wins, 12 goals …

Sounders FC 4 wins, 9 goals … Ties 1 LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/17: KC 3, SEA 0 (Fernandes 56, 58, 69) 8/12: SEA 1, KC 0 (Dempsey 36)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES LA GALAXY 0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 Scoring Summary: KC--Salloi 1 (unassisted) 56 KC--Russell 2 (Espinoza 3) 61

UPCOMING MATCHES SOUNDERS FC SPORTING Sun. Apr. 22 Minnesota Fri. Apr. 20 Vancouver Sun. Apr. 29 at LAFC Sat. Apr. 28 at New England Sat. May 5 Columbus Sat. May 5 Colorado Wed. May 9 at Toronto FC Wed. May 9 at Atlanta

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Yohan Croizet (Seth Sinovic 70), Johnny Russell (Gerso Fernandes 88), Khiry Shelton, Daniel Salloi.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SOUNDERS FC

SPORTING

F 12 45

A 9 60

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 0

A 5 54

3 2 0 0

5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 2

HOW SCORED

2 9 1 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

5 3 1 0

TYPE OF PLAY

9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

0 10 2

4 5 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 0 MONTREAL IMPACT 1 Scoring Summary: MTL--Vargas 2 (Piatti 3) 60 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Stefan Frei, Kelvin Leerdam (Ejected 40), Roman Torres, Chad Marshall, Waylon Francis (Nouhou Tolo 84), Gustav Svensson, Magnus Eikrem (Jordan McCrary 45), Nicolas Lodeiro, Cristian Roldan, Handwalla Bwana (Alex Roldan 74), Will Bruin.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC SEA

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 4-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-3-0

THE LAST TIME

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/31/2018 KC 1, DC 0 4/08/2018 KC 2, LA 0 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2 10/22/2017 KC 1, RSL 2 3/24/2018 KC 2, COL 2 4/08/2018 KC 2, LA 0 3/04/2018 KC 0, NYC 2

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

LWWTWW LLL

(0) (0) (2) (3) (2) (0) (5)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Date Score (Gms since) 10/22/2017 SEA 3, COL 0 8/05/2017 SEA 4, MIN 0 3/31/2018 SEA 0, MTL 1 3/18/2018 SEA 0, DAL 3 9/16/2017 SEA 0, DAL 0 10/22/2017 SEA 3, COL 0 3/31/2018 SEA 0, MTL 1

(2) (5) (0) (0) (8) (3) (0)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 5 Gutierrez A: 3 Espinoza/Salloi SHT: 21 Russell SOG: 10 Gutierrez FC: 11 Sanchez FS: 10 Espinoza OF: 2 Russell/Salloi C: 2 Sanchez E: 0 SOUNDERS FC G: 0 A: 0 SHT: 8 Lodeiro SOG: 2 4 players tied FC: 7 Svensson FS: 9 Lodeiro OF: 3 Bruin C: 1 7 players tied E: 1 3 players tied

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 6 1 1 2 1 1 12 2.00 SEA 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 6 2 0 3 1 0 9 1.50 SEA 3 0 2 0 1 0 5 1.67 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 12 2 1 1 3 2 3 SEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 SEA 5 1 1 0 2 1 0

2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (4-1-1, 13 pts.)

UNF 21 7 20 11 8 6 94 17 14 12 19 3 5 15 29 10

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

PLAYER Felipe Gutierrez Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Diego Rubio Graham Zusi Ilie Sanchez Jimmy Medranda Roger Espinoza Khiry Shelton Gerso Fernandes Cristian Lobato Ike Opara Matt Besler Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Yohan Croizet Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 6 5 2 6 6 6 6 5 6 1 6 6 4 6 6

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

MIN 413 535 373 63 540 540 264 539 407 115 73 540 540 224 540 234

6 6

6 6

540 540

G 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9

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

SHT 17 21 9 1 10 5 4 6 10 4 0 5 0 0 0 10

SOG 10 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2

FC 10 3 2 0 2 11 3 10 5 4 0 4 5 0 0 5

FS 4 6 5 1 3 4 4 10 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 3

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

CK 5 16 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

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

11 11

102 77

33 30

64 60

60 64

9 15

48 19

5 11

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Felipe Gutierrez 3, Daniel Salloi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 2, Johnny Russell 2, Khiry Shelton 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ilie Sanchez 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6 6 6

GS 6 6 6

MIN SHTS 540 30 540 30 540 33

SV 20 20 21

GA 9 9 12

GAA 1.5 1.5 2

PG 0 0 1

PA 0 0 1

W 4 4 1

L 1 1 4

T 1 1 1

SO 2 2 1

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2018 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC STATISTICS (0-3-0, 0 pts.)

UNF 16 14 2 7 4 70 19 23 30 21 18 20 27 22 10 5 29 24 15 90 17

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

PLAYER Alex Roldan Chad Marshall Clint Dempsey Cristian Roldan Gustav Svensson Handwalla Bwana Harry Shipp Henry Wingo Jordan McCrary Jordy Delem Kelvin Leerdam Kim Kee-Hee Lamar Neagle Magnus Eikrem Nicolas Lodeiro Nouhou Tolo Roman Torres Stefan Frei Tony Alfaro Waylon Francis Will Bruin Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 2

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

MIN 42 180 37 270 270 164 116 90 45 80 130 16 48 180 180 186 209 270 83 84 180

3 3

3 3

270 270

GP 3 3 3

GS 3 3 3

G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

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

SHT 4 2 1 4 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 1 2 0 1 0 7

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

FC 0 0 1 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 3 6 1 3 0 3 2 0

FS 0 2 0 8 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 9 1 1 0 0 1 2

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

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

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

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

7 0

31 47

15 14

39 35

35 39

5 8

8 21

5 7

0 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 24

POS G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

MIN SHTS 270 15 270 15 270 14

SV 9 9 14

GA 5 5 0

GAA 1.67 1.67 0

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0

W 0 0 3

L 3 3 0

T 0 0 0

SO 0 0 3

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 4 New York City FC 10 at Chicago

Sat. Mar.

17 San Jose

W 3-2

18868

2-1-0

3

Sat. Mar.

24 at Colorado

T 2-2

17424

2-1-1

1

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

31 D.C. United 8 at Los Angeles 15 Seattle 20 Vancouver 28 at New England 5 Colorado 9 at Atlanta 20 at Minnesota 27 Columbus 3 Minnesota 9 at Portland 23 Houston 30 at Montreal 4 at Real Salt Lake 7 Toronto FC 14 at New York Red Bulls 28 FC Dallas 4 at Houston 11 at Los Angeles FC 18 Portland 25 Minnesota 1 at Seattle 8 Orlando City SC 15 at San Jose 23 at Philadelphia 30 Real Salt Lake 6 Los Angeles 17 at Vancouver 21 at FC Dallas 28 Los Angeles FC

W 1-0 W 2-0

18624 25846

3-1-1 4-1-1

1 1

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

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

Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

RESULT L 0-2

ATT 20831

W-L-T 0-1-0

POS PTS NOTES: 11 0 NYC: Moralez (32) Medina (53)

W 4-3

14021

1-1-0

7

3 KC: Gutierrez (9,86) Russell (44) Medranda (83); CHI: Katai (70) Nikolic (74,82) 6 KC: Sanchez (25) Zusi (56) Gutierrez (68); SJ: Qazaishvili (34) Wondolowski (91+) 7 KC: Gutierrez (57) Rubio (91+); COL: Badji (5) Mason (8) 10 KC: Gutierrez (3); 13 KC: Salloi (56) Russell (61);

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SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2018 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat.

May May May May June

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

June June July July July July July July

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct.

Sun. Oct. Sun. Oct.

OPPONENT RESULT 4 Los Angeles FC L 0-1 18 at FC Dallas L 0-3 31 Montreal L 0-1 15 at Sporting KC 22 Minnesota 29 at Los Angeles FC 5 Columbus 9 at Toronto FC 13 at Portland 26 Real Salt Lake 2 at Real Salt Lake 9 D.C. United 13 at New York Red Bulls 23 Chicago 30 Portland 4 at Colorado 7 at New England 15 at Atlanta 21 Vancouver 25 at San Jose 29 New York City FC 4 at Minnesota 12 FC Dallas 18 Los Angeles 26 at Portland 1 Sporting KC 15 at Vancouver 19 Philadelphia 23 at Los Angeles 29 Colorado 6 Houston 17 at Orlando City SC 21 at Houston 28 San Jose

ATT 40070 13310 39469

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

POS PTS NOTES: 10 0 LFC: Rossi (11) 11 0 DAL: Lamah (20,63) Urruti (58) 12 0 MTL: Vargas (60)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 2 Felipe Gutierrez Assists 2 Daniel Salloi Shots 6 Felipe Gutierrez Shots on Goal 3 Felipe Gutierrez 3 Felipe Gutierrez Fouls Committed 5 Ilie Sanchez Fouls Suffered 3 Johnny Russell 3 Roger Espinoza 3 Roger Espinoza Offside 2 Johnny Russell Saves 10 Tim Melia Shots Faced 10 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 3 Tim Melia

Goals 4 03/10/2018 vs Assists 4 03/10/2018 vs Shots 22 03/31/2018 vs Shots on Goal 9 03/24/2018 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/10/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 14 03/04/2018 vs Corner Kicks 12 03/17/2018 vs Offside 3 03/04/2018 vs 3 03/31/2018 vs Saves 10 04/08/2018 vs Shots Faced 10 04/08/2018 vs Goals Allowed 3 03/10/2018 vs

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

03/24/2018 vs COL

T 2-2

03/10/2018 vs CHI 03/24/2018 vs COL

W 4-3 T 2-2

03/10/2018 vs CHI 03/04/2018 vs NYC 03/10/2018 vs CHI 03/24/2018 vs COL

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

03/31/2018 vs DC

W 1-0

04/08/2018 vs LA

W 2-0

04/08/2018 vs LA

W 2-0

03/10/2018 vs CHI

W 4-3

CHI

W 4-3

CHI

W 4-3

DC

W 1-0

COL

T 2-2

CHI

W 4-3

NYC

L 0-2

SJ

W 3-2

NYC DC

L 0-2 W 1-0

LA

W 2-0

LA

W 2-0

CHI

W 4-3

SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)

Goals 0 81 times Assists 0 81 times Shots 5 Nicolas Lodeiro Shots on Goal 1 14 times Fouls Committed 5 Gustav Svensson Fouls Suffered 5 Nicolas Lodeiro 5 Cristian Roldan Offside 2 Will Bruin Saves 6 Stefan Frei Shots Faced 10 Stefan Frei Goals Allowed 3 Stefan Frei

Goals 0 03/04/2018 at 0 03/18/2018 at 0 03/31/2018 at Assists 0 03/04/2018 at 0 03/18/2018 at 0 03/31/2018 at Shots 22 03/04/2018 at Shots on Goal 7 03/04/2018 at Fouls Committed 12 03/04/2018 at 12 03/31/2018 at Fouls Suffered 18 03/31/2018 at Corner Kicks 12 03/04/2018 at Offside 4 03/04/2018 at 4 03/31/2018 at Saves 6 03/18/2018 at Shots Faced 10 03/18/2018 at Goals Allowed 3 03/18/2018 at

03/04/2018 at LFC

L 0-1

03/04/2018 at LFC

L 0-1

03/31/2018 at MTL

L 0-1

03/04/2018 at LFC

L 0-1

03/04/2018 at LFC

L 0-1

03/04/2018 at LFC 03/31/2018 at MTL

L 0-1 L 0-1

03/31/2018 at MTL

L 0-1

03/18/2018 at DAL

L 0-3

03/18/2018 at DAL

L 0-3

03/18/2018 at DAL

L 0-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018) Shots 13 03/17/2018 vs 13 04/08/2018 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/04/2018 vs Fouls Committed 5 04/08/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 6 03/31/2018 vs Corner Kicks 4 03/10/2018 vs Offside 0 03/17/2018 vs Saves 0 03/24/2018 vs Shots Faced 2 03/24/2018 vs

SJ LA

W 3-2 W 2-0

NYC

L 0-2

LA

W 2-0

DC

W 1-0

CHI

W 4-3

SJ

W 3-2

COL

T 2-2

COL

T 2-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2018)

LFC DAL MTL

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

LFC DAL MTL

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

LFC

L 0-1

LFC

L 0-1

LFC MTL

L 0-1 L 0-1

MTL

L 0-1

LFC

L 0-1

LFC MTL

L 0-1 L 0-1

DAL

L 0-3

DAL

L 0-3

DAL

L 0-3

Shots 12 03/18/2018 at Shots on Goal 3 03/18/2018 at Fouls Committed 11 03/18/2018 at Fouls Suffered 9 03/18/2018 at Corner Kicks 3 03/18/2018 at Offside 0 03/18/2018 at Saves 0 03/04/2018 at Shots Faced 1 03/04/2018 at

DAL

L 0-3

DAL

L 0-3

DAL

L 0-3

DAL

L 0-3

DAL

L 0-3

DAL

L 0-3

LFC

L 0-1

LFC

L 0-1

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

SOUNDERS FC VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sounders FC

Sporting KC 5 wins, 15 goals Sounders FC 8 wins, 14 goals 3 ties 4/11/2009 10/17/2009 4/17/2010 10/9/2010 5/21/2011 8/6/2011 6/20/2012 5/8/2013 3/8/2014 5/23/2015 6/6/2015 9/27/2015 3/6/2016 7/24/2016 10/27/2016 5/17/2017 8/12/2017

KC 1 at SEA SEA 3 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 1 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 0 vs KC KC 1 vs SEA KC 1 vs SEA KC 1 at SEA KC 3 vs SEA SEA 1 vs KC KC 3 vs SEA SEA 1 vs KC

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

(Q) (CA) (Q) (CA) (Q) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q) (Q) (SP) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 4 75 23 87 26 36

2 10 86 33 74 22 30

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC Tot 14 161 56 161 48 66

1 4 91 34 106 7 45

2 11 107 32 111 13 41

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 15 198 66 217 20 86

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC SEA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

OT

Total

1 1

2 1

0 2

5 0

2 2

5 8

0 0

15 14

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Brian Schmetzer Peter Vermes

vs. KC

1-1-0

(1.5 pts./game)

vs. SEA

4-8-3

(1 pts./game)

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

3 2 18 8 17 12 4 5 5 18 8

Sporting KC Dwyer/Fernandes Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Espinoza/Collin Dom Dwyer Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen

1 2 19 8 21 31 5 4 3 27 9

Sounders FC 14 times 3 times Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Osvaldo Alonso Osvaldo Alonso Kasey Keller Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/17) 1 14 players tied 6 4 players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal

4 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/17) 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 3 players tied

Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

1 6 players tied 6 Tim Melia (06/06/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

Sounders FC 1 14 players tied 2 Jaqua/Ljungberg 6 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 3 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 4 Cooper/Alonso 7 Osvaldo Alonso (03/08/14) 1 6 players tied 6 Stefan Frei (09/27/15) 3 Stefan Frei (twice)

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

Streak (started)

Seattle Sounders FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

2 Ws 2 Ws 1 Ts

(03/10/2018) (03/17/2018) (03/24/2018)

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

3 Ws (09/27/2017) 2 Ls (09/23/2017) 3 Ls (10/01/2017)

0-1-1 4-0-0

1 Ts 4 Ws

(03/24/2018) (03/10/2018)

0-3-0 0-0-0

5 Ls (09/23/2017) 3 Ws (09/27/2017)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. SOUNDERS FC (5-8-3) PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

Dom Dwyer Gerso Fernandes Davy Arnaud Jacob Peterson Benny Feilhaber Nuno Andre Coelho Zoltan Hercegfalvi Kei Kamara Josh Wolff Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Ike Opara Jordi Quintilla Team totals Opponent totals

6 2 5 6 7 1 1 7 4 12 5 12 4 4 10 7 4 4 2 16 16

4 2 5 6 6 1 1 4 3 8 2 11 4 4 8 6 4 3 2 16 16

408 155 450 419 541 90 70 413 284 755 236 1037 360 360 739 553 343 271 180 1440 1440

3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14

0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 14

SHT GOALKEEPER

GP

MIN

SHT

SV

GAA

PG

18 8 12 11 7 3 1 13 4 12 3 4 2 1 12 0 2 1 5 198 161

6 1 1 6 2 16 16

540 90 90 540 180 1440 1440

19 3 5 17 12 56 66

18 2 4 9 7 40 50

0.17 1.00 1.00 1.33 1.50 0.88 0.94

0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Tim Melia Jon Kempin Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Team totals Opponent totals

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SOUNDERS FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (8-5-3) PLAYER

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GS

MIN

G

A

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GOALKEEPER

GP

Nate Jaqua Mauro Rosales Clint Dempsey Mike Fucito Tyrone Marshall Chad Barrett Alvaro Fernandez Patrick Ianni Roger Levesque Obafemi Martins Lamar Neagle Sanna Nyassi Jeff Parke Djimi Traore Freddie Ljungberg Brad Evans Jordan Morris Gonzalo Pineda Cristian Roldan Tyson Wahl Team totals Opponent totals

4 4 6 3 4 2 5 4 3 2 6 2 4 2 3 11 4 3 6 2 16 16

2 3 5 0 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 3 9 4 3 5 2 16 16

240 245 480 61 271 96 259 182 186 180 269 93 360 180 260 823 339 270 454 180 1440 1440

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 15

2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 14 14

5 3 15 5 1 5 7 2 2 2 11 3 2 1 2 8 3 1 5 1 161 198

Michael Gspurning Kasey Keller Andrew Weber Stefan Frei Ben Dragavon Team totals Opponent totals

1 6 1 8 1 16 16

MIN SHTS 90 479 90 720 61 1440 1440

3 20 4 36 3 66 56

SV

GAA

PG

3 15 3 27 2 50 40

0.00 0.75 1.00 1.12 1.48 0.94 0.88

0 1 0 1 0 2 0

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. SOUNDERS FC (5-8-3)

CURRENT SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC (8-5-3)

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GS

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A

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PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Ike Opara Cristian Lobato Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Khiry Shelton Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

2 12 12 10 7 1 5 6 2 1 2 6 16 16

2 8 11 8 4 0 4 6 1 1 1 4 16 16

155 755 1037 739 383 18 325 540 91 90 91 380 1440 1440

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14

0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14

8 12 4 12 4 1 4 0 0 0 3 2 198 161

Clint Dempsey Will Bruin Chad Marshall Lamar Neagle Jordan Morris Cristian Roldan Seyi Adekoya Tony Alfaro Osvaldo Alonso Jordy Delem Waylon Francis Stefan Frei Kelvin Leerdam Nicolas Lodeiro Harry Shipp Gustav Svensson Nouhou Tolo Roman Torres Team totals Opponent totals

15 15 32 9 4 6 1 2 13 1 3 14 1 2 5 2 1 1 16 16

14 13 32 5 4 5 0 1 12 1 3 14 1 2 4 2 0 1 16 16

1290 1033 2779 458 339 454 13 135 1094 90 270 1260 90 180 371 162 3 90 1440 1440

4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 15

2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14

35 26 20 12 3 5 2 0 9 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 0 161 198

GOALKEEPER

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MIN

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SV

GAA

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GAA

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Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

6 16 16

540 1440 1440

19 56 66

18 0.17 40 0.88 50 0.94

0 0 2

47 1.14 50 0.94 40 0.88

1 2 0

GOALKEEPER

GP

Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

14 16 16

MIN SHTS 1260 1440 1440

65 66 56

SV

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WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

2018 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, April 15, 2018 Kickoff: 3 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 7 Sporting Kansas City 4-1-1, 13 points (2-1-0 home; 2-0-1 away) 1st place in Western Conference Seattle Sounders FC 0-3-0, 0 points (0-2-0 home; 0-1-0 away) 12th place in Western Conference

4-1-1 (13 pts.)

6 1st in West 12 2.00 11 9 1.50 +3 102 (33) 32.4% 64 60 5 0

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

Drew Fischer Corey Rockwell Jeffrey Greeson Dave Gantar Geoff Gamble

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 29 75 88 90 94

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

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

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

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

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

0-3-0 (0 pts.)

3 12th in West 0 0.00 0 5 1.67 -5 47 (14) 29.8% 35 39 7 3

2018 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

loh-BAH-toe shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay ah-MORE MEE-lia wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL

Felipe Gutierrez Espinoza, Salloi Johnny Russell Felipe Gutierrez Felipe Gutierrez Russell, Salloi Ilie Sanchez Roger Espinoza Ilie Sanchez N/A

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

5 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 21 SHOTS 10 SHOTS ON GOAL 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 11 FOULS COMMITTED 10 FOULS SUFFERED 2 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 540 Tim Melia 1.50 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 20

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

0 N/A 0 N/A 7 Bruin, Eikrem 2 Four Players 0 N/A 0 N/A 7 Gustav Svensson 9 Nicolas Lodeiro 1 Seven Players 1 Three Players 270 1.67 0 0 9

Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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2018 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. New York City FC 2. Atlanta United FC 3. New England Revolution 4. Columbus Crew SC 5. Orlando City SC 6. New York Red Bulls 7. Montreal Impact 8. Philadelphia Union 9. Chicago Fire

10. Toronto FC 11. D.C. United

Pts 16 12 10 10 7 6 6 5 4 3 2

W L T 5 0 1 4 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 2

GD +10 +7 +5 +3 -1 +5 -4 -1 -1 -1 -5

GP 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 3 5

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

Pts 13 10 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 2 0

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

GD +3 -1 -1 -8 -1 -3 +3 +2 +1 -1 -6 -5

GP 6 6 5 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 3

PETER VERMES 10th season 119-92-75 10th season (.547) 119-92-75 (.547)

BRIAN SCHMETZER

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

3rd season 22-14-15 (.578) 3rd season 22-14-15 (.578)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, April 12 QUESTIONABLE: • Felipe Gutierrez (Hip Injury) OUT: • None

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvSEA: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvSEA: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City returns home this weekend to face off against Seattle Sounders FC for the first of two meetings between the sides in the 2018 MLS season.

Sunday’s match, which kicks off at 3 p.m. CT, will be televised nationally on ESPN as Sporting KC looks to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.

Sporting KC has a strong record against the Sounders since the start of the 2015 season, going 4-1-2 in the seven meetings since. That run also includes wins in the last three of the last four - including a memorable 3-0 victory at Children’s Mercy Park last May, when winger Gerso Fernandes scored the first Sporting KC hat trick in MLS play since 2010. All three of Fernandes’ goals came in a 13-minute span in the second half.

The most recent clash between Sporting KC and Seattle came on August 12, 2017 and saw Peter Vermes’ side travel to the Pacific NorthWest three days after an epic Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal victory over the San Jose Earthquakes that Sporting KC won on penalty kicks after greuling 120-minute skirmish. Sporting KC made seven changes ahead of the game against the Sounders and fell 1-0 thanks to Clint Dempsey’s first-half header.

Seattle leads the all-time series with Sporting KC in the regular season with a 8-5-3 mark, though it once stood at 7-1-2 before their grip of the series loosened with Sporting KC’s current 4-1-2 run. Sporting KC is also 3-4-1 at Children’s Mercy Park against the Sounders and will look to level the home series during Sunday’s game.

#SKCvSEA: Recent Meetings (SEA leads 8-5-3 in regular season) Date

08/12/2017 05/17/2017 07/24/2016 03/06/2016 09/27/2015

Score

KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1

Result L W W W T

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC is third in the league in goals through the opening six weeks of the MLS season, scoring 12. Sporting KC is also tied for sixth in goals conceded in the league with nine, tied with MIN, MTL and VAN. • SKC leads MLS in shots through four weeks of the 2018 MLS season, taking 102 - 19 ahead of NYC’s 83. SKC is also first with 33 shots on goal.

• SKC ranks first so far in the 2018 MLS season in chances created, having produced 77 in the opening six matches.

• SKC is second in MLS with 667 duels and 354 duels won, and is also fifth with 81 interceptions so far this year.

• SKC is third in MLS this year with 2,938 passes and 2,446 successful passes, behind NYC and CLB. Sporting KC Player Stats • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is currently tied for the league lead with five goals to his name, while he’s also second in MLS with 10 shots on goal on his 17 shots taken - which rank in a tie for eighth in MLS. • Forward Daniel Salloi is tied for third in all of MLS with three assists so far this season, with two serving as game-winners versus the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. Midfielder Roger Espinoza is also tied for third with three assists.

• Forward Johnny Russell is currently tied for second in all of MLS with 21 shots through six games. Russell also leads MLS with 52 touches in the opponent’s box.

• Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is tied for fourth in MLS with 22 tackles and tied for third with 16 tackles won over the first six weeks of the MLS season.

• Defender Graham Zusi is fourth in MLS with 18 interceptions through the opening five games of the season. Zusi is also tied for sixth across all players in the league with 13 chances created.

• Defender Matt Besler ranks tied for third in MLS with 36 clearances.

Details

Clint Dempsey heads home winner in first half Fernandes scores first SKC hat trick in since 2010 in rout Dwyer scores in each half to add to Peterson strike Nuno Andre Coelho scores from distance on his debut Martins opens the scoring before Dwyer equalizes late

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER HISTORY

Seattle Sounders FC Team Stats • SEA is one of three winless teams in MLS and is the only club yet to score a goal this season.

• SEA started the 2016 season with an 0-3-0 record, but rallied during the second half of the year to lift their first MLS Cup. • SEA has failed to score in its first three games of the regular season for the first time in club history.

• Despite being outscored 5-0 this season, SEA has outshot opponents 47-31 through three games.

• SEA has received a red card in each of their first three games this season.

• Winger Gerso Fernandes leads the team with three goals against Seattle Sounders FC - all three coming in a 3-0 home victory on May 17, 2017 as Fernandes netted the first Sporting KC hat trick since 2010 in the match.

• Defender Graham Zusi has two assists against Seattle, helping set up Dom Dwyer’s opener in a 3-0 win on July 24, 2016 before adding another on Fernandes’ third goal on May 17, 2017.

• Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against the Sounders, with his cross setting up Dom Dwyer’s game winner on July 24, 2016.

• Defender Matt Besler has one assist all-time against Seattle, coming on Kei Kamara’s goal in a 2-1 home defeat on Aug. 6, 2011.

• Defender Ike Opara has one assist against the Sounders, helping set up Jacob Peterson’s strike on July 24, 2016.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 4-1-1 against Seattle Sounders FC, posting shutouts in five of his six games against them.

Seattle Sounders FC Player Stats • Midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro leads MLS with four chances created per game.

Since joining MLS in July 2016, no player has created more chances than Lodeiro (including playoffs).

• Forwards Clint Dempsey and Will Bruin combined for 23 goals during the 2017 regular season.

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• Defender Brad Evans spent nine years with Seattle Sounders FC, making 230 appearances in MLS regular season, tallying 25 goals and 29 assists.

• Defenders Graham Zusi, Matt Besler and Brad Evans have all been teammates with Seattle forwards Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris on the U.S. National Team over the last decade.

• Midfielder Ilie Sanchez played alongside Sounders midfielder Victor Rodriguez at Elche in Spain from 2015-2016.

• Defender Colton Storm was a teammate of Seattle’s Jordan McCrary at the University of North Carolina from 2013-2015.

• Sounders assistant coach Preki spent nine seasons with the Kansas City Wizards across two stints from 1996-2000 and 2002-2005. He is the team’s all-time leading scorer with 71 goals and 98 assists in 218 MLS regular-season games. In all competitions, Preki had 81 goals and 104 assists in 254 matches.

• Seattle General Manager Garth Lagerway played for the Kansas City Wiz in 1996.

• Seattle forward Will Bruin is from St. Louis, Missouri and was a part of the St. Louis Scott Gallagher soccer club.

• Defender Graham Zusi is one appearance shy of his 225th in MLS regularseason play.

• Defender Seth Sinovic is one start away from reaching his 200th in all competitions for the club.

• Forward Diego Rubio is two starts shy of his 25th in all competitions for Sporting KC.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes LOOKING TO MAKE IT SIX UNBEATEN

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

SHEETS GETTING CLEANER

During the 2-0 victory over the LA Galaxy at StubHub Center last Sunday night, Sporting KC recorded their second consecutive shutout after conceding in the opening four matches of the 2018 MLS season. Sporting KC allowed multiple goals against New York City FC (March 4), the Chicago Fire (March 10), the San Jose Earthquakes (March 17) and the Colorado Rapids (March 24) before keeping a clean sheet against D.C. United (March 31) and another on Sunday.

Sporting Kansas City returns home to the friendly confines of Children’s Mercy Park this weekend when the side hosts Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday afternoon on ESPN. Sporting KC is looking to extend its unbeaten streak to six games, having last suffered defeat in the club’s season opener against New York City FC on March 4.

Sporting KC has won its last two games at home since the opener, defeating the San Jose Earthquakes on March 17 behind goals from Ilie Sanchez, Graham Zusi and Felipe Gutierrez before also seeing off D.C. United on March 31 on Gutierrez’s early goal.

Sporting KC lost just once at home in all of 2017, going unbeaten until September 30 when Vancouver Whitecaps FC sneaked a 1-0 victory at Children’s Mercy Park.

The back six of Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda and Ilie Sanchez combined to limit the LA Galaxy to mainly shots from distance that allowed Tim Melia to record a career-high and a club-record 10 saves during the match.

Melia’s previous high was seven, while Sporting KC’s franchise record was nine prior to Sunday’s win.

Sporting Kansas City is currently riding the second longest unbeaten streak so far in 2018, going 4-0-1 since the opener and only trailing New York City FC who are 5-0-1 on the year and have yet to taste defeat. Sporting KC is yet to have back-to-back home or away games so far in 2018, alternating home and away games across the first seven games of the year before seeing this Sunday’s match against Seattle Sounders FC followed up by another home match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

The shutout was Melia’s 28th in MLS action since joining Sporting KC ahead of the 2015 season. The 31-year-old, who was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year in 2017, last recorded back-to-back shutouts in comfortable home victories last spring, earning a 3-0 win over Real Salt Lake on April 29 and a 2-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on May 3, 2017.

Sporting KC is 3-4-1 at home all-time against the Seattle Sounders, but is unbeaten in their last four matches against Seattle at Children’s Mercy Park, going 3-0-1 since their last home defeat on March 8, 2014. Sporting KC has scored eight goals and conceded just one in that run, including back-to-back 3-0 victories at home over the last two seasons.

Sporting Kansas City has now not conceded a goal in the last 262 minutes of play, stretching back to the opening 10 minute of the 2-2 draw against the Colorado Rapids where Sporting KC conceded in the fifth and eighth minutes before locking down defensively for the remainder of that game and the two matches since. The 262-minute streak is the longest shutout streak of any goalkeeper in the league this season.

SOUNDS LIKE SEATTLE

RECORD-SETTING MELIA EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOD

Sporting Kansas City is set to take on Seattle Sounders FC this Sunday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park in a nationally televised contest on ESPN in the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. Sporting KC heads to CenturyLink Field in Seattle for the return fixture on Saturday, September 1.

Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia set a new club record and career high in saves during the 2-0 victory over the LA Galaxy on the road at StubHub Center last Sunday. Melia recorded 10 saves on the night, beating his previous career high of seven and topping Sporting KC’s club record of nine.

Last season, Sporting KC took on Seattle twice, splitting the season series 1-1-0. In the first meeting on May 17, 2017, Sporting KC took all three points in a comfortable 3-0 victory. Winger Gerso Fernandes, in just his 12th game for the club, tallied a secondhalf hat trick with all three goals coming in a 13-minute span. He scored his first in the 56th minute with an opportunistic finish after a corner kick deflected into his path before he latched onto his own rebound off the post just moments later to add a second. He completed his hat trick and the first Sporting KC hat trick since Birahim Diop in 2010 in the 69th minute with a composed finish from Graham Zusi’s cutback.

The defending MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, Melia kept the Galaxy at bay in each half, denying Ashley Cole’s dipping volley from 20 yards by tipping it onto the post late in the first period before blocking Romain Alessandrini’s close-range effort and three longrange thunderbolts from substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the second half.

Melia has not conceded since the eighth minute of the 2-2 draw against the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on March 24 - when the Rapids took a 2-0 lead with goals in the fifth and eighth minutes - meaning that Melia is riding a 262-minute shutout streak which is the longest in Major League Soccer this season. In addition, Melia recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time since April 29-May 3, 2017 while his shutout against D.C. on March 31, 2018 was his first since August 19, 2017.

The match at CenturyLink Field took place later in the summer, with Sporting KC heading to the Pacific Northwest on August 12, 2017 - three days after the club had advanced to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final following a lengthy semifinal victory over the San Jose Earthquakes that went all the way to penalty kicks. Sporting KC made seven changes to their lineup in the early kickoff but suffered a 1-0 defeat following Clint Dempsey’s header off Jordan Morris’ cross in the 36th minute.

Melia produced the stunning performance on Sunday night on what was his 100th start and appearance for the club in all competitions. In those 100 matches, Melia has posted 28 clean sheets and a 1.01 goals against average in all competitions, second to only the legendary Jimmy Nielsen who won the 2013 MLS Cup and the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup during his stint with the club.

Seattle Sounders FC holds the lead in the all-time series between the two clubs, going 8-5-3 since joining Major League Soccer as an expansion team in 2009. However, Sporting KC has significantly cut into that lead over the last seven matches, going 4-1-2 since the start of the 2015 MLS season.

ROAD GOALS GALORE

Sporting Kansas City has had no issues scoring goals so far in the 2018 MLS season, especially away from Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC has scored multiple goals in each of their three road games so far this year, and has also found the net in each of their last five matches since being shutout by New York City FC in the season opener on March 4.

RUSSELL BAGS GOAL OF THE WEEK

Sporting Kansas City winger Johnny Russell continued his excellent start to his MLS career by scoring his second goal of the season in Sunday’s 2-0 victory over the LA Galaxy at StubHub Center. The goal was nominated for and eventually won the AT&T MLS Goal of the Week, the league announced on Thursday. It was Sporting KC’s first Goal of the Week honor since Ike Opara’s famous #IkeBike goal against the LA Galaxy on June 24, 2017.

With another two goals in Sunday’s victory over the LA Galaxy at StubHub Center, Sporting KC remains among the leaders in Major League Soccer this year for goalscoring. Peter Vermes’ side is currently third with 12 goals scored through six games, only trailing offensive powerhouses New York City FC (14) and Atlanta United FC (13).

Russell’s goal was a thing of beauty as he received a pin-point ball down the channel from Roger Espinoza before dribbling at Galaxy defenders Daniel Steres and Ashley Cole before squaring the two of them up and lifting the ball through the gap between them and prodding home a low finish beyond David Bingham in the LA goal to make the score 2-0 on the night.

In addition, when Daniel Salloi scored his first goal of the 2018 campaign with the game-winner during Sunday’s win, it left Sporting KC with seven different goalscorers so far this year - which is tied for the most number of different goalscorers across a single squad in the league this season. So far this season, Sporting KC has found goals from Felipe Gutierrez (5), Johnny Russell (2), Daniel Salloi (1), Jimmy Medranda (1), Diego Rubio (1), Ilie Sanchez (1) and Graham Zusi (1).

The 28-year-old, who scored the stunning solo effort on his birthday, beat out former Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer in the public vote, taking 46 percent of the overall tally over Dwyer’s 40 percent. Russell is only the third Sporting KC player in club history to score a goal on his birthday after Paul Wright on his 29th birthday on July 29, 1998 and Soony Saad on his 19th birthday on August 17, 2011.

Sporting KC found it difficult to score on the road last season, only scoring 10 times in the club’s 17 away games in 2017 and only winning twice on the road. In just three road games this year, Sporting KC has already found the net eight times and has already matched last season’s road win total of two with wins over the Chicago Fire (March 10) and the Galaxy (April 8). Sporting also only scored multiple goals on the road two times in 2017 but has done so in all three of the club’s away games so far in 2018.

Russell has started all six of Sporting KC’s matches so far in the 2018 MLS season, recording two goals and two assists after arriving in an offseason transfer from English Championship side Derby County. In addition, Russell is currently tied for second in all of MLS with 21 shots through six games and leads the league with 52 touches in the opponent’s box.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

KHARLTON BELMAR NAMED USL PLAYER OF THE MONTH

KUZAIN SIGNS AS HOMEGROWN PLAYER

Belmar produced a scintillating performance in the club’s season opener at Reno 1868 FC on March 17 by contributing to all four goals in the 4-3 win - which was former Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura’s first match as a head coach. Belmar first set up Diego Rubio with a stunning rabona early in the second half before opening his own account a few minutes later. His floated ball over the top found Hadji Barry for his second assist of the game before Belmar fired home the winning goal at the death.

A holding midfielder, Kuzain becomes the first Sporting KC Homegrown signing to progress from the Sporting KC Academy to the Swope Park Rangers to the senior team. Born and raised in Carbondale, Illinois, Kuzain spent several years with St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club before joining the Sporting KC Academy in August 2016.

He signed an Academy contract with the Rangers later that month, allowing him to play for both SPR and the Academy while retaining his amateur status. The midfielder finished the 2016-17 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season with four goals in 20 appearances for the Sporting KC U-18s.

Sporting Kansas City forward Kharlton Belmar was voted USL Player of the Month on Thursday after tallying four goals and two assists across just three matches while on loan with the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, throughout the month of March.

Sporting Kansas City announced on Friday the signing of Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal, known as Kuzain, to a Homegrown contract. Kuzain, a product of the Sporting KC Academy and the ninth Homegrown Player in club history, has signed an MLS contract through 2020 with options for 2021 and 2022.

The following week during the club’s home opener against Seattle Sounders FC 2 on March 24, Belmar shone once again by scoring the first and last goals of a 4-2 victory.

His low deflected finish in the first half brought the Rangers’ level at 1-1 before he showcased his power, pace and finishing ability to sprint away from his marker and fired into the top corner to seal the game in the second period.

Kuzain continued to develop in 2017 with the Rangers, where he helped Sporting KC’s USL affiliate to a second straight Western Conference championship. He debuted for the club last March and signed his first professional contract with the club in July, ending the campaign with 13 games played. His 91.3-percent passing accuracy last season ranked first in the USL among players with at least five appearances.

Belmar, 25, joined the Rangers ahead of the 2017 USL season and has since become the club’s all-time leading scorer with 20 goals - 15 in the 2017 USL season and five so far in 2018. His form last year earned Belmar an MLS contract with Sporting Kansas City on September 15, 2017, and he has since played in one MLS match - the road loss to the Houston Dynamo on October 11, 2017 where he played the final six minutes of the 2-1 setback.

Kuzain started each of the Rangers’ first four matches this season, completing 90.8 percent of his passes while leading the team with eight tackles won. SPR currently occupies first place in the USL’s Western Conference with a 3-1-1 record. As a youth player, Kuzain previously trained with the United States U-17 Men’s National Team in 2013 and 2014 as well as Dutch club Feyenoord in late 2015.

VERMES ERA CONTINUES

LOOKING TO EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vermes has compiled a 148-107-85 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 18-5-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 119 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks third among all coaches in MLS history, trailing the Galaxy’s Schmid and Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley, and two ahead of Orlando City SC head coach Jason Kreis.

VERMES VERBATIM

BESLER & ZUSI ON CUSP OF HISTORY

See below for Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes’ comments following the 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy at StubHub Center on April 8, 2018:

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

On tonight’s game: “Obviously this was a big test for us from the perspective of what went on here last week in the game against LAFC. We knew they were going to be in an emotional high and that it was going to be a difficult game at the same time I think we came in and we played with a lot of confidence in the game. We owned the ball which was a good thing and then getting two goals in the second half as close as they work together was a big step. We had a little luck no doubt they hit a post here or there but no doubt we deserve the three points.”

Sporting Kansas City defendes Matt Besler and Graham Zusi are set to match several records as they play their 10th straight season with the club.

Besler is set to reach some all-time milestones in 2018 as well. With another nine starts in MLS regular-season play, Besler will become Sporting KC’s all-time appearance leader, overtaking Arnaud who currently sits on 240 appearances in MLS action. In addition, Besler is three starts and 145 minutes shy of overtaking current assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin as the club leader in each of those categories.

On the team’s performance: “To be able to keep the ball as we did and build out of the back in another team’s stadium and own the ball if you will, it was excellent on our part to be able to do that in this type of environment against this type of team. LA has so many different weapons on it that it is not an easy team to play against because they are so good in transition especially from defense to offense and I thought that we handled it pretty well.”

Zusi, who is second among all active MLS players in assists, can also rise up the charts this season, as his next assist will tie him for 24th most in MLS history, while his next game-winning assist will tie him with Jaime Moreno for eighth most in MLS history. Additionally, Zusi’s next game winning goal will break tie with Digital Takawira for seventh most in team history.

On team being able to find goals: “I think it is a couple of things. I think it is new players, I think there is a level of confidence within the group. I also think we are creating very good chances which are high caliber chances but at the end I don’t want to say that they are easy but they are easier to score and I also think that we are very hungry in and around the box.”

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 5-8-3 Home games: 3-4-1 (12 GF, 9 GA) Road games: 2-4-2 (3 GF, 5 GA) Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014 05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015 03/06/2016 07/24/2016 05/17/2017 08/12/2017

Score KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 1 at SEA 1 KC 0 vs SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1 KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 0 at SEA 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W Qwest Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Qwest Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Qwest Field L Livestrong Sporting Park T CenturyLink Field L Sporting Park L CenturyLink Field T CenturyLink Field W Sporting Park T Sporting Park W CenturyLink Field W Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park L CenturyLink Field

3 2 18 8 17 12

Dwyer, Fernandes Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Collin, Espinoza Dom Dwyer

4 5 5 18 8

Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

14 Players 1 Three Players 2 Fredy Montero 19 Fredy Montero 8 Osvaldo Alonso 21 Osvaldo Alonso 31

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Kasey Keller 5 Stefan Frei 4 Stefan Frei 3 Stefan Frei 27 Stefan Frei 9

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

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

Gerso Fernandes (5/17/17) GOALS 14 Players ASSISTS Four Players SHOTS Gerso Fernandes (5/17/17) SHOTS ON GOAL Aurelien Collin (twice) FOULS COMMITTED Three Players FOULS SUFFERED

14 Players Jaqua, Ljungberg (4/11/09) Fredy Montero (4/11/09) Fredy Montero Alonso, Cooper (3/8/14) Osvaldo Alonso

1 2 6 3 4 7

(9/27/15) Stefan (twice) Stefan

6 3

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

6 Tim Melia (6/6/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

Frei Frei

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT Total 4 11 0 15 91 107 0 198 34 32 0 66 106 111 0 217 7 13 0 20 44 40 0 84

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 4 10 0 14 Shots 75 86 0 161 Shots on Goal 23 33 0 56 Fouls 87 74 0 161 Offsides 26 22 0 48 Corner Kicks 35 30 0 65

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC SEA

107

1-15

1 1

16-30

31-45

1 2

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,442

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 128 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 122 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 18 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 128 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

158

2 1

105.3 5

46-60

4 0

61-75

2 2

76-90

5 8

OT

0 0

Total

15 14

87

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

263

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 158 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Kenwyne Jones (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

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

Alexander Tambakis (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

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

Khiry Shelton (Trade - Dec. 14, 2017)

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

Yohan Croizet (Transfer - Dec. 15, 2017)

Cameron Porter (Retired - Nov. 27, 2017)

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

Kevin Oliveira (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

Emiliano Amor (Loan - Jan. 18, 2018)

Tyler Pasher (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)

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

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

Johnny Russell (Transfer - Jan. 31, 2018)

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

Felipe Gutierrez (Signing - Feb. 6, 2018)

Kenwyne Jones (Retired - Dec. 31, 2017)

Eric Dick (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)

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

Graham Smith (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)

Benny Feilhaber (Trade - Jan. 3, 2018)

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

Andrew Dykstra (Trade - Feb. 8, 2018)

Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (Signed as Homegrown Player - April 13, 2018)

Soony Saad (Waived - Feb. 8, 2018) Kevin Ellis (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018) Zach Wright (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018) James Musa (Waived - March 1, 2018)

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

Porter (later retires) are out of contract.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 1: OUT Sporting KC waives M James Musa.

April 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal as a Homegrown player from the Swope Park Rangers.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

Swope Park Rangers

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

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

2016

Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017

Colton Storm (14th)

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

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

2018

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

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

Khiry Shelton (12/14/17)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Matt Lewis (1/22/18) Kuzain (4/13/18)

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

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

NEW YORK CITY FC

MLS

L

0-2

--

Saturday, March 10

at Chicago Fire

MLS

W

4-3

Gutierrez (2), Russell, Medranda

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

W

3-2

Ilie, Zusi, Gutierrez

Saturday, March 24

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

T

2-2

Gutierrez, Rubio

SATURDAY, MARCH 31

D.C. UNITED

MLS

W

1-0

Gutierrez

Sunday, April 8

at LA Galaxy

MLS

W

2-0

Salloi, Russell

SUNDAY, APRIL 15

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3:00

ESPN

FRIDAY, APRIL 20

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

8:00

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, April 28

at New England Revolution

MLS

6:30

FOX Sports KC Plus

SATURDAY, MAY 5

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Wednesday, May 9

at Atlanta United FC

MLS

6:30

FOX Sports KC Plus

Sunday, May 20

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

1:00

FOX Sports KC Plus

SUNDAY, MAY 27

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MLS

5:00

FOX SPORTS 1

SUNDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, June 9

at Portland Timbers

MLS

9:30

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, JUNE 23

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Saturday, June 30

at Montreal Impact

MLS

6:00

FOX Sports KC

Wednesday, July 4

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

9:00

FOX Sports KC Plus

SATURDAY, JULY 7

TORONTO FC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Saturday, July 14

at New York Red Bulls

MLS

6:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, JULY 28

FC DALLAS

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Saturday, August 4

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

8:00

FOX Sports KC Plus

Saturday, August 11

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

9:30

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, September 1

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

3:00

FOX Sports KC

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

ORLANDO CITY SC

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC PLUS

Saturday, September 15

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

9:30

FOX Sports KC

Sunday, September 23

at Philadelphia Union

MLS

12:00

ESPN

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

4:00

FOX SPORTS 1

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

LA GALAXY

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

Wednesday, October 17

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

9:00

FOX Sports KC

Sunday, October 21

at FC Dallas

MLS

4:00

TBD

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28

LOS ANGELES FC

MLS

3:30

FOX SPORTS KC

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2018 REFEREE LOG REFEREE

RECORD

SKC FOULS

OPP. FOULS

SKC YC

OPP. YC

SKC RC

OPP. RC

SKC PK

OPP. PK

Mark Geiger

0-1-0

8

14

0

3

0

1

0

0

18

9

2

2

0

0

0

0

Jose Carlos Rivero 1-0-0 Allen Chapman

1-0-0

9

8

1

1

0

0

1

0

Sorin Stoica

0-0-1

15

12

1

3

0

0

0

0

Baldomero Toledo

1-0-0

9

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

Robert Sibiga

1-0-0

5

11

1

2

0

0

0

0

2018 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG DATE REFEREE VAR March 4 Mark Geiger Jon Freemon

INCIDENT SKC Penalty Awarded

DECISION Overturned, No Penalty

March 4

NYC Foul Not Called

Overturned, Red Card

Salloi fouled in the box by Chanot, Geiger awards a penalty kick. After reviewing the play, the penalty kick is overturned.

Mark Geiger

Jon Freemon

Fernandes bundled over when through on goal by Chanot, no foul given. After reviewing the play, Chanot is given a straight red card for denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2018 Record When...

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

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

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

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

Wearing Sporting blue Wearing black metallic

0-0-1 4-1-0

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

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

Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even

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

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

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

Day games (before 5 p.m.)

Games 5 p.m. CT or later

0-0-0 4-1-1

With red card for With red card against

0-0-0 0-1-0

Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75

0-0-0 4-1-1

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

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

vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference

2-0-1 2-1-0

On grass On turf

4-1-1 0-0-0

Quickest Goal...

March 2018 March all-time April 2018 April all-time May 2018 May all-time June 2018 June all-time July 2018 July all-time Aug. 2018 Aug. all-time Sept. 2018 Sept. all-time Oct. 2018 Oct. all-time

3-1-1 20-10-10 1-0-0 44-36-15 0-0-0 36-46-25 0-0-0 41-29-25 0-0-0 51-35-27 0-0-0 41-51-17 0-0-0 32-39-18 0-0-0 21-17-17

Quickest Goal Against...

Dominique Badji (3/24 at COL) - 5th Minute

Game-winning goals after 75’...

Felipe Gutierrez (3/10 at CHI) - 86th Minute

Game-tying goals after 75’...

Diego Rubio (3/24 at COL) - 91+ Minute

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

N/A

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

N/A

Red Cards...

N/A

Red Cards Against...

Maxime Chanot (3/4 vs. NYC) - 88th Minute

Penalty Kicks...

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2018) vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United

vs. FC Dallas

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

Felipe Gutierrez (3/31 vs. DC) - 3rd Minute

Regular Season Record By Month

Shutouts 2-0-0 One-goal games 3-0-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC

SPORTING KC IN 2018 (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-1

0-0-1 (0-0-0) 16-26-11 (1-0-0) 24-23-14 (0-0-1) 25-22-7 (0-0-0) 21-21-13 (1-0-0) 24-22-12 (0-0-0) 5-10-12 (0-0-0) 23-24-14 (1-0-0) 1-1-1 (0-0-0) 6-3-3 (0-0-0) 25-17-11 (0-0-0) 2-2-0 (0-1-0) 21-20-13 (0-0-0) 1-1-1 (0-0-0) 5-5-5 (0-0-0) 6-3-3 (0-0-0) 9-10-7 (0-0-0) 25-24-8 (1-0-0) 5-8-3 (0-0-0) 14-4-6 (0-0-0) 6-3-3 (0-0-0)

Ilie Sanchez (3/17 vs. SJ) - Scored on Andrew Tarbell

Penalty Kicks Against...

N/A

Youngest Goalscorer...

Daniel Salloi (4/8 at LA) - 21 years and 263 days

Oldest Goalscorer...

Graham Zusi (3/17 vs. SJ) - 31 years and 211 days

Youngest Starter...

Daniel Salloi (3/10 at CHI) - 21 years and 234 days

Youngest to play in a game...

Daniel Salloi (3/4 vs. NYC) - 21 years and 228 days

Oldest Starter...

Tim Melia (4/8 at LA) - 31 years and 328 days

Oldest to play in a game...

Tim Melia (4/8 at LA) - 31 years and 328 days

Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2018 at home All-time at home 2018 on road All-time on road

286-263-154 2-1-0 188-93-70 2-0-1 98-170-84

2018 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 4 8 12 OPPONENT 4 5 9

SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 47 55 102 OPPONENT 26 52 78

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 13 20 33 OPPONENT 12 18 30

FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 27 37 64 OPPONENT 38 22 60

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 2 7 9 OPPONENT 7 8 15

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 19 29 48 OPPONENT 8 11 19

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 2 3 5 OPPONENT 5 6 11

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

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

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

W L T 286 263 154 17 21 8 28 15 7 10 12 9 341 311 178

HOME GF GA 974 930 59 61 101 57 39 45 1173 1093

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

W L T 188 93 70 14 3 3 20 7 3 6 4 5 228 107 81

9

AWAY GF GA 586 412 35 15 69 28 20 13 710 468

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

W L T 98 170 84 2 17 5 8 8 4 4 8 3 112 203 96

GF GA 388 518 21 43 32 29 19 32 460 622

Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL

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

GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2018 REGULAR SEASON)

Formation: 4-3-3

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

Substitute players are not listed.

Center forward Khiry Shelton 5 Diego Rubio 1

Left forward

Right forward

Daniel Salloi 4 Johnny Russell 2

Johnny Russell 4 Yohan Croizet 2

Left-center midfielder

Right-center midfielder

Felipe Gutierrez 5 Yohan Croizet 1

Roger Espinoza 6

Defensive midfielder Ilie 6

Left back

Seth Sinovic 3 Jimmy Medranda 2 Cristian Lobato 1

Left center back

Right center back

Matt Besler 6

Ike Opara 6

Goalkeeper Tim Melia 6

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Right back Graham Zusi 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES March 4, 2018: Sporting KC 0-2 New York City FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,831 Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees

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

New York City FC (1-0-0, 3 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Lobato (Medranda 73’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Croizet (Fernandes 57’) F Rubio (Salloi 62’) F Russell

1 2 F 0 0 0 1 1 2

New York City FC GK Johnson D Tinnerholm D Chanot D Callens D Sweat M Ring M Herrera M Medina (Tajouri 69’) M Moralez (Ibeagha 89’) M Wallace F Villa (C) (Matarrita 85’)

March 10, 2018: Chicago Fire 3-4 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL Attendance: 14,021 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 37 degrees 1 2 F 2 2 4 0 3 3

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

Chicago Fire (0-1-0, 0 pts.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Medranda 69’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Russell (Croizet 93+) F Shelton (Fernandes 55’) F Salloi

Chicago Fire GK Sanchez D Polster (Corrales 93+) D Kappelhof D Dean (Collier 88’) D Vincent M McCarty (C) M Tchani M Solignac M Schweinsteiger M Katai (Ellis 85’) F Nikolic

March 17, 2018: Sporting KC 3-2 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,868 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 46 degrees

Sporting KC (2-1-0, 6 pts.)

San Jose Earthquakes (1-1-0, 3 pts.)

1 2 F 1 2 3 1 1 2

Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes GK Melia GK Tarbell D Zusi D Lima D Opara D Quintana D Besler (C) D Cummings D Sinovic D Salinas (Alashe 82’) M Ilie M Eriksson M Espinoza (Medranda 93+) M Godoy M Gutierrez M Jungwirth (Yueill 74’) F Russell M Vako F Shelton (Croizet 82’) F Hoesen (Amarikwa 82’) F Salloi (Fernandes 87’) F Wondolowski (C)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Stuver (GK) Amor Abdul-Salaam Lindsey Awuah Sinovic McNamara

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Cleveland (GK) Amor Adams Lindsey Bronico Lobato Bakero

Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Bersano (GK) Amor Affolter Lindsey Ockford Lobato Thompson

Scoring Summary: NYC - Maxi Moralez 1 (David Villa 1, Jesus Medina 1) 32’ NYC - Jesus Medina 1 (Ben Sweat 1, Yangel Herrera 1) 53’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 1 (Unassisted) 9’ SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Daniel Salloi 1, Roger Espinoza 1) 44’ CHI - Aleksander Katai 1 (Bastian Schweinsteiger 1) 70’ CHI - Nemanja Nikolic 1 (Unassisted) 74’ CHI - Nemanja Nikolic 2 (Brandon Vincent 1, Matt Polster) 82’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda 1 (Unassisted) 83’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 2 (Daniel Salloi 2, Johnny Russell 1) 86’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Ilie 1 (Penalty Kick) 25’ SJ - Vako 1 (Unassisted) 34’ SKC - Graham Zusi 1 (Roger Espinoza 2) 56’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 3 (Daniel Salloi 3, Johnny Russell 2) 68’ SJ - Chris Wondolowski 1 (Magnus Eriksson 1) 91+

Misconduct Summary: NYC - Jesus Medina (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 23’ NYC - Alexander Ring (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’ NYC - Sean Johnson (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 59’ NYC - Maxime Chanot (Red Card; DOGSO) 88’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 18 (3) 3 8 3 9

NYC 11 (5) 3 14 2 3

March 24, 2018: Colorado Rapids 2-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 17,424 Weather: Cloudy and 61 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 2 0 2

Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts.)

Colorado Rapids (0-1-1, 1 pt.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Meranda 46’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Croizet (Gerso 61’) F Shelton F Russell (Rubio 88’)

Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Wynne D Wilson D Smith M Hairston M Blomberg (Boateng 58’) M Price M Martinez M Vako F Mason (Jackson 64’) F Badji (McBean 84’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK) Amor Watts Lindsey Azira Lobato Serna Scoring Summary: COL - Dominique Badji 1 (Edgar Castillo 1, Jack Price 1) 5’ COL - Joe Mason 1 (Tommy Smith 1) 8’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 4 (Unassisted) 57’ SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Khiry Shelton 1, Gerso Fernandes 1) 91+ Misconduct Summary: COL - Jack Price (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 15’ COL - Niki Jackson (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 65’ COL - Tim Howard (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 79’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 20 (9) 0 15 1 7

COL 8 (2) 7 12 1 0

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 33’ CHI - Johan Kappelhof (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’ CHI - Bastian Schweinsteiger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 16 (8) 3 18 1 4

CHI 13 (6) 4 9 4 3

March 31, 2018: Sporting KC 1-0 D.C. United MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,624 Weather: Cloudy and 45 degrees

Sporting KC (3-1-1, 10 pts.)

D.C. United (0-3-2, 2 pt.)

1 2 F 1 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Croizet 53’) F Russell F Shelton F Salloi (Fernandes 77’)

D.C. United GK Ousted D DeLeon D Brillant D Birnbaum (C) D Mora (Kelly 87’) M Durkin M Segura (Stieber 77’) M Arriola (Mullins 81’) M Acosta M Asad F Mattocks

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’ SJ - Yefferson Quintana (Yellow Card; Dissent) 39’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 13 (4) 2 9 0 12

SJ 11 (4) 1 8 4 3

April 8, 2018: LA Galaxy 0-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 25,846 Weather: Sunny and 70 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC (4-1-1, 13 pts.)

LA Galaxy (2-2-1, 7 pt.)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet (Sinovic 70’) F Russell (Fernandes 88’) F Shelton F Salloi

LA Galaxy GK Bingham D Feltscher D Steres D Skjelvik D Cole (C) M Kitchen M J. dos Santos M Pontius M Alessandrini (Lletget 67’) M Boateng (Ibrahimovic 62’) F Kamara

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Clark (GK) Didic Odoi-Atsem Lindsey Opare Sinovic Harkes Rubio

Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Vom Steeg (GK) Amor Ciani Lindsey Romney Lobato Carrasco Rubio Husidic

Scoring Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 5 (Khiry Shelton 2) 3’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Unassisted) 56’ SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Roger Espinoza 3) 61’

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

SKC 22 (5) 3 9 3 10

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DC 13 (3) 4 6 2 5

Misconduct Summary: LA - Daniel Steres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ LA - Jonathan dos Santos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 13 (4) 10 5 1 6

LA 22 (10) 2 11 2 5

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE

March 4 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 8 April 15 April 20 April 28 May 5 May 9 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 9 June 23 June 30 July 4 July 7 July 14 July 28 Aug. 4 Aug. 11 Aug. 18 Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 6 Oct. 17 Oct. 21 Oct. 28

OPPONENT

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

RESULT L W W T W W

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

ATTEND. 20,831 14,021 18,868 17,424 18,624 25,846

RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-1-0 1-1-0 2-1-0 2-1-1 3-1-1 4-1-1

T-8 T-3 T-1 T-1 T-1 1

0 3 6 7 10 13

-Gutierrez (2), Russell, Medranda Ilie, Zusi, Gutierrez Gutierrez, Rubio Gutierrez Salloi, Russell

SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (4-1-1, 13 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF APRIL 8, 2018 UNF POS PLAYER 21 M Felipe Gutierrez 7 F Johnny Russell 20 F Daniel Salloi 94 D Jimmy Medranda 11 F Diego Rubio 6 M Ilie Sanchez 8 D Graham Zusi 17 M Roger Espinoza 14 F Khiry Shelton 12 F Gerso Fernandes 5 D Matt Besler 10 M Yohan Croizet 19 M Cristian Lobato 29 GK Tim Melia 3 D Ike Opara 15 D Seth Sinovic 22 D Emiliano Amor 90 F Kharlton Belmar 13 F Gianluca Busio 18 GK Eric Dick 2 D Amer Didic 4 D Brad Evans 88 D Matt Lewis 26 D Jaylin Lindsey 16 D Graham Smith 23 D Colton Storm 1 GK Adrian Zendejas

Team totals

Opponent totals

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6

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

MIN 413 535 373 264 63 540 540 539 407 115 540 234 73 540 540 224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 540 540

G 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9

A 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11

SHT 17 21 9 4 1 5 10 6 10 4 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 77

SOG 10 7 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 30

FC 10 3 2 3 0 11 2 10 5 4 5 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 60

FS 4 6 5 4 1 4 3 10 3 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 64

OFF 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 15

CK 5 16 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 19

C 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11

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 1

SV 20 20 21

GA 9 9 12

GAA 1.50 1.50 2.00

PG 0 0 1

PA 0 0 1

W 4 4 1

L 1 1 4

T 1 1 1

SO 2 2 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Felipe Gutierrez 3, Daniel Salloi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 2, Johnny Russell 2, Khiry Shelton 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ilie Sanchez 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6 6 6

GS 6 6 6

MIN 540 540 540

SH 30 30 33

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes

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

Peter Vermes is entering his 10th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2017 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 148 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to seven straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 119 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank sixth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions. He has coached 340 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.

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

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

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

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

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year

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

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

2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 12-9-13 0-1-0 2018 4-1-1 --- TOTAL 119-92-75 5-6-3

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

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

3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 16-9-13 4-1-1 148-107-85

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #22 | D | EMILIANO AMOR | @LoveEmiliano SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

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

Birthday: 5/16/1996

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

he scores 0-0-0

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

1

0

6

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

1

0

1

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

2

0

7

0

0

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

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

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 12/1/1992 Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia College: Virginia Commonwealth University Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2017 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Kharlton Belmar late in the 2017 season from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. Belmar led the Rangers with 15 goals in 2017 - setting a new single-season record for the club. Belmar had two goals and two assists for SPR in the 2018 season opener, becoming the joint top scorer for the club and earning him USL Player of the Week honors.

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

Belmar added a further three goals and three assists in limited minute during the 2016 season and ended his tenure in Portland with 15 goals and six assists across 53 appearances in the USL. The Virginia Beach, Virginia native attended college close to home at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he had 18 goals and five assists across a four-year career for the Rams. Belmar was named an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection as a junior and senior and also played for USL Premier Development League sides Mississippi Brilla (2012) and the Portland Timbers U-23s (2014) while at college.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

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Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

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

A

MLS Regular Season

232

226

20371

3

15

MLS Postseason

14

14

1380

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

19

17

1594

0

1

International

10

10

885

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

275

267

24230

3

16

Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

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

Besler has earned 47 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Besler is second in Sporting KC history with 275 appearances across all competitions and Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and second in regular-season starts with 226. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in started 240 of 246 MLS matches (including playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Kansas City. He recently made four appearances for his country as the U.S. claimed the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015).

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

232

226

20371

3

15

41

9

205

111

8

1

29

2

2

7

KC - Postseason

14

14

1380

0

0

2

0

14

10

3

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

246

240

21751

3

15

43

9

219

121

11

1

29

2

2

7

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

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/25/2017 Sporting Kansas City signed Gianluca Busio as the club’s fifth Homegrown Player on August 25, 2017, making Busio the youngest active player in MLS and the second youngest player in MLS history at the age of 15 years and 89 days. Busio made his professional deby for the Swope Park Rangers on April 4, 2018, recording the gamewinning assist.

he scores 0-0-0

He led the U-16s to their first appearance in the USSDA quarterfinals.

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

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #10 | M | YOHAN CROIZET | @Yohancroizet SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

6

3

234

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

3

234

0

0

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, March 24, 2018, KC at COL Shots 3, March 24, 2018, KC at COL Fouls Committed 3, March 24, 2018, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 2, March 24, 2018, KC at COL Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 2/15/1992

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

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

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

6

3

234

0

0

10

2

5

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

6

3

234

0

0

10

2

5

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

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

GP

GS

MIN

G

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

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Last Regular Season...

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

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

he scores 0-0-0

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

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

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

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #2 | D | AMER DIDIC | @amerdidic_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

3

3

270

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

3

3

270

0

0

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

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

A

Last Regular Season...

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

Birthday: 12/28/1994

he scores 0-0-0

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

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

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#17 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

196

176

15629

5

26

MLS Postseason

9

8

659

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

18

16

1744

0

3

International

3

2

232

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

226

202

18264

5

29

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 26 times, last: April 8, 2018, KC at LA Shots on Goal 2, 9 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist April 8, 2018, KC at LA 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 10/25/1986

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

Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 226 appearances for the club in all

competitions, tallying five goals and 29 assists over nine seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City.

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

196

176

15629

5

26

217

55

307

273

13

16

42

7

1

6

KC - Postseason

9

8

659

0

0

7

3

12

12

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

205

184

16288

5

26

224

59

319

285

14

16

46

7

1

6

17

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D/M | BRAD EVANS | @brad_evans3 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

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

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Last Regular Season...

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

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

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

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

230

198

17351

25

29

207

71

164

164

20

41

25

4

8

10

KC - Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

25

20

1821

3

2

23

9

14

18

0

4

3

0

2

1

MLS - TOTAL

255

218

19172

28

31

230

80

178

182

20

45

28

4

10

11

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

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

38

26

2353

8

3

MLS Postseason

1

1

51

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

5

385

2

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

44

32

2789

10

4

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Assists 1, 3 times, last: March 24, 2018, KC at COL Shots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Shots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 4, June 17, 2017, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Assist March 24, 2018, KC at COL 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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

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

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

38

26

2353

8

3

67

26

37

42

7

9

4

0

2

1

KC - Postseason

1

1

51

0

0

2

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

39

27

2404

8

3

69

27

38

43

7

9

4

0

2

1

18

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #21 | M | FELIPE GUTIERREZ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

5

5

413

5

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

5

5

413

5

0

Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Hometown: Quintero, Chile Last Club: Real Betis (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 2/6/2018

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Assists 0 Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: March 24, 2018, KC at COL Shots 6, March 24, 2018, KC at COL Fouls Committed 4, March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 1, 4 times, last: March 24, 2018, KC at COL

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 31, 2018, KC vs. DC Goal March 31, 2018, KC vs. DC Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 3-1-1 he scores 3-0-1

Birthday: 10/8/1990

Gutierrez joined 12-time Chilean Primera Division champion CD Universidad Catolica in 2009. He enjoyed a breakout season for the club in 2011, scoring 10 goals in the top-flight Primera Division as Universidad Catolica finished atop the spring Apertura standings and won the 2011 Copa Chile. Gutierrez landed a transfer to FC Twente ahead of the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, debuting for the Dutch side in a UEFA Europa League qualifier. In his sophomore season at FC Twente, Gutierrez reached new heights as the midfielder started 33 league matches and was named the 2013-14 Eredivisie Most Valuable Player for his instrumental role in propelling the Tukkers to a third-place finish in the table.

Gutierrez moved from Netherlands to Spain in 2016-17, signing for Spanish La Liga side Real Betis. His first La Liga goal was a stoppage-time winner as Real Betis beat Osasuna 2-1 in October 2016. Gutierrez spent most of 2017 on loan at Internacional in Brazil, where he played 16 games and helped the club gain promotion to the top-flight Serie A. A native of Quintero, Chile, Gutierrez has represented his country 35 times at the senior international level. He’s competed on a global stage at the sport’s highest level, featuring at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and helping Chile lift the 2015 Copa America title as champions of South America.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

5

5

413

5

0

17

10

10

4

0

5

0

0

3

0

MLS - TOTAL

5

5

413

5

0

17

10

10

4

0

5

0

0

3

0

#88 | D | MATT LEWIS | @mattylew03 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

Height: 6-2 Weight: 165 Birthday: 8/1/1996 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Fordham University Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/22/18 Sporting Kansas City signed center back Matt Lewis as a Homegrown player following a four-year career at Fordham University. Lewis started all 84 college appearances from 2014-2017 - becoming Fordham’s career leader in both categories - while also tallying five goals and four assists over his last two seasons. He helped lead the Rams to a pair of Atlantic 10 Championship titles and three NCAA tournament appearances, including a run to the program’s first-ever Elite Eight in 2017.

In addition to winning 39 career games at Fordham, Lewis earned multiple individual accolades as a college standout. He was an All-Atlantic 10 Second Team selection as a

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sophomore and junior and received 2017 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior, guiding Fordham to 11 clean sheets in his final season.

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Lewis attended Rockhurst High School and anchored the Sporting KC U-18 backline throughout the 2013-14 campaign. The center back was named a finalist for Sporting KC Male Youth Player of the Year at the 2014 Kevin Gray Awards.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

19

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #26 | D | JAYLIN LINDSEY | @JaylinLindsey SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Birthday: 3/27/2000 Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/1/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed Jaylin Lindsey as a Homegrown Player in September 2017, with his contract starting on Jan. 1, 2018. A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Lindsey is the third-youngest signing in club history. The defender has featured for the Sporting KC U-16s and U-18s and made more than 25 appearances for the United States U-17 Men’s National Team from 2016-2017.

he scores 0-0-0

day later, he became the first American player born in 2000 or later to appear in a professional match. Lindsey would feature once more for the Rangers before joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in August 2016.

Lindsey has featured regularly for the U.S. U-17s. He was named to the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI in May after helping the U.S. to a second-place finish. That allowed Lindsey to represent the U.S. at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Lindsey has been a youth international since 2013, representing the U-14s, U-15s and U-17s.

Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lindsey joined the Sporting KC Academy in January 2015. He has made more than 30 combined appearances for the U-16s and U-18s. After impressing throughout his first full Academy season with Sporting KC, Lindsey signed an Academy contract with the Swope Park Rangers on May 6, 2016. A MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#19 | M | CRISTIAN LOBATO SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

11

7

620

1

0

MLS Postseason

1

0

20

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

12

7

640

1

0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Shots 2, Sept. 6, 2017, KC at NYC Fouls Committed 2, Oct. 15, 2017, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 2, March 4, 2018, KC vs. NYC Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 4, 2018, KC vs. NYC Goal Sept. 10, 2017, KC at CLB Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 3/7/1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 6/29/2017 Cristian Lobato joined Sporting Kansas City in the summer of 2017 after spending two seasons with Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013.

He spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet. Lobato scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw on the road at Columbus Crew SC in September 2017.

Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and helped the club win a Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B of the Segunda Division, scoring eight goals in 57 games.

In February 2014, Lobato made his top-flight debut for CA Osasuna and ended the 2013-14 La Liga campaign with 12 appearances. He then left Spain for the first time, helping Asteras Tripoli to a fourth-place finish in the 2014-15 Superleague Greece before returning to join Gimnastic de Tarragona in 2015.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

11

7

620

1

0

7

3

3

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

KC - Postseason

1

0

20

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

12

7

640

1

0

9

4

3

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Assists 1, 3 times, last: April 15, 2017, KC at POR Shots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Shots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD

A

MLS Regular Season

80

56

4847

4

3

MLS Postseason

2

1

121

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

7

6

648

0

2

International

2

1

96

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

91

64

5713

4

5

Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Assist April 15, 2017, KC at POR 2018 Record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 91 games for the club across all competitions. He set career highs for appearances (39), starts (29), minutes (2,619) and goals (2) in 2017.

Medranda has scored four goals and added five assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

80

56

4847

4

3

104

20

73

49

6

18

11

1

1

2

KC - Postseason

2

1

121

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

82

57

4968

4

3

105

20

74

50

6

18

11

1

1

2

#29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

87

87

7799

0

0

MLS Postseason

2

2

174

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

10

10

990

0

0

International

1

1

90

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

100

100

9053

0

0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJ Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Shutout April 8, 2018, KC at LA 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-1

Birthday: 5/15/1986

Tim Melia became one of the top goalkeepers in MLS in 2017 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Melia claimed the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759).

Melia was named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10 saves in a win over the LA Galaxy.

During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.

After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

87

87

7799

350

255

28

91

1.05

7

11

7

0

38

27

21

MLS - Regular Season

93

92

8238

386

277

28

105

1.15

8

12

7

1

38

31

22

KC - Postseason

2

2

174

5

2

0

2

1.03

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

95

94

8412

391

279

28

107

1.14

8

12

7

1

38

32

22

21

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, April 13, 2016, KC vs. COL

A

MLS Regular Season

88

75

6875

9

3

MLS Postseason

4

1

136

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

7

7

703

2

0

International

7

7

630

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

106

90

8344

12

3

Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012

Ninth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his sixth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (30), starts (30) and equaled his career-high with three goals in 2017. His performances in 2017 earned him the MLS Defender of the Year title.

Opara was previously a nominee for MLS Player of the Month in March 2015, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year.

Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all

Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Assist Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014.

Opara has one cap for the U.S. Men’s National Team, coming in a friendly against Bosnia & Herzegovina on January 28, 2018. He previously represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

88

75

6875

9

3

61

23

84

38

3

0

10

1

5

2

MLS - Regular Season

123

97

9027

12

3

82

30

113

55

8

1

12

1

6

2

KC - Postseason

4

1

136

0

0

1

0

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

5

1

214

0

0

2

0

3

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

128

98

9241

12

3

84

30

116

58

9

1

12

1

6

2

#11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

33

15

1404

8

2

MLS Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

4

378

2

1

International

3

3

270

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

42

23

2172

11

3

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 5, Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Shots 7, Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Fouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe.

The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27, 2016 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, 2016, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13, 2016 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September 2016. He tore his ACL that October and made his return to the field on June 17, 2017 in a 0-0 road draw with San Jose before scoring his first goal since returning in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.

Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 24, 2018, KC at COL Goal March 24, 2018, KC at COL Assist Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA 2018 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-1

Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals.

Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

33

15

1404

8

2

51

17

36

42

12

0

4

0

3

1

KC - Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

34

16

1524

8

2

51

17

37

42

13

0

5

0

3

1

22

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

6

6

535

2

2

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

6

535

2

2

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Last Club: Derby County FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/31/2018

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: April 8, 2018, KC at LA Assists 1, 2 times, last: March 17, 2018, KC vs. SJ Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: April 8, 2018, KC at LA Shots 5, 3 times, last: March 31, 2018, KC vs. DC Fouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: March 31, 2018, KC vs. DC Fouls Suffered 3, March 4, 2018, KC vs. NYC Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal April 8, 2018, KC at LA Assist March 17, 2018, KC vs. SJ 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 2-0-0

Birthday: 4/8/1990

Sporting KC acquired Scottish winger Johnny Russell in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. Russell has scored 94 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United FC Academy in Scotland before making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17.

comps during the 2011-12 campaign to pace another fourth-place finish. Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals in 38 competitive appearances.

Russell reached new heights in June 2013 when he joined Derby County. He marked his debut for the outfit with his first of nine goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as the Rams fell just short of promotion to the EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons.

He spent most of the following two seasons on loan at Scottish side Forfar Athletic, recording eight goals, and marked his first career Dundee United start with a goal in a 2009 Scottish FA Cup win over East Sterlingshire. After being loaned to Raith Rovers in 2009-10, Russell enjoyed a breakout year at Dundee United with nine goals as the Tangerines finished fourth in the Scottish Premier League. He added 14 more goals in all

Russell has earned four career caps for Scotland, receiving his first call to the senior squad in May 2012 for a friendly against the U.S. but did not feature in the match. Russell made his debut in a 2014 friendly against England and featured in two more friendlies the following year. Russell has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

6

6

535

2

2

21

7

3

6

2

16

0

0

0

2

MLS - TOTAL

6

6

535

2

2

21

7

3

6

2

16

0

0

0

2

#20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

27

16

1544

4

5

MLS Postseason

1

0

69

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

1

215

3

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

32

17

1828

7

5

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: April 8, 2018, KC at LA Assists 2, March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Shots on Goal 4, Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots 5, Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2017, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 4, Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal April 8, 2018, KC at LA Assist March 17, 2018, KC vs. SJ 2018 Record when: he starts 4-0-0 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is one of five Homegrown Players on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Gianluca Busio (2017), Jaylin Lindsey (2018), Matt Lewis (2018) and Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (2018).

He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1.

Salloi scored the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final in September. Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, in 2016 and scored four goals and added three assists before being loaned to Gyirmot SE in

Hungary for the remainder of the season. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season.

After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday. Salloi made his debut for the Hungary Under-21 National Team in late 2017 and has four caps to date.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

27

16

1544

4

5

52

21

13

23

6

0

2

0

1

3

KC - Postseason

1

0

69

0

0

4

1

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

28

16

1613

4

5

56

22

13

26

6

0

2

0

1

3

23

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

39

39

3510

1

2

MLS Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

5

510

0

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

45

45

4140

1

3

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, March 17, 2018, KC vs. SJ Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: March 17, 2018, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Fouls Committed 5, March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 4, March 4, 2017, KC at DC

A

Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal March 17, 2018, KC vs. SJ Assist Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 1-0-0

Birthday: 11/21/1990

Sánchez, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season. He joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season and has made 45 appearances in all competitions for the club, earning Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year honors in 2017.

After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.

Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as Division.

Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

39

39

3510

1

2

24

3

27

41

0

11

8

0

0

1

KC - Postseason

1

1

120

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

40

40

3630

1

2

25

3

28

43

0

11

9

0

0

1

#14 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

5

5

407

0

2

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

5

5

407

0

2

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 15, 2017, NYC at NE (w/ NYC) Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 24, 2018, KC at COL Shots 4, March 31, 2018, KC vs. DC Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 27, 2017, NYC at MTL (w/ NYC) Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC) Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal Oct. 15, 2017, NYC at NE (w/ NYC) Assist March 31, 2018, KC vs. DC 2018 Record when: he starts 4-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Birthday: 6/26/1993 Hometown: Leander, Texas College: Oregon State Last Club: New York City FC Acquired: Acquired via trade with New York City FC on 12/14/2017 Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 15, 2015 by expansion side New York City FC. After three seasons with the club, Shelton moved to Sporting KC in December 2017 in a trade for Saad Abdul-Salaam.

season. He was an NSCAA All-America Second Team; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003.

Shelton was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team for the Lisbon International games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts. The Leander, Tournament in 2011. Selected to the U18 squad for its trip to Israel in 2010.

Texas native had his best season in 2016 when he tallied four goals and nine assists.

In college, Shelton recorded 10 goals and 12 assists at Oregon State University his senior MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

5

5

407

0

2

10

3

5

3

1

0

0

0

0

1

MLS - Regular Season

59

28

2892

6

12

47

15

29

34

4

0

0

0

0

4

MLS - Postseason

2

0

57

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

61

28

2949

6

12

47

15

29

35

4

0

0

0

0

4

24

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

169

163

14401

1

9

MLS Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

U.S. Open Cup

14

14

1183

0

2

International

11

10

937

1

2

ALL COMPETITIONS

206

199

17655

4

13

Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 9 times, last: Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Shots 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA 2018 Record when: he starts 2-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 1/28/1987

An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 199 of 206 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.

A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

169

163

14401

1

9

83

23

177

105

9

0

27

0

0

5

MLS - Regular Season

188

180

15936

1

9

90

24

190

116

10

0

30

0

0

5

KC - Postseason

12

12

1134

2

0

5

3

18

12

0

0

2

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

201

193

17115

3

9

95

27

208

128

9

0

32

0

2

5

#16 | D | GRAHAM SMITH SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Birthday: 4/8/1990 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: University of Denver Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#18) - signed on 2/15/18

he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City selected center back Graham Smith with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft before officially sigining him in February 2018.

goals in 38 matches for the Beavers, helping the side reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014.

Smith split his four-year college career between Oregon State University (2014-15) and the University of Denver (2016-17). The versatile defender started all 80 appearances at the NCAA Division I level, registering six goals and seven assists in his final two seasons with the Denver Pioneers.

Upon transferring to Denver in 2016, Smith helped the Pioneers reach the Men’s College Cup for the first time in program history. He split time between the holding midfield and center back positions, serving as the anchor of a defense that notched a 0.52 goals against average in 2016 and a 0.71 goals against average in 2017. As a senior, Smith was a United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team selection and a CoSIDA Academic All-American.

A native of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Smith was teammates with current Sporting KC forward Khiry Shelton during his freshman campaign at Oregon State. He assisted three MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

25

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania College: University of North Carolina Acquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017

he scores 0-0-0

Right back Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm spent the 2017 season on loan with the Swope Park final four in program history.

Rangers, tallying one goal and three assists in 30 games as the Rangers won their second consecutive USL Western Conference title.

Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense Storm tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States University of North Carolina. He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was FC in his hometown.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#75 | M | WAN KUZAIN WAN KAMAL | @LeKuz7 SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

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

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

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 9/14/1998 Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois Last Club: Swope Park Rangers Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 4/13/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed holding midfielder Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal to an MLS contract on April 13, 2018, becoming the ninth Homegrown player in club history and the fifth on the active roster. Kuzain is the first Sporting KC Homegrown signing to progress from the Sporting KC Academy to the Swope Park Rangers to the senior team.

he scores 0-0-0

Kuzain continued to develop in 2017 with the Swope Park Rangers, where he helped them to a second straight Western Conference championship. He debuted for the club last March and signed his first professional contract with the club in July, ending the campaign with 13 games played. His 91.3-percent passing accuracy last season ranked first in the USL among players with at least five appearances.

Born and raised in Carbondale, Illinois, Kuzain spent several years with St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club before joining the Sporting Kansas City Academy in August 2016. As a youth, Kuzain previously trained with the United States U-17 Men’s National Team in He signed an Academy contract with the Rangers later that month. The midfielder finished 2013 and 2014 as well as Dutch club Feyenoord in late 2015. the 2016-17 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season with four goals in 20 appearances for the Sporting KC U-18s.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

26

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season...

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

Birthday: 8/30/1995

Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He spent the 2017 season primarily on loan with the Swope Park Rangers, making 25 starts for the club and posting a 0.92 goals against average with 10 shutouts. Zendejas was one of the top goalkeepers in the USL, cementing his pedigree by saving four penalties and scoring the game-winning spot kick in the shootout of the Western Conference Final against OKC Energy FC in November 2017.

Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a

perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average.

Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final.

The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 6 times, last: Aug. 19, 2017, KC vs. FCD Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI

A

MLS Regular Season

224

184

16980

27

56

MLS Postseason

14

14

1379

0

6

U.S. Open Cup

15

13

1267

3

5

International

8

8

690

0

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

261

219

20316

30

70

Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 8, 2018, KC at LA Goal March 17, 2018, KC vs. SJ Assist Oct. 15, 2017, KC at RSL 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-1 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) A 10-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014.

Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 30 goals and 70 assists in 261 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2009 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 70 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist

against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season assists and later moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017 versus FC Dallas.

Zusi has earned 55 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

MLS CAREER STATS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

224

184

16980

27

56

336

107

183

261

29

715

18

1

8

25

KC - Postseason

14

14

1379

0

6

27

2

21

25

1

69

2

0

0

3

MLS - TOTAL

238

198

18359

27

62

363

109

204

286

30

784

20

1

8

28

27

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 PARTICIPATION CHART

3/4 3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/8 4/15 4/20 4/28 5/5 5/9 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/9 6/23 6/30 PLAYER NYC @CHI SJ @COL DC @LA SEA VAN @NE COL @ATL @MIN CLB MIN @POR HOU @MTL Amor DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR DNP Belmar UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Besler CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Busio UNAV SPR INJ ACD ACD SPR Croizet RW-57 SUB-1 SUB-8 RW-66 SUB-37 CM-70 Dick UNAV SPR DNP UNAV SPR SPR Didic UNAV SPR SPR SPR DNP SPR Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Evans INJ INJ INJ UNAV UNAV UNAV Fernandes SUB-33 SUB-35 SUB-3 SUB-29 SUB-13 SUB-2 Gutierrez CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-53 INJ Lewis SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Lindsey DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Lobato LB-73 DNP DNP DNP SPR DNP Medranda SUB-17 SUB-21 SUB-1 SUB-45 LB-90 LB-90 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Rubio CF-62 SPR SPR SUB-2 DNP DNP Russell LW-90 RW-89 RW-90 LW-88 RW-90 RW-88 Salloi SUB-28 LW-90 LW-87 INTL LW-77 LW-90 Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Shelton INJ CF-55 CF-82 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 Sinovic DNP LB-69 LB-90 LB-45 DNP SUB-20 Smith SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Storm UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Kuzain -- -- -- -- -- -- Zendejas DNP DNP SPR DNP DNP DNP Zusi RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90

7/4 7/7 7/14 7/28 8/4 8/11 8/18 8/25 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/23 9/30 10/6 10/17 10/21 10/28 PLAYER @RSL TOR @NY FCD @HOU @LFC POR MIN @SEA ORL @SJ @PHI RSL LA @VAN @FCD LFC Amor Belmar Besler Busio Croizet Dick Didic Espinoza Evans Fernandes Gutierrez Lewis Lindsey Lobato Medranda Melia Opara Rubio Russell Salloi Ilie Shelton Sinovic Smith Storm Kuzain Zendejas Zusi KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played DNP - Did Not Play/Unused Substitute INJ - Injured SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played UNAV - Unavailable For Selection SUS - Suspended

28

SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL) INTL - International Duty ACD - Sporting KC Academy

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) 1996-2017

ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

C.J. Sapong (2011)

34

Games

Davy Arnaud

240

Minutes

Ilie Sanchez (2017)

2970

Minutes

Kerry Zavagnin

20515

Goals

Dom Dwyer (2014)

22

Goals

Preki

71

Assists

Preki (1997 & 2003)

17

Assists

Preki

98

Shots

Preki (1996)

140

Shots

Preki

693

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

61

Shots on goal

Preki

283

Fouls Committed

Chris Henderson (2000)

79

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud

329

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2004)

111

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud

528

Offsides

Eddie Johnson (2007)

50

Offsides

Vitalis Takawira

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi

715

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2013)

13

Cautions

Kerry Zavagnin

44

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010)

3

Ejections

Roger Espinoza

7

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) 1996-2017

ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)

34

Games

Jimmy Nielsen

128

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)

3060

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen

11497

Wins

Mike Ammann (1997)

21

Wins

Jimmy Nielsen

57

Losses

Mike Amman (1998)

16

Losses

Tony Meola

45

Draws

Bo Oshoniyi (2005)

12

Draws

Jimmy Nielsen

32

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000)

16

Shutouts

Jimmy Nielsen

45

Goals Against Avg.

Tim Melia (2017)

0.78

Goals Allowed

Tony Meola

154

Goals Allowed

Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007)

45

Saves

Tony Meola

507

Saves

Tony Meola (2000)

129

Goals Against Avg.

Jimmy Nielsen

0.99

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Year

#

Goals

Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso Fernandes (2017)

3

Goals

1996

61

Assists

2000

67

Assists

Chris Henderson (1999)

4

Shots

2012

542

Shots

Preki (1997)

12

Shots on goal

1996

250

Shots on goal

Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)

6

Fouls Committed

2013

511

2000

541

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)

8

Fouls Suffered

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

10

Offsides

1997

117

2012

199

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

7

Corner Kicks

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

12

Cautions

2013

67

Ejections

2011

8

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

Points

2012

63

Stat

Player

#

Wins

1997

21

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi (2001)

7

Losses

1999

24

Saves

Tim Melia (2018)

10

Ties

2017

13

Shutouts

2000

17

Goals Allowed

1996

63

29

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3. Matt Besler* 232 4. Graham Zusi* 224 4. Nick Garcia 224 6. Preki 218 7. Jimmy Conrad 204 8. Chris Klein 200 9. Roger Espinoza* 196 10. Jack Jewsbury 195

GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 8. Benny Feilhaber 150 29 9. Scott Sealy 88 28 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 28

GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 228 2. Matt Besler* 226 3. Nick Garcia 224 4. Davy Arnaud 213 5. Jimmy Conrad 203 6. Preki 199 7. Graham Zusi* 184 8. Chris Klein 183 9. Roger Espinoza* 176 10. Seth Sinovic* 163

ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 224 56 2. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 41 5. Davy Arnaud 240 35 6. Mo Johnston 149 28 7. Roger Espinoza* 196 26 7. Josh Wolff 144 26 9. Mark Chung 94 25 10. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22

MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 2. Matt Besler* 20,371 3. Nick Garcia 20,157 4. Davy Arnaud 19,399 5. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 6. Preki 17,817 7. Graham Zusi* 16,980 8. Chris Klein 16,380 9. Roger Espinoza* 15,629 10. Seth Sinovic* 14,401

SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Dom Dwyer 128 401 4. Kei Kamara 113 370 5. Graham Zusi* 224 336 6. Chris Klein 200 312 7. Mo Johnston 149 274 8. Josh Wolff 144 265 9. Benny Feilhaber 150 237 10. Roger Espinoza* 196 217

GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 2. Tony Meola 125 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 4. Kevin Hartman 90 5. Tim Melia* 87 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tony Meola 125 507 2. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 3. Kevin Hartman 90 332 4. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 5. Tim Melia* 87 259 6. Mike Amman 60 206 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 2. Tony Meola 125 37 3. Tim Melia* 87 28 4. Kevin Hartman 90 22 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 6. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 2. Tony Meola 125 49 3. Tim Melia* 87 38 4. Mike Ammann 60 33 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 6. Kevin Hartman 90 30 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5

SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer 128 161 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 7. Kei Kamara 113 126 8. Graham Zusi* 224 107 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 10. Mark Chung 94 95 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Davy Arnaud 240 329 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 3. Matt McKeon 144 309 4. Roger Espinoza* 196 307 5. Dom Dwyer 128 239 6. Nick Garcia 224 234 7. Mo Johnston 149 226 8. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 9. Matt Besler* 232 205 10. Aurelien Collin 107 191 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 286 5. Roger Espinoza* 196 273 5. Dom Dwyer 128 273 7. Graham Zusi* 224 261 8. Nick Garcia 224 250 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Roger Espinoza* 196 42 4. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Aurelien Collin 107 31 6. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 6. Matt McKeon 144 30 8. Matt Besler* 232 29 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 9. Mo Johnston 149 28

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CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 224 715 2. Preki 218 452 3. Benny Feilhaber 150 271 4. Claudio Lopez 57 188 5. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 6. Francisco Gomez 114 157 7. Chris Henderson 61 154 8. Chris Klein 200 152 9. Davy Arnaud 240 144 10. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 13 1. Preki 218 13 3. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Graham Zusi* 224 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 9. Benny Feilhaber 150 7 9. C.J. Sapong 110 7 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi* 224 25 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 12 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 7. Mo Johnston 149 8 7. Kei Kamara 113 8 7. Chance Myers 147 8 7. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 9. Graham Zusi* 224 3 9. Davy Arnaud 240 3 9. Teal Bunbury 89 3 9. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber 150 12 3. Dom Dwyer 128 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 5. Claudio Lopez 57 4 6. Claudio Bieler 41 3 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 6. Josh Wolff 144 3 10. Omar Bravo 27 2 10. Matt McKeon 144 2 Player 1. Dom Dwyer 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Vitalis Takawira 7. Mark Chung 7. Mo Johnston 9. Chris Klein 10. Benny Feilhaber *Minimum 20 goals

GOALS PER GAME GP 128 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 200 150

GLS AVG 57 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 43 0.30 28 0.27 20 0.21 31 0.21 39 0.20 29 0.19

BOLD * - denotes player on current roster

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2012 Kei Kamara 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 2017 Jimmy Medranda 33 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33

10 players tied with 32 MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2017 Ilie Sanchez 2970 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 2017 Tim Melia 31 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2007 Kevin Hartman

SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 30 110

Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen 2017 Tim Melia

SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 30 10 29 10 31 10

GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 2017 Tim Melia 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2017 Tim Melia 31 24 0.78 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played

Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira

GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 28 13

CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2011 Graham Zusi 32 97

Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber

ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15

OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36

SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97

GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5

Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki

SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 2015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 2017 Roger Espinoza 30 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3

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GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2018 Felipe Gutierrez* 5 5 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 1996 Preki 32 18 *Minimum 5 goal

AVG 1.00 0.71 0.67 0.63 0.56

Sporting KC Game Notes | April 15, 2018 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 7 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd) ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st) SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 8 times

CORNER KICKS Career: 715 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)

FOULS COMMITTED Career: 329 Davy Arnaud Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)

GOALS ALLOWED Career: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times

FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times

SAVES Career: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/23/2000 at MET, 1st) Half: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (06/13/2001 at LA, 2nd) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/08/2003 vs. SJ, 1st)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 61 Game: 6 Game: 6 Game: 6 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5

in 1996 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 06/21/1997 vs. DC 06/20/1999 vs. MET 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)

ASSISTS Season: 67 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8

in 2000 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)

SHOTS Season: 542 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 Half: 19

in 2012 05/15/2016 vs ORL 08/14/1999 at MET 08/05/2000 vs. LA 06/09/2001 at MIA 07/28/2012 vs. CLB (2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)

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CORNER KICKS Season: 199 in 2012 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half: Half: Half:

133 10 18 18 7 7 7

in 1999 04/08/2018 at LA 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 09/02/2000 vs. TB 08/23/2000 at MET (1st) 06/13/2001 at LA (2d) 08/08/2003 vs. SJ (1st)

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY

MATCH PREVIEW

MATCH INFORMATION SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY Kickoff: April 15, 2018 | 1:00 p.m. PT Location: Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, Kan. Referee: Drew Fischer Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Jeffrey Greeson Fourth Official: Dave Gantar VAR: Geoff Gamble BROADCAST INFORMATION National TV: ESPN Regional TV: YouTube TV Talent: Adrian Healey and Taylor Twellman Local Radio: 950 KJR AM Talent: Matt Johnson and Kasey Keller Pre-Match, Halftime and Post-Match Talent: Jackson Felts, Pete Fewing and Wade Webber Local Radio (Spanish): El Rey 1360 AM Talent: Mario Rodriguez, Felipe Maqueda and Carlos Patia INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST INFORMATION Asia: beIN Sports (Asia) Australia: beIN Sports (Australia) Europe: Eurosport India: DSport / ATR Media Middle East & North Africa: Abu Dhabi Sports Singapore: Starhub Sub-Saharan Africa: FOX Africa Taiwan: Sportcast United Kingdom: Sky Sports

Following a week off from MLS play, Sounders FC returns to action on Sunday, April 15 with a road matchup against Sporting Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Park (1:00 p.m. PT / ESPN, YouTube TV, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM). This marks just the fourth MLS regular-season match of 2018 for winless Seattle, who hits the road for the second away fixture of the campaign. Sounders FC is without Kelvin Leerdam and Clint Dempsey for Sunday’s match due to suspension.

Sounders FC is 8-5-3 all-time against Sporting KC in MLS play, including a 4-2-2 record at CenturyLink Field. The two sides split last season’s pair of matchups, with the Rave Green falling 3-0 at Childen’s Mercy Park on May 17 before a 1-0 win in Seattle on August 12.

After Sunday’s match, Brian Schmetzer’s side returns home to face Minnesota United FC on Sunday, April 22 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (1:00 p.m. PT / ESPN, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM).

Table of Contents Page 2018 Schedule 2 This Week at Sporting Kansas City 3 Sounders FC Weekly Notes 4 Season Splits 6 Sounders FC History 7 2018 Roster 8 2018 MLS Regular Season Statistics 9 2018 MLS Regular Season Box Scores 10 Sounders FC Mini-Bios 11

PROJECTED LINEUP 17 Bruin 70 Bwana 7

A variety of media resources - including player and coach interviews, archived press releases, PR contacts, photos for editorial use, game guides and credential request forms - can be found via SoundersFC. com/Media.

Audio files - including post-match media scrums with players and Head Coach Brian Schmetzer’s press conferences - can be found via SoundCloud.com/SoundersFC.

INJURY REPORT QUESTIONABLE Alonso - R quad strain Francis - R hamstring strain Rodríguez - R knee sprain Shipp - R ankle sprain

OUT Kim - R calf strain Morris - R ACL tear

Wolff Eikrem

Lodeiro

Roldan

MEDIA SERVICES

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2018 SNAPSHOT

SEATTLE Overall Record 0-3-0 Goals Scored 0 Goals Allowed 5 Goal Differential -5

SPORTING KC 4-1-1 12 9 +3

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Goals Assists Goalkeeper

Gutierrez (5) Espinoza / Salloi (3) Melia (1.50)

None None Frei (1.60)

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | APRIL 15, 2018 - 1:00 P.M. PT

2018 SOUNDERS FC SCHEDULE MLS REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 0-3-0 (HOME: 0-2-0; AWAY: 0-1-0) 2018 ALL COMPETITIONS RECORD: 2-5-0 (HOME: 2-2-0; AWAY: 0-3-0) DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) TV/ATT. W-L-D POS

FEBRUARY (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA), (0-1-0, 1 GF, 2 GA) Thurs. 2/22 at Santa Tecla L, 1-2 Rd.16

MARCH (0-3-0, 0 GF, 5 GA), (2-1-0, 5 GF, 3 GA) Thurs. 3/1 vs. Santa Tecla W, 4-0 35,549 Rd.16

Sun. 3/4 vs. LAFC L, 0-1 40,070 0-1-0 T-9 Wed. 3/7 vs. C.D. Guadajalara W, 1-0.

42,885 Qtrs.

Wed. 3/14 at C.D. Guadajalara L, 0-3 28,926 Qtrs.

Sun. 3/18 at FC Dallas L, 0-3 13,310 0-2-0 12 Sat. 3/31 vs. Montreal L, 0-1 39,469 0-3-0 12

Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat.

APRIL (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 4/15 at Sporting KC 4/22 vs. Minnesota 4/29 at Los Angeles FC 4/5 vs. Columbus

1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

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MAY (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 5/9 at Toronto FC 5/13 at Portland Timbers 5/26 vs. Real Salt Lake

4:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

FS1 ESPN JOEtv

JUNE (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 6/2 at Real Salt Lake 6/9 vs. D.C. United 6/13 at NY Red Bulls 6/23 vs. Chicago Fire 6/30 vs. Portland 6/4 at Colorado

6:30 p.m.

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JULY (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 7/7 at NE Revolution 7/15 at Atlanta 7/21 vs. Vancouver 7/25 at SJ Earthquakes 7/29 vs. NYC FC

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AUGUST (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 8/4 at Minnesota 8/12 vs. FC Dallas 8/18 vs. LA Galaxy 8/26 at Portland

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SEPTEMBER (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 9/1 vs. Sporting KC 9/15 at Vancouver 9/19 vs. Philadelphia 9/23 at LA Galaxy 9/29 vs. Colorado

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OCTOBER (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 10/6 vs. Houston 10/17 at Orlando 10/21 at Houston 10/28 vs. San Jose

TBD 4:30 p.m.

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JOEtv JOEtv JOEtv JOEtv

GOAL SCORERS SEA: Lodeiro (15); ST: Mayen (67, 76) SEA: Bruin (46), Lodeiro (69), Marshall (81), Eikrem (83); ST: None SEA: None; LAFC: Rossi (11) SEA: Dempsey (78); GUA: None SEA: None; GUA: Alanis (50), Lopez (55), Godinez (80) SEA: None; DAL: Lamah (20, 63), Urruti (63) SEA: None; MTL: Vargas (60)

Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League 2

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | APRIL 15, 2018 - 1:00 P.M. PT

THIS WEEK AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY SERIES NOTES Sounders FC is 8-5-3 all-time against Sporting, including a 4-2-2 record at CenturyLink Field. Sporting delivered Sounders FC its first-ever MLS loss in April 2009 before going winless in the next nine matches in the series, with SKC’s next result coming on June 6, 2015. The Rave Green’s 1-0 win in August of last season snapped a six-match regular-season winless streak against SKC (0-4-2).

The all-time series between Seattle and Sporting KC has historically been low-scoring and close. On six occasions, Seattle has scored in the 90th minute or later and 14 of the 16 regular-season meetings have been decided by one goal or fewer. Only one of the 16 all-time regular season meetings has resulted in a combined score of more than three goals.

The two Western Conference powers have met once in the postseason, with Sounders FC earning a 1-0 win in the 2016 Western Conference Knockout Round last October. Notably, the two sides played in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, which Sporting won in a penalty-kick shootout.

FLASHBACK: 2016 KNOCKOUT ROUND Nelson Valdez’s header in the 88th minute sealed a late 1-0 victory for Sounders FC over Sporting Kansas City in the Western Conference Knockout Round, as the club advanced to the Conference Semifinals in the 2016 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Valdez scored his first MLS goal of the season in the 88th minute, breaking through the deadlock of a tense and tumultuous Knockout Round fixture. The Paraguayan sent the home crowd into a frenzy, leading the line for Seattle and connecting on a Joevin Jones cross to head in the only goal of the contest.

SERIES SNAPSHOT

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

SOUNDERS FC 1 2 Total 4 10 14 75 86 161 23 33 56 87 74 161 26 22 48 35 30 65

SPORTING KC 1 2 Total 4 11 15 91 107 198 34 32 66 106 111 217 7 13 20 44 40 84

Goals Scored in 15-Minute Intervals:

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 Total SEA 1 1 2 0 2 8 14 SKC 1 2 1 4 2 5 15

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

SOUNDERS FC 1 14 players 2 3 players 19 Montero 8 Montero 21 Alonso 31 Alonso

Wins 5 Shutouts 3 Saves 27 Goals Allowed 9

SPORTING KC 3 Dwyer/’Gerso 2 Zusi 18 Dwyer 8 Dwyer 17 Collin/Espinoza 12 Dwyer

Keller Frei Frei Frei

4 Melia 5 Melia 18 Melia 8 Nielsen

ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

Sounders FC 1 vs. Sporting Kansas City 0

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

SOUNDERS FC 1 14 times 2 Ljungberg/Jaqua 6 Montero (4/11/09) 3 Montero (4/11/09) 4 Cooper/Alonso 7 Alonso (3/8/14)

SPORTING KC 3 Gerso (5/17/17) 1 14 times 6 4 times 4 Gerso (5/17/17) 6 Collin (twice) 4 3 times

October 27, 2016 at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 36,151

Saves Goals Allowed

6 3

6 3

The goal was Valdez’s second career postseason strike, joining the company of Osvaldo Alonso, Eddie Johnson, Brad Evans and Clint Dempsey as the only Sounders FC players at the time with multiple postseason goals. Valdez previously scored in a 3-2 victory over the LA Galaxy in the 2015 Knockout Round.

Referee: Ismail Elfath Assistants: Peter Manikowski, Corey Parker Fourth Official: Ricardo Salazar SCORING SUMMARY SEA - Nelson Valdez (Joevin Jones) 88’ MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

Frei (9/27/15) Keller (twice)

Melia (6/6/15) Hartman (10/17/09)

ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS

Seattle Sounders FC Record: 8-5-3

Home Games: 4-2-2 Road Games: 4-3-1 DATE RESULT W/L/D LOCATION 04/11/2009 SEA 0 vs. KC 1 L CenturyLink Field 10/17/2009 SEA 3 at KC 2 W Children’s Mercy Park 04/17/2010 10/09/2010

SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1

W W

CenturyLink Field Children’s Mercy Park

05/21/2011 08/06/2011

SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1

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05/08/2013

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03/08/2014

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03/06/2016 07/23/2016

SEA 0 vs. KC 1 SEA 0 vs. KC 3

L L

CenturyLink Field Children’s Mercy Park

05/17/2017 08/12/2017

SEA 0 at KC 3 SEA 1 VS. KC 0

L W

Children’s Mercy Park CenturyLink Field

SEA - Osvaldo Alonso (caution) 32’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (caution) 63’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (caution) 71’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (caution) 90’+3’

Substitutes not used: Miller, Scott, Fisher, Gomez, Kovar Sporting KC - Melia; Abdul-Salaam, Sinovic (Medranda 90’), Besler, Ellis, Nagamura (Peterson 90’+2’), Mustivar, Feilhaber; Zusi, Espinoza - captain, Dwyer Substitutes not used: Kann, Opara, Coelho, Olum, Hallisey

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | APRIL 15, 2018 - 1:00 P.M. PT

SOUNDERS FC WEEKLY NOTES SOUNDERS LATE HEROICS VS. SKC Sounders FC’s all-time series against Sporting Kansas City has been riddled with late-match heroics by the Rave Green. On eight different occasions (including postseason), Sounders FC has scored a game-winner after the 75th minute, including six goals overall in the 90th minute or later (five game-winners).

DATE

RESULT

SEA GOALS AFTER 75

10/17/09 4/17/10 10/9/10 5/21/11 8/6/11 5/8/13 3/8/14 10/27/16*

W, 3-2 W, 1-0 W, 2-1 W, 1-0 W, 2-1 W, 1-0 W, 1-0 W, 1-0

Nate Jaqua (76’) Brad Evans (90+2’) Alvaro Fernandez (78’) Jeff Parke (90+3’) Mauro Rosales (90’), Lamar Neagle (90+2’) Djimi Traore (90+4) Chad Barrett (90+4’) Nelson Valdez (88’)

BY THE NUMBERS 2: Sounders FC losses at CenturyLink Field in 30 matches (regular season and playoffs) since Brian Schmetzer took over in July of 2016, logging a 21-2-7 record.

4: Trips to the Quarterfinals of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League in five total Sounders FC appearances in the tournament.

6: Sounders FC goals in the 90th minute or later in 16 all-time MLS regular-season meetings against Sporting Kansas City.

7: Nations represented at the international level by current Sounders FC players since the beginning of 2017 - Cameroon (Nouhou), Martinique (Jordy Delem), Panama (Román Torres), South Korea (Kim Kee-hee), Sweden (Gustav Svensson), United States (Clint Dempsey, Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan), Uruguay (Nico Lodeiro).

9: Consecutive postseason berths for the Rave Green, the longest current

* 2016 Western Conference Knockout Round

streak in MLS.

10: Homegrown Player signings in Sounders FC club history, the first being DeAndre Yedlin and last being Handwalla Bwana.

18: Sounders FC Academy players and products either signed to S2’s roster

SEATTLE NEAR THE TOP SINCE ‘09

or eligible for selection due to a USL Academy Contract.

Sounders FC has led the league with 137 wins and earned the second-most regular-season points in MLS since joining the league in 2009. With 482 all-time points (137-93-71), Seattle ranks slightly behind the LA Galaxy’s 484 (133-85-85), but leads the Galaxy in total wins. The New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City round out the top five for the most points in MLS since Sounders FC has been in the league.

28: Career Sounders FC regular-season goals scored by Lamar Neagle,

In addition to the standout results in the regular season, Sounders FC has six major trophies since joining the MLS, including one MLS Cup (2016), one Supporters’ Shield (2014) and four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014). Seattle has also advanced to the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Knockout Round on three occasions (2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2015-2016).

ninth all-time in MLS history and second among active players behind Nick Rimando (138), who holds the all-time league record.

fourth in club history.

46: Career MLS regular-season goals scored by Clint Dempsey with Sounders FC, one shy of Fredy Montero’s club record of 47.

59: Career MLS regular-season shutouts for Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei, 116: Tackles won by Cristian Roldan in 2016, ranking first in MLS. 137: All-time regular-season wins for Sounders FC, the most in MLS since entering the league in 2009.

MOST POINTS SINCE 2009 TEAM LA Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC New York Red Bulls Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

167:

PTS W-L-D 484 133-85-85 482 137-93-71 457 126-97-79 457 127-100-76 453 124-99-81

GOALS 474 431 471 426 398

TRANSACTIONS (POST 2017 SEASON) PLAYERS IN

PLAYERS OUT

Kim Kee-hee - February 27

Seyi Adekoya - April 3

Calle Brown - February 20

Zach Mathers - March 2

Lamar Neagle - February 20

Oniel Fisher - February 7

Jordan McCrary - February 13

Aaron Kovar - January 23

Alex Roldan - February 13

Calum Mallace - December 12

Magnus Wolff Eikrem - January 30

Brad Evans - December 12

Handwalla Bwana - January 11

Joevin Jones - December 12

Waylon Francis - December 14

Tyler Miller - December 12

Bryan Meredith - December 14

Consecutive home sellouts for Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field (MLS regular season and postseason).

252:

MLS regular season appearances for Osvaldo Alonso, the most in Sounders FC club history.

482:

Regular-season points recorded by Sounders FC since joining MLS in 2009, the most among all teams.

MORRIS HAS SUCCESSFUL SURGERY Last month, Sounders FC forward Jordan Morris underwent successful right knee surgery. The procedure was performed by Dr. Bert Mandelbaum on Wednesday, March 14 in Santa Monica, California. Morris is set to begin rehabilitation immediately following the procedure.

Morris suffered a right ACL tear on February 22 in the first leg the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 matchup with Santa Tecla FC. General Manager & President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey confirmed last month that the forward will be out for the remainder of the 2018 season.

“We are going to do what is best for Jordan’s career long-term. We think he is a Sounder for the long-term, he is in the club’s long-term plans,” said Lagerwey. “Jordan is part of the Sounders, that has not changed, that will not change. We are going to do what’s best for him long-term, which may mean a longer recovery.”

Morris, a 23-year-old Homegrown Player from Mercer Island, was voted 2016 MLS Rookie of the Year after scoring 12 goals in his first pro season. The Stanford product currently has 15 goals and five assists in 57 career MLS regular-season appearances, in addition to 25 caps and five career goals for the U.S. Men’s National Team.

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SOUNDERS FC WEEKLY NOTES PARLEY KITS ARE BACK IN 2018 Seattle Sounders FC on Wednesday announced that the club is scheduled to wear specially designed adidas Parley kits on Sunday, April 22 as the team hosts Minnesota United FC in a nationally televised match on ESPN. Fans may recall the Parley initiative from last season, where Seattle was one of four MLS teams selected to participate in the unique collaboration between adidas, Major League Soccer and environmental network Parley for the Oceans, designed to raise awareness around the harmful impact of marine plastic pollution. Following the success of the Parley kits in 2017, the program has been expanded in 2018 to include all MLS clubs, in conjunction with MLS WORKS Greener Goals and the league-wide effort to highlight MLS’ commitment to environmental sustainability.

The kits are created from technical yarns containing Parley Ocean Plastic upcycled marine plastic that has been reworked into fibers that are repurposed for apparel. Along with the unique fabric, the jerseys feature special neck-tape reading “For the Oceans,” to commemorate the unique repurposing process that helped create the jerseys from marine plastic debris.

The 2018 edition of the jerseys comes in two colorways - non-dye and carbon - and all MLS clubs have been assigned one of these two colorways, which are being worn over Earth Day weekend in Week 8 matches. The Rave Green are donning the white, non-dye Parley jerseys in their match against Minnesota on April 22, while the Loons are wearing the darker carbon kits.

A limited number of 2018 Sounders FC adidas Parley jerseys are available for purchase through MLSstore.com, adidas and local Sounders FC Pro Shops.

S2 FALLS 3-1 WEDNESDAY AT CHENEY Sounders FC 2 (1-4-0, 3 points) dropped a 3-1 result to USL Western Conference foe Real Monarchs SLC (4-4-0, 12 points) on Wednesday evening at a rain-soaked Cheney Stadium. Following Wednesday’s match, Real Monarchs moved into pole position in the West, with S2 currently occupying 12th place in the 17-team division, just four points outside of the postseason cutoff. John Hutchinson’s side has another opportunity to climb the table in just three days, as the Rave Green face Rio Grande Valley FC on Saturday, April 14 at home in Tacoma (5:00 p.m. PT / ESPN+).

A back-and-forth first half of play produced two goals, with each side finding the back of the net through 45 minutes of action. Real Monarchs struck first, as the Utah club found the game’s opener through Mastanabal Kacher. Fellow midfielder Jose Hernandez earned an assist on the play.

S2 struck back in the 19th minute, as veteran Sounder David Estrada bagged a goal during a Rave Green corner-kick. Sounders FC Academy product Azriel Gonzalez provided the service, with Estrada getting on the end of a loose ball inside the area to level the match at one goal apiece. For the former MLS Sounder and current S2 player-coach, it was his team-leading third strike of 2018.

However, the visitors cemented their victory in the second half, with quality goals coming from Kacher and Chandler Hoffman. Kacher’s second tally came in the 65th minute, with Ricky Lopez-Espin providing service. Hoffman’s left-footed stab inside the area sealed the score at 3-1, with fellow substitute Sebastian Velasquez sliding home the cross.

CIVIC OFFICIALS CELEBRATE WC BID SHA’S YESLER PROJECT GETS AWARD Sounders FC announced on Tuesday that the Seattle Housing Authority’s Yesler Redevelopment has been awarded the 2018 Urban Soccer Symposium Innovation Award from the U.S. Soccer Foundation, the national model for sports-based youth development programs in underserved communities. SHA earned the award for utilizing an imaginative approach and original programming to create positive social change in underserved communities, including collaborative efforts with RAVE Foundation and Sounders FC to integrate soccer into the cultural framework of the historic downtown Seattle neighborhood.

As part of its strategic policy, SHA launched a Race and Social Justice Initiative to address effects of institutional racism, a problem many urban areas face. Its 360-degree thinking led SHA to develop native programming for residents of Yesler Terrace - the first public housing development in the state and the first racially integrated public housing community in the country.

In line with its own programming, SHA has engaged in collaborative thinking with RAVE Foundation and Sounders FC, integrating soccer into the neighborhood. This has included working with RAVE Foundation on RAVE’s ultimate goal to open full-sized small fields for free play in underserved communities throughout the Puget Sound region, of which the RAVE Field at Yesler Terrace Park - opening summer of 2018 - is set to be the first. Yesler Terrace Park has been developed in the heart of the neighborhood to support programming for all residents while creating a safe place for children to play. SHA, RAVE Foundation and Sounders FC are dedicated to the core value of social equity, and, speaking to that value, the RAVE Field at Yesler Terrace Park will be “unrentable,” guaranteeing the community it was built to serve retains ultimate ownership.

Additionally, SHA received a grant for art programs, with artists-in-residence for the Yesler community. In collaboration with RAVE Foundation, the GOALS for Art program was developed - where students worked with both a community artist and Sounders FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei over a series of weeks to add their design ideas to the goals that are being created and installed on the RAVE Field at Yesler Terrace Park.

These efforts earned SHA its award, which was presented during the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s 2018 Urban Soccer Symposium on Saturday, March 24.

While SHA received the 2018 Innovation Award, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was presented the 2018 Influence Award, presented to an individual holding public office who has leveraged his or her position to support, advocate for and champion sports-based youth development efforts in underserved communities, and South Bronx United was awarded the 2018 Impact Award for its work using sport to enact measurable and sustainable positive change within an underserved community for at least five years.

Following the March 15 announcement that Seattle has been included as an official Candidate Host City in the United Bid of Canada, Mexico and the United State to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup™, civic officials from across the Puget Sound region have voiced their support of this effort. The United Bid announced its list of 23 Candidate Host Cities that are included in the Bid Book Thursday afternoon.

John Kristick, Executive Director of the United Bid: “Canada, Mexico and the United States have joined together to deliver a United Bid that offers FIFA and its member associations the power of unity, the promise of certainty and the potential of extraordinary opportunity. We are confident that the combination of our 23 existing world-class stadiums, 150 existing elite training facilities and our modern and interconnected transportation network can help FIFA to achieve new records for attendance and revenue which will allow the entire global football community to improve and grow.”

Adrian Hanauer, Sounders FC Owner: “The Puget Sound region has a long, passionate history that is rich in its support and love for soccer. As a lifelong resident of this city, and someone who has witnessed the game grow to its current heights in our community, Seattle is an ideal location for the highest levels of soccer competition in the world. As the United Bid Committee effort continues to build momentum, we are proud to represent the Pacific Northwest as part of this important initiative for the United States, Mexico and Canada to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.” Jenny Durkan, Mayor of Seattle: “We are excited to be included as an official Candidate Host City for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Seattle is North America’s best soccer town, and we are thrilled to be one of the finalists to help represent North America as part of the largest World Cup ever held. It is an enormous opportunity for our City, our fans, and our region’s economy. We’re ready to welcome teams and visitors from across the globe to the Emerald City.”

Ralph Morton, Executive Director of the Seattle Sports Commission: “We are thrilled as a community to continue pursuing the dream of bringing the FIFA World Cup to Seattle. This is a once in a generation opportunity to host the world’s game. Seattle will provide a front row seat for thousands of tourist and billions of viewers, who will see our passion for soccer and the beauty of this region.”

Dow Constantine, King County Executive: “King County is well suited to host the world’s game in 2026 and we strongly encourage FIFA and the United Bid Committee to recognize our unique, welcoming, soccer-frenzied culture.

Our metropolitan region is home to a passionate soccer community, woven together by generations of homegrown fans and enthusiasts from across the globe, all eager for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

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2018: SOUNDERS FC MLS REGULAR SEASON SPLITS SITUATIONAL SPLITS Overall 0-3-0 Home 0-2-0 Away 0-1-0 March 0-3-0 April 0-0-0 May 0-0-0 June 0-0-0 July 0-0-0 August 0-0-0 September 0-0-0 October 0-0-0 vs. Eastern Conf. vs. Western Conf.

0-1-0 0-2-0

National TV 0-1-0 Local TV 0-2-0 When leading at half When tied at half When trailing at half

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

When scoring first When conceding first Scoreless draws

0-0-0 0-3-0 (0)

With 0 goals scored With 1 goal scored With 2 goals scored With 3 goals scored With 4+ goals scored

0-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Conceding 0 goals ­ Conceding 1 goal Conceding 2 goals Conceding 3 goals Conceding 4+ goals

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

PLAYER SPLITS

GOAL SPLITS

When Bruin...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-2-0

GOALS SCORED While leading While tied While trailing

When Dempsey...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-1-0

Inside the six-yard box 0 Inside the 18-yard box 0 Outside the area 0 Penalties 0

When Lodeiro...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-2-0

Run of play Set piece (PK) Own Goals

When Marshall...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-2-0 When Nouhou...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-2-0 When Rodriguez...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-0-0 When Roldan...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-3-0 When Svensson...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-3-0 When Torres...

Scores 0-0-0 Scores or assists 0-0-0 Starts 0-3-0

(0) 0 0 0

0 0 (0) 0

Unassisted 0 One assist 0 Two assists 0 Forwards 0 Midfielders 0 Defenders 0 Own Goal 0 GOALS ALLOWED While leading While tied While trailing

(5) 0 3 2

Inside the six-yard box 1 Inside the 18-yard box 2 Outside the area 2 Penalties 0 Run of play Set piece (PK) Own Goals

5 0 (0) 0

Unassisted 0 One assist 3 Two assists 2 Forwards 3 Midfielders 2 Defenders 0

2018: SOUNDERS FC STARTING XI BY THE NUMBERS (MLS)

MIDFIELDER / FORWARD FORWARD

Bwana (2) Bruin (2)

Shipp (1) Dempsey (1)

MIDFIELDER / FORWARD Wingo (1) Shipp (1) Wolff Eikrem (1)

MIDFIELDER

Lodeiro (2)

Wolff Eikrem (1)

MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER

Roldan (3) Svensson (3)

LEFT BACK CENTER BACK CENTER BACK

Nouhou (2) Marshall (2) Torres (3)

Francis (1) Alfaro (1)

GOALKEEPER

Frei (3)

RIGHT BACK Leerdam (2) Delem (1)

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SOUNDERS FC HISTORY HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER After leading Sounders FC to one of the most improbable comebacks in MLS history, Brian Schmetzer was named the club’s second-ever Head Coach on November 2, 2016. Upon assuming the interim manager role on July 26, 2016 following the departure of Sigi Schmid, Seattle sat in ninth place in the Western Conference with a 6-12-2 record. Under Schmetzer, Sounders FC finished the season with an 8-2-4 record and a fourthplace finish, becoming the first team in MLS history to make the MLS Cup Playoffs after having 20 or fewer points through the first 20 matches of the season. He is the first coach in MLS history to lead his team to the MLS Cup title after assuming the Head Coach position midseason.

In his first full season as Sounders FC’s Head Coach, Schmetzer led Sounders FC to another great season in 2017. After finishing tied atop the Western Conference with Portland in the regular season, the Rave Green cruised through the Western Conference playoffs and advanced to the club’s second consecutive MLS Cup, this time falling to Toronto FC 2-0 at BMO FIeld.

A longtime Sounders FC assistant and former USL Sounders manager, Schmetzer entered his eighth season as Top Assistant Coach in 2016, a position he retained since December 22, 2008. He is one of the Puget Sound soccer community’s most recognizable and respected figures after playing and coaching for the region’s top professional franchises since 1980.

Schmetzer served seven seasons as the Head Coach of the Sounders’ United Soccer League’s First Division club from 2002-2008 before making the jump to MLS. He guided Seattle to USL-1 championships in 2005 and 2007, and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal advancements in 2007 and 2008.

Schmetzer has 14 years of coaching experience and a 15-year background playing at the professional level. He was a member of six championship teams during that span. In addition to the two USL championships, his teams also twice won the Commissioner’s Cup for the league’s best record (2002, 2007), while also qualifying for the playoffs six of seven years. He was chosen USL-1 Coach of the Year in 2002 after going 23-4-1. The Sounders were league runners-up in 2004. His overall regular season record in the USL era was 10057-41.

Previously, he was assistant to former United States National Team defender Fernando Clavijo with the Seattle SeaDogs from 1996-1997. Seattle won the Continental Indoor Soccer League title in 1997.

SCHMETZER VS. MLS Team Regular Season Postseason Total Atlanta 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 Chicago 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 Colorado 2-0-0 2-0-0 4-0-0 Columbus 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 D.C. United 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 FC Dallas 1-2-1 1-1-0 2-3-1 Houston 1-1-2 2-0-0 3-1-2 Kansas City 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 Los Angeles FC 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 L.A. Galaxy 1-0-3 0-0-0 1-0-3 Montreal 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 Minnesota 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 New England 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 New York 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 New York City 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 Orlando City 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 Philadelphia 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 Portland 2-1-2 0-0-0 2-1-2 Real Salt Lake 3-1-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 San Jose 1-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-2 Toronto 0-1-0 0-1-1 0-2-1 Vancouver 3-1-1 1-0-1 4-1-1 TOTAL 22-14-15 7-2-2 29-16-17

A Seattle native, Schmetzer was coached by his father, Walt, as a youth. His team won seven out of 10 state youth championships. He signed with the Sounders’ North American Soccer League franchise following his graduation from Seattle’s Nathan Hale High School in 1980. He played three seasons as a midfielder for Seattle before going to Tulsa for the final NASL season in 1984.

Schmetzer signed with the San Diego Sockers in 1984 and played seven seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League with San Diego (1984-1988), Tacoma (19881990) and St. Louis (1990-1991). He was a member of San Diego’s MISL championship teams in 1985, 1986 and 1988. He returned to Seattle for the Sounders’ inaugural A-League season in 1994 before completing his playing career with the SeaDogs from 1995-1996.

In 1985, Schmetzer played on loan to FC Seattle, scoring twice in a 2-1 friendly win over Brazil’s Santos. While with Tacoma and FC Seattle, Schmetzer’s teammates included younger brothers Andy and Walter.

Schmetzer and his wife Kristine have six children between them.

SOUNDERS FC ALL-TIME LEADERS (MLS) CAREER GAMES STARTED 252 Alonso 245 Alonso 200 Evans 179 Evans 137 Gonzalez 134 Frei 134 Frei 120 Gonzalez 126 Neagle 118 Marshall

MINUTES GOALS 21,548 Alonso 47 Montero 15,487 Evans 46 Dempsey 11,404 Frei 40 Martins 10,638 Gonzalez 28 Neagle 10,299 Marshall 23 Johnson ASSISTS SHOTS 34 Montero 411 Montero

Rosales 392 Dempsey 27 Evans 288 Alonso 25 Dempsey 188 Neagle 23 Martins 168 Evans SAVES SHUTOUTS 394 Frei 40 Frei 270 Keller 30 Keller 135 Gspurning 18 Gspurning

SINGLE-SEASON

GAMES

STARTED 34 Frei, 2014 34 Frei, 2014

Keller, 2011 Keller, 2011

Morris, 2016 33 Lodeiro, 2017 33 Lodeiro, 2017 Roldan, 2017

Roldan, 2017 Frei, 2017

Frei, 2017 3 others

8 others

MINUTES GOALS 3,060 Frei, 2014 17 Martins, 2014

Keller, 2011 15 Dempsey, 2014 2,970 Frei, 2017 Martins, 2015 2,965 Lodeiro, 2017 14 Johnson, 2012 2,960 Roldan, 2017 13 Montero, 2012 ASSISTS SHOTS 13 Martins, 2014 126 Montero, 2012

Rosales, 2012 116 Dempsey, 2017

Rosales, 2011 113 Dempsey, 2014 12 Lodeiro, 2017 108 Montero, 201 11 Jones, 2017 91 Montero, 2010 10 Montero, 2010

Dempsey, 2014

Dempsey, 2015 SAVES SHUTOUTS 111 Frei, 2015 13 Frei, 2017 110 Keller, 2011 11 Keller, 2010 99 Frei, 2014 10 3 times

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2018 SOUNDERS FC ROSTER No

Name

Pos

Ht

Wt

Birthdate

Hometown

Previous Club

2

Clint Dempsey

F

6-1

170

3/9/83

Nacogdoches, TX

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

4

Gustav Svensson

M

6-0

155

2/7/87

Gothenburg, Sweden Guangzhou (R&F)

5

Nouhou

D

5-10

175

6/23/97

Douala, Cameroon Sounders FC 2 (USL)

6

Osvaldo Alonso

M

5-11

155

11/11/85

San Cristobal, Cuba Charleston (USL)

7

Cristian Roldan

M

5-8

165

6/3/95

Pico Rivera, CA Washington (NCAA)

8

Víctor Rodríguez

M

5-7

154

7/23/89

Barcelona, Spain Sporting Gijon (ESP)

10

Nicolás Lodeiro

M

5-7

150

3/21/89

Paysandú, Uruguay Boca Juniors (ARG)

13

Jordan Morris

F

6-0

185

10/26/94

Mercer Island, WA Stanford (NCAA)

14

Chad Marshall

D

6-4

190

8/22/84

Riverside, CA Columbus Crew Sc

15

Tony Alfaro

D

6-2

190

6/15/93

Santa Barbara, CA Cal State Dominguez Hills (NCAA)

16

Alex Roldan

M

5-10

155

7/28/96

Pico Rivera, CA

17

Will Bruin

F

6-2

194

10/24/89

St. Louis, MO Houston Dynamo

18

Kelvin Leerdam

D

5-10

154

6/24/90

Utrecht, Netherlands Vitesse (NED)

19

Harry Shipp

M

5-9

145

11/07/91

Lake Forest, IL Montreal Impact

20

Kim Kee-hee

D

6-2

175

7/13/89

Busan, South Korea

Shanghai Shenua (China)

21

Jordy Delem

M

5-11

156

3/18/93

Fort-de-France, Martinique

Sounders FC 2 (USL)

22

Magnus Wolff Eikrem M

5-11

155

8/8/90

Molde, Norway

Malmö FF (Sweden)

23

Henry Wingo

M

6-0

170

10/4/95

Seattle, WA Washington (NCAA)

24

Stefan Frei

GK

6-3

195

4/20/86

Altstaetten, Switzerland

Toronto FC

25

Calle Brown

GK

6-6

200

7/1/92

Leesburg, VA

Houston Dynamo

27

Lamar Neagle

M/F

5-11

165

5/7/87

Federal Way, WA

D.C. United

29

Román Torres

D

6-2

195

3/20/86

Panama City, Panama

Milionarios (COL)

30

Jordan McCrary

D

5-9

165

7/28/93

Marietta, GA

Toronto FC II (USL)

35

Bryan Meredith

GK

6-2

209

8/2/90

Scotch Plains, NJ San Jose Earthquakes

70

Handwalla Bwana

M

5-9

145

6/25/99

Seattle, WA

Washington (NCAA)

90

Waylon Francis

D

5-9

160

09-29-90

Puerto Limón, Costa Rica

Columbus Crew SC

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Seattle University (NCAA)

COACHING STAFF

No.

Name

Pos Pronunication

Brian Schmetzer

Head Coach

5

Nouhou

D

NEW-hoo

Gonzalo Pineda

Assistant Coach

6

Osvaldo Alonso

M

ahs-VAHL-doe

Preki

Assistant Coach

7

Cristian Roldan

M

Roll-dahn

Djimi Traore

Assistant Coach

10

Nicolás Lodeiro

M

NEEKO-loss lo-DARE-oh

Tom Dutra

Club Director of Goalkeeping

15

Tony Alfaro

D

Al-FAR-oh

Damian Roden

High Performance Director

16

Alex Roldan

M

Roll-dahn

18

Kelvin Leerdam

D

Leer-DAHM

TECHNICAL STAFF

24

Stefan Frei

GK

STEF-in FRY

25

Calle Brown

GK

KAL-ee

Garth Lagerwey

General Manager & President of Soccer

27

Lamar Neagle

M/F

NAY-gull

Chris Henderson

VP of Soccer & Sporting Director

29

Román Torres

D

roe-MAHN

Grant Clark

Team Administration Director

70

Handwalla Bwana

M

HOND-wall-uh BWON-uh

Vince Johnson

Team Services Director

90

Waylon Francis

D

WAY-lin

Marc Nicholls

Director of Player Development

Chris Cornish

Director of Sports Medicine

Paul Lombardo

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Jake Bronowski

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Hilary Obert

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Nolan Myer

Director of Equipment Operations

Andrew Carlin

Assistant Equipment Manager

Ravi Ramineni

Director of Soccer Analytics

Sean Muldoon

Assistant Strength Coach / Sports Scientist

Tom Childs

Sports Science Video Analyst

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2018 MLS REGULAR SEASON STATS UNF POS Player

GP GS

MIN

G

A

SHT SOG

FC/FS

OFF

CK

C/E

24

GK

Stefan Frei

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

7

M

Cristian Roldan

3

3

270

0

0

4

2

2/8

2

0

0/0

4

M

Gustav Svensson

3

3

270

0

0

3

2

7/3

1

0

1/0

29

D

Roman Torres

3

3

209

0

0

2

0

3/1

0

0

1/0

5 D Nouhou

3 2 186

0 0

1 1

1/1

1

0

1/0

17

F

Will Bruin

2

2

180

0

0

7

2

0/2

3

0

0/0

22

M

Magnus Wolff Eikrem

3

2

180

0

0

7

1

3/2

0

9

0/0

10

M

Nicolas Lodeiro

2

2

180

0

0

8

2

6/9

0

12

0/0

14

D

Chad Marshall

2

2

180

0

0

2

0

0/2

0

0

0/0

70

M

Handwalla Bwana

3

2

164

0

0

2

0

1/3

1

0

0/0

18

D

Kelvin Leerdam

2

2

130

0

0

0

0

4/1

0

0

1/1

19

M

Harry Shipp

2

2

116

0

0

2

1

0/1

0

0

0/0

23

M

Henry Wingo

1

1

90

0

0

2

1

0/1

0

0

0/0

15

D

Tony Alfaro

1

1

83

0

0

1

0

3/0

0

0

1/1

21

M

Jordy Delem

1

1

80

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

27

M

Lamar Neagle

2

0

48

0

0

1

0

1/1

0

0

1/0

2

F

Clint Dempsey

1

1

37

0

0

1

1

1/0

0

0

0/1

16

M

Alex Roldan

2

0

42

0

0

4

1

0/0

0

0

0/0

20

D

Kim Kee-hee

1

0

16

0

0

0

0

1/0

0

0

1/0

12

F

Seyi Adekoya

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

6

M

Osvaldo Alonso

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

25

GK

Calle Brown

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

90

D

Waylon Francis

1

1

84

0

0

0

0

2/1

0

0

0/0

32

M

Zach Mathers

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

30

D

Jordan McCrary

1

0

45

0

0

0

0

0/1

0

0

0/0

35

GK

Bryan Meredith

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

13

F

Jordan Morris

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

8

M

Victor Rodriguez

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0/0

0

0

0/0

Team totals

3

3

270

0

0

47

14

35/39

8

21

7/3

5

8 5/0

Opponent totals 3 3 270 5 7 31 15 39/35

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

UNF POS Player

GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W-L-D SO

24 GK Stefan Frei 3 3 270 15 9 5 1.67 0 0 0-3-0 0 35 GK Bryan Meredith 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0-0-0 0 25 GK Calle Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0-0-0 0 Team totals 3 3 270 15 9 5 1.67 0 0 0-3-0 0 Opponent totals 3 3 270 14 14 0 0.00 0 0 3-0-0 3

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2018 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES Sounders FC 0 vs. Los Angeles FC 1 March 4, 2018 at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 40,070 SCORING LAFC - Rossi (Vela, Kaye) 11’ Lineup: Frei; Delem (Neagle 80’), Torres (Wolff Eikrem HT), Alfaro, Nouhou; Svensson, C. Roldan, Wingo, Lodeiro - captain, Shipp (Bwana 64’); Bruin Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Marshall, Francis, A. Roldan Sounders FC 0 at FC Dallas 3 March 18, 2018 at Toyota Stadium (Frisco, TX) Attendance: 13,310 SCORING DAL - Lamah (Barrios, Diaz) 20’ DAL - Urruti (Lamah) 58’ DAL - Lamah (Nedyalkov) 63’ Lineup: Frei; Leerdam, Torres - captain (Kim 74’), Marshall, Nouhou; Svensson, C. Roldan, Shipp (Neagle 52’), Wolff Eikrem, Bwana (A. Roldan 64’); Dempsey Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, McCrary, Delem, Wingo Sounders FC 0 vs. Montreal Impact 1 March 31, 2018 at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 39,469 SCORING MTL - Vargas (Piatti) 60’ Lineup: Frei; Leerdam, Torres, Marshall, Francis (Nouhou 84’); Svensson, Roldan, Wolff Eikrem (McCrary HT’), Bwana (Roldan 74’), Lodeiro - captain; Bruin Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Shipp, Delem, Neagle

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CLINT DEMPSEY

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Born: March 9, 1983 Hometown: Nacogdoches, Texas Citizenship: United States College: Furman

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GUSTAV SVENSSON

Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Born: February 7, 1987 Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden Citizenship: Sweden HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Signed to contract on January 30, 2017.

Signed as a Designated Player on August 3, 2013.

PREVIOUS CLUBS PREVIOUS CLUBS Tottenham Hotspur (2012-2013), Fulham (2007-2012), New England (2004-2006).

Guangzhou R&F (2016), IFK Goteborg (2014-2015), Tarivya (20122013), Bursaspor (2011-2012), IFK Goteborg (2006-2010).

CAREER NOTES

CAREER NOTES • Won 2017 MLS Comeback Player of the Year after recording 12 goals and five assists • One goal short of matching Fredy Montero’s club record of 47 career Sounders FC regular-season goals • First in Sounders FC history with six postseason goals, third among active MLS players with seven total postseason goals • Became first player in club history to record two career hat tricks (August 7, 2016) • Former U.S. captain and second all-time with 56 goals for USMNT • Holds American record with 57 goals in EPL with Fulham and Tottenham • 25 goals and 14 assists in 71 appearances for New England Revolution from 2004-06

• Started 30 of 32 appearances for Sounders FC in first MLS season • Member of Swedish National Team that qualified for 2018 FIFA World Cup • Began pro career with hometown side IFK Göteborg, where he played from 2006-2010, leading the club to the 2008 Svenzka Cupen (Swedish Cup) title and a 2009 second-place finish • Played for Bursaspor of the Turkish Super Lig in 2010, where he made 38 appearances in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 campaigns • Has six appearances for the Swedish National Team, beginning with two caps in 2009. The midfielder has also appeared in a pair of matches for Sweden in 2015 and 2016.

• Moved to Guangzhou R&F of the Chinese Super League in 2016 and started all 28 of his appearances

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NOUHOU

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OSVALDO ALONSO

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Born: June 23, 1997 Hometown: Douala, Cameroon Citizenship: Cameroon Pronunciation: NEW-hoo toe-LOW

Height: 5-11 Weight: 155 Born: November 11, 1985 Hometown: San Cristóbal, Cuba Citizenship: Cuba Pronunciation: ahs-VAHL-doe

HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on January 26, 2017.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Signed as free agent on January 26, 2009. Signed to contract extension on February 17, 2011. Signed as a Designated Player on November 19, 2013.

Rainbow FC (2015).

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Charleston Battery (USL, 2008), FC Pinar del Rio (2005-2007).

• Started 10 of 19 appearances in first MLS season • Started all four of Seattle’s postseason appearances in 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs • Earned first cap with Cameroon National Team in 2017 • Made MLS debut off the bench against Crew SC (May 31) • Scored first USL goal in 2-1 road win over LA Galaxy II (April 15) • Started all 24 of his appearances for S2 in 2016, leading the team with 2,061 minutes • Joined S2 in April of 2016 from Cameroonian side Rainbow FC

CAREER NOTES • One goal and three assists in 26 appearances in 2017 • Five-time Sounders FC team MVP • Four-time MLS All-Star selection • Seattle’s all-time leader in games played, starts and minutes • Named to the 2012 MLS Best XI • Granted full U.S. citizenship on June 16, 2012 • Capped 17 times by Cuban National Team and captain of U-23 team during 2008 Olympic qualifying

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CRISTIAN ROLDAN

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VÍCTOR RODRÍGUEZ

Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Born: June 3, 1995 Hometown: Pico Rivera, California Citizenship: United States College: Washington Pronunciation: roll-dahn

Height: 5-7 Weight: 154 Born: July 23, 1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Citizenship: Spain

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on August 2, 2017 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

Drafted by Seattle as the 16th pick in the MLS SuperDraft on January 15, 2015.

PREVIOUS CLUBS Sporting Gijón (2016), Getafe CF (Loan, 2015-2016), Elche CF (20142016), Zaragoza (2012-2014), UE Vilajuïga (Loan, 2008-2009), CF Badalona (2008-2012).

CAREER NOTES • Named 2017 Sounders FC team MVP after recording six goals and three assists in 33 appearances (all starts) in 2017 • First in MLS in 2017 with 94 tackles and 270 duels won • Earned first senior caps for U.S. Men’s National Team in 2017 • Appeared in 22 MLS regular season matches as a rookie, starting 11, which ranks fourth-most games played by a rookie in team history (2015) • Recorded first career MLS assist on a goal by Obafemi Martins in a 3-0 win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC (September 19, 2015) • Named NSCAA Third Team All-American as a sophomore at University of Washington • 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior at El Racho High School

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HOW ACQUIRED

NICOLAS LODEIRO

CAREER NOTES • Two goals and one assist in seven regular-season appearances for Sounders FC in 2017 • One goal and two assists so far in 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs • Signed with Seattle after nearly a decade of professional experience in Spain, including four of the past five seasons in La Liga • In 2014-2015 while playing for Elche CF, Rodríguez made 36 appearances and scored four goals - a career high in La Liga • Spent four years in FC Barcelona youth system.

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JORDAN MORRIS

Height: 5-7 Weight: 150 Born: March 21, 1989 Hometown: Paysandú, Uruguay Citizenship: Uruguay Pronunciation: lo-DARE-oh

Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Born: October 26, 1994 Hometown: Mercer Island, Washington Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on July 27, 2016 as a Designated Player.

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 21, 2016.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Boca Juniors (2015-2016), Corinthians (2014-2015), Botafago (20122014), Ajax (2010-2012), Nacional (2007-2010).

• Ruled out for 2018 season after suffering right ACL tear in Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League first leg at Santa Tecla FC (February 22) • Three goals in 23 regular-season appearances before suffering strained hamsting that sidelined him in September, before making two substitute appearances in 2017 • 2016 AT&T Rookie of the Year with American rookie record 12 goals • Has 24 caps and five goals for United States Men’s National Team • Tied MLS rookie record with a goal in four consecutive matches • Became the first college player since 1995 to make senior USMNT appearance (November 2014) • As a senior at Stanford, led Cardinal to National Championship and won the MAC Hermann Trophy • Scored 28 goals in 32 games for Sounders FC Academy in 2012

CAREER NOTES • Seven goals and 12 assists in 33 regular-season appearances in 2017 • Helped Uruguay qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup • Earned 2016 MLS Newcomer of the Year, a spot on MLS Team of the Week in his first two weeks with club and named Etihad Player of the Month for August • Has 51 caps and four goals for Uruguay National Team • Member of Uruguay’s 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup roster • Previously played for Boca Juniors (Argentina), Corinthians (Brazil), Botafogo (Brazil) and Ajax (Netherlands) • Participated in 2012 Summer Olympics and three Copa America tournaments. Uruguay won the 2011 edition of Copa America

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CHAD MARSHALL

Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Born: August 22, 1984 Hometown: Riverside, California Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

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TONY ALFARO

Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Born: June 15, 1993 Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Pronunciation: Al-FAR-oh HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Acquired via trade with the Columbus Crew on December 12, 2013, in exchange for allocation money and a 2015 third round SuperDraft pick.

Selected with seventh pick of Second Round (27th overall) in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.

CAREER NOTES

PREVIOUS CLUBS • Started eight of 15 appearances for Sounders FC in 2017 • Made six appearances, including one start, as a rookie in 2016 • Named a First Team All-American by the NSCAA and earned CCAA Defensive Player of the Year in senior season at Cal State Dominguez Hills

Columbus (2004-2013).

CAREER NOTES • Voted Sounders FC Defender of the Year for the second consecutive season and the third time in four years with the club.

• First player in MLS history to earn three Defender of the Year awards • Second among active players with 371 MLS regular-season appearances (heading into 2018) • Has started every Sounders FC postseason match since joining club in 2014 • Played in 300th career match against Portland Timbers (June 28) • Named to 2015 MLS All-Star Gameday Roster and played 45 minutes • Capped 11 times by U.S. National Team

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ALEX ROLDAN

Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Born: June 28, 1996 Hometown: Pico Rivera, California Pronunciation: Roll-dahn

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WILL BRUIN

Height: 6-2 Weight: 194 Born: October 24, 1989 Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Citizenship: United States College: Indiana

HOW ACQUIRED HOW ACQUIRED Selected with the 22nd pick of the First Round (22nd overall) in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. Signed to First Team contract on February 13, 2018.

Acquired via trade from Houston Dynamo for Targeted Allocation Money and General Allocation Money on December 23, 2016.

CAREER NOTES PREVIOUS CLUBS • Started all 82 games over his four years at Seattle University with 18 goals and 17 assists, including six goals and team-leading eight assists in 2017 • Made Sounders FC debut as substitute in Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League match at Santa Tecla FC on February 22, 2018 • Younger brother of Sounders FC midfielder Cristian Roldan

Houston Dynamo (2011-2016).

CAREER NOTES • Second on Sounders FC with 11 goals in 2017 • Second among active players with eight career postseason goals • Scored 50 goals and added 20 assists in his six professional seasons with the Houston Dynamo • Scored career-high 12 tallies in 2012. Also reached double digits in the scoring column with 10 goals in 2014 and 11 in 2015.

• Recorded 33 goals in 66 appearances for the Hoosiers, including a team-high 18 tallies as a junior, when he finished second in the voting for the MAC Hermann Trophy • Two career caps for the U.S. National Team, making his debut in a friendly against Canada in 2013.

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KELVIN LEERDAM

Height: 5-10 Weight: 154 Born: June 24, 1990 Hometown: Utrecht, Netherlands Citizenship: Netherlands

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HARRY SHIPP

Height: 5-9 Weight: 145 Born: November 7, 1991 Hometown: Lake Forest, Illinois Citizenship: United States College: Notre Dame

HOW ACQUIRED HOW ACQUIRED Signed on July 1, 2017 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Acquired via trade from Montreal for General Allocation Money on December 22, 2016.

Vitesse (2013-2017), Feyenoord (2008-2013).

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Montreal Impact (2016), Chicago Fire (2014-2015).

• Started 14 of 15 appearances since signing with Sounders FC in the summer, recording one goal and two assists • Sounders FC was 11-3-6 with Leerdam on the field (regular season and playoffs) in 2017 • Spent nine seasons in Dutch Eredivisie with Feyenoord and Vitesse, amassing 186 career league appearances with 16 goals and eight assists.

• Leerdam’s clubs had a combined 26-2-3 record when he registers a goal or assist.

• Made 19 appearances for the Netherlands’ U-21 side from 2010-2013 and three appearances the U-19s in 2009.

CAREER NOTES

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KIM KEE-HEE

• Started 11 of 18 appearances in first season with Sounders FC, recording two goals and one assist • Two assists for Sounders FC so far in 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs • Spent the 2016 season with Eastern Conference finalist Montreal Impact, starting 20 of his 27 appearances and recording two goals and three assists • Tallied seven goals and six assists in 33 appearances as an AT&T MLS Rookie of the Year finalist in 2014 • Helped lead the Fighting Irish to the first national championship in program history during his senior season, where he was a NSCAA First Team All-American and a MAC Hermann Trophy finalist

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JORDY DELEM

Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 Born: July 13, 1989 Hometown: Busan, South Korea Citizenship: South Korea

Height: 5-11 Weight: 156 Born: March 18, 1993 Hometown: Fort-de-France, Martinique Citizenship: Martinique

HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on February 27, 2018 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

Signed to a First Team contract on March 2, 2017.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Shanghai Shenua (2016-2017), Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (20132016), Al-Sailiya (2012-2013), Daegu FC (2011-2013)

Club Franciscain (2015), AC Arles-Avignon B (2014).

CAREER NOTES • Made Sounders FC debut at Chivas Guadalajara on March 14, 2018 • Signed with Sounders FC prior to 2018 campaign after nine professional seasons in Korea, China and and Qatar • Spent the past two seasons with Shanghai Shenua of the Chinese Super League, starting all 45 of his appearances, including all 30 games of the 2016 campaign • Spent 2013-2015 seasons with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC in Korean topfliight, winning league titles in 2014 and 2015 • 23 caps for the South Korean National Team, including six appearances South Korea’s successful run in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

CAREER NOTES • Started nine of 14 appearances in first MLS season in 2017, in addition to two appearances (one start) in 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs • Made MLS debut this season with start at right back in Seattle’s scoreless draw vs. Atlanta United FC (March 31) • Made 19 appearances for S2 in 2016 and recorded an assist in a 1-1 draw against Whitecaps FC 2 (August 6) • Previously played for Club Franciscain of Martinique’s Championnat National League and France’s AC Arles-Avignon B squad • Has 32 caps and five goals for the Martinique National Team

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MAGNUS WOLFF EIKREM

HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Signed on January 30, 2018 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 18, 2017.

CAREER NOTES

PREVIOUS CLUBS Malmö FF (2015-2017), Cardiff City (2013-2015), SC Heerenveen (20132014), Molde FK (2011-2013).

CAREER NOTES • Signed with Seattle prior to 2018 after nine professional seasons in Europe and four topflight league titles • Won Allsvenskan championships the last two campaigns with Swedish side Malmö FF • Began his professional career in 2011 with Molde FK of the Norwegian first division and led his hometown side to its first two Eliteserien championships in 2011 and 2012 • Played two seasons for Cardiff City, where he made six English Premier League appearances in the 2014-2015 campaign • 17 caps for the Norwegian National Team, including six appearances in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying

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HENRY WINGO

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Born: October 4, 1995 Hometown: Seattle, Washington College: Washington

Height: 5-11 Weight: 155 Born: August 8, 1990 Hometown: Molde, Norway Citizenship: Norway

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STEFAN FREI

• 11 appearances in rookie campaign this season • Made professional debut in 2017 season opener at Houston Dynamo (March 4) • Made 56 appearances and earning All-Pac-12 Second Team honors in 2015 and 2016 at Washington • Played at least 18 matches in each of his three seasons with the Huskies, starting 35 of 37 of his appearances in 2015 and 2016 • Spent the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 campaigns with the Sounders FC Academy

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CALLE BROWN

Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Born: April 20, 1986 Hometown: Altstaetten, Switzerland College: California Pronunciation: STEF-in FRY

Height: 6-6 Weight: 200 Born: July 1, 1992 Hometown: Leesburg, Virginia Citizenship: United States College: Virginia

HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired via trade from Toronto on December 10, 2013.

Signed to contract on February 20, 2018.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Toronto FC (2009-2013).

Houston Dynamo (2016-2017), Pittsburgh Riverhounds (2015).

CAREER NOTES

CAREER NOTES

• Led MLS with 13 shutouts in 2017,and now ranks ninth in MLS history with 56 career regular-season shutouts (going into 2018 season) • MLS record-holder with current 624-minute individual postseason shutout streak spanning 2016 and 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs • Became first Sounders FC goalkeeper to earn 50th win in 3-0 road shutout at LA Galaxy (April 23) • Named 2016 MLS Cup MVP • First goalkeeper in club history with 300 career saves • Recorded nine shutouts and 99 saves in first season for Seattle (2014) • Became second player in Sounders FC history to play in every minute of a season in 2014 • Four-time Canadian Cup Championship winner with Toronto

• Spent 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Houston Dynamo, making 19 appearances for the club’s USL affiliate Rio Grande Valley FC Toros • Won a collegiate national championship in 2014 at the University of Virginia, where he recorded 13 shutouts in 29 starts across two seasons

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LAMAR NEAGLE

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ROMÁN TORRES

Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Born: May 7, 1987 Hometown: Federal Way, Washington Citizenship: United States College: UNLV

Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Born: March 20, 1986 Hometown: Panama City, Panama Citizenship: Panama Pronunciation: roe-MAHN

HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired via trade from D.C. United in exchange for 2018 Fourth Round MLS SuperDraft pick on August 7, 2017. Re-signed with club on February 20, 2018.

Signed on August 12, 2015 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Millonarios (2012-2015), La Equidad (2008-2009, 2012), Atlètico Nacional (2011), Atlètico Junior (2010), Cortulua (2006-2007), San Francisco FC (2005-2008), Chepo FC (2003-2005).

D.C. United (2016-2017), Seattle Sounders FC (2009, 2011, 2013-2015), Montreal Impact (2012), IFK Mariehamn (2010-11), Charleston Battery (2010).

CAREER NOTES • Fourth in Sounders FC history with 27 goals for club • Joined Seattle via trade in August of 2017 in fourth separate stint with the club • Recorded career highs of nine goals and nine assists in Seattle’s 2014 Supporters’ Shield-winning campaign • 2013 Sounders FC Humanitarian of the Year • Federal Way native and 2005 state champion at Thomas Jefferson High School

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JORDAN MCCRARY

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES • Started 21 of 23 appearances in 2017 • Captained Panama to 2018 FIFA World Cup berth • Scored decisive penalty-kick to shootout to win 2016 MLS Cup • Suffered season-ending ACL tear in 1-1 draw at San Jose (September 1, 2015), then underwent successful surgery on September 22, 2015 • Current captain of Panamanian National Team, appearing in 91 international matches and scoring 14 goals • Amassed 331 career appearances and 32 goals in 11 professional seasons of topflight leagues in South and Central America • Five club championships with four different teams in Panama and Colombia

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BRYAN MEREDITH

Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 Born: July 28, 1993 Hometown: Marietta, Georgia Citizenship: United States College: North Carolina

Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Born: August 2, 1989 Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ Citizenship: United States College: Monmouth

HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed to contract on February 13, 2018.

Selected in Stage One in 2016 Re-Entry Draft on December 16, 2016.

Re-signed on December 14, 2017.

PREVIOUS CLUBS PREVIOUS CLUBS Toronto FC II (2017), New England Revolution (2016).

CAREER NOTES • Made Sounders FC debut as substitute in Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League match at Santa Tecla FC on February 22, 2018 • 10th overall selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution • Spent 2017 season with Toronto FC II, starting 19 of 27 appearances for the Reds’ USL side • Appeared in 76 matches for the University of North Carolina from 20112015, recording nine career assists

San Jose (2014-16), New York Cosmos (2013), IK Brage (2013), Sounders FC (2011-12), Kitsap Pumas (2011).

CAREER NOTES • Originally drafted by Seattle in the Second Round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft • Made his first MLS appearance in the second half against the LA Galaxy on May 2, 2012 • Posted a 3-3-5 mark during the 2012 MLS season with a 1.27 goals against average and three shutouts • Also played for Kitsap Pumas and San Jose Earthquakes

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HANDWALLA BWANA

Height: 5-9 Weight: 145 Born: June 25, 1999 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States / Kenya College: Washington

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WAYLON FRANCIS

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Born: September 20, 1990 Hometown: Puerto Limón, Costa Rica Citizenship: Costa Rica HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Signed as Homegrown Player on January 11, 2018.

Acquired via trade from Columbus for $50,000 General Allocation Money on December 14, 2017.

CAREER NOTES

PREVIOUS CLUBS

• Signed as a Homegrown Player after two seasons at the University of Washington, where recorded 12 goals and 13 assists in 39 appearances • All-Pac-12 First Team selection in 2017 after leading the Huskies with eight goals and ranking second with six assists • Ballard High School graduate earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors in 2016 after tallying four goals and seven assists

Columbus Crew SC (2014-2017); C.S. Herediano (2011-2014), Limón FC (2011-2012), Brujas FC (2010-2011).

CAREER NOTES • Started 75 of 83 regular-season appearances for Columbus Crew SC from 2014-2017, recording 18 assists • Recorded career highs with 28 appearances (all starts) and seven assists in 2015, earning an MLS All-Star selection before helping Crew SC to an MLS Cup appearance • Five caps for Costa Rica and was included in the final 23-man roster ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but did not make an appearance in any of the Ticos’ five matches at the tournament.

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Clint Dempsey Gustav Svensson Nouhou Tolo Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Victor Rodriguez Nicolas Lodeiro Seyi Adekoya Jordan Morris Chad Marshall Tony Alfaro Alex Roldan Will Bruin Kelvin Leerdam Harry Shipp Kim Kee-Hee Jordy Delem Magnus Eikrem Henry Wingo Stefan Frei Calle Brown Lamar Neagle Roman Torres Jordan McCrary Bryan Meredith Handwalla Bwana Waylon Francis

Player

"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position

2 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 30 35 70 90

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26

90D 90D

90M

26

64M 74M 84D

10 38 45D 74D 90D 45

90F

16 90F 90D 40D 64M 52M 16 80D 45 90M 45M 90M 90G 90G 90G

83D

90M

90M 90M 90M

1 2 3 LFC DAL MTL 0-1 0-3 0-1 37F 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 6

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log: #1 03/04/2018 #2 03/18/2018 #3 03/31/2018

SEA 0 vs LFC 1 SEA 0 at DAL 3 SEA 0 vs MTL 1

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1 4 1 0

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE R16(1) 02/22/2018 SEA R16(2) 03/01/2018 SEA QF1 03/07/2018 SEA QF2 03/14/2018 SEA 2 0 0 3

90D

12

STECLA STECLA CDGUAD CDGUAD

90D

59M 90G

45 3 90G

78M

57M

78M

80F

90F

90D

73M 90D

L W W L

82 90D 90D

90M 81M 90G

55

8F 9

35D

90M

10 90D 90D

17 90G

1

90D

90M

90D 45D

90M

90M

90F 90D 90D 31 33

90M

90M

90M

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE R161 R162 QF1 QF2 STEC STEC GUAD GUAD 1-2 4-0 1-0 0-3 87M 89M 90M 12 90M 90M 90M 90D

90D

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Clint Dempsey Gustav Svensson Nouhou Tolo Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Victor Rodriguez Nicolas Lodeiro Seyi Adekoya Jordan Morris Chad Marshall Tony Alfaro Alex Roldan Will Bruin Kelvin Leerdam Harry Shipp Kim Kee-Hee Jordy Delem Magnus Eikrem Henry Wingo Stefan Frei Calle Brown Lamar Neagle Roman Torres Jordan McCrary Zach Mathers Bryan Meredith Handwalla Bwana Waylon Francis

2 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 30 32 35 70 90

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Lodeiro (unassisted) 15 Bruin (Lodeiro) 46; Lodeiro (Dempsey) 69; Marshall (Lodeiro) 81; Eikrem (Dempsey) 83 Dempsey (Wingo) 78

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