Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Chicago Fire

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v CHICAGO FIRE (May 3, Sporting Park, 4 p.m. CT)

PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS

ROSTERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 8 2-2-4 10 11 12 at home 4 1-0-3 6 4 3 Fire on road

1

6 3-3-0 9 6 7 2 0-2-0 0 1 4

Marin

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

27

ALL-TIME (49 meetings): Sporting 13 wins (0 shootout), 58 goals …

Fire 25 wins (1 shootout), 85 goals … Ties 11

94

8

10

10

Feilhaber

Espinoza

Zusi

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

14

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

23

24

do Prado

Amarikwa

10

19

Maloney

Shipp

6

FIRE

SPORTING

Gehrig

F 6 90

A 7 77

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

4 1 1 0

5 1 1 0

3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

1 4 1

2 5 0

TYPE OF PLAY

6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0

5 0 3 1 0 0 2 1

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

3 5 3

3 7 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

2

11

Polster

Accam

4

20

Adailton

Larentowicz

3 Jones

25 Johnson

HOW SCORED

8 0 3 1

9 Nemeth

Dwyer

UPCOMING MATCHES FIRE SPORTING Sat. May 9 Real Salt Lake Sat. May 9 at D.C. United Fri. May 15 at New York City Sat. May 16 Colorado Fri. May 22 at Columbus Wed. May 20 New England Sat. May 30 Montreal Sat. May 23 at Seattle

5 2 4 0

71 de Jong

Mustivar

LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/18: CHI 2, KC 1 (Magee 7, 15 – Dwyer 68) 7/6: KC 1, CHI 1 (Dwyer 33 – Magee 40) 10/10: KC 2, CHI 0 (Zusi 80; Dwyer 92+)

A 12 60

5 Besler

Anibaba

AT KC (26 meetings): Sporting 9 wins (0 shootout), 36 goals …

Fire 8 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 9

F 11 57

4 Ellis

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero.

AR1 (bench): Jeff Hosking; AR2 (opposite): Eric Weisbrod; 4th: Nima Saghafi DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: KC: Servando Carrasco (through May 3) … CHI: Matt Watson (through May 3)

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

SPORTING KC 1 Luis Marin (GK) 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Servando Carrasco (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 18 James Rogers (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) CHICAGO FIRE 1 Alec Kann (GK) 2 Matt Polster (DF) 3 Joevin Jones (DF) 4 Adailton (DF) 5 Lovel Palmer (DF) 6 Eric Gehrig (DF) 7 Jason Johnson (FW) 8 Matt Watson (MF) 9 Mike Magee (FW) 10 Shaun Maloney (MF) 11 David Accam (FW) 14 Patrick Nyarko (FW) 15 Víctor Pérez Alonso (MF) 16 Greg Cochrane (DF) 17 Collin Fernandez (MF) 18 Jon Busch (GK) 19 Harry Shipp (MF) 20 Jeff Larentowicz (MF) 21 Chris Ritter (MF) 22 Patrick Doody (DF) 23 Guly do Prado (FW) 24 Quincy Amarikwa (FW) 25 Sean Johnson (GK) 26 Michael Stephens (MF) 27 Kingsley Bryce (MF) 30 Razvan Cocis (MF) 77 Kennedy Igboananike (FW)

none

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC CHI

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-0 0-2-3 1-0-1 2-0-0 1-2-0 0-1-0

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 1-0-2 1-2-0 3-0-0 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) 4/05/2015 KC 3, PHI 2 3/28/2015 KC 1, NYC 0 10/26/2014 KC 0, NY 2 4/18/2015 KC 1, LA 2 4/25/2015 KC 4, HOU 4 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0 4/11/2015 KC 0, RSL 0

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TLTWWTLT Fire LLLWWW

(1) (2) (4) (1) (0) (2) (2)

CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) 4/24/2015 CHI 1, NYC 0 7/12/2014 CHI 1, NE 0 3/14/2015 CHI 0, VAN 1 3/22/2015 CHI 1, SJ 2 10/05/2014 CHI 0, MTL 0 4/24/2015 CHI 1, NYC 0 3/14/2015 CHI 0, VAN 1

(0) (10) (3) (0) (9) (0) (4)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 3 Nemeth A: 5 Feilhaber SHT: 25 Dwyer SOG: 8 Dwyer FC: 13 Espinoza FS: 26 Dwyer OF: 7 Dwyer C: 2 Ellis/Espinoza E: 1 Besler FIRE G: 1 6 players tied A: 3 Shipp SHT: 19 Shipp SOG: 5 3 players tied FC: 14 Polster FS: 23 Amarikwa OF: 8 Amarikwa C: 2 Adailton/Polster E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 8 2 4 0 1 1 11 1.38 CHI 6 2 3 0 1 0 6 1.00 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 8 3 1 2 1 1 12 1.50 CHI 6 2 1 3 0 0 7 1.17 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 11 2 2 1 1 1 4 CHI 6 1 2 1 1 1 0 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 12 3 2 1 3 1 2 CHI 7 1 2 0 1 1 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v CHICAGO FIRE (May 3, Sporting Park, 4 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 85)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A No. Player 1 Luis Marin GK 6-2 196 05/18/1983 Santiago, Chile 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 26 20 0 3 4 Kevin Ellis 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 7 7 0 2 157 152 2 9 MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 3 0 0 226 204 12 19 6 Paulo Nagamura 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 0 0 0 0 123 98 2 13 MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 6 6 0 1 154 121 22 40 8 Graham Zusi 9 Krisztian Nemeth FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 6 5 3 0 6 5 3 0 MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 8 2 5 118 106 14 24 10 Benny Feilhaber 11 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 6 1 0 0 77 49 12 3 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 12 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 8 8 2 1 58 46 26 4 14 Dom Dwyer 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 3 2 0 0 136 132 0 7 Servando Carrasco MF 5-10 175 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 6 5 0 0 65 36 1 1 16 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Rogers FW 5-8 150 06/27/1993 Yoyah, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 Connor Hallisey MF 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 6 6 1 0 118 113 5 6 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 7 7 1 1 120 100 3 12 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 29 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 6 2 0 0 205 116 15 14 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 1 71 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 3 3 0 0 9 4 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W78 L60 T48

CHICAGO FIRE 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Alec Kann 2 Matt Polster DF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Milwaukee, WI 6 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 DF 5-11 160 08/03/1991 Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago 6 6 1 1 6 6 1 1 3 Joevin Jones 4 Adailton DF 6-3 187 04/16/1983 Salvador, Brazil 5 5 1 0 5 5 1 0 DF 5-10 160 08/30/1984 Mandeville, Jamaica 4 4 0 0 130 117 4 4 5 Lovel Palmer DF 6-1 175 12/25/1987 Harvey, IL 6 6 0 0 52 38 0 1 6 Eric Gehrig 7 Jason Johnson FW 6-0 180 10/09/1990 Happy News, Jamaica 0 0 0 0 21 4 1 0 8 Matt Watson MF 6-0 170 01/01/1985 Redditch, England 3 2 0 0 66 49 1 2 FW 5-10 160 09/02/1984 Chicago, IL 0 0 0 0 274 206 64 32 9 Mike Magee 10 Shaun Maloney MF 5-7 155 01/24/1983 Malaysia 5 5 1 1 5 5 1 1 FW 5-9 174 09/28/1990 Ghana 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 11 David Accam Patrick Nyarko FW 6-0 160 01/15/1986 Kumasi, Ghana 0 0 0 0 177 134 16 35 14 15 Victor Perez Alonso MF 5-9 157 01/12/1988 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 Greg Cochrane DF 5-8 140 11/01/1990 Holland, PA 0 0 0 0 24 21 0 2 Collin Fernandez MF 5-8 140 02/13/1997 Downers Grove, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 Jon Busch GK 5-10 170 08/18/1976 Queens, NY 2 2 0 0 299 298 0 1 Harry Shipp MF 5-9 145 11/07/1991 Lake Forest, IL 6 6 1 3 39 32 8 9 19 20 Jeff Larentowicz MF 6-1 175 08/05/1983 Pasadena, CA 6 6 1 0 278 268 32 18 Chris Ritter MF 6-2 190 10/29/1990 Winnetka, IL 2 1 0 0 12 9 0 0 21 22 Patrick Doody DF 6-0 180 04/22/1992 Naperville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guly do Prado FW 6-3 180 12/31/1981 Campinas, Brazil 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 23 24 Quincy Amarikwa FW 5-9 180 10/29/1987 Bakersfield, CA 6 5 0 0 119 48 15 9 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Atlanta, GA 4 4 0 0 137 137 0 1 25 26 Michael Stephens MF 5-9 155 04/03/1989 Hinsdale, IL 5 4 0 0 99 51 2 12 Kingsley Bryce FW 6-0 184 04/16/1993 Plano, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 30 Razvan Cocis MF 5-11 161 02/19/1983 Slatina, Romania 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 0 Kennedy Igboananike FW 5-9 154 02/26/1989 Nir-Igbo, Nigeria 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 77 HEAD COACH : Frank Yallop

04/04/1964 W126 L120 T102

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs CHICAGO FIRE SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. May 3, 2015 (WEEK 9, MLS Game #85) 4 p.m. CT (ESPN2 / ESPN Deportes; TSN1) Sporting Kansas City will look to get back to their winning ways when they face a suddenly ascendant Chicago Fire as the clubs face off Sunday afternoon at Sporting Park before an ESPN2 audience. Sporting have gone three games without a victory, coming back for a wild 4-4 draw last weekend at the Houston Dynamo. The Fire returned from a long layoff and won their third game on the trot last time out, netting the game’s only goal in a win against New York City FC. REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Jeff Hosking; AR2 (opposite): Eric Weisbrod; 4th: Nima Saghafi MLS Career: 41 games; FC/gm: 26.9; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 11; pens: 20 SUSPENDED: KC: Servando Carrasco (through May 3) … CHI: Matt Watson (through May 3) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (49 meetings): Sporting 13 wins (0 shootout), 58 goals … Fire 25 wins (1 shootout), 85 goals … Ties 11 AT KC (26 meetings): Sporting 9 wins (0 shootout), 36 goals … Fire 8 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 9 LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/18: CHI 2, KC 1 (Magee 7, 15 – Dwyer 68) 7/6: KC 1, CHI 1 (Dwyer 33 – Magee 40) 10/10: KC 2, CHI 0 (Zusi 80; Dwyer 92+)  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  The teams evenly split their season series a year ago. Each team won on their home ground; they also played to a 1-1 draw at Sporting Park.  The Fire haven’t won in Kansas City since 2012; SKC have two wins and two draws in the home meetings since.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. CHI: P14 W4 L6 D4 … Frank Yallop vs. KC: P28 W13 L9 D6 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their winless streak extended to three games, coming back for a point in a wild 4-4 draw with the Houston Dynamo on Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. Sporting are in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference with 10 points from 8 matches.

LAST MATCH  Sporting took the lead just three minutes into the game when Krisztian Nemeth picked up a loose ball and charged toward goal, firing home inside the right post from 25 yards out.  But the Dynamo had a 3-1 lead by just after halftime. First, a scuffed clearance landed in the path of Giles Barnes, and he sliced a half-volley past SKC goalkeeper Luis Marin to pull the game level in the 11th minute.  The Dynamo took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Will Bruin scored with a flick off the back of his head from a Brad Davis pinpoint corner kick. Then Barnes struck again less than a minute into the second half, driving up field and taking a shot from some 22 yards out that beat Marin to his right post.  But Sporting pulled level with goals in short order. First, in the 74th minute, Dom Dwyer pounced on an illadvised back pass and slotted a shot into the open net after rounding Deric in the box. Then six minutes later, Benny Feilhaber converted a penalty after Dynamo defender Jermaine Taylor was ruled to have handled a Nemeth attempt on goal and referee Kevin Stott pointed to the spot.  The Dynamo again nosed in front in the 84th minute when Raul Rodriguez rushed the near post to head home a Davis free kick. But Feilhaber had the final answer deep in stoppage time, scoring his second of the night by driving home a shot from distance that sailed inside the left post.  SKC manager Peter Vermes made no changes to the team that saw the LA Galaxy hit for a late winner for a 21 victory at StubHub Center.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Luis Marin - Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis (Connor Hallisey 90), Matt Besler, Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 63) - Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 55) - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth.

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TEAM NEWS  Sporting saw their current winless run extended to three games, following back-to-back victories, their only two wins of the season. SKC have not lost consecutive games this season.  “We found the way to get back in the game, a couple of times. But, over the course of the game, we made way too many mistakes over the course of 90 minutes and that's something you can't do at this level,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said.  It was the most goals Sporting have scored in a game in their 20-year history and failed to come away with a victory.  “In a lot of respects, we didn't deserve to get anything coming out of here,” Vermes said. “The only thing I'll say is that at that moment, during the course of the game, we were very good and we didn't give up.”  Benny Feilhaber had the first multiple-goal game of his MLS career, converting a penalty then hitting for the equalizer deep in stoppage time.  “Benny has the ability to be one of the best No. 10s in our league,” Vermes said. “When he's in form, like he is now, playing on both sides of the ball, a lot of things tend to come out that are part of his makeup. That will only get better if he continues to value those things that are important, and I think that's one of those reasons why he's in form at the moment.  Said Feilhaber: “I'm just trying to get closer to the goal. I think that's one of the things that I've consciously tried to improve in my game, get closer to the goal and be able to provide not only assists but get goals myself. …

I'm trying to make my runs further up the field so I can connect with Dom and the other offensive players and just get in more dangerous areas.”  Krisztian Nemeth netted a goal for a second consecutive match, his third in the last four games (and his third in six total appearances this season).  Dom Dwyer scored his second goal of the season, his first since April 5. Dwyer has played every minute of every match this season.  Making a second consecutive start after missing two matches through injury, Graham Zusi recorded his first assist of the season, on the Feilhaber match-winner.  Sporting conceded two goals from set pieces, and have now allowed five goals from deadball opportunities among their 12 goals allowed on the season – tied with Philadelphia Union for most goals let in from set pieces.  “When you play like that, you're always going to get beat. That part of the equation was not good enough on our side. We have to be much better. Much better,” said Vermes. “ … (W)e were giving up way too many [set pieces, and there were some guys who lost their men, for sure.”

CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire made it three wins in a row coming off a long layoff, getting the game’s only goal for a victory against New York City on Friday evening at Toyota Park. The Fire are in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 9 points from 6 matches.

LAST MATCH  The game's lone goal came in the 20th minute. NYCFC goalkeeper Ryan Meara failed to corral a wayward backpass near the endline, and in an attempt to keep the ball from going out for a corner, inadvertently spilled the ball right to David Accam, who calmly collected the loose ball and finished into an open net from the left.  Just three minutes later, Accam turned the screw again when he was dragged down from behind by NYCFC midfielder Andrew Jacobson as he was clear in on goal, and referee Ricardo Salazar showed a red card to reduce the visitors to 10 men.  Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson recorded four saves in recording his second consecutive clean sheet.  Fire head coach Frank Yallop made three changes to the team that claimed a 3-2 win against Toronto FC at Toyota Park. Sean Johnson came in between the posts in place of Jon Busch, Matt Watson started in midfield for Michael Stephens, and Guly do Prado came in up top in favor of Quincy Amarikwa.  CHICAGO FIRE (4-4-1-1): Sean Johnson - Eric Gehrig, Jeff Larentowicz, Adailton, Joevin Jones - David Accam, Matt Watson, Matt Polster, Harry Shipp - Shaun Maloney - Guly do Prado (Quincy Amarikwa 66).

TEAM NEWS  The Fire have won three games in a row following the victory at NYCFC, the first time they’ve won three consecutive league games since Oct.4-19, 2013.  Fire Designated Player David Accam opened his MLS account by scoring the game’s only goal at NYCFC, making his second consecutive start.  “David is probably not at his best quite yet, I don’t think, but he’s very exciting obviously, [and] there’s a lot more to come from him,” Fire head coach Frank Yallop said. “David’s an exciting player, and he’s excited to be here. I thought he played fantastic and, you’ll have to ask him, but there’s still more in him I think. He could be a little more attack-minded.”  Said Accam: “When you work really hard things come for you, and that’s what we did, work hard, and I’m not surprised I got the goal. I took a gamble on the ball, and when the ’keeper was going for the ball I just went

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straight to him and we got the goal. It’s not simple. When you work hard everything comes to you, so it’s not simple.”

Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson recorded his second consecutive shutout in the win; he now has a personal goalless run of 249 minutes, tied for seventh-longest in MLS this season.

Guly do Prado made his first career MLS start; he had missed out on the Toronto FC match, after coming off the substitutes’ bench in each of the first four matches.

Quincy Amarikwa was out of the starting lineup for the first time this season, but came off the substitutes’ bench for the final quarter of the contest.

“Guly did well, held the ball up, and played a good role in our attack. Quincy had an ankle injury, missed 12 odd days of training, so we’re on top of that now, if guys don’t train and don’t get their numbers up and going then, they won’t be able to last 90 minutes,” Yallop said. “ … I didn’t want to change many things, I brought Quincy to make a bit of a difference and spark, and he did that. The guys that started and played the whole game did well.”

Matt Watson also made his first start since the season opener on March 6, playing 90 minutes in a central midfield role.

“Matt was good tonight, I spoke to him a couple of days ago, said this was a great opportunity,” Yallop said.

“He’s a great kid and he works hard and wants to do well on the team. His teammates really love him and I thought he played great.”

Shaun Maloney moved into an underneath striker role, playing off Guly do Prado as the lone out-and-out sriker to start.

“The first three games, with personnel and the way we were playing, the manager asked me to play deeper, and of course I'm more willing to do whatever he asks of me,” said Maloney. “I think the last probably three games or so, including San Jose, I was a little bit further up. Particularly the last two games, the higher up in the pitch I am, I think I'm more comfortable. I played with Guly [do Prado], and with David [Accam] and Harry [Shipp]; the further up the field I am, the more effective I am.”

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (2-2-4, 10 pts.)

UNF 9 10 14 3 27 23 5 8 71 13 11 22 2 37 94 4 1 6 16 15 93

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

PLAYER Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Jalil Anibaba Matt Besler Graham Zusi Marcel de Jong Amadou Dia Bernardo Anor Connor Hallisey Erik Palmer-Brown Jacob Peterson Jimmy Medranda Kevin Ellis Luis Marin Paulo Nagamura Servando Carrasco Seth Sinovic Soni Mustivar Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 6 8 8 6 7 6 7 6 6 4 6 1 1 6 3 4 8 4 6 3 4

GS 5 8 8 6 7 6 7 6 6 2 1 0 0 2 3 3 8 3 5 2 0

MIN 434 714 720 534 629 540 610 481 453 222 188 1 5 206 187 275 720 287 408 225 61

8 8

8 8

720 720

G 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11

A 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 16 7 26 7 6 8 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 7 3 0

SOG 3 2 8 2 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

FC 3 12 12 6 13 3 5 5 1 4 4 0 0 2 3 4 0 8 8 3 3

FS 3 14 26 4 10 2 3 7 7 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1

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

CK 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

11 11

80 107

30 25

98 99

99 98

25 13

42 44

16 12

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1, Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 8 8 8

GS 8 8 8

MIN SHTS 720 30 720 30 720 25

SV 19 19 13

GA 12 12 11

GAA 1.5 1.5 1.38

PG 0 0 1

PA 0 0 2

W 2 2 2

L 2 2 2

T 4 4 4

SO 3 3 2

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2015 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (3-3-0, 9 pts.)

UNF 19 3 10 4 11 20 7 21 6 23 18 77 5 2 8 26 24 25 15

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

PLAYER Harry Shipp Joevin Jones Shaun Maloney Adailton David Accam Jeff Larentowicz Alex Chris Ritter Eric Gehrig Guly do Prado Jon Busch Kennedy Igboananike Lovel Palmer Matt Polster Matt Watson Michael Stephens Quincy Amarikwa Sean Johnson Victor Perez Alonso Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 6 6 5 5 3 6 1 2 6 5 2 5 4 6 3 5 6 4 1

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

MIN 540 489 450 450 225 540 8 145 540 120 180 208 360 444 170 281 428 360 2

6 6

6 6

540 540

G 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6

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

SHT 19 6 7 2 11 6 0 0 6 0 0 7 1 3 2 2 15 0 0

SOG 5 2 2 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 0

FC 4 3 5 5 6 5 1 7 7 5 0 2 4 14 5 0 11 0 1

FS 6 9 6 1 8 2 1 1 4 2 0 4 3 8 1 1 23 1 0

OFF 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 0

CK 6 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

8 5

72 87

24 27

85 85

85 85

13 17

24 30

9 10

3 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jeff Larentowicz 1, Adailton 1, David Accam 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Harry Shipp 2 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None CHICAGO FIRE GOALKEEPING UNF 18 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Jon Busch Sean Johnson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 4 6 6

GS 2 4 6 6

MIN SHTS 180 9 360 15 540 24 540 27

SV 6 11 17 21

GA 3 4 7 6

GAA 1.5 1 1.17 1

PG 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

W 1 2 3 3

L 1 2 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

SO 0 2 2 2

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.

Sun. Apr.

OPPONENT 8 New York 14 at FC Dallas 21 Portland 28 at New York City FC 5 Philadelphia

Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.

11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston

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

May May May May May May June June

Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

June July July July

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep.

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

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

3 Chicago 9 at D.C. United 16 Colorado 20 New England 23 at Seattle 29 FC Dallas 6 Seattle 21 at Real Salt Lake 27 Colorado 12 at Vancouver 18 Montreal 24 at Real Salt Lake 1 Houston 8 at Toronto FC 15 Vancouver 19 San Jose 22 at Columbus 29 at Colorado 9 at Portland 13 at Orlando City SC 18 FC Dallas 23 at Houston 27 Seattle 3 at Portland 16 at San Jose 25 Los Angeles

RESULT T 1-1 L 1-3 T 0-0 W 1-0

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73) 8 2 6 5 KC: Opara (13);

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

2

T 0-0 L 1-2 T 4-4

20087 20018 21046

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

2 4 6

8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83)

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CHICAGO FIRE 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Fri. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

Fri. Apr. Sun. May Sat. May Fri. May Fri. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Fri. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat.

May May June June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

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

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

OPPONENT 6 at Los Angeles 14 Vancouver 22 at San Jose 29 Philadelphia 4 Toronto FC 24 New York City FC 3 at Sporting KC 9 Real Salt Lake 15 at New York City FC 22 at Columbus 30 Montreal 3 at D.C. United 6 Orlando City SC 13 at New England 24 D.C. United 3 at Houston 11 Seattle 15 Columbus 19 at Columbus 25 New England 2 FC Dallas 7 at Portland 16 at Philadelphia 22 Colorado 26 New York 29 at Orlando City SC 5 at Montreal 11 at New York 19 Orlando City SC 23 at Montreal 26 at Toronto FC 3 New England 18 at D.C. United 25 New York

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

ATT 27000 15731 18000 12815 13818

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

W 1-0

19124

3-3-0

POS PTS NOTES: 12 0 LA: Villarreal (65) Keane (81) 11 0 VAN: Rivero (86) 12 0 CHI: Shipp (29); SJ: Alashe (5) Harden (21) 10 3 CHI: dos Santos (37); 4 6 CHI: Jones (14) Maloney (56) Larentowicz (68); TOR: Giovinco (20) Cheyrou (54) 4 9 CHI: Accam (20);

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 Benny Feilhaber Assists 2 Benny Feilhaber Shots 6 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 4 Benny Feilhaber 4 Roger Espinoza 4 Kevin Ellis Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 2 Krisztian Nemeth 2 Dom Dwyer 2 Dom Dwyer Saves 4 Luis Marin 4 Luis Marin Shots Faced 6 Luis Marin Goals Allowed 4 Luis Marin

Goals 4 04/25/2015 vs Assists 4 04/05/2015 vs Shots 18 03/08/2015 vs Shots on Goal 6 04/05/2015 vs Fouls Committed 16 03/14/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 17 03/08/2015 vs Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 vs Offside 3 04/18/2015 vs Saves 4 04/05/2015 vs 4 04/18/2015 vs Shots Faced 6 04/18/2015 vs Goals Allowed 4 04/25/2015 vs

04/25/2015 vs HOU

T 4-4

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

04/05/2015 vs PHI

W 3-2

03/14/2015 vs DAL 03/21/2015 vs POR 04/25/2015 vs HOU

L 1-3 T 0-0 T 4-4

03/28/2015 vs NYC 04/11/2015 vs RSL

W 1-0 T 0-0

03/14/2015 vs DAL 04/18/2015 vs LA 04/25/2015 vs HOU

L 1-3 L 1-2 T 4-4

04/05/2015 vs PHI 04/18/2015 vs LA

W 3-2 L 1-2

04/18/2015 vs LA

L 1-2

04/25/2015 vs HOU

T 4-4

HOU

T 4-4

PHI

W 3-2

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

DAL

L 1-3

NYR

T 1-1

PHI

W 3-2

LA

L 1-2

PHI LA

W 3-2 L 1-2

LA

L 1-2

HOU

T 4-4

FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 1 6 times Assists 2 Harry Shipp Shots 6 Harry Shipp 6 David Accam Shots on Goal 3 David Accam Fouls Committed 5 Matt Polster 5 Chris Ritter Fouls Suffered 6 Quincy Amarikwa 6 Quincy Amarikwa Offside 4 Quincy Amarikwa Saves 5 Jon Busch Shots Faced 6 Jon Busch 6 Sean Johnson Goals Allowed 2 Sean Johnson 2 Sean Johnson 2 Jon Busch

Goals 3 04/04/2015 at Assists 3 04/04/2015 at Shots 24 04/24/2015 at Shots on Goal 8 04/04/2015 at Fouls Committed 20 04/04/2015 at Fouls Suffered 25 03/14/2015 at Corner Kicks 8 04/04/2015 at Offside 8 04/04/2015 at Saves 5 03/14/2015 at Shots Faced 6 03/14/2015 at 6 03/22/2015 at Goals Allowed 2 03/06/2015 at 2 03/22/2015 at 2 04/04/2015 at

03/22/2015 at SJ

L 1-2

04/04/2015 at TOR

W 3-2

03/22/2015 at SJ 04/24/2015 at NYC

L 1-2 W 1-0

04/24/2015 at NYC

W 1-0

03/29/2015 at PHI 04/04/2015 at TOR

W 1-0 W 3-2

03/06/2015 at LA 03/29/2015 at PHI

L 0-2 W 1-0

04/04/2015 at TOR

W 3-2

03/14/2015 at VAN

L 0-1

03/14/2015 at VAN 03/22/2015 at SJ

L 0-1 L 1-2

03/06/2015 at LA 03/22/2015 at SJ 04/04/2015 at TOR

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 9 03/28/2015 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 vs Fouls Committed 10 03/08/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 8 04/25/2015 vs Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 vs Offside 0 03/08/2015 vs 0 03/21/2015 vs Saves 0 04/11/2015 vs 0 04/25/2015 vs Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 vs

NYC

W 1-0

RSL

T 0-0

NYR

T 1-1

HOU

T 4-4

NYC

W 1-0

NYR POR

T 1-1 T 0-0

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

TOR

W 3-2

TOR

W 3-2

NYC

W 1-0

TOR

W 3-2

TOR

W 3-2

VAN

L 0-1

TOR

W 3-2

TOR

W 3-2

VAN

L 0-1

VAN SJ

L 0-1 L 1-2

LA SJ TOR

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

Shots 8 03/06/2015 at Shots on Goal 1 03/06/2015 at Fouls Committed 10 04/24/2015 at Fouls Suffered 10 03/29/2015 at 10 04/04/2015 at Corner Kicks 2 03/06/2015 at Offside 0 03/14/2015 at Saves 0 03/29/2015 at Shots Faced 0 03/29/2015 at

LA

L 0-2

LA

L 0-2

NYC

W 1-0

PHI TOR

W 1-0 W 3-2

LA

L 0-2

VAN

L 0-1

PHI

W 1-0

PHI

W 1-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

FIRE VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Fire

Sporting KC 13 wins, 58 goals Fire 25 wins, 86 goals 11 ties 4/8/1998 6/24/1998 8/29/1998 9/17/1998 3/27/1999 5/22/1999 8/5/1999 8/25/1999 3/25/2000 6/4/2000 10/15/2000 5/19/2001 7/4/2001 8/14/2002 8/31/2002 4/26/2003 6/21/2003 7/26/2003 4/3/2004 5/8/2004 9/1/2004 6/18/2005 8/10/2005 8/19/2005 10/1/2005 5/6/2006 6/17/2006 7/4/2006 8/16/2006 4/21/2007 8/22/2007 8/25/2007 4/20/2008 7/27/2008 10/5/2008 4/18/2009 8/16/2009 5/15/2010 10/12/2010 3/26/2011 6/9/2011 5/12/2012 6/29/2012 9/28/2012 3/16/2013 7/7/2013 8/23/2013 5/18/2014 7/6/2014 10/10/2014

KC 1 vs CHI CHI 4 vs KC CHI 3 at KC CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 at KC CHI 3 vs KC CHI 2 at KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 4 vs CHI CHI 3 vs KC KC 1 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 7 at KC CHI 5 vs KC KC 2 vs CHI CHI 3 at KC KC 4 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC KC 0 vs CHI KC 2 vs CHI CHI 3 vs KC CHI 1 vs KC KC 3 at CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 at KC KC 1 vs CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 vs KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 3 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC KC 1 at CHI KC 0 vs CHI KC 1 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 2 at KC KC 2 vs CHI KC 2 at CHI CHI 3 vs KC KC 0 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 1 at KC KC 2 vs CHI KC 0 vs CHI KC 2 at CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 1 vs CHI KC 2 vs CHI

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

CHI SOW

(KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (DC) (SF) (KC) (NC) (KC) (KC) (KC) (NC) (KC) (KC) (SF) (SF) (SF) (KC) (KC) (KC) (KC) (TP) (TP) (TP) (KC) (TP) (TP) (CA) (CA) (TP) (CA) (CA) (TP) (TP) (SP) (TP) (SP) (SP) (SP) (TP) (TP) (TP) (SP) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 43 305 132 348 66 105

2 42 305 135 350 79 126

Sporting KC

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 85 610 267 698 145 231

1 29 292 132 318 47 110

2 29 344 128 343 46 136

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 58 636 260 661 93 246

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: CHI KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

OT

Total

14 10

11 7

15 11

15 7

14 10

16 13

0 0

85 58

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Frank Yallop

vs. CHI vs. KC

4-6-4 13-9-6

(1.14 pts./game) (1.61 pts./game)

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

5 10 43 18 38 40 3 6 3 40 24

Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Preki Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud 3 times Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola

9 8 48 20 45 42 15 4 8 94 26

Fire Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Gonzalo Segares Justin Mapp Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

Sporting KC 6 players tied Preki (06/21/03) Kei Kamara (06/29/12) 4 players tied Alex Zotinca (04/03/04) 6 6 players tied 1 9 players tied 9 Tony Meola (07/26/03)

Goals Allowed

7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/01)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

2 3 8 4 6

2 2 9 4 6

Fire 7 players tied 10 players tied Damani Ralph (07/26/03) 6 players tied 4 players tied

7 Blanco/Ralph 1 17 players tied 10 Zach Thornton (06/21/03) 4 Sutton/Thornton

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)

Chicago Fire W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

7 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ts

(06/06/2014) (04/18/2015) (04/25/2015)

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

2 Ws (03/29/2015) 1 Ws (04/04/2015) 1 Ls (03/22/2015)

1-2-0 1-0-2

1 Ls 1 Ts

(04/18/2015) (04/25/2015)

0-3-0 3-0-0

3 Ls (03/06/2015) 3 Ws (03/29/2015)

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

2 Ts 1 Ls 1 Ws 3 Ws 1 Ts

(03/21/2015) (04/18/2015) (10/10/2014) (03/29/2014) (04/25/2015)

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

3 2 1 1 1

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(10/10/2014) (03/29/2015) (10/24/2014) (04/04/2015) (05/10/2014)

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

1 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ls 5 Ls 1 Ts

(04/11/2015) (03/08/2015) (04/18/2015) (08/23/2014) (04/25/2015)

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

2 1 1 1 1

Ws Ls Ws Ts Ls

(03/29/2015) (03/14/2015) (04/04/2015) (09/20/2014) (07/23/2014)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. FIRE (13-25-11) PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Preki Graham Zusi Mo Johnston Dom Dwyer Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Teal Bunbury Jimmy Conrad Chris Henderson Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Dario Fabbro Benny Feilhaber Gary Glasgow Eddie Johnson Matt Besler Chris Brown Mark Chung Bobby Convey Francisco Gomez Carlos Marinelli Pete Marino Miklos Molnar Igor Simutenkov Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Diego Gutierrez Paul Rideout Kerry Zavagnin Jake Dancy Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Herculez Gomez Brian Johnson Chance Myers Uche Okafor Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Refik Sabanadzovic C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Ryan Smith Vitalis Takawira Team totals Opponent totals

17 10 17 12 10 5 20 22 13 7 13 8 20 6 18 12 3 6 2 6 12 11 4 1 9 2 2 1 5 7 3 9 3 22 1 3 11 3 7 10 6 3 3 4 9 7 1 5 49 49

17 7 15 9 10 3 18 22 13 7 12 4 20 5 11 9 2 6 1 6 11 4 4 1 4 0 0 1 5 6 3 7 2 21 0 2 9 2 3 9 6 3 1 3 6 7 1 5 49 49

1448 605 1339 843 858 290 1583 1927 1125 594 1090 411 1791 451 1089 920 170 456 117 523 1014 472 339 78 415 68 66 80 329 498 261 641 187 1857 45 203 775 194 340 815 540 206 116 286 569 630 90 368 4410 4410

G

A

5 3 5 2 4 10 4 1 4 0 3 0 2 5 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 58 66 86 102

SHT GOALKEEPER

GP

MIN

35 11 37 15 18 17 34 43 19 26 12 20 14 4 15 5 3 6 2 13 4 10 7 1 13 1 3 2 7 6 8 10 5 14 0 0 10 5 6 9 1 1 2 1 18 2 5 1 636 610

1 1 10 3 8 3 11 11 2 2 49 49

90 90 877 202 720 270 982 818 180 180 4410 4410

Andy Gruenebaum William Hesmer Jimmy Nielsen Eric Kronberg Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Chris Snitko David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

PG

6 6 0.00 3 2 1.00 40 30 1.03 11 5 1.34 47 36 1.38 15 9 1.67 65 40 2.20 58 35 2.31 12 7 2.50 10 5 2.50 267 175 1.74 260 193 1.18

SV

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

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FIRE CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (25-13-11) PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

Ante Razov Justin Mapp Peter Nowak Diego Gutierrez Hristo Stoitchkov Josh Wolff Mike Magee Chad Barrett Dema Kovalenko Brian McBride Marco Pappa Chris Rolfe Cuauhtemoc Blanco Roman Kosecki Andy Williams Thiago Andy Herron Nate Jaqua Damani Ralph Lubos Kubik Jesse Marsch Jerzy Podbrozny Evan Whitfield DaMarcus Beasley Jamar Beasley Carlos Bocanegra Lubos Reiter Eric Wynalda Mike Banner C.J. Brown Craig Capano Calen Carr Diego Chaves Jim Curtin Sergi Daniv Sebastian Grazzini Hunter Jumper Julio Martinez Dominic Oduro Orlando Perez Gaston Puerari Dasan Robinson Dipsy Selolwane Chris Armas Ivan Guerrero Kelly Gray Patrick Nyarko Logan Pause David Vaudreuil Jalil Anibaba Wilman Conde Alex Sam George Frank Klopas Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Andrew Lewis Tony Sanneh Gonzalo Segares Zach Thornton Michael Videira Team totals Opponent totals

14 20 11 19 6 9 4 9 6 4 7 18 6 5 5 8 5 10 6 9 20 8 10 9 1 4 2 2 3 29 3 8 2 14 2 1 2 1 5 5 2 10 1 21 10 8 15 29 2 7 4 7 4 4 3 5 6 4 20 23 2 49 49

13 19 11 18 5 5 4 5 6 2 6 17 6 4 5 7 2 7 5 9 16 6 9 7 1 4 1 1 0 29 0 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 8 0 21 9 6 11 25 0 7 3 5 3 2 2 5 3 2 20 22 2 49 49

1134 1476 953 1606 336 503 360 415 539 270 506 1273 530 325 426 621 288 615 474 810 1485 568 815 640 90 360 80 100 70 2536 36 209 108 1260 71 80 101 45 300 368 145 724 19 1878 825 549 1002 2250 35 630 297 361 252 189 180 450 338 201 1764 1995 173 4410 4410

G

A

SHT

GOALKEEPER

GP

9 6 4 8 4 5 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 0 3 2 3 0 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 86 102 58 66

48 28 21 18 18 17 11 22 9 6 24 31 11 10 14 13 7 17 22 11 14 13 5 10 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 3 2 5 2 4 2 1 6 4 2 7 2 5 4 5 13 5 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 0 0 10 0 1 610 636

David Mahoney Sean Johnson Jon Busch D.J. Countess Henry Ring Zach Thornton Matt Pickens Andrew Dykstra Paolo Tornaghi Greg Sutton Team totals Opponent totals

1 10 7 1 2 23 3 2 1 1 49 49

MIN SHTS 90 900 630 90 180 1995 165 180 90 90 4410 4410

GAA

PG

2 2 0.00 47 37 0.90 36 29 1.00 3 2 1.00 10 7 1.00 123 94 1.17 10 6 1.64 18 12 2.00 2 0 2.00 9 4 4.00 260 193 1.18 267 175 1.74

SV

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

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. FIRE (13-25-11) PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Paulo Nagamura Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Seth Sinovic Jalil Anibaba Servando Carrasco Mikey Lopez Erik Palmer-Brown Team totals Opponent totals

12 5 9 16 3 12 3 14 3 11 10 8 1 4 1 1 49 49

9 3 8 15 3 11 2 9 2 9 9 7 1 1 0 1 49 49

843 290 681 1291 269 1014 189 796 203 775 815 651 90 84 4 64 4410 4410

GOALKEEPER

GP

MIN

Team totals Opponent totals

49 49

4410 4410

SHT

G

CURRENT FIRE VS. SPORTING KC (25-13-11) A

SHT

PLAYER

GP

GS

MIN

4 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 66 86 102

15 17 11 21 4 4 3 12 0 10 9 2 0 2 0 0 636 610

Mike Magee Jeff Larentowicz Patrick Nyarko Quincy Amarikwa Jon Busch Greg Cochrane Eric Gehrig Jason Johnson Sean Johnson Lovel Palmer Chris Ritter Harry Shipp Michael Stephens Matt Watson Team totals Opponent totals

22 19 15 6 22 2 2 4 10 8 1 3 5 3 49 49

20 19 11 3 22 1 2 0 10 7 1 3 3 2 49 49

1658 1710 1002 328 1990 112 180 88 900 659 90 263 274 163 4410 4410

GAA

PG

267 175 1.74 260 193 1.18

SV

7 2

GOALKEEPER

GP

Sean Johnson Jon Busch Team totals Opponent totals

10 22 49 49

MIN SHTS 900 1990 4410 4410

G

A

SHT

6 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 102 58 66

27 15 13 10 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 4 1 2 610 636

GAA

PG

47 37 0.90 115 81 1.36 260 193 1.18 267 175 1.74

SV

0 2 2 7

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GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs CHICAGO FIRE

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kickoff: 4 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 9

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2-2-4 (10 pts.)

RECORD 8 GAMES PLAYED t-5th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 11 GOALS 1.38 GOALS/GAME 11 ASSISTS 12 GOALS ALLOWED 1.50 ALLOWED/GAME –1 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 106 (25) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 23.6% ON GOAL % 98 FOULS COMMITTED 97 FOULS SUFFERED 12 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

English TV: ESPN2, ESPN Deportes Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero TV talent: Adrian Healey (play-by-play) Assistant ref: Jeff Hosking

Taylor Twellman (color) Assistant ref: Eric Weisbrod

Fourth official: Nima Saghafi English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent: Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) Radio talent Enrique Morales (play-by-play)

Andy Gruenebaum (color) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)

Jake Yadrich (analyst)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. Pos. GK 1 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID DEF 7 8 MID 9 FWD MID 10 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 DEF 16 MID 17 DEF 18 FWD 21 GK 22 MID DEF 23 27 MID GK 29 37 FWD 71 DEF 93 MID 94 MID

Name Pronunciation Luis Marin muh-REEN Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Krisztian Nemeth KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Bernardo Anor AHN-your Mikey Lopez* Amadou Dia ah-mah-doo DEE-ah Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Servando Carrasco ser-VAWN-dough cuh-ROSS-co Saad Abdul-Salaam* sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM James Ansu Rogers Jon Kempin* Connor Hallisey HAL-iss-see Jalil Anibaba jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah Roger Espinoza Tim Melia MEE-lia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong de YUNG Soni Mustivar SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Luis Marin 1.50 Luis Marin 2 Luis Marin 3 Luis Marin 19

GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

1.00 Sean Johnson 2 Sean Johnson 2 Sean Johnson 11 Sean Johnson

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

*on loan

W L T GD GP 4 2 2 +3 8 4 1 2 +2 7 3 0 3 +5 6 3 2 2 +6 7 3 3 0 –1 6 2 4 2 –4 8 2 4 0 –1 6 1 4 3 –2 8 1 5 3 –7 9 0 2 2 –4 4 W L T GP 5 3 1 +2 9 4 2 2 0 8 4 2 1 +5 7 3 2 3 +1 8 2 2 4 +2 8 2 2 4 –1 8 3 4 0 –2 7 2 3 3 –1 7 2 2 3 –3 7 1 2 4 0 7

chicago fire

Krisztian Nemeth 3 GOALS 1 six players tied Benny Feilhaber 5 ASSISTS 3 Harry Shipp Dom Dwyer 25 SHOTS 19 Harry Shipp Dom Dwyer 8 three players tied SHOTS ON GOAL 5 Nemeth/Opara 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 three players tied Matt Besler 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 Harry Shipp Roger Espinoza 13 FOULS COMMITTED 14 Matt Polster Dom Dwyer 26 23 Quincy Amarikwa FOULS SUFFERED Ellis/Espinoza 2 2 Adailton/Polster CAUTIONS Matt Besler 1 EJECTIONS 0

7th season

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7th season

Standings through Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Pts 14 14 12 11 9 8 6 6 6 2 Pts 16 14 13 12 10 10 9 9 9 7

3-3-0 (9 pts.)

6 5th in East 6 1.00 5 7 1.17 -1 87 (27) 31.0% 85 85 10 0

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. New England Revolution 2. D.C. United 3. New York Red Bulls 4. Columbus Crew SC 5. Chicago Fire 6. Orlando City SC 7. Toronto FC 8. New York City FC 9. Philadelphia Union 10. Montreal Impact Western Conference 1. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. FC Dallas 3. Seattle Sounders FC 4. LA Galaxy 5. Houston Dynamo 6. Sporting Kansas City 7. Real Salt Lake 8. Portland Timbers 9. Real Salt Lake 10. Colorado Rapids

chicago fire

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

13th season 126-120-102 (.509) 2nd season 9-13-18 (.450)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of April 29, 2015 OUT: • Ike Opara (ruptured left Achilles tendon) QUESTIONABLE: • Chance Myers (left Achilles)

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#SKCvCHI: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC and the Chicago Fire are set for their 50th all-time regular season meeting Sunday at Sporting Park. It will be the first inter-conference game between the teams since 2004, when Kansas City spent its final season in the West before joining Chicago in the East in 2005. Now a member of the West again, Sporting KC will look to extend their four-game unbeaten streak against the Fire at Sporting Park. That four-game stretch includes three shutouts and an aggregate score of 5-1 in favor of Peter Vermes’ men.

Chicago, however, boasts a significant edge in the all-time series with a 25-13-11 record. The Fire are 8-9-9 in Kansas City and 1-2-3 at Sporting Park with their lone win at the venue on June 29, 2012.

Sporting KC’s first two major trophies in club history—the 2000 MLS Cup

Stats as of April 29, 2015

Sporting KC - Team • One of five teams to make the MLS Cup Playoffs each of the last four seasons (LA, NYR, SEA, RSL).

• In the 2015 regular season, Sporting KC... ...leads MLS with 26 chances created from set plays and five assists from set plays ...leads MLS with four headed goals and rank tied for 2nd with 11 total goals ...leads MLS with 46 successful crosses/corners ...leads MLS with 497 duels won and 175 aerial duels won ...leads MLS with 209 interceptions, 43 more than any other team

...is tied for 3rd in MLS with 11 assists

...is 3rd in MLS with 150 tackles won

...is 2nd in MLS with 88 chances created

and the 2004 U.S. Open Cup—were secured with victories over Chicago. Kansas City topped the Fire 1-0 in the 2000 MLS Cup before beating their rivals 1-0 in the 2004 U.S. Open Cup final at Arrowhead Stadium.

Recent #SKCvCHI regular season meetings Date Score

Result Location 03/16/2013 KC 0 vs CHI 0 T Sporting Park 07/07/2013 KC 2 at CHI 1 W Toyota Park 08/23/2013 KC 0 at CHI 1 L Toyota Park 05/18/2014 KC 1 at CHI 2 L Toyota Park 07/06/2014 KC 1 vs CHI 1 T

Sporting Park 10/10/2014 KC 2 vs CHI 0 W Sporting Park

Sporting KC - Individual • Benny Feilhaber leads MLS with five assists.

• Dom Dwyer leads MLS with 26 fouls suffered.

• Matt Besler is tied for 2nd in MLS with two game-winning assists.

• Benny Feilhaber and Matt Besler are the only two MLS players with two assists from set plays.

• Roger Espinoza is 4th among MLS midfielders with 50 duels won.

• Krisztian Nemeth has scored in three of the club’s last four matches.

• All three of Krisztian Nemeth’s shots on target this season have resulted in goals.

• Former Chicago Fire defender Jalil Anibaba has played every minute of Sporting KC’s last six games, starting with his club debut on March 21.

• Luis Marin has a 0.75 goals against average in four games at Sporting Park.

#SKCvCHI: PLAYER PERFORMANCES • • • • •

Graham Zusi has four goals in 12 regular season appearances against Chicago, most recently scoring the game-winner in a 2-0 win on Oct. 10, 2014, at Sporting Park.

Benny Feilhaber has two goals and two assists in nine regular season appearances against Chicago, most recently scoring in a 2-1 win at Toyota Park on July 7, 2013.

Dom Dwyer scored in all three meetings against Chicago last season— May 18 in Chicago, then July 6 and Oct. 10 at Sporting Park.

In 10 regular season games against SKC, Sean Johnson has recorded four clean sheets, 37 saves and posted a 0.90 goals against average.

Aside from injured forward Mike Magee, just one player on the current Chicago roster has scored a regular season goal against Sporting KC. Defender Jeff Larentowicz has one goal in 19 games against SKC, scoring on Oct. 25, 2008, as a member of New England.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Manager Peter Vermes’ 78 regular season wins are tied for 12th most in MLS history. With a win Saturday, he will pass Tim Hankinson to take sole possession of 12th place.

• Dom Dwyer ranks 9th in KC history with 26 regular season goals, two behind Scott Sealy (2005-08) and Vitalis Takawira (1996-99) who are tied for 7th. His 30 goals in all competitions are tied for 9th in KC history, one behind Takawira and two behind Mo Johnston (1996-01).

In SKC regular season history, Dwyer ranks...

...1st with 0.45 goals per game

...2nd with 7 penalty kick goals

...tied for 3rd with 5 multi-goal games ...tied for 8th with 7 game-winning goals • Graham Zusi ranks 3rd in KC history with 40 assists in the MLS regular season and 50 assists in all competitions. His 16 game-winning assists are tied for 2nd all-time with Chris Klein, behind Preki’s 23.

In SKC regular season history, Zusi ranks...

...9th with 154 games played

...7th with 240 shots

...6th with 198 fouls suffered

...1st with 535 corner kicks (8th most in MLS history)

...tied for 6th with 8 game-winning goals • In SKC regular season history, Matt Besler ranks...

...8th with 157 games played

...7th with 152 games started

...7th with 13,726 minutes played • Connor Hallisey made his MLS debut last Saturday, entering in second half stoppage time of a 4-4 draw at Houston.

• Benny Feilhaber is tied with Kei Kamara for 10th in KC history with 21 assists in all competitions, one behind Jack Jewsbury in 9th.

• Paulo Nagamura is one shy of his 75th career MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including postseason).

• Bernardo Anor is one shy of 50 MLS regular season starts.

• Luis Marin is ties for 7th in KC history with three regular season shutouts and tied for 10th with eight games played in goal.

#SKCvCHI: PLAYER CONNECTIONS •

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SKC midfielder Roger Espinoza and Chicago winger Shaun Maloney were teammates at English club Wigan Athletic from 2013-2014. Both players started and played 90 minutes in Wigan’s famous 1-0 win over Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.

SKC defender Jalil Anibaba played for Chicago from 2011-2013, starting 94 of his 97 MLS appearances for the club (including postseason).

As a member of Real Salt Lake in 2013, Chicago defender Lovel Palmer missed his penalty kick to seal Sporting KC’s MLS Cup victory in a 10-round penalty kick shootout after a 1-1 draw through regulation at Sporting Park.

SKC midfielder Servando Carrasco and Chicago forward Jason Johnson were teammates at the Houston Dynamo from 2013-2014.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC BACK HOME SUNDAY TO HOST THE CHICAGO FIRE With two consecutive road matches in the books, Sporting Kansas City returns home to face the Chicago Fire at 4 p.m. CT Sunday at Sporting Park in a nationally televised match on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

Tied for fifth place in the Western Conference (2-2-4, 10 points), Sporting KC hosts Chicago as an inter-conference opponent for the first time since 2004. Peter Vermes’ men have yet to lose at Sporting Park this season (1-0-3) and are unbeaten in four straight home games against the Fire. Midfielder Benny Feilhaber enters the match in a rich vein of form, leading MLS with five assists and recording his first MLS brace—including an MLS Goal of the Week nominee—in last Saturday’s 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo. First-year forward Krisztian is also on an uptick with three goals in the team’s last four matches.

Chicago (3-3-0, 9 points) missed out on the 2014 playoffs en route to an MLS record 18 draws last season and opened this year with three consecutive defeats.

Since then, however, Frank Yallop’s side has rattled off three straight home victories with two shutouts from United States international goalkeeper Sean Johnson.

Homegrown midfielder Harry Shipp, who earned an MLS Rookie of the Year nomination in 2014, leads the Fire with three assists, while first-year Designated Players Shaun Maloney and David Accam have both opened their scoring accounts.

FEILHABER UP FOR GOAL OF THE WEEK AND TEAM OF THE WEEK Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber continued his strong start to the season in a 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo last Saturday. Major League Soccer’s assist leader opened his 2015 scoring account with the first two-goal performance of his MLS career, landing him unanimous Team of the Week recognition from MLSsoccer. com, Goal.com, Bleacher Report and NBC Pro Soccer Talk. In addition, Feilhaber’s spectacular volley in the 95th minute of the match has been nominated for MLS Goal of the Week. The late strike was the final goal in Sporting KC’s second-highest scoring match in team history.

FOR THE GOALKEEPERS, ONE TO FORGET Though last Saturday’s 4-4 draw may have been an instant classic among fans, pundits and participating field players, it will be one the goalkeepers want to forget.

Luis Marin and Tyler Deric combined to make zero saves, marking just the fourth time in MLS history that a match failed to produce a single save. The other three instances—most recently a scoreless draw between FC Dallas and Seattle last month—combined for just seven shots on goal, while Houston and SKC combined for eight.

All-time MLS matches without a save from either team Date Result Shots on goal Venue 05/18/2005 RSL 2-0 CHV 2 Rice-Eccles Stadium 04/04/2009 LA 2-3 COL 5 StubHub Center 03/28/2015 DAL 0-0 SEA 0 Toyota Stadium 04/25/2015 HOU 4-4 KC 8 BBVA Compass Stadium

SKC TO DEBUT ALL-WHITE THIRD KIT SUNDAY AT SPORTING PARK On Wednesday, Sporting KC released the club’s new third kit featuring a monochromatic white and metallic silver jersey that will debut Sunday at Sporting Park. The collared jersey’s signature argyle pattern, an iconic element from the third kit of the past two years, is showcased across the chest and is incorporated atop the back of the uniform, as well as on the reverse side of the socks. The silver metallic color scheme further showcases the player names/numbers, two MLS Cup championship stars above the club crest and all four distinctive logos: Ivy Funds, adidas, Sporting KC and MLS. The third kit, exclusively worn with corresponding white shorts and white socks, accompanies Sporting KC’s new primary uniform which launched for the team’s 20th season in 2015, in addition to the striped secondary jersey introduced last year.

SCORING EARLY, SCORING LATE Sporting KC bookended the scoring last Saturday, drawing first blood really early and salvaging a tie really late. Krisztian Nemeth’s low drive in the second minute— the fourth earliest ever conceded by Houston at home—was tied for the team’s second quickest road goal all-time. Conversely, Benny Feilhaber’s spectacular volley after 95 minutes was the team’s second latest road goal all-time and fourth latest overall. Both goals came from outside the box, as did Giles Barnes’ strike in the 46th minute. The three total goals from beyond the penalty area tied an all-time MLS high during the Opta era (2011-present).

Latest stoppage time goals in Sporting KC regular season history Result Scorer Min. Venue Date 07/20/2013 RSL 1-2 KC Ike Opara* 97+ Rio Tinto Stadium 09/28/2012 KC 2-0 CHI Graham Zusi 96+ Sporting Park 09/22/2010 KC 4-3 HOU Josh Wolff* 96+ CommunityAmerica Ballpark 04/25/2015 HOU 4-4 KC Benny Feilhaber 95+ BBVA Compass Stadium 05/04/2014 KC 2-0 CLB Claudio Bieler 95+ Sporting Park *Game-winning goal

LAST TIME OUT: SKC RALLIES TO TIE HOUSTON 4-4 WITH 95TH-MINUTE GOAL Sporting KC battled back from a 3-1 deficit with three goals in the final 20 minutes for a thrilling 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo last Saturday. The eight-goal game equals the second-highest scoring MLS match in club history, a feat not seen since 1998, and was capped off by Benny Feilhaber’s superb equalizer in the fifth minute of second half stoppage time.

Krisztian Nemeth opened the scoring just two minutes into the match, finding the net for the third time this month, before Dom Dwyer kick-started the comeback with his second goal of the year in the 74th minute. Feilhaber then recorded the first brace of his MLS career and did so in dramatic fashion with a penalty kick in the 80th minute before a stunning half-volley from 25 yards out with less than two minutes remaining. Rookie midfielder Connor Hallisey made his MLS debut in second half stoppage time.

The rivals, who have played 16 times since 2011, are now tied for fIfth place in the Western Conference standings with 10 points and will meet twice more in the regular season—Aug. 1 at Sporting Park and Sept. 23 back in Houston.

ZUSI NOTCHES 50TH ASSIST IN ALL COMPETITIONS Graham Zusi’s cushioned header that led to Feilhaber’s last-gasp equalizer last Saturday gave the United States international 50 career assists for Sporting KC in all competitions. Zusi becomes just the third player in club history to reach that mark, behind Preki (104) and Chris Klein (54).

DWYER DOMINANT AGAINST DYNAMO Dom Dwyer, whose opportunistic goal in the 74th minute cut Kansas City’s deficit to 3-2 last Saturday in Houstno, has now scored in each of his last four matches against the Dynamo dating back to the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship second leg. He is the club’s fourth player to score in four straight MLS games against the same opponent (including postseason).

KC players to score in four straight games vs. same opponent (incl. playoffs) Player Opponent Dates Preki New England Revolution 6/1/96 to 5/3/97

LA Galaxy 10 /10/96 to 5/10/97 Mark Chung D.C. United 6/20/96 to 7/19/97 Kei Kamara D.C. United 10/24/09 to 8/21/11 Dom Dwyer Houston Dynamo 11/23/13 to 4/25/15

GOALS GALORE IN HOUSTON Last Saturday’s 4-4 draw between Sporting KC and Houston was tied for the second highest scoring match in Kansas City’s 646-game MLS history (including postseason). Only a 6-4 win against Columbus during the inaugural 1996 season offered more scoring over 90 minutes plus stoppage time.

Sporting KC’s four goals were also tied for the team’s second most in a road match all-time, one behind a five-goal shutout win at Colorado in 2000. The fact that Kansas City put four past a Houston defense that had previously conceded one goal in 360 minutes at BBVA Stadium this year (and led MLS with 0.57 goals allowed per game) makes the feat even more impressive.

Highest scoring matches in Sporting KC history Date Result Goals Venue KC 6-4 CLB 10 Arrowhead Stadium 05/02/1996 08/16/1998 CLB 5-3 KC 8 Ohio Stadium 04/25/2015 HOU 4-4 KC 8 BBVA Compass Stadium Note: seven goals scored on 11 occasions (KC is 9-2-0 in those games)

FOUR GOALS NOT ENOUGH IN LATE COMEBACK Last Saturday was the first time ever that Kansas City scored at least four goals and failed to win in MLS competition, having previously been 36-0-0 in those games (including postseason). It also marked the fifth time ever that the team earned a road result after trailing by two goals in the second half.

SPORTING PARK SELLOUT STREAK Sporting Park has sold out 57 consecutive MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to March 2012 and 69 of 78 overall since opening in June 2011. Sporting KC has set new regular season attendance records in each of the last four years, eclipsing 20,00 spectators per game in 2014. In 77 MLS matches played at the venue, Sporting Park is averaging 19,367 spectators -- 104.9 percent of its 18,467seat capacity. Sporting KC’s average home attendance in 2014 was at 108.7 percent capacity, the best mark in MLS.

NEMETH FINDING HIS FORM First-year forward Krisztian Nemeth has scored in three of Sporting KC’s last four matches and is now the club’s top scorer in 2015. The 26-year-old Hungarian and former Liverpool Reserves member has put three shots on goal this season, each of which has found the back of the net.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) LOAN RECAP: ABDUL-SALAAM AND SAN ANTONIO SALVAGE LATE DRAW Following in the footsteps of Sporting KC, Saad Abdul-Salaam and the San Antonio Scorpions received an equalizer in second half stoppage time to salvage an exciting 2-2 draw last Saturday, April 25.

The defending North American Soccer League champions (0-2-1) secured their first point of the 2015 season as a late penalty kick from Rafael Castillo denied Minnesota United (0-1-2) three points in front of a franchise record crowd of 9,233 at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minnesota. Abdul-Salaam played the entire match at right back and has featured in every minute of San Antonio’s young NASL campaign.

In Oklahoma City, meanwhile, midfielder Mikey Lopez earned his fourth start in as many matches as OKC Energy FC (2-1-1) suffered their first defeat of the 2015 USL season, 2-1, against expansion team St. Louis FC (2-2-1) at Taft Stadium. Lopez played 56 minutes for Jimmy Nielsen’s men.

Mikey Lopez (OKC) USL Stats: 4 GP, 4 GS, 408 MIN Saad Abdul-Salaam (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 3 GP, 3 GS, 270 MIN Jon Kempin (San Antonio) NASL Stats: 2 GP, 180 MIN, 2.50 GAA, 5 saves

IN-FORM FEILHABER FAST TO FIVE ASSISTS From a playmaking perspective, Benny Feilhaber is off to one of the best starts in club history. At LA Galaxy on April 18, he became the second fastest player to reach the five assist mark, doing so in his seventh league appearance of 2015. Feilhaber’s role in Krisztian Nemeth’s 22nd-minute strike also marked the second time in Sporting KC history that one player has assisted five of the team’s first seven goals in a season. The only other player to accomplish that feat is winger Graham Zusi, who needed just four games to reach five assists in 2012 and also set up five of the club’s first seven goals that year.

With 26 regular season matches still to play in 2015, Feilhaber is two assists shy of equaling his career-high, set in 2011 during his first MLS campaign with the New England Revolution. After recording a brace last Saturday at Houston, he is also two goals shy of equalling a career-best four MLS goals, set in 2011 and 2014.

IN-FORM DEFENDER IKE OPARA SIDELINED WITH RUPTURED ACHILLES Sporting KC announced on April 13 that defender Ike Opara has been diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left ankle. He suffered the injury in the 81st minute of Saturday’s scoreless draw between Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. The 26-year-old centerback had played every minute of the team’s first six games until that point after coming back from a season-ending surgery in his right ankle one year ago.

At the time of his injury, Opara led Sporting KC – and all MLS defenders – with two goals in 2015, while also anchoring a backline that had three shutouts and conceded the fewest shots per game (9.83) of any team in the league this season.

In addition, he led all MLS players in 2015 with 30 interceptions and 33 aerials won, while ranking second in duels won (55). He was named to MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week in three of the season’s first four weeks and finished third in MLS Player of the Month voting for March.

Opara’s two goals this season bring his goal total to six across all competitions since he joined the club in 2013 from San Jose. The 6-foot-2 centerback has proven particularly dangerous on set pieces, as all six of his goals have been headers.

Opara’s five MLS goals over the last three regular seasons are tied for third most among defenders, one behind Jordan Harvey (Vancouver) and Matt Hedges (Dallas).

Opara has been a key contributor for teams that have won the NCAA National Championship (Wake Forest, 2007), Supporters’ Shield (San Jose, 2012) and MLS Cup (Sporting KC, 2013). At the international level, he represented the United States at the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt and was also a member of the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team during Olympic qualifying in 2012.

WINNING THE DUEL In a 3-1 loss at FC Dallas on March 14, Sporting KC lost 61 percent (69 of 113) of the game’s duels, marking the largest negative discrepancy in duels for Sporting KC since Opta began tracking MLS statistics in 2011.

Following the match, Sporting KC responded with two consecutive performances in which they set MLS season-highs for duels won. Peter Vermes’ men won 72 duels in a 0-0 draw against Portland before winning 78 in a win at New York City FC. Sporting KC has out-dueled five of their last six opponents and leads MLS with 497 duels won entering Week 9.

SPORTING KC A SET PIECE THREAT Through the first eight weeks of the season, Sporting KC has been one of the league’s most dangerous teams on set pieces. In addition to scoring four goals directly off set pieces, the team has accumulated numerous statistics that illustrate their set piece prowess.

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HISTORIC COMEBACK Sporting KC’s 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union on April 5 was just the seventh in MLS history by a team that trailed entering stoppage time. Jalil Anibaba scored a 91st-minute equalizer to set the stage for Krisztian Nemeth’s game-winner with 94 minutes on the clock. The last time Kansas City pulled off such a reversal was Sept. 17, 2007, when Eddie Johnson (93’) and Scott Sealy (94’) condemned the Columbus Crew to a 3-2 defeat.

All-time MLS comeback wins in stoppage time Date Result Score at 90 min Venue DC 3-2 CHI 1-2 RFK Stadium 04/08/2000 04/21/2001 DAL 3-2 CHI 1-2 Cotton Bowl NE 2-4 DC 2-1 Gillette Stadium 07/27/2003 09/15/2007 KC 3-2 CLB 1-2 Arrowhead Stadium 10/15/2011 DC 1-2 CHI 1-0 RFK Stadium 06/29/2013 SJ 3-2 LA 1-2 Stanford Stadium 04/05/2015 KC 3-2 PHI 1-2 Sporting Park

Sporting KC leads MLS with 26 chances created from set plays (10 more than any other team) and five assists from set plays Sporting KC leads MLS with four headed goals Benny Feilhaber and Matt Besler are two of three MLS players (Brad Davis) with multiple assists from set plays (two each).

STADIUM CRASHERS On March 28, Sporting KC delivered New York City FC their first ever defeat at Yankee Stadium with a 1-0 result. Sporting KC has now handed MLS opponents their first loss at a new stadium at seven different venues, including a penalty shootout win against San Jose in 1996.

Opponent Date Venue of 1st loss Result San Jose Earthquakes April 21, 1996 Spartan Stadium T 2-2 Houston Dynamo April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1 Toronto FC April 28, 2007 BMO Field W 1-0 Seattle Sounders April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0 Real Salt Lake May 16, 2009 Rio Tinto Stadium W 2-0 Houston Dynamo May 12, 2013 BBVA Compass Stadium W 1-0 New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0 RULING THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Following a 1-0 win at New York City on March 28, Sporting KC moved to 7-1-2 in their first meetings against expansion (or relocated*) clubs during Major League Soccer’s expansion era (2005-present) . The list below excludes the San Jose Earthquakes, who took a two year hiatus from 2006-07 before returning to MLS in 2008.

Opponent Date Venue Result Chivas USA June 1, 2005 StubHub Center T 1-1 Real Salt Lake July 16, 2005 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-2 Houston Dynamo* April 8, 2006 Robertson Stadium W 2-1 Toronto FC April 25, 2007 Arrowhead Stadium W 3-0 Seattle Sounders FC April 11, 2009 CenturyLink Field W 1-0 CommunityAmerica Ballpark W 2-0 Philadelphia Union June 10, 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps April 2, 2011 Empire Field T 3-3 Portland Timbers July 2, 2011 Providence Park W 2-1 Montreal Impact May 5, 2012 Sporting Park L 2-0 New York City FC March 28, 2015 Yankee Stadium W 1-0

SPORTING KC REACHES 1,000 GOALS IN ALL COMPETITIONS In addition to being the club’s 1,000th goal across all competitions in team history, Krisztian Nemeth’s 94th-minute match-winner on April 5 against the Philadelphia Union bore league-wide significance. It was the first MLS match in which both teams scored at least two goals from set pieces since September 2009.

Sporting KC milestone goals (all competitions) Goal Scorer Date Opponent 1st Vitalis Takawira 04/13/1996 Colorado Rapids 100th Edmundo Rodriguez 06/21/1997 D.C. United 200th Preki 07/31/1999 San Jose Clash 300th Roy Lassiter 08/12/2001 Colorado Rapids 400th Stephen Armstrong 07/04/2003 Colorado Rapids 500th Own goal 05/21/2005 D.C. United 600th Jose Burciaga 05/05/2007 Columbus Crew 700th Own goal 06/24/2009 New England Revolution 800th Kei Kamara 08/21/2011 D.C. United 900th Graham Zusi 07/07/2013 Chicago Fire 1000th Krisztian Nemeth 04/05/2015 Philadelphia Union

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) ROAD WARRIORS Sporting KC has won 30 away matches in MLS since the beginning of 2011, more than any other club, including eight road wins in each of the previous three regular seasons. Their 24 road wins from 2012-2014 are the most of any MLS club over a three-year span during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Coincidentally, the 1-0 victory over New York City FC on March 28 was Sporting KC’s 300th regular season road game and the team’s 100th road win across all competition in club history.

OPTA: SPORTING KC 2015 REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS TEAM Statistic

# Opponent

INDIVIDUAL Statistic

# Player

Goals 4 Assists 4 Shots 18 Shots on goal 6 Chances created 15

Passes successful 368 Passing accuracy 83.5% Corners 8 Possession 67.6% Duels won 78 Tackles won 29 Interceptions 37

Shots faced (high) 14 Shots faced (low) 4 Fouls committed 16 Fouls suffered 17

OFFSEASON OVERHAUL A roster makeover during the offseason saw Sporting KC acquire 13 new players and part ways with 15 members from last year’s squad. While retaining its veteran core – Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers – the club made multiple signings at each position.

New goalkeepers (2): Luis Marin (31), a Chilean international (eight caps) with 12 years of professional experience in his native country and Sporting KC’s current holder of the No. 1 jersey; Tim Melia (28), a sixth-year MLS veteran who was a League Pool Goalkeeper in 2014 and received a call-up from Sporting KC last summer.

New defenders (4): Jalil Anibaba (26), a versatile veteran who has started more than 100 MLS matches over four years with Chicago and Seattle; Saad Abdul-Salaam (23), a right back out of Akron selected 12th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Amadou Dia (21), a left back out of Clemson selected 20th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; Marcel de Jong (28), a Canadian international (33 caps) who has played each of the last four years at FC Augsburg of the German Bundesliga.

New midfielders (3): Roger Espinoza (28), a Honduran international (46 caps) and MLS All-Star who played in Kansas City from 2008-2012 before joining Wigan Athletic in England; Servando Carrasco (26), an MLS veteran who played 60 games over four years with Seattle and Houston; Soni Mustivar (25), a Haiti international who has played each of the last three seasons with Petrolul Ploiesti in the Romanian first division.

New forwards (4): Bernardo Anor (26), a fifth-year veteran who played 72 MLS matches and scored 12 goals in Columbus; Krisztian Nemeth (26), a Hungarian international (15 caps) with nearly 10 years of professional experience across Europe; Connor Hallisey (22), a winger out of California selected 10th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft; James Ansu Rogers (21), a winger out of New Mexico selected 53rd overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

Houston Dynamo Philadelphia Union New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo Philadelphia Union Houston Dynamo Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union New York City FC Philadelphia Union New York Red Bulls New York City FC New York Red Bulls Real Salt Lake FC Dallas New York Red Bulls

Shots 6 Dom Dwyer Shots on goal 4 Dom Dwyer Chances created 5 Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Passes successful 70 Matt Besler Corners 7 Benny Feilhaber Open play crosses 9 Marcel de Jong Dribbles completed 4 Roger Espinoza Graham Zusi Duels won 13 Ike Opara Ike Opara Tackles won 6 Jimmy Medranda Interceptions 9 Kevin Ellis Ike Opara Clearances 15 Ike Opara Headed clearances 10 Ike Opara Matt Besler Fouls committed 4 Benny Feilhaber Roger Espinoza Kevin Ellis Fouls suffered 6 Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Saves 4 Luis Marin (twice)

SUCCESS IN KANSAS CITY Sporting KC is in their 20th season as one of nine active charter members in Major League Soccer. Led by seventh-year Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting KC is the only club to win an MLS Cup (2013), a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2012) and multiple conference regular season titles (2011, 2012) since 2006. Vermes has guided the team to four straight postseason appearances and 69 MLS victories (including playoffs) since 2011, third most in the league. During that time, Sporting KC has recorded a league-best 30 road wins.

In addition to winning championships, the club has seen many of its current players earn individual accolades. Winger Graham Zusi was named MLS Breakout Player of the Year in 2011, while captain Matt Besler received MLS Defender of the Year recognition in 2012. A pair of three-time MLS All-Stars, Zusi (28 caps) and Besler (25 caps) are veterans of the United States Men’s National Team and signed Designated Player contracts with Sporting KC last July after competing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Last year, Dwyer scored 22 MLS goals and 24 goals in all competitions to set new single-season records for the club. The 24-year-old has scored 52 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013—30 with Sporting KC and 22 with former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. Now entering his fourth year in Kansas City, Dwyer signed a contract extension during this offseason.

Sporting KC also welcomes back Honduran international midfielder Roger Espinoza, who played five seasons for the team from 2008-2012. After becoming an MLS All-Star in 2012, Espinoza moved to Wigan Athletic where he won the 2013 FA Cup title and made 57 total appearances across the English Premier League, English Championship, UEFA Europa League and domestic cups. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

2015 MEDIA RECOGNITIONS Jalil Anibaba Week 5 (4/6) Marcel de Jong Week 3 (3/23)

Dom Dwyer Week 5 (4/6) Roger Espinoza Week 2 (3/16) Week 3 (3/23) Week 5 (4/6) Benny Feilhaber Week 1 (3/9) Week 4 (3/30)

Week 6 (4/13) Week 8 (4/27)

Ike Opara Week 1 (3/9)

Week 3 (3/23) Week 4 (3/30)

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Week 6 (4/13)

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Goal.com Team of the Week Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week Bleacher Report Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer by Ives Goal of the Week Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer By Ives Best XI MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Bleacher Report Team of the Week Goal.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week NBC Pro Soccer Talk Team of the Week Soccer By Ives Player of the Month MLSsoccer.com Player of the Month finalist Goal.com Team of the Week

Date

4/25/15 4/5/15 3/8/15 4/5/15 3/8/15 4/25/15 4/5/15 4/25/15 4/5/15 4/5/15 3/28/15 4/5/15 3/8/15 3/28/15 3/8/15 4/11/15 3/14/15 3/8/15

Date

4/5/15 4/5/15 3/8/15 3/8/15 4/11/15 4/5/15 4/5/15 4/11/15 3/21/15 3/21/15 3/28/15 4/11/15 4/5/15 3/14/15 3/28/15 3/28/15 3/28/15 4/18/15 3/14/15 3/21/15 4/25/15 3/28/15 4/11/15 4/5/15 4/18/15

Result

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

Opp.

PHI PHI NYR NYR RSL PHI PHI RSL POR POR @ NYC RSL PHI @ DAL NYC NYC NYC @ LA @ DAL POR @ HOU @ NYC RSL PHI @ LA

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC regular season record vs. Chicago Fire: 13-25-11 Home games: 9-8-9 (36 GF, 38 GA) Road games: 4-17-2 (22 GF, 47 GA) Date 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998 03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999 03/25/2000 06/04/2000 05/19/2001 07/04/2001 08/14/2002 08/31/2002 04/26/2003 06/21/2003 07/26/2003 04/03/2004 05/08/2004 09/01/2004 06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005 05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006 04/21/2007 08/22/2007 08/25/2007 04/20/2008 07/27/2008 10/05/2008 04/18/2009 08/16/2009 05/15/2010 10/12/2010 03/26/2011 06/09/2011 05/12/2012 06/29/2012 09/28/2012 03/16/2013 07/07/2013 08/23/2013 05/18/2014 07/06/2014 10/10/2014

Score

KC 1 vs CHI 0 KC 1 at CHI 4 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 0 vs CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 3 KC 1 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 4 vs CHI 3 KC 2 at CHI 3 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 7 KC 1 at CHI 5 KC 2 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 3 KC 4 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 1 at CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 1 KC 3 at CHI 2 KC 3 vs CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 1 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 3 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 0 at CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 3 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 1 at CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 2 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 2 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 2 at CHI 0 KC 2 at CHI 3 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 at CHI 1 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 0

Result W L L (SO) L L L L L W L L L L W L W L T T L T W W L T W L L L W L W T T T L T W L T L L W T W L L T

W

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Location Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Cardinal Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Cardinal Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Soldier Field Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park Toyota Park Arrowhead Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark Toyota Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark Toyota Park Toyota Park Sporting Park Toyota Park Sporting Park Sporting Park Sporting Park Toyota Park Toyota Park Toyota Park Sporting Park Sporting Park

5 Sealy/Wolff 10 Preki 43 Davy Arnaud 18 Josh Wolff 38 Kerry Zavagnin 40 Davy Arnaud

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

3 three players tied 6 Tony Meola 3 Jimmy Nielsen 40 Tony Meola 24 Tony Meola

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Zach Thornton 15 Zach Thornton 4 Zach Thornton 8 Zach Thornton 94 Zach Thornton 26

chicago fire

2 six players tied 3 Preki (6/21/03) 8 Kei Kamara (6/29/12) 4 four players tied 6 Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 6 six players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

9 Tony Meola (7/26/03) 7 Bo Oshoniyi (7/4/01)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

seven players tied 2 10 players tied 2 (7/26/03) Damani Ralph 9 five players tied 4 seven players tied 6 Blanco/Ralph 7 (6/21/03) Zach Thornton 10

Sutton/Thorntno 4

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 29 29 0 292 344 0 132 128 0 318 343 0 47 46 0 109 134 0

Total 58 636 260 661 93 243

chicago fire Category Goals

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides

Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 43 42 0 305 305 0 132 135 0 348 350 0 66 79 0 105 126 0

Total 85 610 267 698 145 231

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total KC 11 7 11 6 10 13 0 58 CHI 15 10 18 13 14 15 0 85

SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,367

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 78 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 72 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 78 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

98

Ante Razov 9 Justin Mapp 8 Ante Razov 48 Ante Razov 20 Gonzalo Segares 45 Justin Mapp 42

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS

Sporting KC postseason record vs. Chicago Fire: 1-0-0 Score

Result Location Date 10/15/2000 KC 1 vs CHI 0 W RFK Stadium 2000 MLS Cup

57

chicago fire

104.9 6

50

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON including penalty shootout wins in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

147

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 98 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)

Antonio Dovale (option declined - 11/25/14)

Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)

Christian Duke (option declined - 11/25/14)

James Marcelin (signing - 12/16/14)

Andy Gruenebaum (option declined - 11/25/14)

Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)

Michael Kafari (option declined - 11/25/14)

Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)

Eric Kronberg (option declined - 11/25/14)

Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)

Victor Munoz (option declined - 11/25/14)

Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)

Sal Zizzo (option declined - 11/25/14)

Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

Lawrence Olum (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Saad Abdul-Salaam (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)

Martin Steuble (out of contract - 11/25/14)

Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)

Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)

Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)

C.J. Sapong (trade - 12/8/14)

Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)

Soony Saad (out of contract - 1/1/15)

James Ansu Rogers (SuperDraft - 2/25/15)

Igor Juliao (loan ends - 1/1/15)

Marcel de Jong (signing - 3/2/15)

Claudio Bieler (out of contract - 1/20/15) Jorge Claros (waived - 2/24/15) James Marcelin (waived - 2/24/15)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: OUT

IN Dec. 8: Dec. 8: OUT Dec. 12: IN Dec. 16: IN Dec. 17 Dec. 18: IN Dec. 23: IN Jan. 1: OUT Jan. 6: IN Jan. 15: IN

Jan. 15: Jan. 20: OUT IN Jan. 20: Jan. 27: IN IN Feb. 13: IN Feb. 18: Feb. 24: OUT Feb. 25: IN March 2: IN March 20: LOAN March 24: LOAN April 1: LOAN

Sporting KC declines contract options for M Christian Duke, M Antonio Dovale, GK Andy Gruenebaum, M Michael Kafari, GK Eric Kronberg, M Victor Munoz and F Sal Zizzo; M Lawrence Olum and M Martin Steuble leave club out of contract Sporting KC acquires M Bernardo Anor from Columbus Crew SC Sporting KC trades D Aurelien Collin to Orlando City SC; trades F C.J. Sapong to Philadelphia Union Sporting KC signs D Jalil Anibaba after acquiring his rights from Orlando City SC (2014 MLS Expansion Draft) Sporting KC signs M James Marcelin Sporting KC signs F Dom Dwyer to contract extension Sporting KC signs GK Luis Marin and F Krisztian Nemeth Sporting KC signs GK Tim Melia F Soony Saad leaves club out of contract; D Igor Juliao leaves club as loan expires Sporting KC signs M Roger Espinoza Sporting KC selects M Connor Hallisey (10th overall), D Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th overall) and D Amadou Dia (20th overall) in the first round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Hallisey and Abdul-Salaam signed with MLS prior to the draft and were automatically added to Sporting KC’s roster.

Sporting KC signs F Jacob Peterson to new contract F Claudio Bieler leaves club out of contract Sporting KC selects M James Ansu Rogers (53rd overall) and D Tony Rocha (73rd overall) in the third and fourth rounds of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis to new contract; signs M Servando Carrasco after acquiring his rights from Houston Dynamo Sporting KC signs M Soni Mustivar Sporting KC signs D Amadou Dia, the 20th overall pick (first round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC waives M Jorge Claros and M James Marcelin Sporting KC signs F James Ansu Rogers, the 53rd overall pick (third round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Marcel de Jong Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC loans M Mikey Lopez to OKC Energy FC (USL) Sporting KC loans D Saad Abdul-Salaam to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Connor Hallisey (10th)

Luis Marin (12/18/14) Krisztian Nemeth (12/18/14) Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Marcel de Jong (3/2/15)

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) Jalil Anibaba (12/12/14) Servando Carrasco (1/27/15)

2015

Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th) James Ansu Rogers (53rd)

7

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

MLS Lottery Draft

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

T 1-1

Opara 50 19,784

Saturday, March 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-3

Espinoza 44 14,149

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

T 0-0

---

Saturday, March 28

at New York City FC

MLS

W 1-0

Opara 12 27,454

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

W 3-2

Dwyer 16, Anibaba 91+, Nemeth 94+

19,545

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

T 0-0

---

20,087

Saturday, April 18

at LA Galaxy

MLS

L 1-2

Nemeth 22

20,018

Saturday, April 25

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

T 4-4

Nemeth 2, Dwyer 74, Feilhaber 80, 95+

21,046

SUNDAY, MAY 3

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

4:00

ESPN2

Saturday, May 9

at D.C. United

MLS

6:00

KMCI, SKCTV

SATURDAY, MAY 16

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

7:00

ESPN2

Saturday, May 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

9:00

KMCI, SKCTV

FRIDAY, MAY 29

FC DALLAS

MLS

8:00

KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, June 16/17

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)

Sunday, June 21

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

9:00

Fox Sports 1

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, June 30/July 1

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)

Sunday, July 12

at Vancouver Whitecaps

MLS

8:00

KMCI, SKCTV

SATURDAY, JULY 18

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, July 21/22

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals)

Friday, July 24

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

10:00

KMCI, Unimas

SATURDAY, AUG. 1

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 8

at Toronto FC

MLS

3:00

KMCI, SKCTV

Tue/Wed, Aug. 11/12

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 22

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

6:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Saturday, Aug. 29

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

8:00

KMCI, SKCTV

Wednesday, Sept. 9

at Portland Timbers

MLS

9:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Sunday, Sept. 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

6:00

Fox Sports 1

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18

FC DALLAS

MLS

6:00

KMCI, Unimas

Wednesday, Sept. 23

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

7:30

KMCI, SKCTV

4:00

ESPN2

SUNDAY, SEPT. 27

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

Tue/Wed, Sept. 29/30

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Final)

Saturday, Oct. 3

at Portland Timbers

MLS

9:30

KMCI, SKCTV

Friday, Oct. 16

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

10:00

KMCI, SKCTV

SUNDAY, OCT. 25

LA GALAXY

MLS

6:00

TBD

Wed/Thu, Oct. 28/29

Conference Knockout Round

MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Oct. 31/Nov. 1

Conference Semifinals (Leg 1)

MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Nov. 7/8

Conference Semifinals (Leg 2)

MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Nov. 21/22

Conference Championship (Leg 1)

MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Nov. 28/29

Conference Championship (Leg 2)

MLS Cup Playoffs

Sat/Sun, Dec. 5/6

MLS Cup Final

MLS Cup Playoffs 8

ATTENDANCE

20,848

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES March 8, 2015: Sporting KC 1-1 New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,784 (54th straight sellout) Weather: 70 degrees and sunny 1 Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt) 0 0 New York Red Bulls (0-0-1, 1 pt)

2 1 1

F 1 1

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara, Amadou Dia; Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 77); Bernardo Anor (Paulo Nagamura 61), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Erik Palmer-Brown 85) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Connor Hallisey, Jalil Anibaba, Jimmy Medranda New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Damien Perrinelle, Ronald Zubar (Matt Miazga 77), Roy Miller, Chris Duvall; Sacha Kljestan, Felipe (Anatole Bertrand Abang 84), Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty (c), Mike Grella (Sal Zizzo 68); Bradley Wright-Phillips Subs not used: Kyle Reynish, Sean Davis, Leo Stolz, Dane Richards Stats Summary SKC NYR 18 (4) 14 (4) Shots (on goal) Saves 3 3 Fouls 10 17 Offside 0 5 Corner Kicks 6 9

Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless tackle) 30 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 70 SKC -- Matt Besler (ejection; second caution) 70 NYR -- Bradley Wright-Phillips (caution; tactical foul) 80 NYR -- Sacha Kljestan (caution; reckless tackle) 86 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Ike Opara 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 50 NYR -- Lloyd Sam 1 (Felipe 1) 54

March 28, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 New York City FC MLS Regular Season | Yankee Stadium | Bronx, NY Attendance: 27,454 Weather: 36 degrees and cloudy 1 Sporting KC (1-1-2, 5 pts) 1 New York City FC (1-1-2, 5 pts) 0

2 0 0

F 1 0

March 14, 2015: Sporting KC 1-3 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 14,149 Weather: 57 degrees and cloudy 1 Sporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) 1 1 FC Dallas (2-0-0, 6 pts)

2 0 2

F 1 3

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Amadou Dia, Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara, Marcel de Jong; Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi (c) (Jacob Peterson 88), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 76) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Seth Sinovic, Jalil Anibaba, Soni Mustivar, Jimmy Medranda FC Dallas: Chris Seitz; Atiba Harris, Matt Hedges (c), Moises Hernandez, Zach Loyd; Fabian Castillo (Kyle Bekker 89), Mauro Diaz (Ryan Hollingshead 69), Michel, Tesho Akindele (Michael Barrios 76), Victor Ulloa; Blas Perez Subs not used: Dan Kennedy, Walker Zimmerman, David Texeira, Kellyn Acosta Stats Summary SKC FCD Shots (on goal) 11 (4) 11 (5) Saves 2 3 Fouls 16 12 Offside 2 2 Corner Kicks 6 5

Misconduct Summary: FCD -- Atiba Harris (caution; reckless foul) 35 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; dissent) 41 FCD -- Kyle Bekker (caution; unsporting behavior) 90 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; unsporting behavior) 90 Scoring Summary: FCD -- Blas Perez 2 (Tesho Akindele 1, Fabian Castillo 1) 17 SKC -- Roger Espinoza 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 44 FCD -- Blas Perez 3 (Michel 1) 52 FCD -- Fabian Castillo 1 (Ryan Hollingshead 1, Michel 2) 73

April 5, 2015: Sporting KC 3-2 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,545 (56th straight sellout) Weather: 61 degrees and cloudy 1 Sporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 1 Philadelphia Union (0-3-2, 2 pts) 2

2 2 0

F 3 2

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara, Jalil Anibaba; Servando Carrasco, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Soni Mustivar 78); Graham Zusi (Bernardo Anor 39), Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Jacob Peterson 67) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia, Connor Hallisey

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler (c), Marcel de Jong (Seth Sinovic 46); Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 77), Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Krisztian Nemeth 64) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Kevin Ellis, Paulo Nagamura, Bernardo Anor

New York City FC: Josh Saunders; Jeb Brovsky, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Jason Hernandez, Chris Wingert; Ned Grabavoy, Andrew Jacobson (Thomas McNamara 84), Mix Diskerud (c), Mehdi Ballouchy (Kwadwo Poku 75); Patrick Mullins, Javier Calle (Tony Taylor 59) Subs not used: Ryan Meara, Andres Mendoza, Pablo Alvarez, Matthew Dunn

Philadelphia Union: Rais Mbolhi; Fabinho (Raymond Lee 78), Steven Vitoria, Maurice Edu (c), Raymon Gaddis; Andrew Wenger, Brian Carroll, Michael Lahoud, Eric Ayuk (C.J. Sapong 72); Sebastien Le Toux, Fernando Aristeguieta Subs not used: Ryan Meara, Andres Mendoza, Pablo Alvarez, Matthew Dunn

Stats Summary SKC NYC Shots (on goal) 9 (2) 12 (3) Saves 3 1 11 16 Fouls Offside 2 1 Corner Kicks 2 3

Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless tackle) 68 NYC -- Mix Diskerud (caution; tactical foul) 73 NYC -- Kwame Watson-Siriboe (caution; reckless tackle) 86 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 1) 12

Stats Summary SKC PHI Shots (on goal) 14 (6) 10 (5) Saves 4 2 Fouls 11 11 2 3 Offside Corner Kicks 8 3

Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Marcel de Jong (caution; reckless tackle) 18 PHI -- Maurice Edu (caution; tactical foul) 62 PHI -- Brian Carroll (caution; reckless foul) 68 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Own Goal (Jacob Peterson) 3 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 16 PHI -- Fernando Aristeguieta 3 (Sebastien Le Toux 1) 19 SKC -- Jalil Anibaba 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 91+ SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 1 (M. Besler 2, B. Feilhaber 4) 94+

9

March 21, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,848 (55th straight sellout) Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy 1 Sporting KC (0-1-2, 2 pts) 0 Portland Timbers (0-0-3, 3 pts) 0

2 0 0

F 0 0

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler (c), Marcel de Jong; Benny Feilhaber (Servando Carrasco 84), Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza (Soni Mustivar 93+); Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Bernardo Anor 56) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Amadou Dia, Seth Sinovic, Jacob Peterson Portland Timbers: Adam Kwarasey; Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell (c), Jorge Villafana; Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury, Dairon Asprilla (Gaston Fernandez 76), Darlington Nagbe, Rodney Wallace (Jeanderson 92+); Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti 76) Subs not used: Andrew Weber, Norberto Paparatto, Taylor Peay, George Fochive Stats Summary SKC POR 16 (2) 7 (3) Shots (on goal) Saves 3 2 Fouls 13 11 Offside 0 4 Corner Kicks 6 4

Misconduct Summary: POR -- Diego Chara (caution; reckless foul) 72 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; reckless foul) 82 Scoring Summary: None

April 11, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,087 (57th straight sell out) Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy 1 Sporting KC (2-1-3, 9 pts) 0 Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts) 0

2 0 0

F 0 0

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Marcel de Jong, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara (Kevin Ellis 84), Jalil Anibaba; Roger Espinoza, Servando Carrasco, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Bernardo Anor 77) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Soni Mustivar, Amadou Dia, Jimmy Medranda, Paulo Nagamura Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando; Jamison Olave, Elias Vasquez, Tony Beltran, Kenny Mansally; Luke Mulholland (John Stertzer 92+), Kyle Beckerman (c), Javier Morales; Luis Gil (Jordan Allen 65), Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Demar Phillips 88) Subs not used: Jeff Attinella, Aaron Maund, Sebastian Saucedo, Devon Sandoval Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 12 (1) 4 (0) Saves 0 1 Fouls 11 11 Offside 2 5 Corner Kicks 7 2

Misconduct Summary: RSL -- Tony Beltran (caution; reckless tackle) 44 RSL -- Alvaro Saborio (caution; unsporting behavior) 61 SKC -- Servando Carrasco (caution; unsporting behavior) 61 RSL -- Kyle Beckerman (caution; dissent) 64 RSL -- Kenny Mansally (caution; delaying a restart) 80 Scoring Summary: None

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) April 18, 2015: Sporting KC 1-2 LA Galaxy MLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 20,018 Weather: 64 degrees and clear 1 Sporting KC (2-2-3, 9 pts) 1 1 LA Galaxy (3-2-2, 11 pts)

2 0 1

F 1 2

April 25, 2015: Sporting KC 4-4 Houston Dynamo MLS Regular Season | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 21,046 Weather: 79 degrees and partly cloudy 1 Sporting KC (2-2-4, 10 pts) 1 Houston Dynamo (2-2-4, 10 pts) 2

2 3 2

F 4 4

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 75), Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Jalil Anibaba; Servando Carrasco, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 92) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Paulo Nagamura, Soni Mustivar, Connor Hallisey

Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis (Connor Hallisey 92+), Matt Besler, Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 63); Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 55), Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth Subs not used: Tim Melia, Paulo Nagamura, Bernardo Anor, Jacob Peterson

LA Galaxy: Jaime Penedo; Dan Gargan, A.J. DeLaGarza, Tommy Meyer (Omar Gonzalez 78), Robbie Rogers; Stefan Ishizaki (Gyasi Zardes 69), Rafael Garcia (Mike Vayrynen 66), Juninho (c), Baggio Husidic; Bradford Jamieson, Alan Gordon Subs not used: Brian Rowe, Oscar Sorto, Jose Villarreal, Ignacio Maganto

Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Kofi Sarkodie, Raul Rodriguez, Jermaine Taylor, DaMarcus Beasley; Alex Lopez (David Horst 80), Ricardo Clark, Nathan Sturgis (Luis Garrido 84), Brad Davis; Giles Barnes, Will Bruin (Chandler Hoffman 70) Subs not used: Joe Willis, Alex, Leonel Miranda, Rob Lovejoy

Stats Summary SKC LA Shots (on goal) 10 (2) 9 (6) Saves 4 1 Fouls 12 11 Offside 3 2 Corner Kicks 3 9

Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; tactical foul) 30 LA -- Dan Gargan (caution; reckless tackle) 32 LA -- Juninho (caution; unsporting behavior) 83 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 83

Stats Summary SKC HOU 16 (4) 12 (4) Shots (on goal) Saves 0 0 Fouls 14 7 Offside 2 5 Corner Kicks 7 6

Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; reckless tackle) 31 SKC -- Jalil Anibaba (caution; reckless foul) 43 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; tactical foul) 53 HOU -- Will Bruin (caution; reckless foul) 63 HOU -- Jermaine Taylor (ejection; denying obvious goal scoring opportunity) 79

Scoring Summary: LA -- Baggio Husidic 1 (unassisted) 9 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 2 (B. Feilhaber 5, D. Dwyer 1) 22 LA -- Omar Gonzalez 1 (Juninho 2) 94+

Scoring Summary: SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Marcel de Jong 1) 2 HOU -- Giles Barnes 3 (unassisted) 11 HOU -- Will Bruin 1 (Brad Davis 2) 46+ HOU -- Giles Barnes 4 (Nathan Sturgis 1) 46 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (unassisted) 74 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick) 80 HOU -- Raul Rodriguez 1 (Brad Davis 3) 83 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 1) 95+

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS

SPORTING KC IN 2015 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

Regular Season Record By Month

2015 Record When...

Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime 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 Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo Wearing black Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’ Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even One-goal games On ESPN On FOX Sports 1 On KMCI-TV Day games (before 5 p.m.)

Games 5 p.m. CT or later With red card for With red card against Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75 In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone vs. Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference On grass On turf With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs

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

Quickest Goals...

1-1-2 13-9-6 1-1-2 39-31-14 0-0-0 30-39-21 0-0-0 36-28-21 0-0-0 44-32-24 0-0-0 37-45-14 0-0-0 28-35-13 0-0-0 18-12-14

March 2015 March all-time April 2015 April all-time May 2015 May all-time June 2015 June all-time July 2015 July all-time Aug. 2015 Aug. all-time Sept. 2015 Sept. all-time Oct. 2015 Oct. all-time

Quickest Goals Against...

3rd min, own goal (Jacob Peterson), 4/05 vs PHI 9th min, Baggio Husidic, 4/18 at LA 11th min, Giles Barnes, 4/25 at HOU

Game-winning goals after 75’...

94th min, Krisztian Nemeth, 4/05 vs PHI

Game-tying goals after 75’...

95th min, Benny Feilhaber, 4/25 at HOU

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

94th min, Omar Gonzalez, 4/18 at LA

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Hat Tricks...

Hat Tricks Against...

Own Goals...

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2015)

3rd min, Jacob Peterson, 4/05 vs PHI

Own Goals Against...

13-25-11 vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids 22-17-13 vs. Columbus Crew 24-21-6 vs. D.C. United

20-20-11 vs. FC Dallas

20-20-10 (0-1-0) vs. Houston Dynamo 5-7-9 (0-0-1) 19-24-11 (0-1-0) vs. LA Galaxy vs. Montreal Impact 5-3-1 23-16-11 vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC 1-0-0 (1-0-0) vs. New York Red Bulls 19-20-13 (0-0-1) vs. Orlando City SC 0-0-0 vs. Philadelphia Union 5-4-4 (1-0-0) 3-2-1 (0-0-1) vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake 8-5-5 (0-0-1) vs. SJ Earthquakes 21-21-7 vs. Seattle Sounders FC 1-7-1 vs. Toronto FC 12-4-5 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1-2

Red Cards...

70th min, Matt Besler, 3/8 vs NYR

Red Cards Against...

79th min, Jermaine Taylor, 4/25 at HOU

Penalty Kicks...

79th min, Dom Dwyer (saved), 3/14 at DAL 80th min, Benny Feilhaber (goal), 4/25 at HOU

Penalty Kicks Against...

Youngest Goalscorer...

24 yrs., 249 days, Dom Dwyer, 4/5 vs PHI

30 yrs., 96 days, Benny Feilhaber, 4/25 at HOU

Oldest Goalscorer...

Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2015 at home All-time at home 2015 on road All-time on road

2nd min, Krisztian Nemeth, 4/25 at HOU 12th min, Ike Opara, 3/28 at NYC 16th min, Dom Dwyer, 4/5 vs PHI

Youngest Starter...

21 yrs., 42 days, Jimmy Medranda, 3/21 vs POR

Youngest to play in a game...

17 yrs., 318 days, Erik Palmer-Brown, 3/8 vs NYR

Oldest Starter...

32 yrs., 26 days, Paulo Nagamura, 3/28 vs NYC

Oldest to play in a game...

32 yrs., 26 days, Paulo Nagamura, 3/28 vs NYC

245-231-127 1-0-3 157-85-59 1-2-1 88-146-68

2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 5 6 11 OppONENT 6 6 12

SHOTS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 56 50 106 OppONENT 39 41 80

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 14 11 25 OppONENT 13 17 30

FOULS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 45 53 98 OppONENT 46 51 97

OFFSIDES 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 9 4 13 OppONENT 16 11 27

CORNER KICKS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 24 20 44 OppONENT 23 19 42

CAUTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 6 5 11 OppONENT 3 13 16

EJECTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 0 1 1 OppONENT 0 1 1

PK’S (Made) 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 0 2 (1) 2 (1) OppONENT 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 245 231 127 17 19 7 19 14 5 9 10 8 290 274 146

home GF GA 843 818 57 57 72 46 33 37 1005 958

Competition W L T MLS Reg. Season 157 85 59 MLS Playoffs 14 3 3 U.S. Open Cup 13 7 2 International 5 3 5 TOTAL 189 98 69

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away GF GA 497 361 35 15 46 22 16 10 594 408

Competition W L T MLS Reg. Season 88 146 68 MLS Playoffs 2 15 4 U.S. Open Cup 6 7 3 International 4 7 2 TOTAL 100 175 77

GF GA 346 457 19 39 26 24 17 27 408 547

Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL

GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3

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

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOAL CHART 6 1

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GOAL INFORMATION 1 - Ike Opara 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1), Mar. 8 vs NYR, 50th min 2 - Roger Espinoza 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2), Mar. 14 at FCD, 44th min 3 - Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 1), Mar. 28 at NYC, 12th min # 4 - Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 16th min * 5 - Jalil Anibaba 1 (Roger Espinoza 1), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 91st min 6 - Krisztian Nemeth 1 (Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 4), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 94th min *

7 - Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Benny Feilhaber 5, Dom Dwyer 1), Apr. 18 at LA, 22nd min 8 - Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Marcel de Jong 1), Apr. 25 at HOU, 2nd min 9 - Dom Dwyer 2 (unassisted), Apr. 25 at HOU, 74th min 10 - Benny Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick), Apr. 25 at HOU, 80th min ^ 11 - Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 1), Apr. 25 at HOU, 95th min

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 MLS RECORD WHEN...

Saad Abdul-Salaam Jalil Anibaba Bernardo Anor James Ansu Rogers Matt Besler Servando Carrasco Marcel de Jong Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Connor Hallisey Jon Kempin Mikey Lopez Luis Marin Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Krisztian Nemeth Ike Opara Erik Palmer-Brown Jacob Peterson Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi

STARTS Overall Home Away 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 1-0-2 1-1-1 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-4 1-0-3 1-1-1 2-1-2 1-0-1 1-1-1 1-2-3 1-0-2 0-2-1 0-1-1 0-0-1 0-1-0 2-2-4 1-0-3 1-2-1 0-2-1 0-0-0 0-2-1 1-2-4 1-0-3 0-2-1 2-2-4 1-0-3 1-2-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-2-4 1-0-3 1-2-1 2-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 0-0-1 1-1-0 0-2-3 0-0-2 0-2-1 2-1-3 1-0-3 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-1 1-0-0 1-2-3 0-0-2 1-2-1

COMES ON AS A SUB Overall Home Away 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-2 0-0-2 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-2-1 0-0-1 1-2-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

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SCORES A GOAL Overall Home Away 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 1-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

RECORDS AN ASSIST Overall Home Away 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-1 1-0-1 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON LINEUPS NEW YORK RED BULLS March 8, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Marin D Dia D Opara D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber M Espinoza M Nemeth (Peterson (77’) F Zusi (Palmer-Brown (85’) F Dwyer F Anor (Nagamura 61’)

at FC Dallas March 14, 2015 (L 1-3) GK Marin D Dia D Opara D Ellis D de Jong M Nagamura M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Zusi (Peterson 88’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 76’)

PORTLAND TIMBERS March 21, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D de Jong M Nagamura M Feilhaber (Carrasco (84’) M Espinoza (Mustivar 89’) F Zusi F Dwyer F Medranda (Anor 56’)

at New York City FC March 28, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D Sinovic M Nagamura (Mustivar 78’) M Carrasco M Feilhaber F Zusi (Anor 39’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Peterson 67’)

PHILADELPHIA UNION April 5, 2015 (W 3-2) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D de Jong (Sinovic 46’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco (Mustivar 77’) M Espinoza F Peterson F Dwyer F Medranda (Nemeth 64’)

REAL SALT LAKE April 11, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara (Ellis 84’) D Besler D de Jong M Feilhaber M Carrasco M Espinoza F Peterson (Anor 77’) F Dwyer F Nemeth

at LA Galaxy April 18, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Marin D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D de Jong (Dia 75’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco M Espinoza F Zusi (Peterson (90’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 75’)

at Houston Dynamo April 25, 2015 GK Marin D Anibaba D Ellis (Hallisey 90’) D Besler D de Jong (Dia 63’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco (Mustivar 55’) M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth

CHICAGO FIRE May 3, 2015

at D.C. United May 9, 2015

COLORADO RAPIDS May 16, 2015

NE REVOLUTION May 20, 2015

at Seattle Sounders FC May 23, 2015

FC DALLAS May 29, 2015

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC June 6, 2015

at Real Salt Lake June 21, 2015

COLORADO RAPIDS June 27, 2015

at Vancouver Whitecaps July 12, 2015

MONTREAL IMPACT July 18, 2015

at Real Salt Lake July 24, 2015

HOUSTON DYNAMO Aug. 1, 2015

at Toronto FC Aug. 8, 2015

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Aug. 15, 2015

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Aug. 19, 2015

at Columbus Crew SC Aug. 22, 2015

at Colorado Rapids Aug. 29, 2015

at Portland Timbers Sept. 9, 2015

at Orlando City SC Sept. 13, 2015

FC DALLAS Sept. 18, 2015

at Houston Dynamo Sept. 23, 2015

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Sept. 27, 2015

at Portland Timbers Oct. 3, 2015

at San Jose Earthquakes Oct. 16, 2015

LA GALAXY Oct. 25, 2015

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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | D | Saad Abdul-Salaam | @saad_abdul

#23 | D | Jalil Anibaba | @jalil_anibaba4

Ht: 6-4 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)

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 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 185 DOB: 10/19/1988 Hometown: Fullerton, California College: North Carolina Last Club: Seattle Sounders FC Acquired: Trade with Orlando City SC on 12/12/2014 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Oct. 22, 2011, CHI vs CLB Assists 1, 6 times, last: Apr. 5, 2014, SEA at POR Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 27, 2012, CHI vs DC Shots 3, 4 times, last: Mar. 21, 2015, KC vs POR Fouls Committed 3, 7 times, last: Aug. 20, 2014, SEA vs SJ Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: Apr. 5, 2014, SEA at POR Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Assist Apr. 5, 2014, SEA at POR 2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-3 he scores 1-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

Currently on loan with the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League, rookie defender Saad Abdul-Salaam was selected by Sporting KC with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The right back played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-2014), recording three goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He made his NASL debut for San Antonio on April 4 with a start.

Abdul-Salaam, who helped Akron win MAC regular season titles in each of his three college seasons, enjoyed a breakout junior campaign in 2013 with five assists in 19 starts. He earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014, notching two goals and a team-high six assists while starting all 21 games for the Zips.

Fifth-year MLS defender Jalil Anibaba joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2015 season. He made 112 regular season appearances over four years with the Chicago Fire (2011-2013) and Seattle Sounders FC (2014), recording four goals and six assists. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on March 21, contributing to a shutout of the Portland Timbers.

Capable of playing as a centerback or right back, Anibaba made 16 MLS appearances in 2014 and helped Seattle win the Supporters’ Shield title. He also featured in four matches during the club’s run to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open championship. The 26-year-old spent his first three professional seasons in Chicago, where he played in 96 of the team’s 102 regular season contests from 2011-2013. The defender was named a finalist for Major League Soccer’s Fair Play Award in 2013, starting every regular season match of the campaign.

As a youth, Anibaba represented the United States at the under-18 and under-20 national team levels.

#11 | M | Bernardo Anor | @BernardoAnor

#18 | F | James Ansu Rogers

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 178 DOB: 5/24/1988 Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela College: South Florida Last Club: Columbus Crew SC Acquired: Trade with Columbus Crew SC on 12/8/2014

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 150 DOB: 6/27/1993 Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah College: New Mexico Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round (#53)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: July 19, 2014, CLB vs MTL Assists 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 11, 2014, CLB at PHI Shots on Goal 3, May 4, 2014, CLB at KC Shots 5, 3 times, last: July 19, 2014, CLB vs MTL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: July 7, 2013, CLB vs POR Fouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: July 26, 2014, CLB at NE Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Goal Oct. 26, 2014, CLB vs PHI Assist Oct. 11, 2014, CLB at PHI 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

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 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Bernardo Anor joined Sporting KC from Columbus Crew SC in December 2014 to become the club’s first offseason acquisition. The 26-year-old native of Venezuela appeared in 72 matches over four seasons with Columbus, scoring 12 goals and adding three game-winning assists since being drafted out of the University of South Florida in 2011. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on March 8.

Anor played 13 MLS matches as a rookie and 11 games in 2012 before suffering a season-ending ACL injury. He returned in 2013 to make 19 MLS starts and earn the club’s Comeback Player of the Year award. He netted a career-high six goals in 2014, helping Columbus earn a postseason berth for the first time since 2011.

Anor was South Florida’s top scorer for three seasons during his collegiate career (2007-2010) in which he recorded 21 goals and seven assists. His younger brother, Juan Pablo, plays professionally for Malaga CF in Spain’s La Liga, and his father, Bernardo, represented Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Sporting KC selected rookie midfielder James Ansu Rogers with the 53rd overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. The third round draft selection was a member of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team in 2012 after first representing the U.S. at the under-15 level in 2007.

A native of Sierra Leone, Ansu Rogers moved to the U.S. at age 11 and competed for the Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake academies prior to being recruited to the University of New Mexico. He contributed 18 goals and 21 assists in 80 games for the Lobos over a four-year collegiate career.

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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #5 | D | Matt Besler | @MattBesler

#16 | M | Servando Carrasco

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 175 DOB: 8/13/1988 Hometown: San Diego, California College: California Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo on 1/15/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 9 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI 2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-4 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 8, 2013, SEA vs VAN Assists 1, May 11, 2013, SEA vs SJ Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 21, 2014, HOU at DC Shots 3, June 8, 2013, SEA vs VAN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 3, 2013, SEA vs DC Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: May 3, 2014, HOU at CHV Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal June 8, 2013, SEA vs VAN Assist May 11, 2013, SEA vs SJ 2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC captain Matt Besler is in his seventh season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission.

In July 2014, Besler signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the club. His 188 appearances for Sporting KC in all competitions lead the current roster and rank eighth most all-time. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 152 of his 157 MLS regular season appearances and landed Sporting KC Defender of the Year honors three times (2011-2013).

Besler has earned 25 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil alongside teammate Graham Zusi, becoming the first Kansan to play in the World Cup. He started all four matches in the tournament as the U.S. finished Group G runners-up behind eventual champion Germany and advanced to the Round of 16. He helped lead the U.S. to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title, starting all three matches in the knockout stage.

A fifth-year veteran of MLS, Servando Carrasco enters his first season with Sporting KC. He made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute on March 21 before making his first start on March 28, a 1-0 win at New York City FC. Previously, the 26-year-old defensive midfielder appeared in 60 MLS matches over four years (including postseason) for Seattle Sounders FC (2011-2013) and the Houston Dynamo (2013-2014).

Carrasco was a four-year starter at California, where he recorded 13 goals and 13 assists in 73 appearances before being selected in the second round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.

#71 | D | Marcel de Jong

#13 | D | Amadou Dia | @amadou_it11

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/15/1986 Hometown: Valkenswaard, Netherlands Last Club: FC Augsburg (Germany) Acquired: Signed on 3/2/2015

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 150 DOB: 6/8/1993 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: Clemson Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#20)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Shots on Goal 1, Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Shots 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Fouls Committed 1, Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU 2015 Record when: he starts 1-2-3 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Shots 2, Mar. 8, 2015, KC vs NYR Fouls Committed 2, Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Fouls Suffered 2, Mar. 8, 2015, KC vs NYR Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC signed defender Marcel de Jong ahead of the 2015 season. After logging more than 225 club appearances over his past 10 professional seasons in Netherlands and Germany, he made his MLS and Sporting KC debut on March 14 with at 90-minute performance at FC Dallas. He logged his first MLS assist in a 4-4 draw against Houston on April 25.

A dual citizen of Canada and Netherlands, de Jong began his youth career with PSV Eindhoven before signing professionally with Helmond Sport 2004. After two years in the Dutch second division, he joined Roda JC in the top flight Eredivisie in 2006. De Jong moved to Germany in 2010, signing for FC Augsburg. His first season there ended with promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time since the team was founded in 1907.

De Jong has made 33 appearances for the Canada Men’s National Team with two goals since his international debut at age 21 in 2007, most recently starting in a 3-0 friendly win over Costa Rica on March 30. He has represented his country at each of the past three CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, as well as 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Rookie defender Amadou Dia was selected by Sporting KC with the 20th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. On March 8, the 21-year-old became the first rookie to start in a Sporting KC season opener since 2011 and recorded seven interceptions, third most among MLS players in Week 1.

Dia appeared in 70 games during a four-year collegiate career at Clemson, contributing four goals and six assists. As a senior in 2014, he led the Tigers to the school’s first ACC soccer championship since 2001 en route to reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship.

Dia has represented the United States at the under-14 (2007), under-18 (2009, 2010) and under-20 (2012) levels and also holds dual citizenship in his native France. As a youth, he was an NSCAA All-American and Colorado’s Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the Year in 2010.

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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #14 | F | Dom Dwyer | @Ddwyer14

#4 | D | Kevin Ellis | @Kev_Ellis4

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: South Florida Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 5 times, last: Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 4 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Shots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Assist Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA 2015 Record when: he starts 2-2-4 he scores 1-0-1

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Shots 2, Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NYR Fouls Committed 4, April 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NYR Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI 2015 Record when: he starts 0-2-1 he scores 0-0-0

Now in his fourth season at Sporting KC, Dom Dwyer is coming off a breakout 2014 campaign in which he garnered Sporting KC Offensive Player of the Year and co-MVP honors. The Englishman set a single season club record with 22 goals, second most in MLS, and his 26 career goals in the regular season now rank ninth in team history.

Dwyer, who was named an MLS All-Star in 2014 for the first time in his career, has scored 52 goals in all competitions since the beginning of 2013—30 for Sporting KC and 22 for former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. His 0.57 goals per 90 minutes in MLS rank first in team history. He signed a contract extension with the club ahead of the 2015 campaign.

After making three appearances across all competitions during his rookie season, he notched 15 goals in 13 regular season games while on loan with Orlando City SC in 2013 to set USL PRO’s single-season scoring record at the time. He added four goals in the USL PRO final to earn championship MVP honors.

Dwyer won two national championships at Tyler (Texas) Junior College (2009, 2010), where he was the national junior college player of the year after scoring 37 goals as a sophomore. Moving on to South Florida in 2011, he scored 16 goals in 21 games.

Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, defender Kevin Ellis is coming off a 2014 campaign in which he made a career-high 21 appearances and 17 starts in MLS (including his playoff debut). He finished 2014 with three assists in league play, tied for third most in the team, while splitting time between the right back and centerback positions.

Now in his fifth season with the club, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing collegiately at Barton County Community College in 2009-10. He scored his first competitive goal for the club last March, sparking a 1-0 win over Cruz Azul (Mexico) in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Sporting Park.

#27 | M | Roger Espinoza

#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber | @b_feilhaber22

Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with NE Revolution on 12/11/2012

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Assists 1, 12 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Shots 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 6 times, last: Mar. 21, 2015, KC vs POR Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Assist Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI 2015 Record when: he starts 1-2-4 he scores 0-1-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Assists 2, 3 times, last: Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Shots on Goal 2, 9 times, last: Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Shots 5, July 26, 2014, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Assist Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA 2015 Record when: he starts 2-2-4 he scores 0-0-1

Roger Espinoza returns to Sporting KC in 2015 after a two-year stint in the English Premier League and Championship. He began his pro career in Kansas City (2008-2012) before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. On March 14, he scored the third goal of his Sporting KC career and his first since returning to the club this offseason.

In his last year with the Sporting KC, Espinoza was an MLS All-Star and helped lead the club to the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title. He has made 137 appearances for the team in all competitions, recording three goals and 13 assists over six seasons. In the 2011 and 2012 seasons combined (including playoffs), he ranked in the top 10 among MLS players with 358 duels won (fifth) and 128 tackles won (seventh).

Espinoza has earned 46 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team, scoring four goals since debuting in 2009. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He leads the Sporting KC roster with five career World Cup starts.

Espinoza made 57 appearances and scored three goals in all competitions for Wigan Athletic, including eight in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. He also recorded a 90-minute shift in Wigan’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup Final.

Now in his fifth MLS season, Benny Feilhaber set career-highs in 2014 with 32 MLS appearances and 31 starts (including postseason) en route to four goals and six assists.

A regular fixture in Sporting KC’s midfield, he has won the club’s Goal of the Year award in each of the last two years. Since 2011, he ranks third in MLS in fouls won and fifth in duels won (including playoffs). He currently leads the league with five assists in 2015.

Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with Hamburg (Germany) after two seasons at UCLA. He would move to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish club AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. Acquired by Sporting KC prior to the 2013 season, he has made 82 appearances in all competitions for the club with 10 goals and 21 assists.

A veteran member of the United States Men’s National Team, Feilhaber has earned 41 caps with two goals since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #22 | M | Connor Hallisey | @c_hallisey

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin | @JonKempin21

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 158 DOB: 2/9/1993 Hometown: Granite Bay, California College: California Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/2010

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

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Saves 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 23, 2014, KC vs DC Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Shutout N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Rookie midfielder Connor Hallisey was selected by Sporting KC with the 10th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of California. He made his MLS debut with a late substitute appearance in a 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo on April 25.

A former member of the United State Under-18 Men’s National Team, Hallisey played four seasons at Cal (2011-2014), recording 12 goals and 19 assists in 72 career matches. As a senior in 2014, Hallisey was an NCAA Division I Men’s Second Team All-American, starting 19 games with nine goals and 12 assists. He was named to the 2014 Capital One/CoSIDA All-District 8 Team, earned All-Pac-12 first team honors, landed a Pac-12 All-Academic second team nod, and was a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist.

Currently on loan with the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League, goalkeeper Jon Kempin became Sporting KC’s first ever Homegrown Player upon signing for the club in 2010. He enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2014, entering the record books as the youngest goalkeeper to start an MLS match in club history. He earned back-to-back MLS Save of the Week honors in his first two MLS appearances was MVP of the 2014 MLS Chipotle Homegrown Game.

After making his Sporting KC debut in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Kempin went on loan to then-USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC (nine games played) in 2013. He then spent half of 2014 on loan at OKC Energy FC (13 games played), the club’s current USL PRO affiliate managed by former Sporting KC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. He made his NASL debut for San Antonio on April 4 with a start.

At the beginning of 2015, Kempin was named to the United States Men’s National Team roster for the first time in his career to take part in manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp. He previously represented the U.S. at the under-14 through under-23 levels.

#12 | M | Mikey Lopez | @MLopez12_5

#1 | GK | Luis Marin | @Luis1Marin

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993 Hometown: Mission, Texas College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 196 Hometown: Valparaiso, Chile Last Club: Universidad de Chile Acquired: Signed on 12/18/2014

DOB: 5/18/1983

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Saves 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Shutout Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA 2015 Record when: he starts 2-2-4

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Shots 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 3, July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 3, Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

First-year MLS goalkeeper Luis Marin joined Sporting KC in December 2014 after spending the first 12 years of his professional career in Chile. He arrives from Primera Division club Universidad de Chile, where he saw action in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana and the 2014 Copa Libertadores. In his MLS debut on March 8, Marin became the 14th goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to start a regular season match. He posted his first shutout for the club on March 21 against Portland before taking his first win on March 28 at New York City FC. The veteran began his career with Audax Italiano (2003-2006) before moving to Lota Schwager in 2007. Union Espanola acquired Marin from 2008-2010, during which time the club finished in first place in the 2009 Torneo Apertura standings and reached the round of 16 in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. In 2011, he was recruited to O’Higgins FC and became captain for the club. He led O’Higgins to a berth in the 2012 Copa Sudamericana after finishing second in the 2012 Apertura.

Marin has made eight appearances for the Chile Men’s National Team and was selected to the nation’s 23-player roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He made his international debut in March 2010 and last captained Chile in February 2012.

Currently on loan with USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC, Mike Lopez was drafted in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his club debut in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup before playing his first MLS match in July 2014 for the first of eight MLS appearances and five starts. He spent the first half of last year on loan at affiliates Orlando City SC and OKC Energy FC, playing 14 total matches in USL PRO. Lopez was a regular fixture for the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team, playing at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and the 2013 Toulon Tournament in France. He has also participated in training camps at the U-15 and U-18 levels.

In 2015, Lopez has started two matches and played 162 minutes for OKC Energy FC, coached by former Sporting KC captain Jimmy Nielsen.

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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | M | Jimmy Medranda | @jimmymedranda

#29 | GK | Tim Melia | @TimMelia28

Ht: 5-5 Wt. 150 DOB: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 5/15/1986 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB Shots 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 2-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, Oct. 26, 2013, CHV vs POR Saves 5, Oct. 28, 2012, CHV at DAL Last Regular Season...

Appearance May 3, 2014, CHV vs HOU Shutout N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 Sporting KC signed goalkeeper Tim Melia in December 2014. He enters his sixth MLS season in 2015 after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (CHV).

Melia’s professional career began in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. In 2010, he joined Real Salt Lake and spent part of the season on loan in the USL Second Division with the Charleston Battery. He helped lead Charleston to a first place finish in the regular season standings and eventually the league title with eight saves in the championship match.

Melia was a member of Chivas USA from 2012-2014, making 18 saves in six MLS appearances. He most recently served as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from MLS Cup Playoff participants Sporting KC (August), FC Dallas (October) and D.C. United (November) in late 2014.

Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia), making his MLS debut on Sept. 7, 2013 in a 3-0 win over Columbus Crew SC. The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club last February, earning his lone MLS start to date on March 15 for the first of six appearances in all competitions in 2014. He made his first appearance of 2015 with a start on March 21 against Portland.

Medranda joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.

#93 | M | Soni Mustivar | @billydougie

#7 | D | Chance Myers | @CR_Myers

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/12/1990 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California College: UCLA Acquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 13 times, last: May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs VAN Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last Regular Season...

Appearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR Goal Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 2, Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 1, Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Eighth-year veteran Chance Myers enters 2015 as Sporting KC’s longest tenured player. The No. 1 overall selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft has made 145 appearances for the club in all competitions, recording four goals and 15 assists from the wing back position.

Myers eclipsed 30 MLS appearances in both 2011 and 2012 as a regular starter, and after making a career-high 31 MLS starts in 2013 (including playoffs), was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. Despite missing most of 2014 with an Achilles injury, he still ranks third in MLS with 96 successful crosses from open play (including postseason) since the beginning of 2011.

Myers signed a new contract with the club last year after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams.

Sporting KC signed defensive midfielder Soni Mustivar ahead of the 2015 season. The 25-year-old made his MLS debut as a second-half substitute on March 21 against Portland.

Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. Following a loan spell at US Orleans (France), he moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played each of the past three seasons in Romania’s Liga I. He recorded 61 league appearances with two goals in addition to playing eight matches in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2012-13 Romanian Cup Final.

Mustivar has earned six caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team. He most recently played in three matches at the 2014 CFU Caribbean Cup in November to help Haiti secure a third place finish and qualify for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Prior to making his international debut with Haiti in 2013, he was a youth international for France at the U-20 level.

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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | Paulo Nagamura | @paulinhonag

#9 | F | Krisztian Nemeth

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 3/2/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011

Ht: 5-11 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/5/1989 Hometown: Gyor, Hungary Last Club: Roda JC Kerkrade (Netherlands) Acquired: Signed on 12/18/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Mar. 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 19 times, last: Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last Regular Season...

Appearance Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYC Goal Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Assist Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE 2015 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Shots 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 11, 2015, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-2-3 he scores 1-1-1

Sporting KC’s most experienced MLS player with 241 league appearances (including playoffs), Paulo Nagamura is in his fourth season with the club. Since arriving ahead of the 2012 campaign, he has recorded four goals and six assists in 84 games (75 starts) across all competitions. A veteran presence in the midfield, he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and 2013 MLS Cup Final.

The Brazilian began his career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He has also played for Toronto FC (2007) and Chivas USA (2007-2011) in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009.

Now in his first MLS season, Krisztian Nemeth signed for Sporting KC in December and made his league debut with a start on March 8 at Sporting Park. He scored his first MLS goal in the 94th minute of a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on April 5, Sporting KC’s latest game-winning goal in Sporting Park history. He most recently played for Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch Eredivisie, recording eight goals during the 2013-14 season.

Nemeth’s professional career began at age 15 when he signed with MTK Budapest in 2005. He was signed by Rafael Benitez to join Liverpool FC in 2007 and featured extensively for the Liverpool Reserves, becoming the Barclays Premier Reserve League’s top scorer with nine goals during his first season. His career continued in Greece with AEK Athens (2009-10), Olympiacos (2010) and Olympiacos Volos (2011) before he moved to Dutch club RKC Waalwijk in 2012.

Internationally, Nemeth starred for the Hungary under-17 and under-19 youth national teams before leading his country to a third place finish at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup with three goals in the tournament. He earned his first of 15 caps for Hungary’s senior team in 2010 and made five appearances during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

#3 | D | Ike Opara | @IkeOpara

#2 | D | Erik Palmer-Brown | @ErikBrown14

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 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

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/2/2013

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYC Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 11, 2015, KC vs RSL Goal Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYC Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-3 he scores 1-0-1

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Mar. 8, 2014, KC vs NYR Last Regular Season...

Appearance Mar. 8, 2014, KC vs NYR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Defender Ike Opara is in his sixth season in MLS and third season as a member of Sporting KC. After sitting out almost a year through injury, he returned to the pitch on March 8 and scored Sporting KC’s first goal of the season. He led MLS through Week 6 with 30 interceptions and was nominated for Eithad Airways MLS Player of the Month for March after scoring twice and anchoring a backline that posted two shutouts. He then suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury in his right ankle on April 11.

The club’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in a career-best 18 MLS matches with 15 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions (all headers) and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014 and two starts in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.

Opara represented the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing all three matches at the tournament, and at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing and played 36 MLS matches for the club over three seasons.

One of the youngest players under contract in MLS, Erik Palmer-Brown became a homegrown player in August 2013 at age 16. On March 8, the 18-year-old became the youngest MLS player to appear in a team’s regular season opener since 2010 and recorded his first MLS minutes at Sporting Park.

Palmer-Brown made his league debut with a start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League). He played in the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game last August., helping the MLS Homegrown team secure a 0-0 draw against the Portland Timbers U-23s.

The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, most recently competing with the U-20s at training camps in England (March 23-30) and Austria (April 18-26). He is in contention for a spot on the United States’ squad for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand this June.

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Sporting KC Player Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #37 | F | Jacob Peterson | @jacob_peterson

#15 | D | Seth Sinovic | @ssinovic

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 1/19/2012

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

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 15 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TOR Assists 1, 14 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR vs CLB Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Goal July 26, 2014, KC at TOR Assist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB 2015 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Shots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: Apr. 20, 2013, KC at LA Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Goal N/A Assist Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY 2015 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

A nine-year MLS veteran, Peterson has 15 goals and 14 assists in 205 regular season appearances over the course of his professional career. Now in his fourth season with Sporting KC, he has contributed eight goals and six assists in 86 games across all competitions for the club.

Peterson is one of only two players in MLS history, alongside former Kansas City defender Nick Garcia, to be a member of teams that won each of the following: NCAA Division I National Championship (2003, 2004), Canadian Championship (2010, 2011), U.S. Open Cup (2012) and MLS Cup (2013).

As a youth, Peterson represented the United States at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championships and 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Four seasons with the Colorado Rapids (2006-09) were followed by stints with Toronto FC (2010-11) and the San Jose Earthquakes (2011) before he was acquired by Sporting KC in 2012. His 205 regular season appearances are second most on the team, behind only Paulo Nagamura (226).

Sporting KC’s 2014 Defender of the Year, Seth Sinovic is in his sixth MLS season and fifth campaign at his hometown club. A regular fixture at left back, he is the only player on the team to start at least 30 regular season games in each of the last three seasons.

Drafted in 2010 by the New England Revolution, he joined Sporting KC in 2011 and has started 143 of his 145 total appearances for the club in all competitions.

He scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and registered the second of his career in the 2013 postseason against his former team, helping Sporting KC prevail in the decisive leg of the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Since the beginning of 2011, Sinovic is third in MLS with 48 clean sheet contributions (including playoffs) and ranks sixth with 65 MLS games won. He received his first call-up to the United States Men’s National Team ahead of the 2014 USMNT January camp.

#8 | M | Graham Zusi | @gzusi Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Shots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season...

Appearance Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Assist Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU 2015 Record when: he starts 1-2-3 he scores 0-0-0 A seventh-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. The winger is the only MLS player with at least five goals and at least seven assists in each of the last four regular seasons.

He has earned Sporting KC MVP honors each of the last three years (twice a co-MVP) and has led the club in assists every year since 2011.

Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the team in July 2014.

Sporting KC is 17-0-2 all-time when he scores an MLS goal, and he leads MLS with 365 chances created and 357 successful crosses/corners since 2011 (including playoffs). His 50 career assists in all competitions are third most in club history, and his 22 MLS goals rank 10th all-time for the club.

Zusi has earned 28 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording three goals and six assists. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Matt Besler, playing in all four matches at the tournament. In the group stage, he provided the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win over Ghana before adding another assist in a 2-2 draw with Portugal.

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Sporting KC Coach Bios | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | 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 enters his seventh season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2015. He is the team’s second-longest serving head coach, and his .548 regular season winning percentage (78-60-48) is best in club history. During his tenure, he has won two major trophies – the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – as well as two MLS Eastern Conference regular season titles (2011, 2012). He is the second coach to lead Sporting KC to four 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 78 regular season wins are tied for 12th most in MLS 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 and the Sporting KC Juniors program. Vermes, an original member of Major League Soccer, 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.

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.

On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States National Team. He recorded one assist for the Red, White and Blue.

The U.S. team went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin appeared. Zavagnin married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.

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 marked the first time the United States 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, appearing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic 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.

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 184 MLS matches and playing more than 16,000 minutes. He was nominated on the players’ ballot for the National Soccer Hall of Fame from 2007-2012. In 2013, Vermes became eligible for the veteran ballot and on October 11, 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

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.

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.

Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel Mateus Manoel is in his sixth season with Sporting Kansas City 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.

Assistant Coach | John Pascarella Assistant Coach John Pascarella played professionally for nine seasons before beginning his coaching career in 1998 at the University of Maryland. Pascarella played club soccer with Sporting Kansas City Technical Director Peter Vermes. His playing experience took him to Peru before he returned to the United States to play in the A-League and MLS.

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 from the MLS, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia.

Once his playing career was over, Pascarella began coaching as a member of Sasho Cirovski’s staff at Maryland. He then went on to work in Northern Virginia youth soccer circles as a high school coach and Olympic Development Program coach before becoming the Head Coach and Technical Director of the Northern Virginia Royals of the USL’s Premier Development League for two seasons.

Pascarella joined Kansas City’s technical staff in 2009 and was a goalkeeper and fitness coach until 2011, when he became an assistant.

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 | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS STATISTICS SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM

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

JALIL ANIBABA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

6

6

540

1

0

8

3

3

2

2

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

118

113

10259

5

6

61

20

81

47

6

1

6

1

1

2

MLS - Postseason

2

1

76

0

0

1

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

120

114

10335

5

6

62

20

83

49

6

1

6

1

1

2

BERNARDO ANOR

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

6

1

188

0

0

4

0

4

4

0

1

0

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

77

49

4656

12

3

132

43

90

78

8

41

14

2

5

3

MLS - Postseason

1

0

17

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

78

49

4673

12

3

134

44

91

78

8

41

15

2

5

3

JAMES ANSU ROGERS

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

MATT BESLER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

157

152

13726

2

9

34

8

141

79

6

1

19

2

1

5

KC - Postseason

11

11

1050

0

0

2

0

14

8

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

168

163

14776

2

9

36

8

155

87

7

1

19

2

1

5

SERVANDO CARRASCO

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

6

5

408

0

0

7

0

7

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

65

36

3372

1

1

33

3

61

34

1

9

9

1

0

0

MLS - Postseason

1

0

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

66

36

3387

1

1

33

3

61

34

1

9

9

1

0

0

MARCEL DE JONG

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

6

6

453

0

1

5

1

1

7

0

5

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

6

6

453

0

1

5

1

1

7

0

5

1

0

0

0

AMADOU DIA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

4

2

222

0

0

3

2

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

4

2

222

0

0

3

2

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

DOM DWYER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

58

46

4122

26

4

166

63

91

107

48

1

7

0

7

1

KC - Postseason

7

4

372

2

0

19

9

12

9

5

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

65

50

4494

28

4

185

72

103

116

53

1

7

0

8

1

KEVIN ELLIS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

26

20

1926

0

3

7

1

30

17

0

0

5

0

0

2

KC - Postseason

1

1

90

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

27

21

2016

0

3

7

1

31

17

0

0

5

0

0

2

ROGER ESPINOZA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

120

100

8879

3

12

102

28

169

158

9

14

21

4

1

2

KC - Postseason

7

6

455

0

0

4

1

7

7

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

127

106

9334

3

12

106

29

176

165

10

14

23

4

1

2

BENNY FEILHABER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

66

60

5095

9

15

87

27

82

132

3

66

11

0

1

3

MLS - Regular Season

118

106

9288

14

24

165

54

149

273

5

137

19

2

1

4

KC - Postseason

5

5

484

0

3

14

1

7

14

2

0

1

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

123

111

9772

14

27

179

55

156

287

7

137

20

2

1

5

22

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS STATISTICS CONNOR HALLISEY

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MIKEY LOPEZ

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

8

5

482

0

0

7

3

12

10

0

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

8

5

482

0

0

7

3

12

10

0

0

2

0

0

0

JIMMY MEDRANDA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

9

4

319

0

0

8

1

8

6

0

5

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

9

4

319

0

0

8

1

8

6

0

5

0

0

0

0

SONI MUSTIVAR

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

4

0

61

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

4

0

61

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

CHANCE MYERS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

123

98

9120

2

13

83

21

131

92

7

4

10

1

0

6

KC - Postseason

10

10

960

0

1

7

1

9

10

0

1

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

133

108

10080

2

14

90

22

140

102

7

5

12

1

0

6

PAULO NAGAMURA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

69

60

5257

3

5

85

20

94

64

6

3

13

0

0

1

MLS - Regular Season

226

204

18025

12

19

225

71

340

273

10

20

52

2

4

6

KC - Postseason

5

5

487

0

0

11

2

5

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

15

14

1396

0

0

20

7

21

29

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

241

218

19421

12

19

245

78

361

302

11

20

56

2

4

6

KRISZTIAN NEMETH

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

6

5

434

3

0

16

3

3

3

2

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

6

5

434

3

0

16

3

3

3

2

0

0

0

1

0

IKE OPARA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

27

23

2083

5

0

24

10

35

10

1

0

3

0

3

0

MLS - Regular Season

62

45

4245

8

0

45

17

64

27

6

1

5

0

4

0

KC - Postseason

3

0

16

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

4

0

94

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

66

45

4339

8

0

46

17

65

29

6

1

5

0

4

0

ERIK PALMER-BROWN

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

4

2

240

0

0

0

0

4

2

0

0

2

1

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

4

2

240

0

0

0

0

4

2

0

0

2

1

0

0

JACOB PETERSON

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

67

34

3293

6

4

66

25

32

33

5

2

2

1

3

2

MLS - Regular Season

205

116

10579

15

14

180

67

77

113

21

62

7

1

6

6

KC - Postseason

5

3

253

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Postseason

8

5

414

0

0

1

0

2

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

213

121

10993

15

14

181

67

79

117

22

62

7

1

6

6

SETH SINOVIC

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

116

114

10111

0

7

58

16

132

78

3

0

16

0

0

4

MLS - Regular Season

136

132

11691

0

7

65

17

145

88

3

0

19

0

0

4

KC - Postseason

11

11

1045

2

0

4

2

15

11

0

0

1

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

147

143

12736

2

7

69

19

160

99

3

0

20

0

2

4

GRAHAM ZUSI

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

154

121

11170

22

40

240

79

138

198

19

535

14

0

8

16

KC - Postseason

11

11

1049

0

5

21

1

18

19

1

52

1

0

0

3

MLS - TOTAL

165

132

12219

22

45

261

80

156

217

20

587

15

0

8

19

23

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GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

4

3

315

13

5

0

7

2.00

0

1

0

0

1

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

4

3

315

13

5

0

7

2.00

0

1

0

0

1

2

0

LUIS MARIN

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

C

E

W

L

T

KC - Regular Season

8

8

720

30

19

3

12

1.50

0

0

0

0

2

2

4

MLS - TOTAL

8

8

720

30

19

3

12

1.50

0

0

0

0

2

2

4

TIM MELIA

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

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Regular Season

6

5

439

32

18

0

14

2.87

1

1

0

1

0

4

1

MLS - TOTAL

6

5

439

32

18

0

14

2.87

1

1

0

1

0

4

1

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GP

GS

MIN

G

A

DOM DWYER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Regular Season

58

46

4122

26

4

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

7

4

372

2

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

3

3

206

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

International

9

2

314

2

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

77

55

5014

30

4

JALIL ANIBABA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

KEVIN ELLIS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

6

6

540

1

0

MLS Regular Season

26

20

1926

0

3

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

1

1

90

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

4

3

297

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

International

4

4

360

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

6

540

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

35

28

2673

1

3

BERNARDO ANOR

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

ROGER ESPINOZA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

6

1

188

0

0

MLS Regular Season

120

100

8879

3

12

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

7

6

455

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

8

6

755

0

1

International

0

0

0

0

0

International

2

1

142

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

1

188

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

137

113

10231

3

13

JAMES ANSU ROGERS

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

BENNY FEILHABER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Regular Season

66

60

5095

9

15

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

5

5

484

0

3

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

2

2

148

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

International

9

8

592

1

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

82

75

6319

10

21

MATT BESLER

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

CONNOR HALLISEY

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

157

152

13726

2

9

MLS Regular Season

1

0

1

0

0

MLS Postseason

11

11

1050

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

10

8

724

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

10

10

885

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

188

181

16385

2

9

ALL COMPETITIONS

1

0

1

0

0

SERVANDO CARRASCO

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MIKEY LOPEZ

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

6

5

408

0

0

MLS Regular Season

8

5

482

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

1

1

76

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

9

6

558

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

5

408

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

MARCEL DE JONG

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

JIMMY MEDRANDA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

6

6

453

0

1

MLS Regular Season

9

4

319

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

0

International

1

0

6

0

0

10

4

325

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

6

453

0

1

ALL COMPETITIONS

AMADOU DIA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SONI MUSTIVAR

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

4

2

22

0

0

MLS Regular Season

4

0

61

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

4

2

222

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

4

0

61

0

0

25

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GP

GS

MIN

G

A

JON KEMPIN

GP

GS

MIN

GA

GAA

SO

W-L-T

MLS Regular Season

123

98

9120

2

13

MLS Regular Season

4

3

315

7

2.00

0

1-2-0

MLS Postseason

10

10

960

0

1

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

11

10

915

2

1

U.S. Open Cup

1

1

90

2

2.00

0

1-0-0

International

1

1

90

0

0

International

1

1

90

1

1.00

0

0-0-1

ALL COMPETITIONS

145

119

11085

4

15

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

5

495

10

1.82

0

2-2-1

A

LUIS MARIN

GP

GS

MIN

GA

GAA

SO

W-L-T

8

8

720

12

1.50

3

2-2-4

PAULO NAGAMURA

GP

GS

MIN

G

MLS Regular Season

69

60

5257

3

5

MLS Regular Season

MLS Postseason

5

5

487

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

5

5

474

1

1

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

International

5

5

413

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

84

75

6631

4

6

ALL COMPETITIONS

8

8

720

12

1.50

3

2-2-4

GP

GS

MIN

GA

GAA

SO

W-L-T

KRISZTIAN NEMETH

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

TIM MELIA

MLS Regular Season

6

5

434

3

0

MLS Regular Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

International

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

6

5

434

3

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

IKE OPARA

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

27

23

2083

5

0

MLS Postseason

3

0

16

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

1

1

90

0

0

International

5

5

450

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

36

29

2639

6

0

ERIK PALMER BROWN

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

4

2

240

0

0

MLS Postseason

0

0

0

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

2

2

180

0

0

International

1

1

60

0

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

7

5

480

0

0

JACOB PETERSON

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

67

34

3293

6

4

MLS Postseason

5

3

253

0

0

U.S. Open Cup

8

6

572

1

2

International

6

3

359

1

0

ALL COMPETITIONS

86

46

4477

8

6

SETH SINOVIC

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

116

114

10111

0

7

MLS Postseason

11

11

1045

2

0

U.S. Open Cup

9

9

820

0

2

International

9

9

810

0

1

ALL COMPETITIONS

145

143

12786

2

10

GRAHAM ZUSI

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

MLS Regular Season

154

121

11170

22

40

MLS Postseason

11

11

1049

0

5

U.S. Open Cup

9

7

668

2

2

International

8

8

690

0

3

ALL COMPETITIONS

182

147

13577

24

50

26

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

C.J. Sapong (2011)

34

Games

Davy Arnaud

240

Minutes

Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)

2916

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

Eddie Johnson

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi

517

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2013)

13

Cautions

Kerry Zavagnin

44

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010)

3

Ejections

Nick Garcia

5

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

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.

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

0.79

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

Player

#

Goals

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

3

Goals

1996

61

Assists

2000

67

2012

542

Assists

Chris Henderson (1999)

4

Shots

Shots

Preki (1997)

12

Shots on goal

1996

250

2013

511

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

6

Fouls Committed

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)

8

Fouls Suffered

2000

541

1997

117

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

10

Offsides

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

7

Corner Kicks

2012

199

12

Cautions

2013

67

Ejections

2011

8

Points

2012

63

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat

Player

#

Wins

1997

21

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi

7

Losses

1999

24

Saves

Garth Lagerwey (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000, three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

9

Ties

2005 & 2011

12

Shutouts

2000

17

Goals Allowed

1996

63

27

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | 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. Nick Garcia 224 4. Preki 218 5. Jimmy Conrad 204 6. Chris Klein 200 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8. Matt Besler* 157 9. Graham Zusi* 154 10. Michael Harrington 149 10. Mo Johnston 149 GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 228 2. Nick Garcia 224 3. Davy Arnaud 213 4. Jimmy Conrad 203 5. Preki 199 6. Chris Klein 183 7. Matt Besler* 152 8. Jack Jewsbury 142 8. Mo Johnston 142 10. Michael Harrington 128 10. Jimmy Nielsen 128 10. Josh Wolff 128 MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 20515 2. Nick Garcia 20157 3. Davy Arnaud 19399 4. Jimmy Conrad 18194 17817 5. Preki 6. Chris Klein 16380 7. Matt Besler* 13726 8. Jack Jewsbury 13275 9. Mo Johnston 12599 11633 10. Michael Harrington GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 2. Tony Meola 125 96 3. Bo Oshoniyi 4. Kevin Hartman 90 5. Mike Ammann 60 6. Chris Snitko 26 7. Eric Kronberg 25 23 8. Garth Lagerwey 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 10. Luis Marin* 8 10. Pat Harrington 8 10. David Winner 8 SAVES Player GP SV 125 507 1. Tony Meola 2. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 3. Kevin Hartman 90 332 4. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 60 206 5. Mike Amman 6. Chris Snitko 26 95 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 8. Eric Kronberg 25 58 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 10. David Winner 8 27 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 2. Tony Meola 125 37 90 22 3. Kevin Hartman 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 5. Mike Ammann 60 10 6. Eric Kronberg 25 8 7. Luis Marin* 7 3 7. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 7. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 2. Tony Meola 125 49 3. Mike Ammann 60 33 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 5. Kevin Hartman 90 30 6. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 7. Eric Kronberg 25 9 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 8. Chris Snitko 26 5 10. Pat Harrington 8 4

GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 2. Josh Wolff 144 43 4. Chris Klein 200 39 5. Kei Kamara 113 38 6. Mo Johnston 149 31 7. Scott Sealy 88 28 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 9. Dom Dwyer* 58 26 10. Graham Zusi* 154 22 ASSISTS A Player GP 1. Preki 218 98 2. Chris Klein 200 45 3. Graham Zusi* 154 40 4. Davy Arnaud 240 35 5. Mo Johnston 149 28 6. Josh Wolff 144 26 7. Mark Chung 94 25 8. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 20 9. Kei Kamara 113 20 SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 113 370 3. Kei Kamara 200 312 4. Chris Klein 5. Mo Johnston 149 274 6. Josh Wolff 144 265 7. Graham Zusi* 154 240 195 216 8. Jack Jewsbury 9. Mark Chung 94 203 10. Matt McKeon 144 173 SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 218 283 1. Preki 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Mo Johnston 149 138 3. Chris Klein 200 138 3. Josh Wolff 144 138 113 126 6. Kei Kamara 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 8. Mark Chung 94 95 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 90 10. Graham Zusi* 154 79 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 240 329 1. Davy Arnaud 237 326 2. Kerry Zavagnin 3. Matt McKeon 144 309 4. Nick Garcia 224 234 5. Mo Johnston 149 226 204 210 6. Jimmy Conrad 7. Aurelien Collin 107 191 8. Diego Gutierrez 119 190 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 175 10. Roger Espinoza* 120 169 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Nick Garcia 224 250 5. Mark Chung 94 204 154 198 6. Graham Zusi* 7. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 8. Jack Jewsbury 195 187 9. Josh Wolff 144 183 10. Kei Kamara 113 176 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) YC Player GP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Nick Garcia 224 37 4. Aurelien Collin 107 31 5. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 5. Matt McKeon 144 30 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 7. Mo Johnston 149 28 9. Jimmy Conrad 204 27 10. Preki 218 23 28

CORNER KICKS Player GP RC 1. Graham Zusi* 154 535 2. Preki 218 452 3. Claudio Lopez 57 188 4. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 5. Francisco Gomez 114 157 6. Chris Henderson 61 154 7. Chris Klein 200 152 8. Davy Arnaud 240 144 9. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 10. Vitalis Takawira 103 71 GAME-WINNING GOALS GWG Player GP 1. Preki 218 13 2. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 6. Graham Zusi* 154 8 6. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 8. Dom Dwyer* 58 7 8. C.J. Sapong 110 7 8. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GWA Player GP 1. Preki 218 23 2. Chris Klein 200 16 154 16 2. Graham Zusi* 4. Davy Arnaud 240 10 4. Josh Wolff 144 10 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 6. Mo Johnston 149 8 113 8 6. Kei Kamara 6. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 10. Francisco Gomez 114 7 10. Chris Henderson 61 7 MULTI-GOAL GAMES MGG Player GP 1. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 218 7 2. Preki 3. Dom Dwyer* 58 5 3. Kei Kamara 113 5 3. Scott Sealy 88 5 3. Josh Wolff 144 5 149 4 7. Mo Johnston 7. Chris Klein 200 4 10. Davy Arnaud 240 3 10. Teal Bunbury 89 3 10. Eddie Johnson 43 3 154 3 10. Graham Zusi* PENALTY KICK GOALS PKG Player GP 1. Preki 218 21 2. Dom Dwyer* 57 7 113 5 3. Kei Kamara 4. Claudio Lopez 57 4 5. Claudio Bieler 41 3 5. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 5. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 5. Josh Wolff 144 3 27 2 9. Omar Bravo 9. 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 8. Mo Johnston 9. Chris Klein 10. C.J. Sapong *Minimum 20 goals

GOALS PER GAME GP 58 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 200 110

GLS AVG 26 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 20 0.18

BOLD* - denotes player on current roster

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 3, 2015 vs. Chicago Fire | 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 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34

8 players tied with 32 MINUTES PLAYED MIN Year Player 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 1996 Preki 2880 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2880 2011 Matt Besler 2880 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL GP Year Player 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 32 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2007 Kevin Hartman

GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 24 15 28 13 27 12 17 12 30 12

Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 1996 Preki 1998 Preki

ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 13 25 13

Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki 2000 Preki

SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 113 30 97 31 95

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 25 44 2002 Preki

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

FOULS COMMITTED GP FC Year Player 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 31 66 2013 Oriol Rosell

SHUTOUTS GP SO Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 31 16 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 15 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 13 2008 Kevin Hartman 30 10 29 10 2010 Jimmy Nielsen

FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 1999 Preki 30 77 32 76 2006 Davy Arnaud 2014 Benny Feilhaber 31 73

GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 34 17 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA

2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 2014 Eric Kronberg 19 20 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played

Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira 1997 Preki 2000 Miklos Molnar 2003 Preki

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 23 10 2011 Aurelien Collin 31 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga JR. 31 9 GAA 0.79 0.88 0.92 1.05 1.05

EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) GP RC Year Player 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3

7 players tied with 2

29

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 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 GAME-WINNING GOALS GP GWG Year Player 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 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS GP PKG Year Player 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 1997 Preki 27 3 25 3 1998 Preki 2006 Jose Burciaga Jr. 30 3 2013 Claudio Bieler 28 3 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 17 12 2000 Miklos Molnar 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 1996 Preki 32 18 2013 Kei Kamara 15 7 *Minimum 5 goals

AVG 0.71 0.67 0.63 0.56 0.47

BOLD* - denotes current season

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 27 29 37 71 93 94

Player

Luis Marin Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Bernardo Anor Mikey Lopez Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Servando Carrasco Saad Abdul-Salaam James Rogers Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda 13

4 5 6 7 8 NYC PHI RSL LA HOU 1-0 3-2 0-0 1-2 4-4 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90D 90D 84D 6 90D 89D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 78M

88F 90F 39F 89F 90F 76F 26 90F 75F 90F 90M 84M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 14 34 51 13 15

2 23 90F 77F 1 90D 90D 45D 90D 75D 63D 1 12 13 35 56F 67F 64F

1 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M

90D 90D 15 27 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 45 6 90M 77M 90M 90M 55M

85M 77M 90M 61M

1 2 3 NYR DAL POR 1-1 1-3 0-0 90G 90G 90G 5 90D 90D 90D 90D 70D 90D 29 90M 90M

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"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position

Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game

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KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC

1 1 0 1 3 0 1 4

NYR 1 DAL 3 POR 0 NYC 0 PHI 2 RSL 0 LA 2 HOU 4

T L T W W T L T

Opara 1 (Feilhaber 1) 50 Espinoza 1 (Feilhaber 2) 44

74; Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick)

Opara 2 (Besler 1) 12 Dwyer 1 (Feilhaber 3) 16; Anibaba 1 (Espinoza 1) Nemeth 2 (Feilhaber 5, Dwyer 1) 22 Nemeth 3 (de Jong 1) 2; Dwyer 2 (unassisted)

94+

80; Feilhaber 2 (Zusi 1)

91+; Nemeth 1 (Besler 2, Feilhaber 4)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs at vs at vs vs at at

95+

- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

Information © 2015 Chicago Fire Soccer Club Chicago Fire (3-3-0, 9 points) at Sporting Kansas City (2-2-4, 10 points) Fire Game #7 – Away Game #3 Sunday, May 3, 2015 | Sporting Park | 4:00 PM CT | TV: ESPN2 | Radio: ESPN Deportes 97.5 FM

FIRE FLASHES 2015 Record/Home/Away…………….……………………...3-3-0/3-1-0/0-2-0 2014 Record/Home/Away………………,,,,………….…6-10-18/4-2-11/2-8-7 vs. Eastern Conference/2014………………..………..………….3-0-0/5-6-13 vs. Western Conference/2014……………………..…………...….0-3-0/1-4-4 Current Streak………………………………………………………………...3W Last Five…………………………………………..…..…………..…….LLWWW All-Time Record………………………………………..…………..225-183-129 All-Time Home Record…………………………………..…………...139-63-69 All-Time Away Record………………………..………………………86-121-60 Last Regular Season Win………………….…….…1-0, vs NYCFC, 4/24/15 Last Regular Season Loss………………............…....……2-1 at SJ, 3/22/15 Last Shutout by Fire……………………..……......….1-0, vs NYCFC, 3/24/15 Last Shutout by Opponent………………………….….....1-0 vs VAN 3/14/15 March Record 2015/2014……………………………..…………….1-3-0/0-1-3 April Record 2015/2014…………………………………………..…2-0-0/0-0-3 May Record 2015/2014………………………………………….….0-0-0/2-2-0 June Record 2015/2014………………………………………….…0-0-0/0-1-2 July Record 2015/2014………………………………………..…….0-0-0/1-1-4 August Record 2015/2014………………………………….………0-0-0/2-1-3 September Record 2015/2014…………………………….……….0-0-0/0-2-2 October Record 2015/2014……………………………….………..0-0-0/1-2-2 Pre All-Star 2015/2014…………………………………….………3-3-0/3-5-13 Post All-Star 2015/2014…………………………………..…………0-0-0/3-5-5 Record After 6 Games 2015/2014…..…………..….……….…….3-3-0/0-1-5 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime………………………..…….2-0-0/0-1-0/1-2-0 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’……………………………….…...3-0-0/0-2-0/0-1-0 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied……..………..3-0-0/0-3-0/0-0-0 Day/Night…………………………………………….……………...2-1-0/1-2-0 Grass/Turf…………………………………………………………...3-3-0/0-0-0 Wearing Primary Kit……………………………………………….………..3-2-0 Wearing Secondary Kit…………………………………...……….……….0-1-0 One Goal Games/Home/Away………………………………2-1-0/2-1-0/0-0-0 Two Goal Games/Home/Away………………………………0-1-0/0-0-0/0-1-0 Three Goal Games/Home/Away……………………….……0-1-0/0-0-0/0-1-0 Five Goal Games/Home/Away………………………………1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 On Fridays/Home/Away…………………………………..….1-1-0/1-0-0/0-1-0 On Saturdays/Home/Away…………………………………..1-1-0/1-1-0/0-0-0 On Sundays/Home/Away…………………………………….1-1-0/1-0-0/0-1-0 On UniMas/Home/Away………………………………….…..1-1-0/1-0-0/0-1-0 On FOX Sports/Home/Away…………………………….…..0-1-0/0-0-0/0-1-0 On CSN Chicago/Home/Away………………………………1-1-0/1-1-0/0-0-0 On ESPN/Home/Away………………………………….……1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 In clear Weather/Home/Away……………………….………1-3-0/0-1-0/0-2-0 In cloudy Weather/Home/Away……………………………..2-0-0/2-0-0/0-0-0 40-50 degrees at kickoff/Home/Away…………………...…1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 50-59 degrees at kickoff/Home/Away……………………....2-0-0/2-0-0/0-0-0 60-69 degrees at kickoff/Home/Away……………………...0-2-0/0-1-0/0-1-0 70-79 degrees at kickoff/Home/Away………..…………….0-1-0/0-0-0/0-1-0 Using one substitutions/Home/Away……………………..1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 Using two substitutions/Home/Away………………………..1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 Using three substitutions/Home/Away……………......…..1-3-0/1-1-0/0-2-0

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire enter their 18th season of MLS play after a busy offseason. With two-time MLS Cup champion and two-time MLS Coach of the Year Frank Yallop at the helm, the Men in Red made a slew of changes, shoring up the roster with three Designated Player signings, adding Kennedy Igboananike, David Accam and Shaun Maloney. With a distinct local flavor, the Fire added Michael Stephens, Eric Gehrig and Homegrown Players Collin Fernandez and Patrick Doody, bringing the number of players with Chicago ties on the roster to seven. Although there were a number of changes, the Fire return a strong core of players including captain Jeff Larentowicz, U.S. international Sean Johnson and 2014 MLS Rookie of the Year finalist and Homegrown Player Harry Shipp.

NOVACARE INJURY REPORT: April 30, 2015 Out Mike Magee – Hip and Knee Surgery Patrick Nyarko – ACL Surgery PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT 10/25/14 – M Logan Pause announces retirement 11/18/14 – Decline options on defenders Marco Franco, Patrick Ianni, Hunter Jumper, Steven Kinney, Gonzalo Segares and Bakary Soumare; midfielders Alex and Sanna Nyassi; and forwards Robert Earnshaw, Matt Fondy and Florent Sinama-Pongolle.

12/18/14 – Juan Luis Anangono transferred to Universidad de Guadalajara 12/31/14 – Loan ends for Benji Joy and Grant Ward 12/31/14 – Contract expires for Victor Pineda 1/20/15 – GK Kyle Reynish traded to New York Red Bulls 4/13/15 – M Alex traded to Houston Dynamo IN 8/28/14 – M Collin Fernandez signed as a Homegrown Player 10/29/14 – D Lovel Palmer re-signed 11/18/14 – M Patrick Nyarko re-signed 12/2/14 – F Kennedy Igboananike signed as a Designated Player 12/3/14 – D Joevin Jones signed 12/9/14 – M Michael Stephens signed 12/10/14 – D Eric Gehrig acquired via trade with Orlando City SC 12/19/14 – M/F David Accam signed as a Designated Player 12/22/14 – D Patrick Doody signed as Homegrown Player 12/30/14 – D Adailton signed 1/5/15- F Guly do Prado signed 1/25/15 – M Alex re-signed 1/25/15 – M Shaun Maloney signed as a Designated Player 1/27/15 – GK Jon Busch signed 2/4/15 – D Matt Polster signed 3/24/15 – M Kingsley Bryce signed 3/27/15 – M Victor Perez acquired on loan 4/13/15 – F Jason Johnson acquired via trade from Houston Dynamo

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City The Fire are 25-13-11 all-time in regular season matches against Sporting Kansas City and 8-9-9 in matches played on the road.

The two sides split the 2014 series with the Fire winning 2-1 on May 18 at Toyota Park, drawing 1-1 at Sporting Park on July 6 and falling 2-0 at Sporting Park on Oct. 10.

Kansas City was the final stop of Fire Technical Director Brian Bliss’ playing career, where he played in 1998. In 2000, Bliss was appointed assistant coach for the Wizards. In his six seasons in Kansas City, the Wizards won the 2000 MLS Supporters’ Shield, 2000 MLS Cup and the 2004 U.S. Open Cup. This is the first time the Fire have won three consecutive MLS regular season matches since Oct. 4-19, 2003 where they defeated D.C. United 3-0 at RFK Stadium on Oct. 4, FC Dallas 3-2 on Oct. 12 and Toronto FC 1-0 on Oct. 19.

The Fire enter this match in search of their first road points and first points against Western Conference opposition.

Sporting KC defender Jalil Anibaba began his professional career with the Fire when he was selected ninth overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. Anibaba made 107 appearances across all competitions for the Fire, scoring five goals and adding five assists before he was traded to the Seattle Sounders FC on Jan. 15, 2014.

Busch Two Away from Career Milestone Jon Busch is two starts away from becoming the fourth goalkeeper in MLS history to reach 300 in a career. The other three: Kevin Hartman, Nick Rimando and Joe Cannon. The 15-year MLS veteran has started twice for Chicago this season.

Sean Johnson vs. Sporting KC Sean Johnson has four career shutouts against Sporting Kansas City, more than any other opponent. His last came on Aug. 23, 2013 in a 1-0 win at Toyota Park. Three of those four shutouts came on the road. Johnson is 5-2-3 all-time against Sporting.

Fire Heating Up The Chicago Fire have won three in-a-row for the first time since 2013. Their winning streak is the longest active streak in MLS. The Fire started their three-game stretch with a 1-0 win against the Philadelphia Union on March 29 and kept it going with a 3-2 win against Toronto FC on April 4 and a 1-0 victory against New York City FC on April 24.

Chicago Fire Roster Ten nations of birth are represented on the Fire roster: Brazil (Alex, do Prado, Adailton), England (Watson), Ghana (Accam, Nyarko), Jamaica (Johnson, Palmer), Malaysia (Maloney), Nigeria (Igboananike), Romania (Cocis), Spain (Perez) and Trinidad and Tobago (Jones). Fourteen Fire players were born in the United States.

Eight players currently occupy International Roster spots: Accam, Cocis, do Prado, Adailton, Igboananike, Jones, Maloney and Perez.

Nine states are represented on the Fire roster. Illinois leads the way with six players (Magee, Stephens, Shipp, Ritter, Doody, Fernandez), with Gehrig hailing from northwest Indiana. Other states that Fire players call home: Georgia (Johnson, Kann), Pennsylvania (Cochrane, Larentowicz), California (Amarikwa), Nevada (Polster), Texas (Bryce), Virginia (Nyarko) and New York (Busch).

Sixteen players played collegiately. Two Homegrown products won national championships with their respective schools: Doody (2012 – Indiana University) and Shipp (Notre Dame – 2013).

Four players have MLS Cup championship experience. Magee and Stephens won back-to-back titles with the LA Galaxy in 2011 and 2012. Amarikwa and Larentowicz were both part of the Colorado Rapids squad that captured MLS Cup 2010.

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- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

Building The Fire Year 2008

MLS SuperDraft Nyarko – First Round (7th)

Trades

Signings

2010

Johnson – Fourth Round (51st)

2013

Larentowicz (COL) – Jan. 16 Amarikwa (TOR) – Feb. 27 Magee (LA) – May 25 Palmer (RSL) – Dec. 13

Kann* – March 19

2014

Cochrane (LA) – March 3 Watson (VAN) – March 5 Gehrig (OCSC) – Dec. 10

Cocis – July 14 Igboananike – Dec. 2 Jones – Dec. 3 Stephens – Dec. 9 Accam – Dec. 19 Adailton – Dec. 30

Johnson (HOU) – April 13

do Prado – Jan. 5 Maloney – Jan. 25 Busch – Jan. 27 Perez (loan) - March 27

2015

Polster – First Round (7th) Bryce – Second Round (28th)

Homegrown

Shipp – Jan. 9 Ritter – Jan. 13 Fernandez – Aug. 28 Doody* – Dec. 22

*Currently on loan with USL affiliate Saint Louis FC

LAST TIME THESE TWO MET… Match: Chicago Fire at Sporting KC Date: Aug. Oct. 10, 2014 Competition: MLS Regular Season Venue: Sporting Park – Kansas City, Kan Scoring Summary: Chicago Fire Sporting KC

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Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jeff Larentowicz ©, Bakary Soumare, Alex (Matt Fondy 88’); Patrick Nyarko (Sanna Nyassi 69’), Matthew Watson, Logan Pause, Harry Shipp (Grant Ward 83’); Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Quincy Amarikwa Substitutes not used: Kyle Reynish, Greg Cochrane, Patrick Ianni, Chris Ritter Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Jacob Peterson (Mikey Lopez 86’); Paulo Nagamura, Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber; Toni (C.J. Sapong 68’), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 94’) Substitutes not used: Sal Zizzo, Eric Kronberg, Claudio Bieler, Jimmy Medranda Scoring Summary SKC – Graham Zusi (Kevin Ellis) 80’ SKC – Dom Dwyer (Graham Zusi) 92’ Misconduct Summary CHI – Matthew Watson (caution) 4’ CHI – Bakary Soumare (caution) 60’ SKC – Matt Besler (caution) 71’ CHI – Quincy Amarikwa (caution) 88’ CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 11 4 24 27 18 16 30 22 23 17 6 77 7 25 3 1 20 9 10 14 5 15 2 21 19 26 8

Player David Accam Adaílton Quincy Amarikwa Kingsley Bryce Jon Busch Greg Cochrane Razvan Cocis Patrick Doody Guly do Prado Collin Fernandez Eric Gehrig Kennedy Igboananike Jason Johnson Sean Johnson Joevin Jones Alec Kann Jeff Larentowicz Mike Magee Shaun Maloney Patrick Nyarko Lovel Palmer Victor Perez Matt Polster Chris Ritter Harry Shipp Michael Stephens Matthew Watson

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

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

Wt. 154 187 180 185 165 140 161 180 180 140 175 154 180 217 175 190 175 160 160 165 160 157 170 190 145 155 180

Birth date 09/28/1990 04/16/1983 10/29/1987 04/16/1993 08/18/1976 11/11/1990 02/19/1983 04/22/1992 12/31/1981 2/13/1997 12/25/1987 2/26/1989 10/9/1990 05/31/1989 08/3/1991 08/08/1990 08/05/1983 09/02/1984 01/24/1983 01/15/1986 08/30/1984 01/12/1988 06/08/1993 10/29/1990 11/07/1991 04/03/1989 01/01/1985

Hometown Accra, Ghana Salvador, Brazil Bakersfield, CA Plano, TX Queens, NY Holland, PA Slatina, Romania Naperville, IL Campinas, Brazil Downers Grove, IL Crown Point, IN Nri-Igbo, Nigeria Happy News, Jamaica Lilburn, GA Carenage, Trinidad Decatur, GA Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL Aberdeen, Scotland Kumasi, Ghana Mandeville, Jamaica Albacete, Spain Las Vegas, NV Winnetka, IL Lake Forest, IL Naperville, IL Redditch, England

College Status Hartpury College Int. -Int. UC Davis Saint Louis Univ.

UNC Charlotte Univ. of Louisville -Int. Indiana University HG -Int. -HG Loyola University Chicago -Int. VCU GC Univ. of Central Florida -Int. Furman Brown Univ.

--Int. Virginia Tech GC -GC -Int. SIU Edwardsville Northwestern HG Notre Dame HG UCLA Univ. of Maryland-BC

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 77

Player Alec Kann Matt Polster Joevin Jones Adaílton Lovel Palmer Eric Gehrig Jason Johnson Matthew Watson Mike Magee David Accam Shaun Maloney Patrick Nyarko Victor Perez Greg Cochrane Collin Fernandez Jon Busch Harry Shipp Jeff Larentowicz Chris Ritter Patrick Doody Guly Do Prado Quincy Amarikwa Sean Johnson Michael Stephens Kingsley Bryce Razvan Cocis Kennedy Igboananike

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

Head Coach: Frank Yallop Assistant Coach: Marc Bircham Assistant Coach: Clint Mathis Goalkeeper Coach: Aron Hyde Technical Director: Brian Bliss Director of Scouting: Trevor James Strength & Conditioning: Adrian Lamb

Pronunciation kan

ah-dah-EEYL-tohn love-EL

ah-KAHM nee-YAH-koh

luh-REN-toe-witz

GOO-lee ah-MARE-ik-wah

koh-chish ig-bo-ah-na-knee-kay

Place of Birth Decatur, GA Milwaukee, WI Carenage, Trinidad Salvador, Brazil Mandeville, Jamaica Harvey, IL Happy News, Jamaica Redditch, England Chicago, IL Accra, Ghana Miri, Malaysia Kumasi, Ghana Albacete, Spain Babylon, NY Downers Grove, IL Queens, NY Lake Forest, IL Pasadena, CA Winnetka, IL Naperville, IL Campinas, Brazil Bakersfield, CA Lilburn, GA Naperville, IL Plano, TX Slatina, Romania Nri-Igbo, Nigeria

Last Team Charleston Battery (USL) SIU Edwardsville (NCAA) W Connection (Trinidad & Tobago) Esporte Clube Bahia (Brazil) Real Salt Lake Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo Vancouver Whitecaps FC Los Angeles Galaxy Helsingborgs IF (Sweden) Wigan (England) Virginia Tech University (NCAA) Levante (On loan from Real Valladolid) Los Angeles Galaxy Chicago Fire Academy San Jose Earthquakes Univ. of Notre Dame (NCAA) Colorado Rapids Northwestern Univ. (NCAA) Indiana University (NCAA) Southampton (England) Toronto FC University of Central Florida (NCAA) Stabaek (Norway) Saint Louis University (NCAA) FC Hoverla Uzhhorod (UKR) AIK (Sweden)

Athletic Trainer: Steve Bagus Equipment Manager: Charles Raycroft Assistant Equipment Manager: Allan Araujo Director of Team Operations: Ron Stern Senior Coordinator of Team Operations: Alex Boler Licensed Massage Therapist: Jake Bronowski

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

2015 Schedule/Results DATE

OPPONENT

VENUE

Time (CT)

MLS RECORD

Friday, March 6 (UniMas)

LA Galaxy

Los Angeles

2-0 L

0-1-0

Saturday, March 14 (CSN Chicago)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Chicago

1-0 L

0-2-0

Sunday, March 22 (FOX Sports 1)

San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose

2-1 L

0-3-0

Sunday, March 29 (ESPN2)

Philadelphia Union

Chicago

1-0 W

1-3-0

Saturday, April 4 (CSN Chicago)

Toronto FC

Chicago

3-2 W

2-3-0

Friday, April 24 (UDN)

New York City FC

Chicago

1-0 W

3-3-0

Sunday, May 3 (ESPN2)

Sporting Kansas City

Kansas City

4:00 PM

Saturday, May 9 (CSN Chicago)

Real Salt Lake

Chicago

2:00 PM

Friday, May 15 (UDN)

New York City FC

New York

6:00 PM

Friday, May 22 (UDN)

Columbus Crew SC

Columbus

7:00 PM

Saturday, May 30 (CSN Chicago)

Montreal Impact

Chicago

7:30 PM

Wednesday, June 3 (CSN Chicago)

D.C. United

DC

6:00 PM

Saturday, June 6 (CSN Chicago)

Orlando City SC

Chicago

7:30 PM

Saturday, June 13 (CSN Chicago)

New England Revolution

New England

6:30 PM

Wednesday, June 24 (CSN Chicago)

D.C. United

Chicago

7:30 PM

Friday, July 3 (UDN)

Houston Dynamo

Houston

8:00 PM

Saturday, July 11 (CSN Chicago)

Seattle Sounders

Chicago

7:30 PM

Wednesday, July 15 (CSN Chicago)

Columbus Crew SC

Chicago

7:30 PM

Sunday, July 19 (ESPN2)

Columbus Crew SC

Columbus

4:00 PM

Saturday, July 25 (CSN Chicago)

New England Revolution

Chicago

7:30 PM

Sunday, Aug. 2 (FOX Sports 1)

FC Dallas

Chicago

6:00 PM

Friday, Aug. 7 (UniMas)

Portland Timbers

Portland

10:00 PM

Sunday, Aug. 16 (FOX Sports 1)

Philadelphia Union

Philadelphia

6:00 PM

Saturday, Aug. 22 (CSN Chicago)

Colorado Rapids

Chicago

7:30 PM

Wednesday, Aug. 26 (CSN Chicago)

New York Red Bulls

Chicago

7:30 PM

Saturday, Aug. 29 (CSN Chicago)

Orlando City SC

Orlando

6:30 PM

Saturday, Sept. 5 (CSN Chicago)

Montreal Impact

Montreal

8:00 PM

Friday, Sept. 11 (UniMas)

New York Red Bulls

New York

6:00 PM

Saturday, Sept. 19 (CSN Chicago)

Orlando City SC

Chicago

7:30 PM

Saturday, Sept. 26 (CSN Chicago)

Toronto FC

Toronto

2:00 PM

Saturday, Oct. 3 (CSN Chicago)

New England Revolution

Chicago

7:30 PM

Sunday, Oct. 18 (CSN Chicago)

D.C. United

DC

TBD

Sunday, Oct. 25 (CSN Chicago)

New York Red Bulls

Chicago

4:00 PM

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

2015 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season Statistics (through 4/24/15) Player David Accam Adailton Quincy Amarikwa Kingsley Bryce Greg Cochrane Razvan Cocis Guly do Prado Patrick Doody* Collin Fernandez Eric Gehrig Kennedy Igboananike Jason Johnson Joevin Jones Jeff Larentowicz Mike Magee Shaun Maloney Patrick Nyarko Lovel Palmer Victor Perez Matt Polster Chris Ritter Harry Shipp Michael Stephens Matthew Watson

GP 3 5 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 6 6 0 5 0 4 1 6 2 6 5 3

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

MIN 225 450 428 0 0 0 120 0 0 540 208 0 489 540 0 450 0 360 2 444 145 540 281 170

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

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

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

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

GWG 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Goalkeeping Statistics Player

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

SO

Jon Busch

2

2

180

9

6

3

1.50

0

0

1

1

0

0

Sean Johnson

4

4

360

15

11

4

1.00

0

0

2

2

0

2

Alec Kann*

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

*Currently on loan with USL affiliate Saint Louis FC.

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- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015 #1 David Accam – 2015: 3 GP/2 GS, 1G, 0A in 225 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 4/24/15 in 1-0 win over NYCFC. Last MLS GOAL: 4/24/15 vs NYCFC (20’) - Signed with the Fire on Dec. 19, 2014 as a Designated Player - Was a member of the Ghana side that reached the final match in the 2015 African Cup of Nations.

- Earned his first cap for Ghana on Jan. 19, 2015 in their first group match against Senegal. #4 Adailton – 2015: 5 GP/5 GS, 1G, 0A in 450 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 mins. 4/24/15 in 1-0 win over NYCFC. LAST MLS GOAL: 3/29/15 vs. PHI (37’) Signed with the Fire on Dec. 30, 2014 from Brazilian side Esporte Clube Bahia - Has experience playing professionally in Brazil, France, Switzerland and China prior to joining MLS. #24 Quincy Amarikwa – 2015: 6 GP/5 GS, 0G, 0A in 428 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 24 mins. 4/24/15 in 1-0 win over NYCFC. LAST MLS GOAL: 9/20/14 vs. DC (16’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/20/14 vs. DC (Matthew Watson 78’) - Acquired from Toronto FC on Feb. 27, 2013 nd - Was selected in the third round (32 overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes - Was a member of the Colorado Rapids squad that captured the 2010 MLS Cup with a 2-1 win over FC Dallas - Appeared in 77 games, scored 31 goals and added seven assists in four seasons at UC Davis #27 Kingsley Bryce – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match th - Selected in the second round (28 overall) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft - Played collegiately at Saint Louis University for four years, scored 23 goals and added 12 assists in 79 games - Native of Plano, Texas, helped Jesuit Prep to the Texas 5A state championship and a perfect 25-0 record in his senior year #18 Jon Busch – 2015: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 4/4/15 in 3-2 win over TOR LAST MLS WIN: 4/5/15 vs. TOR, 3-2 win LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 10/18/14 vs. VAN, 0-0 draw (SJ) - Returns for his second stint with the Chicago Fire - Won 2008 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and MLS Best XI honors while with the Fire in 2008 - In 2008, recorded a league-best saves percentage of 78.2 percent - On Oct. 24, 2014, recorded a league-best and franchise record 138 saves in one season while with the Earthquakes #16 Greg Cochrane – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/16/14 at MLT in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/10/14 at NY (Shipp 4’) th - Selected 38 overall by the Galaxy in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft - Joined the Fire in a trade on March 3, 2014 #30 Razvan Cocis – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 28 min. 9/28/14 at HOU in a 2-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in a MLS match - Signed with the Fire on July 14, 2014 - Has 50 caps for the Romanian National Team

#22 Patrick Doody – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match - A Native of Naperville, Ill., Doody signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 22, 2014 - Led Indiana University to the 2012 College Cup - A Product of the Chicago Fire Academy #23 Guly do Prado – 2015: 5 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 120 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 66 mins 4/24/15 vs NYCFC in 1-0 win.

- Signed with the Fire on Jan. 5, 2015 - Joined the Fire after most recently representing English side Southampton.

- Helped Southampton reach double promotion, helping the side to the Championship in 2011 and then to the Premier League in 2012.

- Began his professional career in his native Brazil but also plied his trade in Italy, including Serie A club Perugia. #17 Collin Fernandez – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match - Fire Academy product, originally from Downers Grove, IL - Signed his first professional contract at age 17 - A U.S. youth international, is currently a member of the U-18 MNT #6 Eric Gehrig – 2015: 6 GP/6 GS, 0G, 0A in 540 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 4/24/15 vs NYCFC in 1-0 win.

LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/12/12 vs. DAL (Meram 67’) (CLB) - Born in Harvey, IL. - Played collegiately at Loyola University Chicago - Spent the first four seasons of his professional career with the Columbus Crew.

- Joined the Fire via trade with Orlando City SC on Dec. 10, 2014 after he was selected in the Expansion Draft. #77 Kennedy Igboananike – 2015: 5 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 208 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 16 mins. 4/4/15 in 3-2 win vs TOR - Joined the Fire as a Designated Player on Dec. 2, 2014 from Swedish Allsvenskan side AIK - Holds dual Nigerian and Swedish citizenship - Began his professional career with Djurgarden IF in Sweden on June 19, 2007 Jason Johnson – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min Last MLS Match: Played 1 min. 10/8/14 vs Toronto in1-0 win (HOU) Last MLS Goal : 9/8/2013 vs New York Red Bulls (17”) (HOU) Last MLS Assist: Has not assisted in a MLS match -Joined the Fire via trade with Houston Dynamo on 4/ 13/15 -Has three caps with the Jamaican National Team #25 Sean Johnson – 2015: 4 GP/4 GS, 0G, 0A in 360 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 4/24/15 in 1-0 win vs NYCFC LAST MLS WIN: 4/24/15 vs NYCFC, 1-0 win LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 4/24/15 vs NYCFC, 1-0 win LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/12/12 at PHI (Rolfe 56’) - Has five appearances for the senior U.S. Men’s National Team, helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup - Earned his first international start Jan. 29, 2013 and earned the shutout in a 0-0 draw with Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium - At age 21, was the youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire after making his debut on August 1, 2010

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- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015 #3 Joevin Jones – 2015: 6 GP/6 GS, 1G, 1A in 489 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 mins on 4/24/15 in 1-0 win over NYCFC. LAST MLS GOAL: 4/5/15 vs TOR (14”) LAST MLS ASSIST: 3/22/15 at SJ (Harry Shipp 29’) - Joined the Fire from W Connection after his loan with Finnish Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki - A Trinidad and Tobago international, made his senior debut on Sept. 7, 2010 and has since earned 37 caps.

#15 Victor Perez – 2015: 1 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 2 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 2 min. 4/4/15 vs TOR in 3-2 win.

LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS match.

LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS match.

- Joined the Fire on loan from Spanish Segunda Division side Real Valladolid - Most recently featured for Spanish La Liga side Levante - Spent time in the Real Madrid and Getafe youth academies

#1 Alec Kann – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in an MLS first team match - Four-year standout at Furman Univ., had 18 shutouts and a 1.00 GAA in 65 starts - Joined the Fire from USL-PRO side Charleston Battery - In 2014, played 17 matches while on loan to Charlotte Eagles

#2 Matt Polster – 2015: 6 GP/5 GS, 0G, 0A in 444 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 minutes 4/24/15 vs NYCFC in 1-0 win.

- Was selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft - Played at SIU Edwardsville for four years - Was a member of the Chicago Fire PDL in 2014 - Made his professional debut on 3/6/15 against the LA Galaxy.

#20 Jeff Larentowicz – 2015: 6 GP/6 GS, 1G, 0A in 540 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 mins. 4/24/15 vs NYCFC in 1-0 win.

LAST MLS GOAL: 4/5/15 vs. TOR (68’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/30/14 vs. DAL (Earnshaw 83’) th - Selected in the fourth round (45 overall) in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft by the New England Revolution - Has reached the MLS Cup finals four times in his career; won the 2010 edition with the Colorado Rapids - Has been capped four times by the U.S. Men’s National Team

#21 Chris Ritter – 2015: 2 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 145 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 82 min. 4/4/15 vs TOR in 3-2 win.

LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in a MLS first team match - Chicago Fire Homegrown product, native of Winnetka, Ill. - Named 2012 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year after leading Northwestern to its second straight Big Ten regular season title - Made his Fire debut when he started against LA on June 1, 2014

#9 Mike Magee – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 86 min. 8/16/14 at MLT in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 8/10/14 vs. NY (38’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/12/14 at NE (Amarikwa 3’) - Joined the Fire on May 25, 2013 from the LA Galaxy - Named 2013 Volkswagen MLS MVP - Two-time MLS Cup champion with the Galaxy in 2011 & 2012 - A Chicago native, spent two years at the U.S. Soccer Residency program - Has 42 career regular season goal and 24 assists in 235 games - In 20 post-season matches, scored 8 goals and 1 assist.

#19 Harry Shipp –2015: 6 GP/6 GS, 1G, 3A in 540 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 4/24/15 vs NYCFC in 1-0 win.

LAST MLS GOAL: 3/22/15 at SJ (29’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/5/15 vs TOR, (Larentowicz 68’) - Lake Forest, Ill. product, signed a Homegrown contract with the Fire - 2013 ACC Offensive Player of the Year and All-ACC First Team honors after finishing his senior season at Notre Dame with 12 goals and 10 assists - Led Notre Dame to the 2013 NCAA College Cup championship - Finalist for 2014 MLS Rookie of the Year award

#10 Shaun Maloney – 2015: 5 GP/5 GS, 0G, 0A in 450 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 4/24/15 in 1-0 win over NYCFC LAST MLS GOAL: 4/5/15 vs TOR (56”) LAST MLS ASSIST:4/5/15 vs TOR, (Jones 14’) -. Joined the Fire on Jan. 25, 2015 as a Designated Player from English Championship side Wigan Athletic - Made his professional debut with Celtic in 2001.

- Earned both the SPFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year honours in 2006 - Joined English Premier League side Aston Villa in 2007 - Made his senior Scottish debut in 2005. Has 36 caps and has scored four times for Scotland

#26 Michael Stephens – 2015: 5 GP/4 GS, 0G, 0A in 281 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 8 min. 4/4/15 vs TOR in 3-2 win.

LAST MLS GOAL: 9/14/13 at NE (81’) (LA) LAST MLS ASSIST: 3/3/13 vs. CHI (Keane 80’) (LA) - Naperville, IL native, spent time with the U.S. Soccer Residency Program in Bradenton - Graduated from UCLA with a degree in history th - Selected in the first round (16 overall) by the LA Galaxy in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft - Won back-to-back MLS Cups with the Galaxy in 2011 & 2012 - Spent the 2014 season in Norway at Stabaek - Part of the Chicago Fire Super-20 championship side in 2008

#14 Patrick Nyarko – 2015: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 21 min. 10/18/14 at DC in a 2-1 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 5/10/14 at NY (64’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/18/14 at DC (Shipp 67’) - Team leader in assists the past three seasons with ten (2010), nine (2011) and seven (2012) - Has appeared in more matches than any other Fire player over the past four seasons with 121 games played - Made debut for Ghana in 1-1 draw vs. Chile on 2/29/12 - Was the most fouled player in MLS during the 2012 season, suffering 78 fouls

#8 Matthew Watson – 2015: 3 GP/3 GS, 0G, 0A in 170 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 mins 4/24/15 vs NYCFC in 1-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 9/20/14 vs. DC (78’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/23/14 at SJ (Ward 75’) - Native of Redditch, England, spent two seasons at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

- Prior to joining MLS, spent time in the NASL, USL PRO and MISL.

#5 Lovel Palmer – 2015: 4 GP/4 GS, 0G, 0A in 360 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 3/29/15 vs PHI in 1-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 8/13/14 vs. TOR (11’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/23/14 at TOR (Amarikwa 90’) - Began his professional career with Jamaican First Division side Harbour View FC in 1999, appearing in 143 matches.

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- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

Chicago Fire at LA Galaxy The Stubhub Center | Carson, LA | MLS Regular Season | March 6, 2015 Attendance: 27,000

Chicago Fire vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC Toyota Park I Bridgeview, IL I MLS Regular Season I March 14, 2015 Attendance 15, 731

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jeff Larentowicz ©, Eric Gehrig, Joevin Jones; Chris Ritter (Matt Polster 63’); Matthew Watson (Michael Stephens 56’), Shaun Maloney, Harry Shipp; Kennedy Igboananike (Guly do Prado 18’), Quincy Amarikwa

Chicago Fire: Jon Bush, Eric Gehrig, Jell Larentowicz ©, Adailton, Lovel Palmer, Matt Polster (Kennedy Igboananike 59’), Mi chael Stephens (Alex 82’), Shaun Maloney, Harry Shipp, Joevin Jones, Quincy Amarikwa (Guly do Prado 76’)

Subs not used: Jon Busch, Greg Cochrane, Alex, Adailton

Subs not used : Alec Kann, Greg Cochrane, Chris Ritter, Matthew Watson

LA Galaxy: Brian Rowe, Dan Gargan (A.J. DeLaGarza 83’), Omar Gonzalez, Leonardo, Robbie Rogers, Jose Villareal (Alan Gordon 70’), Juninho, Kenney Walker (Baggio Husidic 63’), Stefan Ishizaki, Gyasi Zardes, ©Robbie Keane.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted; Sam Adekugbe, Kendal Waston, Pa Moudo Kah, Steven Beitashour, Matias Laba, Mauro Rosales (Nicolas Mezquida 45+’), Russell teibert, Kekuta Manneh, Pedro Morales ©; Octavio Rivero

Subs not used: Todd Dunivant, Rafael Garcia, Brian Perk, Bradford Jameson

Subs not used: Paolo Tornaghi; Jordan Harvey, Diego Rodriguez, Gershon Koffie, Erik Hurtado, Darren Mattocks

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

CHI 8 1 3 15 2 2

LA 13 5 1 15 2 4

Scoring Summary: LA – Jose Villareal (unassisted) 65’ LA – Robbie Keane (Baggio Husidic, Omar Gonzalez) 81’

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

CHI 13 4 5 11 0 5

VAN 18 6 4 25 2 2

Scoring Summary: VAN – Octavio Rivero (Steven Beitashour) 86’ Misconduct Summary CHI – Matt Polster (caution) 4’ VAN – Kendall Waston (caution) 22’ VAN – Pedro Morales (caution) 66’ VAN – Nicolas Mezquida (caution) 76’ VAN – Octavio Rivero (caution) 82’ CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (caution) 90+6’

Misconduct Summary: CHI – Shaun Maloney (caution) 22’ LA – Kenney Walker (caution) 61’ CHI – Guly do Prado (caution) 75’

Chicago Fire at San Jose Earthquakes Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA I MLS Regular Season I March 22, 2015 Attendance 18,000

Chicago Fire vs. Philadelphia Union Toyota Park I Bridgeview, IL I MLS Regular Season I March 29, 2015 Attendance 12,815

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Eric Gehrig, Jeff Larentowicz ©, Adailton, Lovel Palmer, Matt Polster, Harry Shipp, Michael Stephens (Kennedy Igboananike 67’), Shaun Maloney, Joevin Jones (David Accam 46’), Quincy Amarikwa (Guly do Prado 74’).

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Eric Gehrig, ©Jeff Larentowicz, Adailton, Lovel Palmer, Harry Shipp, Matt Polster, Michael Stephens, Joevin Jones (Guly do Prado 84), Kennedy Igboananike (Matt Watson 66), Quincy Amarikwa.

Subs not used: Jon Busch, Alex, Matthew Watson, Chris Ritter

Subs not used: Jon Busch, Greg Cochrane, Chris Ritter, Collin Fernandez, Kingsley Bryce

San Jose Earthquakes: David Bingham, Marvell Wynne, Clarence Goodson, Ty Harden, Shaun Francis, Sanna Nyassi (Cordell Cato 87’), JJ Koval, Fatai Alashe, Innocent Immeghara (Shea Salinas 76’), Marias Perez Garcia (Adam Jahn 83’), Chris Wondolowski ©

Philadelphia Union: Rais Mbolhi, Fabinho, Ethan White (Eric Ayuk Mbu 83), Steven Vitoria, Raymon Gaddis, Michael Lahoud, ©Maurice Edu, Vincent Nogueira (Fred 67), Andrew Wenger (Antoine Hoppenot 86), Sebastien Le Toux, Fernando Aristeguieta.

Subs: Bryan Meredith, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Leandro Barrera, Tommy Thompson

Subs not used: John McCarthy, Raymond Lee, Brian Carroll, Richie Marquez

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

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

CHI 12 4 4 17 2 3

SJ 15 6 3 14 3 9

Scoring Summary SJ – Fatai Alashe (Clarence Goodson, Ty Harden) 5’ SJ – Ty Harden (unassisted) 21’ CHI – Harry Shipp (Joevin Jones) 29’

Misconduct Summary CHI – Matt Polster (caution) 26’

CHI 16 3 0 12 3 5

PHI 7 0 2 10 5 4

Scoring Summary CHI – Adailton (Harry Shipp) 37’ Misconduct Summary PHI – Fred (ejection) 72’ CHI – Sean Johnson (caution) 80’ PHI – Maurice Edu (caution) 90’

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- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

Chicago Fire vs Toronto FC Toyota Park I Bridgeview, Illinois I MLS Regular Season I April 4, 2015 Attendance 13,818

Chicago Fire vs New York City FC Toyota Park I Bridgeview, Illinois I MLS Regular Season I April 24, 2015 Attendance 19, 124

Chicago Fire: Jon Busch, Eric Gehrig, ©Jeff Larentowicz, Adailton, Joevin Jones, Harry Shipp, Matt Polster (Victor Perez 88), Michael Stephens (Chris Ritter 8), David Accam, Shaun Maloney, Quincy Amarikwa (Kennedy Igboananike 74).

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Eric Gehrig, ©Jeff Larentowicz, Adailton, Joevin Jones, David Accam, Matt Polster, Matt Watson, Harry Shipp, Shaun Maloney, Guly do Prado (Quincy Amarikwa 66).

Subs not used: Alec Kann, Lovel Palmer, Matt Watson, Guly do Prado

Subs not used: Jon Busch, Lovel Palmer, Kennedy Igboananike, Jason Johnson, Chris Ritter, Razvan Cocis

Toronto FC: Joe Bendik, Warren Creavalle, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow, Ashtone Morgan (Daniel Lovitz 88), Benoit Cheyrou, Michael Bradley, Giovinco, Jonathan Osorio (Bright Dike 81), Robbie Findley, Jozy Altidore.

Subs not used: Chris Konopka, Collen Warner, Marco Delgado, Clement Simonin Stats Shots Shots(on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 14 8 1 20 8 8

TOR 11 3 6 10 1 2

Scoring Summary CHI – Joevin Jones (Shaun Maloney) 14 TOR – Giovinco (Ashtone Morgan) 20 TOR – Benoit Cheyrou (Giovinco) 54 CHI – Shaun Maloney (Harry Shipp) 56 CHI – Jeff Larentowicz (Harry Shipp) 68 Misconduct Summary: TOR – Warren Creavalle (caution) 5 CHI – Adailton (caution) 32 TOR – Warren Creavalle (ejection) 67 CHI – Eric Gehrig (caution) 73 TOR – Justin Morrow (caution)

New York City FC: Ryan Meara, Chris Wingert, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Javier Calle (Matthew Dunn 38), Jeb Brovsky, Andrew Jacobson, Mehdi Ballouchy (Sebastian Velasquez 72), ©Ned Grabavoy, Mix Diskerud, Adam Nemec (Patrick Mullins 34), Khiry Shelton.

Subs not used: Erik Johansen, Kwadwo Poku, Pablo Alvarez,

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

CHI 24 7 4 10 2 7

NYCFC 8 4 7 12 0 3

Scoring Summary: CHI – David Accam (unassisted) 20

Misconduct Summary: NYC – Andrew Jacobson (ejection) 23 NYC – Jeb Brovsky (caution) 26 CHI – Matt Watson (caution) 28 CHI – Adailton (caution) 90+3

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- at Sporting Kansas City –May 3, 2015

3-6-15 at LA, 2-0 L GK Johnson D Palmer D Larentowicz © D Gehrig D Jones M Ritter (Polster 63’) M Watson (Stephens 56’) M Maloney M Shipp F Igboananike (do Prado 72’) F Amarikwa

3-14-15 vs VAN, 1-0 L GK Busch D Adailton D Palmer D Gehrig D Larentowicz M Polster (Igboananike 59’) M Jones M Maloney M Shipp M Stephens (Alex 82’) F Amarikwa (do Prado 76’)

4/5/15 vs TOR, 3-2 W GK Busch D Jones 1 D Adailton D Gehrig D Larentowicz © 1 M Polster (Perez 88’) M Accam M Shipp M Stephens (Ritter 8’) F Maloney 1 F Amarikwa (Igboananike 74’)

4-24-15 vs NYCFC, 1-0 W GK Johnson D Jones D Adailton D Larentowicz © D Gehrig M Accam 1 M Polster M Watson M Shipp F Maloney F do Prado (Amarikwka 66’)

3-22-15 at SJ, 2-1 L GK Johnson D Gehrig D Adailton D Larentowicz © D Palmer M Polster M Shipp 1 M Stephens (Igboananike 67’) M Maloney M Jones (Accam 46’) F Amarikwa (do Prado 74’)

3-29-15 vs PHI, 1-0 W GK Johnson D Gehrig D Adailton 1 D Larentowicz © D Jones M Shipp M Polster M Stephens M Jones (do Prado 84’) F Amarikwa F Igboananike (Watson 66’)

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