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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. ATLANTA UNITED CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 8 p.m. CT (FS1 / FOX Deportes)

Sun., May 5, 2019 (Week 10, MLS Game #120)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas 2 Botond Barath DF 6-2 165 04/21/1992 Budapest, Hungary 5 4 0 0 5 4 0 0 3 Abdul Rwatubyaye DF 6-1 175 10/23/1996 Kigali, Rwanda 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 Andreu Fontas DF 6-1 190 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 5 5 0 0 7 6 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 6 6 0 0 263 257 3 18 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 8 7 1 1 75 74 5 7 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 170 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 8 7 4 3 38 31 14 13 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 7 7 0 2 259 219 28 65 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 8 7 6 1 66 41 18 11 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 7 4 0 0 39 23 3 3 MF 5-8 150 12/02/1991 Federal Way, WA 8 3 0 1 214 163 29 41 11 Kelyn Rowe 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 7 7 0 2 70 50 13 9 Gianluca Busio MF 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 7 4 3 0 14 5 4 1 13 14 Nicolas Hasler DF 5-9 174 05/04/1991 Vaduz, Liechtenstein 5 2 0 0 39 30 3 4 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 5 4 0 0 213 201 1 11 15 Seth Sinovic 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 185 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 4 4 0 2 226 206 8 34 17 Roger Espinoza 18 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Erik Hurtado FW 5-10 185 11/15/1990 Fredricksburg, VA 0 0 0 0 105 47 12 10 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 5 0 0 0 56 38 14 9 Felipe Gutierrez MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 8 7 4 1 28 25 11 3 21 22 Rodney Wallace DF 6-0 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 204 161 24 29 Tyler Freeman FW 5-10 150 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 24 Gedion Zelalem MF 5-11 155 01/26/1997 Berlin, Germany 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 7 7 0 0 128 127 0 0 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 75 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 0 0 0 0 86 62 5 4 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W135 L101 T86

ATLANTA UNITED 2019 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 209 09/09/1984 Evergreen Park, IL 7 7 0 0 133 132 0 0 1 Brad Guzan 2 Franco Escobar DF 5-10 165 02/21/1995 Rosario, Argentina 3 2 0 0 25 22 1 0 DF 5-11 160 01/24/1984 Providence, RI 6 5 0 0 287 284 1 6 3 Michael Parkhurst 4 Florentin Pogba DF 6-3 200 08/19/1990 Conakry, Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Leandro Gonzalez Pirez DF 6-1 200 02/26/1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina 7 7 0 0 71 71 2 5 6 Darlington Nagbe MF 5-9 165 07/19/1990 Monrovia, Liberia 7 6 0 1 244 232 27 34 FW 5-8 165 05/19/1993 Valencia, Venezuela 7 7 2 0 61 58 52 7 7 Josef Martinez 8 Ezequiel Barco MF 5-5 150 03/29/1999 Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina 7 5 3 0 33 24 7 3 FW 5-11 190 08/15/1994 Portmore, Jamaica 1 0 0 0 20 0 1 0 9 Romario Williams 10 Pity Martinez MF 5-7 155 06/13/1993 Guaymallen, Argentina 6 3 0 0 6 3 0 0 11 Eric Remedi MF 5-7 159 06/04/1995 Parana, Argentina 6 5 0 0 19 17 0 1 12 Miles Robinson DF 6-2 185 03/14/1997 Arlington, MA 7 7 0 0 17 10 0 0 13 Brendan Moore GK 6-3 192 04/16/1992 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Hector Villalba FW 5-8 165 07/26/1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 5 0 2 68 60 20 22 18 Jeff Larentowicz MF 6-1 170 08/05/1983 Pasadena, CA 6 5 0 1 397 376 40 23 19 Brandon Vazquez FW 6-2 200 10/14/1998 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 1 Brek Shea DF 6-3 170 02/28/1990 College Station, TX 7 5 0 0 204 151 29 24 20 21 George Bello DF 5-7 160 01/22/2002 Abuja, Nigeria 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 22 Mikey Ambrose DF 5-9 155 10/05/1993 El Paso, TX 2 2 0 0 23 16 0 2 23 Lagos Kunga FW 5-8 150 10/20/1998 Luanda, Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 6-1 185 12/16/1993 Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany 7 6 1 2 72 63 10 25 24 Julian Gressel 25 Alec Kann GK 6-4 200 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 0 0 0 0 27 27 0 1 26 Jon Gallagher FW 5-9 150 02/23/1996 Dundalk, Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Chris Goslin MF 5-9 180 05/12/2000 Locust Grove, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Dion Pereira MF 5-8 150 03/25/1999 Watford, England 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 Andrew Carleton MF 5-7 150 06/22/2000 Powder Springs, GA 3 0 0 0 11 2 0 1 Anderson Asiedu MF 5-6 155 06/12/1996 Dormaa Ahenkro, Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 32 Kevin Kratz MF 5-8 165 01/21/1987 Eschweiler, Germany 1 0 0 0 48 7 3 2 33 Gordon Wild MF 5-10 172 10/16/1995 Leonberg, Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ON LOAN Jose Hernandez DF 5-7 145 06/26/1997 Caracas, Venezuela 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Patrick Okonkwo FW 6-0 0 04/23/1998 Lagos, Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Frank de Boer

05/15/1970 W2 L3 T2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. ATLANTA UNITED Sunday, May 5, 2019; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 8 p.m. CT REFEREES

2019 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 8 2-2-4 10 19 15 at home 4 2-0-2 8 15 7 ATLUTD on road

REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Logan Brown; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Rosendo Mendoza; VAR: Geoff Gamble; AVAR: Joshua Patlak TEAM NEWS

7 2-3-2 8 6 8 3 1-2-0 3 2 4

ALL-TIME: Sporting 1 win, 3 goals … ATLUTD 0 wins, 1 goal … Ties 0

SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Felipe Gutierrez, Krisztian Nemeth ... ATL: Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Jeff Larentowicz

AT KC: Sporting 0 wins, 1 goal … ATLUTD 0 wins, 1 goal … Ties 0

DISABLED LIST: KC: Jaylin Lindsey INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/9: ATL 0, KC 2 (Salloi 67; Fernandes 87)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 4 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 4 Scoring Summary: NE--J. Caicedo 1 (Agudelo 1, Caldwell 1) 18 KC--Nemeth 5 (Zusi 2, Rowe 1) 33 NE--J. Caicedo 2 (Buchanan 1) 35 NE--Agudelo 1 (unassisted) 42 KC--Gutierrez 3 (penalty kick) 60 NE--Jones 1 (unassisted) 66 KC--Gutierrez 4 (unassisted) 70 KC--Nemeth 6 (Russell 3) 83

UPCOMING MATCHES ATLUTD SPORTING Wed. May 8 Toronto FC Sun. May 12 at D.C. United Sun. May 12 Orlando City SC Sat. May 18 Vancouver Wed. May 15 at Vancouver Sun. May 26 Seattle Sun. May 19 at Red Bulls Wed. May 29 LA Galaxy

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 19 38

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Abdul Rwatubyaye (Nicolas Hasler 91+), Andreu Fontas, Yohan Croizet, Gianluca Busio (Ilie Sanchez 45), Felipe Gutierrez, Kelyn Rowe, Johnny Russell, Krisztian Nemeth, Gerso Fernandes (Daniel Salloi 75).

ATLUTD

SPORTING

A 15 48

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 6 105

A 8 79

5 0 1 0

5 3 0 0

4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 5 0

2 4 2

HOW SCORED

8 9 2 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

10 4 1 0

TYPE OF PLAY

10 2 2 0 3 1 0 1

11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0

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

5 12 2

4 11 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

ATLANTA UNITED 1 COLORADO RAPIDS 0 Scoring Summary: ATL--Gressel 1 (Nagbe 1) 74 ATLANTA UNITED--Brad Guzan, Franco Escobar, Miles Robinson, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Brek Shea (Eric Remedi 71), Julian Gressel, Jeff Larentowicz, Pity Martinez (Hector Villalba 71), Ezequiel Barco (Michael Parkhurst 83), Darlington Nagbe, Josef Martinez.

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC ATL

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

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 2-1-1 0-1-3 2-0-1 0-3-1

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/30/2019 KC 7, MTL 1 10/21/2018 KC 3, DAL 0 7/28/2018 KC 2, DAL 3 4/20/2019 KC 1, SJ 4 4/27/2019 KC 4, NE 4 3/10/2019 KC 2, PHI 0 9/23/2018 KC 0, PHI 2

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

LWTWTTLT LTTLWLW

(2) (4) (10) (0) (0) (6) (13)

ATLANTA UNITED Date Score (Gms since) 4/27/2019 ATL 1, COL 0 (0) 4/13/2019 ATL 2, NE 0 (0) 4/20/2019 ATL 1, DAL 2 (1) 3/30/2019 ATL 0, CLB 2 (1) 3/17/2019 ATL 1, PHI 1 (4) 4/27/2019 ATL 1, COL 0 (0) 3/30/2019 ATL 0, CLB 2 (3)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 6 Nemeth A: 3 Russell SHT: 26 Nemeth SOG: 10 Nemeth FC: 12 Nemeth FS: 17 Fernandes OF: 5 Fernandes/Nemeth C: 3 Gutierrez/Nemeth E: 1 Espinoza ATLUTD G: 3 Barco A: 2 Gressel/Villalba SHT: 21 Martinez SOG: 7 Barco/Martinez FC: 13 Gonzalez Pirez FS: 19 Barco OF: 4 Gressel/Martinez C: 3 Gonzalez/Larentowicz E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 8 0 4 2 0 2 19 2.38 ATL 7 2 4 1 0 0 6 0.86 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 8 1 3 2 0 2 15 1.88 ATL 7 2 2 3 0 0 8 1.14 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 19 2 2 3 2 4 6 ATL 6 1 1 0 1 2 1 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 15 2 2 2 4 3 2 ATL 8 2 0 2 2 0 2

2019 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (2-2-4, 10 pts.) UNF 9 7 21 13 6 12 8 17 11 3 1 4 2 20 24 5 14 14 22 15 29 10

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

PLAYER Krisztian Nemeth Johnny Russell Felipe Gutierrez Gianluca Busio Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Kelyn Rowe Abdul Rwatubyaye Adrian Zendejas Andreu Fontas Botond Barath Daniel Salloi Gedion Zelalem Matt Besler Nicolas Hasler (KC) Nicolas Hasler (TOT) Rodney Wallace Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Yohan Croizet Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 4 8 2 1 5 5 5 1 6 2 5 1 5 7 7

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

MIN 650 649 606 340 641 571 630 284 330 164 90 428 382 83 56 465 91 164 27 423 630 374

8 8

720 720

G 6 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 15

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

SHT 26 21 20 9 7 6 11 4 6 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 7

SOG 10 8 9 6 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4

13 14

127 99

45 39

FC 12 6 9 5 7 8 6 10 7 3 0 4 9 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 7

FS 4 11 10 5 8 17 8 7 6 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 5

OFF 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

CK 0 30 8 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

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

100 101 101 100

13 17

44 31

22 22

1 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 1, Ilie Sanchez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Felipe Gutierrez 1, Gerso Fernandes 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Felipe Gutierrez 2-2, Ilie Sanchez 1-1, Krisztian Nemeth 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Adrian Zendejas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 1 8 8

GS 7 1 8 8

MIN SHTS 630 35 90 4 720 39 720 45

SV 21 3 24 26

GA 14 1 15 19

GAA 2 1 1.88 2.38

PG 0 1 1 3

PA 2 1 3 4

W 2 0 2 2

L 2 0 2 2

T 3 1 4 4

SO 1 0 1 0

2019 ATLANTA UNITED STATISTICS (2-3-2, 8 pts.) UNF 8 7 24 15 6 18 30 1 20 28 11 2 32 5 3 22 12 10 9

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

PLAYER Ezequiel Barco Josef Martinez Julian Gressel Hector Villalba Darlington Nagbe Jeff Larentowicz Andrew Carleton Brad Guzan Brek Shea Dion Pereira Eric Remedi Franco Escobar Kevin Kratz Leandro Gonzalez Pirez Michael Parkhurst Mikey Ambrose Miles Robinson Pity Martinez Romario Williams Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 7 7 7 6 7 6 3 7 7 1 6 3 1 7 6 2 7 6 1

GS 5 7 6 5 6 5 0 7 5 0 5 2 0 7 5 2 7 3 0

MIN 467 621 561 378 571 452 64 630 471 10 393 155 1 630 426 149 630 294 27

7 7

630 630

G 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6

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

SHT 14 21 19 14 5 1 1 0 4 0 4 2 0 6 1 0 3 6 2

SOG 7 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1

FC 2 4 8 2 1 9 1 0 6 0 3 2 0 13 2 2 10 3 0

FS 19 3 1 1 5 3 1 0 3 0 7 2 0 18 2 0 4 8 0

OFF 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 13 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0

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

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

11 6

61 103

23 32

80 68

68 80

23 8

19 38

13 10

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Julian Gressel 1, Ezequiel Barco 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Darlington Nagbe 1, Hector Villalba 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Josef Martinez 1-1 ATLANTA UNITED GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Brad Guzan Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 7 7

GS 7 7 7

MIN SHTS 630 23 630 23 630 32

SV 14 14 25

GA 8 8 6

GAA 1.14 1.14 0.86

PG 0 0 1

PA 1 1 1

W 2 2 3

L 3 3 2

T 2 2 2

SO 2 2 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar.

RESULT L 1-2

ATT 22099

W-L-T 0-1-0

W 2-0 T 1-1 W 7-1

18738 11037 18632

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

7 6 5

T 1-1

26023

2-1-2

T 2-2

17897

2-1-3

Sat. Apr.

7 at FC Cincinnati 14 New York Red Bulls 20 at San Jose

L 1-4

15777

2-2-3

Sat. Apr.

27 New England

T 4-4

18511

2-2-4

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

May May May May May June June June June

Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.

July July July July July

5 Atlanta 12 at D.C. United 18 Vancouver 26 Seattle 29 Los Angeles 1 at Houston 7 at Toronto FC 23 at Columbus 29 at Real Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles FC 6 Chicago 13 at Vancouver 20 FC Dallas 26 at New York City FC 4 at Seattle 10 Real Salt Lake 14 at Orlando City SC 17 San Jose 22 Minnesota 31 Houston 7 at Portland 15 at Los Angeles 21 Colorado 25 at Minnesota 29 Portland 6 at FC Dallas

Sun. Mar. Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr.

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

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

OPPONENT 3 at Los Angeles FC 10 Philadelphia 17 at Colorado 30 Montreal

POS PTS NOTES: 12 0 KC: Nemeth (16); LFC: Rossi (47) Diomande (94+) 3 KC: Sanchez (11) own goal (80); 4 KC: Russell (88); COL: Rubio (54) 7 KC: Russell (10,50) Nemeth (43,68,84) Gutierrez (47+) Busio (78); MTL: Taider (89) 8 KC: Busio (62); CIN: Mattocks (19) 9 KC: Russell (24) Busio (88); NYR: Royer (52) White (75) 9 KC: Gutierrez (66); SJ: Hoesen (6,12) Salinas (46) Eriksson (61) 10 KC: Nemeth (33,83) Gutierrez (60,70); NE: Caicedo (18,35) Agudelo (42) Jones (66)

ATLANTA UNITED 2019 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun. Wed. Sun.

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

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

May June June June July July

Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat.

July July July July

Sat. Aug. Sun. Aug. Sun. Aug. Fri. Aug. Sat. Aug. Sat. Sep. Wed. Sep. Sat. Sep. Wed. Sep. Sun. Sep. Sun. Oct.

OPPONENT RESULT 3 at D.C. United L 0-2 10 FC Cincinnati T 1-1 17 Philadelphia T 1-1 30 at Columbus L 0-2 13 at New England W 2-0 20 FC Dallas L 1-2 27 Colorado W 1-0 5 at Sporting KC 8 Toronto FC 12 Orlando City SC 15 at Vancouver 19 at New York Red Bulls 24 at Real Salt Lake 29 Minnesota 1 Chicago 26 at Toronto FC 29 Montreal 3 at Chicago 7 New York Red Bulls 14 at Seattle 17 Houston 21 D.C. United 27 at Los Angeles FC 3 Los Angeles 11 New York City FC 18 at Portland 23 at Orlando City SC 31 at Philadelphia 14 Columbus 18 at FC Cincinnati 21 San Jose 25 at New York City FC 29 at Montreal 6 New England

ATT 16942 70382 42651 10973 15016 43351 43005

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

POS PTS NOTES: 11 0 DC: Arriola (46+) Acosta (58) 9 1 ATL: Martinez (5); CIN: Lamah (86) 9 2 ATL: Barco (70); PHI: Aaronson (47) 12 2 CLB: Santos (2) Zardes (39) 9 5 ATL: Barco (29,49); 11 5 ATL: Martinez (97+); DAL: Ferreira (6) Acosta (84) 10 8 ATL: Gressel (74);

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 3 Krisztian Nemeth Assists 2 Roger Espinoza 2 Gerso Fernandes Shots 7 Krisztian Nemeth Shots on Goal 3 Krisztian Nemeth 3 Krisztian Nemeth Fouls Committed 5 Roger Espinoza Fouls Suffered 5 Gerso Fernandes Offside 2 4 times Saves 5 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 4 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia

Goals 7 03/30/2019 vs Assists 7 03/30/2019 vs Shots 20 04/14/2019 vs Shots on Goal 9 03/30/2019 vs Fouls Committed 17 03/03/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 16 03/17/2019 vs 16 04/14/2019 vs 16 04/27/2019 vs Corner Kicks 9 04/27/2019 vs Offside 3 03/10/2019 vs 3 04/07/2019 vs Saves 5 03/10/2019 vs Shots Faced 7 04/20/2019 vs 7 04/27/2019 vs Goals Allowed 4 04/20/2019 vs 4 04/27/2019 vs

03/30/2019 vs MTL

W 7-1

03/30/2019 vs MTL 03/30/2019 vs MTL

W 7-1 W 7-1

04/27/2019 vs NE

T 4-4

03/30/2019 vs MTL 04/27/2019 vs NE

W 7-1 T 4-4

03/03/2019 vs LFC

L 1-2

03/30/2019 vs MTL

W 7-1

03/10/2019 vs PHI

W 2-0

03/10/2019 vs PHI

W 2-0

04/20/2019 vs SJ 04/27/2019 vs NE

L 1-4 T 4-4

04/20/2019 vs SJ 04/27/2019 vs NE

L 1-4 T 4-4

MTL

W 7-1

MTL

W 7-1

NYR

T 2-2

MTL

W 7-1

LFC

L 1-2

COL NYR NE

T 1-1 T 2-2 T 4-4

T 4-4

PHI CIN

W 2-0 T 1-1

PHI

W 2-0

SJ NE

L 1-4 T 4-4

SJ NE

L 1-4 T 4-4

UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)

Goals 2 Ezequiel Barco Assists 2 Hector Villalba Shots 5 4 times Shots on Goal 3 Josef Martinez Fouls Committed 4 Leandro Gonzalez Pirez 4 Jeff Larentowicz 4 Leandro Gonzalez Pirez Fouls Suffered 7 Leandro Gonzalez Pirez Offside 3 Josef Martinez Saves 4 Brad Guzan 4 Brad Guzan Shots Faced 6 Brad Guzan 6 Brad Guzan Goals Allowed 2 Brad Guzan 2 Brad Guzan 2 Brad Guzan

Goals 2 04/13/2019 at Assists 2 03/17/2019 at 2 04/13/2019 at Shots 22 04/20/2019 at Shots on Goal 8 04/13/2019 at 8 04/20/2019 at Fouls Committed 14 04/13/2019 at Fouls Suffered 18 04/20/2019 at Corner Kicks 10 04/20/2019 at Offside 3 03/03/2019 at 3 03/30/2019 at Saves 4 03/03/2019 at 4 04/20/2019 at Shots Faced 6 03/03/2019 at 6 04/20/2019 at Goals Allowed 2 03/03/2019 at 2 03/30/2019 at 2 04/20/2019 at

04/13/2019 at NE

W 2-0

04/13/2019 at NE

W 2-0

04/13/2019 at NE

W 2-0

04/20/2019 at DAL

L 1-2

03/17/2019 at PHI

T 1-1

04/13/2019 at NE 04/20/2019 at DAL

W 2-0 L 1-2

04/20/2019 at DAL

L 1-2

03/03/2019 at DC

L 0-2

03/03/2019 at DC 04/20/2019 at DAL

L 0-2 L 1-2

03/03/2019 at DC 04/20/2019 at DAL

L 0-2 L 1-2

03/03/2019 at DC 03/30/2019 at CLB 04/20/2019 at DAL

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019) Shots 9 03/17/2019 vs Shots on Goal 4 03/10/2019 vs 4 03/17/2019 vs 4 04/07/2019 vs Fouls Committed 10 04/14/2019 vs Fouls Suffered 9 04/20/2019 vs Corner Kicks 0 03/03/2019 vs Offside 0 04/20/2019 vs Saves 1 03/17/2019 vs 1 03/30/2019 vs Shots Faced 2 03/17/2019 vs 2 03/30/2019 vs

COL

T 1-1

PHI COL CIN

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

NYR

T 2-2

L 1-4

LFC

L 1-2

L 1-4

COL MTL

T 1-1 W 7-1

COL MTL

T 1-1 W 7-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)

W 2-0

PHI NE

T 1-1 W 2-0

DAL

L 1-2

NE DAL

W 2-0 L 1-2

W 2-0

DAL

L 1-2

DAL

L 1-2

DC CLB

L 0-2 L 0-2

DC DAL

L 0-2 L 1-2

DC DAL

L 0-2 L 1-2

DC CLB DAL

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

Shots 9 03/03/2019 at Shots on Goal 2 03/03/2019 at 2 03/17/2019 at Fouls Committed 7 03/30/2019 at Fouls Suffered 6 03/03/2019 at 6 03/10/2019 at Corner Kicks 3 03/03/2019 at 3 03/17/2019 at Offside 0 03/10/2019 at 0 03/17/2019 at 0 04/27/2019 at Saves 0 03/10/2019 at Shots Faced 1 03/10/2019 at 1 04/13/2019 at

L 0-2

DC PHI

L 0-2 T 1-1

CLB

L 0-2

DC CIN

L 0-2 T 1-1

DC PHI

L 0-2 T 1-1

CIN PHI COL

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

CIN

T 1-1

CIN NE

T 1-1 W 2-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

UNITED VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 1 wins, 3 goals United 0 wins, 1 goals 1 ties 8/6/2017 5/9/2018

KC 1 vs ATL 1 KC 2 at ATL 0

(SP) ()

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 0 14 1 9 1 3

2 3 18 5 14 5 3

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

United Tot 3 32 6 23 6 6

1 0 12 5 14 3 4

2 1 12 5 16 2 6

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 1 24 10 30 5 10

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: ATL KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

0 0

0 1

1 1

0 0

1 3

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes

vs. ATL

1-0-1

(2 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

1 2 6 2 6

Sporting KC 3 times Ilie Sanchez Roger Espinoza Daniel Salloi Ike Opara

1 0 6 2 4

Fouls Suffered

6 Latif Blessing

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

1 0 1 9 1

0 1 0 2 2

Tim Melia 39 times Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia

United Jacob Peterson 43 times Miguel Almiron Kratz/Martinez Leandro Gonzalez Pirez Leandro Gonzalez Pirez 43 times Paul Christensen 43 times Brad Guzan Paul Christensen

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 1 3 players tied

Goals Assists Shots

2 Ilie Sanchez (05/09/18) 4 Espinoza/Fernandes

Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

1 6 players tied 3 Ike Opara (twice)

Fouls Suffered

6 Latif Blessing (08/06/17) 1 Tim Melia (05/09/18) 8 Tim Melia (05/09/18) 1 Tim Melia (08/06/17)

Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

United 1 Jacob Peterson (08/06/17) None 4 Miguel Almiron (05/09/18) 2 Kratz/Martinez 4 Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (08/06/17) 3 Gonzalez/Asad None 2 Brad Guzan (08/06/17) 2 Paul Christensen (05/09/18)

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)

Atlanta United W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

1 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ts

(04/14/2019) (03/17/2019) (04/27/2019)

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

1 Ws (04/13/2019) 1 Ws (04/27/2019) 5 Ls (09/30/2018)

0-1-3 2-1-1

1 Ts 1 Ts

(04/27/2019) (04/14/2019)

0-3-1 2-0-1

2 Ls (03/30/2019) 2 Ws (04/13/2019)

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

2 Ls 1 Ls 1 Ts 4 Ws 1 Ts

(06/30/2018) (04/20/2019) (04/14/2019) (03/17/2018) (04/27/2019)

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

5 1 5 5 5

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

7 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ts 3 Ls 1 Ts

(08/04/2018) (04/07/2019) (04/14/2019) (07/14/2018) (04/27/2019)

2-0-0 10 Ws (03/31/2018) 0-0-2 2 Ts (03/10/2019) 0-3-0 4 Ls (09/30/2018) 0-0-0 1 Ws (09/19/2018) 0-0-0 2 Ls (03/03/2018)

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(03/03/2018) (04/27/2019) (08/24/2018) (03/11/2018) (03/17/2018)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (1-0-1) PLAYER Benny Feilhaber Gerso Fernandes Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

1 2 2 2 2 2

0 1 2 2 2 2

45 91 161 180 180 180

1 1 1 0 3 1

0 0 0 2 2 0

SHT GOALKEEPER 2 5 5 2 32 24

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

2 2 2

180 180 180

10 10 6

GAA

9 0.50 9 0.50 3 1.53

0 0 1

UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (0-1-1) PLAYER Jacob Peterson Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

1 2 2

0 2 2

23 180 180

1 1 3

0 0 2

2 24 32

GOALKEEPER Brad Guzan Paul Christensen Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 1 2 2

MIN SHTS 124 53 180 180

3 3 6 10

GAA

2 1 3 9

0.73 3.40 1.53 0.50

1 0 1 0

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNITED (1-0-1) PLAYER Rodney Wallace Gerso Fernandes Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Matt Besler Yohan Croizet Roger Espinoza Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Krisztian Nemeth Kelyn Rowe Johnny Russell Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

CURRENT UNITED VS. SPORTING KC (0-1-1)

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

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

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

209 91 35 161 180 180 71 180 97 180 43 99 82 90 90 180 180

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

2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

6 5 2 5 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 32 24

Darlington Nagbe Brek Shea Jeff Larentowicz Mikey Ambrose Ezequiel Barco Leandro Gonzalez Pirez Julian Gressel Brad Guzan Kevin Kratz Josef Martinez Michael Parkhurst Brandon Vazquez Hector Villalba Romario Williams Team totals Opponent totals

13 10 25 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 20 1 2 1 2 2

13 8 24 1 1 2 1 6 0 1 20 0 2 0 2 2

1127 639 2127 90 90 180 67 484 14 76 1800 7 120 14 180 180

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

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

17 16 18 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 24 32

MIN

SHT

GAA

GOALKEEPER

2 2 2

180 180 180

10 10 6

9 0.50 9 0.50 3 1.53

0 0 1

Brad Guzan Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6 2 2

MIN SHTS

GAA

484 180 180

17 1.86 3 1.53 9 0.50

2 1 0

27 6 10

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. ATLANTA UNITED FC

2019 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, May 5, 2019 Kickoff: 8 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 9 Sporting Kansas City 2-2-4, 10 points (2-0-2 home; 0-2-2 away) T-7th in MLS Western Conference Atlanta United FC 2-3-2, 8 points (1-1-2 home; 1-2-0 away) T-9th in MLS Eastern Conference

2-2-4 (10 pts.) 8 T-7th in West 19 2.38 13 15 1.88 +4 127 (45) 35.4% 100 101 22 1

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

Allen Chapman Logan Brown Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Rosendo Mendoza Geoff Gamble

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 29 75 94

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Botond Barath Abdul Rwatubyaye Andreu Fontas Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Kelyn Rowe Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Nicolas Hasler Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Erik Hurtado Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Rodney Wallace Tyler Freeman Gedion Zelalem Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas BOH-tond buh-RAT GWAH-too-BYAH-yay ahn-DRAY-oo BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh

ATLANTA UNITED FC

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

2-3-2 (8 pts.) 7 T-9th in East 6 0.86 6 8 1.14 -2 103 (32) 31.1% 68 80 10 0

2019 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

gram ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth CRAH-zay KELL-in JER-soh jahn-LUKA BOO-see-oh HAZZ-ler sin-OH-vick her-TAH-doh shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay

GEH-dee-on zeh-LAH-lem MEE-lia wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL muh-DRAHN-dah

Krisztian Nemeth Johnny Russell Krisztian Nemeth Krisztian Nemeth Ilie, Nemeth Gerso, Gutierrez Krisztian Nemeth Gerso Fernandes Gutierrez, Nemeth Roger Espinoza

6 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 26 SHOTS 10 SHOTS ON GOAL 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 12 FOULS COMMITTED 17 FOULS SUFFERED 3 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 630 Tim Melia 2.00 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia 21

2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

ATLANTA UNITED FC

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

3 Ezequiel Barco 2 Gressel, Villalba 21 Josef Martinez 7 Barco, Martinez 1 Barco, Gressel 1 Nagbe, Villalba 13 Leandro Gonzalez Pirez 19 Ezequiel Barco 3 Gonzalez Pirez, Larentowicz 0 N/A 630 1.14 2 2 14

Brad Guzan Brad Guzan Brad Guzan Brad Guzan Brad Guzan

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

Eastern Conference 1. Philadelphia Union 2. D.C. United 3. Montreal Impact 4. Toronto FC 5. Columbus Crew SC 6. Orlando City SC 7. New York City FC 8. Chicago Fire 9. New York Red Bulls 10. Atlanta United FC 11. FC Cincinnati 12. New England Revolution

Pts 17 17 17 13 13 12 12 9 8 8 8 8

W L T 5 3 2 5 3 2 5 3 2 4 2 1 4 5 1 3 3 3 2 1 6 2 4 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 6 2 2 6 2

GD +5 +3 -2 +6 -3 -1 -1 -1 0 -2 -8 -9

GP 10 10 10 7 10 9 9 9 8 7 10 10

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

Pts 23 22 18 17 16 14 10 10 8 7 6 2

W L T 7 1 2 7 1 1 5 1 3 5 2 2 5 1 1 4 3 2 3 5 1 2 2 4 2 5 2 2 5 1 1 5 3 0 7 2

GD GP +18 10 +7 9 +6 9 +5 9 +7 7 +3 9 -5 9 +4 8 -7 9 -8 8 -5 9 -12 9

PETER VERMES 11th season 135-101-86 11th season (.553) 135-101-86 (.553)

FRANK DE BOER

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

1st season 2-3-2 (.429) 1st season 2-3-2 (.429)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, May 2 QUESTIONABLE: • Andreu Fontas (Calf Injury) • Ilie Sanchez (Calf Injury) OUT: • Matt Besler (Hamstring Strain) • Roger Espinoza (PCL Sprain) • Gerso Fernandes (Broken Wrist) • Erik Hurtado (Knee Injury) • Jaylin Lindsey (Torn Meniscus) • Jimmy Medranda (Knee Injury) • Rodney Wallace (Hip Injury) 1

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2019 vs. Atlanta United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvATL: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvATL: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City remains at home this weekend looking to get back in the win column as the side hosts reigning MLS Cup champions Atlanta United FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday night. Despite finishing second and third in the 2018 Supporters’ Shield standings, both Atlanta and Sporting have begun the 2019 season slowly, sitting in 10th and eighth place in their conferences, respectively. Sporting KC is one of four teams that Atlanta is yet to beat in their two-and-a-half years of existence, along with FC Cincinnati, the Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC. The two sides met once in 2018, with Sporting KC becoming just the second team to beat Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the first team to keep a clean sheet during a 2-0 win on May 9. Atlanta were reduced to 10 men in the first half when Brad Guzan took out Khiry Shelton who was through on goal, giving Sporting the impetus for the remainder of the contest. The visitors took full advantage and second-half goals from Daniel Salloi and Gerso Fernandes sealed a famous victory. Sporting has only hosted Atlanta once - on August 6, 2017. Sporting KC took the lead in that match in the 59th minute when Benny Feilhaber stepped up to convert a penalty klick after Latif Blessing had been fouled by Leandro Gonzalez Pirez. However, former Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson pulled Atlanta level, firing home following a scramble in the area deep into second-half stoppage time to steal a 1-1 draw. #SKCvATL: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 1-0-1 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting is tied for second in MLS with 19 goals scored and ranks third with 2.38 goals per game. • Sporting has scored a league-best 10 goals in the final 30 minutes of MLS matches this season. • Sporting has scored 15 league goals at Children’s Mercy Park, the most through the first four home matches of a season in club history. • Sporting has conceded four goals in consecutive MLS matches for the first time since 2002. • Sporting are unbeaten in 10 straight regular season home matches dating back to last August. • Sporting are 29-3-15 in regular season home matches since June 2016. • Sporting are winless in six straight matches across all competitions, recording three draws and three losses since April 4.

Date

05/09/2018 08/06/2017

Score

KC 2 at ATL 0 KC 1 vs ATL 1

Sporting KC Player Notes • Midfielder Gianluca Busio has become the third player in MLS history to score four career league goals before his 17th birthday. • Forward Johnny Russell has four goals in his last six MLS appearances. • Forward Krisztian Nemeth leads Sporting with 10 goals this season in all competitions. His six MLS goals are tied for third-most in the league. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez scored twice in last weekend’s 4-4 draw against New England, recording his first brace since March 10, 2018.

Result Details W T

Salloi and Gerso score in second half to clinch road victory Feilhaber penalty cancelled out by late Peterson equalizer

Atlanta United FC Team Notes • Atlanta led the league last year with 2.06 goals per game but ranks 22nd in MLS this season with just 0.86 goals per game. • Atlanta ranks third in MLS with 14.7 shot per game but ranks last with a shot conversion rate of 5.8%. This is on track to be the lowest single-season clip in MLS history since Opta began tracking the stat in 2010. • Atlanta leads MLS in average possession at 61.9% and ranks second with 11.1 chances created per game. • Atlanta’s 8.7 shots faced per game are the fewest in MLS. • Atlanta has scored multiple goals once in seven regular season matches this year after doing so 23 times in 2018.

#SKCvATL: PLAYER HISTORY • Forward Daniel Salloi has one goal against Atlanta United, scoring the gamewinner in last season’s 2-0 road victory on May 9, 2018. • Forward Gerso Fernandes has scored once against Atlanta United, netting the second goal in the 2-0 road win on May 9, 2018. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has two assists against Atlanta, setting up both goals in the 2-0 road victory on May 9, 2018. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has an unbeaten 1-0-1 record against Atlanta with a 0.50 goals against average, including last season’s eight-save shutout in a 2-0 road win on May 9, 2018. • Defender Rodney Wallace has a goal and two assists against Atlanta, both coming in a 3-1 home victory for New York City FC on May 7, 2017 where he scored the game-winner and set up the other two goals for his side. • Forward Erik Hurtado has one goal against Atlanta United, netting a consolation goal in a 4-1 road defeat for the Vancouver Whitecaps on March 17, 2018.

Atlanta United FC Player Notes • Reigning MLS MVP Josef Martinez bagged 49 goals in his first 49 regular season appearances, but has scored just three in his last 12 since last September. • Midfielder Ezequiel Barco leads Atlanta with three goals this season, having scored just four in all of 2018. He also leads the team with 14 chances created.

#SKCvATL: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• Atlanta goalkeeper Alec Kann spent one season with Sporting KC, making 10 appearances in all competitions for the club in 2016. • Defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi have played with Atlanta goalkeeper Brad Guzan, defender Michael Parkhurst and midfielder Darlington Nagbe on the U.S. Men’s National Team. • Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas was in Club Tijuana’s Academy with Atlanta’s Brandon Vazquez from 2015-2016. Both Zendejas and Vazquez hail from Chula Vista, California. • Defender Jaylin Lindsey was teammates with Atlanta’s Chris Goslin and Andrew Carleton on the U.S. U-17 National Team at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. • Midfielder Gianluca Busio has played with Atlanta’s George Bello on various U.S. Youth National Teams. • Defender Rodney Wallace played alongside Atlanta midfielder Darlington Nagbe at the Portland Timbers from 2011-2015. • Forward Erik Hurtado was teammates with Atlanta’s Brek Shea at the Vancouver Whitecaps from 2017-2018. • Assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin played with Atlanta Technical Director Carlos Bocanegra on the U.S. National Team in the 2000s. In addition, goalkeeper Tim Melia played with Bocanegra at Chivas USA from 2013-2014.

• Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is one MLS regular-season start shy of 75 for Sporting Kansas City. • Defender Seth Sinovic is two starts away from hitting 200 in MLS play (including postseason) for the club.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2019 vs. Atlanta United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes EYEING A RETURN TO WINNING WAYS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

GUTIERREZ TAKES CONTROL, NETS BRACE

Sporting Kansas City continued it’s recent winless streak with last Saturday’s incredible 4-4 draw with the New England Revolution at Children’s Mercy Park that saw Sporting erase two separate two-goal deficits to pick up a point. Sporting is now winless in four MLS regular-season games and six games across all competitions.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is finding his form once again as the Chilean now has three goals in his last two games, including a brace in the 4-4 draw with the New England Revolution last Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park to take his tally to four on the season.

However, Saturday’s result did extend Sporting KC’s home unbeaten run in MLS play to 10 games, having gone 6-0-4 since their last loss at Children’s Mercy Park - a 3-2 defeat against FC Dallas on July 28, 2018. Sporting KC tends not to lose at home, as that FC Dallas defeat was one of just three regular-season losses since June of 2016. Sporting has posted a 29-3-15 regular-season record at Children’s Mercy Park dating back almost three years.

Gutierrez now has 11 goals in just 25 regular-season starts for Sporting since joining the club ahead of the 2018 season from La Liga side Real Betis. The Chilean international began his Sporting KC career on fire, tallying five goals in his first five games for the club on his way to earning MLS Player of the Month honors in March of 2018. A sports hernia surgery derailed much of his 2018 season after that, before he returned with a vengeance in the MLS Cup Playoffs, tallying three assists in four games.

Peter Vermes’ side will play four of their next five matches on home soil, making for one of the biggest stretches of the year. Sunday’s match against Atlanta United is followed by a trip to D.C. United (May 12) and a three-game homestand versus the Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders and LA Galaxy to round out May. Sporting will hit the road hard in June, playing four straight away matches throughout the month.

A native of Quintero, Chile, Gutierrez has represented his country 35 times at the senior international level. The versatile midfielder has competed on a global stage at the sport’s highest level, featuring at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and helping Chile lift the 2015 Copa America title as champions of South America.

Sporting KC is one of four teams in MLS to still be unbeaten against Atlanta, posting a 1-0-1 record in their first-ever matches against the Georgia side that joined the league in 2017. Sporting KC played to a 1-1 home draw in the inaugural meeting between the sides on August 6, 2017 before producing a memorable 2-0 victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on May 9, 2018, becoming the first team to keep a clean sheet at Atlanta’s new home.

Sporting Kansas City striker Krisztian Nemeth hit double digits for goals on the season during last Saturday’s wild 4-4 draw with the New England Revolution at Children’s Mercy Park. Nemeth struck twice against his former club to take his tally for the season up to 10 in all competitions and six in MLS, tied with LAFC’s Diego Rossi for third-most in the league.

NEMETH HITS DOUBLE DIGITS BY END OF APRIL

Nemeth’s hot start has him in contention to reach the club record for goals in a single season across all competitions. Record-holder Dom Dwyer, now with Orlando City SC, totaled 24 goals for Sporting in 2014. Nemeth, who was named to the MLS Team of the Week bench, also currently leads the club’s all-time standings for goals-per-game in a single season with 0.75 (6 in 8 games), currently eclipsing Miklos Molnar’s mark of 0.71 (12 in 17 games) in 2000.

THE CHAMPS ARE HERE

Sporting Kansas City remains at home this weekend to take on reigning MLS Cup champions Atlanta United FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday night. Atlanta has struggled early on in 2019 following their electric 2018 campaign that saw them win MLS Cup in just their second year of existence, stumbling out of the gates with a 2-3-2 record so far in MLS play under the stewardship of new head coach Frank de Boer.

After starring for Sporting in 2015, Nemeth made his way to Qatar and then to the New England Revolution, where he spent parts of 2017 and 2018. He sealed his return to Kansas City in a trade last August and has reclaimed his scoring touch in 2019, hitting double-digit goals before the calendar hits May.

The inaugural meeting between the two sides took place at Children’s Mercy Park on August 6, 2017, with Atlanta stealing a point at the death. Sporting took the lead when Benny Feilhaber converted from the spot after Latif Blessing had been barged over in the area, only for former Sporting KC striker Jacob Peterson - on as a sub for Atlanta - to pounce in the 91st minute to clinch a 1-1 draw.

GERSO UNDERGOES WRIST SURGERY

Sporting Kansas City’s injury woes deepened last Saturday when winger Gerso Fernandes was subbed out of the eventual 4-4 draw with the New England Revolution at Children’s Mercy Park with a wrist injury, joining seven players that were already on the club’s injury report.

Last season, Sporting paid their visit to the newly-built Mercedes-Benz Stadium on May 9, 2018. To that point, Atlanta had never been shutout in their new home and had lost only once in 13 matches inside the dome. Despite that record, Sporting KC marched in and picked up a memorable 2-0 victory. Sporting took impetus when Brad Guzan took down Khiry Shelton who was through on goal and was subsequently shown a straight red card. Daniel Salloi curled home a stunning opener early in the second half before Gerso Fernandes sealed the points late, all while riding on Tim Melia’s stunning eightsave performance.

Following assessment in the days that followed, Gerso was diagnosed with a broken wrist and underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair the issue and is set to miss XXX before returning to action. Gerso has had a fine start to the 2019 campaign, tallying four goals and four assists in all competitions, including an excellent showing in the Concacaf Champions League where he had all four of his goals and two assists across just four starts in the continent’s premiere club competition.

Sporting KC is one of four teams yet to fall to Atlanta since their introduction to MLS in 2017, along with FC Cincinnati, the Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC. Atlanta is in the midst of a major transition, with former coach Tata Martino taking over the Mexico National Team and star midfielder Miguel Almiron heading to Newcastle United in the English Premier League.

Sporting are also dealing with fitness issues involving Matt Besler (hamstring), Roger Espinoza (PCL), Erik Hurtado (knee), Jaylin Lindsey (knee), Jimmy Medranda (knee), Jaylin Lindsey (meniscus) and Rodney Wallace (hip), who are all out for Sunday’s match against Atlanta United FC. Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has been nursing a calf issue but played the second half against New England last weekend.

RUSSELL CONTINUES FINE FORM

Sporting Kansas City winger Johnny Russell is in the midst of a fine vein of form, having recorded four goals and three assists in his last eight matches in all competitions, and now leads the team with three assists in the MLS regular season, while he leads the team with five assists in all competitions.

BUSIO & FREEMAN JOIN U.S. U-17s

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gianluca Busio and forward Tyler Freeman have joined the U.S. Under-17 National Team roster for the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship, running from May 1-16 at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Russell’s most recent contribution came with his assist in the wild 4-4 draw with the New England Revolution on April 27 at Children’s Mercy Park, curling in a perfect corner kick that found Krisztian Nemeth’s head for the game-tying goal in the 83rd minute. Russell has only failed to score or assist in three of his last seven games - the 5-0 loss to C.F. Monterrey in the Concacaf Champions League Semifinal First Leg on April 4, the 1-1 draw with Cincinnati in MLS play on April 7 and the 4-1 defeat to San Jose on April 20.

The 16-year-old Sporting KC Academy products are two of 20 players on head coach Raphael Wicky’s roster, which will see 20 nations compete for the continental crown. The four semifinalists will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.

Outside of that, Russell salvaged a point for Sporting in a 1-1 road draw with the Colorado Rapids on March 17, tallied two goals and an assist in the 7-1 rout of the Montreal Impact on March 30, before recording another assist in the 5-2 Champions League Semifinal Second Leg defeat to Monterrey on April 11 and the opening goal in the 2-2 draw with the New York Red Bulls on April 14.

The U.S. U-17s were drawn into Group F and will begin the tournament against Canada on Thursday, May 2 at 5 p.m. The Americans then face Barbados on Saturday, May 4 at 3 p.m. and finish group play against Guatemala on Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m. All three group stage games will be broadcast on Univision Deportes and the Concacaf GO app. At the 2017 Concacaf Championship, Sporting defender Jaylin Lindsey and the U.S. lost the title game to Mexico in heartbreaking fashion, falling in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw. Busio and Freeman will look to go a step further this time around, hoping to add a fourth U.S. U-17 title after previous triumphs in 1983, 1992 and 2011.

Russell, 28, has been a revelation since joining Sporting KC ahead of the 2018 season, tallying 16 goals and 18 assists across 51 appearances in all competitions while playing from a wide position.

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RUN COMES TO AN END

SKC found goals from Daniel Salloi (14), Johnny Russell (10), Diego Rubio (10), Felipe Gutierrez (7), Gerso Fernandes (6), Ilie Sanchez (5), Ike Opara (3), Yohan Croizet (3), Roger Espinoza (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1), Krisztian Nemeth (1) and Gianluca Busio (1).

Sporting Kansas City’s deep run in the Concacaf Champions League came to a screeching halt in early April as the side was defeated in the Semifinal stage by C.F. Monterrey by a 10-2 scoreline, falling 5-0 in the First Leg at Estadio BBVA Bancomer on April 4 and 5-2 in the Second Leg on April 11 at Children’s Mercy Park.

The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20, 2018 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC finished the year with 65 goals in 34 regular-season matches, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on June 20, 1999.

Sporting had seen off Mexican side Toluca in the Round of 16 by an impressive 5-0 aggregate scoreline, winning 3-0 at home and 2-0 away - marking the biggest aggregate victory of an MLS team against a Liga MX side in the tournament’s history. In the Quarterfinals, Sporting KC faced Panamanian surprise package Club Atletico Independiente and were initially in a hole, suffering a 2-1 defeat in the First Leg at Estadio Agustin Sanchez, before rebounding at home with a resounding 3-0 victory to advance to the Semifinal stage 4-2 on aggregate.

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Gerso Fernandes and Krisztian Nemeth split the team-lead for goals in the tournament with four, while Gerso and Johnny Russell were tied for the team-lead with two assists over six matches. Sporting KC were the only MLS team to advance to the Semifinals, as Toronto FC was eliminated in the Round of 16 before Atlanta United FC, the Houston Dynamo and the New York Red Bulls were all knocked out in the Quarterfinals.

The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history.

Sporting reached the Semifinals of the Concacaf Champions League for the first time in the tournament’s current format, though the side had previously reached the Semifinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup in 2002 before falling to Monarcas Morelia of Liga MX with both current Manager Peter Vermes & assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin on the team.

With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid.

The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid.

VERMES ENTERS 11th SEASON

Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure. The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.

Entering his 11th season at the helm of Sporting KC, manager Peter Vermes looks to win more hardware and guide his side to yet another postseason appearance in 2019. Despite elimination from the Concacaf Champions League in early April, Sporting KC will still aim to win the MLS Supporters’ Shield, MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup in 2019. Vermes is the longest tenured coach that is currently in charge of a team in Major League Soccer, having led Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been at the helm at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when then LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team job in late 2016.

PLAYOFF STREAK REACHES EIGHT SEASONS

In 2018, Sporting KC continued its impressive streak of postseason appearances, becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least eight straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the third coach to lead the same team to eight straight playoff appearances.

With almost 10 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all 18 leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind 2. Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 - present). Among the top 51 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory, Vermes’ tenure at Sporting KC ranks as the fifth longest active run.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 10 (2009-2018) *active New York Red Bulls 9 (2010-2018) *active Sporting KC 8 (2011-2018) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014)

Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing Toronto FC’s Greg Vanney’s five championships. On a local level, Vermes’ 11 years with SKC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who was Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Peter Vermes Sporting KC 8 2011-2018 (active) Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Schmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

Vermes has compiled a 170-121-98 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-6-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 135 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks fifth all-time and second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.

RECORD-SETTING 2018

Sporting Kansas City enjoyed a historic 2018 season that saw the club set new records in multiple attacking categories. Most notably, the club shattered the franchise’s all-time goalscoring record by tallying 65 goals in 34 games, eclipsing the 61 goals the then Kansas City Wizards tallied in their inaugural season in 1996.

VERMES VERBATIM

As well as their overall goalscoring exploits, Sporting Kansas City also set new club records in five other offensive categories: Road Goals (31), Goal Difference (+25), Assists (69), Shots (583) and Corner Kicks (206).

Thoughts on the match: “If it was anything, it was an entertaining game for people who were watching it and in the stadium. Giving up that many goals was not a good thing for us. I’m proud of the fact that we found a way to get back into it. We were close there at the end, we almost stole it. It was a crazy game.”

See below for comments from Sporting KC Manager and Sporting Director Peter Vermes following the 4-4 draw with the New England Revolution at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Peter Vermes’ side also found multiple goals in 25 of the club’s 40 matches in all competitions last season and was only shutout seven times. Sporting KC finished the regular season as the fourth highest scoring team in MLS with 65 goals, while the side scored 79 goals when including the MLS Cup Playoffs and U.S. Open Cup play.

On the team coming from behind to earn a point: “I give the guys a lot of credit for that piece and that part is good. We just can’t give up the goals. I don’t like the fact that we gave up the goals and that part has got to stop. We found a way to fight back. I do think the guys left their hearts on the field. If there’s one thing the fans can appreciate, it’s that.”

Sporting had 16 different goalscorers last year in MLS play - which was tied for the second highest number of goalscorers across a single squad this season. In 2018,

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2019 vs. Atlanta United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Atlanta United FC: 1-0-1 Home games: 0-0-1 (1 GF, 1 GA) Road games: 1-0-0 (2 GF, 0 GA) Date 08/06/2017 05/09/2018

Score KC 1 vs ATL 1 KC 2 at ATL 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 6 2 6 6

Result Location T Children’s Mercy Park W Mercedes-Benz Stadium

ATLANTA UNITED FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Three Players Ilie Sanchez Roger Espinoza Daniel Salloi Ike Opara Latif Blessing

Jacob Peterson N/A Miguel Almiron Kratz, Martinez Leandro Gonzalez Pirez Leandro Gonzalez Pirez

1 0 6 2 4 4

N/A Paul Christensen N/A Brad Guzan Paul Christensen

0 1 0 2 2

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

1 Tim Melia 0 N/A 1 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 1 Tim Melia

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 4 1 3 6

ATLANTA UNITED FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Three Players Ilie Sanchez (5/9/18) Espinoza, Fernandes Six Players Ike Opara (twice) Latif Blessing (8/6/17)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

8 Tim Melia (5/9/18) 1 Tim Melia (8/6/17)

(8/6/17) Jacob

Peterson N/A (5/9/18) Miguel Almiron Kratz, Martinez (8/6/17) Gonzalez Pirez Asad, Gonzalez Pirez

1 0 4 1 4 3

(8/6/17) Brad Guzan (5/9/18) Paul Christensen

2 2

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 0 3 0 3 Shots 14 18 0 32 Shots on Goal 1 5 0 6 Fouls 9 14 0 23 Offsides 1 5 0 6 Corner Kicks 3 3 0 6

ATLANTA UNITED FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 0 1 0 1 Shots 12 12 0 24 Shots on Goal 5 5 0 10 Fouls 14 16 0 30 Offsides 3 2 0 5 Corner Kicks 4 6 0 10

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC ATL

138

1-15

0 0

16-30

31-45

0 0

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,481

TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS in 148 MLS matches played at the stadium (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 148 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 140 MLS regular season, 8 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 10 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 148 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

182

0 0

105.5 5

46-60

1 0

61-75

1 0

76-90

1 1

0 0

Total

3 1

101

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

325

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 182 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2019 vs. Atlanta United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Freeman (Signed as Homegrown Player - Oct. 2, 2018)

Kharlton Belmar (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Rodney Wallace (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 14, 2018)

Amer Didic (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Erik Hurtado (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Brad Evans (Option Declined/Retired - Nov. 30, 2018)

Botond Barath (Signing - Dec. 18, 2018)

Cristian Lobato (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Kelyn Rowe (Trade - Dec. 18, 2018)

Colton Storm (Option Declined - Nov. 30, 2018)

Abdul Rwatubyaye (Signing - Feb. 5, 2019)

Diego Rubio (Trade - Dec. 14, 2018)

Gedion Zelalem (Signing - March 11, 2019)

Ike Opara (Trade - Jan. 28, 2019)

Nicolas Hasler (Signing - April 2, 2019)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 2: IN Sporting KC signs F Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy. Nov. 30: OUT Sporting KC declines options for D Amer Didic, D Brad Evans, D Colton Storm, M Cristian Lobato and F Kharlton Belmar. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC signs D Rodney Wallace as a free agent. Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC acquires F Erik Hurtado from Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) in exchange for the clubâ€™s natural second-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and natural first-riund pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Dec. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Botond Barath, most recently at Budapest Honved FC (Hungary). Dec. 18: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires M Kelyn Rowe and $300,000 in allocation money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for F Diego Rubio. Jan. 28: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1,000,000 in allocation money from Minnesota United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Ike Opara. Feb. 5: IN Sporting KC acquires D Abdul Rwatubyaye in a transfer from Rayon Sports FC (Rwanda). March 11: IN Sporting KC acquires M Gedion Zelalem in a transfer from Arsenal FC (England). April 2: IN Sporting KC signs D Nicolas Hasler, most recently at the Chicago Fire (MLS).

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011

Trades

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

2013

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

2015

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

2016

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017 2018

2019

Swope Park Rangers

Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)

Krisztian Nemeth (8/6/18)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Wan Kuzain (4/13/18)

Rodney Wallace (12/14/18) Botond Barath (12/18/18) Abdul Rwatubyaye (2/5/19) Gedion Zelalem (3/11/19) Nicolas Hasler (4/2/19)

Erik Hurtado (12/14/18) Kelyn Rowe (12/18/18)

Tyler Freeman (1/1/19)

Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 5, 2019 vs. Atlanta United FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

DEPORTIVO TOLUCA

CCL

3-0

Nemeth, Gerso, Ilie

Thursday, February 28

at Deportivo Toluca

CCL

2-0

Gerso, Nemeth

Sunday, March 3

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

1-2

Nemeth

Wednesday, March 6

at Club Atletico Independiente

CCL

1-2

Ilie

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

2-0

Ilie, Own Goal

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

CLUB ATLETICO INDEPENDIENTE CCL

3-0

Nemeth (2), Espinoza

Sunday, March 17

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

1-1

Russell

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

7-1

Russell (2), Nemeth (3), Gutierrez, Busio

Thursday, April 4

at C.F. Monterrey

CCL

0-5

Sunday, April 7

at FC Cincinnati

MLS

1-1

Busio

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

C.F. MONTERREY

CCL

2-5

Gerso (2)

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-2

Russell, Busio

Saturday, April 20

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

1-4

Gutierrez

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

4-4

Nemeth (2), Gutierrez (2)

SUNDAY, MAY 5

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS