5-12-2012 - Chicago vs. KC

CHICAGO FIRE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (May 12, Toyota Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2012 SEASON RECORDS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Fire 8 3-2-3 12 9 9 at home 4 1-1-2 5 3 3 Sporting on road

25

9 7-2-0 21 12 5 4 3-1-0 9 5 2

Johnson

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

3

ALL-TIME (40 meetings): Fire 21 wins (1 shootout), 77 goals …

Sporting 10 wins (0 shootout), 49 goals … Ties 9

Gargan

23

22

Friedrich

Berry

12

Pardo

10 8

9

Oduro

Puppo

17

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING FIRE Sat. May 19 at Colorado Sun. May 20 at Portland Sun. May 27 San Jose Wed. May 23 FC Dallas Sat. June 16 Toronto FC Sat. May 26 at Columbus Wed. June 20 at Seattle Sat. June 2 at New England

Sapong

11 Convey

2

SPORTING

FIRE

Harrington

F A 12 5 68 162

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

5 1 5 1

2 1 2 0

4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1

1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1

DISTANCE

0 7 2

(W-L-T) CHI KC

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

2 6 1

6 6 0

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-0-0 2-1-3 0-1-0 3-0-0 4-0-0 0-2-0

CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) 3/24/2012 CHI 1, PHI 0 5/04/2012 CHI 2, CHV 1 4/28/2012 CHI 1, SEA 2 4/01/2012 CHI 0, COL 2 5/09/2012 CHI 0, RSL 0 5/09/2012 CHI 0, RSL 0 5/09/2012 CHI 0, RSL 0

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Fire TWLTWLWT Sporting KC WWWWWWWLL

78

Besler

Collin

7 Myers

1 2 2

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero.

SAR (bench): Ian Anderson; JAR (opposite): Chris Strickland; 4th: Terry Vaughn INJURY REPORTS CHICAGO FIRE – OUT: DF Cory Gibbs (R knee meniscus repair); MF Steven Kinney (R posterior tibialis tendinitis); QUESTIONABLE: FW Chris Rolfe (L ankle sprain) …

SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back strain); PROBABLE: DF Shawn Singh (R hamstring strain); DF Seth Sinovic (R hand fracture); MF Luke Sassano (R knee sprain)

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

(3) (0) (1) (2) (0) (0) (0)

SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (FW) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Roger Espinoza (MF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Shawn Singh (DF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Cyprian Hedrick (DF) 32 Luke Sassano (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 2-0-0 1-2-2 6-0-0 1-2-0

THE LAST TIME

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

5

Nielsen

TYPE OF PLAY

5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0

55 Julio Cesar

1

HOW SCORED

6 2 1 0

Zusi

Espinoza

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

23 Kamara

8 15

4 3 1 1

16 Pappa

Grazzini

LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/26: CHI 3, KC 2 (Chaves 34; Puerari 40; Pappa 59 – Besler 51; Bunbury 72) 6/9: KC 0, CHI 0

A 9 80

13 Segares

Pause

17

AT CHICAGO (19 meetings): Fire 14 wins (0 shootout), 40 goals …

Sporting 3 wins (0 shootout), 18 goals … Ties 2

F 9 80

ROSTERS CHICAGO FIRE 1 Jay Nolly (GK) 3 Dan Gargan (DF) 4 Kwame Watson-Siriboe (DF) 5 Cory Gibbs (DF) 6 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 7 Kheli Dube (FW) 8 Dominic Oduro (FW) 9 Federico Puppo (FW) 10 Sebastian Grazzini (MF) 11 Daniel Paladini (MF) 12 Logan Pause (MF) 13 Gonzalo Segares (DF) 14 Patrick Nyarko (FW) 15 Orr Barouch (FW) 16 Marco Pappa (MF) 17 Pavel Pardo (MF) 18 Chris Rolfe (FW) 19 Corben Bone (MF) 20 Tony Walls (DF) 21 Michael Videira (MF) 22 Austin Berry (DF) 23 Arne Friedrich (DF) 25 Sean Johnson (GK) 27 Victor Pineda (MF) 28 Steven Kinney (DF) 31 Tony Walls (DF) 70 Paolo Tornaghi (GK) 88 Rafael Robayo (MF) 94 Kellen Gulley (FW) 99 Hunter Jumper (DF)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 4/14/2012 KC 1, RSL 0 (1) 4/18/2012 KC 3, VAN 1 (1) 5/05/2012 KC 0, MTL 2 (0) 4/21/2012 KC 0, POR 1 (0) 10/01/2011 KC 1, SJ 1 (11) 4/14/2012 KC 1, RSL 0 (3) 5/05/2012 KC 0, MTL 2 (0)

TEAM LEADERS FIRE G: 3 Oduro A: 3 Grazzini SHT: 24 Pappa SOG: 12 Oduro FC: 12 Grazzini FS: 17 Nyarko OF: 12 Oduro C: 3 Grazzini E: 1 Anibaba SPORTING G: 4 Kamara A: 6 Zusi SHT: 45 Kamara SOG: 19 Kamara FC: 17 Espinoza FS: 22 Kamara OF: 5 Sapong C: 3 Collin E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG CHI 8 2 4 1 1 0 9 1.13 KC 9 2 4 1 2 0 12 1.33 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG CHI 8 2 3 3 0 0 9 1.13 KC 9 5 3 1 0 0 5 0.56 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI 9 0 3 2 1 1 2 KC 12 0 2 3 3 2 2 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI 9 0 2 3 2 1 1 KC 5 0 2 1 0 1 1

CHICAGO FIRE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (May 12, Toyota Park, 7:30 p.m. CT - MLS Game 93)

CHICAGO FIRE 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jay Nolly GK 6-3 205 01/02/1982 Orlando, FL 0 0 0 0 22 21 0 0 3 Dan Gargan DF 5-11 175 12/14/1982 Philadelphia, PA 7 7 0 0 108 84 2 7 4 Kwame Watson-Siriboe DF 6-3 196 11/13/1986 Chino Hills, CA 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 0 5 Cory Gibbs DF 6-1 180 01/14/1980 Plantation, FL 3 3 0 0 104 103 4 2 6 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 175 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 7 6 0 0 36 33 2 1 7 Kheli Dube FW 5-11 160 06/18/1983 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 72 45 14 9 8 Dominic Oduro FW 6-0 160 08/13/1985 Accra, Ghana 8 8 3 1 158 86 30 15 9 Federico Puppo FW 5-8 160 12/06/1986 Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 10 Sebastian Grazzini MF 5-11 165 01/25/1981 Rosario, Argentina 8 8 0 3 19 19 5 7 11 Daniel Paladini MF 5-9 165 11/11/1984 Van Nuys, CA 5 1 0 0 36 22 1 1 12 Logan Pause MF 5-10 155 08/22/1981 Hillsborough, NC 8 8 1 0 235 213 3 11 13 Gonzalo Segares DF 5-11 162 10/13/1982 San Jose, Costa Rica 8 8 1 0 155 152 9 12 14 Patrick Nyarko FW 6-0 165 01/15/1986 Kumasi, Ghana 8 8 1 1 104 78 8 22 15 Orr Barouch FW 6-2 190 11/29/1991 Haifa, Israel 2 0 0 0 30 2 2 2 16 Marco Pappa MF 5-10 155 11/15/1987 Guatemala City, Guatemala 8 7 2 1 98 88 22 12 17 Pavel Pardo MF 5-10 150 07/26/1976 Guadalajara, Mexico 8 8 0 1 21 20 1 6 18 Chris Rolfe FW 5-8 146 01/17/1983 Kettering, OH 0 0 0 0 123 103 36 18 19 Corben Bone MF 5-9 160 09/16/1988 Plano, TX 0 0 0 0 15 8 0 1 20 Tony Walls DF 5-11 185 01/16/1990 Wauwatosa, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Michael Videira MF 5-10 170 01/06/1986 Milford, MA 0 0 0 0 21 12 0 1 22 Austin Berry DF 6-2 180 10/06/1988 Cincinnati, OH 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 23 Arne Friedrich DF 6-1 170 05/29/1979 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 25 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Auburn, GA 5 5 0 0 46 46 0 0 27 Victor Pineda MF 5-11 140 05/15/1993 Chicago, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Steven Kinney DF 6-0 175 10/28/1987 Norcross, GA 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 1 70 Paolo Tornaghi GK 6-2 175 06/21/1988 Garbagnate Milanese, Italy 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 88 Rafael Robayo MF 6-0 171 04/24/1984 Bogota, Colombia 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 94 Kellen Gulley FW 6-0 185 04/06/1994 Clinton, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 Hunter Jumper DF 6-2 175 02/28/1989 Plano, TX 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Frank Klopas

09/01/1966 W9 L7 T13

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 9 9 0 0 69 69 0 0 2 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 2 1 0 0 140 120 5 13 3 Korede Aiyegbusi DF 5-5 155 07/15/1988 London, England 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 9 9 0 0 81 77 2 2 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 7 1 0 0 164 145 9 14 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 9 9 0 2 68 46 0 4 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 9 9 1 6 73 43 7 14 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 6 1 0 0 61 34 14 5 11 Bobby Convey MF 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 9 9 0 1 173 161 11 31 12 Konrad Warzycha FW 6-1 190 02/14/1989 Zabrze, Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 160 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 9 9 0 0 96 76 2 9 16 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 8 8 0 1 48 46 0 1 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 9 8 3 0 43 30 8 5 18 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 Shawn Singh DF 5-9 145 05/05/1989 Bakersfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 23 Kei Kamara MF 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 9 9 4 1 154 114 38 14 24 Cyprian Hedrick DF 6-0 185 10/06/1989 Duala, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Luke Sassano DF 6-0 170 10/14/1985 Orinda, CA 1 0 0 0 48 30 1 0 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 6 0 0 0 144 82 9 10 55 Julio Cesar MF 6-1 170 11/18/1978 Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 8 8 0 0 35 33 2 2 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 9 9 3 0 32 30 6 0 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W34 L30 T21

CHICAGO FIRE vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill. May 12, 2012 (WEEK 10, MLS Game #93) 7:30 p.m. CT (CSN-Chi; KSMO) The Chicago Fire conclude their two-game homestand this week when they play to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening at Toyota Park. The Fire were in action at midweek, gaining a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake. Sporting have lost back-to-back games after opening the season with seven wins in a row, last a 2-0 home to the expansion Montréal Impact last weekend.

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. SAR (bench): Ian Anderson; JAR (opposite): Chris Strickland; 4th: Terry Vaughn MLS Career: First game.

INJURY REPORT: CHICAGO FIRE – OUT: DF Cory Gibbs (R knee meniscus repair); MF Steven Kinney (R posterior tibialis tendinitis); QUESTIONABLE: FW Chris Rolfe (L ankle sprain) … SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: GK Eric Kronberg (lower back strain); PROBABLE: DF Shawn Singh (R hamstring strain); DF Seth Sinovic (R hand fracture); MF Luke Sassano (R knee sprain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CHI: Sebastian Grazzini … KC: Aurelien Collin HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (40 meetings): Fire 21 wins (1 shootout), 77 goals … Sporting 10 wins (0 shootout), 49 goals … Ties 9 AT CHICAGO (19 meetings): Fire 14 wins (0 shootout), 40 goals … Sporting 3 wins (0 shootout), 18 goals … Ties 2 RETURN MATCHES: 6/29: Sporting Kansas City vs. Chicago Fire, 8 p.m. (NBC SN); 9/28: Sporting Kansas City vs.

Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m. (NBC SN) LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/26: CHI 3, KC 2 (Chaves 34; Puerari 40; Pappa 59 – Besler 51; Bunbury 72) 6/9: KC 0, CHI 0  After winning just once in their first 15 games all-time in Chicago (through the 2007 season), KC has won on two of their four visits to the Windy City. The Fire’s 3-2 win last year in Bridgeview was their first home win in the series since 2007.  Kansas City hasn’t defeated Chicago at home since 2007. The teams have played to draws in four of their last five meetings in KC; the Fire took a 2-0 win there in 2009. Last year’s meeting, a scoreless draw, was the grand opening of Livestrong Sporting Park.  Coaches record: Frank Klopas vs. KC: P1 W0 L0 D1 … Peter Vermes vs. CHI: P5 W1 L2 D2 CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire began their two-game homestand with a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake, Wednesday evening at Toyota Park. The Fire are in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 12 points from 8 games.

LAST MATCH  The teams settled into a dour midfield battle for much of the contest. Kyle Reynish, deputizing for the injured Nick Rimando, was forced to make just one save in the RSL goal. Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson was called upon to make two saves.  The closest either team came after just four minutes. A cross from the Fire's Patrick Nyarko found Dominic Oduro wide open in the six-yard box, but the forward’s point-blank header hit the crossbar and was cleared.  Fire head coach Frank Klopas made no changes to the team that snatched a late 2-1 win against Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center  CHICAGO FIRE (4-3-1-2): Sean Johnson - Dan Gargan (Jalil Anibaba 51), Arne Friedrich, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares - Logan Pause (Rafael Robayo 72), Pavel Pardo, Marco Pappa - Sebastian Grazzini - Patrick Nyarko (Federico Puppo 60), Dominic Oduro.

TEAM NEWS  After the 2-1 win at Chivas USA when Jalil Anibaba was suspended, Fire head coach Frank Klopas maintained the same back four, with rookie Austin Berry alongside Arne Friedrich in central defense, and it shut out Real Salt Lake.

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“The team won on the road and I didn’t want to change anything. I think that positional players are a little different than goalkeepers,” said Klopas. “The team played well and I didn’t want to change anything. I’ve always said that you rely on the team, and I didn’t want to make any changes coming off of a road victory.”

Said left back Gonzalo Segares: “We’re definitely maturing with every game that passes. I think Arne is feeling better physically. You can tell that he’s feeling more confident. Austin [Berry] has done great to step in. He’s had two pretty strong games over there.”

Anibaba did see action, coming into the match six minutes into the second half, replacing Dan Gargan at right back.

“I really didn’t think Chivas had anything going in the run of play and tonight we got the shutout,” Gargan said. “I think it’s been a lot better over the last couple of games. I think we’re heading in the right direction defensively.

It’s a good confidence booster for the defense.”

There was another change on the hour mark, when Federico Puppo came in for Patrick Nyarko.

“Sometimes with Pat, he’s hobbling at one point and then sprinting on the next play. He felt tight and he’s been feeling some things in his groin in the last couple weeks,” said Klopas. “He seemed like he was in pain and not himself, so I made the change. You never know with these things. We’ll see tomorrow.”

Puppo has come off the bench for seven out of eight games this season; his 30 minutes vs. Real were his longest shift this season.

“I still wanted to break them down through combination with our pace. We are not a team that is going to rely too much on service,” Klopas said “… In the games that he’s come in he has looked very sharp. I thought he was sharp in Chivas, and I wanted to attack the byeline through combinations and be able to play quick through them.”

The shutout was the first of the season for the Fire since their second game, the 1-0 win against Philadelphia on March 24.

“Communication was huge. I think being more engaged in the game, getting everybody to especially communicate within their small societies, if you will. I thought we did great on that tonight, and we were pleased,” said goalkeeper Sean Johnson. “Obviously it’s disappointing not getting three points. But at the end of the night, if you’re not going to come out with three points, you always want to come out with a point. It gives us a chance to win games if you don’t give up goals, and that’s what we did tonight.”

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City suffered their second consecutive defeat after seven wins in a row, dropping a 2-0 decision to the Montréal Impact on Saturday evening at Livestrong Sporting Park. Sporting have 21 points from 9 matches to lead the Eastern Conference.

LAST MATCH  In the 30th minute, the Impact scored the game's opening goal. Justin Braun laid the ball off for Felipe, who settled in space and bent a left-footer from well outside the area past the fingertips of a diving Jimmy Nielsen and just inside the left post.  The lead was doubled after Lamar Neagle cut into the penalty area on a breakaway and was hauled down by Aurélien Collin in the 62nd minute. Patrice Bernier calmly stepped to the spot and converted to seal the victory.  Impact goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts made six saves for his second straight clean sheet. Three of those stops kept Sporting from going up early.  Sporting head coach Peter Vermes made one change to the team that suffered a 1-0 defeat by the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field. Michael Harrington came in at left back for Seth Sinovic.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-3-3): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Michael Harrington - Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 79), Roger Espinoza - Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 66), Bobby Convey.

TEAM NEWS  After opening the season with seven consecutive wins, one shy of the all-time MLS record (for regulation-time victories), Sporting have lost two in a row. It’s the club first consecutive losses since last May 14-21, when they fell to the LA Galaxy and Seattle.  “From the beginning of the game, we made some simple mistakes that we haven’t done before: losing the ball in dangerous areas, sloppy passes,” said goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. “We have to give Montreal some credit, too. They defended well and figured out how to limit our chances. And we weren’t good enough to create the chances. We had a lot of the ball, a lot of shots from distance, but overall our worst performance of the season.”  After back-to-back shutouts, SKC have now not scored a goal in 205 minutes. They were last shutout in backto-back game on June 4-9, 2011.  “We were around their goal and had chances, but everything was off the mark,” said Vermes. “That’s not from being off two weeks. Look, we weren’t there and we weren’t sharp enough.” Said Kei Kamara: “The final pass

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wasn’t there tonight. But there were a lot of things that weren’t there tonight. They played our game tonight, but they played it better. We pressure from minute one to 90, and they came into our house and did that better.”

Sporting allowed two goals in a game for the first time this season, and have allowed five goals on the campaign – second in MLS after Week 9, behind Seattle Sounders FC (3).

“I think we got outfought tonight, and I can honestly say that it’s the first time that this team, our team, that it’s happened to us this year,” midfielder Graham Zusi said. “I can pretty much promise you that it won’t happen again.”

Seth Sinovic – who missed a start for the first since May 28, 2011 – says he could be able to return for the Chicago match. But Vermes is not ready yet to make that commitment.

Michael Harrington came in for Sinovic at left back, his first long shift of the season (he came on as a very late substitute vs. Real Salt Lake on April 14.

“His possession was very good,” Vermes said of Harrington. “His entry ball out of the back was really good. …

He made good decisions in where he played the ball. I thought defensively he was locked in, didn’t really give anything away. All of that was good stuff.”

Sporting KC’s lifetime record is now a perfect – 201 wins, 201 losses, 100 draws in 502 games played. They have scored 707 goals in club history, allowing 713.

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2012 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (3-2-3, 12 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 8 F Dominic Oduro 16 M Marco Pappa 14 F Patrick Nyarko 22 D Austin Berry 12 M Logan Pause 13 D Gonzalo Segares 10 M Sebastian Grazzini 17 M Pavel Pardo 9 F Federico Puppo 6 D Jalil Anibaba 15 F Orr Barouch 23 D Arne Friedrich 3 D Dan Gargan 5 D Cory Gibbs 25 G Sean Johnson 99 D Hunter Jumper 11 M Daniel Paladini 88 M Rafael Robayo 70 G Paolo Tornaghi 19 M Corben Bone 7 F Kheli Dube D Juan David Duque 94 F Kellen Gulley 28 D Steven Kinney 1 G Jay Nolly 27 M Victor Pineda 18 F Chris Rolfe 21 M Michael Videira 20 D Tony Walls 4 D Kwame Watson-Siriboe Team totals Opponent totals

GP 8 8 8 2 8 8 8 8 7 7 2 5 7 3 5 1 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8

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

MIN 686 569 666 180 642 674 647 676 118 555 18 426 567 270 426 22 138 106 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 696 696

G 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9

A 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8

SHT 22 24 9 4 2 4 13 9 1 5 0 2 5 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 108

SOG 12 8 4 1 1 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 34

FC 6 9 10 3 2 4 12 8 3 4 1 2 10 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 93

FS 10 12 17 0 2 8 13 1 3 1 0 6 5 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 84

OFF 12 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 12

CK 0 9 0 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 33

C 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 11

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Marco Pappa 1, Dominic Oduro 1, Patrick Nyarko 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Federico Puppo 1, Marco Pappa 1, Dominic Oduro 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None CHICAGO UNF POS 70 G 25 G

FIRE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING GOALKEEPER GP Paolo Tornaghi 3 Sean Johnson 5 Team totals 8 Opponent totals 8

GS 3 5 8 8

MIN 270 426 696 696

SHTS 17 17 34 42

SV 14 12 26 32

GA 3 6 9 9

GAA 1.00 1.27 1.16 1.16

PG 0 1 1 0

PA 0 1 1 0

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Chicago Fire statistics listed here.

W 1 2 3 2

L 1 1 2 3

T 1 2 3 3

SO 1 1 2 2

E 0 0 0 0 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 2 0

2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (7-2-0, 21 pts.)

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

GP 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 6 9 2 8 7 9 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GS 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 1 9 1 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 810 779 662 775 810 701 719 810 167 810 91 630 187 810 45 90 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 9

9 9

810 810

G 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 5

A 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 45 12 19 24 8 4 4 2 10 15 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 19 4 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 16 15 12 11 12 2 5 3 8 17 1 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 22 8 13 10 6 5 12 3 2 19 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 3 3 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 2 0 0 38 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

11 1

151 82

45 19

115 114

114 115

15 27

63 29

14 15

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: C.J. Sapong 2, Kei Kamara 2, Graham Zusi 1, Aurelien Collin 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 4, Chance Myers 1, Kei Kamara 1, Bobby Convey 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kei Kamara 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 9 9 Team totals 9 9 Opponent totals 9 9

MIN 810 810 810

SHTS 19 19 45

SV 15 15 33

GA 5 5 12

GAA 0.56 0.56 1.33

PG 1 1 0

PA 1 1 1

W 7 7 2

L 2 2 7

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

T 0 0 0

SO 5 5 2

CHICAGO FIRE 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

17 24 1 15 21

OPPONENT at Montreal Philadelphia at Colorado Houston at Toronto FC

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

ATT. 58,912 18,075 13,152 10,489 19,255

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

Apr. May May May May May May June June June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

28 4 9 12 20 23 26 2 17 23 29 3 8 14 18 21 28 4 12 18 22 2 15 22 28 3 6 20 27

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

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

14,166 14,652 13,544

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 0-0-1 T3 1 CHI: Oduro (71); MTL: Arnaud (56) 1-0-1 3 4 CHI: Oduro (28) 1-1-1 0 4 COL: Cummings (58) Hill (92+) 1-1-2 7 5 CHI: Pause (27); HOU: Bruin (24) 2-1-2 0 8 CHI: Oduro (0:25) Segares (41) Nyarko (58); TOR: Lambe (36,40) 2-2-2 T4 8 CHI: Pappa (89); SEA: Estrada (39) Johnson (67) 3-2-2 2 11 CHI: Berry (25) Pappa (93+); CHV: Angel (23) 3-2-3 4 12

ATT. 16,314 19,777 15,161 13,372 20,323 19,422 15,382 20,438 20,404

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 1 3 KC: Sapong (93+) 2-0-0 T1 6 KC: Zusi (28) Kamara (39) Sapong (47) 3-0-0 1 9 KC: Collin (49+) Kamara (88); DAL: Villar (25) 4-0-0 1 12 KC: Sapong (47) 5-0-0 1 15 KC: Kamara (40) 6-0-0 1 18 KC: Collin (63) 7-0-0 1 21 KC: Collin (24) own goal (51) Kamara (65); VAN: Le Toux (79) 7-1-0 1 21 POR: own goal (41) 7-2-0 1 21 MTL: Martins (30) Bernier (64)

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

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

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

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

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

CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 1 9 times

Goals 3 04/21/2012

at

TOR

W 3-2

Shots 8 04/15/2012

vs. HOU

T 1-1

Assists 1 8 times

Assists 4 04/21/2012

at

TOR

W 3-2

Shots on Goal 2 05/09/2012

vs. RSL

T 0-0

Shots 5 Marco Pappa 5 Marco Pappa Shots on Goal 4 Dominic Oduro Fouls Committed 4 Dan Gargan 4 Dan Gargan 4 Patrick Nyarko Fouls Suffered 5 Patrick Nyarko

04/01/2012 05/04/2012

03/24/2012

03/17/2012 05/04/2012 05/04/2012

03/24/2012

at at

COL CHV

vs. PHI

at at at

MTL CHV CHV

vs. PHI

Shots 20 05/04/2012

at

CHV

W 2-1

Fouls Committed 4 05/09/2012 vs. RSL

T 0-0

Shots on Goal 11 04/21/2012

at

TOR

W 3-2

Fouls Suffered 6 05/09/2012 vs. RSL

T 0-0

Fouls Committed 15 05/04/2012 at

CHV

W 2-1

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

Corner Kicks 2 03/17/2012 2 04/15/2012

at MTL vs. HOU

T 1-1 T 1-1

Fouls Suffered 17 03/17/2012

MTL

T 1-1

Offside 0 03/17/2012

at

MTL

T 1-1

W 1-0

Corner Kicks 12 04/28/2012

Saves 0 04/15/2012

vs. HOU

T 1-1

vs. SEA vs. RSL

L 1-2 T 0-0

Shots Faced 1 04/15/2012

vs. HOU

T 1-1

L 0-2 W 2-1

W 1-0

at

vs. SEA

L 1-2

Offside 3 Dominic Oduro 3 Dominic Oduro

03/24/2012 05/09/2012

vs. PHI vs. RSL

W 1-0 T 0-0

Offside 5 04/28/2012 5 05/09/2012

Saves 7 Paolo Tornaghi

04/01/2012

at

COL

L 0-2

Saves 7 04/01/2012

at

COL

L 0-2

Shots Faced 9 Paolo Tornaghi

04/01/2012

at

COL

L 0-2

Shots Faced 9 04/01/2012

at

COL

L 0-2

Goals Allowed 2 Paolo Tornaghi 2 Sean Johnson 2 Sean Johnson

04/01/2012 04/21/2012 04/28/2012

at COL at TOR vs. SEA

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

Goals Allowed 2 04/01/2012 2 04/21/2012 2 04/28/2012

at COL at TOR vs. SEA

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 1 11 times

Goals 3 03/17/2012 3 04/18/2012

Shots 8 04/18/2012

at

VAN

W 3-1

Shots on Goal 2 04/18/2012 2 04/21/2012

at at

VAN POR

W 3-1 L 0-1

Fouls Committed 9 04/07/2012 vs. LA 9 05/05/2012 vs. MTL

W 1-0 L 0-2

Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 11 Kei Kamara Shots on Goal 5 Kei Kamara Fouls Committed 5 Kei Kamara Fouls Suffered 5 Kei Kamara

03/25/2012

03/25/2012

03/25/2012

04/07/2012

04/21/2012

vs. DAL

vs. DAL

vs. DAL

vs. LA

at

POR

W 2-1

Assists 3 03/17/2012 3 03/25/2012

vs. NE at VAN

vs. NE vs. DAL

W 3-0 W 3-1

W 3-0 W 2-1

W 2-1 Shots 27 03/17/2012

vs. NE

Shots on Goal 9 03/25/2012

vs. DAL

W 3-0

W 2-1 W 2-1

Fouls Committed 16 03/10/2012 at

DC

W 1-0

Fouls Suffered 16 04/21/2012

POR

L 0-1

L 0-1

03/17/2012 03/17/2012 05/05/2012

vs. NE vs. NE vs. MTL

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

Saves 6 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen

03/17/2012 04/18/2012

vs. NE at VAN

W 3-0 W 3-1

Offside 4 03/17/2012 4 05/05/2012

vs. NE vs. MTL

W 3-0 L 0-2

Shots Faced 7 Jimmy Nielsen

04/18/2012

at

W 3-1

Saves 6 03/17/2012 6 04/18/2012

vs. NE at VAN

W 3-0 W 3-1

Shots Faced 7 04/18/2012

at

VAN

W 3-1

Goals Allowed 2 05/05/2012

vs. MTL

L 0-2

Goals Allowed 2 Jimmy Nielsen

05/05/2012

vs. MTL

vs. NE

Corner Kicks 4 03/17/2012 4 04/18/2012

vs. NE at VAN

W 3-0 W 3-1

Offside 0 03/10/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/14/2012

at DC at CHV vs. RSL

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

Saves 0 03/25/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012 0 05/05/2012

vs. at vs. vs.

W W W L

Shots Faced 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012

at CHV vs. LA

W 3-0

W 1-0

Offside 2 Kei Kamara 2 C.J. Sapong 2 Aurelien Collin

VAN

Fouls Suffered 10 03/17/2012

Corner Kicks 11 04/14/2012 11 05/05/2012

at

vs. RSL vs. MTL

W 1-0 L 0-2

L 0-2

DAL CHV LA MTL

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

W 1-0 W 1-0

2011 CHICAGO FIRE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-1) UNF 16 99 18 13 21 6 15 19 89 5 25 23 29 14 8 11 12 77 32

POS PLAYER MID Marco Pappa FWD Diego Chaves FWD Gaston Puerari DEF Gonzalo Segares MID Michael Videira DEF Jalil Anibaba FWD Orr Barouch MID Corben Bone DEF Yamith Cuesta DEF Cory Gibbs GK Sean Johnson DEF Josip Mikulic FWD Cristian Nazarit F/M Patrick Nyarko FWD*Dominic Oduro MID Daniel Paladini MID Logan Pause MID Bratislav Ristic DEF*Dasan Robinson ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 90 108 145 180 90 90 28 56 90 180 180 90 78 123 91 90 180 90 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

OFF 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

2 2

2 2

180 180

3 2

3 0

25 23

11 7

30 22

22 30

7 3

6 10

3 4

0 2

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Marco Pappa 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Gonzalo Segares 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Diego Chaves 1-1

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 25 GK Sean Johnson ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 7

SV 5

GA 2

GAA 1.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 1

L 0

T 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

7 11

5 8

2 3

1.00 1.50

0 1

0 1

1 0

0 1

1 1

SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0

2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. CHICAGO FIRE (0-1-1) UNF 5 9 22 27 99 78 20 15 2 23 18 24 7 1 4 17 32 88 8

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

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

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

MIN 180 113 175 69 122 90 11 90 90 59 22 84 180 157 45 121 90 90 111

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

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

SHT 1 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 1

SOG 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

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

FS 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 2 2 2

OFF 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4

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

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

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

2 2

2 2

180 180

2 3

0 3

23 25

7 11

22 30

30 22

3 7

10 6

4 3

2 0

0 0

GP 1 2

GS 0 2

MIN 22 157

SHTS 1 10

SV 1 7

GA 0 3

GAA 0.00 1.72

PG 0 1

PA 0 1

W 0 0

L 0 1

T 0 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

11 7

8 5

3 2

1.50 1.00

1 0

1 0

0 1

1 0

1 1

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

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

SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0

CHICAGO FIRE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Fire 21 wins, 77 goals Sporting 10 wins, 49 goals Ties 9

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 38 250 114 290 55 83

Fire 2 OT 39 0 256 0 115 0 275 0 64 0 107 0

Tot. 77 506 229 565 119 190

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 24 25 0 49 231 255 0 486 113 105 0 218 261 280 0 541 40 34 0 74 90 106 0 196

04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998

KC 1 vs CHI CHI 4 vs KC CHI 2 at KC CHI 1 vs KC

0 1 2 0

03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999

CHI CHI CHI CHI

0 1 1 0

(KC) (SF) (KC) (SF)

03/25/2000 06/04/2000

KC 4 vs CHI 3 CHI 3 vs KC 2

(KC) (SF)

05/19/2001 07/04/2001

CHI 2 vs KC 0 CHI 7 at KC 0

(SF) (KC)

08/14/2002 08/31/2002

CHI 5 vs KC 1 KC 2 vs CHI 1

(NC) (KC)

04/26/2003 06/21/2003 07/26/2003

CHI 3 at KC 2 KC 4 vs CHI 2 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(KC) (KC) (NC)

04/03/2004 05/08/2004 09/01/2004

KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 vs CHI 2 CHI 3 vs KC 1

(KC) (KC) (SF)

06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005

CHI 1 vs KC KC 3 at CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 at KC

1 2 0 0

(SF) (SF) (KC) (KC)

05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006

KC 1 vs CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 vs KC

1 2 0 0

(KC) (KC) (TP) (TP)

04/21/2007 08/22/2007 08/25/2007

CHI 2 vs KC 1 KC 3 vs CHI 2 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(TP) (KC) (TP)

04/20/2008 07/27/2008 10/05/2008

KC 1 at CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 1

(TP) (CA) (CA)

04/18/2009 08/16/2009

CHI 2 vs KC 2 CHI 2 at KC 0

(TP) (CA)

05/15/2010 10/12/2010

KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 2 at CHI 0

(CA) (TP)

2012 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

03/26/2011 06/09/2011

CHI 3 vs KC 2 KC 0 vs CHI 0

(TP) (SP)

W-L-T

CHICAGO FIRE Streak (started)

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

7 Ws (8/21/2011) 1 Ts (5/9/2012) 4 Ls (8/7/2011)

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

4 Ws (9/10/2011) 6 Ws (10/15/2011 2 Ls (4/21/2012)

2-0-0 1-2-2

8 Ws (8/21/2011) 1 Ws (5/4/2012)

6-0-0 1-2-0

9 Ws (9/28/2011) 2 Ls (4/21/2012)

3 3 2 2

at vs at vs

KC KC KC KC

(KC) (SF) CHI SOW (KC) (SF)

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 10/15/2000

KC 1 vs CHI 0

(DC, F)

U.S. OPEN CUP 07/11/2001 09/22/2004 08/14/2006

CHI 1 at KC 0 KC 1 vs CHI 0 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(X6, 3R) (KC, F) (TP, 4R)

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

CHI KC

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 12 10 16 11 14 14 8 6 10 6 9 10

OT 0 0

Total 77 49

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Frank Klopas vs. KC Peter Vermes vs. CHI

0-0-1 (1.00 pts./game) 1-2-2 (1.00 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

9 8 48 20 36 42

Fire Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Chris Armas Justin Mapp

5 10 43 18 38 40

Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Preki Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

15 4 8 94 26

Zach Zach Zach Zach Zach

3 6 2 40 24

Meola/Oshoniyi Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Tony Meola Tony Meola

Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton

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

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

2 2 9 4 6 7

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

10 Zach Thornton (6/21/03) 4 Sutton/Thornton

2 3 6 4 6 6

Sporting KC 5 players tied Preki (6/21/03) Josh Wolff (8/16/09) 4 players tied Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 5 players tied

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

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

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

1 1 4 7 23

Ts Ls Ws Ws Ws

(5/9/2012) (4/28/2012) (8/21/2011) (9/29/2010) (5/23/1998)

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

3 5 3 4 31

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

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

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

1 1 1 3 13

Ts Ws Ls Ls Ls

(5/9/2012) (5/4/2012) (4/28/2012) (5/31/2009) (6/21/2003)

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

10 1 1 2 20

Ws Ls Ls Ls Ls

(8/3/2011) (4/21/2012) (5/5/2012) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

CHICAGO FIRE CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (21-10-9)

CURRENT CHICAGO FIRE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (21-10-9)

PLAYER Ante Razov Justin Mapp Peter Nowak Diego Gutierrez Hristo Stoitchkov Josh Wolff Chad Barrett Dema Kovalenko Brian McBride Cuauhtemoc Blanco Roman Kosecki Chris Rolfe Andy Williams Thiago Andy Herron Nate Jaqua Damani Ralph Lubos Kubik Jesse Marsch Jerzy Podbrozny Marco Pappa 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 Julio Martinez Orlando Perez Gaston Puerari Dasan Robinson Dipsy Selolwane Chris Armas Ivan Guerrero Kelly Gray Logan Pause David Vaudreuil Wilman Conde Sam George Frank Klopas Ritchie Kotschau Andrew Lewis Patrick Nyarko Tony Sanneh Gonzalo Segares Zach Thornton Michael Videira

GP 14 20 11 19 6 9 9 6 4 6 5 13 5 8 5 10 6 9 20 8 5 10 9 1 4 2 2 3 29 3 8 2 14 2 1 5 2 10 1 21 10 8 23 2 4 4 4 3 6 7 4 14 23 1

GS 13 19 11 18 5 5 5 6 2 6 4 12 5 7 2 7 5 9 16 6 4 9 7 1 4 1 1 0 29 0 1 1 14 1 1 4 2 8 0 21 9 6 20 0 3 3 2 2 3 4 2 14 22 1

MIN 1134 1476 953 1606 336 503 415 539 270 530 325 873 426 621 288 615 474 810 1485 568 352 815 640 90 360 80 100 70 2536 36 209 108 1260 71 45 368 145 724 19 1878 825 549 1797 35 297 252 189 180 338 444 201 1225 1995 90

G 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 6 8 5 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 48 28 21 18 18 17 22 9 6 11 10 19 14 13 7 17 22 11 14 13 14 5 10 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 3 2 5 2 1 4 2 7 2 5 4 5 4 0 2 1 2 3 0 6 0 8 0 1

Team totals Opponent totals

40 40

40 40

3600 3600

77 49

96 57

506 486

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

GP 1 7 1 2 2 23 3 2 1

MIN 90 630 90 180 180 1995 165 180 90

SHTS 2 36 3 7 10 123 10 18 9

SV 2 29 2 5 7 94 6 12 4

GAA 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.17 1.64 2.00 4.00

PG 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

40 40

3600 3600

218 229

161 148

1.23 1.93

2 4

PLAYER Chris Rolfe Marco Pappa Dominic Oduro Kheli Dube Logan Pause Patrick Nyarko Gonzalo Segares Michael Videira Jalil Anibaba Orr Barouch Corben Bone Dan Gargan Cory Gibbs Sean Johnson Jay Nolly Daniel Paladini Kwame Watson-Siriboe Team totals Opponent totals

GP 13 5 9 6 23 7 14 2 1 2 2 7 8 2 1 2 1 40 40

GS 12 4 5 3 20 4 14 2 1 0 2 4 8 2 1 1 1 40 40

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Jay Nolly ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 1

MIN 180 90

40 40

3600 3600

MIN 873 352 442 229 1797 444 1225 149 90 28 94 426 709 180 90 135 90 3600 3600

G 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 49

A 3 4 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 57

SHT 19 14 11 6 4 6 8 1 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 5 1 506 486

SHTS 7 7

SV 5 4

GAA 1.00 3.00

PG 0 0

218 229

161 148

1.23 1.93

2 4

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (10-21-9)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (10-21-9)

PLAYER Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Preki Mo Johnston Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Sasha Victorine Teal Bunbury Jimmy Conrad Chris Henderson Kei Kamara Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Dario Fabbro Gary Glasgow Eddie Johnson Matt Besler Chris Brown Mark Chung Francisco Gomez Carlos Marinelli Pete Marino Miklos Molnar Igor Simutenkov Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Diego Gutierrez Paul Rideout Kerry Zavagnin Jake Dancy Herculez Gomez Brian Johnson Uche Okafor Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Refik Sabanadzovic Ryan Smith Vitalis Takawira

GP 17 10 17 10 20 22 13 13 4 20 6 3 18 11 3 2 6 5 11 4 9 2 2 1 5 7 3 9 3 22 1 3 7 6 3 3 4 1 5

GS 17 7 15 10 18 22 13 12 2 20 5 3 11 8 2 1 6 5 4 4 4 0 0 1 5 6 3 7 2 21 0 2 3 6 3 1 3 1 5

MIN 1448 605 1339 858 1583 1927 1125 1090 221 1791 451 234 1089 830 170 117 523 405 472 339 415 68 66 80 329 498 261 641 187 1857 45 194 340 540 206 116 286 90 368

G 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 35 11 37 18 34 43 19 12 11 14 4 10 15 5 3 2 13 1 10 7 13 1 3 2 7 6 8 10 5 14 0 5 6 1 1 2 1 5 1

Team totals Opponent totals

40 40

40 40

3600 3600

49 77

57 96

486 506

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

GP 1 1 4 8 3 11 11 2 2

MIN 22 90 337 720 270 982 819 180 180

SHTS 1 3 18 47 15 65 58 12 10

SV 1 2 13 36 9 40 35 7 5

GAA 0.00 1.00 1.34 1.38 1.67 2.20 2.31 2.50 2.50

PG 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

40 40

3600 3600

229 218

148 161

1.93 1.23

4 2

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

GP 12 4 11 14 11 5 10 1 8 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 40 40

GS 8 2 10 13 8 5 6 1 6 0 3 4 1 3 0 2 40 40

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

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MIN 22 337

40 40

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A 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 96

SHT 27 11 14 14 5 1 7 1 4 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 486 506

SHTS 1 18

SV 1 13

GAA 0.00 1.34

PG 0 1

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148 161

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- at Toronto FC – 4/21/2012

Information © 2012 Chicago Fire Soccer Club Chicago Fire (3-2-3; 12pts.) vs. Sporting Kansas City (7-2-0; 21pts.)

Fire Game #9 – Home Game #5 Saturday, May 12, 2012 – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL – 7:30 PM CT TV: Comcast SportsNet Chicago Radio: ESPN Deportes 97.5 FM TWITTER: @ChiFireMatch FIRE FLASHES ___________________________________________ 2012 Record/Home/Away…………………………….….3-2-3/1-1-2/2-1-1 2011 Record/Home/Away………………………….…...9-9-16/6-3-8/3-6-8 vs. Eastern Conference/2011………………………………….2-0-2/6-1-9 vs. Western Conference/2010......…………………………….1-2-1/3-8-7 Current Streak........................................................................................1D Last Five………………………………………………………….........DWLWD All-Time Record ......................................................................188-148-101 All-Time Home Record................................................................112-52-54 All-Time Away Record...................................................................76-95-47 Last Regular Season Win…………………………….....2-1, @ CHV, 5/4/12 Last Regular Season Loss.…………....………...........1-2, vs. SEA, 4/28/12 Last Shutout by Fire ……………………………………..0-0, vs. RSL, 5/9/12 Last Shutout by Opponent………………………….......0-0, vs. RSL, 5/9/12 March Record 2012/2011......................................................... 1-0-1/1-0-1 April Record 2012/2011 ...........................................................1-2-1/0-3-2 May Record 2012/2011............................................................1-0-1/0-1-3 June Record 2012/2011.......................................................... 0-0-0/1-0-5 July Record 2012/2011 ........................................................... 0-0-0/0-2-1 August Record 2012/2011 .......................................................0-0-0/2-1-3 September Record 2012/2011 .................................................0-0-0/3-1-0 October Record 2012/2011..................................................... .0-0-0/3-1-0 Pre All-Star 2012/2011.............................................................3-2-3/2-6-12 Post All-Star 2012/2011 ............................................................0-0-0/7-3-4 Record After 8 Games 2012/2011 ............................................3-2-3/1-3-4 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime ...................................... 1-0-0/0-1-0/2-1-3 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’.................................................2-0-0/0-2-0/1-0-2 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied ................. 2-0-2/1-2-1/0-0-0 Day/Night .................................................................................1-0-1/2-2-2 Grass/Turf .................................................................................3-2-2/0-0-1 Wearing All-Red Primary Kit ............................................................ .1-0-3 Wearing All-Blue Secondary Kit .........................................................2-2-0 All-Time Ninth Game of Season…………….………………………..8-2-4 All-Time on May 12….…………………………………………………….0-2-0 CHICAGO FIRE – SPORTING KC SERIES The Chicago Fire open their three-game 2012 season series with Eastern Conference leading Sporting KC Saturday night at Toyota Park. The Fire took the 2011 season series, winning a 3-2 decision over Sporting on Opening Day, March 26 at Toyota Park before playing to a 0-0 draw to open LiveSTRONG Sporting Park on June 9, 2011.

Tonight’s match is the only Fire home game of the 2012 series as the two teams will meet at LiveSTRONG Sporting Park on June 29 and September 29.

QUICK KICKS vs. Sporting KC (7-2-0; 21pts. 18 GF, 12 GA)  The Fire hold a 21-10-9 all-time MLS Regular Season record against Sporting Kansas City.  The Fire hold an even more dominant 15-2-3 record in matches played at home.  Fire head coach Frank Klopas and Sporting head coach Peter Vermes played eight times together for the U.S. Men’s National Team between 1988-94.  Having run out to a 7-0-0 start on the MLS campaign, Sporting KC have dropped their last two results, 1-0 at Portland on April 21 and 2-0 vs. Montreal on May 5.

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire (3-2-3, 12pts.) enter their 15th season of MLS play after rebounding midseason to post a 9-9-16 record, which left the side three points outside of the playoffs in 2011. Locking up the likes of Pavel Pardo and Logan Pause this past offseason, the team returns the entirety of its starting eleven to Toyota Park in 2012, while adding Uruguayan striker Federico Puppo, Zimbabwean forward Kheli Dube and Colombian midfielder Rafael Robayo to support the Ghanaian tandem of Dominic Oduro and Patrick Nyarko. The team also reinforced their defensive corps in the offseason by adding German World Cup veteran Arne Friedrich as well as two young defenders via the MLS SuperDraft in center back Austin Berry and left back Hunter Jumper who will be expected to provide cover for the likes of Cory Gibbs, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares and Dan Gargan in 2012.

ATHLETICO “RECOVERY ROOM”: May 2, 2012 Chicago Fire OUT Cory Gibbs – Rt Meniscus Repair Steven Kinney – Rt Posterior Tibialis Tendinitis QUESTIONABLE Chris Rolfe – Lt Ankle Sprain Sporting Kansas City OUT Erik Kronberg – Lower Back Strain PROBABLE Shawn Singh - Rt Hamstring Strain Seth Sinovic – Rt Hand Fracture Luke Sassano – Rt Knee Sprain PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT: D Pari Pantazopoulos – Waived (3/11/2012) M Mike Banner – Free Agent (1/23/2012) F Diego Chaves – Free Agent (1/1/2012) F Gabriel Ferrari – Waived (12/7/2011) F Cristian Nazarit – Waived (12/7/2011) M Baggio Husidic – Re-Entry List (12/2/2011) G Jon Conway – Re-Entry List (12/2/2011 G Alec Dufty – Re-Entry List (12/2/2011) IN: F Chris Rolfe – Signed (4/16/2012) D Tony Walls – Signed (3/15/2012) G Paolo Tornaghi – Signed (3/8/2012) D Arne Friedrich – Signed (3/7/2012) D Hunter Jumper – Signed (3/6/2012) F Kheli Dube – Signed (1/27/2012) D Austin Berry – Drafted (1/12/2012) F Federico Puppo – Signed (1/11/2012) M Rafael Robayo – Signed (1/9/2012) F Orr Barouch – Rights purchased from Tigres (12/5/2011) G Jay Nolly – Traded from Vancouver (12/5/2011)

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- vs. Sporting Kansas City – 5/12/2012

FIRE BATTLE REAL SALT LAKE TO 0-0 DRAW On a night where the Chicago Fire (3-2-3; 12pts.) inducted 13-year club veteran C.J. Brown into the ‘Ring of Fire’, the home side fought hard throughout and kept a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw vs. Real Salt Lake (7-3-2; 23pts.) Wednesday night at Toyota Park.

The Fire nearly took the lead right out of the gate when defender Dan Gargan collected a cross-field pass from Logan Pause and sent Patrick Nyarko up the right flank. The speedy Ghanaian drove to the endline, sending a cross for Dominic Oduro which saw the striker nod his effort off the crossbar in the fourth minute of play.

Six minutes later the Fire threatened again as Marco Pappa played a quick combination with defender Gonzalo Segares in midfield. Segares collected and sent Pappa in on the left where the Guatemalan international fired a quick shot that RSL ‘keeper Kyle Reynish parried away before it was cleared in the 10th minute.

Salt Lake took their first crack in the 16th minute when a seemingly harmless ball from Alvaro Saborio on the right deflected off of Pavel Pardo and into the visitor’s attack. The play caught Fire rookie defender Austin Berry wrong-footed, allowing striker Paulo Junior a low effort that he sent wide left of Sean Johnson’s goal.

A long stretch of possession play saw both teams lack chances through the middle of the half before the Fire nearly took the lead into the half. Fire captain Logan Pause slid in to dispossess Ned Grabavoy on the sideline, leaving the ball for Pappa. The Guatemalan worked towards the middle before laying off for Pardo who took his space and fired a 30-yard blast just over Reynish’s goal, taking the teams into the break deadlocked.

It was the visitors who took the early initiative in the second half when Jonny Steele settled the ball on the left before playing a central pass for Grabavoy. The former Chicago Fire PDL product one-touched for Paulo Junior who unleashed a blast from 25-yards that forced a diving save out of Johnson and a clear from Friedrich in the 46th minute.

Moments later first half substitute Luis Gil played a one-two combination with Saborio before knuckling an effort at Johnson. The Fire goalkeeper saved the shot but spilled it, however, Paulo Junior whiffed on the follow-up attempt allowing Johnson to collect the ball in the 50th minute.

The Fire looked to recover in the 54th when a harmless ball out of the back from Arne Friedrich was misjudged by RSL defender Chris Schuler. Oduro ran onto the ball and drove towards goal before holding up to slide to Nyarko who fed Sebastian Grazzini in up the right. Grazzini came close to the end line before his quick cross was snagged by Reynish.

The next Fire attempt came in the 69th minute as Grazzini nodded down a high ball into the path of Pappa. Pappa strode up the left, cut inside the box and blasted a low left-footed drive across goal which Reynish blocked before RSL defender Chris Wingert cleared it off the line.

Frank Klopas looked to insert energy into the attack with the second half substitutions of Federico Puppo and Rafael Robayo. The plan nearly worked out in the 85th minute when Jalil Anibaba found Robayo with his cross from the right. The Colombian dove away from goal, looking to redirect the ball but his headed effort went just wide right of Reynish’s goal, leaving the match in a 0-0 deadlock.

PAPPA MOVIN’ UP THE CHARTS Marco Pappa’s goal in last Friday’s 2-1 win at Chivas USA continues to see him move up the club’s MLS scoring list. His 89th minute “Olimpico” in a 2-1 rd loss to the Seattle Sounders on April 28 moved him into a tie with Nate Jaqua for seventh on the club’s list with 21 before Friday’s 93 minute game winner moved him up to a tie for fifth with Damani Ralph and Dema Kovalenko at 22. See below who Pappa will look to chase down through the remainder of the Fire campaign…

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 -

Player Ante Razov Chris Rolfe Josh Wolff Peter Nowak Dema Kovalenko Damani Ralph Marco Pappa

Goals/GP 76/155 36/123 32/84 26/114 22/90 22/51 22/97

Years with the Fire 1998-2004 2005-2009; 2012-present 1998-2002 1998-2002 1999-2002 2003-2004 2008-present

BREAKING THE MAY WINLESS STREAK With last Friday’s 2-1 win at Chivas USA, the Fire got the May winless monkey off their back while a 0-0 draw Wednesday kept the team unbeaten this month. Prior to the victory, the team had ridden a nine-match winless streak in May, going 0-3-6 since the side’s last victory, which ironically enough came with a 3-2 win on May 29, 2008 at Chivas USA. With six more competitive matches in the month of May, the Fire will hope to equal their best seven match, calendar-month stretch from July 2001, in which the team went 6-1-0… See below all of the club’s previous seven-match stretches in a calendar month.

MONTH/YEAR October 1999 June 2000 July 2001 July 2004 August 2009 June 2011 May 2012

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

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- vs. Sporting Kansas City – 5/12/2012

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO MET…June 9, 2011 Match: Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City Date: June 9, 2011 Competition: MLS Regular Season Venue: LiveSTRONG Sporting Park; Kansas City, KS Scoring Summary: 1 2 F Chicago Fire 000 Sporting KC 000 Lineups: CHI: Sean Johnson; Bratislav Ristic, Yamith Cuesta, Cory Gibbs, Gonzalo Segares; Dominic Oduro, Logan Pause, Daniel Paladini, Corben Bone (Patrick Nyarko 56’); Gaston Puerari (Diego Chaves 71’), Cristian Nazarit (Orr Barouch 78’) Substitutes not used: Jon Conway, Dasan Robinson, Michael Videira, Baggio Husidic Head Coach: Frank Klopas SKC: Jimmy Nielsen (Eric Kronberg 67’); Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler; Luke Sassano, Graham Zusi, Davy Arnaud (Birahim Diop 85’); Teal Bunbury, Omar Bravo, Kei Kamara (C.J. Sapong 59’) Substitutes Not Used: Julio Cesar, Seth Sinovic, Ryan Smith, Milos Stojcev Head Coach: Peter Vermes Misconduct Summary: SKC – Michael Harrington (caution; Hard Foul) 21’ CHI – Gaston Puerari (caution; Hard Foul) 37’ CHI – Cristian Nazarit (caution; Hard Foul) 57’ SKC – Jimmy Nielsen (ejection; Handball) 67’ SKC – Aurelien Collin (caution; Hard Foul) 98+’ 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW The Fire began 2011 on a high note, drawing away at Dallas before taking a 3-2 Opening Day victory on March 26 vs. Sporting Kansas City. From there the team went on a nine match winless streak, resulting in head coach Carlos de los Cobos being relieved of his duties on May 31. With the move, Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas moved down from the Front Office to take over the coaching reins on an interim basis and led the team to its first win in 12 matches with a late, dramatic 1-0 victory on June 12 at Columbus.

Despite the victory, the Fire struggled in the league through much of the summer but found a way to navigate through the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 1-0 victory over Rochester on June 28 and a 4-0 win over Red Bull New York on July 12 putting the team into the tournament semifinals for the first time since 2006.

The midseason acquisitions of Pavel Pardo, Sebastian Grazzini and Dan Gargan reinforced the Fire and helped the team begin a late summer run with matching 2-0 victories over Toronto FC (August 21) and the Colorado Rapids (August 28) before booking a spot in an MLS record sixth U.S. Open Cup final with a 2-1 semifinal victory over Richmond on August 30.

The team recovered from their early season struggles, in which they won only two of their first 20 matches, to end 2011 with the club’s second best regular season record at 7-2-1 and just three points out of the MLS Cup playoffs.

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- vs. Sporting Kansas City – 5/12/2012

2012 RESULTS/SCHEDULE

DATE March 17 March 24 April 1 April 15 April 21 April 28 May 4 May 9 May 12 May 20 May 23 May 26 May 29 June 2 June 17 June 23 June 29 July 3 July 8 July 14 July 18 July 28 August 4 August 12 August 18 August 22 September 2 September 12 September 15 September 22 September 28 October 3 October 6 October 20 October 27

OPPONENT

@ Montreal Impact

Philadelphia Union

@ Colorado Rapids

Houston Dynamo

@ Toronto FC

Seattle Sounders FC

@ Chivas USA

Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

@ Portland Timbers

FC Dallas

@ Columbus Crew

TBD*

@ New England Revolution New York Red Bulls

Columbus Crew

@ Sporting Kansas City @ Houston Dynamo

LA Galaxy

Vancouver Whitecaps FC @ New York Red Bulls

@ San Jose Earthquakes Toronto FC

@ Philadelphia Union

New England Revolution @ DC United

Houston Dynamo

@ Toronto FC

Montreal Impact

Columbus Crew

@ Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union

@ New York Red Bulls

@ New England Revolution DC United

RESULT/TIME (CT) GOAL SCORERS (MIN) 1‐1 D

Oduro 71’ 1‐0 W

Oduro 28’ 0‐2 L

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Pause 27’ 1‐1 D 3‐2 W Oduro 1’, Segares 40’, Nyarko 58’ 1‐2 L

Pappa 89’ 2‐1 W

Berry 25’, Pappa 93+’ 0‐0 D

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- vs. Sporting Kansas City – 5/12/2012

CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 6 15 22 19 7 23 3 5 10 94 25 99 28 1 14 8 11 16 17 12 27 9 88 18 13 70 21 20 4

Player Jalil Anibaba Orr Barouch Austin Berry Corben Bone Kheli Dube Arne Friedrich Dan Gargan Cory Gibbs Sebastián Grazzini Kellen Gulley Sean Johnson Hunter Jumper Steven Kinney Jay Nolly Patrick Nyarko Dominic Oduro Daniel Paladini Marco Pappa Pavel Pardo Logan Pause Victor Pineda Federico Puppo Rafael Robayo Chris Rolfe Gonzalo Segares Paolo Tornaghi Mike Videira Tony Walls Kwame Watson-Siriboe

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

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

Wt. 170 190 180 150 160 170 175 180 165 185 215 175 175 205 165 160 165 155 150 155 140 160 170 145 160 175 180 185 195

Birth date 10/19/1988 11/29/1991 06/06/1988 09/16/1988 06/18/1983 05/29/1979 12/14/1982 01/14/1980 01/25/1981 04/06/1994 05/31/1989 02/28/1989 10/28/1987 02/01/1982 01/15/1986 08/13/1985 11/11/1984 11/15/1987 07/26/1976 08/22/1981 03/15/1993 12/06/1986 04/24/1984 01/17/1983 10/13/1982 06/21/1988 01/06/1986 01/16/1990 11/13/1986

Hometown Davis, CA Woodland Hills, CA Cincinnati, OH Plano, Texas Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Philadelphia, PA Fort Lauderdale, FL Rosario, Argentina Clinton, MS Lilburn, GA Plano, TX Norcross, GA Littleton, CO Kumasi, Ghana Pramso, Ghana Northridge, CA Guatemala City Guadalajara, Mexico Hillsborough, NC Bolingbrook, IL Montevideo, Uruguay Bogota, Colombia Kettering, OH San Jose, Costa Rica Garbagnate Milanese, Italy Milford, MA Wauwatosa, WI Chino Hills, CA

College North Carolina -Louisville Wake Forest Coastal Carolina -Georgetown Brown University --Central Florida Virginia Elon University Indiana Virginia Tech

Status GC

GC Int.

Int.

GC

Virginia Commonwealth GC

Cal State Northridge --North Carolina -----

Int. Int.

Int. Int.

Virginia Commonwealth GC

Int. Duke UW-Green Bay Connecticut

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 70 88 94 99

Player Jay Nolly Dan Gargan Kwame Watson-Siriboe Cory Gibbs Jalil Anibaba Kheli Dube Dominic Oduro Federico Puppo Sebastián Grazzini Daniel Paladini Logan Pause Gonzalo Segares Patrick Nyarko Orr Barouch Marco Pappa Pavel Pardo Chris Rolfe Corben Bone Tony Walls Michael Videira Austin Berry Arne Friedrich Sean Johnson Victor Pineda Steven Kinney Paolo Tornaghi Rafael Robayo Kellen Gulley Hunter Jumper

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

Pronunciation

SEER-ee-bow Jah-LEEL Ah-Nee-Bah-Bah doo-BAY pooh-PO GRASS-ee-knee

seh-GAH-res NEE-yah-koh Barr-OOK

VEE-dare-AH ARR-nuh FREE-drick

Head Coach: Frank Klopas Assistant Coach: Leo Percovich Assistant Coach: Mike Matkovich Goalkeeper Coach: Aron Hyde Soccer Fitness Specialist: Tony Jouaux

PIN-eh-DA TOR-nah-GEE row-BUY-O

Place of Birth Orlando, FL Philadelphia, PA Chino Hills, CA Plantation, FL Fontana, CA Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Accra, Ghana Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Rosario, Argentina Northridge, CA Hillsborough, NC San Jose, Costa Rica Kumasi, Ghana Haifa, Israel Guatemala City, Guatemala Guadalajara, Mexico Kettering, Ohio Plano, Texas Wauwatosa, WI Milford, MA Cincinnati, OH Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Lilburn, GA Chicago, IL Norcross, GA Garbagnate Milanese, Italy Bogota, Colombia Clinton, MS Plano, TX

Last Team Vancouver Whitecaps Toronto FC Connecticut (NCAA) New England Revolution North Carolina (NCAA) New England Revolution Houston Dynamo Danubio FC (URU) CA All Boys (ARG) Carolina Railhawks (NASL) North Carolina (NCAA) Chicago Fire Chicago Fire Tigres (MEX) CSD Municipal (GUA) Club America (MEX) Aalborg BK (DEN) Chicago Fire UW-Green Bay (NCAA) AC St. Louis (USSF D-2) Louisville (NCAA) VfL Wolfsburg (GER) Chicago Fire Chicago Fire Chicago Fire Como (ITA) Millonarios (COL) CFJ-Mississippi Virginia (NCAA)

Head Athletic Trainer: Bo Leonard Assistant Athletic Trainer: Matt Zalewski Equipment Manager: Charles Raycroft Assistant Equipment Manager: Allan Araujo Director of Team Operations: Ron Stern

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- vs. Sporting Kansas City – 5/12/2012

2012 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season Statistics (thru 5/5/2012 Player GP GS MIN G A C E Jalil Anibaba 7 6 555 0 0 0 1 Orr Barouch 2 0 18 0 0 0 0 Austin Berry 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 Corben Bone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kheli Dube 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arne Friedrich 5 5 426 0 0 0 0 Dan Gargan 7 7 567 0 0 0 0 Cory Gibbs 3 3 270 0 0 1 0 Sebastian Grazzini 8 8 647 0 3 3 0 Kellen Gulley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sean Johnson 5 5 426 0 0 0 0 Hunter Jumper 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 Steven Kinney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Nolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patrick Nyarko 8 8 666 1 1 1 0 Dominic Oduro 8 8 686 3 1 0 0 Daniel Paladini 5 1 138 0 0 0 0 Marco Pappa 8 7 569 2 1 2 0 Pavel Pardo 8 8 676 0 1 1 0 Logan Pause 8 8 642 1 1 0 0 Victor Pineda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Federico Puppo 7 0 118 0 1 0 0 Rafael Robayo 5 1 106 0 0 0 0 Chris Rolfe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalo Segares 8 8 674 1 0 0 0 Paolo Tornaghi 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 Michael Videira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Walls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kwame Watson‐Siriboe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GOALKEEPING STATISTICS Player GP GS Sean Johnson 5 5 Jay Nolly 0 0 Paolo Tornaghi 3 3

MIN 416 0 270

SHT 17 0 17

SVS 12 0 14

GA 6 0 3

GAA 1.27 0 1.00

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

PG PA W L 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

D 2 0 1

GWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SO 1 0 1

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#6 JALIL ANIBABA – 2012: 7 GP/6 GS, 0G, 0A in 555 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 39 min., 05/12/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 DRAW LAST MLS GOAL: 10/22/11 vs. CLB (30’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/17/11 vs. LA (89’)  Scored a brace in 2011 season finale, a 3-2 victory 10/22 vs. CLB  First professional goal in 2-1 U.S. Open Cup qualifying victory over 3/30/11 vs. Colorado was voted club’s 2011 Goal of the Year st th  Drafted in 1 round, 13 overall of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft #15–ORR BAROUCH – 2012: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 18 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 11 min., 04/21/12 at TOR in 3-2 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/07/11 @ VAN (80’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/15/11 @ DC (Chaves 95+’)  Rights purchased from Tigres UANL during 2011 offseason  Israeli citizen and U.S. green card holder  Part of Israeli U-21 squad #22—AUSTIN BERRY – 2012: 2 GP/2 GS, 1G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 05/04/12 @ CHV (25’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play  Selected ninth overall (first round) in 2012 MLS SuperDraft  Was part of 2010 Chicago Fire PDL team  Played in 2010 NCAA College Cup for University of Louisville #19–CORBEN BONE – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 73 min., 10/01/11 @ HOU in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/14/2011 @ TOR (Barouch 75’)  Member of Generation adidas program st th  Drafted in 1 round, 13 overall of 2010 MLS SuperDraft  Recorded 15 goals and 38 assists in three years of play at Wake Forest University

#94 – KELLEN GULLEY – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in an MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play Finished  Product of Mississippi Fire Juniors  Became club’s second Homegrown Player after signing with the first team in August 2011 #25 – SEAN JOHNSON – 2012: 5 GP/5 GS, 2W, 1SO in 416 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS WIN: 05/04/12 @ CHV LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 09/28/11 vs. RSL (3-0 win)  Has two appearances for the full U.S. Men’s National Team  Called in as a member of the U.S. U-23 Olympic Qualifying Team  At age 21, was the youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire after making his debut on August 1, 2010. #99 – HUNTER JUMPER – 2012: 1 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 22 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 22 min., 03/17/12 at MTL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play Finished th  Selected 28 overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft  Appeared in 79 matches between 2008-11 at the University of Virginia, helping the Cavaliers to the 2009 NCAA College Cup  Able to play at left back as well as a center back #28 – STEVEN KINNEY – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 58 min., 10/23/10 @CHV in 4-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/29/10 @ SJ (39’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/08/10 vs. CLB (Lowry 30’)  Appeared in 13 matches, logging 963 minutes in rookie 2010 season  First player out of Elon University to sign an MLS contract  Made 78 appearances during his four-year college career at Elon University

#7 – KHELI DUBE – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 10 min., 10/15/11 vsl CLB in 3-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 10/10/10 vs. HOU (73’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/2/10 vs. RSL (Nyassi 82’)  Selected by Fire in 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft  Runner-up for 2008 MLS Rookie of the Year after tallying four goals and four assists in 21 matches for New England

#1 – JAY NOLLY – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0W, 0SO in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 8/13/11 vs. DC in 4-0 loss LAST MLS WIN: 8/7/11 vs. CHI LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 5/7/11 at CHI (0-0 draw)  Acquired via trade from Vancouver on December 5, 2011

#23 – ARNE FRIEDRICH – 2012: 5 GP/5 GS, 0G, 0A in 426 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play  Veteran of 2006 and 2010 German World Cup Teams  Appeared for Germany at the 2004 and 2008 European Championship  Has amassed 82 appearances for Die Mannschaft

#14 – PATRICK NYARKO – 2012: 8 GP/8 GS, 1G, 1A in 666 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 60 min., 05/04/12 @ CHV in 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 04/21/12 @ TOR (58’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/21/12 @ TOR (Oduro 1’)  Team leader in assists the past two seasons with 10 (2010) and 9 in 2011  Has appeared in more matches than any other Fire player over the past three seasons with 87 games played  Made debut for Ghana in 1-1 draw vs. Chile on 2/29/12

#3 – DAN GARGAN – 2012: 7 GP/6 GS, 0G, 0A in 567 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 51 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 08/21/11 vs. TOR (69’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/07/10 vs. CHV (Attakora 21’)  Acquired in a trade with Toronto for Dasan Robinson on 7/28/2011  Scored his second career MLS goal in his first appearance against his former club Toronto in 2-0 win on 8/21/2011 #5 – CORY GIBBS – 2012: 3 GP/3 GS, 0G, 0A in 270 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 04/01/12 at COL in 2-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 09/17/11 vs. CHV (2’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 007/24/09 vs. DC (Davis 63’)  2011 Chicago Fire Defender of the Year  Tallied a career high three goals, all off headers, for the Fire in 2011  Has appeared in 19 matches for the U.S. Men’s National

#8 – DOMINIC ODURO – 2012: 8 GP/8 GS, 3G, 1A in 686 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 04/21/12 @ TOR (1’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/21/12 @ TOR (Nyarko 58’)  Became first Fire player since 2004 to score double digit goals in 2011  With 12 goals, was 2011 Fire MVP and Golden Boot winner  Made debut for Ghana in 1-1 draw vs. Chile on 2/29/12 #11 – DANIEL PALADINI – 2012: 5 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 138 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 72 min., 04/28/12 vs. SEA in 2-1 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 09/06/2008 @ TOR (41’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/28/2011 @ RSL (Pappa 9’)  Two-time Division 2 All-League Best XI Midfielder (2009-10)  Helped Carolina RailHawks to 2010 USSFD2 Finals  Drafted in 2006 by Los Angeles Galaxy

#10 – SEBASTIAN GRAZZINI – 2012: 8 GP/8 GS, 0G, 3A in 647 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 10/15/11 vs. DC (93+’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/21/12 @ TOR (Segares 40’)  Tallied five goals and four assists in 11 matches after joining on July 13, 2011  Last played for Club Atletico All Boys in the Argentine Primera Division CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

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#16 – MARCO PAPPA – 2012: 8 GP/ 7 GS, 2G, 1A in 569 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min 5/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 05/04/12 @ CHV (93’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/24/12 vs. PHI (Oduro 28’)  Hit a career high eight goals in 2011  Became just the fifth player in Fire history to record a hat trick on 9/28/11 at RSL  Won 2010 MLS Goal of the Year for strike on 4/10/10 vs. SJ #17 – PAVEL PARDO – 2012: 8 GP/8 GS, 0G, 1A in 676 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 08/03/11 vs. PHI (54’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/15/12 vs. HOU (Pause 27’)  Appeared in the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cups for Mexico  Appeared in over 300 matches for Club America in the Mexican Primera Division  Won the 2007 Bundesliga title with Stuttgart #12 – LOGAN PAUSE – 2012: 8 GP/8 GS, 1G, 0A in 642 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 72 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 04/15/12 vs. HOU (27’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/21/12 @ TOR (Nyarko 58’)  Sits second on club’s all-time appearance list with 227 GP th  Enters his 10 consecutive season with the Fire in 2012 and second as captain  Longest tenured member of the current roster  Has earned six caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team  Has appeared in 21+ games in every season since joining the Fire in 2003  Youngest Fire player to hit 200 MLS regular season appearances at 29

#21 – MICHAEL VIDEIRA – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 19 min., 10/15/11 @ DC in 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored an MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/26/11 vs KC (Puerari 40’)  Signed with Hamilton Academical of the Scottish Premier League in 2008 after playing four years at Duke  Played for the U.S. U17 and U20 Men’s National Teams #20 – TONY WALLS – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match th  Highest 2012 MLS Supplemental pick to sign an MLS contract (47 overall)  Was a member of 2010 Chicago Fire PDL side #4 – KWAME WATSON-SIRIBOE – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 10/16/10 vs. DC in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored an MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not tallied an MLS assist  Spent the 2011 season on loan with the NASL’s FC Tampa Bay th  Selected 26 overall (second round) out of UConn in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft

#27 – VICTOR PINEDA– 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match  First Home Grown player signed by the Chicago Fire first team  Helped Fire’s U16/17 Academy to 2010 National Championship  Has previously played for U.S. U17, U18 and U20 National Teams #9 – FEDERICO PUPPO – 2012: 7 GP/0 GS, 0G, 1A in 118 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 30 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored an MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/09/12 @ CHV (Pappa 93+’)  Joined the Fire from Uruguayan club Danubio  Appeared for Uruguay at 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara #88 – RAFAEL ROBAYO – 2012: 5 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 106 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 18 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 09/12/09 @ RSL (43’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/25/09 @ CLB (Segares 88’)  Re-joined the Chicago Fire on a free transfer from Aalborg BK on April 16, 2012  Second all-time leading goal scorer in club history with 36 regular season goals  Has 10 international appearances with the U.S. Men’s National Team #18 – CHRIS ROLFE – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 MIN LAST MLS MATCH: Played 83 min., 10/22/09 vs. CHV in 1-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored an MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS match  Joined Fire from Colombian club Millonarios where he served as captain the past two seasons  Has one cap for the Colombian Men’s National Team #13 – GONZALO SEGARES – 2012: 8 GP/8 GS, 1G, 0A in 674 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/09/12 vs. RSL in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 04/21/09 @ TOR (40’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/15/11 @ DC (Chaves 95+’)  Led all Fire players with appearances in 2011, playing in 33 MLS matches and 38 competitive matches.  With 8, sits second among Fire defenders for most goals all-time for the club behind Lubos Kubik (15)  Has appeared in 19 matches for the Costa Rican Men’s National Team th  Selected 35 overall (third round) by the Fire in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

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3-17-12 @ MTL, T 1-1 GK Tornaghi D Gargan D Anibaba D Gibbs D Segares (Jumper 68’) M Pappa (Puppo 62’) M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini (Paladini 79’) F Nyarko F Oduro 1

3-24-12 vs. PHI,W 1-0 GK Tornaghi D Gargan D Anibaba D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa (Puppo 89’) M Pardo (Paladini 70’) M Pause M Grazzini (Robayo 85’) F Nyarko F Oduro 1

4-28-12 vs. SEA, L 1-2 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Anibaba D Segares M Pause (Pappa 61’) 1 M Pardo M Paladini (Puppo 78’) M Grazzini (Robayo 80’) F Nyarko F Oduro

5-4-12 @ CHV, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Berry 1 D Segares M Pappa 1 M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini (Robayo 78’) F Nyarko F Oduro (Puppo 86’)

4-1-12 @ COL, L 0-2 GK Tornaghi D Pause (Barouch 83’) D Anibaba D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa (Puppo 78’) M Pardo M Robayo (Paladini 61’) M Grazzini F Nyarko F Oduro

4-15-12 vs. HOU, D 1-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa M Pardo M Pause 1 M Grazzini F Nyarko F Oduro

4-21-12 @ TOR, W 3-2 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Anibaba D Segares 1 M Pappa (Puppo 65’) M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini (Barouch 79’) F Nyarko 1 F Oduro 1 (Paladini 84’)

5-9-12 vs. RSL, T 0-0 GK Johnson D Gargan (Anibaba 51’) D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Pappa M Pardo M Pause (Robayo 72’) M Grazzini F Nyarko (Puppo 60’) F Oduro

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2012 Regular season Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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RECORD 7-2-0 (21 pts) GAMES PLAYED 9 CONFERENCE POSITION 1st in East GOALS 12 GOALS/GAME 1.33 ALLOWED 5 ALLOWED/GAME .56 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL +7 SHOTS (ON GOAL) 151 (45) ON GOAL % 29.8% FOULS COMMITTED 115 FOULS SUFFERED 114 CAUTIONS 14 EJECTIONS N/A

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

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

Eastern Conf.

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

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

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3-2-3 (12 pts) 8 4th in East 9 1.125 9 1.125 0 108 (42) 38.9% 84 93 10 1

2012 REgular season Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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Coaches - REGULAR SEASON Frank Klopas

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2012 Regular season MLS Standings As of 5/11/2012:

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MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team

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Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com

Kansas City Connections Sporting Kansas City last played Chicago Fire to a 0-0 draw in the inaugural match at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on June 9, 2011 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,925 people.

The contest was highlighted by the ejection of Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen halfway through the second half for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity. Eric Kronberg came off the bench to replace Nielsen in the 68th minute.

Prior to the ejection, Sporting Kansas City and Graham Zusi thought they earned the first ever goal at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. In the 15th minute of the match Kei Kamara sent a cross to the backpost. Graham Zusi knocked it in, but the goal was called back seconds later because Omar Bravo was offside on the play.

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The red card was issued in the 67th minute when the Fire chipped a ball behind the Kansas City backline to Dominic Oduro. Nielsen was the only player left as he rushed out of the box to put pressure on Oduro. As Oduro attempted to lob the ball over Nielsen’s head, the Danish international stuck out his hand to block the shot despite being outside the area.

The straight red was an easy decision for referee Michael Kennedy and a bit worrisome for Kansas City fans. Kronberg’s efforts were able preserve the shutout, but neither team was able to capitalize on the ample opportunities throughout the match.

I think it is safe to say both teams are ready for the rematch.

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Sporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes and Chicago Fire head coach Frank Klopas were roommates when they played for the U.S. Men’s National Team in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Frank Klopas played for Kansas City from 1996-1997. Klopas scored seven goals and tallied 11 assists during his two seasons with Kansas City.

Chicago Fire striker Mkhokheli Dube spent the second half of his college career (2006-2007) at Coastal Carolina where he was named 2007 Big South Player of the Year. Sporting Kansas City defender Cyprian Hedrick also played for Coastal Carolina recording six goals and one assist from a defensive position. Hedrick received Big South Defensive Player of the Year honors and was named to the 2011 NSCAA Men’s Collegiate Scholar All-American first team.

Sporting Kansas City defender Michael Harrington and Chicago Fire midfielder Corben Bone were both members of the Region III ODP team in 2003. Both boys went on to play in the ACC at the Universities of North Carolina and Wake Forest respectively. Fire striker Jalil Anibaba transferred to the University of North Carolina for his senior season(2010), however, Anibaba and Harrington’s(2003-2006) time in school did not overlap.

Mkhokheli Dube first joined MLS playing for the New England Revolution after earning selection in the 2008 SuperDraft.

Dube stayed with the Revs for four seasons (2008-2011) before his selection by Chicago Fire in the Re-Entry Process Stage 2 Draft. Sporting Kansas City defender Seth Sinovic also began his MLS career in New England(2010-2011) as a second-round MLS SuperDraft selection in 2010. Sinovic and Dube spent one full season together before Seth was waived on March 31st of 2011 before signing with KC in May. While with the Revolution, Sinovic also played with Chicago Fire defender Cory Gibbs and midfielder Michael Videira.

Gibbs was born in Plantation, Florida, just three hours south of Orlando, FL, the birth place of Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi.

Chicago Fire starting goalkeeper Sean Johnson played in the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifiers with Sporting Kansas City striker Teal Bunbury at the end of March in Nashville, TN. Chicago Fire goalkeeper Jay Nolly played collegiate soccer at Indiana University with Sporting Kansas City forward Jacob Peterson. The two led the hoosiers to back-to-back National Championships in 2003 and 2004.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Paulo Nagamura and Chicago Fire midfielder Daniel Paladini were teammates in 2006 at the LA Galaxy and again in 2008 with Chivas USA. Fire midfielder Victor Pineda and Sporting goalkeeper Jon Kempin are both the first home grown players for their respective clubs. Pineda and Kempin are also the youngest players on their respective team rosters.

Chicago Fire defender Dan Gargen and Sporting Kansas City midfielder Bobby Convey are two of the more veteran players set to play on Saturday, both having played for multiple teams in MLS before ending up where they are now.

Both Gargen and Convey were born in Philadelphia, PA.

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Sporting Kansas City suffered their second loss of the 2012 season on May 5th against the Montreal Impact at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The loss marked the 201st loss in club history bringing Kansas City’s all-time record back to .500 at 201-201-100.

Sporting Kansas City is second in MLS for shots with 151 trailing a D.C. United side whose taken 160 shots in 2012.

Sporting KC striker Kei Kamara ranks tied for first in the League for shots on goal with New York’s Thierry Henry and San Jose’s Chris Wondolowski with 19.

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

Kei Kamara’s next game-winning goal will move him into a tie with Digital Takawira for fourth on the club’s all-time chart.

Sporting Kansas City’s next successful penalty kick will be the 50th in club history. The club has converted 73% of penalties taken.

Jimmy Nielsen has the second lowest goals against average in MLS this season behind Michael Gspurning with 0.56.

Nielsen is tied with Jon Busch and Nick Rimando for most wins (7) of any MLS goalkeeper.

Nielsen is tied with Joe Cannon for most shutouts (5) of any MLS goalkeeper.

Jimmy Nielsen’s next shutout will move him into sole possession of second place on Sporting Kansas City’s all-time goalkeeping chart for clean sheets.

Nielsen’s next win will tie Kevin Hartman for fourth most by a KC goalkeeper.

Sporting Kansas City leads the League with 63 corner kicks in 2012.

Sporting Kansas City has no wins in May in the last three seasons (last May win dates back to May 16, 2009 in a 2-0 win at RSL — a span of 11 straight May matches without a win) Graham Zusi’s next game-winning assist will move him into sole possession of fifth place on Sporting Kansas City’s alltime chart.

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

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com

Sporting Kansas City News, Notes and headlines Results | Sporting Kansas City remains atop the Eastern Conference with a record of 7-2-0 (21 points). The team had a historic start to 2012, garnering seven straight wins to start the season.

However, Kansas City suffered back-to-back losses on April 21st and May 5th for the first time since 2011 on May 14 to the LA Galaxy and May 21 to the Seattle Sounders.

The loss marked the first time in club history that Kansas City has lost their first match against an expansion team. The team’s record in series-opening matches against expansion teams moves to 6-14. However, the match did host the largest attendence thus far at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in 2012 with 20,404 fans in the seats.

Seth Sinovic | Seth Sinovic missed his first match since earning a spot in the starting XI on May 28, 2011. Sinovic broke his wrist against the Portland Timbers on April 21st. The Creighton product underwent surgery on April 24th and appears to be working his way back into the mix.

Sinovic practiced this week, but coaches are not sure whether he will be ready for the start against Chicago. Veteran Michael Harrington started for Kansas City against Montreal and provides an experienced replacement for Sinovic having been in MLS since 2007.

Chet North | Sporting Kansas City trainer Chet North will experience the 500th league match of his career on Saturday. He began working for Kansas City when Major League Soccer started in 1996 and has maintained his position ever since.

2012 marks the 17th season for Sporting Kansas City and North has only missed three games during his entire career. The first was four years ago when his son was born and the other two were two years ago when he let his assistant do the games in Dallas and Houston because he went to school in Texas.

New Broadcast Stations | Sporting Kansas City announced Thursday the addition of MyTV Wichita and WIBW-TV/MyTV Topeka as the club’s new regional broadcast partners. The stations will carry all 13 of the club’s remaining away matches live this season.

MyTV Wichita and WIBW-TV/MyTV Topeka join KSMO-TV to provide live, over-the-air broadcasts of Sporting Kansas City matches in 90 of the 105 counties in the state of Kansas and all of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Combined, Sporting Kansas City can now be seen in more than 1.5 million homes throughout the region, including the cities of Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence and

Manhattan.

In addition to the 13 remaining Sporting Kansas City road matches during the 2012 MLS regular season, five home matches at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park will be nationally broadcast to provide a total of 18 upcoming telecasts that will now reach a wider regional audience.

Sports Team of the Year | Sporting Kansas City has been nominated by the 2012 SportsBusiness Awards for Sports Team of the Year. In addition, LIVESTRONG Sporting Park received nomination for Sports Facility of the Year. The winners of Street and Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal 2012 awards will be announced on May 23, 2012 at the New York Marriott Marquis at Times Square.

TheStadiumBusiness Awards | Sporting Club CEO Robb Heineman was nominated for Executive of the Year and LIVESTRONG Sporting Park earned nominations in four categories including Venue of the Year. The club’s state-of-the-art LIVESTRONG Sporting Park garnered recognition alongside venues on four different continents with its consideration for Venue of the Year. LSP was also nominated for the Customer Experience Award, the Community Award and the New Venue Award.

In addition, Sporting Innovations’ FAN360 is one of five nominees for the Product Innovation Award as a product or service that has uniquely transformed and improved the way stadiums, arenas and sports venues do business.

The winners in all categories will be announced live at the TheStadiumBusiness Awards gala, to be held in Turin on May 15, 2012.

2012 Home attendance Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Sat., May 5th

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

W vs. New England W vs. FC Dallas W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy W vs. Real Salt Lake L vs. Montreal Impact

19,777 15,161 20,323 19,422 20,404

2012 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 5 7 12 SPORTING 58 93 151 SPORTING 18 27 45 Opp. 3 2 5 Opp. 31 52 83 Opp. 7 13 20 Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total Corners 1 2 Total SPORTING 57 58 115 SPORTING 6 9 15 SPORTING 34 29 63 Opp. 58 56 114 Opp. 13 14 27 Opp. 8 22 30 Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total PK 1 2 Total SPORTING 8 6 14 SPORTING 0 0 0 SPORTING 1 0 1 Opp. 6 9 15 Opp. 1 0 1 Opp. 0 1 1

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All-time regular season results

Date

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 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 10/01/2005 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

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

Result W L SOL 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

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 LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

All-time Post season results Date

10/15/2000

Score Result Location 1-0 W RFK Stadium

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC CHI

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 8 6 10 6 9 10 0 49 12 10 16 11 14 14 0 77

All-Time Regular Season series leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Chicago fire

5 Sealy/Wolff Goals 10 Preki Assists 43 Davy Arnaud Shots 18 Josh Wolff Shots on Goal 38 Kerry ZavagninFouls Committed 40 Davy ArnaudFouls Suffered 3 Meola/Oshoniyi Wins 6 Tony Meola Losses 2 Kevin Hartman Shutouts 40 Tony Meola Saves 24 Tony Meola Goals allowed

Ante Razov 9 Justin Mapp 8 Ante Razov 48 Ante Razov 20 Chris Armas

Justin Mapp 42 Zach Thornton 15 Zach Thornton 4 Zach Thornton 8 Zach Thornton 94 Zach Thornton 26

All-Time Regular Season game highs SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Chicago fire

6 Players Tied 2 2 5 Players Tied Goals Assists 10 Players Tied 2 3 Preki Shots Damani Ralph 9 6 Josh Wolff 6 Players Tied 4 4 4 Players Tied Shots on Goal 6 Alex Zontinca Fouls Committed 4 Players Tied 6 6 5 Players Tied Fouls suffered Ralph/Bianco 7 9 Tony Meola 7 Bo Oshoniyi

Zach Thornton 10 Saves Goals allowed Sutton/Thornton 4

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals

Shots

Shots on Goal Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

1 24 231 113 261 40 90

2 25 255 105 280 34 106

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot. 49 486 218 541 74 196

Chicago fire Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 38 250 114 290 55 83

2 39 256 115 275 64 107

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot. 77 506 229 565 119 190

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS assists GOALS PLAYER TEAM GP A 1. Dwayne De Rosario DC 11 7 2. Graham Zusi KC 9 6 3. Steven Beitashour SJ 10 5 3. Thierry Henry NY 8 5 5. Marvin Chavez SJ 9 4 6. Eric Alexander POR 7 3 6. Nick DeLeon DC 9 3 6. Roy Miller NY 6 3 6. 8 other players tied with 3...

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS PLAYER TEAM GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi KC 9 4 2. Steven Beitashour SJ 10 2 2. Javier Morales RSL 10 2 2. Brian Mullan COL 10 2 2. Blas Perez DAL 9 2 2. Martin Rivero COL 6 2 7. Kei Kamara KC 8 1 7. Chance Myers KC 8 1 7. Bobby Convey KC 8 1 7. 46 others tied with 1...

Corner Kicks PLAYER TEAM GP CK 1. Graham Zusi KC 9 38 2. Nick DeLeon DC 9 35 3. David Beckham LA 7 32 4. Martin Rivero COL 6 29 5. Javier Morales RSL 10 25 6. Danielle Hernandez DAL 9 23 7. Camilo VAN 7 22 7. Brad Davis HOU 5 22 7. Felipe Martins MTL 10 22 10. Bobby Convey KC 9 21 10. Jack Jewsbury POR 9 21

GOALKEEPER WINS

PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. Jon Busch SJ 10 7 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 9 7 1. Nick Rimando RSL 11 7 4. Ryan Meara NY 10 6 5. Michael Gspurning SEA 7 5 5. Matt Pickens COL 10 5 7. Joe Cannon VAN 9 4 7. Joe Willis DC 9 4 8. 5 other players tied with 3...

SAVES

PLAYER TEAM GP SV 1. Ryan Meara NY 10 37 2. Nick Rimando RSL 11 36 3. Matt Pickens COL 10 34 4. Dan Kennedy CHV 9 33 4. Matt Reis NE 9 33 6. Kevin Hartman DAL 8 31 6. Donovan Ricketts MTL 10 31

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS PLAYER 1. Jimmy Nielsen 1. Joe Cannon 3. Matt Pickens

TEAM KC VAN COL

GP 9 9 10

SHO 5 5 4

PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 10 11 2. Thierry Henry NY 8 9 3. Kenny Cooper NY 10 8 4. Maicon Santos DC 11 6 5. Chris Pontius DC 10 5 6. Kei Kamara KC 7 4 6. Will Bruin HOU 6 4 6. David Estrada SEA 7 4 6. Steven Lenhart SJ 7 4 6. Alvaro Saborio RSL 1 4 11. C.J. Sapong KC 7 3 11. Auerlien Collin KC 7 3 11. 19 other players tied with 3...

Game-Winning Goals PLAYER 1. Chris Wondolowski 2. Kenny Cooper 2. Chris Pontius 2. Tony Cascio 2. David Estrada 2. Thierry Henry 2. Eddie Johnson 2. Kei Kamara 2. C.J. Sapong 2. Alvaro Saborio

TEAM SJ NY DC COL SEA NY SEA KC KC RSL

GP 9 8 10 9 7 8 4 8 8 12

GWG 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Multi-Goal Games PLAYER 1. Thierry Henry 1. Chris Wondolowski 3. Kenny Cooper 3. Maicon Santos 3. Steven Lenhart

TEAM NY SJ NY DC SJ

GP 8 10 10 11 8

GAMES 3 3 2 2 2

Hat Tricks PLAYER TEAM GP HATS 1. David Estrada SEA 9 1 1. Thierry Henry NY 8 1 1. Chris Pontius DC 11 1

Shots on Goal PLAYER TEAM GP SOG 1. Kei Kamara

KC 9 19 1. Thierry Henry NY 8 19 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 10 19 4. Kenny Cooper NY 10 16 4. Fredy Montero SEA 9 16 6. Will Bruin HOU 7 13 6. Omar Cummings COL 10 13 6. Maicon Santos DC 11 13 6. Robbie Keane LA 8 13 6. Sanna Nyassi MTL 9 13

Shots PLAYER 1. Fredy Montero 2. Kei Kamara 3. Maicon Santos 4. Chris Wondolowski 5. Thierry Henry 6. Dwayne De Rosario

TEAM SEA KC DC SJ NY DC

GP 9 9 11 10 8 11

SH 46 45 40 38 34 33

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2012 Schedule and Box Scores DATE

Sat., March 10th Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sun., April 1st Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Wed., April 18th

Sat., April 21st Sat., May 5th Sat., May 12th Sat., May 19th Sun., May 27th Sat., June 16th Wed., June 20th Sat., June 23rd Fri., June 29th Wed., July 4th Sat., July 7th Sat., July 14th Wed., July 18th Sat., July 21st Sat., July 28th Sat., August 4th Sat., Aug. 11th Sat., August 18th Sun., Aug. 26th Sat., Sept. 1st Fri., Sept. 14th Wed., Sept. 19th Sat., Sept. 22nd Fri., Sept. 28th Sun., October 7th Sat., October 20th Wed., Oct. 24th

OPPONENT

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

W W W W W W

GOAL SCORERS

@ D.C. United Sapong vs. New England Zusi/Kamara/Sapong vs. FC Dallas Collin/Kamara @Chivas USA Sapong vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Kamara vs. Real Salt Lake Collin

3-1 W @Vancouver Whitecaps FC Collin/OG/Kamara

1-0 L @Portland Timbers

1-0 L vs. Montreal Impact @Chicago Fire @Colorado Rapids vs. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Toronto FC @Seattle Sounders @Philadelphia Union vs. Chicago Fire @Montreal Impact vs. Houston Dynamo @Columbus Crew @Houston Dynamo vs. New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew @New England Revolution vs. D.C. United @Toronto FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Toronto FC vs. Houston Dynamo @New York Red Bulls @Montreal Impact vs. Chicago Fire @Columbus Crew @New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union

OG None

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (0-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) DATE: March 17, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

1 0 2

2 0 1

Tot 0 3

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

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

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

Attendance: 16, 314.

Temperature: 44.

FC DALLAS (1-1-1) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (3-0-0) DATE: March 25, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period FC Dallas

Sporting Kansas City

1 1 1

2 0 1

Tot 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Zusi 1 (Kamara 1) 28 KC--Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39 KC--Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 47

Scoring Summary: DAL--Ricardo Villar 2 (free kick) 25 KC--Collin 1 (Zusi 3) 49+ KC--Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Zusi 28, Myers 45 NE: Ejections: McCarthy 14

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 32, Myers 36, Espinoza 93+ DAL: Cautions: D. Hernandez 49+

Stats Sporting Kansas City New England TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 7) 11 (Nguyen/Simms 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 6 (Guy 2) FOULS: 12 (Myers 3) 10 (Sene 2) OFFSIDE: 4 2 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 6 Reis 4

Stats Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Kamara 11) 8 (Villar 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Kamara 5) 1 (Villar 1) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (4 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 1 0 CORNER KICKS: 7 5 SAVES: N/A Hartman 7

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Stephen McCarthy (Ejected 14), Benny Feilhaber (Jeremiah White 61), Clyde Simms, Shalrie Joseph, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Ryan Guy 45), Saer Sene (Diego Fagundez 57).

FC DALLAS--Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd, Hernan Pertuz, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Bryan Leyva (Andrew Wiedeman 70), Daniel Hernandez, Jair Benitez, Ricardo Villar (Bobby Warshaw 45, Luis Perea 90), Andrew Jacobson, Blas Perez.

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Lawrence Olum 91+), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 93+), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong.

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

Attendance: 19,777.

Temperature: 74 and Cloudy.

Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Yader Reyes.

Attendance: 15,161.

Temperature: 81 and Sunny.

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2012 Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA (1-3-0) DATE: April 1, 2012 -- The Home Depot Center Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chivas USA 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 3 (Zusi 5) 47

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chivas USA TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Kamara 4) 6 (3 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Sapong 3) 0 (26 Tied with 0) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (Minda 3) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 7 1 SAVES: N/A Kennedy 4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 89), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 73), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 72).

CHIVAS USA--Dan Kennedy, James Riley, Ante Jazic (Cesar Romero 80), Heath Pearce, Rauwshan McKenzie, Ryan Smith, Laurent Courtois, Oswaldo Minda, Nick LaBrocca, Alejandro Moreno (Miller Bolanos 72), Casey Townsend.

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Frank Anderson 4th Official: Allen Chapman.

Attendance: 13,372.

Temperature: 64 and Clear.

REAL SALT LAKE (5-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (6-0-0) DATE: April 14, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park 1 0 0

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot LA Galaxy 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Kamara 3 (Convey 1) 40

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Sinovic 34 CHV: Cautions: Rauwshan McKenzie 84

Goals by Period Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

LA GALAXY (1-3-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-0-0) DATE: April 7, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

2 0 1

Tot 0 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 2 (Zusi 6) 63 Misconduct Summary: RSL: Cautions: Johnson 51 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 76 RSL: Cautions: Steele 78 Stats Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 10 (Espindola 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 Tied with 1) 1 (Borchers 1) FOULS: 13 (Espinoza 4) 14 (Espindola/Steele 3) OFFSIDE: 0 2 CORNER KICKS: 11 4 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Rimando 2 REAL SALT LAKE--Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Chris Wingert, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Will Johnson, Luis Gil (Paulo Junior 76), Kyle Beckerman, Sebastian Velasquez (Jonny Steele 63), Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 89), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 82), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 51), C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Tyler Ploeger.

Attendance: 19,422.

Temperature: 72 and Cloudy.

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: None.

LA: Cautions: Donovan Stats Sporting Kansas City LA Galaxy TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Espinoza/Zusi 3) 4 (Magee 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 0 (31 Tied with 0) FOULS: 9 (Kamara 5) 12 (Donovan 4) OFFSIDE: 2 1 CORNER KICKS: 7 2 SAVES: N/A Saunders 3 LA GALAXY--Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Tommy Meyer, A.J. DeLaGarza, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Michael Stephens (Marcelo Sarvas 77), Juninho (Kyle Nakazawa 72), Edson Buddle (Chad Barrett 56), Robbie Keane.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 69), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 78), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 87).

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Michael Kennedy.

Attendance: 20,323.

Temperature: 60 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-0-0) VS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (2-2-2) DATE: April 18, 2012 -- BC Place Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC

1 1 0

2 2 1

Tot 3 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 3 (unassisted) 24 KC--own goal (Bonjour) 51 KC--Kamara 4 (Myers 2) 65 VAN--Le Toux 3 (unassisted) 79 Misconduct Summary: VAN: Cautions: Hassli 6 KC: Cautions: Collin 18 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 38 VAN: Cautions: DeMerit 67 Stats Sporting Kansas City Vancouver TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara 3) 19 (da Silva 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara/Collin 1) 7 (da Silva 3) FOULS: 14 (Espinoza 4) 13 (Hassli 4) OFFSIDE: 3 6 CORNER KICKS: 4 5 SAVES: Nielsen 6 None SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 52), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 77), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 62).

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC--Joe Cannon, Lee Young-Pyo, Jordan Harvey, Jay DeMerit, Martin Bonjour (Long Tan 87), Atiba Harris (Omar Salgado 79), Davide Chiumiento, Gershon Koffie, John Thorrington (Camilo 60), Sebastien Le Toux, Eric Hassli.

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Kevin Duliba 4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal.

Attendance: 15,382.

Temperature: 52 and Clear.

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2012 Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-1-0) VS PORTLAND TIMBERS (2-4-1) DATE: April 21, 2012 -- Jeld-Wen Field Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Portland Timbers 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: POR--own goal (Myers) 41 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 66 KC: Cauitons: Besler 88 POR: Cautions: Purdy 22 POR: Cautions: Palmer 44 POR: Cautions: Boyd 81 Stats Sporting Kansas City Portland Timbers TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Kamara/Sapong 4) 12 (Boyd 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara 2) 2 (Boyd/Brunner 1) FOULS: 12 (Collin 3) 16 (Chabala/Chara 3) OFFSIDE: 1 5 CORNER KICKS: 7 7 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Perkins 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Teal Bunbury 71), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 76), C.J. Sapong.

PORTLAND TIMBERS--Troy Perkins, Steve Purdy (Freddie Braun 78), Mike Chabala, Hanyer Mosquera, Eric Brunner, Darlington Nagbe (Franck Songo’o 89), Diego Chara, Lovel Palmer, Jack Jewsbury, Jorge Perlaza (Eric Alexander 84), Kris Boyd.

Referee: Hilario Grajeda Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Paul Scott 4th Official: Sorin Stoica.

Attendance: 20,438.

Temperature: 73 and Sunny.

MONTREAL IMPACT (3-5-2) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-2-0) DATE: May 5, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Montreal Impact 1 1 2 Scoring Summary: MTL--Felipe Martins 1 (Braun 1) 30 MTL--Bernier 1 (penalty kick) 64 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Cesar 35 MON: Cautions: Rivas 36 MON: Cautions: Bernier 45 MON: Cautions: Ubiparipovic 53 MON: Cautions: Wahl 77 Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Kamara/Zusi 5) 6 (Rivas 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 Tied with 1) 2 (Bernier/Martins) FOULS: 9 (Collin 2) 15 (Martins 5) OFFSIDE: 4 5 CORNER KICKS: 11 1 SAVES: N/A Ricketts 4 MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Jeb Brovsky, Tyson Wahl, Nelson Rivas (Matteo Ferrari 62), Hassoun Camara, Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Andrew Wenger 84), Lamar Neagle, Felipe Martins, Patrice Bernier, Justin Braun, Eduardo Sebrango (Davy Arnaud 70).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 79), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 66), Bobby Convey.

Referee: Juan Guzman Referee’s Assistants: Brian Poeschel, Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Jorge Luna Hernandez.

Attendance: 20,404.

Temperature: 86 and Sunny.

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2012 Regular Season Quickest Goal...

Quickest Goal Against...

Game-winning goals after 75’...

24, Aurelien Collin, 4/18 at VAN 25, Ricardo Villar, 3/25 vs DAL 93+, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at D.C. United 88, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL

Game-tying goals after 75’...

N/A

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

N/A

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

N/A

Hat Tricks...

N/A

Hat Tricks Against...

N/A

Own Goals...

51, Martin Bonjour, 4/18 at VAN

Own Goals Against...

41, Chance Myers, 4/21 at POR

Red Cards...

Red Cards Against...

N/A 14, Stephen McCarthy, 3/17 vs NE

Penalty Kicks...

50, Saved, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL

Penalty Kicks Against...

64, Goal, Patrice Bernier, 5/5 vs MON

Youngest Goalscorer...

23y74d, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at DC

Oldest Goalscorer...

27y230d, Kei Kamara, 4/18 at VAN

Youngest Starter...

22y12d, Teal Bunbury, 3/10 at DC

Oldest Starter...

34y273d, Jimmy Nielsen, 5/5 vs MON

SKC Regular Season Record Breakdown 2012 Record When…

• Scoring first goal: 6-0-0 • Conceding first goal: 1-2-0 • Leading at halftime: 3-0-0 • Tied at halftime: 4-0-0 • Trailing at halftime: 0-2-0

0 goals scored: 0-2-0

1 goal scored: 4-0-0

2 goals scored: 1-0-0

3 goals scored: 2-0-0

4+ goals scored: N/A

0 goals allowed: 5-0-0

1 goal allowed: 2-1-0

2 goals allowed: 0-1-0

3 goals allowed: N/A

4+ goals allowed: N/A • Wearing Sporting Blue: 6-1-0 • Wearing Dark indigo: 1-1-0 • Leading at 75’ 5-0-0 • Tied at 75’ 2-0-0 • Trailing at 75’ 0-2-0 • Outshooting opponent 6-1-0 • Outshot by opponent 1-0-0 • Shots even 1-0-0 • One-goal games 5-1-0 • On ESPN 1-0-0 • On NBCSN N/A • On KCTV5 N/A • On KSMO-TV 6-2-0 • Day games (before 5pm) 1-0-0 • Games 5pm or later: 6-2-0 • With red card received… N/A • With red card against… 1-0-0 • Temperature 75 & up… 1-1-0 • Temperature below 75… 6-1-0 • In Pacific time zone… 2-1-0 • In Mountain time zone… N/A • In Central time zone… 4-1-0 • In Eastern time zone… 1-0-0 • vs. Eastern Conference 2-1-0 • vs. Western Conference 5-1-0 • On grass… 6-1-0 • On turf… 1-1-0 Home and Away...

• Overall All-time: 201-201-100 • 2012 At home: 4-1-0 • All-time at home: 135-73-43 • 2012 On road: 3-1-0 • All-time on road: 66-128-57

Record By Month..

March 2012: 3-0-0

March all-time: 8-6-1

April 2012: 4-1-0

April all-time: 35-27-11

May 2012: 0-1-0

May all-time: 25-34-16

June 2012: N/A

June all-time: 32-25-19

July 2012: N/A

July all-time: 35-29-20

Aug. 2012: N/A

Aug. all-time: 31-39-12

Sept. 2012: N/A

Sept. all-time: 22-31-11

Oct. 2012: N/A

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

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

MINI BIOS

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com

COACHING STAFF

#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht: 6-2 Wt. 175 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)

Regular-Season Game Highs:

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager

Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach

Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel

Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2011, KC vs HOU Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012 KC vs MON Goal Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL Assist Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Fitness Coach

#3 | D | Korede Aiyegbusi Ht: 5-5 Wt. 155 DOB: 7/15/1988 Hometown: London, UK College: North Carolina State Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round(#20)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs PHI Last..

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

#55 | D | Julio Cesar Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Last Club: Maritimo Funchal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11

Regular-Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs LA Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Shots 2, 2 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs LA Assist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 6-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

#5 | D | Matt Besler

#55 | D | Aurelien Collin

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

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 2 times, last: August 6, 2011, KC vs SEA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Aug. 6, 2011, KC vs SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 4, May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Fouls Committed 6, Apr. 23, 2011, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: July 16, 2011, KC at HOU Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012 KC vs MON Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 3-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Assists 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2010, SJ vs NY Shots on Goal 4, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Shots 8, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Fouls Committed 5, August 6, 2011, SJ vs POR Fouls Suffered 7, May 3, 2003, DC vs DAL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal May 21, 2011, SJ vs NE Assist April 7, 2012, KC vs LA 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

#15 | M | Roger Espinoza Ht: 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, CO College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Regular-Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assists 1, 9 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 4 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assist July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

#14 | D | Dom Dwyer

#2 | D | Michael Harrington

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

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986 Hometown: Greenville, NC College: North Carolina Acquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3)

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

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assists 2, Sept. 22, 2010, KC vs HOU Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Shots 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Fouls Committed 6, July 11, 2009, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, July 14, 2007, KC vs RSL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal Oct 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assist Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI 2012 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick Ht: 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989 Hometown: Cameroon College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30)

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

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

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #19 | M | Peterson Joseph

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg

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

Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA College: California Acquired: ‘06 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40)

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

Appearance Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last..

Appearance Shutout

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

#23 | F | Kei Kamara

#7 | M | Chance Myers

Ht: 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Shots 11, March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: April 7, 2012, KC vs LA Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assist March 17, 2012 KC vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 4-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 4 times last: April 18, 2012 KC at VAN Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal N/A Assist April 18, 2012 KC at VAN 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin

#6 | M | Paulo Nagumura

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Aquired in trade on 11/29/2011

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Shots on Goal 4, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, May 15, 2006, LA vs RSL Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal Sept. 10, 2010, CHV vs NE Assist June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen

#22 | F | Soony Saad

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

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last..

Appearance Shutout 2012 Record when:

May 5, 2012, KC vs MON April 14, 2012 KC vs RSL he starts 7-2-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Shots 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 1, Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 5, 2011, KC vs. LA Last..

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

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum

#17 | F | C.J. Sapong

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist University Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed 9/15/10

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 1, April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

Appearance April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal April 1, 2012 KC at CHV Assist Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 3-0-0

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson

#32 | D | Luke Sassano

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/14/1985 Hometown: Orinda, California College: University of California, Berkeley Last Club: NY Red Bulls Acquired: Trade with LA Galaxy on 12/15/10

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

April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Appearance Goal Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Assist Aug. 27, 2011, SJ at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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

Appearance March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Goal June 12, 2011, KC at DAL Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #20 | D | Shawn Singh

#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha

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

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

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

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

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

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

#16 | D | Seth Sinovic

#8 | M | Graham Zusi

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

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Last..

Appearance April 21, 2012, KC at POR Goal N/A Assist March 17, 2012, KC vs NE 2012 Record when: he starts 7-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht: 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: Notre Dame Last Club: Borac Čačak (Serbia) Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012: KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 2 times, last: May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: March 10, 2012, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Appearance May 5, 2012, KC vs MON Goal March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Assist April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL 2012 Record when: he starts 7-2-0 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

81

77

6942

2

2

19

7

58

40

5

0

10

0

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

84

80

7212

2

2

19

7

61

41

6

0

0

1

1

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

61

34

3352

14

5

117

46

67

41

36

3

6

1

4

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

246

2

0

7

3

5

4

1

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

64

37

3598

16

5

124

49

72

45

37

3

7

1

5

1

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

35

33

2779

2

2

14

5

39

25

1

0

4

1

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

239

0

1

1

0

1

5

0

0

2

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

38

36

3018

2

3

15

5

40

30

1

0

6

1

1

2

Aurelien Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

32

30

2691

6

0

27

9

53

27

5

0

13

1

3

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

4

1

5

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

35

33

2961

7

0

31

10

58

28

5

0

13

1

4

0

Bobby Convey

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

9

9

701

0

1

4

1

2

5

0

21

0

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

173

161

14392

11

31

198

89

228

216

41

270

34

2

2

10

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

2

1

7

3

8

8

1

11

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

178

166

14842

13

32

205

92

236

224

42

281

34

2

3

10

Dom Dwyer

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kevin Ellis

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Roger Espinoza

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

96

76

6785

2

9

76

19

126

121

8

13

15

3

1

2

KC - Post Season

5

4

288

0

0

1

0

3

5

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

101

80

7073

2

9

77

19

129

126

9

13

17

3

1

2

Michael Harrington

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

140

120

10847

5

13

34

21

125

100

9

4

17

0

0

4

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

145

125

11297

5

13

34

21

128

107

9

4

18

0

0

4

Cyprian Hedrick

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Peterson Joseph

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

74

64

5736

24

11

239

83

107

121

28

3

7

0

7

5

MLS - Reg. Season

154

114

10563

38

14

367

141

214

225

69

5

14

1

11

7

KC - Post Season

3

3

269

0

0

8

4

3

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

5

4

347

1

0

9

5

5

7

4

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

159

118

10910

39

14

376

146

219

232

73

5

14

1

11

7

10

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | May 12th, 2012 @ Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

68

46

4433

0

4

46

13

66

40

3

4

4

1

0

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

5

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

71

49

4703

0

4

46

13

71

44

3

4

4

1

0

1

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

6

0

187

0

0

1

0

3

2

0

1

2

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

164

145

12955

9

14

141

51

249

211

4

18

41

2

4

5

MLS - Post Season

10

9

909

0

0

9

5

16

24

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

173

154

13864

9

14

150

56

265

235

5

18

45

2

4

5

Lawrence Olum

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4

0

58

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

4

0

58

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jacob Peterson

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

6

0

90

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

144

82

7376

9

10

115

42

45

80

16

60

5

0

3

4

MLS - Post Season

3

2

161

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

147

84

7537

9

10

115

42

46

82

17

60

5

0

3

4

Soony Saad

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4

0

39

1

0

2

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

6

0

43

1

0

2

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

43

30

2758

8

5

72

34

42

57

10

0

0

0

3

2

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

5

5

8

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

46

33

3028

9

5

77

39

50

64

10

0

0

0

3

2

Luke Sassano

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

10

5

545

1

0

3

2

2

6

0

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

48

30

2798

1

0

17

3

20

27

1

1

4

1

0

0

MLS - Post Season

4

4

341

0

0

1

0

3

5

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

52

34

3139

1

0

18

3

23

32

1

1

5

1

0

0

Shawn Singh

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

28

28

2276

0

1

9

2

19

26

2

0

3

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

48

46

4036

0

1

17

3

33

37

2

0

6

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

265

0

0

0

0

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

51

49

4301

0

1

17

3

38

40

2

0

6

0

0

0

Michael Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Konrad Warzycha

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

0

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

73

43

4168

7

14

92

30

53

59

6

152

7

0

2

8

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

2

4

0

5

3

0

11

0

0

0

1

MLS Career - TOTAL

76

46

4438

7

16

96

30

58

62

6

163

7

0

2

9

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GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

69

69

6187

247

174

22

74

1.08

3

4

29

23

16

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

9

7

2

2

0.67

0

0

2

1

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

72

72

6457

256

181

24

76

1.06

3

4

31

24

16

Jon Kempin

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

Eric Kronberg

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

MLS Career - TOTAL

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

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Player

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

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 90D 12 90D 90M 3 69M 13

90D 90D 39 77M 90D 90D 90M 90M 28 82M 52M

90D 14 90D 90M 19 71M

90D 11 90D 90M 24 90F

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC NE DAL CHV LA RSL VAN POR MTL 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 0-1 0-2 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 1 90D

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90D 90D 90D 90D 33 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 57M 89M 89M 75F 18 85M 90M 89M 73M 31 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D 90D 90D 15 90F 90F 72F 87F 90F 62F 90F 66F

14 1

17

21

8

38

90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90F

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90M 76M 90M 90M 78M 51M 76M 79M 90D 59D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

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1 3 2 1 1 1 3 0 0

DC 0 NE 0 DAL 1 CHV 0 LA 0 RSL 0 VAN 1 POR 1 MTL 2

W W W W W W W L L

Sapong Zusi 1 Collin Sapong Kamara Collin Collin

1 (Zusi 1) 93 (Kamara 1) 28; Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39; Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 1 (Zusi 3) 49+; Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88 3 (Zusi 5) 47 3 (Convey 1) 40 2 (Zusi 6) 63 3 (unassisted) 24; own goal (Bonjour) 51; Kamara 4 (Myers 2) 65

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