Game Notes: Sporting KC at Colorado Rapids

COLORADO RAPIDS v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (May 28, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, 7 p.m. MT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2011 SEASON RECORDS Rapids at home

GP 12 5

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

PTS 17 8

GF 14 8

GA 12 4

Sporting on road

8 8

1-6-1 1-6-1

4 4

11 11

18 18

18 Pickens

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

27

ALL-TIME (47 meetings): Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 63 goals …

Sporting 20 wins (1 shootout), 81 goals … Ties 10

22

3

Wynne

Moor

Kimura

6 Wallace

25 Mastroeni

AT COLORADO (24 meetings): Rapids 14 wins (2 shootout), 40 goals…

Sporting 4 wins (1 shootout), 29 goals… Ties 6

23

15

4

Thompson

Larentowicz

Nyassi

19 Akpan

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING RAPIDS Sat. June 4 at Toronto FC Sat. June 4 Philadelphia Thu. June 9 Chicago Sat. June 11 at Portland Sun. June 12 at FC Dallas Sat. June 18 Los Angeles Fri. June 17 San Jose Sun. June 26 at Columbus

9 Bunbury

11

99

Smith

Bravo

SPORTING

RAPIDS

F 11 65

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

A 18 40

9 3 0 0

7 2 0 2 0 2 1 0

6 2 1 0 1 1 1 0

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

6 5 0 0

11 2 4 1

7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1

8 3 3 0 2 1 1 0

1 9 1

3 12 3

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) COL KC

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

4 5 3

RECORD LEAD 3-0-1 1-0-1

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

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

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Rapids Sporting KC

WWWLLLTWTTTT WLTLLLLL

Arnaud

Rocastle

2

Sinovic

5

78

Besler

Collin

Harrington

1

REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda.

SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Ian Anderson; 4th: Mark Declouet INJURY REPORTS COLORADO RAPIDS - OUT: FW Macoumba Kandji (L knee ACL tear); DOUBTFUL: FW Omar Cummings (R ankle sprain); FW Caleb Folan (R groin strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Jamie Smith (L calf strain); PROBABLE: GK Matt Pickens (R groin strain); FW Quincy Amarikwa (L ankle sprain); FW Conor Casey (L hamstring strain) …

SPORTING KANSAS CITY - OUT: FW Konrad Warzycha (R knee surgery); PROBABLE: FW Omar Bravo (sports hernia); MF Davy Arnaud (neck strain) DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: COL: Brian Mullan (through June 26) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none INTERNATIONAL DUTY

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 3-0-2 1-3-1 1-1-1 0-5-0

1 1 1 1 2 0 0

(3) (3) (2) (4) (0) (1) (1)

SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (DF) 4 Craig Rocastle (MF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Shavar Thomas (DF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Ryan Smith (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (MF) 14 Kevin Ellis (DF) 15 Roger Espinoza (DF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 20 Birahim Diop (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Davy Arnaud (MF) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Scott Lorenz (DF) 27 Stephane Auvray (MF) 32 Luke Sassano (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Milos Stojcev (MF) 99 Omar Bravo (FW)

KC: Roger Espinoza (HON), Stephane Auvray (GDL), Shavar Thomas (JAM), Kei Kamara (SLE); Jon Kempin (U.S. U-18)

THE LAST TIME COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) 4/03/2011 COL 4, DC 5/04/2011 COL 2, HOU 4/22/2011 COL 0, SEA 4/13/2011 COL 0, RSL 5/25/2011 COL 2, NY 5/22/2011 COL 0, TOR 5/22/2011 COL 0, TOR

4

Nielsen

TYPE OF PLAY

2 9 3

22 16

HOW SCORED

8 3 3 0

8 Zusi

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM A 12 90

16 LaBauex

LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/10: KC 1, COL 0 (Kamara 48) 7/17: COL 1, KC 1 (Casey 74 - Arnaud 20)

F 14 77

ROSTERS COLORADO RAPIDS 2 Danny Earls (DF) 3 Drew Moor (DF) 4 Jeff Larentowicz (MF) 5 Joseph Nane (MF) 6 Anthony Wallace (DF) 7 Josh Janniere (MF) 8 Eddie Ababio (DF) 9 Conor Casey (FW) 10 Macoumba Kandji (FW) 11 Brian Mullan (MF) 12 Quincy Amarikwa (FW) 13 Steven Emory (MF) 14 Omar Cummings (FW) 15 Wells Thompson (MF) 16 Ross LaBauex (MF) 17 Ian Joyce (GK) 18 Matt Pickens (GK) 19 Andre Akpan (FW) 20 Jamie Smith (MF) 21 Caleb Folan (FW) 22 Marvell Wynne (DF) 23 Sanna Nyassi (MF) 25 Pablo Mastroeni (MF) 26 Mike Holody (DF) 27 Kosuke Kimura (DF) 28 Davy Armstrong (MF) 29 Scott Palguta (DF) 31 Steward Ceus (GK) 34 Tyrone Marshall (DF)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 10/23/2010 KC 4, SJ 1 3/19/2011 KC 3, CHV 2 10/09/2010 KC 1, SEA 2 5/21/2011 KC 0, SEA 1 4/02/2011 KC 3, VAN 3 10/12/2010 KC 2, CHI 0 5/21/2011 KC 0, SEA 1

(0) (7) (1) (0) (5) (10) (0)

TEAM LEADERS RAPIDS G: 3 Larentowicz/Smith A: 2 Mastroeni SHT: 14 Larentowicz SOG: 7 Smith FC: 15 Larentowicz FS: 16 Larentowicz OF: 5 Amarikwa C: 3 Casey/Moor E: 1 Mullan SPORTING G: 3 Bunbury/Kamara A: 2 Kamara/Stojcev SHT: 23 Kamara SOG: 7 Bunbury/ Kamara FC: 12 Bunbury FS: 12 Kamara OF: 7 Bunbury C: 3 Harrington E: 1 3 players tied

GOALSCORING GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 COL 12 5 3 2 KC 8 3 1 2

RECORD 3 1 2

4+ 1 0

TOT AVG 14 1.17 11 1.38

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 COL 12 3 7 1 1 KC 8 0 3 1 3

4+ 0 1

TOT AVG 12 1.00 18 2.25

GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 COL 14 1 4 3 1 2 3 KC 11 2 0 3 2 4 0 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 COL 12 0 3 3 1 3 2 KC 18 1 1 3 4 3 6

COLORADO RAPIDS v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (May 28, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, 7 p.m. MT - MLS Game 105)

COLORADO RAPIDS No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 31 34

Player Danny Earls Drew Moor Jeff Larentowicz Joseph Nane Anthony Wallace Josh Janniere Eddie Ababio Conor Casey Macoumba Kandji Brian Mullan Quincy Amarikwa Steven Emory Omar Cummings Wells Thompson Ross LaBauex Ian Joyce Matt Pickens Andre Akpan Jamie Smith Caleb Folan Marvell Wynne Sanna Nyassi Pablo Mastroeni Mike Holody Kosuke Kimura Davy Armstrong Scott Palguta Steward Ceus Tyrone Marshall

Pos DF DF MF MF DF MF DF FW FW MF FW MF FW MF MF GK GK FW MF FW DF MF MF DF DF MF DF GK DF

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

Wt 160 165 175 185 160 160 170 190 175 155 180 170 165 155 150 200 200 190 164 178 171 145 170 206 155 150 190 205 195

HEAD COACH : Gary Smith

Birthdate 04/22/1989 01/15/1984 08/05/1983 03/12/1987 01/26/1989 11/04/1992 01/01/1988 07/25/1981 08/02/1985 04/23/1978 10/29/1987 08/31/1989 07/13/1982 11/25/1983 12/05/1988 07/12/1985 04/05/1982 12/09/1987 11/20/1980 10/26/1982 05/08/1986 01/31/1989 08/29/1976 03/30/1987 05/14/1984 11/03/1991 08/23/1982 03/26/1987 11/12/1974

Birthplace Wicklow, Ireland Dallas, TX Pasadena, CA Mbalmayo, Cameroon Brooklyn, NY Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Kumasi, Ghana Dover, NH Dakar, Senegal Mineola, NY Bakersfield, CA Fort Collins, CO Old Harbor, Jamaica Winston-Salem, NC Chicago, IL Kinnelon, NJ Washington, MO Grand Prairie, TX Alexandria, Scotland Leeds, England Pittsburgh, PA Bwiam, Gambia Mendoza, Argentina Clarkston, MI Kobe, Japan Aurora, CO Toms River, NJ West Haverstraw, NY Kingston, Jamaica

2011 GP GS G 0 0 0 12 12 1 12 12 3 2 1 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 10 4 1 0 0 0 7 6 2 9 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 7 4 1 11 10 3 7 6 2 11 10 0 9 3 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 8 7 0

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

12/03/1968

CAREER GP GS G 18 15 0 173 161 10 153 144 16 13 9 0 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 80 42 48 34 6 263 237 26 48 7 3 0 0 0 101 79 32 107 54 4 10 2 0 1 1 0 100 98 0 8 4 1 37 29 4 7 6 2 134 127 2 47 19 2 296 286 6 4 0 1 83 75 2 0 0 0 41 26 1 0 0 0 302 267 16

A 0 2 11 0 2 0 0 13 10 48 3 0 20 3 0 0 0 0 10 1 13 4 24 0 5 0 0 0 20

W31 L25 T26

SPORTING KANSAS CITY No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 27 32 55 78 88 99

Player Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Craig Rocastle Matt Besler Shavar Thomas Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Ryan Smith Konrad Warzycha Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Birahim Diop Jon Kempin Davy Arnaud Kei Kamara Scott Lorenz Stephane Auvray Luke Sassano Julio Cesar Aurelien Collin Milos Stojcev Omar Bravo HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

Pos GK DF DF MF DF DF DF MF FW MF FW DF MF DF FW GK FW GK MF FW DF MF DF DF DF MF FW

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

Wt 200 170 155 170 170 205 165 160 175 150 190 160 160 170 185 210 180 170 165 186 173 150 170 170 169 165 150

Birthdate 08/06/1977 01/24/1986 07/15/1988 08/17/1981 02/11/1987 01/29/1981 12/07/1987 08/18/1986 02/27/1990 11/10/1986 02/14/1989 06/30/1991 10/25/1986 01/28/1987 12/27/1988 06/07/1983 02/07/1979 04/08/1993 06/22/1980 09/01/1984 07/23/1987 09/04/1981 10/14/1985 11/18/1978 03/08/1986 01/19/1987 03/04/1980 11/21/1966

Birthplace Aalborg, Denmark Greenville, NC London, England London, England Kansas City, MO Hannah Town, Jamaica Thousand Oaks, CA Orlando, FL Hamilton, Ontario, Canada London, England Zabrze, Poland Kansas City, MO Puerto Cortes, Honduras Kansas City, MO Manassas, VA Santa Rosa, CA Thies, Senegal Overland Park, KS Nederland, TX Kenema, Sierra Leone Barrington, IL Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Orinda, CA Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Enghien-les-Bains, France Belgrade, Yugoslavia Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

2011 GP GS G 7 7 0 6 6 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 6 6 1 3 0 0 4 1 0 7 2 0 7 6 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 8 6 1 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 7 7 3 1 1 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 4 4 0 7 6 0 3 3 2

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

CAREER GP GS G 36 36 0 121 109 5 7 2 0 27 21 0 46 42 1 170 158 3 35 14 0 39 11 1 33 19 8 30 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 50 1 20 18 0 8 6 1 2 2 0 22 13 5 0 0 0 226 205 43 122 88 28 1 1 0 26 24 0 39 26 0 5 5 0 4 4 0 7 6 0 3 3 2 W15 L25 T9

A 0 13 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 7 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 33 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0

COLORADO RAPIDS vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City, Colo.

7 p.m. MT (Altitude; KSMO) May 28, 2011 (WEEK 11; MLS Game 105) A pair of teams looking for a buoying victory meet at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park meet Saturday when the Colorado Rapids entertain Sporting Kansas City. The Rapids have played to four consecutive draws after their 2-2 result Wednesday at the New York Red Bulls. Sporting have lost five league games in a row while on their long seasonopening road swing, but got a shot in the arm with a win in Kansas City in a midweek U.S. Open Cup match.

REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda. SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Ian Anderson; 4th: Mark Declouet MLS Career: 42 games; FC/gm: 25.5; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 8; pens: 8 INJURY REPORT: COLORADO RAPIDS – OUT: FW Macoumba Kandji (L knee ACL tear); DOUBTFUL: FW Omar Cummings (R ankle sprain); FW Caleb Folan (R groin strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Jamie Smith (L calf strain); PROBABLE: GK Matt Pickens (R groin strain); FW Quincy Amarikwa (L ankle sprain); FW Conor Casey (L hamstring strain) … SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: FW Konrad Warzycha (R knee surgery); PROBABLE: FW Omar Bravo (sports hernia); MF Davy Arnaud (neck strain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: Roger Espinoza (Honduras), Stephane Auvray (Guadeloupe), Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone); Shavar Thomas (Jamaica), Jon Kempin (U.S. U-18 national team) SUSPENDED: COL: Brian Mullan (through June 26) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: COL: Conor Casey, Drew Moor … KC: Michael Harrington HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (47 meetings): Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 63 goals … Sporting 20 wins (1 shootout), 81 goals … Ties 10 AT COLORADO (24 meetings): Rapids 14 wins (2 shootout), 40 goals… Sporting 4 wins (1 shootout), 29 goals… Ties 6 RETURN MATCH: 7/6: Sporting Kansas City vs. Colorado Rapids, 6:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/10: KC 1, COL 0 (Kamara 48) 7/17: COL 1, KC 1 (Casey 74 – Arnaud 20)  Kansas City has not won in Denver since 2004. The Rapids have won four of the six meetings at home since, the teams playing to a 1-1 draw at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park last year.  Colorado has not at Kansas City since 2002. In their 10 league games since, Kansas City has defeated the Rapids seven times (with three draws). However, the Rapids have eliminated Kansas City on their home ground twice in that stretch in the U.S. Open Cup, 2008 and 2010.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. COL: P3 W1 L0 D2 … Gary Smith v KC: P5 W2 L1 D2 COLORADO RAPIDS The Colorado Rapids played to a fourth consecutive draw, a 2-2 result with the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday at Red Bull Arena. The Rapids have 17 points from 12 games, sitting in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Western Conference.

LAST MATCH  All four goals were scored in a six-minute span. Colorado took the lead in the 27th minute via the penalty spot.

Rapids forward Andre Akpan was fouled by Red Bulls left back Roy Miller and referee Jorge Gonzalez quickly pointed to the spot. New York goalkeeper Greg Sutton saved Jeff Larentowicz’s penalty kick, but the rebound went back to the Colorado midfielder, who coolly side-footed it home.  The Red Bulls answered just two minutes later. Joel Lindpere fed a ball to a streaking Dwayne De Rosario at the top corner of the penalty area. The Canadian international slid a pass into the center of the box and to a wide-open Thierry Henry, who lashed a shot past Matt Pickens.  Colorado regained the lead in the 33rd minute. This time, Larentowicz hit from a free kick from 25 yards out on the right flank, his low shot sailing across the penalty area, through the wall and past Sutton.  The Red Bulls didn’t stay behind long, equalizing a minute later when Roy Miller’s threaded ball into the left side of the area was chipped by Luke Rodgers over an on-rushing Pickens.  Rapids head coach Gary Smith made four changes to the team that played to a scoreless result with Toronto FC at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Sanna Nyassi and Wells Thompson came into the midfield for Tyrone

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Marshall and Jamie Smith, and Andre Akpan and Ross LaBauex comprised the strike pair for Quincy Amarikwa and Conor Casey.  COLORADO RAPIDS (4-4-2): Matt Pickens - Kosuke Kimura, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Anthony Wallace Sanna Nyassi, Pablo Mastroeni (Joseph Nane 71), Jeff Larentowicz, Wells Thompson - Andre Akpan (Conor Casey 65), Ross LaBauex (Quincy Amarikwa 78) TEAM NEWS  While the Rapids have reeled off six games unbeaten, they’ve still recorded just one win since April 3.  "Maybe tonight more than other games just because we had opportunities to win,” Gary Smith said. “I don’t think in games past, we have developed enough opportunities to say that we should have won, but I think tonight was a different story. We came in with a game plan and I thought we executed well and created opportunities off the counter attack."  Ross LaBauex made his first MLS start of the season after four substitute appearances – totaling just eight minutes in all. It was his second career start in league play.  Joseph Nane made just his second MLS appearance of the season, his first since starting April 8 vs. FC Dallas.  After starting at the weekend against Toronto FC, Conor Casey came off the bench for a third consecutive appearance since missing six matches to injury.  Jamie Smith missed his first match of the season, while Caleb Folan missed out on a third league match in a row.  "We’re missing six senior players and I include Conor (Casey) in that because he is still coming back from his hamstring problems. He has been out two months. So we have four senior forwards who could play for any MLS team in this league,” Smith said. “Adding to that Jamie Smith and Brian Mullan, who has been incarcerated for pretty much the rest of the year, you are taking away two of the most senior and creative wide players I have as well. We are digging very deep into our squad.”  Sanna Nyassi made his third start of the season, his first 90-minute performance of the campaign. He will miss the Philadelphia match after being called into The Gambia’s national team for a friendly against Gabon.  “Sanna is just finding his feet with us at the moment. Tonight, probably was his best 90 minutes he has had, his best performance. He is an extremely talented boy,” Smith said. “You can see that he is capable of things that the normal individual is not. He has blistering pace and I am pleased for him that he is going away with his country, but for us it is a disappointment because when you see him like that tonight, you can see what he brings to the game and just how exciting he is because he made some very nice openings.”  Jeff Larentowicz recorded the first 2-goal game of his MLS career. Of the 15 goals he’s scored in league play, four have come directly from free kicks.  "Jeff and Pablo (Mastroeni) are like the putty that keeps the windows in. You’ve got nothing to look for if you don’t have those players and they are better than that as well. They are such competitors and their talent bores as well,” Smith said. “Jeff just played 90 minutes on the back of a Sunday game, we have had no rest, we jumped on a plane Monday morning, traveled four hours, gone through a two hour difference and guess what?

We’ll jump on a plane tomorrow and he will play again Saturday and he will be just as effective. The guy is made of steel. He is incredible."

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their losing streak hit five games in the cruelest of fashions, Seattle Sounders FC getting the only goal of the game in stoppage time on Saturday evening at Qwest Field. Sporting have 4 points from 8 matches on the season, sitting in ninth place in the Eastern Conference.

LAST MATCH  Once again, it was late heroics to give Sounders FC the victory against Kansas City. Jeff Parke scored his first MLS goal in seven years, heading home a Tyson Wahl corner kick three minutes into stoppage time for the winner. A year ago, Seattle snatched a late 1-0 win on a last-minute goal from Mike Fucito.  SKC boss Peter Vermes made five changes to the team that fell 4-1 to the LA Galaxy at The Home Depot Center. Jimmy Nielsen again donned the gloves in place of Eric Kronberg, Matt Besler started in the back for Julio Cesar, and Craig Rocastle, Omar Bravo and Ryan Smith came into the midfield for Stephane Auvray, Milos Stojcev and Graham Zusi.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza - Davy Arnaud, Craig Rocastle - Kei Kamara, Omar Bravo (Graham Zusi 76), Ryan Smith (Chance Myers 86) - Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 73).

TEAM NEWS  Sporting have now lost five MLS games in a row and are winless in seven consecutive league games after opening the season with a 3-2 win at Chivas USA.  “It’s very disappointing to walk away from here tonight without a point, especially because of the effort the guys put in,” said Vermes. “We were organized and disciplined, but we only did it for 92 minutes and 45 seconds.”

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Sporting still have two games remaining on their road trip to open the season while awaiting the completion of Livestrong Sporting Park, now riding a five-game losing streak and a 1-6-1 record overall.

The last team with an extended road swing to start the season – the Chicago Fire in 2006, while Toyota Park was being finished – started with two wins and four draws in nine games. Sporting are the fourth club in MLS history to start the year with multiple games on the road while awaiting a new home: Columbus (1999), LA Galaxy (2003) and Chicago.

“It is always difficult, but even more so when you play games like this. To lose a game like this when you work so hard for 90-plus minutes is difficult,” said Vermes. “ … It would be nice to play at home every once in a while but that is not going to happen for a couple of more games. When you travel, you lose a day on preparation and recovery.”

Matt Besler returned to the starting 11 in central defense in place of Júlio César. Sporting was seconds away from a first defensive shutout of the season; they are the only team in MLS not to keep a clean sheet in 2011.

“We defended well, we didn’t give them any legitimate chances, and anything they got was on set pieces. We worked so hard for each other defensively and stuck to our game plan and we deserved to get a point out of this game,” Vermes said. “It hurts to give up a goal like that. The work we put in, we deserved something out of it.”

Sporting have also seen the goals dry up. After scoring eight goals in their first three league games, they’ve scored just three over the last five, blanked in three of those games.

Vermes was able to make two major additions to his attacking thrust in the Seattle match. Omar Bravo made his first start since undergoing sports hernia surgery six weeks ago, and Ryan Smith made his first start of the season after undergoing knee surgery in the offseason.

“Both of them were a big help to us on the field,” Vermes said. “With the work they put in along with the rest of the guys, we deserved to walk away with a point. But here we are. Obviously, we don’t have one.”

On Wednesday, Sporting Kansas City rolled to a convincing 5-0 win against the New England Revolution in a U.S. Open Cup play-in match at the Blue Valley District Activities Complex.

Chance Myers (9, 19) and C.J. Sapong (24, 88) each scored a pair of goals as Sporting were three goals to the good inside of 25 minutes. Aurelien Collin also scored for Sporting KC, who will now enter the U.S. Open Cup tournament proper in the third-round draw, joining seven MLS clubs and eight teams from lower divisions.

Here’s the Sporting team: Eric Kronberg, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Michael Harrington, Graham Zusi, Luke Sassano, Chance Myers (Kei Kamara 79), Craig Rocastle (Birahim Diop 72), Omar Bravo (Ryan Smith 58), C.J. Sapong “I think based on our performance in Seattle and our consistency in this game and the balance within our team, I think it’s definitely a step in the right direction,” Vermes said. “But again, we just need to be consistent moving forward.

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2011 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (4-3-5, 17 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 4 M Jeff Larentowicz 20 M Jamie Smith 14 F Omar Cummings 21 F Caleb Folan 12 F Quincy Amarikwa 19 F Andre Akpan 3 D Drew Moor 29 D Scott Palguta 25 M Pablo Mastroeni 9 F Conor Casey 23 M Sanna Nyassi 6 D Anthony Wallace 27 D Kosuke Kimura 16 M Ross LaBauex 34 D Tyrone Marshall 11 M Brian Mullan 5 M Joseph Nane 18 G Matt Pickens 15 M Wells Thompson 22 D Marvell Wynne 8 D Eddie Ababio 28 M Davy Armstrong 31 G Steward Ceus 2 D Danny Earls 13 M Steven Emory 26 D Mike Holody 7 M Josh Janniere 17 G Ian Joyce 10 F Macoumba Kandji Team totals Opponent totals

GP 12 11 7 7 10 7 12 2 10 6 9 8 12 5 8 6 2 12 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12

GS 12 10 6 6 4 4 12 2 10 3 3 7 12 1 7 5 1 12 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12

MIN 1080 850 506 482 388 392 1080 180 846 233 354 627 1080 86 633 387 109 1080 490 910 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1080 1080

G 3 3 2 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 14 12

A 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 14

SHT 14 11 13 9 13 8 4 1 3 4 12 2 5 2 3 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 116

SOG 6 7 5 5 3 3 1 1 0 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 38

FC 15 8 4 6 7 6 6 2 8 10 4 6 9 2 7 14 2 0 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 169

FS 16 13 7 13 10 8 12 1 13 3 7 3 8 3 6 6 1 2 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 169 138

OFF 0 0 3 4 5 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 46

CK 0 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 43

C 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 16

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jamie Smith 1, Scott Palguta 1, Omar Cummings 1, Quincy Amarikwa 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Anthony Wallace 1, Jamie Smith 1, Caleb Folan 1, Conor Casey 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Jeff Larentowicz 0-1 COLORADO RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 18 G Matt Pickens 12 Team totals 12 Opponent totals 12

GS 12 12 12

MIN 1080 1080 1080

SHTS 38 38 44

SV 26 26 30

GA 12 12 14

GAA 1.00 1.00 1.17

PG 1 1 0

PA 1 1 1

W 4 4 3

* = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Colorado Rapids statistics listed here.

L 3 3 4

T 5 5 5

SO 3 3 5

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

2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (1-6-1, 4 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 23 F Kei Kamara 9 F Teal Bunbury 99 F Omar Bravo 17 F C.J. Sapong 5 D Matt Besler 88 M Milos Stojcev 15 M Roger Espinoza 3 D Korede Aiyegbusi 22 M Davy Arnaud 27 M Stephane Auvray 78 D Aurelien Collin 20 F Birahim Diop 2 D Michael Harrington 55 D Julio Cesar 18 G Eric Kronberg 24 D Scott Lorenz 7 D Chance Myers 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 4 M Craig Rocastle 32 D Luke Sassano 11 M Ryan Smith 6 D Shavar Thomas 8 M Graham Zusi 14 D Kevin Ellis 21 G Jon Kempin D Nick Kounenakis 16 D Seth Sinovic (TOT) 16 D Seth Sinovic (KC) 12 F Konrad Warzycha Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 7 3 8 6 7 7 2 8 5 4 4 6 5 1 1 4 7 4 1 4 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

GS 7 6 3 6 6 6 7 1 8 3 4 3 6 5 1 1 1 7 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 601 556 198 535 540 492 597 93 687 307 346 276 540 424 90 84 144 630 156 73 159 35 267 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 23 17 7 11 2 8 2 0 14 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 7 7 4 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 11 12 7 11 8 6 8 1 9 4 8 8 7 4 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 13 6 3 10 2 8 11 0 7 5 5 2 6 3 0 0 1 2 5 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 2 7 3 0 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

CK 0 0 8 0 0 13 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

720 720

G 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 18

8 8

8 8

7 20

101 105

30 47

122 104

104 122

13 24

38 44

14 16

3 0

MIN 630 90 720 720

SHTS 37 10 47 30

SV 23 6 29 20

GA 14 4 18 11

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Omar Bravo 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kei Kamara 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kei Kamara 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 7 7 18 G Eric Kronberg 1 1 Team totals 8 8 Opponent totals 8 8

GAA 2.00 4.00 2.25 1.38

PG 1 1 2 1

PA 2 1 3 1

W 1 0 1 6

L 5 1 6 1

* = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 1 0 1 1

SO 0 0 0 3

COLORADO RAPIDS 2011 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 19 Portland

RESULT W 3-1

ATT. 17,139

Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr.

26 at Chivas USA 3 D.C. United

W 1-0 W 4-1

13,027 9,857

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

8 13 22 30 4 7 14 22 25 28 4 11 18 26 3 6 9 16 20 23 29 5 13 20 27 9 17 24 1 14 22

L L L T W T T T T

12,261 15,513 14,185 11,789 13,206 11,755 12,499 13,598 18,081

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

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

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

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

W-L-T POS. PTS GOALS: 1-0-0 T1 3 COL: Larentowicz (8) Cummings (29) Smith (30); POR: Cooper (80) 2-0-0 T1 6 COL: Amarikwa (32) 3-0-0 1 9 COL: Folan (38,81) Smith (71) Cummings (90); DC: Quaranta (70) 3-1-0 1 9 DAL: Ihemelu (26) Ferreira (40,46) 3-2-0 T2 9 RSL: Espindola (90) 3-3-0 T3 9 SEA: Montero (19) 3-3-1 T4 10 COL: Akpan (49); CHI: Pappa (43) 4-3-1 2 13 COL: Smith (74) Palguta (84); HOU: Clark (71) 4-3-2 3 14 4-3-3 4 15 COL: Moor (23); DC: Pontius (62) 4-3-4 6 16 4-3-5 0 17 COL: Larentowicz (27,32); NY: Henry (29) Rodgers (33)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2011 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 19 at Chivas USA 26 at Chicago

RESULT W 3-2 L 2-3

ATT. 18,122 12,157

Sat. Apr.

2 at Vancouver

T 3-3

20,518

L L L L L

7,695 11,414 20,636 19,763 36,098

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

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

16 23 30 14 21 28 4 9 12 17 22 25 2 6 9 16 23 30 3 6 13 17 21 27 10 17 23 28 1 15 22

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

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

W-L-T POS. PTS GOALS: 1-0-0 T1 3 KC: Sapong (2) Bravo (45,74); CHV: Conrad (56) Zemanski (84) 1-1-0 T5 3 KC: Besler (51) Bunbury (72); CHI: Chaves (34) Puerari (40) Pappa (60) 1-1-1 T4 4 KC: Bunbury (45,58) Kamara (62); VAN: Harris (73) Camilo (90,90) 1-2-1 T8 4 CLB: Rogers (53) 1-3-1 9 4 KC: Kamara (14,69); NE: Perovic (12) Joseph (72) Lekic (83) 1-4-1 9 4 NY: Rodgers (22) 1-5-1 9 4 KC: own goal (39);LA: Donovan (44,46) Angel (64) Beckham (87) 1-6-1 9 4 SEA: Parke (90)

COLORADO RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 2 Caleb Folan 2 Jeff Larentowicz

04/03/2011 05/25/2011

vs. DC at NY

W 4-1 T 2-2

Assists 1 10 times Shots 4 Omar Cummings 4 Quincy Amarikwa 4 Sanna Nyassi

03/19/2011 03/26/2011 05/25/2011

vs. POR at CHV at NY

Shots on Goal 3 Jeff Larentowicz

05/25/2011

at

Fouls Committed 5 Wells Thompson Fouls Suffered 5 Caleb Folan Offside 2 Caleb Folan 2 Sanna Nyassi 2 Andre Akpan Saves 4 Matt Pickens 4 Matt Pickens Shots Faced 7 Matt Pickens Goals Allowed 3 Matt Pickens

05/07/2011

04/22/2011

03/26/2011 04/30/2011 05/25/2011

04/08/2011 05/25/2011

04/08/2011

04/08/2011

at

NY

NE

vs. SEA

at CHV vs. CHI at NY

at at

at

at

DAL NY

DAL

DAL

Assists 2 Kei Kamara 2 Milos Stojcev Shots 6 Omar Bravo Shots on Goal 3 Omar Bravo Fouls Committed 6 Aurelien Collin Fouls Suffered 4 C.J. Sapong 4 Craig Rocastle Offside 3 Teal Bunbury Saves 6 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Eric Kronberg Shots Faced 10 Eric Kronberg Goals Allowed 4 Eric Kronberg

03/19/2011 04/02/2011 04/23/2011

at at at

CHV VAN NE

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011)

Goals 4 04/03/2011

vs. DC

W 4-1

Assists 5 04/03/2011

vs. DC

W 4-1

Shots 7 04/03/2011 7 04/08/2011 7 05/04/2011 7 05/22/2011

vs. at at vs.

DC DAL HOU TOR

W L W T

Shots on Goal 0 04/08/2011

at

DAL

L 0-3

Fouls Committed 7 04/22/2011 vs. SEA 7 05/14/2011 at DC

L 0-1 T 1-1

Fouls Suffered 7 03/19/2011 vs. POR

W 3-1

Corner Kicks 1 04/08/2011

at

DAL

L 0-3

Offside 0 04/22/2011

vs. SEA

L 0-1

Shots 16 05/25/2011

at

NY

T 2-2

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

Shots on Goal 10 05/25/2011

at

NY

T 2-2

T 2-2

Fouls Committed 16 04/08/2011 at

DAL

L 0-3

T 0-0

Fouls Suffered 20 04/30/2011

L 0-1

Corner Kicks 7 03/19/2011

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

L 0-3 T 2-2

03/19/2011

03/19/2011

04/23/2011

at at

at

at

at

CHV VAN

CHV

CHV

NE

04/02/2011

04/02/2011 04/30/2011 05/14/2011

05/14/2011

at at

at

at at at

at

CHI SEA

VAN

VAN NY LA

LA

CHV NY

W 1-0 T 2-2

Saves 0 03/19/2011

vs. POR

W 3-1

Saves 4 04/08/2011 4 05/25/2011

at at

DAL NY

L 0-3 T 2-2

Shots Faced 1 03/19/2011 1 03/26/2011

vs. POR at CHV

W 3-1 W 1-0

Shots Faced 7 04/08/2011

at

DAL

L 0-3

Goals Allowed 3 04/08/2011

at

DAL

L 0-3

L 0-3

W 3-2 T 3-3 L 2-3

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011)

Goals 3 03/19/2011 3 04/02/2011

Shots 7 05/21/2011

at

SEA

L 0-1

Shots on Goal 2 04/16/2011 2 04/30/2011

at at

CLB NY

L 0-1 L 0-1

W 3-2 T 3-3

Fouls Committed 9 04/30/2011 at

W 3-2

NY

L 0-1

Fouls Suffered 8 04/02/2011 at

VAN

T 3-3

W 3-2

Corner Kicks 1 05/14/2011

at

LA

L 1-4

Offside 0 05/21/2011

at

SEA

L 0-1

Saves 0 04/23/2011

at

NE

L 2-3

Shots Faced 2 05/21/2011

at

SEA

L 0-1

Shots 19 03/19/2011 Shots on Goal 7 04/02/2011

at

LA

at at

at

at

at

Fouls Committed 18 04/16/2011 at 18 04/23/2011 at

CHV VAN

VAN

CHV

VAN

CLB NE

W 3-2 T 3-3

T 3-3

W 3-2

T 3-3

L 0-1 L 2-3

L 2-3

L 2-3 L 0-1

T 3-3

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

Corner Kicks 10 04/23/2011

at

at

NE

NE

L 2-3

L 2-3

Offside 3 04/02/2011 3 04/30/2011

at at

VAN NY

T 3-3 L 0-1

Saves 6 04/02/2011 6 04/30/2011 6 05/14/2011

at at at

VAN NY LA

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

L 1-4 Shots Faced 10 05/14/2011

05/14/2011

W 3-1

at at

Fouls Suffered 17 04/23/2011 03/26/2011 05/21/2011

vs. POR

T 1-1

Offside 3 03/26/2011 3 05/25/2011

Assists 4 04/02/2011 03/19/2011 04/02/2011

vs. CHI

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

L 0-3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 2 Omar Bravo 2 Teal Bunbury 2 Kei Kamara

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011)

at

LA

L 1-4

L 1-4 Goals Allowed 4 05/14/2011

at

LA

L 1-4

2010 COLORADO RAPIDS VS. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (0-1-1) UNF 9 4 20 12 8 21 11 14 2 27 7 25 3 29 18 15 22

POS PLAYER FWD Conor Casey MID Jeff Larentowicz MID Jamie Smith FWD*Quincy Amarikwa MID*Mehdi Ballouchy DEF Julien Baudet MID*Colin Clark FWD Omar Cummings D/M Danny Earls DEF Kosuke Kimura FWD Claudio Lopez MID Pablo Mastroeni DEF Drew Moor DEF Scott Palguta GK Matt Pickens MID Wells Thompson DEF Marvell Wynne ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 180 180 73 8 107 72 131 180 46 172 28 180 180 44 180 21 180

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

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

SHT 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

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

E 0 0 0 0 0 1 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

2 2

2 2

180 180

1 2

2 2

13 24

4 12

23 29

29 23

7 1

8 8

3 3

1 0

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 12

SV 10

GA 2

GAA 1.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 0

L 1

T 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

12 4

10 3

2 1

1.00 0.50

0 0

0 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 Matt Pickens ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

2010 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS VS. COLORADO RAPIDS (1-0-1) UNF 22 23 4 11 8 5 9 12 17 2 14 7 1 6 16 28

POS PLAYER MID Davy Arnaud FWD Kei Kamara MID Craig Rocastle MID Ryan Smith MID Stephane Auvray DEF Matt Besler FWD Teal Bunbury DEF Jimmy Conrad D/M Roger Espinoza DEF Michael Harrington MID Jack Jewsbury DEF Chance Myers GK Jimmy Nielsen DEF*Shavar Thomas FWD Josh Wolff MID Graham Zusi ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 176 180 71 151 180 90 104 180 180 180 109 20 180 90 85 4

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

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

SHT 5 7 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

FC 3 9 3 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

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

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

CK 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 0 2 0 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

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

2 2

2 2

180 180

2 1

2 2

24 13

12 4

29 23

23 29

1 7

8 8

3 3

0 1

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 4

SV 3

GA 1

GAA 0.50

PG 0

PA 0

W 1

L 0

T 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

4 12

3 10

1 2

0.50 1.00

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 1

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Kei Kamara 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Ryan Smith 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

COLORADO RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Sporting 20 wins, 81 goals Rapids 17 wins, 63 goals Ties 10 04/13/1996 05/05/1996 07/10/1996 08/07/1996

KC 3 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 4 vs KC

0 0 0 2

(KC) (D) (KC) (D)

06/28/1997 08/28/1997 09/06/1997 09/26/1997

KC KC KC KC

COL COL COL COL

3 0 1 2

KC SOW (D) (KC) (D) (KC)

05/31/1998 07/19/1998 08/08/1998 09/02/1998

COL 2 vs KC KC 4 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 3 vs KC

1 1 1 2

(D) (KC) (KC) (D)

04/17/1999 07/07/1999 09/10/1999 09/25/1999

COL COL COL COL

1 1 0 0

04/01/2000 04/29/2000 08/02/2000 08/26/2000

KC 3 vs COL KC 5 at COL KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC

0 0 1 1 (OT)

(KC) (D) (KC) (D)

07/18/2001 08/12/2001 08/19/2001

COL 0 vs KC 0 (OT) COL 2 vs KC 2 (OT) KC 3 vs COL 2

(D) (D) (KC)

03/23/2002 05/11/2002 09/14/2002 09/20/2002

KC 1 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC

1 (OT) 0 1 1 (OT)

07/04/2003 08/22/2003 09/13/2003 10/04/2003

COL 3 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL

05/01/2004 06/09/2004 09/10/2004 09/25/2004

KC 2 vs COL KC 1 at COL COL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs COL

3 1 2 5

at vs at vs

1 2 0 0

vs at vs at

KC KC KC KC

HEAD-TO-HEAD: 1 26 274 104 336 71 131

Rapids 2 OT 37 0 330 9 123 2 362 8 60 2 129 8

Tot. 63 613 229 706 133 268

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 30 51 0 81 280 367 7 654 128 169 3 300 305 302 12 619 77 73 0 150 105 120 3 228

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

COL KC

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 7 10 9 12 8 17 4 12 14 20 8 23

OT 0 0

Total 63 81

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:

COL SOW (D) (KC) COL SOW (D) COL SOW (KC)

Gary Smith vs. KC Peter Vermes vs. COL

2-1-2 (1.60 pts./game) 1-0-2 (1.67 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

8 7 53 29 32 36

Rapids John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Henderson/Mastroeni Chris Henderson

9 16 83 35 34 47

Sporting KC Klein/Preki Preki Preki Preki McKeon/Zavagnin Kerry Zavagnin

(KC) (D) (KC) (D)

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

3 5 3 44 17

4 players tied Cannon/Hahnemann Scott Garlick Marcus Hahnemann Marcus Hahnemann

7 5 6 65 18

Tony Tony Tony Tony Tony

2 2 (OT) 0 2

(D) (KC) (D) (KC)

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:

0 0 1 0

(KC) (D) (D) (KC)

04/02/2005 07/04/2005

KC 3 vs COL 2 COL 2 vs KC 1

(KC) (D)

07/08/2006 09/09/2006

COL 1 vs KC 0 KC 4 vs COL 1

(D) (KC)

05/19/2007 07/22/2007

COL 1 vs KC 1 KC 2 vs COL 2

(DS) (KC)

04/05/2008 08/16/2008

KC 3 vs COL 2 COL 2 vs KC 1

(CA) (DS)

03/28/2009 09/26/2009

COL 2 vs KC 1 KC 0 vs COL 0

(DS) (CA)

04/10/2010 07/17/2010

KC 1 vs COL 0 COL 1 vs KC 1

(CA) (DS)

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 10/04/1997 COL 3 at KC 0 10/08/1997 COL 3 vs KC 2

(KC) (D)

09/16/2000 09/20/2000 09/24/2000

KC 1 vs COL 0 COL 0 vs KC 0 (OT) KC 3 vs COL 2

(KC) (D) (KC)

11/04/2003 11/08/2003

COL 1 vs KC 1 KC 2 vs COL 0

(D) (KC)

U.S. OPEN CUP 09/15/1996 COL 08/06/2003 COL 06/04/2008 COL 04/13/2010 COL

3 3 2 2

at vs at at

KC KC KC KC

2 (KC, 2 (X8, 2 COL SOW (Y7, 1 (Y9,

Rapids 7 players tied 4 players tied Mark Chung (9/14/02) John Spencer (8/22/03) Chris Martinez (8/2/00) Henderson/Beckerman

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 2 8 5 7 6

Saves Goals Allowed

9 4 players tied 5 Grafer/Kramer

2 3 9 4 7 7

Meola Meola Meola Meola Meola

Sporting KC 8 players tied Preki (10/4/03) Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) 9 players tied Chris Henderson (8/26/00) 3 players tied

9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Ammann (8/7/96)

2011 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

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

QF) 4R) Q3) Q2)

COLORADO RAPIDS W-L-T Streak (started)

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

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

1 Ts (5/14/2011) 3 Ts (5/7/2011) 1 Ts (4/30/2011)

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

1 Ts (4/2/2011) 5 Ls (10/9/2010) 5 Ls (9/25/2010)

3-0-2 1-3-1

2 Ts (5/14/2011) 1 Ws (5/4/2011)

1-1-1 0-5-0

1 Ls (5/14/2011) 9 Ls (9/25/2010)

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

2 2 1 11 14

Ts Ts Ts Ws Ws

(5/7/2011) (4/30/2011) (5/25/2011) (8/16/2007) (9/16/1998)

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

9 3 2 1 29

Ls Ls Ls Ts Ws

(6/26/2010) (9/25/2010) (3/26/2011) (4/2/2011) (5/2/1996)

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

2 1 3 17 1

Ts Ts Ts Ls Ws

(5/7/2011) (5/14/2011) (10/9/2010) (4/22/2007) (9/27/2008)

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

6 3 1 1 20

Ws Ls Ws Ls Ls

(6/10/2010) (4/16/2011) (3/19/2011) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

COLORADO RAPIDS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-20-10)

CURRENT COLORADO RAPIDS PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-20-10)

PLAYER John Spencer Chris Henderson Mark Chung Wolde Harris Ross Paule Paul Bravo Conor Casey Marcelo Balboa Terry Cooke Steve Trittschuh Kyle Beckerman Sean Henderson Jovan Kirovski Shaun Bartlett Chris Carrieri Wes Hart Scott Benedetti Omar Cummings Zach Kingsley Alain Nkong Jose Burciaga Jr. Jordan Cila Jeff Cunningham John DiRaimondo Facundo Erpen Jean Harbor Clint Mathis David Patino Zizi Roberts Richard Sharpe Chris Martinez Adrian Paz Carlos Valderrama Colin Clark Seth Trembly Peter Vermes Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Jason Boyce Eric Denton Robin Fraser Denis Hamlett Nicolas Hernandez Peguero Jean Philippe Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Thiago Martins Pablo Mastroeni Jacob Peterson Jamie Smith Roy Wegerle

GP 13 24 11 12 11 15 5 19 7 11 14 6 4 4 10 11 4 6 6 3 2 3 2 1 3 4 2 4 3 2 13 8 7 5 8 11 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 16 2 1 20 5 2 5

GS 12 21 10 7 10 14 5 19 5 11 9 5 4 4 9 9 4 5 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 4 2 0 11 7 7 5 3 10 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 14 2 0 19 3 0 3

MIN 1172 2006 959 663 935 1192 448 1732 515 990 913 428 296 325 774 778 347 456 291 159 179 154 127 90 270 324 96 338 212 15 954 599 670 375 317 914 456 910 40 270 850 270 344 260 1277 180 33 1721 218 73 213

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

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

SHT 53 32 30 18 18 33 16 35 10 14 14 4 8 7 17 6 4 12 4 4 3 4 7 2 2 9 2 9 9 2 3 11 4 5 3 4 8 1 1 3 1 0 6 8 6 1 0 11 7 0 4

Team totals Opponent totals

47 47

47 47

4290 4290

63 81

65 81

613 654

GOALKEEPER Ian Feuer Preston Burpo Matt Pickens Scott Garlick Dusty Hudock Joe Cannon Scott Vallow Bouna Coundoul Chris Woods David Kramer Marcus Hahnemann Adin Brown Paul Grafer ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 2 3 8 2 8 1 3 2 5 8 1 1

MIN 270 180 270 750 180 720 100 270 180 470 720 90 90

SHTS 12 9 17 45 16 54 5 14 18 25 64 10 11

SV 11 7 14 32 13 39 3 7 14 12 44 7 6

GAA 0.33 0.50 1.00 1.44 1.50 1.63 1.80 2.00 2.00 2.11 2.13 3.00 5.00

PG 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

47 47

4290 4290

300 229

209 160

1.70 1.32

6 9

PLAYER Brian Mullan Tyrone Marshall Conor Casey Omar Cummings Jeff Larentowicz Sanna Nyassi Marvell Wynne Pablo Mastroeni Jamie Smith Quincy Amarikwa Danny Earls Macoumba Kandji Kosuke Kimura Drew Moor Joseph Nane Scott Palguta Matt Pickens Wells Thompson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 22 26 5 6 11 2 12 25 2 2 1 2 5 9 1 2 6 6 47 47

GS 21 21 5 5 11 1 12 24 0 0 0 2 5 9 1 2 5 2 47 47

GOALKEEPER Matt Pickens ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 6

MIN 435

47 47

4290 4290

MIN 1915 1940 448 456 990 93 1080 2181 73 59 46 149 442 810 73 134 435 260 4290 4290

G 4 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 81

A 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 81

SHT 29 14 16 12 8 3 1 13 0 1 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 2 613 654

SHTS 27

SV 20

GAA 1.24

PG 1

300 229

209 160

1.70 1.32

6 9

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLORADO RAPIDS (20-17-10)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLORADO RAPIDS (20-17-10)

PLAYER Preki Chris Klein Vitalis Takawira Mo Johnston Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Jimmy Conrad Frank Klopas Gary Glasgow Matt McKeon Francisco Gomez Eddie Johnson Miklos Molnar Roy Lassiter Scott Sealy Paul Wright Mark Chung Kerry Zavagnin Chris Henderson Brian Johnson Chris Brown Jack Jewsbury Igor Simutenkov Ryan Tinsley Stephen Armstrong Alex Bunbury Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Uche Okafor Mike Sorber Dave van den Bergh Eric Quill Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Carlos Marinelli Sasha Victorine Peter Byaruhanga Eric Eichmann Diego Gutierrez Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Craig Rocastle Ryan Smith Scott Uderitz

GP 26 21 14 18 17 13 18 8 7 19 11 3 2 5 5 9 12 27 8 8 14 14 6 8 6 4 8 3 1 4 16 3 1 6 9 5 3 6 1 2 15 17 8 5 2 2 6

GS 24 21 10 17 14 11 18 5 5 17 4 3 2 4 2 5 12 26 8 3 6 12 4 8 6 3 8 3 0 4 15 3 1 5 9 3 2 6 1 1 14 17 8 2 1 2 4

MIN 2175 1840 889 1534 1352 925 1579 492 486 1563 508 244 158 319 225 483 1080 2399 730 342 833 1052 385 684 433 287 699 270 23 360 1338 267 83 432 774 281 217 491 45 102 1257 1580 730 112 71 151 352

G 9 9 8 7 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 16 3 3 7 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 83 43 32 38 36 20 12 15 11 26 18 6 7 3 6 10 34 10 11 1 12 17 7 2 7 8 1 10 1 6 5 3 4 5 10 1 2 10 0 2 10 0 0 1 0 4 1

Team totals Opponent totals

47 47

47 47

4290 4290

81 63

81 65

654 613

GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen Garth Lagerwey Chris Snitko Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Pat Harrington David Winner ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2 17 8 6 9 2 1

MIN 180 135 100 1580 730 540 800 135 90

SHTS 4 7 5 85 44 31 46 5 2

SV 3 5 4 65 31 22 29 1 0

GAA 0.50 0.67 0.90 1.03 1.36 1.50 1.91 2.00 2.00

PG 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 1

47 47

4290 4290

229 300

160 209

1.32 1.70

9 6

PLAYER Davy Arnaud Kei Kamara Michael Harrington Craig Rocastle Ryan Smith Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Luke Sassano Seth Sinovic Shavar Thomas Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GP 17 11 8 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 16 2 47 47

GS 14 11 8 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 14 1 47 47

GOALKEEPER Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2

MIN 180

47 47

4290 4290

MIN 1352 870 699 71 151 180 183 104 201 20 180 146 154 1173 61 4290 4290

G 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 63

A 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 65

SHT 36 21 1 0 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 654 613

SHTS 4

SV 3

GAA 0.50

PG 0

229 300

160 209

1.32 1.70

9 6

COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES—May 28, 2011 Colorado Rapids Media Contacts: David Lindholm m - 720.320.9302 e - dlindholm@dsgpark.com Rachel Sweeney o - 303.727.3508 e - rsweeney@dsgpark.com Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 7:00 pm (MT) Location: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Television: Altitude

RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC  The Rapids are 17-20-10 (W-L-T) all-time against Sporting Kansas City and lead the series 14-4-6 when playing in Colorado.  The Rapids have not beaten Kansas City in two years. The last time they won was March 28, 2009 at home, a 2-1 victory.

Sporting KC have not won in Colorado since June 6, 2004, a 1-0 win at Mile High Stadium.  Gary Smith’s first game as Rapids head coach was August 16, 2008 against Kansas City Wizards, which the Rapids won 2-1.

Against Kansas City, Smith has lead the Rapids to two wins, a loss and two ties. He has an overall record of 31-15-16 and 20 -6-13 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Unbeaten Streak Colorado are unbeaten in six matches (1-0-5) since April 30 and are playing their third match in seven days. A win or a tie against Sporting KC would be the third time they have gone unbeaten in seven matches. Their record is eight unbeaten games, which they accomplished in 2009. , Colorado are also unbeaten against Eastern Conference teams in the 2011 season, going 2-0-5.

Overall: 4-3-5 17 pts, 4th in West Home: 2-1-2 Away: 2-2-3 vs. West: 3-3-0 vs. East: 1-0-5 GF: 14 GA: 12 GD: +2 *as of 5/27/11

Overall: 1-6-1 4 pts, 9th in East Home: 0-0-0 Away: 1-6-1 vs. West: 1-2-1 vs. East: 0-4-0 GF: 11 GA: 18 GD: -7 *as of 5/27/11

CHI), and Scott Palguta (4/4 at HOU).

Ivy League Brains According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Andre Akpan (Harvard), Palguta (Cornell), and Jeff Larentowicz (Brown) were the first three MLS teammates, all from Ivy League colleges, to start an MLS match together. The three have combined for five goals to the 2011 season: Akpan 1, Palguta 1, and Larentowicz 3.

Injury Factor The following players have missed a game due to injury/ailment this season: Jamie Smith (5/25), Omar Cummings (5/25, 5/22, 5/14, 5/7), Caleb Folan (5/25, 5/22, 5/14, 4/30), Conor Casey (4/8, 4/13, 4/22, 4/30, 5/4, 5/7), Quincy Amarikwa (4/22, 4/30), Marvell Wynne (4/30), Pablo Mastroeni (4/8, 4/13), Sanna Nyassi (5/4, 5/7), Wells Thompson (4/30).

Consistently Inconsistent The Rapids have not repeated the same starting lineup yet this season. Twenty different players have started at least one of the 12 matches this season. Of the group that won the 2010 MLS Cup, 19 players had started at least one game throughout that entire season. Only four players have appeared in all 12 matches of 2011 Multi-goal Game (Moor, Larentowicz, Pickens, and Kimura). All four have started Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz tied Jamie Smith for Rapids’ leading every match and played the full 90 minutes, which is more players goal scorer (3 goals) and earned his second career multi-goal game than any other team. on May 25 against NYRB by contributing the Rapids’ two goals in the 2-2 tie. His first multi-goal game was Oct. 9, 2010 against FC 300+ Club Dallas (also a 2-2 draw).

On May 7, Tyrone Marshall became the 13th player in MLS history to play in 300 regular season matches and is currently at 302 caAnchor in the Back reer matches. Pablo Mastroeni is nearing that milestone and has On May 25, Drew Moor became the second Rapids player ever to played in 296 regular season matches. If he continues to play every play in 50 consecutive complete games (Goalkeeper Joe Cannon is game, he would become the 14th player to reach 300 on June 18 the only other player to do so for the Rapids, who played 55 versus LA Galaxy at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Three Rapids straight.) Moor has played the full 90 minutes in 53 consecutive players rank in the top four for most all-time games started by acregular season matches (including games played for FC Dallas in tive MLS players: #1 Pablo Mastroeni (286), #3 Tyrone Marshall 2009), the longest current streak in MLS. He also played all four (267), and #4 Brian Mullan (237). games of the 2010 MLS Cup playoffs (two of which went into overtime) for the Rapids. He is currently 12th on the all-time record for Shutouts most consecutive complete games played and needs four more Goalkeeper Matt Pickens earned his 17th career shutout on May matches to break into the top 10. Moor scored his first goal of the 22 in the 0-0 draw with Toronto FC and moved into second place season and the tenth of his career in the 1-1 draw with D.C. United on the Rapids’ all-time shutout record. He was previously tied with on May 14.Defender Drew Bouna Condoul and needs nine more to catch the leader, Joe Cannon, who recorded 25 all-time shutouts.

Goal Scorers The Rapids’ 12 goals have been cored by eight different players; in Forward Woes the 2010 season, nine different Rapids players contributed to the The forward position has been the most hit by injuries this season.

44 total goals. Six Rapids players have scored their first goal of the No forward has appeared in all ten games. Andre Akpan is the season in their first start of the season: Jeff Larentowicz (3/19 vs. only forward to not miss a game due to injury this season. Before POR), Omar Cummings (3/19 vs. POR), Jamie Smith (3/19 vs. being injured on May 4, Omar Cummings had played in seven POR), Quincy Amarikwa (3/26 at CHV), Andre Akpan (4/30 vs. games (starting six) with four different partners up top.

Dangerous Duo Until the May 7 match against New England, the last time that both Conor Casey and Omar Cummings were out of the starting lineup was on March 26, 2011 (1-0 win vs. CHV). The last time neither Casey nor Cummings played in a Rapids match was on Oct. 12, 2008 (3-2 loss at LA Galaxy). In the 2010 season, Casey and Cummings scored 27 of the 44 goals scored, they both scored goals in the same game six times. They also had a combined 9 assists, six of which led to the other’s goal.

Scoring Machine Conor Casey returned from injury in the tie with D.C. United on May 14 as a late substitution. He is the Rapids’ all-time leading goal scorer (42 goals in 87 games played). He has scored at least two goals against 13 of the 17 other MLS teams (he has never scored against DC or Portland, and has never played against Philadelphia or Vancouver).

International Duty  Midfielder Sanna Nyassi was called up to The Gambia National Team to play in a friendly against Gabon on June 7. He will be available for this weekend’s match and then leave to join The Gambia for training camp in Banjul that begins on May 31.  Defender Tyrone Marshall and forward Omar Cummings were named to the Jamaica National Team for their 2011 Gold Cup Matches. Jamaica are in Group B of the tournament and play their first three matches against Grenada at The Home Depot Center on June 6, Guatemala at FIU Stadium in Miami, Fla., on June 10, and Honduras at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey on June 13. Marshall join the team in Los Angeles on June 2 and miss the June 4 game against Philadelphia Union and the June 11 match at Portland Timbers, and it is still unknown at this time when Cummings will report to the team.  Marshall has 70 caps with the Reggae Boyz and has scored five goals. He made his national team debut on May 17, 2000 in a friendly against Romania.  Cummings has scored seven goals for the national team in 23 appearances. In March, Cummings played in two friendlies against Venezuela and El Salvador, where he scored the game winning goal. He earned his first cap against El Salvador on July 26, 2008.  Rapids forward Caleb Folan was named to the Republic of Ireland’s national team provisional roster on May 4 for their upcoming matches, however will not be able to join the team due to the groin injury he sustained on May 7 against New England.

COLORADO RAPIDS NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Player Pos. Pronunciation Ht. 2 Danny Earls DEF 5-9 3 Drew Moor DEF 6-0 4 Jeff Larentowicz MID lah-REN-toe-wits 6-1 5 Joseph Nane MID Nah-ney 6-2 6 Anthony Wallace DEF 5-11 7 Josh Janniere MID jan-EER 5-7 8 Eddie Ababio DEF ah-BAH-bee-yo 5-10 9 Conor Casey FWD 6-1 10 Macoumba Kandji FWD mah-KOOM-ba KAHN-gee 6-4 11 Brian Mullan MID 5-7 12 Quincy Amarikwa FWD ah-MARE-ik-WA 5-9 13 Steven Emory MID 6-2 14 Omar Cummings FWD 5-10 15 Wells Thompson MID 5-10 16 Ross LaBauex MID la-BO 5-9 17 Ian Joyce GK 6-3 18 Matt Pickens GK 6-3 19 Andre Akpan FWD 6-0 20 Jamie Smith MID 5-8 21 Caleb Folan FWD FOE-len 6-2 22 Marvell Wynne DEF 5-9 23 Sanna Nyassi MID SAWN-nah ny-AH-see 5-8 25 Pablo Mastroeni MID MAHS-troh-eny 5-10 26 Mike Holody DEF HAH-lo-dee 6-3 27 Kosuke Kimura DEF KOSE-kay kih-MOO-rah 5-9 28 Davy Armstrong MID 5-10 29 Scott Palguta DEF pal-GOO-ta 6-2 31 Steward Ceus GK SAY-oos 6-6 34 Tyrone Marshall DEF 6-2 Head Coach: Gary Smith Assistant Coach: Steve Guppy Assistant Coach: Brett Jacobs Goalkeeper Coach: David Kramer Fitness Coach: John Ireland Wt. 160 165 175 185 160 160 170 190 175 155 180 170 165 155 150 200 200 190 164 178 171 145 170 206 155 150 190 205 195

Birthdate 04/22/1989 01/15/1984 08/05/1983 03/12/1987 01/26/1989 11/04/1992 01/01/1988 07/25/1981 08/02/1985 04/23/1978 10/29/1987 08/31/1989 07/13/1982 11/25/1983 12/05/1988 07/12/1985 04/05/1982 12/09/1987 11/20/1980 10/26/1982 05/08/1986 01/31/1989 08/29/1976 03/30/1987 05/14/1984 11/03/1991 08/23/1982 03/26/1987 11/12/1974

Hometown College Dublin, Ireland Dallas, TX Indiana W. Chester, PA Brown Yaounde, Cam. Old Dominion St. Petersburg, FL South Florida Toronto, Can. Tampa, FL UNC Denver, CO Portland Dakar, Senegal GA Mil. Coll.

Littleton, CO Creighton Bakersfield, CA UC-Davis Clarkston, MI Metro State Bodles Crescent Cincinnati Winston-Sal., NC Wake Forest Chicago, IL Virginia Kinnelon, NJ Seton Hall Wash., MO Missouri State Grand Prairie, TX Harvard Glasgow, Scot.

Leeds, England Poway, CA UCLA Bwiam, Gambia Phoenix, AZ N.C. State Clarkston, MI Michigan Kanagawa, Jap. Western Ill. Aurora, CO Forked River, NJ Cornell Florida Int’l

W. Haverstraw, NY Albany

Lauderhill, FL

Last Team Seattle (MLS) FC Dallas (MLS) New England (MLS) Toronto FC (MLS) FC Dallas (MLS) Toronto FC (MLS)

Toronto FC (MLS) New York (MLS) Houston (MLS) San Jose (MLS)

New England (MLS)

Southend United (ENG) Queens Pk. Rangers (ENG)

Aberdeen (Scotland) Middlesbrough (ENG) Toronto FC (MLS) Seattle (MLS) Miami (MLS)

Rochester (USL)

Seattle (MLS)

COLORADO RAPIDS TRANSACTIONS (as of 5/54) November 24, 2010 Re-acquired defender Anthony Wallace from Portland Timbers in exchange for allocation money.

November 24, 2010 Selected midfielder Sanna Nyassi from Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for an international roster slot.

November 30, 2010 Re-signed defender Marvell Wynne to a new contract.

November 30, 2010 Acquired midfielder Joseph Nane in a trade with Toronto FC for Colorado’s natural third round pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.

January 3, 2011 Signed defender Tyrone Marshall; was the 16th pick in Stage 2 of the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Process.

January 28, 2011 Re-signed forward Andre Akpan and midfielder Jamie Smith to new contracts.

March 1, 2011 Signed midfielder Steven Emory and defender Mike Holody (unattached).

March 16, 2011 Signed forward Caleb Folan (Hull City).

March 29, 2011 Signed defender Danny Earls (unattached).

March 29, 2011 Acquired midfielder Josh Janniere from Toronto FC in exchange for a 2013 3rd round Supplemental Draft pick.

April 14, 2011 Signed defender Eddie Ababio (first round 2011 SuperDraft pick).

Status INT

INT

INT

INT INT

2011 Colorado Rapids Goal Scorers 4 - Larentowicz: R, L, R 12 - Amarikwa: R 14 - Cummings: R, H 20 - Smith: R, H, F 21 - Folan: L, H 19 - Akpan: R 29 - Palguta: R 3 - Moor: L

Key L - Left Footed R - Right Footed H - Header F - Free Kick P - Penalty

3-L 14-H 4-L

12-R 20-H 14-R

19-R

4-R 29-R

214-R

21-H

20-R

20-F

2011 MISCELLANEOUS STATS Quickest Goal: Larentowicz, 8’ – 3/19 vs. POR Quickest Goal Against: Montero, 19’ – 4/22 vs. SEA Game Winning Goals after 75’: Palguta, 84’ - 5/4 at HOU Game Tying Goals after 75’: None Multi-Goal Games: Folan (2), 4/3 vs. DCU; Larentowicz (2), 5/25 at NYRB Hat Tricks: None Hat Tricks Against: None Own Goals For: None Own Goals Against: None Red Cards: Mullan, 3’ - 4/22 vs. SEA Opp. Red Cards: None

RAPIDS NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS (as of 5/27) NAME COUNTRY CAPS GOALS Nyassi Gambia 3 0 Folan Ireland 7 0 Cummings Jamaica 23 7 Marshall Jamaica 70 5 Smith Scotland 2 0 Casey U.S.A. 19 2 Larentowicz U.S.A. 1 0 Mastroeni U.S.A. 65 0 Moor U.S.A. 5 0 Mullan U.S.A. 4 0 Wallace U.S.A. 1 0 Wynne U.S.A. 5 0

RAPIDS AWARD WINNERS MLS Player of the Month: None MLS Player of the Week: None MLS Goal of the Week: Nominee Week 1 – Smith vs. POR 3/19; Nominee Week 2 – Amarikwa at CHV 3/26; Nominee Week 3 – Folan vs. DCU 4/3; Nominee Week 7 – Akpan vs. CHI 4/30 MLS Save of the Week: Nominee Week 5—Pickens vs. RSL 4/13

2011 CATEGORICAL RECORD Overall MLS Games Against Western Conference Against Eastern Conference Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Conceding 0 goals Conceding 1 goal Conceding 2 goals Conceding 3 goals Conceding 4+goals Scoring first Conceding first Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime On Fox Soccer Channel On TeleFutura/Galavision On ESPN On Altitude In March In April In May In June In July In August In September In October On a Wednesday On a Friday On a Saturday On a Sunday

Overall 4-3-5 3-3-0 1-0-5 0-3-2 1-0-2 1-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-2 3-2-2 0-0-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 3-0-2 1-3-1 2-0-1 2-1-3 0-2-1 1-2-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-5 2-0-0 1-3-1 1-0-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 0-2-0 2-0-3 1-0-1

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

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

RAPIDS PLAYER MINI BIOS EDDIE ABABIO, #8, Defender

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Signed on 4/14/11, made his first Rapids appearance in the Reserve’s 2 -0 loss to RSL (4/14).

ANDRE AKPAN, #19, Forward

Last MLS Goal: 04/30/11 vs. CHI Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Scored his first professional and the tying goal in a 1-1 draw with Chicago Fire (4/30). It ended a 319 minute scoreless streak and a three game losing streak for the Rapids .  Made his first regular season start against the Chicago Fire.

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Played his first minutes of the 2011 season in the 1-0 loss to RSL (4/13) as an 86th minute sub.

Made his first professional start and scored the only Rapids goal in the 2 -1 Open Cup play-in loss to Chicago Rapids (3/30).

QUINCY AMARIKWA, #12, Forward

Last MLS Goal: 03/26/11 at CHV Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Scored game winner and his first goal of the season at Chivas USA (3/26). Nominated for MLS Goal of the Week: Week 2.  Returned from injury as a substitute in the 2-1 win over HOU on 5/4.

Was injured on 4/13 in the 1-0 loss to RSL, shortly after coming on as a sub in the 64th minute. Missed three matches total.

DAVY ARMSTRONG, #28, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Scored in the Rapids reserve scrimmage, a 5-1 win, vs. University of Denver.  Played in all three reserve matches.

CONOR CASEY, #9, Forward

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist: 03/19/11 vs. POR

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Notched an assist in the 3-1 win vs. Portland in the season opener (3/19).  Earned his first start since being injured in the 0-0 draw with TFC on 5/22. Was injured in the 4-1 victory over DCU. He missed six matches and returned to action as a sub in the D.C. United match on 5/14.

Career Highlights:  All-time Rapids goal scoring leader with 42 goals.

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Currently T-1st for most PK Goals scored by a Rapids player (9, with John Spencer).

STEWARD CEUS, #31, Goalkeeper

appeared.

His goal vs. DCU (4/3) was his 32nd career goal, making him the third highest scorer in Rapids history.  He assisted Akpan’s first professional goal in the 4/30 draw with CHI (11).

2011 International Highlights:  Cummings played for Jamaica in their 2-0 loss to Venezuela 3/25 and scored the game-winning goal vs. El Salvador in a 3-2 win on 3/29.

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DANNY EARLS, #2, Defender

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Made his first appearance and start of the season playing 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.

STEVEN EMORY, #13, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Made his first professional appearance and start playing 79 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.  Scored his first goal for the Rapids in a reserve match against CHI (5/1, 2-1 loss).  Played and started in all three official reserve matches.

CALEB FOLAN, #21, Forward

Last MLS Goal: 04/03/11 vs. DCU Last MLS Assist: 05/04/11 at HOU

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Re-injured his groin on 5/7 after just returning from injury, which caused him to miss the 4/30 match vs. CHI. He assisted Scott Palguta’s game winning goal in in the 2-1 victory over HOU on 5/4.  Made first start of career at Chivas USA, playing 79 minutes (3/26).

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Scored two goals, including his first career goal in MLS, in the 4-1 win over D.C. United (4/3).

MIKE HOLODY, #26, Defender

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Made his first appearance and start of the season playing 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.  Played and started in all three official reserve matches JOSH JANNIERE, #7, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Made his first professional appearance playing 10 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.

IAN JOYCE, #17, Goalkeeper

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Played and started in all three official reserve matches.

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Made his first appearance and start of the season playing 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.  Played the second half against Chicago Fire reserves (5/1).

OMAR CUMMINGS, #14, Forward

MACOUMBA KANDJI, #10, Forward

Last MLS Goal: 04/03/11 vs. DCU Last MLS Assist: 04/30/11 vs. CHI

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Was injured in the 2-1 win over HOU. Became the fifth of six forwards to miss a game due to injury. He suffered a sprained right ankle and will be out for 2-4 weeks.  Scored in 3-1 win vs. Portland in season opener (3/19). Became the first MLS player to score in four consecutive season openers.  Cummings scored 11 goals in 11 regular season games, dating from 8/28/10 to 4/3/11, including in four consecutive games in which he

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Out with torn ACL. Has been cleared for full fitness and strength training.

KOSUKE KIMURA, #27, Defender

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Has played every minute of every game in defense this season.

ROSS LABAUEX, #16, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Started his first match of 2011 on 5/25 against NYRB. Made his first regular season appearance against CHV on 3/26  Played 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.

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Has played and started in all three official reserve matches.

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Played the full 90 minutes versus FC Dallas in the 3-0 loss on 4/8.

SANNA NYASSI, #23, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist: 04/03/11 vs. DCU

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Served the assisting cross to Caleb Folan’s second (career) goal in the 4 -1 win vs. D.C. United (4/3).

JEFF LARENTOWICZ, #4, Midfielder

SCOTT PALGUTA, #29, Defender

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Scored a brace in the 2-3 tie at New York. It was his second multi-goal match of his career, the first against FC Dallas on 10/9/10.  Scored in 3-1 win vs. Portland in season opener (3/19).

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Scored his first MLS goal, also a game-winner, in the 2-1 victory at Houston on 5/4. He earned his first start and playing time of the season in this match.  Made his first appearance and start of the season playing 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.  Has played and started in all three official reserve matches

Last MLS Goal: 05/25/11 at NYRB Last MLS Assist:

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Has played every minute of every game in the midfield.

TYRONE MARSHALL, #34, Defender

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Became the 13th player ever to play in 300th MLS regular season games on 5/7 against NE. Has currently played in 302 career games.  Made his first appearance and start of the season playing 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.  Made his first regular season appearance for the Rapids on 4/8. It had been 12 years 272 days between appearances for the Rapids, the longest in MLS history.  His first and only other appearance for the Rapids was 7/11/98 vs. New England Revolution (73rd minute substitution for Ross Paule), a 2-1 victory. He was traded to the Miami Fusion on 8/14/98 with Jason Boyce in exchange for David Vaudreuil.

PABLO MASTROENI, #25, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist: 05/25/11 at NYRB

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Pablo is the Rapids’ all-time leader in minutes played (15,954), games played (189) and games started (183).  Mastroeni has played in 295 regular season games and is close to becoming the 14th player ever to play in 300 MLS matches.  He missed two games, a 3-0 loss to FC Dallas (4/8) and a 1-0 loss to RSL (4/13), due to injury.

DREW MOOR, #3, Defender

Last MLS Goal: 05/14/11 at DC Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Has played every minute of every game in defense this season.

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Last MLS Goal: 05/04/11 at HOU Last MLS Assist:

MATT PICKENS, #18, Goalkeeper

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Has played every minute of every game in goal this season.

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Has a 1.1 goals against average all-time (66 goals against in 60 games played) Earned his 17th career shutout against on May 22 in the 0-0 draw with Toronto FC and moved into second place on the Rapids’ all-time shutout record. He was previously tied with Bouna Condoul and needs nine more to catch the leader, Joe Cannon, who recorded 25 all-time shutouts.

JAMIE SMITH, #20, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: 05/04/11 at HOU Last MLS Assist: 03/26/11 at CHV

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Scored his third goal of the season and the tying goal at HOU on 5/4. It was an unassisted goal off a free kick from 40 yards out.  Scored the game-winning goal in 4-1 win vs. D.C. United (4/3).

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Registered first assist of the season at Chivas USA (3/26).

Scored in 3-1 win vs. Portland in season opener (3/19). Nominated for MLS Goal of the Week: Week 1.

WELLS THOMPSON, #15, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Has played in six matches this season, starting three.

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Missed the 4/30 draw with CHI due to food poisoning.

In 2010, Moor became only the third field player in MLS history to play  Made his first start of the season playing 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. every minute of every possible game (both regular season and playoffs).

Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.

He has played the entirety of every regular season game since 8/6/09, through his trade to the Rapids on 8/31/09, totaling 50 games and 4590 ANTHONY WALLACE, #6, Defender consecutive minutes played thus far.

Last MLS Goal:

BRIAN MULLAN, #3, Defender

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Has played in every match this season, starting all but one: he came on as a sub in the 46th minute for Sanna Nyassi in the 4/8 loss to FC Dallas.  Was suspended for 10 games for receiving a red card in the 1-0 loss to SEA (4/22). Is eligible to play again on 6/26 against Columbus Crew.

JOSEPH NANE, #5, Midfielder

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Made his first appearance and start of the season playing 90 minutes in the 3/30 U.S. Open Cup match vs. Chicago Fire.

Last MLS Assist: 04/03/11 vs. DCU

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Has started five out of six matches played this season and played all 90 minutes in the four of those.

MARVELL WYNNE, #22, Defender

Last MLS Goal: Last MLS Assist:

2011 Regular Season Highlights:  Missed the 4/30 match due to injury, and returned ) in the 2-1 win over HOU as an 80th minute sub and played all 90 against NE on 5/7.  Missed the 1-1 tie with CHI (4/30) due to injury of his right hamstring sustained during training in the week prior.

RAPIDS BIOS NOT IN THE MEDIA GUIDE EDDIE ABABIO - #8 5-10, 170, Defender Acquired: Signed on April 14, 2011.

Ababio was selected by the Rapids in the first round (18th overall) of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. He played for the University of North Carolina, and concluded his collegiate career appearing in 89 games for the Tar Heels scoring 13 goals and adding 12 assists. In 2005 played for the U.S. Under-17 National Team and helped the squad earn a spot in the 2005 U-17 World Cup in Costa Rica.

DANNY EARLS - #2 5-9, 160, Defender Acquired: Signed on March 30, 2011 after being released by Seattle Sounders FC. Earls was a part of the Rapids’ championship squad in 2010, playing 18 games at left back. He was traded to the Seattle Sounders FC at the end of the season and was released by the Sounders last month. Previously, Earls spent two seasons with the USL-1 Rochester Rhinos. He gained significant experience while playing with English Premier League side Aston Villa’s Reserve squad from 2005-2008.

Earls has also been capped as a member of the Republic of Ireland's U15, U16, U18 and U19 National Teams.

CALEB FOLAN - #21 6-2, 178, Forward Acquired: Signed on March 16, 2011 Folan enters a new chapter in his career coming to Major League Soccer following 10 plus years of experience abroad. He has played with Leeds United, Rushden & Diamonds, Chesterfield and Wigan Athletic. In August 2007, Folan signed with English Football League Championship side Hull City, becoming the club’s first-ever £1 million signing. He played in 58 league matches for Hull City from 200711 and scored 12 goals for the Tigers. During the 2009/10 season, he also spent a loan stint with Middlesbrough.

Folan has seven caps with the Republic of Ireland National Team, where despite being born in England he qualifies via his grandparents.

He impressed the Rapids during a trial stint with the club during their 2011 preseason where he appeared in three games scoring the game-winner in a match against the LA Galaxy on February 16.

JOSH JANNIERE - #7 5-8, 160, Midfield Acquired: Signed on March 30, 2011 in a trade with Toronto FC in exchange for a 2013 3rd Round Supplemental Draft Pick.

Janniere joined the Toronto FC Youth Academy when he was 15 after playing for the Ontario Provincial Team. He played three seasons with the Senior Youth Academy side, traveled with the TFC first team during the 2010 preseason and spent the 2011 preseason with the Rapids.

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Danny Earls Drew Moor Jeff Larentowicz Joseph Nane Anthony Wallace Josh Janniere Eddie Ababio Conor Casey Macoumba Kandji Brian Mullan Quincy Amarikwa Steven Emory Omar Cummings Wells Thompson Ross LaBauex Ian Joyce Matt Pickens Andre Akpan Jamie Smith Caleb Folan Marvell Wynne Sanna Nyassi Pablo Mastroeni Mike Holody Kosuke Kimura Davy Armstrong Scott Palguta Steward Ceus Tyrone Marshall 61F 11

52F

88M 89M 72M 45 29 69F 3 29 38

3M 21

23

90D 90M 19 90D

61F 25

85F 67F 67F 12

90M 78M

90D 90D 45 90F 90M 71M

90G 90G 29 65F 45M

90F 63F 90F 90F 45F 90M 22 80M 73M 89M 23 1 5 1 90G 90G 60 75F 17 90M 30F 90D 90D 15 90M 90M

90F 2 21 1 90G 90G 90G 90F 69F 72M 90M 90M 90F 45 90D 10 18 89M 68M 90M 90M

90M 61F 90D 45M

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90D 66D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

90D 90D

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90D 90M 90D

90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 4 86M 90F 90D 21 90M 90M 90M 79F 87F 90D 90D 90D 13 18 77M 90M 90M

90M 6

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 63D 24 90D 90D

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 POR CHV DC DAL RSL SEA CHI HOU NE DC TOR NY 3-1 1-0 4-1 0-3 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-2

COLORADO RAPIDS

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

Game Game Game Game #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12

log: #1 03/19/2011 #2 03/26/2011 #3 04/03/2011 04/08/2011 04/13/2011 04/22/2011 04/30/2011 05/04/2011 05/07/2011 05/14/2011 05/22/2011 05/25/2011

Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game

W W W

Akpan 1 (Cummings 1) Smith 3 (unassisted) Moor 1 (unassisted)

84

27; Larentowicz 3 (Mastroeni 2)

49 74; Palguta 1 (Folan 1) 23

Larentowicz 2 (unassisted)

32

Larentowicz 1 (unassisted) 8; Cummings 1 (Casey 1) 29; Smith 1 (unassisted) Amarikwa 1 (Smith 1) 31 Folan 1 (Larentowicz 1) 38; Smith 2 (Wallace 1) 71; Folan 2 (Nyassi 1) 81; Cummings 2 (Mastroeni 1, Amarikwa 1) 92+

COLORADO RAPIDS COL 3 vs POR 1 COL 1 at CHV 0 COL 4 vs DC 1 at at vs vs at at at vs at

L L L T W T T T T

0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2

DAL 3 RSL 1 SEA 1 CHI 1 HOU 1 NE 0 DC 1 TOR 0 NY 2

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Drew Moor Jeff Larentowicz Joseph Nane Anthony Wallace Josh Janniere Conor Casey Macoumba Kandji Brian Mullan Quincy Amarikwa Steven Emory Omar Cummings Wells Thompson Ross LaBauex Ian Joyce Matt Pickens Andre Akpan Jamie Smith Caleb Folan Marvell Wynne Sanna Nyassi Pablo Mastroeni Mike Holody Kosuke Kimura Davy Armstrong Scott Palguta Steward Ceus Tyrone Marshall

U.S. OPEN CUP 1R 03/30/2011

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Akpan (Amarikwa) 47

COLORADO RAPIDS U.S. OPEN CUP 1R CHI 1-2

90M 14

90F 76M 90M 90D 90G 90F

90M 90D

90D 90D

COL 1 at CHI 2

GAME NOTES

2011 MLS Match 09 // Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 8:00 p.m. CT Sporting Kansas City at Colorado Rapids Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado English TV: KSMO Spanish TV: TWC Ch. 5

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen 2 DEF Michael Harrington 3 DEF Korede Aiyegbusi co-red-eh eye-eh-BOO-see 4 MID Craig Rocastle ROW-castle 5 DEF Matt Besler BEEZ-ler 6 DEF Shavar Thomas 7 MID Chance Myers 8 MID Graham Zusi ZOO-see 9 FWD Teal Bunbury 11 MID Ryan Smith 12 DEF Konrad Warzycha Var-ZEE-hah 14 DEF Kevin Ellis 15 MID Roger Espinoza 16 DEF Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 17 FWD C.J. Sapong sah-PONG 18 GK Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg 20 FWD Birahim Diop Bee-ra-heem Dee-op 21 GK Jon Kempin 22 MID Davy Arnaud ARE-no 23 FWD Kei Kamara kye kah-MAHR-ah 24 DEF Scott Lorenz 27 MID Stéphane Auvray OH-vray 32 DEF Luke Sassano sah-SAHN-noh 55 DEF Julio Cesar HOO-lee-o SEH-sahr 78 DEF Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en 88 MID Milos Stojcev MEE-los STOY-chev 99 FWD Omar Bravo

MLS STANDINGS (AS OF 5/27/11) Eastern Conf.

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

GP 11 10 12 10 11 10 12 10 8

Western Conf.

GP 1. Los Angeles Galaxy 14 2. FC Dallas 12 3. Real Salt Lake 8 4. Colorado Rapids 12 5. Seattle Sounders FC 13 6. Portland Timbers 10 7. Chivas USA 10 8. San Jose Earthquakes 10 9. Vancouver Whitecaps 11

W L T P 4 2 5 17 5 3 2 17 3 4 5 14 3 3 4 13 3 4 4 13 3 4 3 12 2 4 6 12 1 4 5 8 1 6 1 4 W L T P 7 2 5 26 6 3 3 21 5 1 2 17 4 3 5 17 4 4 5 17 5 3 2 17 3 4 3 12 3 4 3 12 1 5 5 8

PETER VERMES 3rd season 15-25-10 3rd season 15-25-10

COACHES

GARY SMITH

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

4th season 31-25-27 4th season 31-25-27

TEAM STATS COLORADO RAPIDS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

1-6-1 (4 pts) 8 9th in East 11 1.375 18 1.64 -7 101 (30) 29.7% 122 104 14 3

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

4-3-5 (17 pts) 11 3rd in West 14 1.27 12 1.09 2 114 (44) 38.6% 138 169 24 1

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS COLORADO RAPIDS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Smith/Larentowicz 3 3 Bunbury/Kamara GOALS Pablo Mastroeni 2 2 Kamara/Stojcev ASSISTS Jeff Larentowicz 14 23 Kei Kamara SHOTS Jamie Smith 7 7 Kamara/Bunbury SHOTS ON GOAL 1 Omar Bravo GAME-WINNING GOALS 4 players tied with 1 1 Kei Kamara GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 4 players tied with 1 Jeff Larentowicz 16 12 Kamara FOULS SUFFERED Kimura/Wynne 9 11 Sapong/Kamara FOULS COMMITTED Casey/Moore 3 3 Michael Harrington CAUTIONS Brian Mullan 1 1 Bravo/Cesar/Collin EJECTIONS 2.00 Jimmy Nielsen GOALS AGAINST AVG 1 Jimmy Nielsen WINS 0 SHUTOUTS 23 Jimmy Nielsen SAVES

Matt Pickens 1.00 Matt Pickens 4 Matt Pickens 3 Matt Pickens 26

WHEN LAST THEY MET...

Kansas City and Colorado tied 1-1 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 17, 2010. KC captain Davy Arnaud scored in the 20th minute while Colorado forward Conor Casey responded for the Rapids in the 74th minute to split the points.

KC picked up just their second point at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (in four matches all-time) and are now unbeaten in three straight matches against Colorado, after taking four points from the season series last year.

Colorado (12-8-10) went on to be crowned MLS Cup champions after defeating FC Dallas 2-1 in extra time, while Kansas City (1113-6) missed the playoffs for the second straight season.

KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS • Colorado GK Steward Ceus made his first ever Rapids appearance against Kansas City in a U.S. Open Cup qualifier last season, making two saves in the victory.

• Colorado GK Matt Pickens attended Missouri State University in Springfield, MO from 2000-2003. Pickens finished second on the the Bears all-time goals against average chart (1.25) and fifth in saves (191). Prior to attending Missouri State, Pickens starred at St. Louis Community College at Meramac for one season.

• Sporting Kansas City’s first-ever Designated Player Claudio Lopez (2008-2009) played for the Rapids last season. He now lives in the Denver area.

• Sporting Kansas City defender Roger Espinoza grew up in Denver after moving from his native Honduras when he was 12 years old. The 2010 World Cup member attended Denver South H.S. and Regis Jesuit H.S. in Aurora, Colorado.

• Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes played for the Colorado Rapids from 1997-1999 before coming to Kansas City for three seasons, beginning with the club’s MLS Cup championship year in 2000. Vermes appeared in 98 games for Colorado, tallying eight goals and 11 assists.

• Sporting Kansas City assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin was drafted by the Colorado Rapids in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft but was traded to New York for current-Sporting Manager Peter Vermes prior to playing a game.

• Colorado will make the return visit in the season series on Wednesday, July 6th. It kicks off a stretch of 11 home matches in a 12-game span for Sporting Kansas City, after the June 9th opening of LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.

• Sporting defender Shavar Thomas and Colorado players Tyrone Marshall and Omar Cummings are each on the Jamaica roster for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY HEADLINES BRAVO’S BACK | Sporting Kansas City Designated Player Omar Bravo started each of Sporting’s last two matches, playing 76 minutes in the team’s 1-0 loss at Seattle last Saturday and playing 58 minutes in a 5-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Wednesday in 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifying. Bravo registered the game-winning assist as Sporting Kansas City secured a berth in the tournament proper, advancing to the third round (scheduled to begin play on June 28th).

His return comes after missing six weeks while recovering from surgery for a sports hernia injury. Bravo was named MLS Player of the Week after scoring two goals in his MLS debut against Chivas USA in Sporting Kansas City’s season-opening 3-2 victory.

Bravo joined KC as one of the most decorated players in Chivas Guadalajara history as the club’s second all-time leading scorer and is a well-known member of the Mexico National Team. Bravo has scored 16 goals for Mexico in 65 appearances, including two goals at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

BUNBURY BUZZ | After scoring as a second-half substitute against Chicago in his return from a dislocated elbow suffered during the pre-season, Sporting Kansas City striker Teal Bunbury scored twice in his first start of the 2011 season in KC’s 3-3 draw at Vancouver, the first multi-goal game of his professional career.

Bunbury also provided the game-winning assist in overtime of Sporting KC’s 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo last month in the 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifier and drew a penalty kick in the team’s 3-2 loss at New England.

The fourth overall draft pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft out of Akron, Bunbury enjoyed a standout rookie season with five goals and two assists in 26 appearances. His five goals last season were the most by a KC rookie since Scott Sealy scored nine times in 2005.

During the offseason, Bunbury made his international debut for the U.S. Men’s National Team in a friendly against South Africa in November and scored in his second appearance on a penalty kick against Chile at The Home Depot Center in January.

KAMARA KEY | Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara has also started the 2011 with his name often on the scoresheet. After recording two assists in the club’s season-opening 3-2 victory at Chivas USA, Kamara missed the team’s second match while with the Sierra Leone National Team for an African Cup of Nations qualifier

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but picked up right where he left off with his first goal of the 2011 season at Vancouver and a two-goal performance at New England on April 23rd, giving him the club’s last three goals scored until Omar Gonzalez’s own goal in a 4-1 loss at LA. Kamara is coming off a career year, scoring a team-high 10 goals and six assists, and has already accumulated eight points in six matches this season. Both marks from last season were personal career-highs for Kamara, now in his sixth year in MLS. Kamara has seven appearances for Sierra Leone and was recently named to the Leone Stars roster for a June 4th African Cup of Nations qualifier against Niger in Freetown, South Africa.

MYERS ON FIRE | Sporting Kansas City striker Chance Myers scored the team’s first two goals in a 5-0 win over New England on Wednesday to secure the club’s spot in the 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third round next month. It marked Myers’ second multigoal game in all competition this season, after also tallying twice in an MLS Reserve League match against Real Salt Lake.

Myers, in his 4th MLS season after being drafted No. 1 overall in 2008, leads the Reserve League with three goals in 2011. He has 35 career appearances for KC, with four games played in 2011.

SAPONG STEALS SHOW | Sporting Kansas City rookie C.J. Sapong, taken in the 1st round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, also scored twice in the 5-0 Open Cup qualifying win on Wednesday.

Sapong, who also scored the club’s game-winning goal in extra time of the previous round of qualifying in the Open Cup, now has four goals in all competition for Sporting Kansas City this season.

The James Madison University product scored in the second min-

ute of his professional debut, powering a shot past Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton in Kansas City’s 3-2 season-opening victory. The goal at 1 minute, 45 seconds goes into the MLS record books as the fastest goal ever scored by a rookie who started in their debut, besting the mark set by teammate Michael Harrington who scored in the third minute of his debut in 2007.

ROAD TRIP | Sporting Kansas City continues its road trip to start the 2011 season on Saturday with the ninth of 10 consecutive away matches while the final touches are put on LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, the team’s new state-of-the-art, $200 million venue.

The brand new stadium will open June 9th when Sporting KC hosts the Chicago Fire at 9:00 p.m. CT on ESPN2. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park will then host a 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup doubleheader on June 14th, featuring Canada vs. Panama, followed by the U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Guadeloupe.

It is the longest stretch of away games in MLS history, topping the Chicago Fire’s nine-game road trip to start the 2006 season prior to opening Toyota Park. Kansas City is 60-126-52 all-time away from home, and went 4-8-3 on the road in 2010.

UPCOMING MILESTONES Sporting captain Davy Arnaud is currently tied with Josh Wolff for 2nd on the team’s all-time goal scoring list with 43 career strikes...

Arnaud is also 4th on the team’s all-time game-winning goals chart with ten. His next game-winner will match Wolff for third all-time...

Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen begins the 2011 season tied with Mike Ammann for fourth most shutouts in team history with 10...Nielsen is also sixth on the club’s all-time goalkeeper wins chart with 11 victories, one shy of Garth Lagerwey for 5th...

REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SCORING 1 2 TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 5 6 11 OPP. 5 13 18

SPORTING 55 46 101 OPP. 46 59 105

SOG 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 16 14 30 OPP. 22 25 47

FOULS 1 2 TOTAL OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL

CORNERS 1 2 TOTAL

SPORTING 57 65 122 OPP. 52 52 104

SPORTING 20 18 38 OPP. 14 29 43

SPORTING 6 7 13 OPP. 14 9 23

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL

PK 1 2 TOTAL

SPORTING 2 12 14 OPP. 6 10 16

SPORTING 0 1 1 OPP. 3 0 3

SPORTING 1 2 3 OPP. 0 0 0

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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Sporting Kansas City record: 20-17-10 Home games: 16-3-4 (52 GF, 23 GA) Road games: 4-14-6 (29 GF, 40 GA)

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS COLORADO RAPIDS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

04/13/1996 05/05/1996 07/10/1996 08/07/1996

KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 0 at COL 4 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 4

W L W L

Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium

06/28/1997 08/28/1997 09/06/1997 09/26/1997

KC 3 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 1 KC 5 vs COL 2

SOW Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium

05/31/1998 07/19/1998 08/08/1998 09/02/1998

KC 1 at COL 2 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3

L W W L

04/17/1999 07/07/1999 09/10/1999 09/25/1999

KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 0 vs COL 0

SOL L SOL SOL

04/01/2000 04/29/2000 08/02/2000 08/26/2000

KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 5 at COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1

W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium

07/18/2001 KC 0 at COL 0 08/12/2001 KC 2 at COL 2 08/19/2001 KC 3 vs COL 2

T (2OT) Mile High Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium

03/23/2002 05/11/2002 09/14/2002 09/20/2002

KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 1

T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Invesco Field at Mile High

07/04/2003 08/22/2003 09/13/2003 10/04/2003

KC 2 at COL 3 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 2

L Invesco Field at Mile High T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium

05/01/2004 06/09/2004 09/10/2004 09/25/2004

KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 0 KC 1 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0

W W L W

Arrowhead Stadium Invesco Field at Mile High Invesco Field at Mile High Arrowhead Stadium

04/02/2005 KC 3 vs COL 2 07/04/2005 KC 1 at COL 2

W L

Arrowhead Stadium Invesco Field at Mile High

07/08/2006 KC 0 at COL 1 09/09/2006 KC 4 vs COL 1

L W

05/19/2007 KC 1 at COL 1 07/22/2007 KC 2 vs COL 2

T T

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Arrowhead Stadium

04/05/2008 KC 3 vs COL 2 08/16/2008 KC 1 at COL 2

W L

CommunityAmerica Ballpark Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

03/28/2009 KC 1 at COL 2 09/26/2009 KC 0 vs COL 0

L T

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark

04/10/2010 KC 1 vs COL 0 07/17/2010 KC 1 at COL 1

W T

Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium

Invesco Field at Mile High Arrowhead Stadium

CommunityAmerica Ballpark Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

ALL-TIME POSTSEASON RESULTS 10/04/1997 KC 0 vs COL 3 10/08/1997 KC 2 at COL 3

L L

Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium

09/16/2000 KC 1 vs COL 0 09/20/2000 KC 0 at COL 0 09/24/2000 KC 3 vs COL 2

W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium

11/04/2003 KC 1 at COL 1 11/08/2003 KC 2 vs COL 0

T W

Invesco Field at Mile High Arrowhead Stadium

John Spencer 8 9 Klein/Preki GOALS Chris Henderson 7 16 Preki ASSISTS John Spencer 53 83 Preki SHOTS John Spencer 29 35 Preki SHOTS ON GOAL Henderson/Mastroeni 32 34 McKeon/Zavagnin FOULS COMMITTED Chris Henderson 36 47 Kerry Zavagnin FOULS SUFFERED

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

7 Tony Meola 5 Tony Meola 6 Tony Meola 65 Tony Meola 18 Tony Meola

4 Players Tied 3 Cannon/Hahnemann 5 Scott Garlick 3 Marcus Hahnemann 44 Marcus Hahnemann 17

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS COLORADO RAPIDS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2 Eight players tied 7 players tied 2 GOALS 3 Preki (10/4/03) 4 players tied 2 ASSISTS 9 Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) (9/14/02) Mark Chung 8 SHOTS 4 Nine players tied SHOTS ON GOAL (8/22/03) John Spencer 5 7 Chris Henderson (8/26/00)FOULS COMMITTED(8/2/00) Chris Martinez 7 7 Three players tied FOULS SUFFEREDHenderson/Beckerman 6 9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Ammann (8/7/96)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

4 players tied 9 Grafer/Kramer 5

ALL-TIME MATCHUP STATS Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 30 280 128 305 77 105

2 Overtime Total 51 0 81 367 7 654 169 3 300 302 12 619 73 0 150 120 3 228

COLORADO RAPIDS

1 26 274 104 336 71 131

2 Overtime Total 37 0 63 330 9 613 123 2 229 362 8 706 60 2 133 129 8 268

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total KC 4 COL 7

12 10

14 9

20 12

8 8

23 17

0 0

81 63

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY LEAGUE LEADERS (AS OF 05/27/11) GOALS ASSISTS PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Brad Davis HOU 12 6 1. David Beckham LA 11 6 3. Davide Chiumiento VAN 9 5 3. Jack Jewsbury POR 10 5 3. Kalif Alhassan POR 9 5 6. Marvin Chavez DAL 12 3 6. Mauro Rosales SEA 9 3 6. Jan Gunnar Solli NY 11 3 6. Collen Warner RSL 6 3 6. Thierry Henry NY 9 3 6. Terry Dunfield VAN 8 3 6. Atiba Harris VAN 5 3 6. Dane Richards NY 9 3 6. Chad Barrett LA 14 3 6. Fredy Montero SEA 11 3 6. Dwayne De Rosario NY 9 3

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS PLAYER TEAM GP GWA 1. David Beckham LA 11 3 1. Jack Jewsbury POR 10 3 1. Kalif Alhassan POR 9 3 4. Jan Gunnar Solli NY 11 2 4. Dane Richards NY 9 2 4. O’Brian White SEA 7 2 4. Dilly Duka CLB 10 2 4. Brad Davis HOU 12 2 4. Collen Warner RSL 6 2

GOALKEEPER WINS PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. Kevin Hartman DAL 12 6 2. Faryd Mondragon PHI 10 5 2. Donovan Ricketts LA 10 5 4. Kasey Keller SEA 13 4 4. Nick Rimando RSL 7 4 4. Matt Pickens COL 12 4 5. 7 goalkeepers teid with...

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SAVES PLAYER TEAM GP SV 1. Stefan Frei TOR 12 46 2. Kasey Keller SEA 13 36 2. Tally Hall HOU 12 36 4. Jon Busch SJ 10 34 5. Kevin Hartman DAL 12 30 5. Matt Reis NE 8 30 6. Jay Nolly VAN 10 28 8. Donovan Ricketts LA 10 26 8. Matt Pickens COL 12 26 9. Jimmy Nielsen SKC 7 23 10. William Hesmer CLB 10 23

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS PLAYER TEAM GP SHO 1. Kevin Hartman DAL 12 6 2. Nick Rimando RSL 7 5 2. Donovan Ricketts LA 10 5 4. William Hesmer CLB 10 4 4. Faryd Mondragon PHI 10 4 6. 6 goalkeepers tied...

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PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Landon Donovan LA 10 8 2. Charlie Davies DC 9 6 2. Thierry Henry NY 9 6 4. Chris Wondolowski SJ 10 5 5. Luke Rodgers NY 10 4 5. Shalrie Joseph NE 10 4 5. Emilio Renteria CLB 8 4 5. Brad Evans SEA 8 4 5. Marco Pappa CHI 10 4 5. Diego Chaves CHI 10 4 5. Will Bruin HOU 11 4 5. Brek Shea FCD 11 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS

PLAYER TEAM GP GWG 1. Brek Shea FCD 11 3 2. Luke Rodgers NY 10 2 2. Charlie Davies DC 9 2 2. Shalrie Joseph NE 10 2 2. Chris Wondolowski SJ 10 2 2. Landon Donovan LA 10 2 2. Carlos Ruiz PHI 10 2 2. Chad Barrett LA 14 2

MULTI-GOAL GAMES

PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Landon Donovan LA 10 2 2. Teal Bunbury SKC 7 1 2. Omar Bravo SKC 3 1 2. Kei Kamara SKC 7 1 2. 17 more players tied...

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HAT TRICKS

PLAYER TEAM GP HT 1. Will Bruin HOU 12 1 1. Justin Braun CHV 9 1

SHOTS ON GOAL PLAYER TEAM GP SOG 1. Fredy Montero SEA 11 16 2. Marco Pappa CHI 10 14 2. Chris Wondolowski SJ 10 14 4. Landon Donovan LA 10 13 4. Thierry Henry NY 9 13 4. Will Bruin HOU 12 13 4. Eddie Gaven CLB 10 13 8. Chris Pontius DC 10 11 9. 5 players tied...

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SHOTS PLAYER TEAM GP SH 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 10 38 1. Fredy Montero SEA 11 38 3. Marco Pappa CHI 10 32 4. Will Bruin HOU 12 30 5. Eddie Gaven CLB 10 26 5. Chad Barrett LA 14 26 5. Geoff Cameron HOU 11 26 8. Osvaldo Alonso SEA 13 25 9. Diego Chaves CHI 10 24 9. Thierry Henry NY 9 24 8. Kei Kamara SKC 6 22 8. Thierry Henry NY 8 22

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA (0-1-0) DATE: March 19, 2011 -- The Home Depot Center

2011 SCHEDULE Sat., March 19th Sat., March 26th Sat., April 2nd Wed., April 6th Sat., April 16th Sat., April 23rd Sat., April 30th Sat., May 14th Sat., May 21st Wed., May 25th Sat., May 28th Sat., June 4th Thurs., June 9th Sun., June 12th Fri., June 17th Wed., June 22nd Sat., June 25th Sat., July 2nd Wed., July 6th Sat., July 9th Sat. July 16th Wed., July 20th Sat., July 23rd Sat., July 30th Wed., August 3rd Sat., August 6th TBD Wed., August 17th Sun., August 21st Sat., August 27th Sat., Sept. 10th Sat., Sept. 17th Fri., Sept. 23rd Wed., Sept. 28th Sat., Oct. 1st Sat., Oct 15th Sat., Oct. 22nd

3-2 W @ Chivas USA 2-3 L @ Chicago FIre 3-3 T @ Vancouver 1-0 W @ Houston* 0-1 L @ Columbus 2-3 L @ New England 0-1 L @ New York 1-4 L @ Los Angeles 0-1 L @ Seattle 5-0 W vs. NEW ENGLAND* 8:00pm @ Colorado 6:00pm @ Toronto 9:00pm vs. CHICAGO 6:00pm @ Dallas 7:30pm vs. SAN JOSE 6:30pm @ Philadelphia 7:30pm vs. VANCOUVER 10:00pm @ Portland 7:30pm vs. COLORADO 6:30pm vs. CHIVAS USA 7:30pm @ Houston vs. NEWCASTLE UNITED** 7:30pm vs. TORONTO 7:30pm vs. NEW ENGLAND 7:30pm vs. SALT LAKE 7:30pm vs. SEATTLE 7:30pm vs. LOS ANGELES 7:30pm vs. PORTLAND 6:00pm vs. DC UNITED 7:30pm vs. DALLAS 3:00pm vs. HOUSTON 8:00pm @ Salt Lake 7:30pm vs. PHILADELPHIA 7:30pm vs. COLUMBUS 9:30pm @ San Jose 3:00pm vs. NEW YORK 6:30pm @ DC United

Sapong, Bravo (2) Besler, Bunbury Bunbury (2), Kamara Sapong Kamara (2) Own Goal -Myers (2), Sapong (2), Collin KSMO TSN/KSMO ESPN2 KSMO FOX Soccer KSMO TSN/KSMO KSMO KSMO Galavision/KSMO KSMO KSMO KSMO KSMO KSMO FOX Soccer KSMO Galavision/KSMO KSMO TeleFutura/KSMO KSMO FOX Soccer KSMO KSMO TeleFutura/KSMO KSMO

*U.S. Open Cup Qualifier **International Friendly SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-1-0) VS CHICAGO FIRE (1-1-0) DATE: March 26, 2011 -- Toyota Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chivas USA 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City 2 1 3

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chicago Fire 2 1 3 Sporting Kansas City 0 2 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 1 (unassisted) 2 KC--Bravo 1 (Kamara 1) 48+ CHV--Conrad 1 (unassisted) 56 KC--Bravo 2 (Kamara 2) 74 CHV--Zemanski 1 (LaBrocca 1) 84

Scoring Summary: CHI--Chaves 2 (penalty kick) 34 CHI--Puerari 1 (Vidiera 1, Pappa 1) 40 KC--Besler 1 (unassisted) 51 CHI--Pappa 1 (free kick) 60 KC--Bunbury 1 (unassisted) 72

Misconduct Summary: CHV: CAUTIONS: Conrad 27, Valentin 52 KC: CAUTIONS: Arnaud 23, Bravo 71

Misconduct Summary: CHI: CAUTIONS: Puerari 48 KC: CAUTIONS: Arnaud 58, Diop 88; EJECTIONS: Bravo 32

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chivas USA TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Bravo 6) 9 (Conrad 2, LaBrocca 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bravo 3) 4 (4 tied with 1) FOULS: 12 (Bravo 4) 12 (Moreno 3) OFFSIDE: 2 2 CORNER KICKS: 4 8 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Thornton 2

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago Fire TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Auvray 2, Bunbury 2) 12 (Pappa 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Bunbury 2) 7 (3 tied with 2) FOULS: 17 (Lorenz 3, Sapong 3) 16 (Puerari 5) OFFSIDE: 1 4 CORNER KICKS: 6 4 SAVES: Nielsen 4 Johnson 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Luke Sassano (Chance Myers 72), Roger Espinoza, Julio Cesar, Matt Besler, Kei Kamara, Milos Stojcev (Graham Zusi 89), Omar Bravo, Craig Rocastle (Stephane Auvray 20), Davy Arnaud, C.J. Sapong.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Roger Espinoza, Scott Lorenz (Birahim Diop 84), Matt Besler, Milos Stojcev, Omar Bravo (Ejected 32), Craig Rocastle (Teal Bunbury 46+), Davy Arnaud, C.J. Sapong.

CHIVAS USA--Zach Thornton, Heath Pearce, Ante Jazic (Victor Estupinan 86), Zarek Valentin, Jimmy Conrad, Ben Zemanski, Nick LaBrocca, Francisco Mendoza (Blair Gavin 62), Justin Braun, Marcos Mondaini (Tristan Bowen 70), Alejandro Moreno.

CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Josip Mikulic, Gonzalo Segares, Cory Gibs, Jalil Anibaba, Patrick Nyarko (Dasan Robinson 93+), Marco Pappa, Logan Pause, Michael Vidiera, Diego Chaves (Dominic Oduro 90), Gaston Puerari (Orr Barouch 74).

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, James Conlee 4th Official: Niko Bratsis.

Attendance: 18,122.

Temperature: 59 and Cloudy.

Referee: Jasen Anno Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Frank Anderson 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos Attendance: 12,157 Temperature: 30 and Clear.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-1-1) VS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (1-1-1) DATE: April 2, 2011 -- Empire Field Goals by Period 1 Sporting Kansas City 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0

2 2 3

Tot 3 3

Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 2 (Espinoza 1) 46+ KC--Bunbury 3 (Stojcev 1) 58 KC--Kamara 1 (Sapong 1, Stojcev 2) 62 VAN--Harris 2 (Khalfan 1, Camilo 1) 73 VAN--Camilo 1 (free kick) 92+ VAN--Camilo 2 (free kick) 93+

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-2-1) VS COLUMBUS CREW (2-1-2) DATE: April 16, 2011 -- Columbus Crew Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Columbus Crew 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: CLB--Rogers 2 (Duka 1, Burns 1) 53 Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Santos 50, Harrington 55, Thomas 76; EJECTIONS: Santos 72

Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Harrington 64, Diop 68, Bunbury 88 Stats Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (Kamara 4) 19 (Camilo 9) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Bunbury 2, Kamara 2) 9 (Camilo 4) FOULS: 16 (Diop 4) 8 (Camilo 3) OFFSIDE: 3 3 CORNER KICKS: 6 5 SAVES: Nielsen 6 Nolly 4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Roger Espinoza, Julio Cesar (Shavar Thomas 82), Matt Besler, Davy Arnaud (Stephane Auvray 76), Birahim Diop, Milos Stojcev (Craig Rocastle 90), Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC-- Jay Nolly, Jonathan Leathers, Alain Rochat, Greg Janicki (Nizar Khalfan 63), Michael Boxall, Wes Knight (Davide Chiumiento 69), Blake Wagner, Gershon Koffie, Terry Dunfield, Camilo, Atiba Harris.

Stats Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Kamara 5) 15 (Rogers 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara 1, Sapong 1) 4 (Duka 2) FOULS: 18 (Diop 3, Espinoza 3) 12 (James 3, Renteria 3) OFFSIDE: 1 4 CORNER KICKS: 3 6 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Hesmer 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Roger Espinoza, Julio Cesar (Ejected 72), Matt Besler, Davy Arnaud (Graham Zusi 71), Birahim Diop, Milos Stojcev (Shavar Thomas 75), Kei Kamara (Korede Aiyegbusi 87), Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong.

COLUMBUS CREW-- William Hesmer, Sebastian Miranda, Rich Balchan, Chad Marshall, Julius James, Eddie Gaven, Emmanuel Ekpo (Dejan Rusmir 89), Robbie Rogers (Jeff Cunningham 77), Kevin Burns, Dilly Duka, Emilio Renteria (Tommy Heinemann 67) Referee: Juan Guzman Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Kevin Duliba 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo Attendance: 7,695 Temperature: 46 and raining

Referee: Silviu Petrescu Referee’s Assistants: Cameron Blair, Daniel Belleau 4th Official: Drew Fischer.

Attendance: 20,518.

Temperature: 50

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-3-1) VS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (2-2-3) DATE: April 23, 2011 -- Gillette Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City New England Revolution

1 1 1

2 1 2

Tot 2 3

Scoring Summary: NE--Perovic 1 (Feilhaber 1) 12 KC--Kamara 2 (Bunbury 1) 14 KC--Kamara 3 (penalty kick) 69 NE--Joseph 3 (Mansally 1) 72 NE--Lekic 1 (Boggs 1) 83 Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Collin 24, Besler 48, Harrington 54; EJECTIONS: Collin 76 NE: CAUTIONS: McCarthy 19, Perovic 42, Mansally 79, Lekic 84, Joseph 93+ Stats Sporting Kansas City New England Revolution TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 5) 12 (Lekic 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Kamara 2) 3 (3 tied with 1) FOULS: 18 (Collin 6) 17 (3 tied with 3) OFFSIDE: 1 2 CORNER KICKS: 10 3 SAVES: 0 Reis 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Roger Espinoza, Aurelien Collin (Ejected 76), Matt Besler, Davy Arnaud, Birahim Diop, Milos Stojcev (Graham Zusi 58), Kei Kamara (Ryan Smith 87), Teal Bunbury (Shavar Thomas 78), C.J. Sapong NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION-- Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Didier Domi, A.J. Soares, Franco Coria, Zak Boggs, Benny Feilhaber, Stephen McCarthy (Zack Schilawski 64), Marko Perovic (Kenny Mansally 60), Shalrie Joseph, Rajko Lekic Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Rob Fereday, James Conlee 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik Attendance: 11,414 Temperature: 54 and Overcast

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-4-1) VS NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-1-2) DATE: April 30, 2011 -- Red Bull Arena Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City New England Revolution

1 0 1

2 0 0

Tot 0 1

Scoring Summary: NY--Rodgers 3 (De Rosario 3, Henry 3) 22 Misconduct Summary: NY: CAUTIONS: Rodgers 32, Tainio 42, Ballouchy 93+ Stats Sporting Kansas City New York Red Bulls TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Kamara 4) 10 (Richards 2, Rodgers 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Arnaud 1, Kamara 1) 7 (7 tied with 1) FOULS: 9 (Bunbury 3) 15 (De Rosario 3, Tainio 3) OFFSIDE: 3 4 CORNER KICKS: 4 6 SAVES: Nielsen 6 Coundoul 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY-- Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Korede Aiyegbusi, Julio Cesar, Aurelien Collin, Davy Arnaud, Stephane Auvray (Milos Stojcev 64), Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong (Ryan Smith 56+).

NEW YORK RED BULLS-- Bouna Coundoul, Jan Gunnar Solli, Roy Miller, Tim Ream, Rafael Marquez, Dane Richards, Teemu Tainio (Carl Robinson 56+), Dwayne De Rosario (Mehdi Ballouchy 80), Joel Lindpere, Thierry Henry, Luke Rodgers (Juan Agudelo 57+).

Referee: Andrew Chapin Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Daniel Belleau 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic.

Attendance: 20,636.

Temperature: 61 and Partly Cloudy.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-5-1) VS LA GALAXY (5-2-5) DATE: May 14, 2011 -- The Home Depot Center

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-6-1) VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS (4-3-5) DATE: May 21, 2011 -- Qwest Field

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Los Angeles Galaxy 1 3 4 Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1

Goals by Period Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City

1 0 0

2 1 0

Tot 1 0

Scoring Summary: KC--own goal (Gonzalez) 39 LA--Donovan 6 (penalty kick) 44 LA--Donovan 7 (Barrett 2) 46 LA--Angel 2 (Barrett 3) 64 LA--Beckham 1 (unassisted) 87

Scoring Summary: SEA--Parke 1 (Wahl 1) 93+

Misconduct Summary: LA: CAUTIONS: Gomes 80

Stats Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Arnaud 2) 12 (Fucito 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 tied with 1) 2 (Fernandez/Parke 1) FOULS: 15 (Bunbury 5) 14 (4 tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 0 1 CORNER KICKS: 4 8 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Keller 3

Misconduct Summary: SEA: CAUTIONS: Fernandez 44, Carrasco 51, Rosales 64, Alonso 84 KC: CAUTIONS: Smith 49

Stats Sporting Kansas City LA Galaxy TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Bunbury 3) 13 (Barrett 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Bunbury 2) 10 (4 tied with 2) FOULS: 17 (Kamara 4) 11 (5 tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 2 3 CORNER KICKS: 1 4 SAVES: Kronberg 6 Saunders 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- Eric Kronberg, Michael Harrington, Roger Espinoza (Chance Myers 57), Julio Cesar, Aurelien Collin, Davy Arnaud, Stephane Auvray, Milos Stojcev (Ryan Smith 65), Kei Kamara (C.J. Sapong 67), Teal Bunbury, Graham Zusi.

LOS ANGELES GALAXY -- Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Juninho (Michael Stephens 85), David Beckham, Chad Barrett (Chris Birchall 81), Miguel Lopez (Juan Pablo Angel 61).

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

Attendance: 19,763.

Temperature: 61 and Overcast.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Roger Espinoza, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Kei Kamara, Omar Bravo (Graham Zusi 76), Ryan Smith (Chance Myers 86), Davy Arnaud, Craig Rocastle, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 73).

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Kasey Keller, James Riley, Tyson Wahl, Jeff Parke, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Servando Carrasco (Nate Jaqua 55), Mauro Rosales (Mike Fucito 69), Osvaldo Alonso, Alvaro Fernandez, Roger Levesque, Fredy Montero (Patrick Ianni 95+).

Referee: Geoff Gamble Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Eric Proctor 4th Official: Drew Fischer.

Attendance: 36,098.

Temperature: 52 and Cloudy.

2011 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP QUALIFYING BOX SCORES SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO (0-1-0) DATE: April 6, 2011 -- Aggie Soccer Stadium

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) VS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (1-1-0) DATE: May 25, 2011 -- Blue Valley District Activities Complex

Goals by Period 1 2 1OT 2OT Tot Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 0 1 0 1

Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

Scoring Summary: KC-- C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury) 92

Scoring Summary: KC -- Chance Myers (Omar Bravo) 9 KC -- Chance Myers (unassisted) 19 KC -- C.J. Sapong (Seth Sinovic) 24 KC -- Aurelien Collin (Ryan Smith) 81 KC -- C.J. Sapong (unassisted) 88

Misconduct Summary: HOU: CAUTIONS: Sarkodie 5, Palmer 43, Chabala 65, Boswell 73 KC: CAUTIONS: Bravo 46+ Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:

Sporting Kansas City 13 (Kei Kamara 5) 5 (Kei Kamara 3) 18 (Kei Kamara 4) 5 (Teal Bunbury 3) 7 (Milos Stojcev 5) Kronberg 6

Houston Dynamo 16 (Cruz/Garey 4) 6 (Jason Garey 3) 14 (Palmer/Sarkodie 3) 1 (Cam Weaver 1) 5 (Clark/Cruz 2) Deric 4

SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- Eric Kronberg, Michael Harrington, Matt Besler, Shavar Thomas, Roger Espinoza, Luke Sassano (Davy Arnaud 91), Craig Rocastle (Birahim Diop 76), Milos Stojcev, Kei Kamara, Omar Bravo (C.J. Sapong 46), Teal Bunbury HOUSTON DYNAMO -- Tyler Deric, Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson (Jordan Graye 86), Mike Chabala, Danny Cruz, Alex Dixon, Lovel Palmer, Colin Clark (Corey Ashe 76), Cam Weaver (Will Bruin 83), Jason Garey Referee: Ismail Elfath Referee’s Assistants: Greg Boles, Marcel Theriot 4th Official: Luis Guardia Attendance: 2,383 Temperature: Sunny and 75 degrees

1 0 3

2 0 2

Tot 0 5

Misconduct Summary: NE: CAUTIONS: Domi 20, Phelan 45, Koger 74 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:

Sporting Kansas City 11 (3 tied with 2) 8 (Myers/Sapong 2) 11 (Graham Zusi 5) 2 (Collin/Myers 1) 5 (Graham Zusi 4) Kronberg 3

New England Revolution 10 (Phelan/Schilawski 3) 3 (Zack Schilawski 2) 11 (Pat Phelan 3) 0 9 (Andrew Sousa 9) Shuttleworth 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY -- Eric Kronberg, Michael Harrington, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic, Omar Bravo (Ryan Smith 58), Craig Rocastle (Birahim Diop 72), Chance Myers (Kei Kamara 79), Luke Sassano, Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION -- Bobby Shuttleworth (Tim Murray 72), Ryan Kinne, Franco Coria, Otto Loewy, Didier Domi, Michael Augustine (Diego Fagundez 70), Pat Phelan, Andrew Sousa, Sainey Nyassi (Zak Boggs 60), Zack Schilawski, Alan Koger Referee: Sorin Stoica Referee’s Assistants: Lance Mesman, Matthew Foerster 4th Official: Landis Wiley Attendance: 1,228 Temperature: Cloudy and 53 degrees

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ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

7

2

222

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

7

2

222

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

Davy Arnaud

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

226

205

18550

43

33

442

175

319

507

98

144

43

4

KC - Post Season

12

9

846

4

1

10

6

21

24

5

0

4

0

MLS - TOTAL

238

214

19396

47

34

452

181

340

531

103

144

47

4

Stephane Auvray

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

26

24

1988

0

1

12

0

28

22

1

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

26

24

1988

0

1

12

0

28

22

1

0

2

0

Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

46

42

3792

1

0

9

5

40

26

4

0

8

0

MLS - TOTAL

46

42

3792

1

0

9

5

40

26

4

0

8

0

Omar Bravo

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

3

3

198

2

0

7

4

7

3

3

8

1

1

MLS - TOTAL

3

3

198

2

0

7

4

7

3

3

8

1

1

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

33

19

1997

8

3

58

30

35

28

22

2

4

0

MLS - TOTAL

33

19

1997

8

3

58

30

35

28

22

2

4

0

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

5

5

424

0

0

0

0

4

6

1

0

1

1

MLS - TOTAL

5

5

424

0

0

0

0

4

6

1

0

1

1

Aurelian Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

4

4

346

0

0

0

0

8

2

0

0

1

1

MLS - TOTAL

4

4

346

0

0

0

0

8

2

0

0

1

1

Birahim Diop

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

18

10

773

5

1

17

10

20

11

10

0

2

0

MLS - Reg. Season

22

13

1001

5

1

17

10

24

15

12

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

22

13

1001

5

1

17

10

24

15

12

0

2

0

Kevin Ellis

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

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

Roger Espinoza

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

70

50

4593

1

7

43

13

73

69

8

12

11

2

KC - Post Season

2

1

78

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

72

51

4671

1

7

43

13

73

70

9

12

11

2

Michael Harrington

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

121

109

9801

5

13

33

21

117

89

9

4

15

0

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

126

114

10251

5

13

33

21

120

96

9

4

16

0

Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

42

38

3416

14

8

126

42

65

67

20

1

5

0

MLS - Reg. Season

122

88

8153

28

11

254

100

170

171

61

3

12

1

MLS - Post Season

2

1

78

1

0

1

1

2

2

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

124

89

8231

29

11

255

101

172

173

63

3

12

1

Scott Lorenz

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

84

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

84

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

35

14

1558

0

1

18

7

21

14

2

4

1

1

MLS - TOTAL

35

14

1558

0

1

18

7

21

14

2

4

1

1

Craig Rocastle

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

27

21

1626

0

3

11

1

31

35

1

0

4

1

MLS - TOTAL

27

21

1626

0

3

11

1

31

35

1

0

4

1

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

8

6

535

1

1

11

3

11

11

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

8

6

535

1

1

11

3

11

11

0

0

0

0

Luke Sassano

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

72

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

39

26

2326

0

0

14

1

18

22

1

0

3

1

MLS - Post Season

4

4

341

0

0

1

0

3

5

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

43

30

2667

0

0

15

1

21

27

1

0

4

1

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

20

18

1580

0

0

7

1

13

10

0

0

3

0

MLS - TOTAL

20

18

1580

0

0

7

1

13

10

0

0

3

0

Ryan Smith

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

30

26

2263

3

7

50

24

15

48

2

39

5

0

MLS - TOTAL

30

26

2263

3

7

50

24

15

48

2

39

5

0

Milos Stojcev

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

7

6

492

0

2

8

2

6

8

0

13

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

7

6

492

0

2

8

2

6

8

0

13

0

0

Shavar Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

95

86

7471

2

1

26

8

112

39

0

0

14

1

MLS - Reg. Season

170

158

13807

3

1

45

15

206

66

0

2

27

4

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

2

1

10

3

0

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

175

163

14257

3

1

47

16

216

69

0

2

29

4

Konrad Warzycha

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

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

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

39

11

1331

1

1

24

7

23

17

2

28

2

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

39

11

1331

1

1

24

7

23

17

2

28

2

0

GOALKEEPING STATISTICS

Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

36

36

3240

151

103

10

48

1.33

2

3

11

18

7

MLS Career - TOTAL

36

36

3240

151

103

10

48

1.33

2

3

11

18

7

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

2

2

180

14

9

0

5

2.50

0

0

1

1

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

2

2

180

14

9

0

5

2.50

0

0

1

1

0

MINI BIOS

05/14/11 vs. LA Galaxy

#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 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

April 30, 2011, KC at NY N/A he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

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

#22 | M/F | Davy Arnaud Ht : 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 6/22/1980 Hometown: Nederland, TX College: West Texas A&M Acquired: ‘02 MLS SuperDraft 5th Round (#50) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, July 3, 2004, KC vs. DAL Assists 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 20, 2007, KC at DAL Shots on Goal 4, June 26, 2010, KC vs. NY Shots 6, 3 times, last: June 26, 2010, KC vs. NY Fouls Committed 8, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 10, Oct. 14, 2006, KC at NY

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, March 26, 2011, KC at CHI Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs. DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI he starts 1-6-1 he scores 0-0-0

Record when:

#27 | M | Stéphane Auvray Ht : 5-8 Wt. 150 DOB: 9/4/1981 Hometown: Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Last Club: Nîmes Olympique (France) Acquired: Signed 1/21/10

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA March 26, 2011, KC at CHI he starts 1-4-1 he scores 0-1-0 #99 | F | Omar Bravo Ht : 5-7 Wt. 150 DOB: 03/04/1980 Hometown: Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico College: NA Acquired: ‘Signed as Designated Player 8/12/10

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs. DC Shots on Goal 0 Shots 2, 3 times, last: March 26, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: Aug. 28, 2010, KC at LA Fouls Suffered 3, March 26, 2011, KC at CHI

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Assists 0 Shots on Goal 3, March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Shots 6, March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Fouls Committed 4, March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 2, May 21, 2011, KC at SEA

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

May 14, 2011, KC at LA N/A he starts 0-3-0 he scores 0-0-0

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA March 19, 2011, KC at CHV he starts 1-2-0 he scores 1-0-0

#20 | M | Birahim Diop Ht : 6-3 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/7/1979 Hometown: Thies, Senegal Last Club: FC Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Acquired: Signed 3/17/10

#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: Goals 2, April 2, 2011, KC at VAN Assists 1, 3 times, last: Apr. 23, 2011, KC at NE Shots on Goal 4, Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI Shots 7, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: May 21, 2011, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Assists 1, Aug. 21, 2010, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Shots 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 28, 2010, KC at LA Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 25, 2010, KC vs DAL

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA April 2, 2011, KC at VAN he starts 0-5-1 he scores 0-1-1 #55 | D | Julio Cesar Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil College: N/A Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11

April 23, 2011, KC at NE Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ he starts 0-2-1 he scores 0-0-0 #14 | 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 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 2, April 16, 2011, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NY

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

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

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

May 14, 2011, KC at LA N/A he starts 1-3-1 he scores 0-0-0

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)

#55 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht : 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France College: N/A Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 6, Apr. 23, 2011, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, May 14, 2011, KC at LA

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, July 17, 2008, KC at CLB Assists 1, 7 times, last: April 2, 2011, KC at VAN Shots on Goal 2, July 27, 2008, KC vs. CHI Shots 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 4, July 14, 2010, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 4, Apr. 12, 2008, KC vs. HOU

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA N/A he starts 0-4-0 he scores 0-0-0

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA July 17, 2008 KC at CLB he starts 1-5-1 he scores 0-0-0

#2 | D | Michael Harrington 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 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 Goal Record when:

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg 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 Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last..

Appearance Shutout Record when:

May 14, 2011, KC at LA N/A he starts 0-1-0

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA Oct 5, 2008 KC vs CHI he starts 0-5-1 he scores 0-0-0 #23 | F | Kei Kamara Ht : 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09

#24 | D | Scott Lorenz Ht : 6-0 Wt. 173 DOB: 07/23/1987 Hometown: Barrington, Illinois College: Wisconsin Acquired: SIgned 3/1/11 from NSC Minnesota

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Apr. 23, 2011, KC at NE Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 5, July 10, 2010, KC vs. CHV Shots 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Fouls Committed 5, 3 times, last: July 17, 2010, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 3, March 26, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 0

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA April 2, 2011, KC at VAN he starts 1-5-1 he scores 0-1-1

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

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 0 Saves 0 Last..

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

March 26, 2011, KC at CHI N/A he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Sept. 5, 2009, KC at NE Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 9, 2009, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA N/A he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen Ht : 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Saves 7, 2 times, last: July 14, 2010, KC at CLB Last..

Appearance Shutout Record when:

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI he starts 1-5-1

#32 | D | Luke Sassano Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/14/1985 Hometown: Orinda, California College: California Acquired: Trade with LA Galaxy on 12/15/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, April 5, 2008, NY vs. CLB Shots 3, April 27, 2008, NY vs SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 25, 2008, NY vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, June 14, 2008, NY at DC Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

#4 | M | Craig Rocastle Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 8/17/1981 Hometown: London, UK Last Club: Forest Green Rovers (England) Acquired: Signed 3/15/10

March 19, 2011, KC at CHV N/A he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #16 | D | Seth Sinovic Ht : 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Shots on Goal 1, May 23, 2010, KC vs. CLB Shots 2, 3 times, last: Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: May 21, 2011, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 4, Aug. 14, 2010, KC at SJ

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 16, 2010, NE vs. KC Fouls Suffered 3, April 20, 2010, NE vs. TOR

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA N/A he starts 1-2-0 he scores 0-0-0 #17 | F | C.J. Sapong Ht : 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft (1st Rd)

Oct. 16, 2010, NE vs. KC N/A he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #11 | M/F | Ryan Smith Ht : 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 11/10/1986 Hometown: London, UK Last Club: Crystal Palace (England) Acquired: Signed 3/15/10

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Assists 1, April 2, 2011, KC at VAN Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: April 16, 2011, KC at CLB Shots 5, March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Fouls Committed 3, March 26, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 4, March 26, 2011, KC at CHI

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 25, 2010, KC vs DAL Assists 2, June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI Shots on Goal 4, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs. DC Shots 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 7, 2010, KC vs RSL Fouls Committed 3, May 23, 2010, KC vs. CLB Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 25, 2010, KC vs DAL

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA March 19, 2011, KC at CHV he starts 1-4-1 he scores 1-0-0

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA Sept. 25, 2010 vs DAL he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

#88 | M | Milos Stojcev Ht : 5-9 Wt. 162 DOB: 1/19/1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: N/A Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

COACHING STAFF Peter Vermes Manager

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, April 2, 2011, KC at VAN Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: April 2, 2011, KC at VAN Shots 2, 3 times, last: April 23, 2011, KC at NE Fouls Committed 3, April 2, 2011, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: April 16, 2011, KC at CLB Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Octavio Zambrano Assistant Coach

Zoran Savic Assistant Coach

May 14, 2011, KC at LA N/A he starts 1-4-1 he scores 0-0-0

Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach

#6 | D | Shavar Thomas Ht : 6-1 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/29/1981 Hometown: Hannah Town, Jamaica Last Club: Philadelphia Union (MLS) Acquired: Via trade 6/30/10)

John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 2, 2006, KC at LA Assists 1, Aug. 30, 2006, KC vs. NY Shots on Goal 1, 15 times, last: Sept. 4, 2010, KC at PHI Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 10, 2010, KC vs. CHV Fouls Committed 5, 3 times, last: Aug. 12, 2006, KC vs. CLB Fouls Suffered 2, 9 times, last: May 3, 2008, CHV at HOU Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

April 23, 2011, KC at NE Sept. 2, 2006, KC at LA he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #12 | M | Konrad Warzycha Ht : 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Dublin, Ohio College: Ohio State Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft (3rd Rd)

#8 | M | Graham Zusi 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 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI Assists 1, Oct. 24, 2009, KC vs. DC Shots on Goal 2, July 3, 2020, KC at DAL Shots 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 3, April 23, 2011, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, April 30, 2011, KC at NY

Last..

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

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

he scores 0-0-0

May 21, 2011, KC at SEA June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI he starts 0-2-0 he scores 0-0-0

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Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Craig Rocastle Matt Besler Shavar Thomas Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Ryan Smith Konrad Warzycha Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Mike Jones Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Birahim Diop Jon Kempin Davy Arnaud Kei Kamara Scott Lorenz Stephane Auvray Luke Sassano Julio Cesar Aurelien Collin Milos Stojcev Omar Bravo

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90D 12 33 32 90M 90F 78F 90F 90F 3 45 25

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90M 90M 90M 90F 67F 90M

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CHV 2 CHI 3 VAN 3 CLB 1 NE 3 NY 1 LA 4 SEA 1

W L T L L L L L own goal (Gonzalez)

Kamara 2 (Bunbury 1) 39

14; Kamara 3 (penalty kick)

69

Sapong 1 (unassisted) 2; Bravo 1 (Kamara 1) 48+; Bravo 2 (Kamara 2) 74 Besler 1 (unassisted) 51; Bunbury 1 (unassisted) 72 Bunbury 2 (Espinoza 1) 46+; Bunbury 3 (Stojcev 1) 58; Kamara 1 (Sapong 1, Stojcev 2) 62

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 3 2 3 0 2 0 1 0

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 27 32 55 78 88 99

Player

KC 1 KC 5

Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Craig Rocastle Matt Besler Shavar Thomas Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Ryan Smith Konrad Warzycha Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Birahim Diop Jon Kempin Davy Arnaud Kei Kamara Scott Lorenz Stephane Auvray Luke Sassano Julio Cesar Aurelien Collin Milos Stojcev Omar Bravo

U.S. OPEN CUP 1R 04/06/2011 2R 05/25/2011

Sapong (Bunbury) 92 Myers (Bravo) 9; Myers (unassisted) 19; Sapong (Sinovic) 24; Collin (Smith) 81; Sapong (unassisted) 88

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

W W

U.S. OPEN CUP Q2 NE 5-0 90D

Q1 HOU 1-0 120D 72M 90D

90D 90F 90G 18

32

79M 90M

75M 120D 120D

120F

75 120G 45

11

120D

30 120F

90M

58F

90D

90M

120M 45F

at HOU 0 vs NE 0