SKC vs. CLB - 7/28

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLUMBUS CREW (July 28, Livestrong Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2012 SEASON RECORDS

Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 21 11-6-4 37 26 19 10 6-2-2 20 11 5

Crew on road

18 7-7-4 25 18 19 9 2-4-3 9 6 8

1 Nielsen

2

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

6

19

Nagamura

Joseph Zusi

11

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

9

12 7 Meram

Vukovic

A 19 85

8 5 5 0

11 4 4 0

11 2 4 0 1 0 0 0

11 2 2 1 2 1 0 0

3 10 5

3 13 3

TYPE OF PLAY

9 8 3 1 3 0 1 1

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

9 0 0 1 3 1 4 1

DISTANCE

7 19 0

(W-L-T) KC CLB

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

7 9 3

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-1-1 5-2-3 0-3-0 4-0-1 2-2-3 1-5-0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 6/16/2012 KC 2, TOR 0 7/14/2012 KC 2, CLB 0 6/29/2012 KC 0, CHI 1 7/18/2012 KC 1, HOU 2 7/21/2012 KC 0, NE 0 7/21/2012 KC 0, NE 0 7/21/2012 KC 0, NE 0

37

Mirosevic

George

16

3

Gehrig

Williams

21 Miranda

30

REFEREE: Jasen Anno.

SAR (bench): C.J. Morgante; JAR (opposite): Matthew Kreitzer; 4th: Leszek Stalmach INJURY REPORTS SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); GK Jon Kempin (R ankle fracture); QUESTIONABLE: FW Jacob Peterson (L ankle sprain); PROBABLE: DF Korede Aiyegbusi (R knee sprain); FW Bobby Convey (L calf strain); FW Kei Kamara (L knee contusion); DF Lawrence Olum (L groin strain); MF Graham Zusi (R quad strain) … NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION – OUT: FW Alec Purdie (L ankle sprain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Stephen McCarthy (concussive-like symptoms); PROBABLE: FW Zak Boggs (R ankle sprain); FW Jose Moreno (R ankle sprain)

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Roger Espinoza (HON) … NE: Jerry Bengtson (HON)

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 9-1-2 2-5-0 6-1-1 1-6-1

COLUMBUS CREW Date Score (Gms since) 7/21/2012 CLB 1, DC 0 5/23/2012 CLB 2, SEA 0 7/14/2012 CLB 0, KC 2 7/08/2012 CLB 1, MTL 2 6/16/2012 CLB 0, NE 0 7/21/2012 CLB 1, DC 0 7/14/2012 CLB 0, KC 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWWWWWLLLTWWTLLWTWLT Crew LWWLLTLTWTWWTLWLLW

COLUMBUS CREW 3 Josh Williams (DF) 4 Carlos Mendes (DF) 5 Danny O'Rourke (DF) 6 Tony Tchani (MF) 7 Bernardo Anor (FW) 8 Chris Birchall (MF) 9 Justin Meram (FW) 10 Milovan Mirosevic (MF) 11 Dilly Duka (MF) 12 Eddie Gaven (MF) 13 Ethan Finlay (FW) 14 Chad Marshall (DF) 15 Kirk Urso (MF) 16 Eric Gehrig (MF) 17 Olman Vargas (FW) 18 Ben Speas (FW) 19 Tommy Heinemann (FW) 20 Emilio Renteria (FW) 21 Sebastian Miranda (DF) 22 Cole Grossman (MF) 25 Jairo Arrieta (FW) 26 Julius James (DF) 27 Aaron Horton (FW) 28 Matt Lampson (GK) 30 Andy Gruenebaum (GK) 32 Nemanja Vukovic (DF) 34 Aaron Schoenfeld (FW) 37 Kevan George (MF)

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

THE LAST TIME

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

10

Tchani

Gruenebaum

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

11 5 3 0

6

Gaven

32

CREW

F 18 90

20 Renteria

HOW SCORED

15 3 7 1

23 Kamara

Bunbury

UPCOMING MATCHES CREW SPORTING Sat. Aug. 4 at D.C. United Sat. Aug. 4 at New England Sat. Aug. 11 Toronto FC Sat. Aug. 11 D.C. United Wed. Aug. 15 Los Angeles Sat. Aug. 18 at Toronto FC Sun. Aug. 19 at Houston Sun. Aug. 26 New York

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

16 Sinovic

Convey

2012 (MLS) 3/17: KC 3, NE 0 (Zusi 28; Kamara 39; Sapong 47)

A 19 99

13 Olum

8

AT KC (21 meetings): Sporting 11 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals …

Revolution 6 wins (1 shootout), 23 goals … Ties 4

F 26 73

5 Besler

Harrington

ALL-TIME (43 meetings): Sporting 21 wins (1 shootout), 70 goals …

Revolution 13 wins (1 shootout), 54 goals … Ties 9

SPORTING

ROSTERS SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Roger Espinoza (MF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 25 Neven Markovic (DF) 27 Kyle Miller (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)

(0) (3) (1) (0) (5) (0) (1)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 7 Kamara A: 8 Zusi SHT: 82 Kamara SOG: 35 Kamara FC: 42 Collin FS: 35 Kamara OF: 11 Sapong C: 4 Collin/Nielsen E: 1 Espinoza/Joseph CREW G: 4 Gaven A: 3 Francis/Vukovic SHT: 41 Renteria SOG: 11 Renteria FC: 19 Renteria/Tchani FS: 34 Mirosevic OF: 17 Vargas C: 3 4 players tied E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 21 6 7 5 3 0 26 1.24 CLB 18 6 6 6 0 0 18 1.00 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 21 9 7 4 0 1 19 0.90 CLB 18 7 5 5 0 1 19 1.06 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 26 5 3 7 4 3 4 CLB 18 2 2 4 2 6 2 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 19 2 3 2 4 3 5 CLB 19 4 2 3 1 2 7

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLUMBUS CREW (July 28, Livestrong Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT - MLS Game 201)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 21 21 0 0 81 81 0 0 2 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 7 5 0 1 145 124 5 14 3 Korede Aiyegbusi DF 5-5 155 07/15/1988 London, England 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 18 17 0 0 90 85 2 2 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 14 7 0 0 171 151 9 14 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 20 19 0 4 79 56 0 6 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 19 18 2 8 83 52 8 16 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 17 9 3 0 72 42 17 5 11 Bobby Convey MF 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 13 12 1 2 177 164 12 32 12 Konrad Warzycha FW 6-1 190 02/14/1989 Zabrze, Poland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 11 4 0 0 12 4 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 160 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 18 18 0 2 105 85 2 11 16 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 18 18 0 2 58 56 0 2 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 20 16 5 0 54 38 10 5 18 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 7 3 0 1 8 3 0 1 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 8 2 0 1 12 2 1 1 23 Kei Kamara MF 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 20 19 7 4 165 124 41 17 24 Cyprian Hedrick DF 6-0 185 10/06/1989 Duala, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Neven Markovic DF 6-0 173 02/20/1987 Capljina, Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Kyle Miller DF 5-9 160 05/12/1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 16 6 3 1 154 88 12 11 55 Julio Cesar MF 6-1 170 11/18/1978 Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 14 14 1 0 41 39 3 2 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 21 21 3 1 44 42 6 1 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L34 11/21/1966 W38 T25

COLUMBUS CREW 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 William Hesmer GK 6-2 195 11/23/1981 Wilson, NC 0 0 0 0 133 133 1 0 2 Rich Balchan DF 6-0 165 01/18/1989 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 19 18 1 0 3 Josh Williams DF 6-2 192 04/18/1988 Canton, OH 15 13 0 1 15 13 0 1 4 Carlos Mendes DF 5-11 175 12/25/1980 Mineola, NY 4 4 0 0 150 132 0 2 5 Danny O'Rourke MF 6-0 165 05/31/1983 Columbus, OH 9 9 0 0 154 148 0 9 6 Tony Tchani MF 6-4 185 04/13/1989 Bafang, Cameroon 13 12 2 1 55 43 4 4 7 Bernardo Anor MF 5-11 158 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 11 5 1 0 24 11 2 1 8 Chris Birchall MF 5-9 180 05/05/1984 Stafford, England 6 5 1 2 63 51 2 5 9 Justin Meram FW 6-1 165 12/04/1988 Shelby Township, MI 9 6 3 0 26 10 3 2 10 Milovan Mirosevic MF 5-11 180 06/20/1980 Santiago, Chile 13 12 2 0 13 12 2 0 11 Dilly Duka MF 5-9 160 12/15/1989 Montville, NJ 8 4 0 1 33 22 2 4 12 Eddie Gaven MF 6-0 165 10/25/1986 Hamilton, NJ 18 18 4 1 252 234 46 32 13 Ethan Finlay FW 5-9 160 08/06/1990 Duluth, MN 12 3 0 0 12 3 0 0 14 Chad Marshall DF 6-4 190 08/22/1984 Riverside, CA 10 10 1 0 209 206 14 10 15 Kirk Urso MF 5-11 175 03/06/1990 Downers Grove, IL 6 5 0 1 6 5 0 1 16 Eric Gehrig DF 6-1 170 12/25/1987 Harvey, IL 10 7 0 1 18 11 0 1 17 Olman Vargas FW 6-2 174 04/05/1985 San Jose, Costa Rica 10 7 1 0 10 7 1 0 18 Ben Speas FW 5-8 155 01/17/1991 Stow, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Tommy Heinemann FW 6-4 180 04/23/1987 St. Louis, MO 1 0 0 0 29 12 3 1 20 Emilio Renteria FW 5-9 178 10/02/1984 Caracas, Venezuela 16 14 2 2 58 39 15 5 21 Sebastian Miranda DF 5-8 154 08/26/1980 Santiago, Chile 17 17 1 0 51 51 1 3 22 Cole Grossman MF 6-0 165 04/10/1989 Sacramento, CA 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 25 Jairo Arrieta FW 5-9 150 08/25/1983 Nicoya, Costa Rica 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 26 Julius James DF 6-0 180 07/09/1984 Maloney Gardens, Trin. & Tob. 3 2 0 0 86 72 4 0 27 Aaron Horton FW 5-9 165 05/19/1992 Middletown, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 190 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Andy Gruenebaum GK 6-1 200 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 18 18 0 0 44 43 0 0 32 Nemanja Vukovic DF 6-2 170 04/13/1984 Podgorica, Montenegro 12 10 0 3 12 10 0 3 34 Aaron Schoenfeld FW 6-4 190 04/17/1990 Knoxville, TN 9 3 0 1 9 3 0 1 37 Kevan George MF 6-2 170 01/30/1990 Roxborough, Tobago 6 4 0 0 6 4 0 0 HEAD COACH : Robert Warzycha 08/20/1963 W54 L42 T33

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs COLUMBUS CREW LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. July 28, 2012 (WEEK 21, MLS Game #201) 7:30 p.m. CT (KSMO; FS-OH) Sporting Kansas City will be looking to regain their home form when they play host to the Columbus Crew in a crucial Eastern Conference clash on Saturday evening at Livestrong Sporting Park. Sporting haven’t scored at home in three games, coming off a scoreless draw against the New England Revolution last weekend. The Crew put an end to their two-game slide last weekend, knocking off D.C. United 1-0 at home.

REFEREE: David Gantar. SAR (bench): George Gansner; JAR (opposite): Jeff Muschik; 4th: Leszek Stalmach MLS Career: 11 games; FC/gm: 27.3; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 6; pens: 1 INJURY REPORT: SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); GK Jon Kempin (R ankle fracture); DF Chance Myers (groin strain); DOUBTFUL: FW Teal Bunbury (oral surgery) … COLUMBUS CREW -- OUT: FW Tommy Heinemann (L knee surgery); GK William Hesmer (R hip surgery); MF Kirk Urso (R adductor tendonitis); DF Rich Balchan (sports hernia rehab); MF Bernardo Anor (L knee ACL tear); DOUBTFUL: MF Milovan Mirosevic (L adductor strain); DF Chad Marshall (R ankle impingment); QUESTIONABLE: MF Danny O'Rourke (L ankle sprain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Roger Espinoza (Honduras, Olympic Games) SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Julio Cesar, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers, Jimmy Nielsen, Paulo Nagamura … CLB: Bernardo Anor, Tony Tchani, Sebastian Miranda HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (44 meetings): Sporting 19 wins (2 shootout), 66 goals … Crew 20 wins (0 shootout), 72 goals … Ties 5 AT COLUMBUS (20 meetings): Sporting 10 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals … Crew 8 wins (0 shootout), 34 goals … Ties 2 FUTURE MATCH: 10/7: Columbus Crew vs. Sporting Kansas City, 4 p.m. ET  The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Jacob Peterson and Teal Bunbury scored to give Sporting a 2-0 win on July 14 at Crew Stadium.  The teams have split their two meetings each of the last two seasons.  Sporting won, 2-1, in the first meeting at Livestrong Sporting Park last Sept. 28 – ending a three-year Columbus winning streak in K.C (all three meetings ever at CommunityAmerica Ballpark).  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. CLB: P5 W3 L2 T0 … Robert Warzycha vs. KC: P9 W6 L3 T0 LAST MEETING (MLS) 7/14: CLB 0, KC 2 (Peterson 6; Bunbury 82)  The combination of Peterson and Peterson put Sporting into the lead in the sixth minute. Peterson Joseph threaded a perfect through-ball between three defenders near the top of the box for Jacob Peterson, and he cleanly slotted home past goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum.  SKC put the game away with eight minutes remaining. On a quick counter after a midfield interception, Kei Kamara slid a centering pass for Teal Bunbury to drive home from the heart of the area.  COLUMBUS CREW (4-4-2): Andy Gruenebaum - Josh Williams (Olman Vargas 80), Chad Marshall, Eric Gehrig, Bernardo Anor - Eddie Gaven, Tony Tchani (Cole Grossman 76), Chris Birchall, Justin Meram - Jairo Arrieta (Dilly Duka 62), Emilio Renteria.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza - Kei Kamara, Peterson Joseph (Michael Thomas 72), Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 38) - Soony Saad (Teal Bunbury 52).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City had their home winless streak extended to three games, playing to a scoreless draw with the New England Revolution on Saturday evening at Livestrong Sporting Park. Sporting now have 37 points from 21 matches, now in second place in the Eastern Conference.

LAST MATCH  Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis was credited with six saves on the evening, his best coming in the second half when he denied a snap header from Jacob Peterson with a sprawling fingertip save.

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Sporting 'keeper Jimmy Nielsen made three saves on the night, his best coming early on when he parried a powerful header from Ryan Guy on a corner kick.  Sporting head coach Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that went down to a 2-1 defeat by the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium. Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey and C.J. Sapong came into the team, in place of Michael Thomas, Peterson Joseph and Teal Bunbury.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Michael Harrington (Lawrence Olum 90), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Paulo Nagamura, Jacob Peterson - Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Michael Thomas 70) - C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 87).

TEAM NEWS  Sporting have now gone three consecutive home games without scoring a goal – the last two scoreless draws.  “It’s frustrating. I’m not going to lie,” midfielder Graham Zusi said. “It’s not from a lack of opportunities, either. I think we’ve created plenty of chances. It’s all about sticking them in the back of the net now.”  Said Kei Kamara: “The goals are going to come, but it’s been tough at home. We’ve just got to keep going forward. At least we didn’t lose all the points from this game, so we’ve just got to move forward to the next home game.”  Sporting have kept clean sheets in three of their last four games, and Jimmy Nielsen was credited with his ninth shutout in the New England match, giving him the league lead.  “When you make a clean sheet, you’re guaranteed at least a point,” Nielsen said. “When we couldn’t put in the goals today – all right, we get one point. It’s better than nothing. But I’m struggling to stand here being satisfied today. Not happy.”  Bobby Convey made his first start since May 19, missing eight matches entirely before coming on as a substitute at midweek in the Houston match.  “What he brings to the game is a real intelligence and great service,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said. “He had some very good service in the game, maybe a little off on one or two, but he’s a dangerous player for us. I have to be careful with him, [but] I really wanted him to go more because he was dangerous.”  Said Convey: “I’d only played 10 minutes in two months. I’m just happy to be back out there. Obviously, this game was a little bit slower than normal because of the heat, but I feel pretty good and I think we’ll be fine going forward.”  With Convey in the lineup, Jacob Peterson moved from the flank to a deeper-lying central midfield spot.  Lawrence Olum was also a late substitute, his first appearance since leaving the June 29 match after just 19 minutes because of injury.  “I feel good," he said. "The medical staff took good care of me while I was nursing my injury. I should be 100 percent by the next league game.”  On Tuesday, Sporting dropped a 3-0 decision to Montpellier Herault SC of the French Ligue 1 in a friendly at Livestrong Park.  Here’s the SKC team: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Konrad Warzycha, Lawrence Olum (Michael Harrington 59), Neven Markovic; Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 76), Peterson Joseph, Michael Thomas; Dom Dwyer (Bobby Convey 55, Kyle Miller 81), Soony Saad, Korede Aiyegbusi (C.J. Sapong 67) COLUMBUS CREW The Columbus Crew put a halt to their two-game losing skid, defeating D.C. United 1-0 on Saturday evening at Crew Stadium. The Crew sit in sixth place in the Eastern Conference with 25 points from 18 games.

LAST MATCH  The Crew hit for the game's lone goal a minute after the halftime break. From the midfield stripe, Jairo Arrieta held off a challenge and slipped the ball through to Chris Birchall off a well-timed run. Birchall dribbled into the left side of the box and connected on a low left-footed strike from 10 yards out.  Crew head coach Robert Warzycha made four changes to the team that fell 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City at Crew Stadium. Sebastian Miranda and Carlos Mendes came into the back four for Eric Gehrig and Bernardo Anor, and Cole Grossman and Dilly Duka came into the midfield in place of Tony Tchani and Emilio Renteria.  COLUMBUS CREW (4-2-3-1): Andy Gruenebaum - Sebastian Miranda, Carlos Mendes, Chad Marshall (Julius James 76), Josh Williams - Chris Birchall, Cole Grossman - Eddie Gaven, Dilly Duka (Ethan Finlay 74), Justin Meram - Jairo Arrieta (Eric Gehrig 89).

TEAM NEWS  Midfielder Chris Birchall started his fifth game in a row for the Crew, his sixth appearance for the club, and netted his first goal in his fourth season in MLS.  “He’s a box-to-box guy for us,” defender Josh Williams said. “He’s someone who links passes and is always going to put in the hard work. For him to get the goal he deserves it for all the hard work he puts in.”  Jairo Arrieta was deployed as a lone striker, with Eddie Gaven playing underneath and Dilly Duka and Justin Meram on the flanks. He recorded his first MLS assist on the goal.

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“Arrieta did a very good job holding the ball for us,” Warzycha said. “That’s why Dilly or Meram were a little more effective because they were higher on the field. We also had some good combinations in the middle. Cole Grossman and Birchall, especially in the first half, there were some very good sequences.”

Duka was making his first start since May 26, his fourth of the season which has been twice interrupted by injury.

I felt comfortable given my previous injury. I went into this game confident and I’m really happy we got the result.” Duka said. “ … I played left midfielder in the first half and I was rotating to right midfield with Justin [Meram]. I think there is a good mood on the team. Everyone’s just working hard, supporting each other.”

Said goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum: “He’s fun to watch. He brings an element to the team I felt was lacking, a little creativity, a little bit of deception.”

There was an injury concern late as center back Chad Marshall was forced with a quarter-hour to go with an ankle injury.

“Absolutely, with this season right now, I am obviously more concerned,” Warzycha said. “It seems like every game we pick up another injury that keeps players a few weeks from playing.”

After playing at right back and in central defense over the course of the season, Josh Williams played left back vs. United.

“We have a lot of depth at that position. It’s pretty seamless for any number of those guys, in any number of combinations to play in those spots,” said Gruenebaum. “There are some things we need to continue to work on, getting used to each other too. We’re managing on the go and we were able to post another shutout.”

On Tuesday, the Crew defeated Stoke City FC of the English Premier League 2-1 in a friendly at Crew Stadium.

Homegrown players Aaron Horton and Ben Speas scored late to lift the Crew, the game-winner coming just three minutes from time.

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2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (11-6-4, 37 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 23 M Kei Kamara 17 F C.J. Sapong 78 D Aurelien Collin 37 M Jacob Peterson 9 F Teal Bunbury 8 M Graham Zusi 11 M Bobby Convey 55 M Julio Cesar 7 D Chance Myers 15 M Roger Espinoza 16 D Seth Sinovic 2 D Michael Harrington 19 M Peterson Joseph 22 F Soony Saad 5 D Matt Besler 6 M Paulo Nagamura 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 32 D Luke Sassano 88 M Michael Thomas 12 F Konrad Warzycha 3 D Korede Aiyegbusi 14 F Dom Dwyer 4 D Kevin Ellis 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 25 D Neven Markovic 27 D Kyle Miller Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 20 20 21 16 17 19 13 14 20 18 18 7 7 8 18 14 21 11 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GS 19 16 21 6 9 18 12 14 19 18 18 5 3 2 17 7 21 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 1705 1408 1859 622 873 1624 916 1117 1721 1584 1541 517 192 222 1599 711 1890 356 14 244 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

21 21

21 21

1890 1890

G 7 5 3 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 1 26 19

A 4 0 1 1 0 8 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 82 32 21 17 35 48 7 13 14 26 6 0 2 6 4 9 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 35 11 5 8 7 12 3 2 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 30 25 42 3 19 22 3 15 24 34 16 5 4 3 12 13 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 35 31 21 4 9 23 7 15 18 33 16 4 3 2 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 6 11 4 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 2 0 0 0 2 85 27 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

27 15

331 216

93 68

278 248

248 278

33 77

128 65

33 37

2 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: C.J. Sapong 3, Kei Kamara 3, Graham Zusi 2, Jacob Peterson 1, Aurelien Collin 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 4, Chance Myers 3, Jacob Peterson 1, Kei Kamara 1 Peterson Joseph 1, Michael Harrington 1, Bobby Convey 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kei Kamara 2-3, Graham Zusi 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 21 21 1890 Team totals 21 21 1890 Opponent totals 21 21 1890

SHTS 68 68 93

SV 50 50 67

GA 19 19 26

GAA 0.90 0.90 1.24

PG 3 3 3

PA 3 3 4

W 11 11 6

L 6 6 11

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

T 4 4 4

SO 9 9 6

2012 COLUMBUS CREW STATISTICS (7-7-4, 25 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 12 M Eddie Gaven 9 F Justin Meram 20 F Emilio Renteria 6 M Tony Tchani 10 M Milovan Mirosevic 8 M Chris Birchall 7 M Bernardo Anor 14 D Chad Marshall 21 D Sebastian Miranda 17 F Olman Vargas 29 D Shaun Francis 32 D Nemanja Vukovic 25 F Jairo Arrieta 11 M Dilly Duka 16 D Eric Gehrig 34 F Aaron Schoenfeld 15 M Kirk Urso 3 D Josh Williams 13 F Ethan Finlay 37 M Kevan George 22 M Cole Grossman 30 G Andy Gruenebaum 19 F Tommy Heinemann 26 D Julius James 4 D Carlos Mendes 5 M Danny O'Rourke 2 D Rich Balchan 1 G William Hesmer 27 F Aaron Horton 28 G Matt Lampson 18 F Ben Speas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 18 9 16 13 13 6 11 10 17 10 10 12 2 8 10 9 6 15 12 6 4 18 1 3 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 18 18

GS 18 6 14 12 12 5 5 10 17 7 6 10 2 4 7 3 5 13 3 4 2 18 0 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 18 18

MIN 1585 517 1189 1038 1053 474 493 886 1486 658 507 912 151 308 712 298 453 1186 387 426 239 1620 5 194 279 764 0 0 0 0 0 1620 1620

G 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19

A 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 14

SHT 20 17 41 20 25 6 7 9 3 14 6 13 2 11 2 6 5 10 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 227 256

SOG 8 7 11 5 9 2 2 5 2 7 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 85

FC 14 10 19 19 11 7 13 5 12 6 7 12 2 9 8 9 7 12 4 7 4 1 0 2 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 220 217

FS 27 7 32 17 34 5 10 3 6 6 3 7 3 3 7 3 2 11 7 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 217 220

OFF 2 1 15 0 2 1 0 1 1 17 1 0 5 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 33

CK 1 0 0 1 17 13 5 0 0 0 0 22 0 2 0 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 101

C 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 34

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Tony Tchani 1, Emilio Renteria 1, Milovan Mirosevic 1, Sebastian Miranda 1 Justin Meram 1, Chris Birchall 1, Bernardo Anor 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Emilio Renteria 2, Nemanja Vukovic 1, Eddie Gaven 1, Shaun Francis 1 Dilly Duka 1, Jairo Arrieta 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Milovan Mirosevic 1-2 COLUMBUS CREW INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 30 G Andy Gruenebaum 18 Team totals 18 Opponent totals 18

GS 18 18 18

MIN 1620 1620 1620

SHTS 85 85 72

SV 65 65 51

GA 19 19 18

GAA 1.06 1.06 1.00

PG 2 2 1

PA 3 3 2

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Columbus Crew statistics listed here.

W 7 7 7

L 7 7 7

T 4 4 4

SO 7 7 6

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

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

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

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

ATT. 16,314 19,777 15,161 13,372 20,323 19,422 15,382 20,438 20,404 14,159 15,269 19,974 20,488 46,932 18,207 19,274 12,085 19,307 17,588 19,761 19,080

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

ATT. 14,746 18,197 18,944 11,516 18,526 10,479 11,978 20,438 11,120 10,256 38,311 16,024 12,218 17,144 19,674 15,118 17,588 17,150

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 1 3 KC: Sapong (93+) 2-0-0 T1 6 KC: Zusi (28) Kamara (39) Sapong (47) 3-0-0 1 9 KC: Collin (49+) Kamara (88); DAL: Villar (25) 4-0-0 1 12 KC: Sapong (47) 5-0-0 1 15 KC: Kamara (40) 6-0-0 1 18 KC: Collin (63) 7-0-0 1 21 KC: Collin (24) own goal (51) Kamara (65); VAN: Le Toux (79) 7-1-0 1 21 POR: own goal (41) 7-2-0 1 21 MTL: Martins (30) Bernier (64) 7-3-0 1 21 KC: Convey (31); CHI: Grazzini (61) Oduro (81) 7-3-1 3 22 KC: Bunbury (2,14); COL: Marshall (52) Kimura (60) 8-3-1 0 25 KC: Sapong (5) Kamara (39); SJ: Dawkins (72) 9-3-1 2 28 KC: Sapong (18) Santos (35) 9-3-2 2 29 KC: Peterson (8); SEA: Ianni (15) 9-4-2 2 29 PHI: McInerney (0:59,42) Pajoy (81) Hoppenot (87) 9-5-2 3 29 CHI: Pappa (58) 10-5-2 T1 32 KC: Kamara (57) Zusi (75) Peterson (82); MTL: Bernier (49) 10-5-3 T1 33 11-5-3 1 36 KC: Peterson (6) Bunbury (82) 11-6-3 1 36 KC: Kamara (42); HOU: Carr (25,79) 11-6-4 2 37

COLUMBUS CREW 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sun.

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

10 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 23 26 16 23 30 8 14 21 28 4 11 15 19 25 29 1 15 19 22 29 3 7 20 28

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

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 0-1-0 T2 0 COL: Moor (43) Amarikwa (88) 1-1-0 T4 3 CLB: Mirosevic (30) Vargas (66) 2-1-0 T2 6 CLB: Anor (56) 2-2-0 T3 6 CLB: Marshall (89); NY: Cooper (3,13) Henry (40,90) 2-3-0 T4 6 PHI: Gomez (38) 2-3-1 T6 7 CLB: Gaven (63,74); HOU: Bruin (59) Ching (81) 2-4-1 T7 7 VAN: Lee (74) 2-4-2 T7 8 3-4-2 T7 11 CLB: Meram (67) Miranda (72); DAL: Castillo (22) 3-4-3 T7 12 CLB: Meram (47+); SJ: Gordon (90) 4-4-3 5 15 CLB: Meram (15) Renteria (76) 5-4-3 T4 18 CLB: Gaven (9) Renteria (43); CHI: Berry (72) 5-4-4 T4 19 5-5-4 6 19 CLB: Tchani (36); CHI: Pappa (2) Oduro (26) 6-5-4 6 22 CLB: Tchani (16) Gaven (44) 6-6-4 T6 22 CLB: Mirosevic (64); MTL: Valentin (78) Bernier (89) 6-7-4 T6 22 KC: Peterson (6) Bunbury (82) 7-7-4 6 25 CLB: Birchall (46)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 1 12 times

Goals 3 03/17/2012 3 04/18/2012 3 07/04/2012

vs. NE at VAN at MTL

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

Shots 8 04/18/2012 8 07/14/2012 8 07/18/2012

at at at

VAN CLB HOU

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

Assists 4 05/27/2012

vs. SJ

W 2-1

Shots on Goal 2 04/18/2012 2 04/21/2012 2 07/14/2012

at at at

VAN POR CLB

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

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

W 1-0 L 0-2

Fouls Suffered 7 07/21/2012 vs. NE

T 0-0

Corner Kicks 2 07/18/2012

at

HOU

L 1-2

Offside 0 03/10/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/14/2012 0 07/07/2012 0 07/14/2012

at at vs. vs. at

DC CHV RSL HOU CLB

W W W T W

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

Saves 0 03/25/2012 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012 0 05/05/2012 0 07/18/2012

vs. at vs. vs. at

DAL CHV LA MTL HOU

W W W L L

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

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

at CHV vs. LA

Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 11 Kei Kamara Shots on Goal 5 Kei Kamara Fouls Committed 6 Aurelien Collin Fouls Suffered 5 Kei Kamara

03/25/2012

03/25/2012

03/25/2012

06/20/2012

04/21/2012

vs. DAL

vs. DAL

vs. DAL

at

at

SEA

POR

W 2-1

W 2-1

W 2-1

Shots 27 03/17/2012 27 06/29/2012

T 1-1

Shots on Goal 9 03/25/2012

L 0-1

Fouls Committed 19 06/23/2012 at

Offside 2 6 times

Fouls Suffered 16 04/21/2012

Saves 6 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen

03/17/2012 04/18/2012

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

Shots Faced 6 Jimmy Nielsen

6 times

Goals Allowed 4 Jimmy Nielsen

06/23/2012

vs. NE at VAN

W 3-0 W 3-1

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

PHI

L 0-4

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

vs. NE vs. CHI

vs. DAL

at

W 3-0 L 0-1

W 2-1

PHI

L 0-4

POR

L 0-1

vs. RSL vs. MTL

vs. NE vs. MTL

vs. NE at VAN

W 1-0 L 0-2

W 3-0 L 0-2

W 3-0 W 3-1

Shots Faced 6 6 times Goals Allowed 4 06/23/2012

COLUMBUS CREW INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 2 Eddie Gaven

04/21/2012

vs. HOU

T 2-2

Assists 2 Shaun Francis

05/26/2012

vs. CHI

W 2-1

Shots 6 Tony Tchani

06/23/2012

at

L 1-2

Shots on Goal 3 Olman Vargas 3 Milovan Mirosevic 3 Emilio Renteria 3 Tony Tchani Fouls Committed 5 Bernardo Anor 5 Danny O'Rourke

03/24/2012 03/31/2012 05/26/2012 06/23/2012

vs. at vs. at

CHI

MTL TOR CHI CHI

W W W L

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

03/31/2012 04/28/2012

at TOR vs. VAN

W 1-0 L 0-1

Offside 3 6 times

Shots Faced 8 Andy Gruenebaum 8 Andy Gruenebaum Goals Allowed 4 Andy Gruenebaum

PHI

05/05/2012 05/19/2012

04/21/2012 05/19/2012

04/07/2012

at at

POR SJ

vs. HOU at SJ

vs. NY

T 0-0 T 1-1

T 2-2 T 1-1

L 1-4

L 0-4

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 2 6 times

Shots 5 03/10/2012 5 05/23/2012

at at

COL SEA

L 0-2 W 2-0

Shots on Goal 1 04/14/2012 1 05/19/2012 1 07/08/2012

at at at

PHI SJ MTL

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

Fouls Committed 8 04/21/2012 vs. HOU 8 05/26/2012 vs. CHI

T 2-2 W 2-1

Fouls Suffered 6 05/26/2012 vs. CHI

W 2-1

Corner Kicks 1 05/23/2012 1 06/16/2012

at at

SEA NE

W 2-0 T 0-0

Offside 0 04/14/2012 0 05/26/2012

at PHI vs. CHI

L 0-1 W 2-1

Assists 3 05/26/2012 3 06/30/2012 Shots 21 06/23/2012 Shots on Goal 9 03/24/2012 9 06/23/2012

vs. CHI vs. RSL

at

CHI

vs. MTL at CHI

Fouls Committed 17 04/28/2012 vs. VAN

Fouls Suffered 4 6 times

Saves 7 Andy Gruenebaum 7 Andy Gruenebaum

at

W 1-0 W 1-0

Fouls Suffered 21 05/12/2012

vs. DAL

W 2-1 W 2-0

L 1-2

W 2-0 L 1-2

L 0-1

W 2-1

Corner Kicks 9 04/28/2012

vs. VAN

L 0-1

Offside 5 04/07/2012 5 04/28/2012

vs. NY vs. VAN

L 1-4 L 0-1

Saves 0 06/23/2012 0 07/14/2012

at CHI vs. KC

L 1-2 L 0-2

Saves 7 05/05/2012 7 05/19/2012

at at

POR SJ

T 0-0 T 1-1

Shots Faced 8 04/21/2012 8 05/19/2012 8 05/26/2012

vs. HOU at SJ vs. CHI

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

Shots Faced 2 04/14/2012 2 06/23/2012 2 06/30/2012 2 07/14/2012

at at vs. vs.

L L W L

Goals Allowed 4 04/07/2012

vs. NY

L 1-4

PHI CHI RSL KC

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

2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. COLUMBUS CREW (1-0-0) UNF 9 37 19 23 5 78 15 7 6 1 22 17 16 88

POS FWD MID MID MID DEF DEF M/D DEF MID GK FWD FWD DEF MID

PLAYER Teal Bunbury Jacob Peterson Peterson Joseph Kei Kamara Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Jimmy Nielsen Soony Saad C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Michael Thomas ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

GS 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0

MIN 38 38 72 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 52 52 90 18

G 1 1 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

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

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

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

FS 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1

OFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

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

E 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

1 1

1 1

90 90

2 0

2 0

8 16

2 4

12 9

9 12

0 4

4 5

2 3

0 0

0 0

GP 1

GS 1

MIN 90

SHTS 4

SV 4

GA 0

GAA 0.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 1

L 0

T 0

1 1

1 1

90 90

4 2

4 0

0 2

0.00 2.00

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 1

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jacob Peterson 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Peterson Joseph 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

2012 COLUMBUS CREW VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-0) UNF 7 25 8 11 12 16 22 30 14 9 20 6 17 3

POS MID FWD MID MID MID DEF MID GK DEF FWD FWD MID FWD DEF

PLAYER Bernardo Anor Jairo Arrieta Chris Birchall Dilly Duka Eddie Gaven Eric Gehrig Cole Grossman Andy Gruenebaum Chad Marshall Justin Meram Emilio Renteria Tony Tchani Olman Vargas Josh Williams ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

GS 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1

MIN 90 62 90 28 90 90 14 90 90 90 90 76 10 80

G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 0

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

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

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

OFF 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

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

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

E 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

1 1

1 1

90 90

0 2

0 2

16 8

4 2

9 12

12 9

4 0

5 4

3 2

0 0

0 0

GP 1

GS 1

MIN 90

SHTS 2

SV 0

GA 2

GAA 2.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 0

L 1

T 0

1 1

1 1

90 90

2 4

0 4

2 0

2.00 0.00

0 0

0 0

0 1

1 0

0 0

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

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 30 GK Andy Gruenebaum ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD: COLUMBUS CREW VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Crew 20 wins, 72 goals Sporting 19 wins, 66 goals Ties 5

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 26 40 0 66 292 349 1 642 120 137 0 257 306 334 2 642 48 50 0 98 79 124 0 203

05/02/1996 06/08/1996 08/24/1996 09/07/1996

KC 6 vs CLB KC 3 at CLB CLB 2 vs KC CLB 5 at KC

4 3 1 1

(KC) KC SOW (OH) (OH) (KC)

05/22/1997 07/04/1997 09/14/1997

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

(KC) (OH) (OH)

05/27/1998 08/16/1998

KC 1 vs CLB 1 CLB 5 vs KC 3

KC SOW (KC) (OH)

04/28/1999 08/08/1999

CLB 1 at KC 0 CLB 2 vs KC 1

(KC) (CC)

Peter Vermes vs. CLB Robert Warzycha vs. KC

07/15/2000 07/22/2000

CLB 2 vs KC 0 KC 3 vs CLB 1

(CC) (KC)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

04/21/2001 08/04/2001

KC 3 at CLB 0 CLB 3 at KC 1

(CC) (KC)

06/19/2002 08/18/2002

CLB 1 vs KC 1 (OT) CLB 4 at KC 0

(CC) (KC)

05/03/2003 07/19/2003 08/31/2003

KC 2 vs CLB 2 (OT) KC 1 at CLB 0 CLB 1 vs KC 0

(KC) (CC) (CC)

04/17/2004 06/12/2004 08/18/2004

KC 1 vs CLB 0 CLB 2 vs KC 2 CLB 2 vs KC 1

(KC) (CC) (CC)

05/14/2005 06/29/2005 07/23/2005 08/26/2005

KC 4 at CLB KC 1 vs CLB CLB 2 vs KC CLB 1 at KC

0 1 0 0

(CC) (KC) (CC) (KC)

04/01/2006 04/29/2006 06/10/2006 08/12/2006

KC KC KC KC

1 0 0 0

(KC) (CC) (CC) (KC)

05/05/2007 06/20/2007 09/15/2007

KC 1 vs CLB 0 CLB 2 vs KC 1 KC 3 vs CLB 2

(KC) (CC) (KC)

05/03/2008 06/14/2008 07/17/2008

CLB 2 vs KC 1 CLB 3 at KC 0 CLB 3 vs KC 3

(CC) (CA) (CC)

05/09/2009 06/06/2009

CLB 3 vs KC 2 CLB 2 at KC 0

(CC) (CA)

05/23/2010 07/14/2010

CLB 1 at KC 0 KC 1 at CLB 0

(CA) (CC)

04/16/2011 09/28/2011

CLB 1 vs KC 0 KC 2 vs CLB 1

(CC) (SP)

07/14/2012

KC 2 at CLB 0

(CC)

3 1 1 4

vs at at vs

CLB CLB CLB CLB

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 11/01/2008 11/08/2008

KC 1 vs CLB 1 CLB 2 vs KC 0

(CA) (CC)

U.S. OPEN CUP 09/10/2002

CLB 3 vs KC 2 (OT)

(CC, SF)

1 34 268 107 310 52 105

Crew 2 OT 38 0 289 2 122 1 296 3 76 1 108 1

Tot. 72 559 230 609 129 214

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

KC CLB

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 6 14 6 11 9 20 8 5 21 12 15 11

OT 0 0

Total 66 72

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: 3-2-0 (1.80 pts./game) 6-3-0 (2.00 pts./game)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

8 8 74 21 39 51

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Davy Arnaud Davy Arnaud

7 9 46 21 23 37

Crew Jeff Cunningham Robert Warzycha Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Clark/Marshall Kyle Martino

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

4 5 3 34 17

Meola/Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Meola/Oshoniyi Tony Meola Kevin Hartman

5 4 3 34 14

William Hesmer Jon Busch William Hesmer Jon Busch Jon Busch

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 8 players tied 7 players tied Preki (twice) 3 players tied Mo Johnston (7/4/97) Johnson/Sealy

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 2 8 4 7 7

Saves Goals Allowed

9 Tony Meola (7/19/03) 5 Lagerwey/Ammann

3 2 7 4 6 6

Crew Maisonneuve/John 14 players tied Jeff Cunningham (8/4/01) Thomas Dooley (9/14/97) Pierce/Lenhart 6 players tied

9 William Hesmer (9/15/07) 6 Bo Oshoniyi (5/2/96)

2012 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

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

W-L-T

COLUMBUS CREW Streak (started)

6-1-1 5-2-3 0-3-0

3 Ws (5/27/2012) 1 Ts (7/21/2012) 3 Ls (4/21/2012)

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

3 Ws (5/23/2012) 1 Ws (7/21/2012) 2 Ls (6/23/2012)

9-1-2 2-5-0

1 Ws (7/14/2012) 1 Ls (7/18/2012)

6-1-1 1-6-1

1 Ws (7/21/2012) 2 Ls (6/23/2012)

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

2 1 3 5 31

Ts Ls Ws Ws Ws

(7/7/2012) (7/18/2012) (5/27/2012) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)

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

1 1 4 2 7

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(7/14/2012) (7/21/2012) (5/12/2012) (8/13/2011) (8/18/2002)

7-0-2 4-2-1 0-3-1 0-0-0 0-1-0

1 1 1 2 21

Ts Ws Ls Ls Ls

(7/21/2012) (7/4/2012) (7/18/2012) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

5-0-2 2-2-1 0-4-1 0-0-0 0-1-0

2 1 3 1 28

Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls

(6/30/2012) (5/26/2012) (6/23/2012) (10/22/2011 (5/2/1996)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLUMBUS CREW (19-20-5)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLUMBUS CREW (19-20-5)

PLAYER Preki Josh Wolff Davy Arnaud Mo Johnston Vitalis Takawira Matt McKeon Scott Sealy Jose Burciaga Jr. Jack Jewsbury Mark Chung Chris Brown Chris Henderson Eddie Johnson Teal Bunbury Claudio Lopez Paul Rideout Chris Klein Roger Espinoza Kei Kamara Mike Sorber Sasha Victorine Jimmy Conrad Francisco Gomez Taylor Graham Onandi Lowe Jacob Peterson Ryan Pore Eric Quill Igor Simutenkov Shavar Thomas Scott Uderitz Alex Zotinca Diego Gutierrez Kerry Zavagnin Matt Groenwald Frank Klopas Kurt Morsink Ryan Tinsley Eloy Colombano Herculez Gomez Goran Hunjak Brian Johnson Peterson Joseph Kevin Koetters Mark Santel Ryan Smith Dave van den Bergh Scott Vermillion Paul Wright

GP 20 11 24 15 10 11 13 13 19 9 10 3 5 4 5 2 16 6 5 3 13 19 10 2 1 1 10 4 6 13 5 9 14 23 3 3 3 5 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 7

GS 17 7 22 15 8 9 8 12 13 9 7 3 5 3 4 1 14 6 5 3 11 19 6 0 1 1 2 3 5 12 4 8 12 22 2 3 3 5 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 2

MIN 1574 749 1975 1305 679 819 777 1006 1252 810 647 270 428 308 405 109 1344 461 447 270 1031 1720 570 20 90 38 212 283 434 1061 329 655 1118 1954 194 245 217 419 87 74 12 160 72 131 45 178 90 264 230

G 8 5 4 3 3 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 8 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 74 28 47 32 23 19 17 14 24 14 16 3 15 7 12 6 29 4 18 7 17 6 13 2 5 2 4 5 17 5 1 5 12 22 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 1 9

Team totals Opponent totals

44 44

44 44

3980 3980

66 72

67 92

642 559

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

GP 1 5 2 9 10 1 8 5 2 3

MIN 90 450 92 820 910 90 720 447 135 225

SHTS 3 21 2 48 45 7 46 28 10 20

SV 3 18 1 34 32 5 27 15 2 9

GAA 0.00 0.60 0.98 1.10 1.29 2.00 2.13 2.42 2.67 4.00

PG 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0

44 44

3980 3980

230 257

146 179

1.63 1.49

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PLAYER Teal Bunbury Jacob Peterson Bobby Convey Roger Espinoza Kei Kamara Paulo Nagamura Peterson Joseph Korede Aiyegbusi Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Michael Harrington Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Soony Saad Julio Cesar C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Michael Thomas Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 11 17 6 7 11 1 2 6 2 11 3 5 1 1 2 3 4 1 5 44 44

GS 3 6 15 6 6 11 1 0 6 2 9 3 5 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 44 44

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

GP 5

MIN 450

44 44

3980 3980

MIN 308 574 1396 461 575 942 72 10 540 180 830 270 450 13 52 162 232 356 18 212 3980 3980

G 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 72

A 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 92

SHT 7 8 20 4 21 7 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 8 642 559

SHTS 21

SV 18

GAA 0.60

PG 0

230 257

146 179

1.63 1.49

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COLUMBUS CREW CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (20-19-5)

CURRENT COLUMBUS CREW PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (20-19-5)

PLAYER Jeff Cunningham Brian Maisonneuve Guillermo Barros Schelot Jason Farrell Alejandro Moreno Brian McBride Pete Marino Todd Yeagley Stern John Robert Warzycha Edson Buddle Eddie Gaven Kyle Martino Robbie Rogers Chad Marshall Adrian Paz Knox Cameron Emilio Renteria John Wilmar Perez Marcelo Carrera Brian West Mike Clark Ansil Elcock Ross Paule Dante Washington A.J. Wood Thomas Dooley Emmanuel Ekpo Chris Henderson Andy Herron Kei Kamara Stefani Miglioranzi Adam Moffat Mario Rodriguez Duncan Oughton Simon Elliott Billy Thompson Andy Williams Frankie Hejduk Ricardo Iribarren Danny O'Rourke Kevin Burns Paul Caligiuri Dilly Duka Cornell Glen Marcos Gonzalez Matt Kmosko Manny Lagos Mike Lapper Obi Monome Michael Ritch Rob Smith

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

GS 12 14 8 7 6 11 2 12 1 12 7 14 12 8 20 3 1 3 5 2 8 16 6 4 3 1 4 7 3 0 2 2 3 2 11 6 5 2 10 4 9 2 3 2 3 5 1 1 7 0 1 3

MIN 1084 1235 725 650 539 944 249 1025 115 1075 590 1140 1048 676 1761 255 97 284 489 215 599 1398 540 394 305 74 360 618 270 25 248 181 234 199 1028 553 378 197 850 322 769 180 239 202 218 405 90 96 630 26 52 388

G 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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

A 3 5 6 2 2 5 2 1 0 9 4 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 46 16 24 11 11 25 8 4 5 32 23 22 14 21 15 8 4 11 8 6 9 3 5 3 10 5 7 9 1 1 4 1 7 4 9 8 3 3 17 3 1 0 0 6 14 4 0 0 2 0 1 3

Team totals Opponent totals

44 44

44 44

3980 3980

72 66

92 67

559 642

GOALKEEPER Matt Napoleon Jonny Walker David Winner Noah Palmer Mark Dougherty William Hesmer Andy Gruenebaum Brad Friedel Jon Busch Tom Presthus Bill Gaudette Juergen Sommer Bo Oshoniyi ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 2 1 1 6 9 4 5 9 3 2 1 2

MIN 45 180 1 90 495 810 360 449 820 280 180 90 180

SHTS 1 5 0 6 33 43 19 39 51 15 15 6 24

SV 1 5 0 4 25 33 10 29 34 10 10 3 15

GAA 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.09 1.22 1.25 1.40 1.54 1.61 2.50 3.00 4.50

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

44 44

3980 3980

257 230

179 146

1.49 1.63

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PLAYER Eddie Gaven Chad Marshall Emilio Renteria Julius James Danny O'Rourke Dilly Duka Bernardo Anor Jairo Arrieta Rich Balchan Chris Birchall Eric Gehrig Cole Grossman Andy Gruenebaum Tommy Heinemann William Hesmer Carlos Mendes Justin Meram Sebastian Miranda Tony Tchani Olman Vargas Josh Williams Team totals Opponent totals

GP 21 20 5 6 13 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 9 15 2 2 4 1 1 44 44

GS 20 20 3 5 13 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 4 0 9 14 1 2 4 0 1 44 44

GOALKEEPER William Hesmer Andy Gruenebaum ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 9 4

MIN 810 360

44 44

3980 3980

MIN 1646 1761 284 479 1129 202 90 62 90 244 90 14 360 31 810 1253 109 180 345 10 80 3980 3980

G 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 66

A 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 67

SHT 31 15 11 4 2 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 559 642

SHTS 43 19

SV 33 10

GAA 1.22 1.25

PG 3 0

257 230

179 146

1.49 1.63

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2012 Regular season Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Columbus Crew

LIVESTRONG Sporting Park 11-6-4 (37 pts) 21 2nd in East 26 1.23 19 .90 +7 331 (93) 28.1% 278 248 33 2

English TV: KSMO-TV Spanish Radio: La Grand D 1340 AM

SPORTING Kansas City roster No. Pos. 1 GK 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 MID 16 DEF 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 21 GK 22 FWD 23 FWD 24 DEF 25 DEF 27 DEF 28 GK 37 FWD 55 DEF 78 DEF 88 MID

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

Eastern Conf.

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

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

GP W L T 21 11 5 5 21 11 6 4 21 9 5 7 20 10 7 3 20 9 7 4 18 7 7 4 23 7 13 3 20 6 9 5 18 6 10 2 20 5 11 4 GP W L T 22 13 5 4 22 12 7 3 22 9 6 7 20 8 5 7 22 9 10 3 19 6 8 5 21 7 13 1 22 5 10 7 20 5 11 4

P 38 37 34 33 31 25 24 23 20 19 P 43 39 34 31 30 23 22 22 19

7-7-4 (25 pts) 18 6th in East 18 1.0 19 1.06 0 227 (72) 31.7% 220 217 33 0

2012 REgular season Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Columbus Crew

Eddie Gaven 4 7 Kei Kamara goals Vukovic/Francis 3 8 Graham Zusi assists Emilio Renteria 41 81 Kei Kamara shots Emilio Reteria 11 35 Kei Kamara shots on Goal 3 Kamara/Sapong game-winning goals 7 Players Tied 1 4 Graham Zusi game-winning assists Emilio Renteria 2 35 Kei Kamara fouls suffered Milovan Mirosevic 34 42 Aurelien Collin fouls committed Renteria/Tchani 19 4 Players Tied 3 4 Collin/Nielsen cautions 0 1 Espinoza/Joseph ejections .90 Jimmy Nielsen goals against avg Andy Gruenebaum 1.06 Andy Gruenebaum 7 11 Jimmy Nielsen wins Andy Gruenebaum 7 9 Jimmy Nielsen shutouts Andy Gruenebaum 65 50 Jimmy Nielsen saves

Coaches - REGULAR SEASON Peter Vermes

2012 Regular Season MLS Standings As of 7/26/2012:

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

4th season 38-34-25 4th season 38-34-25

Robert Warzycha

MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team

5th season 54-41-33 5th season 54-41-33

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Sporting Kansas City split two meetings with the Crew during the 2011 MLS regular season, falling 1-0 at Columbus on April 16 before winning 2-1 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on September 28.

In 2012, Sporting Kansas City earned the 2-0 victory at Columbus Crew Stadium on July 14.

Sporting Kansas City forward Kei Kamara played for the Columbus Crew from 2006-07, scoring five MLS goals in 36 appearances.

Columbus Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum was born in Kansas City, Mo., and attended Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kan., from 1997-2000.

Columbus Crew backup goalkeeper William Hesmer played for the Kansas City Wizards from 2004-06, earning three MLS starts.

Since 2010, Columbus forward Emilio Renteria has scored two of the Crew’s three goals against Sporting Kansas City. He netted the game winner against the Kansas City Wizards on May 23, 2010 and equalized at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park last September in a 2-1 losing effort.

Sporting Kansas City defender Seth Sinovic and Columbus Crew midfielder Ethan Finlay played together at Creighton University for one season in 2008. Their NCAA Tournament run ended with a 1-0 quarterfinal loss to Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi and the University of Maryland.

Columbus Crew forward Tom Heinemann attended Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo., from 2006-08, playing alongside Sporting Kansas City defender Kyle Miller during his final college season in 2008.

Since 2004, Columbus defender Chad Marshall has played against Sporting Kansas City 19 times, more than any other player in the Crew’s history. He has two goals and one assist in those games.

Sporting Kansas City forward Soony Saad and Columbus forward Justin Meram played together at the University of Michigan for one season in 2010. During that campaign, Saad and Meram combined for 36 goals, 19 from Saad and 17 from Meram.

Sporting Kansas City forward Jacob Peterson and Columbus midfielder Danny O’Rourke won back-to-back national championships at Indiana University in 2003 and 2004. Peterson and O’Rourke served as tri-captains during Indiana’s 2004 titlewinning season.

Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury played college ball with Columbus forward Ben Speas in 2009. That season, Bunbury was named the Soccer America Player of the Year. Speas won the same award after transferring to North Carolina for his junior season in 2011.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Konrad Warzycha’s father is the head coach of the Columbus Crew.

Warzycha and fellow Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza attended Ohio State University just 12 minutes away from Columbus Crew Stadium.

Looking back to last game...

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With the draw, Sporting Kansas City fell to second place in the Eastern Conference with 37 points.

Sporting Kansas City’s record moves to 11-6-4 in 2012 and 6-2-2 at home this season.

The 0-0 result marks the second consecutive scoreless draw while playing at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in MLS competition for the home side.

Sporting Kansas City has allowed only five goals in 10 regular season home matches this season, the fewest goals conceded at home by an MLS team in 2012.

Sporting Kansas City has conceded 19 goals in 2012, the fewest of all MLS teams. Sporting Kansas City’s 0.90 goals against average is also a League low.

Sporting Kansas City is 205-205-104 all-time in MLS regular season play. The team’s 104 draws are most among all MLS clubs in League history.

Sporting Kansas City is now 20-13-10 all-time against the New England Revolution in the regular season and 11-6-5 at home in the match-up.

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Sporting KC is unbeaten in their last seven meetings with the Revolution at home in all competition.

Last Saturday’s match marked the second of three meetings between Sporting Kansas City and the New England Revolution in 2012. The first match between the two sides this season was Sporting Kansas City’s home opener on March 17th, a 3-0 victory for the home side. The final regular season meeting will come on August 4th at Gillette Stadium.

Sporting Kansas City is 0-4-2 in 2012 when being held scoreless.

Jimmy Nielsen made three saves last Saturday and recorded his ninth shutout of the season, the most in MLS this year. The shutout is his 26th career clean sheet in the regular season and is second most in MLS since 2010, behind Nick Rimando.

Matt Besler surpassed 8,000 minutes played in his KC and MLS career, including playoffs. He becomes the second Sporting KC player to pass the 8,000 minutes played barrier in a KC uniform, along with Michael Harrington.

Graham Zusi surpassed 5,000 minutes played in the MLS regular season.

Aurelien Collin surpassed 4,000 minutes played in his MLS career, including playoffs.

Bobby Convey surpassed 15,000 minutes played in his MLS career (including playoffs), most among all active Sporting KC players.

Jacob Peterson surpassed 8,000 minutes played in his MLS career, including playoffs.

Kansas City Chiefs safety Kyle McCarthy was in attendance at Saturday’s match, as was former KC defender Matt McKeon.

Kamara has attempted 276 shots in his KC career and surpassed Mo Johnston for sole possession of fourth on Sporting KC’s all-time chart.

Noteworthy Milestones...

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Sporting Kansas City is 205-205-104 all-time in MLS. Sporting Kansas City has allowed 19 goals in 21 matches for a 0.90 goals against average, the lowest in MLS. Sporting Kansas City ranks first in MLS in shots (331), corner kicks (128) and fewest shots against (216) this season.

Sporting Kansas City leads MLS in all-time shots taken with 6,980.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi leads MLS with 85 corner kicks this season. He ranks fourth in the League with eight assists, including an MLS-high four game-winning assists.

Sporting KC striker Kei Kamara has recorded 99 shots on goal in his KC career, just three shots on goal away from tying Vitalis Takawira at 102 for sixth place on the club’s all-time chart.

Kamara has 27 goals in his KC career and one more will see him tie Scott Sealy and Vitalis Takawira for the sixth spot on Sporting KC’s all-time chart.

Teal Bunbury has 17 goals in his KC career and his next goal will pass Jimmy Conrad and Eddie Johnson for sole posession of the 10th spot on Sporting KC’s all-time chart.

Graham Zusi has eight game-winning assists in his KC career and his next such assist will move him into sole possession of fifth on Sporting KC’s all-time chart.

Kei Kamara has eight game-winning goals in his KC career and his next such goal will move him into sole possession of fifth on Sporting KC’s all-time chart.

Sporting Kansas City is 19-20-5 all-time against the Columbus Crew and 10-8-2 at home in the series during the regular season.

Sporting Kansas City has scored 66 goals against the Crew alltime and 32 when playing Columbus at home.

Aurelien Collin and Jimmy Nielsen are the only two Sporting KC players to appear in all 21 MLS regular season matches thus far in 2012.

Sporting Kansas City is 21-2-5 with Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler and Aurelien Collin starting in defense in all-competition.

The match-up against Columbus marks the third of four straight home games: two in MLS play and two international friendlies.

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Sporting Kansas City News, Notes and headlines RESULTS | Sporting Kansas City currently sit in second place of the Eastern Conference with a record of 11-6-4 (37 points). The team had a historic start to 2012, garnering seven straight wins to begin the season.

However, Kansas City experienced a slight decrease in their momentum losing three games in a row before earning a draw against Western Conference foe Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

The momentum was back in Kansas City’s favor as the team won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games against Orlando City SC and Colorado Rapids and added two MLS victories against the San Jose Earthquakes and Toronto FC. Sporting KC then went on the road and earned a tie at CenturyLink Field against Western Conference foe Seattle Sounders.

Sporting KC experienced a second short slump in MLS play, suffering a 4-0 defeat to the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park followed by a 1-0 loss to rival Chicago Fire at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. However, in between the two MLS matches, Sporting Kansas City hosted the Dayton Dutch Lions in Open Cup competition, in which they earned a 3-0 victory to send them to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semi-finals.

Sporting Kansas City got back on track in MLS competition in July when they beat Montreal 3-1 at Saputo Stadium followed by 0-0 home draw with the Houston Dynamo. Sporting KC then went on the road earning a 2-0 victory over the Columbus Crew moving them back up the standings and into sole possession of first place among Eastern Conference rivals before dropping a 2-1 decision against Houston in their first ever match at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Sporting Kansas City returned back to LSP last Saturday to face the New England Revolution in the first of four consecutive home matches in allcompetition. The match resulted in a scoreless draw.

THREE NAMED TO MLS ALL-STAR FIRST XI | Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen, defender Aurelien Collin and midfielder Graham Zusi were announced as members of the 2012 MLS All-Star First XI on July 8. The First XI are the 11 MLS players who received the most votes from fans at their positions from the 2012 MLS All-Star ballot.

All three individuals were also selected for the 18-man gameday roster which was announced by MLS All-Star and D.C. United coach Ben Olsen on July 15. Roger Espinoza and Kei Kamara were named MLS All-Stars on Wednesday as part of the Inactive Roster.

LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP |Sporting Kansas City advanced to the U.S. Open Cup Final for the first time since 2004 with a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union in the semifinal round. Jacob Peterson’s header off a set piece broke the deadlock in the 65th minute, and Graham Zusi’s 60-yard volley into an empty net sealed the victory in stoppage time.

Sporting Kansas City will host Seattle Sounders FC in the final on August 8 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The Sounders have won an unprecedented three straight U.S. Open Cups, and have not lost in the competition since August 12, 2008, when they were still a United Soccer League franchise.

Sporting’s journey to the 2012 final began on May 29 with a 3-2 home victory over USL Pro Division side Orlando City in the Round of 32. A week later, Sporting defeated fellow MLS club Colorado Rapids, 2-0, to advance to the cup quarterfinals for the second straight season. A comprehensive 3-0 win over USL Pro’s Dayton Dutch Lions on June 26 booked Sporting’s spot in the semifinals at Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Seattle reached its fourth consecutive U.S. Open Cup Final with wins over the Atlanta Silverbacks (5-1), Cal FC (5-0), San Jose Earthquakes (1-0) and Chivas USA (4-1). They have now gone 18 matches unbeaten in U.S. Open Cup play.

BIENVENUE: MONTPELLIER HERAULT SC | Sporting Kansas City hosted the reigning French Ligue 1 champions, MHSC, who are led by captain and French national team player Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa on Tuesday.

Sporting Kansas City suffered a 3-0 defeat to a French side whose first-place finish – three points ahead of Paris Saint-Germain -- qualifies Montpellier Hérault SC for the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League and the Trophée Des Champions. Montpellier will travel to New York on Satuday to play against Coupe de France winners Lyon.

INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION ON LSP | Last night’s friendly is the latest in a growing list of international events at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park since its opening one year ago. After hosting Newcastle United and CD Guadalajara last season, Sporting KC hosted MHSC so far in 2012 and will be welcoming Stoke City FC on August 1. Additionally, CONCACAF chose LSP for the 2011 Gold Cup and 2012 Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

The U.S. Women’s National Team played here in September, and the U.S. Men will make their second trip to LSP on October 16th for a FIFA World Cup qualifier.

OLYMPIC DREAM | Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza is currently at the Olympic Games in London. One of only four MLS players at the Olympics this summer, Espinoza and his Honduras teammates are competing in Group D along with Morocco, Spain and Japan in the 16team tournament.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY YEAR MLS SUPERDRAFT 2006 Eric Kronberg (40th)

MLS SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT

SIGNINGS

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HOMEGROWN MLS LOTTERY PLAYERS DRAFT

2007 Michael Harrington (3rd) 2008 Chance Myers (1st) Roger Espinoza (11th) 2009 Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd) 2010 Teal Bunbury (10th)

Kei Kamara (Sept. 15 from HOU) Korede Aiyegbusi (20th)

2011 C.J. Sapong (10th) Konrad Warzycha (46th)

2012 Dom Dwyer (16th) Cyprian Hedrick (30th)

Jimmy Nielsen (Feb. 15) Julio Cesar (Mar. 14) Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 Aurelien Collin from MON, originally (Apr. 15) signed on May 10) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. Lawrence Olum 29 from CHV) (Sept. 15) Bobby Convey (Dec. 2 from SJ)

Kyle Miller (54th)

Jacob Peterson Michael Thomas (Jan. (Jan. 19) 18 from SJ) Neven Markovic (July 6) Scott Angevine (July 26)

Jon Kempin (Aug. 31) Kevin Ellis Soony Saad (Feb. 18) (Jul 5, MLS Lottery Draft)

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All-time regular season results

Date 5/2/1996 6/8/1996 8/24/1996 9/7/1996 5/22/1997 7/4/1997 9/14/1997 5/27/1998 8/16/1998 4/28/1999 8/8/1999 7/15/2000 7/22/2000 4/21/2001 8/4/2001 6/19/2002 8/18/2002 5/3/2003 7/19/2003 8/31/2003 4/17/2004 6/12/2004 8/18/2004 5/14/2005 6/29/2005 7/23/2005 8/26/2005 4/1/2006 4/29/2006 6/10/2006 8/12/2006 5/5/2007 6/20/2007 9/15/2007 5/3/2008 6/14/2008 7/17/2008 5/9/2009 6/6/2009 5/23/2010 7/14/2010 4/16/2011 9/28/2011 7/14/2012

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

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium SOW Ohio Stadium L Ohio Stadium L Ohio Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Ohio Stadium L Ohio Stadium SOW Arrowhead Stadium L Ohio Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium L Columbus Crew W Arrowhead Stadium W Columbus Crew L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Columbus Crew Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium W Columbus Crew Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Columbus Crew Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium W Columbus Crew Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Columbus Crew Stadium W Columbus Crew Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium L CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Columbus Crew Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Columbus Crew Stadium L Columbus Crew Stadium W LIVESTRONG Sporting Park W Columbus Crew Stadium

All-time Post season results Date

1/01/2008 11/08/2008

Score Result Location 1-1 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 0-2 L Columbus Crew Stadium

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals

Shots

Shots on Goal Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

1 26 292 120 306 48 79

2 40 349 137 334 50 124

OT 0 1 0 2 0 0

Tot. 66 642 257 642 98 203

Columbus Crew Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 34 268 107 310 52 105

2 38 289 122 296 76 108

OT Tot. 0 72 2 559 1 230 3 609 1 129 1 214

All-Time Regular Season series leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

columbus crew

8 Preki Goals Jeff Cunningham 7 8 Preki Assists Robert Warzycha 9 74 Preki Shots Jeff Cunningham 46 21 Preki Shots on Goal Jeff Cunningham 21 39 Davy Arnaud Fouls Committed Clark/Marshall 23 51 Davy Arnaud Fouls Suffered Kyle Martino 37 4 Meola/Oshoniyi Wins William Hesmer 5 5 Kevin Hartman Losses Jon Busch 4 3 Meola/Oshoniyi Shutouts William Hesmer 3 34 Tony Meola Saves Jon Busch 34 17 Kevin Hartman Goals allowed Jon Busch 14

All-Time Regular Season game highs SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Columbus crew

Goals Maisonneuve/John 3 Assists 14 Players Tied 2 Shots Jeff Cunningham 7 Shots on Goal Thomas Dooley 4 7 Mo Johnston Fouls Committed Pierce/Lenhart 6 7 Johnson/Sealy Fouls suffered 6 6 Players Tied 6 2 2 8 4

8 Players Tied 7 Players Tied Preki 3 Players Tied

Saves William Hesmer 9 5 Lagerwey/Ammann Goals alLowed Bo Oshoniyi 6 9 Tony Meola

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC HOU

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 6 14 6 11 9 20 0 66 8 5 21 12 15 11 0 72 2012 Home attendance

Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Sat., May 5th Sun., May 27th Sun., June 16th Fri., June 29th Sat., July 7th Sat. July 21st

3-0 W vs. New England 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas 1-0 W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake 2-0 L vs. Montreal Impact 2-1 W vs. San Jose 2-0 W vs. Toronto FC 1-0 L vs. Chicago Fire 0-0 T vs. Houston Dynamo 0-0 T vs. New England

19,777 15,161 20,323 19,422 20,404 19,974 20,488 19,274 19,307 19,080

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS GOALS assists PLAYER TEAM GP A 1. Dwayne De Rosario DC 20 10 2. David Beckham LA 18 9 2. Marvin Chavez SJ 19 9 4. Graham Zusi KC 19 8 4. Brad Davis HOU 19 8 6. Landon Donovan LA 19 7 7. Steven Beitashour SJ 22 6 7. Thierry Henry NY 14 6 7. Martin Rivero COL 17 6 7. Mauro Rosales SEA 16 6

Corner Kicks PLAYER TEAM GP CK 1. Graham Zusi KC 19 84 1. David Beckham LA 18 84 3. Martin Rivero COL 17 69 4. Brad Davis HOU 19 65 5. Felipe Martins MTL 22 55 5. Mauro Rosales SEA 16 55 7. Marvin Chavez SJ 19 52 8. Javier Morales RSL 18 50 9. Torsten Frings TOR 15 47 10. Freddy Adu PHI 13 41 10. Daniel Hernandez DAL 18 41

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS

PLAYER TEAM GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi KC 19 4 2. Chance Myers KC 20 3 2. Kyle Beckerman RSL 19 3 2. Dwayne De Rosario DC 20 3

SAVES PLAYER TEAM GP SV 1. Matt Pickens COL 21 2. Joe Cannon VAN 22 68 3. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 18 65 4. Troy Perkins POR 20 63 5. Dan Kennedy CHV 19 61 6. Milos Kocic TOR 20 59 6. Ryan Meara NY 18 59

GOALKEEPER WINS

PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 21 11 1. Jon Busch SJ 20 11 1. Nick Rimando RSL 20 11 4. Tally Hall HOU 21 9 4. Ryan Meara NY 18 9 4. Josh Saunders LA 15 9 7. Joe Cannon VAN 22 8 7. Sean Johnson CHI 17 8

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS PLAYER TEAM GP SHO 1. Jimmy Nielsen

KC 21 9 2. Joe Cannon VAN 22 8 2. Tally Hall HOU 21 8 2. Nick Rimando RSL 20 8 5. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 18 7 6. Dan Kennedy CHV 19 6

PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 20 17 2. Kenny Cooper NY 21 13 3. Alvaro Saborio RSL 22 11 4. Will Bruin HOU 21 10 4. Thierry Henry NY 14 10 6. Landon Donovan LA 19 9 6. Alan Gordon SJ 15 9 6. Robbie Keane LA 16 9 6. Danny Koevermans TOR 16 9 6. Chris Pontius DC 17 9

Multi-Goal Games PLAYER TEAM GP GAMES 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 20 4 2. Kenny Cooper NY 21 3 2. Thierry Henry NY 14 3 2. Robbie Keane LA 16 3 2. Alvaro Saborio RSL 22 3 6. Will Bruin HOU 21 2 6. Landon Donovan LA 19 2 6. Maicon Santos DC 18 2 6. Steven Lenhart SJ 15 2 6. Darren Mattocks VAN 12 2 6. Chris Pontius DC 17 2

Game-Winning Goals PLAYER 1. Chris Wondolowski 2. Kenny Cooper 2. Chris Pontius 4. Alvaro Saborio 5. Kei Kamara 5. C.J. Sapong 5. Alan Gordon 5. Brad Davis 78 5. Dominic Oduro 5. Eddie Johnson 5. Fabian Espindola 5. Jaime Castrillon 5. Landon Donovan 5. Marco Pappa 5. Robbie Keane 5. Thierry Henry

TEAM SJ NY DC RSL KC KC KC HOU CHI SEA RSL COL LA CHI LA NY

GP GWG 20 8 21 5 17 5 22 4 20 3 20 3 14 3 18 3 20 3 17 3 19 3 20 3 19 3 18 3 16 3 14 3

Shots on Goal PLAYER TEAM GP SOG 1. Kei Kamara

KC 20 35 2. Kenny Cooper NY 21 33 3. Chris Wondolowski SJ 20 32 4. Will Bruin HOU 21 27 4. Fredy Montero SEA 19 27

Shots

GP SH PLAYER TEAM 1. Kei Kamara KC 20 81 2. Fredy Montero SEA 19 76 3. Chris Wondolowski SJ 20 75 4. Kenny Cooper NY 21 60 5. Marco Pappa CHI 18 58 5. Alvaro Saborio RSL 22 58 7. Ryan Johnson TOR 20 56 8. Dwayne De Rosario DC 20 55 8. Thierry Henry NY 14 55

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Sporting kansas city GOALS AND ASSISTS 1

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GOAL information 1- C.J. Sapong (Graham Zusi), Mar. 10, at D.C. United, 93+ 2- Zusi (Kei Kamara), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 28 3- Kamara (Seth Sinovic), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 39 4- Sapong (Sinovic), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 47 5- Aurelien Collin (Zusi), Mar. 25, vs. FC Dallas, 49 6- Kamara (Chance Myers), Mar. 25, vs. FC Dallas, 88 7- Sapong (Zusi), Apr. 1, at Chivas USA, 47 8- Kamara (Bobby Convey), Apr. 7, vs. LA Galaxy, 40 9- Collin (Zusi), Apr. 14, vs. Real Salt Lake, 63 10- Collin (unassisted), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 24 11- Martin Bonjour (Own Goal), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 51 12- Kamara (Myers), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 65 13- Convey (Roger Espinoza), May 12, at Chicago Fire, 31 14- Teal Bunbury (Sinovic), May 19, at Colorado Rapids, 2 15- Bunbury (unassisted), May 19, at Colorado Rapids, 14 16- Sapong (Kamara), May 27, vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 5 17- Kamara (Michael Harrington), May 27, vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 39 18- Sapong (Jacob Peterson), June 16, vs. Toronto FC, 18 19- Julio Cesar (Zusi), June 16, vs. Toronto FC, 35 20- Jacob Peterson (Collin), June 20, at Seattle Sounders FC, 8 21- Kei Kamara (Penalty Kick), July 4, at Montreal, 57 22- Graham Zusi (Penalty Kick), July 4, at Montreal, 75 23- Jacob Peterson (Espinoza/Saad), July 4, at Montreal, 82 24- Jacob Peterson (Peterson Joseph), July 14, at Columbus, 6 25- Teal Bunbury (Kei Kamara), July 14, at Columbus, 82 26- Kei Kamara (Penalty Kick), July 18, at Houston, 42

KEY GOALS: 1 ASSISTS: 1

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2012 Schedule and Box Scores DATE

Sat., March 10th Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sun., April 1st Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Wed., April 18th Sat., April 21st Sat., May 5th Sat., May 12th Sat., May 19th Sun., May 27th Tues., May 29th Tues., June 5th Sat., June 16th Wed., June 20th Sat., June 23rd Tues., June 26th Fri., June 29th Wed., July 4th Sat., July 7th Wed., July 11th Sat., July 14th Wed., July 18th Sat., July 21st Tues., July 24th Sat., July 28th Wed., August 1st Sat., August 4th Wed., August 8th Sat., Aug. 11th Sat., August 18th Sun., Aug. 26th Sat., Sept. 1st Fri., Sept. 14th Wed., Sept. 19th Sat., Sept. 22nd Fri., Sept. 28th Sun., October 7th Sat., October 20th Wed., Oct. 24th

OPPONENT

GOAL SCORERS 1-0 W @ D.C. United Sapong 3-0 W vs. New England Zusi/Kamara/Sapong 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas Collin/Kamara 1-0 W @ Chivas USA Sapong 1-0 W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Kamara 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake Collin 3-1 W @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC Collin/OG/Kamara 1-0 L @ Portland Timbers

OG 2-0 L vs. Montreal Impact None 2-1 L @ Chicago Fire Convey 2-2 T @ Colorado Rapids Bunbury(2) 2-1 W vs. San Jose Earthquakes Sapong/Kamara 3-2 W vs. Orlando City SC* Nagamura/Saad(2) 2-0 W vs. Colorado Rapids* OG/Bunbury 2-0 W vs. Toronto FC Sapong/Cesar 1-1 T @ Seattle Sounders Peterson 4-0 L @ Philadelphia Union None 3-0 W vs. Dayton Dutch Lions* Sapong(2)/Zusi 1-0 L vs. Chicago Fire None 3-1 W @ Montreal Impact Kamara/Zusi/Peterson 0-0 T vs. Houston Dynamo

None 2-0 W vs. Philadelphia* Peterson/Zusi 2-0 W @ Columbus Crew Peterson/Bunbury 2-1 L @ Houston Dynamo Kei Kamara 0-0 T vs. New England Revolution None 3-0 L vs Montpellier** None vs. Columbus Crew vs. Stoke City FC** @ New England Revolution vs. Seattle Sounders* vs. D.C. United @ Toronto FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Toronto FC vs. Houston Dynamo @ New York Red Bulls @ Montreal Impact vs. Chicago Fire @ Columbus Crew @ New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union

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

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

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

Attendance: 16, 314.

Temperature: 44.

*Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup **International Friendly

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

Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

1 0 2

2 0 1

Tot 0 3

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

Sporting Kansas City

1 1 1

2 0 1

Tot 1 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attendance: 19,777.

Temperature: 74 and Cloudy.

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

Attendance: 15,161.

Temperature: 81 and Sunny.

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

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

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

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

Attendance: 13,372.

Temperature: 64 and Clear.

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

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

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

Goals by Period Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

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

2 Tot 0 0 1 1

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

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

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

Attendance: 19,422.

Temperature: 72 and Cloudy.

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: None.

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

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

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

Attendance: 20,323.

Temperature: 60 and Cloudy.

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

1 1 0

2 Tot 2 3 1 1

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

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

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

Attendance: 15,382.

Temperature: 52 and Clear.

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

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

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

Attendance: 20,438.

Temperature: 73 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-0) VS CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3) DATE: May 12, 2012 -- Toyota Park

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

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

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

Attendance: 20,404.

Temperature: 86 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (5-6-1) DATE: May 19, 2012 -- Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

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

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2 Colorado Rapids 0 2 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Convey 1 (Espinoza 1, Kamara 2) 31 CHI--Grazzini 1 (penalty kick) 61 CHI--Oduro 4 (Nyarko 2) 81

Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 1 (Sinovic 1, Convey 2) 2 KC--Bunbury 2 (unassisted) 14 COL--Marshall 1 (Rivero 4) 52 COL--Kimura 1 (Casey 1) 60

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Cesar 4 CHI: Cautions: Pardo 38 CHI: Segares 40 KC: Cautions: Myers 57 KC: Cautions: Kamara 93+ KC: Ejections: Espinoza 62 CHI: Cautions: Puppo 79 Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago 8 (Espinoza 3) 18 (Pappa 6) TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Espinoza 2) 6 (Pappa 2) FOULS: 12 (4 Tied with 2) 13 (Segares 4) OFFSIDE: 1 6 CORNER KICKS: 8 6 SAVES: Nielsen 4 Johnson 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (Lawrence Olum 88), Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 78), Roger Espinoza (Ejected 62), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 74).

CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares, Arne Friedrich (Dan Gargan 29), Austin Berry, Logan Pause (Rafael Robayo 71), Pavel Pardo, Sebastian Grazzini (Federico Puppo 80), Marco Pappa, Patrick Nyarko, Dominic Oduro.

Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Chris Strickland 4th Official: Terry Vaughn.

Attendance: 14,159.

Temperature: 53 and Overcast.

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Convey 51 Stats Sporting Kansas City Colorado TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Bunbury/Nagamura 3) 13 (Rivero 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Bunbury 2) 6 (6 Tied with 1) FOULS: 13 (Collin 4) 8 (8 Tied with 1) OFFSIDE: 2 3 CORNER KICKS: 6 2 SAVES: Nielsen 4 Pickens 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 59), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 77), Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 87), Teal Bunbury.

COLORADO RAPIDS--Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Hunter Freeman, Tyrone Marshall, Drew Moor, Wells Thompson (Kamani Hill 78), Jaime Castrillon, Martin Rivero, Jeff Larentowicz, Conor Casey (Edu 68), Tony Cascio (Luis Zapata 89).

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Jeremy Hanson 4th Official: Landis Wiley.

Attendance: 15,269.

Temperature: 52 and Cloudy.

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2012 Box Scores SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (8-3-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (8-3-1) DATE: May 27, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

TORONTO FC (1-10-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-1) DATE: June 16, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot San Jose 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Toronto FC 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 4 (Kamara 3, Zusi 7) 5 KC--Kamara 5 (Harrington 1, Myers 3) 39 SJ--Dawkins 2 (Corrales 3) 72

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 5 (Peterson 1, Myers 4) 18 KC--Julio Cesar 1 (Zusi 8) 35 Misconduct Summary: TOR: Cautions: Lambe 55 TOR: Cautions: Johnson 77 KC: Cautions: Bunbury 82

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Espinoza 29 SJ: Cautions: Gordon 45 SJ: Cautions: Hernandez 61 KC: Cautions: Olum 79 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 93+ Stats Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes TOTAL SHOTS: 20 (Kamara 6) 7 (3 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Kamara 2) 4 (Chavez 2) FOULS: 13 (Myers/Sapong 3) 13 (Gordon 4) OFFSIDE: 1 1 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Busch 3 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Jon Busch, Steven Beitashour, Ramiro Corrales, Jason Hernandez, Justin Morrow, Rafael Baca (Ike Opara 65), Simon Dawkins, Marvin Chavez, Brad Ring (Tressor Moreno 71), Khari Stephenson, Alan Gordon (Cesar Diaz Pizarro 61).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 23), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 74), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Fabio Tovar 4th Official: Landis Wiley.

Attendance: 19,974.

Temperature: 90 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-2) VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (7-4-4) DATE: June 20, 2012 -- CenturyLink Field Goals by Period Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City

1 1 1

2 Tot 0 1 0 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Peterson 1 (Collin 1) 8 SEA--Ianni 1 (Rosales 3) 15 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 16 KC: Cautions: Olum 48 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 59 SEA: Cautions: Scott 89 SEA: Ejections: Fernandez 91+ Stats Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Bunbury/Thomas 3) 16 (Caskey 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (3 Tied with 1) FOULS: 18 (Collin 6) 9 (Scott 3) OFFSIDE: 2 7 CORNER KICKS: 9 4 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Weber 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Michael Thomas, Peterson Joseph (Graham Zusi 50), Roger Espinoza, Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 65), Teal Bunbury, Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 86).

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Andrew Weber, Zach Scott, Marc Burch, Jeff Parke, Patrick Ianni, Brad Evans (Andy Rose 72), Alex Caskey, Mauro Rosales (Alvaro Fernandez 81, SEA Nonindividual 89), Osvaldo Alonso, Eddie Johnson (Sammy Ochoa 80), Fredy Montero.

Referee: Jair Marrufo Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos.

Attendance: 46,932.

Temperature: 70 and Cloudy.

Stats Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Cesar 4) 12 (Silva 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (Koevermans 2) FOULS: 12 (3 Tied with 2) 14 (Johnson 5) OFFSIDE: 3 8 CORNER KICKS: 3 4 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Kocic 3 TORONTO FC--Milos Kocic, Richard Eckersley, Jeremy Hall, Doneil Henry, Adrian Cann (Ashtone Morgan 45), Reggie Lambe (Julian de Guzman 62), Eric Avila (Luis Silva 62), Torsten Frings, Terry Dunfield, Ryan Johnson, Danny Koevermans SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi (Konrad Warzycha 90), Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Peterson Joseph 89), Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 73), Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Paul Ward Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Marco Arruda 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 20,488.

Temperature: 88 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-4-2) VS PHILADELPHIA UNION (3-8-2) DATE: June 23, 2012 -- PPL Park Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union

1 0 2

2 Tot 0 0 2 4

Scoring Summary: PHI--McInerney 1 (Pajoy 1, Gaddis 1) 1 PHI--McInerney 2 (unassisted) 42 PHI--Pajoy 4 (penalty kick) 81 PHI--Hoppenot 1 (M. Farfan 1) 87 Misconduct Summary: PHL: Cautions: Carroll 17 KC: Cautions: Cesar 22 PHI: Cautions: Gaddis 25 PHI: Cautions: Lahoud 63 Stats Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Bunbury 4) 10 (5 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Kamara 2) 6 (McInerney 2) FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 15 (Lahoud 4 OFFSIDE: 2 5 CORNER KICKS: 4 2 SAVES: Nielsen 2 MacMath 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Jacob Peterson 84), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Michael Thomas 64), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 74), Teal Bunbury.

PHILADELPHIA UNION -Zac MacMath, Raymon Gaddis, Gabriel Farfan, Amobi Okugo, Carlos Valdes, Freddy Adu (Antoine Hoppenot 59), Michael Farfan, Michael Lahoud, Brian Carroll, Lionard Pajoy, Jack McInerney (Keon Daniel 73).

Referee: Terry Vaughn Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Jason Cullum 4th Official: John McCloskey.

Attendance: 18,207.

Temperature: 86 and Sunny.

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2012 Box Scores and Miscellaneous Stats CHICAGO FIRE (8-5-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-5-2) DATE: June 29, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chicago Fire 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: CHI--Pappa 5 (Rolfe 1) 58 Misconduct Summary: CHI: Cautions: Jalil Anibaba 33 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 86 CHI: Cautions: Chris Rolfe 87 Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago Fire TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 8) 10 (Pappa 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 14 (4 Tied with 2) 4 (4 Tied with 1) FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 12 (Gargan 3) OFFSIDE: 2 2 CORNER KICKS: 8 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Johnson 5 CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Dan Gargan, Arne Friedrich (Hunter Jumper 79), Austin Berry, Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko (Rafael Robayo 82), Marco Pappa (Alex 64), Pavel Pardo, Logan Pause, Dominic Oduro.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum (Matt Besler 19), Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Peterson Joseph 82), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 72), Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Adam Garner 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 19,274.

Temperature: 98 and Sunny.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (6-5-7) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (10-5-3) DATE: July 7, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Misconduct Summary: None.

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Zusi 5) 7 (Gacia 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 2 (Garcia/Ownby 1) FOULS: 11 (Nagamura/Zusi 2) 9 (3 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 0 4 CORNER KICKS: 8 0 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Hall 4 HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Luiz Camargo (Warren Creavalle 66), Adam Moffat, Brad Davis, Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Brian Ching 66), Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ownby 80).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 81), Paulo Nagamura, Jacob Peterson, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 68).

Referee: Chris Penso Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Eric Proctor 4th Official: John McCloskey.

Attendance: 19,307.

Temperature: 104 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (10-5-2) VS MONTREAL IMPACT (5-11-3) DATE: July 4, 2012 -- Saputo Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Montreal

1 0 0

2 Tot 3 3 1 1

Scoring Summary: MTL--Bernier 4 (Felipe Martins 5, Valentin 1) 49 KC--Kamara 6 (penalty kick) 57 KC--Zusi 2 (penalty kick) 75 KC--Peterson 2 (Espinoza 2, Saad 1) 82 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Graham Zusi 16; Seth Sinovic 90 MTL: Cautions: Felipe Martins 36; Collen Warner 67; Davy Arnaud 69 Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (3 Tied with 3) 11 (Di Vaio 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (5 Tied with 1) 6 (Martins 2) FOULS: 17 (Espinoza/Sinovic 3) 14 (Warner 5) OFFSIDE: 1 3 CORNER KICKS: 5 6 SAVES: Nielsen 5 Ricketts 1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 69), Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 86), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury (Jacob Peterson 45).

MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Zarek Valentin, Jeb Brovsky (Eduardo Sebrango 80), Shavar Thomas, Hassoun Camara, Felipe Martins, Justin Mapp (Justin Braun 87), Patrice Bernier, Davy Arnaud, Collen Warner, Marco Di Vaio (Sanna Nyassi 71).

Referee: Sorin Stoica Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Craig Lowry 4th Official: John McCloskey.

Attendance: 12,085.

Temperature: 81 and Clear.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-5-3) VS COLUMBUS CREW (6-7-4) DATE: July 14, 2012 -- Columbus Crew Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Peterson 3 (Joseph 1) 6 KC--Bunbury 3 (Kamara 4) 82 Misconduct Summary: CLB: Cautions: Bernardo Anor 8 KC: Cautions: Joseph 57 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 69 CLB: Cautions: Emilio Renteria 69 CLB: Cautions: Chris Birchall 83 Stats Sporting Kansas City Columbus Crew TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara/Peterson 2) 16 (Renteria 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Bunbury/Peterson 1) 4 (4 Tied with 1) FOULS: 12 (Kamara 3) 9 (3 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 0 4 CORNER KICKS: 4 5 SAVES: Nielsen 4 0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph (Michael Thomas 72), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza, Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 38), Soony Saad (Teal Bunbury 52).

COLUMBUS CREW--Andy Gruenebaum, Josh Williams (Olman Vargas 80), Bernardo Anor, Chad Marshall, Eric Gehrig, Eddie Gaven, Justin Meram, Tony Tchani (Cole Grossman 76), Chris Birchall, Jairo Arrieta (Dilly Duka 62), Emilio Renteria.

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Eric Boria, James Conlee 4th Official: Sorin Stoica.

Attendance: 17,588.

Temperature: 83 and Cloudy.

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-6-3) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO (8-5-7) DATE: July 18, 2012 -- BBVA Compass Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo

1 1 1

2 Tot 0 1 1 2

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (6-9-5) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-6-4) DATE: July 21, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

1 0 0

2 Tot 0 0 0 0

Scoring Summary: HOU--Carr 1 (Bruin 2, Hainault 3) 25 KC--Kamara 7 (penalty kick) 42 HOU--Carr 2 (Davis 6) 79

Misconduct Summary: NE: Cautions: Barnes 47 KC: Cautions: Harrington 50 KC: Cautions: Besler 66

Misconduct Summary: KC: Ejections: Peterson Joseph 47+ HOU: Cautions: Macoumba Kandji 8

Stats Sporting Kansas City New England Revolution TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Peterson 5) 9 (Guy 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Kamara/Peterson 2) 3 (Guy 2) FOULS: 12 (Harrington/Nagamura 3) 7 (Tierney 2) OFFSIDE: 3 1 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Reis 6

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara 4) 5 (Carr 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Kamara 2) 2 (Carr 2) FOULS: 10 (3 Tied with 2) 10 (Garcia 3) OFFSIDE: 1 5 CORNER KICKS: 2 4 SAVES: 0 Hall 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic (Chance Myers 79), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph (Ejected 47+), Michael Thomas, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura, Jacob Peterson (Bobby Convey 82), Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 45).

HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Boniek Garcia, Warren Creavalle (Luiz Camargo 68), Brad Davis, Calen Carr, Will Bruin (Brian Ownby 78), Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ching 60).

Referee: Mark Kadlecik Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Brian Dunn 4th Official: Jasen Anno.

Attendance: 19,761.

Temperature: 88 and Cloudy.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes (Fernando Cardenas 58), Stephen McCarthy (Blake Brettschneider 78), A.J. Soares, Kelyn Rowe (Saer Sene 58), Lee Nguyen, Chris Tierney, Benny Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph, Ryan Guy. SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington (Lawrence Olum 90), Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 87), Bobby Convey (Michael Thomas 70).

Referee: Jasen Anno Referee’s Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 19,080.

Temperature: 97 and Sunny.

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SKC Miscellaneous Stats 2012 Record When…

Record By Month...

9-1-2 Scoring first goal 2-5-0 Conceding first goal 6-1-1 Leading at halftime 5-2-3 Tied at halftime 0-3-0 Trailing at halftime 0-4-2 Scoring 0 goals 4-2-1 Scoring 1 goal 4-0-1 Scoring 2 goals 3-0-0 Scoring 3 goals N/A Scoring 4+ goals 7-0-2 Allowing 0 goals 4-2-1 Allowing 1 goal 0-3-1 Allowing 2 goals N/A Allowing 3 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting Blue 9-5-4 2-1-0 Wearing Dark indigo 8-0-0 Leading at 75’ 3-2-4 Tied at 75’ 0-4-0 Trailing at 75’ Outshooting opponent 9-4-2 2-1-2 Outshot by opponent 1-0-0 Shots even 6-4-0 One-goal games 1-0-0 On ESPN 1-1-0 On NBCSN 0-0-1 On KCTV5 9-5-4 On KSMO-TV Day games (before 5pm)2-0-0 9-6-4 Games 5pm or later With red card received 0-2-0 1-0-1 With red card against 5-4-2 Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75 6-2-2 2-1-1 In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone 0-0-1 6-4-2 In Central time zone 3-1-0 In Eastern time zone vs. Eastern Conference 5-5-2 vs. Western Conference 6-1-2 10-5-3 On grass 1-1-1 On turf

March 2012 March all-time April 2012 April all-time May 2012 May all-time June 2012 June all-time July 2012 July all-time Aug. 2012 Aug. all-time Sept. 2012 Sept. all-time Oct. 2012 Oct. all-time

Home and Away...

Overall All-time 2012 At home All-time at home 2012 On road All-time on road

3-0-0 8-6-1 4-1-0 35-27-11 1-2-1 26-35-17 1-2-1 33-27-20 2-1-2 37-30-22 N/A 31-39-12 N/A 22-31-11 N/A 13-10-10

Team-by-team (in 2012)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

10-23-9 (0-2-0) Chicago 7-4-4 (1-0-0) Chivas USA 20-17-13 (0-0-1) Colorado Rapids 19-20-5 (1-0-0) Columbus Crew 17-18-9 (1-0-0) D.C. United 20-19-8 (1-0-0) FC Dallas 3-6-5 (0-1-1) Houston Dynamo 18-22-11 (1-0-0) LA Galaxy 3-4-1 Miami Fusion 1-1-0 (1-1-0) Montreal Impact 20-13-10 (1-0-1) N.E. Revolution New York Red Bulls 17-17-9 (0-0-0) Philadelphia Union 1-1-3 (0-1-0) 2-1-0 (0-1-0) Portland Timbers 7-5-3 (1-0-0) Real Salt Lake 20-20-7 (1-0-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-5-1 (0-0-1) 10-6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 6-3-4 (1-0-0) Toronto FC 5-3-4 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0-1 (1-0-0)

205-205-104 6-2-2 136-74-45 5-4-2 68-131-59

SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2012 Regular Season Quickest Goal...

61 sec., Teal Bunbury, 5/19 at COL

Quickest Goal Against...

59 sec, Jack McInerney, 6/23 at PHI

Game-winning goals after 75’...

Game-tying goals after 75’...

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

93+, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at DC 88, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL 75, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON N/A 81, Dominic Oduro, 5/12 at CHI 79, Calen Carr, 7/18 at HOU

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

N/A

Hat Tricks...

N/A

Hat Tricks Against...

N/A

Own Goals...

51, Martin Bonjour, 4/18 at VAN

Own Goals Against...

41, Chance Myers, 4/21 at POR

Red Cards...

62, Roger Espinoza, 5/12 at CHI 47, Peterson Joseph, 7/18 at HOU

Red Cards Against...

14, Stephen McCarthy, 3/17 vs NE 91, Alvaro Fernandez, 6/20 at SEA

Penalty Kicks...

Penalty Kicks Against...

50, Saved, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL 57, Goal, Kei Kamara, 7/4 at MON 75, Goal, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON 42, Goal, Kei Kamara, 7/18 at HOU 64, Goal, Patrice Bernier, 5/5 vs MON

61, Goal, Sebastian Grazzini, 5/12 vs CHI

81, Goal, Lionard Pajoy, 6/23 at PHI

Youngest Goalscorer...

22y82d, Teal Bunbury, 5/19 at COL

Oldest Goalscorer...

33y211d, Julio Cesar, 6/16 vs TOR

Youngest Starter...

19y309d, Soony Saad, 6/20 at SEA

Oldest Starter...

34y350d, Jimmy Nielsen, 7/21 vs NE

2012 Major Events at Livestrong sporting park

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Concert: Buzz Beach Ball (June 2, 2012) International Friendly: Montpellier HSC (July 24, 2012) International Friendly: Stoke City FC (August 1, 2012) Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final: vs. Seattle Sounders FC (August 8, 2012) Concert: Journey with Pat Benatar (August 31, 2012) Concert: Y’allapalooza (September 8, 2012) World Cup Qualifier: USMNT versus Guatemala (October 16, 2012)

2012 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 15 11 26 SPORTING 147 183 330 SPORTING 46 49 95 Opp. 7 12 19 Opp. 85 132 217 Opp. 29 40 69 Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total Corners 1 2 Total SPORTING 123 145 268 SPORTING 12 20 32 SPORTING 64 64 128 Opp. 108 115 223 Opp. 37 32 69 Opp. 23 43 66 Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total PK 1 2 Total SPORTING 13 20 33 SPORTING 1 1 2 SPORTING 1 3 4 Opp. 15 21 36 Opp. 1 1 2 Opp. 0 3 3

MINI BIOS

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Coaching Staff

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach

#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)

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

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Aug. 6, 2011, KC vs SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 10-4-3 he scores 0-0-0

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

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

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

Appearance August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Goal N/A Assit: N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #28 | GK | Scott Angevine Ht: 6-1 Wt. 185 DOB: 5/27/1989 Hometown: Kansas City, KS College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: Signed on 7/26/2012

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

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

#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, 3 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last..

Appearance July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Goal July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Assist Aug. 27, 2011, KC vs DAL 2012 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 1-0-1

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots 4, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 4, June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Last..

Appearance June 29, 2012, KC vs CHI Goal June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 8-5-1 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com #55 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assists 1, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 4, 2 times, last: June 29, 2012, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 6, 2 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: July 7, 2012 KC vs HOU Last..

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assist June 20, 2012, KC at SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 11-6-4 he scores 3-0-0 #11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11

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

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 7-3-2 he scores 0-1-0 #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

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

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

#4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

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

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #15 | M | Roger Espinoza Ht: 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, CO College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Regular-Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assists 1, 9 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 4 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Appearance July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Goal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2012 Record when: he starts 11-5-2 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 July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal Oct 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assist Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI 2012 Record when: he starts 0-3-2 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com #24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin

Ht: 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989 Hometown: Cameroon College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30)

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 N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

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

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

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

#19 | M | Peterson Joseph

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, 2 Times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Fouls Committed 2, July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 1, 3 Times, last: July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Last..

Appearance July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2012 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

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

Appearance Shutout

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

#23 | F | Kei Kamara

#25 | D | Neven Markovic

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

Ht: 6’ Wt. 173 DOB: 2/20/1987 Hometown: Belgrade, Serbia Last Club: Doxa Drama FC (Greece) Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

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

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2012 Record when: he starts 10-6-3 he scores 6-1-0

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

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

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com #27 | D | Kyle Miller

#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Rockhurst University Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

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 N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last..

Appearance Shutout 2012 Record when:

July 21, 2012, KC vs NE July 21, 2012, KC vs NE he starts 11-6-4

#7 | M | Chance Myers

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 5 times last: June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last..

Appearance July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 11-5-3 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 1, 5 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 1-2-1 he scores 0-0-0

#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson

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

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

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

July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Appearance Goal Sept. 10, 2010, CHV vs NE Assist June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR 2012 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Assists 1, 11 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Shots Fouls Committed 2, 8 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last..

July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Appearance Goal July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Assist June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 2-1-3 he scores 2-0-1

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com #22 | F | Soony Saad Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists July 4, 2012, KC at MON Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: June 29, 2012, KC vs CHI Shots 2, June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: July 4, 2012, KC at MON Fouls Suffered 1, 4 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Last..

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

#88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht: 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: Notre Dame Last Club: Ljungskile Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 3, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Last..

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

#17 | F | C.J. Sapong

#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 10 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: May 27, 2012, KC vs SJ Fouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Last..

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 10-5-2 he scores 5-0-0

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

Appearance June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#16 | D | Seth Sinovic

#8 | M | Graham Zusi

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 2 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: July 4, 2012, KC at MON Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Last..

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal N/A Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 11-4-3 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012: KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 4 times, last: July 7, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: March 10, 2012, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Last..

Appearance July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Goal July 4, 2012, KC at MON Assist June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 10-5-3 he scores 2-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

8

2

223

0

0

0

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

90

85

7731

2

2

21

7

67

43

5

0

11

0

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

93

88

8001

2

2

21

7

70

44

6

0

0

1

1

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

72

42

4058

17

5

142

52

78

49

41

5

7

1

4

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

246

2

0

7

3

5

4

1

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

75

45

4304

19

5

149

55

83

53

42

5

8

1

5

1

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

41

39

3266

3

2

22

6

45

33

1

0

6

1

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

239

0

1

1

0

1

5

0

0

2

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

44

42

3505

3

3

23

6

46

38

1

0

8

1

1

2

Aurelien Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

44

42

3771

6

1

36

10

80

40

6

0

14

1

3

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

4

1

5

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

47

45

4041

7

1

40

11

85

41

6

0

14

1

4

0

Bobby Convey

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

13

12

916

1

2

7

3

3

7

0

27

1

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

177

164

14607

12

32

201

91

229

218

41

276

35

2

2

10

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

2

1

7

3

8

8

1

11

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

182

169

15057

14

33

208

94

237

226

42

287

35

2

3

10

Dom Dwyer

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kevin Ellis

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Roger Espinoza

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

105

85

7559

2

11

87

24

143

135

8

14

16

4

1

2

KC - Post Season

5

4

288

0

0

1

0

3

5

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

110

89

7847

2

11

88

24

146

140

9

14

18

4

1

2

Michael Harrington

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

145

124

11273

5

14

34

21

129

103

9

4

18

0

0

5

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

150

129

11723

5

14

34

21

132

110

9

4

19

0

0

5

Cyprian Hedrick

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Peterson Joseph

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

8

3

200

0

1

2

0

4

3

0

1

1

1

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

8

3

200

0

1

2

0

4

3

0

1

1

1

0

1

Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

85

74

6631

27

14

276

99

121

134

31

3

8

0

8

5

MLS - Reg. Season

165

124

11458

41

17

404

157

228

238

72

5

15

1

12

7

KC - Post Season

3

3

269

0

0

8

4

3

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

5

4

347

1

0

9

5

5

7

4

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

70

128

11805

42

17

413

162

233

245

76

5

15

1

12

7

11

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com Neven Markovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kyle Miller

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

79

56

5344

0

6

52

13

78

52

3

4

5

1

0

3

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

5

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

82

59

5614

0

6

52

13

83

56

3

4

5

1

0

3

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

14

7

711

0

0

9

1

13

7

0

2

3

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

171

151

13479

9

14

149

52

259

216

4

19

42

2

4

5

MLS - Post Season

10

9

909

0

0

9

5

16

24

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

181

160

14388

9

14

158

57

275

249

5

19

46

2

4

5

Lawrence Olum

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

12

4

369

0

0

4

0

5

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

12

4

369

0

0

4

0

5

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

Jacob Peterson

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

16

6

622

3

1

17

8

3

4

2

0

0

0

1

1

MLS - Reg. Season

154

88

7908

12

11

131

50

48

84

18

60

5

0

4

5

MLS - Post Season

3

2

161

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

157

90

8069

12

11

131

50

49

86

19

60

5

0

4

5

Soony Saad

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

12

2

261

1

1

8

2

4

4

0

6

0

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

14

2

265

1

1

8

2

5

4

0

6

0

0

0

0

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

54

38

3504

10

5

85

36

55

75

16

0

0

0

4

2

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

5

5

8

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

57

41

3774

11

5

90

41

63

82

16

0

0

0

4

2

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

38

38

3278

0

2

12

2

31

31

2

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

58

56

4858

0

2

19

3

44

41

2

0

7

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

265

0

0

0

0

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

61

59

5123

0

2

19

3

48

44

2

0

7

0

0

0

Michael Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

5

2

244

0

0

4

0

3

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

5

2

244

0

0

4

0

3

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

Konrad Warzycha

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

83

52

5017

8

16

116

35

64

72

7

199

8

0

3

8

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

2

4

0

5

3

0

11

0

0

0

1

MLS Career - TOTAL

86

55

5287

8

18

120

35

69

75

7

210

8

0

3

9

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | July 28, 2012 vs Columbus Crew | www.SportingKC.com

GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

81

81

7267

296

209

26

88

1.09

5

6

33

27

20

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

9

7

2

2

0.67

0

0

2

1

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

84

84

7537

305

216

28

90

1.07

5

6

35

28

20

Scott Angevine

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jon Kempin

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

Eric Kronberg

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

MLS Career - TOTAL

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

#

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TONIGHT’S MATCH The Columbus Crew continues its busy week tonight as it faces Sporting KC at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in the second of three matches between the clubs this season. The match comes on the heels of a thrilling come-frombehind 2-1 win over Stoke City FC on Tuesday night (July 24), in which Aaron Horton and Ben Speas notched their first professional goals.

In the first meeting of the season on July 14, the Crew dropped a 2-0 decision to Kansas City behind goals by Jacob Peterson and Teal Bunbury.

The Black & Gold looks to carry the momentum gained with defeating D.C. United 1-0 last Saturday, in which Chris Birchall scored his first goal in Black & Gold, into Kansas City as it looks to climb back into playoff contention.

Since meeting the Crew, Sporting has dropped a 2-1 decision at the Houston Dynamo on July 18, and hosted New England to a 0-0 draw on July 21. Sporting is also coming off a 3-0 home loss against French Ligue 1 champion Montepellier HSC, suffered last Tuesday, July 24.

Following the match at Kansas City the Crew will travel to D.C. United on Saturday, August 4, for a rematch of last Saturday’s game. The Black & Gold will return home on Saturday, August 11 to host Toronto F.C. in the second leg of the three-match aggregate-score Trillium Cup, at Crew Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

CREW STRENGTHENS LEAD ATOP MLS RESERVE LEAGUE EAST DIVISION The Crew continued its run at a MLS Reserve League East Division title repeat with a convinciong 4-1 win over D.C. United on sunday, July 22. Olman Vargas, Eric Gehrig, Aaron Schoenfeld and Aaron Horton all tallied while Nemanja Vukovic recorded three assists and Emilio Renteria one. The Black & Gold is still leading the division with a 6-2-0 record and 18 points. The Crew will face D.C. United on Sunday, August 5, at United’s training fields at 11 a.m.

USYS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGAN THIS WEEK WITH FOUR CREW JUNIORS TEAMS VYING FOR TITLES Crew Juniors U19s, coached by Crew technical director Brian Bliss, highlight a list of four Crew youth teams vying for national titles at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships that started this week (July 24-29) in Rock Hill, S.C. 2011 U18 champions Grand Rapids Crew Juniors will defend their title while CUP Crew Juniors U15s will compete against Challenger Crew Juniors U15s for their category’s national title. The U19s advanced to the Championships by winning their third consecutive Midwest regional title in Saginaw, Mich., last June.

Should the 19s advance to the final match, fans will be able to watch the game live on Fox Soccer Channel on Saturday, July 28 at 8 p.m.

CREW JUNIORS U-20S DROP FINAL MATCH AT USL SUPER-20 CHAMPIONSHIPS After reaching the USL Super-20 finals for a third consecutive year, the Crew Juniors U20s were unable to capture their third straight title after losing the final match 3-1 to the Chicago Fire U20s on Sunday, July 22. The Crew Juniors reached the final match by defeating Potomac SC 3-1 on July 19, Orlando City Youth Soccer 1-0 on July 20, and Alamo SC San Antonio 3-0 and Texas Football Club 1-0 on July 21.

CSA’S CARTER RICHARDSON NAMED USSDA CENTRAL CONFERENCE GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR Crew Soccer Academy 15/16s goalkeeper Carter Richardson has been named Central Conference Goalkeeper of the Year by the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Richardson has also been training with the Crew reserve team and has been named to the gameday roster for the last three matches. CSA Wolves coach Lars Richters was named Central Conference Coach of the Year and CSA Wolves midfielder Blake Townes was named to the Central Conference Best XI BERNARDO ANOR SUFFERS SEASON ENDING INJURY Crew midfielder/defender Bernardo Anor suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Saturday’s (July 14) match against Sporting Kansas City, an MRI has revealed. The 24-year-old Venezuelan suffered the injury in the 63rd minute, but he was able to finish the match. Anor is currently receiving treatment and will undergo surgery later this month, followed by approximately 8-10 months of rehabilitation.

HEROES LEAGUE PRESENTED BY DONATE LIFE/LIFELINE OF OHIO BEGINS The Heroes League, a unique, no-fee, recreational program, designed to serve at-risk youth in the Linden Community has begun this week at the Crew Soccer Foundation field at Crew Stadium. The league serves children two evenings a week with skills training and games to foster healthy living and provide positive role models in the community. The Heroes League, which runs until Aug. 8, is part of our two-pronged approach to build quality youth fields in underserved areas and develop soccer programming for at-risk youth on them.

CREW WAIVES DEFENDERS SHAUN FRANCIS, AUBREY PERRY AND KOREY VEEDER The Columbus Crew announced on June 27 that it had waived defenders Shaun Francis, Aubrey Perry and Korey Veeder. All three had been contributors for the Black & Gold in the Reserve League, but only Francis had seen MLS regular-season action. Originally selected by the Crew in the fourth round (No. 63 overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, Francis was in his third season with the club. He tallied four assists in 28 games, 21 of them starting assignments. A native of Jamaica, his departure opens an international roster spot. Acquired via weighted lottery on Feb. 15, 2011, Veeder appeared in eight matches during the Crew’s 2011 conquest of the MLS Reserve League East Division title, recording an assist. This season, he appeared in six reserve matches with three starts.

Perry was selected in the second round (No. 26 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of South Florida. He appeared in six reserve matches, with five starts, scoring the lone Crew goal in a 2-1 loss to Montreal on March 24, and started the Black & Gold’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match against Dayton.

TICKETS FOR U.S. WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST JAMAICA ON SALE NOW Tickets for the Sept. 11 U.S. National Team World Cup qualifying match vs. Jamaica at Crew Stadium are on sale now through ussoccer.com, by calling 1-800-745-3000, at all central Ohio Ticketmaster ticket centers (including Kroger stores) and the Crew Stadium ticket office (open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). The game, in the Semifinal Round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, will kick off at 8 p.m. Crew Soccer Nation Gold and Black members will have access to special presale opportunities on Monday, July 9, and Tuesday, July 10. Ultimate Fan Tickets (special VIP packages that include a premium ticket, a custom-made official U.S. National Team jersey with name and number, VIP access to the field before and after the game, and other unique benefits) are also available exclusively through ussoccer.com.

CREW JUNIORS U-19s WIN SECOND USYS MIDWEST REGIONAL TITLE IN THREE YEARS The Crew Juniors Under-19 team, coached by Crew technical director Brian Bliss, won their second regional title in three years at the USYS Midwest Regional Championships in Saginaw, Mich. The 19s started the tournament with an 11-0 win over South Dakota United Madrid on Saturday (June 23), with goals by Chris Davis, Fatai Alashe, Chandler Gagnon, Cole Denormandie (2), Jordan Tyler, Nick Hagglund, Charlie Macias, Matt Hill, Adam Montague and Will Trapp. On Sunday (June 24), the 19s continued their dominance of their group with another commanding win, 9-1 over Kentucky’s United 1996 Internationals, behind goals by Trapp, Denormandie (2), Alashe, Davis, Kofi Agyapong, Montague and Tyler. The Crew Juniors closed out the group stage undefeated with a 3-2 win over Kansas City FC behind goals by Tyler, Trapp and Davis on Monday (June 25). A 3-0 semifinal victory over Wisconsin’s NSC–FCGB followed on Tuesday (June 26), with goals from Will Walker, Matt Walker and Montague. And in Wednesday’s final, goals from Agyapong, Matt Walker and Tyler led Crew Juniors to a 3-1 win over Pacesetter Premier of Toledo. The Crew Juniors U-19s will now attempt to capture their second McGuire Cup national title in three years at the USYS National Championships in Rock Hill, S.C., July 25-29.

CSA’s BEN SWANSON CAPTAINS U-15 BOYS NATIONAL TEAM IN 3-1 WIN OVER COSTA RICA Crew Soccer Academy U-15/16 standout midfielder Ben Swanson, of Grove City, has been called into U.S. Under-15 National Team camp to participate in the Copa Mexico de Naciones, taking place in Mexico City, June 18-24. After losing their first match against Spain on 1-0 on June 18, Swanson captained his squad to a commanding 3-1 victory over Costa Rica on June 19.

JUSTIN MERAM INDUCTED INTO THE NJCAA MEN’S SOCCER HALL OF FAME Crew forward Justin Meram was inducted into the NJCAA Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame last Friday, May 18.

Meram, spent two years at Yavapai College where he is the all-time point’s leader 132. He led the Prescott, Arizona school to back to back national titles in 2007 and 2008 while compiling 51 goals and contributing to a 50-2-0 overall team record. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 NJCAA National Tournament.

The former NJCAA and NSCAA All-American was named NSCAA National Player of the Year in 2008. In addition, he played two seasons at the University of Michigan, including a Final Four appearance in his senior season with the Wolverines. Meram was selected in the first round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft (No. 12 overall) and has appeared in 20 matches scoring two goals.

CREW PARTNERS WITH BARBASOL The Columbus Crew and Perio, Inc. announced, on February 15, a major, long-term partnership that positions the Barbasol brand as the new jersey partner of Ohio’s Major League Soccer club. Through the strategic partnership, the Barbasol wordmark will have prominent placement on the front of all Crew jerseys starting this season.

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Bernardo Anor Rich Balchan Chris Birchall Dilly Duka Shaun Francis Ethan Finlay Eddie Gaven Eric Gehrig Kevan George Cole Grossman Andy Gruenebaum Tommy Heinemann William Hesmer Aaron Horton Julius James Matt Lampson Chad Marshall Carlos Mendes Justin Meram Sebastian Miranda Milovan Mirosevic Danny O’Rourke Aubrey Perry Emilio Renteria Aaron Schoenfeld Tony Tchani Ben Speas Kirk Urso Olman Vargas Korey Veeder Nemanja Vukovic Josh Williams

PLAYER TRANSACTIONS

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Pos. Pronunciation F Ah-noor D BALL-shin M M DOO-kuh D M/F M/F GAV-in D M KEY-vonn M GK Green-UH-bohm F GK HESS-muhr F D GK D D F MEER-am D M MEE-loh-VAHN MEE-roh-seh-VICH M D F EH-meel-EE-oh REHN-tuhr-EE-uh F M CHA-knee F M ERR-so F OHL-mahn D D NAY-man-YA VOO-koh-VEECH D

Nov. 23, 2011 – Josh Gardner selected in the 2011 Expansion draft by Montreal.

Nov. 29 – Crew declines options on Burns, Cunningham, Mendoza, Prim, Riggs, Rusmir and Sippola.

Dec. 5 – Crew selects D Carlos Mendes in Stage One of the MLS Re-entry Process.

Dec. 15 – Crew signs GK Matt Lampson as second Homegrown player.

Jan. 4, 2012 – Crew signs Chilean M Milovan Mirosevic.

Jan. 6 – Crew signs Costa Rican F Olman Vargas.

Jan. 11 – Crew signs F Ben Speas as third Homegrown player.

Jan. 12 – Crew selects M/F Ethan Finlay, D Aubrey Perry and M Kevan George in 2012 MLS SuperDraft.

Jan. 17 – Crew selects M Kirk Urso, D Jaime Finch, F Darren Amoo and M Andrew Bulls in 2012 Supplemental Draft March 21 – Crew signs D Nemanja Vukovic to international roster spot March 23 – Crew signs F Aaron Schoenfeld and places D Rich Balchan on Disabled List April 24 – Crew added G William Hesmer to season ending injury list April 26 – Crew signs F Jairo Arrieta who will be available for selection after June 27 April 30 – Crew loans F Aaron Horton to Dayton Dutch Lions of USL Pro League until June 3 May 7 – Crew signs M Chris Birchall June 27 – Crew waives Ds Shaun Francis, Aubrey Perry and Korey Veeder

PLAYER GAMES LOST TO INJURY/SUSP./CALL-UP

Carlos Mendes, 12 (3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 6/23 R Hamstring Strain, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14 Ankle Sprain) William Hesmer, 16 (3/10, 4/7 L Ankle Sprain, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5.

5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14, 7/21 Hip surgery) Rich Balchan, 18 (3/10 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14, 7/21 SportsHernia) Ben Speas, 12 (3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26 Sports Hernia) Julius James, 14 (3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19. 5/23, 6/16, 7/8, 7/14 R Shoulder Surgery, illness, adductor) Dilly Duka 9 (3/24, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30 L Hamstring Strain) TommyHeinemann17(3/24,3/31,4/7,4/14,4/21,4/28,5/5,5/12,5/19,5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14, 7/21 L Knee surgery) Kevan George 1 (3/24 International Call-up) Danny O’Rourke 9 (3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 7/8, 7/14, 7/21 R Ankle Sprain, L Ankle Sprain) Olman Vargas 2 (5/5, 5/12 R Hamstring contusion) Aaron Schoenfeld 8 (5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 7/14, 7/21 Plantar fascia rupture) Chad Marshall 8 (5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30 Concussion) Kirk Urso 10 (5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14, 7/21 Groin) Ethan Finlay 3 (5/19, 5/23, 5/26 concussion) Milovan Mirosevic 5 (5/23, 5/26, 6/23, 7/14, 7/21 adductor strain) Bernardo Anor 1 (7/21 L knee ACL tear) Total: 136

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Bernardo Anor - Forward

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in 11 matches with five starts... Suffered a season-ending ACL tear on 7/14 and missed a match on 7/21... Scored game-winner on 3/31 at TFC... Has three yellow cards... Appeared in a total of 13 matches with six starts in 2011... Recorded his first professional goal and assist on 6/18/11 at Houston... Is a product of the University of South Florida... In his second season with the Crew 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Appeared in one match as a sub in 2012 2012 MLS Reserve Season: started in four matches this season.. Has one goal and one assist Last MLS Goal: 3/31/12 at Toronto Last MLS Assist: 6/18/2011 at Houston

25 Jairo Arrieta - Forward

2012 MLS Season: Made his Crew debut on 7/14 starting the match and playing 62 minutes... Started in two matches... Recorded his first MLS assist on 7/21/12... Acquired via discovery on April 26 from Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica... Was teammate of Olman Vargas at Saprissa.

2012 MLS Reserve Season: started in two matches this season.. has one goal Last MLS Goal: None Last MLS Assist: 7/21/2012 vs. DC

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Rich Balchan - Defender

2012 MLS Season: Has yet to make an appearance... Missed matches on 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14 and 7/21 due to injury (sports hernia)... Appeared in 19 matches with 18 starts in 2011... Scored his first professional goal on 6/4/11 at New York... Is a product of Indiana University... In his second season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in one match in 2011 Last MLS Goal: 6/4/2011 at New York Last MLS Assist: None

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Dilly Duka - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in eight matches with four starts... Has one assist... Has one yellow card... Missed matches on 3/24, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 6/16, 6/23 and 6/30 due to injury (hamstring)... Appeared in 22 matches with 16 starts entering this season... Scored his first career goal on 10/2/11 at New England... Scored a goal on 10/22/11 at Chicago... Recorded his first MLS assist on 4/16/11... Recorded another assist on 8/13/11 vs. New England... In his third season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in three matches Last MLS Goal: 10/22/11 at Chicago Last MLS Assist: 8/13/11 vs. New England

13 Ethan Finlay - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in 12 matches with three starts... Missed matches on 5/19, 5/23 and 5/26 due to injury (concussion)... Started his first game in Black & Gold on 4/14 at Philadelphia... Made his MLS debut on 3/10/12 appearing as a substitute... Selected in the First Round of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft (No. 10 overall)... In his first season with the Crew... Is a product of Creighton University 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match in 2012 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in seven matches Last MLS Goal: None Last MLS Assist: None

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Eddie Gaven - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Started all 18 matches this season... Has four goals... Has one assist...Has two yellow cards... Started in 26 matches in 2011... Had five goals during that time... Recorded one assist... Missed eight matches due to injury... In his seventh season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Appeared in one match as a sub Last MLS Goal: 6/23/12 vs. Real Salt Lake Last MLS Assist: 5/26/12 vs. Chicago

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Eric Gehrig - Defender

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in 10 matches with seven starts... Recorded his first career assist on 5/5 against Dallas... Has one yellow card... Made his MLS debut on 6/26/11 vs. Colorado... Appeared in a total of eight matches with four starts in 2011... In his second season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in four matches this season... Has one goal... Appeared in seven matches with six starts in 2011 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Started in two matches in 2012 Last MLS Goal: None Last MLS Assist: 5/5/12 vs. FC Dallas

22 Cole Grossman - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in a total of four matches with two starts... Made his first career start on May 23 at Seattle... Made his 2012 debut on May 19 at San Jose... Made his MLS debut on 7/23/11 as a substitute... Appeared in a total of two matches in 2011... In his second season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in seven matches... Has one goal... Has one assist... Appeared in eight matches recording three goals in 2011 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Startedin one match in 2012 Last MLS Goal: None Last MLS Assist: None

30 Andy Gruenebaum - Goalkeeper

2012 MLS Season: Started all 18 matches... Matched his career-high saves (7) at San Jose on 5/19... Posted seven shutouts (3/24, 3/31, 5/5, 5/23, 6/16, 6/30, and 7/21)... Has one yallow card (4/7)... Started in two matches entering in 2011.. Recorded two shutouts in that time... Entered his seventh season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in seven games in 2011 2011 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match Career High Saves: 7, twice (Last: 5/19/12 at San Jose) Last MLS Shutout: 7/21/12 vs. DC United

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Tommy Heinemann - Forward

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in one match as a substitute... Missed matches on 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14 and 7/21 due to injury (knee)... Appeared in 28 matches with 12 starts in 2011... Recorded his first MLS goal on 6/26/11... Scored a total of three goals and one assist in 2011... Was named to MLSSoccer.com Team of the Week for week 10 in 2011 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in three matches recording three goals in 2011 2011 U.S. Open Cup: Appeared in one match as a sub Last MLS Goal: 9/10/11 vs Toronto Last MLS Assist: 9/10/11 vs Toronto

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William Hesmer - Goalkeeper

2012 MLS Season: Missed matches on 3/10, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/23, 5/23, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14 and 7/21 due to injury (ankle, hip surgery)... Was added to Season Ending Injury list on April 24, 2011... Started in 32 matches in 2011... Had eight shutouts in that time... Set Club record for consecutive shutout games (4, 3/26/11 - 4/16/11)... Set club record for consecutive shutout minutes (413, 3/19/11 - 3/26/11)... Reached milestone of 40 career shutouts on 7/6/11 at Vancouver... Broke saves Club record on 7/6/11 with 368.

2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in two matches MLS Season High Saves: 9, 4/1/11 vs. FC Dallas Career High Saves: 11, 7/11/09 at Chicago Last MLS Shutout: 10/15/11 at new England Last MLS Goal: 10/16/10 at Toronto

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Aaron Horton - Forward

2012 MLS Season: Has yet to make an appearance... Made his MLS debut on 6/8/11 vs. Real Salt Lake as a substitute... Is Crew’s first ever Home Grown Player... Spent one year at Louisville reaching the 2010 NCAA Men’s College Cup Final.. Is in his second season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Appeared in seven matches as a substitute... Has one goal... Appeared in five matches with one start in 2011 Last MLS Goal: none Last MLS Assist: none

26 Julius James - Defender

2012 MLS Season: Made his 2012 debut on 6/23 at Chicago playing the full 90 minutes... Appeared in three matches with two starts... Missed matches on 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 6/16, 7/8 and 7/14 due to injury (shoulder surgery, illness, adductor)... Started in 31 matches in 2011... Recorded his first goal in Black & Gold on 8/13/11 vs. New England... In his second season with the Crew 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match in 2012 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in two matches Last MLS Goal: 8/13/11 vs. New England Last MLS Assist: None

28 Matt Lampson - Goalkeeper

2012 MLS Season: Has yet to make an appearance... In his first season with the Crew... Signed in the offseason as second Homegrown player...

2012 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match in 2012 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Appeared in seven matches starting six... Has two shutouts MLS Season High Saves: None Career High Saves: None Last MLS Shutout: None

14

Chad Marshall - Defender

2012 MLS Season: Started in 10 matches this season... Has one goal... Missed matches on 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23 and 6/30 with a concussion... Has one yellow card (4/28)... Made his 200th career start on 4/7 vs. New York... Played his 200th career match on 3/10 at Colorado... Started in 32 matches as captain in 2011... Recorded one assist during that time... In his ninth season with the Crew...

2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in one match Last MLS Goal: 4/7/12 vs. New York Last MLS Assist: 6/26/11 vs. Colorado Rapids

4

Carlos Mendes - Defender

9

Justin Meram - Forward

2012 MLS Season: Made his Crew debut on May 23 at Seattlle playing the full 90 minutes... Appeared in four matches, all starts... Has one yellow card... Missed matches on 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8 and 7/14 due to injury (hamstring)... In his first season with the Crew... Acquired in Stage One of the 2011 Re-entry draft...

Spent the 2011 season with the New York Red Bulls.

2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in two matches.

Last MLS Goal: None Last MLS Assist: 5/20/10 vs. Columbus (with New York)

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in nine matches with six starts... Scored his third consecutive goal on May 23 at Seattle...

Scored his second goal in as many matches on 5/19 at San Jose... Scored his first career goal on 5/12 vs. FC Dallas...

Has one yellow card... Made his season debut at Portland on 5/5 coming on as a substitute... Made his MLS regular season debut on 5/28/11 vs. Chivas USA... Appeared in a total of 17 matches with four starts in 2011... Recorded his first professional assist on 6/4/11 at New York... Had another assist 6/18/11... In his second season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Appeared in five matches with four starts... Has one red card... Has two goals (4/7, 7/1)...

Has one assist... Started in seven matches in 2011 recording four goals and one assist.

2012 U.S. Open Cup: Startedin one match in 2012 Last MLS Goal: 5/23/12 at Seattle Last MLS Assist: 6/18/2011 at Houston

21

Sebastian Miranda - Defender

2012 MLS Season: Started 17 matches.. Scored his first MLS goal on 5/12 vs. Dallas... Has two yellow cards (5/5 and 7/21)... Only player on the Crew to start all 34 matches in 2011... Led the team in minutes played with 3,044... Recorded three assists in that time... in his second season with the Crew Last MLS Goal: 5/12/12 vs. FC Dallas Last MLS Assist: 10/15/11 at New England

10

Milovan Mirosevic - Midfielder

5

Danny O’Rourke - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in 13 matches with 12 starts... Missed matches on 5/23, 5/26, 6/23, 7/14 and 7/21 due to injury (adductor)... Has two goals (3/24, 7/8)... Scored his first MLS goal on 3/24 vs. Montreal... Made his MLS Debut on 3/10/12 starting at Colorado... Has two yellow cards... In his first season with the Crew... Acquired in the off-season from Unversidad Catolica of Chile 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in one match Last MLS Goal: 7/8/12 at Montreal Last MLS Assist: None

2012 MLS Season: Started nine matches this season... Has one yellow card (4/28)... Missed matches on 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 7/8, 7/14 and 7/21 due to injury (ankle)... Missed most of 2011 recovering from knee surgery... Appeared in six games with five starts last season... In his sixth season with the Crew 2011 US Open Cup: Started in one match.

2012 MLS Reserve Season: Appeared in two matches with one start in 2011 Last MLS Goal: none Last MLS Assist: 5/1/10 at Seattle

20 Emilio Renteria - Forward

2011 MLS Season: Appeared in 16 matches with 14 starts... Tallied his first goal of 2012 on May 23 at Seattle... Has two goals...

Has two assists... Has three yellow cards... Appeared in 18 matches starting 14 in 2011... Missed 15 matches due to injury ... Had eight goals in 2011... Had two assists in 2011... In his fourth season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in two matches... Recorded a hat trick on 4/14 at Philadelphia... Has two assists... Has one red card 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Appeared in one match as a sub in 2012 Last MLS Goal: 5/26/12 vs. Chicago Last MLS Assist: 6/30/12 vs. Real Salt Lake

6

Tony Tchani - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in 13 matches with 12 starts... Recorded his first Crew goal on 6/23 at Chicago... Scored his second consecutive goal on 6/30 vs. RSL... Has one assist (5/19)... Made his regular season debut for the Crew on 3/10/12 at Colorado... Has three yellow cards... Appeared in 15 games with 14 starts with New York and Toronto FC in 2011... While at Toronto scored a goal (4/23 vs CLB).... Acquired by the Crew via trade on 7/15 from TFC... Made his Crew debut on 10/26/11 in playoff game at Colorado 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started five matches... Has two yellow cards and one red Last MLS Goal: 6/30/12 vs. Real Salt Lake Last MLS Assist: 5/19/12 at San Jose

18

Ben Speas - Forward

15

Kirk Urso - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Missed matches on 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, and 5/26 due to injury (sports hernia)... In his first season with the Crew... signed as third Homegrown player in January 2012... Won back-to-back NCAA College Cups with Akron and UNC respectively... Scored game-winner in 1-0 victory over UNC Charlotte in Men’s College Cup final in 2011... Was named NCAA Tournament MVP in 2011 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in one match and has appeared in three... Has two assists Last MLS Goal: None Last MLS Assist: None

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in six matches with five starts... Missed matches on 5/12, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 7/8, 7/14 and 7/21 due to injury (groin)... Has one yellow card... Recorded his first career assist on 4/7 vs. New York... Made his MLS debut on 3/10/12 starting at Colorado... In his first season with the Crew... Selected by Columnbus in the First Round of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft (No. 10 overall)... Appeared in every NCAA Men’s College Cup final four with UNC... Won NCAA Championship with fellow Crew teammamte Ben Speas in 2011 Last MLS Goal: none Last MLS Assist: 4/7/12 vs. New York

17

Olman Vargas - Forward

2010 MLS Season: Appeared in 10 matches with seven starts... Missed matches on 5/5 and 5/12 due to injury (hamstring)... scored his first MLS goal on 3/24 vs. Montreal... Made his MLS debut on 3/10/12 appearing as a substitute at Colorado... In his first season with teh Crew... Acquired in January 2012 from Herediano of Costa Rica... Is in the Costa Rican National Team player pool 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match in 2012... Has one goal 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in three matches.. Has two goals... Has one yellow card Last MLS Goal: 3/24/12 vs. Montreal Last MLS Assist: none

3

Josh Williams - Defender

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in 15 matches with 13 starts... Recorded his first career assist on 6/30 vs. RSL... Started his first Crew game on 4/21 vs. Houston... Made his MLS debut on 3/24/12 vs. Montreal as a substitute... In his third season with the Crew 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in five matches this season... Started in six matches in 2011 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Appeared in one match as a sub in 2012 Last MLS Goal: none Last MLS Assist: 6/30/12 vs. Real Salt Lake

37

Kevan George - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in six matches with four starts... Made his career debut on May 23 at Seattle as a substitute... Has one yellow card... Missed match on 3/24 due to International Call-up... In his first season with the Crew... Acquired in the second round (No. 29 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft... Is a product of the University of Central Florida... Has been called into the Trinidad & Tobago U-23 camp.

2012 MLS Reserve Season: Appeared in six matches with five starts... Has one yeallow card 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match in 2012 Last MLS Goal: none Last MLS Assist: none

32 Nemanja Vukovic - Defender

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in 12 matches with 10 starts... Started his first Crew game on 4/21 vs. Houston... Has three assists... recorded his first MLS point on 4/14 vs. Houston... Has two yellow cards... Made his Crew debut on 4/14 as a substitute...

Signed on March 21, 2012 to international roster spot... is a native of Podgorica, Montenegro... played most of his career in Montenegro except for two years in Greece 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in six matches this season... Has six assists Last MLS Goal: none Last MLS Assist: 7/8/12 at Montreal

34

Aaron Schoenfeld - Forward

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in nine matches with three starts... Has one assist... Has one yellow card... Recorded his first career point on 4/14 vs. Houston... Missed matches on 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 6/16 and 7/14 due to injury (ruptured plantar fascia)... Made his first start in Black & Gold on 4/14 at Philadelphia... Made his MLS debut 3/24 vs. Montreal... In his first season with the Crew... Signed on March 23 2012... Is a product of East Tennessee State University... Was originally drafted by the Montreal Impact in the 2012 Supplemental Draft... Rights acquired by Columbus in exchange for conditional pick in the 2013 Supplemental Draft 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in five matches this season... Has two goals (4/7, 7/22) Last MLS Goal: none Last MLS Assist: 4/14/12 vs. Houston

8

Chris Birchall - Midfielder

2012 MLS Season: Appeared in six matches with five starts... Recorded his first Crew goal on 7/21 vs DC United... Has two assists... Has one yellow card... Made his Crew debut on May 26 vs. Chicago as a substitute... Signed on May 6, 2012... Spent the previous three seasons with the L.A. Galaxy, appearing in a total of 57 matches with 46 starts and recording one goal and three assists 2012 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match in 2012 2012 MLS Reserve Season: Started in one match Last MLS Goal: 7/21/12 vs. DC United Last MLS Assist: 6/30/12 vs. Real Salt Lake

Regular-Season Results: 7-7-4 (25 pts.) vs. Major League Soccer

Home: 5-3-1 Road: 2-4-3 vs. East 4-3-2 (14 pts.)

Home: 3-2-1 Road:  1-3-1 vs. West 3-2-2 (11 pts.)

Home: 2-1-0 Road: 1-1-2

Date 3/10 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/23 5/26 6/16 6/23 6/30 7/8 7/14 7/21 7/28 8/4 8/11 8/15 8/19 8/25 8/29 9/1 9/5 9/15 9/19 9/22 9/29 10/7 10/20 10/28

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

Opponent Colorado Rapids Montreal Impact* Toronto FC* New York Red Bulls* Philadelphia Union* Houston Dynamo* Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland Timbers FC Dallas San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Chicago Fire* New England Revolution* Chicago Fire* Real Salt Lake Montreal Impact* Sporting KC* D.C. United* Sporting KC* D.C. United* Toronto FC* LA Galaxy Houston Dynamo* New England Revolution* Philadelphia Union* Montreal Impact* New England Revolution* New York Red Bulls* Chivas USA Chicago Fire* Philadelphia Union* Sporting KC* D.C. United* Toronto FC*

HOME GAMES IN BOLD * Eastern Conference Opponent

Time/Result L, 0-1 W, 2-0 W, 1-0 L, 4-1 L, 1-0 T, 2-2 L, 1-0 T, 0-0 W, 2-1 T, 1-1 W, 2-0 W, 2-1 T, 0-0 L, 2-1 W, 2-0 L, 2-1 L, 2-0 W, 1-0 8:30 7:30 7:30 7:00 9:00 7:30 8:00 7:30 8:00 7:00 7:30 8:30 7:30 4:00 7:30 4:00

TV/Attendance 14,746 18,197 18,944 11,516 18,526 10,479 11,978 20,438 11,120 10, 256 38,311 16,024 12,218 17,144 19,674 15,118 17,588 17,150 FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio NBC Sports Network FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio

UNF 12 9 20 6 10 8 7 14 21 17 29 32 25 11 16 34 15 3 13 37 22 19 26 4 5

PLAYER Eddie Gaven Justin Meram Emilio Renteria Tony Tchani Milovan Mirosevic Chris Birchall Bernardo Anor Chad Marshall Sebastian Miranda Olman Vargas Shaun Francis* Nemanja Vukovic Jairo Arrieta Dilly Duka Eric Gehrig Aaron Schoenfeld Kirk Urso Josh Williams Ethan Finlay Kevan George Cole Grossman Tommy Heinemann Julius James Carlos Mendes Danny O’Rourke Totals Opponent Totals

GP 18 9 16 13 13 6 11 10 17 10 10 12 2 8 10 9 6 15 12 6 4 1 3 4 9 18 18

GS 18 6 14 12 12 5 5 10 17 7 6 10 2 4 7 3 5 13 3 4 2 0 2 4 9 18 18

PLAYER STATS MIN G 1585 4 517 3 1189 2 1038 2 1053 2 474 1 493 1 886 1 1486 1 658 1 507 0 912 0 151 0 308 0 712 0 298 0 453 0 1186 0 387 0 426 0 239 0 5 0 194 0 279 0 764 0 1620 18 1620 19

A 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 14

SHT 20 17 41 20 25 6 7 9 3 14 6 13 2 11 2 6 5 10 4 3 0 0 1 0 2 227 256

SOG 8 7 11 5 9 2 2 5 2 7 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 85

FC 14 10 19 19 11 7 13 5 12 6 7 12 2 9 8 9 7 12 4 7 4 0 2 6 14 220 217

FS 27 7 32 17 34 5 10 3 6 6 3 7 3 3 7 3 3 11 7 2 0 0 1 3 3 217 220

PG 2 2 1

PA 3 3 2

W 7 7 7

C 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 33 34

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Game Winning Goals: Tony Tchani 1,Emilio Renteria 1, Milovan Mirosevic 1, Bernardo Anor 1, Sebastian Miranda 1, Justin Meram 1, Chris Birchall 1 Game Winning Assists: Nemanja Vukovic 1, Emilio Renteria 2, Dilly Duka 1, Eddie Gaven 1, Shaun Francis 1, Jairo Arrieta 1 Penalty Kicks Made / Attempted: Milovan Mirosevic 1-2

UNF 30

PLAYER Andy Gruenebaum Totals Opponent Totals

Scoring CREW Opp. Fouls CREW Opp.

1 8 9

GOALKEEPING STATS

GS MIN SHTS 18 1620 85 18 1620 85 18 1620 72

SVS 65 65 51

GA 19 19 18

GAA 1.06 1.06 1.00

REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

L 7 7 7

T SHO 4 7 4 7 4 6

2 10 10

Total 18 19

Shots CREW Opp.

1 101 123

2 Total 126 227 133 256

SOG CREW Opp.

1 32 38

2 40 47

Total 72 85

1 2 101 119 106 111

Total 220 217

Offsides 1 CREW 29 Opp. 22

2 Total 25 54 11 33

Corners 1 CREW 43 Opp. 39

2 39 62

Total 82 101

Total 33 34

Ejections 1 CREW 0 Opp. 2

2 0 1

PK CREW Opp.

2 0 1

Total 2 3

Cautions 1 CREW 7 Opp. 10

GP 18 18 18

2 26 24

Total 0 3

REGULAR SEASON ATTENDANCE Home (Avg.) 133,726 (14,858)

Away (Avg.) 165,701 (18,411)

High/Low 19,674/10,479

High/Low 38,311/10,526

1 2 2

CATEGORICAL WON-LOST-TIED

Overall: vs. Eastern: vs. Western: Scoring First: Opp. Scoring First: One-Goal Games: Leading at Half: Trailing at Half: Tied at Half: Leading at 75’: Trailing at 75’: Tied at 75’: Out-Shooting Opp.: Out-Shot by Opp.: Shots Even: Out-Fouling Opp.: Out-Fouled by Opp.: Fouls Even: Day Games: Night Games: In White Uniforms: In Gold Uniforms: On Regional TV: On National TV: In March: In April: In May: In June: In July: In August: In September: In October:

CREW PENALTY KICK SUMMARY Home Road Overall Penalty Kicks Taken 5-3-1 2-4-3 7-7-4 Player..................................... Result 3-2-1 1-3-1 4-5-2 2-1-0 4-0-0 1-3-1 3-1-0 3-0-0 1-2-0 1-1-1 5-0-1 0-3-0 0-0-0 2-3-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 3-2-1 0-0-0 1-1-0 4-2-1 0-0-0 5-3-1 5-3-1 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-2-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

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

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

Milovan Mirosevic (30’) - 3/24 vs. MON Goal Milovan Mirosevic (42’) - 3/31 at TFC Saved

Totals 1/2 Penalty Kicks Faced Player......................Goals/Attempts Andy Gruenebaum

2/3

Totals

2/3

Penalty Kicks Against Player..................................... Result Gabriel Gomez (38’) - 4/14 at PHI Chris Wondolowski (22’) - 5/19 at SJ Patrice Bernier (89’) - 7/8 at MON

Goal Save Goal

Totals

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2012 MISCELLANEOUS STATS CREW

Quickest Goal: Gaven (9’) 5/26/12 vs. CHI Unassisted Goals: Anor (56’) 3/31/12 at TFC

Gaven (63’) 4/21/12 vs. HOU

Renteria (76’) 5/23/12 at SEA

Game-Winning Goals after 75’: Game-Tying Goals after 75’:

Multi-Goal Games: Gaven (63’, 74’) 4/21/12 vs. HOU

Own Goals: Red Cards:

OPPONENTS

Pappa (2’) 6/23/12 at CHI Cooper (13’) 4/7/12 vs. NY Pyo-Lee (74’) 4/28/12 vs. VAN Castillo (22’) 5/12/12 vs. DAL Alan Gordon (90’) 5/19/12 at SJ Pappa (2’) 6/23/12 at CHI Bernier (89’) 7/8/12 at MON Ching (81’) 4/21/12 vs. HOU Alan Gordon (90’) 5/19/12 at SJ Zarek Valentin (78’) 7/8/12 at MON Cooper (3’, 13’) 4/7/12 vs. NY Henry (40’, 90’) 4/7/12 vs. NY Brovsky (19’) vs. MON Loyd (63’) vs. DAL Segares (29’) at CHI

March 10, 2012 at Colorado 0-2 Gruenebaum Miranda O’Rourke Marshall Francis Urso Gaven Mirosevic Tchani (Vargas) Duka (Finlay) Renteria (Heinemann) April 14, 2012 at PHI 0-1 Gruenebaum Miranda Gehrig Marshall Francis (Vukovic) Gaven Urso Mirosevic Finlay (Anor) Schoenfeld (Renteria) Vargas May 12, 2012 vs. DAL 2-1 Gruenebaum Miranda -1 Gehrig Williams Vukovic (Francis) Gaven O’Rourke Mirosevic Tchani Finlay (Meram -1) Renteria (Anor)

March 24, 2012 vs. Montreal 2-0 Gruenebaum Miranda (Williams) O’Rourke Marshall Francis Gaven Urso Mirosevic -1 Anor Renteria (Schoenfeld) Vargas -1(Finlay) April 21, 2012 vs. HOU 2-2 Gruenebaum Miranda Marshall Williams Vukovic (Francis) Gaven -2 O’Rourke Mirosevic Tchani (Finlay) Renteria (Schoenfeld) Vargas May 19, 2012 at SJ 1-1 Gruenebaum Miranda Gehrig Williams Vukovic (Francis) Gaven O’Rourke Mirosevic (Grossman) Tchani Meram -1(Duka) Vargas

March 31, 2012 at Toronto 2-0 Gruenebaum Miranda (Williams) Gehrig Marshall Francis Gaven Urso Mirosevic Anor -1(Finlay) Renteria (Schoenfeld) Vargas April 28, 2012 vs. VAN 0-1 Gruenebaum Miranda (Urso) Marshall Williams Vukovic Gaven O’Rourke Mirosevic Tchani Schoenfeld (Finlay) Vargas (Renteria) May 23, 2012 at SEA 2-0 Gruenebaum Miranda Mendes Williams Vukovic Duka (Tchani) O’Rourke (George) Grossman Meram -1 (Anor) Gaven Renteria

April 7, 2012 vs. NY 1-4 Gruenebaum Miranda (Schoenfeld) Gehrig Marshall -1 Francis Gaven (Duka) Urso Mirosevic Anor (Finlay) Renteria Vargas May 5, 2012 at POR 0-0 Gruenebaum Miranda Gehrig Williams Vukovic (Francis) Gaven O’Rourke Mirosevic Tchani Finlay (Meram) Renteria (Anor) May 26, 2012 vs. CHI 2-1 Gruenebaum Miranda Mendes (Gehrig) Williams Francis (Vukovic) Duka (Birchall) George Tchani Anor Gaven -1 Renteria -1

May 29, 2012 vs. Dayton (USOC) Third Rd. 1-2 Lampson Perry (Renteria) Gehrig James Francis (Williams) Birchall George Grossman Meram (Anor) Finlay Vargas July 8, 2012 at MON 1-2 Gruenebaum Miranda Marshall Williams Vukovic (Anor) Gaven George Tchani Birchall Mirosevic1(Schoenfeld) Renteria (Duka)

June 16, 2012 at NE 0-0 Gruenebaum Miranda Mendes (Gehrig) Williams Vukovic Tchani George Mirosevic Meram (Anor) Gaven Renteria (Finlay) July 14, 2012 vs. SKC 0-2 Gruenebaum Williams (Vargas) Marshall Gehrig Anor Gaven Tchani (Grossman) Birchall Meram Arrieta (Duka) Renteria

June 23, 2012 at CHI 1-2 Gruenebaum Miranda James Williams Vukovic (Finlay) Tchani -1 George Birchall Meram (Schoenfeld) Gaven Renteria (Vargas) July 21, 2012 vs. DC 1-0 Gruenebaum Marshall (James) Mendes Miranda Williams Birchall Duka (Finlay) Gaven Grossman Meram Arrieta (Gehrig)

June 30, 2012 vs. RSL 2-0 Gruenebaum Miranda James Williams Vukovic Tchani -1(George) O’Rourke Birchall Gaven -1 Schoenfeld (Mirosevic) Renteria (Meram) July 24, 2012 vs. Stoke City (Friendly) 2-1 Gruenebaum (Lampson) Miranda (Finlay) James (George) Mendes (James) Williams (Vukovic, Gehrig) Gaven (Renteria) Birchall (Tchani) Grossman (Speas -1) Duka (Horton -1) Meram (Vargas) Arrieta (Schoenfeld)

Crew at Colorado Saturday, March 10 - 6 p.m.

DSG Park (L 2-0)

Crew COL Scoring 0-0=0 1-1=2 Shots 3-2=5 8-9=17 SOG 2-1=3 2-3=5 Saves 1-2=3 2-1=3 Fouls 9-5=14 6-5=11 Offsides 1-3=4 1-1=2 CK 2-2=4 3-7=10 Crew vs. New York Saturday, April 7 - 3 p.m.

Crew Stadium (L 4-1)

Crew NY Scoring 0-1=2 3-1=4 Shots 5-13=18 9-4=13 SOG 4-2=6 2-6=8 Saves 1-1=2 2-5=7 Fouls 2-10=12 8-6=14 Offsides 4-1=5 3-1=4 CK 0-3=3 2-0=2 Crew vs. Vancouver Saturday, April 28 - 7:30 p.m.

Crew Stadium (L 1-0)

Crew VAN Scoring 0-0=0 0-1=1 Shots 7-7=14 6-3=9 SOG 2-0=2 1-2=3 Saves 1-1=2 2-0=2 Fouls 5-12=17 6-7=13 Offsides 4-1=5 1-1=2 CK 5-4=9 1-1=2 Crew at San Jose Saturday, May 19 - 10:30 p.m.

Buck Shaw Stadium (T 1-1)

Crew SJ Scoring 1-0=1 0-1=1 Shots 3-6=9 17-7=24 SOG 1-0=1 6-2=8 Saves 6-1=7 0-0=0 Fouls 6-7=13 4-7=11 Offsides 2-2=4 3-1=4 CK 1-2=3 6-4=10

Crew vs. Montreal Saturday, March 24 - 4 p.m.

Crew Stadium (W 2-0)

Crew MON Scoring 1-1=2 0-0=0 Shots 8-12=20 9-8=17 SOG 4-5=9 3-3=6 Saves 3-3=6 3-4=7 Fouls 4-5=9 5-6=11 Offsides 1-2=3 1-1=2 CK 2-2=4 1-4=5 Crew at Philadelphia Saturday, April 14 - 3:30 p.m.

PPL Park (L 1-0)

Crew PHI Scoring 0-0=0 1-0=1 Shots 6-4=10 2-6=8 SOG 0-1=1 1-1=2 Saves 0-1=1 0-1=1 Fouls 5-9=14 8-8=16 Offsides 0-0=0 2-0=2 CK 3-3=6 4-2=6 Crew at Portland Saturday, May 5 - 10:30 p.m.

JELD-WEN Field (T 0-0)

Crew POR Scoring 0-0=0 0-0=0 Shots 4-4=8 3-12=15 SOG 2-1=3 1-5=6 Saves 1-5=6 0-1=1 Fouls 7-7=14 7-6=13 Offsides 1-0=1 0-1=1 CK 2-2=4 3-3=6 Crew at Seattle Wednesday, May 23 - 10 p.m.

CenturyLink Field (W 2-0)

Crew SEA Scoring 1-1=2 0-0=0 Shots 3-2=5 10-11=21 SOG 1-1=2 2-4=6 Saves 2-4=6 0-0=0 Fouls 4-9=13 5-5=10 Offsides 1-2=3 1-1=2 CK 0-1=1 6-6=12

Crew at Toronto FC Saturday, March 31 - 2 p.m.

BMO Field (W 1-0)

Crew TFC Scoring 0-1=1 0-0=0 Shots 5-5=10 5-9=14 SOG 2-2=4 2-1=3 Saves 2-1=3 2-1=3 Fouls 6-6=12 5-9=14 Offsides 2-2=4 1-0=1 CK 4-0=4 3-5=8 Crew vs. Houston Saturday, April 21 - 7:30 p.m.

Crew Stadium (T 2-2)

Crew HOU Scoring 0-2=2 0-2=2 Shots 7-11=18 8-7=15 SOG 0-6=6 3-5=8 Saves 3-3=6 0-3=3 Fouls 6-2=8 5-5=10 Offsides 1-2=3 0-0=0 CK 4-3=7 2-4=6 Crew vs. Dallas Saturday, May 12 - 7:30 p.m.

Crew Stadium (W 2-1)

Crew DAL Scoring 0-2=2 1-0=1 Shots 3-2=5 10-11=21 SOG 1-1=2 2-4=6 Saves 2-4=6 0-0=0 Fouls 7-7=14 9-12=21 Offsides 2-1=3 0-0=0 CK 1-6=7 1-1=2 Crew vs. Chicago Tuesday, May 26 - 8 p.m.

Crew Stadium (W 2-1)

Crew CHI Scoring 2-0=2 0-1=1 Shots 7-7=14 4-12=16 SOG 3-2=5 2-6=8 Saves 2-4=6 1-2=3 Fouls 4-4=8 1-5=6 Offsides 0-0=0 1-1=2 CK 3-1=4 3-7=10

Crew vs. Dayton (USOC) Tues., May 29 - 7:30 p.m.

Crew Stadium (L 2-1)

Crew DDL Scoring 0-1=1 0-2=2 Shots 9-9=18 0-3=3 SOG 4-3=7 0-3=3 Saves 0-1=1 4-2=6 Fouls 3-3=6 8-11=19 Offsides 0-2=2 0-2=2 CK 2-2=4 1-1=2 Crew vs. Real Salt Lake Sat., June 30 - 9 p.m.

Crew Stadium (W 2-0)

Crew RSL Scoring 2-0=2 0-0=0 Shots 4-5=9 5-4=9 SOG 3-0=3 1-1=2 Saves 1-1=2 1-0=1 Fouls 10-4=14 8-8=16 Offsides 2-0=2 4-1=5 CK 4-2=6 0-5=5 Crew vs. DC United Sat., July 21 - 7:30 p.m.

Crew Stadium (W 1-0)

Crew DC Scoring 0-1=1 0-0=0 Shots 3-9=12 3-15=18 SOG 1-2=3 1-2=3 Saves 1-2=3 1-1=2 Fouls 5-6=11 6-2=8 Offsides 3-1=4 1-1=2 CK 4-0=4 2-6=8

Crew at New England Sat., June 16 - 7:30 p.m.

Gillette Stadium (T 0-0)

Crew NE Scoring 0-0=0 0-0=0 Shots 6-7=13 7-4=11 SOG 1-2=3 4-2=6 Saves 4-2=6 1-2=3 Fouls 8-7=15 8-6=14 Offsides 1-2=3 2-0=2 CK 1-0=1 0-3=3 Crew at Montreal Sun., July 8 - 7:30 p.m.

Stade Saputo (L 2-1)

Crew MON Scoring 0-1=1 0-2=2 Shots 5-4=9 9-16=25 SOG 0-1=1 0-5=5 Saves 0-3=3 0-0=0 Fouls 6-6=12 7-1=8 Offsides 1-2=3 1-1=2 CK 3-3=6 2-2=4 Crew vs. Stoke City (EPL) Tues., July 24 - 7:30 p.m.

Crew Stadium (W 2-1)

Crew Stoke Scoring 0-2=2 1-0=1 Shots 9-9=18 3-2=5 SOG 2-3=5 1-0=1 Saves 0-0=0 2-1=3 Fouls 2-4=6 3-7=10 Offsides 0-0=0 0-1=1 CK 1-2=3 1-0=1

Crew at Chicago Sat., June 23 - 8:30 p.m.

TOYOTA Park (L 2-1)

Crew CHI Scoring 1-0=1 2-0=2 Shots 11-10=21 8-0=8 SOG 5-4=9 2-0=2 Saves 0-0=0 4-4=8 Fouls 5-6=11 4-3=7 Offsides 0-3=3 0-1=1 CK 2-2=4 1-0=1 Crew vs. Sporting KC Sat., July 14 - 7:30 p.m.

Crew Stadium (L 2-0)

Crew SKC Scoring 0-0=0 1-1=2 Shots 8-8=16 6-2=8 SOG 2-2=4 1-1=2 Saves 0-0=2 2-2=4 Fouls 2-7=9 3-9=12 Offsides 3-1=4 0-0=0 CK 2-3=5 1-3=4

UNF POS PLAYER GP 7 M Bernardo Anor 4 25 F Jairo Arrieta** 2 8 M Chris Birchall 1 - D Alex Crognale^ 3 11 M Dilly Duka 3 - F Brett Elder^ 2 13 M Ethan Finlay 7 29 D Shaun Francis 1 12 M Eddie Gaven 1 16 D Eric Gehrig 5 37 M Kevan George 6 22 M Cole Grossman 7 27 F Aaron Horton 7 26 D Julius James 2 - M Irakli Khutsidze* 1 4 D Carlos Mendes 2 9 F Justin Meram 5 10 M Milovan Mirosevic 1 - M Omar Mohamed^ 1 - M Rhodes Moore^ 5 36 D Aubrey Perry 6 20 F Emilio Renteria 2 34 F Aaron Schoenfeld 5 18 F Ben Speas 4 - F Ben Swanson^ 1 6 M Tony Tchani 5 17 F Olman Vargas 3 23 D Korey Veeder 6 32 D Nemanja Vukovic 6 3 D Josh Williams 5 - D Connor Klekota^ 2 14 D Chad Marshall 1 - M Andrew Souders^ 1

Team Totals 8

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

MIN 312 110 90 50 89 16 544 90 6 403 464 630 258 165 20 124 358 73 38 146 474 133 299 188 1 424 268 371 497 413 52 59 5 720

G 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 14

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

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Olman Vargas 1, Ethan Finlay 1, Justin Meram 1, Emilio Renteria 1, Bernardo Anor 1, Aaron Schoenfeld 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Nemanja Vukovic 1, Ben Speas 1, Justin Meram 1, Emilio Renteria 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None GOALKEEPING UNF POS 1 GK 28 GK

GOALKEEPER William Hesmer Matt Lampson Team totals

GP 2 7 9

*-Denotes non-roster player ^- Denotes Crew Soccer Academy player **-Played as guest player in first match prior to joining roster

GS 2 6 8

MIN 135 585 720

GA 1 5 6

GAA 0.67 0.77 0.75

PG/PA 0/0 0/0 0/0

W 1 5 6

L 1 1 2

T 0 0 0

SO 1 2 3

Date 3/24/12 3/31/12 4/7/12 4/14/12 6/10/12 6/17/12 7/2/12 7/22/12

Opponent vs. Montreal at Toronto vs. New York at Philadelphia vs. New England at New England at New York vs. DC

Result L W W W W L W W

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

Date Game Scoring Goals (Assists)

GWG in Caps 3/24/12 CREW 0-1=1 CLB= Perry 89’

vs. MON 1-1=2 MON= Neagle (Wenger) 23’, MONTAÑO (WENGER)

3/31/12 CREW 0-1=1 CLB= FINLAY 58’

at TFC 0-0=0

4/7/12 CREW 0-2=2 CLB= Schoenfeld (Vukovic) 70’, MERAM (VUKOVIC) 87’

vs. NY 0-1=1 NY= Ruthven (Angulo) 90’

Goalkeeper (Sub) Record Winner in Caps (Pts.) Hesmer/Lampson 0-1-0 (0) SUTTON HESMER Roberts

1-1-0 (3)

LAMPSON Vuolo

2-1-0 (6)

4/14/12 CREW 4-0=4 CLB= RENTERIA 12’, Renteria (Vukovic) 20’

Renteria (Tchani) 38’, Grossman (Renteria) 41’

at PHI 0-0=0

LAMPSON Konopka

3-1-0 (9)

6/10/12 CREW 0-1=1 CLB= ANOR (SPEAS) 81’

vs. NER 0-0=0

6/17/12 CREW 0-0=0 NE= NYASSI 62’

at NER 0-1=1

LAMPSON Shuttleworth

4-1-0 (12)

Lampson SHUTTLEWORTH

4-2-0 (12)

7/2/12 CREW 1-2=3

at NY 0-1=1

CLB= Arrieta (Grossman) 34’ VARGAS (MERAM) 59’, Meram (Speas, Anor) 77’ NY= Ballouchy 67’

LAMPSON

5-2-0 (15)

7/22/12 CREW 2-2=4

vs. DC 0-1=1

CLB= Vargas (Vukovic) 6’, SCHOENFELD (RENTERIA) 19’ Gehrig (Vukovic) 53’, Horton (Vukovic) 85’ DC= Tan (Cruz) 49’

LAMPSON

Vuolo

Hamid (Dykstra)

6-2-0 (18)

#

1 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 30 32 34 36 37

Player

William Hesmer Rich Balchan Josh Williams Carlos Mendes Danny O'Rourke Tony Tchani Bernardo Anor Chris Birchall Justin Meram Milovan Mirosevic Dilly Duka Eddie Gaven Ethan Finlay Chad Marshall Kirk Urso Eric Gehrig Olman Vargas Ben Speas Tommy Heinemann Emilio Renteria Sebastian Miranda Cole Grossman Korey Veeder Jairo Arrieta Julius James Aaron Horton Matt Lampson Shaun Francis Andy Gruenebaum Nemanja Vukovic Aaron Schoenfeld Aubrey Perry Kevan George

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

COLUMBUS CREW

90M 65M 90D 90M 90D 90F

90F 71F

90D 90D 90D 90F

36

45 15

90D 10

1

90D 90D 80D 90D 90D 90M 70M 90M 76M 9 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 11 90M 90M 38 70M 8 28 74M 90M 90M 90M 90M 16 90D 90D 76D

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 COL MTL TOR NY PHI HOU VAN POR DAL SJ SEA CHI NE CHI RSL MTL KC DC 0-2 2-0 1-0 1-4 0-1 2-2 0-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 2-0 1-2 0-2 1-0

90M 33 55M 35 90D 90M 90D 90F

15 11 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 54D 45D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 44M 67M 72M 90M 90M 90M 90M 33 90M 90M 90M 90M 85M 57M 25 11 7 10 90M 19 24 90M 11 46 60F 80F 71F 58M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 90M 30 57M 66M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 18 33 79F 44F 1 12 90D 90D 3 90M 90M 90M 12M 90M 90M 90M 78 1 5 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90D 89F 90F 23

15

90D 90D

62F 89F 14

5 85F 69F 80F 90F 22 67F 19 79F 83F 90F 90F 89F 75F 79F 82F 90F 90D 75D 79D 75D 90D 90D 87D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45 90M 14 90M

10

90M 90M 90M 20

90M

90D 90D 90D 90D 73D 7 6 1 10 50D 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 17 83D 90D 84D 89D 80D 90D 40 90D 78D 90D 81D 68F 23 57F 32 52F 20 21

46

Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game

log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 03/10/2012 03/24/2012 03/31/2012 04/07/2012 04/14/2012 04/21/2012 04/28/2012 05/05/2012 05/12/2012 05/19/2012 05/23/2012 05/26/2012 06/16/2012 06/23/2012 06/30/2012 07/08/2012 07/14/2012 07/21/2012

CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB CLB

at vs at vs at vs vs at vs at at vs at at vs at vs vs

COL 2 MTL 0 TOR 0 NY 4 PHI 1 HOU 2 VAN 1 POR 0 DAL 1 SJ 1 SEA 0 CHI 1 NE 0 CHI 2 RSL 0 MTL 2 KC 2 DC 0

L W W L L T L T W T W W T L W L L W 1 2 3 3

30; Vargas 1 (Francis 1)

66

63; Gaven 2 (Schoenfeld 1, Vukovic 1)

46

74

44

(Gehrig 1) 67; Miranda 1 (Vukovic 2) 72 (Tchani 1) 47+ (Duka 1, Renteria 1) 15; Renteria 1 (unassisted) 76 (Francis 2) 9; Renteria 2 (Gaven 1, Francis 3) 43

Birchall 1 (Arrieta 1)

Tchani 1 (Birchall 1) 36 Tchani 2 (Renteria 2) 16; Gaven 4 (Williams 1, Birchall 2) Mirosevic 2 (Vukovic 3) 64

Meram Meram Meram Gaven

Gaven 1 (unassisted)

Mirosevic 1 (penalty kick) Anor 1 (unassisted) 56 Marshall 1 (Urso 1) 89

COLUMBUS CREW 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 1

#

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 32 34 36 37

Player

L

Vargas (penalty kick) 64

COLUMBUS CREW U.S. OPEN CUP 3R DAYT 1-2

59

7 90M 83M

90F

90D 90F

7 90M 90D 90G 31D

83D 90M

CLB 1 vs DAYTON 2

William Hesmer Rich Balchan Josh Williams Carlos Mendes Danny O'Rourke Tony Tchani Bernardo Anor Chris Birchall Justin Meram Milovan Mirosevic Dilly Duka Eddie Gaven Ethan Finlay Chad Marshall Kirk Urso Eric Gehrig Olman Vargas Ben Speas Tommy Heinemann Emilio Renteria Sebastian Miranda Cole Grossman Korey Veeder Julius James Aaron Horton Matt Lampson Shaun Francis Andy Gruenebaum Nemanja Vukovic Aaron Schoenfeld Aubrey Perry Kevan George

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2012