Game Guide: Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders FC by Sporting Kansas City

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY CENTURYLINK FIELD, Seattle, Wash. 1 p.m. PT (JOEtv / ROOT-NW; FS-KC)

Saturday, Aug. 12 (Week 23, MLS Game #251)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 195 03/12/1993 Woodbury, NJ 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 Tyler Miller MF 6-1 170 03/09/1983 Nacogdoches, TX 18 16 9 3 161 152 68 39 2 Clint Dempsey 3 Brad Evans DF 6-1 170 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 11 6 1 0 230 198 25 29 4 Gustav Svensson DF 6-0 170 02/07/1987 Gothenberg, Sweden 23 22 1 4 23 22 1 4 5 Nouhou Tolo DF 5-10 175 06/23/1997 Douala, Cameroon 9 4 0 1 9 4 0 1 6 Osvaldo Alonso MF 5-11 155 11/11/1985 San Cristobal, Cuba 18 18 1 2 244 239 10 20 MF 5-8 165 06/03/1995 Artesia, CA 22 22 5 2 77 61 9 6 7 Cristian Roldan MF 5-7 154 07/23/1989 Sabadell, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Victor Rodriguez 10 Nicolas Lodeiro MF 5-7 150 03/21/1989 Paysandu, Uruguay 22 22 3 8 35 35 7 16 11 Aaron Kovar MF 5-10 155 08/14/1993 Seattle, WA 6 1 0 0 31 13 1 0 12 Seyi Adekoya FW 5-11 170 12/05/1995 Seattle, WA 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 Jordan Morris FW 6-0 185 10/26/1994 Seattle, WA 18 17 3 0 52 49 15 4 DF 6-4 190 08/22/1984 Riverside, CA 18 18 0 2 361 357 21 15 14 Chad Marshall Tony Alfaro DF 6-2 190 06/15/1993 Michoacan, Mexico 11 6 0 0 17 7 0 0 15 17 Will Bruin FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 20 12 8 2 198 164 58 22 18 Kelvin Leerdam DF 5-10 154 06/24/1990 Paramaribo, Suriname 4 3 1 1 4 3 1 1 19 Harry Shipp MF 5-9 145 11/07/1991 Lake Forest, IL 16 10 2 0 109 85 14 17 21 Jordy Delem MF 5-11 156 03/18/1993 Le Francois, Martinique 13 8 0 1 13 8 0 1 23 Henry Wingo MF 6-0 170 10/04/1995 Seattle, WA 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 24 Stefan Frei GK 6-3 195 04/20/1986 Altstaetten, Switzerland 22 22 0 1 202 202 0 3 MF 5-11 165 05/07/1987 Tacoma, WA 22 9 1 0 192 127 38 25 27 Lamar Neagle 29 Roman Torres DF 6-2 195 03/20/1986 Panama City, Panama 14 12 0 1 27 24 0 2 Zach Mathers MF 5-11 172 04/14/1994 Fort Worth, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 33 Joevin Jones DF 5-11 160 08/03/1991 Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago 22 21 1 10 83 76 4 14 35 Bryan Meredith GK 6-2 209 08/02/1989 Scotch Plains, NJ 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 91 Oniel Fisher MF 5-9 155 11/22/1991 Portmore, Jamaica 8 6 0 0 26 17 0 1 Calum Mallace MF 6-1 181 01/10/1990 Torphichen, Scotland 7 4 0 0 80 51 1 6 HEAD COACH : Brian Schmetzer

08/18/1962 W17 L9 T11

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 3 2 0 0 13 8 0 0 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 20 20 2 0 107 81 11 3 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 5 5 0 0 68 58 5 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 19 19 0 3 219 213 3 14 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 23 23 0 1 23 23 0 1 FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 22 21 6 1 22 21 6 1 7 Gerso Fernandes 8 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 17 16 0 3 211 171 26 51 FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 15 11 3 0 15 11 3 0 9 Latif Blessing 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21 19 5 3 193 175 34 50 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 6 3 1 1 21 6 2 1 11 Diego Rubio 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 23 23 1 1 176 169 1 8 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 8 6 1 0 60 42 1 7 17 19 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 10 5 0 1 68 31 8 7 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 24 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 21 21 1 3 181 161 5 23 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 23 23 0 0 79 78 0 0 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 13 3 2 2 13 3 2 2 30 39 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 55 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 13 1 0 1 63 45 0 3 94 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 22 15 1 1 63 45 2 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W112 L86 T71

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Saturday, Aug. 12; CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Wash., 1 p.m. PT REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sounders FC 23 9-7-7 34 36 31 at home 10 6-1-3 21 17 9 Sporting on road

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Eduardo Mariscal; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Henrik Karlsson; VAR: Allen Chapman TEAM NEWS

23 9-4-10 37 29 18 11 2-4-5 11 6 10

SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SEA: Lamar Neagle ... KC: Roger Espinoza

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sounders FC 7 wins, 13 goals … Sporting 5 wins, 15 goals … Ties 3

DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

AT SEATTLE: Sounders FC 3 wins, 4 goals … Sporting 2 wins, 3 goals … Ties 2 2017 (MLS): 5/17: KC 3, SEA 0 (Fernandes 56, 58, 69)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES MINNESOTA UNITED FC 0 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 4 Scoring Summary: SEA--Bruin 8 (Dempsey 3) 9 SEA--Dempsey 8 (Marshall 2, Svensson 4) 18 SEA--Morris 3 (Lodeiro 8) 71 SEA--Dempsey 9 (Jones 10) 73

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING SOUNDERS FC Sat. Aug. 19 FC Dallas Sun. Aug. 20 Minnesota Sat. Aug. 26 at Houston Wed. Aug. 23 at Vancouver Wed. Sept. 6 at NYCFC Sun. Aug. 27 Portland Sun. Sept. 10 at Columbus Sun. Sept. 10 Los Angeles

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Stefan Frei, Kelvin Leerdam, Roman Torres (Tony Alfaro 75), Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones, Gustav Svensson, Nicolas Lodeiro, Clint Dempsey, Jordan Morris (Aaron Kovar 76), Cristian Roldan, Will Bruin (Brad Evans 64).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

SOUNDERS FC

F 36 58

A 31 67

F A 29 18 71 115

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL HOW SCORED

16 9 11 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

19 6 6 0

19 8 2 0

7 6 5 0

21 1 1 3 2 0 0 1

6 5 1 0 2 0 3 1

8 15 6

6 10 2

TYPE OF PLAY

17 8 6 1 2 0 1 1

18 4 3 0 4 1 1 0

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

10 23 3

8 17 6

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 ATLANTA UNITED 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Benny Feilhaber 5 (penalty kick) 59 ATL--Peterson 2 (unassisted) 91+ SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Saad AbdulSalaam, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Cristian Lobato (Benny Feilhaber 45), Gerso Fernandes (Jimmy Medranda 83), Latif Blessing, Daniel Salloi (Diego Rubio 71).

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) SEA KC

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

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 8-1-3 1-6-2 9-0-4 0-4-2

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

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Date Score (Gms since) 7/23/2017 SEA 3, SJ 0 8/05/2017 SEA 4, MIN 0 5/06/2017 SEA 0, TOR 1 6/17/2017 SEA 1, NYC 2 7/29/2017 SEA 0, LA 0 8/05/2017 SEA 4, MIN 0 7/29/2017 SEA 0, LA 0

(0) (0) (6) (4) (1) (0) (1)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/29/2017 KC 3, CHI 2 (1) 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 (1) 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 (21) 5/27/2017 KC 0, COL 1 (3) 8/06/2017 KC 1, ATL 1 (0) 6/17/2017 KC 0, SJ 0 (6) 6/17/2017 KC 0, SJ 0 (6)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sounders FC Sporting KC

LTWTTLWTLLLWWLWLTTWWWTW TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTWTTTWT

TEAM LEADERS SOUNDERS FC G: 9 Dempsey A: 10 Jones SHT: 69 Dempsey SOG: 23 Dempsey FC: 28 Alonso FS: 73 Lodeiro OF: 12 Lodeiro C: 3 Alfaro E: 1 3 players tied SPORTING G: 6 Fernandes A: 3 4 players tied SHT: 52 Fernandes SOG: 22 Dwyer/Fernandes FC: 35 Dwyer FS: 37 Dwyer OF: 15 Blessing C: 7 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG SEA 23 5 9 2 5 2 36 1.57 KC 23 8 6 4 5 0 29 1.26 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG SEA 23 8 5 5 4 1 31 1.35 KC 23 9 10 4 0 0 18 0.78 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 SEA 36 3 7 4 4 8 10 KC 29 2 4 4 12 3 4 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 SEA 31 3 7 3 9 3 6 KC 18 1 5 3 0 2 7

2017 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC STATISTICS (9-7-7, 34 pts.) UNF 2 17 7 10 13 19 33 4 6 18 3 14 21 5 29 24 11 8 23 91 12 15 1

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

PLAYER Clint Dempsey Will Bruin Cristian Roldan Nicolas Lodeiro Jordan Morris Harry Shipp Joevin Jones Gustav Svensson Osvaldo Alonso Kelvin Leerdam Brad Evans Chad Marshall Jordy Delem Nouhou Tolo Roman Torres Stefan Frei Aaron Kovar Alvaro Fernandez Henry Wingo Oniel Fisher Seyi Adekoya Tony Alfaro Tyler Miller Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 18 20 22 22 18 16 22 23 18 4 11 18 13 9 14 22 6 10 9 8 2 11 1

GS 16 12 22 22 17 10 21 22 18 3 6 18 8 4 12 22 1 5 0 6 1 6 1

MIN 1478 1127 1980 1979 1417 851 1841 2001 1534 300 480 1552 700 455 991 1980 193 492 97 469 77 638 90

23 23

2070 2070

G 9 8 5 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36 31

A 3 2 2 8 0 0 10 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 69 37 23 42 27 15 18 14 17 5 1 10 2 4 10 0 9 5 2 3 3 0 0

SOG 23 13 9 11 11 4 5 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0

38 35

316 294

94 98

FC 12 16 27 23 13 5 9 23 28 2 4 10 7 5 14 0 6 4 1 6 3 6 0

FS 35 9 49 74 11 9 25 14 28 1 5 8 11 7 5 4 3 8 0 8 2 2 0

OFF 3 4 0 12 10 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 5 107 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

224 330 330 224

43 33

127 93

27 44

3 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Will Bruin 3, Cristian Roldan 3, Jordan Morris 1, Harry Shipp 1, Clint Dempsey 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Nicolas Lodeiro 4, Joevin Jones 2, Clint Dempsey 2, Gustav Svensson 2, Chad Marshall 1, Osvaldo Alonso 1, Will Bruin 1, Cristian Roldan 1, Kelvin Leerdam 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Clint Dempsey 1-2, Nicolas Lodeiro 1-1 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 24 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Tyler Miller Team totals Opponent totals

GP 22 1 23 23

GS 22 1 23 23

MIN SHTS 1980 90 90 8 2070 98 2070 94

SV 62 5 67 58

GA 28 3 31 36

GAA 1.27 3 1.35 1.57

PG 4 0 4 2

PA 4 0 4 3

W 8 1 9 7

L 7 0 7 9

T 7 0 7 7

SO 8 0 8 5

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (9-4-10, 37 pts.) UNF 7 10 14 14 9 30 3 27 11 94 15 17 8 5 6 93 22 39 19 2 40 4 29 77

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

PLAYER Gerso Fernandes Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer (KC) Dom Dwyer (TOT) Latif Blessing Daniel Salloi Ike Opara Roger Espinoza Diego Rubio Jimmy Medranda Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Graham Zusi Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Soni Mustivar Soony Saad Cameron Porter Cristian Lobato Erik Palmer-Brown Igor Juliao Kevin Ellis Tim Melia Tyler Pasher Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 22 21 15 17 15 13 20 21 6 22 23 8 17 19 23 13 10 1 2 3 1 5 23 1

GS 21 19 14 16 11 3 20 21 3 15 23 6 16 19 23 1 5 0 1 2 1 5 23 1

MIN 1802 1716 1271 1417 942 374 1800 1867 324 1338 2069 542 1485 1710 2070 197 386 21 62 183 45 450 2070 45

23 23

2070 2070

G 6 5 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 18

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

SHT 52 39 45 46 26 16 12 29 8 37 11 4 20 4 13 0 13 1 1 0 2 1 0 0

SOG 22 15 22 22 12 7 4 5 1 8 2 2 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

22 20

334 220

114 87

FC 28 26 35 35 21 5 11 32 8 8 12 8 10 16 10 6 6 0 0 0 1 4 2 1

FS 30 32 37 44 25 6 8 29 11 16 15 5 11 9 28 3 8 0 2 1 2 2 0 0

OFF 5 0 10 11 15 2 1 2 2 3 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 6 79 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12 0 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 4 3 5 5 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

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

250 298 298 250

50 52

117 81

41 53

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Latif Blessing 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Besler 2, Roger Espinoza 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Graham Zusi 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 23 23 23

GS 23 23 23

MIN SHTS 2070 87 2070 87 2070 114

SV 68 68 84

GA 18 18 29

GAA 0.78 0.78 1.26

PG 2 2 2

PA 5 5 2

W 9 9 4

L T 4 10 4 10 9 10

SO 9 9 8

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 4 at Houston 11 at Montreal

RESULT L 1-2 T 2-2

ATT 20758 34373

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

Sun. Mar.

19 New York Red Bulls 31 Atlanta 8 at San Jose 14 at Vancouver 23 at Los Angeles 29 New England

W 3-1

45600

1-1-1

T T L W T

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

40182 18000 22120 24931 43230

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

Sat. May Sat. May

6 Toronto FC 13 at Chicago

L 0-1 L 1-4

41468 20153

2-3-4 2-4-4

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

L W W L W L

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

20139 40588 47362 12773 40258 25073

2-5-4 3-5-4 4-5-4 4-6-4 5-6-4 5-7-4

Wed. June Sun. June

17 at Sporting KC 20 Real Salt Lake 27 Portland 31 at Columbus 4 Houston 17 at New York City FC 21 Orlando City SC 25 at Portland

T 1-1 T 2-2

42333 21144

5-7-5 5-7-6

8 8

Tue. July Wed. July

4 at Colorado 19 D.C. United

W 3-1 W 4-3

17432 42714

6-7-6 7-7-6

6 6

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

July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep.

W 3-0 T 0-0 W 4-0

43528 25667 22649

8-7-6 8-7-7 9-7-7

5 5 4

Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

23 San Jose 29 at Los Angeles 5 at Minnesota 12 Sporting KC 20 Minnesota 23 at Vancouver 27 Portland 10 Los Angeles 16 at FC Dallas 23 at Real Salt Lake 27 Vancouver 1 at Philadelphia 15 FC Dallas 22 Colorado

Fri. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

May May May May June June

POS PTS NOTES: 9 0 SEA: Dempsey (58); HOU: Torres (20) Quioto (42) 7 1 SEA: Lodeiro (83) Bruin (94+); MTL: Mancosu (17) Piatti (51) 6 4 SEA: Dempsey (28) Morris (66) Shipp (79); NYR: WrightPhillips (57) 6 5 6 6 SEA: Lodeiro (84); SJ: Wondolowski (90) 8 6 SEA: Bruin (89); VAN: Montero (65,80) 5 9 SEA: Dempsey (29) own goal (35) Morris (44); 7 10 SEA: Lodeiro (75) Bruin (85) Alonso (88); NE: Kobayashi (16) Agudelo (26,54) 7 10 TOR: Altidore (23) 8 10 SEA: Dempsey (28); CHI: Nikolic (25,76) Accam (60) Solignac (73) 10 10 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69) 7 13 SEA: Shipp (42); 8 16 SEA: Roldan (4); 8 16 CLB: Higuain (10) Meram (21) Kamara (59) 6 19 SEA: Bruin (69); 8 19 SEA: Roldan (40); NYC: Villa (52,77) 20 SEA: Bruin (19); ORL: Sutter (94+) 21 SEA: Jones (27) Dempsey (94+); POR: Adi (45) Asprilla (49+) 24 SEA: Dempsey (6,85) Bruin (30); COL: Badji (78) 27 SEA: Bruin (51) Evans (62) Svensson (74) Roldan (78); DC: Brown (8) Harkes (27) Sam (50) 30 SEA: Roldan (54,56) Leerdam (65); 31 34 SEA: Bruin (9) Dempsey (18,73) Morris (71);

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

OPPONENT 4 at D.C. United 11 FC Dallas 18 San Jose 31 at Toronto FC 9 Colorado

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

15 at Portland 22 at FC Dallas 29 Real Salt Lake 3 New York Red Bulls 7 at Minnesota 13 at Orlando City SC 17 Seattle 20 at Vancouver 27 at Colorado 3 Minnesota 10 Montreal 17 at San Jose 24 at Los Angeles 1 Portland 6 Philadelphia 22 at Real Salt Lake 29 Chicago

W L W W

6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake

Sun. May Sat. May Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat.

May May May June June June June July July July

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.

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

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

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

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

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 6 2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+) 5 6 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle (94+) 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77) 2 15 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (51) Fernandes (95+); 1 18 KC: Dwyer (46,68);

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

21144 15411 18648 18965

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

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

2 2

18 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39) 19 KC: Blessing (9,74); ORL: Larin (16) Santos Leite (26)

W L L W T T W T T T

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

20139 21020 17648 20361 20334 18000 20140 20933 19240 19316

6-2-4 6-3-4 6-4-4 7-4-4 7-4-5 7-4-6 8-4-6 8-4-7 8-4-8 8-4-9

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

22 KC: Fernandes (56,58,69); 22 VAN: Techera (40) Parker (67) 22 COL: Ford (11) 25 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87); 26 KC: Fernandes (24); MTL: Mancosu (82) 27 30 KC: Espinoza (22) Opara (35); LA: Romney (77) 31 KC: Salloi (61); POR: Valeri (26) 32 KC: Rubio (49); PHI: Alberg (69) 33 KC: Feilhaber (59); RSL: Silva (43)

W 3-2

20313

9-4-9

T 1-1

19481

9-4-10

36 KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51); CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78) 37 KC: Feilhaber (59); ATL: Peterson (91+)

SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 2 Clint Dempsey 2 Cristian Roldan 2 Clint Dempsey Assists 2 Joevin Jones 2 Joevin Jones 2 Joevin Jones Shots 7 Clint Dempsey 7 Clint Dempsey Shots on Goal 3 4 times Fouls Committed 5 Osvaldo Alonso Fouls Suffered 9 Nicolas Lodeiro Offside 2 5 times Saves 5 Stefan Frei 5 Stefan Frei 5 Tyler Miller Shots Faced 8 Tyler Miller Goals Allowed 4 Stefan Frei

Goals 4 07/19/2017 vs 4 08/05/2017 vs Assists 5 07/04/2017 vs 5 07/19/2017 vs 5 08/05/2017 vs Shots 25 04/29/2017 vs Shots on Goal 8 04/29/2017 vs Fouls Committed 16 06/17/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 22 06/17/2017 vs Corner Kicks 9 03/04/2017 vs 9 04/14/2017 vs 9 06/04/2017 vs Offside 4 03/19/2017 vs 4 03/31/2017 vs 4 04/23/2017 vs 4 06/04/2017 vs Saves 5 05/20/2017 vs 5 06/21/2017 vs 5 07/19/2017 vs Shots Faced 8 07/19/2017 vs Goals Allowed 4 05/13/2017 vs

07/04/2017 vs COL 07/23/2017 vs SJ 08/05/2017 vs MIN 03/19/2017 vs NYR 04/29/2017 vs NE 07/19/2017 vs DC

W 3-1 W 3-0 W 4-0 W 3-1 T 3-3 W 4-3

04/14/2017 vs VAN 04/23/2017 vs LA

L 1-2 W 3-0

06/21/2017 vs ORL

T 1-1

04/14/2017 vs VAN

L 1-2

06/17/2017 vs NYC

L 1-2

03/04/2017 vs HOU

L 1-2

05/20/2017 vs RSL 06/21/2017 vs ORL 07/19/2017 vs DC

W 1-0 T 1-1 W 4-3

07/19/2017 vs DC

W 4-3

05/13/2017 vs CHI

L 1-4

DC MIN

W 4-3 W 4-0

COL DC MIN

W 3-1 W 4-3 W 4-0

T 3-3

NYC

L 1-2

NYC

L 1-2

HOU VAN HOU

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

NYR ATL LA HOU

W T W W

RSL ORL DC

W 1-0 T 1-1 W 4-3

W 4-3

CHI

L 1-4

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 3 Gerso Fernandes Assists 1 22 times Shots 7 Benny Feilhaber Shots on Goal 4 Gerso Fernandes Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Latif Blessing Offside 4 Latif Blessing Saves 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 4 times

Goals 3 04/09/2017 at 3 04/29/2017 at 3 05/17/2017 at 3 06/03/2017 at 3 07/29/2017 at Assists 4 04/09/2017 at Shots 27 06/03/2017 at Shots on Goal 10 06/03/2017 at Fouls Committed 18 03/11/2017 at Fouls Suffered 22 03/04/2017 at 22 04/15/2017 at Corner Kicks 14 07/06/2017 at Offside 6 08/06/2017 at Saves 6 06/10/2017 at Shots Faced 7 05/20/2017 at 7 06/10/2017 at Goals Allowed 2 05/07/2017 at 2 05/13/2017 at 2 05/20/2017 at 2 07/29/2017 at

05/17/2017 at SEA

W 3-0

03/18/2017 at SJ

W 2-1

05/27/2017 at COL

L 0-1

05/17/2017 at SEA

W 3-0

05/03/2017 at NYR 05/27/2017 at COL

W 2-0 L 0-1

03/04/2017 at DC 04/15/2017 at POR 08/06/2017 at ATL

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

08/06/2017 at ATL

T 1-1

06/10/2017 at MTL

T 1-1

05/20/2017 at VAN 06/10/2017 at MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

05/07/2017 at MIN

L 0-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017) Shots 6 05/31/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 03/31/2017 vs Fouls Committed 4 04/29/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 6 04/29/2017 vs Corner Kicks 1 06/17/2017 vs Offside 0 06/17/2017 vs 0 07/04/2017 vs 0 07/23/2017 vs Saves 1 03/19/2017 vs 1 04/14/2017 vs 1 06/25/2017 vs Shots Faced 2 03/19/2017 vs

CLB

L 0-3

ATL

T 0-0

T 3-3

NYC

L 1-2

NYC COL SJ

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

NYR VAN POR

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

NYR

W 3-1

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

COL RSL SEA MIN CHI

W W W W W

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

COL

W 3-1

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

DAL

T 0-0

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

PHI

T 1-1

ATL

T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

VAN MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

MIN ORL VAN CHI

L T L W

Shots 7 07/01/2017 at Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 at 1 07/01/2017 at Fouls Committed 3 06/10/2017 at Fouls Suffered 6 05/17/2017 at Corner Kicks 0 07/01/2017 at Offside 0 03/31/2017 at 0 04/15/2017 at 0 05/27/2017 at Saves 1 06/03/2017 at 1 07/06/2017 at 1 08/06/2017 at Shots Faced 1 06/03/2017 at

POR

T 1-1

DAL POR

L 0-1 T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

SEA

W 3-0

POR

T 1-1

TOR POR COL

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

MIN PHI ATL

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

MIN

W 3-0

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

2017 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-0) UNF 3 14 24 8 17 4 10 19 91 7 15 13 12 21

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1

12 90 90 90 90 72 90 18 78 90 90 77 13 90 90 90

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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

0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 10 12

0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 6

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 8

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

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brad Evans Chad Marshall Stefan Frei Alvaro Fernandez Will Bruin Gustav Svensson Nicolas Lodeiro Harry Shipp Oniel Fisher Cristian Roldan Tony Alfaro Jordan Morris Seyi Adekoya Jordy Delem Team totals Opponent totals

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

UNF 24

POS G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

6 6 5

GAA

O'TIME

3 3 5

3 3 0

3.00 3.00 0.00

0 0 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0

0 0 1

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (1-0-0) UNF 7 10 8 27 5 3 29 15 14 94 93 30 6 9

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1

83 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 79 11 1 90 7 90 90

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

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

6 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 10

4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5

0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 8

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

0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gerso Fernandes Benny Feilhaber Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Ike Opara Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Dom Dwyer Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Latif Blessing Team totals Opponent totals

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

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

5 5 6

GAA

O'TIME

5 5 3

0 0 3

0.00 0.00 3.00

0 0 0

1 1 0

0 0 1

0 0 0

1 1 0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS SOUNDERS FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sounders FC

Sporting KC

Sounders FC 7 wins, 13 goals Sporting KC 5 wins, 15 goals 3 ties 4/11/2009 10/17/2009 4/17/2010 10/9/2010 5/21/2011 8/6/2011 6/20/2012 5/8/2013 3/8/2014 5/23/2015 6/6/2015 9/27/2015 3/6/2016 7/24/2016 10/27/2016 5/17/2017

KC 1 at SEA SEA 3 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 1 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 0 vs KC KC 1 vs SEA KC 1 vs SEA KC 1 at SEA KC 3 vs SEA SEA 1 vs KC KC 3 vs SEA

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

(Q) (CA) (Q) (CA) (Q) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q) (Q) (SP) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 3 68 21 83 23 33

2 10 78 30 67 19 27

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 13 146 51 150 42 60

1 4 88 34 99 7 42

2 11 101 29 105 12 41

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 15 189 63 204 19 83

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC SEA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 1

2 1

0 1

5 0

2 2

5 8

0 0

15 13

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Brian Schmetzer Peter Vermes

vs. KC

0-1-0

(0 pts./game)

vs. SEA

4-7-3

(1.07 pts./game)

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

1 2 19 8 21 30 5 4 2 24 9

Sounders FC 13 times 3 times Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Osvaldo Alonso Osvaldo Alonso Kasey Keller Stefan Frei Keller/Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei

3 2 18 8 17 12 4 5 5 14 8

Sporting KC Dwyer/Fernandes Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Espinoza/Collin Dom Dwyer Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sounders FC 1 13 players tied

Goals Assists Shots

2 Jaqua/Ljungberg 6 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 3 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 4 Cooper/Alonso 7 Osvaldo Alonso (03/08/14) 1 5 players tied 6 Stefan Frei (09/27/15) 3 Stefan Frei (twice)

Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Sporting KC 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/17) 1 14 players tied 6 4 players tied 4 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/17) 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 3 players tied 1 6 players tied 6 Tim Melia (06/06/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Seattle Sounders FC W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

6-1-1 2-3-3 1-3-3

2 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws

(07/04/2017) (07/29/2017) (07/19/2017)

6-0-1 3-1-6 0-3-3

2 Ws (06/24/2017) 3 Ts (06/17/2017) 2 Ts (07/01/2017)

1-6-2 8-1-3

1 Ws 3 Ws

(07/19/2017) (07/04/2017)

0-4-2 9-0-4

2 Ts (07/01/2017) 1 Ts (08/06/2017)

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

1 Ts 1 Ts 2 Ts 2 Ws 4 Ws

(07/29/2017) (06/21/2017) (03/11/2017) (07/04/2017) (07/13/2016)

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

1 5 1 5 0

Ts Ts Ws Ws -

(06/17/2017) (06/10/2017) (06/24/2017) (04/09/2017) -

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

1 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws 2 Ls

(08/05/2017) (07/04/2017) (06/25/2017) (07/19/2017) (08/28/2016)

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

1 4 1 1 0

Ts Ts Ws Ls -

(06/17/2017) (07/01/2017) (07/29/2017) (10/01/2016) -

SOUNDERS FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (7-5-3) PLAYER

MIN

Nate Jaqua Mauro Rosales Mike Fucito Tyrone Marshall Chad Barrett Alvaro Fernandez Patrick Ianni Roger Levesque Obafemi Martins Lamar Neagle Sanna Nyassi Jeff Parke Djimi Traore Freddie Ljungberg Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Gonzalo Pineda Tyson Wahl Team totals Opponent totals

4 4 3 4 2 5 4 3 2 5 2 4 2 3 5 11 3 2 15 15

2 3 0 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 3 4 9 3 2 15 15

240 245 61 271 96 259 182 186 180 268 93 360 180 260 393 823 270 180 1350 1350

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 15

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 12 14

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

5 3 5 1 5 7 2 2 2 11 3 2 1 2 11 8 1 1 146 189

1 6 1 7 1 15 15

90 479 90 630 61 1350 1350

3 20 4 33 3 63 51

3 15 3 24 2 47 36

0.00 0.75 1.00 1.29 1.48 1.00 0.87

0 1 0 1 0 2 0

Michael Gspurning Kasey Keller Andrew Weber Stefan Frei Ben Dragavon Team totals Opponent totals

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. SOUNDERS FC (5-7-3) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Dom Dwyer Gerso Fernandes Davy Arnaud Jacob Peterson Benny Feilhaber Nuno Andre Coelho Zoltan Hercegfalvi Kei Kamara Josh Wolff Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Ike Opara Jordi Quintilla Team totals Opponent totals

6 1 5 6 6 1 1 7 4 12 4 11 4 4 10 7 4 4 2 15 15

4 1 5 6 6 1 1 4 3 8 1 10 4 4 8 6 4 3 2 15 15

408 83 450 419 514 90 70 413 284 755 146 947 360 360 739 553 343 271 180 1350 1350

3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 13

0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 12

18 6 12 11 7 3 1 13 4 12 1 4 2 1 12 0 2 1 5 189 146

Tim Melia Jon Kempin Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Team totals Opponent totals

5 1 1 6 2 15 15

MIN SHTS 450 90 90 540 180 1350 1350

14 3 5 17 12 51 63

GAA

14 2 4 9 7 36 47

0.00 1.00 1.00 1.33 1.50 0.87 1.00

0 0 0 0 0 0 2

CURRENT SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC (7-5-3)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. SOUNDERS FC (5-7-3)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Will Bruin Clint Dempsey Chad Marshall Lamar Neagle Brad Evans Seyi Adekoya Tony Alfaro Osvaldo Alonso Jordy Delem Oniel Fisher Stefan Frei Joevin Jones Nicolas Lodeiro Jordan Morris Cristian Roldan Harry Shipp Gustav Svensson Team totals Opponent totals

14 14 31 8 13 1 2 12 1 3 13 3 1 3 5 5 1 15 15

12 13 31 5 9 0 1 12 1 3 13 3 1 3 4 4 1 15 15

974 1203 2689 457 861 13 135 1063 90 209 1170 270 90 250 364 371 72 1350 1350

3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15

2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14

26 31 19 12 8 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 7 0 146 189

Gerso Fernandes Benny Feilhaber Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Ike Opara Latif Blessing Andrew Dykstra Kevin Ellis Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Erik Palmer-Brown Cameron Porter Soony Saad Daniel Salloi Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

1 9 12 4 11 10 7 1 1 4 4 5 6 1 1 1 1 1 5 15 15

1 9 8 1 10 8 4 0 1 4 3 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 15 15

83 784 755 146 947 739 383 7 90 360 235 450 416 90 13 86 1 90 290 1350 1350

3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 13

0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12

6 12 12 1 4 12 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 189 146

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

13 15 15

1170 1350 1350

62 63 51

44 1.23 47 1.00 36 0.87

1 2 0

14 4 36 47

0.00 1.00 0.87 1.00

0 0 0 2

GOALKEEPER

Tim Melia Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

5 1 15 15

MIN SHTS 450 90 1350 1350

14 5 51 63

MATCH INFORMATION

MATCH PREVIEW

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Following a 4-0 road win last weekend over Minnesota United FC, Sounders FC (9-7-7, 34 points) returns home Saturday for a matchup with Western Conference-leading Sporting Kansas City on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (1:00 p.m. PT / JOEtv, ROOT SPORTS, Univision-Seattle, KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, El Rey 1360 AM). Currently in a four-way tie for second place in the West, Seattle puts its seven-match unbeaten streak (4-0-3) on the line with a chance to move into a tie for first place in the conference table.

Kickoff: August 12, 2017 | 1:00 p.m. PT Location: CenturyLink Field | Seattle, WA Referee: Baldomero Toledo Assistants: Eduardo Mariscal, Anthony Vasoli Fourth Official: Henrik Karlsson VAR: Allen Chapman BROADCAST INFORMATION Local TV: JOEtv Regional TV (Eastern WA, OR, ID, MT, AK): ROOT SPORTS Talent: Keith Costigan, Kasey Keller and Steve Zakuani Pre-Match, Halftime and Post-Match TV: Jackie Montgomery, Steve Zakuani and Marcus Hahnemann

Peter Vermes’ club currently sits in first place in the Western Conference, three points ahead of Seattle. Sounders FC fell 3-0 on the road in the previous meeting between the two clubs this season.

Table of Contents Page 2017 Schedule 2 This Week vs. Sporting Kansas City 3 Sounders FC Weekly Notes 4 Attendance Report 6 Local TV (Spanish): Univision-Seattle Talent: Jaime Mendez, Diego Arrioja and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado 2017: At a Glance 7 Sounders FC History 8 Awards and Transactions 9 Local Radio: KIRO Radio 97.3 FM Talent: Matt Johnson and Pete Fewing 2017 Roster 10 Pre-Match, Halftime, Post-Match Radio: Jason Rantz and Pete 2017 Statistics and Box Scores 11 Fewing Mini-Bios 12 Local Radio (Spanish): El Rey 1360 AM Talent: Mario Rodriguez and Felipe Maqueda

PROJECTED LINEUP 17

INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST INFORMATION

Bruin

Asia: BeIN Sports (ASIA) Australia: BeIN Sports (AUS) Latin America: FOX Latin America India: DSports / ATR Middle East & North Africa: Abu Dhabi Sports Panama: TVN Singapore: Starhub

13 Morris

QUESTIONABLE Osvaldo Alonso - R knee sprain

OUT Evans - Lower back pain

7 Roldan

Svensson

A variety of media resources - including Sounders FC’s 2017 media guide, player and coach interviews, archived press releases, PR contacts, photos for editorial use, game guides, credential request forms - can be found via SoundersFC.com/Media.

INJURY REPORT

Lodeiro

Dempsey

MEDIA SERVICES

Audio files - including post-match media scrums with players and Head Coach Brian Schmetzer’s press conferences - can be found via SoundCloud.com/SoundersFC.

Jones

Torres

Marshall

Leerdam

24 Frei

2017 SNAPSHOT

SEATTLE Overall Record 9-7-7 Goals Scored 36 Goals Allowed 31 Goal Differential +5

SPORTING KC 9-4-10 29 18 +11

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Goals Assists Goalkeeper

Gerso (6) 4 players (3) Melia (0.78)

Dempsey (9) Jones (10) Frei (1.27)

SOUNDERS FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | AUGUST 12, 2017 - 1:00 P.M. PT

2017 SOUNDERS FC SCHEDULE MLS REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 9-7-7 (HOME: 6-1-3; AWAY: 3-6-4) 2017 ALL COMPETITIONS RECORD: 10-8-7 (HOME: 7-1-4; AWAY: 3-7-4) DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) TV/ATT. W-L-D POS MARCH (1-1-2, 6 GF, 5 GA) Sat. 3/4 at Houston L, 1-2 20,758 0-1-0 T-8 Sat. 3/11 at Montreal D, 2-2 34,373 0-1-1 T-7 Sun. 3/19 New York W, 3-1 45,600 1-1-1 6 Sat. 3/25 Club Necaxa D, 1-1 38,045 FRIENDLY Fri. 3/31 Atlanta D, 0-0 40,182 1-1-2 6

GOAL SCORERS SEA: Dempsey (58); HOU: Torres (20), Quioto (42) SEA: Lodeiro (83), Bruin (90+4); MTL: Mancosu (17), Piatti (51) SEA: Dempsey (28), Morris (66), Shipp (79); NY: Wright-Phillips (57) SEA: Fernandez (83); NEC: Díaz (90) None

APRIL (1-1-2, 8 GF, 6 GA) Sat. 4/8 at San Jose D, 1-1 18,000 1-1-3 7 Fri. 4/14 at Vancouver L, 1-2 22,120 1-2-3 9 Sun. 4/23 at LA Galaxy W, 3-0 24,931 2-2-3 5 Sat. 4/29 New England D, 3-3 43,230 2-2-4 T-6 MAY (2-4-0, 3 GF, 11 GA)

SEA: Lodeiro (84); SJ: Wondolowski (90) SEA: Bruin (89); VAN: Montero (65, 80) SEA: Dempsey (29), Own Goal (35), Morris (44); LA: None SEA: Lodeiro (75), Bruin (85), Alonso (88); NE: Kobayashi (15), Agudelo (26, 24)

Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed.

5/6 5/13 5/17 5/20 5/27 5/31

SEA: None; TOR: Altidore (23) SEA: Dempsey (28); CHI: Nikolic (25, 76), Accam (60), Solignac (73) SEA: None; SKC: Gerso (56, 58, 69) SEA: Shipp (42); RSL: None SEA: Roldan (4); POR: None SEA: None; CLB: Higuain (10), Meram (21), Kamara (59)

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

JUNE (1-1-2, 5 GF, 5 GA) 6/4 Houston 6/13 Portland 6/17 at New York City 6/21 Orlando City 6/25 at Portland 6/28 at San Jose

Toronto FC at Chicago at Sporting KC Real Salt Lake Portland at Columbus

L, 0-1 L, 1-4 L, 0-3 W, 1-0 W, 1-0 L, 0-3

41,468 20,153 20,139 40,588 47,362 12,773

2-3-4 2-4-4 2-5-4 3-5-4 4-5-4 4-6-4

8 9 10 8 T-6 T-7

W, 1-0 W, 2-1 L, 1-2 D, 1-1 D, 2-2 L, 1-2

40,258 5-6-4 T-5 USOC FOURTH ROUND 25,073 5-7-4 T-7 42,333 5-7-5 T-6 21,144 5-7-6 T-7 USOC FIFTH ROUND

SEA: Bruin (69); HOU: None SEA: Kovar (3), Mathers (54); POR: Williams (38) SEA: Roldan (40); NYC: Villa (52, 77) SEA: Bruin (19); ORL: Sutter (90+4) SEA: Jones (27), Dempsey (90+4); POR: Adi (45), Asprilla (45+4) SEA: Kovar (48); SJ: Salinas (6), Hoesen (84)

JULY (3-0-1, 10 GF, 4 GA) Tue. 7/4 at Colorado W, 3-1 17,432 6-7-6 T-6 Sat. 7/8 Eintracht Frankfurt D, 1-1 40,667 FRIENDLY Wed. 7/19 D.C. United W, 4-3 42,714 7-7-6 T-4 Sun. 7/23 San Jose W, 3-0 43,528 8-7-6 T-4

SEA: Dempsey (6, 85), Bruin (30); COL: Badji (78) SEA: Dempsey (44); SGE: Hrgota (29) SEA: Bruin (51), Evans (62), Svensson (74), Roldan (78); DC: Brown (8), Harkes (27), Sam (50) SEA: Roldan (54, 56), Leerdam (65); SJ: None

Sat.

7/29

Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun.

AUGUST (1-0-0, 4 GF, 0 GA) 8/5 at Minnesota 8/12 Sporting KC 8/20 Minnesota 8/23 at Vancouver 8/27 Portland

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

SEPTEMBER (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) 9/10 LA Galaxy 6:00 p.m. 9/16 at FC Dallas 5:00 p.m. 9/23 at Real Salt Lake 6:30 p.m. 9/27 Vancouver 7:30 p.m.

FS1 JOEtv JOEtv JOEtv

OCTOBER (0-0-0, 0 GF, 0 GA) Sun. 10/1 at Philadelphia 10:00 a.m. Sun. 10/15 FC Dallas 2:00 p.m. Sun. 10/22 Colorado 1:00 p.m.

ESPN JOEtv JOEtv

at LA Galaxy

D, 0-0

25,667

8-7-7

T-4

None

W, 4-0 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

22,649 JOEtv FS1 JOEtv FS1

9-7-7

T-2

SEA: Bruin (9), Dempsey (18, 73), Morris (71); MIN: None

156

Consecutive home sellouts since 2009

SOUNDERS FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | AUGUST 12, 2017 - 1:00 P.M. PT

THIS WEEK AT MINNESOTA UNITED FC SERIES NOTES Sounders FC is 7-5-3 all-time against Sporting, including a 3-2-2 record at home. Sporting delivered Sounders FC its first-ever MLS loss in April 2009 before going winless in the next nine matches. The Rave Green are winless in their last six regular-season matches against SKC (0-4-2). The all-time series between Seattle and Sporting KC has historically been low-scoring and close. On six occasions, Seattle has scored in the 90th minute or later and 13 of the 14 regular-season meetings have been decided by one goal or fewer. Thirteen of those meetings have had three combined goals or fewer. The two Western Conference powers have met once in the postseason, with Sounders FC earning a 1-0 win in the 2016 Western Conference Knockout Round last October. Notably, the two sides played in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, which Sporting won in a penalty-kick shootout.

SPORTING NOTABLES #8 MIDFIELDER GRAHAM ZUSI (DESIGNATED PLAYER) Selected No. 23 overall of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft...Recorded two goals and four assists in 2016...Set a career-high with six goals in 2013 and 15 assists in 2012...Played four years collegiate soccer at the University of Maryland, winning two national titles and scoring 28 goals...Has 53 caps with the United States Men’s National Team....Played in 2014 FIFA World Cup. #5 DEFENDER MATT BESLER Selected No. 8 overall of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft...Leads all defenders in passes completed since 2013...Named to MLS Best XI in 2012 and 2013... MLS Defender of the Year in 2012...Starred for four seasons at the University of Notre Dame...Has 44 caps with the United States Men’s National Team... Played in 2014 FIFA World Cup. #10 MIDFIELDER BENNY FEILHABER Traded from the New England Revolution on December 11, 2012...Had seven goals and 13 assists in 30 matches last season....Played with Hamburg (Germany), Derby County (England) and AGF Aarhus (Denmark) after starring at UCLA....MVP finalist in 2015 after scoring 10 goals and adding 15 assists... Has 43 caps for the United States Men’s National Team.

SOUNDERS FC SOUNDBYTES Following last Saturday’s road win over Minnesota United FC... Head Coach Brian Schmetzer: On the team’s style for the 2017 season: “It’s still a work in progress. I look at the stats, we’ll watch the film, we’ll analyze, we’ll reflect on what we did as coaches. The stat that I love when I always look at the stat sheet is “duels won.” So, this time we had 61.3 percent. So, I know that the enthusiasm and the desire is there. Sometimes the soccer this season has been a little up and down, but they put it in every game and that’s what I’m most proud of.” Forward Clint Dempsey On the team’s unbeaten run: “Team has a lot of character. You saw that in the D.C. game; we were down, but were able to come back and win. First time being down in a long time. All started early in the season, then we went on a run at that time, coming back in the New England game. This team has showed all year, we just gotta keep believing. And this run has been good to keep it going.”

COACHING CORNER Sporting KC is led under the direction of Head Coach Peter Vermes, who has recorded 112 wins since taking the job in 2009. As a player, Vermes made over 300 club appearances. His final stop was with Kansas City, where he made 78 appearances over a three-season span. Vermes was capped by the USMNT 66 times from 1988-1997.

SERIES SNAPSHOT Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

SOUNDERS FC 1 2 Total 3 10 13 63 78 146 21 30 51 83 67 150 23 19 42 32 27 59

SPORTING KC 1 2 Total 4 11 15 88 101 189 34 29 63 99 105 204 7 12 19 41 40 82

Goals Scored in 15-Minute Intervals: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 Total SEA 1 1 1 0 2 8 13 SKC 1 2 1 4 2 5 15

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

SOUNDERS FC 1 13 players 2 3 players 19 Montero 8 Montero 21 Alonso 30 Alonso

Wins 5 Shutouts 2 Saves 24 Goals Allowed 9

SPORTING KC 3 Dwyer/’Gerso 2 Zusi 18 Dwyer 8 Dwyer 17 Collin/Espinoza 12 Dwyer

Keller Frei/Keller Frei Frei

4 Melia 5 Melia 14 Melia 8 Nielsen

ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

SOUNDERS FC SPORTING KC 1 13 times 2 Dwyer/Gerso 2 Ljungberg/Jaqua 1 8 times 6 Montero (4/11/09) 7 Dwyer 3 Montero (4/11/09) 3 Kamara/Ano/Dwyer 4 Cooper/Alonso 6 Collin (twice) 7 Alonso (3/8/14) 4 Sapong/Dwyer

Saves Goals Allowed

6 3

Frei (9/27/15) Keller (7/23/16)

6 3

Melia (6/6/15) Hartman (10/17/09)

ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS Seattle Sounders FC Record: 7-5-3 Home Games: 3-2-2 Road Games: 4-3-1 DATE 04/11/2009 10/17/2009

RESULT SEA 0 vs. KC 1 SEA 3 at KC 2

W/L/D L W

LOCATION CenturyLink Field Children’s Mercy Park

04/17/2010 10/09/2010

SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1

W W

CenturyLink Field Children’s Mercy Park

05/21/2011 08/06/2011

SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1

W W

CenturyLink Field Children’s Mercy Park

06/20/2012

SEA 1 vs. KC 1

CenturyLink Field

05/08/2013

SEA 1 at KC 0

Children’s Mercy Park

03/08/2014

SEA 1 vs. KC 0

CenturyLink Field

05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015

SEA 0 vs. KC 0 SEA 0 at KC 1 SEA 1 at KC 1

D L D

CenturyLink Field Children’s Mercy Park Children’s Mercy Park

03/06/2016 07/23/2016

SEA 0 vs. KC 1 SEA 0 vs. KC 3

L L

CenturyLink Field Children’s Mercy Park

05/17/2017

SEA 0 at KC 3

Children’s Mercy Park

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SOUNDERS FC WEEKLY NOTES LAST MATCH REWIND: AT MINNESOTA

QUICK HITS: VS. SPORTING SKC

• Sounders FC (9-7-7, 34 points) now sits in a three-way tie with Vancouver and Dallas for second place in the Western Conference, just two points below Sporting Kansas City.

• Saturday marks the 15th all-time regular-season meeting between Seattle and Sporting Kansas City. The Rave Green are 7-5-3 overall, but winless in their last six against SKC (0-4-2).

• Seattle’s current seven-match unbeaten streak (4-0-3) is tied for the third-longest in club history, and just two shy of the Sounders FC record of nine (May 28-July 16, 2011).

• Seattle fell 3-0 on May 17 in the previous meeting this season at Children’s Mercy Park.

• With a brace against Minnesota, Clint Dempsey now has a team-leading nine goals on the season, while his 43 career strikes for Seattle sit just four behind Fredy Montero’s 47 for the club’s all-time mark. Dempsey now has five goals and two assists in his last four appearances for Seattle. • Will Bruin recorded his eighth tally of the season with the match’s opening goal. The first-year Sounder has now scored five goals in his past nine games, and his eight goals this season are double his output with the Houston Dynamo in 2016 in 11 fewer appearances. • Stefan Frei made four saves Saturday evening en route to his eighth shutout of the season, just one shy of the most in MLS. Frei and the Seattle defense have now registered shutouts in each of the past three matches, while the club is currently amidst a 310-minute streak without allowing a goal. The last goal allowed by the Rave Green came in the 50th minute against D.C. United on July 19. • Joevin Jones now has 10 assists on the season, tied for second in MLS. He is also just three shy of Sounders FC’s all-time single-season record held by Mauro Rosales (2011, 2012) and Obafemi Martins (2014). • Saturday’s win marks the third instance in club history where Seattle has won by a four-goal margin on the road (4-0 at Columbus on September 18, 2010; 6-2 at Chivas USA on August 25, 2012).

SOUNDERS FC TRADES FOR MALLACE Sounders FC on Thursday announced that it has acquired midfielder Calum Mallace from the Montreal Impact in exchange for a 2019 Fourth Round MLS SuperDraft selection. Mallace brings over five years of MLS experience to the Rave Green, making 80 career appearances since being drafted by Montreal in the Second Round of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Following a collegiate career at Marquette, the Impact made Mallace the first selection (20th overall) in the Second Round of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. The Scottish midfielder has started 51 of his 80 career MLS appearances, recording one goal and six assists in 4,415 minutes of regular-season action. He also has six career appearances in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, including 162 minutes played across three games (one start) in 2015. Collegiately, Mallace started 62 of his 69 appearances for the Golden Eagles, recording 13 goals and 13 assists, and was named 2011 Big East Conference Midfielder of the Year. A native of Torphichen, Scotland, he attended Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota after moving Stateside at the age of nine.

BY THE NUMBERS 6: Goals scored by Sounders FC against Sporting Kansas City in the 90th minute or later.

7: Current unbeaten streak for Sounders FC (4-0-3). 10: Assists by Joevin Jones this season, leading the team and tied for sec-

• Sporting Kansas City is now in the midst of a 13-game unbeaten run in all competitions since the start of June, tying an all-time club record first set in 2012. • This weekend marks the debut of Video Assistant Referees at CenturyLink Field, with Video Replay in full effect starting last weekend. • With SKC holding a three-point lead for first place in the Western Conference, Sounders FC (tied for second) can move into a tie for first place with a win on Saturday. • Sporting advanced to the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final by defeating San Jose via penalty kicks on Wednesday evening.

SEATTLE BRINGS NEAGLE HOME Sounders FC on Monday announced that it has acquired Lamar Neagle from D.C. United in exchange for a 2018 Fourth Round MLS SuperDraft selection. This marks Neagle’s fourth separate stint with the Rave Green, with the Federal Way native previously playing for Seattle in 2009, 2011 and 2013-2015. The 30-year-old attacking player has played both midfielder and forward throughout his career, registering 38 goals and 25 assists in 192 MLS appearances. Neagle, 30, is fourth in Sounders FC history with 26 goals scored (trailing only Fredy Montero, Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins) in 116 MLS appearances with the club, including a career-high nine goals and nine assists in Seattle’s 2014 Supporters’ Shield-winning campaign. The Federal Way-native was also named the 2013 Sounders FC Humanitarian of the Year. Following a standout collegiate career at UNLV, Neagle joined the professional ranks with Sounders FC in 2009 (only appearing in international friendlies) before joining the Charleston Battery of the USL second division in 2010, where he won USL-2 Golden Boot and MVP honors. After a short stint with Norwegian club IFK Mariehamn, he re-joined the Rave Green in 2011, starting nine of his 23 appearances and scoring five goals before being traded to the Montreal Impact with Mike Fucito in 2012, in exchange for Eddie Johnson. He re-joined Seattle in 2013, scoring 21 goals and adding 15 assists in three seasons before moving on to D.C. United prior to the 2016 campaign. In two seasons with United, Neagle recorded 10 goals and six assists in 53 regular-season appearances. Prior to his time at UNLV, where he was a three-time Mountain Pacific Sports Federation first team selection, Neagle was a three-year starter for Federal Way’s Thomas Jefferson High School. He led the team to state championship in 2005, playing for former Sounders FC Academy Director and current Sounders U-23 Head Coach Darren Sawatzky.

SOUNDERS FC WAIVES MANSARAY Seattle Sounders FC on Thursday announced that it has waived forward Victor Mansaray. The Homegrown Player signed with Seattle prior to the 2015 season and made three MLS appearances, in addition to playing extensively with Sounders FC 2, where he recorded five goals and three assists in 35 appearances. Mansaray spent most of the 2017 season on loan with USL side FC Cincinnati. Mansaray became the club’s fourth Homegrown Player when he signed with Seattle on November 5, 2014. He joined the First Team while still attending Fife High School, approximately 30 miles south of Seattle. A standout while at the Sounders FC Academy, Mansaray scored a team-high 18 goals for the U-16 squad in the 2013-2014 season.

ond in MLS.

43: Career Sounders FC goals for Clint Dempsey, four shy of tying Fredy Montero’s all-time club record.

200:

Career MLS regular season appearances for Brad Evans while with Sounders FC.

The Sierra Leone native made his First Team debut in an international friendly on March 24, 2015 against Club Tijuana at CenturyLink Field. He went on to make three MLS appearances in reserve roles during the 2015 campaign, including his MLS debut against FC Dallas on March 28, 2015. At the age of 18 years and 34 days, Mansaray became the youngest player in franchise history to appear in a match.

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SOUNDERS FC WEEKLY NOTES LEERDAM ADDITION PAYING OFF

BRUIN CONTINUES SCORING WAYS

Sounders FC defender Kelvin Leerdam made his first appearance for the club as a 54th minute substitute on July 19, helping the team to a dramatic 4-3 comeback win over DC United. Since then, the Feyenoord and SBV Vitesse product has helped shore up the back line with three consecutive starts, recording three shutouts against San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy and Minnesota United.

Sounders FC forward Will Bruin has been a welcome addition to the team, providing a physical presence up top and chipping in with some important goals. In just 1,127 minutes in MLS this season, the former Houston Dynamo striker has managed eight goals and two assists. His efficiency in front of goal is best exemplified by his shot conversion rate, with his eight goals coming from just 13 shots on target.

Leerdam, 27, brings a wealth of experience and a two-way presence on the right side of the Sounders defense. In his 300 minutes of MLS action the team has recorded a goal differential of +10, with Leerdam contributing a goal and an assist on top of three consecutive clean sheets. In the 324 MLS minutes prior to Leerdam’s arrival, the team conceded a total of eight goals As a fullback in Seattle’s favored 4-2-3-1 formation, his presence on the right flank has improved the width of the team, creating more room in the middle third for central players to operate within and drive the attack forward. With Leerdam on the field, Nico Lodeiro has recorded two assists and Cristian Roldan has scored three goals, while Clint Dempsey has tallied two goals and an assist.

Bruin, 27, is enjoying a bit of a resurgence this season with his new change of scenery. The former Indiana Hoosiers striker has already doubled his goal output from the entirety of his last season in Houston from ten fewer games. Bruin’s style of play meshes very well with a creative attacking midfielder that plays just underneath him, providing a focal point quick combinations and a willingness to stretch the defense with runs in behind. Against the Colorado Rapids on July 4, Clint Dempsey occupied that role and tallied two goals and an assist. In the 3-0 win over San Jose Earthquakes on July 23, Cristian Roldan lined up as the central attacking midfielder with Bruin up top, and Roldan earned man-of-the-match with a two-goal performance. Last weekend at Minnesota, Dempsey scored twice and assisted on a Bruin goal in the first half.

CLUB PARTNERS WITH WME | IMG

MORRIS PLAYS GOLD CUP HERO

Sounders FC announced last week that the club has engaged preeminent sports and entertainment company WME | IMG in its exploration of a future naming rights partner for an assets package that includes the club’s jersey front, matchday pitch and training facility. Seattle’s deal with current jersey sponsor Xbox expires following the 2018 Major League Soccer season. “We’re excited to put the full force of an innovative company like WME | IMG behind us as we explore our future naming rights options,” said Sounders FC Chief Operating Officer Bart Wiley. “Since joining the league in 2009, Sounders FC has forged its own path and become a leader within the North American soccer landscape. As we head into our tenth MLS season, we feel that taking a fresh look at the value of our top partnership assets allows our club to achieve further success on and off the field.” Sounders FC has maintained its original naming rights sponsor, Xbox, since 2009, with the Microsoft gaming console appearing on both the team’s jersey front and as part of the club’s matchday home: the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field. The new naming rights package being handled by WME | IMG includes both jersey and matchday pitch sponsorship, while also including rights to the team’s training facility at Starfire Sports in Tukwila, Washington. “We have been very pleased with our partnership with Xbox over the years and certainly plan to continue discussions with Microsoft as our current naming rights agreement comes to a close,” said Sounders FC Vice President of Corporate Partnerships Michael Shockley. “However, with the continued growth and popularity of MLS and our club’s sustained success on the field, we feel the time is right to explore all available partnership options to give our team every possible advantage going forward. We’re proud to be the first MLS club to work with WME | IMG and look forward to their expertise and guidance.” WME | IMG is performing a full valuation of Sounders FC’s jersey and naming rights package to aid in the process of selecting a brand that shares the same values and is best suited for the partnership. “We’re excited to bring the full resources of WME | IMG to bear on our first naming rights partnership with a Major League Soccer team,” said Sean Barror, Senior Vice President, Naming Rights, IMG. “The Sounders are offering a unique package which adds additional layers to an already attractive rights package. We look forward to working with them to identify a strong partner that will help further accelerate the brand’s growth.” WME | IMG’s global partnerships division will lead discussions for the naming rights efforts on behalf of the Sounders. The division functions as a cultural marketing agency, guiding the world’s leading brands on strategy and activation; sponsorships and endorsements; experiential marketing; research and insights; creative and design; public relations; and digital and original content. The group’s other recent naming rights partnerships include work with Hickory Street Capital for its new Park at Wrigley Field, the Denver Broncos for stadium naming rights and the Boston Celtics for its jersey patch sale.

Sounders FC forward Jordan Morris scored a late winner in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, securing a 2-1 win for the U.S. Men’s National Team over Jamaica at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. In the 88th minute, Morris pounced on a settled ball from Sounders teammate Clint Dempsey after a cross into the area. The second-year pro blasted a shot into the top corner of the net so seal the tournament championship for the USMNT. Morris finished tied for the tournament lead with three goals (Canada’s Alphonso Davies earned Golden Boot honors via the assists tiebreaker). In addition to the goal in the Final, Morris scored a brace in a 3-2 win over Martinique in the Group Stage. The Stanford product was the only U.S. player to appear in every Gold Cup match. Along with his 2015 NCAA Championship at Stanford and last season’s MLS Cup victory with Seattle, Morris has now captured a major trophy in three different competitions in each of the past three years. In addition to an assist on Morris’ winner, Dempsey scored his 57th career goal in the Semifinals against Costa Rica, bending a free kick through the wall and inside the near post to help Bruce Arena’s squad advance to the Final. The goal tied Landon Donovan’s all-time USMNT record, with Dempsey’s next goal set to give him sole ownership of the career scoring mark. Dempsey was one of six changes to the 23-player 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup roster made by Head Coach Bruce Arena following the end of the Group Stage. As part of these changes, Sounders FC midfielder Cristian Roldan returned to Seattle after earning his first international cap against Martinique in the Group Stage. Sounders FC defender Oniel Fisher appeared in four matches for Jamaica, as The Reggae Boyz advanced to the Final after placing second in Group C, then defeated Canada and Mexico in the Knockout Round. Additionally, Seattle’s Jordy Delem played every minute of the Group Stage for Martinique, but Les Matinino earned three points in Group B (1-2-0), falling just one point short of advancing to the Knockout Stage. SOUNDERS FC PLAYERS IN 2017 CONCACAF GOLD CUP PLAYER Jordan Morris Oniel Fisher Clint Dempsey Jordy Delem

COUNTRY USA Jamaica USA Martinique

GP 6 5 3 3

G 3 0 1 0

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SOUNDERS FC ATTENDANCE REPORT PACKED HOUSE

SEA OF GREEN CURRENT 2017 MLS SEASON AVERAGES

2nd

156

Highest Attendance

Consecutive Home

in the Americas

MLS Sellouts

2016 REPORTED ATTENDANCE RANKINGS No. Club Attendance 1 FC Barcelona (ESP) 81,677 2 Borussia Dortmund (GER) 81,104 3 Manchester United (ENG) 75,291 4 Bayern Munich (GER) 75,000 5 Real Madrid (ESP) 67,985 6 FC Schalke 04 (GER) 60,490 7 Arsenal FC (ENG) 59,990 8 West Ham United (ENG) 56,966 9 SL Benfica (POR) 55,292 10 Celtic FC (SCO) 54,781 11 Manchester City (ENG) 54,047 12 Liverpool (ENG) 52,928 13 Hamburger SV (GER) 51,759 14 Bor. Monchengladbach (GER) 51,110 15 Newcastle United (ENG) 51,062 16 Kerala Blasters (IND) 49,659 17 Monterrey (MEX) 49,574 18 FC Koln (GER) 49,367 19 Rangers FC (SCO) 49,018 20 Ajax (NED) 48,428 21 Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 48,222 22 Feyenoord (NED) 47,500 23 VfB Stuttgart (GER) 47,199 24 Hertha BSC (GER) 46,177 25 PSG (FRA) 44,848 26 Guanzhou Evergrande (CHI) 44,764 27 Atletico Madrid (ESP) 43,985 28 Sporting CP (POR) 43,217 29 Seattle Sounders FC (USA) 42,636 30 Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 42,412 31 Inter (ITA) 42,323 32 Sunderland (ENG) 41,731 33 AC Milan (ITA) 41,602 34 Chelsea (ENG) 41,521 35 RB Leipzig (GER) 41,473 *Attendance figures according to ESPN FC and WorldFootball.net

TEAM Atlanta United FC Seattle Sounders FC Toronto FC Orlando City SC New York City FC

DATES AVERAGE 9 46,318 10 42,726 11 27,105 12 25,279 12 23,433

MLS ATTENDANCE LEADERS SINCE 2009 YEAR TEAM 2016 Seattle Sounders FC 2015 Seattle Sounders FC 2014 Seattle Sounders FC 2013 Seattle Sounders FC 2012 Seattle Sounders FC 2011 Seattle Sounders FC 2010 Seattle Sounders FC 2009 Seattle Sounders FC

AVERAGE 42,636 44,247 43,734 44,038 43,144 38,498 36,173 30,897

PERFORMING FOR THE MASSES SOUNDERS FC RECORD WITH MORE THAN 45,000 FANS Attendance Opponent Result Date 67,385 Portland W, 1-0 8/25/13 66,452 Portland W, 3-0 10/7/12 66,216 LA Galaxy D, 1-1 10/27/13 64,358 Portland W, 2-1 8/30/15 64,207 Portland W, 2-0 7/13/14 64,140 San Jose W, 2-1 10/15/11 60,908 LA Galaxy W, 4-0 8/5/12 57,673 LA Galaxy W, 2-0 10/25/14 56,097 LA Galaxy D, 1-1 10/4/15 55,765 Vancouver L, 0-1 10/10/14 55,718 Vancouver W, 2-0 8/18/12 55,435 Salt Lake W, 3-1 10/25/15 55,107 Salt Lake W, 2-0 9/13/13 53,679 Vancouver W, 3-2 6/8/13 53,302 Portland W, 3-2 8/21/16 53,125 Vancouver L, 0-3 8/1/15 50,276 Houston W, 2-0 8/10/14 50,022 Salt Lake W, 2-1 10/23/16 49,746 San Jose W, 1-0 5/17/14 48,458 LA Galaxy D, 1-1 7/31/16 47,537 NYC FC L, 0-2 6/25/16 47,362 Portland W, 1-0 5/27/17 47,111 Vancouver W, 1-0 9/17/16 46,932 Kansas City D, 1-1 6/20/12 46,758 LA Galaxy W, 2-1 11/30/14 46,065 New York W, 4-2 6/23/11 45,600 New York W, 3-1 3/19/17 In home matches with 45,000+ fans, Seattleâ€™s record is 20-3-4.

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2017: SOUNDERS FC MLS REGULAR SEASON SPLITS SITUATIONAL SPLITS Overall 9-7-7 Home 6-1-3 Away 3-6-4 March 1-1-2 April 1-1-2 May 2-4-0 June 1-1-2 July 3-0-1 August 1-0-0 September 0-0-0 October 0-0-0 vs. Eastern Conf. vs. Western Conf.

3-4-4 6-3-3

National TV 3-3-3 Local TV 6-4-4 When leading at half When tied at half When trailing at half

6-1-1 2-4-3 1-2-3

When scoring first When conceding first Scoreless draws

8-1-3 1-6-2 (2)

With 0 goals scored With 1 goal scored With 2 goals scored With 3 goals scored With 4+ goals scored

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

Conceding 0 goals Â Conceding 1 goal Conceding 2 goals Conceding 3 goals Conceding 4+ goals

6-0-2 2-1-2 0-4-2 1-1-1 0-1-0

PLAYER SPLITS

GOAL SPLITS

When Alonso... Scores 0-0-1 Scores or assists 0-1-2 Starts 5-7-6

GOALS SCORED While leading While tied While trailing

When Bruin... Scores 3-1-3 Scores or assists 3-1-3 Starts 6-2-4

Inside the six-yard box 13 Inside the 18-yard box 18 Outside the area 3 Penalties 2

When Dempsey... Scores 4-2-1 Scores or assists 4-2-1 Starts 5-5-5 When Evans... Scores 1-0-0 Scores or assists 1-0-0 Starts 5-0-1

Run of play 30 Set piece 5 Own Goals 1

When Jones... Scores 0-0-1 Scores or assists 6-0-2 Starts 8-6-6 When Lodeiro... Scores 0-0-3 Scores or assists 5-0-3 Starts 8-7-7 When Morris... Scores 3-0-0 Scores or assists 3-0-0 Starts 5-6-6 When Roldan... Scores 3-1-0 Scores or assists 4-3-0 Starts 8-7-7

(36) 10 14 12

Unassisted 9 One assist 13 Two assists 14 Forwards 20 Midfielders 13 Defenders 2 Own Goals 1 GOALS ALLOWED While leading While tied While trailing

(31) 5 12 14

Inside the six-yard box 7 Inside the 18-yard box 14 Outside the area 6 Penalties 4 Run of play Set piece Own Goals

22 9 0

Unassisted 7 One assist 14 Two assists 10 Forwards 21 Midfielders 9 Defenders 1

2017: SOUNDERS FC STARTING XI BY THE NUMBERS

MIDFIELDER / FORWARD FORWARD MIDFIELDER / FORWARD Shipp (7) Bruin (12) Lodeiro (15) Morris (7) Morris (10) Fernandez (3) Jones (4) Adekoya (1) Shipp (3) Dempsey (3) Kovar (1) Lodeiro (1) Evans (1) Fernandez (1) MIDFIELDER Dempsey (13) Lodeiro (6) Roldan (3) Fernandez (1) MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER Roldan (17) Alonso (18) Svensson (6) Svensson (4) Delem (1) LEFT BACK CENTER BACK CENTER BACK RIGHT BACK Jones (17) Torres (12) Marshall (13) Delem (6) Nouhou (4) Alfaro (6) Svensson (10) Fisher (5) Fisher (2) Marshall (5) Evans (5) Svensson (2) Roldan (2) GOALKEEPER Leerdam (3) Frei (22) Miller (1)

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SOUNDERS FC HISTORY HEAD COACH BRIAN SCHMETZER After leading Sounders FC to one of the most improbable comebacks in MLS history, Brian Schmetzer was named the club’s second-ever Head Coach on November 2, 2016. Upon assuming the interim manager role on July 26, 2016 following the departure of Sigi Schmid, Seattle sat in ninth place in the Western Conference with a 6-12-2 record. Under Schmetzer, Sounders FC finished the season with an 8-2-4 record and a fourthplace finish, becoming the first team in MLS history to make the MLS Cup Playoffs after having 20 or fewer points through the first 20 matches of the season. He is the first coach in MLS history to lead his team to the MLS Cup title after assuming the Head Coach position midseason. A longtime Sounders FC assistant and former USL Sounders manager, Schmetzer entered his eighth season as Top Assistant Coach in 2016, a position he retained since December 22, 2008. He is one of the Puget Sound soccer community’s most recognizable and respected figures after playing and coaching for the region’s top professional franchises since 1980. Schmetzer served seven seasons as the Head Coach of the Sounders’ United Soccer League’s First Division club from 2002-2008 before making the jump to MLS. He guided Seattle to USL-1 championships in 2005 and 2007, and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal advancements in 2007 and 2008. Schmetzer has 14 years of coaching experience and a 15-year background playing at the professional level. He was a member of six championship teams during that span. In addition to the two USL championships, his teams also twice won the Commissioner’s Cup for the league’s best record (2002, 2007), while also qualifying for the playoffs six of seven years. He was chosen USL-1 Coach of the Year in 2002 after going 23-4-1. The Sounders were league runners-up in 2004. His overall regular season record in the USL era was 10057-41. Previously, he was assistant to former United States National Team defender Fernando Clavijo with the Seattle SeaDogs from 1996-1997. Seattle won the Continental Indoor Soccer League title in 1997. A Seattle native, Schmetzer was coached by his father, Walt, as a youth. His team won seven out of 10 state youth championships. He signed with the

SCHMETZER VS. MLS Team Regular Season Postseason Total Atlanta 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 Chicago 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 Colorado 1-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 Columbus 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 D.C. United 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 FC Dallas 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 Houston 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-1-2 Kansas City 0-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 L.A. Galaxy 1-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-2 Montreal 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 Minnesota 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 New England 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 New York 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 New York City 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 Orlando City 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 Philadelphia 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Portland 2-1-1 0-0-0 2-1-1 Real Salt Lake 3-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 San Jose 1-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-2 Toronto 0-1-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 Vancouver 2-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 TOTAL 17-9-11 4-1-1 21-10-12

Sounders’ North American Soccer League franchise following his graduation from Seattle’s Nathan Hale High School in 1980. He played three seasons as a midfielder for Seattle before going to Tulsa for the final NASL season in 1984. Schmetzer signed with the San Diego Sockers in 1984 and played seven seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League with San Diego (1984-1988), Tacoma (19881990) and St. Louis (1990-1991). He was a member of San Diego’s MISL championship teams in 1985, 1986 and 1988. He returned to Seattle for the Sounders’ inaugural A-League season in 1994 before completing his playing career with the SeaDogs from 1995-1996. In 1985, Schmetzer played on loan to FC Seattle, scoring twice in a 2-1 friendly win over Brazil’s Santos. While with Tacoma and FC Seattle, Schmetzer’s teammates included younger brothers Andy and Walter. Schmetzer and his wife Kristine have six children between them.

SOUNDERS FC ALL-TIME LEADERS (MLS) CAREER GAMES STARTED 244 Alonso 238 Alonso 200 Evans 178 Evans 137 Gonzalez 120 Gonzalez 119 Montero 117 Frei 118 Scott 109 Montero MINUTES GOALS 21,008 Alonso 47 Montero 15,488 Evans 43 Dempsey 10,638 Gonzalez 40 Martins 10,574 Frei 26 Neagle 9,450 Montero 23 Johnson ASSISTS SHOTS 34 Montero 411 Montero Rosales 337 Dempsey 27 Evans 281 Alonso 24 Dempsey 182 Neagle 23 Martins 161 Martins SAVES SHUTOUTS 363 Frei 35 Frei 270 Keller 30 Keller 135 Gspurning 18 Gspurning

SINGLE-SEASON

GAMES STARTED 34 Frei, 2014 34 Frei, 2014 Keller, 2011 Keller, 2011 Morris, 2016 33 Alonso, 2014 33 Alonso, 2011 Mears, 2015 Frei, 2016 Frei, 2016 Montero, 2012 32 Alonso, 2011 Rosales, 2013 Neagle, 2015 Alonso, 2014 Marshall, 2014 Mears, 2015 Alonso, 2016 Roldan, 2016 Mears, 2016 Frei, 2016 Morris, 2016 MINUTES GOALS 3,060 Frei, 2014 17 Martins, 2014 Keller, 2011 15 Dempsey, 2014 2,960 Mears, 2015 Martins, 2015 2,952 Alonso, 2014 14 Johnson, 2012 2,891 Alonso, 2011 13 Montero, 2012 ASSISTS SHOTS 13 Martins, 2014 126 Rosales, 2012 113 Rosales, 2011 108 10 Montero, 2010 91 Dempsey, 2014 86 Dempsey, 2015 Jones, 2017

Montero, 2012 Dempsey, 2014 Montero, 2011 Montero, 2010 Montero, 2009

SAVES SHUTOUTS 111 Frei, 2015 11 Keller, 2010 110 Keller, 2011 10 Frei, 2015 99 Frei, 2014 2 others

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2017 SOUNDERS FC ROSTER No

Name

Pos

Birthdate

Hometown

Previous Club

Tyler Miller

6-4

195

3/12/93

Woodbury, NJ

Northwestern (NCAA)

Clint Dempsey

6-1

170

3/9/83

Nacogdoches, TX

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

Brad Evans

6-1

170

4/20/85

Phoenix, AZ Columbus Crew SC

Gustav Svensson

6-0

155

2/7/87

Gothenburg, Sweden Guangzhou (R&F)

Nouhou Tolo

5-10

175

6/23/97

Douala, Cameroon Sounders FC 2 (USL)

Osvaldo Alonso

5-11

155

11/11/85

San Cristobal, Cuba Charleston (USL)

Cristian Roldan

5-8

165

6/3/95

Pico Rivera, CA Washington (NCAA)

Víctor Rodríguez

5-7

154

7/23/89

Barcelona, Spain Sporting Gijon (ESP)

Nicolás Lodeiro

5-7

150

3/21/89

Paysandú, Uruguay Boca Juniors (ARG)

Aaron Kovar

5-10

155

8/14/93

Seattle, WA Stanford (NCAA)

Seyi Adekoya

5-11

170

12/5/95

Seattle, WA UCLA (NCAA)

Jordan Morris

6-0

185

10/26/94

Mercer Island, WA Stanford (NCAA)

Chad Marshall

6-4

190

8/22/84

Riverside, CA Columbus Crew Sc

Tony Alfaro

6-2

190

6/15/93

Santa Barbara, CA Cal State Dominguez Hills (NCAA)

Will Bruin

6-2

194

10/24/89

St. Louis, MO Houston Dynamo

Kelvin Leerdam

5-10

154

6/24/90`

Utrecht, Netherlands Vitesse (NED)

Harry Shipp

5-9

145

11/07/91

Lake Forest, IL Montreal Impact

Jordy Delem

5-11

156

3/18/93

Fort-de-France, Martinique

Henry Wingo

6-0

170

10/4/95

Seattle, WA Washington (NCAA)

Stefan Frei

6-3

195

4/20/86

Altstaetten, Switzerland

Toronto FC

Lamar Neagle

M/F

5-11

165

5/7/87

Federal Way, WA

D.C. United

Román Torres

6-2

195

3/20/86

Panama City, Panama

Milionarios (COL)

Zach Mathers

5-11

172

4/14/94

Ft. Worth, TX Sounders FC 2 (USL)

Joevin Jones

5-11

160

8/3/91

Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago

Bryan Meredith

6-2

209

8/2/90

Scotch Plains, NJ San Jose Earthquakes

Oniel Fisher

M/D

5-9

155

11/22/91

Portmore, Jamaica New Mexico (NCAA)

Calum Mallace

6-1

181

1/10/90

Mendota Heights, MN

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Sounders FC 2 (USL)

Chicago Fire

Montreal Impac

COACHING STAFF

No.

Name

Pos

Pronunication

Brian Schmetzer

Head Coach

Nouhou Tolo

NEW-hoo toe-low

Gonzalo Pineda

Assistant Coach

Osvaldo Alonso

ahs-VAHL-doe

Djimi Traore

Assistant Coach

Cristian Roldan

Roll-dahn

Tom Dutra

Club Director of Goalkeeping

Nicolás Lodeiro

NEEKO-loss lo-DARE-oh

David Tenney

High Performance Director

Seyi Adekoya

SHAY-ee ad-uh-COY-ah

Chad Kolarcik

Head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Tony Alfaro

Al-FAR-oh

Stefan Frei

STEF-in FRY

TECHNICAL STAFF

Román Torres

roe-MAHN

Joevin Jones

JOE-vin

Garth Lagerwey

General Manager & President of Soccer

Victor Mansaray

MAN-sur-AY

Chris Henderson

VP of Soccer & Sporting Director

Oniel Fisher

M/D

Oh-neel

Kurt Schmid

Director of Player Personnel

Grant Clark

Team Administration Director

Vince Johnson

Team Services Director

Chris Cornish

Director of Sports Medicine

Paul Lombardo

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Aki Tajima

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Jake Bronowski

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Nolan Myer

Director of Equipment Operations

Scott Tranilla

First Team Equipment Manager

Ravi Ramineni

Sports Science Data Analyst

Sean Muldoon

Assistant Strength Coach / Sports Scientist

Tom Childs

Sports Science Video Analyst

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2016-17 TRANSACTIONS DATE PLAYER TRANSACTION

2017 WEEKLY AWARDS WEEK PLAYER AWARD

August 10 Calum Mallace Acquired from Montreal for 2019 Fourth Week 4 Round MLS SuperDraft Pick Week 4 Victor Mansaray Waived

Week 6 August 7 Lamar Neagle Acquired from DC for 2018 Fourth Round Week 6 MLS SuperDraft Pick Week 8

Week 8 Week 10 Week 13 Week 19 Week 20 Week 22

Cristian Roldan Gustav Svensson Nico Lodeiro Stefan Frei Clint Dempsey Nico Lodeiro Stefan Frei Chad Marshall Clint Dempsey Cristian Roldan Clint Dempsey Nicolás Lodeiro

MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week AT&T Goal of the Week MLS Save of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLS Save of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Alcatel MLS Player of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week

August 2

Víctor Rodríguez

Signed to contract using TAM

July 1

Kelvin Leerdam

Signed to contract using TAM

June 13

Felix Chenkam Rodrigue Ele Brian Nana-Sinkam Francisco Narbon David Olsen Irvin Parra Charles Renken Sam Rogers Ray Saari

Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement Signed to short-term agreement

March 2

Zach Mathers Jordy Delem

Signed to First Team roster Signed to First Team roster

Feb. 6

Victor Mansaray

Loaned to FC Cincinnati

Jan. 30

Gustav Svensson

Signed to contract

MONTH PLAYER AWARD

Jan. 26

Nouhou Tolo

Signed to First Team roster

N/A

Jan. 24

Tyrone Mears

Traded to ATL for GAM

Jan. 18 Jan.18

Seyi Adekoya Henry Wingo

Signed as a Homegrown Player Signed as a Homegrown Player

Jan. 17 Jan. 17 Jan. 17

Kyle Bjornethun Doug Goodman Jake Stovall

Selected in 2017 MLS SuperDraft Selected in 2017 MLS SuperDraft Selected in 2017 MLS SuperDraft

Jan. 13 Jan. 13

Brian Nana-Sinkam Dominic Oduro

Selected in 2017 MLS SuperDraft Selected in 2017 MLS SuperDraft

Dec. 23

Will Bruin

Traded from HOU for GAM and TAM

Dec. 22

Harry Shipp

Traded from MTL for GAM

Dec. 12 Dec. 12

13 players 8 players

Contract options not exercised Contract options exercised

Dec. 8

Bryan Meredith

Selected in Re-Entry Draft

2017 MONTHLY AWARDS

2017 SOUNDERS FC ROSTER CONSTRUCTION DRAFT PLAYER Evans Roldan Miller Fisher Alfaro Mathers*

TRADE YEAR (DRAFT) 2009 (Expansion) 2015 (SuperDraft) 2015 (SuperDraft) 2015 (SuperDraft) 2016 (SuperDraft) 2016 (SuperDraft)

*Spent 2016 season with USL affiliate (S2)

PLAYER Frei Marshall J. Jones Shipp Bruin Neagle Mallace

SIGNING YEAR (TEAM) 2013 (Toronto) 2013 (Columbus) 2016 (Chicago) 2016 (Montreal) 2016 (Houston) 2017 (D.C. United) 2017 (Montreal)

PLAYER YEAR (DP / HG) Alonso 2009 Dempsey 2013 (DP) Kovar 2014 (HG) Torres 2015 Morris 2016 (HG) Lodeiro 2016 (DP) Fernandez 2016 Meredith 2016 Wingo 2017 (HG) Adekoya 2017 (HG) Tolo 2017* Svensson 2017 Delem 2017* Leerdam 2017 Rodríguez 2017

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2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STATS UNF POS Player

MIN

SHT

SOG

FC/FS

OFF

C/E

Clint Dempsey

1478

11/35

2/0

Will Bruin

1127

17/9

1/0

Cristian Roldan

1980

27/49

2/0

Nicolás Lodeiro

1979

23/73

107

2/1

Jordan Morris

1417

13/11

0/0

Harry Shipp

851

5/9

1/0

Joevin Jones

1841

9/25

2/1

Gustav Svensson

2001

23/14

1/0

Osvaldo Alonso

1534

28/28

2/0

Kelvin Leerdam

300

2/1

0/0

Brad Evans

480

4/5

0/1

Stefan Frei

1980

0/4

2/0

Chad Marshall

1552

10/8

2/0

Roman Torres

991

14/5

2/0

Jordy Delem

700

7/11

2/0

Nouhou Tolo

455

5/7

0/0

Tony Alfaro

638

6/3

3/0

Alvaro Fernandez

492

4/8

1/0

Oniel Fisher

469

6/8

0/0

Aaron Kovar

193

6/3

0/0

Henry Wingo

1/0

0/0

Tyler Miller

0/0

Seyi Adekoya

0/0

Victor Mansaray

0/0

Calum Mallace

0/0

Zach Mathers

0/0

Bryan Meredith

0/0

M/F

Lamar Neagle

0/0

Víctor Rodríguez

0/0

Own Goals Received

Team totals

2070

316

224/330

127

26/3

Opponent totals

2070

294

330/224

44/1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Cristian Roldan 3, Will Bruin 3, Clint Dempsey 1, Jordan Morris 1, Harry Shipp 1, GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Nicolás Lodeiro 4, Joevin Jones 2, Gustav Svensson 2, Clint Dempsey 2, Chad Marshall 1, Will Bruin 1, Cristian Roldan 1, Kelvin Leerdam 1, Osvaldo Alonso 1 PENALTY-KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Nicolás Lodeiro 1-1, Clint Dempsey 1-2 UNF

POS

Player

MIN

SHTS

GAA

W-L-D

24 GK Stefan Frei 22 22 1980 90 62 28 1.27 4 4 8-7-7 8 1 GK Tyler Miller 1 1 90 8 5 3 3.00 0 0 1-0-0 0 35 GK Bryan Meredith 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 0 0 0-0-0 0

Team totals

2070

1.35

9-7-7

Opponent totals

2070

1.57

7-9-7

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2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES Sounders FC 1 at Houston Dynamo 2 March 4, 2017 at BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston, TX) Attendance: 20,758

Sounders FC 1 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 April 14, 2017 at BC Place (Vancouver, B.C.) Attendance: 22,120

SCORING SEA - Dempsey 58’ HOU - Torres 20’, Quioto (De Lima) 42’

SCORING VAN - Montero (Techera) 65’ VAN - Montero (Waston, Bolanos) 80’ SEA - Bruin (Lodeiro) 89’

Lineup: Frei; Svensson (Wingo 85’), Marshall*, Torres*, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Fernandez (Bruin 76’), Dempsey, Lodeiro; Morris Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Alfaro, Fisher, Mathers, Shipp Sounders FC 2 at Montreal Impact 2 March 11, 2017 at Olympic Stadium (Montreal, QC) Attendance: 34,373 SCORING SEA - Lodeiro (penalty) 83’, Bruin 90+4’ MTL - Mancosu (Piatti, Bernier) 17’, Piatti (Bernier) 51’ Lineup: Frei; Svensson (Fisher 59’), Torres (Bruin 85’), Marshall, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Lodeiro, Dempsey, Shipp (Wingo 72’); Morris Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Alfaro, Delem, Fernandez Sounders FC 3 vs. New York Red Bulls 1 March 19, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 45,600 SCORING SEA - Dempsey (penalty) 28’, Morris (Lodeiro, Jones) 66’, Shipp (Jones) 79’ NY - Wright-Phillips (Zizzo) 57’ Lineup: Frei; Fisher (Fernandez* 65’), Svensson, Marshall, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Lodeiro, Dempsey* (Wingo 90’), Shipp; Morris (Bruin 81’) Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Alfaro, Adekoya, Mathers Sounders FC 0 vs. Atlanta United FC 0 March 31, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 40,182 SCORING None Lineup: Frei; Delem (Wingo 80’), Svensson, Alfaro, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Fernandez (Dempsey 57’), Shipp (Bruin 89’), Lodeiro; Morris Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Tolo, Torres, Fisher Sounders FC 1 at San Jose Earthquakes 1 April 8, 2017 at Avaya Stadium (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 18,000 SCORING SEA - Lodeiro 84’ SJ - Wondolowski (Urena, Cato) 90’ Lineup: Frei; Fisher (Fernandez 70’), Marshall, Torres (Svensson 15’), Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Lodeiro, Dempsey (Delem 89), Shipp; Morris Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Alfaro, Bruin, Wingo

Lineup: Frei; Fisher (Wingo 78’), Marshall, Svensson, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Lodeiro*, Dempsey, Shipp* (Bruin 68’); Morris Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Alfaro, Adekoya, Fernandez, Delem Sounders FC 3 at LA Galaxy 0 April 23, 2017 at The StubHub Center (Carson, CA) Attendance: 24,931 SCORING SEA - Dempsey (Lodeiro, Jones) 29’ SEA - Cole (own goal) 35’ SEA - Morris (Dempsey, Delem) 44’ Lineup: Frei; Delem, Svensson, Alfaro*, Jones; Alonso, Roldan*, Lodeiro, Dempsey (Wingo 85’), Morris (Shipp 68’), Bruin Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Tolo, Mathers, Fernandez, Adekoya Sounders FC 3 vs. New England Revolution 3 April 29, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 43,230 SCORING NE - Kobayashi (Nguyen) 15’ NE - Agudelo (Rowe) 26’ NE - Agudelo (Fagundez, Kouassi) 54’ SEA - Lodeiro (Jones) 75’ SEA - Bruin (Jones) 85’ SEA - Alonso (Svensson, Lodeiro) 88’ Lineup: Frei; Delem (Wingo 55’), Svensson, Alfaro* (Torres 84’), Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Lodeiro, Dempsey, Morris (Shipp 68’); Bruin* Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Adekoya, Fernandez, Mathers Sounders FC 0 vs. Toronto FC 1 May 5, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 41,468 SCORING TOR - Altidore (penalty) 23’ Lineup: Frei; Delem* (Shipp 57’), Svensson, Torres (Alfaro 74’), Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Lodeiro, Dempsey, Morris (Fernandez 71’); Bruin Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Adekoya, Evans, Mathers Sounders FC 1 vs. Chicago Fire 4 May 13, 2017 at Toyota Park (Bridgeview, IL) Attendance: 20,153 SCORING CHI - Nikolic (penalty) 25’ SEA - Dempsey (Roldan) 28’ CHI - Accam (de Leeuw, Schweinsteiger) 60’ CHI - Solignac (Nikolic, Vincent) 73’ CHI - Nikolic (Accam, Kappelhof) 76’ Lineup: Frei; Roldan, Marshall, Alfaro, Jones; Alonso (Fernandez 77’), Svensson, Shipp (Bruin 71’), Lodeiro, Dempsey (Evans 79’); Morris Substitutes Not Used: Meredith, Adekoya, Fisher, Mathers

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2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES Sounders FC 0 at Sporting KC 3 May 17, 2017 at Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) Attendance: 20,139

Sounders FC 1 at New York City FC 2 June 17, 2017 at Yankee Stadium (New York, NY) Attendance: 25,073

SCORING SKC - Gerso 56’ SKC - Gerso 58’ SKC - Gerso (Zusi, Feilhaber) 69’

SCORING SEA - Roldan 40’ NYC - Villa (penalty) 52’’ NYC - Villa (Harrison) 77’

Lineup: Frei; Delem*, Marshall, Alfaro*, Fisher (Evans 78’); Roldan, Svensson (Shipp 72’); Fernandez, Lodeiro, Morris (Adekoya 77’); Bruin

Lineup: Frei; Fisher (Wingo 82’), Marshall*, Svensson*, Jones (Tolo 81’); Alonso*, Roldan*, Shipp (Bruin 67’), Clint Dempsey, Lodeiro; Morris

Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Tolo, Mathers, Dempsey

Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Adekoya, Kovar, Torres

Sounders FC 1 vs. Real Salt Lake 0 May 20, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 40,588

Sounders FC 1 vs. Orlando City SC 1 June 21, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 42,333

SCORING SEA - Shipp (Svensson) 42’

SCORING SEA - Bruin 19’ ORL - Sutter (90’+4’)

Lineup: Frei; Evans (Delem 66’), Marshall, Svensson, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Shipp (Fernandez 57’) Lodeiro, Dempsey (Bruin 81’); Morris Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Adekoya, Fisher, Tolo Sounders FC 1 vs. Portland Timbers 0 May 27, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 47,362 SCORING SEA - Roldan (Marshall, Lodeiro) 4’ Lineup: Frei*; Evans, Marshall, Svensson, Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Shipp (Delem 80’’) Lodeiro, Dempsey; Morris (Fisher 89’) Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Adekoya, Fernandez, Kovar, Tolo Sounders FC 0 at Columbus Crew SC 3 May 31, 2017 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, OH) Attendance: 12,773 SCORING CLB - Higuaín (Jiménez) 10’ CLB - Meram (Trapp) 21’ CLB - Kamara (Meram, Higuaín) 59’ Lineup: Frei; Delem, Svensson, Alfaro, Fisher (Evans 64’); Fernandez, Alonso, Roldan, Jones (Torres 74’), Lodeiro; Adekoya* (Tolo 64’) Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Mathers, Kovar, Shipp Sounders FC 1 vs. Houston Dynamo 0 June 4, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 40,258 SCORING SEA - Bruin (Roldan, Alonso) 69’ Lineup: Frei; Evans (Kovar 54’), Torres, Marshall, Jones; Alonso, Svensson, Roldan, Lodeiro, Fernandez (Tolo 75’); Bruin (Delem 88’) Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Adekoya, Fisher, Mathers

Lineup: Frei; Roldan, Torres*, Marshall, Nouhou; Alonso, Svensson, Lodeiro, Dempsey* (Alfaro 89’), Morris (Wingo 87’); Bruin (Jones 76’) Sounders FC 2 at Portland Timbers 2 June 25, 2017 at Providence Park (Portland, OR) Attendance: 21,144 SCORING SEA - Jones 27’ POR - Adi (penalty) 45’ POR - Asprilla (Guzman) 45’+4’ SEA - Dempsey (Torres, Alonso) 90’+4’’ Lineup: Frei; Marshall, Torres, Jones (Nouhou 57’), Evans+; Alonso captain, Lodeiro, Morris (Dempsey 56’), Roldan, Svensson; Bruin (Kovar 87’) Sounders FC 3 at Colorado Rapids 1 July 4, 2017 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, CO) Attendance: 17,432 SCORING SEA - Dempsey (Jones) 6’ SEA - Bruin (Dempsey, Lodeiro) 30’ COL - Badji (Hairston, Azira) 54’ SEA - Dempsey (Bruin, Frei) 85’ Lineup: Frei; Delem, Torres, Marshall (Alfaro 22’), Nouhou; Alonso - captain (Kovar 17’) (Shipp 84’), Svensson, Lodeiro, Dempsey, Jones; Bruin Sounders FC 4 vs. D.C. United 3 July 19, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 42,714 SCORING DC - Brown (Nyarko) 8’ DC - Harkes (Franklin) 27’ DC - Sam (Acosta) 50’ SEA - Bruin (Jones) 51’ SEA - Evans (Jones, Nouhou) 62’ SEA - Svensson Lodeiro) 74’ SEA - Roldan (Bruin) 78’ Lineup: Miller; Evans (Delem 70’), Torres, Marshall, Jones; Svensson, Roldan, Kovar (Leerdam 54’), Lodeiro+ - captain, Shipp (Nouhou 54’); Bruin

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2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES Sounders FC 3 vs. San Jose 0 July 23, 2017 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 43,528 SCORING SEA - Roldan (Svensson, Leerdam) 54’ SEA - Roldan 56’ SEA - Leerdam (Jones) 65’ Lineup: Frei; Leerdam (Shipp 84’), Torres - captain, Marshall, Nouhou; Svensson, Delem, Evans (Kovar 71’), Roldan, Jones (Alfaro 86’); Bruin Substitutes Not Used: Miller, Adekoya, Wingo, Mathers Sounders FC 0 at LA Galaxy 0 July 29, 2017 at StubHub Center (Carson, CA) Attendance: 25,667 SCORING None’ Lineup: Frei; Leerdam, Torres, Marshall, Nouhou (Morris 66’); Svensson, Roldan, Lodeiro - captain, Dempsey, Jones; Bruin (Evans 89’) Substitutes not used: Miller, Alfaro, Kovar, Shipp, Delem Sounders FC 4 at Minnesota United FC 0 August 5, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 22,649 SCORING SEA - Bruin (Dempsey) 9’ SEA - Dempsey (Marshall, Svensson) 18’ SEA - Morris (Lodeiro) 71’ SEA - Dempsey (Jones) 73’ Lineup: Frei; Leerdam, Torres (Alfaro 75’), Marshall, Jones; Svensson, Roldan, Lodeiro - captain, Dempsey, Morris (Kovar 76’); Bruin (Evans 64’) Substitutes not used: Meredith, Fisher, Shipp, Delem

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TYLER MILLER

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Born: March 12, 1993 Hometown: Woodbury, NJ College: Northwestern

CLINT DEMPSEY

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Born: March 9, 1983 Hometown: Nacogdoches, Texas Citizenship: United States College: Furman

HOW ACQUIRED HOW ACQUIRED Signed to a First Team contract on December 21, 2015. Originally signed by Sounders FC 2 to contract on July 9, 2015 after being selected in the Second Round (33rd overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

Signed as a Designated Player on August 3, 2013. PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES • Made MLS debut and first career start in 2-1 loss at Real Salt Lake (March 12, 2016) • Made eight saves in penalty-kick shootout win at Real Salt Lake in Fifth Round of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (June 28, 2016) • A three-time All-Big-10 First Team selection and 2014 Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year • Only player to earn both All-America and Scholar All-America honors in 2014

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170

BRAD EVANS

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Born: April 20, 1985 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Citizenship: United States College: UC Irvine

Tottenham Hotspur (2012-2013), Fulham (2007-2012), New England (2004-2006). CAREER NOTES • Became first player in club history to record two career hat tricks (August 7, 2016) • Former U.S. captain and second all-time with 56 goals for USMNT • Only player in MLS to record both 10 goals and 10 assists in both 2014 and 2015 • Scored fastest goal in club history (23 seconds) in 3-2 loss vs. SJ (March 14, 2015) • Holds American record with 57 goals in EPL with Fulham and Tottenham • 25 goals and 14 assists in 71 appearances for New England Revolution from 2004-06

GUSTAV SVENSSON

Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Born: February 7, 1987 Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden Citizenship: Sweden HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Signed to contract on January 30, 2017. Selected from Columbus in the MLS Expansion Draft on November 26, 2008. Signed multi-year contract on November 20, 2013. PREVIOUS CLUBS

PREVIOUS CLUBS Guangzhou R&F (2016), IFK Goteborg (2014-2015), Tarivya (20122013), Bursaspor (2011-2012), IFK Goteborg (2006-2010).

Columbus (2007-2008). CAREER NOTES CAREER NOTES • Tied MLS record with three first-half assists at CHV (September 3, 2014) • Perfect 9/9 career on penalty kicks (11/11 across all competitions) • Scored latest goal in club history (in regulation) with penalty kick seven minutes into stoppage time in 2-1 win against CD Olimpia (August 19, 2015) • Set career-high in games played and starts (29) in 2012 • Recorded game-winning assist in USMNT’s friendly win vs. GER (June 10, 2015) • Won 2008 MLS Cup with Columbus, plus four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups, the 2014 Supporters’ Shield and the 2016 MLS Cup with Seattle • Has earned 25 caps for U.S. National Team with one goal

• Began pro career with hometown side IFK Göteborg, where he played from 2006-2010, leading the club to the 2008 Svenzka Cupen (Swedish Cup) title and a 2009 second-place finish • Played for Bursaspor of the Turkish Super Lig in 2010, where he made 38 appearances in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 campaigns • Has six appearances for the Swedish National Team, beginning with two caps in 2009. The midfielder has also appeared in a pair of matches for Sweden in 2015 and 2016. • Moved to Guangzhou R&F of the Chinese Super League in 2016 and started all 28 of his appearances

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5 D

NOUHOU

OSVALDO ALONSO

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Born: June 23, 1997 Hometown: Douala, Cameroon Citizenship: Cameroon Pronunciation: NEW-hoo toe-LOW

Height: 5-11 Weight: 155 Born: November 11, 1985 Hometown: San Cristóbal, Cuba Citizenship: Cuba Pronunciation: ahs-VAHL-doe

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on January 26, 2017. PREVIOUS CLUBS

Signed as free agent on January 26, 2009. Signed to contract extension on February 17, 2011. Signed as a Designated Player on November 19, 2013.

Rainbow FC (2015).

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Charleston Battery (USL, 2008), FC Pinar del Rio (2005-2007).

• Made MLS debut off the bench against Crew SC (May 31) • Scored first USL goal in 2-1 road win over LA Galaxy II (April 15) • Started all 24 of his appearances for S2 in 2016, leading the team with 2,061 minutes • Joined S2 in April of 2016 from Cameroonian side Rainbow FC

CAREER NOTES

CRISTIAN ROLDAN

• Voted team MVP for fifth time in 2016 • Four-time MLS All-Star selection • Seattle’s all-time leader in games played, starts and minutes • Named to the 2012 MLS Best XI for first time in his career • Granted full U.S. citizenship on June 16, 2012 • Capped 17 times by Cuban National Team and captain of U-23 team during 2008 Olympic qualifying

VÍCTOR RODRÍGUEZ

Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Born: June 3, 1995 Hometown: Pico Rivera, California Citizenship: United States College: Washington Pronunciation: roll-dahn

Height: 5-7 Weight: 154 Born: July 23, 1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Citizenship: Spain

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on August 2, 2017 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

Drafted by Seattle as the 16th pick in the MLS SuperDraft on January 15, 2015.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES • Scored first career MLS goal in 5-0 win versus FC Dallas (July 13, 2016) • Appeared in 22 MLS regular season matches as a rookie, starting 11, which ranks fourth-most games played by a rookie in team history (2015) • Recorded first career MLS assist on a goal by Obafemi Martins in a 3-0 win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC (September 19, 2015) • Named NSCAA Third Team All-American as a sophomore at University of Washington • 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior at El Racho High School

HOW ACQUIRED

Sporting Gijón (2016), Getafe CF (Loan, 2015-2016), Elche CF (20142016), Zaragoza (2012-2014), UE Vilajuïga (Loan, 2008-2009), CF Badalona (2008-2012). CAREER NOTES • Signed with Seattle after nearly a decade of professional experience in Spain, including four of the past five seasons in La Liga • In 2014-2015 while playing for Elche CF, Rodríguez made 36 appearances and scored four goals - a career high in La Liga • Spent four years in FC Barcelona youth system.

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NICOLAS LODEIRO

AARON KOVAR

Height: 5-7 Weight: 150 Born: March 21, 1989 Hometown: Paysandú, Uruguay Citizenship: Uruguay Pronunciation: lo-DARE-oh

Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Born: August 14, 1993 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on July 27, 2016 as a Designated Player.

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 8, 2014.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Boca Juniors (2015-2016), Corinthians (2014-2015), Botafago (20122014), Ajax (2010-2012), Nacional (2007-2010).

• Made MLS debut at D.C. United (June 28, 2014) • Drew penalty kick and recorded assist in professional debut, a 5-0 win vs. PSA (June 18, 2014) • Scored first professional goal in S2’s 1-0 win over LA Galaxy II (June 12, 2015) • Recorded two assists in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24, 2015) • Sounders FC Academy product and two-year starter at Stanford, where he totaled five goals and eight assists • 2012 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year • 2011 Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year as a senior at Garfield High School

CAREER NOTES • Earned 2016 MLS Newcomer of the Year, a spot on MLS Team of the Week in his first two weeks with club and named Etihad Player of the Month for August • Has 48 caps and three goals for Uruguay National Team • Member of Uruguay’s 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup roster • Previously played for Boca Juniors (Argentina), Corinthians (Brazil), Botafogo (Brazil) and Ajax (Netherlands) • Participated in 2012 Summer Olympics and three Copa America tournaments. Uruguay won the 2011 edition of Copa America

SEYI ADEKOYA

Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Born: December 5, 1995 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States College: UCLA Pronunciation: SHAY-ee ad-uh-COY-ah HOW ACQUIRED Signed as Homegrown Player on January 18, 2017. CAREER NOTES • Made MLS debut in reserve role on May 17 • Recorded 20 goals and eight assists in three seasons at UCLA, including 12 tallies as a sophomore in 2015 • A three-time All-Pac-12 selection, including First Team honors in 2015, in addition to freshman All-American recognition in 2014 • Lakeside High School graduate previously played for Sounders FC Academy U-18 squad in the 2013-2014 campaign

JORDAN MORRIS

Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Born: October 26, 1994 Hometown: Mercer Island, Washington Citizenship: United States College: Stanford HOW ACQUIRED Signed as Homegrown Player on January 21, 2016. CAREER NOTES • 2016 AT&T Rookie of the Year with American rookie record 12 goals • Tied MLS rookie record with a goal in four consecutive matches • Made Sounders FC debut in 85 minutes of action in 2-2 draw versus Club America in SCCL Knockout Round (February 23, 2016) • Has 14 caps and two goals for United States Men’s National Team • Became the first college player since 1995 to make senior USMNT appearance (November 2014) • As a senior at Stanford, led Cardinal to National Championship and won the MAC Hermann Trophy • Scored 28 goals in 32 games for Sounders FC Academy in 2012

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CHAD MARSHALL

Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Born: August 22, 1984 Hometown: Riverside, California Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

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TONY ALFARO

Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Born: June 15, 1993 Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Pronunciation: Al-FAR-oh HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Acquired via trade with the Columbus Crew on December 12, 2013, in exchange for allocation money and a 2015 third round SuperDraft pick.

Selected with seventh pick of Second Round (27th overall) in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft CAREER NOTES

PREVIOUS CLUBS • Made MLS debut in reserve role at New England (May 28) • Made six appearances, including one start, as a rookie in 2016 • Named a First Team All-American by the NSCAA and earned CCAA Defensive Player of the Year in senior season at Cal State Dominguez Hills

Columbus (2004-2013). CAREER NOTES • First player in MLS history to earn three Defender of the Year awards • Ranks in Top 20 among active players in games played • Played in 300th career match against Portland Timbers (June 28) • Named to 2015 MLS All-Star Gameday Roster and played 45 minutes • Capped 11 times by U.S. National Team

WILL BRUIN

Height: 6-2 Weight: 194 Born: October 24, 1989 Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Citizenship: United States College: Indiana

KELVIN LEERDAM

Height: 5-10 Weight: 154 Born: June 24, 1990 Hometown: Utrecht, Netherlands Citizenship: Netherlands HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Signed on July 1, 2017 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). Acquired via trade from Houston Dynamo for Targeted Allocation Money and General Allocation Money on December 23, 2016.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Vitesse (2013-2017), Feyenoord (2008-2013).

Houston Dynamo (2011-2016).

CAREER NOTES

• Made MLS debut on July 19 vs. D.C. United, then recorded first start, goal and assist on July 23 vs. San Jose. • Spent nine seasons in Dutch Eredivisie with Feyenoord and Vitesse, amassing 186 career league appearances with 16 goals and eight assists. • Scored a career-high eight goals in first season with Vitesse (20132014), leading Arnhem-based club to fourth-place finish. • Leerdam’s clubs had a combined 26-2-3 record when he registers a goal or assist. • Made 19 appearances for the Netherlands’ U-21 side from 2010-2013 and three appearances the U-19s in 2009.

• Scored 50 goals and added 20 assists in his six professional seasons with the Dynamo • Scored career-high 12 tallies in 2012. Also reached double digits in the scoring column with 10 goals in 2014 and 11 in 2015. • Recorded 33 goals in 66 appearances for the Hoosiers, including a team-high 18 tallies as a junior, when he finished second in the voting for the MAC Hermann Trophy • Two career caps for the U.S. National Team, making his debut in a friendly against Canada in 2013.

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HARRY SHIPP

Height: 5-9 Weight: 145 Born: November 7, 1991 Hometown: Lake Forest, Illinois Citizenship: United States College: Notre Dame

JORDY DELEM

Height: 5-11 Weight: 156 Born: March 18, 1993 Hometown: Fort-de-France, Martinique Citizenship: Martinique HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED Signed to a First Team contract on March 2, 2017. Acquired via trade from Montreal for General Allocation Money on December 22, 2016.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Club Franciscain (2015), AC Arles-Avignon B (2014).

Montreal Impact (2016), Chicago Fire (2014-2015).

CAREER NOTES

• Made MLS debut this season with start at right back in Seattle’s scoreless draw vs. Atlanta United FC (March 31) • Made 19 appearances for S2 in 2016 and recorded an assist in a 1-1 draw against Whitecaps FC 2 (August 6) • Previously played for Club Franciscain of Martinique’s Championnat National League and France’s AC Arles-Avignon B squad • Has 32 caps and five goals for the Martinique National Team

• Spent the 2016 season with Eastern Conference finalist Montreal Impact, starting 20 of his 27 appearances and recording two goals and three assists • Burst onto the scene with a stellar rookie season in 2014, tallying seven goals and six assists in 33 appearances as an AT&T MLS Rookie of the Year finalist • Helped lead the Fighting Irish to the first national championship in program history during his senior season, where he was a NSCAA First Team All-American and a MAC Hermann Trophy finalist

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HENRY WINGO

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Born: October 4, 1995 Hometown: Seattle, Washington College: Washington HOW ACQUIRED

STEFAN FREI

Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Born: April 20, 1986 Hometown: Altstaetten, Switzerland College: California Pronunciation: STEF-in FRY HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 18, 2017 Acquired via trade from Toronto on December 10, 2013. CAREER NOTES PREVIOUS CLUBS • Made professional debut in 2017 season opener at Houston Dynamo (March 4) • Made 56 appearances and earning All-Pac-12 Second Team honors in 2015 and 2016 at Washington • Played at least 18 matches in each of his three seasons with the Huskies, starting 35 of 37 of his appearances in 2015 and 2016 • Spent the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 campaigns with the Sounders FC Academy

Toronto FC (2009-2013). CAREER NOTES • Became first Sounders FC goalkeeper to earn 50th win in 3-0 road shutout at LA Galaxy (April 23) • Named 2016 MLS Cup MVP • First goalkeeper in club history with 300 career saves • Recorded nine shutouts and 99 saves in first season for Seattle (2014) • Became second player in Sounders FC history to play in every minute of the season in 2014 • Four-time Canadian Cup Championship winner

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M/F

LAMAR NEAGLE

ROMÁN TORRES

Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Born: May 7, 1987 Hometown: Federal Way, Washington Citizenship: United States College: UNLV

Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Born: March 20, 1986 Hometown: Panama City, Panama Citizenship: Panama Pronunciation: roe-MAHN

HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired via trade from D.C. United in exchange for 2018 Fourth Round MLS SuperDraft pick on August 7, 2017.

Signed on August 12, 2015 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). PREVIOUS CLUBS

PREVIOUS CLUBS D.C. United (2016-2017), Seattle Sounders FC (2009, 2011, 2013-2015), Montreal Impact (2012), IFK Mariehamn (2010-11), Charleston Battery (2010).

Millonarios (2012-2015), La Equidad (2008-2009, 2012), Atlètico Nacional (2011), Atlètico Junior (2010), Cortulua (2006-2007), San Francisco FC (2005-2008), Chepo FC (2003-2005). CAREER NOTES

CAREER NOTES • Joined Seattle via trade in August of 2017 in fourth separate stint with the club • Recorded career highs of nine goals and nine assists in Seattle’s 2014 Supporters’ Shield-winning campaign • 2013 Sounders FC Humanitarian of the Year

ZACH MATHERS

Height: 5-11 Weight: 172 Born: April 14, 1994 Hometown: Keller, Texas College: Duke

• Scored decisive penalty-kick to shootout to win 2016 MLS Cup • Made club debut with 90 minutes of action at centerback and recorded assist in 4-0 win vs. Orlando City (August 16, 2015) • Suffered season-ending ACL tear in 1-1 draw at San Jose (September 1, 2015), then underwent successful surgery on September 22, 2015 • Current captain of Panamanian National Team, appearing in 79 international matches and scoring 12 goals • Amassed 331 career appearances and 32 goals in 11 professional seasons of topflight leagues in South and Central America • Five club championships with four different teams in Panama and Colombia

JOEVIN JONES

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Born: August 3, 1991 Hometown: Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago Citizenship: Trinidad & Tobago Pronunciation: JOE-vin

HOW ACQUIRED HOW ACQUIRED Signed to a First Team contract on March 2, 2017. CAREER NOTES • Recorded three goals and four assists in 19 appearances for S2 in 2016 • Played in three matches for Sounders FC in the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup after earning short-term agreements to join the senior squad • Three-time All-ACC selection at Duke

Acquired via trade from Chicago Fire in exchange for Sounders FC’s First Round pick (15th overall) in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money. PREVIOUS CLUBS Chicago Fire (2015); HJK Helsinki (2014); W Connection (2009-2014). CAREER NOTES • Holds club record with three assists in MLS Cup Playoffs • Made Sounders FC debut in 90 minutes of action in 2-2 draw versus Club America in SCCL Knockout Round (February 23, 2016) • Played in 55 league matches for the Savonetta Boys from 2009-2014, leading his club to two Pro League titles and scoring 26 goals

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BRYAN MEREDITH

ONIEL FISHER

Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Born: August 2, 1989 Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ Citizenship: United States College: Monmouth

Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Born: November 22, 1991 Hometown: Portmore, Jamaica Citizenship: Jamaica College: New Mexico

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected in Stage One in 2016 Re-Entry Draft on December 16, 2016.

Selected in the Second Round (40th overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

San Jose (2014-16), New York Cosmos (2013), IK Brage (2013), Sounders FC (2011-12), Kitsap Pumas (2011).

• Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24, 2015) • Made MLS debut in 4 minutes of action at FC Dallas (March 28, 2015) • Started 34 of 39 appearances in two seasons at the University of New Mexico, recording four goals and three assists • Earned first Jamaica Senior National Team cap vs. Trinidad and Tobago in 2010 and another in 2017

CAREER NOTES • Originally drafted by Seattle in the Second Round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft • Made his first MLS appearance in the second half against the LA Galaxy on May 2, 2012 • Posted a 3-3-5 mark during the 2012 MLS season with a 1.27 goals against average and three shutouts • Also played for Kitsap Pumas and San Jose Earthquakes

CALUM MALLACE

Height: 6-1 Weight: 181 Born: January 10, 1990 Hometown: Mendota Heights, Minnesota Citizenship: Scotland / United States College: Marquette HOW ACQUIRED Acquired via trade from Montreal Impact in exchange for 2019 Fourth Round MLS SuperDraft pick on August 10, 2017. PREVIOUS CLUBS Montreal Impact (2012-2017) CAREER NOTES • Joined Seattle via trade in August of 2017 after five and a half seasons with Montreal • Started 51 of 80 career appearances with Impact, recording one goal and six assists • Six career appearances in Audi MLS Cup Playoffs

Tyler Miller Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Gustav Svensson Nouhou Tolo Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Alvaro Fernandez Victor Rodriguez Nicolas Lodeiro Aaron Kovar Seyi Adekoya Jordan Morris Chad Marshall Tony Alfaro Will Bruin Kelvin Leerdam Harry Shipp Jordy Delem Henry Wingo Stefan Frei Roman Torres Zach Mathers Joevin Jones Bryan Meredith Victor Mansaray Oniel Fisher

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Bruin 4 (Roldan 2, Alonso 1) 69 Roldan 2 (unassisted) 40 Bruin 5 (unassisted) 19 Jones 1 (unassisted) 27; Dempsey 5 (Torres 1, Alonso 2) 94+ Dempsey 6 (Jones 6) 6; Bruin 6 (Dempsey 2, Lodeiro 6) 30; Dempsey 7 (Bruin 1, Frei 1) 85 Bruin 7 (Jones 7) 51; Evans 1 (Jones 8, Tolo 1) 62; Svensson 1 (Lodeiro 7) 74; Roldan 3 (Bruin 2) Roldan 4 (Svensson 3, Leerdam 1) 54; Roldan 5 (unassisted) 56; Leerdam 1 (Jones 9) 65

Shipp 2 (Svensson 2) 42 Roldan 1 (Marshall 1, Lodeiro 5)

2 (unassisted) 84 (Lodeiro 2) 89 3 (Lodeiro 3, Jones 3) 29; own goal (Cole) 35; Morris 2 (Dempsey 1, Delem 1) 3 (Jones 4) 75; Bruin 3 (Jones 5) 85; Alonso 1 (Svensson 1, Lodeiro 4) 88

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SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

Tyler Miller Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Gustav Svensson Nouhou Tolo Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Alvaro Fernandez Nicolas Lodeiro Aaron Kovar Seyi Adekoya Jordan Morris Chad Marshall Tony Alfaro Will Bruin Harry Shipp Jordy Delem Henry Wingo Stefan Frei Roman Torres Zach Mathers Joevin Jones Bryan Meredith Irvin Parra Sam Rogers David Olsen Francisco Narbon Victor Mansaray Ray Saari Oniel Fisher Rodrigue Ele Felix Chenkam

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GAME NOTES

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, August 12, 2017 Kickoff: 3 p.m. CT CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) MLS Regular Season Game 24 Sporting Kansas City 9-4-10, 37 points (7-0-5 home; 2-4-5 away) 1st place in Western Conference Seattle Sounders FC 9-7-7, 34 points (6-1-3 home; 3-6-4 away) T-2nd place in Western Conference

9-4-10 (37 pts.) 23 1st in West 29 1.26 22 18 0.78 +11 334 (114) 34.1% 250 298 41 1

English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City English Radio: ESPN 99.3 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Baldomero Toledo Eduardo Mariscal Anthony Vasoli Henrik Karlsson Allen Chapman

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 17 19 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 39 55 77 93 94

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

Name Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Cristian Lobato Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter Amer Didic Tyler Pasher Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

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

9-7-7 (34 pts.) 23 T-2nd in West 36 1.57 38 31 1.35 +5 316 (94) 29.7% 224 330 26 3

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

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Gerso Four Players Gerso Dwyer, Gerso Three Players Besler, Espinoza Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

6 GOALS 3 ASSISTS 52 SHOTS 22 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 35 FOULS COMMITTED 37 FOULS SUFFERED 7 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 2070 Tim Melia 0.78 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 68

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

9 10 69 23 3 4 28 73 3 1

Clint Dempsey Joevin Jones Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey Bruin, Roldan Nicolas Lodeiro Osvaldo Alonso Nicolas Lodeiro Tony Alfaro Three Players

1980 Stefan Frei 1.27 Stefan Frei 8 Stefan Frei 8 Stefan Frei 62 Stefan Frei

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COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

PETER VERMES

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

Pts 44 41 40 35 35 32 30 29 27 26 19

W L T 12 3 8 12 5 5 12 7 4 11 9 2 10 7 5 10 12 2 8 9 6 8 10 5 7 8 6 7 10 5 5 14 4

GD +19 +19 +10 +5 +13 -5 -9 +4 -5 -1 -24

GP 23 22 23 22 22 24 23 23 21 22 23

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

Pts 37 34 34 34 34 32 31 26 23 22 21

W L T 9 4 10 9 7 7 9 5 7 9 7 7 9 8 7 9 9 5 9 8 4 7 12 5 6 11 5 6 13 4 6 12 3

GD +11 +7 +7 +5 +3 -9 +1 -14 -8 -20 -9

GP 23 23 21 23 24 23 21 24 22 23 21

9th season 112-86-71 9th season (.548) 112-86-71 (.548)

BRIAN SCHMETZER

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

2nd season 17-9-11 (.608) 2nd season 17-9-11 (.608)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, Aug. 10 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • Cameron Porter (Broken Fibula)

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 12, 2017 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SEAvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SEAvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City travels to face Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday afternoon at CenturyLink Field. The two sides met once earlier this season, with Sporting KC cruising to a 3-0 victory behind an impressive hat trick from winger Gerso - marking the first hat trick scored by a Sporting KC player in MLS action since 2010. Sporting KC is unbeaten against the Sounders since the start of the 2015 season, going 4-0-2 in the six meetings since. That streak also includes wins in the last three including a 1-0 road victory in Sporting KC’s last visit to CenturyLink Field in the side’s season opener in 2016, with Nuno Andre Coelho netting from distance on his debut for the club on March 6, 2016. Since then, Sporting KC has posted back-to-back 3-0 victories at Children’s Mercy Park. On July 24, 2016, a pair of goals from Dom Dwyer and a stunning strike from Jacob Peterson was enough to steer Sporting KC past Seattle in what would turn out to be former Sounders coach Sigi Schmid’s last match at the Seattle helm. Then, on May 17, 2017, newly minted Designated Player Gerso scored three goals in a 13-minute span to earn his side all three points. Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia is an unbeaten 4-0-1 against Seattle, and is yet to concede a goal in his five regular-season matches when facing the Sounders. The only goal Melia has conceded against Seattle was a controversial header from Nelson Valdez in the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round where Seattle emerged as 1-0 victors in a contentious match. Seattle leads the all-time series with Sporting KC in the regular season with a 7-5-3 mark, though it once stood at 7-1-2 before their grip of the series loosened with Sporting KC’s current six-game unbeaten streak. Sporting KC is also 2-3-2 at CenturyLink Field and last tasted defeat there on March 8, 2014. #SKCvSEA: Recent Meetings (SEA leads 7-5-3 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s 18 goals allowed through 23 games in the 2017 MLS season are the fewest conceded in the league, comfortably ahead of Toronto FC’s 23. SKC also has the best goals against average with 0.78, ahead of TFC’s 1.00, and the club’s nine shutouts are tied for the league lead. • SKC is second in MLS with 14.52 shots per game while facing a league-low 9.57 shots per game. The side also ranks fifth with 4.96 shots on target per game. • SKC leads MLS in passes (11,663), successful passes (9,698) and passing accuracy (83.15) while ranking second in average possession (56.84). • SKC is second in MLS in dribbles attempted with 461 and also ranks second in dribbles completed with 209. • SKC is fourth in MLS with 10.43 chances created per game and third with 9.13 chances created from open play per game.

Date

05/17/2017 07/24/2016 03/06/2016 09/27/2015 06/06/2015

Score

KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 0

Result W W W T W

Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the best goals against average in MLS at 0.78, conceding just 18 goals in 23 games this season and posting a league-high nine shutouts. In addition, his 79.07 save percentage leads the league among players to play in two or more games. Melia also leads MLS with three penalty saves on five faced in 2017. • Midfielder Ilie is second in MLS with 1,611 passes attempted and is second in the league in passes completed with 1,373. • Defender Matt Besler is second among MLS defenders in passes attempted (1,294) and passes completed (1,108). • Defender Graham Zusi leads all MLS defenders with 33 chances created and 25 chances created from open play. • Winger Gerso is tied for fifth in MLS with 92 dribbles attempted and tied for fourth with 42 dribbles completed. • Midfielder Ilie is second among MLS midfielders in interceptions with 46.

Details

Gerso scores first SKC hat trick in since 2010 in rout Dwyer scores in each half to add to Peterson strike Nuno Andre Coelho scores from distance on his debut Martins opens the scoring before Dwyer equalizes late Benny Feilhaber converts 84th-minute penalty for SKC

Seattle Sounders FC Team Stats • SEA has suffered the second most fouls in MLS this season with 318, only trailing NY’s 327. • SEA is third in MLS in corners, taking 127 so far in the 2017 campaign. • SEA has taken the fifth most shots in MLS with 316 but are 15th with 94. Their 38.68 percent shooting accuracy is the lowest in the league. • SEA has committed just 224 fouls in MLS this season, the lowest number in the league. • SEA has only been shown 26 yellow cards in 2017, the lowest number of cautions in MLS.

#SEAvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Winger Gerso leads the team with three goals against Seattle Sounders FC - all three coming in a 3-0 home victory on May 17, 2017 as Gerso netted the first Sporting KC hat trick since 2010 in the match. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal and three assists against Seattle. He converted a late game-winning penalty kick on June 6, 2015, while he also assisted on Gerso’s third goal on May 17, 2017. He also had two assists for the New England Revolution: on June 26, 2011 and Oct. 1, 2011. • Defender Graham Zusi has two assists against Seattle, helping set up Dom Dwyer’s opener in last season’s 3-0 win on July 24, 2016 before adding another on Gerso’s third goal on May 17, 2017. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against the Sounders, with his cross setting up Dom Dwyer’s game winner on July 24, 2016. • Defender Matt Besler has one assist all-time against Seattle, coming on Kei Kamara’s goal in a 2-1 home defeat on Aug. 6, 2011. • Defender Ike Opara has one assist against the Sounders, helping set up Jacob Peterson’s strike on July 24, 2016. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam has one assist against Seattle Sounders FC, setting up Jacob Peterson’s goal on July 24, 2016. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is an unbeaten 4-0-1 against Seattle Sounders FC, posting shutouts in all five of his games against the side.

Seattle Sounders FC Player Stats • Defender Joevin Jones is tied for second in MLS with 10 assists this season from left back. • Midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro is tied for the league-lead in game-winning assists with four, joining TFC’s Victor Vazquez. Lodeiro also leads the league in fouls suffered with 73. • Forward Clint Dempsey is tied for fourth in MLS with 69 shots in 2017 but is tied for 17th with 23 shots on goal.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Defender Graham Zusi is one appearance away from reaching 225 in MLS competition (including postseason) for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is two MLS appearances short of reaching 150 for Sporting KC.

#SEAvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Defenders Graham Zusi and Matt Besler, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber have all been teammates with Seattle forwards Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris and midfielder Brad Evans over the last decade. • Forward Cameron Porter was a teammate of the Sounders’ Harry Shipp at the Montreal Impact in 2016. • Defender Tyler Pasher was a part of the Toronto FC Academy while Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei was playing for the senior team from 2010-2012. • Seattle forward Will Bruin is from St. Louis, Missouri and was a part of the St. Louis Scott Gallagher soccer club.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

Sporting Kansas City’s thrilling shootout victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinals on Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park extended the club’s unbeaten streak to 13 games in all competitions - equalling a club record.

Sporting Kansas City scored one of the most aesthetically pleasing goals of the season in Wednesday night’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal triumph over the San Jose Earthquakes. After falling behind early on due to Danny Hoesen’s brilliant individual effort, Sporting KC equalized before the halftime interval through center forward Diego Rubio.

Sporting KC has gone 3-0-6 in MLS play since their last defeat on May 27 and 3-0-1 in the U.S. Open Cup - with the sole draw resulting in Wednesday’s penalty shootout victory. The side’s record since the start of June now stands at 6-0-7, and Sporting KC’s 13-game unbeaten streak across all competitions now matches the franchise record set in 2012 when that squad did not lose a game from Aug. 4 through Oct. 24 - including a victorious U.S. Open Cup final on Aug. 8, 2012.

The build-up to the goal included 18 passes that ran from the left side of the field, to the right and back to the left with every outfield Sporting KC player touching the ball at least once. The move culminated when Latif Blessing fed Jimmy Medranda on the edge of the area, allowing the left back burst into the box and cross for Rubio who tucked home with the outside of his foot to equalize.

In addition, Sporting KC is riding a 21-game home unbeaten streak in MLS action that stretches all the way back to last summer. Sporting KC last tasted defeat in the regular season at Children’s Mercy Park when the side fell to a 1-0 loss against D.C. United on May 27, 2016. Since then, Sporting KC has gone 14-0-7 in regular-season play at Children’s Mercy Park, and is 17-1-8 in all competitions in that time. The lone setback in the last 14 months came in a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on Sept. 13, 2016.

The move lasted a full 53 seconds from when holding midfielder Ilie first picked up the ball to Rubio firing home, and the 18-pass sequence was the longest Sporting KC has produced leading to a goal this season.

SINOVIC TO RETURN FROM SUSPENSION

Sporting Kansas City was forced to play its Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal against the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night without the services of left back Seth Sinovic, who was serving a one-game suspension having been shown a red card early in the club’s Quarterfinal victory over FC Dallas on July 11. Sinovic is eligible for Saturday’s trip to Seattle.

The club’s 21-game home unbeaten streak is the longest in club history and is the sixth longest in MLS history. The Houston Dynamo holds the current record for the longest home unbeaten streak, having gone 30 home games without a loss from July 9, 2011 through April 28, 2013 - a streak that was shattered by Sporting KC with a 1-0 win on May 12, 2013.

Sinovic had started every game in all competitions for Sporting KC this season until Wednesday’s match, adding a goal and an assist in 26 appearances - both coming in the 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids at Children’s Mercy Park on April 9. Sinovic has already eclipsed his combined numbers from 2015 and 2016, as the Leawood, Kan. native played in just 24 games across those two seasons.

The club’s nine-game unbeaten streak in MLS play is the longest active undefeated streak in MLS and has only been bettered all year by the Chicago Fire, who went 11 games unbeaten from May 6 through July 5, going 8-0-3.

Sinovic’s suspension represented the fourth time Sporting KC has been missing a player due to suspension this season, as Roger Espinoza missed games against Minnesota United FC (June 3) and the Philadelphia Union (July 6) while serving one-game suspensions, while most recently Gerso missed the 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire on July 29 while due to a one-game suspension.

SEATTLE SURGE

Sporting Kansas City is set to take on Seattle Sounders FC for the second time in 2017, having already cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park on May 17 as Gerso netted the first hat trick for the club since 2010. That victory extended Sporting KC’s unbeaten streak against Seattle, with the side posting a 4-0-2 record since the start of the 2015 campaign in MLS regular-season play.

BENNY HITS HIS STRIDE, AND THE BACK OF THE NET

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber found the net for the third consecutive MLS game in last Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Atlanta United FC. Feilhaber entered the game at halftime and stepped up to convert a penalty kick to give his side the lead in the 59th minute after Latif Blessing was fouled in the area by Atlanta defender Leandro Gonzalez Pirez.

That run has brought Sporting KC back into the all-time series with Seattle in the regular season, as the Sounders once held a 7-1-2 lead after Sporting KC endured a frustrating winless stretch (0-7-2) from late 2009 through early 2015. However, Sporting KC’s 4-0-2 run now has the all-time series standing at 7-5-3 in Seattle’s favor. Sporting KC also claimed victory in their last regular-season visit to CenturyLink Field when Nuno Andre Coelho found the bottom corner from distance on his debut for the club on their way to a 1-0 victory in Sporting KC’s season opener on March 6, 2016.

Feilhaber had previously scored his first goal since April 29 with a penalty kick in the 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 22 before adding a brilliant bicycle kick in the 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire at Children’s Mercy Park on July 29. Feilhaber now has five goals on the season - tied for second on the team behind Gerso - and has also provided three assists, which is tied for the team lead. Feilhaber also has two assists in the club’s U.S. Open Cup run, setting up Latif Blessing’s first goal and Daniel Salloi’s strike in the 3-0 victory over FC Dallas in the Quarterfinals.

The two sides also have significant history outside of MLS regular-season play, with Sporting KC raising the 2012 U.S. Open Cup at the expense of the Sounders on penalty kicks, before Seattle advanced in last season’s MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round in controversial fashion when Nelson Valdez scored a late game-winner from an offside position.

This three-game scoring run marks the first such streak in Feilhaber’s career, and he became just the second Sporting KC player since 2010 to score in three consecutive games in the same regular season. Former striker Dom Dwyer also performed that feat on two occasions - in 2014 and 2016.

MELIA’S HEROICS EARNS USOC FINAL BERTH

Despite conceding his first goal of the tournament, goalkeeper Tim Melia was a key reason behind Sporting Kansas City advancing to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final for the third time in the last six years. Sporting KC topped the San Jose Earthquakes on penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 draw after extra time.

Feilhaber became the 12th Sporting KC player in the club’s history to score goals in three straight games. Club legend Preki leads the way having enjoyed three-game scoring streaks on three occasions in 1996, 1997 and 2003.

Melia entered the match as one of two goalkeepers in the tournament yet to concede a goal - alongside FC Cincinnati’s Mitch Hildebrandt - but saw that record go up in smoke after just four minutes when San Jose forward Danny Hoesen cut inside from the left wing and rifled a stunning strike into the bottom corner from 20 yards.

EYES ON THE PRIZE

Sporting Kansas City advanced to the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park, advancing on penalties against the San Jose Earthquakes after the score was locked at 1-1 with 120 minutes played.

Sporting KC dominated the match from that moment on and equalized through Diego Rubio but were unable to find the go-ahead goal as the match headed to penalty kicks. That’s when Melia took center stage, making quality saves to deny two of San Jose’s most experienced players in Chris Wondolowski and Victor Bernardez to ensure his side advanced to the Final.

Danny Hoesen gave the Earthquakes an early lead - the first goal Sporting KC and Tim Melia has conceded in this year’s tournament - before Diego Rubio capped off an 18pass move to equalize before halftime. Sporting KC peppered San Jose’s goal with 31 shots and 12 shots on goal, but the game was ultimately decided on penalty kicks.

Melia has now stopped five of the last 11 penalties he has faced, having saved three of five penalties faced in the regular season and two of six in Wednesday’s penalty shootout. His 60 percent save percentage on penalties in the regular season is tied for the second best across an MLS season, only trailing Real Salt Lake’s Nick Rimando who boasted save percentages of 67 percent (2013 and 2017) and 80 percent (2014) on penalty kicks faced.

Benny Feilhaber and Chris Wondolowski - two of the most reliable penalty-takers in MLS - each missed their side’s first attempts before Sporting KC eventually won 5-4 when Melia stopped Victor Bernardez’s spot kick in sudden death.

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U.S. Soccer held an official draw to determine hosting priorities for both Semifinal matchups as well as the tournament Final. Sporting KC will now host either the New York Red Bulls of the USL’s FC Cincinnati in the Final on Sept. 20 at Children’s Mercy Park. That semifinal is set to take place next Tuesday at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Below are Manager Peter Vermes’ remarks on Sporting KC’s penalty shootout victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in the U.S. Open Cup Semifinals at Children’s Mercy Park on August 9, 2017. On how he thinks his side has performed in extra time during this year’s 2017 U.S. Open Cup run: “Obviously really well cause we’re going to the final. Great determination, showed a lot of the fitness that we worked on in the offseason, and then into preseason and the rest of the year. It’s also a strong mentality and as much as this past weekend – we had a lapse in concentration – tonight was a special performance by the team to be able to play the way we did, to not get rattled after they scored first, come back into the game, finish it out like we did and have the kind of confidence that we did was different level.”

Sporting Kansas City is seeking the club’s fourth U.S. Open Cup championship, having previously hoisted the title in 2004, 2012 and 2015. Neither the Red Bulls nor FC Cincinnati have won the U.S. Open Cup in the past. The 2017 U.S. Open Cup winner will receive $250,000 in prize money and a berth in the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the premier club competition in North America. The U.S. Open Cup Final will be the fourth that Sporting KC has played in throughout the club’s 21-year history. The club has won each of its last three Finals, claiming victories lifting the trophy in 2004, 2012 and 2015.

On if Tim Melia’s past success in penalty shootouts gave him confidence: “I would say that Tim’s been really good on all parts of the game. Whether it’s just PKs – it’s not just PKs – I’m confident in our team, all the way around. Tim, the rest of the players, I’m confident. I believe that the right thing happened tonight. All due respect, San Jose played a hard fought match but we were the better team and we deserved the victory. It was well deserved, we had to fight for it – that builds some, character’s not the right word, we made some deposits tonight about certain things that we’re going to be able to use later down the road but it was a special performance tonight.”

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP

After helping Sporting KC record nine shutouts in the opening 20 games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 47 total shutouts in just 124 games where both have started in the regular season. Besler and Sinovic have started 19 of the club’s 23 regular-season games together this season, posting all nine shutouts. Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 77 shutouts - 13 more than the LA Galaxy in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 124 of the 219 games since the trade, posting 47 of the club’s 77 shutouts alongside one another.

On the amount of success Sporting KC has had in the U.S. Open Cup: “The way I would phrase it is that when I took over as coach, when the rebrand game, some of the big things we talked about and one of the highlights was that we can’t talk about championships, we’ve got to go after them. We’ve got to go after winning things and at the start of every year, it’s the same three things that are always out there. There’s the Supporters’ Shield, U.S. Open Cup, MLS Cup. I think every team in the league takes it serious, whichever competition we’re talking about, they all take it seriously. The difference is, do they win? I think there’s something to be said about – we use different players, we change things up and everybody contributes. That’s a really, really special aspect, and I’ll quote Benny (Feilhaber). After the game, he’s walking by me, and I can see that he’s a little frustrated that he didn’t score his penalty. I said, ‘hey, don’t worry about it, we won.’ He goes, ‘That’s what a team is, that’s why a team can win things and not just individual players.’ Our guys believe that. It’s one of our core values, team first. The club understands that we want to win, but the players understand more importantly that that’s why we’re here, that’s what we’re searching for and that’s what we’re working for every day and they get the job done.”

Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 63, while Sinovic is second with 56. Prior to the 1-1 draw with Montreal on Saturday, June 10 where Belser was with the U.S. National Team in Mexico, Besler and Sinovic had started each of Sporting KC’s previous 17 regular-season games, conceding just 10 goals - a rate of 0.59 per game.

PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances. LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *active Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *active New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active) Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 12, 2017 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 5-7-3 Home games: 3-4-1 (12 GF, 9 GA) Road games: 2-3-2 (3 GF, 4 GA) Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014 05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015 03/06/2016 07/24/2016 05/17/2017

Score KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 1 at SEA 1 KC 0 vs SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1 KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 3 vs SEA 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W Qwest Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Qwest Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Qwest Field L Livestrong Sporting Park T CenturyLink Field L Sporting Park L CenturyLink Field T CenturyLink Field W Sporting Park T Sporting Park W CenturyLink Field W Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

3 2 18 8 17 12

Dwyer, Gerso Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Collin, Espinoza Dom Dwyer

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

4 5 5 14 8

Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

13 Players 1 Three Players 2 Fredy Montero 19 Fredy Montero 8 Osvaldo Alonso 21 Osvaldo Alonso 30 Kasey Keller 5 Stefan Frei 4 Frei, Keller 2 Stefan Frei 24 Stefan Frei 9

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 3 Gerso (5/17/17) 1 14 Players 6 Four Players 4 Gerso (5/17/17) 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Three Players

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

13 Players Jaqua, Ljungberg (4/11/09) Fredy Montero (4/11/09) Fredy Montero Alonso, Cooper (3/8/14) Osvaldo Alonso

1 2 6 3 4 7

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(9/27/15) Stefan (twice) Stefan

6 3

6 Tim Melia (6/6/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

Frei Frei

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT Total 4 11 0 15 88 101 0 189 34 29 0 63 99 105 0 204 7 12 0 19 41 40 0 81

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 3 10 0 13 Shots 68 78 0 146 Shots on Goal 21 30 0 51 Fouls 83 67 0 150 Offsides 23 19 0 42 Corner Kicks 32 27 0 59

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC SEA

1-15

1 1

16-30

31-45

1 1

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,428

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 120 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 114 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 17 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 120 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

149

2 1

105.2 5

46-60

4 0

61-75

2 2

76-90

5 8

0 0

Total

15 13

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

250

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 149 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 12, 2017 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16)

Amer Didic (signed from SPR - 5/31/17)

Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17)

Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17) Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17) Igor Juliao (waived - 6/29/17) Dom Dwyer (trade - 7/25/17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky May 31: IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 29: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs M Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) and waives on-loan D Igor Juliao July 25: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in allocation money from Orlando City SC in exchange for F Dom Dwyer

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011 2013 2015

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

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

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Colton Storm (14th)

Trades

Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17) Amer Didic (5/31/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)

Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

Sporting KC Game Notes | August 12, 2017 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

0-0

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-0

Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 27

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

3-0

Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

1-1

Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

U.S. OPEN CUP

4-0

Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

0-0

Saturday, June 24

at LA Galaxy

MLS

2-1

Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28

at Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup

2-0

Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

1-1

Salloi

THURSDAY, JULY 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

1-1

Rubio

TUESDAY, JULY 11

FC DALLAS

U.S. OPEN CUP

3-0 (AET)

Blessing (2), Salloi

Saturday, July 22

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

SATURDAY, JULY 29

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

3-2

Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing

SUNDAY, AUG. 6

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

U.S. OPEN CUP

1-1 (5-4 PK)

Rubio

Saturday, Aug. 12

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS