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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) U.S. Open Cup Semifinals Sporting Kansas City 9-4-10, 37 points (7-0-5 home; 2-4-5 away) 1st place in Western Conference San Jose Earthquakes 9-9-5, 32 points (6-2-1 home; 4-5-3 away) 6th 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
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Nima Saghafi Kyle Atkins Shane Kennard Greg Dopka
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
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
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
9-9-5 (32 pts.) 23 6th in West 26 1.13 28 35 1.52 -9 299 (89) 29.8% 242 281 31 5
2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY
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Gerso Four Players Gerso Dwyer, Gerso Three Players Besler, Espinoza Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
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 5 50 19 2 3 40 48 5 2
Chris Wondolowski Chris Wondolowski Chris Wondolowski Chris Wondolowski Godoy, Hyka Chris Wondolowski Anibal Godoy Anibal Godoy Anibal Godoy Victor Bernardez
2070 David Bingham 1.52 David Bingham 9 David Bingham 7 David Bingham 58 David Bingham
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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)
CHRIS LEITCH
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
1st season 3-3-0 (.500) 1st season 3-3-0 (.500)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, Aug. 7 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • Cameron Porter (Broken Fibula)
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Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvSJ: HEAD-TO-HEAD
SPORTING KC U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY
Sporting Kansas City is set to take on the San Jose Earthquakes in the side’s third U.S. Open Cup Semifinal in the last six seasons. Sporting KC won each of their previous semifinals this decade in 2012 and 2015 on their way to raising the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup trophy on each occasion. Sporting KC has faced the Earthquakes once before in the U.S. Open Cup - also in a semifinal. Sporting KC claimed a 1-0 victory over San Jose on August 24, 2004 on their way to claiming the club’s first-ever U.S. Open Cup title. Igor Simutenkov scored the only goal of the game at Blue Valley District Activity Center as Sporting KC would go on to beat the Chicago Fire 1-0 after extra time in the final. The two sides have already met twice this season in the MLS regular season, with Sporting KC taking the season series with a 1-0-1 record. On March 18, 2017, Sporting KC scored their first goals of the season and claimed their first victory of the campaign with a 2-1 victory over the Earthquakes at Children’s Mercy Park, as Benny Feilhaber and a David Bingham own goal made the difference. Then, on June 17, the two sides played out a 0-0 draw at Avaya Stadium with Sporting KC outshooting San Jose 14-5 but unable to find a winner. The series is tied 24-24-8 in the regular season, though Sporting KC holds a 19-8-1 mark in games played in the Kansas City area. #SKCvSJ: Recent Meetings (Series tied 24-24-8 in regular season) Date
06/17/2017 03/18/2017 10/23/2016 09/24/2016 04/24/2016
Score
KC 0 at SJ 0 KC 2 vs SJ 1 KC 2 vs SJ 0 KC 2 at SJ 1 KC 0 at SJ 1
Result Details T W W W L
SKC dominates but can’t score despite late Zusi chance Feilhaber scores stunner before late Bingham own goal Feilhaber nets penalty, Zusi scores late to clinch playoff berth Dwyer and Ellis tally either side of Dawkins’ goal Wondolowski scores from the spot in controversial game
#SKCvSJ: PLAYER HISTORY Regular Season • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has scored three goals and added three assists all-time against the San Jose Earthquakes, including the opening goal in the 2-1 win on March 18, 2017. He had both assists in the 2-1 win at Avaya Stadium on Sept. 24, 2016 before scoring the game-winning goal and adding an assist in the 2-0 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on Oct. 23, 2016 that clinched a spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs. His only other goal came as a member of the Revolution in 2011. • Defender Graham Zusi has one goal and three assists against San Jose. He scored the second goal in the most recent meeting between the sides - a 2-0 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on Oct. 23, 2016. He provided the gamewinning assist in a 1-0 home win on June 17, 2011 and recorded another in a 2-1 win at Children’s Mercy Park on May 27, 2012. His most recent assist came in the 2-1 home win on March 18, 2017. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 3-3-1 all-time against the San Jose Earthquakes, posting a 1.26 goals against average and two shutouts. He went 1-0-1 in 2017 with a 0.50 goals against average and one shutout. U.S. Open Cup • Sporting KC assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin played the full 90 minutes in the club’s only previous encounter with the San Jose Earthquakes in the U.S. Open Cup - a 1-0 home victory on Aug. 24, 2004 on their way to the championship.
#SKCvSJ: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Defender Ike Opara was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes with the third overall pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft before being traded to Sporting KC ahead of the 2013 season. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza played with Earthquakes defender Victor Bernardez on the Honduras National Team from 2009-2014. • Defender Graham Zusi and midfieler Benny Feilhaber both spent U.S. January Camp alongside San Jose goalkeeper David Bingham. • Defender Matt Besler, defender Graham Zusi and midfielder Benny Feilhaber have all been teammates of Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski for the U.S. Men’s National Team since 2011. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber and San Jose defender Marvell Wynne were college teammates at UCLA in 2004. • Forward Cameron Iwasa played alongside San Jose’s Kip Kolvey (2016) and Tommy Thompson (2015-2016) at Sacramento Republic FC in the USL. • Forward Soony Saad (Dearborn) and San Jose midfielder Fatai Alashe (Southfield) are from neighboring towns in Michigan.
YEAR OPPONENT 1996 Colorado Rapids
RESULT L 2-3
ROUND Quarterfinal
1997
at San Francisco Bay Seals
L 1-2
Round of 16
1998
at Nashville Metros
L 1-3
Round of 16
2000
at Chicago Sockers
T 0-0 (6-7 PK)
Round of 32
2001
Seattle Sounders Chicago Fire
W 4-0 L 0-1
Round of 32 Round of 16
2002
at Rochester Rhinos at Milwaukee Rampage at Columbus Crew
W 3-2 (AET) W 2-0 L 2-3 (AET)
Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal
2003
at Colorado Rapids
L 2-3
Round of 16
2004
at Atlanta Silverbacks Dallas Burn San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire
W 4-1 W 4-0 W 1-0 W 1-0 (AET)
Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2005
Des Moines Menace Minnesota Thunder
W 6-1 L 1-3
Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2006
Des Moines Menace at Chicago Fire
W 2-1 L 0-2
Round of 32 Round of 16
2007
at Real Salt Lake
L 1-2 (AET)
Qualifying
2008
Colorado Rapids at Carolina RailHawks at Seattle Sounders
T 2-2 (5-3 PK) W 4-2 (AET) T 0-0 (5-6 PK)
Qualifying Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2009
at Minnesota Thunder at Seattle Sounders
T 3-3 (4-2 PK) L 0-1
Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2010
Colorado Rapids
L 1-2
Qualifying
2011
at Houston Dynamo New England Revolution Chicago Fire PDL Richmond Kickers
W 1-0 (AET) W 5-0 W 3-0 L 0-2
Qualifying Qualifying Round of 16 Quarterfinal
2012
Orlando City SC Colorado Rapids Dayton Dutch Lions at Philadelphia Union Seattle Sounders
W 3-2 W 2-0 W 3-0 W 2-0 T 1-1 (3-2 PK)
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2013
Des Moines Menace Orlando City SC
W 2-0 L 0-1
Round of 32 Round of 16
2014
Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers
W 2-0 L 1-3
Round of 32 Round of 16
2015
Saint Louis FC FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia Union
W 1-0 W 6-2 W 3-1 W 3-1 T 1-1 (7-6 PK)
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2016
at Minnesota United FC at Houston Dynamo
W 2-1 (AET) L 1-3
Round of 32 Round of 16
2017
Minnesota United FC at Houston Dynamo FC Dallas
W 4-0 W 2-0 W 3-0 (AET)
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Defender Matt Belser is one U.S. Open Cup appearance shy of taking the alltime club lead with 18. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is one shutout away in the U.S. Open Cup from tying Eric Kronberg for first in club history with five. • Defender Graham Zusi is one appearance away from reaching 225 in MLS competition (including postseason) for Sporting KC. 2
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes PATH TO THE FINAL
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
FLAWLESS IN THE OPEN CUP
Sporting Kansas City will host the San Jose Earthquakes at Children’s Mercy Park in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinals on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. CT. It’s the third meeting of the season between the two sides, with Sporting KC going 1-0-1 against San Jose so far in 2017 following a 2-1 home victory on March 18 and a 0-0 road draw on June 17.
Sporting Kansas City enters Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal against the San Jose Earthquakes having produced truly dominant performances in this year’s competition to date. Sporting KC has advanced to this stage with three wins - all of which have come by a margin of at least two goals - and is yet to concede a goal, with Tim Melia riding a 300-minute shutout streak in Open Cup play.
U.S. Soccer held an official draw to determine hosting priorities for both Semifinal matchups as well as the tournament Final. Should Sporting KC defeat San Jose, the club will also host the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, currently scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 20. In the other semifinal pairing, FC Cincinnati (USL) will host the New York Red Bulls after the Ohio-based side topped Miami FC 1-0 on the road last week.
Sporting KC has outscored its opponents in the U.S. Open Cup 9-0 across the Round of 32, Round of 16 and Quarterfinals - beating Minnesota United FC 4-0, the Houston Dynamo 2-0 and FC Dallas 3-0. Of the four teams remaining in the competition, Sporting KC has been the most dominant. The only other team remaining yet to concede a goal is USL side FC Cincinnati, who entered the competition in the Second Round and has won all five of their matches with only four goals scored - four 1-0 victories and a penalty shootout win over the Chicago Fire after the game finished scoreless.
Sporting Kansas City is seeking the club’s fourth U.S. Open Cup championship, having previously hoisted the title in 2004, 2012 and 2015. None of the other three teams remaining in the 2017 field 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 clash with San Jose will be Sporting Kansas City’s fifth appearance in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals. The club has won each of its last three semifinal meetings, claiming victories in 2004, 2012 and 2015 en route to lifting the tournament title on each occasion.
Team Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes New York Red Bulls FC Cincinnati
GP 3 3 3 5
GF 9 7 3 4
GA 0 3 1 0
ET Yes No Yes Yes
PK No No Yes Yes
Sporting KC has faced the San Jose Earthquakes once before in the U.S. Open Cup, also coming in the Semifinal round. Sporting KC topped the Earthquakes 1-0 at Blue Valley District Activity Center on August 24, 2004 behind a goal from Igor Simutenkov. Sporting KC would then go on to beat the Chicago Fire in the Final to lift the club’s first ever U.S. Open Cup trophy.
UNBEATEN STREAK HITS 12
Sporting Kansas City extended the side’s unbeaten streak to 12 games in all competitions with Sunday’s frustrating 1-1 draw against Atlanta United FC, going 3-0-6 in MLS play since their last defeat on May 27 and 3-0-0 in the U.S. Open Cup as Sporting KC advanced to the Semifinal stage with wins over Minnesota United FC, the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas - meaning the side’s record since the start of June now stands at 6-0-6.
Sporting KC has advanced to the Semifinals three times this decade, winning the competition on both prior occasions in 2012 and 2015 when the side earned victories over the Philadelphia Union in 2012 and Real Salt Lake in 2015.
LOBATO EARNS FIRST SPORTING KC START
Sporting Kansas City introduced a new face in the 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire on July 29 when Spanish midfielder Cristian Lobato appeared off the bench for the final 17 minutes of the thrilling encounter. On Sunday night against Atlanta United FC, Lobato was awareded his first start for the club, as he joined former Barcelona B teammate Ilie and Roger Espinoza in Sporting KC’s midfield.
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 17-1-7 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.
Lobato is the fifth player to make his debut for the club in 2017, joining top scorer Gerso, minutes leader Ilie, along with Latif Blessing and Daniel Salloi. Overall, newcomers have accounted for 17 of the club’s 38 goals (44.7 percent) and seven of the side’s 31 assists (22.6 percent) in all competitions.
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.
VERMES VERBATIM
Below are Manager Peter Vermes’ remarks on Sporting KC’s 1-1 draw with Atlanta United FC at Children’s Mercy Park on August 6, 2017. On changes to his team’s lineup and if they were related to having a game in three days: “Whenever I put a lineup together, my expectation is centered around winning the game that we’re currently playing. It has nothing to do with the next game. I felt the guys that were on the field could do the business. As I tell the guys when we start every year, I tell them that everybody at some point is going to have to make a contribution at some point or another. There’s no doubt that you have to look at the season as a whole and games that are coming, but at the same time, right now our focus was tonight and we had a very good chance to get the result that we wanted and unfortunately we didn’t. We gave it away at the end there.”
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.
BENNY HITS HIS STRIDE
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber found the net for the third consecutive game in 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.
On the frustration of not holding on to the result: “The frustration is that I thought we played very well against I think a very good team. Being a first-year expansion team, I think they’re organized, I think they move the ball well, they’ve got some very dangerous individual players. I love the fact that they tried to come in here and play, it was an entertaining match for everybody who came to watch it. I thought that we had the game under control, for sure. The fact that we gave up a goal like that at the end of the game, which all your doing is lumping a ball into the box and you’re hoping that it falls down just like it did, there’s a little bit of commotion, somebody pops out, the ball comes around and somebody sticks it in the back of the net. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened and we weren’t ready for it. At the end we weren’t good enough to close the game out tonight, that’s the frustration.”
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. 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.
On holding the league’s best offense to two shots on goal: “I would say that the team played well, we kept the ball, we didn’t lose it except for a few times in the first half in critical areas in the middle of the field which then led to a few counters. We were able to close those out and not give anything away. Second half, we were much better in regards to keeping the ball and moving it from side-to-side and they lost their ability to press us because they had wasted a lot of energy in the first half. So now we start getting in on them quite a bit, we score the goal, at that point we’ve got to stick the second one away. We had a few little chances here and there, we’ve got to close the game out. You can still win 1-0, and we should’ve.”
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.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP RESULTS
ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICS LEADERS GAMES PLAYED PLAYER GP 1. Matt Besler* 17 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 3. Roger Espinoza* 16 3. Chance Myers 16 5. Jacob Peterson 14 5. Nick Garcia 14 7. Graham Zusi* 13 7. Seth Sinovic* 13 7. Kevin Ellis* 13 7. Michael Harrington 13 7. C.J. Sapong 13
Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup record vs. San Jose Earthquakes: 1-0-0 Home games: 1-0-0 (1 GF, 0 GA) Road games: 0-0-0 (0 GF, 0 GA) Date 08/24/2004
Score KC 1 vs SJ 0
Result Location W Blue Valley District Activity Center
ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICS (ACTIVE PLAYERS) # PLAYER 22 Soony Saad 10 Benny Feilhaber 8 Graham Zusi 7 Gerso 9 Latif Blessing 3 Ike Opara 30 Daniel Salloi 11 Diego Rubio 93 Soni Mustivar 27 Roger Espinoza 15 Seth Sinovic 5 Matt Besler 4 Kevin Ellis 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 94 Jimmy Medranda 6 Ilie 29 Tim Melia 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 39 Cameron Porter 90 Kharlton Belmar* 55 Amer Didic 21 Andrew Dykstra 24 Cameron Iwasa 19 Cristian Lobato 77 Tyler Pasher 23 Colton Storm 1 Adrian Zendejas
POS GP F 5 M 11 D 13 F 3 F 3 D 5 F 2 F 3 M 8 M 16 D 13 D 17 D 13 D 8 M 5 M 3 GK 8 D 4 F 1 F 1 D 0 GK 0 F 0 M 0 D 0 D 0 GK 0
GS 4 9 11 3 2 5 1 2 7 14 13 15 10 4 5 3 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 375 856 1058 252 222 492 125 176 640 1534 1093 1384 975 499 494 300 780 316 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GS 8 0 0
MIN 780 0 0
G 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GOALKEEPING STATISTICS POS GK GK GK
GP 8 0 0
99
GA GAA SO REC. 5 0.58 4 7-0-1 0 0.00 0 0-0-0 0 0.00 0 0-0-0
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, 16 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 120 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467
148
GP G 11 6 12 5 13 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 6 4 13 3 11 3 -- 3
GAMES STARTED ASSISTS PLAYER GS PLAYER GP A 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 1. Benny Feilhaber* 11 8 2. Matt Besler* 15 2. Graham Zusi* 13 4 3. Roger Espinoza* 14 3. Roger Espinoza* 16 3 4. Seth Sinovic* 13 3. Davy Arnaud 12 3 4. Chance Myers 13 3. Chris Klein 10 3 4. Nick Garcia 13 3. Jacob Peterson 14 3 7. Graham Zusi* 11 7. Josh Wolff 7 3 8. Kevin Ellis* 10 7. Seth Sinovic* 13 2 8. Dom Dwyer 10 7. Three Players -- 2 8. Eric Kronberg 10 MINUTES PLAYED SHUTOUTS PLAYER MIN PLAYER GP SO 1. Roger Espinoza* 1534 1. Eric Kronberg 10 5 2. Kerry Zavagnin 1453 2. Tim Melia* 8 4 3. Matt Besler* 1384 2. Jimmy Nielsen 4 3 4. Nick Garcia 1313 2. Bo Oshoniyi 6 3 5. Chance Myers 1197 5. Tony Meola 5 2 6. Michael Harrington 1096 6. Taly Goode 1 1 7. Seth Sinovic* 1093 6. Andy Gruenebaum 2 1 8. Graham Zusi* 1058 9. Eric Kronberg 990 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 10. Kevin Ellis* 975 PLAYER GP GAA 1. Taly Goode 1 0.00 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL 2. Jimmy Nielsen 4 0.23 PLAYER GP 3. Tim Melia* 8 0.58 1. Eric Kronberg 10 4. Bo Oshoniyi 6 0.72 2. Tim Melia* 8 5. Eric Kronberg 10 0.73 3. Bo Oshoniyi 6 4. Tony Meola 5 GOALKEEPER WINS 5. Jimmy Nielsen 4 PLAYER GP W 5. William Hesmer 4 1. Tim Melia* 5 7 2. Eric Kronberg 10 4 2. Tony Meola 5 4 *Denotes Player on Current Roster 4. Jimmy Nielsen 4 3 5. Bo Oshoniyi 6 2 5. William Hesmer 4 2
A 1 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*On loan from Swope Park Rangers (USL)
# PLAYER 29 Tim Melia 21 Andrew Dykstra 1 Adrian Zendejas
GOALS PLAYER 1. Dom Dwyer 2. Davy Arnaud 2. C.J. Sapong 2. Krisztian Nemeth 2. Igor Simutenkov 6. Soony Saad* 6. Ryan Pore 8. Graham Zusi* 8. Benny Feilhaber* 8. Three Players
105.2 4
81
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON
not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
249
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 148 matches played at the stadium
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | 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)
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Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | 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
T
0-0
--
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
FC DALLAS
MLS
T
0-0
--
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
W
2-1
Feilhaber, Own Goal
Friday, March 31
at Toronto FC
MLS
T
0-0
--
SUNDAY, APRIL 9
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
W
3-1
Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer
Saturday, April 15
at Portland Timbers
MLS
W
1-0
Dwyer
Saturday, April 22
at FC Dallas
MLS
L
0-1
--
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
W
3-0
Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
NEW YORK RED BULLS
MLS
W
2-0
Dwyer (2)
Sunday, May 7
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
L
0-2
--
Saturday, May 13
at Orlando City SC
MLS
T
2-2
Blessing (2)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
W
3-0
Gerso (3)
Saturday, May 20
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS
L
0-2
--
Saturday, May 27
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
L
0-1
--
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
MLS
W
3-0
Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
MONTREAL IMPACT
MLS
T
1-1
Gerso
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
U.S. OPEN CUP
W
4-0
Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi
Saturday, June 17
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
T
0-0
--
Saturday, June 24
at LA Galaxy
MLS
W
2-1
Espinoza, Opara
Wednesday, June 28
at Houston Dynamo
U.S. Open Cup
W
2-0
Opara, Gerso
SATURDAY, JULY 1
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
T
1-1
Salloi
THURSDAY, JULY 6
PHILADELPHIA UNION
MLS
T
1-1
Rubio
TUESDAY, JULY 11
FC DALLAS
U.S. OPEN CUP
W
3-0 (AET)
Blessing (2), Salloi
Saturday, July 22
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
T
1-1
Feilhaber (PK)
SATURDAY, JULY 29
CHICAGO FIRE
MLS
W
3-2
Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing
SUNDAY, AUG. 6
ATLANTA UNITED FC
MLS
T
1-1
Feilhaber (PK)
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
U.S. OPEN CUP
7:30
SPORTINGKC.COM
Saturday, Aug. 12
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
3:00
FOX Sports KC
SATURDAY, AUG. 19
FC DALLAS
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, Aug. 26
at Houston Dynamo
MLS
8:00
FOX Sports KC
Wednesday, Sept. 6
at New York City FC
MLS
6:30
FOX Sports KC
Sunday, Sept. 10
at Columbus Crew SC
MLS
12:00
ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 16
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC
SUNDAY, SEPT. 24
LA GALAXY
MLS
12:00
ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLS
8:00
FOX SPORTS KC PLUS
Saturday, Oct. 7
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
7:00
FOX Sports KC
SUNDAY, OCT. 15
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLS
4:00
FOX SPORTS KC
Sunday, Oct. 22
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
3:00
FOX Sports KC
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Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2017 Record When... Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime
9-0-4 0-4-2 6-0-1 2-1-6 0-3-3
Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals
0-4-4 1-0-5 3-0-1 5-0-0 0-0-0 5-0-4 3-2-5 1-2-1 0-0-0 0-0-0
Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo
5-2-8 4-2-2
Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’
9-0-2 0-1-8 0-3-0
Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even
7-2-8 2-1-2 0-1-0
With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs
SPORTING KC IN 2017 (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 0-0-1 0-1-4 3-0-2 6-3-3
Quickest Goals... Seth Sinovic (4/9 vs. COL) - 6th Minute Quickest Goals Against... Cyle Larin (5/13 at ORL) - 16th Minute
Regular Season Record By Month March 2017 March all-time April 2017 April all-time May 2017 May all-time June 2017 June all-time July 2017 July all-time Aug. 2017 Aug. all-time Sept. 2017 Sept. all-time Oct. 2017 Oct. all-time
Game-winning goals after 75’...
1-0-3 17-9-9 3-1-0 43-36-15 2-3-1 36-46-25 2-0-2 41-29-25 1-0-3 51-35-27 0-0-1 40-50-17 0-0-0 30-37-17 0-0-0 21-15-15
Game-tying goals after 75’...
Shutouts 5-0-4 One-goal games 4-2-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC
1-0-1 1-1-2 7-3-7
Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later
1-1-0 8-3-10
With red card for With red card against
0-0-1 0-1-0
Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75
3-0-6 6-4-4
In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone
2-1-1 0-1-1 7-2-5 0-0-3
vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference
7-4-4 2-0-6
On grass On turf
8-2-10 1-2-0
None
Game-winning goals against after 75’...
Maynor Figueroa (4/22 at FCD) - 77th Minute
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
Matteo Mancosu (6/10 vs. MTL) - 82nd Minute Jacob Peterson (8/6 vs. ATL) - 91st Minute
Red Cards...
Roger Espinoza (5/27 at COL) - 93rd Minute
Red Cards Against...
Chris Duvall (6/10 vs. MTL) - 86th Minute
Penalty Kicks...
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2017) vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Own Goal (3/18 vs. SJ) - 89th Minute
0-0-1 (0-0-1) 15-26-11 (1-0-0) 24-23-13 (1-1-0) 25-22-6 (0-0-0) 20-21-13 (0-0-1) 23-22-12 (0-1-1) 5-9-11 (0-0-0) 21-24-14 (1-0-0) 1-1-0 (1-1-0) 6-3-3 (0-0-1) 24-17-11 (0-0-0) 2-0-0 (0-0-0) 21-20-13 (1-0-0) 1-1-1 (0-0-1) 5-5-5 (0-0-1) 6-3-3 (1-0-1) 9-9-7 (1-0-1) 24-24-8 (1-0-1) 5-7-3 (1-0-0) 14-4-6 (0-0-1) 6-2-3 (0-1-0)
Benny Feilhaber (7/22 at RSL) - Scored on Nick Rimando Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - Scored on Brad Guzan
Penalty Kicks Against...
Marcelo Sarvas (3/4 at DC) - Saved by Tim Melia Kevin Doyle (4/9 vs. COL) - Scored on Tim Melia Fredy Montero (5/20 at VAN) - Saved by Tim Melia Diego Valeri (7/1 vs. POR) - Saved by Tim Melia Roland Alberg (7/6 vs. PHI) - Scored on Tim Melia
Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Youngest to play in a game... Oldest Starter... Oldest to play in a game...
Latif Blessing (5/13 at ORL) - 20 years and 134 days Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - 32 years and 198 days Erik Palmer-Brown (7/6 vs. PHI) - 20 years and 73 days Latif Blessing (3/11 vs. FCD) - 20 years and 71 days Benny Feilhaber (7/29 vs. CHI) - 32 years and 191 days Benny Feilhaber (8/6 vs. ATL) - 32 years and 198 days
Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2017 at home All-time at home 2017 on road All-time on road
279-257-150 7-0-5 183-91-69 2-4-5 96-166-81
2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 10 19 29 OPPONENT 8 10 18
SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 163 172 335 OPPONENT 88 121 219
SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 47 66 113 OPPONENT 33 54 87
FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 105 144 249 OPPONENT 139 156 295
OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 28 21 49 OPPONENT 26 27 53
CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 59 57 116 OPPONENT 32 50 82
CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 13 26 39 OPPONENT 16 35 51
EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 1 1 OPPONENT 0 1 1
PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0/0 2/2 2/2 OPPONENT 0/1 2/4 2/5
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 279 257 150 17 20 8 27 15 6 10 12 9 333 304 173
HOME GF GA 951 910 59 60 98 55 39 45 1147 1070
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 183 91 69 14 3 3 19 7 2 6 4 5 222 105 79
7
AWAY GF GA 573 405 35 15 66 26 20 13 696 459
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 96 166 81 2 16 5 8 8 4 4 8 3 110 198 93
GF GA 376 505 21 42 32 29 19 32 448 608
Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL
W L T 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2017 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3
NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Center forward Dom Dwyer 14 Latif Blessing 4 Diego Rubio 3 Soony Saad 2
Left forward
Jimmy Medranda 9 Latif Blessing 5 Soony Saad 3 Daniel Salloi 3 Gerso 2 Tyler Pasher 1
Right forward Gerso 19 Latif Blessing 2 Jimmy Medranda 2
Left-center midfielder
Right-center midfielder
Benny Feilhaber 17 Jimmy Medranda 2 Roger Espinoza 1 Cristian Lobato 1 Jimmy Medranda 1 Soni Mustivar 1
Roger Espinoza 20 Benny Feilhaber 2 Jimmy Medranda 1
Defensive midfielder Ilie 23
Left back
Seth Sinovic 23
Left center back
Right center back
Matt Besler 19 Kevin Ellis 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 2
Ike Opara 20 Kevin Ellis 3
Goalkeeper Tim Melia 23
8
Right back
Graham Zusi 16 Saad Abdul-Salaam 6 Igor Juliao 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES March 4, 2017: D.C. United 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,268 Weather: Clear and 37 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt.) D.C. United (0-0-1, 1 pt.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda F Dwyer F Gerso
D.C. United GK Hamid D DeLeon D Birnbaum (C) D Franklin D Kemp M Sarvas M Sam (Neagle 76’) M Jeffrey M Buscher (Vincent 61’) M Nyarko F Mullins (Ortiz 69’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Worra (GK) Ellis Boswell Abdul-Salaam Harkes Mustivar Le Toux Blessing Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’ DC - Sean Franklin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 54’ DC - Rob Vincent (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (5) 5 11 2 5
DC 9 (6) 5 22 0 4
March 31, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 Toronto FC MLS Regular Season | BMO Field | Toronto, Ontario Attendance: 27,909 Weather: Rainy and 44 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC (1-0-3, 6 pts.) Toronto FC (1-0-3, 6 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 65’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Blessing 83’)
Toronto FC GK Irwin (Bono 40’) D Zavaleta D Moor D Hagglund M Beitashour M Osorio (Cooper 76’) M Bradley (C) M Vazquez M Edwards F Giovinco F Ricketts (Altidore 62’)
March 11, 2017: Sporting KC 0-0 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,117 Weather: Clear and 31 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC (0-0-2, 2 pts.) FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Medranda (Blessing 67’) F Dwyer F Gerso
FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Harris D Figueroa D Hedges (C) D Guillen M Cermeno M Gruezo M Pomykal (Barrios 80’) M Hayes (Acosta 46’) M Akindele F Colman (Lamah 63’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Seitz (GK) Ellis Grana Juliao Zimmerman Mustivar Urruti Saad Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: FCD - Aaron Guillen (Yellow Card; Handball) 4’ FCD - Maynor Figueroa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Argument) 81’ FCD - Carlos Gruezo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ FCD - Carlos Cermeno (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Dissent) 95+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (2) 4 18 1 4
FCD 6 (4) 2 13 1 3
April 9, 2017: Sporting KC 3-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,249 Weather: Partly cloudy and 74 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 1 1
Sporting KC (2-0-3, 9 pts.) Colorado Rapids (1-2-1, 4 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Mustivar 74’) F Gerso F Dwyer F Saad (Salloi 83’)
Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Miller D Ford (Burling 83’) D Watts D Williams M Adjei-Boateng (Powers 73’) M Azira M Gashi (Calvert 68’) M Hairston M Badji F Doyle
March 18, 2017: Sporting KC 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,282 Weather: Sunny and 60 degrees Sporting KC (1-0-2, 5 pts.) San Jose Earthquakes (2-1-0, 6 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber (Mustivar 85’) M Espinoza F Gerso F Dwyer F Medranda (Saad 78’)
1 2 F 1 1 2 0 1 1
San Jose Earthquakes GK Bingham D Lima D Bernardez D Jungwirth D Francis M Hyka (Salinas 61’) M Alashe (Thompson 80’) M Godoy M Dawkins F Wondolowski (C) F Urena (Hoesen 68’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tarbell (GK) Ellis Imperiale Juliao Sarkodie Blessing Ceren Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 37’ SKC - David Bingham (Own Goal) 89’ SJ - Florian Jungwirth 1 (Danny Hoesen 1, Anibal Godoy 1) 91+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Simulation) 16’ SJ - Marco Urena (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (4) 2 9 1 7
SJ 5 (3) 3 11 2 2
April 15, 2017: Sporting KC 1-0 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,144 Weather: Sunny and 54 degrees Sporting KC (3-0-3, 12 pts.) Portland Timbers (4-2-1, 13 pts.)
1 2 F 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sporting KC Portland Timbers GK Melia GK Gleeson D Zusi D Powell D Opara D Olum D Besler (C) D Miller D Sinovic D Farfan (Asprilla 85’) M Ilie M Guzman (Mattocks 71’) M Espinoza (Abdul-Salaam 90’) M Chara M Feilhaber (Mustivar 83’) M Blanco F Gerso M Valeri (C) F Dwyer M Nagbe F Medranda F Adi
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Mavinga Abdul-Salaam Chapman Ellis Cheyrou Porter Delgado Salloi
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK) Abdul-Salaam da Fonte Ellis Hamilton Blessing Gatt Porter
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Attinella (GK) Ellis Myers Blessing Vytas Saad Okugo Salloi Barmby
Scoring Summary: None
Scoring Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic 1 (Unassisted) 6’ SKC - Gerso 1 (Roger Espinoza 1, Dom Dwyer 1) 58’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Seth Sinovic 1, Soni Mustivar 1) 85’ COL - Kevin Doyle 1 (Penalty Kick) 94+
Scoring Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1) 53’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ TOR - Jozy Altidore (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (5) 2 11 0 4
TOR 13 (2) 5 10 0 6
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ COL - Jared Watts (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (6) 2 8 1 7
9
COL 8 (3) 3 12 4 1
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 25’ COL - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (4) 3 12 0 5
POR 10 (4) 3 22 4 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) April 22, 2017: FC Dallas 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 15,411 Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees 1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sporting KC (3-1-3, 12 pts.) FC Dallas (4-0-2, 14 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Mustivar 72’) F Gerso (Blessing 84’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Salloi 81’)
FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Hedges (C) D Figueroa M Acosta M Gruezo M Lamah (Harris 86’) M Morales (Ulloa 85’) M Akindele (Barrios 73’) F Urruti
April 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,648 Weather: Rainy and 48 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0
Sporting KC (4-1-3, 15 pts.) Real Salt Lake (2-5-2, 8 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Mustivar 70’) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Saad 91+) F Medranda (Salloi 79’)
Real Salt Lake GK VanOekel D Acosta (Saucedo 71’) D Wingert (C) D Schuler D Phillips M Mulholland (Hernandez 85’) M Sunny M Rusnak M Lennon M Movsisyan (Silva 60’) F Plata
May 3, 2017: Sporting KC 2-0 New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,965 Weather: Cloudy and 50 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0
Sporting KC (5-1-3, 18 pts.) New York Red Bulls (5-4-1, 16 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Mustivar 91+) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Saad 93+) F Medranda (Salloi 91+)
New York Red Bulls GK Robles D Murillo D Long D Zizzo D Lade M Davis M Felipe M Muyl M Etienne Jr. (Wright-Phillips 65’) M Veron (Kljestan 57’) F Gulbrandsen (Royer 69’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Lissek (GK) Ellis Hollingshead Abdul-Salaam Cermeno Saad Colman
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Fernandez (GK) Ellis Dunk Abdul-Salaam Schmidt Blessing Holness
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Meara (GK) Ellis Perrinelle Juliao Lawrence Blessing Adams
Scoring Summary: FCD - Maynor Figeuroa 1 (Michael Barrios 2, Hernan Grana 1) 77’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 2, Roger Espinoza 2) 17’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 3 (Unassisted) 51’ SKC - Gerso 2 (Soony Saad 1) 95+
Scoring Summary: SKC - Dom Dwyer 4 (Unassisted) 46’ SKC - Dom Dwyer 5 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68’
Misconduct Summary: RSL - Luke Mulholland (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 39’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ RSL - Demar Phillips (Yellow Card; Dissent) 51’ RSL - Yura Movsisyan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ SKC - Brooks Lennon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ NY - Sean Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ NY - Connor Lade (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+
Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (1) 5 5 1 3
FCD 11 (6) 1 11 6 3
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks May 7, 2017: Minnesota United FC 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 17,709 Weather: Cloudy and 60 degrees Sporting KC (5-2-3, 18 pts.) Minnesota United FC (3-5-2, 11 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Juliao (Zusi 46’) D Ellis D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso (Salloi 77’) F Dwyer F Saad (Medranda 60’)
1 2 F 0 0 0 2 0 2
Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Thiesson (Taylor 75’) D Kallman D Calvo (C) D Burch M Ibson M Cronin M Molino M Danladi (Warner 72’) M Ibarra F Ramirez (Venegas 84’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK) Opara Davis Mustivar Kadrii Blessing Jome Scoring Summary: MIN - Abu Danladi 1 (Miguel Ibarra 1, Ibson 2) 22’ MIN - Christian Ramirez 6 (Miguel Ibarra 2, Abu Danladi 1) 39’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Igor Juliao (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’ MIN - Christian Ramirez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ MIN - Francisco Calvo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ SKC - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (7) 2 15 1 10
MIN 7 (4) 7 10 3 2
SKC 10 (7) 2 7 4 6
RSL 14 (2) 4 15 3 6
May 13, 2017: Orlando City SC 2-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Orlando City Stadium | Orlando, FL Attendance: 25,527 Weather: Cloudy and 80 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 2 0 2
Sporting KC (5-2-4, 19 pts.) Orlando City SC (6-3-1, 19 pts.)
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (8) 2 16 4 3
NY 6 (2) 6 10 1 3
May 17, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,139 Weather: Sunny and 77 degrees Sporting KC (6-2-4, 22 pts.) Seattle Sounders FC (2-5-4, 10 pts.)
1 2 F 0 3 3 0 0 0
Sporting KC Orlando City SC GK Melia GK Bendik D Zusi D Sutter D Opara D Aja D Besler (C) D Spector D Sinovic (Abdul-Salaam 93+) D Toia M Ilie M Higuita (Gil 65’) M Espinoza M Nocerino M Feilhaber M Kaka (C) F Gerso M Johnson F Blessing (Saad 81’) F Rivas (Barnes 64’) F Medranda (Mustivar 86’) F Larin
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Salloi 89’) F Gerso (Blessing 83’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Mustivar 79’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Saunders (GK) Ellis Giro Porter Pereira Salloi Garcia Carrasco
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Miller (GK) Abdul-Salaam Tolo Ellis Mathers Porter Dempsey
Scoring Summary: SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Matt Besler 1) 9’ ORL - Cyle Larin 7 (Carlos Rivas 5, Donny Toia 2) 16’ ORL - Kaka 3 (Scott Sutter 3) 26’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Unassisted) 74’ Misconduct Summary: ORL - Jose Aja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’ ORL - Christian Higuita (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Simulation) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (8) 2 7 5 3
10
ORL 7 (4) 6 9 2 4
Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D Delem D Marshall D Alfaro D Fisher (Evans 78’) M Fernandez M Roldan M Svensson (Shipp 72’) M Morris (Adekoya 77’) F Lodeiro (C) F Bruin
Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso 3 (Unassisted) 56’ SKC - Gerso 4 (Unassisted) 58’ SKC - Gerso 5 (Graham Zusi 3, Benny Feilhaber 3) 69’ Misconduct Summary: SEA - Jordy Delem (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 3’ SEA - Tony Alfaro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (6) 5 8 1 5
SEA 10 (5) 3 6 3 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) May 20, 2017: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 21,020 Weather: Sunny and 67 degrees
May 27, 2017: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 17,648 Weather: Partly cloudy and 55 degrees
1 2 F Sporting KC (6-3-4, 22 pts.) 0 0 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5-5-1, 16 pts.) 1 1 2
Sporting KC (6-4-4, 22 pts.) Colorado Rapids (3-8-1, 10 pts.)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ellis D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Mustivar (Feilhaber 56’) F Gerso F Blessing (Porter 69’) F Pasher (Medranda 46’)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso F Blessing F Medranda (Saad 74’)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC GK Ousted D Williams D Waston (C) D Parker D Harvey M Laba M Techera M Jacobson M Tchani (Davies 62’) M Bolanos (Mezquida 78’) F Montero (Shea 85’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Tornaghi (GK) Abdul-Salaam de Jong Opara Rosales Salloi Teibert Scoring Summary: VAN - Cristian Techera 3 (Christian Bolanos 3, Sheanon Williams 2) 40’ VAN - Tim Parker 1 (Christian Bolanos 4) 67’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ VAN - Matias Laba (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (2) 5 15 4 3
VAN 13 (7) 2 11 4 8
June 10, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Montreal Impact MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,334 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees Sporting KC (7-4-5, 26 pts.) Montreal Impact (4-4-5, 17 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Ellis D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer F Medranda (Mustivar 80’)
1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1
Montreal Impact GK Bush D Duvall D Cabrera D Camara D Fisher D Lovitz M Oduro (Mancosu 77’) M Mallace M Donadel M Piatti (C) (Salazar 92+) F DePuy (Romero 71’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kronberg (GK) Didic Lefevre Juliao Arregui Porter Rubio Salloi Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso 6 (Ilie 1) 24’ MTL - Matteo Mancosu 3 (Unassisted) 82’ Misconduct Summary: MTL - Ignacio Piatti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ MTL - Matteo Mancosu (Yellow Card; Dissent) 84’ MTL - Chris Duvall (Red Card; Serious Foul) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (5) 6 3 1 4
MTL 11 (7) 4 11 2 3
1 2 F 0 0 0 1 0 1
Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Hairston (Williams 86’) D Burling D Ford D Miller (da Fonte 46’) M Azira M Powers M Gashi M Saeid (Gatt 76’) F Badji F Doyle
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) MacMath (GK) Abdul-Salaam Serna Juliao Hamilton Mustivar Gordon Porter Salloi Scoring Summary: COL - Kortne Ford 1 (Shkelzen Gashi 1) 11’
June 3, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 Minnesota United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,361 Weather: Partly cloudy and 86 degrees Sporting KC (7-4-4, 25 pts.) Minnesota United FC (4-8-2, 14 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Medranda (Mustivar 67’) M Feilhaber F Gerso F Saad (Dwyer 62’) F Blessing (Salloi 75’)
1 2 F 1 2 3 0 0 0
Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Thiesson D Kallman (C) D Taylor D Burch (Davis 63’) M Ibson M Warner M Ibarra (Schuller 8’) M Molino M Jome (Kadrii 55’) F Ramirez
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Alvbage (GK) Didic Greenspan Juliao Venegas Porter Martin Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Matt Besler 2) 47+ SKC - Jimmy Medranda 1 (Unassisted) 54’ SKC - Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 (Unassisted) 87’
Misconduct Summary: COL - Bobby Burling (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 19’ COL - Eric Miller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ COL - Tim Howard (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 86’ COL - Kevin Doyle (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+
Misconduct Summary: MIN - Ismaila Jome (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 7’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’ MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ MIN - Bobby Shuttleworth (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’ SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 25 (2) 2 14 0 8
COL 6 (3) 1 19 1 3
June 17, 2017: San Jose Earthquakes 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA Attendance: 18,000 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees Sporting KC (7-4-6, 27 pts.) San Jose Earthquakes (5-6-5, 20 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber F Gerso F Dwyer (Rubio 76’) F Blessing (Medranda 69’)
1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Jose Earthquakes GK Bingham D Lima D Bernardez D Imperiale D Sarkodie M Cato (Salinas 70’) M Godoy M Thompson (Yueill 75’) M Hyka F Wondolowski (C) F Hoesen
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Tarbell (GK) Abdul-Salaam Francis Ellis Mfeka Mustivar Salloi Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SJ - Anibal Godoy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’ SJ - Chris Wondolowski (Yellow Card; Dissent) 74’ SKC - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (4) 3 15 3 6
11
SJ 5 (3) 3 7 2 2
SKC 27 (9) 1 13 2 9
MIN 7 (1) 6 14 1 2
June 24, 2017: LA Galaxy 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 20,140 Weather: Sunny and 69 degrees 1 2 F 2 0 2 0 1 1
Sporting KC (8-4-6, 30 pts.) LA Galaxy (6-6-4, 22 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Feilhaber (Medranda 61’) F Gerso F Dwyer (Mustivar 92+) F Blessing (Salloi 72’)
LA Galaxy GK Diop D Smith D Romney D Van Damme (C) D Cole M Garcia (Pedro 60’) M Villarreal M Zardes (Jamieson IV 77’) M Alessandrini M Boateng F McBean (Villarreal 62’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Kempin (GK) Abdul-Salaam Arellano Ellis Lassiter Saad McInerney Scoring Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza 1 (Gerso 1) 22’ SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 3) 35’ LA - Dave Romney 1 (Unassisted) 77’ Misconduct Summary: LA - Jaime Villarreal (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 33’ LA - Nathan Smith (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’ LA - Jelle Van Damme (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 10 (5) 4 12 4 2
LA 17 (5) 3 14 0 6
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) July 1, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,933 Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees Sporting KC (8-4-7, 31 pts.) Portland Timbers (7-7-5, 26 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Ellis D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber (Medranda 80’) F Gerso (Salloi 35’) F Saad (Rubio 59’) F Blessing
1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1
Portland Timbers GK Gleeson D Powell (Valentin 76’) D Olum D Miller D Vytas M Nagbe M Zemanski M Asprilla (Mattocks 60’) M Valeri (C) M Blanco (Arboleda 92+) F Adi
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Attinella (GK) Palmer-Brown Myers Storm Farfan Mustivar Ebobisse Scoring Summary: POR - Diego Valeri 10 (Sebastian Blanco 4) 26’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 3) 60’ Misconduct Summary: POR - Fanendo Adi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ SKC - Latif Blessing (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ SKC - Kevin Ellis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 7 (1) 2 14 1 0
POR 9 (3) 0 11 3 2
July 29, 2017: Sporting KC 3-2 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,313 Weather: Sunny and 79 degrees Sporting KC (9-4-9, 36 pts.) Chicago Fire (11-5-5, 38 pts.)
1 2 F 2 1 3 1 1 2
July 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,240 Weather: Sunny and 88 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1
Sporting KC (8-4-8, 32 pts.) Philadelphia Union (6-7-5, 23 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Feilhaber (C) M Medranda F Blessing F Rubio (Gerso 80’) F Salloi
Philadelphia Union GK McCarthy D Gaddis D Elliott D Onyewu D Wijnaldum M Jones M Medunjanin (C) M Pontius (Epps 61’) M Ilsinho (Alberg 61’) M Picault (Simpson 92+) F Sapong
Scoring Summary: RSL - Luis Silva 1 (Joao Plata 3, Danilo Acosta 2) 43’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber 3 (Penalty Kick) 59’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Saad Abdul Salaam (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ PHI - Haris Medunjanin (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 19 (8) 1 9 1 14
PHI 7 (2) 6 12 2 3
August 6, 2017: Sporting KC 1-1 Atlanta United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,418 Weather: Cloudy and 73 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 0 1 1
Sporting KC (9-4-10, 37 pts.) Atlanta United FC (10-7-5, 35 pts.)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Reynish (GK) Ellis Mears Zusi Kratz Saad Wheeler-Omiunu
Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 23’ CHI - Matt Besler (Own Goal) 28’ SKC - Benny Feilhaber 4 (Unassisted) 46+ SKC - Latif Blessing 3 (Diego Rubio 1, Daniel Salloi 2) 51’ CHI - David Accam 12 (Patrick Doody 1, Dax McCarty 4) 78’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Benny Feilhaber 5 (Penalty Kick) 59’ ATL - Jacob Peterson 2 (Unassisted) 91+
CHI 10 (3) 6 10 3 5
Real Salt Lake GK Rimando (C) D Beltran D Glad D M. Silva D Acosta M Sunny (Lennon 72’) M Mulholland M Savarino M Rusnak M Plata F L. Silva
Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 49’ PHI - Roland Alberg 4 (Penalty Kick) 69’
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Cleveland (GK) Abdul-Salaam Harrington Ellis Mihailovic Saad Conner
SKC 19 (9) 2 8 5 5
Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Feilhaber F Gerso (Salloi 80’) F Rubio F Blessing
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Fernandez (GK) Didic Horst Pasher Maund Medranda Wingert Mustivar Saucedo Dwyer Movsisyan
Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Lobato (Feilhaber 46’) F Gerso (Medranda 83’) F Blessing F Salloi (Rubio 71’)
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1
Sporting KC (8-4-9, 33 pts.) Real Salt Lake (7-12-3, 24 pts.)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) McGuire (GK) Ellis Rosenberry Pasher Yaro Mustivar Carroll Porter Saad
Sporting KC Chicago Fire GK Melia GK Lampson D Zusi D Polster D Opara D Kappelhof D Besler (C) D Meira D Sinovic D Doody M Ilie M Schweinsteiger (Campbell 91+) M Espinoza M McCarty M Feilhaber (Palmer-Brown 87’) M Juninho (C) (Johnson 77’) F Blessing (Medranda 83’) F Solignac (Accam 55’) F Rubio F Nikolic F Salloi (Lobato 73’) F de Leeuw
Misconduct Summary: CHI - Juninho (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ CHI - Joao Meira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’
July 22, 2017: Real Salt Lake 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 19,316 Weather: Sunny and 92 degrees
Atlanta United FC GK Guzan D Walkes D Parkhurst (C) D Gonzalez Pirez D Ambrose M Larentowicz (McCann 71’) M Carmona M Gressel (Peterson 67’) M Almiron M Asad F Villalba (Vazquez 83’)
Misconduct Summary: ATL - Jeff Larentowicz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’ ATL - Carlos Carmona (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ ATL - Yamil Asad (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez (Yellow Card; Dissent) 61’ ATL - Mikey Ambrose (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (3) 1 10 6 3
12
ATL 7 (2) 2 20 3 1
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’ RSL - Sunny (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ RSL - Danilo Acosta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ RSL - Tony Beltran (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’ SKC - Gerso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (3) 5 9 1 1
RSL 20 (6) 2 15 3 6
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES June 14, 2017: Sporting KC 4-0 Minnesota United FC U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,260 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 2 2 4 0 0 0
Sporting KC Minnesota United FC Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara (Ellis 88’) D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Feilhaber 74’) F Gerso (Blessing 78’) F Dwyer F Salloi
Minnesota United FC GK McLain D Venegas D Greenspan (Burch 67’) D Kallman (C) D Davis D Jome (Thiesson 75’) M Warner M Martin M Schuller (Ibson 46’) F Danladi F Kadrii
June 28, 2017: Houston Dynamo 0-2 Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 6,095 Weather: Sunny and 83 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo
July 11, 2017: Sporting KC 3-0 FC Dallas (AET) U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,016 Weather: Sunny and 91 degrees Sporting KC FC Dallas
1 2 ET1 ET2 F 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo GK Melia GK Willis D Abdul-Salaam (Palmer-Brown 74’) D Garcia D Opara D Anibaba D Ellis D Hunter D Sinovic D Remick M Ilie M Ward M Espinoza (C) M Bird (Holland 81’) M Medranda M Wenger (Garcia 62’) F Gerso (Belmar 94+) M Alex (Luna 68’) F Porter (Mustivar 54’) M Rodriguez F Blessing F Sanchez (C)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Opara (Ellis 110+) D Palmer-Brown D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Medranda F Gerso (Salloi 85’) F Rubio (Feilhaber 91’) F Blessing
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Alvbage (GK) Abdul-Salaam Cronin Porter Ibarra Ramirez
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Brown (GK) Maher Greene Hernandez Escalante James
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dykstra (GK) Seitz (GK) Storm Hume Mustivar Guillen Saad Hayes
Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 43’ SKC - Gerso 1 (Unassisted) 46+ SKC - Dom Dwyer 1 (Gerso 1) 72’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 83’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Kevin Ellis 1, Ilie 1) 61’ SKC - Gerso 2 (Latif Blessing 1) 91+
Scoring Summary: SKC - Latif Blessing 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 108+ SKC - Latif Blessing 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1) 113+ SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 118’
Misconduct Summary: MIN - Justin Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ MIN - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+
Misconduct Summary: HOU - Eric Bird (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’ HOU - Andrew Wenger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ HOU - Memo Rodriguez (Yellow Card; Simulation) 64’
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Seth Sinovic (Red Card; DOGSO) 15’ FCD - Victor Ulloa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48+ FCD - Mauro Diaz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’ FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 101’ FCD - Javier Morales (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 110+ FCD - Atiba Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 120’
SKC 19 (8) 0 13 1 4
MIN 5 (0) 4 18 3 3
SKC 12 (7) 2 13 5 7
13
HOU 10 (2) 5 21 1 6
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Grana D Zimmerman D Harris D Hollingshead (Morales 88’) M Gruezo M Diaz (C) M Ulloa (Akindele 46’) M Barrios M Lamah (Colman 106’) F Urruti
SKC 22 (9) 6 13 0 1
FCD 23 (6) 5 20 4 10
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE
March 4 March 11 March 18 March 31 April 9 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 3 May 7 May 13 May 17 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 6 July 22 July 29 Aug. 6 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Aug. 26 Sept. 6 Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 15 Oct. 22
OPPONENT
at D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes at Toronto FC vs. Colorado Rapids at Portland Timbers at FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake vs. New York Red Bulls at Minnesota United FC at Orlando City SC vs. Seattle Sounders FC at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Colorado Rapids vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact at San Jose Earthquakes at LA Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers vs. Philadelphia Union at Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago Fire vs. Atlanta United FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo at New York City FC at Columbus Crew SC vs. New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Minnesota United FC vs. Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake
RESULT T T W T W W L W W L T W L L W T T W T T T W T
SCORE 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 0-2 2-2 3-0 0-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-2 1-1
ATTEND. 18,268 19,117 19,282 27,909 19,249 21,144 15,411 18,648 18,965 17,709 25,527 20,139 21,020 17,648 20,361 20,334 18,000 20,140 20,933 19,240 19,316 20,313 19,418
RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3 3-0-3 3-1-3 4-1-3 5-1-3 5-2-3 5-2-4 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 9-4-9 9-4-10
T-6 6 5 T-4 T-3 2 4 T-2 T-1 T-1 T-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
1 2 5 6 9 12 12 15 18 18 19 22 22 22 25 26 27 30 31 32 33 36 37
--Feilhaber, Own Goal -Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer Dwyer -Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso Dwyer (2) -Blessing (2) Gerso (3) --Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam Gerso -Espinoza, Opara Salloi Rubio Feilhaber (PK) Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing Feilhaber (PK)
SPORTING KC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (9-4-10, 37 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF AUGUST 6, 2017 UNF POS PLAYER 7 F Gerso Fernandes 10 M Benny Feilhaber 14 F Dom Dwyer* 9 F Latif Blessing 30 F Daniel Salloi 3 D Ike Opara 27 M Roger Espinoza 94 F Jimmy Medranda 11 F Diego Rubio 15 D Seth Sinovic 17 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 5 D Matt Besler 8 D Graham Zusi 93 M Soni Mustivar 22 F Soony Saad 6 M Ilie Sanchez 4 D Kevin Ellis 40 D Igor Juliao 19 M Cristian Lobato 29 GK Tim Melia 2 D Erik Palmer-Brown 77 M Tyler Pasher 39 F Cameron Porter 55 D Amer Didic 21 GK Andrew Dykstra 24 F Cameron Iwasa 23 D Colton Storm 1 GK Adrian Zendejas Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 22 21 15 15 13 20 21 22 6 23 8 19 17 13 10 23 5 1 2 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 23
GS MIN 21 1802 19 1716 14 1271 11 942 3 374 20 1800 21 1867 15 1338 3 324 23 2069 6 542 19 1710 16 1485 1 197 5 386 23 2070 5 450 1 45 1 62 23 2070 2 183 1 45 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2070 23 2070
G 6 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 18
A 1 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 52 39 45 26 16 12 29 37 8 11 4 4 20 0 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 22 15 22 12 7 4 5 8 1 2 2 1 7 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 28 26 35 21 5 11 32 8 8 12 8 16 10 6 6 10 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FS 30 32 37 25 6 8 29 16 11 15 5 9 11 3 8 28 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 5 0 10 15 2 1 2 3 2 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CK 6 79 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 4 3 5 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 20
334 220
114 87
250 298
298 250
50 52
117 81
41 53
1 1
T 10 10 10
SO 9 9 8
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Ike Opara 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Latif Blessing 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Roger Espinoza 2, Matt Besler 2, Graham Zusi 1, Daniel Salloi 1, Diego Rubio 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 2-2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP 23 23 23
GS 23 23 23
MIN 2070 2070 2070
SH 87 87 114
SV 68 68 84
* = Played with other teams in 2017. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here. 14
GA 18 18 29
GAA 0.78 0.78 1.26
PG 2 2 2
PA 5 5 2
W 9 9 4
L 4 4 9
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes
Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.
Peter Vermes is in his ninth season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2017. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 140 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won three major trophies – the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to six straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 112 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank tied for seventh most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions. He has coached 320 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, the Swope Park Rangers (USL) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.
Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored a sensational goal against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.
Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.
After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.
Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Year
In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total
2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 9-4-10 --- TOTAL 112-86-71 5-5-3
--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 3-0-0 17-5-2
--- --- --- --- 2-0-2 3-2-1 --- 1-2-1 --- 6-4-4
3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 12-4-10 140-100-80
Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty enters his first season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as Sporting KC’s USL affiliate - the Swope Park Rangers - goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, going on to make one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season.
Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel Mateus Manoel is in his eighth season with Sporting KC as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery.
Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.
In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia. Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.
15
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | D | SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM | @Saad_Abdul SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
60
42
3993
1
7
MLS Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
4
499
0
1
International
2
2
180
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
72
50
4882
1
8
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA Shots on Goal 1, 8 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Fouls Committed 5, May 21, 2016, KC vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2015, KC at POR Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assist Sept. 18, 2016, KC vs. LA 2017 Record when: he starts 1-0-5 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)
Sporting KC selected defender Saad Abdul-Salaam with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-14), recording three MLS SuperDraft. The right back played 28 matches across all competitions during his goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. He helped Akron win MAC regular season titles rookie season, including 22 regular season appearances, all five games in the Lamar in each of his three seasons and earned All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014. Hunt U.S. Open Cup and one start in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He recorded six assists in 30 MLS appearances in 2016 and once again started in the MLS Cup Playoffs. He scored his first career goal in a 3-0 win over Minnesota United FC on June 3, 2017. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
60
42
3993
1
7
24
8
53
40
5
0
3
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
0
0
5
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
62
44
4203
1
7
24
8
58
42
5
0
4
0
0
1
#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
219
213
19202
3
14
MLS Postseason
13
13
1260
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
17
15
1384
0
1
International
10
10
885
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
259
251
22731
3
15
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist June 24, 2017, KC at LA 2017 Record when: he starts 9-4-6 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his ninth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame.
Besler has earned 44 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Besler ranks fourth in Sporting KC history with 259 appearances across all competitions. Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 226 of 232 MLS matches (including the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015). Kansas City. He recently made four appearances for his country as the U.S. claimed the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
219
213
19202
3
14
41
9
193
104
8
1
28
2
2
7
KC - Postseason
13
13
1260
0
0
2
0
14
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
232
226
20462
3
14
43
9
208
114
10
1
28
2
2
7
16
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #9 | F | LATIF BLESSING | @latif_blessing SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
15
11
942
3
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
222
2
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
18
13
1164
5
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 13, 2017, KC at ORL Assists 0 Shots on Goal 3, July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 4, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 6, May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 6, Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 3-2-6 he scores 1-0-1
Height: 5-3 Weight: 130 Birthday: 12/30/1996 Hometown: Accra, Ghana Last Club: Liberty Professionals FC (Ghana) Acquired: Signed on 1/9/2017 Sporting Kansas City acquired 20-year-old winger Latif Blessing in a transfer from Liberty Professionals FC of the Ghana Premier League in early 2017. Blessing scored two goals on his first start for the club in a 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC on May 13, 2017. Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Blessing was named the 2016 Ghana Premier League player of the year after leading the top flight with 17 goals in his first season on the senior team. He was also a finalist for the 2016 Ghanaian FA Cup most valuable player award, helping Liberty Professionals reach the semifinals of the knockout competition.
Blessing, a product of the Liberty Professionals youth academy, debuted for the first team on Feb. 28, 2016 and opened his scoring account with a game-winning goal against Inter Allies one week later. He caught fire during the month of April with five goals over a three-game span, including a brace in a 5-1 victory over defending league champions Ashanti Gold. Blessing received his first call-up to the Ghana Men’s National Team in December 2016 as a member of the Black Stars’ 30-man provisional squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not selected to the final roster.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
15
11
942
3
0
26
12
21
25
15
0
2
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
15
11
942
3
0
26
12
21
25
15
0
2
0
1
0
#55 | D | AMER DIDIC | @amerdidic_ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
3
3
270
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
3
3
270
0
0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 5/31/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Birthday: 12/28/1994
Sporting Kansas City signed central defender Amer Didic from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, on May 31, 2017. Didic had previously made three appearances for Sporting KC in the CONCACAF Champions League during the 2016 campaign after joining on loan from the Rangers. Didic was born in Zenica, Bosnia, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta after his parents fled the war-torn Eastern European nation when Didic was a child. He made 32 appearances for the Rangers in their inaugural season in 2016, helping guide the side to the Western Conference championship before falling to defeat in the USL Cup Final against New York Red Bulls II.
he scores 0-0-0
Didic was named to the USL Team of the Week a league-high six times throughout the year before earning a spot on the USL All-League First Team, while also being named a finalist for USL Defender of the Year. In addition, he was named Swope Park Rangers defensive player of the year. Collegiately, Didic played at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, making 84 appearances and scoring 28 goals from central defense. Didic represented Canada’s Under-23 National Team for the first time in March 2017 when he took part in a mini-tournament in Qatar, playing the full 90 minutes in two games against Uzbekistan and Qatar without conceding a goal as Canada won the tournament with 1-0 and 2-0 wins, respectively.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #21 | GK | ANDREW DYKSTRA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 3 times, last: March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Saves 8, May 15, 2010, CHI at KC (w/ CHI) Last Regular Season... Appearance March 6, 2016, DC at LA (w/ DC) Shutout April 12, 2014, DC at NY (w/ DC) 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Birthday: 1/2/1986 Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia College: Virginia Commonwealth University Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 after being selected in Stage Two of Re-Entry Draft Dykstra joins Sporting KC having previously played for D.C. United from 2012-2016, where he served as a backup goalkeeper to Bill Hamid. He began his professional career with the Chicago Fire in 2009 and boasts seven years of MLS experience, appearing in 31 regular season matches with seven shutouts and an 11-11-8 record.
Undrafted out of college, Dykstra was signed to the Chicago Fire’s developmental roster in April 2009. He was signed to the senior roster two months later and became Chicago’s starting goalkeeper ahead of the 2010 campaign. He ended the year with a career-high 17 MLS appearances and five shutouts. Dykstra has previously spent time on loan in the USL with the Richmond Kickers and the Charleston Battery.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
31
31
2758
153
104
7
44
1.44
3
5
0
1
11
11
8
MLS - TOTAL
31
31
2758
153
104
7
44
1.44
3
5
0
10
11
11
8
#4 | D | KEVIN ELLIS | @Kev_Ellis4 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
68
58
5389
5
5
MLS Postseason
3
3
300
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
13
10
974
0
1
International
6
6
540
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
90
77
7206
8
6
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Shots 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs. LA Fouls Committed 4, April 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Last Regular Season... Appearance July 22, 2017, KC at RSL Goal Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Assist Oct. 1, 2016, KC at NE 2017 Record when: he starts 0-2-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011 Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, Kevin Ellis set regular season career-highs with 27 games played and four goals in 2015, the most by any MLS defender that year. He added another goal in the MLS Cup Playoffs and finished 2015 with starts in 32 of 33 appearances across all competitions. On April 2, 2016 he became the first Sporting KC Homegrown Player to reach 50 career regular season appearances.
Now in his seventh MLS season, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing at Barton County Community College from 2009-10. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals against eventual champion Cruz Azul (Mexico).
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
68
58
5389
5
5
26
11
69
43
2
0
10
0
2
3
KC - Postseason
3
3
300
1
0
2
2
4
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
71
61
5689
6
5
28
13
73
45
2
0
11
0
2
3
18
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #27 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
181
161
14280
5
23
MLS Postseason
8
7
545
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
16
14
1534
0
3
International
3
2
232
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
208
184
16591
5
26
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 23 times, last: July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Shots on Goal 2, 8 times, last: May 13, 2017, KC at ORL Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, May 1, 2016, KC vs. LA Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR 2017 Record when: he starts 8-4-9 he scores 1-0-0
Birthday: 10/25/1986
Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016, tallying a career-high five assists.
competitions, tallying five goals and 26 assists over seven seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City. Espinoza has earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 208 appearances for the club in all MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
181
161
14280
5
23
192
48
281
249
12
15
39
7
1
6
KC - Postseason
8
7
545
0
0
6
2
10
10
1
0
3
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
189
168
14825
5
23
198
50
291
259
13
15
42
7
1
6
#10 | M | BENNY FEILHABER | @b_feilhaber22 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
141
129
11391
29
41
MLS Postseason
7
7
694
0
3
U.S. Open Cup
11
10
856
3
8
International
9
8
592
1
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
168
154
13533
33
55
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs. FCD Assists 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC Shots 7, May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Assist May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA 2017 Record when: he starts 8-3-8 he scores 3-0-2
Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution on 12/11/2012 A seven-year MLS veteran, Benny Feilhaber set professional career-highs in 2015 with 10 goals and 15 assists en route to an MLS MVP nomination. He was named MLS Player of the Month in April of that year, earned MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career and landed Sporting KC’s 2015 Most Valuable Player award after finishing with a club record 20 assists in all competitions. Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with German club Hamburg after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish side AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. He
joined Sporting KC prior to the 2013 campaign and has made 168 appearances across all competitions for the club with 33 goals and 56 assists. Feilhaber has earned 43 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup Final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He returned to the National Team after a three year absence in January 2017 under new head coach Bruce Arena.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
141
129
11391
29
41
212
69
172
271
4
262
24
1
7
12
MLS - Regular Season
193
175
15584
34
50
290
97
240
412
6
335
32
3
7
13
KC - Postseason
7
7
694
0
3
17
3
14
17
2
2
2
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
200
182
16278
34
53
307
100
254
429
8
337
34
3
7
14
19
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | F | GERSO FERNANDES | @ge7fe SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
22
21
1802
6
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
3
252
2
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
25
24
2054
8
2
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Assists 1, June 24, 2017, KC at LA Shots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Shots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 4, June 17, 2017, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL Assist June 24, 2017, KC at LA 2017 Record when: he starts 8-4-9 he scores 3-0-1
Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991 Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Last Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017 Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. He has spent each of the last five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses. On May 17, 2017, Gerso scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick in seven years in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC before adding a goal and an assist in his first-ever U.S. Open Cup game against Minnesota United FC on June 14, 2017.
He started nine of 14 Primeira Liga appearances for Belenenses since August, recording four assists as well as the game-winning goal against Maritimo on Dec. 10, 2016. He also contributed one assist in three domestic cup matches, featuring in the 2016-17 Taça de Portugal and the 2016-17 Taça da Liga. Fernandes appeared more than 100 times for Estoril between 2011-2016. He helped clinch promotion to the Primera Liga in his first year with the club before facilitating Estoril’s transition to the top flight over the next two seasons, recording four assists in 43 Primera Liga appearances and playing six games in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
22
21
1802
6
1
52
22
28
30
5
6
4
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
22
21
1802
6
1
52
22
28
30
5
6
4
0
2
0
#24 | F | CAMERON IWASA | @cam31iwasa SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/7/1993 Hometown: Sacramento, California Last Club: Sacramento Republic FC (USL) Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2017 Cameron Iwasa was a 2016 USL All-League Second Team honoree, recording 12 goals and three assists in his second year with Sacramento Republic FC. Iwasa’s 12 goals set a regular-season club record and helped Sacramento finish first in the USL Western Conference standings. Iwasa appeared in all 30 regular season matches for his hometown club in 2016, including a team-record 27 straight starts to end the campaign. His 59 shot attempts and 31 shots on goal were also single-season Sacramento records. Iwasa earned USL Team of the Week honors three times and was named USL Player of the Week in Week 13 after netting a brace in a 3-2 win over Rio Grande Valley FC on June 18.
he scores 0-0-0
The forward inked his first professional contract with Sacramento in 2015 and ended the season with one goal and one assist in 17 regular season appearances as a rookie. Iwasa totaled 23 goals and 14 assists during a four-year collegiate career at UC Irvine. He was named a 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior after recording six goals, six assists and guiding UC Irvine to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #19 | M | CRISTIAN LOBATO SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
2
1
62
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
2
1
62
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 3/7/1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 6/29/2017 Cristian Lobato joins Sporting Kansas City after spending the last two seasons with Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013. He spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet.. Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and helped the club win a
Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B of the Segunda Division, scoring eight goals in 57 games. In February 2014, Lobato made his top-flight debut for CA Osasuna and ended the 2013-14 La Liga campaign with 12 appearances. He then left Spain for the first time, helping Asteras Tripoli to a fourth-place finish in the 2014-15 Superleague Greece before returning to join Gimnastic de Tarragona in 2015.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
2
1
62
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
2
1
62
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
#94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
63
45
3835
2
3
MLS Postseason
1
0
1
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
5
494
0
1
International
2
1
96
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
71
51
4427
2
4
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 3 times, last: April 15, 2017, KC at POR Shots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Shots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Assist April 15, 2017, KC at POR 2017 Record when: he starts 7-2-6 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 71 games for the club across all competitions, including a career-high 32 appearances and 25 starts in 2016.
Medranda has scored two goals and added four assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
63
45
3835
2
3
88
17
59
41
4
8
9
1
1
2
KC - Postseason
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
64
45
3836
2
3
88
17
59
41
4
8
9
1
1
2
21
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
73
73
6570
0
0
MLS Postseason
2
2
174
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
8
780
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
84
84
7614
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJ Saves 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Shutout June 17, 2017, KC at SJ 2017 Record when: he starts 9-4-10
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Tim Melia solidified his position as starting goalkeeper in 2016 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Now in his sixth MLS season after previously serving as a back-up goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake (2010-11) and Chivas USA (2012-14), Melia ended 2016 with eight clean sheets and a 1.11 goals against average in the regular season as Sporting KC made its sixth straight playoff appearance.
During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team.
After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New In 2016, Melia became the first goalkeeper in club history to record at least five saves, York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL one penalty stop and a shutout win in the same match against the New York Red Bulls on First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of April 9 before performing the feat again in the 2017 season opener against D.C. United. 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
73
73
6570
291
212
25
76
1.04
7
11
6
0
30
23
19
MLS - Regular Season
79
78
7009
327
234
25
90
1.16
8
12
6
1
31
27
20
KC - Postseason
2
2
174
5
2
0
2
1.03
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
81
80
7183
332
236
25
92
1.15
8
12
6
1
31
28
20
#93 | M | SONI MUSTIVAR | @billydougie SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
63
45
4130
0
3
MLS Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
7
640
1
0
International
2
2
154
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
75
56
5134
1
3
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs. VAN Shots on Goal 1, Oct. 21, 2015, KC vs. COL Shots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2016, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: May 11, 2016, KC at COL Last Regular Season... Appearance June 24, 2017, KC at LA Goal N/A Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 2/12/1990
Soni Mustivar is entering his third season with Sporting KC having set career-highs in starts (24) and minutes played (2095) in 2016. In his first season at Sporting KC, Mustivar earned Co-Defender of the Year honors after producing a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions and led MLS during the regular season with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played. Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 from 2008-10. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played three seasons in
Romania’s Liga I, recording 61 league appearances in addition to eight games in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2013 Romanian Cup Final. Mustivar has earned 12 caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team since debuting in 2013. This year he has helped Haiti book a spot in the Copa America Centenario and featured in a pair of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He was a youth international for France at the U-20 level and holds dual citizenship in both France and Haiti. He joined Haiti for the Copa America Centenario but did not appear in a game.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
63
45
4130
0
3
11
1
67
41
0
0
8
1
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
2
210
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
65
47
4340
0
3
11
1
69
44
0
0
8
1
0
1
22
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
72
59
5435
8
3
MLS Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
5
493
2
0
International
7
7
630
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
87
71
6574
11
3
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, April 13, 2016, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal June 24, 2017, KC at LA Assist Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ 2017 Record when: he starts 9-2-9 he scores 2-0-0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Eighth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his fifth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (25), starts (15) and assists (3) in 2016. He enjoyed a sensational first month of the 2015 campaign, scoring two goals, leading MLS in interceptions and earning an MLS Player of the Month nomination, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year, and has featured regularly along the back line since then.
Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014. Opara represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
72
59
5435
8
3
51
21
68
29
3
0
10
1
5
2
MLS - Regular Season
107
81
7587
11
3
72
28
97
46
8
1
12
1
6
2
KC - Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
4
0
94
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
111
81
7681
11
3
73
28
98
48
8
1
12
1
6
2
#2 | D | ERIK PALMER-BROWN | @ErikBrown14 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
13
8
794
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
3
316
0
0
International
1
1
60
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
18
12
1170
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 1, 4 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Last Regular Season... Appearance July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-2 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Birthday: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Last Club: FC Porto (Portugal) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 8/2/2013 Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown is the youngest signing in club history. A native of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Palmer-Brown is considered one of the top youth prospects for his age in the country. He was named captain of the United States Under-20 Men’s National Team in 2017 and led the side to a quarterfinal appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He previously represented the U.S. U-20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting the third and final group stage match. Palmer-Brown made his debut and first MLS start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF
Champions League). He added seven more competitive appearances in 2015, including four starts. He made his first start since late 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017. Palmer-Brown has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels and captained the U-20s at the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in September 2015. Most recently, Palmer-Brown captained the U.S. U-20s in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, guiding the side to a quarterfinal appearance.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
8
794
0
0
2
0
7
4
1
0
4
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
13
8
794
0
0
2
0
7
4
7
0
4
1
0
0
23
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #77 | D | TYLER PASHER | @typash SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
1
45
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
2
2
135
0
0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Hometown: Elmira, Ontario Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season... Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 4/27/1994
Canadian midfielder Tyler Pasher signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after starring for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He made his MLS debut for Sporting KC at Vancouver on May 20, 2017.
Pasher had previously played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL and Lansing United of the NPSL. Raised in the Newcastle United Academy in England, Pasher returned to Canada and joined the Toronto FC Academy in 2010 before turning pro and signing with PS Kemi in Finland three years later.
The 22-year-old joined the Rangers in March 2016 after a successful preseason spell and played a leading role throughout the season. He started 26 of 28 USL appearances with Pasher has previously represented the Canadian National Team at the Under-17 and five goals and four assists (including playoffs), tallying three of his assists in the playoffs Under-20 levels, while he was called into the Canadian senior team to train ahead of a as the Rangers were crowned USL Western Conference champions and advanced to the pair of friendlies in March 2015. USL Cup Final. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
1
45
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
1
1
45
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
# 39 | F | CAMERON PORTER | @Cam39Porter SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
3
0
53
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
54
0
0
International
4
3
234
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
8
4
341
1
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Hometown: Centerville, OH College: Princeton Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Signed on 7/12/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 2, March 7, 2015, MTL at DC (w/ MTL) Last Regular Season... Appearance May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 5/23/1993
Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old forward Cameron Porter from the Montreal Impact on July 12, 2016. Montreal selected Porter with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He played five matches during his rookie campaign, including three games in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage. Porter scored one of Montreal’s most important goals in club history on March 4, 2015, netting a 94th-minute equalizer against Mexican side CF Pachuca in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. His first professional tally, scored before a crowd of 38,104 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, sent the Impact to the semifinals and allowed the
club to eventually finish runners-up in the tournament. Porter suffered an ACL tear to his left knee two weeks later and missed the remainder of the 2015 season. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC on July 24, then scored his first goal for the club in the CONCACAF Champions League on Oct. 19, a 3-1 win over Central FC. Porter played collegiately at Princeton University from 2011-2014, recording 31 goals and 13 assists in 67 appearances. The college star led the NCAA with 15 goals during his final college season.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
3
0
53
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
5
1
92
0
0
2
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
24
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
21
6
654
2
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
176
1
1
International
3
3
270
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
27
11
1100
4
2
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Assists 1, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Shots 4, 3 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Fouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe. The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September. Rubio tore his ACL in October 2016 and made his return to the field on June 17, 2017 in a 0-0 road draw with San Jose before scoring his first goal since returning in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.
Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal July 6, 2017, KC vs. PHI Assist July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI 2017 Record when: he starts 1-0-2 he scores 0-0-1
Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals. Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
21
6
654
2
1
21
3
21
24
7
0
2
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
21
6
654
2
1
21
3
21
24
7
0
2
0
0
1
#22 | F | SOONY SAAD | @SoonySaad SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
68
31
2988
8
7
MLS Postseason
4
0
47
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
4
375
4
1
International
4
4
376
2
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
81
39
3786
14
8
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan Last Club: Pattaya United (Thailand) Acquired: Signed on 1/30/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs. TOR Assists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs. NE Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs. CLB Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season... Appearance July 1, 2017, KC vs. POR Goal Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Assist April 29, 2017, KC vs. RSL 2017 Record when: he starts 2-1-2 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 8/17/1992
Saad rejoins Sporting KC from Pattaya United of Thailand’s first division, where he scored Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, scoring two pivotal goals in a 3-2 third-round victory over nine goals across 28 Thai League appearances in 2016. He has also recorded three Orlando City. goals for the Lebanon Men’s National Team since making his senior international debut in 2013. Saad enjoyed a breakout year in 2013, reaching MLS career-highs with four goals, four assists and 23 games played. He also notched a brace in a 2-0 CONCACAF Champions During his first stint with Sporting KC, Saad tallied 14 goals and seven assists in 71 League win at Honduran side Olimpia and appeared in two playoff games during Sporting appearances across all competitions. He was signed by MLS and allocated to Sporting KC’s run to the 2013 MLS Cup championship. In 2014, Saad scored five goals across all KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. The following month, he scored nine minutes into his competitions and helped the club advance to the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fourth straight MLS debut on his 19th birthday to become the youngest goal scorer in club history. In year. Thai outfit BEC Tero Sasana signed Saad ahead of the 2015 season and loaned 2012, Saad played nine MLS matches and helped Sporting Kansas City capture the him to Pattaya United last year. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
68
31
2988
8
7
111
34
44
59
3
27
2
0
2
2
KC - Postseason
4
0
47
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
72
31
3035
8
7
111
34
47
59
3
27
2
0
2
2
25
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #30 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
13
3
374
2
2
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
1
125
2
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
15
4
499
4
2
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Assists 1, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Shots on Goal 3, July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Shots 4, 2 times, last: July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 2, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 2, Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Assist July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI 2017 Record when: he starts 1-0-2 he scores 1-0-1
Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is the third Homegrown Player on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Kevin Ellis (2011) and Erik Palmer-Brown (2013). He scored on his first start for Sporting KC - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first career MLS goal against Portland on July 1. In June 2016, he was loaned to Hungarian club Gyirmot SE for the remainder of the year. Prior to his loan to Gyirmot, Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. The forward scored four goals and added three assists in six
starts for the team. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season and scored a team-high 21 goals in 28 appearances, including three hat-tricks in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
3
374
2
2
16
7
5
6
2
0
0
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
13
3
374
2
2
16
7
5
6
2
0
0
0
0
1
#6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
23
23
2070
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
3
300
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
26
26
2370
0
2
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 1, May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Shots 2, 2 times, last: May 20, 2017, KC at VAN Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: March 31, 2017, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 4, March 4, 2017, KC at DC Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal N/A Assist June 10, 2017, KC vs. MTL 2016 Record when: he starts 9-4-10 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/21/1990
Sánchez, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season.
After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.
Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier. Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
23
23
2070
0
1
13
1
10
28
0
7
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
23
23
2070
0
1
13
1
10
28
0
7
4
0
0
0
26
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 8 times, last: April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 2, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD Shots 3, 3 times, last: May 27, 2017, KC at COL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA
SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
156
151
13389
1
8
MLS Postseason
12
12
1134
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
13
13
1093
0
2
International
11
10
937
1
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
192
186
16553
4
12
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011
Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 6, 2017, KC vs. ATL Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL 2017 Record when: he starts 9-4-10 he scores 1-0-0
Birthday: 1/28/1987
An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 186 of 192 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.
A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
156
151
13389
1
8
77
20
170
101
8
0
26
0
0
4
MLS - Regular Season
176
169
14969
1
8
84
21
183
111
8
0
29
0
0
4
KC - Postseason
12
12
1134
2
0
5
3
18
12
0
0
2
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
188
181
16103
3
8
89
24
201
123
8
0
31
0
2
4
#23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania College: University of North Carolina Acquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017 Rookie defender Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm, a right back, tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the University of North Carolina.He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh final four in program history.
he scores 0-0-0
Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle FC in his hometown.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2017 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Birthday: 8/30/1995
Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average. Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final.
The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015. His youth career includes a stint at Nomads SC in San Diego, California while he also played for Hilltop High School in Chula Vista.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
211
171
15811
26
51
MLS Postseason
13
13
1259
0
6
U.S. Open Cup
13
11
1058
3
4
International
8
8
690
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
245
203
18818
29
64
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 5 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs. FCD Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season... Appearance July 29, 2017, KC vs. CHI Goal Oct. 23, 2016, KC vs. SJ Assist May 17, 2017, KC vs.SEA 2017 Record when: he starts 8-3-5 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) A nine-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017), MLS Best XI (2012-13) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014. Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 29 goals and 64 assists in 245 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2008 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 64 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist on
Benny Feilhaber’s goal against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season assists and moved into a tie for first place in club history with 23 game-winning assists. Zusi has earned 53 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
211
171
15811
26
51
309
101
175
252
28
662
17
0
8
23
KC - Postseason
13
13
1259
0
6
24
1
20
23
1
61
1
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
224
184
17070
26
57
333
102
195
275
29
723
18
0
8
26
28
Sporting KC Game Notes | August 9, 2017 vs. San Jose Earthquakes | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2017 PARTICIPATION CHART PLAYER Abdul-Salaam Besler Blessing Didic Dwyer Dykstra Ellis Espinoza Feilhaber Gerso Iwasa Juliao Lobato Medranda Melia Mustivar Opara Palmer-Brown Pasher Porter Rubio Saad Salloi Ilie Sinovic Storm Zendejas Zusi
3/4 3/11 3/18 3/31 4/9 4/15 4/22 4/29 5/3 5/7 5/13 5/17 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/10 6/17 @DC FCD SJ @TOR COL @POR @FCD RSL NY @MIN @ORL SEA @VAN @COL MIN MTL @SJ DNP UNAV INJ DNP DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP UNAV UNAV SUB-1 DNP DNP DNP RB-90 RB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL CB-90 DNP SUB-23 DNP SUB-7 DNP DNP SUB-6 DNP DNP DNP CF-82 SUB-7 CF-69 CF-90 LW-75 INJ LW-69 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP DNP SPR CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-89 CF-89 CF-90 SUS CF-90 INJ INJ SUB-28 CF-90 CF-76 UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CB-90 DNP DNP CB-90 INJ INJ CB-90 DNP CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 CM-90 CM-70 CM-89 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUS CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-85 INJ INJ CM-83 CM-72 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 SUB-34 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 LW-90 LW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-84 RW-90 RW-90 RW-77 RW-90 RW-83 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 RW-90 INJ INJ INJ UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP RB-45 UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP DNP UNAV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW-90 RW-67 LW-78 CM-65 CM-74 LW-90 LW-81 LW-79 LW-89 SUB-30 LW-86 LW-79 SUB-45 LW-74 CM-67 LW-80 SUB-21 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 DNP DNP SUB-5 SUB-25 SUB-16 SUB-7 SUB-18 SUB-20 SUB-1 DNP SUB-4 SUB-11 CM-56 DNP SUB-23 SUB-10 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 DNP CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INTL INJ INJ SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INTL INTL INTL INTL INTL INJ INJ UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR LW-45 SPR SPR INTL SPR UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP DNP SUB-21 DNP DNP DNP UNAV INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ DNP SUB-14 DNP DNP SUB-12 LW-83 LW-83 DNP DNP SUB-1 SUB-1 LW-60 SUB-8 INJ UNAV SUB-16 CF-62 INTL UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-7 DNP SUB-9 SUB-11 SUB-1 SUB-13 DNP SUB-1 DNP DNP SUB-15 DNP DNP CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-89 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 UNAV UNAV UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR INJ SPR SPR DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR INJ SPR SPR RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 SUB-45 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 INTL INTL RB-90
6/24 7/1 7/6 7/22 7/29 8/6 8/12 8/19 8/26 9/6 9/10 9/16 9/24 9/30 10/7 10/15 10/22 PLAYER @LA POR PHI @RSL CHI ATL @SEA FCD @HOU @NYC @CLB NE LA VAN @MIN HOU @RSL Abdul-Salaam DNP RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 DNP RB-90 Besler CB-90 INTL INTL INTL CB-90 CB-90 Blessing LW-72 LW-90 RW-90 LW-90 RW-83 CF-90 Didic UNAV SPR SPR DNP SPR SPR Dwyer CF-89 INTL INTL DNP -- -- Dykstra DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP UNAV Ellis DNP CB-90 DNP CB-90 DNP DNP Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 SUS CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Feilhaber CM-61 CM-80 CM-90 CM-90 CM-87 SUB-45 Gerso RW-90 RW-35 SUB-10 RW-80 SUS RW-83 Iwasa SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR Juliao UNAV -- -- -- -- -- Lobato -- UNAV UNAV UNAV SUB-17 CM-45 Medranda SUB-29 SUB-10 CM-90 DNP SUB-7 SUB-7 Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Mustivar SUB-1 DNP DNP DNP UNAV UNAV Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ CB-90 CB-90 Palmer-Brown INJ DNP CB-90 CB-90 SUB-3 UNAV Pasher SPR SPR DNP DNP SPR SPR Porter UNAV UNAV DNP UNAV UNAV INJ Rubio SPR SUB-31 CF-80 CF-90 CF-90 SUB-19 Saad DNP CF-59 DNP UNAV DNP DNP Salloi SUB-18 SUB-55 LW-90 SUB-10 LW-73 LW-71 Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Sinovic LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 Storm SPR DNP SPR SPR SPR SPR Zendejas SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR DNP Zusi RB-90 INTL INTL INTL RB-90 DNP KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played
DNP - Unused Substitute UNAV - Unavailable For Selection
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INJ - Injured SUS - Suspended
SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL) INTL - International Duty