Match Notes: Sporting vs. Seattle Sounders FC | Sept. 26, 2021 by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. 6 p.m. CT (FS1 / FOX Deportes)

Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 (Week 27, MLS Game #353)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 215 04/19/2001 Bakersfield, CA 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 John Pulskamp DF 5-11 185 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 14 9 2 1 34 27 2 4 2 Jaylin Lindsey 3 Andreu Fontas DF 6-2 200 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 24 24 0 1 42 38 1 1 4 Roberto Puncec DF 6-1 175 10/27/1991 Varazdin, Croatia 3 2 0 0 23 20 0 1 5 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin DF 6-2 180 11/15/1991 Meudon, France 8 7 0 0 8 7 0 0 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 6-0 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 21 19 1 0 135 126 7 12 FW 5-9 175 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 22 18 6 7 101 83 31 30 7 Johnny Russell Graham Zusi MF 5-10 155 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 16 0 4 312 268 29 70 8 9 Alan Pulido FW 5-10 175 03/08/1991 Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 19 15 8 3 31 26 14 8 11 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 185 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 22 16 2 6 116 71 15 22 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-9 155 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 3 1 0 0 48 33 0 2 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-10 185 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 24 19 0 1 278 248 10 38 Graham Smith DF 6-4 190 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 0 0 0 0 17 16 1 1 16 MF 5-8 145 03/23/1994 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 18 16 4 3 36 32 10 7 17 Gadi Kinda 19 Grayson Barber MF 5-8 170 05/03/2000 Columbia, SC 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 160 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 23 20 13 6 109 75 28 16 21 Felipe Hernandez MF 5-7 145 06/08/1998 Ibague, Colombia 6 4 1 2 24 13 1 3 22 Kendall McIntosh GK 5-11 185 01/24/1994 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Tyler Freeman FW 6-0 165 01/09/2003 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Kayden Pierre DF 5-10 140 02/16/2003 Rochester Hills, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Ozzie Cisneros FW 5-5 130 03/13/2004 Omaha, NE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Cameron Duke MF 5-6 135 02/13/2001 Overland Park, KS 10 4 2 0 18 6 2 0 GK 6-0 205 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 20 20 0 0 193 192 0 0 29 Tim Melia 31 Brooks Thompson GK 6-4 185 05/28/2002 Jeffersonville, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Jose Mauri MF 5-6 143 05/16/1996 Realico, Argentina 3 3 1 0 3 3 1 0 36 Luis Martins DF 5-8 165 06/10/1992 Lamego, Portugal 25 24 1 1 46 42 1 3 Jake Davis MF 5-10 150 01/03/2002 Rochester, MI 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46 48 Kaveh Rad DF 5-11 165 06/13/2001 Chapel Hill, NC 5 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 54 Remi Walter MF 5-8 170 04/26/1995 Essey-les-Nancy, France 19 15 0 1 19 15 0 1 96 Wilson Harris FW 5-10 175 11/28/1999 Los Angeles, CA 9 2 0 0 9 2 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W168 L126 T100

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2021 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 195 07/26/1999 Tukwila, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Trey Muse 3 Xavier Arreaga DF 6-0 165 09/28/1994 Guayaquil, Ecuador 17 16 2 0 45 41 2 2 DF 5-10 175 06/23/1997 Douala, Cameroon 10 10 0 1 101 68 0 5 5 Nouhou Tolo 6 Joao Paulo MF 5-6 155 03/08/1991 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 23 21 2 8 42 38 4 13 Cristian Roldan MF 5-8 165 06/03/1995 Artesia, CA 19 18 2 2 192 174 24 28 7 8 Jordy Delem MF 5-11 156 03/18/1993 Le Francois, Martinique 4 1 0 0 74 46 1 3 FW 5-7 145 07/25/1990 Lima, Peru 23 21 14 1 76 71 47 9 9 Raul Ruidiaz 10 Nicolas Lodeiro MF 5-7 150 03/21/1989 Paysandu, Uruguay 7 3 0 1 128 124 33 59 DF 5-10 155 04/09/1994 Penrith, Australia 23 16 3 3 59 45 3 10 11 Brad Smith 12 Fredy Montero FW 5-9 165 07/26/1987 Campo de la Cruz, Colombia 20 8 6 3 220 176 79 51 FW 6-0 185 10/26/1994 Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 105 96 35 20 13 Jordan Morris 16 Alex Roldan MF 5-10 155 07/28/1996 Artesia, CA 20 19 1 3 66 34 1 6 FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 17 10 1 2 279 210 72 31 17 Will Bruin 18 Spencer Richey GK 6-2 194 05/30/1992 Seattle, WA 2 2 0 0 32 31 0 0 20 Nicolas Benezet FW 5-5 132 02/24/1991 Montpellier, France 17 4 1 2 37 14 3 5 21 Reed Baker-Whiting MF 5-11 157 03/31/2005 Seattle, WA 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 MF 5-8 150 12/02/1991 Federal Way, WA 24 17 1 0 264 196 30 42 22 Kelyn Rowe 23 Leo Chu MF 5-11 173 04/06/2000 Porto Alegre, Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Stefan Frei GK 6-3 195 04/20/1986 Altstaetten, Switzerland 7 7 0 0 309 309 0 3 26 Andrew Thomas GK 6-2 195 09/01/1998 Moscow, Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 6-2 190 09/02/1993 Midleton, East Cork, Ireland 18 15 0 0 112 97 1 0 27 Shane O’Neill 28 Yeimar Gomez Andrade DF 6-2 200 06/30/1992 Tado, Colombia 24 20 1 0 43 39 3 1 GK 6-2 185 05/25/1994 Dayton, OH 15 15 0 0 20 20 0 0 30 Stefan Cleveland 37 Shandon Hopeau MF 5-11 162 12/01/1998 Kapolei, HI 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 45 Ethan Dobbelaere MF 5-9 140 11/14/2002 Seattle, WA 7 2 0 0 8 3 0 0 75 Danny Leyva MF 5-10 140 05/05/2003 Las Vegas, NV 18 7 0 0 26 12 0 0 MF 6-1 174 01/31/2002 Bellevue, WA 15 10 0 1 20 10 0 1 84 Josh Atencio 92 Abdoulaye Cissoko DF 6-3 163 12/27/1999 Les Ulis, France 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 18 9 2 2 117 73 7 7 94 HEAD COACH : Brian Schmetzer

08/18/1962 W80 L42 T40

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 6 p.m. CT REFEREES

2021 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 25 13-5-7 46 43 26 13 7-1-5 26 25 12

REFEREE: Joseph Dickerson. AR1 (bench): Adam Wienckowski; AR2 (opposite): Matthew Nelson; 4th: Silviu Petrescu; VAR: Daniel Radford; AVAR: Mike Kampmeinert TEAM NEWS

Sounders FC 24 13-5-6 45 36 20 on road 11 7-2-2 23 17 9

SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Daniel Salloi ... SEA: Joao Paulo SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Jaylin Lindsey ... SEA: Yeimar Gomez Andrade, Danny Leyva, Raul Ruidiaz

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 8 wins, 27 goals … Sounders FC 9 wins, 24 goals … Ties 4 AT KC: Sporting 4 wins, 17 goals … Sounders FC 4 wins, 13 goals … Ties 2

INJURED LIST: SEA: Jordy Delem (SEI) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

2021 (MLS): 7/25: SEA 1, KC 3 (Montero 51 -- Russell 31; Salloi 42; Duke 72)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 4 MINNESOTA UNITED 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Shelton 2 (unassisted) 14 KC--Salloi 13 (Russell 6, Espinoza 1) 36 KC--Russell 6 (penalty kick) 45 KC--Duke 2 (Russell 7, Shelton 6) 52

UPCOMING MATCHES SOUNDERS FC SPORTING Wed. Sept. 29 at San Jose Wed. Sept. 29 at Dallas Sun. Oct. 3 Colorado Sun. Oct. 3 Houston Sat. Oct. 9 Vancouver Sun. Oct. 17 at Vancouver Sat. Oct. 16 at Houston Sat. Oct. 23 at Seattle

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ilie Sanchez, Andreu Fontas, Luis Martins, Cameron Duke, Jose Mauri, Roger Espinoza (Jake Davis 89), Johnny Russell, Khiry Shelton (Wilson Harris 87), Daniel Salloi (Grayson Barber 83).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SOUNDERS FC SPORTING F A F A 43 26 GOALS SCORED 36 20 52 87 MINUTES PER GOAL 60 108 HOW SCORED

30 7 6 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

13 8 5 0

18 11 7 0

12 7 1 0

19 1 6 4 2 1 3 0

9 3 2 0 3 3 0 0

9 21 6

5 10 5

TYPE OF PLAY

24 6 1 3 4 3 2 0

16 3 4 0 1 0 2 0

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

5 31 7

4 19 3

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

REAL SALT LAKE 1 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 0 Scoring Summary: RSL--Kreilach 10 (Herrera 9, Rusnak 9) 48 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Stefan Frei, Abdoulaye Cissoko (Yeimar Gomez Andrade 64), Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou Tolo, Alex Roldan (Kelyn Rowe 45), Danny Leyva (Will Bruin 80), Cristian Roldan (Fredy Montero 64), Josh Atencio, Nicolas Benezet, Brad Smith (Jimmy Medranda 63), Raul Ruidiaz.

DISTANCE

RECORD AT HALFTIME (W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL KC 7-0-1 3-2-4 3-3-2 SEA 4-0-3 9-3-2 0-2-1

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

SCORE ALLOW 8-2-1 5-3-4 11-0-4 2-5-1

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/15/2021 KC 4, MIN 0 8/14/2021 KC 2, DAL 0 7/31/2021 KC 1, DAL 2 9/03/2021 KC 0, LFC 4 8/28/2021 KC 1, COL 1 9/15/2021 KC 4, MIN 0 9/03/2021 KC 0, LFC 4

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

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Date Score (Gms since) 9/11/2021 SEA 1, MIN 0 (0) 8/21/2021 SEA 2, CLB 1 (1) 8/29/2021 SEA 0, POR 2 (1) 9/18/2021 SEA 0, RSL 1 (0) 8/04/2021 SEA 1, DAL 1 (6) 9/11/2021 SEA 1, MIN 0 (1) 9/18/2021 SEA 0, RSL 1 (0)

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

WTLWLWWWTLWWWTWLWTWTTTLWW WTWWWWTTWWTTWLWLLTWWWLWL

TEAM LEADERS

SPORTING G: 13 Salloi A: 7 Russell SHT: 64 Salloi SOG: 30 Salloi FC: 35 Espinoza FS: 34 Pulido OF: 5 Pulido/Salloi C: 5 Espinoza/Sanchez E: 1 Espinoza/Walter SOUNDERS FC G: 14 Ruidiaz A: 8 Joao Paulo SHT: 80 Ruidiaz SOG: 33 Ruidiaz FC: 37 Joao Paulo FS: 42 Joao Paulo OF: 12 Ruidiaz C: 5 3 players tied E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 25 4 8 6 5 2 43 1.72 SEA 24 5 9 7 1 2 36 1.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 25 7 13 3 1 1 26 1.04 SEA 24 9 11 3 1 0 20 0.83 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 43 6 5 9 7 8 8 SEA 36 2 5 3 7 10 9 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 26 4 5 3 6 2 6 SEA 20 1 1 4 6 1 7

2021 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (13-5-7, 46 pts.) UNF 20 9 7 17 11 10 2 28 21 36 6 32 8 3 54 15 13 19 46 1 48 5 4 29 96

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

PLAYER Daniel Salloi Alan Pulido Johnny Russell Gadi Kinda Khiry Shelton Gianluca Busio Jaylin Lindsey Cameron Duke Felipe Hernandez Luis Martins Ilie Sanchez Jose Mauri Graham Zusi Andreu Fontas Remi Walter Roger Espinoza Amadou Dia Grayson Barber Jake Davis John Pulskamp Kaveh Rad Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Roberto Puncec Tim Melia Wilson Harris Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 23 19 22 18 22 13 14 10 6 25 21 3 18 24 19 24 3 4 1 5 5 8 3 20 9

GS 20 15 18 16 16 13 9 4 4 24 19 3 16 24 15 19 1 1 0 5 2 7 2 20 2

MIN 1889 1408 1515 1350 1485 1152 917 451 407 2157 1757 235 1409 2160 1160 1646 93 84 1 450 244 575 130 1800 174

25 25

2250 2250

G 13 8 6 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 26

A 6 3 7 3 6 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 64 58 48 33 24 27 4 6 14 13 8 3 17 13 9 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3

SOG 30 16 21 16 9 7 2 4 3 5 4 1 3 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

39 24

370 299

136 87

FC 9 12 13 30 19 13 9 7 2 17 16 2 16 14 13 35 2 1 1 0 2 8 2 1 3

FS 28 34 29 30 22 15 5 20 7 11 10 5 13 6 15 22 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 1

OFF 5 5 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

CK 1 0 58 25 0 57 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

247 301 301 247

33 59

156 93

35 62

2 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 5, Alan Pulido 2, Gadi Kinda 2, Jose Mauri 1, Khiry Shelton 1, Johnny Russell 1, Luis Martins 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Khiry Shelton 3, Daniel Salloi 3, Gianluca Busio 2, Felipe Hernandez 2, Gadi Kinda 2, Remi Walter 1, Andreu Fontas 1, Luis Martins 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alan Pulido 2-2, Johnny Russell 1-1, Gadi Kinda 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 1

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia John Pulskamp Team totals Opponent totals

GP 20 5 25 25

GS 20 5 25 25

MIN SHTS 1800 69 450 18 2250 87 2250 136

SV 50 11 61 90

GA 19 7 26 43

GAA 0.95 1.4 1.04 1.72

PG 1 0 1 4

PA 1 0 1 4

W L 11 3 2 2 13 5 5 13

T 6 1 7 7

SO 7 0 7 4

2021 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC STATISTICS (13-5-6, 45 pts.) UNF 9 12 11 6 7 94 3 16 17 20 20 22 28 84 10 5 92 35 75 45 8 73 21 98 27 18 30 24

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

PLAYER Raul Ruidiaz Fredy Montero Brad Smith Joao Paulo Cristian Roldan Jimmy Medranda Xavier Arreaga Alex Roldan Will Bruin Nicolas Benezet (SEA) Nicolas Benezet (TOT) Kelyn Rowe Yeimar Gomez Andrade Josh Atencio Nicolas Lodeiro Nouhou Tolo Abdoulaye Cissoko Alex Villanueva Danny Leyva Ethan Dobbelaere Jordy Delem Obed Vargas Reed Baker-Whiting Samuel Adeniran Shane O'Neill Spencer Richey Stefan Cleveland Stefan Frei Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 23 20 23 23 19 18 17 20 17 6 17 24 24 15 7 10 10 2 18 7 4 1 4 2 18 2 15 7

GS 21 8 16 21 18 9 16 19 10 3 4 17 20 10 3 10 10 0 7 2 1 1 2 1 15 2 15 7

MIN 1951 857 1376 1893 1576 830 1420 1629 802 261 545 1547 1869 909 363 900 788 8 681 177 35 77 201 59 1391 180 1350 630

24 24

2160 2160

G 14 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 20

A 1 3 3 8 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 80 28 21 20 34 19 5 7 16 3 8 23 17 4 8 1 4 0 6 0 0 0 3 4 6 0 0 0

SOG 33 18 5 7 6 4 4 2 5 2 3 4 3 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

28 17

309 278

106 82

FC 18 10 17 37 10 15 22 11 4 3 4 25 19 10 2 6 8 2 20 2 4 0 2 8 13 0 1 0

FS 31 23 11 42 30 6 18 19 22 9 13 31 12 3 8 13 3 1 15 4 1 1 3 0 7 0 1 1

OFF 12 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 0 81 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

269 338 338 269

29 42

111 117

38 48

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Raul Ruidiaz 6, Joao Paulo 2, Xavier Arreaga 1, Fredy Montero 1, Will Bruin 1, Kelyn Rowe 1, Cristian Roldan 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Joao Paulo 2, Will Bruin 1, Nicolas Lodeiro 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Alex Roldan 1, Brad Smith 1, Nicolas Benezet 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Raul Ruidiaz 2-3 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 24 18 30 16

POS G G G M

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Spencer Richey Stefan Cleveland Alex Roldan Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 2 15 1 24 24

GS 7 2 15 0 24 24

MIN SHTS 629 29 180 5 1350 47 1 1 2160 82 2160 106

SV 25 5 29 1 60 69

GA 3 0 17 0 20 36

GAA 0.43 0 1.13 0 0.83 1.5

PG 0 0 3 0 3 2

PA 1 0 3 0 4 3

W L 5 1 2 0 6 4 0 0 13 5 5 13

T 1 0 5 0 6 6

SO 3 2 3 0 9 5

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Apr. Fri. Apr. Sat. May Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat.

May May May May

OPPONENT RESULT 17 at New York W 2-1 23 Orlando City SC T 1-1 1 at Real Salt L 1-3 Lake 9 Austin FC W 2-1 12 at Houston L 0-1 16 Vancouver W 3-0 22 at San Jose W 3-1

ATT 0 0 0

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

POS PTS NOTES: 4 3 KC: Kinda (59) Salloi (60); NYR: Clark (48) 1 4 KC: Busio (45); ORL: Almeida (78) 10 4 KC: Pulido (17); RSL: Kreilach (35) Rubin (52,77)

0 7054 0 0

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

5 7 3 2

Sat. May

29 Houston

W 3-2

20086

5-2-1

Sat. June Sat. June Wed. June

12 Austin FC 19 at Portland 23 Colorado

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

18519 0 18690

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

2 2 2

Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun.

June July July July

26 Los Angeles FC 4 at Los Angeles 21 San Jose 25 at Seattle

W W T W

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

20213 23556 17872 32790

7-3-2 8-3-2 8-3-3 9-3-3

2 1 2 2

Sat. July Wed. Aug.

31 FC Dallas 4 at Los Angeles FC 7 at Colorado 14 at FC Dallas 18 Portland 21 at Minnesota 28 Colorado 3 at Los Angeles FC 11 Chicago 15 Minnesota 26 Seattle 29 at FC Dallas 3 Houston 17 at Vancouver 23 at Seattle 27 Los Angeles 31 at Minnesota 3 at Austin FC 7 Real Salt Lake

L 1-2 W 4-1

19975 22114

9-4-3 10-4-3

2 1

T W T T T L

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

11753 14133 17081 0 19883 22018

10-4-4 11-4-4 11-4-5 11-4-6 11-4-7 11-5-7

1 1 2 2 2 2

7 KC: Sanchez (82) Kinda (90); ATX: Gallagher (7) 7 HOU: Urruti (56) 10 KC: Salloi (28) Pulido (32,58); 13 KC: Lindsey (15) Pulido (60) Salloi (75); SJ: Lopez (4) 16 KC: Busio (51) Pulido (61) Kinda (65); HOU: Vera (14) Urruti (94+) 17 KC: Salloi (71); ATX: Dominguez (26) 17 KC: Lindsey (28); POR: Asprilla (36) Loria (46+) 20 KC: Salloi (14,38) Hernandez (64); COL: Rosenberry (84) 23 KC: Pulido (61) Salloi (87); LFC: Kim (24) 26 KC: Russell (81) Shelton (95+); 27 KC: Salloi (94+); SJ: Cardoso (53) 30 KC: Russell (31) Salloi (42) Duke (72); SEA: Montero (51) 30 KC: Russell (85); DAL: Pomykal (3) Ferreira (51) 33 KC: Pulido (20) Martins (28) Salloi (36) Kinda (58); LFC: Musovski (82) 34 37 KC: Pulido (12) Salloi (63); 38 KC: Salloi (92+); POR: Mora (17) 39 40 KC: Russell (41); COL: Lewis (17) 40 LFC: Fall (18,61) Arango (71) Atuesta (87)

W 2-0 W 4-0

18467 16888

12-5-7 13-5-7

2 1

43 KC: Mauri (4) Russell (6); 46 KC: Shelton (14) Salloi (36) Russell (45) Duke (52);

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

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

Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2021 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Fri. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat.

May May May May May May June June June

OPPONENT 16 Minnesota 24 at Los Angeles FC 2 Los Angeles 9 at Portland 12 at San Jose 16 Los Angeles FC 23 Atlanta 30 Austin FC 19 at Los Angeles 23 Real Salt Lake 26 Vancouver

Sun. Wed. Sun. Thu. Sun.

July July July July July

RESULT W 4-0 T 1-1

ATT 7042 4900

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

POS PTS NOTES: 1 3 SEA: Paulo (49) Ruidiaz (70,73) Montero (86); 1 4 SEA: Smith (54); LFC: Atuesta (2)

W W W W T T W W T

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

7148 0 5000 7173 11011 12895 23165 24652 25603

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

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

4 at Colorado 7 Houston 18 at Minnesota 22 at Austin FC 25 Sporting KC

T W L W L

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

17104 27421 19679 20738 32790

7-0-5 8-0-5 8-1-5 9-1-5 9-2-5

2 1 1 1 1

Sat. July Wed. Aug. Sun. Aug.

31 San Jose 4 FC Dallas 15 at Portland

L 0-1 T 1-1 W 6-2

32704 31628 25218

9-3-5 9-3-6 10-3-6

1 2 2

Wed. Aug. Sat. Aug.

18 at FC Dallas 21 at Columbus SC

W 1-0 W 2-1

11535 19401

11-3-6 12-3-6

1 1

Sun. Aug. Sat. Sep. Sat. Sep.

29 Portland 11 Minnesota 18 at Real Salt Lake 26 at Sporting KC 29 at San Jose 3 Colorado 9 Vancouver 16 at Houston 20 at Colorado 23 Sporting KC 26 at Los Angeles FC 1 Los Angeles 7 at Vancouver

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

45737 33130 19850

12-4-6 13-4-6 13-5-6

1 1 2

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

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

Mon. Nov. Sun. Nov.

7 SEA: Ruidiaz (20,93+) Smith (23); 10 SEA: Ruidiaz (63) Montero (79); POR: Tuiloma (94+) 13 SEA: Roldan (18); 16 SEA: Arreaga (57) Smith (73); 17 SEA: Ruidiaz (6); ATL: Martinez (86) 18 21 SEA: Andrade (41) Ruidiaz (49); LA: Kljestan (21) 24 SEA: Roldan (58) Ruidiaz (88); RSL: Rusnak (79) 25 SEA: Ruidiaz (40) Medranda (71); VAN: Dajome (49) Cavallini (56) 26 SEA: Roldan (41); COL: Barrios (58) 29 SEA: Rowe (62) Ruidiaz (94+); 29 MIN: Lod (81) 32 SEA: Ruidiaz (67); 32 SEA: Montero (51); KC: Russell (31) Salloi (42) Duke (72) 32 SJ: Espinoza (46+) 33 SEA: Montero (72); DAL: Jara (91+) 36 SEA: Montero (13,29) Ruidiaz (55,72) Medranda (77) Benezet (94+); POR: Blanco (32) Fochive (52) 39 SEA: Ruidiaz (63); 42 SEA: Arreaga (88) Bruin (89); CLB: Wright-Phillips (77) 42 POR: Blanco (58) Mora (95+) 45 SEA: Paulo (22); 45 RSL: Kreilach (48)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2021)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2021)

Goals 2 Alan Pulido 2 Daniel Salloi Assists 2 Graham Zusi 2 Johnny Russell Shots 8 Alan Pulido Shots on Goal 4 Johnny Russell Fouls Committed 5 Roger Espinoza Fouls Suffered 8 Cameron Duke Offside 2 Alan Pulido 2 Daniel Salloi Saves 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 4 Tim Melia

Goals 4 08/04/2021 vs 4 09/15/2021 vs Assists 5 06/23/2021 vs Shots 32 06/12/2021 vs Shots on Goal 11 06/12/2021 vs Fouls Committed 16 04/23/2021 vs 16 07/21/2021 vs 16 07/25/2021 vs Fouls Suffered 19 05/16/2021 vs 19 07/21/2021 vs Corner Kicks 14 05/09/2021 vs Offside 4 06/23/2021 vs Saves 7 07/04/2021 vs 7 08/21/2021 vs Shots Faced 8 09/03/2021 vs Goals Allowed 4 09/03/2021 vs

05/16/2021 vs VAN 06/23/2021 vs COL

W 3-0 W 3-1

08/04/2021 vs LFC 09/15/2021 vs MIN

W 4-1 W 4-0

05/22/2021 vs SJ

W 3-1

08/28/2021 vs COL

T 1-1

04/23/2021 vs ORL

T 1-1

07/21/2021 vs SJ

T 1-1

05/01/2021 vs RSL 06/23/2021 vs COL

L 1-3 W 3-1

07/04/2021 vs LA 08/21/2021 vs MIN

W 2-0 T 0-0

09/03/2021 vs LFC

L 0-4

09/03/2021 vs LFC

L 0-4

LFC MIN

W 4-1 W 4-0

COL

W 3-1

ATX

T 1-1

ATX

T 1-1

ORL SJ SEA

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

VAN SJ

W 3-0 T 1-1

ATX

W 2-1

COL

W 3-1

LA MIN

W 2-0 T 0-0

LFC

L 0-4

LFC

L 0-4

SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2021)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2021)

Goals 2 4 times Assists 2 Joao Paulo Shots 7 Raul Ruidiaz 7 Raul Ruidiaz 7 Raul Ruidiaz Shots on Goal 5 Raul Ruidiaz Fouls Committed 5 Brad Smith 5 Xavier Arreaga 5 Samuel Adeniran Fouls Suffered 6 Joao Paulo Offside 2 Raul Ruidiaz 2 Raul Ruidiaz 2 Raul Ruidiaz Saves 7 Stefan Cleveland Shots Faced 9 Stefan Cleveland Goals Allowed 3 Stefan Cleveland

Goals 6 08/15/2021 at Assists 5 04/16/2021 at Shots 19 06/26/2021 at 19 07/07/2021 at Shots on Goal 9 04/16/2021 at 9 05/02/2021 at Fouls Committed 19 05/23/2021 at Fouls Suffered 21 09/18/2021 at Corner Kicks 12 08/29/2021 at Offside 3 07/18/2021 at 3 07/22/2021 at 3 08/15/2021 at Saves 7 08/15/2021 at Shots Faced 9 08/15/2021 at Goals Allowed 3 07/25/2021 at

04/16/2021 at MIN

W 4-0

08/15/2021 at POR

W 6-2

04/16/2021 at MIN 05/09/2021 at POR 05/12/2021 at SJ

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

04/16/2021 at MIN

W 4-0

05/16/2021 at LFC 05/23/2021 at ATL 07/22/2021 at ATX

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

07/07/2021 at HOU

W 2-0

06/19/2021 at LA 07/18/2021 at MIN 07/22/2021 at ATX

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

08/15/2021 at POR

W 6-2

08/15/2021 at POR

W 6-2

07/25/2021 at KC

L 1-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2021) Shots 6 05/01/2021 vs 6 08/07/2021 vs Shots on Goal 0 08/07/2021 vs Fouls Committed 3 08/28/2021 vs Fouls Suffered 6 06/12/2021 vs 6 06/19/2021 vs Corner Kicks 1 09/03/2021 vs Offside 0 04/17/2021 vs 0 05/29/2021 vs 0 06/26/2021 vs 0 08/07/2021 vs 0 08/21/2021 vs 0 09/15/2021 vs Saves 0 05/12/2021 vs 0 08/04/2021 vs 0 08/18/2021 vs 0 08/28/2021 vs 0 09/15/2021 vs Shots Faced 0 09/15/2021 vs

RSL COL

L 1-3 T 0-0

COL

T 0-0

COL

T 1-1

ATX POR

T 1-1 L 1-2

LFC

L 0-4

NYR HOU LFC COL MIN MIN

W W W T T W

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

HOU LFC POR COL MIN

L W T T W

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

MIN

W 4-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2021)

POR

W 6-2

MIN

W 4-0

VAN HOU

T 2-2 W 2-0

MIN LA

W 4-0 W 3-0

ATL

T 1-1

RSL

L 0-1

POR

L 0-2

MIN ATX POR

L 0-1 W 1-0 W 6-2

POR

W 6-2

POR

W 6-2

L 1-3

Shots 7 05/23/2021 at 7 07/04/2021 at Shots on Goal 1 05/12/2021 at 1 07/04/2021 at 1 08/18/2021 at Fouls Committed 4 08/18/2021 at Fouls Suffered 7 07/22/2021 at Corner Kicks 0 07/04/2021 at Offside 0 04/16/2021 at 0 06/23/2021 at 0 06/26/2021 at 0 07/04/2021 at 0 07/07/2021 at 0 09/18/2021 at Saves 0 08/29/2021 at Shots Faced 2 05/02/2021 at 2 05/23/2021 at 2 06/19/2021 at 2 06/23/2021 at 2 07/18/2021 at 2 07/31/2021 at 2 08/18/2021 at 2 08/21/2021 at 2 08/29/2021 at

ATL COL

T 1-1 T 1-1

SJ COL DAL

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

DAL

W 1-0

ATX

W 1-0

COL

T 1-1

MIN RSL VAN COL HOU RSL

W W T T W L

POR

L 0-2

LA ATL LA RSL MIN SJ DAL CLB POR

W T W W L L W W L

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

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

2021 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (1-0-0) UNF 7 20 28 8 11 17 15 29 6 3 36 5 54

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

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

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

90 90 20 90 90 70 64 90 26 90 90 90 90 90 90

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

1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13

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

1 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 16 12

3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 16

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

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

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

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

Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Cameron Duke Graham Zusi Khiry Shelton Gadi Kinda Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Ilie Sanchez Andreu Fontas Luis Martins Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Remi Walter Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Khiry Shelton 1, Gadi Kinda 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

6 6 4

GAA

O'TIME

5 5 1

1 1 3

1.00 1.00 3.00

0 0 0

1 1 0

0 0 1

0 0 0

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

2021 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-0) UNF 12 22 27 94 30 9 11 75 3 6 28 84 45 21 92

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

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

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

90 90 26 64 90 90 26 64 74 90 90 90 16 56 34 90 90

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

5 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 13 7

3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 4

1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 16

2 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 16 12

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 3

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

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

Fredy Montero Kelyn Rowe Shane O'Neill Jimmy Medranda Stefan Cleveland Raul Ruidiaz Brad Smith Danny Leyva Xavier Arreaga Joao Paulo Yeimar Gomez Andrade Josh Atencio Ethan Dobbelaere Reed Baker-Whiting Abdoulaye Cissoko Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Khiry Shelton 1, Gadi Kinda 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 30

POS G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Cleveland Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

4 4 6

GAA

O'TIME

1 1 5

3 3 1

3.00 3.00 1.00

0 0 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

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

Sounders FC

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 8 wins, 27 goals Sounders FC 9 wins, 24 goals 4 ties 4/11/2009 10/17/2009 4/17/2010 10/9/2010 5/21/2011 8/6/2011 6/20/2012 5/8/2013 3/8/2014 5/23/2015 6/6/2015 9/27/2015 3/6/2016 7/24/2016 5/17/2017 8/12/2017 4/15/2018 9/1/2018 5/26/2019 8/4/2019 7/25/2021

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

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

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

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 6 102 31 109 30 45

2 18 117 48 103 27 43

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 24 219 79 212 57 88

1 12 119 50 148 10 53

2 15 139 47 155 14 54

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 27 258 97 303 24 107

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC SEA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

3 2

3 1

4 2

7 5

4 5

6 9

0 0

27 24

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Brian Schmetzer Peter Vermes

vs. KC

2-4-1

(1 pts./game)

vs. SEA

7-9-4

(1.25 pts./game)

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

4 3 18 8 26 18 7 5 5 32 11

Sporting KC Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia

2 3 24 11 24 36 5 6 3 44 18

Sounders FC Morris/Ruidiaz Nicolas Lodeiro Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Osvaldo Alonso Osvaldo Alonso Kasey Keller Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 3 Fernandes/Russell

Goals Assists

2 Yohan Croizet (05/26/19) 6 4 players tied 4 3 players tied

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed

7 Erik Hurtado (08/04/19) 4 3 players tied 1 6 players tied 6 Tim Melia (06/06/15) 3 Melia/Hartman

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Sounders FC 2 Jordan Morris (08/04/19) 2 Jaqua/Ljungberg 7 Raul Ruidiaz (05/26/19) 4 Jordan Morris (08/04/19) 4 Cooper/Alonso 7 1 6 3

Alonso/Lodeiro 6 players tied Stefan Frei (twice) 5 players tied

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Seattle Sounders FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

7 Ws 4 Ts 1 Ls

(05/16/2021) (07/21/2021) (09/03/2021)

4-0-3 9-3-2 0-2-1

2 Ws (08/15/2021) 2 Ls (08/29/2021) 2 Ls (07/25/2021)

5-3-4 8-2-1

1 Ls 7 Ws

(09/03/2021) 2-5-1 (06/23/2021) 11-0-4

2 Ls (08/29/2021) 3 Ws (08/15/2021)

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

1 Ls 2 Ts 7 Ws 7 Ws 4 Ws

(09/03/2021) (08/18/2021) (11/08/2020) (02/29/2020) (03/07/2020)

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

4 2 2 7 4

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(07/18/2021) (08/18/2021) (07/07/2021) (07/19/2020) (09/10/2020)

5-0-2 7-1-5 1-2-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

2 Ws 2 Ts 2 Ls 2 Ls 2 Ls

(09/11/2021) (08/18/2021) (06/19/2021) (09/19/2020) (08/25/2020)

8-0-1 4-3-4 1-1-1 0-1-0 0-0-0

4 1 1 3 0

Ws Ls Ls Ls -

(07/07/2021) (09/18/2021) (08/29/2021) (10/11/2020) -

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. SOUNDERS FC (8-9-4) PLAYER

MIN

Johnny Russell Gerso Fernandes Dom Dwyer Davy Arnaud Jacob Peterson Felipe Gutierrez Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Ilie Sanchez Nuno Andre Coelho Cameron Duke Zoltan Hercegfalvi Erik Hurtado Kei Kamara Diego Rubio Daniel Salloi Josh Wolff Yohan Croizet Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Michael Harrington Nicolas Hasler Jack Jewsbury Gadi Kinda Jimmy Medranda Ike Opara Jordi Quintilla Kelyn Rowe Khiry Shelton Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

5 5 6 5 6 3 16 9 6 1 1 1 1 7 1 6 4 3 5 16 4 4 13 7 1 4 1 7 6 2 1 2 8 21 21

3 4 4 5 6 3 12 8 5 1 0 1 1 4 1 5 3 2 2 15 4 4 11 6 1 4 1 5 5 2 1 2 6 21 21

303 340 408 450 419 270 1115 680 476 90 20 70 80 413 75 423 284 167 236 1386 360 360 983 553 90 343 70 416 451 180 90 180 556 1890 1890

4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 24

1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 25

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

10 10 18 12 11 8 15 8 3 3 1 1 1 13 4 7 4 0 3 5 2 1 17 0 0 2 1 6 3 5 4 1 2 258 219

1 1 11 6 2 21 21

90 90 990 540 180 1890 1890

3 5 42 17 12 79 97

2 4 32 9 7 54 68

1.00 1.00 1.00 1.33 1.50 1.14 1.29

0 0 1 0 0 1 4

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

SOUNDERS FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (9-8-4) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Jordan Morris Raul Ruidiaz Nicolas Lodeiro Nate Jaqua Mauro Rosales Will Bruin Clint Dempsey Mike Fucito Kelvin Leerdam Tyrone Marshall Cristian Roldan Chad Barrett Alvaro Fernandez Patrick Ianni Roger Levesque Obafemi Martins Fredy Montero Lamar Neagle Sanna Nyassi Jeff Parke Djimi Traore Freddie Ljungberg Osvaldo Alonso Handwalla Bwana Brad Evans Chad Marshall Gonzalo Pineda Alex Roldan Harry Shipp Brad Smith Tyson Wahl Team totals Opponent totals

5 3 6 4 4 5 6 3 3 4 10 2 5 4 3 2 8 6 2 4 2 3 15 3 11 9 3 1 4 3 2 21 21

5 3 6 2 3 3 5 0 3 3 9 1 3 2 2 2 8 3 1 4 2 3 13 2 9 9 3 1 3 2 2 21 21

429 269 539 240 245 252 480 61 270 271 814 96 259 182 186 180 631 269 93 360 180 260 1206 149 823 801 270 88 252 206 180 1890 1890

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27

1 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 27

8 14 8 5 3 7 15 5 2 1 8 5 7 2 2 2 24 11 3 2 1 2 10 2 8 2 1 1 2 2 1 219 258

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

1 6 1 1 12 1 21 21

MIN SHTS 90 479 90 61 1080 90 1890 1890

3 20 4 3 63 4 97 79

GAA

3 15 3 2 44 1 68 54

0.00 0.75 1.00 1.48 1.50 3.00 1.29 1.14

0 1 0 0 3 0 4 1

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. SOUNDERS FC (8-9-4)

CURRENT SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC (9-8-4)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Ilie Sanchez Cameron Duke Daniel Salloi Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Gadi Kinda Khiry Shelton Andreu Fontas Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Luis Martins Tim Melia Graham Smith Remi Walter Team totals Opponent totals

5 16 6 1 6 4 13 1 4 2 1 1 11 1 1 21 21

3 12 5 0 5 4 11 1 3 2 1 1 11 0 1 21 21

303 1115 476 20 423 360 983 70 271 180 90 90 990 11 90 1890 1890

4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 24

1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 25

10 15 3 1 7 1 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 258 219

Will Bruin Jordan Morris Raul Ruidiaz Nicolas Lodeiro Kelyn Rowe Cristian Roldan Fredy Montero Nicolas Benezet Alex Roldan Brad Smith Yeimar Gomez Andrade Xavier Arreaga Josh Atencio Reed Baker-Whiting Abdoulaye Cissoko Stefan Cleveland Jordy Delem Ethan Dobbelaere Stefan Frei Danny Leyva Jimmy Medranda Shane O'Neill Joao Paulo Spencer Richey Nouhou Tolo Team totals Opponent totals

18 5 3 6 10 10 11 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 18 2 1 5 1 2 5 21 21

14 5 3 6 9 9 10 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 18 2 1 3 1 2 2 21 21

1136 429 269 539 702 814 825 110 88 206 90 216 90 56 34 90 172 16 1620 154 64 374 90 180 210 1890 1890

4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27

3 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 27

31 8 14 8 13 8 32 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 219 258

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

11 21 21

990 1890 1890

42 79 97

32 1.00 54 1.14 68 1.29

1 1 4

6 64 1 68 54

1.00 1.39 3.00 1.29 1.14

0 3 0 4 1

GOALKEEPER

Spencer Richey Stefan Frei Stefan Cleveland Team totals Opponent totals

2 18 1 21 21

MIN SHTS 180 1620 90 1890 1890

8 92 4 97 79

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

2021 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kickoff: 6:00 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 26 Sporting Kansas City 13-5-7, 46 points (7-1-5 home; 6-4-2 away) 1st in MLS Western Conference Seattle Sounders FC 13-5-6, 45 points (6-3-4 home; 7-2-2 away) 2nd in MLS Western Conference

13-5-7 (46 pts.) 1.84 25 1st in West 43 1.72 39 26 1.04 +17 370 (136) 36.8% 247 301 35 2

English TV: FS1 English Radio: ESPN 94.5 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Joe Dickerson Adam Wienckowski Matthew Nelson Silviu Petrescu Daniel Radford

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 31 32 36 46 48 54 96

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

Name John Pulskamp Jaylin Lindsey Andreu Fontas Roberto Puncec Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Khiry Shelton Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Graham Smith Gadi Kinda Grayson Barber Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh Tyler Freeman (loaned out) Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Cameron Duke Tim Melia Brooks Thompson Jose Mauri Luis Martins Jake Davis Kaveh Rad Remi Walter Wilson Harris

Pronunciation

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

RECORD POINTS PER GAME 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

13-5-6 (45 pts.) 1.88 24 2nd in West 36 1.50 28 20 0.83 +16 309 (106) 34.3% 269 338 38 0

2021 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

ahn-DRAY-oo PUHN-chetz EE-see-mat me-REEN ILL-ee-ay

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

gram ZOO-see AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh KY-ree AH-mah-doo DEE-uh GAH-dee KINN-dah shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay MEE-lia MAO-ree lou-EESE mar-TEENS

Daniel Salloi Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Daniel Salloi Salloi, Shelton Roger Espinoza Alan Pulido Espinoza, Ilie Espinoza, Walter

13 GOALS 7 ASSISTS 64 SHOTS 30 SHOTS ON GOAL 5 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 35 FOULS COMMITTED 34 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 1800 Tim Melia 0.95 Tim Melia 11 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia 50

KAH-vay RAHD vault-AIR

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

14 Raul Ruidiaz 8 Joao Paulo 80 Raul Ruidiaz 33 Raul Ruidiaz 6 Raul Ruidiaz 2 Joao Paulo 37 Joao Paulo 42 Joao Paulo 5 Three Players 0 N/A 1350 Stefan Cleveland 0.43 Stefan Frei 6 Stefan Cleveland 3 Cleveland, Frei 29 Stefan Cleveland

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference Pts W L T GD 1. New England Revolution - x 59 18 4 5 +19 2. Nashville SC 44 11 3 11 +20 3. New York City FC 39 11 8 6 +15 4. Orlando City SC 38 10 7 8 0 5. CF Montreal 37 10 8 7 +6 6. Atlanta United FC 36 9 7 9 +5 7. Philadelphia Union 35 9 7 8 +6 8. D.C. United 34 10 11 4 +5 9. Inter Miami CF 32 9 11 5 -15 10. Columbus Crew 31 8 11 7 -5 11. New York Red Bulls 23 7 11 6 +1 12. Chicago Fire FC 23 6 15 5 -17 13. FC Cincinnati 20 4 12 8 -20 14. Toronto FC 18 4 15 6 -23

GP 27 25 25 25 25 25 24 25 25 26 24 26 24 25

Western Conference Pts W L T GD 1. Sporting Kansas City 46 13 5 7 +17 2. Seattle Sounders FC 45 13 5 6 +16 3. Colorado Rapids 44 12 4 8 +11 4. LA Galaxy 38 11 9 5 -3 5. Portland Timbers 37 11 10 4 -6 6. Real Salt Lake 36 10 9 6 +6 7. Minnesota United FC 34 9 8 7 -2 8. Los Angeles FC 33 9 10 6 +2 9. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30 7 8 9 -4 10. San Jose Earthquakes 30 7 9 9 -6 11. FC Dallas 27 6 11 9 -5 12. Houston Dynamo FC 26 5 10 11 -8 13. Austin FC 19 5 16 4 -15

GP 25 24 24 25 25 25 24 25 24 25 26 26 25

PETER VERMES 13th season 168-126-100 13th season (.553) 168-126-100 (.553)

BRIAN SCHMETZER

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

6th season 80-42-40 (.617) 6th season 80-42-40 (.617)

PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT As of Thursday, September 23 QUESTIONABLE • MID - Remi Walter (Knee) • FWD - Alan Pulido (Knee) OUT • DEF - Jaylin Lindsey (Hamstring) • MID - Felipe Hernandez (Personal Reasons) Health & Safety Protocols A player may be listed as “Questionable” or “Out” due to Health and Safety Protocols for the following reasons: Quarantine due to participating in high risk behavior. Quarantine related to being a high risk close contact. Pending COVID-19 test results. An inconclusive COVID-19 test result. A positive COVID-19 test or a confirmed case of COVID-19. Other illness not related to COVID-19. 1

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 ROSTER (NUMERICAL) NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 31 32 36 46 48 54 96

PLAYER PRONUNCIATION John Pulskamp Jaylin Lindsey Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Roberto Puncec PUHN-chetz Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN Ilie Sanchez ILL-ee-ay Johnny Russell Graham Zusi ZOO-see Alan Pulido AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh Khiry Shelton KY-ree Amadou Dia AH-mah-doo DEE-uh Roger Espinoza Graham Smith Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah Grayson Barber Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Kendall McIntosh Tyler Freeman (loaned out) Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Cam Duke Tim Melia MEE-lia Brooks Thompson Jose Mauri MAO-ree Luis Martins lou-EESE mar-TEENS Jake Davis Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD Remi Walter vault-AIR Wilson Harris

NO. 19 25 46 13 28 15 3 23 96 21 5 17 2 36 32 22 29 24 9 1 4 48 7 20 6 11 16 31 54 8

PLAYER PRONUNCIATION Grayson Barber Ozzie Cisneros Jake Davis Amadou Dia AH-mah-doo DEE-uh Cam Duke Roger Espinoza Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo Tyler Freeman Wilson Harris Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay Nicolas Isimat-Mirin EE-see-mat me-REEN Gadi Kinda GAH-dee KINN-dah Jaylin Lindsey Luis Martins lou-EESE mar-TEENS Jose Mauri MAO-ree Kendall McIntosh Tim Melia MEE-lia Kayden Pierre Alan Pulido AH-lahn pooh-LEE-doh John Pulskamp Roberto Puncec PUHN-chetz Kaveh Rad KAH-vay RAHD Johnny Russell Daniel Salloi shallow-EE Ilie Sanchez ILL-ee-ay Khiry Shelton KY-ree Graham Smith Brooks Thompson Remi Walter vault-AIR Graham Zusi ZOO-see

POS. HT. GK 6-4 DEF 5-11 DEF 6-2 DEF 6-1 DEF 6-2 MID 6-0 FWD 5-9 DEF 5-10 FWD 5-10 FWD 6-3 DEF 5-9 MID 5-10 DEF 6-4 MID 5-8 FWD 5-8 FWD 6-1 MID 5-7 GK 5-11 FWD 6-0 DEF 5-10 FWD 5-5 MID 5-6 GK 6-0 GK 6-4 MID 5-6 DEF 5-8 MID 5-10 DEF 5-11 MID 5-8 FWD 5-10

WT. 215 180 200 175 180 170 175 155 175 185 155 185 190 145 170 160 145 185 165 140 130 135 205 185 145 165 150 165 170 175

BIRTHDATE (AGE) HOMETOWN 04/19/2001 (20) Bakersfield, CA 03/27/2000 (21) Charlotte, NC 11/14/1989 (31) Banyoles, Spain 10/27/1991 (29) Varazdin, Croatia 11/15/1991 (29) Meudon, France 11/21/1990 (30) Barcelona, Spain 04/08/1990 (31) Glasgow, Scotland 08/18/1986 (35) Longwood, FL 03/08/1991 (30) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 06/26/1993 (28) Leander, TX 06/08/1993 (28) Highlands Ranch, CO 10/25/1986 (34) Aurora, CO 11/25/1995 (25) Highlands Ranch, CO 03/23/1994 (27) Ashdod, Israel 05/03/2000 (21) Elgin, SC 07/19/1996 (25) Budapest, Hungary 06/08/1998 (23) Nashville, TN 01/24/1994 (27) Santa Rosa, CA 01/09/2003 (18) Shawnee, KS 02/16/2003 (18) Bloomfield Hills, MI 03/13/2004 (17) Omaha, NE 02/13/2001 (20) Overland Park, KS 05/15/1986 (35) East Islip, NY 05/28/2002 (19) Floyds Knobs, IN 05/16/1996 (25) Realico, Argentina 06/10/1992 (29) Lamego, Portugal 01/03/2002 (19) Rochester, MI 06/13/2001 (20) Durham, NC 04/26/1995 (26) Essey-les-Nancy, France 11/28/1999 (21) Los Angeles, CA

LAST CLUB Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Sporting KC Academy Celta Vigo (Spain) HNK Rijeka (Croatia) Besiktas (Turkey) Elche CF (Spain) Derby County FC (England) Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) SC Paderborn 07 (Germany) Phoenix Rising FC (USL) Wigan Athletic (England) Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC II (USL Championship) New York Red Bulls (MLS) Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Sporting KC Academy Chivas USA (MLS) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Club Atletico Talleres (Argentina) G.D. Chaves (Portugal) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey) Sporting KC II (USL Championship)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 ROSTER (ALPHABETICAL) POS. HT. FWD 5-8 FWD 5-5 MID 5-10 DEF 5-9 MID 5-6 MID 5-10 DEF 6-2 FWD 6-0 FWD 5-10 MID 5-7 DEF 6-2 MID 5-8 DEF 5-11 DEF 5-8 MID 5-6 GK 5-11 GK 6-0 DEF 5-10 FWD 5-10 GK 6-4 DEF 6-1 DEF 5-11 FWD 5-9 FWD 6-1 MID 6-0 FWD 6-3 DEF 6-4 GK 6-4 MID 5-8 DEF 5-10

WT. 170 130 150 155 135 185 200 165 175 145 180 145 180 165 145 185 205 140 175 215 175 165 175 160 170 185 190 185 170 155

BIRTHDATE (AGE) BIRTHPLACE COLLEGE 05/03/2000 (21) Columbia, SC Clemson University 03/13/2004 (17) Omaha, NE 01/03/2002 (19) Rochester, MI 06/08/1993 (28) Nantes, France Clemson University 02/13/2001 (20) Overland Park, KS 10/25/1986 (34) Puerto Cortes, Honduras Ohio State University 11/14/1989 (31) Banyoles, Spain 01/09/2003 (18) Overland Park, KS 11/28/1999 (21) Los Angeles, CA 06/08/1998 (23) Ibague, Colombia 11/15/1991 (29) Meudon, France 03/23/1994 (27) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 03/27/2000 (21) Charlotte, NC 06/10/1992 (29) Lamego, Portugal 05/16/1996 (25) Realico, Argentina 01/24/1994 (27) Oakland, CA 05/15/1986 (35) Great River, NY Lynn University (Florida) 02/16/2003 (18) Rochester Hills, MI 03/08/1991 (30) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico 04/19/2001 (20) Bakersfield, CA 10/27/1991 (29) Varazdin, Croatia 06/13/2001 (20) Chapel Hill, NC 04/08/1990 (31) Glasgow, Scotland 07/19/1996 (25) Siofok, Hungary 11/21/1990 (30) Barcelona, Spain 06/26/1993 (28) Fort Carson, CO Oregon State University 11/25/1995 (25) Highlands Ranch, CO University of Denver 05/28/2002 (19) Jeffersonville, IN 04/26/1995 (26) Essey-les-Nancy, France 08/18/1986 (35) Orlando, FL University of Maryland 2

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvSEA: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvSEA: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City closes out a three-game homestand this weekend when the team hosts Seattle Sounders FC at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday night. It could be classified as Sporting’s biggest regular-season home game since late 2018, as firstplace Sporting leads second-place Seattle by just a point in the Western Conference standings. Sporting KC has a strong record against the Sounders since the start of the 2015 season, losing just twice and going 7-2-3 in the 11 meetings since. Sporting KC claimed victory at Lumen Field earlier in 2021, cruising to a 3-1 win on July 25. Johnny Russell and Daniel Salloi each scored in the first half before Fredy Montero reduced the deficit for the hosts early in the second period. Sporting Homegrown midfielder Cam Duke scored his first senior goal to seal all three points in the 72nd minute. Seattle last visited Children’s Mercy Park on May 26, 2019, with Sporting running out 3-2 winners in an enthralling game at Children’s Mercy Park. Johnny Russell scored twice late in the first half before Raul Ruidiaz reduced the deficit early in the second period. Russell completed his hat trick only for Kelvin Leerdam to net another just moments later and ensure a nervy finish as Sporting held on to take all three points. #SKCvSEA: Recent Meetings (SEA leads 9-8-4 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Notes • Sporting sit atop the Western Conference table, seeking their third first-place finish in the West over the last four seasons (2018, 2020). • Sporting have scored two or more goals in each of their 13 wins this season and own a perfect 13-0-0 record when scoring twice in 2021. • Conversely, Sporting are winless this year (0-5-7) when held to a goal or less. • Sporting have scored in a club-record 28 straight regular season home matches dating back to Aug. 10, 2019, the longest active streak in MLS. • Sporting rank second in MLS in goals scored (43) and goal differential (plus-17). • Sporting lead MLS with 19 points and five wins from losing positions this season. • Sporting are 12-0-5 this season when tied or leading after the 75th minute. • Sporting have outscored opponents 16-8 after the 60th minute this season. • Sporting lead MLS with nine wins by two or more goals. No other club has more than six. • Sporting’s 3-3-2 record when trailing at halftime is the best in MLS. Sporting are also 7-0-1 when leading at intermission.

Date

07/25/2021 08/04/2019 05/26/2019 09/01/2018 04/15/2018

Score

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

Result W W W L T

Sporting KC Player Notes • Forward Daniel Salloi ranks third in the Golden Boot race with 13 goals and is tied for second in MLS with 19 combined goals and assists. Sporting are 8-0-3 when Salloi scores this year and 19-2-5 in regular season matches he has scored since 2017. • Since the start of 2018, forward Johnny Russell is one of two MLS players (Carlos Vela) with 30 goals and 30 assists in the MLS regular season. He has scored in each of his last three home appearances at Children’s Mercy Park since Aug. 28. • Sporting are 16-4-6 in the 26 regular season matches that Khiry Shelton has started at center forward during his Sporting career. In Shelton’s 62 regular season appearances for the club, regardless of position, Sporting are 36-13-13 with a 69% winning percentage. • Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia has tied an MLS record by posting 10 wins for the seventh consecutive regular season. He owns an 11-3-6 record this year with seven shutouts and ranks second in MLS with a 0.95 goals against average. • Defender Luis Martins is the only Sporting player to feature in all 25 regular season matches this year. He has started in all but one of them. • Defender Andreu Fontas leads MLS in passes (2,058), successful passes (1,843) and touches (2,330) in addition to ranking first in goals added, an advanced analytic to measure a player’s on-ball contribution to both attack and defense.

Details

Russell, Salloi and Duke tally in famous road win Gutierrez bags brace before Hurtado nets game-winner Russell bags hat trick; Ruidiaz & Leerdam net for visitors Rubio scores early before Ruidiaz, Zusi OG and Lodeiro net Ilie & Zusi score to cancel out Bruin & Roldan strikes

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER HISTORY • Winger Johnny Russell leads the team with four goals and an assist against Seattle. He scored a hat trick in the 3-2 home win on May 26, 2019 before tallying a goal and an assist in the 3-1 road win on July 25, 2021. • Defender Graham Zusi has one goal and three assists against Seattle. He scored his lone goal in the 2-2 home draw on April 15, 2018, while also helping set up Dom Dwyer’s opener in a 3-0 win on July 24, 2016 and Fernandes’ third goal on May 17, 2017. His most recent assist came in the 3-1 road win on July 25, 2021. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has one goal against the Sounders, scoring a penalty kick to open the scoring in the 2-2 home draw on April 15, 2018. • Forward Daniel Salloi has scored once against Seattle, scoring the gamewinner in the 3-1 road win on July 25, 2021. • Midfielder Cam Duke has one goal against the Sounders, scoring his first-ever MLS goal in the 3-1 road win on July 25, 2021. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against the Sounders, with his cross setting up Dom Dwyer’s game winner on July 24, 2016. • Defender Amadou Dia has recorded one assist against Seattle, coming on Dom Dwyer’s late equalizer on Sept. 27, 2015. • Midfielder Gadi Kinda has one assist against the Sounders, setting up the game-winner in the 3-1 road win on July 25, 2021. • Forward Khiry Shelton has one assist against Seattle, helping set up the gamewinning goal in the 3-1 road win on July 25, 2021. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 7-2-2 against Seattle Sounders FC with a 1.00 goals against average, posting shutouts in five of his 11 games.

Seattle Sounders Team Notes • Seattle have reached MLS Cup as Western Conference champions in four of the last five seasons, hoisting the title in 2016 and 2019 and finishing as runners-up in 2017 and 2020. • Seattle’s 12-year playoff streak dating back to their inaugural season in 2009 is the longest in MLS. • Seattle’s 7-2-2 road record and plus-8 road goal differential are the best in MLS this season. • Seattle’s eight wins by a single goal are the second-most in MLS. The Sounders are 8-3 in one-goal games. • Seattle’s 20 goals conceded are the fewest in MLS. Their 0.83 goals against average is also the lowest mark in the league. • Seattle rank 24th in MLS in first-half goals per match (0.42) but lead the league in second-half goals per match (1.08). • Seattle have conceded just two goals in the opening 30 minutes of matches this season, the fewest in MLS. • Seattle are 11-0-4 when scoring the first goal this season. Similarly, the Sounders are 4-0-3 when leading at halftime. Seattle Sounders Player Notes • Forward Raul Ruidiaz ranks second in MLS with 14 goals scored. His six gamewinning goals and three multi-goal games are tied for the league lead. • Midfielder Joao Paulo is tied for eighth in MLS with eight assists and ranks 11th with 51 chances created. • Defender Yeimar Gomez Andrade leads MLS with 67 interceptions, 15 more than any other player. He also ranks fourth with 110 clearances and seventh with 38 tackles won. • Defender Yeimar and former Sporting midfielder Kelyn Rowe are the only Seattle players to feature in all 24 matches this season. • Forward Fredy Montero is second on the team with six goals, while defender Brad Smith is third with three.

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• Defender Graham Zusi has played alongside Seattle midfielder Cristian Roldan and forward Jordan Morris on the U.S. National Team over the last decade. • Forward Tyler Freeman played with the U.S. U-17 National Team at the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship alongside Seattle’s Danny Leyva and Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez. • Seattle midfielders Jimmy Medranda (2013-2019) and Kelyn Rowe (2019) both spent time with Sporting KC in the recent past. • Sounders assistant coach Preki spent nine seasons with the Kansas City Wizards across two stints from 1996-2000 & 2002-2005. He’s the team’s all-time leading scorer with 71 goals and 98 assists in 218 MLS regular-season games. • Seattle General Manager Garth Lagerway played for the Kansas City Wiz in 1996.

• Sporting defender Luis Martins is one shy of his 50th appearance for Sporting in all competitions.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

THREE-GAME HOMESTAND SET TO CONCLUDE

RUSSELL RISES UP THE CHARTS

The victory over Minnesota continued a trend where Sporting has scored two or more goals in each of its 13 wins this season and owns a perfect 13-0-0 record when scoring twice in 2021. Inversely, SKC are winless this year (0-5-7) when held to a goal or less.

In addition to scoring on the stroke of intermission - his third straight home match with a goal - he tallied two assists for his first multi-assist game since Sporting’s 2-0 home win on Aug. 25, 2018 against Minnesota United. With his performance on Wednesday, Russell moved to seventh place all-time on Sporting’s regular season goal and assist charts. His 31 goals are tied for seventh with Benny Feilhaber and Mo Johnston, while his 30 assists sit alone in seventh place.

First-place Sporting Kansas City (13-5-7, 46 pts.) will close out a three-game homestand this Sunday night when the team plays host to second-place Seattle Sounders FC (13-56, 45 pts.), having won the previous two matches in the homestand: 2-0 over Chicago on Sept. 11 and 4-0 over Minnesota on Sept. 15.

Sporting Kansas City winger Johnny Russell continued his fine late-season form in the team’s last outing, recording a goal and two assists in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United FC on Sept. 15 - a performance that earned him a spot on the MLS Team of the Week, alongside Manager Peter Vermes.

The match also marked another rare circumstance as all three starting forwards in Peter Vermes’ 4-3-3 formation scored for Sporting in the same MLS match. Khiry Shelton’s header, Daniel Salloi’s sumptuous finish and Johnny Russell’s penalty kick gave the hosts a 3-0 lead at intermission and punctuated an emphatic - and historic - salvo from the club’s attacking triumvirate. The team’s three starting forwards last all scored in an MLS game in 2013, and also all scored in a U.S. Open Cup game in 2017.

Russell has staked his name as one of the most prolific attackers in MLS since arriving in Kansas City in 2018. Over the last four years, he is one of just two MLS players joining LAFC superstar Carlos Vela - with 30 goals and 30 assists in the regular season.

Sporting are now set to take on a Seattle team that has gone toe-to-toe with SKC throughout the last decade. Sporting and Seattle are the two most successful clubs in MLS over the last 10 years, with Seattle claiming six top-two finishes (1 first place) and Sporting claiming five top-two finishes (4 first place), Seattle making the playoffs all 10 years with Sporting qualifying for the postseason nine times, while the two teams have a joint-high four combined MLS Cups and U.S. Open Cups apiece.

In his first year as the club’s captain, Russell has six goals and six assists this season - one of six MLS players with six and six in 2021 alongside fellow SKC forward Daniel Salloi, Valentin Castellanos of NYCFC, Hany Mukhtar of Nashville SC, Nani of Orlando City SC and Albert Rusnak of Real Salt Lake.

SHELTON BACK ON THE SCORESHEET

Sporting Kansas City forward Khiry Shelton bagged his second goal of the season and his first game-winner in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United FC on Sept. 15. Shelton nodded him the rebound after Daniel Salloi’s shot was saved in the 14th minute to send Sporting on their way to a comfortable three points.

TOP OF THE TABLE CLASH

Sporting Kansas City is set to take on Seattle Sounders FC in a monumental Western Conference clash on Sunday night at Children’s Mercy Park. First-place Sporting are one point ahead of second-place Seattle, though the visitors have a game in hand. It could be argued that this is the biggest regular-season home game Sporting has played since 2018 Decision Day, when Sporting beat LAFC 2-1 to finish atop the West.

Shelton last scored in Sporting’s 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on July 4, adding the insurance goal in second-half stoppage time. While Shelton may not be the most prolific of forwards in the context of goals and assists, his ability to help Sporting win is undeniable. Kansas City is 16-4-6 in the 26 regular season matches that Shelton has started at center forward during his Sporting career, which consists of separate stints in 2018 and 2020 onward. In his 62 regular season appearances for the club, regardless of position, Sporting are 36-13-13 with a 69% winning percentage.

Sporting has already defeated Seattle once in 2021, claiming a 3-1 victory at Lumen Field on July 25. Johnny Russell curled home a stunning free kick to open the scoring before Daniel Salloi fired him the eventual game-winner. Fredy Montero pulled a goal back for the hosts early in the first half before Sporting KC Academy product Cam Duke struck for his first-ever senior goal to make the points safe. Seattle has not visited Children’s Mercy Park for over two years, with their last trip coming on May 26, 2019. Sporting ran out 3-2 winners that day courtesty of a stunning Johnny Russell hat trick - scoring twice in the first half and bagging a third in the second. Seattle scored twice in the second half through Raul Ruidiaz and Kelvin Leerdam, but were unable to come away with a point.

LONGTIME SPORTING DEFENDER SETH SINOVIC RETIRES

On Thursday, longtime Sporting Kansas City defender Seth Sinovic announced his retirement from professional soccer after an excellent 11-year playing career in MLS. The Kansas City native represented his hometown club from 2011-2019, helping Sporting win an MLS Cup and three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles as an integral part of the team’s backline.

Sporting KC has a strong record against the Sounders since the start of the 2015 season, losing just twice and going 7-2-3 in those 11 meetings. All-time, Sporting is 8-94 against Seattle, including a 4-4-2 mark at home.

Sinovic will be formally honored at halftime of Sunday’s Western Conference clash between first-place Sporting Kansas City and second-place Seattle Sounders FC at Children’s Mercy Park.

SALLOI STRENGTHENS MVP CREDENTIALS

Sporting Kansas City forward Daniel Salloi scored his team-leading 13th goal of the 2021 season in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United FC on Sept. 15, rifling home from the edge of the area off Johnny Russell’s cutback in the 36th minute to give his team a 2-0 lead.

Sinovic, 34, ranks seventh in club history with 257 appearances and places sixth in both starts (245) and minutes played (21,791) across all competitions. The fan-favorite left back was part of a Sporting side that made eight straight playoff appearances from 20112018 and started in all four of the club’s cup final victories throughout the decade - the 2013 MLS Cup and the 2012, 2015 and 2017 U.S. Open Cups.

The MLS All-Star winger ranks third in the Golden Boot race with 13 goals and is tied for fourth in the league lead with 19 combined goals and assists. Sporting are 8-0-3 when Salloi scores this year and 19-2-5 in regular season matches he’s scored in since 2017.

POSTGAME PV

Thoughts on the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United on Sept. 15: “It’s a great opponent. They’re an excellent team. They have a great team. They have a great staff. I have nothing but the utmost respect for them. I really do. It’s always, always a tough match whenever we play against each other. Both of us were struggling a little bit in regards to having injuries with players and everything, but all in all it was a good match by us. The guys did the business.”

Salloi’s five game-winning goals only trails D.C. United’s Ola Kamara and Seattle’s Raul Ruidiaz, who each have six apiece. Unlike most of the other forwards Salloi is battling with for the Golden Boot and MVP crown in 2021, the Hungarian is also a proivder for his teammates, as his six assists this season are the third most amongst players that have also scored 12 or more goals.

KICK CHILDHOOD CANCER NIGHT

Sunday night’s match with Seattle will see Sporting and The Victory Project celebrate Kick Childhood Cancer Night, featuring an Honoree Homecoming with a VIP experience for previous Victory Project Honorees and their families. In a fundraising effort tied to the game, up to $5,000 will be donated to Children’s Mercy Hospital through $250 donations for each Sporting Kansas City shot attempt.

On the team’s attack: “I thought Khiry (Shelton) was very good in the game in a lot of respects. He held the ball up really well today. He got the goal. I knew he was going to score. I told him he was going to score in front of the team. I just knew he was. Daniel (Salloi’s) movement off the ball continues to be top class in the league. It’s really, really good. I can’t say enough about the team and their work ethic. It’s just been tremendous.”

In conjunction with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Sporting is also raising funds for The Victory Project throughout September via the weekly Argyle Ace raffle and an online auction that launched last week. Additionally, patients at Children’s Mercy will receive Sporting pajamas in partnership with Continental Tire and children at the hospital had the opportunity to interact with Sporting players on Tuesday during a customized game of Hollywood Squares.

On the team’s break before facing Seattle: “Them playing games and us not playing games could be a real detriment to us. You lose rhythm. We’re going to have to be smart during this time. We’re going to have to keep the guys in a good place and hopefully recover quite a few of the guys that weren’t in today. That’s going to be the key. It’s really going to be about that and making sure that we stay in somewhat game form going into that game against Seattle.”

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 8-9-4 Home games: 4-4-2 (17 GF, 13 GA) Road games: 4-5-2 (10 GF, 11 GA) Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014 05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015 03/06/2016 07/24/2016 05/17/2017 08/12/2017 04/15/2018 09/01/2018 05/26/2019 08/04/2019 07/25/2021

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

4 3 18 8 26 18

Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

7 5 5 32 11

Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Tim Melia

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Morris, Ruidiaz Nicolas Lodeiro Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Osvaldo Alonso Osvaldo Alonso

Kasey Keller 5 Stefan Frei 6 Stefan Frei 3 Stefan Frei 44 Stefan Frei 18

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 3 2 6 4 6 4

Gerso, Russell Yohan Croizet (5/26/19) Four Players Three Players Erik Hurtado (8/4/19) Three Players

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Morris Jaqua, Ljungberg (5/26/19) Raul Ruidiaz (8/4/19) Jordan Morris Alonso, Cooper Alonso, Lodeiro

2 2 7 4 4 7

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(twice) Stefan

6 3

6 Tim Melia (6/6/15) 3 Hartman, Melia

(8/4/19) Jordan

Frei Five Players

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

1 2 OT 12 15 0 119 139 0 50 47 0 148 155 0 10 14 0 52 53 0

Total 27 258 97 303 24 105

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 6 18 0 24 Shots 102 117 0 219 Shots on Goal 31 48 0 79 Fouls 109 103 0 212 Offsides 30 27 0 57 Corner Kicks 44 43 0 87

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

KC 3 4 5 5 4 6 0 27 SEA 2 1 3 3 5 10 0 24

220

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 175 MLS regular season, 10 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 11 International, 5 friendlies

19,387

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 172 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason)

2 3 24 11 24 36

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

118

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

ATTENDANCE RECORDS (full capacity games only)

105

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 172 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467 5

387

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 220 matches played at the stadium

155

TOTAL MLS SELLOUTS 172 MLS matches at full capacity since 2011 (including postseason)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

GK - Kendall McIntosh (Re-Entry Process - Dec. 17, 2020)

GK - Eric Dick (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)

MID - Remi Walter (Signing - Dec. 22, 2020)

MID - Wan Kuzain (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)

FWD - Grayson Barber (Signed as Homegrown - Jan. 20, 2021)

DEF - Winston Reid (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)

MID - Ozzie Cisneros (Signed as Homegrown - Jan. 20, 2021)

GK - Richard Sanchez (Option Declined - Dec. 9, 2020)

GK - Brooks Thompson (Signed as Homegrown - Jan. 20, 2021)

DEF - Matt Besler (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)

DEF - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Signing - Feb. 3, 2021)

FWD - Gerso Fernandes (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)

DEF - Kaveh Rad (Signed as Homegrown - April 5, 2021)

FWD - Erik Hurtado (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)

GK - Parker Siegfried (Signed on loan - April 15, 2021)

MID - Felipe Gutierrez (Out of Contract - Dec. 9, 2020)

DEF - Kayden Pierre (Signed as Homegrown - May 4, 2021)

GK - Parker Siegfried (Waived - April 28, 2021)

MID - Jose Mauri (Signing - Aug. 5, 2021)

FWD - Tyler Freeman (Loaned to Karlsruher SC - Aug. 3, 2021)

MID - Jake Davis (Signed as Homegrown - Aug. 19, 2021)

MID - Gianluca Busio (Transfered to Venezia FC - Aug. 5, 2021)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Dec. 9: OUT Sporting KC declines options on GK Eric Dick, GK Richard Sanchez, D Winston Reid, M Felipe Gutierrez and M Wan Kuzain. In addition, D Matt Besler, F Gerso Fernandes and F Erik Hurtado are out of contract. Dec. 17: IN Sporting KC selects GK Kendall McIntosh in Stage 1 of the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Process. Dec. 22: IN Sporting KC signs M Remi Walter, most recently with Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey). Jan. 7: IN Sporting KC re-signs M Roger Espinoza to a one-year contract. Jan. 20: IN Sporting KC signs GK Brooks Thompson, F Grayson Barber and F Ozzie Cisneros as Homegrown Players. Thompson comes from Sporting KC II (USL Championship), Barber from Clemon University and Cisneros from the Sporting KC Academy. Feb. 3: IN Sporting KC signs D Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, most recently with Besiktas (Turkey). April 5: IN Sporting KC signs D Kaveh Rad as a Homegrown Player from Sporting KC II (USL Championship). April 15: IN Sporting KC signs GK Parker Siegfried on loan from Louisville City FC (USL Championship) after acquiring Siegfried’s college protected rights from New York City FC (MLS) in exchange for a natural 2023 MLS SuperDraft third round pick. April 21: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires $200,000 in General Allocation Money for the 2021 season from the Philadelphia Union (MLS) in exchange for a 2021 international roster slot. April 28: OUT Sporting KC waives GK Parker Siegfried. May 4: IN Sporting KC signs D Kayden Pierre as a Homegrown Player from the Sporting KC Academy. Aug. 3: OUT Sporting KC loans F Tyler Freeman to Karlsruher SC (Germany) for the 2021-22 German 2. Bundesliga season with an option to recall the player. Aug. 5: IN Sporting KC signs M Jose Mauri, most recently with Club Atletico Telleres (Argentina). Aug. 5: OUT Sporting KC transfers M Gianluca Busio to Venezia FC (Italy) in club-record deal. Aug. 19: IN Sporting KC signs M Jake Davis as a Homegrown Player from Sporting KC II (USL Championship).

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

Graham Zusi (23rd)

2015

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)

2016

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

2017 2018

Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Graham Smith (18th)

Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)

Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18)

2019

Luis Martins (8/1/19)

Tyler Freeman (1/1/19) Cameron Duke (7/18/19) Felipe Hernandez (8/30/19)

2020

Robert Puncec (12/4/19) Khiry Shelton (12/9/19) Alan Pulido (12/10/19) Amadou Dia (1/10/20) Gadi Kinda (1/23/20)

John Pulskamp (2/24/20) Wilson Harris (10/21/20)

2021

Kendall McIntosh (12/17/20) Remi Walter (12/22/20) Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (2/3/21) Jose Mauri (8/5/21)

Grayson Barber (1/20/21) Ozzie Cisneros (1/20/21) Brooks Thompson (1/20/21) Kaveh Rad (4/5/21) Kayden Pierre (5/4/21) Jake Davis (8/19/21)

Sporting Kansas City II

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2021 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT TV / SCORERS

Saturday, April 17

at New York Red Bulls

MLS

2-1

Kinda, Salloi

FRIDAY, APRIL 23

ORLANDO CITY SC

MLS

1-1

Busio

Saturday, May 1

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

1-3

Pulido

SUNDAY, MAY 9

AUSTIN FC

MLS

2-1

Ilie, Kinda

Wednesday, May 12

at Houston Dynamo FC

MLS

0-1

SUNDAY, MAY 16

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

3-0

Salloi, Pulido (2)

Saturday, May 22

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

3-1

Lindsey, Pulido, Salloi

SATURDAY, MAY 29

HOUSTON DYNAMO FC

MLS

3-2

Busio, Pulido, Kinda

SATURDAY, JUNE 12

AUSTIN FC

MLS

1-1

Salloi

Saturday, June 19

at Portland Timbers

MLS

1-2

Lindsey

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

3-1

Salloi (2), Hernandez

SATURDAY, JUNE 26

LOS ANGELES FC

MLS

2-1

Pulido, Salloi

Sunday, July 4

at LA Galaxy

MLS

2-0

Russell, Shelton

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

1-1

Salloi

Sunday, July 25

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

3-1

Russell, Salloi, Duke

SATURDAY, JULY 31

FC DALLAS

MLS

1-2

Russell

Wednesday, August 4

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

4-1

Pulido, Martins, Salloi, Kinda

Saturday, August 7

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

0-0

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10

CLUB LEON

LEAGUES CUP

1-6

Duke

Saturday, August 14

at FC Dallas

MLS

2-0

Pulido, Salloi

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

1-1

Salloi

Saturday, August 21

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

1-1

Russell

Friday, September 3

at Los Angeles FC

MLS

0-4

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

CHICAGO FIRE FC

MLS

2-0

Mauri, Russell

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

4-0

Shelton, Salloi, Russell, Duke

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

6:00 P.M.

FS1 / FOX DEPORTES

Wednesday, September 29

at FC Dallas

MLS

7:00 P.M.

Bally Sports KC Plus

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3

HOUSTON DYNAMO FC

MLS

3:00 P.M.

UNIMAS / TUDN / BSKC PLUS

Sunday, October 17

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

9:00 P.M.

Bally Sports KC

Saturday, October 23

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

2:30 P.M.

TUDN / Bally Sports KC

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27

LA GALAXY

MLS

7:30 P.M.

FS1 / FOX DEPORTES

Sunday, October 31

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

12:00 P.M.

ESPN / ESPN Deportes

Wednesday, November 3

at Austin FC

MLS

8:00 P.M.

Bally Sports KC

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

5:00 P.M.

BALLY SPORTS KC

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2021 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) REFEREE

GAMES RECORD

SKC FOULS

OPP. FOULS

SKC YC

OPP. YC

SKC RC

OPP. RC

SKC PK

OPP. PK

Alan Kelly

2-1-0

Roberto Sibiga

2-0-1

Dave Gantar

1-1-0

Chris Penso

1-1-0

Joe Dickerson

0-0-2

Alex Chilowicz

1-1-0

Ted Unkel

1-0-1

Drew Fischer

1-1-0

Allen Chapman

1-0-0

Ramy Touchan

1-0-0

Armando Villarreal

1-0-0

Ismail Elfath

0-0-1

Marcos DeOliveira

0-0-1

Fotis Bazakos

0-0-1

Jon Freemon

1-0-0

2021 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) DATE REFEREE VAR

INCIDENT

DECISION

April 23 vs. ORL Joe Dickerson Chris Penso SKC goal Overturned, no goal Nicolas Isimat-Mirin fires home the rebound after Remi Walter’s free kick was saved. After reviewing the play, referee Joe Dickerson overturns his original decision as Isimat was in an offside position. April 23 vs. ORL Joe Dickerson Chris Penso ORL goal Overturned, no goal Andres Perea latches onto a loose ball in the box and strikes the ball into the net off the crossbar. After reviewing the play, referee Joe Dickerson overturns his original decision as Perea was in an offside position. April 23 vs. ORL Joe Dickerson Chris Penso ORL disallowed goal Overturned, goal Nani scores a late equalizer for Orlando with a back-heel into an empty net, but the flag comes up for offside. After reviewing the play, referee Joe Dickerson overturns his original decision as there was no offside infraction leading to the goal. July 21 vs. SJ Joe Dickerson Jorge Gonzalez SKC penalty awarded Overturned, no penalty awarded Johnny Russell is brought down in the San Jose penalty area by Shea Salinas and a penalty is awarded. After reviewing the play, referee Joe Dickerson overturns his original decision after determining there was no foul and awarded San Jose a drop ball. Aug. 4 at LAFC Alan Kelly Tim Ford LAFC penalty awarded Overturned, no penalty awarded Mamadou Fall is brought down on the edge of the penalty area by Andreu Fontas and a penalty is awarded. After reviewing the play, referee Alan Kelly overturns his original decision after determining that the foul occured outside of the penalty area. Aug. 21 at MIN Marcos DeOliveira Kevin Terry Jr. SKC red card Confirmed, red card Remi Walter is shown a straight red card for a foul on Emanuel Reynoso in midfield. After reviewing the play, referee Marcos DeOliveira confirms his original decision and upholds the red card to Walter. Sept. 3 at LAFC Drew Fischer Ramy Touchan SKC foul Overturned, red card Roger Espinoza is whistled for a foul on LAFC’s Cristian Arango near 25 yards from goal. After reviewing the play, referee Drew Fischer overturns his original decision and shows Espinoza a straight red card. Sept. 15 vs. MIN Robert Sibiga Sorin Stoica SKC penalty not awarded Overturned, penalty awarded Khiry Shelton is brought down in the area by Minnesota goalkeeper Tyler Miller, but referee Robert Sibiga signals for a goal kick. After reviewing the play, Sibiga overturns his original decision and awards SKC a penalty kick.

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2021 Record When...

SPORTING KC IN 2021 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

Regular Season Record By Month

Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime

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

Feb. 2021 Feb. all-time March 2021 March all-time April 2021 April all-time May 2021 May all-time June 2021 June all-time July 2021 July all-time Aug. 2021 Aug. all-time Sept. 2021 Sept. all-time Oct. 2021 Oct. all-time Nov. 2021 Nov. all-time

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

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

Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo Wearing Parley

9-4-5 3-1-2 1-0-0

Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’

10-0-1 2-0-4 1-5-2

Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even

7-3-4 6-2-3 0-0-0

Shutouts 4-0-2 One-goal games 4-3-0 On ABC/ESPN On FS1 On Univision On BSKC

1-0-1 1-0-1 0-1-0 11-4-5

Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later

2-1-2 11-4-5

With red card for With red card against

0-1-1 2-0-1

Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75

7-3-5 6-2-2

In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone

4-2-0 0-1-1 8-2-6 1-0-0

vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference

11-5-6 2-0-1

On grass On turf

12-4-7 1-1-0

With zero subs With one sub With two subs With three subs With four subs With five subs

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

Quickest Goal... Jose Mauri (9/11 vs. CHI) - 4th Minute Quickest Goal Against... Paxton Pomykal (7/31 vs. DAL) - 3rd Minute

0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 23-11-11 1-0-1 46-38-20 4-2-0 43-51-28 2-1-1 46-32-29 2-1-1 57-43-29 2-0-4 52-54-22 2-1-0 37-49-21 0-0-0 28-19-19 0-0-0 1-0-0

GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 20 23 43 OPPONENT 12 14 26

Game-tying goals after 75’...

Daniel Salloi (7/21 vs. SJ) - 94th Minute Daniel Salloi (8/18 vs. POR) - 92nd Minute None

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Nani (4/23 vs. ORL) - 78th Minute

Red Cards...

1-1-1 (0-0-0) 1-0-1 (1-0-1) 19-26-12 (1-0-0) 28-24-18 (1-0-2) 26-22-8 (0-0-0) 21-22-13 (0-0-0) 1-0-1 (0-0-0) 26-28-13 (1-1-0) 11-13-13 (1-1-0) 0-0-0 (0-0-0) 4-3-0 (2-1-0) 24-26-15 (1-0-0) 7-3-3 (1-0-1) 7-4-3 (0-0-0) 1-0-0 (0-0-0) 25-18-12 (0-0-0) 2-3-0 (0-0-0) 22-21-14 (1-0-0) 2-3-2 (0-0-1) 6-6-5 (0-0-0) 7-5-6 (0-1-1) 11-14-8 (0-1-0) 28-25-9 (1-0-1) 8-9-4 (1-0-0) 14-4-8 (0-0-0) 11-3-4 (1-0-0)

Remi Walter (8/21 at MIN) - 21st Minute Roger Espinoza (9/3 at LAFC) - 58th Minute

Red Cards Against...

Alex Ring (5/9 vs. ATX) - Second Yellow Card - 67th Minute Tristan Blackmon (6/26 vs. LAFC) - DOGSO - 58th Minute Judson (7/21 vs. SJ) - Second Yellow Card - 95th Minute

Penalty Kicks...

Regular Season Home, Away & Neutral Overall All-time 2021 at home All-time at home 2021 on road All-time on road 2021 neutral All-time neutral

Gadi Kinda (5/9 vs. ATX) - 90th Minute Daniel Salloi (6/26 vs. LAFC) - 87th Minute Johnny Russell (7/4 at LA) - 81st Minute

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2021) vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Austin FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United vs. FC Cincinnati vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo vs. Inter Miami CF vs. Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. Nashville SC 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

Game-winning goals after 75’...

335-297-179 7-1-5 215-104-85 6-4-2 118-192-94 0-0-0 2-1-0

Gadi Kinda (4/17 at NY) - Scored on Carlos Coronel Alan Pulido (5/16 vs. VAN) - Scored on Maxime Crepeau Alan Pulido (5/29 vs. HOU) - Scored on Marko Maric Johnny Russell (9/15 vs. MIN) - Scored on Tyler Miller

Penalty Kicks Against...

Eduard Atuesta (9/3 at LAFC) - Scored on Tim Melia

Penalty Kicks Earned...

Andrew Gutman Handball (4/17 at NY) - 59th Minute Foul on Daniel Salloi (5/16 vs. VAN) - 32nd Minute Foul on Alan Pulido (5/29 vs. HOU) - 61st Minute Foul on Khiry Shelton (9/15 vs. MIN) - 45th Minute

Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Youngest to play in a game... Oldest Starter... Oldest to play in a game...

Gianluca Busio (4/23 vs. ORL) - 18 years and 330 days Johnny Russell (9/15 vs. MIN) - 31 years and 160 days Gianluca Busio (4/17 at NY) - 18 years and 324 days Gianluca Busio (4/17 at NY) - 18 years and 324 days Tim Melia (9/15 vs. MIN) - 35 years and 123 days Tim Melia (9/15 vs. MIN) - 35 years and 123 days

2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 168 203 371 OPPONENT 118 180 298

SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 62 74 136 OPPONENT 38 49 87

FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 119 129 248 OPPONENT 136 164 300

OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 19 13 32 OPPONENT 34 25 59

CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 71 85 156 OPPONENT 48 45 93

CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 11 24 35 OPPONENT 24 38 62

EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 1 1 2 OPPONENT 0 3 3

PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 2/2 2/2 4/4 OPPONENT 0/0 1/1 1/1

SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL

Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs MLS is Back KO U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

HOME Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 215 104 85 15 5 4 21 7 3 8 6 5 259 122 97

W L T 335 297 179 18 23 11 0 1 1 30 17 7 13 16 9 396 354 206

GF GA 1157 1079 69 73 1 3 109 67 51 63 1384 1282

AWAY GF GA 689 479 44 26 72 30 29 24 834 559

Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 118 192 94 2 17 7 9 10 4 5 10 3 134 229 108 9

NEUTRAL GF GA 462 596 22 44 37 37 22 39 543 716

Competition MIB Reg. Season MIB KO Stage MLS Cup SuperLiga TOTAL

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

GF GA 6 4 1 3 3 3 0 0 10 10

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES April 17, 2021: New York Red Bulls 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ Weather: Cloudy and 53 degrees Sporting KC (1-0-0, 3 points) New York Red Bulls (0-1-0, 0 points)

1 2 F 0 2 2 0 1 1

April 23, 2021: Sporting KC 1-1 Orlando City SC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Cloudy and 55 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 0 1 1

Sporting KC (1-0-1, 4 points) Orlando City SC (0-0-2, 2 points)

Orlando City SC GK Gallese D Ruan D Carlos D Schlegel D Smith M Perea M Mendez M Urso (Alvarado 77’) F Michel (Mueller 57’) F Akindele (Aias 77’) F Nani (C) (Dezart 89’)

May 1, 2021: Real Salt Lake 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Weather: Mostly Cloudy and 73 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 1 2 3

Sporting KC (1-1-1, 4 points) Real Salt Lake (2-0-0, 6 points)

Sporting KC New York Red Bulls GK Pulskamp GK Coronel D Lindsey D Duncan D Isimat D Nealis D Fontas D Long D Martins D Gutman M Walter M Diarra (Valot 54’) M Kinda (Pulido 77’) M Davis (C) M Espinoza (C) (Hernandez 90’) M Casseres Jr. (Carmona 72’) F Shelton M Clark F Busio F White (Barlow 61’) F Salloi (Russell 77’) F Fabio (Royer 72’)

Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Lindsey D Isimat (Puncec 63’) D Fontas D Martins M Walter M Kinda (Pulido 46’) M Espinoza (C) F Shelton F Busio F Salloi (Russell 74’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Siegfried (GK) Meara (GK) Puncec Reyes Rad Tarek Duke Tolkin Barber Harper Harris

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Austin (GK) Rad Halliday Duke Hope-Gund Hernandez Moutinho Barber Bender Harris

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) MacMath (GK) Dia Holt Puncec Morgan Smith Powder Duke Portillo Harris

Scoring Summary: NY - Caden Clark 1 (Unassisted) 48’ SKC - Gadi Kinda 1 (Penalty Kick) 59’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Unassisted) 60’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Gianluca Busio 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 45’ ORL - Nani 1 (Chris Mueller 1) 78’

Scoring Summary: SKC - Alan Pulido 1 (Khiry Shelton 1) 17’ RSL - Damir Kreilach 1 (Andrew Brody 1, Pablo Ruiz 1) 35’ RSL - Rubio Rubin 1 (Damir Kreilach 1) 52’ RSL - Rubio Rubin 2 (Damir Kreilach 2) 77’

Misconduct Summary: SKC - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 9’ NY - Youba Diarra (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’

Misconduct Summary: ORL - Kyle Smith (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’ ORL - Sebastian Mendez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 61’ SKC - Roberto Puncec (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 8 (3) 2 6 0 8

NY 12 (3) 1 10 5 3

May 9, 2021: Sporting KC 2-1 Austin FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Cloudy and 52 degrees Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 points) Austin FC (2-2-0, 6 points)

1 2 F 0 2 2 1 0 1

SKC 9 (5) 3 16 3 3

ORL 11 (4) 4 12 4 4

May 12, 2021: Houston Dynamo FC 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BBVA Stadium | Houston, TX Weather: Cloudy and 68 degrees Sporting KC (2-2-1, 7 points) Houston Dynamo (2-1-2, 8 points)

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 1 1

Sporting KC Austin FC GK Pulskamp GK Stuver D Zusi (Lindsey 54’) D Lima D Puncec (Rad 58’ (Shelton 85’)) D Romana D Fontas D Besler D Martins D Kolmanic M Ilie M Pochettino (Jimenez 85’) M Busio M Ring (C) M Espinoza (Kinda 54’) M Fagundez (Pereira 61’) F Russell (C) F Stroud (Redes 61’) F Pulido F Gallagher (Berhalter 71’) F Salloi (Walter 85’) F Dominguez (Cascante 71’)

Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Lindsey D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Walter (Espinoza 69’) M Busio M Kinda F Russell (C) (Salloi 20’) F Pulido (Harris 81’) F Shelton

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Tarbell (GK) Dia Kleemann Barber Hoesen Harris Manneh

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Nelson (GK) Dia Bizama Rad Fuenmayor Smith Quintero Duke Bajamich Barber Lassiter

Scoring Summary: ATX - Jon Gallagher 1 (Jared Stroud 2) 7’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez 1 (Johnny Russell 1) 82’ SKC - Gadi Kinda 2 (Khiry Shelton 2, Luis Martins 1) 90’ Misconduct Summary: ATX - Jhohan Romana (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 42’ ATX - Alexander Ring (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ SKC - Luis Martins (Yellow Card; Dissent) 59’ ATX - Alexander Ring (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’ ATX - Daniel Pereira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 25 (8) 5 7 1 14

ATX 11 (6) 6 10 1 3

Houston Dynamo FC GK Maric D Valentin D Parker D Garcia (C) (Figueroa 46’) D Lundkvist M Vera M Jones M Corona F Picault F Urruti (Ramirez 69’) F Rodriguez (Ceren 69’)

Scoring Summary: HOU - Maxi Urruti 2 (Derrick Jones 1) 56’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 70’ HOU - Fafa Picault (Yellow Card; Dissent) 96+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 16 (4) 0 10 1 8

HOU 5 (1) 4 7 7 3

Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Lindsey D Rad D Fontas D Martins M Ilie M Busio (Kinda 72’) M Walter (Espinoza 64’) F Shelton F Pulido F Russell (C) (Salloi 55’)

Real Salt Lake GK Ochoa D Herrera (Brody 30’) D Glad D Silva D Toia M Besler M Ruiz (Martinez 79’) M Rusnak (C) M Kreilach M Julio (Meram 57’) F Rubin (Chang 79’)

Misconduct Summary: RSL - Pablo Ruiz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’ RSL - Maikel Chang (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 6 (1) 1 7 3 5

RSL 10 (4) 0 10 3 3

May 16, 2021: Sporting KC 3-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Cloudy and 60 degrees Sporting KC (3-2-1, 10 points) Vancouver Whitecaps (2-3-1, 7 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi (Lindsey 75’) D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (C) (Duke 88’) M Kinda (Walter 67’) F Shelton F Pulido (Harris 88’) F Salloi

1 2 F 2 1 3 0 0 0

Vancouver Whitecaps GK Crepeau (C) D Nerwinski (Brown 61’) D Veselinovic (Godoy 80’) D Cornelius D Gutierrez M Raposo (Baldisimo 36’) M Bikel M Alexandre (Habibullah 61’) M Caicedo F Dajome (Bair 80’) F Cavallini

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Hasal (GK) Dia Newton (GK) Rad Owusu Smith Teibert Barber Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 28’ SKC - Alan Pulido 2 (Penalty Kick) 32’ SKC - Alan Pulido 3 (Gadi Kinda 1) 58’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 9’ SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’ VAN - Derek Cornelius (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 27 (7) 2 13 1 8

VAN 9 (2) 4 19 2 2

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) May 22, 2021: San Jose Earthquakes 1-3 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | PayPal Park | San Jose, CA Weather: Sunny and 66 degrees Sporting KC (4-2-1, 13 points) San Jose Earthquakes (3-4-0, 9 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey D Ilie D Rad D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (C) (Walter 63’) M Kinda F Shelton F Pulido (Russell 92+) F Salloi

1 2 F 1 2 3 1 0 1

San Jose Earthquakes GK J.T. Marcinkowski D Thompson (Salinas 66’) D Jungwirth D Alanis D Marie (Abecasis 74’) M Yueill (C) M Remedi M Espinoza M Chofis (Fierro 65’) M Cowell (Kikanovic 82’) F Rios (Wondolowski 65’)

May 29, 2021: Sporting KC 3-2 Houston Dynamo FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 65 degrees Sporting KC (5-2-1, 16 points) Houston Dynamo FC (3-3-2, 11 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (C) (Walter 77’) M Kinda F Shelton (Russell 74’) F Pulido F Salloi

1 2 F 0 3 3 1 1 2

Houston Dynamo FC GK Maric D Valentin D Parker D Garcia (C) D Lundkvist M Vera (Bajamich 80’) M Jones (Ceren 67’) M Corona F Picault F Urruti F Rodriguez (Lassiter 67’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Vega (GK) Dia Beason Puncec Judson Smith Skahan Duke Hernandez Harris

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Nelson (GK) Dia Bizama Lindsey Figueroa Puncec Fuenmayor Rad Lemoine Hernandez Ramirez Harris

Scoring Summary: SJ - Eduardo Lopez 2 (Cristian Espinoza 4) 4’ SKC - Jaylin Lindsey 1 (Alan Pulido 1) 15’ SKC - Alan Pulido 4 (Daniel Salloi 2) 60’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (Unassisted) 75’

Scoring Summary: HOU - Matias Vera 1 (Maxi Urruti 1, Fafa Picault 2) 13’ SKC - Gianluca Busio 2 (Unassisted) 51’ SKC - Alan Pulido 5 (Penalty Kick) 61’ SKC - Gadi Kinda 3 (Gianluca Busio 1, Khiry Shelton 3) 65’ HOU - Maxi Urruti 4 (Mateo Bajamich 1, Darwin Ceren 1) 93+

Misconduct Summary: SJ - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 9’ SJ - Andy Rios (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ SKC - Jaylin Lindsey (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 90’

Misconduct Summary: HOU - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 4’ HOU - Matias Vera (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 42’ HOU - Boniek Garcia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (7) 4 8 1 2

SJ 16 (5) 4 8 1 8

June 19, 2021: Portland Timbers 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Weather: Sunny and 77 degrees Sporting KC (5-3-2, 17 points) Portland Timbers (4-4-0, 12 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Busio M Espinoza (Shelton 80’) M Hernandez F Russell (C) F Pulido F Salloi

1 2 F 1 0 1 2 0 2

Portland Timbers GK Clark D Van Rankin D Tuiloma D Zuparic D Bravo M Chara M Williamson M Asprilla (Zambrano 59’) M Valeri (C) (Blanco 80’) M Loria (Mabiala 70’) F Ebobisse

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ivacic (GK) Dia Sulte (GK) Puncec Bonilla Rad McGraw Duke Bodily Barber Fochive Harris Scoring Summary: SKC - Jaylin Lindsey 2 (Unassisted) 28’ POR - Dairon Asprilla 2 (Unassisted) 36’ POR - Marvin Loria 2 (Unassisted) 46+ Misconduct Summary: POR - Dario Zuparic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 74’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’ POR - Renzo Zambrano (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 19 (3) 1 10 1 10

POR 7 (3) 2 6 2 2

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 21 (9) 2 10 0 11

HOU 10 (4) 5 15 0 2

June 23, 2021: Sporting KC 3-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 85 degrees Sporting KC (6-3-2, 20 points) Colorado Rapids (5-3-1, 16 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey D Ilie (Rad 82’) D Fontas D Martins (Dia 56’) M Busio M Espinoza (Duke 67’) M Hernandez F Russell (C) (Pulido 46’) F Shelton F Salloi

1 2 F 2 1 3 0 1 1

Colorado Rapids GK Yarbrough D Rosenberry D Abubakar D Wilson (Galvan 87’) D Trusty D Vines M Price (C) (Lewis 46’) M Acosta M Bassett (Mezquida 66’) F Rubio (Benezet 66’) F Barrios (Shinyashiki 82’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Irwin (GK) Puncec Moor Barber Larraz Harris Warner Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 5 (Johnny Russell 3, Jaylin Lindsey 1) 14’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 6 (Felipe Hernandez 1, Andreu Fontas 1) 38’ SKC - Felipe Hernandez 1 (Daniel Salloi 3) 64’ COL - Keegan Rosenberry 2 (Unassisted) 84’ Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 14 (6) 2 5 4 2

COL 9 (3) 3 7 3 1

June 12, 2021: Sporting KC 1-1 Austin FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1

Sporting KC (5-2-2, 17 points) Austin FC (2-4-2, 8 points)

Sporting KC Austin FC GK Melia GK Stuver D Zusi (Lindsey 42’) D Lima D Ilie D Cascante D Fontas D Besler D Martins D Kolmanic M Busio M Pochettino (Berhalter 59’) M Espinoza M Ring (C) M Walter (Hernandez 41’ (Harris 87’)) M Fagundez (Romana 79’) F Russell (C) F Stroud (Redes 70’) F Shelton F Dominguez (Manneh 70’) F Salloi F Gallagher (Perez 59’) Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Pulisic (GK) Dia Tarbell Puncec Kleeman Rad Stanley Duke Barber Scoring Summary: ATX - Cecilio Dominguez 3 (Zan Kolmanic 2) 26’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 4 (Johnny Russell 2) 71’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Remi Walter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 32’ ATX - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ ATX - Nick Lima (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 32 (11) 1 8 2 13

ATX 9 (2) 9 6 2 2

June 26, 2021: Sporting KC 2-1 Los Angeles FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Mostly Sunny and 81 degrees Sporting KC (7-3-2, 23 points) Los Angeles FC (3-4-3, 12 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Lindsey (Zusi 40’) D Ilie D Fontas D Martins (Dia 76’) M Busio M Espinoza (Harris 85’) M Hernandez F Russell (C) F Pulido (Shelton 76’) F Salloi

1 2 F 0 2 2 1 0 1

Los Angeles FC GK Romero D Moon-Hwan (Fall 82’) D Blackmon D Murillo D Segura D Farfan M Atuesta (C) M Blessing (Vela 57’) M Cifuentes (Kaye 46’) F Musovski (Baird 46’) F Rossi (Duke 82’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Sisniega (GK) Isimat-Mirin Edwards Puncec Harvey Rad Ginella Duke Scoring Summary: LAFC - Kim Moon-Hwan 1 (Jose Cifuentes 1) 24’ SKC - Alan Pulido 6 (Unassisted) 61’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 7 (Felipe Hernandez 2, Gianluca Busio 2) 87’ Misconduct Summary: LAFC - Tristan Blackmon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’ LAFC - Tristan Blackmon (Red Card; DOGSO) 58’ LAFC - Tomas Romero (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 64’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 15 (3) 2 11 0 8

LAFC 6 (3) 1 8 1 1

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) July 4, 2021: LA Galaxy 0-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dignity Health Sports Park | Carson, CA Weather: Sunny and 69 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC (8-3-2, 26 points) LA Galaxy (7-4-0, 21 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Busio M Espinoza M Hernandez F Russell (C) (Isimat 92+) F Shelton F Salloi

LA Galaxy GK Bond D Araujo (Perez 86’) D Coulibaly (Saldana 40’) D DePuy D Villafana M Lletget M Raveloson M Vazquez (C) F Grandsir (Kljestan 86’) F Zubak (Dunbar 68’) F Cabral

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Klinsmann (GK) Dia Williams Puncec Rad Duke Barber Harris Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Unassisted) 81’ SKC - Khiry Shelton 1 (Gianluca Busio 3) 95+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 32’ LA - Jorge Villafana (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (6) 7 14 2 3

LA 18 (7) 4 11 0 4

July 31, 2021: Sporting KC 1-2 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Cloudy and 77 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 1 1 2

Sporting KC (9-4-3, 30 points) FC Dallas (4-7-5, 17 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Martins M Walter (Ilie 61’) M Espinoza M Kinda F Russell (C) F Shelton (Harris 77’) F Salloi

FC Dallas GK Maurer D Twumasi D Tafari D Bressan (C) (Hedges 81’) D Hollingshead M Cerrillo M Quignon M Pomykal (Servania 77’) F Ferreira (Nelson 77’) F Pepi (Jara 81’) F Schon (Obrian 72’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Phelipe (GK) Lindsey Munjoma Pierre Vargas Puncec Elmedkhar Rad Smith Cisneros Scoring Summary: DAL - Paxton Pomykal 1 (Ryan Hollingshead 4) 3’ DAL - Jesus Ferreira 1 (Szabolcs Schon 2, Ricardo Pepi 1) 51’ SKC - Johnny Russell 3 (Daniel Salloi 4, Graham Zusi 2) 85’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Simulation) 68’ DAL - Ema Twumasi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’ DAL - Bressan (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 84’ DAL - Franco Jara (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 84’ DAL - Matt Hedges (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 20 (4) 3 12 2 7

DAL 12 (5) 3 14 2 2

July 21, 2021: Sporting KC 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 84 degrees

July 25, 2021: Seattle Sounders FC 1-3 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Lumen Field | Seattle, WA Weather: Sunny and 81 degrees

1 2 F Sporting KC (8-3-3, 27 points) 0 1 1 San Jose Earthquakes (3-7-4, 13 points) 0 1 1

Sporting KC (9-3-3, 30 points) Seattle Sounders FC (9-2-5, 32 points)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Martins M Walter (Lindsey 46’) M Duke M Kinda (Espinoza 60’) F Russell (C) F Harris (Shelton 60’) F Salloi

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Martins M Walter M Espinoza (Ilie 64’) M Kinda (Duke 70’) F Russell (C) F Shelton F Salloi

San Jose Earthquakes GK Marcinkowski D Nathan D Alanis D Beason M Salinas M Remedi M Judson M Lopez (Abecasis 64’) F Chofis (Fierro 76’) F Wondolowski (C) (Rios 69’) F Espinoza

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Vega (GK) Dia Akanyirige Pierre Jungwirth Rad Marie Smith Skahan Barber Haji Scoring Summary: SJ - Nathan 1 (Cristian Espinoza 4) 53’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 8 (Unassisted) 94+ Misconduct Summary: SJ - Chofis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ SJ - Judson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ SKC - Jaylin Lindsey (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’ SJ - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Dissent) 85’ SJ - Nathan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ SJ - Judson (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 95+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 18 (8) 2 16 1 6

SJ 13 (3) 6 19 4 9

Aug. 4, 2021: Los Angeles FC 1-4 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Banc of California Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Weather: Sunny and 78 degrees Sporting KC (10-4-3, 33 points) Los Angeles FC (6-6-5, 23 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Isimat D Fontas D Martins M Ilie M Walter (Espinoza 71’) M Kinda (Lindsey 78’) F Shelton F Pulido (Harris 71’) F Salloi

1 2 F 3 1 4 0 1 1

Los Angeles FC GK Romero D Farfan (Fall 46’) D Blackmon D Palacios M Moon (Quezada 68’) M Atuesta M Cifuentes (Duke 68’) M Edwards (Ginella 46’) F Vela (C) F Rossi F Rodriguez (Musovski 63’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Sisniega (GK) Dia Harvey Puncec Duenas Rad Crisostomo Barber Russell Scoring Summary: SKC - Alan Pulido 7 (Unassisted) 20’ SKC - Luis Martins 1 (Daniel Salloi 5) 28’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 10 (Graham Zusi 3, Khiry Shelton 5) 36’ SKC - Gadi Kinda 4 (Graham Zusi 4) 58’ LAFC - Danny Musovski 1 (Diego Palacios 2) 82’ Misconduct Summary: LAFC - Tomas Romero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 20’ SKC - Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’ LAFC - Jose Cifuentes (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’ LAFC - Francisco Ginella (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ LAFC - Bryce Duke (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 96+ LAFC - Eduard Atuesta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 97+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 9 (5) 0 13 1 4

LAFC 21 (1) 1 15 1 5

1 2 F 2 1 3 0 1 1

Seattle Sounders FC GK Cleveland D Rowe D Yeimar D Arreaga (Dobbelaere 74’) D Cissoko (Baker-Whiting 34’) D Medranda (Smith 64’) M Paulo (C) M Atencio M Leyva (O’Neill 64’) F Montero F Ruidiaz

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Richey (GK) Lindsey Thomas Pierre Villanueva Puncec Vargas Rad Smith Harris Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Unassisted) 31’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 9 (Gadi Kinda 2, Khiry Shelton 4) 42’ SEA - Fredy Montero 3 (Unassisted) 51’ SKC - Cam Duke 1 (Graham Zusi 1, Johnny Russell 4) 72’ Misconduct Summary: SEA - Danny Leyva (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SEA - Joao Paulo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 84’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 7 (4) 5 16 2 3

SEA 13 (6) 1 12 1 6

Aug. 7, 2021: Colorado Rapids 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Weather: Hazy and 83 degrees Sporting KC (10-4-4, 34 points) Colorado Rapids (8-4-4, 28 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Isimat (Rad 61’) D Fontas D Puncec (Duke 46’) M Lindsey M Espinoza (C) M Walter M Kinda M Dia (Martins 46’) F Barber (Zusi 72’) F Harris (Pulido 59’)

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Colorado Rapids GK Yarbrough D Rosenberry D Abubakar D Trusty M Beitashour (Shinyashiki 87’) M Warner (Lewis 67’) M Price (C) M Galvan M Bassett M Kaye F Barrios (Rubio 67’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Irwin (GK) Cisneros Kelly Russell Moor Wilson Mezquida Badji Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roberto Puncec (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 10’ COL - Collen Warner (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’ COL - Steven Beitashour (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’ SKC - Jaylin Lindsey (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 6 (0) 3 11 0 3

COL 13 (3) 0 14 1 6

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) Aug. 14, 2021: FC Dallas 0-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Weather: Mostly cloudy and 85 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC (11-4-4, 37 points) FC Dallas (5-8-6, 21 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Walter M Espinoza M Kinda F Russell (C) F Pulido F Salloi (Barber 93+)

FC Dallas GK Maurer D Twumasi D Tafari D Hedges (C) D Hollingshead M Cerrillo (Acosta 46’) M Quignon (Ricaurte 83’) M Pomykal (Obrian 62’) M Ferreira (Jara 73’) M Schon (Vargas 73’) F Pepi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Phelipe (GK) Dia Martinez Pierre Munjoma Puncec Servania Rad Duke Harris Scoring Summary: SKC - Alan Pulido 8 (Gadi Kinda 3, Daniel Salloi 6) 12’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 11 (Johnny Russell 5, Alan Pulido 2) 63’ Misconduct Summary: DAL - Jesus Ferreira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ DAL - Matt Hedges (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ DAL - Jader Obrian (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’ DAL - Szabolcs Schon (Yellow Card; Dissent) 68’ DAL - Freddy Vargas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ DAL - Ema Twumasi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 91+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 11 (6) 2 9 1 6

DAL 16 (2) 4 14 1 5

Aug. 28, 2021: Sporting KC 1-1 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Clear and 87 degrees Sporting KC (11-4-7, 40 points) Colorado Rapids (11-4-5, 38 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Espinoza M Duke M Kinda F Russell (C) F Pulido F Salloi

1 2 F 1 0 1 1 0 1

Colorado Rapids GK Yarbrough D Rosenberry D Abubakar D Wilson D Trusty M Galvan (Esteves 68’) M Price (C) (Warner 86’) M Acosta M Kaye (Badji 68’) M Lewis (Barrios 62’) F Shinyashiki (Bassett 62’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Irwin (GK) Dia Beitashour Puncec Moor Rad Mezquida Davis Barber Harris Shelton

Aug. 18, 2021: Sporting KC 1-1 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 84 degrees Sporting KC (11-4-5, 38 points) Portland Timbers (7-9-3, 24 points) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Walter M Espinoza (Shelton 80’) M Kinda F Russell (C) F Pulido F Salloi

1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1

Portland Timbers GK Clark D Van Rankin (Bonilla 46’) D Tuiloma D Zuparic D Bravo M Zambrano (Valeri 71’) M D. Chara (C) M Paredes F Loria (Blanco 64’) F Mora (Fochive 64’) F Asprilla (Y. Chara 46’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ivacic (GK) Dia Mabiala Pierre Bodily Puncec Niezgoda Rad Duke Barber Harris Scoring Summary: POR - Felipe Mora 7 (Marvin Loria 5) 17’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 12 (Alan Pulido 3) 92+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’ POR - Diego Chara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’ POR - Josecarlos Van Rankin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’ SKC - Alan Pulido (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 62’ POR - Pablo Bonilla (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ POR - Diego Valeri (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 84’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 13 (4) 0 8 1 11

POR 8 (1) 3 14 2 1

Sept. 3, 2021: Los Angeles FC 4-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Banc of California Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Weather: Partly cloudy and 78 degrees Sporting KC (11-5-7, 40 points) Los Angeles FC (7-9-6, 27 points)

1 2 F 0 0 0 1 3 4

Minnesota United GK Miller D Metanire D Boxall D Dibassy D Gasper M Alonso (C) M Trapp (Agudelo 70’) M Finlay (Weah 79’) M Reynoso (McMaster 94+) M Dotson F Hunou

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Zendejas (GK) Dia Kallman Puncec Raitala Rad Taylor Harris Hayes Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: MIN - Bakaye Dibassy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 6’ SKC - Remi Walter (Red Card; Serious Foul Play) 21’ SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 25’ MIN - Romain Metanire (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 86’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 11 (5) 7 11 0 4

MIN 23 (7) 5 17 6 9

Sept. 11, 2021: Sporting KC 2-0 Chicago Fire FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Sunny and 81 degrees Sporting KC (12-5-7, 43 points) Chicago Fire FC (6-12-5, 23 points)

1 2 F 2 0 2 0 0 0

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Mauri (Shelton 78’) M Kinda M Walter F Russell (C) F Pulido (Duke 85’) F Salloi

Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Dia Puncec Rad Davis Barber Harris

Subs not used: Sisniega (GK)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Slonina (GK) Dia Kappelhof Puncec Omsberg Rad Casas Barber Collier Harris

Misconduct Summary: COL - Lalas Abubakar (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 24’ COL - Jonathan Lewis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’ COL - Auston Trusty (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 69’ COL - Keegan Rosenberry (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’

Misconduct Summary: LAFC - Sebastian Ibeagha (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Red Card; Serious Foul Play) 58’ LAFC - Bryce Duke (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ LAFC - Danny Musovski (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

COL 8 (1) 7 14 1 4

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Walter M Duke (Espinoza 63’) M Kinda F Russell (C) F Pulido (Salloi 63’) F Shelton (Barber 86’)

1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0

Los Angeles FC GK Romero D Ibeagha D Murillo (Harvey 88’) D Fall M Blessing M Ginella M Duke (Farfan 88’) M Atuesta (C) M Edwards F Jennings (Musovski 46’) F Arango (Crisostomo 80’)

Scoring Summary: LAFC - Mamadou Fall 1 (Eduard Atuesta 5) 18’ LAFC - Mamadou Fall 2 (Eduard Atuesta 6) 61’ LAFC - Cristian Arango 2 (Danny Musovski 2, Bryce Duke 1) 71’ LAFC - Eduard Atuesta 2 (Penalty Kick) 87’

SKC 20 (9) 0 4 1 6

Sporting KC (11-4-6, 39 points) Minnesota United (7-6-7, 28 points)

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Mauri (Duke 68’) M Espinoza M Walter F Russell (C) F Pulido F Shelton

Scoring Summary: COL - Jonathan Lewis 3 (Unassisted) 17’ SKC - Johnny Russell 4 (Unassisted) 41’

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

Aug. 21, 2021: Minnesota United FC 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Allianz Field | St. Paul, MN Weather: Partly cloudy and 72 degrees

Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 9 (4) 4 5 2 1

LAFC 15 (8) 4 15 3 3

Chicago Fire FC GK Shuttleworth D Sekulic (Espinoza 46’) D Bornstein (C) D M. Navarro D Pineda (F. Navarro) D Teran M Stojanovic M Medran M Herbers F Ivanov (Aliseda 70’) F Beric (Offor 46’)

Scoring Summary: SKC - Jose Mauri 1 (Remi Walter 1) 4’ SKC - Johnny Russell 5 (Unassisted) 6’ Misconduct Summary: CHI - Luka Stojanovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 32’ CHI - Federico Navarro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ CHI - Miguel Navarro (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 68’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 16 (6) 3 8 2 7

CHI 13 (3) 4 14 4 2

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES (CONT.) Sept. 15, 2021: Sporting KC 4-0 Minnesota United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Clear and 76 degrees Sporting KC (13-5-7, 46 points) Minnesota United (8-8-7, 31 points)

1 2 F 3 1 4 0 0 0

Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Ilie D Fontas D Martins M Mauri M Duke M Espinoza (Davis 89’) F Russell (C) F Shelton (Harris 87’) F Salloi (Barber 83’)

Minnesota United FC GK Miller D Metanire D Boxall (C) D Dibassy D Taylor (Raitala 58’) M Hayes (Rosales 58’) M Trapp M Finlay M Hunou M Fragapane (Kallman 58’) F Adi (Lod 67’)

Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Dia Isimat Puncec Rad

Subs not used: St. Clair (GK) Zendejas (GK)

Scoring Summary: SKC - Khiry Shelton 2 (Unassisted) 14’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 13 (Johnny Russell 6, Roger Espinoza 1) 36’ SKC - Johnny Russell 6 (Penalty Kick) 45’ SKC - Cam Duke 2 (Johnny Russell 7, Khiry Shelton 6) 52’ Misconduct Summary: MIN - Franco Fragapane (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 12 (8) 0 10 0 3

MIN 10 (0) 4 9 2 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 LEAGUES CUP BOX SCORES Aug. 10, 2021: Sporting KC 1-6 Club Leon Leagues Cup Quarterfinal | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Weather: Mostly cloudy and 89 degrees 1 2 F 0 1 1 3 3 6

Sporting KC Club Leon Sporting KC GK Pulskamp D Lindsey (Pierre 15’) D Puncec D Rad D Lindsey M Ilie (C) M Walter (Kinda 46’) M Cisneros F Barber F Harris F Salloi (Duke 46’)

Club Leon GK Cota (C) D Ramirez D Mosquera D Gonzalez D Tesillo (O. Rodriguez 66’) M I. Rodriguez M Colombatto (Ambriz 87’) M Fernandez (Zamudio 88’) M Hernandez (Meneses 66’) F Mena F Davila (Gigliotti 79’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Vazquez (GK) Martins Buron Smith Rangel Zusi Leon Espinoza Ormeno Pulido Scoring Summary: LEO - Santiago Colombatto 1 (Unassisted) 16’ LEO - Omar Fernandez 1 (Angel Mena 1) 27’ LEO - Omar Fernandez 2 (Victor Davila 1) 44’ SKC - Cam Duke 1 (Grayson Barber 1) 61’ LEO - Angel Mena 1 (Elias Hernandez 1, Ivan Rodriguez 1) 62’ LEO - Jean Meneses 1 (Angel Mena 2, Omar Fernandez 1) 72’ LEO - Victor Davila 1 (Angel Mena 3) 78’ Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

SKC 11 (4) 2 11 1 5

LEO 11 (8) 3 11 3 2

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2021 REGULAR SEASON)

Formation: 4-3-3 (24 games)

Center forward

Left forward

Right forward

Alan Pulido 15 Khiry Shelton 6 Gianluca Busio 2 Wilson Harris 1

Daniel Salloi 20 Khiry Shelton 3 Johnny Russell 1

Johnny Russell 17 Khiry Shelton 7

Left-center midfielder Gadi Kinda 12 Felipe Hernandez 4 Roger Espinoza 4 Remi Walter 4

Left back

Luis Martins 24

Right-center midfielder Defensive midfielder Remi Walter 9 Gianluca Busio 8 Jose Mauri 3 Ilie Sanchez 3 Roger Espinoza 1

Left center back

Roger Espinoza 13 Cam Duke 4 Gianluca Busio 3 Gadi Kinda 3 Remi Walter 1

Right center back

Andreu Fontas 23 Kaveh Rad 1

Ilie Sanchez 16 Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 6 Roberto Puncec 1 Kaveh Rad 1

Right back

Graham Zusi 16 Jaylin Lindsey 8

Goalkeeper

Tim Melia 19 John Pulskamp 5

Formation: 3-5-2 (1 game) Left center forward

Right center forward

Wilson Harris 1

Grayson Barber 1

Left-center midfielder Remi Walter 1

Right-center midfielder Center midfielder

Gadi Kinda 1

Roger Espinoza 1

Left wing back

Right wing back

Amadou Dia 1

Jaylin Lindsey 1

Left center back Roberto Puncec 1

Center back Andre Fontas 1

Goalkeeper Tim Melia 1

Right center back Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 1

NOTE: Charts do not account for players interchanging and/ or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2021 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE

April 17 April 23 May 1 May 9 May 12 May 16 May 22 May 29 June 12 June 19 June 23 June 26 July 4 July 21 July 25 July 31 August 4 August 7 August 14 August 18 August 21 August 28 September 3 September 11 September 15 September 26 September 29 October 3 October 17 October 23 October 27 October 31 November 3 November 7

OPPONENT

at New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC at Real Salt Lake vs. Austin FC at Houston Dynamo vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo vs. Austin FC at Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes at Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas at Los Angeles FC at Colorado Rapids at FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers at Minnesota United FC vs. Colorado Rapids at Los Angeles FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC at FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. LA Galaxy at Minnesota United FC at Austin FC vs. Real Salt Lake

RESULT W T L W L W W W T L W W W T W L W T W T T T L W W

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

RECORD 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-1 2-1-1 2-2-1 3-2-1 4-2-1 5-2-1 5-2-2 5-3-2 6-3-2 7-3-2 8-3-2 8-3-3 9-3-3 9-4-3 10-4-3 10-4-4 11-4-4 11-4-5 11-4-6 11-4-7 11-5-7 12-5-7 13-5-7

PTS.

PLACE GOALSCORERS

3 4 4 7 7 10 13 16 17 17 20 23 26 27 30 30 33 34 37 38 39 40 40 43 46

T-1st T-2nd T-7th T-4th T-5th T-3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd T-1st 2nd 2nd 2nd T-1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st

Kinda, Salloi Busio Pulido Ilie, Kinda -Salloi, Pulido (2) Lindsey, Pulido, Salloi Busio, Pulido, Kinda Salloi Lindsey Salloi (2), Hernandez Pulido, Salloi Russell, Shelton Salloi Russell, Salloi, Duke Russell Pulido, Martins, Salloi, Kinda -Pulido, Salloi Salloi -Russell -Mauri, Russell Shelton, Salloi, Russell, Duke

SPORTING KC 2021 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2021 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (13-5-7, 46 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 UNF POS PLAYER 20 F Daniel Salloi 9 F Alan Pulido 7 F Johnny Russell 17 M Gadi Kinda 11 F Khiry Shelton 10 M Gianluca Busio 2 D Jaylin Lindsey 28 M Cameron Duke 21 M Felipe Hernandez 36 D Luis Martins 32 M Jose Mauri 6 M Ilie Sanchez 8 D Graham Zusi 15 M Roger Espinoza 3 D Andreu Fontas 54 M Remi Walter 19 F Grayson Barber 46 M Jake Davis 13 D Amadou Dia 96 F Wilson Harris 5 D Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 29 GK Tim Melia 1 GK John Pulskamp 4 D Roberto Puncec 48 D Kaveh Rad 25 M Ozzie Cisneros 23 F Tyler Freeman 22 GK Kendall McIntosh 24 D Kayden Pierre 16 D Graham Smith 31 GK Brooks Thompson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 23 19 22 18 22 13 14 10 6 25 3 21 18 24 24 19 4 1 3 9 8 20 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25

GS 20 15 18 16 16 13 9 4 4 24 3 19 16 19 24 15 1 0 1 2 7 20 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25

MIN 1889 1408 1515 1350 1485 1152 917 451 407 2157 235 1757 1409 1646 2160 1160 84 1 93 174 575 1800 450 130 244 0 0 0 0 0 0 2250 2250

G 13 8 6 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 26

A 6 3 7 3 6 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 24

SHT 64 58 48 33 24 27 4 6 14 13 3 8 17 22 13 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 370 299

SOG 30 16 21 16 9 7 2 4 3 5 1 4 3 5 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 87

FC 9 12 13 30 19 13 9 7 2 17 2 16 16 35 14 13 1 1 2 3 8 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 247 301

FS 28 34 29 30 22 15 5 20 7 11 5 10 13 22 6 15 1 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 301 247

OFF 5 5 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 59

CK 1 0 58 25 0 57 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 93

C 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 62

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4

T 6 1 7 7

SO 7 0 7 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 5, Gadi Kinda 2, Alan Pulido 2, Luis Martins 1, Jose Mauri, Johnny Russell 1, Khiry Shelton GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 3, Khiry Shelton 3, Gianluca Busio 2, Felipe Hernandez 2, Gadi Kinda 2, Andreu Fontas 1, Luis Martins 1, Remi Walter PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alan Pulido 2-2, Gadi Kinda 1-1, Johnny Russell 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK 1 GK

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia John Pulskamp Team totals Opponent totals

GP 20 5 25 25

GS 20 5 25 25

MIN 1800 450 2250 2250

SH 69 18 87 136

SV 50 11 61 90 17

GA 19 7 26 43

GAA 0.95 1.40 1.04 1.72

PG 1 0 1 4

PA 1 0 1 4

W 11 2 13 5

L 3 2 5 13

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager & Sporting Director | 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 13th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2021 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 203 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regularseason standings in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Western Conference in 2018 and 2020. His three U.S. Open Cup championships are the third most in Open Cup history. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to eight 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 168 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank fifth 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 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 before both were overtaken by Matt Besler early in 2018. 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.

On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regular-season game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He was named the first-ever MLS Sporting Executive of the Year by his peers in 2018. Vermes has coached 467 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.

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.

With over 13 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all 18 leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind 2. Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 – present). Among the top 51 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory, Vermes’ tenure at Sporting KC ranks as the eighth longest active run.

Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic 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.

Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) 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.

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.

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.

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.

Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored 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 Figueres of the Spanish Second Division.

Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty is in his fifth season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Sporting KC II goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with Sporting KC’s goalkeepers, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a record-breaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.

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. Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful season 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

A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, making 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. 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.

PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs MIB KO Open Cup Intl. 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 12-9-13 0-1-0 --- 2018 18-8-8 1-1-2 --- 2019 10-16-8 0-0-0 --- 2020 12-6-3 0-1-1 0-1-1 2021 13-5-7 0-0-0 --- TOTAL 168-126-100 6-8-6 0-1-1

--- --- 3-6-3 0-1-0 --- 11-14-6 3-1-0 --- 18-11-12 4-0-1 --- 23-8-10 1-1-0 2-0-2 22-12-11 1-1-0 3-2-1 18-17-8 4-0-1 --- 18-11-11 1-1-0 1-2-1 15-17-9 4-0-1 --- 16-10-14 2-1-0 --- 21-10-10 0-1-0 3-3-0 13-20-8 --- --- 12-8-5 --- 0-1-0 13-6-7 20-7-3 9-8-4 203-150-114

Director of Sports Performance & Science | Joey Harty Joey Harty was named Sporting Kansas City’s Director of Sports Performance and Science ahead of the 2020 season, stepping up from his role as assistant fitness coach which he held from 2018-2019. Harty manages all aspects of the club’s performance department from the academy to the senior team. He also oversees day-to-day training plans on and off the field, including work in the weight room, soccer session planning, on-field movement training, data analysis and more, aiming to optimize player health and performance. Harty joined Sporting’s organization in January 2016, serving as a fitness coach for the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He spent the 2017 season as head fitness coach for Sporting KC II The Colorado native then transitioned to assistant fitness coach for Sporting’s first team in January 2018 before landing his current role with the club. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, Harty worked for Phoenix Rising FC and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Harty attended Grand Canyon from 2010-2014, played for the men’s soccer team from 20102012 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. In addition to holding several professional licenses and certifications in athletic performance, Harty is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

MIN

MLS Regular Season

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

174

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 2, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Fouls Committed 1, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 1, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-8 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/3/2000 Hometown: Elgin, South Carolina College: Clemson University Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/20/2021 Sporting KC signed forward Grayson Barber, a member of the Sporting KC Academy from 2015-2017, to a Homegrown contract ahead of the 2021 season. Barber made his debut for the club on Aug. 7, 2021 in Colorado before recording his first assist in a Leagues Cup match against Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021.

appearances in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy over the next three seasons. He also featured for the United States at the youth international level, training with the U-17s in 2016 and joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program the following spring in Bradenton, Florida.

Barber enjoyed a standout collegiate career at Clemson University from 2018-2020, amassing 13 goals and 18 assists in 49 appearances across three seasons, leading Clemson to the 2019 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals and the 2020 ACC Championship. Barber starred for the Sporting KC Academy and was named to the United Soccer Coaches Youth Boys All-America Team at the end of 2017. He moved from South Carolina to Kansas City to begin his Academy journey in 2015 and made nearly 60

Born and raised in central South Carolina, Barber broke out in his sophomore season at Clemson, tallying 10 goals and nine assists en route to All-ACC Second Team honors. As a junior in 2020, Barber and Clemson were crowned winners of the ACC Championship. Barber bagged two goals and led the nation with seven assists, helping Clemson to a No. 1 ranking in the final United Soccer Coaches poll of the season.

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#25 | M | OZZIE CISNEROS | @OzzieCisner10 SPORTING KC STATS

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ALL COMPETITIONS

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 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-5 Weight: 130 Birthday: 3/13/2004 Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/20/2021 Midfielder Ozzie Cisneros, who has competed for the Sporting KC Academy at the U-13 through U-19 levels, became the fourth-youngest signing in club history when he inked an MLS contract at age 16 in early 2021. He scored his first professional goal for Sporting KC II against Louisville City FC on July 28, 2021 before making his debut for Sporting KC in a Leagues Cup match against Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021.

he scores 0-0-0

U-19 ranks by the time he was 15. He helped the U-17s reach the 2019 Development Academy Playoffs and split time between the U-17s and U-19s during the first half of the 2019-20 campaign. Cisneros and the SKC Academy returned to action in September 2020 in MLS Next play, with Cisneros striking twice during the abbreviated fall season - once for the U-17s and once for the U-19s.

A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Cisneros joined the Sporting KC Academy as a 12-year-old On the international stage, Cisneros notably starred at the 2019 Concacaf U-15 in 2016. That summer, he led Sporting to a fourth-place finish at the Concacaf U-13 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring both goals in a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Champions League in Mexico City. Cisneros went on to play almost 70 matches for Costa Rica, and also found the back of the net at the 2019 Torneo delle Nazioni in Italy. Sporting in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, scoring 15 goals and climbing to the MLS CAREER STATS

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Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 0 Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 150 Birthday: 1/3/2002 Hometown: Rochester, Michigan Last Club: Sporting KC II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/19/2021 Sporting Kansas City has signed midfielder Jake Davis as a Homegrown Player in August 2021 as the 19th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy and the 12th Academy product on the club’s current roster. He made his first-team debut in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United on Sept. 15, 2021.

also leads the club with 20 chances created and 47 tackles. A native of Rochester, Michigan, Davis moved to Kansas City in 2017 at age 15 to join the Sporting KC Academy. He represented Sporting at the U-17 and U-19 levels, amassing eight goals across 54 appearances in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.

A hard-nosed midfielder who can also play at right back, Davis started 28 of 37 appearances for Sporting Kansas City II across the 2019-2021 USL Championship seasons, adding seven assists in over 2,500 minutes played under head coach Paulo Nagamura. The 2021 campaign has seen Davis tally a team-high four assists in 17 matches, including the game-winner in a 3-2 victory at Memphis 901 FC on June 26. He

Davis earned international recognition for the first time in November 2019 when he was selected to the United States U-17 national team roster for the 19th annual Nike International Friendlies at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

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#13 | D | AMADOU DIA | @Amadou_iT11 SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

3074

MLS Postseason

296

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

351

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

3856

Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Birthday: 6/8/1993 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: Clemson University Last Club: Phoenix Rising FC (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed on 1/10/2020

Amadou Dia began his professional career with Sporting as the 20th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of Clemson University. He made 37 appearances for the club in all competitions during a two-year stint highlighted by a U.S. Open Cup title and consecutive playoff appearances. Dia spent three seasons with perennial USL Championship contender Phoenix Rising FC, where he was named the team’s Defender of the Year in 2018 and 2019, before returning to Sporting ahead of the 2020 campaign. Dia was a leading contributor at Rising FC from 2017-2019. He started 87 of 90 USL Championship matches at the club - notching four goals and eight assists - and guided Phoenix to three straight playoff berths, winning the 2018 Western Conference MLS CAREER STATS

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Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 11, 2020, KC vs. NSH Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 6, 2015, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, March 8, 2015, KC vs. NY Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 1, 2015, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: March 12, 2016, KC vs. VAN Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist Oct. 11, 2020, KC vs. NSH 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Championship and helping the side to a historically dominant 2019 campaign. Phoenix reached the 2018 USL Championship Final and ended 2019 with a 24-4-6 mark, setting an all-time American professional soccer record with 20 straight league wins. The left back appeared in 70 games during a four-year collegiate career at Clemson, contributing four goals and six assists. As a senior in 2014, he led the Tigers to the school’s first ACC soccer championship since 2001 en route to reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. Dia represented the U.S. at the U-14, U-18 and U-20 levels and also holds dual citizenship in his native France.

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KC - Regular Season

3074

MLS - Regular Season

3164

KC - Postseason

296

MLS - TOTAL

3460

MIN

MLS Regular Season

668

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

719

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Shots 2, Aug. 21, 2021, KC at MIN Fouls Committed 4, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Fouls Suffered 8, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 1-0-3 he scores 2-0-0

Height: 5-6 Weight: 135 Birthday: 2/13/2001 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 7/18/2019 Sporting Kansas City announced the signing of midfielder Cam Duke as a Homegrown Player midway through the 2019 season. The Overland Park, Kansas native was in the club’s Academy from 2012-2019, advancing from the Under-12 side to the Under-19s. He made his professional debut in the MLS is Back Quarterfinals against the Philadelphia Union on July 30, 2020 and scored his first goal in a 3-1 road win over Seattle on July 25, 2021 before scoring again in a Leagues Cup match vs. Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021.

spearheaded a first-place finish in the group stage with a goal and an assist. Duke was the No. 1 prospect in the Heartland Region and the 20th-ranked player nationally at TopDrawerSoccer.com. Duke is the younger brother of former Sporting midfielder and Rangers captain Christian Duke, while his father, Chris Duke, played for the Kansas City Comets and Kansas City Attack in the early 1990s. Duke represented the United States at the U-14 and U-15 level before guiding the U.S. U-16s to a third-place finish at the Val-de-Marne Tournament in France in 2016. Duke earned his first of several calls to the U.S. U-18s in November 2017 before returning to the team in 2018.

Duke capped an impressive Academy career by helping the SKC Academy U-19s reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in June 2019. After the U-19s secured the No. 4 overall seed with a 16-4-3 regular-season record, Duke MLS CAREER STATS

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OFF

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KC - Regular Season

668

MLS - TOTAL

668

#15 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

278

248

21660

MLS Postseason

1186

MLS is Back KO Stage

151

U.S. Open Cup

1946

International

727

ALL COMPETITIONS

325

290

25670

Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 10 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Shots on Goal 2, 13 times, last: June 12, 2021, KC vs. ATX Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 5 times, last: April 23, 2021, KC vs. ORL Fouls Suffered 6, 3 times, last: Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Assist Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN 2021 Record when: he starts 11-3-5 he scores 0-0-0

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. Espinoza set new careerhighs in both goals (3) and assists (9) in 2018.

competitions, tallying 12 goals and 42 assists over 12 seasons. He is both the club’s all-time leader and the all-time MLS leader with 12 red cards. 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 earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team after debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics before retiring from international play in 2019.

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 325 appearances for the club in all MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

278

248

21660

315

445

366

KC - Postseason

1186

MLS - TOTAL

293

263

22846

328

466

388

MIN

MLS Regular Season

3486

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

326

ALL COMPETITIONS

3902

Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Hometown: Banyoles, Spain Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 8/8/2018

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assists 1, June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Shots 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 18, 2021, KC vs. POR Fouls Committed 3, March 30, 2019, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: July 4, 2021, KC at LA

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2021 Record when: he starts 12-5-7 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 11/14/1989

Sporting Kansas City signed center back Andreu Fontas, a 10-year professional with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain, on Aug. 8, 2018. Fontas underwent Achilles surgery in late 2019, keeping him out for the majority of the 2020 season before making his return with three starts late in the campaign.

Masia youth academy alongside current Sporting KC midfielder Ilie Sanchez, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced through from the B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final that Barca won 4-0 over Santos. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013, where he made 139 appearances over five years. Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.

Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he started 100 of 105 league appearances and helped the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

3486

MLS - TOTAL

3486

#23 | F | TYLER FREEMAN | @tylerfreeman23 SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Birthday: 1/9/2003 Hometown: Shawnee, Kansas Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 10/2/2018 *On loan with Karlsruher SC for the 2021-22 2. Bundesliga Season

Sporting Kansas City announced the signing of forward Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown Player late in the 2018 season. A native of Shawnee, Kansas, Freeman is the secondyoungest player in club history behind current teammate Gianluca Busio. He entered the Sporting KC Academy in 2014 at age 11 and has represented his hometown club at the U-12 through U-19 levels.

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 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

and 2016 with the U-13s. In August 2016, Freeman propelled the Sporting KC U-13s to a fourth-place finish at the CONCACAF U-13 Champions League in Mexico City, scoring three goals at the tournament. He featured extensively for both the U-17s and U-19s in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Development Academy season.

On the international stage, Freeman earned his first selection to the U.S. U-14 Boys’ National Team for a training camp in November 2016. The following June in Zagreb, Croatia, he led the U.S. U-14s with a team-best four goals across three friendlies. In Freeman made an immediate impact upon joining Sporting KC’s youth ranks, leading the 2018, Freeman competed for the U.S. U-16s in April at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy U-12s at the 2015 Generation adidas Cup before winning Kansas State Cup titles in 2015 before receiving his first call to the U.S. U-17s in August for a Costa Rica training camp. MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

MLS - TOTAL

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Shots 2, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 2, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Fouls Suffered 1, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL

MLS Regular Season

173

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

263

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-2 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 11/28/1999 Hometown: Los Angeles, California Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 10/21/2020 Sporting Kansas City signed striker Wilson Harris as a Homegrown Player in October 2020 after he spent two and a half seasons with Sporting KC II in the USL Championship, scoring 23 goals in that time. Harris was the 13th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Academy. He made his MLS debut on May 12, 2021 in a narrow loss at Houston Dynamo FC before earning his first start on July 21, 2021 at home vs. San Jose.

Harris was the top-scoring teenager in American professional soccer in 2019, finishing the year with 12 goals in 25 USL Championship appearances. His dozen goals - which included a run of 10 strikes in his final 11 appearances - equaled the league’s singleseason record for a teenager. After joining the SKC Academy in 2017, Harris inked his first professional contract for Sporting KC II the following year and ended the 2018 USL Championship campaign with three goals in 15 games.

Harris became the youngest USL Championship player to eclipse 20 career goals in 2020. In three USL Championship seasons with Sporting II, Harris has started 39 of 56 appearances and averaged 0.64 goals per 90 minutes played. The forward bagged a team-leading eight goals under head coach and longtime Sporting midfielder Paulo Nagamura in 2020 while playing in every game of the abbreviated 16-game season.

A native of Los Angeles, Harris had prolific stints in the Seattle Sounders FC Academy and Real SoCal Academy before moving to Kansas City. During the 2017-18 season, he led the Sporting KC U-19s with 18 goals in 17 league appearances. On the international stage, Harris has represented the United States at the U-16, U-18 and U-20 levels.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

173

MLS - TOTAL

173

#21 | M | FELIPE HERNANDEZ | @Fe1ipe98 SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 3 times, last: June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC Shots 4, June 12, 2021, KC vs. ATX Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 14, 2020, KC at DAL Fouls Suffered 4, July 4, 2021, KC at LA

MLS Regular Season

1280

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

1348

Last Regular Season... Appearance July 4, 2021, KC at LA Goal June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Assist June 26, 2021, KC vs. LAFC 2021 Record when: he starts 3-1-0 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 6/8/1998 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/30/2019 Sporting Kansas City signed Felipe Hernandez as a Homegrown Player in late August 2019, making him the 12th Homegrown Player in club history and one of 12 on the current roster, joining Cam Duke, Tyler Freeman, Jaylin Lindsey, Daniel Salloi, Wilson Harris, John Pulskamp, Ozzie Cisneros, Grayson Barber, Brooks Thompson, Kaveh Rad and Kayden Pierre. Hernandez is the first Sporting player to progress from an Academy Affiliate club to the SKC Academy to Sporting KC II before signing with the senior team. His acquisition follows a breakout season in the USL Championship, where he started 24 of 26 appearances, scored a team-best eight goals and recorded four assists. In three seasons with SPR, Hernandez amassed 13 goals and 12 assists across 85 matches.

Born in Ibague, Colombia, Hernandez grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and played for Sporting Nashville Heroes, a former Academy Affiliate. He moved to Kansas City in the summer of 2014 to join the Academy. At age 16, Hernandez earned a preseason training stint with Sporting KC in January 2015, before signing an Academy contract with Sporting KC II in August 2016, two months prior to earning Bob Gansler Academy Player of the Year honors that then led to a professional SKC II contract in early 2017. On the international stage, Hernandez played for the U.S. U-19 National Team for the first time in August 2016 for the Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in Serbia. The following April, he ventured to London for his first training camp with the U.S. U-20s.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1280

KC - Postseason

MLS - TOTAL

1322

MIN

MLS Regular Season

575

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

575

Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Hometown: Meudon, France Last Club: Besiktas J.K. (Turkey) Acquired: Signed on 2/3/2021

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 4, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL Fouls Suffered 2, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL

Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 3-1-3 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 11/15/1991

Sporting Kansas City signed French center back Nicolas Isimat-Mirin ahead of the 2021 MLS season. Isimat has played over 250 professional matches since 2010, featuring in the top divisions of France, the Netherlands and Turkey. He has logged 93 appearances each in France’s Ligue 1 and the Dutch Eredivisie, where he won three league titles as an integral member of PSV Eindhoven.

In 2014, Isimat was loaned from Monaco to PSV Eindhoven. In his first Eredivisie season, he helped PSV win the league title by a 17-point margin, leading to PSV acquiring the defender on a permanent transfer ahead of the 2015-16 campaign. He appeared in 26 matches as PSV captured another Eredivisie title. Isimat and PSV won their third title in four years in 2017-2018. In early 2019, Isimat joined Besiktas in Turkey, starting 14 matches during the latter half of the season. For the 2019-20 campaign, the defender was loaned back to Ligue 1 for a stint with Toulouse, making 16 starts.

Born in the Paris suburb of Meudon, Isimat competed in the famous Clairefontaine youth academy from 2004-2007 before continuing his development at Rennes and Valenciennes. He began his professional career as an 18-year-old in 2010 and spent the next three seasons as a regular starter for Valenciennes. Isimat-Mirin landed a transfer to French title contender Monaco, where he played 11 matches for the club in all competitions during the 2013-14 season.

Isimat represented France as a U-20 and U-21 youth international and notably featured during 2013 UEFA European U-21 Championship qualifying. He struck a center back partnership alongside future World Cup winner Raphael Varane as France finished atop their qualifying group.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

575

MLS - TOTAL

575

#17 | M | GADI KINDA SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

2745

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

135

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

2981

Height: 5-8 Weight: 145 Hometown: Ashdod, Israel Last Club: Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) Acquired: Loaned in on 1/23/2020

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 10 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Assists 1, 7 times, last: Aug. 14, 2021, KC at DAL Shots on Goal 3, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL Shots 5, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 4, Feb. 29, 2020, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: Aug. 28, 2021, KC vs. COL

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Goal Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Assist Aug. 14, 2021, KC at DAL 2021 Record when: he starts 8-2-6 he scores 4-0-0

Birthday: 3/23/1994

Sporting Kansas City announced in January 2020 that the club had acquired central midfielder Gadi Kinda on a one-year loan from Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem. Sporting made the loan move permanent ahead of the 2021 season. Kinda has played over 200 matches in Israel since turning professional in 2011 at age 17. He starred as one of the Israeli Premier League’s best players during the first half of the 2019-20 season.

He became a regular starter for Ashdod during the 2013-2014 campaign, notably scoring his first top-fight goal in a 3-2 defeat of Israeli giants Maccabi Haifa in September 2013.

Born in Ethiopia and raised in Israel, Kinda joined Beitar Jerusalem in February 2019 and started 30 of 31 appearances in all competitions. Kinda spent the first seven and a half years of his professional career at FC Ashdod. He developed as a youth in his hometown club’s academy prior to landing an top-flight debut in September 2011 as a 17-year-old.

Ashdod spent the 2015-16 season in Israel’s second division, but a strong bounce-back culminated with a Liga Leumit title as Kinda earned 27 appearances and helped his team finish atop the standings. Ashdod’s promotion saw Kinda tally seven goals and seven assists over the next two and a half seasons before his transfer to Beitar Jerusalem. Kinda has three caps for the senior Israeli National Team, making his debut on June 5, 2021 when he scored the final goal in a 3-1 friendly win over Montenegro. He previously represented Israel at the U-18, U-19 and U-21 levels.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

2745

KC - Postseason

MLS - TOTAL

2806

MIN

MLS Regular Season

2620

MLS Postseason

210

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

205

International

105

ALL COMPETITIONS

3140

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 19, 2021, KC at POR Assists 1, 4 times, last: June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: May 22, 2021, KC at SJ Shots 2, 3 times, last: Oct. 7, 2020, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 3, July 21, 2021, KC vs. SJ Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Goal June 19, 2021, KC at POR Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2021 Record when: he starts 4-3-2 he scores 1-1-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 Birthday: 3/27/2000 Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/1/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed Jaylin Lindsey as a Homegrown Player in September 2017, with his contract starting on Jan. 1, 2018. He made his MLS debut on June 3 in a 4-1 win over Minnesota United FC. A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Lindsey is the third-youngest signing in club history. The defender has featured for the Sporting KC U-16s and U-18s and made more than 25 appearances for the United States U-17 Men’s National Team from 2016-2017.

Lindsey signed an Academy contract with Sporting KC II on May 6, 2016. A day later, he became the first American player born in 2000 or later to appear in a professional match. Lindsey would feature once more for the Rangers before joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in August 2016. Lindsey featured regularly for the U.S. U-17s and received his first call-up to the U.S. U-20s in September 2018. He was named to the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI in May after helping the U.S. to a second-place finish. That allowed Lindsey to represent the U.S. at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Lindsey has been a youth international since 2013, representing the U-14s, U-15s and U-17s.

Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lindsey joined the Sporting KC Academy in January 2015. He has made more than 30 combined appearances for the U-16s and U-18s. After impressing throughout his first full Academy season with Sporting KC, MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

2620

KC - Postseason

210

MLS - TOTAL

2830

#36 | D | LUIS MARTINS SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

3759

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

135

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

3928

Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Hometown: Lamego, Portugal Last Club: G.D. Chaves (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 8/1/2019

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Assists 1, 3 times, last: May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 21, 2021, KC at MIN Shots 2, 8 times, last: Aug. 28, 2021, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, May 1, 2021, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Assist May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX 2021 Record when: he starts 13-5-6 he scores 1-0-0

Birthday: 6/10/1992

Sporting Kansas City signed Portuguese left back Luis Martins in early August 2019. Martins boasts eight years of professional experience, including stints in the top-flight Portuguese Primeira Liga and Spanish La Liga. Born and raised in Lamego, Portugal, Martins came through the Benfica Academy and earned his first team debut with a start in the UEFA Champions League, helping the side to a 1-1 draw against FC Basel on Nov. 2, 2011, before spending most of 2012 with Benfica B. Martins transferred to Gil Vicente in 2013 and amassed 40 Primeira Liga appearances over the next two years. In 2014, Martins headed to Spain and signed with

Granada in La Liga. His debut saw him face eventual UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou. Martins was loaned to fellow Spanish side Osasuna in 2015-16 and to Portuguese outfit Maritimo from 2016-2018. Martins spent the 2018-19 campaign with G.D. Chaves in the Portuguese top flight, scoring once in 20 matches. As a youth, Martins represented Portugal’s U-16s, U-17s and U-18s from 2008-2009. He then featured at the 2010 UEFA Under-19 Championship before helping Portugal to a second-place finish at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. He also started four qualifying matches for the 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

3759

KC - Postseason

MLS - TOTAL

3793

MIN

MLS Regular Season

235

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

235

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Shots 2, Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 2-1-0 he scores 1-0-0

Height: 5-6 Weight: 145 Birthday: 5/16/1996 Hometown: Realico, Argentina Last Club: Club Atletico Talleres (Argentina) Acquired: Signed on 8/5/2021 Sporting Kansas City signed Argentine-Italian midfielder Jose Mauri in early August 2021. Mauri, who holds dual citizenship in Argentina and Italy, boasts six seasons of top-flight experience in the Italian Serie A, where he competed for Parma, Empoli and European giants AC Milan from 2013-2019. He arrived in Kansas City after a two-year stint with Argentine Primera Division side Club Atletico Talleres. Mauri made his Sporting debut on Sept. 3, 2021 at LAFC before scoring his first goal in his second game on Sept. 11, 2021 in a 2-0 win over Chicago.

season, starting 29 of 33 Serie A matches for Parma and scoring twice, including the lone goal in a 1-0 upset win over Juventus on April 11, 2015. Mauri’s standout performances with Parma prompted AC Milan to sign the player ahead of the 2015-16 season. The 2016-17 campaign saw Mauri join Empoli on loan, where he played 14 additional Serie A matches. He returned to Milan shortly after his 21st birthday where he spent each the next two seasons. Following his spell at Milan, Mauri joined Argentine first division side Talleres in September 2019. Born and raised in Realico, Argentina, Mauri is of Italian descent and represented Italy at the U-16, U-17 and U-21 youth international levels. He featured in 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying and was later selected to Italy’s squad for 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying.

A versatile central midfielder, Mauri moved from his native Argentina to Italy in 2012 to join Parma’s youth ranks and earned his senior team debut for the club in a Coppa Italia victory over Varese on Dec. 3, 2013 at age 17. He made his first Serie A appearance the following month in a 1-0 win against Udinese. Mauri enjoyed a breakthrough 2014-15 MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

235

MLS - TOTAL

235

#22 | GK | KENDALL MCINTOSH | @McIntoshKendall SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A

MLS Regular Season

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 Birthday: 1/24/1994 Hometown: Santa Rosa, California College: Santa Clara Last Club: New York Red Bulls (MLS) Acquired: Acquired in Re-Entry Draft on 12/17/2020 Sporting Kansas City acquired goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh in Stage 1 of the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Process. McIntosh boasts five years of professional experience across Major League Soccer and the USL Championship. He spent the 2020 MLS campaign with the New York Red Bulls following a four-year stint in the Portland Timbers organization from 2016-2019.

Born in Oakland and raised in Santa Rosa, California, McIntosh was a member of the San Jose Earthquakes Academy as a youth before embarking on a four-year collegiate career at Santa Clara University. He made 53 appearances for the Broncos from 2012-2015 and was named the 2015 West Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year as a senior, leading Santa Clara to the WCC Championship.

As a rookie in 2016, McIntosh competed for Timbers 2 of the USL Championship prior to signing his first MLS contract with Portland in January 2017. He played most of the next three years on loan with Timbers 2, making 60 total USL Championship appearances for the club across four seasons. In his lone appearance for Portland’s first team, McIntosh secured a 2-0 shutout victory over San Jose in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 in 2018.

On the international stage, McIntosh notably featured for the U.S. U-20 National Team at the 2012 Northern Ireland Milk Cup. Earlier, he was part of the U.S. U-14 National Development Program and the U-15’ National Team prior to his residency with the U-17s in Bradenton, Florida. At the 2011 Concacaf U-17 Championship, McIntosh recorded two shutouts in three winning appearances - including a 3-0 defeat of Canada in the final.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

KC - Regular Season

0.00

MLS - TOTAL

0.00

MIN

MLS Regular Season

187

16783

MLS Postseason

744

MLS is Back KO Stage

180

U.S. Open Cup

1080

International

540

ALL COMPETITIONS

214

19327

Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 7, Sept. 15, 2019, KC at LA Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Shutout Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN 2021 Record when: he starts 11-3-6

Birthday: 5/15/1986

Tim Melia has the most regular-season wins (84), shutouts (59) and saves (562) in club history, and has also played the most games (187) of any Sporting goalkeeper. Melia claimed the 2017 Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759). Melia surpassed each of those numbers in 2018, posting 18 wins, 13 shutouts, 106 saves, 34 starts and 3060 minutes.

saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy. 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 named MLS Comeback Player of the Year. After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.

Melia was also named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10 MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

KC - Regular Season

187

16783

791

562

222

1.19

MLS - Regular Season

193

192

17222

823

581

236

1.23

KC - Postseason

744

1.69

MLS - TOTAL

201

200

17966

863

606

250

1.25

#24 | D | KAYDEN PIERRE | @KaydenPierre5 SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

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

MLS Regular Season

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 5-10 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/16/2003 Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 5/4/2021

he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City signed outside back Kayden Pierre to a Homegrown contract early in the 2021 season after impressing at preseason camp in Arizona with the Sporting KC first team. Pierre is the 18th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy and one of 11 on the current roster.

Capable of playing at left back and right back, Pierre gained his first professional experience in 2020 when he signed an amateur academy contract with Sporting Kansas City II. He started two of three USL Championship appearances in 2020, including a 90-minute outing in a dramatic 2-1 road victory over Indy Eleven on Sept. 30.

Born and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Pierre joined the Sporting KC Academy in 2018 from Vardar SC in his native state. He has represented Sporting at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels since then, and helped guide the U-17s to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in 2019.

On the international stage, Pierre has competed for the United States U-14 and U-16 national teams over the last five years. He participated in multiple U-14 training camps from 2016-2017 before jumping to the U-16s for training camps from 2018-2019.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

MLS - TOTAL

MIN

MLS Regular Season

2368

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

180

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

2548

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Last Club: C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico) Acquired: Signed on 12/10/2019

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN Assists 2, July 22, 2020, KC at RSL Shots on Goal 6, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Shots 8, May 22, 2021, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, June 19, 2021, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Goal Aug. 14, 2021, KC at DAL Assist Aug. 18, 2021, KC vs. POR 2021 Record when: he starts 8-4-3 he scores 6-1-0

Birthday: 3/8/1991

Pulido then signed for Greek outfit Levadiakos and scored on his debut before heading to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. He notched six goals throughout the 2015-16 campaign as Olympiacos claimed the Super League title, with Pulido also competing in the Europa League and Champions League qualifying during his time with the club. Pulido returned to Liga MX in August 2016, joining Guadalajara on a club-record transfer fee. His first full season with Chivas yielded 14 goals, helping his side to a double-winning campaign that ended with his first Liga MX Best XI selection. In 2018, he led Chivas to the Concacaf Pulido developed in the Tigres UANL youth academy before breaking into the first team in Champions League title and the club’s first continental championship in 56 years. 2009 as an 18-year-old. He helped Tigres to the 2009 SuperLiga title and two years later, At the international level, Pulido has bagged five goals in 20 caps for Mexico’s senior Pulido scored in the decisive second leg of the 2011 Liga MX Apertura Final as Tigres team and was part of the El Tri squad at the 2011 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World won its first league championship since 1982. Pulido enjoyed a breakout 2013-14 campaign with 25 goals in all competitions during his final season at Tigres, scoring in the Cup. He also led the Mexico U-23s to the 2012 Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2014 Copa MX Clausura Final to finish as the tournament’s golden boot winner. championship at Children’s Mercy Park as the top scorer of the competition. Sporting Kansas City acquired Mexican striker Alan Pulido as a Designated Player on a club-record transfer fee from C.D. Guadalajara in December 2019. Pulido has scored over 100 combined goals for club and country during a decorated career highlighted by five domestic championships, the 2018 Concacaf Champions League title and 13 caps for the Mexico Men’s National Team. He joins Sporting after finishing atop the Liga MX scoring charts with 12 goals for C.D. Guadalajara in the 2019 Apertura season.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

2368

MLS - TOTAL

2368

#1 | GK | JOHN PULSKAMP | @john_pulskamp SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, May 1, 2021, KC at RSL Saves 5, May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX

MLS Regular Season

450

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

540

Last Regular Season... Appearance May 12, 2021, KC at HOU Shutout N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 2-2-1

Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Birthday: 4/19/2001 Hometown: Bakersfield, California Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 2/24/2020 Sporting Kansas City signed goalkeeper John Pulskamp as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2020 season after acquiring his Homegrown rights from the LA Galaxy where he spent two seasons in the club’s Academy. He made his MLS debut in the 2021 season opener, helping the side to a 2-1 victory at the New York Red Bulls.

road triumph over Charlotte Independence on Sept. 21. Pulskamp arrived in Kansas City in April 2019 after a two-year stint in the LA Galaxy Academy, where he competed at the U-17 and U-19 levels in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. He also spent time on trial with English Premier League outfit AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. Prior to joining the Galaxy, he represented youth sides Real So Cal and Central California Aztecs.

A native of Bakersfield, California, Pulskamp joined the MLS ranks on the heels of a 2019 USL Championship season in which he led Sporting KC II goalkeepers in starts (14), At the youth international level, Pulskamp debuted for the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team minutes (1,260), wins (four) and saves (45). He enjoyed several standout performances in a friendly against regional rivals Mexico in early 2020. He also competed at a U.S. U-18 throughout the year, making five saves in a victory over reigning league champion training camp in June 2018 at Pinnacle in Kansas City, Kansas. Louisville City on May 6 and four saves in a defeat of rivals Saint Louis FC on June 30. He later shut out North Carolina FC in a 1-0 win on Sept. 14 and posted six saves in a 3-0 MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

KC - Regular Season

450

1.40

MLS - TOTAL

450

1.40

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #4 | D | ROBERTO PUNCEC SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

1805

MLS Postseason

210

MLS is Back KO Stage

180

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

2285

Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Hometown: Varazdin, Croatia Last Club: HNK Rijeka (Croatia) Acquired: Signed on 12/4/2019

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Feb. 29, 2020, KC at VAN Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Shots 2, May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 28, 2020, KC at CIN Fouls Suffered 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 14, 2020, KC at DAL

Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist Feb. 29, 2020, KC at VAN 2021 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 10/27/1991

Sporting Kansas City signed Croatian defender Roberto Puncec in December 2019. The center back has amassed almost 300 professional appearances across 12 professional seasons in Croatia, Israel and Germany. He arrives at Sporting after spending two and a half seasons with Croatian first-division club HNK Rijeka, where he won the 2019 Croatian Cup.

In 2012, Puncec began a five-year stint with German side Union Berlin of the seconddivision 2. Bundesliga. He featured regularly during his time in the German capital, starting 118 of 128 appearances in all competitions as Union Berlin finished in the top half of the table in each of his five seasons with the club. Puncec returned to his native Croatia in 2017, signing for HNK Rijeka. He anchored the club’s defense from 2017-2019, guiding Rijeka to consecutive second-place finishes in the Croatian First Football League and propelled his side to silverware in May 2019 as the Whites won the Croatian Cup.

A native of Varazdin, Croatia, Puncec developed in the NK Varazdin academy and signed his first senior team contract in 2008 at age 16. He became a regular starter in 2009 and helped his hometown club secure a spot in 2011-12 UEFA Europa League qualifying before joining Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv in August 2011. His lone season in Israel yielded 23 total appearances.

As a youth, Puncec represented Croatia at the U-14 through U-21 levels. He made five appearances at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, leading Croatia to the semifinals, then played all three games at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1805

KC - Postseason

210

MLS - TOTAL

2015

#48 | D | KAVEH RAD | @KavehRad11 SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 1, Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL

MLS Regular Season

244

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

334

Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 7, 2021, KC at COL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Birthday: 6/13/2001 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 4/5/2021 Sporting Kansas City signed center back Kaveh Rad as a Homegrown Player in April 2021, becoming the 16th player to emerge from the Sporting KC Academy to the first team. He made his MLS debut at Real Salt Lake on May 1, 2021. A native of North Carolina, Rad started 34 of 36 matches for Sporting Kansas City II in the USL Championship in 2019 and 2020. He enjoyed a breakout year for the club in 2019, signing an academy contract and making 22 appearances. Rad started 14 matches for Sporting KC II during a shortened 2020 campaign, leading the team in minutes (1,260) and passes (871) while starting in four of the club’s five wins.

Rad and his twin brother Jahon - who is under contract with Sporting KC II - moved from Durham, North Carolina, to Kansas City to join the Sporting KC Academy in 2016. He recorded seven goals and 65 league appearances in the U.S Soccer Development Academy from 2016-2019, representing Sporting at the U-15 through U-19 levels. During his time in the academy, Rad helped lead the Sporting KC U-19s to consecutive appearances at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs in 2018 and 2019, including a dramatic run to the quarterfinals in the summer of 2019. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, the Rad brothers competed for North Carolina academy club Capital Area RailHawks Academy.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

244

MLS - TOTAL

244

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

101

7342

MLS Postseason

555

MLS is Back KO Stage

157

U.S. Open Cup

190

International

422

ALL COMPETITIONS

118

8666

Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Last Club: Derby County FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/31/2018

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA Assists 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Shots on Goal 4, 4 times, last: Aug. 28, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots 8, Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 4, 2021, KC at LA Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 7, 2020, KC vs. CHI Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assist Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN 2021 Record when: he starts 8-5-5 he scores 4-1-1

Birthday: 4/8/1990

Sporting KC acquired Scottish winger Johnny Russell in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. Russell has tallied 33 goals and 37 assists in 118 appearances for Sporting KC since the start of 2018, including two hat tricks.

League. He added 14 more goals in all comps during the 2011-12 campaign to pace another fourth-place finish. Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals in 38 competitive appearances. Russell reached new heights in June 2013 when he joined Derby County. He marked his debut for the outfit with his first of nine Russell previously scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as the Rams fell just short of promotion to the his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United Academy in Scotland before EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons. making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following two seasons on loan at Scottish side Forfar Russell has 13 career caps for Scotland and scored his first international goal during a Athletic and marked his first career Dundee United start with a goal in the 2009 Scottish European Championshop Qualifier in San Marino on March 24, 2019. Russell made his FA Cup. After being loaned to Raith Rovers in 2009-10, Russell enjoyed a breakout year debut in 2014 and recently helped Scotland gain promotion to League B in the UEFA at Dundee United with nine goals as the Tangerines finished fourth in the Scottish Premier Nations League in 2018. He has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels. MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

101

7342

224

135

298

KC - Postseason

555

MLS - TOTAL

107

7897

237

149

318

#20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Assists 2, 2 times, last: June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: July 13, 2019, KC at VAN Shots 8, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, June 7, 2019, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 5, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL

MLS Regular Season

109

7059

MLS Postseason

397

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

495

International

197

ALL COMPETITIONS

130

8222

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assist Aug. 14, 2021, KC at DAL 2021 Record when: he starts 13-2-5 he scores 9-0-3

Height: 6-1 Weight: 160 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 one of 12 Homegrown Players to come through the SKC Academy on the current roster, alongside Jaylin Lindsey (2018), Tyler Freeman (2019), Cameron Duke (2019), Felipe Hernandez (2019), Wilson Harris (2020), Grayson Barber (2021), Ozzie Cisneros (2021), Brooks Thompson (2021), Kaveh Rad (2021), Kayden Pierre (2021) and Jake Davis (2021).

II in 2016, scoring four goals and adding three assists before being loaned to Gyirmot SE in Hungary for the remainder of the season. Salloi moved to the U.S. in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining the SKC Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season.

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 He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Bank Liga on July 18, 2015 the day before his 19th birthday. Salloi has three caps for the Cup on June 14, 2017 - and added his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1. Salloi scored senior Hungary National Team, having made his debut in a World Cup Qualifier against the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final. Salloi made 10 appearances for SKC England on Sept. 2, 2021. He previously played for the Hungary Under-21 National Team. MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

109

7059

239

KC - Postseason

397

MLS - TOTAL

114

7456

254

104

100

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

135

126

11555

MLS Postseason

690

MLS is Back KO Stage

154

U.S. Open Cup

870

International

630

ALL COMPETITIONS

160

151

13899

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 7 times, last: May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Assists 2, May 9, 2018, KC at ATL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD Shots 5, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: July 12, 2020, KC vs. MIN Fouls Suffered 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal May 9, 2021, KC vs. ATX Assist Oct. 17, 2020, KC at CHI 2021 Record when: he starts 11-4-4 he scores 1-0-0

Birthday: 11/21/1990

Ilie, 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 Elche CF during the 2015-16 season. He joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season and has made 160 appearances in all competitions, earning SKC Newcomer of the Year honors in 2017 before being named an MLS All-Star and the club’s Most Valuable Player in 2018.

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.

Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as Division. Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier. MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

135

126

11555

107

KC - Postseason

690

MLS - TOTAL

142

133

12245

106

113

115

#11 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

4302

MLS Postseason

382

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

4779

Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Hometown: Leander, Texas College: Oregon State Last Club: SC Paderborn 07 (Germany) Acquired: Signed on 12/9/2019

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 15 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) Shots on Goal 4, July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL Shots 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC) Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Assist Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN 2021 Record when: he starts 9-4-3 he scores 2-0-0

Birthday: 6/26/1993

Shelton spent 2019 with German club SC Paderborn 07 and returns to Kansas City for his second stint at Sporting after helping the club to first place in the Western Conference and a record-breaking scoring season in 2018. Shelton started 17 of 24 appearances for Sporting in all competitions during a 2018 campaign that saw the club set regular season club records in goals, assists and goal differential. He tallied two goals and five assists in MLS play as Sporting finished atop the West with 62 points and an 18-8-8 record, including a 12-3-5 mark in regular-season matches that Shelton played.

He was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts.

Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 15, 2015 by expansion side New York City FC and spent three seasons with the club.

Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team for the Lisbon International Tournament in 2011. Selected to the U18 squad for its trip to Israel in 2010.

In college, Shelton recorded 10 goals and 12 assists at Oregon State University his senior season. He was an NSCAA All-America Second Team; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

4302

MLS - Regular Season

116

6823

126

KC - Postseason

382

MLS - Postseason

439

MLS - TOTAL

123

7226

130

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Assists 1, Aug. 31, 2019, KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 15, 2019, KC at LA Shots 3, Sept. 15, 2019, KC at LA Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: Aug. 29, 2020, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 2, Aug. 22, 2019, KC vs. MIN

MLS Regular Season

1377

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

180

U.S. Open Cup

180

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

1737

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL Goal Aug. 17, 2019, KC vs. SJ Assist Aug. 31, 2019, KC vs. HOU 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Birthday: 4/8/1990 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: University of Denver Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#18) - signed on 2/15/18 Sporting Kansas City selected center back Graham Smith with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft before officially sigining him in February 2018. He made his debut and first start for the club in the 3-2 victory over Houston on June 23, 2018, going the full 90 minutes at center back in the thrilling win.

A native of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Smith was teammates with current SKC forward Khiry Shelton during his freshman year at Oregon State. He assisted three goals in 38 matches for the Beavers, helping the side reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014. Upon transferring to Denver in 2016, Smith helped the Pioneers reach the Men’s College Cup for the first time in program history. He split time between the holding midfield and Smith split his four-year college career between Oregon State University (2014-15) and center back positions, serving as the anchor of a defense that notched a 0.52 goals the University of Denver (2016-17). The defender started all 80 appearances at the NCAA against average in 2016 and a 0.71 goals against average in 2017. As a senior, Smith Division I level, registering six goals and seven assists in his final two seasons with the was a United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team selection and a CoSIDA Pioneers. Academic All-American. MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1377

MLS - TOTAL

1377

#31 | GK | BROOKS THOMPSON | @BrooksThompson0 SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

MLS Regular Season

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2021 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Floyds Knobs, Indiana Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship) Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/20/2021 Goalkeeper Brooks Thompson signed a Homegrown contract with Sporting Kansas City in early 2021 and is one of 12 active Homegrown players on the current roster. Thompson has two seasons of professional experience with Sporting Kansas City II in the USL Championship. He led Sporting KC II goalkeepers during the shortened 2020 campaign with 26 saves and a 1.17 goals against average in six matches.

Thompson, who grew up in Floyds Knobs, Indiana, joined the Sporting KC Academy in the summer of 2018 following a two-year stint with the IMG Academy in Florida. He played a leading role for the U-19s during the 2018-19 Development Academy campaign, posting a 7-2-3 record with four clean sheets while also featuring in the Generation adidas Cup.

Thompson exploded for a career-high nine saves in his 2020 debut on July 18 at Indy Eleven, including one that placed second in USL Championship Save of the Year voting. He earned his first professional clean sheet two weeks later against the same team, saving four shots in a 1-0 win to land USL Championship Team of the Week honors.

After logging two preseason appearances for the Sporting KC first team in early 2019, Thompson made his jump to the USL Championship in March of that year. At 16, he became the youngest professional signing in Sporting KC II history and claimed victory in his pro debut against Hartford Athletic on July 17, 2019, at Children’s Mercy Park.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

KC - Regular Season

0.00

MLS - TOTAL

0.00

MIN

MLS Regular Season

1160

MLS Postseason

MLS is Back KO Stage

U.S. Open Cup

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

1205

Height: 5-8 Weight: 170 Hometown: Essey-les-Nancy, France Last Club: Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey) Acquired: Signed on 12/22/2020

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Shots 2, May 16, 2021, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: Aug. 21, 2021, KC at MIN Fouls Suffered 2, 6 times, last: Aug. 18, 2021, KC vs. POR Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI Goal N/A Assist Sept. 11, 2021, KC vs. CHI 2021 Record when: he starts 5-4-6 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 4/26/1995

Central midfielder Remi Walter signed with Sporting KC in December 2020, having amassed nearly 200 professional appearances since 2012, spanning seven full seasons in his native France and one season in Turkey. He boasts experience in several prestigious European competitions, including the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League qualifying, French Ligue 1 and the Turkish Super Lig. A native of Essey-les-Nancy, Walter developed in Nancy’s youth academy before joining the first team as an 18-year-old in 2013. He became a regular starter in the early stages of the 2013-14 season and spent the next two and a half years as an integral midfield contributor for the side before being transferred to French title contender Nice in early

2016. Walter helped the club to a fourth-place finish as well as qualification to the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The following season, he made 26 appearances as Nice took another step forward by placing third in Ligue 1 and booking a spot in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League. Walter split the 2017-18 campaign between Nice and Troyes on loan, before returning to Nice in the summer of 2018. Walter transferred to Turkish first division outfit Yeni Malatyaspor in January of 2020 before departing later that summer. On the international stage, Walter was a French youth international who participated in a number of high-profile tournaments, namely the 2012 UEFA U-17 Championship in Slovenia and qualifying for the 2017 UEFA U-21 Championship in Poland.

MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

1160

MLS - TOTAL

1160

#8 | D | GRAHAM ZUSI SPORTING KC STATS

MIN

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 8 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC Shots on Goal 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR 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

MLS Regular Season

312

268

24484

MLS Postseason

1739

MLS is Back KO Stage

180

U.S. Open Cup

1537

International

1140

ALL COMPETITIONS

363

317

29080

Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN Goal July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL Assist Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC 2021 Record when: he starts 9-2-5 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) Sporting’s all-time appearance leader, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017-19), MLS Best XI (2012-13) & 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.

reached 50 regular-season assists and later moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017 versus FC Dallas.

Zusi has earned 55 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 Zusi re-signed with Sporting KC in late 2018. He has recorded 32 goals and 85 assists in World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in 363 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2009 out his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the club history with 85 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including 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. postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi MLS CAREER STATS

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Regular Season

312

268

24484

458

138

255

348

798

KC - Postseason

1739

MLS - TOTAL

330

286

26223

489

141

280

378

867

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

Stat

Player

Stat

Player

Games

C.J. Sapong (2011), Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018)

Games

Graham Zusi*

312

Minutes

Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018)

3060

Minutes

Matt Besler

25,501

Goals

Dom Dwyer (2014)

Goals

Preki

Assists

Preki (1997 & 2003)

Assists

Preki

Shots

Preki (1996)

140

Shots

Preki

693

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

Shots on goal

Preki

283

Fouls Committed

Chris Henderson (2000)

Fouls Committed

Roger Espinoza*

445

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2004)

111

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud

528

Offsides

Eddie Johnson (2007)

Offsides

Vitalis Takawira

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi*

798

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2013)

Cautions

Roger Espinoza*

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010), Roger Espinoza (2019)

Ejections

Roger Espinoza*

ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat

Player

Games

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013), Tim Melia (2018)

3060

Wins

Mike Ammann (1997)

Losses

Mike Amman (1998)

Draws

Bo Oshoniyi (2005)

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000)

Goals Against Average

Tim Melia (2017)

0.78

Goals Allowed

Tim Melia (2019)

Saves

Tony Meola (2000)

129

Stat

Player

Games

Tim Melia*

187

Minutes

Tim Melia*

16,783

Wins

Tim Melia*

Losses

Tim Melia*

Draws

Tim Melia*

Shutouts

Tim Melia*

Goals Allowed

Tim Melia*

222

Saves

Tim Melia*

562

Goals Against Avg.

Jimmy Nielsen

0.99

SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)

Stat

Year

Stat

Player

Points Per Game

2020

1.857

Goals

Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso Fernandes (2017), Johnny Russell (2018), Krisztian Nemeth (2019), Johnny Russell (2019)

Goals

2018

Assists

2018

Shots

2018

583

Shots on goal

1996

250

2013

511

Assists

Chris Henderson (1999)

Shots

Preki (1997)

Fouls Committed

Shots on goal

Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)

Fouls Suffered

2000

541

1997

117

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)

Offsides

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

Corner Kicks

2018

206

2019

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

Cautions

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

Ejections

2011

Points

2012

Wins

1997

Losses

1999

Ties

2017

Shutouts

2000

Goals Allowed

2019

SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat

Player

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi (2001), Tim Melia (2019)

Saves

Tim Melia (2018)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Graham Zusi* 312 2. Matt Besler 294 3. Roger Espinoza* 278 4. Davy Arnaud 240 5. Kerry Zavagnin 237 6. Nick Garcia 224 7. Preki 218 8. Seth Sinovic 210 9. Jimmy Conrad 204 10. Chris Klein 200

GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Johnny Russell* 101 31 7. Benny Feilhaber 167 31 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 10. Graham Zusi* 312 29

GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Matt Besler 285 2. Graham Zusi* 268 3. Roger Espinoza* 248 4. Kerry Zavagnin 228 5. Nick Garcia 224 6. Davy Arnaud 213 7. Jimmy Conrad 203 8. Seth Sinovic 200 9. Preki 199 10. Tim Melia* 187

ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 312 70 3. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber 167 43 5. Roger Espinoza* 278 38 6. Davy Arnaud 240 35 7. Johnny Russell* 101 30 8. Mo Johnston 149 28 9. Josh Wolff 144 26 10. Mark Chung 94 25

MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Matt Besler 25,501 2. Graham Zusi* 24,484 3. Roger Espinoza* 21,660 4. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 5. Nick Garcia 20,157 6. Davy Arnaud 19,399 7. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 8. Preki 17,817 9. Seth Sinovic 17,738 10. Tim Melia* 16,783 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Tim Melia* 187 2. Jimmy Nielsen 128 3. Tony Meola 125 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 5. Kevin Hartman 90 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11

SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Graham Zusi* 312 458 3. Davy Arnaud 240 452 4. Dom Dwyer 128 401 5. Kei Kamara 113 370 6. Roger Espinoza* 278 315 7. Chris Klein 200 312 8. Mo Johnston 149 274 9. Josh Wolff 144 265 10. Benny Feilhaber 167 256

SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tim Melia* 187 562 2. Tony Meola 125 507 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 4. Kevin Hartman 90 332 5. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 6. Mike Amman 60 206 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Tim Melia* 187 59 2. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 3. Tony Meola 125 37 4. Kevin Hartman 90 22 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 6. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Tim Melia* 187 84 2. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 3. Tony Meola 125 49 4. Mike Ammann 60 33 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 6. Kevin Hartman 90 30 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5

SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer 128 161 4. Graham Zusi* 312 138 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 8. Kei Kamara 113 126 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 10. Daniel Salloi* 109 99 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Roger Espinoza* 278 445 2. Davy Arnaud 240 329 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 4. Matt McKeon 144 309 5. Graham Zusi* 312 254 6. Matt Besler 294 241 7. Dom Dwyer 128 239 8. Nick Garcia 224 234 9. Mo Johnston 149 226 10. Seth Sinovic 210 217 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Roger Espinoza* 278 366 3. Preki 218 362 4. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 5. Graham Zusi* 312 348 6. Benny Feilhaber 167 299 7. Dom Dwyer 128 273 8. Nick Garcia 224 250 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Roger Espinoza* 278 62 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 4. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Matt Besler 294 35 5. Seth Sinovic 210 35 7. Aurelien Collin 107 31 8. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 8. Matt McKeon 144 30 10. Graham Zusi* 312 29

CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 312 798 2. Preki 218 452 3. Johnny Russell* 101 299 4. Benny Feilhaber 167 287 5. Claudio Lopez 57 188 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 7. Francisco Gomez 114 157 8. Chris Henderson 61 154 9. Chris Klein 200 152 10. Davy Arnaud 240 144 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 13 1. Preki 218 13 3. Chris Klein 200 12 4. Daniel Salloi* 109 11 4. Kei Kamara 113 11 4. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 8. Graham Zusi* 312 9 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 10. Benny Feilhaber 167 7 10. C.J. Sapong 110 7 10. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi* 312 28 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber 167 13 5. Roger Espinoza* 278 10 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 8. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 8. Mo Johnston 149 8 8. Kei Kamara 113 8 8. Chance Myers 147 8 8. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Felipe Gutierrez 52 5 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 8. Johnny Russell* 101 4 8. Mo Johnston 149 4 8. Chris Klein 200 4 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber 167 12 3. Dom Dwyer 128 7 4. Ilie Sanchez* 135 5 4. Felipe Gutierrez 52 5 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 7. Claudio Lopez 57 4 8. Alan Pulido* 31 3 8. Claudio Bieler 41 3 8. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 8. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 8. Josh Wolff 144 3 Player 1. Dom Dwyer 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Johnny Russell* 6. Josh Wolff 7. Vitalis Takawira 8. Daniel Salloi* 9. Mark Chung 9. Mo Johnston *Minimum 20 goals

GOALS PER GAME GP 128 113 218 88 101 144 103 109 94 149

GLS AVG 57 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 31 0.31 43 0.30 28 0.27 28 0.26 20 0.21 31 0.21

BOLD * - denotes player on current roster

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34

Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 2021 Daniel Salloi* 1996 Vitalis Takawira

GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2018 Ilie Sanchez 34 2018 Graham Zusi 34

ASSISTS Year Player GP ASSISTS 1997 Preki 27 17 2003 Preki 30 17 2000 Preki 31 15 2012 Graham Zusi 32 15 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 15

MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2018 Tim Melia 3060 2018 Ilie Sanchez 3060 2018 Graham Zusi 3060 2017 Ilie Sanchez 2970 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2018 Tim Melia 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2019 Tim Melia 32 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2019 Tim Melia

SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 32 111

Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2018 Tim Melia 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen 2017 Tim Melia

SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 34 13 30 10 29 10 31 10

GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2018 Tim Melia 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 2017 Tim Melia 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2017 Tim Melia 31 24 0.78 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2021 Tim Melia* 20 19 0.95 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played

Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki

GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 23 13 28 13

SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97

SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 66 Year Player 2004 Davy Arnaud 2005 Davy Arnaud 2015 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki 2006 Davy Arnaud

FOULS SUFFERED GP FS 30 111 31 85 30 81 30 77 32 76

CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2019 Felipe Gutierrez 32 11 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 2017 Roger Espinoza 30 9 2018 Roger Espinoza 32 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 2019 Roger Espinoza 16 3 nine players tied with 2

CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2019 Johnny Russell 28 109 OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36 GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 2018 Daniel Salloi 29 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 2019 Felipe Gutierrez 32 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 2021 Daniel Salloi* 23 13 1996 Preki 32 18 *Minimum 5 goals

AVG 0.71 0.67 0.63 0.57 0.56

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 26, 2021 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 10 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd) ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st) SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY) Game: 6 Alan Pulido (10/24/2020 vs. COL) Half: 4 10 times

CORNER KICKS Career: 798 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st) Half: 8 Johnny Russell (08/14/2019 at ORL, 2nd)

FOULS COMMITTED Career: 445 Roger Espinoza Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)

GOALS ALLOWED Career: 222 Tim Melia Season: 60 Tim Melia (2019) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI) Game: 7 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA) Half: 6 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA, 2nd)

FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times

SAVES Career: 562 Tim Melia Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA) Half: 7 4 times

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 65 Game: 7 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5

in 2018 03/30/2019 vs. MTL 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)

ASSISTS Season: 69 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8

in 2018 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)

SHOTS Season: 583 Game: 34 Game: 34 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 Half: 23

in 2018 05/15/2016 vs. ORL 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 10/06/2018 vs. LA 4 times 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)

CORNER KICKS Season: 206 in 2018 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 67 in 2019 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI Game: 7 09/15/2019 at LA 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 6 09/15/2019 at LA (2nd) SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:

133 in 1999 10 04/08/2018 at LA 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB 7 4 times

John Pulskamp Jaylin Lindsey Andreu Fontas Roberto Puncec Nicolas Isimat-Mirin Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Alan Pulido Gianluca Busio Khiry Shelton Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Graham Smith Gadi Kinda Grayson Barber Daniel Salloi Felipe Hernandez Kendall McIntosh Tyler Freeman Kayden Pierre Ozzie Cisneros Cameron Duke Tim Melia Brooks Thompson Jose Mauri Luis Martins Parker Siegfried Jake Davis Kaveh Rad Remi Walter Wilson Harris

Player

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

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4 ATX 2-1 90G 36 90D 58D

5 HOU 0-1 90G 90D 90D

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77F 74F 35 1

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90F 12

90D 90F 90D 90F

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69M 23 9 2

90D 27 13 41M 3

8 6

29 45M 90M 61M 71M 90F 90M 90M 21M 60F 13 19 59F

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67M 78M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

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90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 56D 76D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45

90D 27 90M 90M 64M 5

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15 90D 48 90D 90D 40D 45 13 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45D 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 61D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 82D 90D 90D 26 29 90M 90D 1 16 90F 90F 45F 90F 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 75D 90D 42D 50 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 18 90D 88F 89F 90F 90F 45 76F 71F 31 90F 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90F 90F 74F 90F 10 90F 14 90F 30 90F 77F 90F 34 14 45M 88M 63M 77M 90M 80M 67M 84M 90M 30 64M 90M 19 90M 90M

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 VAN SJ HOU ATX POR COL LFC LA SJ SEA DAL LFC COL DAL POR MIN COL LFC CHI MIN 3-0 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 3-1 2-1 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-2 4-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-4 2-0 4-0

90M 67M 90M 90M

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89M 90M 26

90M 90M 90D 55F 90F 20M 54D 13 45 90F 90F 81F 90F 90F 72M 90M 90M 90F 90F 90F 5 90M

2 ORL 1-1 90G 90D 90D 27 90D 63D

1 NYR 2-1 90G 90D 90D

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NYR 1 ORL 1 RSL 3 ATX 1 HOU 1 VAN 0 SJ 1 HOU 2 ATX 1 POR 2 COL 1 LFC 1 LA 0 SJ 1 SEA 1 DAL 2 LFC 1 COL 0 DAL 0 POR 1 MIN 0 COL 1 LFC 4 CHI 0 MIN 0

W T L W L W W W T L W W W T W L W T W T T T L W W 90

36; Russell 6 (penalty kick)

12; Salloi 11 (Russell 5, Pulido 2)

Mauri 1 (Walter 1) 4; Russell 5 (unassisted) 6 Shelton 2 (unassisted) 14; Salloi 13 (Russell 6, Espinoza 1) Duke 2 (Russell 7, Shelton 6) 52

Russell 4 (free kick)

Pulido 8 (Kinda 3, Salloi 6) Salloi 12 (Pulido 3) 91+

45;

Salloi 2 (unassisted) 28; Pulido 2 (penalty kick) 32; Pulido 3 (Kinda 1) 58 Lindsey 1 (Pulido 1) 15; Pulido 4 (Salloi 2) 60; Salloi 3 (unassisted) 75 Busio 2 (free kick) 51; Pulido 5 (penalty kick) 61; Kinda 3 (Busio 1, Shelton 3) 65 Salloi 4 (Russell 2) 71 Lindsey 2 (unassisted) 28 Salloi 5 (Russell 3, Lindsey 1) 14; Salloi 6 (Hernandez 1, Fontas 1) 38; Hernandez 1 (Salloi 3) 64 Pulido 6 (unassisted) 61; Salloi 7 (Hernandez 2, Busio 2) 87 Russell 1 (unassisted) 81; Shelton 1 (Busio 3) 95+ Salloi 8 (unassisted) 94+ Russell 2 (free kick) 31; Salloi 9 (Kinda 2, Shelton 4) 42; Duke 1 (Zusi 1, Russell 4) 72 Russell 3 (Salloi 4, Zusi 2) 85 Pulido 7 (unassisted) 20; Martins 1 (Salloi 5) 28; Salloi 10 (Zusi 3, Shelton 5) 36; Kinda 4 (Zusi 4)

Kinda 1 (penalty kick) 59; Salloi 1 (unassisted) 60 Busio 1 (Salloi 1) 45 Pulido 1 (Shelton 1) 17 Sanchez 1 (Russell 1) 82; Kinda 2 (Shelton 2, Martins 1)

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Duke (Barber)

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MATCH PREVIEW

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

After falling 3-2 to Liga MX side Club León in the 2021 Leagues Cup Final, Seattle Sounders FC (13-5-6, 45 points) turns its attention back to league play as it travels to face Western Conference-leading Sporting Kansas City (13-5-7, 46 points) at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday, September 26 (4:00 p.m. PT / FS1, 1090 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM).

at SPORTING KANSAS CITY Kickoff: Sunday, September 26 | 4:00 p.m. PT Location: Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Referee: Joe Dickerson Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Matthew Nelson Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu VAR: Daniel Radfordk Assistant VAR: Mike Kampmeinert BROADCAST INFORMATION National TV: FS1 Talent: John Strong & Stu Holden Pre-Match, Halftime & Post-Match TV: Rob Stone, Alexi Lalas & Maurice Edu Local Radio: 1090 KJR AM Talent: Keith Costigan & Kasey Keller Pre-Match, Halftime & Post-Match Radio: Jackson Felts, Pete Fewing & Danny Jackson Local Radio (Spanish): El Rey 1360 AM Talent: Mario Rodriguez, Felipe Maqueda, Carlos Tapia & Marlo Vilela

Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City first faced off in MLS play on April 11, 2009, with Seattle suffering its first-ever MLS regular-season loss, a 1-0 result at Lumen Field. The Rave Green have fought to a 9-8-4 record all-time in MLS regular-season play against Sporting Kansas City. However, SKC holds a slight 27-24 goal differential advantage on the Pacific Northwest side in the series and has outscored Seattle 9-5 in their last three meetings, all wins for Sporting. Seattle started the regular-season series strong, going 7-1-2 against Sporting Kansas City in its first 10 meetings. However, since then the script has flipped as SKC has been victorious in seven of the last 11 regular-season meetings, including a three-match winning streak dating back to 2019. The two squads have met one other time this season on July 25 at Lumen Field, a 3-1 win for Sporting Kansas City. Following the match SKC, Sounders FC continues its road stretch as it heads to San Jose for a midweek match against the Earthquakes on Wednesday, September 29 (7:30 p.m. PT / FOX 13+, Prime Video, 1090 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM).

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PREVIOUS MATCH LINEUP 9 Ruidíaz 12

7 C. Roldan

Montero

94 Medranda

Rowe

João Paulo

O’Neill

Arreaga

Yeimar

16 A.Roldan

24 Frei

2021 SNAPSHOT PLAYER AVAILABILITY REPORT QUESTIONABLE

OUT

Benezet - L hip flexor strain

Delem - R ACL tear Lodeiro - R knee surgery Morris - L ACL tear

SEATTLE Overall Record 13-5-6 Goals Scored 36 Goals Allowed 20 Goal Differential +16

SPORTING KC 13-5-7 43 26 +17

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

2021 SOUNDERS FC SCHEDULE MLS REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 13-5-6 (HOME: 6-3-4; AWAY: 7-2-2) DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) TV/ATT. W-L-D POS APRIL Fri. 4/16 vs. MIN W, 4-0 7,042 1-0-0 T-1 Sat. 4/24 at LAFC D, 1-1 4,900 1-0-1 T-2 Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun.

MAY 5/2 5/9 5/12 5/16 5/23 5/30

vs. LAG at POR at SJ vs. LAFC vs. ATL vs. ATX

W, 3-0 W, 2-1 W, 1-0 W, 2-0 D, 1-1 D, 0-0

7,148 N/A 5,000 7,713 11,011 12,895

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

1 1 1 1 1 1

GOAL SCORERS SEA: João Paulo (49), Ruidíaz (70, 73), Montero (86); MIN: None SEA: Smith (54); LAFC: Atuesta (2)

SEA: Ruidíaz (20, 90+3), Smith: 23; LAG: None SEA: Ruidíaz (63), Montero (81); POR: Tuiloma (90+3) SEA: C. Roldan (18); SJ: None SEA: Arreaga (57), Smith (73); LAFC: None SEA: Ruidíaz (6); ATL: Martinez (86) None

JUNE Sat. 6/19 at LAG W, 2-1 23,165 6-0-3 1 Wed. 6/23 vs. RSL W, 2-1 24,652 7-0-3 1 Sat. 6/26 vs. VAN D, 2-2 25,603 7-0-4 1

SEA: Yeimar (41), Ruidíaz (49); LA: Kljestan (21) SEA: C. Roldan (58), Ruidíaz (88); RSL: Rusnak (79) SEA: Ruidíaz (40), Medranda (71); VAN: Dájome (49), Cavallini (56)

JULY Sun. 7/4 at Colorado D, 1-1 17,104 7-0-5 T-1 Wed. 7/7 vs. HOU W, 2-0 27,421 8-0-5 1 Sun. 7/18 at MIN L, 0-1 19,679 8-1-5 1 Thurs. 7/22 at ATX W, 1-0 20,738 9-1-5 1 Sun. 7/25 vs. SKC L, 1-3 32,790 9-2-5 1 Sat. 7/31 vs. SJ L, 0-1 32,704 9-3-5 1

SEA: A. Roldan (41); COL: Barrios (58) SEA: Rowe (63), Ruidíaz (90+4); HOU: None SEA: None; MIN: Lod (81) SEA: Ruidíaz (67); ATX: None SEA: Montero (51); SKC: Russell (31), Sallói (42), Duke (72) SEA: None; SJ: Espinoza (45+1)

AUGUST Wed. 8/4 vs. DAL D, 1-1 31,628 9-3-6 T-1 Tues. 8/10 vs. TIG W, 3-0 17,077 QTR Sun. 8/15 at POR W, 6-2 25,218 10-3-6 2 Wed. 8/18 at DAL W, 1-0. 11,535 11-3-6 1 Sat. 8/21 at CLB W, 2-1 19,401 12-3-6 1 Sun. 8/29 vs. POR L, 0-2 45,737 12-4-6 1

SEA: Montero (72); DAL: Jara (90+1) SEA: Ruidíaz (23), Montero (64), Lodeiro (70) SEA: Montero (13, 29), Ruidíaz (55, 72), Medranda (77), Benezet (90+4); POR: Blanco (32), Fochive (52) SEA: Ruidíaz (63); DAL: None SEA: Arreaga (88), Bruin (89); CLB: Wright-Phillips (77) SEA: None; POR: Blanco (58), Mora (90+5)

SEPTEMBER Sat. 9/11 vs. MIN W, 1-0 33,130 13-4-6 1 Tues. 9/14 vs. SAN W, 1-0 12,201 SEMI Sat. 9/18 at RSL L, 1-0 19,850 13-5-6 2 Wed. 9/22 vs. León L, 2-3 24,824 FINAL Sun. 9/26 at SKC 4:00 p.m. FS1 Wed. 9/29 at SJ 7:30 p.m. FOX 13+ Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Tue.

OCTOBER 10/3 vs. COL 10/9 vs. VAN 10/16 at HOU 10/20 at COL 10/23 vs. SKC 10/26 at LAFC

NOVEMBER Mon. 11/1 vs. LAG Sun. 11/7 at VAN MLS Regular Season Leagues Cup

7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

FOX 13+ FOX 13+ FOX 13+ FOX 13+ FOX 13+ FOX 13+

7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

TUDN/FOX 13+ FOX 13+

SEA: Joáo Paulo (22); MIN: None SEA: Ruidíaz (90+3); SAN: None SEA: None; RSL: Kreilach (48) SEA: Roldan (48), Benezet (90+2); LEO: Mena (68, 81), Gigliotti (85)

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

SOUNDERS FC GAME NOTES SERIES AT A GLANCE Seattle Sounders FC has a storied history with Sporting Kansas City that dates back to its inagural year in Major League Soccer when the Midwestern club was known as the Kansas City Wizards. The two sides first met at Lumen Field on April 11, 2009 and gave the Rave Green their first loss in MLS history. The series has been nothing but competitive since. Seattle holds the advantage in the all-time regular-season series between the squads with a 9-8-4 record. However, Sporting Kansas City has outscored Seattle by a mark of 27-24 and has handed Sounders FC three straight regular-season losses. The most recent came on July 25 of this year when the sides faced off a Lumen Field, a 3-1 win for the away side. In fact, while Seattle has started the regular-season series strong, losing just one of its first 10 games against Sporting Kansas City, it has won only two of the following 11 matchups, and none since 2018. The Western Conference rivals have met once in the post-season back on October 27, 2016, a 1-0 win for the Rave Green at Lumen Field en route to their first MLS Cup title. The two clubs also met in the 2012 U.S. Open Cup Final, where Sounders FC fell to SKC on penalties, snapping its streak of three-straight USOC titles.

ALL-TIME MLS SERIES RESULTS

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

SOUNDERS FC 1 2 Total 6 18 24 102 117 219 31 48 79 109 103 212 30 27 57 44 43 87

SPORTING KC 1 2 Total 12 15 27 119 139 258 50 47 97 148 155 303 10 14 24 52 53 105

Goals Scored in 15-Minute Intervals: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 Total SEA 2 1 3 3 5 10 24 SKC 3 4 5 5 4 6 27

ALL-TIME MLS SERIES LEADERS SOUNDERS FC SPORTING KC Goals 2 Morris/Ruidíaz 4 Russell Assists 3 Lodeiro 3 Zusi Shots 24 Montero 18 Dwyer Shots on Goal 11 Montero 8 Dwyer Fouls Committed 24 Alonso 26 Espinoza Fouls Suffered 36 Alonso 18 Espinoza Wins 5 Keller Shutouts 3 Frei Saves 44 Frei Goals Allowed 18 Frei

7 Melia 5 Melia 32 Melia 11 Melia

Seattle Sounders FC Record: 9-8-4 Home Games: 5-4-2 Road Games: 4-4-2 DATE 04/11/2009 10/17/2009

RESULT SEA 0 vs SKC 1 SEA 3 at SKC 2

W/L/D LOCATION L Lumen Field W CommunityAmerica Ballpark

04/17/2010 10/09/2010

SEA 1 vs SKC 0 SEA 2 at SKC 1

W W

Lumen Field Community America Ballpark

05/21/2011 08/06/2011

SEA 1 vs SKC 0 SEA 2 at SKC 1

W W

Lumen Field Livestrong Sporting Park

06/20/2012

SEA 1 vs SKC 1

Lumen Field

05/08/2013

SEA 1 at SKC 0

Sporting Park

03/08/2014

SEA 1 vs RSL 0

Lumen Field

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

SEA 0 vs SKC 0 SEA 0 at SKC 1 SEA 1 at SKC 1

D L D

Lumen Field Sporting Park Sporting Park

03/06/2016 07/24/2016

SEA 0 vs SKC 1 SEA 0 at SKC 3

L L

Lumen Field Children’s Mercy Park

05/17/2017 08/12/2017

SEA 0 at SKC 3 SEA 1 vs SKC 0

L W

Children’s Mercy Park Lumen Field

04/15/2018 09/01/2018

SEA 2 at SKC 2 SEA 3 vs SKC 1

D W

Children’s Mercy Park Lumen Field

05/26/2019 08/04/2019

SEA 2 at SKC 3 SEA 2 vs SKC 3

L L

Children’s Mercy Park Lumen Field

07/25/2021

SEA 1 vs SKC 3

Lumen Field

ALL-TIME POSTSEASON RESULTS 10/27/2016

SEA 1 at SKC 0

Lumen Field

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

SOUNDERS FC 2 Morris (8/4/19) 2 Ljungber/Jaqua 7 Ruidíaz (5/26/19) 4 Morris (8/4/19) 4 Cooper/Alonso 7 Alonso/Lodeiro 6 Frei (twice) 3 5 players

SPORTING KC 3 Fernandes/Russell 2 Croizet (5/26/19) 6 4 players 4 3 players 7 Hurtado (8/4/19) 4 3 players tied 6 Melia (6/6/15) 3 Hartman/Melia

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

SOUNDERS FC GAME NOTES SOUNDERS LATE HEROICS VS. SKC

SOUNDERS FC BY THE NUMBERS* 2:

Losses in 11 away matches this season for Sounders FC (7-1-2), the fewest road losses in MLS this year.

5: Sounders FC players called up to international duty for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in September.

6: Goals from outside the area, tied for fifth in MLS. 9: Number of clean sheets for Sounders FC this year, tied for second in MLS. 14: Goals by forward Raúl Ruidíaz, second in MLS. 16: Goal differential for Sounders FC, fourth in MLS. 20: Goals allowed by Sounders FC this year, the fewest in MLS. 38: Tackles won by defender Yeimar Gómez Andrade this season, tied for eighth in MLS.

Sounders FC’s all-time series against Sporting Kansas City has been riddled with late-match heroics by the Rave Green. On eight different occasions (including postseason), Sounders FC has scored a game-winner after the 75th minute, including six goals overall in the 90th minute or later (five game-winners). DATE

RESULT

SEA GOALS AFTER 75

10/17/09 4/17/10 10/9/10 5/21/11 8/6/11 5/8/13 3/8/14 10/27/16*

W, 3-2 W, 1-0 W, 2-1 W, 1-0 W, 2-1 W, 1-0 W, 1-0 W, 1-0

Nate Jaqua (76’) Brad Evans (90+2’) Alvaro Fernandez (78’) Jeff Parke (90+3’) Mauro Rosales (90’), Lamar Neagle (90+2’) Djimi Traore (90+4) Chad Barrett (90+4’) Nelson Valdez (88’)

42: Crosses by João Paulo, eighth in MLS. 67: Interceptions this season recorded by defender Yeimar Gómez Andrade, first in MLS.

322: Interceptions by Sounders FC this year, fifth in MLS. 1,153: Accurate passes by João Paulo, tenth in MLS. *As of September 24, 2021

RUIDÍAZ PASSES DEMPSEY

* 2016 Western Conference Knockout Round

LAST MATCH VS. SKC

With his late winner against Santos Laguna on in the Leagues Cup semifinal on September 14, Seattle Sounders FC forward Raúl Ruidíaz passed Clint Dempsey for second on the club’s all-time goal list across all competitions goals with 58. Only teammate Fredy Montero has more career goals with the club, bagging 67 in his career in Seattle thus far. Since signing with the team in 2018, Ruidíaz has been flying up the all-time scoring list, hitting 50 goals in all competitions earlier this season after just three years with the team. Seattle Sounders FC fell to Sporting Kansas City by a final score of 3-1 on July 25. Fredy Montero bagged his 50th regular-season goal as a Sounder, the only Seattle player in club history to cross the 50-goal threshold in regular-season play.

His goal in the Leagues Cup semifinals match was his second of the tournament, and is currently in second place in the MLS Golden Boot race with 14 regular-season goals. He is behind D.C. United’s Ola Kamara who has 16 goals on the season.

Montero’s goal came in the 51st minute, as the Colombian buried a loose ball inside Sporting’s area. It was his third goal since re-signing with the Rave Green prior to the 2021 campaign.

CAREER SOUNDERS FC GOALS - ALL COMPETITIONS

Johnny Russell and Daniel Sallói provided first-half goals for the visitors, in the 31st and 42nd minutes respectively. Cameron Duke added Sporting’s third and final goal in the 72nd minute, giving Sporting its third consecutive victory over Sounders FC in the regular-season series between the two clubs.

PLAYER MLS PS USOC CCL LC Fredy Montero 53 0 7 6 1 Raúl Ruidíaz 47 9 0 0 2 Clint Dempsey 47 6 1 3 0 Nicolás Lodeiro 33 8 0 2 1 Obafemi Martins 40 0 3 0 0 Jordan Morris 35 6 0 1 0 Lamar Neagle 27 1 1 4 0 Eddie Johnson 23 3 1 2 0

TOTAL 67 58 57 44 43 42 33 30

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

SOUNDERS FC GAME NOTES SFC FALL IN LEAGUES CUP FINAL

Playing in its first international championship in club history, Seattle Sounders FC came up just short in the 2021 Leagues Cup Final, falling by a final score of 3-2 to Liga MX side Club León at Allegiant Stadium on September 22. All five of the match’s goals came in the second half of play, with Cristian Roldan’s opening tally in the 48th minute being nullified by three goals from León to seal the match. Seattle midfielder Nicolas Benezet netted a second strike in second-half stoppage time, but it was not enough for the Rave Green to wrestle control of the match back from the Liga MX side. Roldan’s 48th-minute strike was his first of the tournament and third overall in 2021. Raúl Ruidíaz played Jimmy Medranda down the left flank with a chipped through-ball, and the Colombian wingback found Roldan with a cross for a clean finish. Roldan has two goals and two assists in regular-season play this season, and he recorded a pair of assists in Seattle’s win over Tigres in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals.

SOUNDERS LOSE TO RSL

Damir Kreilach scored the game’s lone goal as Sounders FC fell 1-0 on the road to Real Salt Lake on September 18 at Rio Tinto Stadium. It marked just the second road loss for Seattle this season. Seattle has only won one match at Rio Tinto Stadium in its history. Real Salt Lake’s goal came early in the second half when Kreilach got his head on the end of a cross by Aaron Herrera and directed the ball past the outstretched arms of Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei, bagging what would be the game-winning goal. Following the loss, Sounders FC is 12-13-5 all-time vs. Real Salt Lake in regular-season action with a 34-35 goal differential. Tonight marked the second meeting between the two sides this season, following a 2-1 Seattle home win on June 23.

León equalized in the 61st minute courtesy of Ángel Mena, who slotted a shot past Stefan Frei after a cross from the left wing. It marked the first goal surrendered by Seattle in 2021 Leagues Cup play. Mena doubled his tally with an 81st-minute penalty kick, while teammate Emmanuel Gigliotti netted León’s third strike four minutes later. Will Bruin played a ball to fellow substitute Nicolas Benezet at the top of León’s area in the 92nd minute, with the Frenchman hitting a deflected shot into the back of the net, making the score 3-2. Seattle ran out of time to find an equalizer, ending the club’s inaugural run in Leagues Cup.

SEA MAR VACCINATION EVENT

Seattle reached the Leagues Cup Final after defeating Tigres UANL 3-0 in the quarterfinals and Santos Laguna in the semifinal round. The Rave Green are 6-9-2 all-time against Liga MX sides, with all matches prior to this season coming in Concacaf Champions League play. Leagues Cup is the official annual single-elimination tournament that features clubs from MLS and Liga MX, Mexico’s topflight league.

LÉO CHÚ’S DEBUT

On September 13 Seattle Sounders FC and Orlegi Sports, the business entity that operates Liga MX side Santos Laguna, held a rally and vaccination event ahead of their Leagues Cup semifinals match on September 14. The teams joined forces to celebrate the beautiful game, kick off Latinx Heritage Month activities and promote community health. Those who were vaccinated received two free tickets to the match, and the first 100 people to get vaccinated also were given $100 courtesy of Sea Mar Health. In the 82nd minute of September 14’s Leagues Cup semifinal win over Santos Laguna, Sounders FC newcomer Léo Chú made his debut for the Rave Green. The 21-year-old was signed from Brazilian club Grêmio on August 5 using MLS’s U-22 Initiative. Chú played a vital role in securing the victory for Seattle, feeding the through ball to Raúl Ruidíaz that led to the game-winning, 93rd-minute goal.

In addition to the event, Sounders FC and Santos Laguna donated four autographed jerseys apiece to the Sea Mar Museum, which will be used for a special Latinx Heritage Month promotion. Each week during Latinx Heritage Month – from September 15 through October 15 – those visiting the museum can be entered to win a jersey from either club.

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

SOUNDERS FC HISTORY MOST POINTS SINCE 2009

ALL ABOUT TROPHIES

TEAM POINTS* W-L-D GOALS 681 195-121-96 615

In addition to the standout results in the regular season, Sounders FC has seven major trophies since joining MLS, including two MLS Cups (2016 and 2019), one Supporters’ Shield (2014) and four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014). Seattle has also advanced to the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Knockout Round on three occasions (2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2015-2016). The Rave Green rank first in MLS with seven trophies and are one of just seven clubs to earn more than one piece of hardware since 2009. MOST TROPHIES SINCE 2009

636

177-131-105

649

629

176-136-101

635

TEAM Seattle Sounders FC LA Galaxy Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC New York Red Bulls FC Dallas

MLS CUP 2 3 1 1 0 0

SHIELD 1 2 0 1 2 1

USOC 4 0 2 0 0 1

TOTAL* 7 5 3 2+ 2 2

* Includes MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles. + Toronto FC also has seven Candian Championship titles

625

173-133-106

581

610

170-143-100

587

*Regular-season only. Through games as of September 22, 2021.

SOUNDERS FC ALL-TIME LEADERS (MLS) CAREER

SINGLE-SEASON

GAMES STARTED GAMES STARTED 277 Alonso 266 Alonso 34 Frei, 2019 34 Frei, 2019 227 Frei 227 Frei C. Roldan, 2018 C. Roldan, 2018 200 Evans 179 Evans Frei, 2014 Frei, 2014 192 C. Roldan 174 C. Roldan Keller, 2011 Keller, 2011 156 Marshall 154 Marshall Morris, 2016 33 Lodeiro, 2017 33 Lodeiro, 2017 C. Roldan, 2017 MINUTES GOALS C. Roldan, 2017 Frei, 2017 23,380 Alonso 53 Montero Frei, 2017 3 others 20,384 Frei 47 Ruidíaz/Dempsey 8 others 15,487 Evans 40 Martins MINUTES GOALS 15,763 C. Roldan 35 Morris 3,060 Frei, 2019 17 Martins, 2014 13,623 Marshall 33 Loderio Frei, 2014 15 Dempsey, 2014 Keller, 2011 Martins, 2015 2,970 Frei, 2017 14 Johnson, 2012 2,965 Lodeiro, 2017 Ruidíaz, 2021 ASSISTS SHOTS 59 Lodeiro 439 Montero ASSISTS SHOTS 37 Montero 426 Dempsey 16 Lodeiro, 2018 126 Montero, 2012 34 Rosales 301 Alonso 13 Martins, 2014 116 Dempsey, 2017 28 C. Roldan/Dempsey 258 Lodeiro Rosales, 2012 113 Dempsey, 2014 27 Evans 251 Ruidíaz Rosales, 2011 108 Montero, 2011 12 Lodeiro, 2019 91 Montero, 2010 SAVES SHUTOUTS Lodeiro, 2017 700 Frei 66 Frei 270 Keller 30 Keller SAVES SHUTOUTS 135 Gspurning 18 Gspurning 116 Frei, 2019 13 Frei, 2017 114 Frei, 2018 11 Keller, 2010 111 Frei, 2015 10 4 times

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

2021 SOUNDERS FC ROSTER

No 1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 30 37 45 75 84 87 92 94

Name Trey Muse+ Xavier Arreaga Nouhou João Paulo Cristian Roldan Jordy Delem# Raúl Ruidíaz Nicolás Lodeiro Brad Smith Fredy Montero Jordan Morris Alex Roldan Will Bruin Spencer Richey Nicolas Benezet Reed Baker-Whiting Kelyn Rowe Léo Chú Stefan Frei Andrew Thomas Shane O’Neill Yeimar Gómez Andrade Stefan Cleveland Shandon Hopeau* Ethan Dobbelaere Danny Leyva Josh Atencio Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez^ Abdoulaye Cissoko Jimmy Medranda

Pos GK D D M M M F M D F F D F GK M M M M GK GK D D GK M M M M F D D/M

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

Wt 194 165 175 155 165 156 145 150 150 165 185 155 194 194 143 160 150 173 195 195 190 200 185 162 140 140 174 142 175 150

Birthdate 7/26/99 9/28/94 6/23/97 3/8/91 6/3/95 3/18/93 7/25/90 3/21/89 4/9/94 7/26/87 10/26/94 7/28/96 10/24/89 5/30/92 2/24/91 3/31/05 12/2/91 4/6/00 4/20/86 9/1/98 9/2/93 6/30/92 5/24/94 12/1/98 11/14/02 5/5/03 1/31/02 3/25/02 12/27/99 2/7/1994

+Out on loan with San Diego Loyal SC (USL Championship) *Out on loan with San Antonio FC (USL Championship) ^Out on loan with FC Pinzgau Saalfelden (Regionaliga Salzburg) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 3 5 6 7 9 10 16 20 21 22 23 24 28 45 92

Name Xavier Arreaga Nouhou João Paulo Cristian Roldan Raúl Ruidíaz Nicolás Lodeiro Alex Roldan Nicolas Benezet Reed Baker-Whiting Kelyn Rowe Léo Chú Stefan Frei Yeimar Gómez Andrade Ethan Dobbelaere Abdoulaye Cissoko

Pos D D M M F M M M M M M GK D M D

Pronunication HAH-vee-ehr are-ee-AH-guh NEW-hoo Joe-OW Roll-dahn Roo-ee-DEE-az NEEKO-loss lo-DARE-oh Roll-dahn ben-eh-ZAY WHITE-ing KELL-len ROW LEY-oh CHEW STEF-in FRY Yay-mar an-drah-day DOBB-el-ehr Ab-duh-lie Siss-OKO

TRANSACTION TRACKER PLAYERS IN

PLAYERS OUT

Léo Chú - 8/5/21 Nicolas Benezet - 8/5/21 Aboulaye Cissoko - 5/21/21 Andrew Thomas - 5/21/21 Reed Baker-Whiting - 5/12/21 Fredy Montero - 3/24/21 Spencer Richey - 2/1/21 Kelyn Rowe - 1/29/21

Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez - 7/16/21 (LOAN) Shandon Hopeau - 4/15/21 (LOAN) Trey Muse - 2/1/21 (LOAN)

Hometown Previous Club Louisville, KY Indiana (NCAA) Guayaquil, Ecuador Barcelona S.C. (ECU) Douala, Cameroon Sounders FC 2 (USL) Serafina Corrêa, Brazil Botafogo (BRA) Pico Rivera, CA Washington (NCAA) Fort-de-France, Martinique Sounders FC 2 (USL) Lima, Peru Morelia (MEX) Paysandú, Uruguay Boca Juniors (ARG) Penrith, Australia AFC Bournemouth (ENG) Barranquilla, Colombia Vancouver Whitecaps FC Mercer Island, WA Stanford (NCAA) Pico Rivera, CA Seattle University (NCAA) St. Louis, MO Houston Dynamo Seattle, WA FC Cincinnati Montpellier, France Colorado Rapids Seattle, WA Tacoma Defiance Federal Way, WA New England Revolution Porto Alegre, Brazil Grêmio (BRA) Altstaetten, Switzerland Toronto FC London, England Stanford University (NCAA) Middleton, Ireland Orlando City SC Tadó, Colombia Unión de Sante Fe (ARG) Dayton, OH Chicago Fire Kapolei, HI Tacoma Defiance (USL) Seattle, WA Sounders FC Academy Las Vegas, NV Tacoma Defiance (USL) Bellevue, WA Tacoma Defiance (USL) Merced, CA Tacoma Defiance (USL) Les Ulis, France Tacoma Defiance (USL) Mosquera, Colombia Nashville SC

COACHING STAFF Brian Schmetzer Freddy Juarez Preki Tom Dutra

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Club Director of Goalkeeping

TECHNICAL STAFF Garth Lagerwey Craig Waibel Chris Cornish Ravi Ramineni Nolan Myer Grant Clark Vince Johnson

General Manager & President of Soccer SVP of Soccer Ops. & Sporting Director Vice President of Sports Medicine Vice President of Soccer Analytics Director of Equipment Operations Team Administration Director Team Services Director

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

2021: SOUNDERS FC MLS REGULAR SEASON SPLITS SITUATIONAL SPLITS Overall 13-5-6 Home 6-3-4 Away 7-2-2 April 1-0-1 May 4-0-2 June 2-0-1 July 2-3-1 August 3-1-1 September 1-1-0 October 0-0-0 November 0-0-0 vs. Eastern Conf. vs. Western Conf.

1-0-1 12-5-5

National TV 7-2-3 Local TV 6-3-3 When leading at half When tied at half When trailing at half

4-0-3 8-3-2 1-2-1

When scoring first When conceding first Scoreless draws

11-0-4 2-5-1 1

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

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

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

8-0-1 4-3-4 1-1-1 0-1-0 0-0-0

PLAYER SPLITS When Bruin... Scores Scores or assists Starts When Lodeiro... Scores Scores or assists Starts

0-0-0 2-0-0 8-0-3

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

GOAL SPLITS GOALS SCORED While leading While tied While trailing

(36) 13 18 5

Inside the six-yard box 9 Inside the 18-yard box 18 Outside the area 7 Penalties 2 Run of play Set piece (PK) Own Goals

24 10 (2) 0

When Montero... Scores Scores or assists Starts

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

When João Paulo... Scores Scores or assists Starts

2-0-0 6-0-2 12-3-6

When Ruidiaz... Scores Scores or assists Starts

9-0-2 10-0-2 11-4-6

GOALS ALLOWED While leading While tied While trailing

When C. Roldan... Scores Scores or assists Starts

2-0-0 4-0-0 10-2-6

Inside the six-yard box 6 Inside the 18-yard box 6 Outside the area 5 Penalties 3

When Yeimar... Scores Scores or assists Starts

1-0-0 1-0-0 12-3-5

Unassisted 16 One assist 16 Two assists 4 Forwards 21 Midfielders 7 Defenders 8 Own Goal 0

Run of play Set piece (PK) Own Goals

(20) 8 10 2

14 3 (3) 0

Unassisted 11 One assist 5 Two assists 4 Forwards 10 Midfielders 10 Defenders 0 Own Goals 0

2021: SOUNDERS FC STARTING XI BY THE NUMBERS (MLS) FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD Bruin (10) Ruidíaz (9) Ruidíaz (12) Montero (8) Adeniran (1) Dobbelaere (1) Rowe (1) Vargas (1) Baker-Whiting (1) MIDFIELDER C. Roldan (18) Leyva (4) Medranda (1) Atencio (1) Baker-Whiting (1)

MIDFIELDER Rowe (12) Atencio (8) Leyva (2) Loderio (3)

MIDFIELDER João Paulo (21) Leyva (1) Benezet (3)

LEFT WINGBACK RIGHT WINGBACK Smith (15) A. Roldan (19) Medranda (8) Rowe (4) Nouhou (1) CENTERBACK CENTERBACK CENTERBACK Dobbelaere (1) Nouhou (10) Arreaga (16) Yeimar (19) Cissoko (9) O’Neill (7) O’Neill (3) Delem (1) Yeimar (1) Atencio (1) O’Neill (5) GOALKEEPER Cleveland (15) Frei (7) Richey (2)

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2021 SOUNDERS FC BOX SCORES Sounders FC 4 vs. Minnesota United FC 0 April 16, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 7,042 (limited capacity)

Sounders FC 1 at San Jose Earthquakes 0 May 12, 2021 at PayPal Park (San Jose, CA) Attendance: 5,000 (limited capacity)

SCORING

SEA - João Paulo 49’ SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (Will Bruin) 70’ SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (Cristian Roldan) 73’ SEA – Fredy Montero (Alex Roldan) 86’

SEA – Cristian Roldan 18’

Lineup: Frei - captain; O’Neill, Arreaga (Yeimar 77’), Nouhou; A. Roldan, João Paulo (Rowe 77’), Atencio, C. Roldan, Smith (Dobbelaere 82’); Bruin (Montero 71’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Delem, Leyva Sounders FC 1 at LAFC 1 April 24, 2021 at Banc of California Stadium (Los Angeles, CA) Attendance: 4,900 (limited capacity) SCORING LAFC – Eduard Atuesta 2’ SEA – Brad Smith 54’ Lineup: Frei - captain; O’Neill (Yeimar 75’), Arreaga, Nouhou; A. Roldan, João Paulo (Delem 83’), Atencio, C. Roldan, Smith (Rowe 75’); Bruin (Dobbelaere 83’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Richey, Leyva Sounders FC 3 vs. LA Galaxy 0 May 2, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 7,148 (limited capacity)

Lineup: Frei - captain; Yeimar, Arreaga, Delem (O’Neill 9’); A. Roldan, Leyva (João Paulo), C. Roldan, Nouhou; Dobbelaere (Montero HT), Ruidíaz, Rowe (Smith 83’) Substitutes not used: Richey, Baker-Whiting, Bruin Sounders FC 2 vs. LAFC 0 May 16, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 7,713 (limited capacity) SCORING SEA – Xavier Arreaga (João Paulo) 57’ SEA – Brad Smith (Alex Roldan, Raúl Ruidíaz) 73’ Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, Arreaga, Nouhou; A. Roldan, Rowe (Leyva 75’), João Paulo (Baker-Whiting 90+2), C. Roldan - captain; Smith (O’Neill 83’); Bruin (Montero 84’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Medranda Sounders FC 1 vs. Atlanta United FC 1 May 23, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 11,011 (limited capacity) SCORING

SCORING

SEA – Xavier Arreaga (João Paulo) 57’ SEA – Brad Smith (Alex Roldan, Raúl Ruidíaz) 73’

SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (Brad Smith) 20’ SEA – Brad Smith 23’ SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (Jimmy Medranda) 90+3’

Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, Arreaga, Nouhou; A. Roldan, Rowe (Leyva 75’), João Paulo (Baker-Whiting 90+2), C. Roldan - captain; Smith (O’Neill 83’); Bruin (Montero 84’), Ruidíaz

Lineup: Frei - captain; Yeimar, O’Neill, Nouhou; A. Roldan, C. Roldan, Rowe (Delem 89’), João Paulo (Leyva 79’), Smith (Medranda 79’); Bruin (Lodeiro 66’), Ruidíaz

Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Medranda

Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Richey, Arreaga, Dobbelaere Sounders FC 2 at Portland Timbers 1 May 9, 2021 at Providence Park (Portland, OR)

Sounders FC 1 vs. Austin FC 1 May 30, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 12,895 (limited capacity) SCORING None

SCORING SEA – Raúl Ruidíaz (penalty) 63’ SEA – Fredy Montero (João Paulo) 81’ POR – Bill Tuiloma 90+4’ Lineup: Frei - captain; Yeimar, O’Neill, Nouhou; A. Roldan, C. Roldan, Rowe (Delem 72’), João Paulo (Leyva 79’), Smith (Arreaga 81’); Bruin (Montero 72’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Medranda

Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, Arreaga, Nouhou; A. Roldan, Rowe (Medranda 66’), João Paulo, C. Roldan - captain; Smith (Leyva 86’); Montero (Bruin 79’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Cissoko, O’Neill, Dobbelaere, Baker-Whiting

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2021 SOUNDERS FC BOX SCORES Sounders FC 2 vs. LA Galaxy 1 June 19, 2021 at Dignity Health Sports Park (Carson, CA) Attendance: 23,165

Sounders FC 2 vs. Houston Dynamo 0 July 7, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 27,421

SCORING

LA – Kljestan (penalty) 21’ SEA – Yeimar (João Paulo) 41’ SEA – Ruidíaz 49’

SEA – Rowe (A. Roldan) 63’ SEA – Ruidíaz (Smith, Montero) 90’+4’

Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, O’Neill, Cissoko (Leyva 87’); A. Roldan (Bruin 87’), Rowe, João Paulo, C. Roldan - captain, Smith; Montero (Medranda 76’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Baker-Whiting Sounders FC 2 vs. Real Salt Lake 1 June 23, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 24,652

Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, Arreaga, Cissoko; A. Roldan, Leyva (Atencio 83’), João Paulo, Rowe, Jimmy Medranda (Smith 84’); Montero, Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Baker-Whiting, Dobbelaere, Alvarez, Ocampo-Chavez Sounders FC 0 at Minnesota United FC 1 July 18, 2021 at Allianz Field (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 19,679 SCORING

SCORING

MIN – Lod (Hansen, Reynoso) 81’

SEA – C. Roldan 58’ RSL – Rusnak (penalty) 79’ SEA – Ruidíaz (penalty) 88’

Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, Arreaga, Cissoko (Dobbelaere 86’); Rowe, Leyva (Adeniran 85’), João Paulo, Jimmy Medranda, Smith (Atencio 69’); Montero, Ruidíaz

Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, O’Neill, Cissoko; A. Roldan, Rowe (Atencio 85’), João Paulo, C. Roldan - captain, Medranda (Smith 66’); Bruin (Montero 85’), Ruidíaz (Leyva 90+4’) Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Baker-Whiting Sounders FC 2 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 June 26, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 25,603 SCORING SEA – Ruidíaz (Smith, Atencio) 40’ VAN – Dájome (Alexandre) 49’ VAN – Cavallini (Dajome, Rose) 56’ SEA – Medranda (Montero) 71’ Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, O’Neill, Cissoko (Medranda 68’); A. Roldan (Rowe 86’), Atencio (Leyva 61’), João Paulo, C. Roldan - captain, Medranda (Smith 66’); Bruin (Montero 71’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Baker-Whiting Sounders FC 1 at Colorado Rapids 1 July 4, 2021 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, CO) Attendance: 17,104 SCORING SEA – A. Roldan 41’ COL – Barrios 58’ Lineup: Cleveland; Yeimar, O’Neill, Cissoko; A. Roldan, João Paulo, Atencio (Leyva 73’), C. Roldan – captain, Medranda (Rowe 56’), Smith (Dobbelaere 84’); Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Baker-Whiting, Montero

Substitutes not used: Richey, Thomas, Baker-Whiting, Vargas Sounders FC 1 at Austin FC 0 July 22, 2021 at Q2 Stadium (Austin, TX) Attendance: 20,738 SCORING SEA – Ruidíaz 67’ Lineup: Richey; Dobbelaere, Atencio, Yeimar, Cissoko, Smith (Medranda 53’); Vargas (Montero 77’), João Paulo (Rowe 54’), Leyva, Baker-Whiting (Villanueva 90+4’); Adeniran (Ruidíaz 54’) Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Thomas, Alvarez Sounders FC 1 vs.Sporting Kansas City 3 July 25, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 32,790 SCORING SKC – Russell 31’ SKC – Sallói (Kinda, Shelton) 42’ SEA – Montero 51’ SKC – Duke (Zusi, Russell) 72’ Lineup: Cleveland; Medranda (Smith 64’), Arreaga (Dobbelaere 74’), Yeimar, Cissoko (Baker-Whiting 34’), Rowe; João Paulo, Leyva (O’Neill 64’), Atencio; Ruidíaz, Montero Substitutes not used: Richey, Thomas, Villanueva, Vargas

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2021 SOUNDERS FC BOX SCORES

Sounders FC 0 vs. San Jose Earthquakes 1 July 31, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 32,704

Sounders FC 1 vs. FC Dallas 0 August 18, 2021 at Toyota Stadium (Frisco, TX) Attendance: 11,535

SCORING

SJ – Espinoza (Jungwirth) 45’+1’

SEA - Ruidiaz 63’

Lineup: Cleveland; A. Roldan, Arreaga, O’Neill (Leyva 70’), Yeimar, Medranda (Villanueva 83’); João Paulo, Baker-Whiting (Montero 55’), Rowe (Bruin 83’), Atencio; Ruidíaz

Lineup: Richey; Medranda (Smith 69’), Arreaga, O’Neill (Yeimar 75’), Cissoko, Rowe; Leyva, C. Roldan (João Paulo 46’), Atencio, Benezet (Lodeiro 63’); Bruin (Ruidíaz 63’)

Substitutes not used: Richey, Thomas, Vargas, Dobbelaere Sounders FC 1 vs. FC Dallas 1 August 4, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 31,628

Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Montero, A. Roldan, Baker-Whiting Sounders FC 2 vs. Columbus Crew 1 August 21, 2021 at Lower.com Field (Columbus, OH) Attendance: 19,401

SCORING SCORING SEA - Montero (João Paulo) 72’ DAL - Jara (Burgess) 90’ + 1’ Lineup: Cleveland; A. Roldan, Arreaga, O’Neill, Yeimar, Jimmy (Brad 60’); João Paulo, Roldan, Rowe (Lodeiro 87’); Ruidíaz, Montero (Bruin 73’) Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Baker-Whiting, Leyva, Atencio, Cissoko Sounders FC 3 vs. Tigres UANL 0 (Leagues Cup Quarterfinal) August 10, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 17,077

CLB - Wright-Phillips 77’ SEA - Arreaga 88’ SEA - Bruin 89’ Lineup: Cleveland; A. Roldan (Rowe 76’), Arreaga, O’Neill (Bruin 84’), Smith (Medranda 76’), Yeimar; C. Roldan, João Paulo, Lodeiro (Atencio 83’); Montero (Benezet 64’), Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Nouhou, Leyva, Cissoko Sounders FC 0 vs. Portland Timbers 2 August 29, 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 45,737

SCORING SCORING SEA - Ruidíaz (PK) 23’ SEA - Montero (Roldan, João Paulo) 64’ SEA - Loderio (Roldan) 70’ Lineup: Cleveland; A. Roldan, Arreaga, O’Neill, Yeimar (Cissoko 85’), Smith (Medranda 65’); João Paulo, C. Roldan, Rowe (Atencio 76’); Ruidíaz (Bruin 84’), Montero (Lodeiro 65’) Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Baker-Whiting, Leyva Sounders FC 6 vs. Portland Timbers 2 August 15, 2021 at Providence Park (Portland, OR) Attendance: 25,218 SCORING SEA - Montero 13’ SEA - Montero (João Paulo) 29’ POR - Blanco (Mora) 32’ POR - Fochive 52’ SEA - Ruidíaz 55’ SEA - Ruidíaz 72’ SEA - Medranda (João Paulo) 77’ SEA - N. Benezet (C. Roldan) 90+4 Lineup: Cleveland; A. Roldan, Arreaga, O’Neill, Yeimar, Smith (Medranda 62’); João Paulo (Benezet 87’), C. Roldan, Kelyn Rowe (Lodeiro HT); Ruidíaz (Leyva 90’+2’), Montero (Atencio 63’) Substitutes not used: Richey, Dobbelaere, Baker-Whiting, Bruin, Cissoko

POR - Blanco (Mora) 58’ POR - Mora 90+5’ Lineup: Cleveland, O’Neill, Arreaga, Yeimar, Smith, João Paulo, Rowe, A. Roldan, Lodeiro, C. Roldan, Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Richey, Nouhou, Leyva, Atencio, Cissoko Sounders FC 1 vs. Minnesota United 0 September 11, 2021 Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 33,130 SCORING SEA - João Paulo (Benezet, Lodeiro) 22’ Lineup: Frei; Rowe, Yeimar, O’Neill, Nouhou, Medranda (Smith 64’); Roldan, João Paulo, Atencio (Montero 78’), Benezet (C. Roldan 63’), Lodeiro; Bruin (A. Roldan 88’) Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Leyva, Dobbelaere, Chú, Cissoko

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2021 SOUNDERS FC BOX SCORES

Sounders FC 1 vs. Santos Laguna 0 (Leagues Cup Semifinal) September 14 2021 at Lumen Field (Seattle, WA) Attendance: 12,201 SCORING SJ – Ruidíaz 90’+3’

Lineup: Frei; Smith (Medranda 67’), Yeimar, O’Neill, Arreaga, A. Roldan (Bruin 89’); C. Roldan, João Paulo, Rowe (Chú 82’), Montero (Benezet 67’); Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Richey, Leyva, Atencio, Cissoko Sounders FC 0 vs. Real Salt Lake 1 September 18, 2021 at Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, UT) Attendance: 19,850 SCORING RSL – Kreilach (Herrera, Rusnák) 48’ Lineup: Frei; Smith (Medranda 63’), Nouhou, Arreaga, Cissoko (Yeimar 64’), A. Roldan (Rowe 46’); Leyva (Bruin 80’), Atencio, Benezet, C. Roldan (Montero 64’); Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Cleveland, O’Neill, Chú, João Paulo Sounders FC 2 vs. Club León 3 (Leagues Cup Final) September 22, 2021 at Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas, NV) Attendance: 24,824 SCORING SEA – C. Roldan (Medranda) 48’ LEO – Mena (Hernandez) 61’ LEO – Mena (PK) 81’ LEO – Gigliotti 85’ SEA – Benezet (Bruin) 90+2’ Lineup: Frei ; A. Roldan, Yeimar, Arreaga, O’Neill (Benezet 83’), Medranda (Smith 68’); João Paulo, Rowe (Atencio 83’), C. Roldan, Montero (Bruin 77’); Ruidíaz Substitutes not used: Cleveland, Richey, Cissoko, Nouhou, Leyva, Baker-Whiting, Dobbelaere, Chú

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TREY MUSE

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Born: July 26, 1999 Hometown: Louisville, KY Citizenship: United States College: Indiana

XAVIER ARREAGA

Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Born: September 28, 1994 Hometown: Guayaquil, Ecuador Citizenship: Ecuador HOW ACQUIRED

Currently out on loan with USL Championship side San Diego Loyal SC.

Signed as a Designated Player on May 7, 2019. CAREER NOTES

HOW ACQUIRED Signed as a Homegrown Player on January 15, 2019. CAREER NOTES • Became Sounders FC’s 11th Homegrown Player signing on January 15, 2019 • Named a First Team All-American and Big 10 Goalkeeper of the Year in 2018 • Led Indiana University to the College Cup in both of his collegiate campaigns • Posted a 38-4-7 record with a 0.39 goals against average and 30 shutouts in two seasons at Indiana • Joined the Sounders Academy in 2015 from Derby City Rovers in Louisville, Kentucky.

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NOUHOU

• Started 25 of 28 appearances in his first two seasons with Seattle in 2019-2020 • Appeared in three games during Sounders FC’s 2019 MLS Cup run, starting one match and totaling 132 minutes. • Entered 2021 season with 10 caps for Ecuador, and scored his first international goal in a 6-1 win over Colombia in a World Cup Qualifier on November 17, 2020. • Played 6,787 minutes across four seasons for Ecuadorian power Barcelona SC, starting 78 of his 79 appearances.

JOÃO PAULO

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

Height: 5-6 Weight: 155 Born: March 8, 1991 Hometown: Serafina Corrêa, Brazil Citizenship: Brazil Pronunciation: joe-OW

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on January 26, 2017.

Signed as a Designated Player on January 31, 2020.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Rainbow FC (2015).

• Started 17 of 19 regular season appearances in first season with Sounders FC in 2020, recording two goals and five assists. Added pair of goals in Concacaf Champions League play • In his final season with Botafogo, he made 36 league appearances in Brazil’s Série A, recording three goals as the club finished 15th in the table with 43 points (13-21-4) • He appeared twice as a substitute in Botafogo’s title run in the Campeonato Carioca, as well as once in Copa de Brasil action in 2018 • In his second and final season with Santa Cruz in 2016, João Paulo made 34 appearances and scored two goals as the club finished 19th in the table with 31 points (8-23-7) and was relegated following the campaign

CAREER NOTES • Tallied 59 starts in 92 MLS regular season appearances from 20172020, with four assists • 10 starts in 13 career postseason appearances, including every minute of the 2020 run • Earned first cap with Cameroon National Team in 2017 and has appearaned at U-23 and U-20 levels • Started all 24 of his appearances for S2 in 2016, leading the team with 2,061 minutes

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CRISTIAN ROLDAN

JORDY DELEM

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

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

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed to a First Team contract on March 2, 2017.

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

PREVIOUS CLUBS

HOW ACQUIRED

Club Franciscain (2015), AC Arles-Avignon B (2014). CAREER NOTES CAREER NOTES • Fourth in club history heading into 2021 with 173 regular season appearances, tallying 22 goals and 26 assists • Started 20 of 23 postseason appearances and has played every minute of all four of Seattle’s four MLS Cup final fixtures • Named 2017 Sounders FC team MVP after recording six goals and three assists in 33 appearances (all starts) in 2017 • Regular contributor to the U.S. Men’s National Team • Named NSCAA Third Team All-American as a sophomore at University of Washington • 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior at El Racho High School

RAÚL RUIDÍAZ

• Started 45 of 70 career regular season apperances from 2017-2021, in addition to seven appearances and one start in postseason action. • Made 19 appearances for S2 in 2016 • Previously played for Club Franciscain of Martinique’s Championnat National League and France’s AC Arles-Avignon B squad • Regular starter for the Martinique National Team

NICOLÁS LODEIRO

Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Born: July 25, 1990 Hometown: Lima, Peru Citizenship: Peru Pronunciation: Roo-ee-Dee-az

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

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on June 29, 2018 as a Designated Player.

Signed on July 27, 2016 as a Designated Player.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Morelia (2016-2018), Universitario (2009-2011, 2013-2016), Universidad de Chile (2013), Coritiba (2012).

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

CAREER NOTES

• Tied for fifth in club history heading into 2021 with 42 goal across all compertitions for Sounders FC since signing in 2018 • 40 Liga MX goals scored while playing for Morelia from 2016-2018, including Campeón del Goleo titles for the 2016 Apertura and 2017 Clausura • Won 2009 Peruvian Primera Division title with Universitario and 2012 Chilean Primera Division title with Universidad de Chile • Part of Peru squad that competed at 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia • Helped Peru to a third-place finish at the 2011 Copa América and a Quarterfinal run at the 2016 Copa América Centenario

• Heading into 2021, tied for third in club history with 43 goals across all competitions • Holds club all-time (58) and single-season (16 in 2018) records for assists in MLS play • In 2016, signed with Seattle in Summer Transfer Window, earned 2016 MLS Newcomer of the Year and led the club to its first MLS Cup title. • Helped Uruguay qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup • Member of Uruguay’s 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup roster • Previously played for Boca Juniors (Argentina), Corinthians (Brazil), Botafogo (Brazil) and Ajax (Netherlands) • Participated in 2012 Summer Olympics and three Copa America tournaments. Uruguay won the 2011 edition of Copa America

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BRAD SMITH

FREDY MONTERO

Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Born: April 8, 1994 Hometown: Penrigh, Australia Citizenship: Australia

Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 Born: July 26, 1987 Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia Citizenship: Colombia

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on September 17, 2020.

Signed on March 4, 2021.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

AFC Bournemouth (2016-2020), Sounders FC (2018-2019), Liverpool (2013-2016), Swindon Town (2014-2015).

Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2017, 2019-2020), Sporting CP (2013-2016, 2018-2019), Tianjin Tigers FC (2016), Millonarios (2013), Seattle Sounders FC (2009-2012), Deportivo Cali (2005-2010), Academia (2005), Atlético Huila (2006-2007)

CAREER NOTES • Started 34 of his 45 MLS appearances (including postseason) with eight assists for Sounders FC in 2018-2019 and 2021. • Came up through Liverpool’s youth system after moving to England from Australia at age 14 • Has seen action in English Premier League, F.A. Cup, English League Cup and Europa League play • Scored lone professional goal with Liverpool in 2-2 draw with Exeter City in 2015-2016 F.A. Cup on January 8, 2016 • 22 caps for Australian National Team heading into 2021, including 12 in 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, after representing England at the youth international levels

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JORDAN MORRIS

Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Born: October 26, 1994 Hometown: Mercer Island, Washington Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

CAREER NOTES • Returned to Seattle this season after playing for Sounders FC from 2009-2012, scoring club-record 60 goals across all competitions and winning club Golden Boot in each of club’s first three seasons • 73 goals and 49 career assists in MLS regular season play for Seattle and Vancovuer heading into 2021 • Scored 43 goals across all competitons over four seasons for Sporting CP in Portugal (2013-2016, 2017-2019) • 2009 MLS Newcomer of the Year in Sounders FC’s inaugural season • Twice was winner of Colombia’s Golden Boot for leading first division in scoring in 2007 and 2008

D/M

ALEX ROLDAN

Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Born: June 28, 1996 Hometown: Pico Rivera, California Pronunciation: Roll-dahn HOW ACQUIRED

Went out on loan to Swansea City (English Championship) on January 22, 2021 and suffered torn ACL in match vs. Huddersfield Town on February 20, 2021. HOW ACQUIRED Signed as Homegrown Player on January 21, 2016. CAREER NOTES • 2016 AT&T MLS Rookie of the Year, 2019 MLS Comeback Player of the Year, 2020 MLS Best XI, finalist for 2020 Landon Donovan MLS MVP, 2019 & 2020 Sounders FC Team MVP • 35 goals and 20 assists in 105 MLS regular season appearances, in addition to six goals and three assists in 16 career postseason matches from 2016-2020 • Regular contributor to the U.S. Men’s National Team • As a senior at Stanford, led Cardinal to National Championship and won the MAC Hermann Trophy and became the first college player since 1995 to make senior USMNT appearance (November 2014) • Scored 28 goals in 32 games for Sounders FC Academy in 2012

Selected with the 22nd pick of the First Round (22nd overall) in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. Signed to First Team contract on February 13, 2018. CAREER NOTES • Started 16 of 47 appearances from 2018-2021, in addition to four apperances in 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs • Started all 82 games over his four years at Seattle University with 18 goals and 17 assists, including six goals and team-leading eight assists in 2017 • Made Sounders FC debut as substitute in Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League match at Santa Tecla FC on February 22, 2018 • Younger brother of Sounders FC midfielder, Cristian Roldan

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WILL BRUIN

SPENCER RICHEY

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

Height: 6-2 Weight: 194 Born: May 30, 1992 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States College: Washington

HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired via trade from Houston Dynamo for Targeted Allocation Money and General Allocation Money on December 23, 2016.

Signed on February 2, 2021. PREVIOUS CLUBS

PREVIOUS CLUBS Houston Dynamo (2011-2016).

FC Cincinnati (USL: 2018; MLS: 2019-2020), Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2017), Whitecaps FC II (2015-2016)

CAREER NOTES

• 21 goals in 84 career MLS appearances heading into 2021 • Scored 50 goals and added 20 assists in his six professional seasons with the Houston Dynamo • Nine goals and three assists in 21 career postseason appearances • Scored career-high 12 tallies in 2012. Also reached double digits in the scoring column with 10 goals in 2014, 11 in 2015 and 11 in 2017 • Recorded 33 goals in 66 appearances for the Hoosiers, including a team-high 18 tallies as a junior, when he finished second in the voting for the MAC Hermann Trophy • Two career caps for the U.S. National Team, making his debut in a friendly against Canada in 2013

• Started 28 or 29 MLS appearances for FC Cincinnati in 2019-2020, in addition to 16 USL appearances in 2018 • 46 USL appearances for Whitecaps FC II from 2015-2016 • In two collegiate seasons at Washington, Richey tallied 71 appearances and 30 clean sheets, earning a First Team All-Pac-12 selection in 2012

NICOLAS BENEZET

REED BAKER-WHITING

Height: 5-7 Weight: 143 Born: February 24, 1991 Hometown: Montpellier, France Citizenship: France

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Born: March 31, 2005 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed via trade with Colorado on August 5, 2021 in exhange for $50,000 of General Allocation Money (GAM), and potentially another $50,000 of conditional GAM.

Signed on May 12, 2021.

CAREER NOTES

• Became the 17th Homegrown Player signing in club history in May of 2021 • Seven appearances for Tacoma Defiance in 2020 • Joined Sounders FC Academy in 2016, won 2017 & 2018 Youdan Trophy and 2019 Generation adidas Cup Champions Division.

• Played in all four MLS Cup playoff games for Toronto FC and scored a goal against Atlanta United in the Eastern Conference Final. • Made 29 appearances for the Ligue 1 French side EA Guingamp, scoring three goals and playing 1,651 minutes during the 2017-2018 season. • Saw his first Ligue 1 action for Évian TG, making 29 appearnaces, 18 of which were starts, and logged 1,727 minutes. • Made his professional debut on October 15, 2010 for the French side Nîmes. • Represented France’s youth internationals, making three appearances on the U-20 National team where he scored two goals.

CAREER NOTES

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KELYN ROWE

23 M

LÉO CHÚ

Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Born: December 2, 1991 Hometown: Federal Way, Washington Citizenship: United States College: UCLA

Height: 5-10 Weight: 173 Born: April 6, 2000 Hometown: Porto Alegre, Brazil Citizenship: Brazil

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on January 29, 2021.

Signed via transfer from Brazilian Club Grêmio on August 5, 2021 using Major League Soccer’s U-22 palyer initiative

CAREER NOTES CAREER NOTES • Signed with Sounders FC prior to 2021 after tallying 252 career MLS appearances (including postseason) with 30 goals and 44 assists • Previously played in MLS for New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City • Four caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team • Started two seasons at UCLA, earning Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2010 and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2011

• Chú played for Grêmio’s U-20 squad before going on loan to the first team • Scored three goals in 22 appearances for Ceará in 2020 • Scored two goals in nine appearances during Grêmio’s 2021 Gaúcho 1 season.

STEFAN FREI

Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Born: April 20, 1986 Hometown: Altstaetten, Switzerland Citizenship: United States / Switzerland College: California Pronunciation: STEF-in FRY

ANDREW THOMAS

Height: 6-3 Weight: 175 Born: September 1, 1998 Hometown: London, England Citizenship: United States / England / Russia

HOW ACQUIRED HOW ACQUIRED Acquired via trade from Toronto on December 10, 2013.

Claimed off wavers on May 21, 2021 following conclusion of NCAA season.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Toronto FC (2009-2013).

• Three-time All-Pac-12 First Team selection and three-time Pac-12 Champion while at Stanford • Came up through Watford FC Academy • Has spent time with U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team

CAREER NOTES • Holds club records for goalkeeper appearances (221), wins (107), saves (679) and shutouts (64), in addition to leading the Rave Green to the 2014 Supporters’ Shield and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, in addition to four MLS Cup Final appearances (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) and a pair of championships (2016, 2019). • Set Sounders FC franchise record with 114 saves in 2018. • Recorded a team-record 11 saves on June 13, 2018 at New York Red Bulls. • MLS record-holder with current 624-minute individual postseason shutout streak spanning 2016 and 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs • Named 2016 MLS Cup MVP after shuttout and historic save on Jozy Altidore header • Four-time Canadian Cup Championship winner with Toronto

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

SHANE O’NEILL

YEIMAR GÓMEZ ANDRADE

Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Born: September 2, 1993 Hometown: Middleton, Ireland Citizenship: Ireland

Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Born: June 30, 1992 Hometown: Tadó, Colombia Citizenship: Colombia

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as a free agent on January 14, 2020.

Signed on February 5, 2020 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Orlando City SC (2018-19), Colorado Rapids (2012-15)

Unión de Sante Fe (2017-2020)

CAREER NOTES

• Started 17 of 22 MLS appearances (including postseason) in first year with Sounders FC • Started eight of his 11 appearances and recorded 838 minutes and three shots in his second season with Orlando City SC in 2019. • O’Neill was called up to the United States senior squad in January 2015, and featured for the U.S. at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. • He made his debut for the U-20 U.S. National Team on October 10, 2012.

• Voted Sounders FC Defender of the Year in 2020 after starting all 23 appearances (including postseason) and anchoring backline that allowed just 23 goals in regular-season play, the lowest in the Western Conference and fourth lowest in MLS. • In his final season with Unión in 2019, Yeimar started all 15 of his appearances in Argentina, scoring two goals, in addition to playing once in Copa Argentina before being transferred to Sounders FC. • Started all 24 of his appearances and scored two goals as Uníon finished eighth during the 2018-2019 campaign with 36 points (9-7-9). • In his first season with Unión de Sante Fe, Yeimar started all 25 of his appearances back in the Argentine first division, scoring one goal, as the club finished 10th in the table with 43 points (11-6-10).

30 GK

STEFAN CLEVELAND

Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Born: May 24, 1994 Hometown: Dayton, Ohio College: Louisville

SHANDON HOPEAU

Height: 5-11 Weight: 162 Born: December 1, 1998 Hometown: Kapolei, Hawaii Citizenship: United States

HOW ACQUIRED Acquired via trade from Chicago Fire SC on November 26, 2020..

Currently out on loan with USL Championship side San Antonio FC. HOW ACQUIRED

PREVIOUS CLUBS Signed as Homegrown Player on June 29, 2020. Chicago Fire SC (2017-2019) CAREER NOTES CAREER NOTES • Started all 22 of his appearances while on loan with USL League One club Lansing Ignite FC in 2019, totaling 1,980 minutes. • Cleveland started all five of his appearances in MLS regular season play and totaled 450 minutes for Chicago Fire FC in 2018. • At Louisville, Cleveland appeared in 22 games for the Cardinals in 2016 and earned 10 shutouts en route to a 0.72 goals against average.

• Started one of five appearances in first MLS season in 2020 • Recorded career highs in goals (5), assists (4) and starts (25) in 2019 for Tacoma Defiance • Signed USL contract in 2017 • Joined Sounders FC Academy in 2016 after playing for his local club, Hawaii Rush. He was a key attacking piece of the U-17/18 squad that finished third in the USSDA National Playoffs

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ETHAN DOBBELAERE

DANNY LEYVA

Height: 5-9 Weight: 140 Born: November 14, 2002 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States

Height: 5-10 Weight: 140 Born: May 5, 2003 Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada Citizenship: United States

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on June 16, 2020.

Signed as Homegrown Player on April 9, 2019.

CAREER NOTES

• Made MLS debut with start in 1-1 draw with LA Galaxy on November 4, 2020 • One of three Sounders FC players to participate in 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup • Started two of seven appearnaces for Tacoma Defiance in 2019 • Part of Sounders FC’s U-17 squad that won the USSDA National Championship in 2018, as well as a pair of Generation adidas Cup titles in both the Premier and Champions Division.

• Eight appearances and five starts for Sounders FC since signing in 2019 • Youngest signing in club history at 15 years and 339 days upon signing • Six appearances for Tacoma Defiance in 2018 and 2019 prior to signing with Sounders FC • Member of Sounders FC U-17 squad that won 2017-2018 USSDA National Championship • Has participated with U.S. U-15 and U-16 National Team squad

JOSH ATENCIO

Height: 6-1 Weight: 174 Born: January 31, 2002 Hometown: Bellevue, Washington Citizenship: United States

ALFONSO OCAMPO-CHAVEZ

Height: 5-10 Weight: 142 Born: March 25, 2002 Hometown: Merced, California Citizenship: United States

HOW ACQUIRED Signed as Homegrown Player on June 16, 2020.

Currently out on loan with Austrian side FC Pinzgau Saalfelden.

CAREER NOTES

HOW ACQUIRED

• Recorded five substitute appearances in first MLS season in 2020 • Started 23 of 25 appearances for Tacoma Defiance in 2019 • Joined Sounders FC Academy in 2016 and has participated in preseason with the First Team every year since 2017. • Part of Sounders FC’s U-17 squad that won the USSDA National Championship in 2018, as well as a pair of Generation adidas Cup titles in both the Premier and Champions Division.

Signed as Homegrown Player on May 1, 2019. PREVIOUS CLUBS Tacoma Defiance (2017-2019) CAREER NOTES • 13th Homegrown Player signing in club history • Led Sounders FC U-17 side in scoring during 2019 Generation adidas Cup Champions Division championship • Seven appearances for Tacoma Defiance from 2017 to 2019 prior to signing with Sounders FC • Member of Sounders FC U-17 squad that won 2017-2018 USSDA National Championship

SOUNDERS FC at SPORTING KANSAS CITY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 - 4:00 P.M. PT

ABDOULAYE CISSOKO

D/M

JIMMY MEDRANDA

Height: 6-3 Weight: 175 Born: December 7, 1999 Hometown: Les Ulis, France Citizenship: France

Height: 5-5 Weight: 150 Born: February 7, 1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Colombia Citizenship: Colombia

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on May 21, 2021.

Acquired via trade with Nashville SC on October 21, 2020.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Tacoma Defiance (2020), San Diego 1904 FC (2019)

Nashville SC (2020), Sporting Kansas City (2013-2019), Swope Park Rangers (Loan; 2016), OKC Energy (Loan; 2014), Deportivo Pereira (2012-2013)

CAREER NOTES • Signed with Sounders FC after training with First Team during 2021 preseason • Appeared in 12 matches for Tacoma Defiance in 2020 • Came up through his local French club CO Les Ulis, the first club of Patrice Evra, Anthony Martial and Thierry Henry

CAREER NOTES • Made Sounders FC debut as substitute in 2020 MLS Cup Final at Columbus • Played for SKC for seven season from 2013-2019, scoring five goals and amassing 5,608 minutes. • Acquired by Nashville SC during the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft. • Won MLS Cup in 2013 during his rookie season with SKC. • Has two years of experience playing in Colombia with Deportivo Pereira in 2012-2013, logging a total of 481 minutes and scoring one goal.

Trey Muse Xavier Arreaga Nouhou Tolo Joao Paulo Cristian Roldan Jordy Delem Raul Ruidiaz Nicolas Lodeiro Brad Smith Fredy Montero Jordan Morris Alex Roldan Will Bruin Spencer Richey Nicolas Benezet Reed Baker-Whiting Kelyn Rowe Leo Chu Stefan Frei Andrew Thomas Shane O'Neill Yeimar Gomez Andrade Stefan Cleveland Alex Villanueva Shandon Hopeau Ethan Dobbelaere Obed Vargas Danny Leyva Josh Atencio Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez Abdoulaye Cissoko Jimmy Medranda Samuel Adeniran

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Played for other teams: Nicolas Benezet played 284 minutes for COL

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SEA 4 vs MIN 0

Game log: Game #1 04/16/2021

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Joao Paulo 2 (Benezet 2, Lodeiro 1)

Montero 4 (Joao Paulo 6) 72 Montero 5 (unassisted) 13; Montero 6 (Joao Paulo 7) 29; Ruidiaz 12 (free kick) Medranda 2 (Joao Paulo 8) 77; Benezet 1 (C. Roldan 2) 94+ Ruidiaz 14 (unassisted) 63 Arreaga 2 (unassisted) 88; Bruin 1 (Medranda 2) 89

Ruidiaz 11 (unassisted) 67 Montero 3 (unassisted) 51

Andrade 1 (Joao Paulo 5) 41; Ruidiaz 7 (unassisted) 49 C. Roldan 2 (unassisted) 58; Ruidiaz 8 (penalty kick) 88 Ruidiaz 9 (Smith 2, Atencio 1) 40; Medranda 1 (Montero 2) 71 A. Roldan 1 (unassisted) 41 Rowe 1 (A. Roldan 3) 62; Ruidiaz 10 (Smith 3, Montero 3) 94+

55; Ruidiaz 13 (unassisted)

Joao Paulo 1 (unassisted) 49; Ruidiaz 1 (Bruin 1, Joao Paulo 1) 70; Ruidiaz 2 (C. Roldan 1, Montero 1) Montero 1 (A. Roldan 1) 86 Smith 1 (unassisted) 54 Ruidiaz 3 (Smith 1, Bruin 2) 20; Smith 2 (unassisted) 23; Ruidiaz 4 (Medranda 1, Tolo 1) 93+ Ruidiaz 5 (penalty kick) 63; Montero 2 (Joao Paulo 2) 79 C. Roldan 1 (unassisted) 18 Arreaga 1 (Joao Paulo 3) 57; Smith 3 (A. Roldan 2, Ruidiaz 1) 73 Ruidiaz 6 (Joao Paulo 4) 6

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

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Ruidíaz (penalty kick) 23; Montero (C. Roldan, João Paulo) Ruidíaz (unassisted) 93+ C. Roldan (Medranda) 48; Benezet (Bruin) 92+

LEAGUES CUP SF F SANT LEON 1-0 2-3

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SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

64; Lodeiro (C. Roldan)