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NEW YORK CITY FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY YANKEE STADIUM, Bronx, N.Y. 7:30 p.m. ET (YES; FS-KC)

Wednesday, Sept. 6 (Week 27, MLS Game #295)

NEW YORK CITY FC 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Atlanta, GA 24 24 0 0 200 200 0 1 1 Sean Johnson Ben Sweat DF 6-2 175 09/04/1991 Palm Harbor, FL 18 18 1 6 18 18 1 6 2 3 Ethan White DF 6-0 183 01/01/1991 Kensington, MD 20 18 0 2 99 84 1 2 4 Maxime Chanot DF 6-1 172 11/21/1989 Nancy, France 19 19 2 0 25 24 2 0 MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 12 5 0 0 41 21 0 1 5 Mikey Lopez 6 Alexander Callens DF 6-1 180 05/04/1992 Callao, Peru 26 26 2 0 26 26 2 0 FW 5-9 152 12/03/1981 Langreo, Spain 25 24 19 9 88 85 60 21 7 David Villa MF 5-9 159 04/09/1991 Helsinki, Finland 24 24 0 3 24 24 0 3 8 Alexander Ring 9 Sean Okoli FW 6-1 178 02/03/1993 Seattle, WA 14 2 1 0 22 2 1 0 10 Maximiliano Moralez MF 5-3 115 02/27/1987 Granadero Baigorria, Argentina 22 21 4 7 22 21 4 7 FW 5-9 155 11/20/1996 Stoke-on-Trent, England 26 25 8 6 47 42 12 13 11 Jack Harrison 12 John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/04/1990 Fairfax, VA 3 0 0 0 51 21 1 1 Frederic Brillant DF 6-3 186 06/26/1985 Sedan, France 15 8 1 1 46 39 2 1 13 Kwame Awuah MF 5-7 160 12/02/1995 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 15 Thomas McNamara MF 5-9 170 02/06/1991 West Nyack, NY 20 12 2 2 75 61 13 14 17 Jonathan Lewis FW 5-7 150 06/04/1997 Plantation, FL 8 3 2 1 8 3 2 1 Khiry Shelton FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 7 0 0 0 46 20 5 10 19 21 Andrea Pirlo MF 5-9 150 05/19/1979 Flero, Lombardy, Italy 11 10 0 1 56 54 1 17 Ronald Matarrita DF 5-9 154 07/09/1994 Alajuela, Costa Rica 9 7 0 3 34 30 1 8 22 23 Rodney Wallace FW 5-11 165 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 19 18 4 5 178 146 23 27 Andre Rawls GK 6-2 182 12/20/1991 San Ramon, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 25 Eirik Johansen GK 6-7 235 07/12/1992 Tonsberg, Norway 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 DF 6-0 177 04/17/1990 Old Bridge, NJ 11 7 0 2 49 39 1 10 27 R.J. Allen 30 Yangel Herrera MF 6-0 170 01/07/1998 La Guaira, Venezuela 14 11 1 2 14 11 1 2 Shannon Gomez DF 5-7 140 10/05/1996 Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 99 Miguel Camargo MF 5-10 163 09/05/1993 Panama City, Panama 8 2 1 0 8 2 1 0 ON LOAN Jefferson Mena DF 6-0 174 06/15/1989 Apartado, Colombia 16 16 1 0 23 22 1 0 HEAD COACH : Patrick Vieira

06/23/1976 W29 L17 T14

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 5 3 0 0 15 9 0 0 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 21 21 2 0 108 82 11 3 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 5 5 0 0 68 58 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 21 21 0 3 221 215 3 14 5 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 24 24 0 1 24 24 0 1 FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 24 22 7 1 24 22 7 1 7 Gerso Fernandes 8 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 17 0 5 212 172 26 53 FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 17 11 3 0 17 11 3 0 9 Latif Blessing 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 20 5 3 195 176 34 50 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 7 4 2 1 22 7 3 1 11 Diego Rubio 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 24 24 1 1 177 170 1 8 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 9 7 1 0 61 43 1 7 17 19 Cristian Lobato MF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 4 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 11 6 0 1 69 32 8 7 22 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 22 22 1 3 182 162 5 23 GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 25 25 0 0 81 80 0 0 29 Tim Melia 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 15 5 2 2 15 5 2 2 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 39 41 James Musa MF 6-3 170 04/01/1992 Plymouth, England 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Amer Didic DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 14 2 0 1 64 46 0 3 93 Soni Mustivar 94 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 24 17 1 1 65 47 2 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W113 L87 T71

NEW YORK CITY FC vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY Wednesday, Sept. 6; Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. ET REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS NYCFC at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 26 14-7-5 47 48 35 13 9-1-3 30 29 16

REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Jeffrey Greeson; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero; VAR: Robert Sibiga TEAM NEWS

Sporting 25 10-5-10 40 31 19 on road 12 2-5-5 11 6 11

SUSPENDED: NYC: Rodney Wallace (caution accumulation; through Sept. 6) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NYC: Thomas McNamara, David Villa, Alexander Ring ... KC: Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez DISABLED LIST: NYC: Miguel Camargo (season-ending) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: NYC: Alexander Ring (FIN); Yangel Herrera (VEN); David Villa (ESP); Rodney Wallace (CRC) ... KC: Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (USA); Amer Didic (CAN); James Musa (NZL); Soony Saad (LEB)

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: NYCFC 0 wins, 1 goal … Sporting 2 wins, 4 goals … Ties 0 AT YANKEE STADIUM: NYCFC 0 wins, 0 goals … Sporting 1 win, 1 goal … Ties 0 LAST YEAR (MLS): 7/10: KC 3, NYC 1 (Feilhaber 8; Medranda 16; Opara 51 -Lampard 14)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES NEW YORK RED BULLS 1 NEW YORK CITY FC 1 Scoring Summary: NYC--Moralez 4 (Villa 9, Allen 2) 56 NYR--Veron 2 (penalty kick) 70

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING NYCFC Sun. Sept. 10 at Columbus Sat. Sept. 9 Portland Sat. Sept. 16 New England Sat. Sept. 16 at Colorado Sun. Sept. 24 Los Angeles Sat. Sept. 23 Houston Sat. Sept. 30 Vancouver Wed. Sept. 27 at Montreal

NEW YORK CITY FC--Sean Johnson, Ethan White (R.J. Allen 30), Frederic Brillant, Alexander Callens, Ben Sweat, Alexander Ring, Mikey Lopez, Rodney Wallace (Thomas McNamara 79), Jack Harrison (Jonathan Lewis 70), David Villa, Maximiliano Moralez.

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

NYCFC

F 48 49

A 35 67

F A 31 19 73 118

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL HOW SCORED

20 20 8 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

18 11 6 0

20 9 2 0

7 6 6 0

22 1 2 3 2 0 0 1

6 6 1 0 2 0 3 1

8 17 6

6 11 2

TYPE OF PLAY

29 6 3 2 4 0 4 0

17 8 3 3 3 1 0 0

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

11 32 5

8 22 5

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 FC DALLAS 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Rubio 2 (Zusi 4) 42 KC--Fernandes 7 (Zusi 5) 92+ SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Latif Blessing 93+), Cristian Lobato (Gerso Fernandes 68), Diego Rubio, Daniel Salloi (Erik Palmer-Brown 83).

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) NYC KC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-1-1 10-2-3 1-4-1 7-0-1 3-1-6 0-4-3

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 9-1-3 5-6-2 10-0-4 0-5-2

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

NEW YORK CITY FC Date Score (Gms since) 8/20/2017 NYC 2, NE 1 8/12/2017 NYC 2, LA 0 4/23/2017 NYC 1, ORL 2 7/30/2017 NYC 0, TOR 4 8/25/2017 NYC 1, NYR 1 8/12/2017 NYC 2, LA 0 7/30/2017 NYC 0, TOR 4

(0) (1) (9) (2) (0) (2) (4)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 8/19/2017 KC 2, DAL 0 (0) 6/24/2017 KC 2, LA 1 (2) 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 (22) 8/12/2017 KC 0, SEA 1 (0) 8/06/2017 KC 1, ATL 1 (2) 8/19/2017 KC 2, DAL 0 (0) 8/12/2017 KC 0, SEA 1 (1)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED NYCFC LWTWLWLWWTLWLTWWWWLTWLWWWT TTWTWWLWWLTWLLWTTWTTTWTLW Sporting KC

TEAM LEADERS NYCFC G: 19 Villa A: 9 Villa SHT: 112 Villa SOG: 44 Villa FC: 48 Ring FS: 60 Moralez OF: 27 Villa C: 9 Ring E: 1 Herrera SPORTING G: 7 Fernandes A: 5 Zusi SHT: 55 Fernandes SOG: 23 Fernandes FC: 35 Dwyer FS: 37 Dwyer OF: 15 Blessing C: 7 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG NYC 26 2 7 11 5 1 48 1.85 KC 25 9 6 5 5 0 31 1.24 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG NYC 26 5 11 7 2 1 35 1.35 KC 25 10 11 4 0 0 19 0.76 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 NYC 48 5 4 8 9 13 9 KC 31 2 4 5 12 3 5 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 NYC 35 5 6 6 7 7 4 KC 19 1 5 4 0 2 7

2017 NEW YORK CITY FC STATISTICS (14-7-5, 47 pts.) UNF 7 11 10 23 15 17 6 4 2 30 13 99 9 8 22 3 27 21 25 12 19 14 5 1

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

PLAYER David Villa Jack Harrison Maximiliano Moralez Rodney Wallace Thomas McNamara Jonathan Lewis Alexander Callens Maxime Chanot Ben Sweat Yangel Herrera Frederic Brillant Miguel Camargo Sean Okoli Alexander Ring Ronald Matarrita Ethan White R.J. Allen Andrea Pirlo Eirik Johansen John Stertzer Khiry Shelton Kwame Awuah Mikey Lopez Sean Johnson Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 26 22 19 20 8 26 19 18 14 15 8 14 24 9 20 11 11 2 3 7 3 12 24

GS 24 25 21 18 12 3 26 19 18 11 8 2 2 24 7 18 7 10 2 0 0 0 5 24

MIN 2155 2150 1893 1505 1009 267 2340 1710 1538 936 803 176 315 2154 585 1463 737 771 180 39 152 15 609 2160

26 26

2340 2340

G 19 8 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 35

A 9 6 7 5 2 1 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 112 43 31 37 17 8 11 16 12 17 6 3 10 20 2 3 5 7 0 0 2 0 2 0

SOG 44 21 13 14 9 5 2 3 2 6 2 1 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

50 31

364 322

138 107

FC 26 24 19 39 14 10 20 17 20 38 5 4 9 48 2 24 21 6 0 0 1 0 10 0

FS 57 25 60 15 16 4 27 17 8 31 2 4 3 28 2 9 3 12 1 0 2 0 4 1

OFF 27 4 7 4 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 21 9 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

357 352 352 357

55 50

134 125

61 54

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jack Harrison 4, David Villa 3, Rodney Wallace 2, Jonathan Lewis 2, Thomas McNamara 1, Frederic Brillant 1, Alexander Callens 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Ben Sweat 3, Ronald Matarrita 2, Jack Harrison 2, David Villa 2, Rodney Wallace 2, Ethan White 1, Thomas McNamara 1, Yangel Herrera 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: David Villa 4-4, Maximiliano Moralez 0-1 NEW YORK CITY FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Eirik Johansen Team totals Opponent totals

GP 24 2 26 26

GS 24 2 26 26

MIN SHTS 2160 100 180 7 2340 107 2340 138

SV 68 3 71 85

GA 31 4 35 48

GAA 1.29 2 1.35 1.85

PG 3 0 3 4

PA 4 0 4 5

W L 13 6 1 1 14 7 7 14

T 5 0 5 5

SO 5 0 5 2

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (10-5-10, 40 pts.) UNF 7 10 14 14 9 30 11 3 27 94 15 17 8 5 6 93 22 39 19 2 40 41 4 29 77

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

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

GP 24 23 15 20 17 15 7 21 22 24 24 9 18 21 24 14 11 1 4 5 1 1 5 25 1

GS 22 20 14 18 11 5 4 21 22 17 24 7 17 21 24 2 6 0 2 3 1 1 5 25 1

MIN 1896 1832 1271 1624 973 547 414 1890 1957 1518 2159 632 1575 1890 2160 260 446 21 148 280 45 90 450 2250 45

25 25

2250 2250

G 7 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 19

A 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 55 39 45 53 27 20 11 12 31 38 11 6 21 4 14 0 14 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0

SOG 23 15 22 25 13 9 3 4 6 8 2 3 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

24 22

356 246

124 94

FC 29 27 35 38 22 6 11 12 33 10 13 10 11 16 11 7 7 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 1

FS 34 34 37 51 26 9 13 8 30 16 15 7 12 10 28 4 8 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0

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

CK 6 79 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 0 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

271 319 319 271

51 65

125 93

44 56

1 1

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

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 25 25

GS 25 25 25

MIN SHTS 2250 94 2250 94 2250 124

SV 74 74 91

GA 19 19 31

GAA 0.76 0.76 1.24

PG 2 2 2

PA 5 5 2

W L T 10 5 10 10 5 10 5 10 10

SO 10 10 9

NEW YORK CITY FC 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

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

OPPONENT RESULT 5 at Orlando City L 0-1 SC 12 D.C. United W 4-0 18 Montreal T 1-1 1 San Jose W 2-1 8 at D.C. United L 1-2 14 at Philadelphia W 2-0 23 Orlando City SC L 1-2 29 at Columbus W 3-2

ATT 25527

W-L-T 0-1-0

24259 18515 20066 18855 16553 22470 17336

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

4 5 3 5 1 6 3

W 3-1

25605

5-3-1

14 at FC Dallas 17 at Real Salt Lake 21 at Orlando City SC 28 at Atlanta 31 New England

T 1-1 L 1-2

14665 16434

5-3-2 5-4-2

4 5

3 NYC: Wallace (8) Villa (28,75) Moralez (39); 4 NYC: Wallace (44); MTL: Oduro (68) 7 NYC: Harrison (10) McNamara (67); SJ: Urena (6) 7 NYC: Villa (84); DC: Sam (53) Acosta (73) 10 NYC: Harrison (52) Villa (90); 10 NYC: Villa (74); ORL: Larin (31,51) 13 NYC: Harrison (8,76) Herrera (64); CLB: Higuain (29) Kamara (49) 16 NYC: Villa (17) Wallace (60) Moralez (62); ATL: Carmona (39) 17 NYC: McNamara (68); DAL: Acosta (20) 17 NYC: Okoli (4); RSL: Rusnak (38) Maund (51)

W 3-0

25527

6-4-2

20 NYC: Villa (14,82) Wallace (35);

L 1-3 T 2-2

44901 20193

6-5-2 6-5-3

3 5

3 Philadelphia 17 Seattle 24 at New York Red Bulls 29 Minnesota

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

21851 25073 25219

7-5-3 8-5-3 9-5-3

2 3 3

20 NYC: Harrison (71); ATL: Almiron (16,23) Villalba (19) 21 NYC: Harrison (16) Camargo (64); NE: Kamara (24) Kouassi (86) 24 NYC: Chanot (80) Callens (85); PHI: Picault (69) 27 NYC: Villa (52,77); SEA: Roldan (40) 30 NYC: Harrison (33) Sweat (65);

W 3-1

21572

10-5-3

L 2-3

22120

10-6-3

7 Atlanta

POS PTS NOTES: 11 0 ORL: Larin (15)

Wed. July

19 Toronto FC

T 2-2

22011

10-6-4

Sat. July Sun. July Sun. Aug.

22 Chicago 30 at Toronto FC 6 New York Red Bulls 12 at Los Angeles 20 New England 25 at New York Red Bulls 6 Sporting KC 9 Portland 16 at Colorado 23 Houston 27 at Montreal 30 at Chicago 15 at New England 22 Columbus

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

26025 29203 33679

11-6-4 11-7-4 12-7-4

3 3 3

33 NYC: Callens (38) Harrison (52) Villa (63); MIN: Ramirez (9) 33 NYC: Chanot (34) Villa (40); VAN: Montero (3) Harvey (54) Reyna (88) 34 NYC: Villa (47+) Moralez (56); TOR: Morgan (11) Vazquez (91+) 37 NYC: Villa (47) Brillant (50); CHI: Accam (54) 37 TOR: Giovinco (32,67) Altidore (75) Edwards (82) 40 NYC: Villa (28,72,76); NYR: Wright-Phillips (41,64)

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

25667 22415 25219

13-7-4 14-7-4 14-7-5

2 2 2

43 NYC: Lewis (54) Villa (73); 46 NYC: Villa (77) Lewis (94+); NE: Bunbury (57) 47 NYC: Moralez (56); NYR: Veron (70)

Wed. July

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

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

5 at Vancouver

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

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

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

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

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

W L W W

6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 11 at Houston 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake

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

May May May June June June June July July July

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

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

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

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

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

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

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

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

21144 15411 18648 18965

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

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

2 2

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

W L L W T T W T T T

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

20139 21020 17648 20361 20334 18000 20140 20933 19240 19316

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

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

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

W 3-2

20313

9-4-9

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

19481 9-4-10 43530 9-5-10 19869 10-5-10 0 10-5-10

1 3 1 3

36 KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51); CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78) 37 KC: Feilhaber (59); ATL: Peterson (91+) 37 SEA: Dempsey (36) 40 KC: Rubio (42) Fernandes (92+); 40

NEW YORK CITY FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017) Goals 3 David Villa Assists 2 5 times Shots 8 David Villa Shots on Goal 6 David Villa Fouls Committed 5 6 times Fouls Suffered 7 Maximiliano Moralez Offside 4 David Villa 4 David Villa 4 David Villa Saves 6 Sean Johnson Shots Faced 8 Sean Johnson Goals Allowed 4 Sean Johnson

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

08/06/2017 vs NYR

W 3-2

03/12/2017 vs DC

W 4-0

06/03/2017 vs PHI

W 2-1

08/06/2017 vs NYR

W 3-2

03/12/2017 vs DC

W 4-0

07/22/2017 vs CHI

W 2-1

03/05/2017 vs ORL 06/29/2017 vs MIN 08/06/2017 vs NYR

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

07/22/2017 vs CHI

W 2-1

07/22/2017 vs CHI

W 2-1

07/30/2017 vs TOR

L 0-4

Goals 4 03/12/2017 vs Assists 5 05/07/2017 vs Shots 21 06/17/2017 vs Shots on Goal 11 05/07/2017 vs Fouls Committed 22 05/07/2017 vs 22 06/17/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 25 08/06/2017 vs Corner Kicks 12 04/23/2017 vs Offside 8 08/06/2017 vs Saves 6 07/22/2017 vs Shots Faced 8 07/22/2017 vs Goals Allowed 4 07/30/2017 vs

W 4-0

ATL

W 3-1

SEA

W 2-1

ATL

W 3-1

ATL SEA

W 3-1 W 2-1

NYR

W 3-2

ORL

L 1-2

NYR

W 3-2

CHI

W 2-1

CHI

W 2-1

TOR

L 0-4

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

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

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

05/17/2017 at SEA

W 3-0

08/19/2017 at DAL

W 2-0

05/27/2017 at COL

L 0-1

05/17/2017 at SEA

W 3-0

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

W 2-0 L 0-1

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

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

08/06/2017 at ATL

T 1-1

06/10/2017 at MTL

T 1-1

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

L 0-2 T 1-1

05/07/2017 at MIN

L 0-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017) Shots 9 03/12/2017 vs 9 05/28/2017 vs 9 08/25/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 05/14/2017 vs Fouls Committed 5 04/08/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 7 08/12/2017 vs Corner Kicks 1 07/30/2017 vs Offside 0 03/12/2017 vs 0 06/17/2017 vs 0 07/05/2017 vs 0 08/25/2017 vs Saves 0 03/05/2017 vs 0 05/28/2017 vs Shots Faced 1 03/05/2017 vs 1 06/24/2017 vs

DC ATL NYR

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

DAL

T 1-1

L 1-2

W 2-0

TOR

L 0-4

DC SEA VAN NYR

W W L T

ORL ATL

L 0-1 L 1-3

ORL NYR

L 0-1 W 2-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

COL RSL SEA MIN CHI

W W W W W

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

COL

W 3-1

MIN

W 3-0

MIN

W 3-0

DAL

T 0-0

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

PHI

T 1-1

ATL

T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

VAN MTL

L 0-2 T 1-1

MIN ORL VAN CHI

L T L W

Shots 7 07/01/2017 at Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 at 1 07/01/2017 at Fouls Committed 3 06/10/2017 at Fouls Suffered 6 05/17/2017 at Corner Kicks 0 07/01/2017 at Offside 0 03/31/2017 at 0 04/15/2017 at 0 05/27/2017 at 0 08/19/2017 at Saves 1 06/03/2017 at 1 07/06/2017 at 1 08/06/2017 at Shots Faced 1 06/03/2017 at

POR

T 1-1

DAL POR

L 0-1 T 1-1

MTL

T 1-1

SEA

W 3-0

POR

T 1-1

TOR POR COL DAL

T W L W

MIN PHI ATL

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

MIN

W 3-0

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

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS NEW YORK CITY FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

New York City FC

New York City FC 0 wins, 1 goals Sporting KC 2 wins, 4 goals 0 ties 3/28/2015 7/10/2016

KC 1 at NYC 0 KC 3 vs NYC 1

() (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 1 9 4 11 2 2

2 0 9 3 16 3 2

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC

Tot 1 18 7 27 5 4

1 3 15 7 15 2 4

2 1 13 4 13 1 7

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 4 28 11 28 3 11

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC NYC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

2 1

1 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

4 1

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Patrick Vieira Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. NYC

0-1-0 2-0-0

(0 pts./game) (3 pts./game)

New York City FC Frank Lampard Pirlo/Matarrita Javier Calle Javier Calle Jason Hernandez David Villa 42 times Josh Saunders 42 times Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

2 1 4 3 3 6 1 0 1 3 1

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

1 1 4 2 4 5 0 2 0 7 4

Sporting KC Ike Opara Matt Besler 3 times Benny Feilhaber 4 times Dom Dwyer Melia/Marin 34 times Luis Marin Melia/Marin Tim Melia

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: New York City FC 1 Frank Lampard (07/10/16) 1 Pirlo/Matarrita 4 Javier Calle (03/28/15) 2 Javier Calle (03/28/15) 3 4 players tied 5 David Villa (07/10/16) None 6 Josh Saunders (07/10/16) 3 Josh Saunders (07/10/16)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

Sporting KC 1 4 players tied 1 Matt Besler (03/28/15) 4 Feilhaber/Rubio 3 Benny Feilhaber (07/10/16) 3 4 players tied 6 Dom Dwyer (03/28/15) 1 Luis Marin (03/28/15) 3 Melia/Marin 1 Tim Melia (07/10/16)

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

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

3-1-1 10-2-3 1-4-1

1 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ls

(07/05/2017) (08/25/2017) (07/30/2017)

7-0-1 3-1-6 0-4-3

3 Ws (06/24/2017) 3 Ts (06/17/2017) 1 Ls (08/12/2017)

5-6-2 9-1-3

1 Ws 1 Ts

(08/20/2017) 0-5-2 (08/25/2017) 10-0-4

1 Ls (08/12/2017) 1 Ws (08/19/2017)

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

2 Ls 1 Ts 3 Ws 6 Ws 5 Ws

(03/05/2017) (08/25/2017) (07/22/2017) (09/01/2016) (03/06/2016)

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

1 - (08/26/2017) 5 Ts (06/10/2017) 2 Ws (06/24/2017) 5 Ws (04/09/2017) 0 -

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

7 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ws 4 Ls 3 Ls

(08/20/2016) (08/25/2017) (08/06/2017) (09/10/2016) (05/21/2016)

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

1 - (08/26/2017) 1 Ls (08/12/2017) 1 Ws (07/29/2017) 1 Ls (10/01/2016) 0 -

NEW YORK CITY FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (0-2-0) PLAYER Frank Lampard Ronald Matarrita Andrea Pirlo Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

1 1 1 2 2

63 45 90 180 180

1 0 0 1 4

0 1 1 2 1

SHT GOALKEEPER 1 0 0 18 28

Josh Saunders Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

2 2 2

180 180 180

11 11 7

GAA

7 2.00 7 2.00 6 0.50

0 0 0

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-0-0) PLAYER Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

2 2 2 1 2 2

174 180 157 90 180 180

2 1 1 0 4 1

0 0 0 1 1 2

2 4 4 0 28 18

GOALKEEPER Luis Marin Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 2 2

MIN SHTS 90 90 180 180

3 4 7 11

GAA

3 3 6 7

0.00 1.00 0.50 2.00

0 0 0 0

CURRENT NEW YORK CITY FC VS. SPORTING KC (0-20)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. NEW YORK CITY FC (2-00)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

Rodney Wallace Ronald Matarrita Andrea Pirlo R.J. Allen Frederic Brillant Jack Harrison Sean Johnson Mikey Lopez Thomas McNamara Jefferson Mena Sean Okoli John Stertzer David Villa Ethan White Team totals Opponent totals

12 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 2 2

11 1 1 1 1 1 12 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 2

943 45 90 90 90 90 1080 10 51 90 4 94 90 270 180 180

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

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

10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 18 28

Ike Opara Benny Feilhaber Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Saad Abdul-Salaam Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Diego Rubio Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

GOALKEEPER

Sean Johnson Team totals Opponent totals

12 2 2

1080 180 180

52 11 7

41 0.83 7 2.00 6 0.50

0 0 0

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2

2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

174 180 157 90 90 90 90 102 89 90 39 180 180

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

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

2 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 1 28 18

GAA

3 1.00 6 0.50 7 2.00

0 0 0

GP 1 2 2

MIN SHTS 90 180 180

4 7 11

MATCH NOTES Match Information

Opponent Info: Sporting Kansas City

New York City FC vs. Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City 10-5-10 (W-L-D); GD: 31-19 (+12 SKC) VS

Head to Head:

Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2017

All-Time NYCFC: 0-2-0 (W-L-D); Goals: 1-4 (-3 NYCFC)

Kick-off: 7:30 p.m. EDT

• 3/28/2016: NYCFC – 0 vs. Sporting Kansas City – 1 Goals: Ike Opara (SKC)

Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY Forecast: Rain, 71°F | 61°F

• 7/11/2016: NYCFC – 1 vs. Sporting Kansas City – 3 Goals: Frank Lampard (NYC), Benny Feilhaber (SKC), Jimmy Medranda (SKC), Ike Opara (SKC)

Referees

Recent Form: 8/19/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 2 vs. FC Dallas – 0

Referee: Ricardo Salazar

8/12/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 0 @ Seattle Sounders FC – 1

Assistant Referee 1 (bench): Jeffrey Greeson

8/6/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 1 @ Atlanta United FC – 1

Assistant Referee 2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho

7/29/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 3 vs. Chicago Fire – 2

Fourth Official: Jose Carlos Rivero

7/22/2017: Sporting Kansas City – 1 @ Real Salt Lake – 1

Video Assistant Referee: Robert Sibiga

Opponent News:

Broadcast

• Matt Besler and Graham Zusi were part of the USMNT side that lost 2-0 to Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifier last Friday evening at Red Bull Arena. The pair look to bounce back with the USMNT vs. Honduras on Tuesday ahead of rejoining Sporting Kansas City.

English TV, USA: YES (tape delay: 11 p.m.) Spanish TV, USA: YES (SAP) (tape delay: 11 p.m.) Other Broadcasts (International): FOX Sports Latin America (Latin America), Abu Dhabi Sports (Middle East and North Africa), DSPORTS/ ATR (India), Starhub (Singapore), BeIN Sports (Australia & Asia), Sportscast (Taiwan), FOX Sports Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa), Sky Sports (United Kingdom) Streaming: Fox Sports GO, nycfc.com/radio (English and Spanish) English Radio, USA: WFAN 660AM, 101.9FM, wfan.com Spanish Radio, USA: WQBU 92.7FM, Uforia App

• Sporting Kansas City will host the U.S. Open Cup final vs. New York Red Bulls on Wednesday Sept. 20 at Children’s Mercy Park. • Sporting KC has signed 15-year-old Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player – the youngest since Freddy Adu signed at 14. • Sporting KC defeated FC Dallas 2-0 at home in their last game. • Children’s Mercy Park recently eclipsed the 100 consecutive sell out mark at this match. • Sporting Kansas City had their away trip to Houston Dynamo rescheduled following Hurrican Harvey hitting Texas. The match will now be played Oct. 11 in Houston.

Injury Report Disciplinary Info Suspended:

Ronald Matarrita Mikey Lopez Ethan White David Villa

OUT OUT OUT OUT

Suspended after one yellow:

International Duty

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MATCH NOTES 2017 Player Statistics

Key Points • The Race is On! With only eight games to go in the MLS Regular Season, NYCFC are well-positioned for that automatic place in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Five points clear of third-place Columbus and six clear of Chicago in fourth, a win against KC would be huge. • Opportunity Knocks. With Yangel Herrera, Alex Ring, David Villa and Rodney Wallace away on international duty, there could be opportunities for some players we haven’t seen as much of so far in 2017. All the more reason to get along to lend your support! • One Time Chance. This is the only time we’ll face Sporting KC in 2017 in the Regular Season, so make sure you don’t miss out! • In-Form KC. Sporting KC are one of Major League Soccer’s leading lights in 2017. They currently sit in third-place in the Western Conference but have games in hand on the teams above them. If they win those games, they will leapfrog Seattle and Portland. This one should be epic. • Boys in Blue. We’re in pretty good form, too! NYCFC is unbeaten in four matches, winning three and drawing one in that time. • Home Comforts. NYCFC has only been defeated once at Yankee Stadium in 2017 and only once in the last 14 months of Regular Season play. Help defend the castle!

2017 Team Statistic vs. MLS

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MATCH NOTES Alphabetical Roster PLAYER

POS

DOB

AGE

PLACE OF BIRTH

Allen, RJ

6’0

177

04/17/90

Old Bridge, NJ

Awuah, Kwame

5’7

160

12/02/95

Toronto, ON

kuh-WAH-me UH-woo-ah

Brillant, Frederic

6’3

186

06/26/85

Sedan, France

FRED-er-eek BREE-yont

Callens, Alexander

6’1

180

05/04/92

Callao, Peru

AL-lex-an-der CAL-lens

Camargo, Miguel

5’ 10

163

09/05/93

Panama City, Panama

ME-guel com-AR-go

Chanot, Maxime

6’1

172

11/21/89

Nancy, France

Gomez, Shannon

5’7

140

10/05/96

Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago

SHAN-non GO-mez

Harrison, Jack

5’9

155

11/20/96

Stoke-on-Trent, England

JACK HAR-is-son

Herrera, Yangel

6’0

170

01/07/98

La Guaira, Venezuela

YAN-hell her-RARE-uh

Johansen, Eirik

6’7

235

07/12/92

Tonsberg, Norway

EYE-rick jo-HAN-son

Johnson, Sean

6’3

217

05/31/89

Atlanta, GA

SHAWN JOHN-son

Lewis, Jonathan

5’7

150

06/04/93

Plantation, FL

JOHN-a-than LEW-is

Lopez, Mikey

5’8

160

2/20/93

Dallas, TX

MY-key LO-pez

Matarrita, Ronald

5’9

154

7/9/94

Alajuela, Costa Rica

RON-ald ma-ta-REE-ta

McNamara, Thomas

5’9

170

2/6/91

West Nyack, NY

TAH-mas MAC-na-ma-ra

Moralez, Maximiliano 10

5’3

115

02/27/87

Granadero Baigorria, Argentina

MAX-ee more-AL-ez

Okoli, Sean

6’1

178

02/03/93

Federal Way, WA

SHAWN o-KO-lee

Pirlo, Andrea

5’9

150

5/19/79

Flero, Italy

ahn-DRE-uh PEER-lo

Rawls, Andre

6’2

182

12/20/91

Helsinki, Finland

AHN-dre RAWLS

Ring, Alexander

5’9

159

12/20/91

San Ramon, CA

al-lex-AN-der RING

Shelton, Khiry

6’3

191

6/26/93

Fort Carson, CO

Ky-REE SHEL-ton

Stertzer, John

6’0

170

10/04/90

Fairfax, VA

JOHN STUR-zur

Sweat, Ben

6’2

175

09/04/91

Palm Spring Harbor, FL

BEN SWEAT

Villa, David

5’9

152

12/03/81

Langreo, Spain

Dah-VEED VEE-ya

Wallace, Rodney

5’11

165

06/17/88

San Jose, Costa Rica

White, Ethan

6’0’

183

01/01/91

Kensington, MD

PRONUNCIATION

R. J. AL-len

Max-EEM sha-NO

ROD-nee WALL-as

E-than WHITE

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MATCH NOTES New York City FC 2017 MLS Schedule and Results * PK, ^ ET + = Sellout Date Opponent Time/Result GWG NYCFC Goals Attendance Sun, March 5

@ Orlando City SC

L 0 - 1

—

25,527+

Sun, March 12

DC United

W 4 - 0

23, 7, 10, 7

24,259

Sat, March 18

Montreal Impact

D 1 - 1

—

18,515

Sat, April 1

San Jose Earthquakes

W 2 - 1

11, 15

20,066

Sat, April 8

@ DC United

L 1 - 2

—

18,855

Fri, April 14

@ Philadelphia Union

W 2 - 0

11, 7

16,553

Sun, April 23

Orlando City SC

L 2 - 1

—

22,470

Sat, April 29

@ Columbus Crew SC

W 3-2

11, 30, 11

17,336

Sun, May 7

Atlanta United FC

W 3-1

7, 23, 10

25,605

Sun, May 14

@ FC Dallas

D 1-1

—

14,665

Wed, May 17

@ Real Salt Lake

L 2-1

—

16,434

Sun, May 21

@ Orlando City SC

W 3-0

7, 23, 7

25,527

Sun, May 28

@ Atlanta United FC

L 1 - 3

—

44,901

Wed, May 31

New England Revolution

D 2 - 2

—

11, 99

20,193

Sat, June 3

Philadelphia Union

W 2 - 1

4, 6

24,290

Sat, June 17

Seattle Sounders FC

W 2 - 1

7, 7

25,073

Sat, June 24

@ New York Red Bulls

W 2 - 0

11, 2

25,219

Thu, June 29

Minnesota United FC

W 3 - 1

6, 11, 7

21,572

Wed, July 5

@ Vancouver Whitecaps FC

L 2 - 3

—

4, 7

22,120

Wed, July 19

Toronto FC

D 2 - 2

—

7, 10

22,011

Sat, July 22

Chicago Fire

W 2 - 1

7, 13

26,025

Sun, July 30

@ Toronto FC

L 4 - 0

—

29,203

Sun, August 6

New York Red Bulls

W 3 - 2

7, 7, 7

33,679

Sat, August 12

@ Los Angeles Galaxy

W 2 - 0

17, 7

25,667

Sun, August 20

New England Revolution

W 2 - 1

7, 17

22,415

Fri, August 25

@ New York Red Bulls

D 1 - 1

—

25,219

Wed, September 6

Sporting Kansas City

7:30 PM

Sat, September 9

Portland Timbers

5:30 PM

Sat, September 16

@ Colorado Rapids FC

9:00 PM

Wed, September 23

Houston Dynamo

3:00 PM

Sat, September 27

@ Montreal Impact

TBD

Sat, September 30

@Chicago Fire

8:30 PM

Sun, October 15

@ New England Revolution

3:00 PM

Sun, October 22

Columbus Crew SC

4:00 PM

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MATCH NOTES Previous Match Friday, August 25, 2017

SCORING SUMMARY:

New York Red Bulls 1, New York City FC 1

56’: NYC - Maxi Moralez 70’: NY -Gonzalo Veron (PK)

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY: 19’: NYC - Alex Ring (Yellow Card) 35’: NY - Kemar Lawrence (Yellow Card) 43’: NYC - Rodney Wallace (Yellow Card)

S TA R T I N G X I

LINEUPS: Villa (c)

Wallace Moralez

Harrison Ring

Lopez

Sweat

White Callens

Brillant Johnson

New York City FC: Sean Johnson; Ben Sweat, Alexander Callens, Frederic Brillant, Ethan White (RJ Allen 30’); Maxi Moralez, Mikey Lopez, Alex Ring; Rodney Wallace Tommy McNamara 79’), David Villa, Jack Harrison (Jonathan Lewis 70’) Substitutions Not Used: Eirik Johansen, Andrea Pirlo, Tommy McNamara, Kwame Awuah New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Fidel Escobar; Felipe, Tyler Adams, Sacha Kljestan, Michaelo Murillo; Alex Muyl (Derrick Etienne 82’), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Dilly Duka 90’), Sean Davis (Gonzalo Veron 64’) Substitutions Not Used: Ryan Meara, Sal Zizzo, Connor Lade, Vincent Bezecourt Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant Referee: Brian Poeschel, Eduardo Mariscal Fourth Official: Caleb Mendez Video Assistant Referee: Caleb Mendez

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MATCH NOTES 2017 New York City FC Player Bios

#1 SEAN JOHNSON | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: May 31, 1989 Birthplace: Atlanta, GA HT: 6’3” WT: 217 lbs. Acquired: Acquired from Atlanta United FC for General Allocation Money and Target Allocation Money on December 11, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Part of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning U.S. National Team. Started and made 176 appearances over seven seasons with the Chicago Fire. Named Chicago Fire’s 2014 MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. Logged six shutouts and 96 saves in 33 matches started. Has logged one playoff appearance in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs. Recorded four saves in a 2-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo in an Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Recorded five caps with the United States Men’s National Team. Made first cap as a halftime substitute in a friendly match against Chile on January 22, 2011. Part of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning U.S. National Team. Made his first national team start in the final match of the group stage against Costa Rica, recording a shutout in a 1-0 victory. Played collegiate soccer at Central Florida, recording seven shutouts and 191 saves in 37 career games. Represented the United States at the U-20 level while at Central Florida.

#2 BEN SWEAT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: September 4, 1991 Birthplace: Palm Harbor, FL HT: 6’2” WT: 175 lbs. Acquired: Signed on February 23, 2017. Made his New York City FC debut on May 7, 2017 against Atlanta United FC Joined NYCFC as a trialist in the 2017 preseason. Made appearances in matches against Jacksonville University, CS Emelec, New York Red Bulls and Houston Dynamo before being signed to a contract. Spent 2015 and 2016 seasons playing for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, making 33 appearances. Originally drafted by Columbus Crew SC with the 14th overall pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Loaned to USL Pro affiliate Dayton Dutch Lions in 2014, making seven appearances. Made first professional start for Columbus in the fifth round of the 2014 US Open Cup against the Chicago Fire. Spent 2012 and 2013 seasons with the VSI Tampa Flames and Reading United. Also trained during the summers with Djurgårdens IF Fotboll in Sweden and SK Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Republic. Spent four years with the South Florida Bulls, making a record 78 appearances that still stands today.

#3 ETHAN WHITE | DEFENDER Date of Birth: January 1, 1991 Birthplace: Kensington, MD HT: 6’ 0” WT: 183 lbs. Acquired: Originally acquired from the Philadelphia Union on December 10, 2015. Signed new contract on November 28, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire. Made seven starts in 13 appearances in his first season with NYCFC, logging 676 minutes on the pitch. Made 28 appearances for the Philadelphia Union between 2014-15. Made 38 appearances for D.C. United between 2011-2013. Helped lead D.C. United to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2013. Signed a Homegrown Player contract with D.C. United in 2010.

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MATCH NOTES #4 MAXIME CHANOT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: November 21, 1989 Birthplace: Nancy, France HT: 6’ 1” WT: 172 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Transferred from KV Kortijk on July 16, 2016 Made New York City FC debut on July 30, 2016 against Colorado Rapids. Scored his first NYCFC goal on June 3, 2017 against the Philadelphia Union. Made six appearances and started in five matches, logging 495 minutes in his first season with New York City. Started both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 36 appearances and scored four goals for KV Kortijk from 2013-2016. Has played on eight different teams across several different countries since 2007. Has represented Luxembourg internationally, making 22 appearances. Scored a goal against Italy in a 1-1 friendly draw on June 4, 2014 and converted a penalty in a 2016 World Cup Qualifier against the Netherlands in a 3-1 defeat on November 13, 2016.

#5 MIKEY LOPEZ | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 20, 1993 Birthplace: Dallas, TX HT: 5’ 8” WT: 160 lbs. Acquired: Originally signed on January 26, 2016. Signed new contract on November 28, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire. Played in 15 matches in the 2016 season, starting six of them. Recorded one assist in 672 minutes on the pitch. Started NYCFC’s first playoff match against Toronto FC at BMO Field. Originally selected 14th overall draft pick by Sporting Kansas City in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Played on loan at Oklahoma City Energy from 2014-2015. Played college soccer at the University of North Carolina, where he was voted ACC Freshman of the Year in 2011 while leading the Tar Heels to the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. Regular call up for the United States U-20 National Team from 2012-2013.

#6 ALEXANDER CALLENS | DEFENDER Date of Birth: May 4, 1992 Birthplace: Callao, Peru HT: 6’ 1” WT: 180 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Numancia on January 27, 2017 Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first goal for NYCFC on June 3, 2017 against the Philadelphia Union. Callens joins NYCFC after having spent the past two seasons with Numancia in La Liga 2. Callens recorded 40 appearances with Numancia, scoring three goals. Recorded 125 total appearances in La Liga 2, including 86 for Real Sociedad B from 2011-2015. Has represented the Peruvian National Team, recording one goal in 10 caps.

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MATCH NOTES #7 DAVID VILLA | FORWARD Date of Birth: December 3, 1981 Birthplace: Langreo, Spain HT: 5’ 9” WT: 152 lbs. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Atlético Madrid on June 2, 2014 Made New York City FC debut on March 8, 2015 against Orlando City SC. Scored his 50th goal for NYCFC on June 17th against Seattle Sounders FC at Yankee Stadium. Recorded his first hat-trick for City on August 6th in a 3-2 win over New York Red Bulls at Yankee Stadium – the second hat-trick in club history. Captured MLS MVP honors for 2016, scoring a team-high 23 goals while leading NYCFC to their first playoff appearance in Villa’s second season as NYCFC’s captain. Named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April, August and September of 2016. Named to the 2016 MLS All-Star Game. Named NYCFC MVP for 2016. Scored a team leading 18 goals and registered eight assists as New York City FC’s Captain in 2015. Played in 30 games and started in 29 of them. named NYCFC Etihad Airways Player of the Month for July of 2015. Named to 2015 MLS All-Star Game; Named NYCFC MVP for 2015 season. Scored first home goal in historic home opener on March 15, 2015 against the New England Revolution at Yankee Stadium. Won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and UEFA European Championship in 2008. Won the UEFA Champions League in 2010-11 with FC Barcelona. Also won La Liga three times in 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14.

#8 ALEXANDER RING | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: April 9, 1991 Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland HT: 5’ 9” WT: 159 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed on February 1, 2017. Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Has made 76 appearances for 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 2013-2017, scoring eight goals. He made his senior debut at Klubi-04, scoring nine goals in 32 appearances in the 2009-2010 season before signing a full professional contract at the age of 19 in 2010 with HJK Helsinki. Made 27 appearances with Helsinki, scoring two goals. Was loaned to Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2012-2013 season. Made appearances at each level of the Finland U-17 through U-21 teams before debuting for the senior team in 2011. Earned 42 caps for Finland, scoring once in a friendly against Luxembourg on March 26, 2013. Played a key role in Finland’s qualifying campaign for the UEFA Euro 2012.

#9 SEAN OKOLI | FORWARD Date of Birth: February 3, 1993 Birthplace: Federal Way, WA HT: 6’ 1” WT: 178 lbs. Acquired: Signed on December 5, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first Major League Soccer and NYCFC goal on May 17, 2017 at Real Sale Lake. Spent the 2016 season with USL-side FC Cincinnati. Was named MVP after scoring 16 goals in 29 games. Was also named to the All-League Team, in addition to winning the Golden Boot. Logged five appearances for the New England Revolution in 2015; three appearances for Seattle Sounders FC in 2014. Signed with Seattle Sounders FC on a Homegrown Player contract in 2014. Played in the Seattle Sounders FC youth setup before playing for Wake Forest University between 2011-2013. Has represented the United States at the U-18 and U-20 levels.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #10 MAXIMILIANO MORALEZ | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 27, 1987 Birthplace: Granadero Baigorria, Argentina HT: 5’ 3” WT: 115 lbs. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Club Leon on February 15, 2017. Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first MLS goal on March 12, 2017 against D.C. United. Made 34 appearances for Leon from 2015-2017, scored six goals and helped club to an eighth place finish in 2016. Spent four seasons with Atalanta from 2011 to 2015. Made 142 appearances with the club, scoring 18 goals. Bought by Velez Sarsfield in 2009. Spent 2009-2011 with the Argentinian club, scoring 20 goals in 72 appearances. Helped his club to the championship in his first season, scoring the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute of the final game to win. Won a second title in 2011. Made 89 appearances from 2005-2008 for Racing Club, scoring 16 goals. Was loaned to FC Moscow for half a year in 2007-2008 season. Scored decisive goal in 2008 relegation playoff. Made debut for Argentinian National Team in a 4-1 friendly victory over Venezuela on March 16, 2011. Part of the 2007 Argentinian U-20 FIFA W-20 World Cup Champion team. Awarded Bronze Shoe and Silver Ball honors for his four-goal performance in the tournament.

#11 JACK HARRISON | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: November 20, 1996

Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent, England

HT: 5’ 9” WT: 155 lbs.

GENERATION ADIDAS Acquired: Acquired from the Chicago Fire for allocation money and the fourth overall pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft on January 14, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on May 21, 2016 against the New York Red Bulls. Made 17 starts in 21 appearances in his rookie season in 2016. Recorded his first MLS goal on June 2 against Real Salt Lake. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June of 2016. Finished the year with four goals and seven assists in a strong rookie campaign. Appeared and started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. First overall selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft. Named NSCAA First Team All-American, ACC Offensive Player and Freshman of the Year, First Team All-ACC, ACC All-Freshman Team, and MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist in only season at Wake Forest. 2015 Gatorade National Boys’ Soccer Player of the Year, Massachusetts Soccer Player of the Year, and two-time NSCAA All-American during time at The Berkshire School. Former member of New York City FC Youth Affiliate Manhattan Soccer Club. Spent seven seasons in the Manchester United youth academy system.

#12 JOHN STERTZER | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: October 4, 1990 Birthplace: Fairfax, VA HT: 6’0” WT: 170 lbs. Acquired: Signed on February 16, 2017. Made New York City FC debut on April 23, 2017 against Orlando City SC at Yankee Stadium. Stertzer joined NYCFC for the 2017 preseason as a trialist and was signed in February after putting up an impressive performance, including scoring goals in preseason friendlies against Jacksonville University and CS Emelec. Had made 48 appearances from 2013-2016 for Real Salt Lake, logging 21 starts. Scored first MLS goal on May 23, 2015 against New York City FC in a 2-0 victory for Real Salt Lake. Made four appearances for Real Salt Lake USL-affiliate Real Monarchs SLC in 2015 and 2016. Spent four seasons with the Maryland Terrapins in college before being selected with the twelfth overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft in 2013.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #13 FREDERIC BRILLANT | DEFENDER Date of Birth: June 26, 1985 Birthplace: Sedan, France HT: 6’ 3” WT: 186 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Originally transferred from Oostende on January 28, 2016. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016 Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire. Appeared and started in 31 regular season matches in his first season with New York City, logging 2,790 minutes on the pitch. Scored first MLS goal against Orlando City SC on May 29. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for October of 2016. Started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 111 appearances for KV Oostende between 2011 and 2016 (played for Beerschot AC in 2012-2013 season). Scored 12 goals with the club. Logged 185 total appearances in Belgian professional football since 2005, recording 14 career goals.

#14 KWAME AWUAH | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: December 2, 1995 Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario HT: 5’7” WT: 160 lbs. Acquired: Selected with the 16th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on January 13, 2017. Signed on February 20, 2017. Made New York City FC debut on May 7, 2017 against Atlanta United FC at Yankee Stadium. Spent his 2016 season at the University of Connecticut. In his senior season, Awuah started in all 19 matches, serving as one of the team’s two co-captains. Registered two goals and seven assists en route to being selected to the American Athletic Conference First Team. In 2015, Awuah ranked first in the AAC with three goals, 12 assists and a 0.55 assist per game mark. He has represented Canada internationally at the youth level.

#15 THOMAS MCNAMARA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: February 6, 1991 Birthplace: West Nyack, NY HT: 5’ 9” WT: 170 lbs. Acquired: Selected 16th in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft from D.C. United on December 10, 2014. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on March 28, 2015 against Sporting Kansas City at Yankee Stadium. Posted a strong second season with NYCFC, making 28 starts in 30 appearances, scoring five goals and tallying nine assists. Was NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for March of 2016 and was awarded MLS Goal of the Week honors for Weeks 4 and 14. Started in NYCFC’s second playoff match against Toronto FC at Yankee Stadium. Scored five goals and tallied three assists in 19 appearances and 15 starts in 2015. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June of 2015. Drafted 20th overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Chivas USA. Played four seasons at Brown University before enrolling at Clemson University – where he was named All-ACC First Team in his final year of college eligibility.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #17 JONATHAN LEWIS | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 4, 1997 Birthplace: Plantation, FL HT: 5’ 7” WT: 150 lbs. GENERATION ADIDAS Acquired: Drafted with the third overall selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on January 13, 2017. Signed on January 13, 2017. Made his MLS and New York City FC debut on March 18, 2017 against Montreal Impact at Yankee Stadium. Scored his first MLS goal on August 12 against the Los Angeles Galaxy at StubHub Center. Was named MVP of the 2017 MLS Combine. Played at the University of Akron in 2016. Was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, scoring two goals and distributing 12 assists. Called up to the United States U-20 Men’s National Team Camp in preparation for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Has played in the Chicago Fire Academy, Plantation FC and Kendall SC.

#19 KHIRY SHELTON | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 26, 1993 Birthplace: Fort Carson, CA HT: 6’ 3” WT: 191 lbs. Acquired: Selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on January 15, 2015. Signed on January 15, 2015. Made his New York City FC debut on March 8, 2015 against Orlando City SC. Played in 22 games in his sophomore season, starting 13. Scored four goals and distributed an NYCFC second-best nine assists. Played as a substitute in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Scored one goal and tallied one assist in his rookie season. Played 17 games, starting in seven of them. Scored first MLS goal on May 15, 2015 against the Chicago Fire. Scored 10 goals and registered 12 assists in senior season at Oregon State University. Named NSCAA All-American Second Team and Pac-12 Player of the Year. Member of the United States U-18 and U-23 National Teams. Called up to US Men’s National Team Camp in January of 2016.

#21 ANDREA PIRLO | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: May 19, 1979 Birthplace: Flero, Italy HT: 5’ 9” WT: 150 lbs. INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED PLAYER Acquired: Signed on a free transfer from Juventus on July 6, 2015 Made New York City FC debut on July 26, 2015 against Orlando City SC at Yankee Stadium. Had a strong 2016 campaign, leading NYCFC in assists with 11. Scored first MLS goal on June 18 against the Philadelphia Union. Was named to the Starting XI for the MLS All-Star Team. Made 32 appearances in the regular season and started in NYCFC’s second playoff match against Toronto FC at Yankee Stadium. Registered five assists for the 2015 season. Played in 13 games, starting 12 of them. Became the first player in MLS history to be nominated for the FIFPro World XI. World Cup winner with Italy in 2006. Made 164 appearances in four seasons with Juventus, scoring 19 goals (15 on free kicks) and registering 35 assists while winning seven trophies. Two-time UEFA Champions League Winner in 2002-03 and 2006-07. Three-time Serie A Player of the Year: 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #22 RONALD MATARRITA | DEFENDER Date of Birth: July 9, 1994 Birthplace: Alajuela, Costa Rica HT: 5’ 9” WT: 154 lbs. Acquired: Originally signed from Alajuelense on January 20, 2016. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on March 6, 2016 against the Chicago Fire. Made 25 appearances and 23 starts in his first season for New York City. Logged 1,988 minutes on the pitch, en route to being named NYCFC’s 2016 Defensive Player of the Year. Scored first MLS goal against Seattle Sounders FC on June 25. Appeared and started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Made 67 appearances and scored four goals for Costa Rican side Alajuelense from 2012-2016. Won the Costa Rican Primera Division in 2013-2014 Invierno. A mainstay in the Costa Rican National Team set up, having progressed from the U-17 level in 2010 to the first team in 2015 where he has earned 17 caps. Scored first two national team goals for Costa Rica in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, one against Panama on September 6, 2016 and one against Trinidad and Tobago on November 11, 2016.

#23 RODNEY WALLACE | FORWARD Date of Birth: June 17, 1988 Birthplace: San Jose, Costa Rica HT: 5’ 11” WT: 175 lbs. Acquired: Signed on February 15, 2017. Right of First Refusal acquired from Portland Timbers in exchange for General Allocation Money and Target Allocation Money. Made New York City FC debut on March 5, 2017 against Orlando City SC. Scored his first goal for NYCFC on March 12, 2017 against D.C. United. Spent 2016 season with Brazilian-side Sport Recife. Made 24 appearances, scoring four goals. Played two matches with Portuguese-side F.C. Arouca before signing with Sport Recife. Veteran of MLS, logged 159 appearances from 2009-2015 with D.C. United (2009-2010) and Portland Timbers (2011-2015). Scored 16 goals over his five seasons with Portland. Three goals over two seasons with D.C. Helped lead Portland to the 2015 MLS Cup Championship. Was instrumental in the playoffs, scoring a goal in October 29 knockout round against Sporting Kansas City and netting the game-winning goal in the 7th minute of the MLS Cup Final against Columbus Crew SC on December 6. Originally drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. Made 25 starts in his rookie season, scoring three goals and dishing out three assists. Has earned 17 caps for the Costa Rican National Team. Scored three goals for his country and has represented Costa Rica in three FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

#24 ANDRE RAWLS | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: December 20, 1991 Birthplace: San Ramon, CA HT: 6’ 2” WT: 182 lbs. Acquired: Originally signed on March 3, 2016 from the college protected list. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016. Drafted by New York City FC in the third round (44th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on January 20, 2015. Made no appearances for the first team in 2016. Had contract option exercised for the 2017 season. Spent 2015 with the club’s USL affiliate, the Wilmington Hammerheads, where he made 22 starts. Spent three years at Saint Mary’s College, where he set a school record for career goals against average (0.98 per game).

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES #25 EIRIK JOHANSEN | GOALKEEPER Date of Birth: July 12, 1992 Birthplace: Tønsberg, Norway HT: 6’ 7” WT: 235 lbs. Acquired: Originally signed on March 31, 2015. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016. Made his New York City FC debut on June 17, 2015 against the New York Cosmos in the U.S. Open Cup (fourth round). Made MLS debut on October 23, 2016 in a 4-1 victory over Columbus Crew SC. Started both of NYCFC’s first playoff matches against Toronto FC. Joined Manchester City Academy in August 2008. Trained with Manchester City First Team in 2010-11. Made Manchester City debut during a friendly against League of Ireland XI on July 30, 2011. Saw time during Manchester City’s preseason friendlies ahead of 2012-13 season. Had loan spells with Scunthorpe United (2013) and Sandefjord (2014-15). Made 33 appearances for Norway at the youth level.

#27 RJ ALLEN | DEFENDER Date of Birth: April 4, 1990 Birthplace: Old Bridge, NJ HT: 6’ 0” WT: 177 lbs. Acquired: Originally signed on May 2, 2015. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016. Made New York City FC debut on May 3, 2015 against Seattle Sounders FC. Played in 24 games in 2016, starting 19. Recorded six assists, tied for the MLS lead for most assists by a defender. Scored first MLS goal on April 27 against the Montreal Impact. Was named NYCFC’s Etihad Airways Player of the Month for May of 2016. Appeared and started in both of NYCFC’s playoff matches against Toronto FC. Registered two assists in the 2015 season. Played in 14 games, starting in 13 of them. Played 18 matches for Skive IK in Denmark in 2013. Was drafted fifth overall by Chivas USA in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, but didn’t sign. Played at Monmouth University from 2008- 11. Collegiate honors include NSCAA All-American second team (2011), NSCAA All-American third team (2010) and All-Northeast Conference first team (2009-11). Was coached in the youth ranks with Staten Island United, a New York City FC Youth Affiliate.

#30 YANGEL HERRERA | MIDFIELDER Date of Birth: January 7, 1998 Birthplace: La Guaira, Venezuela HT: 6’ 0” WT: 170 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Secured via loan from Manchester City FC on February 14, 2017. Made New York City FC debut on March 12, 2017 against D.C. United. Scored first MLS goal on April 29, 2017 against Columbus Crew SC. Joined Manchester City on a permanent basis from Atletico Venezuela on January 31, 2017. Played with Atletico Venezuela for the 2016 season. Started in all 32 matches, scored three goals and helped lead the club to the semifinals of the National Championships. Served as captain of the Venezuelan U-20 National Team that finished third at the South American U20 Championships. Scored twice in the tournament, including one in the first game of the final stage against Ecuador in a 4-2 victory. Made international debut for the Venezuelan National Team against Brazil on October 12 in the CONMEBOL group stage of the FIFA World Cup Qualifications.

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MATCH NOTES #52 SHANNON GOMEZ | DEFENDER Date of Birth: October 5, 1996 Birthplace: Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago HT: 5’ 7”

WT: 140 lbs.

Acquired: Originally signed as a Discovery Signing on loan from W Connection on March 3, 2016. Contract option exercised on November 28, 2016. Gomez joined NYCFC for their final preseason camp of 2016 and impressed enough to earn a contract. Was unable to suit up during the 2016 due to injury. Has two career caps with the Trinidad and Tobago national team, both coming in 2015. An experienced T&T youth international, Gomez played all five games for the country at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 championships. Played every minute of W Connection’s four-game run in the 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League, which included a 2-1 win over Costa Rican giants Saprissa.

#99 MIGUEL CAMARGO | FORWARD Date of Birth: May 9, 1993 Birthplace: Panama City, Panama HT: 5’ 10” WT: 163 lbs. INTERNATIONAL Acquired: Signed to a one-year loan from Chorrillo Futbol Club with an option to buy on January 11, 2017. Made his New York City FC debut on April 8, 2017 against D.C. United. Earned his first NYCFC start May 17, 2017 at Real Salt Lake. Scored his first MLS and NYCFC goal May 31, 2017 vs. New England Revolution. Made 32 appearances while on loan to Mineros de Guayana in Venezuela in 2016, where he scored 12 goals. Was loaned to C.D. Aguila in 2015 where he made 11 appearances and scored a goal. Has made 58 appearances for Chorrillo since 2013, scoring six goals. Represented Chorrillo in the 2014-2015 CONCACAF Champions League. Has earned 12 caps for the Panamanian National Team and scored his first international goal against Chile on June 14 at the 2016 Copa America.

Vice President, Communications: Sam Cooke 347.324.6215, sam.cooke@nycfc.com; Manager, Media Relations: Carter Daly, 201.919.8890, carter.daly@nycfc.com

MATCH NOTES Coaches

PATRICK VIEIRA | HEAD COACH Patrick Vieira was named Head Coach of New York City FC on November 9, 2015 and took over the post on J anuary 1, 2016. As a player, his 107 caps for France include winning performances in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 UEFA European Championships. He has represented Cannes, Milan, Arsenal, Juventus, Internazionale, and Manchester City over the course of his glittering 17-year playing career. Vieira’s illustrious time on the pitch as a player saw him lift five FA Cups and nine league titles. His time as a Manchester City player, which began in January 2010, concluded with the winning of the FA Cup final in May 2011, the club’s first silverware in 35 years. Following retirement in 2011, Vieira took on the Football Development Executive role with Manchester City and two years later, Vieira was named the manager of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad, where he posted a record of 47 wins, 28 losses and eight draws. In December 2013, Vieira led the Manchester City U-19s through to the last 16 of a major continental competition for the first time, claiming 11 points from UEFA Youth League Group D. They overcame Atletico Madrid away from home in the second round before they were knocked out by Benfica in the last eight. Vieira also oversaw a 14-match unbeaten run, which put Manchester City into the four-team playoffs for the Barclays U-21 Premier League prize. Vieira also guided his team to the final of the Premier League Cup where Reading edged them out after two legs. After accepting the head coaching position with New York City FC, Vieira was quick to make moves, trading for Jack Harrison (the first overall selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft), as well as signing players like Ronald Matarrita and Frederic Brillant. Vieira made his MLS coaching debut on March 6, 2016 when he led the club to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Fire. In his first season, Vieira led the club to a 15-10-9 (W-L-D) season, good for 54 points and a second place finish in the Eastern Conference. New York City FC also made their first MLS Cup playoff appearance under Vieira, but were eliminated in the second round by Toronto FC.

CHRISTIAN LATTANZIO | ASSISTANT COACH Christian Lattanzio was named assistant coach for New York City FC on December 11, 2015. Before joining New York City FC, Lattanzio was Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad Technical Coordinator, a role he assumed in July 2013. Lattanzio has worked closely alongside some of football’s most decorated managers, including Fabio Capello during his tenure as manager of the Enlgish National Team. Originally brought into the City Football Group by Brian Marwood in 2010, Lattanzio’s role was to support Patrick Vieira and the staff at Carrington and to help integrate the tactical, technical and mental elements into the squad’s training programs.

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MATCH NOTES JAVIER PEREZ | ASSISTANT COACH Javier Perez was named assistant coach of New York City FC on December 11, 2015. Prior to joining New York City FC, Perez was head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team. Previously, Perez was Director of Coaching at New York Soccer Club and spent six years with Spanish club Real Madrid at the club’s development center. Perez holds a UEFA PRO license from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and a UEFA “A” license from the English Football Association. He is one of three coaches in Spain to hold both an Exercise Physiology Ph.D. and the UEFA PRO license. Perez has experience with U.S. Soccer, having worked with previous U.S. Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna to develop the U.S. Soccer coaching curriculum, which is designed to improve development of players in the United States. He has also worked with former U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann as a member of the staff for a two-game trip in October of 2011.

ROB VARTUGHIAN | ASSISTANT COACH Rob Vartughian was named assistant coach for New York City FC on December 22, 2014. Prior to joining New York City FC, Vartughian spent five years with the Philadelphia Union where he was an assistant coach before becoming technical director alongside his coaching responsibilities. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach and scout for the United States Men’s National Under-15 to Under-23 teams. Before joining the Union, Vartughian was an assistant coach with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland. Vartughian played collegiately for St. Bonaventure and Wake Forest.

KRISTIAN WILSON | PERFORMANCE COACH Kristian Wilson was named performance coach for New York City FC on Dec. 11 2015. Before joining New York City FC, Wilson was Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad (EDS) skills coach, a role he assumed in June 2013. Wilson was brought in to the EDS coaching by Patrick Vieira. Wilson began his coaching career working with Simon Clifford, the man credited with introducing South American training techniques to children within the UK courtesy of his Brazilian Soccer Schools. He was mentored by one of the game’s leading coaches, Roger Spry, who is now the technical director for the Austrian FA and has worked with Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Sir Bobby Robson

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT Yankee Stadium (New York, NY) MLS Regular Season Game 26 Sporting Kansas City 10-5-10, 40 points (8-0-5 home; 2-5-5 away) 3rd place in Western Conference New York City FC 14-7-5, 47 points (9-1-3 home; 5-6-2 away) 2nd place in Eastern Conference

10-5-10 (40 pts.) 25 3rd in West 31 1.24 24 19 0.76 +12 356 (124) 34.8% 271 319 44 1

English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:

Ricardo Salazar Jeffrey Greeson Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Jose Carlos Rivero Robert Sibiga

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

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14-7-5 (47 pts.) 26 2nd in East 48 1.85 50 35 1.35 +13 364 (138) 37.9% 357 352 61 1

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David Villa David Villa David Villa David Villa Jack Harrison Ben Sweat Alexander Ring Maxi Moralez Alexander Ring Yangel Herrera

2160 Sean Johnson 1.29 Sean Johnson 13 Sean Johnson 5 Sean Johnson 68 Sean Johnson

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2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. Toronto FC 2. New York City FC 3. Chicago Fire 4. Columbus Crew SC 5. New York Red Bulls 6. Atlanta United FC 7. Montreal Impact 8. New England Revolution 9. Philadelphia Union 10. Orlando City SC 11. D.C. United

19 9 112 44 4 3 48 60 9 1

9th season 113-87-71 9th season (.548) 113-87-71 (.548)

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

PATRICK VIEIRA 2nd season 29-17-14 (.600) 2nd season 29-17-14 (.600)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, Sept. 4 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • Cameron Porter (Broken Fibula)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #NYCvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#NYCvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is set to take on New York City FC for just the third time in club history on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y. Sporting KC has won each of the previous meetings since NYC joined MLS as an expansion team in 2015, claiming wins at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015 and Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016. Sporting Kansas City were the first-ever team to beat New York City FC when the two sides met in 2015, as the expansion side had opened the season with a 1-0-2 record before welcoming Peter Vermes’ men in late March. Sporting KC’s two center backs linked up for the game’s only goal, as Matt Besler’s long throw-in from the right found Ike Opara, who crashed a header into the corner in the 12th minute to give Sporting KC a 1-0 victory. Sporting KC welcomed New York City to Children’s Mercy Park for the first time on July 10, 2016. Sporting KC raced out to a 1-0 lead when Benny Feilhaber knocked the ball home from close range, only for Frank Lampard to equalize moments later for the visitors. Sporting KC retook the lead before halftime when Jimmy Medranda scored his first-ever goal for the club from distance, before Ike Opara netted his first goal of the season early in the second half to make the final score 3-1. Sporting KC is an unbeaten 2-0-6 against the teams in the MLS Eastern Conference this season, with the side’s two wins coming against the New York Red Bulls (2-0, May 3) and the Chicago Fire (3-2, July 29). Sporting KC has also won four straight since March 28, 2015 against the two New York-area sides - New York City FC and the New York Red Bulls - beating each side twice over the last three seasons. The last time Sporting KC failed to beat a New York side was when the Red Bulls escaped Children’s Mercy Park with a 1-1 draw in Sporting KC’s home opener on March 8, 2015. Sporting KC will next face NYCFC’s regional rivals, the Red Bulls, in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Children’s Mercy Park. #NYCvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 2-0-0 in regular season)

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s 19 goals allowed through 25 games in the 2017 MLS season are the fewest conceded in the league, comfortably ahead of Toronto FC’s 26. SKC also has the best goals against average with 0.76, ahead of TFC’s 0.96, and the club’s 10 shutouts are tied for the most in the league with CHI and TFC. • SKC is third in MLS with 14.24 shots per game while facing a league-low 9.84 shots per game. The side also ranks fourth with 4.96 shots on target per game. • SKC leads MLS in passes per game (510.48), successful passes per game (425.12) and passing accuracy (83.28) while ranking second in average possession (56.93). • SKC is fifth in MLS in dribbles attempted per game with 19.24 and ranks third with 8.52 dribbles completed per game. • SKC is sixth in MLS with 10.44 chances created per game and third with 9.04 chances created from open play per game.

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07/10/2016 03/28/2015

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KC 3 vs NYC 1 KC 1 at NYC 0

Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the best goals against average in MLS at 0.76, conceding just 19 goals in 25 games this season and posting a league-high 10 shutouts. In addition, his 79.57 save percentage leads the league among players to play more than four games. Melia also leads MLS with three penalty saves on five faced in 2017. • Midfielder Ilie is fourth in MLS with 1,683 passes attempted and is fourth in the league in passes completed with 1,437. • Defender Matt Besler is second among MLS defenders in passes attempted (1,456) and passes completed (1,252). • Defender Graham Zusi leads all MLS defenders with 40 chances created and 28 chances created from open play. • Winger Gerso is eighth in MLS with 95 dribbles attempted and tied for sixth with 42 dribbles completed. • Midfielder Ilie is second among MLS midfielders with 48 interceptions.

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Feilhaber, Medranda and Opara cancel out Lampard strike Opara scores early header off Besler throw-in

New York City FC Team Stats • NYC is tied for second in MLS in goals scored with 48 alongside POR and trailing only TFC. • NYC is also tied for first in MLS with 50 assists on the side’s 48 goals in 2017. • NYC is fifth in shots in MLS this season with 364, and is second in the league with 138 shots on goal. • NYC leads MLS in yellow cards, having received 61 cautions so far in the 2017 season.

#NYCvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Defender Ike Opara leads the team with two goals against New York City FC, scoring in the club’s only two games against NYC. He scored the game-winner in Sporting KC’s first-ever meeting with NYCFC at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015 before adding his first goal of the 2016 season in a 3-1 win at Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal against New York City FC, netting the opener from close range in the 3-1 home victory on July 10, 2016. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda has one goal against New York City FC, having scored the game-winner in the 3-1 victory at Children’s Mercy Park on July 10, 2016. The goal was the first of his career. • Defender Matt Besler has one assist against New York City FC, with his long throw-in finding the head of Ike Opara for the only goal at Yankee Stadium on March 28, 2015. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 1-0-0 all-time against New York City FC, posting a 1.00 goals against average following the 3-1 home win on July 10, 2016.

New York City FC Player Stats • Forward David Villa leads the MLS Golden Boot race with 19 goals so far in 2017, three more than Diego Valeri and Nemanja Nikolic in second. • Forward David Villa has also taken the second most shots (112) and shots on goal (44) in MLS. Sebastian Giovinco is two ahead in each category. • Midfielder Alexander Ring is tied for fourth in MLS with 48 fouls committed. Ring also leads MLS with nine yellow cards. • Defender Alexander Callens leads all MLS defenders with 1,522 passes and 1,302 passes completed in 2017.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam is one appearance shy of hitting 75 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Jimmy Medranda is one appearance shy of htting 75 in all competitions for the club. • Defender Ike Opara is two regular-season appearances shy of reaching 75 for Sporting KC. • Defender Graham Zusi is three appearances away from reaching 250 in all competitions for Sporting KC.

#NYCvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • New York City FC midfielder Mikey Lopez was member of Sporting KC from 2013-2015, making 15 appearances (11 starts) in all competitions for the club. • Midfielder Ilie was playing for Barcelona B while New York City forward David Villa was playing for Barcelona’s senior team from 2010-2013. • Defender Erik Palmer-Brown played against New York City midfielder Yangel Herrera when the U.S. took on Venezuela in the 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in June. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia played alongside New York City midfielder Tommy McNamara at Chivas USA in 2014. • Defender Tyler Pasher is from the Toronto, Ontario area, the same city as New York City’s Kwame Awuah. Defender Amer Didic has also spent time with Awuah on the Canada Under-23 National Team. • Goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra played alongside New York City’s Sean Johnson at the Chicago Fire in 2010. Dykstra also played with Ethan White at D.C. United from 2012-2013.

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HOME UNBEATEN STREAK CONTINUES, REACHES 22

field. However, that production dropped as he went 464 minutes in all competitions without a goal until Saturday’s match.

Sporting Kansas City extended the club’s franchise-record home unbeaten streak to 22 games following the comfortable 2-0 victory over FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday, August 19. Goals either side of halftime from Diego Rubio and Gerso sealed an impressive win that saw Sporting KC move to 8-0-5 at home on the season.

Gerso started the game on the bench for only the second time this season, having also appeared as a substitute for the final 10 minutes of a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union on July 6 after suffering a dislocated shoulder against the Portland Timbers on July 1. Gerso now has nine goals and two assists in 28 games across all competitions in his first season with Sporting KC.

Sporting KC’s 22-game home unbeaten streak in MLS action stretches all the way back to last summer. Sporting KC most recently tasted defeat in the regular season at Children’s Mercy Park when the side fell 1-0 to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. Since then, Sporting KC has gone 15-0-7 in regular-season play at Children’s Mercy Park, and is 18-1-8 in all competitions in that time. The lone setback in the last 14 months came in a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage on Sept. 13, 2016.

BESLER & ZUSI REPORT FOR USMNT DUTY

Sporting Kansas City defenders Matt Besler and Graham Zusi were each called in to the U.S. National Team for a pair of crucial FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Costa Rica and Honduras. The U.S. suffered a 2-0 defeat in their first match against Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. on Friday, Sept. 1.

The club’s 22-game home unbeaten streak is the longest in club history and is now tied for the fourth longest in MLS history. The Houston Dynamo hold the current record for the longest home unbeaten streak, having gone 30 home games without a loss from July 9, 2011 through April 28, 2013 - a streak that was shattered by Sporting KC with a 1-0 win on May 12, 2013.

Zusi started and played the opening 84 minutes in the loss to Costa Rica at right back, earning his 54th cap for the Stars and Stripes in the process. Besler was an unused substitute with Stoke City’s Geoff Cameron and Fulham FC’s Tim Ream preferred in central defense by head coach Bruce Arena.

Sporting KC has now gone 4-1-6 in MLS play since the start of June and 3-0-1 in the U.S. Open Cup - with the sole draw resulting in the side’s penalty shootout victory over San Jose on Aug. 9. Sporting KC’s record in all competitions since the start of June now stands at 7-1-7.

San Jose forward Marco Urena did the damage for Los Ticos who opened up a six-point gap on the U.S. in CONCACAF’s Hexagonal standings. The U.S. remains in third place in the Hex with three qualifiers still to play, including a road match in Honduras on Tuesday, Sept. 5.

ZUSI DOMINATES DALLAS

The top three finishers will advance automatically to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia next summer, while the fourth-place finisher will face an Asian team in a two-legged World Cup playoff in November.

Sporting Kansas City defender Graham Zusi produced a marvellous performance in the 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday, August 19 at Children’s Mercy Park. The right back recorded assists on both goals in the match while also playing a key role in Sporting KC’s first regular-season shutout since June 17.

DIDIC & MUSA CALLED UP FOR INTERNATIONALS

Sporting Kansas City defender Amer Didic and midfielder James Musa were both called in to their respective national teams last month. Didic signed an MLS contract in May after representing Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, while Musa also stepped up from the Rangers in August. Musa was in the starting lineup against Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday, Aug. 12 and went the full 90 minutes in the match.

The two-assist performance was Zusi’s first in over two years, having last recorded two assists in the same game on May 29, 2015 when, coincidentally, Sporting KC also cruised to a home victory over FC Dallas. Zusi recorded assists on Krisztian Nemeth’s and Kevin Ellis’ goals in a 4-0 win.

On Monday, Aug. 14, Musa was called in to the New Zealand National Team, having been out of the National Team picture since 2014. He had earned one senior cap for New Zealand in a friendly against South Africa on May 30, 2014. The 25-year-old claimed his second cap when he came off the bench as New Zealand topped the Solomon Islands 6-1 in the first leg of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Final Playoff at QBE Stadium in Auckland. The return leg set for Sept. 5 at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Zusi’s performance contained more than just a pair of assists, as he also completed 49 of 50 passes (98%), created seven chances, produced seven crosses, had eight recoveries, three clearances and two tackles. Zusi became the first player in the Opta era (2010-present) with at least two assists, five chances created, 90-percent passing accuracy and two clearances in the same game. In addition, Zusi’s assist on Diego Rubio’s goal brought his game-winning assist total to 24 in the regular season - overtaking Preki for first place in club history in that category.

On Saturday, Aug. 19, Didic was called in to the Canada Men’s National Team for the first time. Didic had previously represented Canada’s Under-23 side in a tournament in Qatar earlier this year, but last month’s call-up was the towering center back’s first with the senior national team.

RUBIO SCORES GAME-WINNER WITH THIRD IN LAST SIX

Sporting Kansas City forward Diego Rubio scored his third goal of the season in the 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on August 19 at Children’s Mercy Park, with his well-struck volley in the first half also registering as his first-ever game-winning goal for the club in the regular season.

Didic did not appear as Canada earned a 2-0 victory over Jamaica in an international friendly at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, Sept. 2.

Rubio now has three goals in his last six games since the start of July, having made his comeback from injury in late June after suffering an ACL tear that curtailed his 2016 campaign with the club. He opened his account for the season with a stunning strike in the 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union on July 6 before adding his second with the crucial equalizing goal against the San Jose Earthquakes in the U.S. Open Cup Semifinals on August 9.

BUSIO SIGNS AS HOMEGROWN PLAYER

On Friday, August 25, Sporting Kansas City announced that the club had signed 15-year-old forward Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player. Busio is now the youngest active player in MLS, and the second youngest player in league history. Busio’s MLS contract runs through 2020 with options for 2021 and 2022. Busio is the fifth Homegrown player in club history, following in the footsteps of Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Erik PalmerBrown and Daniel Salloi - the latter three all still members of Sporting KC.

Rubio’s volley against FC Dallas was actually his second game-winner for the club, after also netting the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the 2016 U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round - where Rubio struck in extra time to see Sporting KC through to the Round of 16. The Chilean forward now has six goals and two assists in 29 appearances for Sporting KC.

The versatile forward joined the Sporting KC Academy in the summer of 2016 and played three matches for the Sporting KC U-14s before stepping up to the U-16 level, where he scored nine goals in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and earned Central Conference Best XI honors.

GERSO BREAKS OUT, NETS FIRST SINCE JUNE

At the international level, Busio is a key contributor for the U.S. U-15 National Team. Earlier in August, he guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches. He previously represented the U.S. U-15s in May at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy, where he scored three goals as the Americans were crowned tournament champions.

Sporting Kansas City winger Gerso scored his first goal since late June in the 2-0 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday, August 19 at Children’s Mercy Park. Gerso came off the bench in the 68th minute to replace Cristian Lobato, and the 26-year-old sealed the victory in stoppage time when he received a pass from Graham Zusi, cut inside Dallas defender Maynor Figueroa and curled a stunning strike into the top corner. The goal was nominated for MLS Goal of the Week.

Busio also earned playing time for the Sporting KC U-18s throughout 2016-17 scoring in their regular season finale on June 3 - before leading the U-16s to their first appearance in the Development Academy quarterfinals. He tallied three goals during Sporting KC’s impressive postseason run from late June to mid-July.

The goal snapped an eight-game scoreless run for Gerso, who has now tallied a teamleading nine goals in all competitions. Prior to his recent drought, Gerso had scored eight goals in 1,761 minutes of play - roughly one goal every 220 minutes he’s on the 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes U.S. OPEN CUP FINAL SET

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting Kansas City will face off against the New York Red Bulls in the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Sporting KC advanced to the Final on Wednesday, August 9 after a thrilling penalty shootout victory over the San Jose Earthquakes, while the Red Bulls overcame a two-goal deficit to top USL side FC Cincinnati 3-2 after extra time the following Tuesday.

Sporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances. LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *active Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *active New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active

Sporting KC’s appearance in the Final will be its third in the last six years, having hoisted the trophy at Children’s Mercy Park in 2012 and at the Philadelphia Union’s Talen Energy Stadium in 2015. It also represents the fourth Final Sporting KC has participated in this decade, having also won the 2013 MLS Cup on penalties against Real Salt Lake. U.S. Soccer held an official draw ahead of the Semifinal stage to determine hosting priorities for both Semifinal matchups as well as the tournament Final - with Sporting KC winning the right to host both its Semifinal and a potential Final. Sporting Kansas City is seeking the club’s fourth U.S. Open Cup championship, having previously hoisted the title in 2004, 2012 and 2015. The Red Bulls have never won the U.S. Open Cup and are making their first appearance in the Final since 2003. The 2017 U.S. Open Cup winner will receive $250,000 in prize money and a berth in the 2019 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the premier club competition in North America.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active) Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP

VERMES VERBATIM

After helping Sporting KC record nine shutouts in the opening 20 games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 47 total shutouts in just 125 games where both have started in the regular season. Besler and Sinovic have started 20 of the club’s 25 regular-season games together this season, posting nine of the side’s 10 shutouts.

Below are Manager Peter Vermes’ remarks on Sporting KC’s 2-0 victory over FC Dallas at Children’s Mercy Park on August 19, 2017. On if the team returned to their form from earlier in the season by getting a clean sheet... “I don’t know if it’s ever left us. This is the way we play week after week so it was a good game. It’s a great game for us, we played very well, it was a very good team we played tonight. The number of times we’ve played them this year, they played a different formation every time so I thought we played really smart, we were intelligent on the field but at the same time we had good effort and we didn’t give anything away. We maintained concentration for 90 minutes and then we obviously scored in the first half and then stuck one away in the second half which was great. The substitutes that came on gave us a good lift as well.”

Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 78 shutouts - 12 more than Seattle Sounders FC in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 125 of the 221 games since the trade, posting 47 of the club’s 78 shutouts alongside one another. Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 64, while Sinovic is tied for second with 56. Prior to the 1-1 draw with Montreal on Saturday, June 10 where Belser was with the U.S. National Team in Mexico, Besler and Sinovic had started each of Sporting KC’s previous 17 regular-season games, conceding just 10 goals - a rate of 0.59 per game.

On Diego Rubio’s performance having scored three since the start of July... “He’s coming off of an injury and he’s come back here in the summertime, I just think he’s slowly getting back to where he was before he got injured and he’s getting form every time he plays. When you get game-after-game and you play and you get good rhythm like he has, you wind up getting good form. He fits really well into the way we play, the guys have a lot of confidence in him and he has a lot of confidence in himself and it’s not easy from a central defender perspective to try to mark him, just because he’s very shifty. He has a low center of gravity, very good on the ball, can play through him, can do combination play with him so he’s a tough guy and he’s also really, really good in the air.”

KANSAS CITY LOOKS TO HOST FIFA WORLD CUP MATCHES

Last month, the United Bid Committee of the United States, Mexico and Canada officially started its outreach for cities to declare their interest to serve as Official Host Cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup by sending Requests for Information to 44 cities across the three nations. A total of 49 stadiums located in or around those 44 cities will be considered for inclusion in the official bid that will be sent to FIFA by March 16, 2018. Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City was one of those stadiums.

On limiting FC Dallas’ offense... “I think that there are certain teams in this league that you play against, and every game’s always hard, but there are different challenges and one of the things that Dallas always – the challenge they always present to us is that – it’s one thing of having a formation change but they have very good players in their team. They’re street smart. They understand the little tricks of the trade inside the white lines and I thought we played very intelligent in regards to that, we never got rattled in the game, but more importantly the fact that we were able to really take everything away from them – I think they had one good chance in the game – Timmy (Melia) was solid, but he was also smart in the game, so all those things helped out. The guys were good all around, again, we played very intelligently.”

After cities declare their interest, the United Bid Committee will review the submissions and intends to issue a shortlist of cities by late September. The Bid Committee will then provide more detailed bid documentation to the cities and conduct meetings to discuss any questions as candidate cities prepare their final bid, due early January 2018. The Bid Committee plans to include 20-25 venues in its final bid to FIFA. If selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, subject to FIFA’s determination, it is anticipated that at least 12 locations could ultimately serve as Official Host Cities. If a city is not selected to host matches, there may be other opportunities to be involved in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those cities, as well as other cities not on the initial list, could be selected as the location for the International Broadcast Center, host Team Base Camps or host major events such as the Preliminary or Final Draw.

On bringing Gerso off the bench... “Honestly, I think Gerso has done very well for us but I also think that as of late, he’s maybe been a little bit tired or he needed a little reset button so one of the reasons I didn’t start him tonight, I told him that ‘whether it’s tonight or the next game or when it is, you’re going to have a moment that you’re going to have to come in and help the team, and you’ve just got to make sure you’re ready.’ He was great about it, he understood and he did exactly what he was supposed to do. He came in, I told him when he was going in, I said ‘listen, we need something to change the game, so you’ve got to go in there and give something that’s going to lift the team up.’ He did it, it’s a fantastic goal, it’s a wonder goal for sure. He needed it, we needed it, worked out great. Great decision on the sub.”

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. New York City FC: 2-0-0 Home games: 1-0-0 (3 GF, 1 GA) Road games: 1-0-0 (1 GF, 0 GA) Date 03/28/2015 07/10/2016

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 1 4 3 3 6

Score Result Location KC 1 at NYC 0 W Yankee Stadium KC 3 vs NYC 1 W Children’s Mercy Park

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

Ike Opara Matt Besler Three Players Benny Feilhaber Four Players Dom Dwyer

Frank Lampard Matarrita, Pirlo Javier Calle Javier Calle Jason Hernandez David Villa

1 1 4 2 4 5

N/A Josh Saunders N/A Josh Saunders Josh Saunders

0 2 0 7 4

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

1 Marin, Melia 0 N/A 1 Luis Marin 3 Marin, Melia 1 Tim Melia

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 1 4 3 3 6

Four Players Matt Besler (3/28/15) Feilhaber, Rubio Benny Feilhaber (7/10/16) Four Players Dom Dwyer (3/28/15)

NEW YORK CITY FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

(7/10/16) Frank

1 1 4 2 3 5

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(7/10/16) Josh (7/10/16) Josh

6 3

3 Marin, Melia 1 Tim Melia (7/10/16)

Lampard Matarrita, Pirlo (3/28/15) Javier Calle (3/28/15) Javier Calle Four Players (7/10/16) David Villa Saunders Saunders

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 3 1 0 4 Shots 15 13 0 28 Shots on Goal 7 4 0 11 Fouls 15 13 0 28 Offsides 2 1 0 3 Corner Kicks 4 7 0 11

NEW YORK CITY FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 1 0 0 1 Shots 9 9 0 18 Shots on Goal 4 3 0 7 Fouls 11 16 0 27 Offsides 2 3 0 5 Corner Kicks 2 2 0 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC NYC

100

1-15

3 1

16-30

31-45

0 0

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,455

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 121 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 115 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 17 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 121 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

150

0 0

105.4 5

46-60

1 0

61-75

0 0

76-90

0 0

Total

4 1

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

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

252

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 150 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

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

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

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

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

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

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

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

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

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

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

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

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

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

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

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

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

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

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

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

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

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

Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17)

Cristian Lobato (signing - 6/29/17)

Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17)

James Musa (signed from SPR - 8/11/17)

Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17)

Gianluca Busio (signed as Homegrown Player - 8/25/17)

Igor Juliao (waived - 6/29/17) Dom Dwyer (trade - 7/25/17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky May 31: IN Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 29: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs M Cristian Lobato from Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) and waives on-loan D Igor Juliao July 25: OUT Sporting KC acquires up to $1.6 million in allocation money from Orlando City SC in exchange for F Dom Dwyer Aug. 11: IN Sporting KC signs M James Musa from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Aug. 25: IN Sporting KC signs F Gianluca Busio as a Homegrown Player from the Sporting KC Academy

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

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

Signings

2011 2013 2015

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

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

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

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

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

Colton Storm (14th)

Trades

Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17) Amer Didic (5/31/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17) James Musa (8/11/17)

Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)

Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 6, 2017 at New York City FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

0-0

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

3-0

Gerso (3)

Saturday, May 20

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 27

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, JUNE 3

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

MLS

3-0

Opara, Medranda, Abdul-Salaam

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

MONTREAL IMPACT

MLS

1-1

Gerso

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

MINNESOTA UNITED FC

U.S. OPEN CUP

4-0

Opara, Gerso, Dwyer, Salloi

Saturday, June 17

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

0-0

Saturday, June 24

at LA Galaxy

MLS

2-1

Espinoza, Opara

Wednesday, June 28

at Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup

2-0

Opara, Gerso

SATURDAY, JULY 1

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

1-1

Salloi

THURSDAY, JULY 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

MLS

1-1

Rubio

TUESDAY, JULY 11

FC DALLAS

U.S. OPEN CUP

3-0 (AET)

Blessing (2), Salloi

Saturday, July 22

at Real Salt Lake

MLS

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

SATURDAY, JULY 29

CHICAGO FIRE

MLS

3-2

Salloi, Feilhaber, Blessing

SUNDAY, AUG. 6

ATLANTA UNITED FC

MLS

1-1

Feilhaber (PK)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

U.S. OPEN CUP

1-1 (5-4 PK)

Rubio

Saturday, Aug. 12

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, AUG. 19

FC DALLAS

MLS

2-0

Rubio, Gerso

Wednesday, Sept. 6

at New York City FC

MLS

6:30

FOX Sports KC

Sunday, Sept. 10

at Columbus Crew SC

MLS

12:00

ESPN

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

MLS

7:30

FOX SPORTS KC

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20

TBD

U.S. OPEN CUP

TBD

SUNDAY, SEPT. 24

LA GALAXY

MLS