Game Guide: Sporting KC vs. Columbus Crew

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

2013 SEASON RECORDS

Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 27 12-9-6 42 38 27 14 7-4-3 24 25 14

Crew on road

27 9-13-5 32 31 35 13 3-8-2 11 15 24

1 Nielsen

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

7

ALL-TIME (47 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (2 shootout), 71 goals …

Crew 21 wins (0 shootout), 77 goals … Ties 6

22

3 30 5

4 20 3

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

A 35 69

23 4 4 0

22 7 5 1

16 1 4 1 5 0 3 1

18 8 2 1 3 0 3 0

1 25 5

4 24 7

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 8-1-1 4-5-4 0-3-1 5-2-0 4-4-3 0-7-2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 8/31/2013 KC 2, COL 1 7/20/2013 KC 2, RSL 1 8/03/2013 KC 2, NY 3 8/23/2013 KC 0, CHI 1 7/03/2013 KC 1, VAN 1 8/10/2013 KC 3, NE 0 8/23/2013 KC 0, CHI 1

Finlay

Anor

14

16

Marshall

Gehrig

21 Barson

28 Lampson

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero.

AR1 (bench): George Gansner; AR2 (opposite): Mark Cahen; 4th: Kevin Terry Jr. DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Aurelien Collin, Oriol Rosell, Seth Sinovic … CLB: Tyson Wahl

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (USA) … CLB: Kevan George (Trinidad & Tobago)

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 10-2-3 2-7-1 9-3-2 0-10-3

THE LAST TIME

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

13

7

Trapp

Wahl

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC CLB

26 Finley

9

2

TYPE OF PLAY

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

11 Oduro

20

F 31 78

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

14 6 1 0 1 1 4 0

9 Bunbury

17

HOW SCORED

17 7 3 3 3 1 3 1

10 Feilhaber

Meram

CREW

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

6 Nagamura

Sapong

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

11 10 6 0

16 Sinovic

20

Saad

UPCOMING MATCHES CREW SPORTING Sat. Sept. 14 at Montreal Sat. Sept. 21 at Toronto FC Sat. Sept. 21 Chicago Fri. Sept. 27 Philadelphia Sun. Sept. 29 at FC Dallas Sat. Oct. 5 at Columbus Sat. Oct. 5 Sporting KC Wed. Oct. 9 at Houston

20 8 9 1

13 Olum

Rosell

2013 (MLS) 6/29: KC 3, CLB 2 (Kamara 34, 80; Bieler 50 – Arrieta 48; Oduro 53)

A 27 90

78 Collin

Myers

AT KC (22 meetings): Sporting 11 wins (1 shootout), 36 goals …

Crew 9 wins (0 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 2

F 38 64

ROSTERS

(0) (3) (2) (0) (9) (3) (1)

COLUMBUS CREW Date Score (Gms since) 9/04/2013 CLB 2, HOU 0 5/18/2013 CLB 1, TOR 0 8/31/2013 CLB 0, SEA 1 8/24/2013 CLB 0, RSL 4 6/01/2013 CLB 1, HOU 1 9/04/2013 CLB 2, HOU 0 8/31/2013 CLB 0, SEA 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WLTTWWWLLWLWTTLTWTWWWLLWLLW Crew WLTWTTLWLLWTTLWLLLWLLLWWLLW

(0) (7) (1) (0) (14) (0) (1)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 9 Bieler A: 6 Zusi SHT: 66 Bieler SOG: 25 Bieler FC: 56 Rosell FS: 41 Zusi OF: 12 Bieler C: 10 Collin E: 1 Sapong CREW G: 9 Higuain/Oduro A: 6 Higuain SHT: 73 Higuain SOG: 28 Oduro FC: 44 O'Rourke FS: 45 Oduro OF: 23 Oduro C: 6 Higuain E: 1 Higuain

SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Claudio Bieler (FW) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Oriol Rosell (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 24 Mechack Jerome (MF) 25 Christian Duke (MF) 27 Kyle Miller (MF) 31 Josh Gardner (MF) 33 Brendan Ruiz (DF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) COLUMBUS CREW 2 Tyson Wahl (DF) 3 Josh Williams (DF) 4 Glauber (DF) 5 Danny O'Rourke (DF) 6 Tony Tchani (MF) 7 Bernardo Anor (FW) 8 Matias Sanchez (MF) 9 Justin Meram (FW) 11 Dominic Oduro (FW) 12 Eddie Gaven (MF) 13 Ethan Finlay (FW) 14 Chad Marshall (DF) 16 Eric Gehrig (MF) 17 Ben Speas (FW) 18 Aaron Schoenfeld (FW) 19 Konrad Warzycha (MF) 20 Wil Trapp (MF) 21 Chad Barson (DF) 22 Drew Beckie (DF) 23 Kevan George (MF) 24 Agustin Viana (DF) 25 Jairo Arrieta (FW) 26 Ryan Finley (FW) 27 Aaron Horton (FW) 28 Matt Lampson (GK) 30 Andy Gruenebaum (GK) 31 Kyle Hyland (DF) 32 Shawn Sloan (MF) 33 Federico Higuain (FW) 40 Daniel Withrow (GK)

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 27 7 8 7 4 1 38 1.41 CLB 27 7 11 7 2 0 31 1.15 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 27 9 11 5 2 0 27 1.00 CLB 27 8 8 7 3 1 35 1.30 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 38 5 3 8 6 6 10 CLB 31 6 4 2 6 9 4 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 27 2 5 4 7 4 5 CLB 35 4 3 7 5 3 13

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLUMBUS CREW (Sept. 7, Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT - MLS Game 253)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 27 27 0 0 121 121 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 11 9 2 0 46 31 5 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 20 20 0 1 123 118 2 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 16 16 0 1 200 179 10 16 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 21 20 2 2 110 85 2 11 8 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 22 22 5 6 118 87 16 29 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 7 1 0 0 84 48 19 6 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 18 3 4 75 64 8 13 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 15 5 0 0 37 15 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 10 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 25 24 0 3 95 92 0 5 16 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 25 24 9 3 25 24 9 3 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 19 10 1 2 84 56 15 9 18 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 18 11 0 0 29 15 0 1 20 Oriol Rosell MF 6-0 168 07/07/1992 Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain 26 26 1 1 31 27 2 1 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 17 10 3 4 30 12 4 5 24 Mechack Jerome DF 5-10 165 04/21/1990 Liancourt, Haiti 10 8 0 1 10 8 0 1 25 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Kyle Miller MF 5-9 160 05/12/1989 Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Josh Gardner MF 5-10 168 09/14/1982 Brazosport, TX 5 1 0 1 54 39 3 6 33 Brendan Ruiz DF 6-2 175 08/06/1993 Los Angeles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 10 7 0 1 171 98 13 12 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 24 24 3 1 76 73 9 2 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W57 L44 T36

COLUMBUS CREW 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Tyson Wahl DF 6-0 183 02/23/1984 Newport Beach, CA 18 17 0 1 104 91 1 5 3 Josh Williams DF 6-2 192 04/18/1988 Canton, OH 24 24 3 0 54 51 4 3 4 Glauber DF 6-3 170 08/05/1983 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil 13 13 1 0 13 13 1 0 5 Danny O'Rourke MF 6-0 165 05/31/1983 Columbus, OH 21 19 0 0 187 176 0 9 6 Tony Tchani MF 6-4 185 04/13/1989 Bafang, Cameroon 15 7 0 0 79 52 4 5 7 Bernardo Anor MF 5-11 158 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 13 12 2 1 37 23 4 2 8 Matias Sanchez MF 5-8 157 08/18/1987 Temperley, Argentina 14 10 1 1 14 10 1 1 9 Justin Meram MF 6-1 165 12/04/1988 Shelby Township, MI 14 8 1 1 53 23 5 4 11 Dominic Oduro FW 6-0 160 08/13/1985 Accra, Ghana 27 27 9 2 210 126 42 19 12 Eddie Gaven MF 6-0 165 10/25/1986 Hamilton, NJ 10 10 0 4 278 260 51 37 13 Ethan Finlay FW 5-9 160 08/06/1990 Duluth, MN 15 1 0 0 30 4 0 0 14 Chad Marshall DF 6-4 190 08/22/1984 Riverside, CA 23 23 0 0 246 243 15 10 16 Eric Gehrig DF 6-1 170 12/25/1987 Harvey, IL 5 5 0 0 25 17 0 1 17 Ben Speas MF 5-8 155 01/17/1991 Stow, OH 15 10 1 1 16 11 1 1 18 Aaron Schoenfeld FW 6-4 190 04/17/1990 Knoxville, TN 8 2 0 0 17 5 0 1 19 Konrad Warzycha MF 6-1 190 02/14/1989 Zabrze, Poland 13 2 0 0 14 2 0 0 20 Wil Trapp MF 5-8 150 01/15/1993 Columbus, OH 9 9 0 1 9 9 0 1 21 Chad Barson DF 5-10 170 02/25/1991 Columbus, OH 14 12 0 0 14 12 0 0 22 Drew Beckie DF 6-1 161 09/30/1990 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Kevan George MF 6-2 170 01/30/1990 Roxborough, Tobago 10 3 0 0 17 7 0 0 24 Agustin Viana MF 5-11 165 08/23/1983 Chicago, IL 14 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 25 Jairo Arrieta FW 5-9 150 08/25/1983 Nicoya, Costa Rica 19 15 2 3 37 33 11 7 26 Ryan Finley FW 6-0 180 03/27/1991 Lumberton, NJ 9 2 1 1 9 2 1 1 27 Aaron Horton FW 5-9 165 05/19/1992 Middletown, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 190 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 7 7 0 0 10 8 0 0 30 Andy Gruenebaum GK 6-1 200 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 20 20 0 0 79 78 0 1 31 Kyle Hyland DF 5-7 150 03/01/1991 Bay Village, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Shawn Sloan MF 5-11 165 11/24/1990 Geneva, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Federico Higuain MF 5-8 165 10/24/1984 Capital Federal, Argentina 25 25 9 6 38 36 14 13 40 Daniel Withrow GK 6-1 180 05/24/1990 Rochester Hills, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Brian Bliss

09/28/1965 W5 L4 T6

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs COLUMBUS CREW SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Sept. 7, 2013 (WEEK 28, MLS Game #253) 7:30 p.m. CT (KSMO; FS-OH) Two teams needing points for their own distinctive races in the Eastern Conference meet on Saturday evening when Sporting Kansas City play host to the Columbus Crew at Sporting Park. SKC are coming off a late 2-1 home win against the Colorado Rapids that left the club in a three-way tie atop the Eastern Conference. The Crew hit the road five points out of fifth place and the final postseason place in the division, following their 2-0 midweek home win against Houston.

REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): George Gansner; AR2 (opposite): Mark Cahen; 4th: Kevin Terry Jr. MLS Career: 17 games; FC/gm: 26.6; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 4; pens: 6 DISABLED LIST: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Aurelien Collin, Oriol Rosell, Seth Sinovic … CLB: Tyson Wahl SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Claudio Bieler, Chance Myers …

CLB: Jairo Arrieta, Kevan George, Bernardo Anor, Dominic Oduro, Agustin Viana INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (USA) … CLB: Kevan George (Trinidad & Tobago) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (47 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (2 shootout), 71 goals … Crew 21 wins (0 shootout), 77 goals … Ties 6 AT KC (22 meetings): Sporting 11 wins (1 shootout), 36 goals … Crew 9 wins (0 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 2 FUTURE MATCH: 10/5: Columbus Crew vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. ET  The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Kei Kamara’s second goal of the game, in the 80th minute, gave Sporting a 3-2 victory June 29 in Kansas City.  It was just SKC’s second home win in the series since 2008, their first since the first meeting at Sporting Park, in 2011.  Since the 2008 season, the Crew have won seven meetings, SKC has won four, with two draws.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. CLB: P8 W4 L3 T1 … Brian Bliss vs. KC: first game LAST MEETING (MLS) 6/29: KC 3, CLB 2 (Kamara 34, 80; Bieler 50 – Arrieta 48; Oduro 53)  Sporting took the lead in the 34th minute. From the right touchline, Soony Saad lofted a spot-perfect 40-yard pass to Kei Kamara waiting at the front left of Columbus' penalty area, and he took one touch to settle before firing a left-footed rocket past goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum.  The Crew equalized in the 48th minute when Jairo Arrieta made a 65-yard-long run down the pitch before splitting the defense at the edge of the area and beating goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. But KC was back on top just two minutes, when Chance Myers sent in a long cross from the right side that fell to Claudio Bieler for a cool finish.  Three minutes later, the visitors were level again, when Seth Sinovic left a back pass in no man's land and Dominic Oduro raced in to nick it, rounding goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen and calmly rolling it into the open net.  But the winner came in the 80th minute. On the counter Sporting tore back up the pitch and got the gamewinner through Kamara, who finished after the ball bounded to him all alone in front of goal.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that played to a 2-2 draw with FC Dallas in Frisco. Seth Sinovic came into the back four for Mechack Jerome, Lawrence Olum started in midfield for Paulo Nagamura, and Soony Saad came into the team for the suspended C.J. Sapong.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Kevin Ellis 63) - Lawrence Olum, Oriol Rosell - Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi, Soony Saad (Ike Opara 90) - Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 82).  COLUMBUS CREW (4-4-1-1): Andy Gruenebaum - Chad Barson (Aaron Schoenfeld 89), Josh Williams, Chad Marshall, Tyson Wahl - Bernardo Anor (Konrad Warzycha 81), Kevan George, Danny O'Rourke, Jairo Arrieta Federico Higuain - Dominic Oduro (Ben Speas 76).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City put an end to their two-match losing streak, getting a late winner for a 2-1 victory against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday evening at Sporting Park. Sporting are now in a three-way tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with 42 points from 27 matches.

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LAST MATCH  Sporting took the lead in the 33rd minute. Collecting a loose ball won by Dom Dwyer in midfield, Benny Feilhaber used the outside of his right foot to send a curling, dipping shot past Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin from all of 30 yards.  The Rapids evened the score in the 77th minute. Substitute Edson Buddle tracked down a loose ball about 25 yards from goal and let fly with a shot that took a deflection off center back Matt Besler and past a sprawling Jimmy Nielsen in the SKC goal.  But Sporting had the final answer two minutes from time. A Chance Myers cross was sent back into the box by C.J. Sapong and Graham Zusi finished with aplomb for the game-winner.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that dropped a 1-0 decision to the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. Paulo Nagamura came into the midfield in place of Peterson Joseph, and Dom Dwyer and Soony Saad started up top in place of C.J. Sapong and Teal Bunbury.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Oriol Rosell - Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Kei Kamara 84) - Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer (Teal Bunbury 74), Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 79).

TEAM NEWS  Sporting won for a second consecutive game at home, ending their second two-game losing run over the previous five matches.  Making a second consecutive start after missing three matches after suffering a quadriceps strain during the MLS All-Star Game, Graham Zusi scored his first goal since July 7.  “I can’t stress how important this is for us,” Zusi said. “This was pretty much a must-win game for us. We needed to get back on track in order to put ourselves in a good spot. This will get our confidence back up and we’ll finish the season strong.”  C.J. Sapong made his second consecutive start for Sporting since returning from a loan to USL PRO side Orlando City SC and contributed his second MLS assist this season on the winning goal.  “C.J. is such a presence in the air,” Zusi said. “Nine times out of 10 he’s going to win it. I gave him a shout, but I don’t think I needed to because he saw me from the beginning. That was his goal from the minute he lifted off to win that ball. It was just a perfect layoff.”  Dom Dwyer made his first MLS start, after coming on as a substitute in nine of the last 10 games after his return from a loan to Orlando City SC, and contributed his first MLS assist. Dwyer will miss the Columbus match as he returns to Orlando for the USL PRO championship match.  “Claudio (Bieler) has had a bit of a stomach problem the past couple days. He’s gotten better, but with the heat and everything else, we were better going with someone who was 100 percent,” Vermes said. “It’s also something (Dwyer) deserves. He’s been working very hard, he’s been in good form as of late, and in a game like this, he was going to put pressure on them with his movement off the ball. He makes great diagonal runs, and he’s a kind of like (Carlos) Tevez in that he’s a little bull.”  Benny Feilhaber scored his second goal in the last four matches, his second in a row from outside the penalty area.  “I told him he earned some money tonight for sure. He played well in a lot of different ways – with the ball, without the ball, and a great goal. He had another shot that I thought was destined to do some damage as well that got blocked,” Vermes said.  Paulo Nagamura made his return to the Sporting lineup for the first time since leaving June 22 match vs. FC Dallas with an injury.  “He’s a little pit bull in there. We miss that guy in the middle of the park. He’s got great hunger, a winning mentality and provides us with a link in the midfield between the players that we have,” Vermes said. “It allows Graham to play on the wing, and Benny can play in the middle with Nagamura. He gives us more options—he allows us to put different players on each line of the field. He had a very good game. To play a 90-minute match in this weather is big time. It shows his winning mentality.”

COLUMBUS CREW The Columbus Crew put an end to their two-game losing slide, defeating the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Wednesday evening at Crew Stadium. The Crew are in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with 32 points from 27 matches.

LAST MATCH  The Crew opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Bernardo Añor found Justin Meram with a beautiful diagonal pass, and he played a ball across the six-yard box for Ryan Finley to tuck away.  The Crew had a glorious chance to double their lead when they were awarded a penalty kick after Bobby Boswell pulled back Dominic Oduro as he surged into the box. But Finley put his ensuing spot kick directly at Dynamo 'keeper Tally Hall.

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The Crew made up for it in the 74th minute, when Meram found himself with the ball on the outside of the box after Finley was able to only deflect a cross from Oduro from the right wing. Meram faked to his right, and cut back to his left foot before sliding a low shot past Hall inside the far post.  Crew interim head coach Brian Bliss made four changes to the team that fell 1-0 to Seattle Sounders FC at Crew Stadium. Chad Barson, Eric Gehrig, Tyson Wahl and Ethan Finlay all came into the team, in place of Josh Williams, Danny O'Rourke, Agustin Viana and Jairo Arrieta.  COLUMBUS CREW (4-1-3-2): Matt Lampson - Chad Barson, Chad Marshall, Eric Gehrig, Tyson Wahl - Wil Trapp (Tony Tchani 39) - Ethan Finlay (Konrad Warzycha 81), Bernardo Anor, Justin Meram - Ryan Finley (Jairo Arrieta 75), Dominic Oduro.

TEAM NEWS  It was a victory in the first game in charge for interim head coach Brian Bliss, who took over at the start of the week after Robert Warzycha was dismissed from his responsibilities.  “There's not a lot you can do on a tactical side of things in a short amount of time, that's built up over time," Bliss said. "But what [assistant coach] Mike [Lapper] and myself were trying to get across was the mentality has to change, and you can influence the mentality. I think the guys had the right frame of mind.”  Ryan Finley scored his first professional goal, starting in a second consecutive match up top.  Justin Meram also netted his first goal of the season, after setting up the Finley goal, involved in multiple goals in a game for the first time in his MLS career. Meram scored four goals a season ago.  “The last couple of games we were playing pretty slow, and it's kind of easy to defend that,” Meram said.

“Today, for 90 minutes, we were playing at a really great pace, and whenever you do that and you're right on the defender's back, the outside backs couldn't even really do much for them because we were giving them so much pressure, so that's great.”  Said Bliss: “I've said it to these guys from Day 1, it's a phrase of mine, and they're going to hear it again: 'It's a running man's game.' And these guys ran tonight. They ran and they ran, and that's why they won the game.”  Ethan Finlay made his first league start of the campaign after 14 appearances off the substitutes’ bench, playing 81 minutes in a wide midfield role.  “You always say don’t change a winning team but there are other guys, that because they for whatever reason did not play – card suspension, red cards – you just can’t automatically jettison them from the lineup, they are a big part of our group,” Bliss said. “I don’t want to commit to whole sale changes going into Kansas City but I am sure we will some of those guys back in the lineup.”  Eric Gehrig started in central defense for the first time since June 5 in a league match, with Josh Williams unavailable for the match.  “[Williams] took a knock yesterday at the end of training, we had to take him out of the lineup, out of the 18, he will get looked at again tomorrow and then again on Friday before we leave, before we make a final decision whether to take him to KC,” Bliss said. “He just has a knock, and we just have to let these guys deal with it and see his mobility is.”  There was an injury concern after the match as Wil Trapp was forced to leave before the end of the first half.

Tony Tchani came on in his place for his longest shift in a league game since his last start on June 5.  “I haven’t seen him play like that in a Crew uniform since I’ve been here, since he’s been here,” Bliss said of Tchani. “Refreshing, dominant, needed and applauded.”

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2013 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (12-9-6, 42 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 16 F Claudio Bieler 23 F Kei Kamara 8 F Graham Zusi 10 M Benny Feilhaber 22 F Soony Saad 78 D Aurelien Collin 7 D Chance Myers 3 D Ike Opara 17 F C.J. Sapong 14 F Dom Dwyer 20 M Oriol Rosell 15 D Seth Sinovic 5 D Matt Besler 31 M Josh Gardner 24 D Mechack Jerome 6 M Paulo Nagamura 37 F Jacob Peterson 9 F Teal Bunbury 11 F *Bobby Convey 4 D Kevin Ellis 19 M Peterson Joseph 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 M Lawrence Olum 25 M Christian Duke 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 12 M Mikey Lopez 94 M Jimmy Medranda 27 M Kyle Miller 2 D Erik Palmer-Brown 33 D Brendan Ruiz Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 25 15 22 23 17 24 21 11 19 10 26 25 20 5 10 16 10 7 3 2 18 27 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GS 24 10 22 18 10 24 20 9 10 1 26 24 20 1 8 16 7 1 2 1 11 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 1997 1022 1952 1501 950 2160 1843 812 1011 205 2241 2143 1800 130 677 1378 551 165 122 113 895 2430 610 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

27 27

27 27

2430 2430

G 9 7 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 27

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

SHT 66 42 43 28 48 30 22 8 25 7 22 14 6 1 5 17 14 6 2 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

FC 31 16 24 22 11 48 27 13 23 6 56 27 18 2 2 24 9 4 3 4 25 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 29 14 41 36 20 21 19 4 34 8 25 14 12 2 3 19 7 3 1 2 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 12 5 7 1 2 5 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 1 109 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 3 0 1 3 0 10 3 2 0 0 8 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 24

417 237

124 85

402 354

354 402

44 107

143 101

52 43

1 9

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Claudio Bieler 3, Graham Zusi 2, Kei Kamara 2, Aurelien Collin 2, Soony Saad 1 Oriol Rosell 1, Ike Opara 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 4, Seth Sinovic 3, Soony Saad 2, C.J. Sapong 1, Chance Myers 1 Benny Feilhaber 1, Claudio Bieler 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Claudio Bieler 2-2, Kei Kamara 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 27 27 2430 Team totals 27 27 2430 Opponent totals 27 27 2430

SHTS 85 85 124

SV 57 57 84

GA 27 27 38

GAA 1.00 1.00 1.41

PG 1 1 3

PA 1 1 3

W 12 12 9

L 9 9 12

* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 6 6 6

SO 9 9 7

2013 COLUMBUS CREW STATISTICS (9-13-5, 32 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 33 M Federico Higuain 11 F Dominic Oduro 3 D Josh Williams 25 F Jairo Arrieta 7 M Bernardo Anor 26 F Ryan Finley 9 M Justin Meram 8 M Matias Sanchez 17 M Ben Speas 4 D Glauber 12 M Eddie Gaven 20 M Wil Trapp 2 D Tyson Wahl 21 D Chad Barson 13 F Ethan Finlay 16 D Eric Gehrig 23 M Kevan George 30 G Andy Gruenebaum 28 G Matt Lampson 14 D Chad Marshall 5 M Danny O'Rourke 18 F Aaron Schoenfeld 6 M Tony Tchani 24 M Agustin Viana 19 M Konrad Warzycha 22 D Drew Beckie 27 F Aaron Horton 31 D Kyle Hyland 32 M Shawn Sloan 40 G Daniel Withrow Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING Ryan Finley GAME-WINNING Eddie Gaven PENALTY KICK

GP 25 27 24 19 13 9 14 14 15 13 10 9 18 14 15 5 10 20 7 23 21 8 15 14 13 0 0 0 0 0

GS 25 27 24 15 12 2 8 10 10 13 10 9 17 12 1 5 3 20 7 23 19 2 7 14 2 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 2232 2265 2160 1342 1079 269 683 820 865 1169 900 759 1525 1095 252 450 429 1800 630 2070 1661 210 756 1036 272 0 0 0 0 0

27 27

27 27

2430 2430

G 9 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 35

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

SHT 73 72 20 47 39 14 20 6 15 5 7 6 2 3 4 2 3 0 0 15 3 8 7 8 10 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 27 28 8 13 11 4 6 1 4 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 18 20 16 29 23 2 11 32 4 26 13 7 24 9 5 0 8 1 0 15 44 11 12 18 6 0 0 0 0 0

FS 18 45 12 19 23 4 11 12 14 6 38 6 9 13 3 0 4 3 1 16 17 6 13 16 4 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 14 23 0 16 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 97 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

22 33

389 348

122 120

354 328

328 354

65 80

117 144

52 48

1 2

GOALS: Federico Higuain 3, Dominic Oduro 2, Ben Speas 1, Matias Sanchez 1 1, Bernardo Anor 1 ASSISTS: Federico Higuain 2, Jairo Arrieta 2, Dominic Oduro 1, Justin Meram 1 1, Bernardo Anor 1 GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Federico Higuain 5-7, Ryan Finley 0-1

COLUMBUS CREW INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 28 G Matt Lampson 7 30 G Andy Gruenebaum 20 Team totals 27 Opponent totals 27

GS 7 20 27 27

MIN 630 1800 2430 2430

SHTS 22 98 120 122

SV 13 70 83 88

GA 8 27 35 31

GAA 1.14 1.35 1.30 1.15

PG 1 2 3 5

PA 1 2 3 8

* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Columbus Crew statistics listed here.

W 4 5 9 13

L 3 10 13 9

T 0 5 5 5

SO 4 4 8 7

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

2 9 16 23 30 5 17 20 27

OPPONENT at Philadelphia at Toronto FC Chicago at New England Montreal D.C. United at New York at Los Angeles Portland

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

ATT. 18,160 25,991 19,868 12,215 18,609 18,988 12,338 25,908 20,186

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

May May May May May June June

5 8 12 19 26 1 22

Chivas USA Seattle at Houston at D.C. United Houston Montreal at FC Dallas

W L W T T L T

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

18,811 18,602 19,004 13,612 20,876 19,470 16,361

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

June July July July July July Aug.

29 3 7 13 20 27 3

Columbus W 3-2 Vancouver T 1-1 at Chicago W 2-1 Toronto FC W 3-0 at Real Salt Lake W 2-1 at Montreal L 0-1 New York L 2-3

20,128 20,137 17,735 21,126 19,832 20,527 21,304

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

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

10 18 23 31 7 21 27 5 9 18 26

New England at San Jose at Chicago Colorado Columbus at Toronto FC Philadelphia at Columbus at Houston D.C. United at Philadelphia

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

19,988 10,525 17,085 19,579

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 0 3 KC: Zusi (41) Rosell (66) Bieler (83); PHI: Le Toux (17) 1-1-0 T1 3 KC: Bieler (77); TOR: Earnshaw (3,21) 1-1-1 T3 4 1-1-2 T3 5 2-1-2 3 8 KC: Bieler (5) Zusi (80) 3-1-2 2 11 KC: Bieler (89) 4-1-2 T2 14 KC: Collin (13) 4-2-2 1 14 LA: Sarvas (27) Donovan (74) 4-3-2 T2 14 KC: Myers (1,29); POR: R. Johnson (24) Nagbe (33) Wallace (58) 5-3-2 T1 17 KC: Bieler (41,57) Zusi (65) Sapong (87) 5-4-2 T3 17 SEA: Traore (94+) 6-4-2 T2 20 KC: Collin (73) 6-4-3 2 21 KC: own goal (60); DC: Porter (65) 6-4-4 3 22 KC: Kamara (68); HOU: Davis (46+) 6-5-4 T3 22 KC: Bieler (49+); MTL: Nyassi (47) Warner (53) 6-5-5 T3 23 KC: Kamara (43) own goal (57); DAL: Jacobson (88) Zimmerman (90) 7-5-5 T2 26 KC: Kamara (34,80) Bieler (50); CLB: Arrieta (48) Oduro (53) 7-5-6 T3 27 KC: Collin (35); VAN: Sanvezzo (45) 8-5-6 0 30 KC: Feilhaber (6) Zusi (8); CHI: Magee (38) 9-5-6 1 33 KC: Saad (21,51) Bieler (63) 10-5-6 1 36 KC: Saad (67) Opara (97+); RSL: Findley (56) 10-6-6 1 36 MTL: Smith (96+) 10-7-6 2 36 KC: Kamara (45) Dwyer (92+); NY: Steele (27) Espindola (63) Sam (69) 11-7-6 1 39 KC: Kamara (27,50) Feilhaber (92+) 11-8-6 T3 39 SJ: Wondolowski (55) 11-9-6 0 39 CHI: Jumper (13) 12-9-6 T1 42 KC: Feilhaber (33) Zusi (88); COL: Buddle (77)

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

ATT. 7,121 18,078 16,528 11,034 10,293 16,584 12,813 14,090 12,020 11,269 18,278 14,840 11,040 16,113 18,320 19,624 20,128 24,180 15,051 19,323 17,987 20,009 19,080 16,352 18,398 20,392 14,360

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 CLB: Higuain (51) Williams (88) Oduro (94+) 1-1-0 T2 3 CLB: Arrieta (46); VAN: Kobayashi (6) Miller (57) 1-1-1 T3 4 CLB: Glauber (68); SJ: Morrow (73) 2-1-1 2 7 CLB: Williams (15) Speas (58); DC: Teixeira (22) 2-1-2 4 8 CLB: Oduro (72); PHI: McInerney (34) 2-1-3 T3 9 CLB: Oduro (72); MTL: Di Vaio (68) 2-2-3 5 9 CHI: Larentowicz (83) 3-2-3 5 12 CLB: Oduro (15) Williams (26) Higuain (47+) 3-3-3 T5 12 NY: Cahill (80) 3-4-3 6 12 COL: Buddle (8) Powers (69) 4-4-3 6 15 CLB: Oduro (42) 4-4-4 T6 16 CLB: Oduro (2) Higuain (74); NY: Henry (31) Olave (91+) 4-4-5 6 17 CLB: Higuain (69); HOU: Creavalle (31) 4-5-5 7 17 PHI: Carroll (25) Williams (29) Casey (31) 5-5-5 T6 20 CLB: Sanchez (6) Oduro (22) 5-6-5 T6 20 CLB: Higuain (7); CHI: Duka (52) Magee (54) 5-7-5 7 20 CLB: Arrieta (48) Oduro (53); KC: Kamara (34,80) Bieler (50) 5-8-5 8 20 CLB: Anor (78); LA: Keane (85,92+) 6-8-5 7 23 CLB: Anor (5) 6-9-5 8 23 NE: Goncalves (91+) Fagundez (94+) 6-10-5 8 23 CLB: Oduro (17); TOR: Osorio (87) Wiedeman (94+) 6-11-5 8 23 CLB: own goal (75); HOU: Davis (10) Bruin (31) Weaver (85) 7-11-5 8 26 CLB: Higuain (62,76) 8-11-5 8 29 CLB: Higuain (18,67) 8-12-5 8 29 RSL: Beckerman (46+,89) Sandoval (51) Gil (83) 8-13-5 8 29 SEA: Johnson (14) 9-13-5 8 32 CLB: Finley (47) Meram (74)

W L L W

COLUMBUS CREW 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun.

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

2 9 16 23 6 14 20 27 4 11 18 26 1 5 15 22 29 4 7 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 4 7 14 21 29 5 19 27

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)

Goals 2 5 times

Goals 4 05/05/2013

vs. CHV

W 4-0

Shots 7 03/02/2013

at

PHI

W 3-1

Assists 5 05/05/2013

vs. CHV

W 4-0

Shots on Goal 1 03/09/2013

at

TOR

L 1-2

Shots 27 08/03/2013

vs. NY

L 2-3

Fouls Committed 9 07/13/2013 vs. TOR

W 3-0

Shots on Goal 10 07/13/2013

vs. TOR

W 3-0

Fouls Suffered 8 07/07/2013 at

CHI

W 2-1

Corner Kicks 2 03/02/2013 2 03/23/2013 2 07/07/2013

at at at

PHI NE CHI

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

Offside 0 03/16/2013 0 05/26/2013 0 06/01/2013

vs. CHI vs. HOU vs. MTL

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

Saves 0 03/23/2013 0 05/05/2013 0 05/26/2013 0 06/01/2013

at vs. vs. vs.

T W T L

Shots Faced 0 03/23/2013 0 05/05/2013

at NE vs. CHV

Assists 2 Graham Zusi 2 Benny Feilhaber 2 Soony Saad Shots 9 Soony Saad Shots on Goal 4 Claudio Bieler Fouls Committed 8 Oriol Rosell

03/02/2013 03/30/2013 08/10/2013

06/29/2013

05/05/2013

07/27/2013

at PHI vs. MTL vs. NE

vs. CLB

vs. CHV

at

MTL

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

W 3-2

W 4-0

L 0-1

Fouls Suffered 5 Claudio Bieler 5 C.J. Sapong 5 Graham Zusi 5 C.J. Sapong

03/09/2013 03/16/2013 03/16/2013 04/20/2013

at vs. vs. at

TOR CHI CHI LA

L T T L

Offside 3 Claudio Bieler

03/02/2013

at

PHI

W 3-1

Saves 4 Jimmy Nielsen

7 times

Shots Faced 7 Jimmy Nielsen Goals Allowed 3 Jimmy Nielsen 3 Jimmy Nielsen

04/27/2013

04/27/2013 08/03/2013

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

08/10/2013 08/17/2013

Fouls Suffered 20 03/16/2013 Corner Kicks 12 05/19/2013 Offside 5 03/30/2013

vs. POR

vs. POR vs. NY

L 2-3

vs. NY vs. TOR

Goals Allowed 3 04/27/2013 3 08/03/2013

W 2-0 W 2-0

at

DC

vs. MTL

T 1-1

W 2-0

vs. POR

vs. POR vs. NY

L 2-3

NE CHV HOU MTL

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

T 0-0 W 4-0

L 2-3 L 2-3

Goals 3 03/02/2013 3 04/27/2013

Shots 4 08/24/2013

at

RSL

L 0-4

Shots on Goal 0 04/20/2013

at

CHI

L 0-1

06/01/2013

vs. HOU

T 1-1

Shots 24 08/31/2013

Shots on Goal 5 Federico Higuain

06/22/2013

vs. CHI

L 1-2

Fouls Committed 6 Glauber

04/27/2013

vs. DC

W 3-0

Shots on Goal 9 03/23/2013 9 06/22/2013

vs. HOU

vs. SEA

at DC vs. CHI

W 3-0 W 3-0

W 2-0

W 2-1 L 1-2

W 3-0

vs. NY vs. CHI

L 0-1 L 1-2

Fouls Suffered 20 03/02/2013

Offside 5 Federico Higuain

06/29/2013

at

L 2-3

Corner Kicks 9 08/31/2013 Offside 9 06/29/2013

at

CHV

vs. SEA

at

KC

Fouls Committed 7 08/10/2013 vs. NY

W 2-0

Fouls Suffered 6 03/23/2013 at 6 04/14/2013 at

DC MTL

W 2-1 T 1-1

Corner Kicks 0 04/20/2013 0 07/27/2013

at at

CHI TOR

L 0-1 L 1-2

Offside 0 03/09/2013 0 03/16/2013 0 06/05/2013

at VAN vs. SJ at PHI

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

Saves 0 05/11/2013

vs. COL

L 0-2

Shots Faced 1 07/07/2013

vs. POR

W 1-0

L 0-1

W 1-0

05/04/2013 06/22/2013

L 0-1 W 3-0

at CHV vs. DC

Fouls Committed 20 07/07/2013 vs. POR

Fouls Suffered 7 Dominic Oduro 7 Dominic Oduro

at CHI vs. DC

T 0-0

TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)

Shots 8 Federico Higuain

04/20/2013 04/27/2013

vs. CHI

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)

Assists 4 09/04/2013

Saves 6 Andy Gruenebaum 6 Andy Gruenebaum

W 1-0

L 2-3 L 2-3

Assists 1 21 times

KC

HOU

Saves 4 7 times Shots Faced 7 04/27/2013

COLUMBUS CREW INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013) Goals 2 Federico Higuain 2 Federico Higuain

Fouls Committed 25 05/12/2013 at

L 0-1

L 2-3

Shots Faced 8 Andy Gruenebaum

06/29/2013

at

KC

L 2-3

Saves 6 04/20/2013 6 04/27/2013

Goals Allowed 4 Matt Lampson

08/24/2013

at

RSL

L 0-4

Shots Faced 8 06/29/2013

at

KC

L 2-3

Goals Allowed 4 08/24/2013

at

RSL

L 0-4

at CHI vs. DC

L 0-1 W 3-0

2013 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. COLUMBUS CREW (1-0-0) UNF 23 16 22 5 78 14 4 7 1 13 3 20 15 8

POS FWD FWD FWD DEF DEF FWD DEF DEF GK MID DEF MID DEF F/M

PLAYER Kei Kamara Claudio Bieler Soony Saad Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Dom Dwyer Kevin Ellis Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Oriol Rosell Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 90 82 89 90 90 8 27 90 90 90 1 90 63 90

G 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 4 2 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3

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

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

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

OFF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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

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

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1

1 1

90 90

3 2

2 1

24 8

8 3

10 12

12 10

1 9

3 1

1 2

0 0

0 0

GP 1

GS 1

MIN 90

SHTS 3

SV 1

GA 2

GAA 2.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 1

L 0

T 0

1 1

1 1

90 90

3 8

1 5

2 3

2.00 3.00

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 1

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Kei Kamara 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Claudio Bieler 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

2013 COLUMBUS CREW VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-0) UNF 25 11 33 7 21 23 30 14 5 18 17 2 19 3

POS FWD F/M MID MID DEF MID GK DEF MID FWD MID DEF MID DEF

PLAYER Jairo Arrieta Dominic Oduro Federico Higuain Bernardo Anor Chad Barson Kevan George Andy Gruenebaum Chad Marshall Danny O'Rourke Aaron Schoenfeld Ben Speas Tyson Wahl Konrad Warzycha Josh Williams ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 90 76 90 81 89 90 90 90 90 1 14 90 9 90

G 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

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

OFF 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1

1 1

90 90

2 3

1 2

8 24

3 8

12 10

10 12

9 1

1 3

2 1

0 0

0 0

GP 1

GS 1

MIN 90

SHTS 8

SV 5

GA 3

GAA 3.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 0

L 1

T 0

1 1

1 1

90 90

8 3

5 1

3 2

3.00 2.00

0 0

0 0

0 1

1 0

0 0

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

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

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

COLUMBUS CREW VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Crew 21 wins, 77 goals Sporting 20 wins, 71 goals Ties 6 05/02/1996 06/08/1996 08/24/1996 09/07/1996

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

4 3 1 1

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

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

KC SOW

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

05/27/1998 08/16/1998

KC 1 vs CLB 1 CLB 5 vs KC 3

KC SOW

(KC) (OH)

04/28/1999 08/08/1999

CLB 1 at KC 0 CLB 2 vs KC 1

(KC) (CC)

07/15/2000 07/22/2000

CLB 2 vs KC 0 KC 3 vs CLB 1

(CC) (KC)

04/21/2001 08/04/2001

KC 3 at CLB 0 CLB 3 at KC 1

(CC) (KC)

06/19/2002 08/18/2002

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

(CC) (KC)

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

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

(KC) (CC) (CC)

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

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

(KC) (CC) (CC)

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

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

0 1 0 0

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

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

KC KC KC KC

1 0 0 0

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

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

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

(KC) (CC) (KC)

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

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

(CC) (CA) (CC)

05/09/2009 06/06/2009

CLB 3 vs KC 2 CLB 2 at KC 0

(CC) (CA)

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 29 42 0 71 320 386 1 707 129 147 0 276 324 348 2 674 51 55 0 106 90 134 0 224

1 36 287 113 327 59 110

Crew 2 OT 41 0 303 2 127 1 317 3 82 1 111 1

Tot. 77 592 241 647 142 222

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

KC CLB

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 8 14 7 12 9 21 8 6 22 14 15 12

OT 0 0

Total 71 77

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes vs. CLB Brian Bliss vs. KC

4-3-1 (1.63 pts./game) 0-0-0 (1.00 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

3 1 1 4

vs at at vs

CLB CLB CLB CLB

05/23/2010 07/14/2010

CLB 1 at KC 0 KC 1 at CLB 0

(CA) (CC)

04/16/2011 09/28/2011

CLB 1 vs KC 0 KC 2 vs CLB 1

(CC) (SP)

07/14/2012 07/28/2012 10/07/2012

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

(CC) (SP) (CC)

06/29/2013

KC 3 vs CLB 2

(SP)

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 11/01/2008 KC 1 vs CLB 1 11/08/2008 CLB 2 vs KC 0

(CA) (CC)

U.S. OPEN CUP 09/10/2002 CLB 3 vs KC 2 (OT)

(CC, SF)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

8 8 74 21 39 51

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Davy Arnaud Davy Arnaud

7 9 46 21 26 37

Crew Jeff Cunningham Robert Warzycha Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Chad Marshall Kyle Martino

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

4 5 3 34 17

3 players tied Kevin Hartman Meola/Oshoniyi Tony Meola Kevin Hartman

5 4 3 34 14

William Hesmer Jon Busch William Hesmer Jon Busch Jon Busch

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 9 players tied 7 players tied Soony Saad (6/29/13) 3 players tied Mo Johnston (7/4/97) Johnson/Sealy

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 2 9 4 7 7

Saves Goals Allowed

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

3 2 7 4 6 6

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

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

2013 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

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

W-L-T

COLUMBUS CREW Streak (started)

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

5 Ws (6/29/2013) 3 Ls (7/27/2013) 1 Ls (8/23/2013)

5-2-0 4-4-3 0-7-2

1 Ws (8/17/2013) 2 Ws (8/10/2013) 5 Ls (6/5/2013)

10-2-3 2-7-1

4 Ws (7/7/2013) 4 Ls (7/27/2013)

9-3-2 0-10-3

3 Ws (8/10/2013) 6 Ls (6/5/2013)

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

5 1 1 9 32

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(4/20/2013) (7/3/2013) (8/31/2013) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)

0-7-0 2-5-4 5-1-1 2-0-0 0-0-0

10 2 3 5 8

Ls Ls Ws Ws Ws

(7/14/2012) (7/27/2013) (8/10/2013) (8/13/2011) (8/18/2002)

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

7 1 1 4 21

Ws Ws Ws Ls Ls

(3/30/2013) (8/31/2013) (6/29/2013) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

8-0-0 1-3-4 0-6-1 0-3-0 0-1-0

11 1 4 5 29

Ws Ls Ls Ls Ls

(6/30/2012) (8/31/2013) (6/22/2013) (9/15/2012) (5/2/1996)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLUMBUS CREW (20-21-6)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. COLUMBUS CREW (20-21-6)

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

GP 20 11 24 8 15 10 11 13 13 19 9 10 3 5 5 5 2 16 1 7 3 13 19 10 2 1 3 10 4 4 6 13 5 9 14 23 3 3 3 5 8 2 2 1 4 1 2 5 2 1 2 1 4 7

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

MIN 1574 749 1975 717 1305 679 819 777 1006 1252 810 647 270 428 398 405 109 1344 82 550 270 1031 1720 570 20 90 112 212 283 322 434 1061 329 655 1118 1954 194 245 217 419 479 87 74 12 160 72 131 450 141 45 178 90 264 230

G 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 74 28 47 28 32 23 19 17 14 24 14 16 3 15 14 12 6 29 2 5 7 17 6 13 2 5 6 4 5 8 17 5 1 5 12 22 0 4 4 1 14 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 9 0 5 2 1 9

Team totals Opponent totals

47 47

47 47

4250 4250

71 77

72 95

707 592

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

GP 1 2 8 9 10 1 8 5 2 3

MIN 90 92 720 820 910 90 720 447 135 225

SHTS 3 2 32 48 45 7 46 28 10 20

SV 3 1 24 34 32 5 27 15 2 9

GAA 0.00 0.98 1.00 1.10 1.29 2.00 2.13 2.42 2.67 4.00

PG 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0

47 47

4250 4250

241 276

152 193

1.63 1.50

4 6

PLAYER Teal Bunbury Jacob Peterson Claudio Bieler Benny Feilhaber Paulo Nagamura C.J. Sapong Graham Zusi Josh Gardner Peterson Joseph Chance Myers Soony Saad Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Dom Dwyer Kevin Ellis Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Oriol Rosell Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 13 1 4 13 4 8 4 1 5 2 9 4 1 1 8 4 3 1 7 47 47

GS 4 7 1 4 13 3 5 2 1 5 2 9 3 0 0 8 3 0 1 7 47 47

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

GP 8

MIN 720

47 47

4250 4250

MIN 398 648 82 350 1122 322 479 176 72 450 141 810 271 8 27 720 277 23 90 599 4250 4250

G 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 77

A 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 95

SHT 14 12 2 6 11 8 14 1 1 4 9 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 707 592

SHTS 32

SV 24

GAA 1.00

PG 0

241 276

152 193

1.63 1.50

4 6

COLUMBUS CREW CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (21-20-6)

CURRENT COLUMBUS CREW PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (21-20-6)

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

GP 16 15 9 9 6 11 16 7 12 4 2 15 9 13 9 23 3 6 4 6 5 11 16 6 5 5 1 4 9 3 1 5 3 3 1 3 14 7 5 3 10 4 10 2 3 5 3 5 2 1 3 7 1 2 7 4

GS 12 14 8 7 6 11 16 2 12 4 1 12 7 12 8 23 3 3 1 5 2 8 16 6 4 3 1 4 7 3 0 2 2 3 1 2 11 6 5 2 10 4 10 2 3 3 3 5 2 1 1 7 0 1 3 4

MIN 1084 1235 725 650 539 944 1320 249 1025 331 115 1075 590 1048 676 2031 255 306 97 489 215 599 1398 540 394 305 74 360 618 270 25 248 181 234 76 199 1028 553 378 197 850 322 859 180 239 292 218 405 180 90 96 630 26 52 388 329

G 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

SHT 46 16 24 11 11 25 23 8 4 6 5 32 23 14 21 17 8 12 4 8 6 9 3 5 3 10 5 7 9 1 1 4 1 7 1 4 9 8 3 3 17 3 2 0 0 10 14 4 6 0 0 2 0 1 3 2

Team totals Opponent totals

47 47

47 47

4250 4250

77 71

95 72

592 707

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

GP 1 2 1 1 6 9 5 7 9 3 2 1 2

MIN 45 180 1 90 495 810 449 630 820 280 180 90 180

SHTS 1 5 0 6 33 43 39 38 51 15 15 6 24

SV 1 5 0 4 25 33 29 24 34 10 10 3 15

GAA 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.09 1.22 1.40 1.43 1.54 1.61 2.50 3.00 4.50

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

47 47

4250 4250

276 241

193 152

1.50 1.63

6 4

PLAYER Eddie Gaven Dominic Oduro Jairo Arrieta Chad Marshall Danny O'Rourke Federico Higuain Tyson Wahl Josh Williams Bernardo Anor Chad Barson Ethan Finlay Eric Gehrig Kevan George Andy Gruenebaum Justin Meram Aaron Schoenfeld Ben Speas Tony Tchani Konrad Warzycha Team totals Opponent totals

GP 23 13 4 23 14 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 1 5 1 47 47

GS 22 8 4 23 14 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 7 3 0 0 4 0 47 47

GOALKEEPER Andy Gruenebaum ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7

MIN 630

47 47

4250 4250

MIN 1826 727 331 2031 1219 180 360 329 171 89 18 90 90 630 249 1 14 351 9 4250 4250

G 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 71

A 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 72

SHT 32 16 6 17 3 6 1 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 592 707

SHTS 38

SV 24

GAA 1.43

PG 0

276 241

193 152

1.50 1.63

6 4

GAME NOTES WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew Sporting Park Kansas City, Kansas 7:30 p.m. CT English TV: KSMO-TV Spanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. Pos. 1 GK 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 10 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 15 DEF 16 FWD 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 20 MID 22 FWD 24 DEF 27 DEF 31 DEF 33 DEF 37 DEF 78 DEF 94 MID

Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell ew-REE-all rohz-EL Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Mechack Jerome ME-shack Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Brendan Ruiz Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah

2013 REGULAR SEASON MLS STANDINGS

2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 12-9-6 (42 pts) 27 1st in East 38 1.46 27 1.00 +11 417 (124) 29.7% 402 354 52 1

GP W L T P 27 12 9 6 42 25 12 7 6 42 27 12 9 6 42 27 10 8 9 39 26 10 9 7 37 26 10 9 7 37 25 10 10 5 35 27 9 13 5 32 26 4 12 10 22 26 3 18 5 14 GP W L T P 28 14 8 6 48 26 13 9 4 43 25 13 8 4 43 27 10 8 9 39 26 9 5 12 39 26 10 9 7 37 26 9 7 10 37 27 9 11 7 34 27 5 15 6 22

9-13-5 (32 pts) RECORD 27 GAMES PLAYED 8th in East CONFERENCE POSITION 31 GOALS 1.27 GOALS/GAME 35 ALLOWED 1.30 ALLOWED/GAME -4 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 389 (122) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 31.4% ON GOAL % 354 FOULS COMMITTED 328 FOULS SUFFERED 52 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

2013 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

COLUMBUS CREW

Higuain/Oduro 9 9 Claudio Bieler GOALS Federico Higuain 6 6 Graham Zusi ASSISTS Federico Higuain 73 66 Claudio Bieler SHOTS Dominic Oduro 28 25 Claudio Bieler SHOTS ON GOAL 3 Claudio Bieler GAME-WINNING GOALS Federico Higuain 3 4 Graham Zusi GAME-WINNING ASSISTS two players tied 2 Dominic Oduro 45 41 Graham Zusi FOULS SUFFERED 56 Oriol Rosell FOULS COMMITTED Danny O’Rourke 44 10 Aurelien Collin CAUTIONS Federico Higuain 6 1 C.J. Sapong EJECTIONS Federico Higuain 1 1.00 Jimmy Nielsen GOALS AGAINST AVG Matt Lampson 1.14 12 Jimmy Nielsen WINS Andy Gruenebaum 5 9 Jimmy Nielsen SHUTOUTS Gruenebaum/Lampson 5 57 Jimmy Nielsen SAVES Andy Gruenebaum 70

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

As of September 6, 2013 Eastern Conf.

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

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

COLUMBUS CREW

PETER VERMES

BRIAN BLISS

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

5th season 56-44-36 5th season 56-44-36

2nd season 5-4-6 1st season 1-0-0

SPORTING KC INJURY REPORT

As of September 5, 2013 OUT: •

None

QUESTIONABLE: •

Chance Myers (left groin strain)

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KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS...

• • • • • • •

Tyson Wahl played for Kansas City from 2006-2008.

Ben Speas and Mikey Lopez were teammates at North Carolina in 2011.

Konrad Warzycha played for Sporting Kansas City from 2011-12.

Seth Sinovic and Ethan Finlay were teammates at Creighton from 2008-2009.

Danny O’Rourke and Jacob Peterson were teammates at Indiana from 2003-2004.

Jacob Peterson and Tony Tchani were teammates in Toronto FC in 2011.

Andy Gruenebaum is from the Kansas City area and attended Blue Valley North High School.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES...

• • • • • • •

LAST TIME THEY MET...

•

The two teams last met in MLS regular season action on June 29, 2013 at Sporting Park with Sporting KC winning the match 3-2.

• •

Sporting KC took a first half lead with a Kei Kamara 34th minute goal but Columbus equalized through a 48th minute Jairo Arrieta strike. Claudio Bieler put Sporting KC back on top but once again Columbus replied with a Dominic Oduro goal.

In the 80th minute, Kei Kamara scored the game-winning goal to give Sporting KC their seventh victory of the season and move them into second place in the Eastern Conference.

September 7 is the last regular season in 2013 meeting between the two sides.

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Sporting KC has sold-out 30 straight MLS home matches.

Peter Vermes is in his fifth season as manager, second longest in club history behind Bob Gansler.

Peter Vermes’ winning percentage (.544) is best for Sporting KC all-time Jimmy Nielsen’s career regular season GAA (1.02), shutouts (41), wins (52), and winning percentage (.559) are best for goalkeepers in club history.

Graham Zusi is in fourth place on Sporting KC’s all-time assists chart with 29.

Sporting KC has the most ties in MLS history among all teams (115) Jacob Peterson has played in 175 matches in his MLS career (regulars eason and postseason combined) Paulo Nagamura has played in 200 matches in his MLS career (regular season).

Benny Feilhaber has played in 75 matches in his MLS career.

Jimmy Nielsen’s next start will be his 84th consecutive regular season MLS match, which will be the third longest streak in MLS history.

SPORTING KC NEWS & NOTES Top of the Eastern Conference Sporting Kansas City defeated the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Saturday courtesy of Graham Zusi’s 88th minute game-winner assisted by Chance Myers and C.J. Sapong. The victory catapulted Sporting KC back atop the East and into a three-way tie for first place with the Montreal Impact and the New York Red Bulls.

Sporting Kansas City struck first on Saturday as Benny Feilhaber curled a 30-yard shot past Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin. Dom Dwyer earned his first career assist on the play. Colorado’s Edson Buddle leveled the score in the 77th minute as his volley ricocheted off Sporting KC defender Matt Besler and past Jimmy Nielsen..

Besler, Zusi named to USMNT Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi will join the U.S. Men’s National Team for a pair of upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers The United States, in first place with four games remaining in the Final Round of qualifying, will playaway to Costa Rica on Friday, Sept.

6 before hosting Mexico on Tuesday, Sept. 10 in Columbus, Ohio.

Vermes to be inducted at Sporting Park

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Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame at Sporting Park on Friday, October 11. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. CT on the Sprint Plaza at Sporting Park prior to the United States Men’s National Team World Cup qualifying match vs Jamaica.

Kamara transfers to Middlesbrough Sporting Kansas City announced on September 2 that the club agreed to transfer forward Kei Kamara to Middlesbrough FC (Football League Championship) in England. Sporting Kansas City will receive two-thirds of the substantial transfer fee to use as allocation money^ per MLS rules.

Orlando City advances to USL Pro Championship Dom Dwyer will re-join Sporting KC’s USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC in advance of the club’s championship match on September 7 against the Charlotte Eagles. The match will be held at Orlando City’s home field, Fifth Third Bank Field at the Florida Citrus Bowl, and is scheduled to kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CT. Dom Dwyer, Jon Kempin, and Christian Duke are currently on loan with the club and will return to Kansas City folloiwing the match.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOAL CHART

20

15

17 17

28

21 38

30 32 13 16 7 33 35 29 10 9 2 1 14 31 12,18,19

22

8 23 35

6

24

11 4

25

3

5

26

36 17 27 37

GOAL INFORMATION 1- Graham Zusi, Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 41 2- Oriol Rosell (Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 66 + 3- Claudio Bieler (Myers/Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 83 4- Claudio Bieler (Sapong), Mar. 9, at Toronto FC, 77 5- Claudio Bieler (Feilhaber), Mar. 30, vs Montreal Impact, 5 6- Graham Zusi (Feilhaber), Mar. 30, vs Montreal Impact, 80 7- Claudio Bieler (Saad), Apr. 5, vs D.C. United, 89 8- Aurelien Collin (Zusi), Apr. 17, at NY Red Bulls, 13 * 9- Chance Myers (Besler), Apr. 27, vs Portland Timbers, 1 # 10- Chance Myers (Collin/Feilhaber), Apr. 27, vs Portland Timbers, 29 + 11- Claudio Bieler (Zusi), May 5, vs Chivas USA, 41 12- Claudio Bieler, May 5, vs Chivas USA, 57 ^ 13- Graham Zusi (Gardner/Nagamura), May 5, vs Chivas USA, 65 14- C.J. Sapong (Jerome/Rosell), May 5, vs Chivas USA, 87 15- Aurelien Collin (Sinovic), May 12, at Houston Dynamo, 73 # 16- Ike Opara (Zusi), May 19, at D.C. United, 60 * 17- Kei Kamara (Bieler/Peterson), May 26, vs Houston Dynamo, 68 18- Claudio Bieler , June 1, vs Montreal Impact, 45+4 ^ 19- Kei Kamara, June 22, at FC Dallas, 43 ^ 20- Je-Vaughn Watson (own goal), June 22, at FC Dallas 57 * 21- Kei Kamara (Saad), June 29, vs Columbus Crew 34 22- Claudio Bieler, June 29, vs Columbus Crew 50 23- Kei Kamara (Bieler), June 29, vs Columbus Crew 80 24- Aurelien Collin, July 3, vs Vancouver Whitecaps, 35 25- Benny Feilhaber, July 7, at Chicago Fire, 6 # 26- Graham Zusi (Sinvoic), July 7, at Chicago Fire, 8 27- Soony Saad (Sinovic), July 13, vs Toronto FC, 21

28- Soony Saad, July 13, vs Toronto FC, 51 29- Claudio Bieler (Feilhaber/Kamara), July 13, vs Toronto FC, 63 30- Soony Saad (Bieler), July 20, at Real Salt Lake, 67 + 31- Ike Opara (Zusi), July 20, at Real Salt Lake, 90+7 * 32- Kei Kamara, August 3, vs New York, 45 33- Dom Dwyer (Kamara), August 3, vs New York, 90+2 34- Kei Kamara (Saad), August 10, vs New England, 27 35- Kei Kamara (Saad), August 10, vs New England, 50 36- Benny Feilhaber, August 10, vs New England, 90+2 + 37- Benny Feilhaber (Dwyer), August 31, vs Colorado, 33 38- Graham Zusi (Sapong/Myers), August 10, vs Colorado, 88

LEGEND + - Free Kick * - Corner Kick ^ - Penalty Kick # - Throw-in

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Josh Gardner (trade)

Julio Cesar (waived)

Ike Opara (trade)

Cyprian Hedrick (waived)

Yann Songo’o (signing)

Konrad Warzycha (waived)

Claudio Bieler (signing)

Neven Markovic (waived)

Mikey Lopez (SuperDraft)

Michael Harrington (trade)

Mechack Jerome (signing)

Korede Aiyegbusi (option not exercised)

Benny Feilhaber (trade)

Roger Espinoza (out of contract)

Christian Duke (Supplemental Draft)

Bobby Convey (trade)

Erik Palmer-Brown (Homegrown Player)

Yann Songo’o (contract terminated by mutual agreement)

Brendan Ruiz (signing)

Michael Thomas (trade)

Jimmy Medranda (loan)

Kei Kamara (transfer)

TRANSACTION TIMELINE December 3: Sporting KC trades Michael Harrington to Portland Timbers for allocation money and does not exercise option on Korede Aiyegbusi.

December 5: Sporting KC acquires Josh Gardner from Montreal Impact in exchange for highest second round pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft.

December 11: Sporting KC acquires Benny Feilhaber from New England for 1st Rd pick in 2014 MLS SuperDraft and 2nd Rd pick in 2015 MLS SuperDraft December 12: Sporting KC re-signs Matt Besler.

December 12: Sporting KC acquires Ike Opara from the San Jose Earthquakes for natural second round draft prick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft.

December 13: Sporting KC signs Yann Songo'o.

December 18: Sporting KCi signs Claudio Bieler, the fourth Designated Player in club history.

January 1: Roger Espinoza joins Wigan Athletic (English Premier League) January 17: Sporting KC selects Mikey Lopez (14th overall) in the MLS SuperDraft.

January 22: Sporting KC selects Christian Duke, Brian Fekete, Mitchell Cardenas, and Mike Reidy in the MLS Supplemental Draft.

January 30: Sporting KC loans Kei Kamara to Norwich City (English Premier League).

February 28: Sporting KC signs Christian Duke and Mechack Jerome.

March 14: Sporting KC loans Jon Kempin, Dom Dwyer, Christian Duke, and Yann Songo’o to USL Pro affiliate Orlando City SC. May 6: Kei Kamara returns to Sporting KC upon completion of his loan agreement with Norwich City.

May 16: Sporting KC trades Bobby Convey to Toronto FC for their natural third round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.

June 27: Sporting KC recalls forward Dom Dwyer from loan to Orlando City Soccer Club.

June 28: Sporting KC and on-loan defender Yann Songo’o mutually agree to part ways.

July 2: Sporting KC trades Michael Thomas to Toronto FC for their natural second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

August 2: Sporting KC signs 16-year-old Homegrown Player Erik Palmer-Brown.

August 9: Sporting KC acquire Jimmy Medranda on loan and Brendan Ruiz.

September 2: Kei Kamara transfers to Middlesbrough FC (Football League Championship).

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2006

Eric Kronberg (40th)

MLS Supplemental Draft

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

MLS Lottery Draft

2007 2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

2010

Teal Bunbury (10th)

Jimmy Nielsen (Feb. 15)

2011

C.J. Sapong (10th)

Aurelien Collin (Apr. 15) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Lawrence Olum (Sept. 15)

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Kyle Miller (54th)

Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19) Oriol Rosell (Aug. 2)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Christian Duke (14th)

Claudio Bieler (Dec. 18) Mechack Jerome (Feb 28) Brendan Ruiz (Aug. 9) Jimmy Medranda (Aug. 9)

Jon Kempin (Aug. 31) Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, originally signed May 10) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV)

Kevin Ellis (Feb. 18)

Josh Gardner (Dec. 5) Ike Opara (Dec. 12) Benny Feilhaber (Dec. 11)

Erik Palmer-Brown (Aug. 2)

Soony Saad (July 5)

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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Date 05/02/1996 06/08/1996 08/24/1996 09/07/1996 05/22/1997 07/04/1997 09/14/1997 05/27/1998 08/16/1998 04/28/1999 08/08/1999 07/15/2000 07/22/2000 04/21/2001 08/04/2001 06/19/2002 08/18/2002 05/03/2003 07/19/2003 08/31/2003 04/17/2004 06/12/2004 08/18/2004 05/14/2005 06/29/2005 07/23/2005 08/26/2005 04/01/2006 04/29/2006 06/10/2006 08/12/2006 05/05/2007 06/20/2007 09/15/2007 05/03/2008 06/14/2008 07/17/2008 05/09/2009 06/06/2009 05/23/2010 07/14/2010 04/16/2011 09/28/2011 07/14/2012 07/28/2012 10/07/2012 06/29/2013

KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC

Score 6 vs CLB 4 3 at CLB 3 1 at CLB 2 1 vs CLB 5 3 vs CLB 1 2 at CLB 1 0 at CLB 4 1 vs CLB 1 3 at CLB 5 0 vs CLB 1 1 at CLB 2 0 at CLB 2 3 vs CLB 1 3 at CLB 0 1 vs CLB 3 1 at CLB 1 0 vs CLB 4 2 vs CLB 2 1 at CLB 0 0 at CLB 1 1 vs CLB 0 2 at CLB 2 1 at CLB 2 4 at CLB 0 1 vs CLB 1 0 at CLB 2 0 vs CLB 1 3 vs CLB 1 1 at CLB 0 1 at CLB 0 4 vs CLB 0 1 vs CLB 0 1 at CLB 2 3 vs CLB 2 1 at CLB 2 0 vs CLB 3 3 at CLB 3 2 at CLB 3 0 vs CLB 2 0 vs CLB 1 1 at CLB 0 0 at CLB 1 2 vs CLB 1 2 at CLB 0 1 vs CLB 2 1 at CLB 1 3 vs CLB 2

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

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 29 320 129 324 51 90

Category Goals

Shots

Shots on Goal Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

1 36 287 113 327 59 110

2 42 386 147 348 55 134

OT 0 1 0 2 0 0

Tot. 71 707 276 674 106 224

COLUMBUS CREW 2 41 303 127 317 82 111

OT 0 2 1 3 1 1

Tot. 77 592 241 647 142 222

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

COLUMBUS CREW

8 Preki Jeff Cunningham 7 GOALS 8 Preki Robert Warzycha 9 ASSISTS 74 Preki Jeff Cunningham 46 SHOTS 21 Preki SHOTS ON GOAL Jeff Cunningham 21 39 Davy Arnaud FOULS COMMITTED Chad Marshall 25 51 Davy Arnaud FOULS SUFFERED Kyle Martino 37 4 three players tied William Hesmer 5 WINS 5 Kevin Hartman Jon Busch 4 LOSSES 3 Meola/Oshoniyi William Hesmer 3 SHUTOUTS 34 Tony Meola Jon Busch 34 SAVES 17 Kevin Hartman GOALS ALLOWED Jon Busch 14

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 2 9 4 7 7

COLUMBUS CREW

nine players tied GOALS Maisonneuve/John 3 seven players tied ASSISTS fourteen players tied 2 Soony Saad SHOTS Jeff Cunningham 7 three players tied SHOTS ON GOAL Thomas Dooley 4 Mo Johnston FOULS COMMITTED Pierce/Lenhart 6 Johnson/Sealy FOULS SUFFERED six players tied 6

9 Tony Meola William Hesmer 9 SAVES 5 Lagerway/Ammann GOALS ALLOWED Bo Oshoniyi 6

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC CLB

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 8 14 7 12 9 21 0 71 8 6 22 14 15 12 0 77

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores DATE OPPONENT

Sat., March 2nd 3-1 W at Philadelphia Union Sat., March 9th 2-1 L at Toronto FC Sat., March 16th 0-0 D vs Chicago Fire Sat., March 23rd 0-0 D at NE Revolution Sat., March 30th 2-0 W vs Montreal Impact Fri., April 5th 1-0 W vs D.C. United Wed., April 17th 1-0 W at New York Red Bulls Sat., April 20th 2-0 L at LA Galaxy Sat., April 5th 3-2 L vs Portland Timbers Sun., May 5th 4-0 W vs Chivas USA Wed., May 8th 1-0 L vs Seattle Sounders Sun., May 12th 1-0 W at Houston Dynamo Sun., May 19th 1-1 D vs D.C. United Sun., May 26th 1-1 D vs Houston Dynamo Tues., May 28th^ 2-0 W vs Des Moines Menace Sat., June 1st 2-1 L vs Montreal Impact Wed., June 12th^ 1-0 L vs Orlando City SC Sat., June 22nd 2-2 D at FC Dallas

Sat., June 29th 3-2 W vs Columbus Crew Wed., July 3rd 1-1 D vs Vancouver Whitecaps Sun., July 7th 2-1 W at Chicago Fire Sat., July 13th 3-0 W vs Toronto FC Sat., July 20th 2-1 W at Real Salt Lake Sat., July 27th 1-0 L at Monteal Impact Wed., July 31st 3-1 L vs AS Roma (All-Star) Sat., Aug. 3rd 3-2 L vs New York Red Bulls Wed, Aug 7th* 2-0 W at Real Esteli Sat., Aug. 10th 3-0 W vs NE Revolution Sun., Aug. 18th 1-0 L at San Jose Earthquakes Fri., Aug. 23rd 1-0 L at Chicago Fire Tues., Aug 27th* 2-0 W at CD Olimpia Sat., Aug. 31st 2-1 W vs Colorado Rapids Sat., Sept. 7th Columbus Crew Sat., Sept. 21st Toronto FC Fri., Sept. 27th Philadelphia Union Sat., Oct. 5th Columbus Crew Wed., Oct. 9th Houston Dynamo Fri, Oct. 18th D.C. United Sat., Oct. 26th Philadelphia Union

GOALSCORERS Bieler/Rosell/Zusi Bieler N/A N/A Bieler/Zusi Bieler Collin N/A Myers (2) Bieler(2)/Zusi/Sapong N/A Collin Opara Kamara Kamara/Bieler Bieler

Sporting KC at Toronto FC - March 9, 2013 Rogers Centre | Toronto, Canada Attendance: 25,991

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-1-0) 0 1 1 Toronto FC (1-1-0) 2 0 2

Kamara/Watson (OG) Kamara (2)/Bieler Collin Feilhaber/Zusi Saad (2)/Bieler Opara/Saad N/A Gonzalez Kamara/Dwyer Opara/Dwyer Kamara (2)/Feilhaber N/A N/A Saad (2) Feilhaber/Zusi N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Subs not used: Gale Agbossoumonde, Stefan Frei, Andrew Wiedeman, Emery Welshman

^ - Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup * - CONCACAF Champions League

Sporting KC at Philadelphia Union - March 2, 2013 PPL Park | Chester, Penn.

Attendance: 18,160 Weather: 42 degrees, mostly cloudy

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-0-0) 1 2 3 Philadelphia Union (0-1-0) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers (Mechack Jerome 92+); Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 63), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Soony Saad, Josh Gardner Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath; Sheanon Williams, Amobi Okugo, Jeff Parke, Raymon Gaddis; Michael Lahoud (Roger Torres 80), Brian Caroll (c), Michael Farfan, Keon Daniel (Conor Casey 84), Gabriel Farfan (Jack McInerney 70); Sebastien Le Toux Subs not used: Chris Konopka, Danny Cruz, Bakary Soumare, Antoine Hoppenot PHI SKC Shots (on goal) 17 (5) 7 (4) Corner Kicks 6 2 Fouls 19 13 Offside 1 4 Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 25 KC -- Bobby Convey (caution; tactical foul) 56 PHI -- Raymon Gaddis (caution; reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Sebastien Le Toux 1 (Keon Daniel) 17 KC -- Graham Zusi 1 (unassisted) 41 KC -- Oriol Rosell 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 66 KC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Chance Myers 1, Graham Zusi 2) 83 Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey 4th Official: Ted Unkel

Sporting KC: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 46), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Josh Gardner, Peterson Joseph, Lawrence Olum Toronto FC : Joseph Bendik; Richard Eckersley, Danny Califf, Darren O’Dea, Ashtone Morgan; John Bostock (Darel Russell 85), Terry Dunfield (Jonathan Osorio 82), Jeremy Hall, Reggie Lambe; Hogan Ephraim (Kyle Bekker 87), Robert Earnshaw

TOR SKC Shots (on goal) 5 (3) 16 (1) Corner Kicks 3 9 Fouls 19 15 Offsides 3 2 Misconduct Summary: KC - Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless foul) 24 KC - Aurelien Collin (caution; tactical foul) 39 KC - Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 75 TOR - Danny Califf (caution; unsporting behavior) 77 KC - Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 78 TOR - Richard Eckersley (caution; persistent infringement) 86 TOR - Darren O’Dea (caution; reckless foul) 95+ Scoring Summary: TOR - Robert Earnshaw 1 (unassisted) 3 TOR - Robert Earnshaw 2 (penalty kick) 21 KC - Claudio Bieler 2 (C.J. Sapong 1) 77 Referee: Fotis Bazakos Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu

Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire - March 16, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan. Attendance: 19,868 (sell-out) Weather: 44 degrees and cloudy

Sporting Kansas City (1-1-1) Chicago Fire (0-2-1)

1 0 0

2 0 0

F 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 77); Paulo Nagamura; C.J. Sapong 46, Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Bobby Convey, Mikey Lopez, Ike Opara, Josh Gardner, Lawrence Olum Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares, Michael Videira (Wells Thompson 83), Jalil Anibaba; Dan Paladini, Jeff Larentowicz, Dilly Duka (Alex 59), Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko; Sherjill MacDonald (Maicon Santos 67) Subs not used: Hunter Jumper, Quincy Amarikwa, Paolo Tornaghi, Joel Lindpere SKC CHI Shots (on goal) 20 (3) 7 (1) Corner Kicks 7 1 Fouls

14 20 Offside

0 5 Misconduct Summary: CHI -- Daniel Paladini (caution; reckless tackle) 41 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 47 CHI -- Gonzalo Segares (caution; reckless foul) 77 CHI -- Maicon Santos (caution; delaying a restart) 84 CHI -- Chris Rolfe (caution; simulation) 91+ KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless foul) 93+ Scoring Summary: None Referee: Silviu Petrescu Asst. Ref.: Philippe Briere Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott 4th Official: Matthew Foerster

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at New England Revolution - March 23, 2013 Gillette Stadium | Foxboro, MA Attendance: 12,215 Weather: 42 degrees, windy

1 Sporting Kansas City (1-1-2) 0 New England Revolution (1-1-1) 0

2 0 0

F 0 0

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; C.J. Sapong, Claudio Bieler, Soony Saad (Peterson Joseph 63) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Josh Gardner, Kyle Miller, Lawrence Olum, Michael Thomas

Sporting KC vs D.C. United - April 5, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,988 (sell-out) Weather: 69 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (3-1-2) 0 1 1 D.C. United (1-3-1) 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Peterson Joseph 85), Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 96+), Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 83); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Bobby Convey

New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Jose Goncalves, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Lee Nguyen, Clyde Simms, Juan Toja, Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe, Chad Barrett (Ryan Guy 64)

D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Daniel Woolard, Chris Korb; Rafael Augusto (Carlos Ruiz 72), Perry Kitchen, Marcos Sanchez; Chris Pontius, Rafael (Marcelo Saragosa 65), Lionard Pajoy

Subs not used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Kalifa Cisse, Chris Tierney, Andy Dorman, Diego Fagundez, Darrius Barnes

Subs not used: Joe Willis, James Riley, Robbie Russell, Ethan White, Kyle Porter

Shots (on goal) Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

Shots (on goal) Corner Kicks Fouls

Offside

KC 13 (5) 20 1 2

NE 3 (0) 10 4 6

KC 13 (2) 5 11 1

D.C. 4 (1) 0 15 4

Misconduct Summary:

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Mechack Jerome (caution; reckless tackle) 30 KC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; simulation) 71

KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless tackle) 17 DC -- Rafael (caution; reckless foul) 31 DC -- Dejan Jakovic (caution; reckless foul) 48 DC -- Bill Hamid (caution; delaying a restart) 72 KC -- Chance Myers (caution; tactical foul) 75

Scoring Summary: None Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea Asst. Ref.: Jason Cullum 4th Official: Mark Geiger

Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 4 (Soony Saad 1) 89 Referee: Armando Villarreal Assistant Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant Referee: Jeff Muschik 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic

Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - March 30, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,609 (sell-out) Weather: 65 degrees and partly cloudy

Sporting Kansas City (2-1-2) Montreal Impact (4-1-0)

1 1 0

2 1 0

F 2 0

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 90), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 85); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 90)

Sporting KC at NY Red Bulls - April 17, 2013 Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ Attendance: 12,338 Weather: 64 degrees and clear

Sporting Kansas City (4-1-2) New York Red Bulls (2-4-2)

1 1 0

2 0 0

F 1 0

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 70); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler (Lawrence Olum 74), C.J. Sapong

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Bobby Convey

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Bobby Convey, Soony Saad

Montreal Impact : Troy Perkins; Jeb Brovsky, Matteo Ferrari, Karl Ouimette, Hassoun Camara; Patrice Bernier, Justin Mapp, Felipe Martins (Andrew Wenger 62), Davy Arnaud (c), Andres Romero (Sanna Nyassi 63); Marco Di Vaio (Blake Smith 79)

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Brandon Barklage, Markus Holgersson, Jamison Olave (Heath Pearce 33), Roy Miller; Eric Alexander (Ruben Bover 66), Dax McCarty, Juninho, Tim Cahill (Marius Obekop 77); Fabian Espindola, Thierry Henry

Subs not used: Evan Bush, Wandrille Lefevre, Calum Mallace, Collen Warner

Subs not used: Santiago Castano, Jonny Steele, Kosuke Kimura, Lloyd Sam

Shots Corner Kicks Fouls

Offside

KC 21 (6) 6 16 5

MTL 6 (1) 5 11 4

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; dissent) 49 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 53 MTL -- Felipe Martins (caution; reckless foul) 55 Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 3 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 5 KC -- Graham Zusi 2 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 80 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Matthew Foerster

Stats Shots (on goal) Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 13 (5) 16 3 6

NY 14 (3) 13 7 5

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 27 NY -- Tim Cahill (caution; reckless foul) 47+ KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; tactical foul) 69 NY -- Dax McCarty (caution; reckless foul) 81 KC -- Peterson Joseph (caution; dissent) 87 NY -- Juninho (ejection; serious foul play) 91+ KC -- Jimmy Nielsen (caution; delaying a restart) 96+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin 1 (Graham Zusi 3) 13 Referee: Allen Chapman Assistant Referee: Greg Barkey Assistant Referee: C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs Chivas USA - May 5, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,811 (sold out) Weather: 53 degrees and cloudy

Sporting KC at LA Galaxy - April 20, 2013 The Home Depot Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 25,908 Weather: 67 degrees and clear

Sporting Kansas City (4-2-2) LA Galaxy (3-1-2)

1 0 1

2 0 1

F 0 2

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (5-3-2) 1 3 4 Chivas USA (3-4-2) 0 0 0

Sporting Kansas City : Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Peterson Joseph 46), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Bobby Convey 76); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 67)

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura (Benny Feilhaber 76), Peterson Joseph; Graham Zusi (C.J. Sapong 67), Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson ( Josh Gardner 58)

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome, Lawrence Olum

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Lawrence Olum, Mikey Lopez, Kevin Ellis

LA Galaxy: Carlo Cudicini; Sean Franklin, A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant; Landon Donovan, Juninho, Marcelo Sarvas, Mike Magee; Robbie Keane (c), Jack McBean (Greg Cochrane 68)

Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy; Mario de Luna, Bobby Burling, Joaquin Velazquez; Carlos Borja (Carlos Alvarez 46) , Edgar Mejia, Jorge Villafana, Eric Avila; Tristan Bowen, Julio Morales (Miller Bolanos 46), Jose Manuel Rivera (Patrick McLain 56)

Subs not used: Brian Rowe, Hector Jimenez, Rafael Garcia, Michael Stephens, Jose Villarreal, Tommy Meyer

Subs not used: Josue Soto, Giovani Casillas, Steve Purdy, Marvin Iraheta

KC LA Shots (on goal) 9 (2) 12 (5) Saves

3 2 Fouls

16 16 Offside

2 5 Corner Kicks 6 3

Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

Misconduct Summary:

Misconduct Summary: CHV -- Joaquin Velazquez (caution; reckless foul) 1 CHV -- Julio Morales (caution; persistent infringement) 25 CHV -- Dan Kennedy (ejection; denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity) 54 KC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; delaying a restart) 58 CHV -- Carlos Alvarez (caution; unsporting behavior) 73

KC -- Peterson Joseph (caution; reckless tackle) 64 Scoring Summary: LA -- Marcelo Sarvas 1 (Landon Donovan 1) 27 LA -- Landon Donovan 1 (Robbie Keane 2, Marcelo Sarvas 2) 74

KC 17 (7) 0 12 4 6

CHV 3 (0) 3 11 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 5 (Graham Zusi 4) 41 KC -- Claudio Bieler 6 (penalty kick) 57 KC -- Graham Zusi 3 (Josh Gardner 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 65 KC -- C.J. Sapong 1 (Mechack Jerome 1, Oriol Rosell 1) 87

Referee: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Eric Boria Asst. Ref.: Adam Garner 4th Official: Ricardo Salaza

Sporting KC vs Portland Timbers - April 27, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,186 (sold out) Weather: 55 degrees and cloudy 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (4-3-2, 14 pts) 2 0 2 Portland Timbers (3-1-4, 13 pts) 2 1 3

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Sean Hurd Asst. Ref.: Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Hilario Grajeda

Sporting KC vs Seattle Sounders - May 8, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,602 (sold out) Weather: 75 degrees and partly cloudy

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers (Mechack Jerome 93+); Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Jacob Peterson 61); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong

Sporting Kansas City (5-4-2) Seattle Sounders FC (2-3-3)

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Peterson Joseph, Bobby Convey

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Josh Gardner (Seth Sinovic 75), Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Claudio Bieler 66), Peterson Joseph; Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 73)

Portland Timbers: Donovan Ricketts; Michael Harrington, Mikael Silvestre, Mamdou Danso (Andrew Jean-Baptiste 71), Jack Jewsbury; Will Johnson, Diego Chara, Rodney Wallace, Diego Valeri (Frederic Piquionne 78), Darlington Nagbe; Ryan Johnson (Ben Zemanski 72) Subs not used: Kalif Alhassan, Ryan Miller, Milos Kocic, Jose Valencia

Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 18 (6) 4 13 1 5

POR 12 (7) 6 15 8 4

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless tackle) 51 POR -- Ben Zemanski (caution; reckless tackle) 79 POR -- Rodney Wallace (caution; encroachment) 91+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Chance Myers 1 (Matt Besler 1) 1 POR -- Ryan Johnson 4 (Diego Valeri 1) 24 KC -- Chance Myers 2 (Aurelien Collin 1, Benny Feilhaber 3) 29 POR – Darlington Nagbe 2 (Ryan Johnson 2, Diego Valeri 2) 33 POR -- Rodney Wallace 2 (Diego Chara 3) 58 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Asst. Ref.: Fabio Tovar Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland 4th Official: Younes Marrakchi

1 0 0

2 0 1

F 0 1

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Lawrence Olum , Mikey Lopez, Mechack Jerome Seattle Sounders FC: Michael Gspurning; Zach Scott, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Djimi Traore, Leo Gonzalez; Brad Evans, Osvaldo Alonso (C), Servando Carrasco, Mario Martinez ( Alex Caskey 94+); David Estrada (Mauro Rosales 85), Eddie Johnson Subs not used: Patrick Ianni, Dylan Remick, Andy Rose, Eriq Zavaleta Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 11 (3) 2 15 1 3

SEA 9 (2) 2 11 5 5

Misconduct Summary: SEA -- Marcus Hahnemann (dismissed; foul or abusive language) 24 KC -- Ike Opara (caution; reckless tackle) 45 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 91+ Scoring Summary: SEA -- Djimi Traore 1 (unassisted) 94+ Referee: Geoff Gamble Asst. Ref.: Joe Fletcher Asst. Ref.: Marco Arruda 4th Official: Tyler Ploeger

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at Houston Dynamo - May 12, 2013 BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 19,004 Weather: 82 degrees and clear

Sporting Kansas City (6-4-2) Houston Dynamo (6-3-2)

1 0 0

2 1 0

F 1 0

Sporting KC vs Houston Dynamo - May 26, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,876 (sold out) Weather: Mostly cloudy and 83 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (6-4-4) 0 1 1 Houston Dynamo (6-4-3) 1 0 1

Sporting Kansas City : Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic 75, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 61), Paulo Nagamura, Peterson Joseph; Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler (C.J. Sapong 87), Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 55)

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome (Chance Myers 46); Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 81), Peterson Joseph (Kei Kamara 52); Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Chance Myers, Josh Gardner, Benny Feilhaber

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Michael Thomas, Josh Gardner

Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie (Brian Ching 77) , Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor (Eric Brunner 46), Corey Ashe; Ricardo Clark, Adam Moffat (Jason Johnson 77), Brad Davis (c); Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin, Andrew Driver

Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Corey Ashe (Mike Chabala 46), Ricardo Clark, Kofi Sarkodie, Eric Brunner; Boniek Garcia, Brad Davis (c) ( Jason Johnson 87), Andrew Driver, Adam Moffat; Giles Barnes ( Warren Creavalle 81), Will Bruin

Subs not used: Erich Marscheider, Mike Chabala, Luiz Camargo, Alex Dixon Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 11 (3) 3 25 1 4

HOU 10 (4) 2 10 1 4

Subs not used: Tyler Deric, Anthony Arena, Brian Ching, Luiz Camargo Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 24 HOU -- Andrew Driver (caution; reckless foul) 29 KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; persistent infringement) 40 HOU -- Corey Ashe (caution; unsporting behavior) 71

KC 17 (5) 0 16 0 6

HOU 12 (1) 4 10 5 8

Misconduct Summary: HOU -- Giles Barnes (caution; delaying a restart) 50 KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 57

Scoring Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin 2 (Seth Sinovic 1) 73

Scoring Summary: HOU -- Brad Davis 3 (Will Bruin 4, Giles Barnes 2) 46+ KC -- Kei Kamara 1 (Claudio Bieler 1, Jacob Peterson 1) 68

Referee: Chris Penso Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland Asst. Ref.: Mark Cahen 4th Official: Daniel Fitzgerald

Referee: Drew Fischer Asst. Ref.: Daniel Belleau Asst. Ref.: Kevin Duliba 4th Official: Daniel Radford

Sporting KC at D.C. United - May 19, 2013 RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 13,612 Weather: Cloudy and 75 degrees

Sporting Kansas City (6-4-3) D.C. United (1-8-2)

1 0 0

2 1 1

F 1 1

Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - June 1, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,470 (sold out) Weather: Cloudy and 66 degrees

Sporting Kansas City (6-5-4) Montreal Impact (8-2-2)

1 1 0

2 0 2

F 1 2

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Ike Opara, Mechack Jerome; Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Kei Kamara 64), Peterson Joseph (Lawrence Olum 45); Graham Zusi , Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson (Josh Gardner 76)

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic (Josh Gardner 85), Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Paulo Nagamura (C.J. Sapong 77), Oriol Rosell ,Peterson Joseph (Benny Feilhaber 62); Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler, Jacob Peterson

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Chance Myers, C.J. Sapong

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Michael Thomas, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum

D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Chris Korb, Ethan White, Dejan Jakovic, Daniel Woolard; Kyle Porter, Perry Kitchen, Nick DeLeon, Taylor Kemp (Chris Pontius 46); Dwyane De Rosario (c) (Carlos Ruiz 91+), Casey Townsend ( Lionard Pajoy 59)

Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Hassoun Camara, Matteo Ferrari, Dennis Iapichino, Alessandro Nesta; Patrice Bernier, Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 73), Felipe Martins (Jeb Brovksy 77), Sanna Nyassi, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Andrew Wenger 89)

Subs not used: Joe Willis, Conor Shanosky, James Riley, Brandon McDonald

Subs not used: Evan Bush, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Wandrille Lefevre, Blake Smith

Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 14 (5) 2 10 1 12

DC 7 (3) 5 9 2 4

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 54 DC -- Perry Kitchen (caution; unsporting behavior) 85

KC 19 (6) 0 12 0 8

MTL 7 (2) 5 12 6 3

Scoring Summary: KC -- Ethan White (own goal) 60 DC -- Kyle Porter 1 (Chris Pontius 2) 65

Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Marco Sch채llibaum (dismissed; foul or abusive language) HT KC -- Mechack Jerome (caution; reckless foul) 46 KC -- Ike Opara (caution; reckless foul) 52 MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 69 MTL -- Alessandro Nesta (ejection; violent conduct) 74 MTL -- Dennis Iapichino (caution; delaying a restart) 94+

Referee:: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott Asst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson 4th Official: Daniel Fitzgerald

Scoring Summary: KC -- Claudio Bieler 7 (penalty kick) 49+ MTL -- Sanna Nyassi 1 (unassisted) 47 MTL -- Collen Warner 1 (unassisted) 53 Referee: Armando Villarreal Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea 4th Official: Daniel Radford

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC at FC Dallas - June 22, 2013 FC Dallas Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 16,361 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 93 degrees

Sporting Kansas City (6-5-5) FC Dallas (8-3-5)

1 1 0

2 1 2

F 2 2

Sporting KC vs Vancouver Whitecaps - July 3, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,137 (sold out) Weather: Partly cloudy and 70 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (7-5-6, 27 pts) 1 0 1 Vancouver Whitecaps (7-5-5, 26 pts) 1 0 1

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell (Jacob Peterson 88), Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 56), Graham Zusi; C.J. Sapong, Claudio Bieler (Teal Bunbury 74), Kei Kamara

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis (Josh Gardner 86); Lawrence Olum (Benny Feilhaber 53), Oriol Rosell, Graham Zusi; Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 58), Soony Saad

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Kevin Ellis, Peterson Joseph

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Jacob Peterson, Teal Bunbury

FC Dallas: Raul Fernandez, Michel (Ramon Nunez 74), Matt Hedges (Walker Zimmerman 46), George John, Zach Loyd, Je-Vaughn Watson, Andrew Jacobson, Jackson, David Ferreira (c), Fabian Castillo (Blas Perez 59), Kenny Cooper

Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Brad Knighton; Brad Rusin, Johnny Leveron, Nigel Reo-Coker, Jordan Harvey; Matt Watson (Gershon Koffie 63), Jun Marques Davidson, Daigo Kobayashi; Kenny Miller, Corey Hertzog (Tommy Heineman 82), Camilo Da Silva Sanvezzo

Subs not used: Chris Seitz, Stephen Keel, Jonathan Top, Bobby Warshaw Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 8 (3) 4 24 2 4

DAL 17 (6) 1 13 4 4

Misconduct Summary: KC -- C.J. Sapong (ejection; serious foul play) 68 KC -- Jimmy Nielsen (caution; delaying a restart) 93+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Kei Kamara 2 (penalty kick) 43 KC -- Je-Vaughn Watson (own goal) 57 DAL -- Andrew Jacobson 3 (Ramon Nunez 1) 88 DAL -- Walker Zimmerman 1 (David Ferreira 5) 90 Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Sean Hurd Asst. Ref.: Eric Proctor 4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.

Sporting KC vs Columbus Crew - June 29, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,128 (sold out) Weather: Partly cloudy and 78 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (7-5-5, 26 pts) 1 2 3 Columbus Crew (5-7-5, 20 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic (Kevin Ellis 63); Lawrence Olum, Oriol Rosell, Graham Zusi; Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 82), Soony Saad (Ike Opara 90) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Benny Feilhaber, Jacob Peterson, Teal Bunbury Columbus Crew: Andy Gruenebaum; Chad Barson (Aaron Schoenfeld 89), Chad Marshall, Tyson Wahl, Josh Williams; Danny O’Rourke, Federico Higuain (c), Dominic Oduro (Ben Speas 76), Kevan George, Bernardo Anor (Konrad Warzycha 81); Jairo Arrieta Subs not used: Ethan Finley, Eric Gehrig, Tony Tchani, Matt Lampson Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 24 (8) 1 10 1 3

CLB 8 (3) 5 12 9 1

Misconduct Summary: CLB -- Tyson Wahl (caution; reckless foul) 68 CLB -- Kevan George (caution; reckless foul) 70 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 71 Scoring Summary: KC -- Kei Kamara 3 (Soony Saad 2) 34 CLB -- Jairo Arrieta 2 (Federico Higuain 4) 48 KC -- Claudio Bieler 8 (unassisted) 50 CLB -- Dominic Oduro 8 (unassisted) 53 KC -- Kei Kamara 4 (Claudio Bieler 2) 80 Referee: Juan Guzman Asst. Ref.: James Conlee Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic

Subs not used: Darren Mattocks, Joe Cannon, Greg Klazura, Kekuta Manneh Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 25 (3) 1 13 1 7

VAN 10 (2) 2 10 2 1

Misconduct Summary: VAN -- Camilo De Silva Sanvezzo (caution; simulation) 46 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 68 Scoring Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin 3 (unassisted) 35 VAN -- Camilo De Silva Sanvezzo 10 (unassisted) 45 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Asst. Ref.: Ian Anderson Asst. Ref.: Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Matthew Foerster Sporting KC at Chicago Fire - July 7, 2013 Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL Attendance: 17,735 Weather: Clear and 85 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (8-5-6, 30 pts) 1 0 1 Chicago Fire (6-8-3, 21 pts) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum (Dom Dwyer 83), Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 52); Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Teal Bunbury 73), Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara, Jacob Peterson Chicago Fire: Paolo Tornaghi; Gonzalo Segares, Bakary Soumare, Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry; Jeff Larentowicz, Patrick Nyarko (Joel Lindpere 72), Dilly Duka, Alex (Daniel Paladini 46); Chris Rolfe (Sherjill MacDonald 61), Mike Magee Subs not used: Maicon Santos, Wells Thompson, Michael Videira, Alec Kann Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 11 (2) 4 13 3 2

CHI 12 (5) 0 8 4 6

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 28 KC -- Graham Zusi (caution; dissent) 55 CHI -- Gonzalo Segares (caution; reckless foul) 57 CHI -- Jalil Anibaba (caution; reckless foul) 62 CHI -- Jeff Larentowicz (caution; reckless foul) 81 CHI -- Bakary Soumare (caution; tactical foul) 85 CHI -- Daniel Paladini (ejection; serious foul play) 93+ Scoring Summary: KC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (unassisted) 6 KC -- Graham Zusi 4 (Seth Sinovic 2) 8 CHI -- Mike Magee 11 (Jeff Larentowicz 3) 38 Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - July 13, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 21,126 (sold-out) Weather: Mostly cloudy, 84 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (9-5-6, 33 pts) 1 2 3 Toronto FC (2-9-7, 13 pts)

0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi (Teal Bunbury 85); Kei Kamara, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 71), Soony Saad (Jacob Peterson 81) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Kevin Ellis Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik; Ryan Richter (Jeremy Hall 46), Gale Agbossoumonde, Steven Caldwell, Richard Eckersley; Reggie Lambe, Matias Laba (Michael Thomas 78), Darel Russell, Bobby Convey; Robert Earnshaw (Justin Braun 60), Jeremy Brockie Subs not used: Stefan Frei; Mark Bloom, Emery Welshman, Andrew Wiedeman Stats Shots (on goal) Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC TOR 24 (10) 4 (2) 2 7 9 13 2 6 6 1

Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Jeremy Brockie (caution; reckless tackle) 45 KC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless foul) 48 TOR -- Reggie Lambe (ejection; serious foul play) 56 KC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless tackle) 65 Scoring Summary: KC -- Soony Saad 1 (Seth Sinovic 3) 21 KC -- Soony Saad 2 (unassisted) 51 KC -- Claudio Bieler 9 (Benny Feilhaber 4, Kei Kamara 1) 63 Referee: Kevin Stott Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey Asst. Ref.: Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Daniel Radford

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (10-5-6, 36 pts) 0 2 2 Real Salt Lake (11-6-4, 37 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Ike Opara, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Peterson Joseph (Lawrence Olum 63), Graham Zusi; Soony Saad (Benny Feilhaber 79), Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 84), Kei Kamara Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mechack Jerome, C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Chris Wingert, Nat Borchers, Aaron Maund, Lovel Palmer; Yordany Alvarez (Khari Stephenson 79), Ned Grabavoy, Luis Gil, Javier Morales(c); Joaa Plata (Abdoulie Mansally 68), Robbie Findley (Olmes Garcia 69) Subs not used: Eduardo Fernandez, Enzo Martinez, Sebastian Velasquez, Devon Sandoval KC 12 (7) 2 15 1 7

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (10-6-6, 36 pts) 0 0 0 Montreal Impact (10-5-5, 35 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Peterson Joseph (Benny Feilhaber 46), Graham Zusi; Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 94+), Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 80), Kei Kamara Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mechack Jerome, Teal Bunbury, Kevin Ellis Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Hassoun Camara, Jeb Brovsky, Alessandro Nesta, Matteo Ferrari; Felipe Martins (Andres Romero 66), Davy Arnaud, Patrice Bernier, Sanna Nyassi (Blake Smith 80), Justin Mapp; Marco Di Vaio (Andrew Wenger 98+) Subs not used: Daniele Paponi, Dennis Iapichino, Evan Bush, Collen Warner Stats Shots

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Corner Kicks

KC 14 (4) 3 21 1 5

MTL 7 (4) 4 17 1 4

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 1 KC -- Peterson Joseph (caution, tactical foul) 24 KC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless tackle) 70 MTL -- Patrice Bernier (caution; reckless foul) 71 KC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; persistent infringement) 88 Scoring Summary: MTL -- Blake Smith 2 (Marco Di Vaio 2, Hassoun Camara 1) 96+ Referee: Armando Villarreal Asst. Ref.: Craig Lowry Asst. Ref.: Kermit Quisenberry 4th Official: Mathieu Bourdeau

Sporting KC at Real Salt Lake - July 20, 2013 Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 19,832 Weather: Clear and 95 degrees

Stats Shots Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - July 27, 2013 Stade Saputo | Quebec, Canada Attendance: 20,527 Weather: Cloudy and 77 degrees

RSL 7 (3) 5 11 3 6

Misconduct Summary: RSL -- Chris Wingert (caution; reckless foul) 3 RSL -- Luis Gil (caution; tactical foul) 37 RSL -- Javier Morales (caution; delaying a restart) 44 SKC -- Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless tackle) 55 RSL -- Chris Wingert (caution; tactical foul) 66 RSL -- Chris Wingert (ejection; second caution) 66 SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 71 SKC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless foul) 73

Sporting KC vs New York Red Bulls - August 3, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 21,304 (largest in stadium history) Weather: 84 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (10-7-6, 36 pts) 1 1 2 New York Red Bulls (11-7-5, 38 pts) 1 2 3 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Peterson Joseph (Ike Opara 97+), Benny Feilhaber (Teal Bunbury 80); Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler ( Dom Dwyer 71), Kei Kamara Subs not used: Jacob Peterson, Mechack Jerome, Lawrence Olum, Eric Kronberg New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Jamison Olave, Brandon Barklage, Roy Miller, Markus Holgersson; Eric Alexander (Lloyd Sam 60, Kosuke Kimura 87), Ibrahim Sekagya, Jonathan Steele, Dax McCarty; Thierry Henry, Fabian Espindola (Peguy Luyindula 80) Subs not used: Andre Akpan, Marius Obekop, Matt Miazga, Ryan Meara Stats Shots

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Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 27 (8) 2 10 2 6

NY 5 (5) 6 12 4 1

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Peterson Joseph (caution; reckless foul) 36 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; dissent) 69 NY -- Mike Petke (dismissed; foul or abusive language) 99+

Scoring Summary: RSL -- Robbie Findley 5 (unassisted) 56 KC -- Soony Saad 3 (Claudio Bieler 3) 67 KC -- Ike Opara 2 (Graham Zusi 6) 97+

Scoring Summary: NY -- Jonathan Steele 3 (Dax McCarty 2) 27 KC -- Kei Kamara 5 (unassisted) 45 NY -- Fabian Espindola 7 (Lloyd Sam 1) 63 NY -- Lloyd Sam 2 (Jonathan Steele 4, Luis Robles 1) 69 KC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (Kei Kamara 2) 92+

Referee: Matthew Foerster Asst. Ref.: Kevin Duliba Asst. Ref.: Baboucarr Jallow 4th Official: Allen Chapman

Referee: Chris Penso Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker Asst. Ref.: George Gansner 4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores Sporting KC vs New England Revolution - August 10, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,988 (sold-out) Weather: 82 degrees and sunny

Sporting KC at Chidago Fire - August 23, 2013 Toyota Park | Bridgeview, Ill. Attendance: 17,085 Weather: 79 degrees and sunny

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (11-7-6, 39 pts) 1 2 3 New England Revolution (8-9-6, 30 pts) 0 0 0

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (11-9-6, 39 pts) 0 0 0 Chicago Fire (10-10-4, 34 pts) 1 0 1

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Peterson Joseph (Lawrence Olum 57), Benny Feilhaber; Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 77), Claudio Bieler ( Dom Dwyer 83), Kei Kamara

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 82), Peterson Joseph, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 57); C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury (Dom Dwyer 67), Graham Zusi

Subs not used: Jacob Peterson, Mechack Jerome, Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mechack Jerome, Ike Opara, Claudio Bieler

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Kevin Alston (Diego Fagundez 57), Jose Goncalves (c), Stephen McCarthy, Andrew Farrell; Chris Tierney, Lee Nguyen (Andy Dorman 71), Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe, Saer Sene ( Chad Barrett 63); Dimitry Imbongo

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares, Hunter Jumper, Austin Berry; Egidio Arevalo Rios, Alex (Patrick Nyarko 65), Jeff Larentowicz, Dilly Duka (Joel Lindpere 85); Mike Magee, Chris Rolfe (Juan Luis Anangono 69)

Subs not used: Matt Reis, A.J. Soares, Ryan Guy, Darrius Barnes

Subs not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Quincy Amarikwa, Logan Pause, Dan Paladini

Stats Shots

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Offside

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Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 11 (3) 4 16 1 3

NE 8 (4) 0 15 7 1

KC 18 (4) 4 14 1 6

CHI 12 (5) 4 16 2 7

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 34 NE -- Dimitry Imbongo (caution; dissent) 53 NE -- Dimitry Imbongo (caution; reckless foul) 65 NE -- Dimitry Imbongo (ejection; second caution) 65 KC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless foul) 81 NE -- Andy Dorman (ejection; serious foul play) 86 NE -- Stephen McCarthy (caution; tactical foul) 90

Misconduct Summary: CHI -- Alex (caution; delaying a restart) 20 CHI -- Hunter Jumper (caution; reckless tackle) 35 KC -- Peterson Joseph (caution; reckless tackle) 62 KC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 88

Scoring Summary: KC -- Kei Kamara 6 (Soony Saad 3) 27 KC -- Kei Kamara 7 (Soony Saad 4) 50 KC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (unassisted) 92+

Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic

Scoring Summary: CHI -- Hunter Jumper 1 (Mike Magee 3, Jalil Anibaba 3) 13

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Fabio Tovar Asst. Ref.: Mike Rottersman 4th Official: Daniel Radford

Sporting KC vs Colorado Rapids - August 31, 2013 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kan. Attendance: 19,579 (sold out) Weather: 91 degrees and clear

Sporting KC at San Jose Earthquakes - August 18, 2013 Buck Shaw Stadium | Santa Clara, Calif.

Attendance: 10,525 Weather: Sunny and 84 degrees 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (11-8-6, 39 pts) 0 0 0 San Jose Earthquakes (9-10-6, 33 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 77); Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler ( Teal Bunbury 56), Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 69) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Mechack Jerome, Ike Opara, Mikey Lopez San Jose Earthquakes: Jon Busch, Steven Beitashour, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Jordan Stewart, Marvin Chavez (Justin Morrow 81), Sam Cronin, Rafael Baca, Jaime Alas (Cordell Cato 68), Chris Wondolowski, Alan Gordon (Steven Lenhart 90) Subs not used: David Bingham, Jason Hernandez, Adam Jahn, Walter Martinez Stats Shots

Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 9 (3) 2 16 3 7

SJ 9 (3) 3 9 2 3

Misconduct Summary: KC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 23 KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 32

1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (12-9-6, 42 pts) 1 1 2 Colorado Rapids (9-13-5, 32 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Kei Kamara 84); Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer (Teal Bunbury 74), Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 79) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Josh Gardner, Ike Opara, Claudio Bieler Colorado Rapids: Clint Irwin; Chris Klute, Drew Moor (c), Shane O’Neill, Marvell Wynne; Hendry Thomas, Dillon Powers, Deshorn Brown (Edson Buddle 70), Nathan Sturgis (Martin Rivero 57), Vicente Sanchez (Atiba Harris 80); Gabriel Torres Subs not used: Brenton Griffiths, Nick LaBrocca, Matt Pickens, German Mera Stats Shots

Saves

Fouls

Offside

Corner Kicks

KC 15 (3) 4 17 1 3

COL 10 (5) 1 15 1 1

Misconduct Summary: COL — Hendry Thomas (caution; persistent infringment)65 KC — Oriol Rosell (caution; reckless foul) 70 COL — Drew Moor (caution; tactical foul) 91+ Scoring Summary:

Scoring Summary: SJ -- Chris Wondolowski 8 (Steven Beitashour 3) 55

KC — Benny Feilhaber 3 (Dom Dwyer 1) 33 COL — Edson Buddle 4 (unassisted) 77 KC — Graham Zusi 5 (C.J. Sapong 2, Chance Myers 2) 88

Referee: Juan Guzman Asst. Ref.: Eric Proctor Asst. Ref.: Mike Kampmeinert 4th Official: Jesus Cisneros

Referee: Silviu Petrescu Asst. Ref.: Joe Fletcher Asst. Ref.: Jason Cullum 4th Official: Armando Villarreal

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SKC Miscellaneous Stats 2013 Record When…

Record By Month...

Scoring first goal 10-2-3 Conceding first goal 2-7-1 Leading at halftime 8-1-1 Tied at halftime 4-5-4 Trailing at halftime 0-3-1 Scoring 0 goals 0-5-2 Scoring 1 goal 3-2-3 Scoring 2 goals 4-2-1 Scoring 3 goals 4-0-0 Scoring 4+ goals 1-0-0 Allowing 0 goals 7-0-2 Allowing 1 goal 4-4-3 Allowing 2 goals 1-3-1 Allowing 3 goals 0-2-0 Allowing 4+ goals N/A Wearing Sporting Blue 10-7-5 Wearing Dark indigo 2-1-1 Wearing Black 0-1-0 Leading at 75’ 8-0-1 Tied at 75’ 4-2-5 Trailing at 75’ 0-7-0 Outshooting opponent 9-7-5 Outshot by opponent 3-1-1 Shots even 0-1-0 One-goal games 7-7-0 On ESPN 1-0-0 On NBCSN 0-3-2 On KCWE 1-1-0 On KSMO-TV 10-5-4 Day games (before 5pm) 3-1-4 Games 5pm CT or later 9-8-2 With red card for 0-0-1 With red card against 6-1-0 Temperature 75 & up 7-5-3 Temperature below 75 5-3-3 Indoors 0-1-0 In Pacific time zone 0-2-0 In Mountain time zone 1-0-0 In Central time zone 9-5-4 In Eastern time zone 2-2-2 vs. Eastern Conference 9-4-4 vs. Western Conference 2-4-2 On grass 12-8-5 On turf 0-1-1 With zero subs N/A With one sub 0-0-2 With two subs 1-2-0 with three subs 11-7-4

March 2013 March all-time April 2013 April all-time May 2013 May all-time June 2013 June all-time July 2013 July all-time Aug. 2013 Aug. all-time Sept. 2013 Sept. all-time Oct. 2013 Oct. all-time

SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2013 Regular Season Quickest Goal...

2-1-2 10-7-3 2-2-0 37-29-11 2-1-2 28-36-19 1-1-1 34-28-21 3-1-1 40-32-23 2-3-0 36-42-13 N/A 25-31-13 N/A 14-10-12

Team-by-team (in 2013)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

12-24-10 (1-1-1) Chicago 8-4-4 (1-0-0) Chivas USA 21-17-13 (1-0-0) Colorado Rapids 20-21-6 (0-0-0) Columbus Crew 19-18-10 (1-0-1) D.C. United 20-19-9 (0-0-1) FC Dallas 4-6-7 (1-0-1) Houston Dynamo 18-23-11 (0-1-0) LA Galaxy 3-4-1 Miami Fusion 2-3-1 (1-2-0) Montreal Impact 23-13-11 (1-0-1) NE Revolution New York Red Bulls 19-18-11 (1-1-0) Philadelphia Union 3-1-3 (1-0-0) 2-2-0 (0-1-0) Portland Timbers 8-5-3 (1-0-0) Real Salt Lake 20-21-7 (0-1-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-6-1 (0-1-0) 10-6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 9-4-4 (1-1-0) Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0-2 (0-0-1)

Home and Away...

Overall All-time 2013 at home All-time at home 2013 on road All-time on road

224-215-115 7-4-3 148-79-50 5-5-3 76-136-65

2013 MAJOR EVENTS AT SPORTING PARK

• •

40 sec, Chance Myers, 4/27 vs POR

Quickest Goal Against...

3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR

Game-winning goals after 75’...

89 min, Claudio Bieler, 4/5 vs D.C. 80 min, Kei Kamara, 6/29 vs CLB 90+7 min, Ike Opara, 7/20 at RSL 88 min, Graham Zusi, 8/31 vs COL

Game-tying goals after 75’...

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Hat Tricks...

Hat Tricks Against...

Own Goals...

Own Goals Against...

Red Cards...

Red Cards Against...

Penalty Kicks...

N/A 90+4 min, Djimi Traore, 5/8 vs SEA 90+6, Blake Smith, 7/27 at MTL 90 min, Walker Zimmerman, 6/22 at DAL

N/A N/A

57 min, Je-Vaughn Watson, 6/22 at DAL N/A 68 min, C.J. Sapong, 6/22 vs DAL 90+1 min, Juninho, 4/17 at NY 54 min, Dan Kennedy, 5/5 vs CHV 74 min, Alessandro Nesta, 6/1 vs MTL 90+3 min, Daniel Paladini, 7/7 at CHI 56 min, Reggie Lambe, 7/13 vs TOR 66 min, Chris Wingert, 7/20 at RSL 65 min, Dimitry Imbongo, 8/10 vs NE 86 min, Andy Dorman, 8/10 vs NE 57 min, Claudio Bieler, 5/5 vs CHV 45+4 min, Claudio Bieler, 6/1 vs MTL 43 min, Kei Kamara, 6/22 at DAL

Penalty Kicks Against...

3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR

Youngest Goalscorer...

20y238d, Oriol Rosell, 3/2 at PHI

Oldest Goalscorer...

Youngest Starter...

Oldest Starter...

29y134d, Claudio Bieler, 7/13 vs TOR 20y218d, Soony Saad, 3/23 at NE 36y25d, Jimmy Nielsen, 8/31 vs COL

Concert: Flatlands Festival (September 12-14) U.S. Men’s National Team vs Jamaica - FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifying (October 11)

2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SCORING 1 2 TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SOG 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 16 22 38 SPORTING 186 231 417 SPORTING 59 65 124 OPP. 11 16 27 OPP. 122 115 237 OPP. 46 39 85 FOULS 1 2 TOTAL OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL CORNERS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 177 225 402 SPORTING 29 15 44 SPORTING 56 87 143 OPP. 173 181 354 OPP. 60 47 107 OPP. 58 43 101 CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL PK 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 16 36 52 SPORTING 0 1 1 SPORTING 2 1 3 OPP. 12 31 43 OPP. 0 8 8 OPP. 1 0 1

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Single Season Records (Field Players)

All-Time Records (Field Players)

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Player

#

Games

C.J. Sapong (2011)

34

Games

Davy Arnaud

240

Minutes

Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)

2916

Minutes

Kerry Zavagnin

20516

Goals

Preki (1996)

18

Goals

Preki

71

Assists

Preki (1997 & 2003)

17

Assists

Preki

98

Shots

Preki (1996)

140

Shots

Preki

693

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

61

Shots on goal

Preki

283

Fouls Committed

Chris Henderson (2000)

79

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud

328

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2004)

111

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud

528

Offsides

Eddie Johnson (2007)

50

Offsides

Eddie Johnson

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Preki

452

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2011)

10

Cautions

Kerry Zavagnin

44

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010)

3

Ejections

Nick Garcia

5

Single Season Records (Goalkeepers) Stat

Player

#

Games

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

34

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

3060

Wins

Mike Ammann (1997)

21

Losses

Mike Ammann (1998)

16

Draws

Bo Oshoniyi (2005)

12

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000)

16

Goals Against Average

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

0.79

Goals Allowed

Ammann (1997)/Kevin Hartman (2007)

79

Saves

Tony Meola (2000)

129

All-Time Records (Goalkeepers) Stat

Player

#

Games

Tony Meola

125

Minutes

Tony Meola

11323

Wins

Jimmy Nielsen

52

Losses

Tony Meola

45

Draws

Jimmy Nielsen

31

Shutouts

Jimmy Nielsen

41

Goals Allowed

Tony Meola

154

Saves

Tony Meola

507

Goals Against Average

Jimmy Nielsen

1.02

Single Game Records (Field Players)

Single Season Team Records

Stat

Player

#

Stat

Year

#

Goals

Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)

3

Goals

1996

61

Assists

2000

67

Assists

Chris Henderson (1999)

4

Shots

2012

542

Shots

Preki (1997)

12

Shots on goal

1996

250

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

6

Fouls Committed

2000

503

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)

8

Fouls Suffered

2000

541

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

10

Offsides

1997

117

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

7

Corner Kicks

2012

199

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

12

Cautions

2003

58

Ejections

2011

8

Points

2012

63

Single Game Records (Goalkeepers)

Wins

1997

21

Stat

Player

#

Losses

1999

24

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi

7

Ties

2005 & 2011

12

Saves

Garth Lagerway (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000 & three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

9

Shutouts

2000

17

Goals Allowed

1996

63

MINI BIOS

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 7, 2013 vs Columbus Crew| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

Coaching Staff

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

#5 | D | Matt Besler Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 5 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist April 27, 2013, KC vs POR 2013 Record when: he starts 9-6-5 he scores 0-0-0 #16 | F | Claudio Bieler Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 03/01/1984 Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Last Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador) Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assists 1, 3 times, last: July 20, 2013, KC at RSL Shots on Goal 4, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTL Fouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Last..

Appearance Aug. 18, 2013, KC at SJ Goal July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Assist July 20, 2013, KC at RSL 2013 Record when: he starts 11-7-6 he scores 6-2-0

#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Assists 1, 6 times, last: Aug. 26, 2012, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal Aug. 11, 2012, KC vs DC Assist Aug. 26, 2012, KC vs NY 2013 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #78 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 9 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Assists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 4, 4 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Fouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 8, 2013, KC vs SEA Fouls Suffered 4, Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHI Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Assist Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR 2013 Record when: he starts 12-7-4 he scores 2-0-1 #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 3, July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Last..

Appearance July 3, 2013, KC vs VAN Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 7, 2013 vs Columbus Crew| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #10 | M | Benny Feilhaber Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 01/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, CA College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Assists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Shots on Goal 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 15, 2012, NE at DC Shots 4, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 5, July 17, 2011, NE vs PHI Fouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Assist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 8-7-3 he scores 3-0-0

#19 | M | Peterson Joseph Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 9/1/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, July, 14, 2012, KC vs CLB Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Shots 2, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Fouls Committed 5, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last..

Appearance Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHI Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 4-5-2 he scores 0-0-0

#31 | D/M | Josh Gardner Ht: 5-10 Wt. 167 DOB: 09/14/1982 Hometown: Houston, TX College: Cincinnati Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Trade with Montreal Impact 12/5/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assists 1, 6 times, last: May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 1, 12 times, last: Sept. 24, CLB vs LA Shots 4, Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Fouls Committed 4, Mar. 10, 2012, MTL at VAN Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 9, 2006, LA at HOU Last..

Appearance July 3, 2013, KC vs VAN Goal Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #24 | D | Mechack Jerome Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 04/21/1990 Hometown: Liancourt, Haiti Previous Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Signed on 2/28/13

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Shots 2, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 2, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Last..

Appearance June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Goal N/A Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 2-1-5 he scores 0-0-0

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

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

Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:

June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR he starts 0-0-0

#12 | M | Mikey Lopez Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 Hometown: Mission, TX College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft

DOB: 02/20/1993

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

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 7, 2013 vs Columbus Crew| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #94 | M | Jimmy Medranda

#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura

Ht: 5-5 Wt. 150 DOB: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira Acquired: On loan 8/9/13

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

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

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #27 | D | Kyle Miller Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Rockhurst University Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

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

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Mar. 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 16 times, last: May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 7-4-5 he scores 0-0-0 #1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10

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

Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:

Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE he starts 12-9-6

#7 | D | Chance Myers

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum

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

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 11 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL 2013 Record when: he starts 10-8-2 he scores 0-1-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, June 22, 2013, KC at DAL Shots 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 1, 15 times, last: July 20, 2013, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTL Last..

Appearance Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 2-2-1 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 7, 2013 vs Columbus Crew| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | Ike Opara

#20 | F | Oriol Rosell

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, NC College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes 12/12/12

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 7/7/1992 Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain Last Club: Barcelona B (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 08/2/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: July 20, 2013, KC at RSL Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: July 20, 2013, KC at RSL Shots 3, Mar. 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Last..

Appearance Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Goal July 20, 2013, KC at RSL Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 3-3-3 he scores 1-0-1

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assists 1, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots on Goal 1, 5 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs. VAN Shots 3, Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Fouls Committed 8, July 27, 2013, KC at MTL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assist May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV 2013 Record when: he starts 12-9-5 he scores 1-0-0

#2 | D | Erik Palmer-Brown

#33 | D | Brendan Ruiz

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Kansas Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 08/02/2013

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 175 DOB: 8/6/1993 Hometown: Cupertino, California Last Club: Figuerense Acquired: Signed 8/9/13

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

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #37 | F | Jacob Peterson Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 13 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assists 1, 12 times, last: May 26, 2013, KC vs HOU Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last..

Appearance Aug. 18, 2013, KC at SJ Goal Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assist May 26, 2013, KC vs HOU 2013 Record when: he starts 2-3-2 he scores 0-0-0

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

Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #22 | F | Soony Saad Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Assists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 3, 2013, KC vs NY Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: July 7, 2013, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 4, Aug. 18, 2013, KC at SJ Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal July 20, 2013, KC at RSL Assist Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE 2013 Record when: he starts 5-3-2 he scores 2-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 7, 2013 vs Columbus Crew| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | F | C.J. Sapong Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 15 times, last: May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assists 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Shots on Goal 4, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 4, Mar. 23, 2013, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL 2013 Record when: he starts 3-4-3 he scores 1-0-0 #15 | D | Seth Sinovic Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 5 times, last: July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 1, 8 times, last: Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHI Shots 3, Apr. 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 4, Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal N/A Assist July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 12-8-4 he scores 0-0-0 #8 | M | Graham Zusi Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 5, March 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Last..

Appearance Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Goal Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Assist July 20, 2013, KC at RSL 2013 Record when: he starts 11-6-5 he scores 5-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 7, 2013 vs Columbus Crew | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

123

118

10701

2

5

30

8

99

61

6

0

14

0

1

3

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

1

0

5

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

128

123

11151

2

5

31

8

104

65

7

0

0

1

3

Claudio Bieler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

25

24

1997

9

3

66

25

31

29

12

0

3

0

3

1

MLS - TOTAL

25

24

1997

9

3

66

25

31

29

12

0

3

0

3

1

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

84

48

4597

19

6

163

62

86

57

47

5

7

1

5

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

246

2

0

7

3

5

4

1

0

1

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

87

51

4843

21

6

170

65

91

61

48

5

8

1

6

1

Aurelien Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

76

73

6562

9

2

73

20

143

68

12

0

26

1

5

0

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

1

0

6

1

10

1

2

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

81

78

7012

10

2

78

21

153

69

13

0

26

1

6

0

Benny Feilhaber

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

23

18

1501

3

4

28

9

22

36

1

16

3

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

75

64

5694

8

13

106

36

89

177

3

87

11

2

0

2

MLS - TOTAL

75

64

5694

8

13

106

36

89

177

3

87

11

2

0

2

Josh Gardner

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

5

1

130

0

1

1

0

2

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

54

39

3489

3

6

43

12

49

26

4

53

4

0

1

2

MLS - Post Season

1

1

90

0

0

2

1

1

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

55

40

3579

3

6

45

13

50

28

4

57

4

0

1

2

Mechack Jerome

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

10

8

677

0

1

5

3

2

3

0

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

10

8

677

0

1

5

3

2

3

0

0

2

0

0

0

Peterson Joseph

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

29

15

1166

0

1

11

0

31

18

1

4

7

1

0

1

MLS - Post Season

2

1

103

0

0

2

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

31

15

1269

0

1

13

0

32

20

1

4

7

1

0

1

14

Mikey Lopez

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jimmy Medranda

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kyle Miller

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

110

85

8004

2

11

80

20

117

80

4

4

9

1

0

4

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

6

6

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

115

90

8454

2

10

80

20

123

86

4

4

10

1

0

4

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

43

35

3135

1

2

54

9

54

38

1

3

6

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

200

179

15903

10

16

194

60

300

247

5

20

45

2

4

6

MLS - Post Season

10

9

909

0

0

9

5

16

24

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

210

187

16812

10

16

203

65

316

271

6

20

49

2

4

6

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 7, 2013 vs Columbus Crew| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Lawrence Olum

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

37

15

1531

0

0

9

1

15

3

3

0

6

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

37

15

1531

0

0

9

1

15

3

3

0

6

0

0

0

Ike Opara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

11

9

812

2

0

8

4

13

4

1

0

2

0

1

0

MLS - Reg. Season

46

31

2974

5

0

29

11

42

21

6

1

4

0

2

0

MLS - Post Season

1

0

78

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

47

31

3052

5

0

30

11

43

22

6

1

4

0

2

0

Erik Palmer-Brown

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jacob Peterson

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

33

16

1493

4

2

38

13

16

14

2

1

0

1

1

1

MLS - Reg. Season

171

98

8779

13

12

152

55

61

94

18

61

5

1

4

5

KC - Post Season

1

1

89

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

4

3

250

0

0

0

0

1

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

175

101

9029

13

12

152

55

62

98

19

61

5

1

4

5

Oriol Rosell

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

31

27

2368

2

1

23

5

58

26

0

4

8

0

2

0

MLS - Post Season

1

1

90

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Total

32

28

2458

2

1

23

5

59

26

0

4

8

0

2

0

Brendan Ruiz

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Soony Saad

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

30

12

1294

4

5

57

16

17

27

2

11

0

0

1

2

KC - Post Season

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

32

12

1298

4

5

57

16

18

27

2

11

0

0

1

2

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

84

56

5317

15

9

139

58

91

129

25

0

2

1

6

2

KC - Post Season

5

5

440

1

0

13

7

9

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

89

61

5757

16

9

152

65

100

141

25

0

2

1

6

2

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

75

74

6501

0

5

32

7

71

55

2

0

10

0

0

3

MLS - Reg. Season

95

92

8081

0

5

39

8

84

65

2

0

13

0

0

3

KC - Post Season

5

5

445

1

0

2

1

5

5

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

100

97

8526

1

5

41

9

89

70

2

0

13

0

1

3

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

118

87

8133

16

29

193

62

105

135

15

373

10

0

7

13

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

3

9

0

12

7

0

20

1

0

0

2

MLS - TOTAL

123

92

8583

16

32

202

62

117

142

15

393

11

0

7

15

Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

121

121

10867

415

293

41

123

1.02

6

8

52

37

31

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

12

8

3

4

0.80

0

0

3

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

126

126

11317

427

301

44

127

1.00

6

8

55

39

31

Eric Kronberg

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

MLS - TOTAL

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

#

1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 31 33 37 78 88 94

Player

Jimmy Nielsen Yann Songo'o Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Bobby Convey Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Brendan Ruiz Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas Jimmy Medranda 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F

90D 89M 90D 90F

90D 90M 90D 90F

90D 90M 90D 90F 66M

12 HOU 1-0 90G

13 DC 1-1 90G

64M

90D 90D 90M 76M 90M 90M 89D 90D 90F 67F 90F 90F 90F

90D 90D 90D 90D

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PHI TOR CHI NE MTL DC NY LA POR CHV SEA 3-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 2-3 4-0 0-1 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

90D 90M 89D 90F 82M 82M 77M 90M 85M 83M 70M 76M 61M 14 63F 45F 14

16 DAL 2-2 90G

17 CLB 3-2 90G

18 VAN 1-1 90G

19 CHI 2-1 90G

21 RSL 2-1 90G

22 MTL 0-1 90G

23 NY 2-3 90G

24 NE 3-0 90G

25 SJ 0-1 90G

26 CHI 0-1 90G

27 COL 2-1 90G

20 TOR 3-0 90G

15 MTL 1-2 90G

1

14 HOU 1-1 90G

90D 90D

90M 8 23 74F 90D 90D 90D 56F 21 90F 11

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 85M 90M 90M 90F 90F 5 10 34 67F 16 90M 11 45 80M 90M 77M 57M 84M 28

1 1 16 29 46 9 34 90M 53M 83M 27 90D 8 32 7 19 6 10 19 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 15 90D 90D 90D 85D 63D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 74F 90F 90F 90F 24 87F 90F 90F 90F 74F 82F 58F 73F 71F 84F 80F 71F 27 45 90F 90F 89F 90F 90F 67F 90F 23 90F 3 13 68F 1

8

13

63F

90D 90D

1

7

23 1

90D

32

17

75D

5

4

79F 6

69F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

89M 90M 38 81F 79F 89F 90F 77F 90F 33 35 26 38 90F 90F 90M 90M 90M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D

14

29 58F 73F 55F 76F 90F 90F 2 9 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

1

8 27 5 5 20 45 90M 90M 90M 44M 52M 62M 63M 45M 89M 57M 13 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 85M 90M 45M 90M 90M 90M 61M 81M 90M 88M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 82M 90M

33 7 90D 83F 13

90D 90D 1 27 86D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 77M 56M 45 90D 90D 90D 90D 90F 90M 90M 90M 90M 16 17 37 52M

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

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

log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 03/02/2013 03/09/2013 03/16/2013 03/23/2013 03/30/2013 04/05/2013 04/17/2013 04/20/2013 04/27/2013 05/05/2013 05/08/2013 05/12/2013 05/19/2013 05/26/2013 06/01/2013 06/22/2013 06/29/2013 07/03/2013 07/07/2013 07/13/2013 07/20/2013 07/27/2013 08/03/2013 08/10/2013 08/18/2013 08/23/2013 08/31/2013

KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC

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

PHI 1 TOR 2 CHI 0 NE 0 MTL 0 DC 0 NY 0 LA 2 POR 3 CHV 0 SEA 1 HOU 0 DC 1 HOU 1 MTL 2 DAL 2 CLB 2 VAN 1 CHI 1 TOR 0 RSL 1 MTL 1 NY 3 NE 0 SJ 1 CHI 1 COL 1

W L T T W W W L L W L W T T L T W T W W W L L W L L W 80

66; Bieler 1 (Myers 1, Zusi 2)

5; Zusi 2 (Feilhaber 2)

41; Rosell 1 (Zusi 1) 77

Feilhaber 3 (Dwyer 1)

33; Zusi 5 (Sapong 2, Myers 2)

88

Kamara 5 (unassisted) 45; Dwyer 1 (Kamara 2) 92+ Kamara 6 (Saad 3) 27; Kamara 7 (Saad 4) 50; Feilhaber 2 (unassisted)

92+

83

Collin 2 (Sinovic 1) 73 Opara 1 (Zusi 5) 60 Kamara 1 (Bieler 1, Peterson 1) 68 Bieler 7 (penalty kick) 49+ Kamara 2 (penalty kick) 43; own goal (Watson) 57 Kamara 3 (Saad 2) 34; Bieler 8 (unassisted) 50; Kamara 4 (Bieler 2) 80 Collin 3 (unassisted) 35 Feilhaber 1 (unassisted) 6; Zusi 4 (Sinovic 2) 8 Saad 1 (Sinovic 3) 21; Saad 2 (unassisted) 51; Bieler 9 (Feilhaber 4, Kamara 1) Saad 3 (Bieler 3) 67; Opara 2 (Zusi 6) 97+

63

Myers 1 (Besler 1) 1; Myers 2 (Collin 1, Feilhaber 3) 29 Bieler 5 (Zusi 4) 41; Bieler 6 (penalty kick) 57; Zusi 3 (Gardner 1, Nagamura 1) 65; Sapong 1 (Jerome 1, Rosell 1) 87

Bieler 3 (Feilhaber 1) Bieler 4 (Saad 1) 89 Collin 1 (Zusi 3) 13

Zusi 1 (unassisted) Bieler 2 (Sapong 1)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY at at vs at vs vs at at vs vs vs at at vs vs at vs vs at vs at at vs vs at at vs

#

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 31 37 78 88

Player

Jimmy Nielsen Yann Songo'o Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 90D

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14 Grp2 Grp2 ESTL OLIM 2-0 2-0

90D

78M 90F 67M

42 90D 48F 12 90G 23 90M

4 70M

1 90G 20 90M 90F

14 58M

89F

90D

32

90M

90D 90D

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 4R DMOI ORLC 2-0 0-1

57F

90M 76M 90D 90D 90F 45 90G

90D

90D

Opara (Feilhaber) 31; Dwyer (Collin) 76 Saad (Zusi) 27; Saad (unassisted) 68

Kamara (Myers) 12; Bieler (Peterson) 73

90F 90D

90M 86F 90D

20 90F 90G 90M

45F 76F 90D

14

70F 90D

90D 33 90D 90M

W L

vs DSMOIN 0 vs ORLCTY 1

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/28/2013 4R 06/12/2013

W W

KC 2 KC 0

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14 Grp2 08/07/2013 KC 2 at ESTELI 0 Grp2 08/27/2013 KC 2 at OLIMPA 0

2013 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

2013 MLS RECORD: 9-13-5 (HOME: 6-5-3 AWAY: 3-8-2)

COLUMBUS CREW (9-13-5, 32 pts.)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (12-9-6, 42 pts.)

Date: Saturday, September 7, 2013 Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. ET Location: Sporting Park (Kansas City, Kansas) FOX Sports Ohio: Dwight Burgess (play-by-play), Chris Doran (analyst) 610 AM WTVN: Neil Sika (play-by-play) La Mega 103.1 FM: Carlos Cordova (play-by-play), Benny Pietrangelo (analyst)

Columbus Crew Communications Contacts: Alex Caulfield (O: 614-447-4190) (C: 216-978-7212), acaulfield@thecrew.com Tim Miller (O: 614-447-4176) (C: 847-828-2003), tmiller@thecrew.com Sporting KC Communications Contacts:

Rob Thomson (O: 913-387-3405) (C: 913-387-3405 ), RThomson@sportingkc.com Kurt Austin (O: 913-951-3554) (C:816-516-0577), KAustin@sportingkc.com

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 11 ODURO 27 GP, 27 GS, 9G, 2A

9 MERAM 14 GP, 8 GS, 1G, 1A

2 WAHL 18 GP, 17 GS, 0G, 1A

25 FINLEY 9 GP, 2 GS, 1G, 1A

7 ANOR 13 GP, 12 GS, 0G, 1A 20 TRAPP 9 GP, 9 GS, 0G, 1A

14 MARSHALL 22 GP, 22 GS, 0G, 0A

13 FINLAY 15 GP, 1 GS, 0G, 0A

DATE

OPPONENT

Sat., March 2

at Chivas USA

W

3-0

Sat., March 9

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

L

1-2

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., March 16

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

T

1-1

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., March 23

at D.C. United

W

2-1

NBCSN

Sat., April 6

PHILADELPHIA UNION

T

1-1 FOX Sports Ohio/Unimas

Sun., April 14

at Montreal Impact

T

1-1

Sat., April 20

at Chicago Fire

L

0-1

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., April 27

D.C. UNITED

W

3-0

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., May 4

NEW YORK RED BULLS

L

0-1

NBCSN

Sat., May 11

COLORADO RAPIDS

L

0-2

FOX Sports Ohio

28 LAMPSON 7 GP, 7 GS, 1.14 GAA, 4 SHO

CREW INJURY REPORT OUT:

Eddie Gaven (L ACL Surgery) Glauber (L ACL Surgery) Andy Gruenebaum (L Shoulder Weakness) Matias Sanchez (L Calf Strain)

QUESTIONABLE:

Aaron Schoenfeld (R Shoulder Sprain)

UNAVAILABLE:

Kevan George (International Duty with Trinidad & Tobago) Aaron Horton (On Loan to LA Blues of USL PRO)

TV

FOX Sports Ohio/UDN

FOX Sports Ohio

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., May 18

at Toronto FC

W

1-0

Sun., May 26

at New York Red Bulls

T

2-2 FOX Sports Ohio/UniMas

Wed., May 29

DAYTON DUTCH LIONS (USOC Round 3)

W

2-1

TheCrew.com

Sat., June 1

HOUSTON DYNAMO

T

1-1

FOX Sports Ohio

L

0-3

FOX Sports Ohio/UDN

L

1-2

TheCrew.com

W

2-0 FOX Sports Ohio/UDN

Wed., June 5

at Philadelphia Union

Thurs., June 13

at Chicago Fire

Sat., June 15

MONTREAL IMPACT

Sat., June 22

CHICAGO FIRE

L

1-2

FOX Sports Ohio

Sun., June 29

at Sporting Kansas City

L

2-3

FOX Sports Ohio

Thurs.., July 4

at LA Galaxy

L

1-2

FOX Sports Ohio

Sun., July 7

PORTLAND TIMBERS

W

1-0

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., July 13

WIGAN ATHLETIC (Int’l Friendly)

L

1-2

TheCrew.com

Sat., July 20

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

L

0-2

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., July 27

at Toronto FC

L

1-2

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Aug. 3

at Houston Dynamo

L

1-3

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Aug. 10

NEW YORK RED BULLS

W

2-0

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Aug. 17

TORONTO FC

W

2-0

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Aug. 24

at Real Salt Lake

L

0-4

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Aug. 31

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

L

0-1

FOX Sports Ohio

Wed, Sept. 4

HOUSTON DYNAMO

W

2-0

FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Sept. 7

at Sporting Kansas City

8:30 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 14

at Montreal Impact

2:00 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 21

CHICAGO FIRE

7:30 p.m. FOX Sports Ohio

Sun., Sept. 29

at FC Dallas

8:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 5

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

7:30 p.m. FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Oct. 19

at New England Revolution

7:30 p.m.

Sun.., Oct. 27

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

4:00 p.m. FOX Sports Ohio

21 BARSON 14 GP, 12 GS, 0G, 0A

16 GEHRIG 5 GP, 5 GS, 0G, 0A

TIME/RESULT

(USOC Round 4)

FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio FOX Sports Ohio

PRONUNCIATIONS # 2 4 6 7 8 9 11 13 16 17 18 19 23 24 25 30 33 40

Player Tyson Wahl Gláuber Tony Tchani Bernardo Anor Matías Sánchez Justin Meram Dominic Oduro Ethan Finlay Eric Gehrig Ben Speas Aaron Schoenfeld Konrad Warzycha Kevan George Agustín Viana Jairo Arrieta Andy Gruenebaum Federico Higuain Daniel Withrow

Pos. DEF DEF MID MID MID FWD F/M M/F DEF MID FWD MID MID D/M FWD GK FWD GK

Pronunciation WALL gl-OW-burr CHA-knee Ah-noor muh-TEE-us SAHN-chez MEER-ahm OH-dur-OH Fin-LEE gehh-RIGG SPEEZ SHOW-en-feld VAR-zee-HA KEY-vonn ah-GUS-teen VEE-ah-na HI-row arr-EE-eta GREW-nah-BAHM FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN WITH-rowe

CREW MEDIA WEBSITE: THECREW.COM/MEDIA

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2013 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 40

Name Tyson Wahl Josh Williams Gláuber Danny O’Rourke Tony Tchani Bernardo Añor Matías Sánchez Justin Meram Dominic Oduro Eddie Gaven Ethan Finlay Chad Marshall Eric Gehrig Ben Speas Aaron Schoenfeld Konrad Warzycha Wil Trapp Chad Barson Drew Beckie Kevan George Agustín Viana Jairo Arrieta Ryan Finley Aaron Horton Matt Lampson Andy Gruenebaum Kyle Hyland Shawn Sloan Federico Higuaín Daniel Withrow

Pos. D D D M/D M M M M/F F/M M/F M/F D D M/F F M M D D M D/M F F F GK GK M/D M F GK

Ht. 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-4 5-11 5-8 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-4 6-1 5-8 6-4 6-1 5-8 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-9 6-3 6-1 5-7 5-11 5-8 6-1

Wt. 185 192 170 165 185 158 157 165 160 165 160 190 170 155 190 190 150 170 170 170 165 150 180 165 200 200 150 165 165 180

DOB 02-23-84 04-18-88 08-05-83 05-31-83 04-13-89 05-24-88 08-18-87 12-04-88 08-13-85 10-25-86 08-06-90 08-22-84 12-25-87 01-17-91 04-17-90 02-14-89 01-15-93 02-25-91 09-30-90 01-30-90 08-23-83 08-25-83 03-27-91 05-19-92 09-06-89 12-30-82 03-01-91 11-24-90 10-24-84 05-24-90

Hometown Newport Beach, CA Copley, OH São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Columbus, OH Douala, Cameroon Caracas, Venezuela Lomas de Zamora, Argentina Shelby Township, MI Pramso, Ghana Hamilton, NJ Marshfield, WI Riverside, CA Schererville, IN Stow, OH Knoxville, TN Dublin, OH Gahanna, OH Lewis Center, OH Regina, Saskatchewan Roxborough, Tobago Montevideo, Uruguay Nicoya, Costa Rica Lumberton, NJ Lewis Center, OH Hilliard, OH Overland Park, KS Bay Village, OH Geneva, IL Buenos Aires, Argentina Rochester Hills, MI

College University of California-Berkley Cleveland State University Indiana University University of Virginia University of South Florida University of Michigan Virginia Commonwealth University Creighton University Stanford University Loyola University (Chicago) University of North Carolina East Tennessee State University The Ohio State University University of Akron University of Akron University of Denver University of Central Florida University of Notre Dame University of Louisville The Ohio State University University of Kentucky IUPUI High Point University Marshall University

2013 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 7 25 21 22 13 26 12 16 23 4 30 33 27 31 28 14 9 11 5 8 18 32 17 6 20 24 2 19 3 40

Name Bernardo Añor Jairo Arrieta Chad Barson Drew Beckie Ethan Finlay Ryan Finley Eddie Gaven Eric Gehrig Kevan George Glåuber Andy Gruenebaum Federico Higuaín Aaron Horton Kyle Hyland Matt Lampson Chad Marshall Justin Meram Dominic Oduro Danny O’Rourke Matías Sánchez Aaron Schoenfeld Shawn Sloan Ben Speas Tony Tchani Wil Trapp Agustín Viana Tyson Wahl Konrad Warzycha Josh Williams Daniel Withrow

Age 25 30 21 22 23 22 26 25 23 30 30 28 21 22 23 29 24 28 30 26 23 22 22 23 20 30 29 24 25 23

President and General Manager: Mark McCullers Interim Head Coach: Brian Bliss Assistant Coach: Mike Lapper

Pronunciation Ah-noor HI-row arr-EE-eta Fin-LEE gehh-RIGG KEY-vonn gl-OW-burr GREW-nah-BAHM FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN

MEER-ahm OH-dur-OH muh-TEE-us SAHN-chez SHOW-en-feld SPEEZ CHA-knee ah-GUS-teen VEE-ah-na WALL VAR-zee-HA WITH-rowe

Birthplace Caracas, Venezuela Nicoya, Costa Rica Columbus, OH Regina, Saskatchewan Duluth, MN Lumberton, NJ Hamilton, NJ Harvey, IL Roxborough, Tobago São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Kansas City, MO Buenos Aires, Argentina Middletown, CT Bay Village, OH Cleveland, TN Riverside, CA Shelby Township, MI Accra, Ghana Columbus, OH Temperley, Argentina Knoxville, TN Geneva, IL Stow, OH Douala, Cameroon Columbus, OH Chicago, IL Newport Beach, CA Zabrze, Poland Canton, OH Rochester Hills, MI

Previous Club University of South Florida (NCAA) Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica) University of Akron (NCAA) University of Denver (NCAA) Creighton University (NCAA) University of Notre Dame (NCAA) NY/NJ MetroStars Loyola University (NCAA) University of Central Florida (NCAA) Rapid Bucharest (Romania) University of Kentucky (NCAA) Colón de Santa Fe (Argentina) University of Louisville (NCAA) IUPUI Jaguars (NCAA) The Ohio State University (NCAA) Stanford Cardinal (NCAA) University of Michigan (NCAA) Chicago Fire New York Red Bulls Estudiantes (Argentina) East Tennessee State University (NCAA) High Point Univeristy (NCAA) University of North Carolina (NCAA) Toronto FC University of Akron (NCAA) Bella Vista (Uruguay) Colorado Rapids Sporting Kansas City Cleveland Internationals (PDL) Marshall University

Director of Soccer Operations: Tucker Walther Head Athletic Trainer: Dave Lagow Assistant Athletic Trainer: Steve Purcell Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brook Hamilton Equipment Manager: Rusty Wummel

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2013 MLS RESULTS Date Sat., March 2 Sat., March 9 Sat., March 16 Sat., March 23 Sat., April 6 Sat., April 13 Sat., April 20 Sat., April 27 Sat., May 4 Sat., May 11 Sat., May 18 Sun., May 26 Sat., June 1 Wed., June 5 Sat., June 15 Sat., June 22 Sat., June 29 Thurs., July 4 Sun., July 7 Sat., July 20 Sat., July 27 Sat., Aug. 3 Sat., Aug. 10 Sat., Aug. 17 Sat., Aug. 24 Sat.., Aug. 31 Wed., Sept. 4 Sat., Sept. 7 Sat., Sept. 14 Sat., Sept. 21 Sun., Sept. 29 Sat., Oct. 5 Sat., Oct 19 Sun., Oct. 27

Opponent at Chivas USA at Vancouver Whitecaps FC SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES at D.C. United PHILADELPHIA UNION at Montreal Impact at Chicago Fire D.C. UNITED NEW YORK RED BULLS COLORADO RAPIDS at Toronto FC at New York Red Bulls HOUSTON DYNAMO at Philadelphia Union MONTREAL IMPACT CHICAGO FIRE at Sporting Kansas City at LA Galaxy PORTLAND TIMBERS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION at Toronto FC at Houston Dynamo NEW YORK RED BULLS TORONTO FC at Real Salt Lake SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC HOUSTON DYNAMO at Kansas City at Montreal Impact CHICAGO FIRE at FC Dallas SPORTING KANSAS CITY at New England Revolution NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

Result Score W 3-0 L 1-2 T 1-1 W 2-1 T 1-1 T 1-1 L 0-1 W 3-0 L 0-1 L 0-2 W 1-0 T 2-2 T 1-1 L 0-3 W 2-0 L 1-2 L 2-3 L 1-2 W 1-0 L 0-2 L 1-2 L 1-3 W 2-0 W 2-0 L 0-4 L 0-1 W 2-0

Attend.

7,121 18,078 16,528 11,034 10,293 16,534 12,813 14,090 12,020 11,269 18,278 14,840 11,040 16,113 18,320 19,624 20,128 24,180 15,051 19,323 17,987 20,009 19,080 16,352 18,398 20,392 14,360

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

Place T-1 T-2 T-3 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 T-6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Pts. 3 3 4 7 8 9 9 12 12 12 15 16 17 17 20 20 20 20 23 23 23 23 26 29 29 29 32

Goal scorers CLB: Higuain (51), Williams (88), Oduro (94+) VAN: Kobayashi (6), Miller (57); CLB: Arrieta (46) CLB: Glauber (68); SJ: Morrow (73) CLB: Williams (15), Speas (58); D.C.: Rafael (22) CLB: Oduro (72); PHI: McInerney (34) CLB: Oduro (72); MTL: Di Vaio (68) CHI: Larentowicz (83) CLB: Oduro (15), Williams (26), Higuain (47+) NY: Cahill (80) COL: Buddle (8). Powers (69) CLB: Oduro (42) CLB: Oduro (2), Higuain (74); NY: Henry (31), Olave (91) CLB: Higuain (69); HOU: Creavalle (31) PHI: Carroll (25), Williams (29), Casey (31) CLB: Sanchez (6), Oduro (22) CLB: Higuain (7); CHI: Duka (52), Magee (54) CLB: Arrieta (48), Oduro (50); SKC: Kamara (34), Bieler (50), Kamara (80) CLB: Anor (78), Keane (85, 92+) CLB: Anor (5) NE: Goncalves (91+’), Fagundex (94+’) CLB: Oduro (17); TOR: Osorio (87), Wiedeman (94+’) HOU: Davis (10), Bruin (31), Weaver (85); CLB: Own goal (75) CLB: Higuain (62, 76) CLB: Higuain (18, 67) RSL: Beckerman (45+, 89), Sandoval (51), Gil (83) SEA: Johnson (14) CLB: Finley (47), Meram (74)

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM NOTES MATCH RECAP -- GAME 27 CREW REBOUNDS WITH 2-0 VICTORY OVER HOUSTON Two days after parting ways with former Head Coach Robert Warzycha, the Columbus Crew responded with a 2-0 victory over Eastern Conference rival Houston at Crew Stadium. The victory was the club’s first under Interim Head Coach Brian Bliss, with the result keeping Columbus’ postseason aspirations alive. The Crew broke through in the second half, with Ryan Finley bagging his first professional goal in the 47th minute. Finley was assisted by Justin Meram and Bernardo Anor after steady build-up play in midfield led to the attack.The Crew doubled its lead in the 74th minute, when winger Justin Meram curled home a goal after brushing the crossbar earlier in the evening. Dominic Oduro and Finley were credited with assists on the play, capping a strong night for Bliss’ side.

CREW AND SPORTING KC AT A GLANCE REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY Columbus Crew record: 21-20-6 Home games: 12-9-4 (39 GF, 35 GA) Road games: 9-11-2 (38 GF, 36 GA) LAST THREE MEETINGS 06/29/2013 CLB 2 at KC 3 L 10/07/2012 CLB 1 vs KC 1 T 07/28/2012 CLB 2 at KC 1 W

Sporting Park Columbus Crew Stadium Livestrong Sporting Park

ANOTHER TRIP TO KC Saturday’s match against Sporting Kansas City is the second of three regular-season meeting between the two clubs in the Eastern Conference ... Sporting KC took a 3-2 victory when the two teams last met on June 29 after a wild back-and-forth affair at Sporting Park ... this is the 48th regular-season meeting in the all-time season series between the two teams dating back to 1996 ... Columbus has a narrow lead in the all-time series with a 21-20-6 record and the Black & Gold are 9-11-2 on the road in Kansas City.

LAST MEETING The Crew scored a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half but an 80thminute goal from Kei Kamara – his second of the match – gave Sporting Kansas City the 3-2 win at Sporting Park on June 29. Jairo Arrieta and Dominic Oduro scored second-half goals for the Crew but the Black & Gold suffered the road loss after Kamara’s second goal in the 80th minute.

HOW THEY MATCH-UP

2013 Overall: 9-13-5 Points: 32 Eastern Conference: Eighth Home: 6-5-3 Away: 3-8-2 Goals For: 31 Goals Against: 35 +/-: -4

2013 Overall: 12-9-6 Points: 42 Eastern Conference: Third Home: 7-4-3 Away: 5-5-3 Goals For: 38 Goals Against: 27 +/-: +11 Individual Leaders

Goals: Higuain, Oduro (9) Assists: Higuain (6) Shots: Higuain (73) Shots on Goal: Higuain (27) G-W Goals: Higuain (3) G-W Assists: Arrieta, Higuain (2) Fouls Suffered: Oduro (45) Fouls Committed: O’Rourke (44) Yellow Cards Issued: Four players (5) Saves: Gruenebaum (70) GAA: Lampson (1.14) Wins: Gruenebaum (5)

Goals: Bieler (9) Assists: Zusi (6) Shots: Bieler (66) Shots on Goal: Bieler (25) G-W Goals: Bieler (3) G-W Assists: Zusi (4) Fouls Suffered: Zusi (41) Fouls Committed: Collin (48) Yellow Cards Issued: Collin (10) Saves Leader: Nielsen (57) GAA Leader: Nielsen (1.00) Wins: Nielsen (12)

BLACK & GOLD NOTES COACHES Brian Bliss (5-4-6, Interim w/ KC in ‘06, Crew Interim Sept. 2, 2013 - Present) vs.

Peter Vermes (57-44-36, ‘09-Present) CREW OPENS BRIAN BLISS ERA WITH A WIN Less than two days after being appointed Interim Head Coach, Brian Bliss led the Crew to a 2-0 victory on Wednesday night in his first match as Crew boss on the sidelines ... said Bliss postgame, “You’re always happy and you’re always sad when you win and you lose -- technical director or coach. Obviously when you’re coaching you have a little bit more invested in the game for the 90 minutes than when you do when you’re sitting up in the box as a Technical Director. But the losses and the wins hurt and feel as good in both positions but you have a little more invested in it and little less in the voice box.”

CATCH ALL THE ACTION BACK IN COLUMBUS WITH A WATCH PARTY The Crew may be traveling this weekend, but fans of the Black & Gold can catch all of the action locally as Columbus takes on another Eastern Conference test ... the Saturday clash is being aired at the Crew-sponsored watch party at 4th Street Patio Bar and Grill (1810 N. 4th Street, Columbus) ... fans 21+ can enjoy $3 Budweiser draught in a Crew mug (while supplies last) with $1.50 refills as well as $2 Budweiser 16 oz. cans ... autographed Crew prizes will be raffled-off as well ... more information on Pub Tour dates can be found at TheCrew.com.

COLUMBUS CREW PARTS WAYS WITH HEAD COACH ROBERT WARZYCHA The Columbus Crew announced on Monday that it parted ways with Head Coach Robert Warzycha ... in his fifth year in charge, Warzycha led the Crew to a 8-13-5 record (29 points), with the Black & Gold currently sitting in eighth place in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference, eight points outside the fifth and final MLS Cup Playoffs position ... the club announced Monday that with eight MLS regular-season matches remaining, Technical Director Brian Bliss would become the Crew’s Interim Head Coach following six years in his previous role ... Bliss will retain his Technical Director duties during this transition.

INSIGHT FROM MARK MCCULLERS REGARDING THE COACHING CHANGE “This is a difficult decision that has not been taken lightly,” said Crew President & General Manager Mark McCullers. “Robert has been a loyal and dedicated member of this organization for 18 years. He will always be part of the Crew family, and he deserves our respect and acknowledgement for the sacrifices he has made, his numerous accomplishments and all that he has contributed to this club, both as a player and a coach.” McCullers continues, “Following a thorough evaluation of the club with Anthony [Precourt], we determined that Robert’s contract would not be extended beyond 2013. Rather than wait until the end of the season, we felt that the best interests of the club and Robert would be served by making this change now. We believe our team can still accomplish more this season and that a change in coaching leadership under Brian would be a motivating factor for the club.”

NEW CREW OWNERSHIP WEIGHS IN ON WHY NOW “I have been intently following this team since mid-April when we decided to explore the possibility of acquiring the Crew,” said Crew Chairman and Investor-Operator Anthony Precourt. “When I became the club’s new Chairman, I said that I would take the necessary time to be thoughtful and evaluate where we needed to make changes.

When we came to the conclusion that we were not going to retain Robert beyond this season, it was apparent that we needed to make this change now so that we can refocus the club around Brian’s leadership for the remainder of this season, as well as get the process started on finding a new head coach.”

THE BRIAN BLISS COACHING FILE -- AND HIS TIES TO KANSAS CITY Bliss began his coaching career in 1999, returning to Kansas City in 2000 as an Assistant Coach ... Bliss helped the Wizards capture the 2000 MLS Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup, along with the 2004 U.S. Open Cup ... he has served as an Interim Head Coach before, filling the role in Kansas City in July of 2006, securing points from 10 of the club’s remaining 14 matches during that campaign ... Bliss joined the Crew in 2008 during the Black & Gold’s Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup-winning campaign ... since then he has overseen all player personnel matters, player assessment and domestic and international scouting ... Bliss was instrumental in last year’s midseason signing of 2012 MLS Newcomer of the Year and the Crew’s second-ever Designated Player, Federico Higuain ... Bliss has also served as an Assistant Coach on the United States Under-20 squad since January 2012, and most recently was with the club during the team’s group stage appearance at the 2013 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey alongside frequent U-20 captain and Crew Homegrown Player Wil Trapp.

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY WHAT TO EXPECT WITH BLISS AT THE HELM “It is with mixed emotions that I accept this position,” said Crew Interim Head Coach Brian Bliss. “Robert is a true professional and a close friend, and I will personally miss working with him.” ... continued Bliss, “Sometimes in these situations a fresh perspective and a new voice are needed. I’m confident in our players and the talent on our roster. I know these guys have a lot of fight in them, and they have the desire to continue battling and finish strong. Our fans deserve to see the best out of this team, and I plan to do what’s necessary to make that happen.”

OTHER STAFFING UPDATES ANNOUNCED MONDAY In a related move, Assistant Coaches Ricardo Iribarren and Vojislav Stanisic have also been relieved of their duties ... Assistant Mike Lapper is being retained in his current role, and plans to replace the two assistant coaching vacancies will be addressed in the coming days ... Iribarren was part of the Crew’s coaching staff for seven years alongside Warzycha after representing the club as a player in 1996 and 1998 ... Stanisic was in his second year with the club after joining the Black & Gold as Goalkeeper Coach in 2012.

WARZYCHA’S COACHING LEGACY WITH THE BLACK & GOLD Warzycha’s tenure ended with a regular-season record of 70-59-41, tied with Tom Fitzgerald (1996-2001) for the most regular-season wins (70) as a Head Coach of the Crew ... after taking over on an interim basis in 2005 following the dismissal of Greg Andrulis, Warzycha went 7-6-3 to finish that campaign ... Sigi Schmid took the reins from Warzycha for three seasons from 2006-2008, while Warzycha served as an Assistant Coach en route to the club’s first MLS Cup championship in 2008 ...

Warzycha became the Crew’s boss in 2009 and helped lead the Black & Gold to several notable titles while in charge ... during Warzycha’s time as Head Coach, the Crew won the 2009 Supporters’ Shield, made back-to-back semifinal runs in the CONCACAF Champions League, reached the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and delivered four Trillium Cup trophies in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013 in the club’s derby against Toronto FC. ASSISTS A-PLENTY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Both goals in Wednesday night’s 2-0 win featured multiple assists … Justin Meram and Bernardo Anor helped on Ryan Finley’s 47th-minute goal and Finley and Dominic Oduro were credited with assists on Meram’s 74th-minute goal ... the assist for Bernardo Anor was his first of 2013 and second overall helper in his career … prior to tonight, his only other assist came on June 18, 2011 at Houston ... Dominic Oduro recorded his second assist of the season – a secondary assist – and his first since June 15 against Montreal. ... AND A GOOD NIGHT FOR FINLEY AND MERAM Ryan Finley and Justin Meram each recorded a goal and an assist tonight … the assist was the first of Finley’s career and the fourth of Meram’s tenure in Columbus – and first since August 29, 2012 at Philadelphia … Finley’s goal -- his first career goal in MLS -- came in his second career start after he made his first MLS entrance into the Starting XI last Saturday against Seattle.

FINISHING A BUSY STRETCH The Black & Gold complete a stretch of three matches in eight days as the Crew travels to Kansas City for Saturday’s tilt ... previously in this stretch, the Crew lost 1-0 to Seattle on August 31 before Wednesday night’s 2-0 victory over Houston its final midweek match of 2013.

SHUTOUTS FOR, AGAINST A TREND IN LAST FIVE TILTS Since a 3-1 loss at Houston on August 3, the Crew has played five consecutive matches in which one team was shut-out ... in addition to Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Houston, on August 10 and August 17, the Black & Gold kept the Red Bulls and Toronto FC off of the scoreboard respectively in 2-0 wins ... following the win over the Reds, the Crew suffered a two-match losing streak which saw a reversal of goal-scoring fortune as the Crew was shut-out 4-0 on August 24 at Real Salt Lake and a 1-0 loss to Seattle on August 31.

PIPA’S BACK, BACK AGAIN...

The Crew will have captain and Designated Player Federico Higuain available on Saturday after missing two matches while serving a suspension ... those were the first two matches he’s missed all season ... in three matches in August he scored registered goals and accounted for all of the Crew’s scoring. ... O’ROURKE’S BACK, TELL A FRIEND Danny O’Rourke is also available for selection after missing Wednesday’s match while serving a mandatory one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation ... O’Rourke was back at centerback against Seattle last Saturday when he was issued his fifth yellow card of the season ... O’Rourke 13 has made starts in central midfield and six starts at centerback.

HOMEGROWN KEEPER STRONG AT HOME...

Turning 24 years old this Friday, September 6, Matt Lampson made seventh overall start on the season on Wednesday in place of Andy Gruenebaum ... at home, Lampson is 4-1-0 with a 0.20 goals against average and four shutouts ... Lampson will look to rebound from his 4-0 defeat against Real Salt Lake when the Crew last took to the road on August 24. ... AND A LOOK AT LAMPSON’S EFFORTS With the 2-0 win on Wednesday, Matt Lampson now has four shutouts this season, tying him with Andy Gruenebaum for the club lead in cleansheets ... Lampson’s fourth career shutout ties the 23-year-old ‘keeper for eighth on the club’s all-time list for shutouts, joining Bill Gaudette and Juergen Sommer ... the Hilliard, Ohio native now has a 4-1-0 record at Crew Stadium this year and all four of his wins have been in shutout efforts.

CREW SOCCER FOUNDATION LAUNCHES CONCUSSION AWARENESS VIDEO TO SUPPORT OHIO CONCUSSION LAW The Crew announced on Thursday that the Crew Soccer Foundation has launched an educational concussion awareness video supporting the state of Ohio’s recently implemented Return-to-Play Concussion Law ... the video – featuring Crew midfielder Ethan Finlay, defender Josh Williams and local Ohio student-athletes – encourages peer-to-peer education and support regarding proper diagnosis prior to returning to physical activity ... the video is available on TheCrew.com.

SAVE. SUPPORT. BE MASSIVE. The Save. Support. Be Massive. 2014 season ticket campaign is now available, where fans can save up to 24% on season tickets to see the Black & Gold at Crew Stadium during the 2014 MLS season ... during this special pricing window, current Crew Soccer Nation Gold Level Season Ticket Members also have the opportunity to save if they renew for next season ... for complete details on the special pricing window and more information on 2014 season tickets, which start at just $13 per match, please visit the Crew’s website: www.thecrew.com/tickets.

LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY: USMNT WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST MEXICO SOLD OUT U.S. Soccer announced on Friday, August 2 that the U.S. Men’s National Team will be playing in front of a capacity crowd when it faces Mexico on Sept. 10 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio ... the demand for tickets for the match was unprecedented in U.S. Soccer history, with more than twice as many requests than could be accommodated ... the seating capacity for Columbus Crew Stadium is slightly more than 24,000 ... the sell-out crowd will be energized by the presence of the largest organized supporters section in U.S. Soccer history ... more than 9,000 members will occupy 27 sections, which is more than three times larger than any group of organized supporters for a previous match.

BY THE NUMBERS 4 Wednesday night was a career night for Crew forward Ryan Finley, who recorded his first career goal and assist in just his second start. Finley had been previously robbed of a goal in the team’s meeting with Houston on August 3 when a shot was ruled an own goal, but Finley would not be denied on Wednesday night when the Dynamo were in Columbus. Finley became the fourth Crew player this year to record their first MLS goal, joining Ben Speas, Glauber and Matias Sanchez.

2 For the second time this season, midfielder/defender Kevan George has been called-up for international duty with Trinidad & Tobago ahead of an international tournament – the OSN Cup – held September 5-9 in Saudi Arabia. George previously made three starts in the 2012 Olympic Qualifying run with Trinidad & Tobago’s Under-23 squad.

Two also represents the number of Crew matches he’ll miss in total as he’ll be unavailable Saturday at KC after missing Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Houston.

8/9 Eight of the team’s nine victories this season have resulted in shutout performances for the Crew backline. In fact, the last seven Crew victories have been shutout performances including recent wins against Portland (1-0) on July 7, New York (2-0) on August 10, Toronto FC (2-0) on August 17 and Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Houston. The lone victory that came with an opponent goal was March 23 in a 2-1 win at D.C. United.

2 Plenty of two-goal performances have led to strong results for the Crew this year. The Crew is now unbeaten (4-0-0) this season at home when scoring two goals in a match.

Away from Crew Stadium, the Black & Gold are 1-1-1 when scoring two goals.

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2013 MISCELLANEOUS MLS STATS Quickest Goal:

PENALTY KICKS FOR

Oduro, 5/26 @ NY, 2’ Anor, 7/7 vs POR, 5’ Sanchez, 6/15 vs. MTL, 6’ Higuain (penalty), 6/22 vs. CHI, 7’

Quickest Goal Against:

Kobayashi, 3/9 @ VAN, 6’

Game-Winning Goals after 75’:

N/A

Game-Tying Goals after 75’:

N/A

Game-Winning Goals Against after 75’:

Larentowicz, 4/20 @ CHI, 83’ Cahill, 5/4 vs. NY, 80’ Kamara, 6/29 at SKC, 80’ Keane, 7/4 @ LA, 92+’ Goncalves, 7/20 vs. NE, 91+’ Wiedeman, 7/27 @ TFC, 94+’

Game-Tying Goals Against after 75’:

Olave, 5/26 @ NY, 91+’ Keane, 7/4 @ LA, 85’ Osorio, 7/27 @ TFC, 87’

Hat Tricks:

N/A

Hat Tricks Against:

N/A

Own Goals For:

Sarkodie, 8/10 @ HOU, 75’

Own Goals Against:

N/A

Red Cards:

Higuain (second yellow), 8/24 @ RSL, 90+’

Opponent’s Red Cards:

Kah (straight red), 7/7 vs. POR, 11 Gonzalez (straight red), 8/31 vs. SEA, 7’

COLUMBUS CREW TRANSACTIONS IN: 2014 Fourth Round Supplemental Draft pick (6/14/13 trade from FCD) GK Daniel Withrow (3/7/13 -- Supplemental Draft) D/M Kyle Hyland (2/27/13 - free) M Shawn Sloan (2/27/13 - Supplemental Draft) M Konrad Warzycha (2/27/13 - free) D Drew Beckie (2/15/13 - SuperDraft) M Matías Sánchez (2/8/13 - Discovery) F Dominic Oduro (2/4/13 - trade from Chicago) D/M Agustín Viana (1/28/13 - Discovery) D Gláuber (1/22/13 - Discovery) F Ryan Finley (1/17/13 - SuperDraft) D Chad Barson (1/10/13 - Homegrown) D Tyson Wahl (1/3/13 - free) M Wil Trapp (12/13/12 - Homegrown) OUT: **ON LOAN ** M Aaron Horton to LA Blues (5/29/13, loan extended 6/24/13) 2013 International roster slot (6/14/13 trade to FCD) M Dilly Duka (2/4/13 - trade to Chicago) D Carlos Mendes (12/11/12 - signed with NY Cosmos) GK William Hesmer (11/28/12 - option declined) F Tommy Heinemann (11/28/12 - option declined) M Chris Birchall (11/28/12 - option declined) D Sebastián Miranda (11/28/12 - option declined) D Julius James (11/28/12 - option declined) D Rich Balchan (11/28/12 - option declined) D Nemanja Vukovic (11/19/12 - option declined) F Olman Vargas (11/19/12 - option declined) M Cole Grossman (11/19/12 - option declined)

CREW AND 2013 MLSSOCCER.COM WEEKLY HONORS AT&T Goal of the Week nominee:

Higuain, Week 1, 3/2 @ CHV, 51’ Oduro, Week 7, @ MTL, 72’ Oduro, Week 12, @ TFC, 42’ Anor, Week 19 @ LA, 78’ ** WINNER ** Higuain, Week 24 vs. NY, 76’ Higuain, Week 25, vs. TFC, 67’

Save of the Week nominee:

Gruenebaum, Week 1, 3/2 @ CHV Gruenebaum, Week 4, 3/23 @ D.C. Gruenebaum, Week 6, 4/6 vs. PHI Gruenebaum, Week 8, 4/20 @ CHI George, Week 13, 5/26 @ NY Lampson, Week 23, 8/10 @ HOU As of 9/5/13

Player, Team Keane, LA Keane, LA Davis, HOU

PENALTY KICKS AGAINST CLB Goalkeeper Gruenebaum Gruenebaum Lampson

Date July 4 (85’) July 4 (92+’) August 3 (10’)

Result Goal Goal Goal

CLB Player Higuain Higuain Higuain Higuain Higuain Higuain Higuain Finley

Goalkeeper, Team Hamid, D.C. Robles, NYRB Robles, NYRB Hall, HOU Johnson, CHI Ricketts, POR Robles, NYRB Hall, HOU

Date April 27 May 4 May 26 June 1 June 22 July 7 August 10 September 4

Result Goal Save Goal Goal Goal Miss Goal Save

2013 MLS CATEGORICAL WIN-LOSS Overall: vs. East: vs. West: Before All-Star Break (July 31) After All-Star Break (July 31) Scoring First: Opp. Scoring First: Leading at Half: Trailing at Half: Tied at Half: Leading at 75’: Trailing at 75’: Tied at 75’: Out-Shooting Opp.: Out-Shot by Opp.: Shots Even: One-Goal Games: Day Games (before 5 p.m. local): Night Games (5 p.m. or after local): In White Uniforms: In Gold Uniforms: On FOX Sports Ohio: On NBC Sports Network: On UniMas: On Univsion Deportes Network: In March: In April: In May: In June: In July: In August: In September: In October: On Mondays: On Wednesdays: On Thursdays: On Fridays: On Saturdays: On Sundays: In Sunny Weather: In Clear Weather: In Rain: In Cloudy Weather: 30°-49° at Kickoff: 50°-59° at Kickoff: 60°-69° at Kickoff: 70°-79° at Kickoff: 80°-89° at Kickoff: 90°+ at Kickoff: Indoors Using No Subs: Using 1 Sub: Using 2 Subs: Using 3 Subs: On Natural Grass: On FieldTurf/Artificial Surface: When scoring 0 goals: When scoring 1 goal: When scoring 2 goals: When scoring 3 goals: When scoring 4+ goals: When allowing 0 goals: When allowing 1 goals: When allowing 2 goals: When allowing 3 goals: When allowing 4+ goals:

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

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

Away 3-8-2 2-5-2 1-3-0 3-6-2 0-2-0 3-2-1 0-6-1 1-1-0 0-5-0 2-2-2 4-2-1 0-4-0 0-3-1 2-4-0 1-4-2 0-0-0 2-5-0 1-1-1 2-7-1 0-1-0 3-7-2 2-8-1 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 2-1-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-6-0 0-0-2 1-1-0 0-3-0 0-0-0 1-3-1 0-1-1 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-5-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 2-8-2 3-7-2 0-1-0 0-3-0 1-4-1 1-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-1 0-3-1 0-3-0 0-1-0

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

PLAYER MINI BIOS 2 TYSON WAHL – DEF

3 JOSH WILLIAMS – DEF

6’ 2”, 185 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-23-1984 / HOMETOWN: NEWPORT BEACH, CA

6’ 2”, 192 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-18-1988 / HOMETOWN: COPLEY, OH / @JOSH3WILLIAMS

2013: (Crew) 18 GP / 17 GS, 0 G, 1 A in 1525 mins Crew’s last match: Started at LB, 90 min vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at LB, 90 min vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: 3/23/13 at D.C. 2013 Crew record when he starts: 5-7-5 2013 Crew record when he appears: 6-7-5 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: 1-0-0

2013 Season Has made 18 appearances, including 17 starts at leftback ... has recorded one assist ... made his Crew debut in the start at Chivas USA (March 2) ... recorded his first assist in a Crew jersey on Josh Williams’ goal at D.C. (March 23) ... made his first substitute appearance of the season in the match against D.C. (April 27) subbing on for the injured Agustin Viana ... returned to the starting lineup with a start against New York (May 4) and started nine consecutive matches through the match at Sporting KC (June 29) ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... returned to the starting lineup against Houston (September 4).

2013 Reserve League Has made four starts at centerback ... has scored one goal ... started the match against Dayton (July 10) and scored a 25-yard free kick -- the game-winner -- his first goal of the year ... made a second start at centerback at Chicago (July 17).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two starts at leftback ... started at leftback in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

GLAUBER -– DEF 44 GLAUBER DEF

6’ 3”, 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-05-1983 / HOMETOWN: SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO, BRAZIL

2013: (Crew) 13 GP / 13 GS, 1 G, 0 A in 1169 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Started at CB, 90 min at PHI (6/5) Last goal with Columbus: 3/16/13 vs. SJ Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: 4-5-4 2013 Crew record when he appears: 4-5-4 2013 Crew record when he scores: 0-0-1 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Made 13 starts at centerback and scored one goal before suffering a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee on June 13 in the club’s Fourth Round match of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Chicago ... made his Crew -- and MLS -- debuts in the start at Chivas USA (March 2) ... scored his first career goal -- a header goal -- off a corner kick against San Jose (March 16) ... was issued his fifth yellow card in the match at Toronto (May 18) and missed the match at New York (May 26) while serving a mandatory one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation ... returned to action in a start against Houston (June 1) ... suffered a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee on June 14 in U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round action at Chicago.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two starts at centerback ... started at centerback in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13) but left in the ninth minute with a knee injury.

2013: (Crew) 24 GP / 24 GS, 3 G, 0 A in 2160 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Started at RB, 90 min vs. SEA (8/31) Last goal with Columbus: 4/27/13 v.s. D.C. Last assist with Columbus: 9/29/12 vs. PHI 2013 Crew record when he starts: 8-12-4 2013 Crew record when he appears: 8-12-4 2013 Crew record when he scores: 3-0-0 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 24 starts: 18 starts at rightback and six at centerback ... has recorded three goals ... all of his goals are off of set pieces ... scored his first goal of the season -- and second career goal -- on 88th-minute tally at Chivas USA (March 2) ... scored his second goal of the season -- a career high -- at D.C (March 23) ... scored his third goal of the season -- his first career goal at Crew Stadium -- off of a Federico Higuain corner kick in the match against D.C. (April 27) ... missed the match against Houston (June 1) and at Philadelphia (June 5) with left calf inflammation ... returned to action with his first start of the season at centerback against Montreal (June 15) and made three consecutive starts at centerback before returning to right back at LA (July 4) ... started at rightback in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... returned to centerback against New York (August 10) after making five consecutive starts at rightback from July 4-August 3 ... made three straight starts at centerback alongside Chad Marshall before starting at rightback against Seattle (August 31) ... suffered a knock in training the day before the match against Houston (September 4) and did not dress.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not made an appearance.

55 DANNY DANNY O’ROURKE O’ROURKE –– M/D M/D

6’ 0”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 05-31-1983 / HOMETOWN: COLUMBUS, OH

2013: (Crew) 21 GP / 19 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 1661 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Start at CB, 90 mins vs. SEA (8/31) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: 5/1/10 at SEA 2013 Crew record when he starts: 6-10-3 2013 Crew record when he appears: 7-10-4 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 21 appearances: 13 starts in central midfield, six starts at centerback and one appearance at left midfield ... missed the matches against Colorado (May 11) and at Toronto (May 18) with an ankle injury ... returned to action with a substitute appearance at New York (May 26) ... returned to the starting lineup against Montreal (June 15) ... made his first start of the season at centerback in the match at LA (July 4) ... started at centerback in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made his 135th career start in a Crew jersey at Houston (August 3) moving into sole possession of seventh place on the club’s all-time list for starts passing Robert Warzycha ... made five consecutive starts from July 4-August 3 at centerback before missing the match against New York (August 10) as a pre-game scratch with back problems ... returned to action with a substitute appearance at left wing against Toronto (August 17) ... returned to the starting lineup at central midfield at Real Salt Lake (August 24) ... served as match captain and was back in a start at centerback against Seattle (August 31) but was issued his fifth yellow card of the season and missed the match against Houston (September 4) with a one-match suspension for yellow card accumulation.

2013 Reserve League Has made one start in central midfield ... started the match against Houston (June 2).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one start at central midfield ... started at central midfield in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29).

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

PLAYER MINI BIOS TONY TCHANI TCHANI -– MID 66 TONY MID

6’ 4”, 185 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-13-1989 / HOMETOWN: DOUALA, CAMEROON / @TONYTCHANI23

2013: (Crew) 15 GP / 7 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 756 mins Crew’s last match: Sub app at MID, 51 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Sub app at MID, 51 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: 6/30/12 vs. RSL Last assist with Columbus: 8/25/12 vs. NE 2013 Crew record when he starts: 2-3-2 2013 Crew record when he appears: 5-6-4 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

BERNARDO ANOR ANOR -– MID 77 BERNARDO MID

5’ 8”, 158 LBS. / D.O.B.: 05-24-1988 / HOMETOWN: CARACAS, VENEZUELA / @BERNARDOANOR

2013: (Crew) 13 GP / 12 GS, 2 G, 1 A in 1079 mins Crew’s last match: Started at CM, 1 A, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at CM, 1 A, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: 7/7/13 vs POR Last assist with Columbus: 9/4/13 vs. HOU 2013 Crew record when he starts: 6-6-0 2013 Crew record when he appears: 6-7-0 2013 Crew record when he scores: 1-1-0 2013 Crew record when he assists: 1-0-0

2013 Season Has made 15 appearances -- including seven starts -- in the central midfield ... missed the match against Philadelphia (April 6) with a right adductor inflammation ... made his first start of the season against D.C. (April 27) and started in the central midfield in seven straight matches through June 5 at Philadelphia ... returned to action as an 89th-minute substitute at LA (July 4) ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... returned to action with a substitute appearance against New York (August 10) and earned another appearance at Real Salt Lake (August 24) ... was a first-half substitute for the injured Wil Trapp and played 51 minutes against Houston (September 4).

2013 Season Has made 13 appearances -- including 12 starts -- in the midfield (three starts at right midfield, four starts at attacking central midfield and five starts at left midfield) ... has scored one goal and recorded one assist ... made his first appearance of 2013 in the match at Philadelphia (June 5), his first League action since tearing his ACL on July 14, 2012 ... made his first start of the season at left midfield against Montreal (June 15) and has made seven consecutive starts overall ... scored his first goal of the season -- a 78th-minute header from the top of the penalty area off of a Federico Higuain free kick -- in the match at LA (July 4) ... scored his second goal of the season -- the game-winner -- in as many games and returned to left midfield in the start against Portland (July 7) ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... started at left wing in four straight League matches before making his first start at central attacking midfield against New York (August 10) and a second start in the same spot against Toronto (August 17) ... did not travel to the match at Real Salt Lake (August 24) because of right hamstring tightness ... returned to action with a start at central attacking midfield in the match against Seattle (August 31) ... recorded his first assist of the season -- a secondary assist -- on Ryan Finley’s game-winning goal against Houston (September 4).

2013 Reserve League Has made six starts in central midfield ... has scored one goal and recorded one assist ... started against Chicago (March 26) and recorded the assist on Konrad Warzycha’s goal ... returned to action in a start against Montreal (June 16) ... scored his first goal of the season in the match against Dayton (July 10).

2013 Reserve League Has made six appearances -- including five starts -- in the midfield ... has recorded three goals, tied with Konrad Warzycha for second on the club ... scored the game-winning goal against Chicago (March 26) ... suffered an own goal in a start at New York (March 31) ... returned with a substitute appearance against New York (May 4) ... scored his second goal of the season in a start at Toronto (May 18) ... scored his third goal of the season in a start at Dayton (June 8).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one appearance, a start at central midfield in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one appearance, a start at forward ... started at forward in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

8 MATÍAS SÁNCHEZ– MID

9 JUSTIN MERAM – M/F

5’ 8”, 160 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-18-1987 / HOMETOWN: TEMPERLEY, ARGENTINA / @MATYSANCH

6’ 1”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-04-1988 / HOMETOWN: SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI / @JUSTINMERAM

2013: (Crew) 14 GP / 10 GS, 1 G, 1 A in 820 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Started at RM, 45 mins at HOU (8/3) Last goal with Columbus: 6-15-13 vs MTL Last assist with Columbus: 7-27-13 at TOR 2013 Crew record when he starts: 2-5-2 2013 Crew record when he appears: 4-6-3 2013 Crew record when he scores: 1-0-0 2013 Crew record when he assists: 0-1-0

2013: (Crew) 14 GP / 8 GS, 1 G, 1 A in 683 mins Crew’s last match: Started at LM, 1G, 1A, 90 mins vs HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at LM, 1G, 1A, 90 mins vs HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: 9/4/13 vs. HOU Last assist with Columbus: 9/4/13 vs. HOU 2013 Crew record when he starts: 4-2-2 2013 Crew record when he appears: 5-6-3 2013 Crew record when he scores: 1-0-0 2013 Crew record when he assists: 1-0-0

2013 Season Has made 14 appearances, including 10 starts: nine at central midfield and one at right midfield ... has scored one goal and recorded one assist ... made his Crew -- and MLS -- debuts in a substitute appearance at Vancouver (March 9) ... returned to action with an appearance at D.C. (March 23) ... made his first MLS start in the central midfield against Colorado (May 11) ... scored his first goal in MLS -- the game-winner in the sixth-minute -- against Montreal (June 15) ... was issued his fifth yellow card in the match against Chicago (June 22) and missed the match at Sporting KC (June 29) while serving a mandatory one-game suspension for yellow-card accumulation ... returned to action with a start in the following match at LA (July 4) ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... recorded his first career assist on a long pass from midfield to Dominic Oduro in a return to the starting lineup at Toronto (July 27) ... made his first start at right midfield in a diamond formation at Houston (August 3)... was listed as “questionable” with a left calf contusion ahead of the match against Toronto (August 17) and did not dress ... missed the match at Real Salt Lake (August 24) and against Seattle (August 31) and Houston (September 4) suffering from the same left calf contusion.

2013 Season Has made 14 appearances: eight starts in the midfield (seven starts and five appearances at left midfield and one start and one substitute appearance at right midfield) and two substitute appearances at forward ... has scored one goal and recorded one assist ... made his season debut against San Jose (March 16) ... returned to action with an appearance against Colorado (May 11) ... made his first start of the year at right wing in the match at Toronto (May 18) ... made his second straight start at right midfield and was awarded a penalty which led to a Federico Higuain goal in the match at New York (May 26) ... made the start at right wing for his first appearance of the year on the right side of the midfield at Philadelphia (June 5) ... made a substitute appearance at forward against Portland (July 7) ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... returned to the starting lineup at left midfield against New York (August 10) ... did not travel to the match at Real Salt Lake (August 24) suffering from back spasms ... returned to action with a start at left midfield against Seattle (August 31) ... scored his first goal and recorded his first assist -- the game-winner -- of the season in a start at left midfield in the 2-0 win against Houston (September 4).

2013 Reserve League Has made four starts in central midfield.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two appearances -- including one start at forward ... scored one goal ... was a substitute at forward and scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and started at forward in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

2013 Reserve League Has made six starts: five at forward and one in the midfield ... has recorded one assist ... started at forward against Chicago (March 26) ... recorded the game-winning assist on Ryan Finley’s goal against New York (May 4) ... started at central midfield at Dayton (June 8) ... returned to the forward position in a start against Montreal (June 16).

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

PLAYER MINI BIOS 11 F/M 11 DOMINIC DOMINIC ODURO ODURO -– F/M

6’ 0”, 160 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-13-1985 / HOMETOWN: PRAMSO, GHANA / @FREAKYFAST8

2013: (Crew) 27 GP / 27 GS, 9 G, 2 A in 2265 mins Crew’s last match: Started at FWD, 1A, 90 min vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at FWD, 1A, 90 min vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: 7-27-13 at TFC Last assist with Columbus: 9-4-13 vs HOU 2013 Crew record when he starts: 9-13-5 2013 Crew record when he appears: 9-13-5 2013 Crew record when he scores: 4-2-3 2013 Crew record when he assists: 2-0-0

2013 Season Has made 27 starts: 14 starts at forward and 13 at right midfield ... is tied with Federico Higuain for the team lead in goals with nine and has also recorded two assists ... scored a 94th-minute goal in his Crew debut in the start at Chivas USA (March 2) ... made three straight starts at right midfield before starting at forward for four straight matches beginning at D.C. (March 23) through April 20 at Chicago ... scored his 35th career goal and second of the season, a 72nd-minute equalizer against Philadelphia (April 6) ... scored another 72ndminute equalizer in the team’s next match at Montreal (April 14) ... returned to the right wing and scored the game-winning goal in the 15th-minute against D.C. (April 27), his third of the month of April ... returned to forward and scored his fifth goal of the season -- the game-winner -- in the match at Toronto (May 18) which was nominated for “Goal of the Week” ... scored a second-minute goal -- his sixth of the season -- at New York (May 26) but was injured on the play with a thigh contusion and left the match after just eight minutes of action ... recorded a goal -- his seventh of the season -- and his first assist of the year in a start at forward against Montreal (June 15) ... intercepted a Sporting KC back pass and converted it into his eighth goal of the season (June 29) ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... scored his ninth goal of the season -- a low line-drive blast from 30+ yards out -- in a start at right midfield at Toronto (July 27) after making four straight starts at forward from June 29-July 20 ... started at forward at Houston (August 3) but was back on the right wing in a start against New York (August 10), Toronto (August 17) at Real Salt Lake (August 24) and against Seattle (August 31) ... recorded his second assist of the season in a return to the forward position against Houston (September 4).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one appearance, a substitute appearance, at right wing ... came on for the injured Glauber in the ninth-minute in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

12 EDDIE GAVEN -- M/F 6’ 0”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 10-25-1986 / HOMETOWN: HAMILTON, NJ

2013: (Crew) 10 GP / 10 GS, 0 G, 4 A in 900 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Started at LM, 90 mins, 1 A at NY (5/26) Last goal with Columbus: 10/20/12 at D.C. Last assist with Columbus: 5/26/13 at NY 2013 Crew record when he starts: 4-3-3 2013 Crew record when he appears: 4-3-3 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: 2-0-2

2013 Season Made 10 starts in the midfield: eight at left midfield and two on the right wing before suffering a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee on May 29 ... finished the season with four assists in 10 appeaarances, and the club was unbeaten in 2013 (2-0-2) when he recorded an assist ... recorded his first assist of the season in his 200th career appearance for the club at Chivas USA (March 2) ... missed two matches (at Vancouver on March 9 and against San Jose on March 16) with right ankle inflammation ... returned to action with a start at left wing at D.C. (March 23) ... recorded his 35th career assist and second of the season on Dominic Oduro’s 72nd-minute equalizer against Philadelphia (April 6) ... recorded his third assist of the season -- the game-winner -- on Dominic Oduro’s 15th-minute goal against D.C. United (April 27) ... recorded a second-minute assist on Dominic Oduro’s goal at New York (May 26) ... suffered a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee on May 29.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one start at left wing ... scored one goal and recorded one assist ... started at left midfield and recorded a goal and an assist (the game-winning helper) in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and suffered a seasonending ACL tear in his left knee late in the match.

13 ETHAN FINLAY -- M/F

14 CHAD MARSHALL -- DEF

5’ 9”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-06-1990 / HOMETOWN: MARSHFIELD, WI / @ETHANFINLAY13

6’ 4”, 190 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-22-1984 / HOMETOWN: RIVERSIDE, CA / @CHADMARSHALL14

2013: (Crew) 15 GP / 1 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 252 mins Crew’s last match: Started at RM, 81 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at RM, 81 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: 1-0-0 2013 Crew record when he appears: 7-5-3 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 15 appearances -- including one start -- in 2013 ... made his season debut in a substitute appearance against San Jose (March 16) ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made his first start of the season in a start at right midfield against Houston (September 4).

2013 Reserve League Has made 10 starts: three starts at forward and seven starts at right midfield ... has scored one goal and recorded two assists ... recorded the game-winning assist on Bernardo Anor’s 86th-minute goal against Chicago (March 26) ... scored a penalty kick goal -- his first tally of the season -- at Chicago (July 17) ... recorded the game-winning assist on CSA product’s Omar Mohamed’s goal at Houston (August 4) ... captained the club in a start at right wing in the 3-1 win against FC Dallas (August 27).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two appearances -- including one start at right wing ... was a substitute at right wing in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and started at right wing before shifting to right back due to a ninth-minute Glauber injury in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013: (Crew) 23 GP / 23 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 2070 mins Crew’s last match: Started at CB, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at CB, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: 9/1/12 vs. MTL Last assist with Columbus: 6/26/11 vs. COL 2013 Crew record when he starts: 8-12-3 2013 Crew record when he appears: 8-12-3 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 23 starts at centerback ... became the first Crew player in club history and the 46th field player in MLS history to record 20,000 minutes in regular-season action in the match against Philadelphia (April 6) ... missed four matches -- at Toronto (May 18), at New York (May 26) against Houston (June 1) and at Philadelphia (June 5) -- with a right hamstring strain ... returned with a start against Montreal (June 15) and has made nine straight starts ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... was issued a yellow card that led to a Dynamo penalty kick goal in the 10th minute at Houston (August 3) ... suffered a foul that led to Federico Higuain’s game-winning penalty kick in the 62nd minute against New York (August 10) ... captained the club in the match against Houston (September 4) during Federico Higuain’s second match of a two-game suspension.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

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PLAYER MINI BIOS 16 ERIC GEHRIG -- DEF

17 BEN SPEAS -- M/F

6’ 1”, 160 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-25-1987 / HOMETOWN: SCHEREVILLE, IN / @EGEHRIG16

5’ 8”, 155 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-17-1991 / HOMETOWN: STOW, OH / @BENSPEAS17

2013: (Crew) 5 GP / 5 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 450 mins Crew’s last match: Started at CB, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at CB, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: 5/12/12 vs. DAL 2013 Crew record when he starts: 2-1-2 2013 Crew record when he appears: 2-1-2 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made five starts at centerback in 2013 ... made his season debut in a start at centerback in the match at Toronto (May 18) and made four consecutive starts ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... missed the match against New England (July 20) and at Toronto (July 27 with a right ankle sprain ... was uprgraded to questionable ahead of the Houston match (August 3) but did not travel ... returned to action with a start at centerback against Houston (September 4).

2013 Reserve League Has made six starts: five starts at centerback and one at rightback ... made his first start at rightback against Dayton (July 20) after four starts at centerback.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two starts at centerback ... started at centerback in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013: (Crew) 15 GP / 10 GS, 1 G, 1 A in 865 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Start at LM, 74 mins at RSL (8/24) Last goal with Columbus: 3/23/13 at D.C. Last assist with Columbus: 3/9/13 at VAN 2013 Crew record when he starts: 2-5-3 2013 Crew record when he appears: 2-8-5 2013 Crew record when he scores: 1-0-0 2013 Crew record when he assists: 0-1-0

2013 Season Has made 15 appearances overall: 14 appearances in the midfield, including 10 starts: five at left midfield and five at right midfield ... has also made one substitute appearance at forward ... has scored one goal and recorded one assist ... made his second career start and recorded his first career assist on Jairo Arrieta’s goal at Vancouver (March 9) ... made a second consecutive start at left midfield against San Jose (March 16) ... scored his first career goal -- the gamewinner -- at D.C. (March 23) ... made four consecutive starts at right midfield from March 23 through April 20 since Eddie Gaven returned to the lineup at left wing ... made his first substitute appearance of the year in the match against New York (May 4) ... missed the match at Toronto (May 18) with a left hamstring strain ... returned to action with an appearance against Houston (June 1) ... missed the match against Chicago (June 22) as a pre-match scratch with an illness ... returned to action with a substitute appearance at Sporting KC (June 29) and then earned the start at left wing in the match at LA (July 4) ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made a substitute appearance at forward against New England (July 20), replacing the injured Aaron Schoenfeld in the 36th minute ... returned to action with a start at left midfield at Real Salt Lake (August 24) ... missed the match against Seattle (August 31) while attending his own wedding.

2013 Reserve League Has made six appearances: five starts and one substitute appearance at left midfield ... has scored two goals and recorded two assists ... scored a goal in his start against New York (May 4) ... recorded an assist on Bernardo Anor’s goal at Dayton (June 8) ... scored his second goal of the season -- a penalty kick goal -- against Dayton (July 10) ... recorded his second assist of the season on Drew Beckie’s goal at Houston (August 4) ... was a substitute in the match against FC Dallas (August 27) to replace the injured Kyle Hyland.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two starts at left wing ... recorded one assist .... started at right wing in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and recorded an assist on Konrad Warzycha’s goal in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

18 AARON SCHOENFELD -- FWD

19 KONRAD WARZYCHA -- MID

6’ 4”, 190 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-17-1990 / HOMETOWN: KNOXVILLE, TN / @AARONSCHOENFELD

6’ 1”, 190 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-14-1990 / HOMETOWN: DUBLIN, OH / @K_WARZYCHA

2013: (Crew) 8 GP / 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 210 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Start at FWD, 58 mins vs POR (7/7) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: 4/21/12 vs. HOU 2013 Crew record when he starts: 1-1-0 2013 Crew record when he appears: 2-4-2 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made eight appearances -- including two starts --at forward in 2013 ... made his season debut in an appearance at forward at Toronto (May 18) ... came on for the injured Dominic Oduro in the eighth minute of the match at New York (May 26) and played 54 minutes at forward .. made his first start of the season at forward against Portland (July 7) and suffered a foul that led to an opponent’s 11th-minute red card and a penalty kick for the Crew’s Federico Higuain ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... started at forward against New England (July 20) but left in the 36th minute with a shoulder injury ... missed five matches from July 27 - August 24 with a right shoulder sprain before being upgraded to questionable ahead the match against Seattle (August 31) but did not dress.

2013: (Crew) 13 GP / 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 272 mins Crew’s last match: Sub. app. at MID, 9 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Sub. app. at MID, 9 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: 1-1-0 2013 Crew record when he appears: 5-7-1 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 13 appearances -- including two starts -- in the midfield ... made his Crew debut -- and second career regular-season appearance in the match against D.C. (April 27) as Robert and Konrad Warzycha became the second father (coach) / son (player) tandems in the same season in MLS history, joining Bob and Michael Bradley in the 2004 and 2005 season in New York ... made his first MLS start -- at right midfield -- in the match against Portland (July 10) ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... started at right midfield and played the full 90 against New England (July 20) ... returned to action with a substitute appearance against Toronto (August 17) and earned a fourth consecutive appearance against Houston (September 4).

2013 Reserve League Has made seven appearances -- including three starts -- at forward ... made a substitute appearance against Chicago (March 26) and made his first start of the season at New York (March 31) ... made a substitute appearance against New York (May 4) and at Toronto (May 18) before returning to the starting lineup against Houston (June 2) ... made a substitute appearance at forward against Dayton (July 10).

2013 Reserve League Has made nine appearances -- including eight starts: one on the backline and seven starts and one substitute appearance in midfield ... has scored three goals, tied with Bernardo Anor for second on the club ... has also recorded one assist ... recorded a goal against Chicago (March 26) and followed the performance with a 2nd-minute goal at New York (March 31) ... started at centerback against Houston (June 2) ... returned to central midfield and scored his third goal of the season at Dayton (June 8) ... made his first substitute appearance of the season in the midfield against Dayton (July 10) ... recorded an assist on Ryan Finley’s first goal in the sixth minute against FC Dallas (August 27).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two appearances, including one start, at forward ... started at forward in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and was an 82nd-minute substitute in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two starts in the central midfield ... scored one goal ... started at central midfield in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and scored the Crew’s only goal in the 22nd-minute in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

PLAYER MINI BIOS 20 WIL TRAPP -- MID

21 CHAD BARSON -- DEF

5’ 8”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-15-1993 / HOMETOWN: GAHANNA, OH / @WIL_TRAPP

5’ 10”, 170 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-25-1991 / HOMETOWN: LEWIS CENTER, OH

2013: (Crew) 9 GP / 9 GS, 0 G, 1 A in 759 mins Crew’s last match: Started at CM, 39 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at CM, 39 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: 8-10-13 vs. NY 2013 Crew record when he starts: 4-5-0 2013 Crew record when he appears: 4-5-0 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: 1-0-0

2013 Season Has made nine starts in the central midfield ... has recorded one assist ... was called-in to U.S. Men’s Under-20s camp in Carson, Calif. for training (April 22-April 29) and missed the Crew’s match against D.C. United (April 27) ... dressed for the first time this season in the match against Colorado (May 11) but did not make an appearance ... was called-in for United States Under-20 Men’s National Team duty for the Toulon Tournament held from May 28 to June 8 made four caps, including three starts in the squad’s final preparations ahead of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup on June 21 in Turkey, a tournament he was a part of ... missed matches: at New York (May 26) and Houston (June 1), Philadelphia (June 5) and Montreal (June 15), Chicago (June 22) and Sporting KC (June 29) while on international duty ... made his MLS debut with a start in the central midfield against Portland (July 10) becoming the fourth Crew Homegrown Player in club history to earn a start and later earned “Barbasol Man of the Match” honors as he led all players in passing percentage with an 86 percent completion rate ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made a fourth consecutive start in the match at New York (August 10) and recorded his first career assist on Federico Higuain’s “Goal of the Week” nominee ... has started nine consecutive League matches ... left the match in the 39th minute against Houston (September 4) with a lower-body injury.

2013 Reserve League Has made four appearances -- including two starts -- at midfield ... made his first start of the season at New York (March 31) ... was a second-half substitute against New York (May 4) ... returned to the starting lineup in the match at Toronto (May 18) ... made a substitute appearance against Dayton (July 10).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance ... missed the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13) while on international duty with the United States U-20 squad.

2013: (Crew) 14 GP / 12 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 1095 mins Crew’s last match: Started at RB, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at RB, 90 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: 5-6-1 2013 Crew record when he appears: 6-7-1 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 14 appearances, including 12 starts: nine starts at rightback and three starts and two substitute appearances at leftback in 2013 ... made his MLS debut in an appearance at leftback at Toronto (May 18) ... made his first MLS start at rightback and become the third Crew Homegrown Player in club history to earn a start in the match against Houston (June 1) ... started at rightback at Philadelphia (June 5) and later switched to leftback after halftime adjustments and subs ... has started the last six matches: starting five consecutive at rightback before earning his first start at leftback in the match at LA (July 4) ... made three straight starts at leftback from July 4-July 20 ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... was a 79th-minute substitute at left back in the match at Toronto (July 27) ... returned to rightback in the start against New York (August 10), Toronto (August 17) and Real Salt Lake (August 24) ... returned with a start against Houston (September 4) and made a sliding goal-line clearance in the first minute of action en route to a 2-0 victory.

2013 Reserve League Has made five starts on the backline ... has recorded one assist ... recorded his first assist of the season on Ben Speas’ goal against New York (May 4).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one start at rightback ... started at rightback in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and was in the gameday 18 for the2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13) but came down with a gameday illness.

22 DREW BECKIE -- DEF

23 KEVAN GEORGE -- MID

6’ 1”, 170 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-30-1990 / HOMETOWN: REGINA SASKATCHEWAN / @DREWBECKIE

6’ 2”, 170 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-30-1990 / HOMETOWN: ROXBORO, TOBAGO / @KICKITWITHKEVAN

2013: (Crew) 0 GP / 0 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 0 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: N/A Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: N/A 2013 Crew record when he appears: N/A 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has not made a regular-season appearance in 2013 ... missed seven matches (from June 1 against Houston through July 7) with a left adductor strain.

2013 Reserve League Has made six appearances -- including five starts on the backline ... has scored one goal ... started in the match at New York (March 31) and at Toronto (May 18) ... returned to action after missing seven League matches from June 1-July 7 with a substitute appearance against Dayton (July 10) ... scored his first goal of the season -- a header goal -- in a start at centerback at Houston (August 4) ... started at rightback against FC Dallas (August 27).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not made an appearance.

2013: (Crew) 10 GP / 3 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 429 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Sub. app. at MID, 9 mins vs. NY (8/10) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: 0-2-1 2013 Crew record when he appears: 3-5-2 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 10 appearances, including three starts: two appearances -- including a start -- at centerback and two starts and six substitute appearances in the midfield ... made his first appearance of the year at Montreal (April 14) ... earned his first start of the season at centerback in the match at New York (May 26) ... made a second-half appearance at centerback at Philadelphia (June 5) ... was a late-game sub at midfield against Montreal (June 15) ... made his second start of the season and first at central midfield at Sporting KC (June 29) ... earned a second consecutive start in the match at LA (July 4) ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... was called-up for international duty for Trinidad & Tobago for Gold Cup and missed the match against New England (July 20) ... returned to action as a halftime sub at central midfield at Houston (August 3) and made a lategame appearance in the next match against New York (August 10) ... missed the match against Houston (September 4) while on international duty with Trinidad & Tobago in the OSN Cup in Saudi Arabia and will miss the match at Sporting KC (September 7).

2013 Reserve League Has made 10 starts: eight at centerback and two at midfield ... started on the backline against Chicago (March 26) and then made the start at midfield at New York (March 31) ... returned to the backline against New York (May 4) ... started in the central midfield against FC Dallas (August 27) but slotted to centerback mid-game following the injury to Kyle Hyland.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two appearances, including one start ... made a substitute appearance at left midfield in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) ... started at centerback in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013 International Was called-up by Trinidad & Tobago’s senior roster for the first time in knockout stage of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup (July 20) but did not earn a cap or dress in the 1-0 loss against Mexico ... was called-up for the international tournament -- the OSN Cup -- from September 5-9 in Saudi Arabia.

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

PLAYER MINI BIOS 24 AGUSTIN VIANA -- D/M

25 JAIRO ARRIETA -- FWD

5’ 11”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-23-1983 / HOMETOWN: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY / @AGUSTINVIANA

5’ 9”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-25-1983 / HOMETOWN: NICOYA, COSTA RICA / @JAIROARRIETA25

2013: (Crew) 14 GP / 14 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 1036 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Started at LB, 90 min vs. SEA (8/31) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: 5-6-3 2013 Crew record when he appears: 5-6-3 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has made 14 starts: seven in the central midfield and seven at leftback ... made his Crew -- and MLS -- debuts in the start at Chivas USA (March 9) ... made his first start at leftback in the match against D.C. (April 27) but left in the 20th-minute with a right hamstring strain and missed seven matches: against New York (May 4), against Colorado (May 11), at Toronto (May 18) at New York (May 26) against Houston (June 1) at Philadelphia (June 5) and against Montreal (June 15) before being upgraded to questionable against Chicago (June 22) but did not play ... made a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made the gameday 18 against New England (July 20), but did not appear ... returned to action and the starting lineup at leftback at Toronto (July 27), three months to the day after suffering a hamstring injury ... made six straight starts from July 27 - August 31.

2013 Reserve League Has made three appearances --two starts at leftback and one in the central midfield ... started at leftback against Montreal (June 16) in his first action since a hamstring strain suffered on April 27 ... started at leftback against Dayton (July 10) ... started in the central midfield at Chicago (July 17).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

2013: (Crew) 19 GP / 15 GS, 2 G, 3 A in 1342 mins Crew’s last match: Sub. app. at FWD, 15 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Sub. app. at FWD, 15 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: 6/29/13 at SKC Last assist with Columbus: 8/17/13 vs. TFC 2013 Crew record when he starts: 4-9-1 2013 Crew record when he appears: 5-10-3 2013 Crew record when he scores: 0-2-0 2013 Crew record when he assists: 3-0-0

2013 Season Has made 19 appearances, including 15 starts: 14 starts at forward and one at left midfield ... has scored two goals and recorded three assists ... recorded the game-winning assist at Chivas USA (March 2) ... scored his 10th career goal and first of 2013 at Vancouver (March 9) ... was called in for international duty with Costa Rica against the U.S. on Friday, March 22 in Commerce City, Colo. and against Jamaica on Tuesday, March 26 in San José, Costa Rica and missed the match at D.C. (March 23) while with Costa Rica ... returned to action with a substitute appearance against Philadelphia (April 6) ... returned to the starting lineup and recorded the game-winning assist and factored in all three of the Crew’s goals in the 3-0 win against D.C. (April 27) ... was issued a two-match suspension from the MLS Disciplinary Committee for a foul in the match against Colorado (May 11) and missed the match at Toronto (May 18) ... Arrieta appealed the second match of the suspension but it was upheld missed the match at New York (May 18) ... was called-in for international duty for Costa Rica’s international friendly against Canada on May 28 ... returned to action with a start at forward against Houston (June 1) ... was called-in again for WCQ for Costa Rica and missed the match at Philadelphia (June 5) and missed the U.S. Open Cup match against Chicago (June 12) and the MLS clash against Montreal (June 15) while still on duty ... returned to the starting lineup at forward against Chicago (June 22) ... scored his second goal of the season and started the match at left midfield at Sporting KC (June 29), his first start in the midfield in 2013 ... was called-in for Costa Rica’s 2013 Gold Cup run and missed the matches at LA (July 4) against Portland (July 7) and against New England (July 20) ... returned to action with a start at forward at Toronto (July 27) ... recorded his third assist of the season on Federico Higuain’s “Goal of the Week” nominated strike against Toronto (August 17) ... made a substitute appearance at forward against Houston (September 4).

2013 International In total, has made 15 senior appearances for Costa Rica, and has scored four goals dating back to 2011 ... in 2013, has made 11 appearances -- including nine starts -- and has scored four goals ... scored two goals in five caps in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana (Jan. 18-27), tallying against Belize (January 18) and against Guatemala (January 22) ... scored one goal -- the game-winnner -- in a one international friendly against Canada in Edmonton (March 28) ... earned the cap and played 57 minutes in Costa Rica’s 1-0 win against Honduras in 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiying (June 18) ... scored one goal in three starts in group play of the 2013 Gold Cup (July 9-16) and scored in the 3-0 win against Cuba (July 9) before making the start in the 1-0 loss to Honduras in the knockout stage (July 21).

2013 Reserve League Has made one appearance -- a start -- at forward ... saw his first Reserve League action of 2013 with a start at Toronto (May 18) while serving an MLS Disciplinary Committee suspension for the First Team.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance ... missed the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13) while on international duty with Costa Rica.

26 RYAN FINLEY -- FWD

27 AARON HORTON -- FWD

6’ 0”, 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 03-27-1991 / HOMETOWN: LUMBERTON, NJ / @RYAN_FINLEY9

5’ 9”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 05-19-1992 / HOMETOWN: LEWIS CENTER, OH

2013: (Crew) 9 GP / 2 GS, 1 G, 1 A in 269 mins Crew’s last match: Started at FWD, 1G, 1A, 75 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last match played: Started at FWD, 1G, 1A, 75 mins vs. HOU (9/4) Last goal with Columbus: 9/4/13 vs. HOU Last assist with Columbus: 9/4/13 vs. HOU 2013 Crew record when he starts: 1-1-0 2013 Crew record when he appears: 2-7-0 2013 Crew record when he scores: 1-0-0 2013 Crew record when he assists: 1-0-0

2013 Season Has made nine appearances -- including two starts -- at forward ... has scored one goal and recorded one assist ... made his Crew -- and MLS -- debuts in a substitute appearance at Chivas USA (March 2) ... missed the match against Chicago (June 22) and at Sporting KC (June 29) with a right ankle sprain ... was upgraded to “questionable” ahead of the match at LA (July 4) ... made a substitute appearance and scored his first professional goal in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made a substitute appearance at Houston (August 3) and returned to action with another appearance at Real Salt Lake (August 24) ... earned his first career start in the match against Seattle (August 31) ... scored his first career goal -- the game-winner -- and also recorded his first career assist in his second consecutive start at forward against Houston (September 4).

2013 Reserve League Has made 10 appearances -- including nine starts -- at forward ... has scored a team-leading eight goals ... started at forward against Chicago (March 26) and was a substitute at New York (March 31) ... returned to the starting lineup and scored the game-winner in the 18th-minute against New York (May 4) ... scored two goals in the start at forward at Dayton (June 8) ... recorded two goals at Chicago (July 17) ... scored a hat trick in the 3-1 win against FC Dallas (August 27) to push his goal total to eight.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

2013: (Crew) 0 GP / 0 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 0 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Sub. app. at FWD, 1 min vs. RSL (6/8/11) Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: N/A 2013 Crew record when he appears: N/A 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has not made a regular-season appearance in 2013 ... following the match at D.C. United (March 23), had surgery on his left knee to repair a torn left lateral meniscus ... was upgraded to “DOUBTFUL” for the match against New York (May 4) after missing all four matches in April while rehabilitating ... was off the injury list for the match against Colorado (May 11) but did not dress ... was loaned to USL PRO side LA Blues on May 29 on a short-term loan and had his loan extended on June 24 to include the remainder of the USL PRO season through Sept 6-8.

2013 USL PRO Season Has made five appearances -- including three starts -- while on loan with the LA Blues.

2013 Reserve League Has made one appearance ... saw his first action of 2013 with an appearance at Toronto (May 18).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

PLAYER MINI BIOS 28 MATT LAMPSON -- GK

30 ANDY GRUENEBAUM -- GK

6’ 3”, 200 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-06-1989 / HOMETOWN: HILLARD, OH

6’ 1”, 175 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-30-1982 / HOMETOWN: OVERLAND PARK, KS / @GBAUM30

2013: (Crew) 7 GP / 7 GS, 1.14 GAA, 4 SO Crew’s last match: Started, 90 mins, W, 3SV, SO vs. HOU (9/4) Last match: Started, 90 mins, W, 3SV, SO vs. HOU (9/4) 2013 Crew record when he starts: 4-3-0 2013 Crew record when he appears: 4-3-0 Most saves in a 2013 match: 3 (twice, last 9/3/13 vs. HOU) Most career saves: 4, 8/29/12 at PHI Last shutout: 9-4-13 vs. HOU

2013 Season Has made seven starts ... is 4-3-0 with a 1.14 goals against average and four shutouts ... earned the 1-0 shutout win in his first start of the season against Portland (July 7) as a game-time decision as Andy Gruenebaum missed the match with a shoulder injury ... started in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made his second start of the season at Houston (August 3) and suffered the 3-1 loss, but earned a “Save of the Week” nomination ... made his third overall start and second consecutive appearance in the 2-0 shut-out win over New York (August 10) ... made two saves en route to a second consecutive shutout in his third consecutive start in the 2-0 win against Toronto (August 17) ... made three saves but suffered the 4-0 loss at Real Salt Lake (August 24) in his fourth consecutive start ... made his fifth consecutive start in the 1-0 loss to Seattle (August 31) ... made three saves and earned his fourth win and fourth career cleansheet in the 2-0 win against Houston (September 4), his sixth consecutive start.

2013 Reserve League Has made nine starts and is 3-5-1 and has a 1.77 goals against average and two shutouts ... has recorded one assist ... earned the 2-1 win against Chicago (March 26) ... suffered a 3-2 loss at New York (March 31) ... earned a shutout in the 2-0 win against New York (May 4) ... suffered a 3-1 loss at Toronto (May 18) ... suffered the 1-0 loss against Houston (June 2) ... started in the 4-4 draw at the Dayton Dutch Lions (June 8) ... suffered the 1-0 loss against Montreal (June 15) ... earned the 3-1 win against Dayton (July 10) and recorded an assist on Tony Tchani’s goal ... suffered the 5-3 loss at Chicago (July 17).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one start ... started and earned the 2-1 victory in Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) ... was Andy Gruenebaum’s back-up in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013: (Crew) 20 GP / 20 GS, 1.35 GAA, 4 SO Crew’s last match: N/A Last match: Started, 90 mins, L, 2 SV, 2GA at TOR (7/27) 2013 Crew record when he starts: 5-9-5 2013 Crew record when he appears: 5-9-5 Most saves in a 2013 match: 6 (twice, last was 4/27 vs. D.C.) Most career saves: 7 (7 times), last was 9/5/12 at NE Last shutout: 6/15/13 vs MTL

2013 Season Has made 20 starts and has a 5-10-5 record with a 1.35 goals against average and four shutouts ... recorded his 15th career shutout and recorded a “Save of the Week” nominee in the win at Chivas USA (March 2) ... recorded another “Save of the Week” nominee with a double-save in the win at D.C. (March 23) ... made four saves, including his third “Save of the Week” nominee in the 1-1 draw against Philadelphia (April 6) ... recorded his fourth straight game of four saves in the 1-1 draw at Montreal (April 14) ... made a season-high six saves in the 1-0 loss at Chicago (April 20), his fifth consecutive match with four or more saves ... made six saves in the 1-0 win against D.C. (April 27), his 16th career shutout and second of 2013 ... recorded his 16th career shutout and made three saves in the 1-0 win at Toronto (May 18) ... recorded his 17th career shutout in the 2-0 win against Montreal (June 15) ... despite making four saves, suffered the 2-1 loss at LA (July 4) after penalty kick goals against in the 85th and 92nd minutes ... missed his first match of the season against Portland (July 7) as a game-time decision with a shoulder injury ... returned to action with a 2-0 loss -- suffering two stoppage-time goals -- against New England (July 20) ... missed the match at Houston (August 3) as shoulder issues lingered and was diagnosed with left shoulder weakness; missed the match against New York (August 10) against Toronto (August 17) at Real Salt Lake (August 24) against Seattle (August 31) and against Houston (September 4) with the injury.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Made one start ... started and suffered the defeat in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

31 KYLE HYLAND -- M/D

32 SHAWN SLOAN --M/D

5’ 7”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 03-01-1991 / HOMETOWN: BAY VILLAGE, OH / @KYLEHYLAND31

5’ 11”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 11-24-1990 / HOMETOWN: GENEVA, IL / @SHAWNSLOAN

2013: (Crew) 0 GP / 0 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 0 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: N/A Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: N/A 2013 Crew record when he appears: N/A 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has not made a regular-season appearance in 2013 ... missed the matches against Chicago (June 22), at Sporting KC (June 29) at LA (July 4) and against Portland (July 7) with a left adductor strain.

2013 Reserve League Has made nine appearances -- including seven starts -- split between the midfield (one start) and the backline (six starts) ... has recorded one assist ... made an appearance on the backline against Chicago (March 26) before making an appearance at midfield at New York (March 31) ... made his first start of the season at left back against New York (May 4) ... started at rightback at Dayton (June 5) and recorded an assist on Ryan Finley’s sixth-minute goal ... started at leftback at Chicago (July 17) ... started at leftback against FC Dallas (August 27) but left the match in the 12th minute following a mid-air collision that chipped a tooth and required stitches.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

2013: (Crew) 0 GP / 0 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 0 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: N/A Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A 2013 Crew record when he starts: N/A 2013 Crew record when he appears: N/A 2013 Crew record when he scores: N/A 2013 Crew record when he assists: N/A

2013 Season Has not made a regular-season appearance in 2013 ... made his professional debut in a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) ... made the gameday 18 in the match against Houston (September 4) but did not play.

2013 Reserve League Has made 10 appearances -- including six starts: two starts (and one substitute appearance) on the backline and four starts (and three substitute appearances) at midfield ... has scored one goal ... recorded his first goal of the season in stoppage time at New York in the 3-2 loss (March 31) ... earned his first start at rightback against Houston (June 2) ... earned the start in the midfield against Montreal (June 16) ... made a substitute appearance on the backline against Dayton (July 10) ... started at left midfield at Chicago (July 17).

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

PLAYER MINI BIOS 33 FEDERICO HIGUAIN -- FWD

#40 DANIEL WITHROW -- GK

5’ 8”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 10-24-1984 / HOMETOWN: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA / @FHIGUAIN_33

6’ 1”, 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 05-24-1990 / HOMETOWN: ROCHESTER HILLS, MI / @WITHROW26

2013: (Crew) 25 GP / 25 GS, 9 G, 6 A in 2232 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: Started at FWD, 89 mins at RSL (8/24) Last goal with Columbus: 8/17/13 vs TFC (2) Last assist with Columbus: 7/7/13 vs. POR 2013 Crew record when he starts: 8-12-5 2013 Crew record when he appears: 8-12-5 2013 Crew record when he scores: 4-1-2 2013 Crew record when he assists: 3-1-2

2013 Season Has made 25 starts at forward ... is tied with Dominic Oduro for the team lead in goals (nine) and first on the team in assists (six) ... wore the captain’s armband in each of the club’s first 25 matches in 2013 ... recorded the game-winning goal -- an AT&T Goal of the Week nominee -- in the start at Chivas USA (March 2) ... earned an assist on a corner kick that resulted in Glauber’s header goal against San Jose (March 16) ... recorded a first-half stoppage time penalty kick goal and also added an assist in the 3-0 win against D.C. (April 27) ... earned the game-winning assist on Dominic Oduro’s 42nd-minute goal at Toronto FC (May 18) ... recorded his third goal of the season on a penalty kick at New York (May 26) ... scored his fifth goal of the season as he converted on a penalty kick attempt in the match against Chicago (June 22) to move to 4-for-5 this season from the spot ... recorded his fourth assist of the season on Jairo Arrieta’s 48th-minute goal at Sporting KC (June 29) ... recorded his teamleading fifth assist of the season on a free kick that Bernardo Anor headed home at the top of the penalty area in the 78th minute at LA (July 4) ... recorded the game-winning assist with his sixth helper of the year on Bernardo Anor’s fifth-minute goal -- off of a corner kick -- against Portland (July 7) ... recorded a goal or an assist in four matches from June 22 through July 7 ... scored two goals (sixth and seventh of the year) in the match against New York (August 10), including his fifth penalty kick goal and a “Goal of the Week” nominated (and won the honor) chip from distance ... his five converted penalty kick goals (5-for-7) ties a single-season club record, tying Guillermo Barros Schelotto (2010, 5) and Andres Mendoza (2011, 5) ... recorded another two-goal performance in the next match against Toronto (August 17), again earning a “Goal of the Week” nomination for a chip goal from distance ... received his fifth yellow card -- and later his second of the match -- in the tilt at Real Salt Lake (August 24) and missed the match against Seattle (August 31) and missed the tilt against Houston (September 4) while serving a two-match suspension for yellow-card accumulation and a one-game ban for a red card that was issued in the 89th-minute at RSL. 2013 U.S. Open Cup Made two appearances -- including one start -- at forward ... started at forward in the Third Round win against Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29) and made a substitute appearance in the 2-1 loss in the Fourth Round at Chicago (June 13).

2013: (Crew) 0 GP / 0 GS, 0 G, 0 A in 0 mins Crew’s last match: N/A Last match played: N/A Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A Crew record when he starts: N/A Crew record when he appears: N/A Most saves: N/A

2013 Season Has not made a regular-season appearance in 2013 ... the Supplemental Draft selection from Marshall University signed with the Crew on March 7, 2013 ... missed the matches against Houston (June 1) and at Philadelphia (June 5) with a right foot injury ... was the primary back-up in the match against Portland (July 7) made his professional debut in a substitute appearance in the international friendly against Wigan Athletic (July 13) and conceded one goal in a 40 minutes of action ... has been the primary back-up for the last six matches from August 3 to present.

2013 Reserve League Has made two appearances, both starts ... is 2-0-0 with a 0.00 goals against average ... was Matt Lampson’s primary back-up in the first four matches before suffering a foot injury ... returned as the back-up at Dayton (June 8) ... made his first start of the season at Houston (August 4) and played the first half, keeping the Dynamo off of the scoreboard in the 2-0 win ... made a second start against FC Dallas (August 27) and played the first half, keeping the Hoops scoreless at half in the 3-1 win.

2013 U.S. Open Cup Did not make an appearance.

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2013 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES Columbus Crew 3 at Chivas USA 0 March 2, 2013 at The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.)

Scoring - CLB - Higuain (Arrieta) 51, Williams (Gaven) 88, Oduro (unassisted) 94+ CHV - none Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CLB 12 2 17 2 CHV 14 3 20 3 Columbus Crew 1 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 March 9, 2013 at BC Place (Vancouver, Canada) Scoring - CLB - Arrieta (Speas) 46 VAN - Kobayashi (Mattocks) 6, Miller (unassisted) 57 Shots CLB 15 VAN 8

Saves 1 4

Columbus Crew 0 at Chicago Fire 1 April 20, 2013 at Toyota Park (Bridgeview, Ill.) Scoring - CHI - Larentowicz (Berry, Anibaba) 83 CLB - None Shots CLB 6 CHI 21

Fouls 10 17

Offsides 0 5

Corners 5 2 Att. 16,528

Fouls 13 11

Offsides 3 0

Corners 4 5 Att. 11,034

Saves 4 7

Philadelphia Union 1 at Columbus Crew 1 April 6, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Oduro (Gaven) 72 PHI - McInerney (Cruz, Okugo) 34 Shots Saves PHI 15 2 CLB 10 4 Columbus Crew 1 at Montreal Impact 1 April 14, 2013 at Stade Saputo (Montreal, Canada) Scoring - MTL - Di Vaio (unassisted) 68 CLB - Oduro (unassisted) 72 Shots CLB 12 MTL 14

Corners 5 3 Att. 18,078

San Jose Earthquakes 1 at Columbus Crew 1 March 16, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Glauber (Higuain) 68 SJ - Morrow (Corrales) 73 Shots Saves SJ 15 4 CLB 10 4 Columbus Crew 2 at D.C. United 1 March 23, 2013 at RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) Scoring - D.C. - Rafael (Pontius) 22 CLB - Williams (Wahl) 15, Speas (unassisted) 58 Shots CLB 17 D.C. 9

Att. 7,121

Fouls 10 6

Offsides 2 8

Corners 8 7 Att. 10,293

Fouls 12 14

Offsides 3 2

Corners 7 1 Att. 16,534

Saves 4 5

Fouls 15 6

Offsides 2 5

Corners 5 2 Att. 12,813

Saves 0 7

Fouls 15 15

Offsides 1 2

D.C. United 0 at Columbus Crew 3 April 27, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Oduro (Arrieta, Gaven) 15, Williams (Higuain) 26, Higuain (penalty) 47+’ D.C. - None Shots Saves Fouls Offsides D.C. 21 0 14 5 CLB 7 6 18 2 New York Red Bulls 1 at Columbus Crew 0 May 4, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - None NY - Cahill (unassisted) 80 Shots Saves NY 7 6 CLB 15 2 Colorado Rapids 2 at Columbus Crew 0 May 11, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - None COL - Buddle (Harris, Mwanga) 9, Powers (Brown) 69 Shots Saves COL 4 7 CLB 22 0

Corners 0 10 Att. 14,090 Corners 6 5 Att. 12,020

Fouls 18 10

Offsides 3 5

Corners 4 5 Att. 11,269

Fouls 14 16

Offsides 6 3

Corners 1 7

Columbus Crew 1 at Toronto FC 0 May 18, 2013 at BMO Field (Toronto, Canada) Scoring - TFC - none CLB - Oduro (Higuain) 42 Shots CLB 12 TFC 8 Columbus Crew 2 at New York Red Bulls 2 May 26, 2013 at Red Bull Arena (Harrison, NJ) Scoring - NY - Henry (Cahill) 31, Olave (Steele) 91+’ CLB - Oduro (Gaven) 2, Higuain (penalty) 74 Shots CLB 10 NY 14

Att. 18,278 Saves 3 2

Fouls 18 16

Corners 3 6 Att. 14,840

Saves 4 0

Houston Dynamo 1 at Columbus Crew 1 June 1, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Higuain (penalty) 69 HOU - Creavalle (Sardokie) 31 Shots Saves HOU 12 5 CLB 22 4

Fouls 9 11

Montreal Impact 0 at Columbus Crew 2 June 15, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Sanchez (Oduro) 6, Oduro (unassisted) 22 MTL - None Shots Saves MTL 11 2 CLB 17 3 Chicago Fire 2 at Columbus Crew 1 June 22, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Higuain (penalty) 7 CHI - Duka (Lindpere, Magee) 52, Magee (Lindpere) 54 Shots Saves CHI 14 8 CLB 19 5 Columbus Crew 2 at Sporting KC 3 June 29, 2013 at Sporting Park (Kansas City, Ka..)

Scoring - CLB - Arrieta (Higuain) 48, Oduro (unassisted) 50 SKC - Kamara (Saad) 34, Bieler (unassisted) 50, Kamara (Bieler) 80 Shots Saves CLB 8 5 SKC 24 1

Offsides 2 3

Corners 1 8 Att. 11,040

Fouls 15 9

Columbus Crew 0 at Philadelphia Union 3 June 5, 2013 at PPL Park (Chester, Pa.) Scoring - CLB - None PHI - Carroll (unassisted) 25, Williams (Carroll, Le Toux) 29, Casey (Le Toux) 31 Shots Saves Fouls CLB 19 4 13 PHI 11 4 10

Columbus Crew 1 at LA Galaxy 2 July 4, 2013 at StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.)

Scoring - CLB - Anor (Higuain) 78 LA - Keane (penalty) 85, Keane (penalty) 92+ Shots CLB 8 LA 23

Offsides 3 3

Offsides 2 3

Corners 6 8 Att. 16,113

Offsides 0 3

Corners 5 4 Att. 18,320

Fouls 7 14

Offsides 2 1

Corners 2 8 Att. 19,624

Fouls 13 16

Offsides 1 2

Corners 1 3 Att. 20,128

Fouls 12 10

Offsides 9 1

Corners 1 3 Att. 24,180

Saves 4 2

Portland Timbers 0 at Columbus Crew 1 July 7, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Anor (Higuain) 5 POR -None Shots Saves POR 9 3 CLB 15 1 New England Revolution 2 at Columbus Crew 0 July 20, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - None NE - Goncalves (Nguyen) 91+’, Fagundez (Nguyen) 94+’ Shots Saves NE 10 2 CLB 19 3

Fouls 12 12

Offsides 2 0

Corners 1 10 Att. 15,051

Fouls 16 20

Offsides 2 1

Corners 6 2 Att. 19,323

Fouls 11 10

Offsides 2 5

Corners 6 7

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2013 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES Columbus Crew 1 at Toronto FC 2 July 27, 2013 at BMO Field (Toronto, Canada) Scoring - TFC - Osorio (Brockie, Convey) 87, Wiedeman (Convey) 94+ CLB - Oduro (Sanchez) 17 Shots Saves Fouls CLB 11 2 17 TFC 10 2 10

Att. 17,987 Offsides 2 5

Columbus Crew 1 at Houston Dynamo 3 August 3, 2013 at BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston, Texas) Scoring - HOU - Davis (penalty) 10, Bruin (Garcia) 31, Weaver (Bruin, Garcia) 85 CLB - Own goal (Sardokie) 75 Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CLB 15 1 12 4 HOU 11 4 9 3 New York Red Bulls 0 at Columbus Crew 2 August 10, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Higuain (penalty) 62, Higuain (Trapp) 76 NY - None Shots Saves NY 10 3 CLB 20 2 Toronto FC 0 at Columbus Crew 2 August 17, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Higuain (unassisted) 18, Higuain (Arrieta) 67 TFC - None Shots Saves TFC 8 5 CLB 19 2

Corners 0 9 Att. 20,009 Corners 6 5 Att. 19,080

Fouls 13 7

Offsides 2 4

Corners 9 4 Att. 16,352

Fouls 7 17

Offsides 3 1

Corners 5 5

Columbus Crew 0 at Real Salt Lake 4 August 24, 2013 at Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) Att. 18,398 Scoring - RSL - Beckerman (unassisted) 45+’, Sandoval (Garcia, Morales) 51, Gil (Grabavoy) 83, Beckerman (unasissted) 89 CLB - None Shots Saves Fouls Offsides Corners CLB 4 3 10 2 1 RSL 17 1 13 2 7 Seattle Sounders FC 1 at Columbus Crew 0 August 31, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - None SEA - Johnson (Rosales) 14 Shots Saves SEA 7 3 CLB 24 1 Houston Dynamo 0 at Columbus Crew 2 September 4, 2013 at Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Scoring - CLB - Finley (Meram, Anor) 47, Meram (Finley, Oduro) 74 HOU - None Shots Saves HOU 19 4 CLB 20 3

Att. 20,392 Fouls 11 12

Offsides 3 2

Corners 3 9 Att. 14,360

Fouls 9 10

Offsides 1 3

Corners 9 7

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2013 GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS @ CHIVAS USA W, 3-0 March 2, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl RM Oduro CM O’Rourke CM Viana LM Gaven F Higuain © (Tchani 77’) F Arrieta (Finley 76’)

@ VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC L, 1-2 March 9, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber (Finley 89’) LB Wahl RM Oduro CM O’Rourke (Sanchez, 70’) CM Viana (Tchani, 70’) LM Speas F Higuain © F Arrieta

vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES T, 1-1 March 16, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl RM Oduro (Finlay, 63’) CM O’Rourke CM Viana (Tchani, 61’) LM Speas (Meram, 76’) F Higuain © F Arrieta

@ D.C. UNITED W, 2-1 March 23, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl RM Speas (Finlay, 88’) CM O’Rourke CM Viana (Sanchez, 92+’) LM Gaven F Higuain © (Tchani, 93+’) F Oduro

vs. PHILADELPHIA UNION T, 1-1 April 6, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl RM Speas (Finlay, 85’) CM O’Rourke (Sanchez, 76’) CM Viana (Arrieta, 46’) LM Gaven F Higuain © F Oduro

@ MONTREAL IMPACT T, 1-1 April 14, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl RM Speas (Arrieta 72’) CM O’Rourke (George 82’) CM Viana LM Gaven F Higuain © F Oduro (Finlay 77’)

@ CHICAGO FIRE L, 0-1 April 20, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl RM Speas (Arrieta 65’) CM O’Rourke (George 82’) CM Viana LM Gaven F Higuain © F Oduro (Finlay 76’)

vs. D.C. UNITED W, 3-0 April 27, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Viana (Wahl 20’) RM Oduro CM O’Rourke (Sanchez 88’) CM Tchani LM Gaven F Higuain © F Arrieta (Warzycha 85’)

vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS L, 0-1 May 4, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl (Finley 87’) RM Oduro (Warzycha 92+’) CM O’Rourke (Speas 86’) CM Tchani LM Gaven F Higuain © F Arrieta

vs. COLORADO RAPIDS L, 0-1 May 4, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB Glauber LB Wahl (Finley 70’) RM Oduro CM Sanchez (Warzycha 77’) CM Tchani (Meram 73’) LM Gaven F Higuain © F Arrieta

@ TORONTO FC W, 1-0 May 18, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Gehrig CB Glauber LB Wahl (Barson 83’) RM Gaven CM Sanchez CM Tchani LM Meram (Finlay 79’) F Higuain © F Oduro (Schoenfeld 85’)

@ NEW YORK RED BULLS T, 2-2 May 26, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Gehrig CB George LB Wahl RM Gaven CM Sanchez (O’Rourke 80’) CM Tchani LM Meram F Higuain © F Oduro (Schoenfeld 8’, Speas, 64’)

vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO T, 1-1 June 1, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Barson CB Gehrig CB Glauber LB Wahl RM Oduro (Schoenfeld 89’) CM Sanchez CM Tchani (Warzycha 89’) LM Meram (Speas 74’) F Higuain © F Arrieta

@ PHILADELPHIA UNION L, 0-3 June 5, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Barson CB Gehrig CB Glauber LB Wahl (George 46’) RM Speas (Schoenfeld 46’) CM Sanchez CM Tchani (Warzycha 89’) LM Meram (Anor 76’) F Higuain © F Oduro

vs. MONTREAL IMPACT W, 2-0 June 15, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Barson CB Marshall CB Williams LB Wahl RM Anor CM Sanchez (George 75’) CM O’Rourke LM Speas (Finlay 88’) F Higuain © F Oduro

vs. CHICAGO FIRE L, 1-2 June 22, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Barson (Meram 88’) CB Marshall CB Williams LB Wahl RM Oduro CM O’Rourke CM Sanchez (Schoenfeld 80’) LM Anor F Higuain © F Arrieta

@ SPORTING KC L, 2-3 June 29, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Barson (Schoenfeld 89’) CB Marshall CB Williams LB Wahl RM Anor (Warzycha 81’) CM O’Rourke CM George LM Arrieta F Higuain © F Oduro (Speas 76’)

@ LA GALAXY L, 1-2 July 4, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB O”Rourke LB Barson RM Anor CM George CM Sanchez (Warzycha 66’) LM Speas (Finlay 66’) F Higuain © F Oduro (Tchani 90’)

vs. PORTLAND TIMBERS W, 1-0 July 7, 2013 GK Lampson RB Williams CB Marshall CB O”Rourke LB Barson RM Warzycha (George 61’) CM Trapp LM Anor F Higuain F Schoenfeld (Finlay 58’) F Oduro (Meram 90’)

vs. NE REVOLUTION L, 0-2 July 20, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB O”Rourke LB Barson RM Warzycha CM Trapp LM Anor (Finley 85’) F Higuain F Schoenfeld (Speas 36’) F Oduro (Finlay 89’)

@ TORONTO FC L, 1-2 July 27, 2013 GK Gruenebaum RB Williams CB Marshall CB O’Rourke LB Viana (Barson 79’) RM Oduro (Finlay 86’) CM Sanchez CM Trapp LM Anor (Meram 90’) F Higuain © F Arrieta

@ HOUSTON DYNAMO L, 1-3 August 3, 2013 GK Lampson RB Williams CB Marshall CB O’Rourke LB Viana (Meram 71’) RM Sanchez (George 46’) CM Trapp LM Anor F Higuain © F Oduro F Arrieta (Finley 46’)

vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS W, 2-0 August 10, 2013 GK Lampson RB Barson CB Marshall CB Williams LB Viana RM Oduro CM Trapp CM Anor LM Meram (George 81’) F Higuain © (Tchani 88’) F Arrieta (Finlay 78’)

vs. TORONTO FC W, 2-0 August 17, 2013 GK Lampson RB Barson CB Marshall CB Williams LB Viana RM Oduro CM Trapp CM Anor LM Meram (O’Rourke 66’) F Higuain © (Warzycha 90’) F Arrieta (Finlay 83’)

@ REAL SALT LAKE L, 0-4 August 24, 2013 GK Lampson RB Barson CB Marshall CB Williams LB Viana RM Oduro CM Trapp CM O’Rourke (Tchani 63’) LM Speas (Finley, 74’) F Higuain © F Arrieta (Warzycha 62’)

vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC L, 0-1 August 31, 2013 GK Lampson RB Williams CB Marshall CB O’Rourke © LB Viana (Warzycha 61’) RM Oduro CM Trapp CM Anor LM Meram (Finlay 73’) F Finley F Arrieta

vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO W, 2-0 September 4, 2013 GK Lampson RB Barson CB Marshall © CB Gehrig LB Wahl RM Finlay (Warzycha 81’) CM Trapp (Tchani 39’) CM Anor LM Meram F Finley (Arrieta 75’) F Arrieta

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2013 MLS STATISTICS 2013 COLUMBUS CREW STATISTICS (9-13-5, 32 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 UNF 33 11 3 25 7 26 9 8 17 4 12 20 2 21 13 16 23 30 28 14 5 18 6 24 19

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

PLAYER Federico Higuain Dominic Oduro Josh Williams Jairo Arrieta Bernardo Anor Ryan Finley Justin Meram Matias Sanchez Ben Speas Glauber Eddie Gaven Wil Trapp Tyson Wahl Chad Barson Ethan Finlay Eric Gehrig Kevan George Andy Gruenebaum Matt Lampson Chad Marshall Danny O'Rourke Aaron Schoenfeld Tony Tchani Agustin Viana Konrad Warzycha Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP

GS 25 27 24 19 13 9 14 14 15 13 10 9 18 14 15 5 10 20 7 23 21 8 15 14 13

25 27 24 15 12 2 8 10 10 13 10 9 17 12 1 5 3 20 7 23 19 2 7 14 2

27 27

27 27

MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2232 9 6 73 27 18 18 14 97 6 1 2265 9 2 72 28 20 45 23 0 3 0 2160 3 0 20 8 16 12 0 0 2 0 1342 2 3 47 13 29 19 16 0 4 0 1079 2 1 39 11 23 23 2 1 3 0 269 1 1 14 4 2 4 3 0 0 0 683 1 1 20 6 11 11 3 1 1 0 820 1 1 6 1 32 12 0 0 5 0 865 1 1 15 4 4 14 0 0 0 0 1169 1 0 5 2 26 6 0 0 5 0 900 0 4 7 4 13 38 2 1 1 0 759 0 1 6 0 7 6 0 9 2 0 1525 0 1 2 1 24 9 0 0 4 0 1095 0 0 3 0 9 13 0 0 0 0 252 0 0 4 2 5 3 0 8 0 0 450 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 429 0 0 3 1 8 4 0 0 3 0 1800 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 630 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2070 0 0 15 5 15 16 0 0 1 0 1661 0 0 3 0 44 17 0 0 5 0 210 0 0 8 2 11 6 1 0 2 0 756 0 0 7 1 12 13 0 0 1 0 1036 0 0 8 1 18 16 1 0 3 0 272 0 0 10 0 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 2430 31 22 389 122 354 328 65 117 52 1 2430 35 33 348 120 328 354 80 144 48 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Federico Higuain 3, Dominic Oduro 2, Ben Speas 1, Matias Sanchez 1 Ryan Finley 1, Bernardo Anor 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Federico Higuain 2, Jairo Arrieta 2, Dominic Oduro 1, Justin Meram 1 Eddie Gaven 1, Bernardo Anor 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Federico Higuain 5-7, Ryan Finley 0-1 COLUMBUS CREW INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN GAA PG SHTS SV GA 28 G Matt Lampson 7 7 630 22 13 8 1.14 30 G Andy Gruenebaum 20 20 1800 98 70 27 1.35 Team totals 27 27 2430 120 83 35 1.3 Opponent totals 27 27 2430 122 88 31 1.15

PA 1 2 3 5

W 1 2 3 8

L 4 5 9 13

T 3 10 13 9

0 5 5 5

SO 4 4 8 7

GAME 28: COLUMBUS CREW AT SPORTING KANSAS CITY CURRENT COLUMBUS CREW PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (21-20-6) UNF

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

PLAYER Eddie Gaven Dominic Oduro Jairo Arrieta Chad Marshall Danny O'Rourke Federico Higuain Tyson Wahl Josh Williams Bernardo Anor Chad Barson Ethan Finlay Eric Gehrig Kevan George Andy Gruenebaum Justin Meram Aaron Schoenfeld Ben Speas Tony Tchani Konrad Warzycha Team totals Opponent totals

GP

POS 30 GK

GOALKEEPER Andy Gruenebaum ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP

12 11 25 14 5 33 2 3 7 21 13 16 23 30 9 18 17 6 19

UNF

GS 23 13 4 23 14 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 1 5 1 47 47

22 8 4 23 14 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 7 3 0 0 4 0 47 47 GS

MIN G A 1826 4 727 3 331 3 2031 2 1219 0 180 0 360 0 329 0 171 0 89 0 18 0 90 0 90 0 630 0 249 0 1 0 14 0 351 0 9 0 4250 77 4250 71 MIN

7

7

630

47 47

47 47

4250 4250

3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 72

SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C 32 18 21 45 7 12 16 6 9 11 15 0 6 6 7 7 5 0 17 5 26 8 0 0 3 0 28 12 0 0 6 1 2 2 5 4 1 0 8 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 592 241 647 661 142 222 707 276 674 633 106 225

SHTS SV GA GAA PG 38 24 10 1.43 276 241

193 152

71 77

1.5 1.63

PA

W

L

E 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 78 78

T

0

0

3

3

6 4

6 4

21 20

20 21

1

CP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7

0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 193

SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0

6 11 0-0-2 6 10 0-0-2

#

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 40

Player

Tyson Wahl Josh Williams Glauber Danny O'Rourke Tony Tchani Bernardo Anor Matias Sanchez Justin Meram Dominic Oduro Eddie Gaven Ethan Finlay Chad Marshall Eric Gehrig Ben Speas Aaron Schoenfeld Konrad Warzycha Wil Trapp Chad Barson Drew Beckie Kevan George Agustin Viana Jairo Arrieta Ryan Finley Aaron Horton Matt Lampson Andy Gruenebaum Kyle Hyland Shawn Sloan Federico Higuain Daniel Withrow

3 SJ 1-1 90D 90D 90D 90M 29

4 DC 2-1 90D 90D 90D 90M 1

5 PHI 1-1 90D 90D 90D 76M

6 MTL 1-1 90D 90D 90D 82M

8 DC 3-0 70 90D 90D 88M 90M

9 NY 0-1 87D 90D 90D 86M 90M

10 COL 0-2 70D 90D 90D

13

11 TOR 1-0 83D 90D 90D

5

90D

90M 79M 85F 90M 11

73M 90M

7 CHI 0-1 90D 90D 90D 82M

2 VAN 1-2 90D 90D 89D 70M 20

1 CHV 3-0 90D 90D 90D 90M 13 2 77M 17 76F 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 14 90D 90D 90D 90D

1

4

20 1 14 14 90M 90M 63M 90F 90F 77F 90M 90M 90M 90M 27 2 5 13 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 76M 88M 85M 72M 65M 5 7

90D 90F

45

15

90M 90M 29 90M 90M

90G

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NE TOR HOU NY TOR RSL SEA HOU 0-2 1-2 1-3 2-0 2-0 0-4 0-1 2-0 90D

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

90D 90D 90D 24 63M 90D 2 27 51 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 19 81M 66M 73M 90M 90F 90M 90M 90M 90M 90F 85M 89M 90M 1 89F 86M

90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

45 9 79D 71D 90D 90D 90D 61D 90F 45F 78F 83F 62F 90F 15 45 16 90F 75F

1 4 12 7 17 81M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 54 74M 36F 90M 1 28 29 9 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 39M 90D 11 90D 90D 90D 90D

5

90G 90G

77M 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90F 90M 90M 90M 88F 89M 89M

90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

8 8 90M 70M 61M 89M 45M 90M 90M 20D 76F 90F 90F 45 18 25 85F 90F 90F 14 1 3 20

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NY HOU PHI MTL CHI KC LA POR 2-2 1-1 0-3 2-0 1-2 2-3 1-2 1-0 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 10 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90M 89M 90M 1 14 90M 90M 81M 90M 90M 80M 90M 90M 75M 80M 66M 90M 74M 76M 2 1 8F 89M 90F 89F 90F 76F 89F 89F 90M 2 24 32 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 28 16 45M 88M 14 66M 54 1 45 10 1 58F 1 1 9 24 61M 90M 90D 90D 90D 88D 89D 90D 90D

COLUMBUS CREW

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

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

log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 03/02/2013 03/09/2013 03/16/2013 03/23/2013 04/06/2013 04/14/2013 04/20/2013 04/27/2013 05/04/2013 05/11/2013 05/18/2013 05/26/2013 06/01/2013 06/05/2013 06/15/2013 06/22/2013 06/29/2013 07/04/2013 07/07/2013 07/20/2013 07/27/2013 08/03/2013 08/10/2013 08/17/2013 08/24/2013 08/31/2013 09/04/2013

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

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

CHV 0 VAN 2 SJ 1 DC 1 PHI 1 MTL 1 CHI 1 DC 0 NY 1 COL 2 TOR 0 NY 2 HOU 1 PHI 3 MTL 0 CHI 2 KC 3 LA 2 POR 0 NE 2 TOR 2 HOU 3 NY 0 TOR 0 RSL 4 SEA 1 HOU 0

W L T W T T L W L L W T T L W L L L W L L L W W L L W Finley 1 (Meram 1, Anor 1)

15; Williams 3 (Higuain 2)

74

76 67

74

94+

26; Higuain 2 (penalty kick)

47; Meram 1 (Finley 1, Oduro 2)

Oduro 9 (Sanchez 1) 17 own goal (Sarkodie) 75 Higuain 6 (penalty kick) 62; Higuain 7 (Trapp 1) Higuain 8 (unassisted) 18; Higuain 9 (Arrieta 3)

Sanchez 1 (Oduro 1) 6; Oduro 7 (unassisted) 22 Higuain 5 (penalty kick) 7 Arrieta 2 (Higuain 4) 48; Oduro 8 (unassisted) 53 Anor 1 (Higuain 5) 78 Anor 2 (Higuain 6) 5

Oduro 5 (Higuain 3) 42 Oduro 6 (Gaven 4) 2; Higuain 3 (penalty kick) Higuain 4 (penalty kick) 69

Oduro 4 (Arrieta 2, Gaven 3)

Higuain 1 (Arrieta 1) 51; Williams 1 (Gaven 1) 88; Oduro 1 (unassisted) Arrieta 1 (Speas 1) 46 Glauber 1 (Higuain 1) 68 Williams 2 (Wahl 1) 15; Speas 1 (unassisted) 58 Oduro 2 (Gaven 2) 72 Oduro 3 (unassisted) 72

COLUMBUS CREW 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2

47+

#

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 40

Player

Tyson Wahl Josh Williams Glauber Danny O'Rourke Tony Tchani Bernardo Anor Matias Sanchez Justin Meram Dominic Oduro Eddie Gaven Ethan Finlay Chad Marshall Eric Gehrig Ben Speas Aaron Schoenfeld Konrad Warzycha Wil Trapp Chad Barson Drew Beckie Kevan George Agustin Viana Jairo Arrieta Ryan Finley Aaron Horton Matt Lampson Andy Gruenebaum Kyle Hyland Shawn Sloan Federico Higuain Daniel Withrow

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2013 4R 06/13/2013

W L

Gaven (Higuain) 52; Meram (Gaven) 84 Warzycha (Speas) 22

COLUMBUS CREW

20

90G

90D

90D 70M 8 90M

90F

90F 81

82M 90M

9D

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 4R DAYT CHI 2-1 1-2 90D 90D 90D 90M

25 88M

90D 65M 90F 90M 90D 2

25 90G

65F

CLB 2 vs DAYTON 1 CLB 1 at CHI 2