Game Notes

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v CHICAGO FIRE (Sept. 28, Livestrong Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT; NBC SN) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2012 SEASON RECORDS

Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 30 16-7-7 55 37 25 15 8-3-4 28 18 11

Fire on road

29 16-8-5 53 42 34 14 5-6-3 18 17 20

1 Nielsen

2

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

55

20

Julio Cesar

Rosell

Espinoza

8

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 42 62

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

17 7

18

MacDonald

Rolfe

11

4

Paladini

Fernandez

13

FIRE

SPORTING

Segares

A 34 77

19 13 9 1

19 9 6 0

25 5 4 1 2 1 4 0

19 2 6 1 2 0 1 3

7 24 11

8 23 3

TYPE OF PLAY

9 26 2

9 11 5

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC CHI

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 8-1-1 7-2-6 1-4-0 9-0-1 5-4-4 2-4-0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/01/2012 KC 2, TOR 1 9/19/2012 KC 2, NY 0 7/28/2012 KC 1, CLB 2 7/18/2012 KC 1, HOU 2 9/22/2012 KC 0, MTL 0 9/22/2012 KC 0, MTL 0 9/22/2012 KC 0, MTL 0

22

23

6 Anibaba

Friedrich

25

REFEREE: Chris Penso.

AR1 (bench): Chris Strickland; AR2 (opposite): Eric Proctor; 4th: Ted Unkel INJURY REPORTS SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); QUESTIONABLE: MF Paulo Nagamura (R foot contusion) …

CHICAGO FIRE – OUT: DF Cory Gibbs (R knee meniscus repair); QUESTIONABLE: MF Pavel Pardo (L calf tightness)

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: KC: Jacob Peterson WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Julio Cesar … CHI: Pavel Pardo

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

CHICAGO FIRE 1 Jay Nolly (GK) 3 Dan Gargan (DF) 4 Alvaro Fernandez (MF) 5 Cory Gibbs (DF) 6 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 7 Sherjill McDonald (MF) 8 Dominic Oduro (FW) 9 Federico Puppo (FW) 10 Guillermo Franco (FW) 11 Daniel Paladini (MF) 12 Logan Pause (MF) 13 Gonzalo Segares (DF) 14 Patrick Nyarko (FW) 15 Wells Thompson (FW) 17 Pavel Pardo (MF) 18 Chris Rolfe (FW) 19 Corben Bone (MF) 20 Tony Walls (DF) 21 Michael Videira (MF) 22 Austin Berry (DF) 23 Arne Friedrich (DF) 25 Sean Johnson (GK) 27 Victor Pineda (MF) 28 Steven Kinney (DF) 31 Tony Walls (DF) 70 Paolo Tornaghi (GK) 71 Alex (MF) 94 Kellen Gulley (FW) 99 Hunter Jumper (DF)

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 13-2-3 3-5-1 9-0-1 7-8-2

THE LAST TIME

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

12 Pause

Johnson

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

17 Pardo

Berry

HOW SCORED

13 1 0 1 3 1 4 2

23 Kamara

Sapong

UPCOMING MATCHES FIRE SPORTING Wed. Oct. 3 Philadelphia Sun. Oct. 7 at Columbus Sat. Oct. 6 at New York Sat. Oct. 20 at New York Sat. Oct. 20 at New England Wed. Oct. 24 Philadelphia Sat. Oct. 27 D.C. United

13 9 5 1 3 1 4 1

16 Sinovic

Zusi

2012 (MLS) 5/12: CHI 2, KC 1 (Grazzini 61; Oduro 81 – Convey 31) 6/29: KC 0, CHI 1 (Pappa 58)

13 8 4 0

5 Besler

15

AT KC (22 meetings): Sporting 7 wins (0 shootout), 31 goals …

Fire 8 wins (1 shootout), 37 goals … Ties 7

20 4 12 1

78 Collin

Harrington

ALL-TIME (42 meetings): Sporting 10 wins (0 shootout), 50 goals …

Fire 23 wins (1 shootout), 80 goals … Ties 9

F A 37 25 73 108

ROSTERS SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (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) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Roger Espinoza (MF) 16 Seth Sinovic (DF) 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) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 25 Neven Markovic (DF) 27 Kyle Miller (DF) 28 Scott Angevine (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF)

CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) 9/22/2012 CHI 2, CLB 1 9/12/2012 CHI 2, TOR 1 7/08/2012 CHI 0, LA 2 8/22/2012 CHI 2, DC 4 7/28/2012 CHI 1, SJ 1 7/14/2012 CHI 1, VAN 0 7/18/2012 CHI 0, NY 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWWWWWLLLTWWTLLWTWLTLWWWTWTWT Fire TWLTWLWTWLWLLWWWTLWLTWWWLWWWW

(0) (0) (6) (1) (8) (10) (9)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 11 Kamara A: 14 Zusi SHT: 125 Kamara SOG: 46 Kamara FC: 56 Collin FS: 54 Kamara OF: 13 Sapong C: 6 Collin E: 1 3 players tied FIRE G: 8 Rolfe A: 7 Nyarko SHT: 69 Pappa SOG: 23 Oduro FC: 33 Nyarko FS: 64 Nyarko OF: 31 Oduro C: 5 Gargan/Pappa E: 1 3 players tied

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 30 7 12 8 3 0 37 1.23 CHI 29 6 9 9 5 0 42 1.45 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME

GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 30 13 11 5 0 1 25 0.83 CHI 29 5 16 7 0 1 34 1.17 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 37 9 5 7 5 4 7 CHI 42 7 8 9 3 8 7 GOALS ALLOWED

Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 25 2 6 4 5 3 5 CHI 34 3 7 9 5 4 6

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v CHICAGO FIRE

(Sept. 28, Livestrong Sporting Park, 7:30 p.m. CT - MLS Game 284)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 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 30 30 0 0 90 90 0 0 2 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 11 9 0 1 149 128 5 14 3 Korede Aiyegbusi DF 5-5 155 07/15/1988 London, England 1 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 27 26 0 2 99 94 2 4 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 23 15 1 1 180 159 10 15 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 26 24 0 5 85 61 0 7 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 28 27 3 14 92 61 9 22 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 22 14 5 1 77 47 19 6 11 Bobby Convey MF 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 15 14 1 2 179 166 12 32 12 Konrad Warzycha FW 6-1 190 02/14/1989 Zabrze, Poland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 17 8 0 0 18 8 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 160 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 24 24 0 2 111 91 2 11 16 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 26 26 0 2 66 64 0 2 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 27 20 7 0 61 42 12 5 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 9 3 0 1 10 3 0 1 20 Oriol Rosell MF 6-0 168 07/07/1992 Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 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 9 2 0 1 13 2 1 1 23 Kei Kamara MF 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 29 28 11 5 174 133 45 18 24 Cyprian Hedrick DF 6-0 185 10/06/1989 Duala, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Neven Markovic DF 6-0 173 02/20/1987 Capljina, Yugoslavia 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 27 Kyle Miller DF 5-9 160 05/12/1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Scott Angevine GK 6-1 185 05/27/1989 Kansas City, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 20 8 3 1 158 90 12 11 MF 6-1 170 11/18/1978 Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 23 21 1 0 50 46 3 2 55 Julio Cesar 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 26 26 3 1 49 47 6 1 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 7 3 0 0 7 3 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W43 L35 T28

CHICAGO FIRE 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jay Nolly GK 6-3 205 01/02/1982 Orlando, FL 0 0 0 0 22 21 0 0 2 Wells Thompson MF 5-10 155 11/25/1983 Winston-Salem, NC 20 5 0 1 149 76 7 7 3 Dan Gargan DF 5-11 175 12/14/1982 Philadelphia, PA 20 17 0 1 121 94 2 8 4 Alvaro Fernandez MF 6-1 159 10/11/1985 Soriano, Uruguay 22 18 4 3 63 45 15 4 5 Cory Gibbs DF 6-1 180 01/14/1980 Plantation, FL 3 3 0 0 104 103 4 2 6 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 175 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 28 27 1 1 57 54 3 2 7 Sherjill MacDonald FW 6-0 174 11/20/1984 Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 7 2 3 9 7 2 3 8 Dominic Oduro FW 6-0 160 08/13/1985 Accra, Ghana 28 21 5 3 178 99 32 17 9 Federico Puppo FW 5-8 160 12/06/1986 Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay 11 1 0 1 11 1 0 1 10 Guillermo Franco FW 5-11 168 11/03/1976 Corrientes, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Daniel Paladini MF 5-9 165 11/11/1984 Van Nuys, CA 11 4 2 1 42 25 3 2 12 Logan Pause MF 5-10 155 08/22/1981 Hillsborough, NC 27 26 1 0 254 231 3 11 13 Gonzalo Segares DF 5-11 162 10/13/1982 San Jose, Costa Rica 27 27 3 1 174 171 11 13 14 Patrick Nyarko FW 6-0 165 01/15/1986 Kumasi, Ghana 29 26 3 7 125 96 10 28 15 Orr Barouch FW 6-2 190 11/29/1991 Haifa, Israel 9 1 0 0 37 3 2 2 17 Pavel Pardo MF 5-10 150 07/26/1976 Guadalajara, Mexico 27 26 1 4 40 38 2 9 18 Chris Rolfe MF 5-8 146 01/17/1983 Kettering, OH 17 14 8 2 140 117 44 20 19 Corben Bone MF 5-9 160 09/16/1988 Plano, TX 2 0 0 0 17 8 0 1 20 Tony Walls DF 5-11 185 01/16/1990 Wauwatosa, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Michael Videira MF 5-10 170 01/06/1986 Milford, MA 2 0 0 0 23 12 0 1 22 Austin Berry DF 6-2 180 10/06/1988 Cincinnati, OH 23 23 3 0 23 23 3 0 23 Arne Friedrich DF 6-1 170 05/29/1979 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany 19 18 1 0 19 18 1 0 25 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Auburn, GA 26 26 0 1 67 67 0 1 27 Victor Pineda MF 5-11 140 05/15/1993 Chicago, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Steven Kinney DF 6-0 175 10/28/1987 Norcross, GA 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 1 70 Paolo Tornaghi GK 6-2 175 06/21/1988 Garbagnate Milanese, Italy 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 71 Alex MF 5-8 155 12/15/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil 13 5 2 0 13 5 2 0 Kellen Gulley FW 6-0 185 04/06/1994 Clinton, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 99 Hunter Jumper DF 6-2 175 02/28/1989 Plano, TX 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Sebastian Grazzini MF 5-11 165 01/25/1981 Rosario, Argentina 14 14 2 5 25 25 7 9 HEAD COACH : Frank Klopas 09/01/1966 W24 L13 T15

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs CHICAGO FIRE LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. September 28, 2012 (WEEK 30, MLS Game #284) 7:30 p.m. CT (NBC SN; TSN2) A mouthwatering clash for the top of the Eastern Conference is ahead before an NBC Sports Network audience on Friday night as two of the hottest teams in MLS meet when Sporting Kansas City play host to the Chicago Fire. Sporting lead the East by two points and could book their passage for the MLS Cup Playoffs with a win, now unbeaten in eight games after a scoreless draw at Montréal. The Fire have won four games on the trot to pull within striking distance of the East lead, after yet another come-from-behind win in a 2-1 defeat of Columbus last weekend.

REFEREE: Chris Penso. AR1 (bench): Chris Strickland; AR2 (opposite): Eric Proctor; 4th: Ted Unkel MLS Career: 29 games; FC/gm: 22.0; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 6; pens: 11 INJURY REPORT: SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); QUESTIONABLE: MF Paulo Nagamura (R foot contusion) … CHICAGO FIRE – OUT: DF Cory Gibbs (R knee meniscus repair); QUESTIONABLE: MF Pavel Pardo (L calf tightness) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: KC: Jacob Peterson (through Sept. 30) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Julio Cesar … CHI: Pavel Pardo SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Chance Myers, Jimmy Nielsen, Paulo Nagamura, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi … CHI: Sebastian Grazzini, Patrick Nyarko, Dominic Oduro, Gonzalo Segares HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (42 meetings): Sporting 10 wins (0 shootout), 50 goals … Fire 23 wins (1 shootout), 80 goals … Ties 9 AT KC (22 meetings): Sporting 7 wins (0 shootout), 31 goals … Fire 8 wins (1 shootout), 37 goals … Ties 7 2012 (MLS) 5/12: CHI 2, KC 1 (Grazzini 61; Oduro 81 – Convey 31) 6/29: KC 0, CHI 1 (Pappa 58)  The teams are meeting for the third time this season, and the Fire have won the first two. Goals by Sebastian Grazzini and Dominic Oduro gave Chicago a 2-1 win May 12 at Toyota Park, then Marco Pappa scored the game’s only goal in a Fire win at KC on June 29.  Kansas City hasn’t defeated Chicago at home since 2007. The Fire have won two of the six meetings since, with four draws. Last year’s meeting, a scoreless draw, was the grand opening of Livestrong Sporting Park.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. CHI: P7 W1 L4 D2 … Frank Klopas vs. KC: P3 W2 L0 D1 LAST MEETING  The game's lone goal came after 58 minutes. On a swift counterattack, the Fire's Marco Pappa breaking down the middle, fed Chris Rolfe on the left, then slotted the return ball low between goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen and Matt Besler and into the back of the net from the heart of the area.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Lawrence Olum (Matt Besler 19), Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic - Julio Cesar (Peterson Joseph 82), Roger Espinoza - Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 72) - Teal Bunbury.  CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3-1): Sean Johnson - Jalil Anibaba, Arne Friedrich (Hunter Jumper 79), Austin Berry, Dan Gargan - Logan Pause, Pavel Pardo - Patrick Nyarko (Rafael Robayo 82), Chris Rolfe, Marco Pappa (Alex 64) - Dominic Oduro.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City concluded their two-game road swing by extending their long undefeated run, gaining a scoreless draw with the Montréal Impact on Saturday afternoon at Stade Saputo. Sporting are in first place in the Eastern Conference, with 55 points from 30 matches.

LAST MATCH  Sporting goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen was credited with three saves in comfortably picking up his league-leading 14th shutout, making a key stop in stoppage time from Matteo Ferrari’s powerful header off a Marco Di Vaio free kick.  Impact goalkeeper Troy Perkins made two saves on the rainy afternoon, not greatly troubled between the posts.

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Sporting head coach Peter Vermes made four changes to the team that knocked off the New York Red Bulls 20 at Red Bull Arena. Michael Harrington and Lawrence Olum came into the back four for Chance Myers and Aurelien Collin, and Oriol Rosell and Jacob Peterson came into the side for Paulo Nagamura and Roger Espinoza.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-2-3-1): Jimmy Nielsen - Michael Harrington, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 60), Oriol Rosell (Peterson Joseph 90) - Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers 83) - C.J. Sapong.

TEAM NEWS  Sporting concluded their two-game Eastern swing with four points from two matches and are now unbeaten in their last four games away from Kansas City. Sporting own the best road record in MLS this season at 8-4-3, percentage points ahead of San Jose (8-5-2).  “If you'd have told us that would be the case going into this trip, we'd have said, 'That'd be great,'” manager Peter Vermes said. “This was a huge result. We came to play, and for us to do that on such a quick turnaround, with (Montreal) having the week off, I'm very pleased with the point and the performance of all the guys.”  Sporting’s eight-game unbeaten run is their longest of the season, after winning seven consecutive games to start the year, and is tied for the longest in MLS this season (also: Houston, June 30-Aug. 3).  Sporting have allowed just four goals over their eight-game unbeaten streak, and have recorded four shutouts in the span.  “It was a big goal of ours going into the season, to make sure that we are defending well,” Vermes said. “I’m proud of the fact that we are really having a strong commitment to defense. Because to win, to be successful in this game, you have to have a good defense. Right now, the guys are committed to that, all the players, so far it’s been good.”  Jimmy Nielsen recorded his 13th shutout in the draw in Montréal, now two ahead of Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall for the MLS lead in the category. “It’s not a goal for me when I go on the field to get a shutout; it’s a bonus if it happens, Nielsen said. “We didn’t score today, so the best we could get out of this is a point. But for the last five days, we are pretty satisfied with four points.  With Sporting playing a second game on the road in four days, midfielder Oriol Rosell was given his first MLS start, playing a central midfield role. Rosell had made three previous appearances, the longest a 12-minute stint.  “I asked him to do something different, because I thought Naga was struggling a little bit,” manager Peter Vermes said. “So he did something that he wasn't normally used to. But I tell you what, he did a good job. He was good in the game. His instincts to move the ball were excellent, and he put himself in good positions to really help us at times.” Said midfielder Graham Zusi: “I thought he played well. He played smart, simple and he found his gaps pretty well.”  Jacob Peterson also returned to the starting lineup for the first time since July 28, after having come on as a substitute in each of the last two games. But Peterson will be suspended for the Chicago match after he was shown a red card while sitting on the bench after being substituted in the 83rd minute.  Having not made an appearance since Aug. 4, when he forced to leave after just seven minutes of the match vs. New England, Bobby Convey has returned to training. But Vermes did not set a timetable for his return to the lineup.  “I couldn't tell you right now,” Vermes said. “I don't want to all of a sudden say, 'Hey, get into a game.' That doesn't make sense either. I'd like to see him get more opportunity here as we go forward. It'd be great to get him into some of the games late in the season and then into the playoffs, to have him available at least.”  With a victory, or with a tie or even a loss and the right combination of results, Sporting will become the first Eastern Conference team to secure its place in the MLS Cup Playoffs.  “We're locking in to the end of the season, trying to make a strong run for the Supporters’ Shield,” midfielder Graham Zusi said. “These games, they're more of a battle than anything. We matched the intensity of Montreal, and I think we're really homing into these last few games.”

CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire extended their winning to four games, coming back for a 2-1 win against the Columbus Crew on Saturday evening at Toyota Park. The Fire are in second place in the Eastern Conference with 53 points from 29 games.

LAST MATCH  The Crew took the lead in the 15th minute. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson’s pass went directly to the feet of Columbus forward Jairo Arrieta, who dribbled past a diving Johnson and beat sliding defender Arne Friedrich for his sixth goal of the year.  But the Fire were level just eight minutes later. Forward Sherjill MacDonald found Chris Rolfe with a throughpass, and he buried a shot past goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum from just inside the area.  Three minutes later, Rolfe settled a pass from Patrick Nyarko just outside the penalty area and calmly placed a curling shot out of Gruenebaum’s reach.

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Fire head coach Frank Klopas made no changes to the team that came back for a 3-1 win against the Montréal Impact at Toyota Park.  CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3-1): Sean Johnson - Jalil Anibaba, Arne Friedrich, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares Logan Pause, Alex (Wells Thompson 89) - Patrick Nyarko, Chris Rolfe (Dominic Oduro 84), Alvaro Fernandez Sherjill MacDonald (Daniel Paladini 78).

TEAM NEWS  The Fire have won four games in a row, their longest winning streak in seven years, matching the club’s longest since winning 11 in a row in its inaugural campaign of 1998.  “We made a mistake, we gave up the goal, but I gave so much credit to the team. You know, we never panicked, we kept playing the same way and we scored two very nice goals,” said Fire head coach Frank Klopas. “We had some opportunities in the second half to put the game away and I think in the end it was a little bit difficult because as a tendency when you’re up we dropped a little bit off and then they played everything in the box. Lot of long balls, which is our strength.”  Heading into the All-Star break, the Fire were in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Since then, they’ve lost just once in nine games, going 7-1-1 – and could take over the top spot in the division with a victory.  “We’re excited that there’s so much on the line with every game. I think that’s the exciting part. We didn’t have this in the past and I think the players are excited for sure,” Klopas said. “The pressure is how you deal with it and I think we’ve dealt well. We’ve prepared well and I think that’s what gives players confidence on the field which is very important.”  The Fire have scored 19 goals in their last eight games, hitting for multiple goals in each one. It’s by far the longest such streak in MLS this season (San Jose currently has a five-game streak alive).  “As the season draws to a close and you get to the playoffs, we’re not going to have like, eight, nine, 10 chances a game like we’ve been creating in the last several games,” Chris Rolfe said. “Tonight was an eyeopener that it’s going to be tougher toward the end of the season and in the playoffs. You don’t get as many chances, so you have to be good with the finishes.”  For a second consecutive game, the Fire came from behind to win after allowing the opening goal. They have won a remarkable seven games after conceding first; next in MLS is New York with five wins after allowing the opener.  “We seem to start out decent in a game then go down a goal and respond to that,” Rolfe said. "That’s something that we have to fix, but it’s still a good thing that we can come back from that.”  The Fire allowed a single goal for a fourth consecutive match, having gone since July 14 without posting a shutout.  “For me, the important thing is that we don’t give up goals,” said defender Arne Friedrich. “It was a little unlucky how we gave up the goal, but the most important thing is the character of the team. There were games this season that we went down a goal and we came back fantastic – same as today – and this is what counts.”  Rolfe scored his second two-goal game since his return to MLS in the Fire’s 2-1 come-from-behind win vs.

Columbus. He has a goal or an assist in six of the last nine games, with seven goals and an assist in that time.  Patrick Nyarko collected his seventh assist on Rolfe’s opening goal, now the Fire leader in the category. “He’s done a great job for us this year; this time he came down the side pulling attention away from me and Sherjill [MacDonald] and he happened to find my feet. I took a good first touch and had a pretty good finish,” Rolfe said.  Pavel Pardo was forced to miss a second consecutive match with calf tightness, and was listed as questionable on the club’s injury report to start the week.  “I’m glad it’s now and not in the end. I will see every day how I feel, how the muscle progresses,” Pardo said.

“Sometimes it’s like that, so many games, so many minutes I was playing during the season. But I’m OK. I feel better day-by-day.”

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2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (16-7-7, 55 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 23 M Kei Kamara 17 F C.J. Sapong 9 F Teal Bunbury 8 M Graham Zusi 78 D Aurelien Collin 37 M Jacob Peterson 11 M Bobby Convey 6 M Paulo Nagamura 55 M Julio Cesar 20 M Oriol Rosell 7 D Chance Myers 5 D Matt Besler 15 M Roger Espinoza 16 D Seth Sinovic 2 D Michael Harrington 19 M Peterson Joseph 22 F Soony Saad 3 D Korede Aiyegbusi 14 F Dom Dwyer 25 D Neven Markovic 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 13 D Lawrence Olum 32 D Luke Sassano 88 M Michael Thomas 12 F Konrad Warzycha 28 G Scott Angevine 4 D Kevin Ellis 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 27 D Kyle Miller Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 29 27 22 28 26 20 15 23 23 4 26 27 24 26 11 9 9 1 1 2 30 17 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0

GS 28 20 14 27 26 8 14 15 21 1 24 26 24 26 9 3 2 0 0 1 30 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIN 2511 1850 1247 2433 2309 803 987 1454 1715 103 2178 2409 2096 2261 877 197 305 19 4 96 2700 713 14 344 1 0 0 0 0 0

30 30

30 30

2700 2700

G 11 7 5 3 3 3 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 37 25

A 5 0 1 14 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 125 49 50 71 28 21 7 31 16 1 17 7 32 12 0 2 7 1 0 1 0 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOG 46 19 16 19 7 9 3 4 2 1 2 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

FC 37 33 23 34 56 5 5 20 27 2 32 23 46 23 9 5 5 0 1 4 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

FS 54 39 15 41 27 7 7 17 16 0 24 9 42 19 5 3 5 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFF 12 13 9 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 3 0 2 133 0 0 31 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

39 19

492 286

141 88

403 356

356 403

50 99

182 85

48 51

3 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: C.J. Sapong 4, Kei Kamara 4, Graham Zusi 3, Oriol Rosell 1, Jacob Peterson 1 Aurelien Collin 1, Teal Bunbury 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 5, Chance Myers 4, Kei Kamara 2, Matt Besler 2, Jacob Peterson 1 Paulo Nagamura 1, Peterson Joseph 1, Michael Harrington 1, Bobby Convey 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kei Kamara 2-3, Graham Zusi 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 30 30 2700 Team totals 30 30 2700 Opponent totals 30 30 2700

SHTS SV 88 65 88 65 141 103

GA 25 25 37

GAA 0.83 0.83 1.23

PG 3 3 3

PA 3 3 4

W 16 16 7

L 7 7 16

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 7 7 7

SO 13 13 7

2012 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (16-8-5, 53 pts.)

UNF POS PLAYER 18 M Chris Rolfe 16 M Marco Pappa 8 F Dominic Oduro 4 M Alvaro Fernandez (TOT) 4 M Alvaro Fernandez (CHI) 14 F Patrick Nyarko 13 D Gonzalo Segares 22 D Austin Berry 10 M Sebastian Grazzini 7 F Sherjill MacDonald 11 M Daniel Paladini 71 M Alex 17 M Pavel Pardo 6 D Jalil Anibaba 23 D Arne Friedrich 12 M Logan Pause 3 D Dan Gargan 25 G Sean Johnson 9 F Federico Puppo 2 M Wells Thompson (TOT) 2 M Wells Thompson (CHI) 15 F Orr Barouch 19 M Corben Bone 5 D Cory Gibbs 99 D Hunter Jumper 88 M Rafael Robayo 70 G Paolo Tornaghi 21 M Michael Videira 10 F Guillermo Franco 94 F Kellen Gulley 28 D Steven Kinney 1 G Jay Nolly 27 M Victor Pineda 20 D Tony Walls Team totals Opponent totals

GP 17 22 28 22 8 29 27 23 14 9 11 13 27 28 19 27 20 26 11 20 3 9 2 3 5 16 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 29

GS 14 20 21 18 7 26 27 23 14 7 4 5 26 27 18 26 17 26 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 29

MIN 1318 1615 1697 1492 572 2348 2323 2070 1103 583 446 583 2296 2418 1472 2058 1587 2316 216 634 35 224 26 270 48 439 270 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 2586 2586

G 8 6 5 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 34

A 2 5 3 3 1 7 1 0 5 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 31

SHT 48 69 49 24 11 33 12 12 30 23 9 25 24 15 10 5 12 0 3 10 2 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 403 425

SOG 18 21 23 7 3 11 6 5 15 7 4 7 7 3 5 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 144

FC 11 28 18 16 4 33 27 13 18 13 9 12 19 16 12 10 32 0 4 11 1 9 0 4 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 302 356

FS 18 32 34 34 10 64 25 16 22 5 3 16 17 10 14 14 11 4 5 12 3 4 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 356 302

OFF 5 3 31 4 1 6 1 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 43

CK 1 33 0 17 1 0 0 0 26 1 5 6 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 154

C 1 5 3 2 0 3 4 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 38

E 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Marco Pappa 3, Dominic Oduro 3, Chris Rolfe 2, Gonzalo Segares 1, Pavel Pardo 1 Daniel Paladini 1, Patrick Nyarko 1, Sherjill MacDonald 1, Arne Friedrich 1 Alex 1, Austin Berry 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Patrick Nyarko 3, Marco Pappa 2, Dominic Oduro 2, Gonzalo Segares 1 Chris Rolfe 1, Federico Puppo 1, Pavel Pardo 1, Sebastian Grazzini 1 Alvaro Fernandez 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Sebastian Grazzini 1-2, Chris Rolfe 1-1 CHICAGO UNF POS 70 G 25 G

FIRE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING GOALKEEPER GP Paolo Tornaghi 3 Sean Johnson 26 Team totals 29 Opponent totals 29

GS 3 26 29 29

MIN 270 2316 2586 2586

SHTS SV 17 14 127 99 144 113 143 97

GA 3 31 34 42

GAA 1.00 1.20 1.18 1.46

PG 0 2 2 2

PA 0 3 3 3

* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Chicago Fire statistics listed here.

W 1 15 16 8

L 1 7 8 16

T 1 4 5 5

SO 1 4 5 6

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed.

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

10 17 25 1 7 14 18 21 5 12 19 27 16 20 23 29 4 7 14 18 21 28 4 11 18 26 1 14 19 22 28 7 20 24

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

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

ATT. 16,314 19,777 15,161 13,372 20,323 19,422 15,382 20,438 20,404 14,159 15,269 19,974 20,488 46,932 18,207 19,274 12,085 19,307 17,588 19,761 19,080 18,938 17,592 20,439 18,151 18,491 18,481 19,877 10,286 20,521

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 1 3 KC: Sapong (93+) 2-0-0 T1 6 KC: Zusi (28) Kamara (39) Sapong (47) 3-0-0 1 9 KC: Collin (49+) Kamara (88); DAL: Villar (25) 4-0-0 1 12 KC: Sapong (47) 5-0-0 1 15 KC: Kamara (40) 6-0-0 1 18 KC: Collin (63) 7-0-0 1 21 KC: Collin (24) own goal (51) Kamara (65); VAN: Le Toux (79) 7-1-0 1 21 POR: own goal (41) 7-2-0 1 21 MTL: Martins (30) Bernier (64) 7-3-0 1 21 KC: Convey (31); CHI: Grazzini (61) Oduro (81) 7-3-1 3 22 KC: Bunbury (2,14); COL: Marshall (52) Kimura (60) 8-3-1 0 25 KC: Sapong (5) Kamara (39); SJ: Dawkins (72) 9-3-1 2 28 KC: Sapong (18) Santos (35) 9-3-2 2 29 KC: Peterson (8); SEA: Ianni (15) 9-4-2 2 29 PHI: McInerney (0:59,42) Pajoy (81) Hoppenot (87) 9-5-2 3 29 CHI: Pappa (58) 10-5-2 T1 32 KC: Kamara (57) Zusi (75) Peterson (82); MTL: Bernier (49) 10-5-3 T1 33 11-5-3 1 36 KC: Peterson (6) Bunbury (82) 11-6-3 1 36 KC: Kamara (42); HOU: Carr (25,79) 11-6-4 2 37 11-7-4 T2 37 KC: Kamara (8); CLB: Arrieta (17,34) 12-7-4 T1 40 KC: Bunbury (20) 13-7-4 1 43 KC: Bunbury (13) Zusi (63); DC: DeLeon (23) 14-7-4 1 46 KC: Kamara (83) 14-7-5 1 47 KC: Kamara (4); NY: own goal (28) 15-7-5 1 50 KC: Nagamura (60) Rosell (87); TOR: Johnson (44) 15-7-6 1 51 KC: Sapong (93+); HOU: Davis (58) 16-7-6 1 54 KC: Sapong (12) Kamara (19) 16-7-7 1 55

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 0-0-1 T3 1 CHI: Oduro (71); MTL: Arnaud (56) 1-0-1 3 4 CHI: Oduro (28) 1-1-1 T6 4 COL: Cummings (58) Hill (92+) 1-1-2 7 5 CHI: Pause (27); HOU: Bruin (24) 2-1-2 T4 8 CHI: Oduro (0:25) Segares (41) Nyarko (58); TOR: Lambe (36,40) 2-2-2 T4 8 CHI: Pappa (89); SEA: own goal (39) Johnson (67) 3-2-2 4 11 CHI: Berry (25) Pappa (93+); CHV: Angel (23) 3-2-3 4 12 4-2-3 4 15 CHI: Grazzini (61) Oduro (81); KC: Convey (31) 4-3-3 4 15 CHI: Anibaba (39); POR: Brunner (20) own goal (52) 5-3-3 4 18 CHI: Grazzini (45) Pappa (63); DAL: Hedges (41) 5-4-3 T4 18 CHI: Berry (72); CLB: Gaven (9) Renteria (43) 5-5-3 T4 18 NE: Rowe (69) Feilhaber (73) 6-5-3 4 21 CHI: Nyarko (4) Segares (68) Rolfe (81); NY: McCarty (55) 7-5-3 4 24 CHI: Pappa (2) Oduro (26); CLB: Tchani (36) 8-5-3 4 27 CHI: Pappa (58) 8-5-4 4 28 8-6-4 4 28 LA: Keane (24,78) 9-6-4 T3 31 CHI: Pardo (10) 9-7-4 T4 31 NY: Henry (71) 9-7-5 5 32 CHI: Rolfe (37); SJ: Lenhart (98+) 10-7-5 5 35 CHI: Pappa (64) Berry (84); TOR: Johnson (16) 11-7-5 4 38 CHI: Rolfe (43,56) Friedrich (47+); PHI: own goal (34) 12-7-5 T2 41 CHI: Rolfe (5) MacDonald (25); NE: Cardenas (11) 12-8-5 T3 41 CHI: Paladini (44) Segares (75); DC: De Rosario (19) Pajoy (46+) McDonald (51) Tan (89) 13-8-5 3 44 CHI: Nyarko (0:47) Paladini (19) Alex (93+); HOU: Ching (90) 14-8-5 2 47 CHI: Fernandez (13) Rolfe (42); TOR: Hassli (79) 15-8-5 2 50 CHI: MacDonald (34) Alex (61) Fernandez (80); MTL: Di Vaio (20) 16-8-5 2 53 CHI: Rolfe (23,26); CLB: Arrieta (15)

CHICAGO FIRE 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

17 24 1 15 21

OPPONENT at Montreal Philadelphia at Colorado Houston at Toronto FC

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

ATT. 58,912 18,075 13,152 10,489 19,255

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

Apr. May May May May May May June June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

28 4 9 12 20 23 26 2 17 23 29 3 8 14 18 28 4 12 18 22

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

L W T W L W L L W W W T L W L T W W W L

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

14,166 14,652 13,544 14,159 20,438 11,947 16,024 12,523 18,526 17,144 19,274 22,039 20,563 16,820 15,814 10,525 15,757 18,412 17,495 10,291

Sun. Sept. 2 Houston Wed. Sept. 12 at Toronto FC Sat. Sept. 15 Montreal

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

17,007 14,623 17,691

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

W 2-1

19,172

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

22 28 3 6 20 27

Columbus at Sporting KC Philadelphia at New York at New England D.C. United

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 1 12 times

Goals 3 03/17/2012 3 04/18/2012 3 07/04/2012

vs. NE at VAN at MTL

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

Shots 8 04/18/2012 8 07/14/2012 8 07/18/2012

at at at

VAN CLB HOU

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

Assists 4 05/27/2012

vs. SJ

W 2-1

Shots on Goal 2 04/18/2012 2 04/21/2012 2 07/14/2012 2 09/22/2012

at at at at

VAN POR CLB MTL

W L W T

Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 11 Kei Kamara Shots on Goal 5 Kei Kamara Fouls Committed 6 Aurelien Collin Fouls Suffered 5 Kei Kamara 5 Kei Kamara

03/25/2012

03/25/2012

vs. DAL

vs. DAL

W 2-1

W 2-1 Shots 28 09/14/2012

03/25/2012

06/20/2012

04/21/2012 08/18/2012

vs. DAL

at

at at

SEA

POR TOR

T 1-1

L 0-1 W 1-0

Offside 2 8 times

03/17/2012 04/18/2012

Shots Faced 6 Jimmy Nielsen

6 times

Goals Allowed 4 Jimmy Nielsen

06/23/2012

vs. NE at VAN

at

PHI

T 1-1

W 2-1 Shots on Goal 9 03/25/2012 9 09/14/2012

vs. DAL vs. HOU

Fouls Committed 22 09/22/2012 at Fouls Suffered 18 08/26/2012

Saves 6 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen

vs. HOU

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

W 2-1 T 1-1

MTL

Fouls Committed 5 09/01/2012 vs. TOR

W 2-1

Fouls Suffered 7 07/21/2012 vs. NE

T 0-0

Corner Kicks 1 08/04/2012

W 1-0

T 0-0

vs. NY

at

NE

T 1-1 Offside 0 6 times

W 3-0 W 3-1

Corner Kicks 11 04/14/2012 11 05/05/2012 11 09/14/2012

L 0-4

Offside 4 03/17/2012 4 05/05/2012 4 07/28/2012 4 08/18/2012

vs. vs. vs. at

Saves 6 03/17/2012 6 04/18/2012

vs. NE at VAN

W 3-0 W 3-1

at

L 0-4

vs. RSL vs. MTL vs. HOU

NE MTL CLB TOR

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

W L L W

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

Saves 0 6 times Shots Faced 0 04/01/2012 0 04/07/2012 0 08/26/2012

at CHV vs. LA vs. NY

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

Shots Faced 6 6 times Goals Allowed 4 06/23/2012

CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 2 Chris Rolfe 2 Chris Rolfe

08/12/2012 09/22/2012

at PHI vs. CLB

W 3-1 W 2-1

Shots 7 Marco Pappa 7 Chris Rolfe Shots on Goal 4 Dominic Oduro 4 Sebastian Grazzini

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)

Goals 3 5 times

Shots 6 07/03/2012

at

HOU

T 0-0

Shots on Goal 1 07/03/2012 1 07/18/2012

at at

HOU NY

T 0-0 L 0-1

Fouls Committed 4 05/09/2012 vs. RSL

T 0-0

Fouls Suffered 6 05/09/2012 vs. RSL

T 0-0

Corner Kicks 0 07/14/2012

vs. VAN

W 1-0

at at vs. at

T L W W

Assists 4 08/12/2012 4 09/15/2012

Assists 1 35 times

08/04/2012 09/12/2012

03/24/2012 05/23/2012

vs. TOR at TOR

vs. PHI vs. DAL

W 2-1 W 2-1

W 1-0 W 2-1

PHI

Shots 22 08/04/2012 22 08/18/2012 22 09/12/2012 Shots on Goal 11 04/21/2012

at PHI vs. MTL

vs. TOR vs. NE at TOR

at

TOR

W 3-1 W 3-1

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

W 3-2

Fouls Committed 4 5 times

Fouls Committed 21 05/23/2012 vs. DAL

Fouls Suffered 5 Patrick Nyarko

03/24/2012

vs. PHI

W 1-0

Fouls Suffered 17 03/17/2012 17 08/04/2012

at MTL vs. TOR

T 1-1 W 2-1

Offside 0 03/17/2012 0 05/20/2012 0 08/04/2012 0 09/12/2012

Offside 3 Dominic 3 Dominic 3 Dominic 3 Dominic

03/24/2012 05/09/2012 05/23/2012 06/17/2012

vs. vs. vs. vs.

W T W W

Corner Kicks 12 04/28/2012

vs. SEA

L 1-2

Saves 0 04/15/2012

vs. HOU

T 1-1

Shots Faced 1 04/15/2012

vs. HOU

T 1-1

Oduro Oduro Oduro Oduro

Saves 10 Sean Johnson Shots Faced 12 Sean Johnson Goals Allowed 4 Sean Johnson

07/28/2012

08/22/2012

08/22/2012

at

at

at

PHI RSL DAL NY

SJ

DC

DC

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

T 1-1

L 2-4

L 2-4

Offside 6 05/12/2012

vs. KC

W 2-1

W 2-1

Saves 10 07/28/2012

at

SJ

T 1-1

Shots Faced 12 08/22/2012

at

DC

L 2-4

Goals Allowed 4 08/22/2012

at

DC

L 2-4

MTL POR TOR TOR

1-1 1-2 2-1 2-1

2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. CHICAGO FIRE (0-2-0) UNF 11 15 23 5 9 78 2 19 7 1 13 37 22 55 17 16 8

POS MID M/D MID DEF FWD DEF DEF MID DEF GK DEF MID FWD MID FWD DEF MID

PLAYER Bobby Convey Roger Espinoza Kei Kamara Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Aurelien Collin Michael Harrington Peterson Joseph Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Jacob Peterson Soony Saad Julio Cesar C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2

GS 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 2

MIN 78 152 180 159 106 180 90 8 180 180 21 12 18 172 146 90 180

G 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0

SHT 1 4 9 1 5 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 1

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

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

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

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

CK 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

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

E 0 1 0 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 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

1 3

2 2

36 28

9 10

26 25

25 26

3 8

16 7

4 5

1 0

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 10

SV 7

GA 3

GAA 1.50

PG 1

PA 1

W 0

L 2

T 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

10 9

7 8

3 1

1.50 0.50

1 0

1 0

0 2

2 0

0 0

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

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

SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 1

0-0-0 0-0-0

2012 CHICAGO FIRE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) UNF 10 8 16 14 18 71 6 22 23 3 25 99 17 12 9 88 13

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

PLAYER Sebastian Grazzini Dominic Oduro Marco Pappa Patrick Nyarko Chris Rolfe Alex Jalil Anibaba Austin Berry Arne Friedrich Dan Gargan Sean Johnson Hunter Jumper Pavel Pardo Logan Pause Federico Puppo Rafael Robayo Gonzalo Segares ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

GS 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1

MIN 80 180 154 172 90 26 180 180 108 151 180 11 180 161 10 27 90

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

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

SHT 4 4 10 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

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

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

FS 3 5 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0

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

CK 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

E 0 0 0 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 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

3 1

2 2

28 36

10 9

25 26

26 25

8 3

7 16

5 4

0 1

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Marco Pappa 1, Dominic Oduro 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Chris Rolfe 1, Patrick Nyarko 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Sebastian Grazzini 1-1

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 25 GK Sean Johnson ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 9

SV 8

GA 1

GAA 0.50

PG 0

PA 0

W 2

L 0

T 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

9 10

8 7

1 3

0.50 1.50

0 1

0 1

2 0

0 2

0 0

SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0 1 0

0-0-0 0-0-0

CHICAGO FIRE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Fire 23 wins, 80 goals Sporting 10 wins, 50 goals Ties 9 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998

KC 1 vs CHI CHI 4 vs KC CHI 2 at KC CHI 1 vs KC

0 1 2 0

03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999

CHI CHI CHI CHI

0 1 1 0

(KC) (SF) (KC) (SF)

03/25/2000 06/04/2000

KC 4 vs CHI 3 CHI 3 vs KC 2

(KC) (SF)

05/19/2001 07/04/2001

CHI 2 vs KC 0 CHI 7 at KC 0

(SF) (KC)

08/14/2002 08/31/2002

CHI 5 vs KC 1 KC 2 vs CHI 1

(NC) (KC)

04/26/2003 06/21/2003 07/26/2003

CHI 3 at KC 2 KC 4 vs CHI 2 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(KC) (KC) (NC)

04/03/2004 05/08/2004 09/01/2004

KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 vs CHI 2 CHI 3 vs KC 1

(KC) (KC) (SF)

06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005

CHI 1 vs KC KC 3 at CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 at KC

1 2 0 0

(SF) (SF) (KC) (KC)

05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006

KC 1 vs CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 vs KC

1 2 0 0

(KC) (KC) (TP) (TP)

04/21/2007 08/22/2007 08/25/2007

CHI 2 vs KC 1 KC 3 vs CHI 2 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(TP) (KC) (TP)

04/20/2008 07/27/2008 10/05/2008

KC 1 at CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 1

(TP) (CA) (CA)

04/18/2009 08/16/2009

CHI 2 vs KC 2 CHI 2 at KC 0

(TP) (CA)

05/15/2010 10/12/2010

KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 2 at CHI 0

(CA) (TP)

03/26/2011 06/09/2011

CHI 3 vs KC 2 KC 0 vs CHI 0

(TP) (SP)

05/12/2012 06/29/2012

CHI 2 vs KC 1 CHI 1 at KC 0

(TP) (SP)

3 3 2 2

at vs at vs

KC KC KC KC

(KC) (SF) CHI SOW (KC) (SF)

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 10/15/2000

KC 1 vs CHI 0

(DC, F)

U.S. OPEN CUP 07/11/2001 09/22/2004 08/14/2006

CHI 1 at KC 0 KC 1 vs CHI 0 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(X6, 3R) (KC, F) (TP, 4R)

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

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 25 25 0 50 248 274 0 522 119 108 0 227 273 294 0 567 40 37 0 77 98 114 0 212

1 38 260 115 302 57 87

Fire 2 OT 42 0 274 0 124 0 288 0 70 0 110 0

Tot. 80 534 239 590 127 197

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

KC CHI

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 8 6 11 6 9 10 12 10 16 12 15 15

OT 0 0

Total 50 80

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes vs. CHI Frank Klopas vs. KC

1-4-2 (0.71 pts./game) 2-0-1 (2.33 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

5 10 43 18 38 40

Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Preki Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud

9 8 48 20 37 42

Fire Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Gonzalo Segares Justin Mapp

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

3 6 2 40 24

Meola/Oshoniyi Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Tony Meola Tony Meola

15 4 8 94 26

Zach Zach Zach Zach Zach

Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 5 players tied Preki (6/21/03) Kei Kamara (6/29/12) 4 players tied Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 5 players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 3 8 4 6 6

Saves Goals Allowed

9 Tony Meola (7/26/03) 7 Bo Oshoniyi (7/4/01)

2 2 9 4 6 7

Fire 6 players tied 10 players tied Damani Ralph (7/26/03) 6 players tied 4 players tied Ralph/Blanco

10 Zach Thornton (6/21/03) 4 Sutton/Thornton

2012 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)

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CHICAGO FIRE Streak (started)

8-1-1 7-2-6 1-4-0

5 Ws (5/27/2012) 3 Ts (8/26/2012) 1 Ws (9/1/2012)

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

5 Ws (8/12/2012) 1 Ws (9/15/2012) 1 Ls (8/22/2012)

13-2-3 3-5-1

1 Ws (9/19/2012) 1 Ts (9/14/2012)

9-0-1 7-8-2

3 Ws (8/18/2012) 2 Ws (9/15/2012)

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

3 2 6 5 31

Ts Ts Ws Ws Ws

(7/7/2012) (8/26/2012) (5/27/2012) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)

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

2 1 2 11 23

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(7/8/2012) (7/28/2012) (9/12/2012) (9/29/2010) (5/23/1998)

10-0-3 6-2-3 0-4-1 0-0-0 0-1-0

1 1 2 2 21

Ts Ts Ls Ls Ls

(9/22/2012) (9/14/2012) (7/18/2012) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

3-0-2 12-1-3 1-6-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

1 7 5 3 14

Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls

(7/14/2012) (8/4/2012) (4/28/2012) (5/31/2009) (6/21/2003)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (10-23-9) PLAYER Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Preki Mo Johnston Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Teal Bunbury Jimmy Conrad Chris Henderson Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Dario Fabbro Gary Glasgow Eddie Johnson Matt Besler Chris Brown Mark Chung Bobby Convey Francisco Gomez Carlos Marinelli Pete Marino Miklos Molnar Igor Simutenkov Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Diego Gutierrez Paul Rideout Kerry Zavagnin Jake Dancy Roger Espinoza Herculez Gomez Brian Johnson Uche Okafor Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Refik Sabanadzovic Ryan Smith Vitalis Takawira Mike Ammann Stephen Armstrong Stephane Auvray Sean Bowers Omar Bravo Chris Brunt Alex Bunbury Mike Burns Aurelien Collin Eloy Colombano Adam Cristman Nino Da Silva John DeBrito Birahim Diop Pablo Escobar Vicente Figueroa Nick Garcia Taylor Graham Michael Green Andrew Gregor Matt Groenwald Kevin Hartman Zoltan Hercegfalvi William Hesmer Santiago Hirsig Aaron Hohlbein Goran Hunjak Peterson Joseph Michael Kraus Eric Kronberg Alexi Lalas Roy Lassiter Jonathan Leathers Scott Lorenz Onandi Lowe Matt McKeon Tony Meola Kurt Morsink Yura Movsisyan Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum

GP 17 10 17 10 20 22 13 5 13 6 20 6 18 12 3 2 6 7 11 4 1 9 2 2 1 5 7 3 9 3 22 1 10 3 7 6 3 3 4 1 5 3 4 2 7 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 21 2 1 1 3 8 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 7 11 5 3 6 6 2

GS 17 7 15 10 18 22 13 5 12 3 20 5 11 9 2 1 6 6 4 4 1 4 0 0 1 5 6 3 7 2 21 0 8 2 3 6 3 1 3 1 5 3 2 2 6 2 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 21 1 1 0 1 8 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 6 11 5 1 5 6 1

MIN 1448 605 1339 858 1583 1927 1125 414 1090 327 1791 451 1089 920 170 117 523 564 472 339 78 415 68 66 80 329 498 261 641 187 1857 45 685 194 340 540 206 116 286 90 368 270 246 144 552 122 18 241 270 270 14 63 32 114 11 90 90 1890 99 45 20 93 720 22 90 114 260 13 8 17 22 360 45 93 84 90 555 990 427 76 455 517 21

G 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 3 2 10 0 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 35 11 37 18 34 43 19 19 12 16 14 4 15 5 3 2 13 2 10 7 1 13 1 3 2 7 6 8 10 5 14 0 8 5 6 1 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 3 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 3 14 0 4 1 7 0 0

Bo Oshoniyi Jacob Peterson Nelson Pizarro Ryan Pore Brandon Prideaux Eric Quill Craig Rocastle Soony Saad Mark Santel Julio Cesar C.J. Sapong Luke Sassano Seth Sinovic Chris Snitko Tony Soto Kevin Souter Khari Stephenson Milos Stojcev Carey Talley Matt Taylor Shavar Thomas Abe Thompson Ryan Tinsley Ivan Trujillo Scott Uderitz Dave van den Bergh Peter Vermes Scott Vermillion Tyson Wahl Diego Walsh Lance Watson John Wilson David Winner Paul Wright Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

11 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 11 1 4 3 3 1 5 6 3 1 5 1 2 5 6 42 42

9 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 11 1 3 0 3 1 5 5 3 1 3 0 2 4 4 42 42

GOALKEEPER Eric Kronberg William Hesmer Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Mike Ammann Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Chris Snitko David Winner ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 8 6 3 11 11 2 2

MIN 22 90 720 517 270 982 819 180 180

42 42

3780 3780

819 12 10 50 357 396 135 18 73 172 267 90 90 180 45 88 1 90 270 62 957 62 291 67 216 57 450 474 251 45 272 7 180 271 366 3780 3780

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 80

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 98

0 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 522 534

SHTS 1 3 47 28 15 65 58 12 10

SV 1 2 36 20 9 40 35 7 5

GAA 0.00 1.00 1.38 1.39 1.67 2.20 2.31 2.50 2.50

PG 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0

239 227

155 169

1.90 1.19

5 2

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (10-23-9) PLAYER Kei Kamara Bobby Convey Teal Bunbury Paulo Nagamura Michael Harrington Matt Besler Jacob Peterson Roger Espinoza Aurelien Collin Peterson Joseph Eric Kronberg Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Soony Saad Julio Cesar C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GP 14 15 6 11 12 7 11 10 3 1 1 6 6 2 1 2 4 2 6 42 42

GS 10 14 3 10 9 6 6 8 3 0 0 5 6 1 0 2 3 1 4 42 42

GOALKEEPER Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 6

MIN 22 517

42 42

3780 3780

MIN 914 1293 327 851 920 564 536 685 270 8 22 455 517 21 18 172 267 111 366 3780 3780

G 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 80

A 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 98

SHT 36 15 16 14 5 2 7 8 6 1 0 7 0 0 1 2 8 0 2 522 534

SHTS 1 28

SV 1 20

GAA 0.00 1.39

PG 0 2

239 227

155 169

1.90 1.19

5 2

CHICAGO FIRE CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (23-10-9) PLAYER Ante Razov Justin Mapp Peter Nowak Diego Gutierrez Hristo Stoitchkov Josh Wolff Chad Barrett Dema Kovalenko Brian McBride Marco Pappa Chris Rolfe Cuauhtemoc Blanco Roman Kosecki Andy Williams Thiago Andy Herron Nate Jaqua Damani Ralph Lubos Kubik Jesse Marsch Jerzy Podbrozny Evan Whitfield DaMarcus Beasley Jamar Beasley Carlos Bocanegra Lubos Reiter Eric Wynalda Mike Banner C.J. Brown Craig Capano Calen Carr Diego Chaves Jim Curtin Sergi Daniv Sebastian Grazzini Julio Martinez Dominic Oduro Orlando Perez Gaston Puerari Dasan Robinson Dipsy Selolwane Chris Armas Ivan Guerrero Kelly Gray Patrick Nyarko Logan Pause David Vaudreuil Wilman Conde Sam George Frank Klopas Ritchie Kotschau Andrew Lewis Tony Sanneh Gonzalo Segares Zach Thornton Michael Videira Junior Agogo Alex Jalil Anibaba John Ball Orr Barouch Austin Berry Corben Bone Scott Buete Jon Busch Samuel Caballero Nery Castillo D.J. Countess Yamith Cuesta Stefan Dimitrov Paul Dougherty Andrew Dykstra Justin Evans Rodrigo Faria Tomasz Frankowski Arne Friedrich Dan Gargan Cory Gibbs Leonard Griffin Baggio Husidic Zak Ibsen Collins John Ryan Johnson

GP 14 20 11 19 6 9 9 6 4 7 14 6 5 5 8 5 10 6 9 20 8 10 9 1 4 2 2 3 29 3 8 2 14 2 1 1 4 5 2 10 1 21 10 8 9 25 2 4 4 4 3 6 4 15 23 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 1

GS 13 19 11 18 5 5 5 6 2 6 13 6 4 5 7 2 7 5 9 16 6 9 7 1 4 1 1 0 29 0 1 1 14 1 1 1 3 4 2 8 0 21 9 6 6 22 0 3 3 2 2 3 2 15 22 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 0

MIN 1134 1476 953 1606 336 503 415 539 270 506 963 530 325 426 621 288 615 474 810 1485 568 815 640 90 360 80 100 70 2536 36 209 108 1260 71 80 45 271 368 145 724 19 1878 825 549 616 1958 35 297 252 189 180 338 201 1315 1995 90 57 26 270 90 28 180 94 2 630 90 28 90 90 15 75 180 1 65 126 108 151 180 97 90 120 90 20

G 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 6 8 5 2 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 2 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 48 28 21 18 18 17 22 9 6 24 20 11 10 14 13 7 17 22 11 14 13 5 10 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 3 2 5 2 4 1 6 4 2 7 2 5 4 5 9 5 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 8 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 3

Sean Johnson Will Johnson Hunter Jumper Josh Keller Stephen King Krzysztof Krol Manny Lagos Freddie Ljungberg Peter Lowry David Mahoney Josip Mikulic Cristian Nazarit Francis Okaroh Daniel Paladini Pavel Pardo Matt Pickens Brian Plotkin Brandon Prideaux Federico Puppo Henry Ring Bratislav Ristic Rafael Robayo Jorge Salcedo Tom Soehn Bakary Soumare Greg Sutton Osei Telesford John Thorrington Billy Walsh Paulo Wanchope Tim Ward Austin Washington Kwame Watson-Siriboe John Wolyniec Daniel Woolard Team totals Opponent totals

4 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 6 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 5 6 1 1 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 42 42

4 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 4 6 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 42 42

GOALKEEPER David Mahoney Sean Johnson Jon Busch D.J. Countess Henry Ring Zach Thornton Matt Pickens Andrew Dykstra Greg Sutton ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 4 7 1 2 23 3 2 1

MIN 90 360 630 90 180 1995 165 180 90

42 42

3780 3780

360 12 11 45 21 180 28 90 186 90 90 78 518 90 180 165 13 240 10 180 180 27 79 368 540 90 1 473 21 135 90 97 90 45 1 3780 3780

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 50

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 59

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 5 0 0 1 2 0 534 522

SHTS 2 16 36 3 10 123 10 18 9

SV 2 13 29 2 7 94 6 12 4

GAA 0.00 0.75 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.17 1.64 2.00 4.00

PG 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

227 239

169 155

1.19 1.90

2 5

CURRENT CHICAGO FIRE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (23-10-9) PLAYER Chris Rolfe Dominic Oduro Alvaro Fernandez Sebastian Grazzini Patrick Nyarko Logan Pause Gonzalo Segares Michael Videira Alex Jalil Anibaba Austin Berry Corben Bone Arne Friedrich Dan Gargan Cory Gibbs Sean Johnson Hunter Jumper Jay Nolly Daniel Paladini Pavel Pardo Federico Puppo Wells Thompson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 14 11 4 1 9 25 15 2 1 3 2 2 2 9 8 4 1 1 2 2 1 9 42 42

GS 13 7 2 1 6 22 15 2 0 3 2 2 2 5 8 4 0 1 1 2 0 5 42 42

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Jay Nolly ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 1

MIN 360 90

42 42

3780 3780

MIN 963 622 169 80 616 1958 1315 149 26 270 180 94 108 577 709 360 11 90 135 180 10 518 3780 3780

G 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 50

A 4 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 59

SHT 20 15 5 4 9 5 8 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 534 522

SHTS 16 7

SV 13 4

GAA 0.75 3.00

PG 0 0

227 239

169 155

1.19 1.90

2 5

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SPORTING Kansas City roster No. Pos. 1 GK 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 MID 16 DEF 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 20 MID 21 GK 22 FWD 23 FWD 24 DEF 25 DEF 27 DEF 37 FWD 55 DEF 78 DEF 88 MID

Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi co-red-eh eye-eh-BOO-see 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 Bobby Convey CON-vee Konrad Warzycha Var-ZEE-hah Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell ew-REE-all rohz-EL Jon Kempin Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Kei Kamara kye kah-MAHR-ah Cyprian Hedrick sip-ree-an HE-drick Neven Markovic Neh-vin Mar-ko-vitch Kyle Miller Jacob Peterson Julio Cesar JEW-lee-o SEH-sahr Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Michael Thomas

2012 Regular Season MLS Standings As of 9/27/2012:

Eastern Conf. GP W L T P 1. Sporting Kansas City 30 16 7 7 55 2. Chicago Fire 29 16 8 5 53 3. New York Red Bulls 30 14 8 8 50 4. D.C. United 30 15 10 5 50 5. Houston Dynamo 30 12 8 10 46 6. Columbus Crew 30 13 11 6 45 7. Montreal Impact 31 12 15 4 40 8. Philadelphia Union 28 8 14 6 30 9. New England Revolution 30 7 15 8 29 10. Toronto FC 30 5 18 7 22 Western Conf. GP W L T P 1. San Jose Earthquakes 30 18 6 6 60 2. LA Galaxy 30 15 11 4 49 3. Real Salt Lake 30 15 11 4 49 4. Seattle Sounders FC 29 13 7 9 48 5. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30 10 12 8 38 6. FC Dallas 30 9 12 9 36 7. Colorado Rapids 30 9 18 3 30 8. Portland Timbers

30 7 15 8 29 9. Chivas USA 29 7 15 7 28

2012 Regular season Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY 16-7-7 (55 pts) 30 1st in East 37 1.23 25 .83 +12 492 (141) 28.7% 403 356 48 3

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16-8-5 (53 pts) RECORD 29 GAMES PLAYED 2nd in East CONFERENCE POSITION 42 GOALS 1.45 GOALS/GAME 34 ALLOWED 1.17 ALLOWED/GAME +8 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 403 (143) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 35.5% ON GOAL % 302 FOULS COMMITTED 356 FOULS SUFFERED 42 CAUTIONS 3 EJECTIONS

2012 REgular season Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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Chris Rolfe 8 11 Kei Kamara goals Patrick Nyarko 7 14 Graham Zusi assists Marco Pappa 69 125 Kei Kamara shots Dominic Oduro 23 46 Kei Kamara shots on Goal 4 Kamara/Sapong game-winning goals Oduro/Pappa 3 5 Graham Zusi game-winning assists Patrick Nyarko 3 Patrick Nyarko 64 54 Kei Kamara fouls suffered Patrick Nyarko 33 56 Aurelien Collin fouls committed Gargan/Pappa 5 6 Aurelien Collin cautions 1 Espinoza/Joseph/Peterson ejections Friedrich/Segares/Anibaba 1 .83 Jimmy Nielsen goals against avg Sean Johnson 1.20 Sean Johnson 15 16 Jimmy Nielsen wins Sean Johnson 4 13 Jimmy Nielsen shutouts Sean Johnson 99 65 Jimmy Nielsen saves

Coaches - REGULAR SEASON Peter Vermes 4th season 43-35-28 4th season 43-35-28

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MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team

2nd season 24-13-15 2nd season 24-13-15

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Kansas City Connections...

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While with the Revolution, Seth Sinovic was teammates with Chicago Fire defender Cory Gibbs and midfielder Michael Videira.

Gibbs was born in Plantation, Florida, just three hours south of Orlando, FL, the birth place of Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi.

Chicago Fire starting goalkeeper Sean Johnson played in the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifiers with Sporting Kansas City striker Teal Bunbury at the end of March in Nashville, TN. Chicago Fire goalkeeper Jay Nolly played collegiate soccer at Indiana University with Sporting Kansas City forward Jacob Peterson. The two led the Hoosiers to back-to-back National Championships in 2003 and 2004.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Paulo Nagamura and Chicago Fire midfielder Daniel Paladini were teammates in 2006 at the LA Galaxy and again in 2008 with Chivas USA. Fire midfielder Victor Pineda and Sporting KC goalkeeper Jon Kempin are both the first home grown players for their respective clubs. Kempin is the youngest player on the Sporting Kansas City roster while Pineda is second youngest on Chicago after the Fire recently added Kellen Gulley to their list of home grown players.

Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes and Chicago Fire head coach Frank Klopas were roommates when they played for the U.S. Men’s National Team in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Frank Klopas played for Kansas City from 1996-1997. Klopas scored seven goals and tallied 11 assists during his two seasons with Kansas City.

Sporting Kansas City defender Michael Harrington and Chicago Fire midfielder Corben Bone were both members of the Region III ODP team in 2003. Both boys went on to play in the ACC at the universities of North Carolina and Wake Forest respectively.

Fire striker Jalil Anibaba transferred to the University of North Carolina for his senior season (2010), however, Anibaba and Harrington’s (2003-2006) time in school did not overlap.

Bobby Convey scored his first goal since joining Kansas City in the two club’s first meeting this season on May 12.

Roger Espinoza earned his first assist in 2012 in the first matchup with Chicago Fire on May 12.

Espinoza received a red card against the Chicago Fire later in the match.

Aurelien Collin committed a wreckless tackle in the penalty box resulting in a penalty kick for Chicago which was converted by Sebastian Grazzini, also in the two teams first meeting of 2012.

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Sporting Kansas City and the Montreal Impact played to scoreless draw.

Sporting Kansas City is now 16-7-7 on the season and remains in first place in the Eastern Conference with 55 points, two more than second place Chicago.

Sporting Kansas City’s 55 points are second most in MLS, five points fewer than the San Jose Earthquakes and two points fewer than the club record set in 2000.

Sporting Kansas City is now unbeaten in their last eight MLS matches. The streak is the longest active unbeaten streak in MLS currently and ties the longest undefeated streak by an MLS team this season.

Sporting KC has earned 27 points on the road this season with an 8-4-3 record, the best mark away from home in MLS this season and the most points by the club away from home in team history.

Since 2000, only three MLS teams have earned more than 27 points on the road in a single season.

Sporting Kansas City’s eight wins on the road in regulation is the most in team history.

Sporting Kansas City has the most ties among all MLS teams in League history with 107.

Despite the draw, Sporting KC still have the most wins (16) and best goal differential (+12) of all teams in the Eastern Conference this season.

Sporting KC made four changes to their lineup from 2-0 victory at New York. Lawrence Olum replaced Aurelien Collin, Michael Harrington replaced Chance Myers, Oriol Rosell replaced Roger Espinoza and Jacob Peterson replaced Paulo Nagamura.

Rosell made his first MLS start.

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Harrington made his first appearance, and first start, since August 11.

Peterson earned his first start since July 28 after fully recovering from a sprainedshoulder.

Jimmy Nielsen surpassed 8,000 minutes played in the MLS regular season.

Nielsen tied Kevin Hartman for the third most regular season games played in team history by a goalkeeper with 90.

The four combined shots in the first half were the third fewest between two teams in the first half of an MLS game in 2012.

Sporting KC has now been involved in three of the five games with the fewest shots between both teams in a first half in MLS in 2012.

The draw was Montreal’s first draw in 20 games. Montreal’s last draw was on May 12 when they tied the LA Galaxy 1-1.

The last shutout for both teams prior to Saturday came on July 21, marking a span of seven games without being held scoreless for Montreal and a span of eight games without being held scoreless for Sporting KC.

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The all-time series between Sporting Kansas City and the Chicago Fire is 10-23-9 in favor of the Fire.

Sporting Kansas City is 7-8-7 at home against the Chicago Fire.

Friday’s match-up marks the second match between the two clubs at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park during the 2012 regular season.

Sporting Kansas City’s 16 victories and 13 shutouts in 2012 are the most since the team’s 2000 season when the club earned the Supporters Shield and MLS Cup title.

Graham Zusi leads the League with 14 assists this season. Zusi is tied with Mauro Rosales and Landon Donovan with five gamewinning assists in 2012.

Graham Zusi has five assists in his last seven games; six assists in his last nine games.

Zusi is one of six MLS players with seven or more assists in both 2011 and 2012. The others are 2011 MVP finalists Mauro Rosales, Dwayne De Rosario and Brad Davis, as well as David Beckham and Patrick Nyarko.

Zusi’s next game-winning assist will see him set the club record for most in a single-season in club history with six. He would become just the second player in the last 10 years to record six or more game-winning assists, along with David Beckham (7 in 2011).

Sporting Kansas City has allowed 25 goals in 30 matches for a 0.83 goals against average, the best defensive mark in MLS. Sporting Kansas City is 23-2-7 all-time with the backline of Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler and Aurelien Collin starting in defense in all competition.

Sporting KC are unbeaten in the last eight games Chance Myers started (5-0-3).

Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen is the only Sporting KC player to have played every minute of the 2012 MLS regular season.

Nielsen’s 0.83 goals against average is currently the best singleseason mark in club history, leading Tony Meola’s historic 2000 season (0.92), in which he won MLS MVP and Goalkeeper of the Year.

Nielsen’s 30 shutouts are the second most in MLS since 2010, trailing only Nick Rimando.

Sporting Kansas City leads MLS with 492 shots, while allowing the fewest shots against (286).

The club has led MLS in shots in five of the past seven seasons, finishing first in shots in 2006 (408), 2007 (420), 2010 (393) and 2011 (488). Kansas City were also League leaders in shots in 2002 and the inaugural 1996 campaign, and lead MLS in alltime shots taken with 7,142.

Kei Kamara is one of only four players in MLS with nine or more goals in each of the last three seasons, along with Alvaro Saborio, Chris Wondolowski and Fredy Montero.

Kamara leads MLS with 125 shots and 46 shots on goal in 2012.

Sporting KC are unbeaten in the last nine games Roger Espinoza started (6-0-3).

Sporting KC has won their last 17 matches in MLS competition (including playoffs) when leading at the 75-minute mark.

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Sporting Kansas City News, Notes and headlines RESULTS | Sporting Kansas City currently sits in first place of the Eastern Conference with a record of 16-7-7 (55 points). The team had a historic start to 2012, garnering seven straight wins to begin the season. However, Kansas City experienced a slight decrease in their momentum losing three games in a row before earning a draw against Western Conference foe Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

The momentum was back in Kansas City’s favor as the team won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games against Orlando City SC and Colorado Rapids and added two MLS victories against the San Jose Earthquakes and Toronto FC. Sporting KC then went on the road and earned a tie at CenturyLink Field against Western Conference foe Seattle Sounders.

Sporting KC experienced a second short slump in MLS play, suffering a 4-0 defeat to the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park followed by a 1-0 loss to rival Chicago Fire at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. However, in between the two MLS matches, Sporting Kansas City hosted the Dayton Dutch Lions in Open Cup competition, in which they earned a 3-0 victory to send them to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semi-finals.

Sporting Kansas City got back on track in MLS competition in July when they beat Montreal 3-1 at Saputo Stadium followed by 0-0 home draw with the Houston Dynamo. Sporting KC then went on the road earning a 2-0 victory over the Columbus Crew moving them back up the standings and into sole possession of first place among Eastern Conference rivals before dropping a 2-1 decision against Houston in their first ever match at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Sporting Kansas City returned back to LSP to face the New England Revolution in the first of four consecutive home matches in all-competition. The match resulted in a scoreless draw. Sporting KC then fell to Montpellier Herault SC 3-0 in their first of two international friendlies before losing to Eastern Conference foe Columbus 2-1 despite outshooting the Crew 25-12.

Sporting Kansas City then went on to draw 1-1 with EPL side Stoke City FC with a late equalizer in second half stoppage time. After the friendly, Sporting KC earned the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title after defeating the Seattle Sounders FC in a shootout at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.

Sporting Kansas City next hosted D.C. United and earned a 2-1 victory at LSP followed by a 1-0 road win over Toronto FC at BMO Field. Upon arrival back to the States, Sporting Kansas City earned a 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls and a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC before salvaging a point with a second half stoppage time goal against the Houston Dynamo.

And most recently, Sporting KC beat the New York Red Bulls 2-0 at Red Bull Arena before earning one point in a scoreless draw at Saputo Stadium moving their undefeated streak to eight consecutive games in MLS competition.

LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP CHAMPIONS | Sporting Kansas City was crowned the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champions for the first time since 2004 after beating the Seattle Sounders FC at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park 3-2 in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in regulation.

Sporting KC took the lead on a Kei Kamara penalty kick in the 84th minute after a hand ball by Zach Scott. The goal marked Kamara’s second goal in U.S. Open Cup competition since joining Kansas City. Just two minutes later, Seattle’s Scott got a bit of redemption when he notched the equalizer off a free kick from Rosales.

After two overtime periods the match was still tied and headed to a best-of-five shootout. Sporting KC, shooting first, began with Kamara’s second successful attempt of the night. The Sounders would match it with a make of their own through Brad Evans’ shot to his left.

Gspurning gave his team the advantage with a stop on Espinoza and Seattle momentarily led following Marc Burch’s blast down the middle. Besler pulled Sporting KC back level with a shot off the underside of the crossbar and into the back of the net.

Alonso and Zusi both sent their shots over the crossbar in back-to-back attempts, and Nielsen made a superb save to his left to deny Christian Tiffert to send it to the fifth and final penalty kick with it all to be decided.

Nagamura’s initial attempt was saved by Gspurning, but he was ruled to have come off his line early and the Brazilian calmly converted the ensuing second chance to his left to put Sporting KC ahead in dramatic fashion.

Johnson walked to the spot with LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in a frenzy, needing to score to keep Seattle alive. Back in Kansas City for the first time since he played with the then-Wizards in 2007, Johnson’s shot sailed over the crossbar and brought an end to the shootout with Seattle’s third straight miss from the mark.

Prior to the shootout loss, the Sounders had won three straight U.S. Open Cups, and had not been bested in the competition since August 12, 2008, when they were still a United Soccer League franchise.

WHEN THEY LAST MET | Sporting Kansas City and the Chicago Fire last met on June 29 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The Fire earned the 1-0 victory after Marco Pappa received the ball at midfield and made an aggresive run down the center of the park. Pappa then played Chris Rolfe to his left on the overlapping run, who one touched it back to Pappa. The Guatemala international hit a low strike to beat Nielsen and seal the 1-0 victory for Chicago.

Rolfe’s assist came in his first start since returning to MLS from his stint overseas with Danish Superliga side Aalborg.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY YEAR MLS SUPERDRAFT 2006 Eric Kronberg (40th)

MLS SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT

SIGNINGS

TRADES

HOMEGROWN MLS LOTTERY PLAYERS DRAFT

2007 Michael Harrington (3rd) 2008 Chance Myers (1st) Roger Espinoza (11th) 2009 Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd) 2010 Teal Bunbury (10th)

Kei Kamara (Sept. 15 from HOU) Korede Aiyegbusi (20th)

2011 C.J. Sapong (10th) Konrad Warzycha (46th)

2012 Dom Dwyer (16th) Cyprian Hedrick (30th)

Jimmy Nielsen (Feb. 15) Julio Cesar (Mar. 14) Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 Aurelien Collin from MON, originally (Apr. 15) signed on May 10) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. Lawrence Olum 29 from CHV) (Sept. 15) Bobby Convey (Dec. 2 from SJ)

Kyle Miller (54th)

Michael Thomas (Jan. Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19) 18 from SJ) Neven Markovic (July 6) Oriol Rosell (August 2)

Jon Kempin (Aug. 31) Kevin Ellis Soony Saad (Feb. 18) (July 5)

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All-time regular season results Date Score 4/8/1998 1-0 6/24/1998 1-4 8/29/1998 2-2 9/17/1998 0-1 3/27/1999 0-3 5/22/1999 1-3 8/5/1999 1-2 8/25/1999 0-2 3/25/2000 4-3 6/4/2000 2-3 5/19/2001 0-2 7/4/2001 0-7 8/14/2002 1-5 8/31/2002 2-1 4/26/2003 2-3 6/21/2003 4-2 7/26/2003 0-2 4/3/2004 0-0 5/8/2004 2-2 9/1/2004 1-3 6/18/2005 1-1 8/10/2005 3-2 8/19/2005 3-0 10/01/2005 0-1 5/6/2006 1-1 6/17/2006 3-2 7/4/2006 0-1 8/16/2006 0-3 4/21/2007 1-2 8/22/2007 3-2 8/25/2007 0-2 4/20/2008 1-0 7/27/2008 0-0 10/5/2008 1-1 4/18/2009 2-2 8/16/2009 0-2 5/15/2010 2-2 10/12/2010 2-0 3/26/2011 2-3 6/9/2011 0-0 5/12/2012 2-1 6/29/2012 1-0

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field SOL Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field W Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Cardinal Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Cardinal Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field T Soldier Field W Soldier Field W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Toyota Park L Toyota Park L Toyota Park W Arrowhead Stadium L Toyota Park W Toyota Park T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Toyota Park L CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Toyota Park L Toyota Park T LIVESTRONG Sporting Park L Toyota Park L LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

All-time regular season results Date Score 10/15/2000 1-0

Result Location W RFK Stadium

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS

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

1 25 248 119 273 40 98

2 25 274 108 294 37 114

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot. 50 522 227 567 77 212

chicago fire Category Goals

Shots

Shots on Goal Fouls

Offsides Corner Kicks

1 38 260 115 302 57 87

2 42 274 124 288 70 110

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot. 80 534 239 590 127 197

All-Time Regular Season series leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Chicago fire

Ante Razov 9 Goals Justin Mapp 8 Assists Ante Razov 48 Shots Ante Razov 20 Shots on Goal 38 Kerry Zavagnin Fouls Committed Gonzalo Segares 37 Justin Mapp 42 40 Davy Arnaud Fouls Suffered 5 Sealy/Wolff 10 Preki 43 Davy Arnaud 18 Josh Wolff

Zach Thornton 15 3 Meola/Oshoniyi Wins Zach Thornton 4 6 Tony Meola Losses Zach Thornton 8 2 Kevin Hartman Shutouts Zach Thornton 94 40 Tony Meola Saves 24 Tony Meola Goals allowed Zach Thornton 26

All-Time Regular Season game highs SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 3 8 4 6 6

chicago fire

5 Players Tied Goals 6 Players Tied Assists Preki 10 Players Tied Shots Kei Kamara Damani Ralph 4 Players Tied Shots on Goal 6 Players Tied Alex Zotinca Fouls Committed 4 Players Tied 5 Players Tied Fouls suffered Ralph/Blanco

9 Tony Meola 7 Bo Oshoniyi

2 2 9 4 6 7

Saves Zach Thornton 10 Goals alLowed Sutton/Thornton 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC CHI

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 8 7 10 6 9 10 0 50 12 10 16 13 14 15 0 80 2012 Home attendance

Sat., March 17th Sun., March 25th Sat., April 7th Sat., April 14th Sat., May 5th Sun., May 27th Sun., June 16th Fri., June 29th Sat., July 7th Sat., July 21st Sat., July 28th Sat., August 11th Sun., August 26th Sat., Sept. 1st Fri., Sept. 14th

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

W vs. New England W vs. FC Dallas W vs. LA Galaxy W vs. Real Salt Lake L vs. Montreal Impact W vs. San Jose W vs. Toronto FC L vs. Chicago Fire T vs. Houston Dynamo T vs. New England L vs. Columbus Crew W vs. D.C. United T vs. New York W vs. Toronto FC T vs. Houston Dynamo

19,777 15,161 20,323 19,422 20,404 19,974 20,488 19,274 19,307 19,080 18,938 20,439 18,491 18,481 19,877

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS - As of September 27 GOALS assists PLAYER TEAM GP A 1. Graham Zusi KC 28 14 1. Landon Donovan LA 23 14 3. Mauro Rosales SEA 22 13 4. Dwayne De Rosario DC 26 12 5. Brad Davis HOU 28 11 6. Felipe Martins MTL 30 10 7. David Beckham LA 21 9 7. Marvin Chavez SJ 23 9 7. Thierry Henry NY 21 9

Corner Kicks PLAYER TEAM GP CK 1. Graham Zusi KC 28 133 2. Martin Rivero COL 26 104 3. Brad Davis HOU 28 100 4. David Beckham LA 21 99 5. Javier Morales RSL 26 84 TOR 20 70 6. Torsten Frings 7. Marvin Chavez SJ 23 67 8. Freddy Adu PHI 23 65 9. Mauro Rosales SEA 22 63 10. Pavel Pardo CHI 27 61

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS PLAYER TEAM GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi KC 28 5 1. Landon Donovan LA 23 5 1. Mauro Rosales SEA 22 5 4. Chance Myers KC 26 4 4. Patrice Bernier MTL 24 4 4. Robbie Keane LA 24 4

SAVES PLAYER TEAM GP SV 1. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 29 112 2. Matt Pickens COL 30 101 3. Sean Johnson CHI 26 99 3. Dan Kennedy CHV 29 99 5. Matt Reis NE 27 92 6. Troy Perkins MTL 28 87

GOALKEEPER WINS PLAYER TEAM GP W 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 30 16 1. Jon Busch SJ 28 16 3. Sean Johnson CHI 26 15 3. Josh Saunders LA 23 15 5. Nick Rimando RSL 28 14 6. Tally Hall HOU 30 12 7. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 29 11 7. Bill Hamid DC 20 11 7. Donovan Ricketts POR 30 11

GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS PLAYER TEAM GP SHO 1. Jimmy Nielsen KC 30 13 2. Tally Hall HOU 30 11 3. Nick Rimando RSL 28 10 4. Joe Cannon VAN 26 8 4. Andy Gruenebaum CLB 29 8 4. Josh Saunders LA 23 8

PLAYER TEAM GP G 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 28 22 2. Kenny Cooper NY 29 14 2. Robbie Keane LA 24 14 2. Alvaro Saborio RSL 28 14 5. Thierry Henry NY 21 13 5. Eddie Johnson SEA 24 13 7. Alan Gordon SJ 21 12 7. Fredy Montero SEA 28 12 9. Will Bruin HOU 29 11 9. Kei Kamara KC 29 11 9. Chris Pontius DC 27 11 9. Saer Sene NE 25 11

Multi-Goal Games PLAYER TEAM GP GAMES 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 28 5 2. Thierry Henry NY 21 4 LA 24 4 2. Robbie Keane 2. Alvaro Saborio RSL 28 4 5. Kenny Cooper NY 29 3

Game-Winning Goals

PLAYER TEAM GP GWG 1. Chris Wondolowski SJ 28 10 2. Robbie Keane LA 24 6 2. Chris Pontius DC 27 6 4. Kenny Cooper NY 29 5 4. Eddie Johnson SEA 24 5 4. Alvaro Saborio RSL 28 5 7. Alan Gordon SJ 21 4 7. Kei Kamara KC 29 4 7. C.J. Sapong KC 27 4 10. Graham Zusi KC 28 3 10. Nine Others Tied With...

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Shots PLAYER TEAM GP SH 1. Kei Kamara KC 29 125 2. Chris Wondolowski SJ 28 107 3. Fredy Montero SEA 28 105 4. Dwayne De Rosario DC 26 81 5. Thierry Henry 5. Robbie Keane

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Shots on Goal PLAYER TEAM GP SOG 1. Kei Kamara KC 28 46 2. Chris Wondolowski SJ 27 44 3. Kenny Cooper NY 29 40 4. Robbie Keane LA 23 39 5. Fredy Montero SEA 27 38 6. Saer Sene NE 25 35 7. Will Bruin HOU 28 33 7. Alvaro Saborio RSL 28 33 9. Thierry Henry NY 21 32

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Sporting kansas city GOALS AND ASSISTS 1

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3

14 23

4 35 37 8 16 4 28 36 15

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12 11 1 17 5 7 9 6 30 24 29 19 3 14 2

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GOAL information 1- C.J. Sapong (Graham Zusi), Mar. 10, at D.C. United, 93+ 2- Zusi (Kei Kamara), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 28 3- Kamara (Seth Sinovic), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 39 4- Sapong (Sinovic), Mar. 17, vs. New England Revolution, 47 5- Aurelien Collin (Zusi), Mar. 25, vs. FC Dallas, 49 6- Kamara (Chance Myers), Mar. 25, vs. FC Dallas, 88 7- Sapong (Zusi), Apr. 1, at Chivas USA, 47 8- Kamara (Bobby Convey), Apr. 7, vs. LA Galaxy, 40 9- Collin (Zusi), Apr. 14, vs. Real Salt Lake, 63 10- Collin (unassisted), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 24 11- Martin Bonjour (Own Goal), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 51 12- Kamara (Myers), Apr. 18, at Vancouver Whitecaps, 65 13- Convey (Roger Espinoza), May 12, at Chicago Fire, 31 14- Teal Bunbury (Sinovic), May 19, at Colorado Rapids, 2 15- Bunbury (unassisted), May 19, at Colorado Rapids, 14 16- Sapong (Kamara), May 27, vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 5 17- Kamara (Michael Harrington), May 27, vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 39 18- Sapong (Jacob Peterson), June 16, vs. Toronto FC, 18 19- Julio Cesar (Zusi), June 16, vs. Toronto FC, 35

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20- Jacob Peterson (Collin), June 20, at Seattle Sounders FC, 8 21- Kei Kamara (Penalty Kick), July 4, at Montreal, 57 22- Graham Zusi (Penalty Kick), July 4, at Montreal, 75 23- Jacob Peterson (Espinoza/Saad), July 4, at Montreal, 82 24- Jacob Peterson (Peterson Joseph), July 14, at Columbus, 6 25- Teal Bunbury (Kei Kamara), July 14, at Columbus, 82 26- Kei Kamara (Penalty Kick), July 18, at Houston, 42 27- Kei Kamara (Graham Zusi), July 28, vs Columbus, 8 28- Teal Bunbury, August 4, at New England, 20 29- Teal Bunbury (Graham Zusi), August 11, vs D.C. United, 13 30- Graham Zusi (Kamara/Besler), August 11, vs D.C. United, 63 31- Kei Kamara (Graham Zusi), August 18, vs Toronto, 83 32- Kei Kamara (Bunbury/Zusi), August 26 vs New York, 4 33- Paulo Nagamura (unassited), September 1 vs Toronto FC, 60 34- Oriol Rosell (Myers/Nagamura), September 1 vs Toronto FC, 87 35- C.J. Sapong (Graham Zusi), September 14 vs Houston, 93+ 36- C.J. Sapong (Matt Besler), September 19 vs New York, 12 37- Kei Kamara (Graham Zusi), September 19 vs New York, 19

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2012 Schedule and Box Scores DATE OPPONENT

GOAL SCORERS Sat., March 10th 1-0 W @ D.C. United Sapong Sat., March 17th 3-0 W vs. New England Zusi/Kamara/Sapong Sun., March 25th 2-1 W vs. FC Dallas Collin/Kamara Sun., April 1st 1-0 W @ Chivas USA Sapong Sat., April 7th 1-0 W vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Kamara Sat., April 14th 1-0 W vs. Real Salt Lake Collin Wed., April 18th 3-1 W @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC Collin/OG/Kamara Sat., April 21st 1-0 L @ Portland Timbers

OG Sat., May 5th 2-0 L vs. Montreal Impact None Sat., May 12th 2-1 L @ Chicago Fire Convey Sat., May 19th 2-2 T @ Colorado Rapids Bunbury(2) Sun., May 27th 2-1 W vs. San Jose Earthquakes Sapong/Kamara Tues., May 29th 3-2 W vs. Orlando City SC* Nagamura/Saad(2) Tues., June 5th 2-0 W vs. Colorado Rapids* OG/Bunbury Sat., June 16th 2-0 W vs. Toronto FC Sapong/Cesar Wed., June 20th 1-1 T @ Seattle Sounders Peterson Sat., June 23rd 4-0 L @ Philadelphia Union None Tues., June 26th 3-0 W vs. Dayton Dutch Lions* Sapong(2)/Zusi Fri., June 29th 1-0 L vs. Chicago Fire None Wed., July 4th 3-1 W @ Montreal Impact Kamara/Zusi/Peterson Sat., July 7th 0-0 T vs. Houston Dynamo

None Wed., July 11th 2-0 W @ Philadelphia* Peterson/Zusi Sat., July 14th 2-0 W @ Columbus Crew Peterson/Bunbury Wed., July 18th 2-1 L @ Houston Dynamo Kei Kamara 0-0 T vs. New England Revolution None Sat., July 21st Tues., July 24th 3-0 L vs. Montpellier** None Sat., July 28th 2-1 L vs. Columbus Crew Kamara 1-1 T vs. Stoke City FC Miller Wed., August 1st 1-0 W @ New England Revolution Bunbury Sat., August 4th Wed., August 8th

Sat., Aug. 11th Sat., August 18th Sun., Aug. 26th Sat., Sept. 1st Fri., Sept. 14th Wed., Sept. 19th Sat., Sept. 22nd Fri., Sept. 28th Sun., October 7th Sat., October 20th Wed., Oct. 24th

1-1 T vs. (PKS: KC:3 SEA 2) Seattle Sounders*

2-1 W vs. D.C. United 1-0 W @ Toronto FC 1-1 T vs. New York Red Bulls 2-1 W vs. Toronto FC 1-1 T vs. Houston Dynamo 2-0 W @ New York Red Bulls 0-0 T @ Montreal Impact vs. Chicago Fire @ Columbus Crew @ New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union

Kamara

Bunbury/Zusi Kamara Kamara Nagamura/Rosell Sapong Sapong/Kamara None

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS D.C. UNITED (0-1-0) DATE: March 10, 2012 -- RFK Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot D.C. United 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 1 (Zusi 1) 93+ Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Teal Bunbury DC: Cautions: John Lozano Stats Sporting Kansas City DC United TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 6) 7 (De Rosario/Salihi/Santos) SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Kamara 3) 1 (Santos 1) FOULS: 16 (4 tied with 3) 12 (Boskovic/Woolard 2) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 5 3 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Hammid 7 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 85), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 75).

D.C. UNITED--Bill Hamid, Robbie Russell, Daniel Woolard, Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Andy Najar, Chris Pontius (Danny Cruz 74), Perry Kitchen, Branko Boskovic (Josh Wolff 66), Dwayne De Rosario, Hamdi Salihi (Maicon Santos 80).

Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Sean Hurd, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik.

Attendance: 16, 314.

Temperature: 44.

*Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup **International Friendly

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (0-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) DATE: March 17, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

1 0 2

2 0 1

Tot 0 3

FC DALLAS (1-1-1) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (3-0-0) DATE: March 25, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period FC Dallas

Sporting Kansas City

1 1 1

2 0 1

Tot 1 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Zusi 1 (Kamara 1) 28 KC--Kamara 1 (unassisted) 39 KC--Sapong 2 (Sinovic 1, Zusi 2) 47

Scoring Summary: DAL--Ricardo Villar 2 (free kick) 25 KC--Collin 1 (Zusi 3) 49+ KC--Kamara 2 (Myers 1, Zusi 4) 88

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Zusi 28, Myers 45 NE: Ejections: McCarthy 14

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 32, Myers 36, Espinoza 93+ DAL: Cautions: D. Hernandez 49+

Stats Sporting Kansas City New England TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 7) 11 (Nguyen/Simms 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 6 (Guy 2) FOULS: 12 (Myers 3) 10 (Sene 2) OFFSIDE: 4 2 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 6 Reis 4

Stats Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Kamara 11) 8 (Villar 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Kamara 5) 1 (Villar 1) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (4 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 1 0 CORNER KICKS: 7 5 SAVES: N/A Hartman 7

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Stephen McCarthy (Ejected 14), Benny Feilhaber (Jeremiah White 61), Clyde Simms, Shalrie Joseph, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Ryan Guy 45), Saer Sene (Diego Fagundez 57).

FC DALLAS--Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd, Hernan Pertuz, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Bryan Leyva (Andrew Wiedeman 70), Daniel Hernandez, Jair Benitez, Ricardo Villar (Bobby Warshaw 45, Luis Perea 90), Andrew Jacobson, Blas Perez.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 59), Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 57), Bobby Convey, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Luke Sassano 76), C.J. Sapong.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Lawrence Olum 91+), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 93+), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Silviu Petrescu Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Corey Parker 4th Official: David Gantar.

Attendance: 19,777.

Temperature: 74 and Cloudy.

Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Yader Reyes.

Attendance: 15,161.

Temperature: 81 and Sunny.

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2012 Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA (1-3-0) DATE: April 1, 2012 -- The Home Depot Center Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chivas USA 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 3 (Zusi 5) 47

Stats Sporting Kansas City Chivas USA TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Kamara 4) 6 (3 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Sapong 3) 0 (26 Tied with 0) FOULS: 15 (Myers 4) 11 (Minda 3) OFFSIDE: 0 3 CORNER KICKS: 7 1 SAVES: N/A Kennedy 4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (Paulo Nagamura 89), Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 73), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 72).

CHIVAS USA--Dan Kennedy, James Riley, Ante Jazic (Cesar Romero 80), Heath Pearce, Rauwshan McKenzie, Ryan Smith, Laurent Courtois, Oswaldo Minda, Nick LaBrocca, Alejandro Moreno (Miller Bolanos 72), Casey Townsend.

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Frank Anderson 4th Official: Allen Chapman.

Attendance: 13,372.

Temperature: 64 and Clear.

REAL SALT LAKE (5-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (6-0-0) DATE: April 14, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park 1 0 0

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot LA Galaxy 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Kamara 3 (Convey 1) 40

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Sinovic 34 CHV: Cautions: Rauwshan McKenzie 84

Goals by Period Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

LA GALAXY (1-3-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (5-0-0) DATE: April 7, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

2 0 1

Tot 0 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 2 (Zusi 6) 63 Misconduct Summary: RSL: Cautions: Johnson 51 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 76 RSL: Cautions: Steele 78 Stats Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Kamara/Sapong 3) 10 (Espindola 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 Tied with 1) 1 (Borchers 1) FOULS: 13 (Espinoza 4) 14 (Espindola/Steele 3) OFFSIDE: 0 2 CORNER KICKS: 11 4 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Rimando 2 REAL SALT LAKE--Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Chris Wingert, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Will Johnson, Luis Gil (Paulo Junior 76), Kyle Beckerman, Sebastian Velasquez (Jonny Steele 63), Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 89), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 82), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 51), C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Tyler Ploeger.

Attendance: 19,422.

Temperature: 72 and Cloudy.

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: None.

LA: Cautions: Donovan Stats Sporting Kansas City LA Galaxy TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Espinoza/Zusi 3) 4 (Magee 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 0 (31 Tied with 0) FOULS: 9 (Kamara 5) 12 (Donovan 4) OFFSIDE: 2 1 CORNER KICKS: 7 2 SAVES: N/A Saunders 3 LA GALAXY--Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Tommy Meyer, A.J. DeLaGarza, Landon Donovan, Mike Magee, Michael Stephens (Marcelo Sarvas 77), Juninho (Kyle Nakazawa 72), Edson Buddle (Chad Barrett 56), Robbie Keane.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 69), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 78), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 87).

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: Michael Kennedy.

Attendance: 20,323.

Temperature: 60 and Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-0-0) VS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (2-2-2) DATE: April 18, 2012 -- BC Place Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC

1 1 0

2 2 1

Tot 3 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 3 (unassisted) 24 KC--own goal (Bonjour) 51 KC--Kamara 4 (Myers 2) 65 VAN--Le Toux 3 (unassisted) 79 Misconduct Summary: VAN: Cautions: Hassli 6 KC: Cautions: Collin 18 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 38 VAN: Cautions: DeMerit 67 Stats Sporting Kansas City Vancouver TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara 3) 19 (da Silva 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara/Collin 1) 7 (da Silva 3) FOULS: 14 (Espinoza 4) 13 (Hassli 4) OFFSIDE: 3 6 CORNER KICKS: 4 5 SAVES: Nielsen 6 None SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 52), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 77), C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 62).

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC--Joe Cannon, Lee Young-Pyo, Jordan Harvey, Jay DeMerit, Martin Bonjour (Long Tan 87), Atiba Harris (Omar Salgado 79), Davide Chiumiento, Gershon Koffie, John Thorrington (Camilo 60), Sebastien Le Toux, Eric Hassli.

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Kevin Duliba 4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal.

Attendance: 15,382.

Temperature: 52 and Clear.

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2012 Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-1-0) VS PORTLAND TIMBERS (2-4-1) DATE: April 21, 2012 -- Jeld-Wen Field Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Portland Timbers 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: POR--own goal (Myers) 41 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 66 KC: Cautions: Besler 88 POR: Cautions: Purdy 22 POR: Cautions: Palmer 44 POR: Cautions: Boyd 81 Stats Sporting Kansas City Portland Timbers TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Kamara/Sapong 4) 12 (Boyd 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Kamara 2) 2 (Boyd/Brunner 1) FOULS: 12 (Collin 3) 16 (Chabala/Chara 3) OFFSIDE: 1 5 CORNER KICKS: 7 7 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Perkins 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Teal Bunbury 71), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 76), C.J. Sapong.

PORTLAND TIMBERS--Troy Perkins, Steve Purdy (Freddie Braun 78), Mike Chabala, Hanyer Mosquera, Eric Brunner, Darlington Nagbe (Franck Songo’o 89), Diego Chara, Lovel Palmer, Jack Jewsbury, Jorge Perlaza (Eric Alexander 84), Kris Boyd.

Referee: Hilario Grajeda Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Paul Scott 4th Official: Sorin Stoica.

Attendance: 20,438.

Temperature: 73 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-0) VS CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3) DATE: May 12, 2012 -- Toyota Park

MONTREAL IMPACT (3-5-2) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-2-0) DATE: May 5, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Montreal Impact 1 1 2 Scoring Summary: MTL--Felipe Martins 1 (Braun 1) 30 MTL--Bernier 1 (penalty kick) 64 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Cesar 35 MON: Cautions: Rivas 36 MON: Cautions: Bernier 45 MON: Cautions: Ubiparipovic 53 MON: Cautions: Wahl 77 Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Kamara/Zusi 5) 6 (Rivas 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 Tied with 1) 2 (Bernier/Martins) FOULS: 9 (Collin 2) 15 (Martins 5) OFFSIDE: 4 5 CORNER KICKS: 11 1 SAVES: N/A Ricketts 4 MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Jeb Brovsky, Tyson Wahl, Nelson Rivas (Matteo Ferrari 62), Hassoun Camara, Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Andrew Wenger 84), Lamar Neagle, Felipe Martins, Patrice Bernier, Justin Braun, Eduardo Sebrango (Davy Arnaud 70).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 79), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 66), Bobby Convey.

Referee: Juan Guzman Referee’s Assistants: Brian Poeschel, Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Jorge Luna Hernandez.

Attendance: 20,404.

Temperature: 86 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (7-3-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (5-6-1) DATE: May 19, 2012 -- Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 Chicago Fire 0 2 2

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2 Colorado Rapids 0 2 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Convey 1 (Espinoza 1, Kamara 2) 31 CHI--Grazzini 1 (penalty kick) 61 CHI--Oduro 4 (Nyarko 2) 81

Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 1 (Sinovic 1, Convey 2) 2 KC--Bunbury 2 (unassisted) 14 COL--Marshall 1 (Rivero 4) 52 COL--Kimura 1 (Casey 1) 60

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Cesar 4 CHI: Cautions: Pardo 38 CHI: Segares 40 KC: Cautions: Myers 57 KC: Cautions: Kamara 93+ KC: Ejections: Espinoza 62 CHI: Cautions: Puppo 79 Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago 8 (Espinoza 3) 18 (Pappa 6) TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Espinoza 2) 6 (Pappa 2) FOULS: 12 (4 Tied with 2) 13 (Segares 4) OFFSIDE: 1 6 CORNER KICKS: 8 6 SAVES: Nielsen 4 Johnson 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (Lawrence Olum 88), Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 78), Roger Espinoza (Ejected 62), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 74).

CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares, Arne Friedrich (Dan Gargan 29), Austin Berry, Logan Pause (Rafael Robayo 71), Pavel Pardo, Sebastian Grazzini (Federico Puppo 80), Marco Pappa, Patrick Nyarko, Dominic Oduro.

Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Chris Strickland 4th Official: Terry Vaughn.

Attendance: 14,159.

Temperature: 53 and Overcast.

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Convey 51 Stats Sporting Kansas City Colorado TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Bunbury/Nagamura 3) 13 (Rivero 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Bunbury 2) 6 (6 Tied with 1) FOULS: 13 (Collin 4) 8 (8 Tied with 1) OFFSIDE: 2 3 CORNER KICKS: 6 2 SAVES: Nielsen 4 Pickens 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Jacob Peterson 59), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 77), Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 87), Teal Bunbury.

COLORADO RAPIDS--Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Hunter Freeman, Tyrone Marshall, Drew Moor, Wells Thompson (Kamani Hill 78), Jaime Castrillon, Martin Rivero, Jeff Larentowicz, Conor Casey (Edu 68), Tony Cascio (Luis Zapata 89).

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Jeremy Hanson 4th Official: Landis Wiley.

Attendance: 15,269.

Temperature: 52 and Cloudy.

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2012 Box Scores SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (8-3-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (8-3-1) DATE: May 27, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

TORONTO FC (1-10-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-1) DATE: June 16, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot San Jose 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Toronto FC 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 2 0 2

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 4 (Kamara 3, Zusi 7) 5 KC--Kamara 5 (Harrington 1, Myers 3) 39 SJ--Dawkins 2 (Corrales 3) 72

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 5 (Peterson 1, Myers 4) 18 KC--Julio Cesar 1 (Zusi 8) 35 Misconduct Summary: TOR: Cautions: Lambe 55 TOR: Cautions: Johnson 77 KC: Cautions: Bunbury 82

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Espinoza 29 SJ: Cautions: Gordon 45 SJ: Cautions: Hernandez 61 KC: Cautions: Olum 79 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 93+ Stats Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes TOTAL SHOTS: 20 (Kamara 6) 7 (3 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Kamara 2) 4 (Chavez 2) FOULS: 13 (Myers/Sapong 3) 13 (Gordon 4) OFFSIDE: 1 1 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Busch 3 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Jon Busch, Steven Beitashour, Ramiro Corrales, Jason Hernandez, Justin Morrow, Rafael Baca (Ike Opara 65), Simon Dawkins, Marvin Chavez, Brad Ring (Tressor Moreno 71), Khari Stephenson, Alan Gordon (Cesar Diaz Pizarro 61).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Michael Harrington 23), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 74), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Fabio Tovar 4th Official: Landis Wiley.

Attendance: 19,974.

Temperature: 90 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-3-2) VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (7-4-4) DATE: June 20, 2012 -- CenturyLink Field Goals by Period Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City

1 1 1

2 0 0

Tot 1 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Peterson 1 (Collin 1) 8 SEA--Ianni 1 (Rosales 3) 15 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 16 KC: Cautions: Olum 48 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 59 SEA: Cautions: Scott 89 SEA: Ejections: Fernandez 91+ Stats Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders FC TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Bunbury/Thomas 3) 16 (Caskey 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (3 Tied with 1) FOULS: 18 (Collin 6) 9 (Scott 3) OFFSIDE: 2 7 CORNER KICKS: 9 4 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Weber 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Michael Thomas, Peterson Joseph (Graham Zusi 50), Roger Espinoza, Jacob Peterson (Kei Kamara 65), Teal Bunbury, Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 86).

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Andrew Weber, Zach Scott, Marc Burch, Jeff Parke, Patrick Ianni, Brad Evans (Andy Rose 72), Alex Caskey, Mauro Rosales (Alvaro Fernandez 81, SEA Nonindividual 89), Osvaldo Alonso, Eddie Johnson (Sammy Ochoa 80), Fredy Montero.

Referee: Jair Marrufo Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos.

Attendance: 46,932.

Temperature: 70 and Cloudy.

Stats Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Cesar 4) 12 (Silva 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Bunbury 2) 3 (Koevermans 2) FOULS: 12 (3 Tied with 2) 14 (Johnson 5) OFFSIDE: 3 8 CORNER KICKS: 3 4 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Kocic 3 TORONTO FC--Milos Kocic, Richard Eckersley, Jeremy Hall, Doneil Henry, Adrian Cann (Ashtone Morgan 45), Reggie Lambe (Julian de Guzman 62), Eric Avila (Luis Silva 62), Torsten Frings, Terry Dunfield, Ryan Johnson, Danny Koevermans SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi (Konrad Warzycha 90), Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Peterson Joseph 89), Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 73), Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong.

Referee: Paul Ward Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Marco Arruda 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 20,488.

Temperature: 88 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-4-2) VS PHILADELPHIA UNION (3-8-2) DATE: June 23, 2012 -- PPL Park Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union

1 0 2

2 0 2

Tot 0 4

Scoring Summary: PHI--McInerney 1 (Pajoy 1, Gaddis 1) 1 PHI--McInerney 2 (unassisted) 42 PHI--Pajoy 4 (penalty kick) 81 PHI--Hoppenot 1 (M. Farfan 1) 87 Misconduct Summary: PHL: Cautions: Carroll 17 KC: Cautions: Cesar 22 PHI: Cautions: Gaddis 25 PHI: Cautions: Lahoud 63 Stats Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Bunbury 4) 10 (5 Tied with 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Kamara 2) 6 (McInerney 2) FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 15 (Lahoud 4 OFFSIDE: 2 5 CORNER KICKS: 4 2 SAVES: Nielsen 2 MacMath 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Jacob Peterson 84), Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Michael Thomas 64), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 74), Teal Bunbury.

PHILADELPHIA UNION -Zac MacMath, Raymon Gaddis, Gabriel Farfan, Amobi Okugo, Carlos Valdes, Freddy Adu (Antoine Hoppenot 59), Michael Farfan, Michael Lahoud, Brian Carroll, Lionard Pajoy, Jack McInerney (Keon Daniel 73).

Referee: Terry Vaughn Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Jason Cullum 4th Official: John McCloskey.

Attendance: 18,207.

Temperature: 86 and Sunny.

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2012 Box Scores CHICAGO FIRE (8-5-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (9-5-2) DATE: June 29, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Chicago Fire 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: CHI--Pappa 5 (Rolfe 1) 58 Misconduct Summary: CHI: Cautions: Jalil Anibaba 33 KC: Cautions: Nielsen 86 CHI: Cautions: Chris Rolfe 87 Stats Sporting Kansas City Chicago Fire TOTAL SHOTS: 27 (Kamara 8) 10 (Pappa 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 14 (4 Tied with 2) 4 (4 Tied with 1) FOULS: 19 (Kamara 4) 12 (Gargan 3) OFFSIDE: 2 2 CORNER KICKS: 8 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Johnson 5 CHICAGO FIRE--Sean Johnson, Jalil Anibaba, Dan Gargan, Arne Friedrich (Hunter Jumper 79), Austin Berry, Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko (Rafael Robayo 82), Marco Pappa (Alex 64), Pavel Pardo, Logan Pause, Dominic Oduro.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum (Matt Besler 19), Aurelien Collin, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara, Julio Cesar (Peterson Joseph 82), C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 72), Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Adam Garner 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 19,274.

Temperature: 98 and Sunny.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (6-5-7) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (10-5-3) DATE: July 7, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Misconduct Summary: None.

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Zusi 5) 7 (Gacia 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Kamara 2) 2 (Garcia/Ownby 1) FOULS: 11 (Nagamura/Zusi 2) 9 (3 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 0 4 CORNER KICKS: 8 0 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Hall 4 HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Luiz Camargo (Warren Creavalle 66), Adam Moffat, Brad Davis, Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Brian Ching 66), Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ownby 80).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 81), Paulo Nagamura, Jacob Peterson, C.J. Sapong (Teal Bunbury 68).

Referee: Chris Penso Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Eric Proctor 4th Official: John McCloskey.

Attendance: 19,307.

Temperature: 104 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (10-5-2) VS MONTREAL IMPACT (5-11-3) DATE: July 4, 2012 -- Saputo Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Montreal

1 0 0

2 3 1

Tot 3 1

Scoring Summary: MTL--Bernier 4 (Felipe Martins 5, Valentin 1) 49 KC--Kamara 6 (penalty kick) 57 KC--Zusi 2 (penalty kick) 75 KC--Peterson 2 (Espinoza 2, Saad 1) 82 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Graham Zusi 16; Seth Sinovic 90 MTL: Cautions: Felipe Martins 36; Collen Warner 67; Davy Arnaud 69 Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 15 (3 Tied with 3) 11 (Di Vaio 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (5 Tied with 1) 6 (Martins 2) FOULS: 17 (Espinoza/Sinovic 3) 14 (Warner 5) OFFSIDE: 1 3 CORNER KICKS: 5 6 SAVES: Nielsen 5 Ricketts 1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 69), Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 86), C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury (Jacob Peterson 45).

MONTREAL IMPACT--Donovan Ricketts, Zarek Valentin, Jeb Brovsky (Eduardo Sebrango 80), Shavar Thomas, Hassoun Camara, Felipe Martins, Justin Mapp (Justin Braun 87), Patrice Bernier, Davy Arnaud, Collen Warner, Marco Di Vaio (Sanna Nyassi 71).

Referee: Sorin Stoica Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Craig Lowry 4th Official: John McCloskey.

Attendance: 12,085.

Temperature: 81 and Clear.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-5-3) VS COLUMBUS CREW (6-7-4) DATE: July 14, 2012 -- Columbus Crew Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Peterson 3 (Joseph 1) 6 KC--Bunbury 3 (Kamara 4) 82 Misconduct Summary: CLB: Cautions: Bernardo Anor 8 KC: Cautions: Joseph 57 KC: Cautions: Nagamura 69 CLB: Cautions: Emilio Renteria 69 CLB: Cautions: Chris Birchall 83 Stats Sporting Kansas City Columbus Crew TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara/Peterson 2) 16 (Renteria 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Bunbury/Peterson 1) 4 (4 Tied with 1) FOULS: 12 (Kamara 3) 9 (3 Tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 0 4 CORNER KICKS: 4 5 SAVES: Nielsen 4 0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph (Michael Thomas 72), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza, Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 38), Soony Saad (Teal Bunbury 52).

COLUMBUS CREW--Andy Gruenebaum, Josh Williams (Olman Vargas 80), Bernardo Anor, Chad Marshall, Eric Gehrig, Eddie Gaven, Justin Meram, Tony Tchani (Cole Grossman 76), Chris Birchall, Jairo Arrieta (Dilly Duka 62), Emilio Renteria.

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Eric Boria, James Conlee 4th Official: Sorin Stoica.

Attendance: 17,588.

Temperature: 83 and Cloudy.

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2012 Box Scores SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-6-3) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO (8-5-7) DATE: July 18, 2012 -- BBVA Compass Stadium Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo

1 1 1

2 0 1

Tot 1 2

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (6-9-5) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-6-4) DATE: July 21, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period New England Revolution Sporting Kansas City

1 0 0

2 0 0

Tot 0 0

Scoring Summary: HOU--Carr 1 (Bruin 2, Hainault 3) 25 KC--Kamara 7 (penalty kick) 42 HOU--Carr 2 (Davis 6) 79

Misconduct Summary: NE: Cautions: Barnes 47 KC: Cautions: Harrington 50 KC: Cautions: Besler 66

Misconduct Summary: KC: Ejections: Peterson Joseph 47+ HOU: Cautions: Macoumba Kandji 8

Stats Sporting Kansas City New England Revolution TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Peterson 5) 9 (Guy 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Kamara/Peterson 2) 3 (Guy 2) FOULS: 12 (Harrington/Nagamura 3) 7 (Tierney 2) OFFSIDE: 3 1 CORNER KICKS: 4 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Reis 6

Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Kamara 4) 5 (Carr 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Kamara 2) 2 (Carr 2) FOULS: 10 (3 Tied with 2) 10 (Garcia 3) OFFSIDE: 1 5 CORNER KICKS: 2 4 SAVES: 0 Hall 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic (Chance Myers 79), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph (Ejected 47+), Michael Thomas, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura, Jacob Peterson (Bobby Convey 82), Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 45).

HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Boniek Garcia, Warren Creavalle (Luiz Camargo 68), Brad Davis, Calen Carr, Will Bruin (Brian Ownby 78), Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ching 60).

Referee: Mark Kadlecik Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Brian Dunn 4th Official: Jasen Anno.

Attendance: 19,761.

Temperature: 88 and Cloudy.

COLUMBUS CREW (8-7-4) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (11-7-4) DATE: July 28, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period Columbus Crew Sporting Kansas City

1 2 1

2 0 0

Tot 2 1

Scoring Summary: KC--Kamara 8 (Zusi 9) 8 CLB--Arrieta 1 (Williams 2) 17 CLB--Arrieta 2 (unassisted) 34 Misconduct Summary: CLB: Cautions: Birchall 71 CLB: Cautions: Grossman 94+ CLB: Ejections: Grossman 95+ Stats Sporting Kansas City Columbus TOTAL SHOTS: 25 (Bunbury 7) 12 (Duka 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Bunbury/Zusi 2) 3 (Arrieta 2) FOULS: 9 (Besler 3 ) 11 (Grossman 3) OFFSIDE: 4 3 CORNER KICKS: 10 4 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Gruenebaum 5 COLUMBUS CREW--Andy Gruenebaum, Sebastian Miranda, Josh Williams, Carlos Mendes, Chad Marshall, Eddie Gaven, Cole Grossman (Ejected 95+), Dilly Duka (Tony Tchani 84), Chris Birchall, Justin Meram (Ethan Finlay 72), Jairo Arrieta (Julius James 98+).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum (Neven Markovic 84), Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson (Korede Aiyegbusi 71), Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, Bobby Convey (Julio Cesar 64).

Referee: David Gantar Referee’s Assistants: George Gansner, Jeff Muschik 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 18,938.

Temperature: 94 and Clear.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes (Fernando Cardenas 58), Stephen McCarthy (Blake Brettschneider 78), A.J. Soares, Kelyn Rowe (Saer Sene 58), Lee Nguyen, Chris Tierney, Benny Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph, Ryan Guy. SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington (Lawrence Olum 90), Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 87), Bobby Convey (Michael Thomas 70).

Referee: Jasen Anno Referee’s Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 19,080.

Temperature: 97 and Sunny.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (12-7-4) VS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (6-11-5) DATE: August 4, 2012 -- Gillette Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 New England 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 4 (unassisted) 20 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Olum 56 KC: Cautions: Besler 88 NE: Cautions: Guy 54 NE: Ejections: Feilhaber 77 Stats Sporting Kansas City New England TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (Bunbury 4) 10 (Sene 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Bunbury 3) 3 (3 tied with 1) FOULS: 21 (Besler 5) 12 (Nguyen 4) OFFSIDE: 1 3 CORNER KICKS: 1 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 Reis 3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Bobby Convey (Soony Saad 7), Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Peterson Joseph 86), Julio Cesar (Michael Thomas 74), Teal Bunbury.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis, Florian Lechner (Fernando Cardenas 45), Chris Tierney, Stephen McCarthy, Darrius Barnes, Lee Nguyen, Saer Sene, Ryan Guy, Benny Feilhaber (Kelyn Rowe 78), Clyde Simms, Dimitry Imbongo (Diego Fagundez 73).

Referee: Geoff Gamble Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Daniel Belleau 4th Official: Mathieu Bourdeau.

Attendance: 17,592.

Temperature: 85 and Cloudy.

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2012 Box Scores D.C. UNITED (11-8-3) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (13-7-4) DATE: August 11, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (14-7-4) VS TORONTO FC (5-14-5) DATE: August 18, 2012 -- BMO Field

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot D.C. United 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2

Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Toronto FC 0 0 0

Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 5 (Zusi 10) 13 DC--DeLeon 4 (Najar 3) 23 KC--Zusi 3 (Kamara 5, Besler 1) 63

Scoring Summary: KC--Kamara 9 (Zusi) 83

Misconduct Summary: DC: Cautions: Saragosa 46 DC: Cautions: Dudar 94+ KC: Cautions: Thomas 2 KC: Cautions: Espinoza 49 KC: Cautions: Zusi 90 KC: Cautions: Sapong 92+ Stats Sporting Kansas City D.C. United TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Collin/Zusi 4) 7 (McDonald/Lon Tan 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Zusi 2) 2 (DeLeon/Pontius 1) FOULS: 13 (Markovic/Zusi 3) 14 (Dudar/Kitchen 3) OFFSIDE: 3 2 CORNER KICKS: 9 1 SAVES: Nielsen 1 Hamid 3

Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 12 KC: Cautions: Myers 60 TOR: Cautions: Frings 7 TOR: Cautions: Hassli 49 Stats Sporting Kansas City Toronto TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Kamara 5) 6 (Frings/Hassli 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Bunbury/Kamara 3) 2 (Frings/Hassli 1) FOULS: 17 (Collin 5) 17 (Hassli 4) OFFSIDE: 4 2 CORNER KICKS: 3 4 SAVES: Nielsen 2 Kocic 7 SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar (Lawrence Olum 88), Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi, Teal Bunbury, Kei Kamara (C.J. Sapong 86).

D.C. UNITED--Bill Hamid, Chris Korb, Mike Chabala (Danny Cruz 80), Brandon McDonald, Emiliano Dudar, Andy Najar, Nick DeLeon, Perry Kitchen, Branko Boskovic (Marcelo Saragosa 45), Chris Pontius, Long Tan (Josh Wolff 71).

TORONTO FC--Milos Kocic, Doneil Henry (Logan Emory 36), Ashtone Morgan, Darren O’Dea, Richard Eckersley, Luis Silva, Andrew Wiedeman (Quincy Amarikwa 86), Torsten Frings, Terry Dunfield, Ryan Johnson, Eric Hassli.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Neven Markovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza (Oriol Rosell 90), Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, Paulo Nagamura (Julio Cesar 88), Michael Thomas (C.J. Sapong 84), Teal Bunbury.

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Matthew Nelson 4th Official: Mathieu Bourdeau.

Attendance: 18,151.

Temperature: 71 and Clear.

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, Chris Strickland 4th Official: Jorge Luna Hernandez.

Attendance: 20,439.

Temperature: 85 and Sunny.

NEW YORK RED BULLS (13-7-6) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (14-7-5) DATE: August 26, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot New York 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 Scoring Summary: KC--Kamara 10 (Bunbury 1, Zusi 12) 4 NY--own goal (Kamara) 28 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Collin 35 NY: Cautions: Cahill 45 KC: Cautions: Espinoza 68 KC: Cautions: Sapong 76 NY: Cautions: Conde 77

TORONTO FC (5-16-6) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (15-7-5) DATE: September 1, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Toronto FC 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City 0 2 2 Scoring Summary: TOR--Johnson 6 (Eckersley 2) 44 KC--Paulo Nagamura 1 (unassisted) 60 KC--Rosell 1 (Myers 5, Paulo Nagamura 1) 87 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Kamara 10 TOR: Cautions: Dunfield 59

Stats Sporting Kansas City New York TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Kamara/Nagamura 4) 3 (3 Tied with 1) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 Tied with 1) 0 FOULS: 14 (Sapong 3) 18 (Conde 4) OFFSIDE: 1 1 CORNER KICKS: 5 0 SAVES: None Gaudette 2

Stats Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC TOTAL SHOTS: 24 (Kamara 9) 6 (Johnson/Silva 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (6 Tied with 1) 2 (Johnson/Silva 1) FOULS: 5 (5 Tied with 1) 8 (Johnson 3) OFFSIDE: 0 1 CORNER KICKS: 7 3 SAVES: Nielsen 1 4 (F. Hall)

NEW YORK RED BULLS--Bill Gaudette, Connor Lade, Wilman Conde, Heath Pearce, Markus Holgersson, Tim Cahill, Teemu Tainio, Sebastien Le Toux, Dax McCarty, Jan Gunnar Solli (Roy Miller 90), Kenny Cooper (Joel Lindpere 70).

TORONTO FC--Freddy Hall, Jeremy Hall, Logan Emory, Darren O’Dea, Richard Eckersley, Andrew Wiedeman, Ryan Johnson, Aaron Maund, Terry Dunfield, Luis Silva, Quincy Amarikwa.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi, Teal Bunbury (C.J. Sapong 14), Kei Kamara.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar (Oriol Rosell 78), Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong (Dom Dwyer 86), Kei Kamara.

Referee: Hilario Grajeda Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Bill Dittmar 4th Official: Jasen Anno.

Attendance: 18,491.

Temperature: 82 and Cloudy.

Referee: Allen Chapman Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach.

Attendance: 18,481.

Temperature: 79 and Cloudy.

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2012 Box Scores HOUSTON DYNAMO (12-7-10) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (15-7-6) DATE: September 14, 2012 -- LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Houston 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City 0 1 1 Scoring Summary: HOU--Davis 7 (Garcia 6) 58 KC--Sapong 6 (Zusi 13) 93+ Misconduct Summary: HOU: Cautions: Camargo 86 Stats Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo TOTAL SHOTS: 28 (Kamara 10) 6 (Bruin/Davis 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Sapong 4) 3 (Bruin 2) FOULS: 11 (Collin/Espinoza 3) 8 (Ashe/Camargo 2) OFFSIDE: 1 1 CORNER KICKS: 11 2 SAVES: Nielsen 2 7 (Hall)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (16-7-6) VS NEW YORK RED BULLS (14-8-7) DATE: September 19, 2012 -- Red Bull Arena Goals by Period Sporting Kansas City New York Red Bulls

1 2 0

2 0 0

Tot 2 0

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 7 (Besler 2) 12 KC--Kamara 11 (Zusi 14) 19 Misconduct Summary: KC: Cautions: Roger Espinoza 37 Stats Sporting Kansas City New York Red Bulls TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Kamara 6) 13 (Cooper/Henry 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Kamara/Sapong 2) 3 (3 Tied with 1) FOULS: 13 (Zusi 4) 11 (Lindpere 3) OFFSIDE: 1 3 CORNER KICKS: 6 4 SAVES: Nielsen 3 3 (Gaudette)

HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie, Corey Ashe (Andre Hainault 74), Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Luiz Camargo, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis, Boniek Garcia, Will Bruin (Brian Ching 88), Macoumba Kandji (Giles Barnes 81).

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 90), Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Jacob Peterson 79), Graham Zusi (Oriol Rosell 90), C.J. Sapong, Kei Kamara.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza (Jacob Peterson 74), Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong, Kei Kamara.

NEW YORK RED BULLS--Bill Gaudette, Connor Lade, Wilman Conde, Heath Pearce, Markus Holgersson, Dax McCarty (Kenny Cooper 45), Joel Lindpere (Lloyd Sam 69), Teemu Tainio (Sebastien Le Toux 74), Rafa Marquez, Tim Cahill, Thierry Henry.

Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Ian Anderson, Fabio Tovar 4th Official: Jorge Luna Hernandez.

Attendance: 19,877.

Temperature: 69 and Partly Cloudy.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (16-7-7) VS MONTREAL IMPACT (12-15-4) DATE: September 22, 2012 -- Saputo Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting Kansas City 0 0 0 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: MON: Cautions: Warner 55 KC: Cautions: Cesar 58 MON: Cautions: Arnaud 77 KC: Ejections: Peterson 89 KC: Cautions: Joseph 93+ Stats Sporting Kansas City Montreal Impact TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Zusi 3) 7 (7 tied with 1) SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Peterson/Sapong 1) 3 (3 tied with 1) FOULS: 22 (3 tied with 3) 9 (3 tied with 2) OFFSIDE: 2 6 CORNER KICKS: 2 1 SAVES: Nielsen 3 2 (Perkins) SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Seth Sinovic, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara, Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers 83), Oriol Rosell (Peterson Joseph 90), Julio Cesar (Paulo Nagamura 60), C.J. Sapong.

MONTREAL IMPACT--Troy Perkins, Hassoun Camara, Jeb Brovsky, Matteo Ferrari, Alessandro Nesta (Sanna Nyassi 57), Felipe Martins, Justin Mapp (Andrew Wenger 45), Patrice Bernier, Davy Arnaud, Collen Warner, Marco Di Vaio.

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Philippe Briere, Daniel Belleau 4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr..

Attendance: 20,521.

Temperature: 68 and Cloudy.

Referee: David Gantar Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Adam Wienckowski 4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero.

Attendance: 10,286.

Temperature: 67 and Cloudy.

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SKC Miscellaneous Stats 2012 Record When…

Record By Month...

13-2-3 Scoring first goal 3-5-1 Conceding first goal 8-1-1 Leading at halftime 7-2-6 Tied at halftime 1-4-0 Trailing at halftime 0-4-3 Scoring 0 goals 6-3-3 Scoring 1 goal 7-0-1 Scoring 2 goals 3-0-0 Scoring 3 goals N/A Scoring 4+ goals 10-0-3 Allowing 0 goals 6-2-3 Allowing 1 goal 0-4-1 Allowing 2 goals N/A Allowing 3 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 4+ goals Wearing Sporting Blue 13-6-6 3-1-1 Wearing Dark indigo 11-0-0 Leading at 75’ 5-2-6 Tied at 75’ 0-5-1 Trailing at 75’ Outshooting opponent 14-5-5 2-1-2 Outshot by opponent 1-0-0 Shots even 10-5-0 One-goal games 1-0-1 On ESPN 1-1-1 On NBCSN 0-0-2 On KCTV5 14-6-4 On KSMO-TV Day games (before 5pm)3-0-1 13-7-6 Games 5pm or later With red card received 0-2-1 1-1-1 With red card against 8-5-3 Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75 8-2-4 2-1-1 In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone 0-0-1 8-5-4 In Central time zone 6-1-1 In Eastern time zone vs. Eastern Conference 10-5-5 vs. Western Conference 6-1-2 13-6-6 On grass 2-1-1 On turf 0-0-2 With one sub 4-2-1 With two subs 12-5-4 with three subs

March 2012 March all-time April 2012 April all-time May 2012 May all-time June 2012 June all-time July 2012 July all-time Aug. 2012 Aug. all-time Sept. 2012 Sept. all-time Oct. 2012 Oct. all-time

SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2012 Regular Season

3-0-0 8-6-1 4-1-0 35-27-11 1-2-1 26-35-17 1-2-1 33-27-20 2-2-2 37-31-22 3-0-1 34-39-13 2-0-2 24-31-13 N/A 13-10-10

Team-by-team (in 2012)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

10-23-9 (0-2-0) Chicago 7-4-4 (1-0-0) Chivas USA 20-17-13 (0-0-1) Colorado Rapids 19-21-5 (1-1-0) Columbus Crew 18-18-9 (2-0-0) D.C. United 20-19-8 (1-0-0) FC Dallas 3-6-6 (0-1-2) Houston Dynamo 18-22-11 (1-0-0) LA Galaxy 3-4-1 Miami Fusion 1-1-1 (1-1-1) Montreal Impact 21-13-10 (2-0-1) N.E. Revolution New York Red Bulls 18-17-10 (1-0-1) Philadelphia Union 1-1-3 (0-1-0) 2-1-0 (0-1-0) Portland Timbers 7-5-3 (1-0-0) Real Salt Lake 20-20-7 (1-0-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-5-1 (0-0-1) 10-6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 8-3-4 (3-0-0) Toronto FC 5-3-4 Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0-1 (1-0-0)

Home and Away...

Overall All-time 2012 at home All-time at home 2012 on road All-time on road

61 sec., Teal Bunbury, 5/19 at COL

Quickest Goal Against...

59 sec, Jack McInerney, 6/23 at PHI

Game-winning goals after 75’...

93+, C.J. Sapong, 3/10 at DC 88, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL 75, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON 83, Kei Kamara, 8/18 at TOR 87, Oriol Rosell, 9/1 vs TOR

Game-tying goals after 75’...

93+, C.J. Sapong, 9/17 vs HOU

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

81, Dominic Oduro, 5/12 at CHI 79, Calen Carr, 7/18 at HOU

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

N/A

Hat Tricks...

N/A

Hat Tricks Against...

N/A

Own Goals...

51, Martin Bonjour, 4/18 at VAN

Own Goals Against...

41, Chance Myers, 4/21 at POR 28, Kei Kamara, 8/26 vs NY

Red Cards...

62, Roger Espinoza, 5/12 at CHI 47, Peterson Joseph, 7/18 at HOU 89, Jacob Peterson, 9/22 at MON

Red Cards Against...

14, Stephen McCarthy, 3/17 vs NE 91, Alvaro Fernandez, 6/20 at SEA 95+, Cole Grossman, 7/28 vs CLB

Penalty Kicks...

Penalty Kicks Against...

50, Saved, Kei Kamara, 3/25 vs DAL 57, Goal, Kei Kamara, 7/4 at MON 75, Goal, Graham Zusi, 7/4 at MON 42, Goal, Kei Kamara, 7/18 at HOU 64, Goal, Patrice Bernier, 5/5 vs MON

61, Goal, Sebastian Grazzini, 5/12 vs CHI

81, Goal, Lionard Pajoy, 6/23 at PHI

210-206-107 8-3-4 139-75-47 8-4-3 71-131-60

2012 Major Events at Livestrong sporting park

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Quickest Goal...

Youngest Goalscorer...

20y56d, Oriol Rosell, 9/1 vs TOR

Oldest Goalscorer...

33y211d, Julio Cesar, 6/16 vs TOR

Youngest Starter...

19y309d, Soony Saad, 6/20 at SEA

Oldest Starter...

35y47d, Jimmy Nielsen, 9/22 at MON

Concert: Buzz Beach Ball (June 2, 2012) International Friendly: Montpellier HSC (July 24, 2012) International Friendly: Stoke City FC (August 1, 2012) Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final: vs. Seattle Sounders FC (August 8, 2012) Concert: Journey with Pat Benatar (August 31, 2012) World Cup Qualifier: USMNT versus Guatemala (October 16, 2012)

2012 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring 1 2 Total Shots 1 2 Total Sog 1 2 Total SPORTING 21 16 37 SPORTING 219 273 492 SPORTING 68 73 141 Opp. 12 13 25 Opp. 119 168 287 Opp. 39 51 90 Fouls 1 2 Total Offsides 1 2 Total Corners 1 2 Total SPORTING 188 215 403 SPORTING 22 28 50 SPORTING 92 90 182 Opp. 169 187 356 Opp. 50 41 91 Opp. 31 55 86 Cautions 1 2 Total Ejections 1 2 Total PK 1 2 Total SPORTING 18 30 48 SPORTING 1 2 3 SPORTING 1 3 4 Opp. 17 33 50 Opp. 1 2 3 Opp. 0 3 3

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Coaching Staff

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

#3 | D | Korede Aiyegbusi Ht: 5-5 Wt. 155 DOB: 7/15/1988 Hometown: London, UK College: North Carolina State Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round(#20)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 1, 4 times, last: April 30, 2011, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs PHI Last..

Appearance July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Goal N/A Assit: N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#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: August 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 August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Goal August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Assist August 26, 2012, KC vs NY 2012 Record when: he starts 7-4-3 he scores 3-0-2

#55 | D | Julio Cesar Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Last Club: Maritimo Funchal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 15, 2011, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots 4, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 3, 5 times, last: Sept. 22, 2012, KC at MON Fouls Suffered 4, June 16, 2012 KC vs TOR Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist Oct. 30, 2011, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 12-5-4 he scores 1-0-0

#5 | D | Matt Besler

#55 | D | Aurelien Collin

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

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, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 5, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist September 19, 2012, KC at NY 2012 Record when: he starts 15-5-6 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assists 1, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 4, 3 times, last: August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Fouls Committed 6, 2 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Last..

Appearance September 19, 2012, KC at NY Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assist June 20, 2012, KC at SEA 2012 Record when: he starts 14-6-6 he scores 3-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | September 28, 2012 vs Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Assists 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2010, SJ vs NY Shots on Goal 4, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Shots 8, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Fouls Committed 5, August 6, 2011, SJ vs POR Fouls Suffered 7, May 3, 2003, DC vs DAL Last..

Appearance August 4, 2012, KC at NE Goal May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 8-4-2 he scores 0-1-0

#15 | M | Roger Espinoza Ht: 5-11 Wt. 160 DOB: 10/25/1986 Birthplace: Puerto Cortes, Honduras Hometown: Aurora, CO College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Regular-Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assists 1, 9 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Shots 5, 2 times, last: March 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last..

Appearance September 19, 2012, KC at NY Goal August 3, 2011, KC vs RSL Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2012 Record when: he starts 15-5-4 he scores 0-0-0

#14 | D | Dom Dwyer

#2 | D | Michael Harrington

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: Cuckfield, England College: University of South Florida Acquired: ‘12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986 Hometown: Greenville, NC College: North Carolina Acquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

Appearance September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assists 2, Sept. 22, 2010, KC vs HOU Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Shots 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Fouls Committed 6, July 11, 2009, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, July 14, 2007, KC vs RSL Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal Oct 5, 2008, KC vs CHI Assist May 27, 2012, KC vs SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 2-4-3 he scores 0-0-0 #24 | D | Cyprian Hedrick Ht: 6’ Wt. 185 DOB: 10/06/1989 Hometown: Duala, Cameroon College: Coastal Carolina Acquired: ‘12 MLS Superdraft 2nd Round (#30)

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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | September 28, 2012 vs Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #19 | M | Peterson Joseph

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg

Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 09/01/11

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 N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, 2 Times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Fouls Committed 2, July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 1, 3 Times, last: July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2012 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

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

Appearance Shutout

June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#23 | F | Kei Kamara

#25 | D | Neven Markovic

Ht: 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Birthplace: Kenema, Sierra Leone Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Last Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09

Ht: 6’ Wt. 173 DOB: 2/20/1987 Hometown: Belgrade, Serbia Last Club: Doxa Drama FC (Greece) Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 4 times, last: July 23, 2011, KC vs TOR Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 19, 2011, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 5, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Shots 11, March 25, 2012, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: April 7, 2012, KC vs LA Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal September 19, 2012, KC at NY Assist August 11, 2012, KC vs DC 2012 Record when: he starts 15-7-6 he scores 8-2-1

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 3, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 2, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Last..

Appearance August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin

#27 | D | Kyle Miller

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10

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 Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last..

Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 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 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | September 28, 2012 vs Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #7 | M | 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 N/A Assists 1, 7 times last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal N/A Assist September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 14-5-5 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 1, 7 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 1, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 3-3-2 he scores 0-0-0

#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson

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

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 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Shots on Goal 4, May 15, 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 September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 8-2-5 he scores 1-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Assists 1, 11 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 2, 8 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Assist June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR 2012 Record when: he starts 2-2-4 he scores 2-0-1

#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen

#20 | F | Oriol Rosell

Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10

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 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 2012 Record when:

September 22, 2012, KC at MON September 22, 2012, KC at MON he starts 16-7-7

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 2, September 22, 2012, KC at MON Fouls Suffered N/A Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Goal Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | September 28, 2012 vs Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com #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 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists July 4, 2012, KC at MON Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: August 4, 2012, KC at NE Shots 2, June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Fouls Committed 2, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Last..

Appearance August 4, 2012, KC at NE Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2012 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0

#88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht: 5-8 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Olathe, Kansas College: Notre Dame Last Club: Ljungskile (Sweden) Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Shots 3, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 2, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Last..

Appearance August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

#17 | F | C.J. Sapong

#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Dublin, Ohio College: Ohio State Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Assists 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 4, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 9, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Fouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal September 19, 2012, KC at NY Assist Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ 2012 Record when: he starts 11-5-4 he scores 6-0-1

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 June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2012 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#16 | D | Seth Sinovic

#8 | M | Graham Zusi

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011

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 N/A Assists 1, 2 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: April 14, 2012, KC vs RSL Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal N/A Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2012 Record when: he starts 15-5-6 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assists 2, 2 times, last: March 25, 2012: KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 4 times, last: July 7, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 4, September 19, 2012, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: Sept. 22, 2012, KC at MON Last..

Appearance September 22, 2012, KC at MON Goal August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Assist September 19, 2012, KC at NY 2012 Record when: he starts 15-6-6 he scores 3-0-0

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | September 28, 2012 vs Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

9

2

242

0

0

1

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

9

2

242

0

0

1

0

4

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

99

94

8541

2

4

24

8

78

46

5

0

12

0

1

3

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

102

97

8811

2

4

24

8

81

47

6

0

0

1

3

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

77

47

4432

19

6

157

61

82

54

45

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

80

50

4678

21

6

164

64

87

58

46

5

8

1

6

1

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

50

46

3864

3

2

25

6

57

34

1

0

7

1

1

1

KC - Post Season

3

3

239

0

1

1

0

1

5

0

0

2

0

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

53

49

4103

3

3

26

6

58

39

1

0

9

1

1

2

Aurelien Collin

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

49

47

4221

6

1

43

12

94

46

7

0

16

1

3

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

4

1

5

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

52

50

4491

7

1

47

13

99

47

7

0

16

1

4

0

Bobby Convey

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

15

14

987

1

2

7

3

5

7

0

31

1

0

0

1

MLS - Reg. Season

179

166

14678

12

32

201

91

231

218

41

280

35

2

2

10

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

2

1

7

3

8

8

1

11

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

184

171

15128

14

33

208

94

239

226

42

291

35

2

3

10

Dom Dwyer

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kevin Ellis

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

Roger Espinoza

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

111

91

8071

2

11

93

25

155

144

9

14

19

4

1

2

KC - Post Season

5

4

288

0

0

1

0

3

5

1

0

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

116

95

8359

2

11

94

25

158

149

10

14

21

4

1

2

Michael Harrington

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

149

128

11633

5

14

34

21

133

104

10

4

18

0

0

5

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

0

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

154

133

12083

5

14

34

21

136

111

10

4

19

0

0

5

Cyprian Hedrick

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

Peterson Joseph

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

10

3

205

0

1

2

0

5

3

0

1

2

1

0

1

MLS - TOTAL

10

3

205

0

1

2

0

5

3

0

1

2

1

0

1

Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

94

83

7437

31

15

319

110

128

153

36

4

9

0

8

6

MLS - Reg. Season

174

133

12264

45

18

447

168

235

257

78

6

16

1

13

8

KC - Post Season

3

3

269

0

0

8

4

3

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - Post Season

5

4

347

1

0

9

5

5

7

4

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

179

137

12611

46

18

456

173

240

264

82

6

16

1

13

8

12

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | September 28, 2012 vs Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com Neven Markovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

2

1

96

0

0

1

0

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

2

1

96

0

0

1

0

4

3

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

85

61

5801

0

7

55

14

86

58

3

4

6

1

0

4

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

0

0

0

5

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

88

64

6071

0

7

55

14

91

62

3

4

6

1

0

4

Paulo Nagamura

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

23

15

1454

0

0

31

4

20

17

1

3

3

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

180

159

14222

10

15

171

55

266

226

5

20

42

2

4

6

MLS - Post Season

10

9

909

0

0

9

5

16

24

1

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

190

168

15131

10

15

180

60

282

250

6

20

46

2

4

6

Lawrence Olum

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

18

8

726

0

0

7

0

7

1

1

0

3

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

18

8

726

0

0

7

0

7

1

1

0

3

0

0

0

Jacob Peterson

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

20

8

803

3

1

21

9

5

7

2

0

0

1

1

1

MLS - Reg. Season

158

90

8089

12

11

135

51

50

87

18

60

5

1

4

5

MLS - Post Season

3

2

161

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

161

92

8250

12

11

135

51

51

89

19

60

5

1

4

5

Oriol Rosell

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4

1

103

1

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

MLS - Total

4

1

103

1

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Soony Saad

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

13

2

344

1

1

9

3

6

7

0

6

0

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

2

0

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

15

2

348

1

1

9

3

7

7

0

6

0

0

0

0

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

61

42

3946

12

5

102

44

63

83

18

0

2

0

5

2

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

1

0

5

5

8

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

64

45

4216

13

5

107

49

71

90

18

0

2

0

5

2

Seth Sinovic

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

46

46

3998

0

2

18

3

38

34

2

0

4

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

66

64

5578

0

2

25

4

51

44

2

0

7

0

0

0

KC - Post Season

3

3

265

0

0

0

0

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

69

67

5843

0

2

25

4

55

47

2

0

7

0

0

0

Michael Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

7

3

344

0

0

6

1

6

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

7

3

344

0

0

6

1

6

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

Konrad Warzycha

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

0

CK

C

E

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

92

61

5826

9

22

139

42

76

90

7

247

9

0

4

9

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

0

2

4

0

5

3

0

11

0

0

0

1

MLS Career - TOTAL

95

64

6096

9

24

143

42

81

93

7

258

9

0

4

10

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | September 28, 2012 vs Chicago Fire| www.SportingKC.com

GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

90

90

8077

316

224

30

94

1.05

5

6

38

28

23

KC - Post Season

3

3

270

9

7

2

2

0.67

0

0

2

1

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

93

93

8347

325

231

32

96

1.04

5

6

40

29

23

Jon Kempin

GP

GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/A

0

0

0

0

0

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 Career - TOTAL

5

4

382

19

13

1

6

1.41

1

1

2

1

2

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Information © 2012 Chicago Fire Soccer Club Chicago Fire (16-8-5; 53 pts.) at Sporting Kansas City (16-7-7; 55 pts.)

Fire Game #30 – Away Game #15 Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 – LIVESTRONG Sporting Park – Kansas City, Kan. – 7:30 p.m. CT TV: NBC Sports Network Radio: ESPN Deportes 97.5 FM TWITTER: @ChiFireMatch FIRE FLASHES ___________________________________________ 2012 Record/Home/Away…………….….……………..16-8-5/11-2-2/5-6-3 2011 Record/Home/Away……………..………….….…....9-9-16/6-3-8/3-6-8 vs. Eastern Conference/2011……………………..…………….13-4-3/6-1-9 vs. Western Conference/2011......……………………..………….3-4-2/3-8-7 Current Streak........................................................................................4W Last Five………………………………………………………….........LWWWW All-Time Record .......................................................................201-154-103 All-Time Home Record.................................................................122-54-54 All-Time Away Record...................................................................79-100-49 Last Regular Season Win……………..……………….2-1 vs. CLB, 9/22/12 Last Regular Season Loss.………….......………...........4-2, at DC, 8/22/12 Last Shutout by Fire ………………………..…………..1-0, vs. VAN, 7/14/12 Last Shutout by Opponent…………………..……….......0-1, vs. NY, 7/18/12 March Record 2012/2011.......................................................... 1-0-1/1-0-1 April Record 2012/2011 ..............................................................1-2-1/0-3-2 May Record 2012/2011...............................................................3-2-1/0-1-3 June Record 2012/2011............................................................ 3-1-0/1-0-5 July Record 2012/2011 ............................................................ 1-2-2/0-2-1 August Record 2012/2011 .........................................................3-1-0/2-1-3 September Record 2012/2011 ..................................................4-0-0/3-1-0 October Record 2012/2011........................................................0-0-0/3-1-0 Pre All-Star 2012/2011.............................................................9-7-4/2-6-12 Post All-Star 2012/2011 ............................................................7-1-1/7-3-4 Record After 29 Games 2012/2011 ........................................16-8-5/5-8-15 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime ........................................9-0-1/2-3-0/5-5-4 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’.................................................13-0-1/0-8-0/3-0-3 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied ................. 9-2-2/6-6-3/1-0-0 Day/Night ..................................................................................2-3-1/14-5-4 Grass/Turf .................................................................................16-6-4/0-2-1 Wearing All-Red Primary Kit ..............................................................13-5-4 Wearing All-Blue Secondary Kit ...........................................................3-2-1 All-Time 30th Game of Season ……………………………………………7-4-1 All-Time on September 28……………………………………..………….2-0-0 CHICAGO FIRE – Sporting Kansas City Friday’s match is the third and final game between the two squads this season. In the first leg of the series, Sebastian Grazzini equalized in the 61st minute and Dominic Oduro notched the game-winner in the 81st as the Fire rallied from a 1-0 deficit to top Sporting Kansas City at Toyota Park May 12. Marco Pappa notched the game’s only goal in the 58th minute and Sean Johnson stood up to a barrage of late chances as the Men in Red defeated Sporting Kansas City 1-0 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park June 29.

QUICK KICKS vs. Sporting Kansas City (16-7-7; 55 pts.)

• The Fire hold a 23-10-9 record against Sporting Kansas City, including a 8-7-7 record in matches played on the road.

• The Fire are unbeaten in the two matches that have been played at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The Men in Red held Sporting Kansas City to a scoreless draw in the stadium opener June 9, 2011. The Fire took home the full three points on June 29 after a 1-0 victory earlier this season.

• Sporting Kansas City is 8-3-4 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park this season.

• The Fire defense has now held its opposition to one goal or less in eight of its last nine matches.

• This is the first time the Men in Red have earned 16 victories in a season since 2001 when the team went 16-6-5 and reached the MLS Cup Semifinals.

• Sporting Kansas City will be without the services of forward Jacob Peterson who received a red card against the Montreal Impact Sept. 22.

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire (16-8-5, 53 pts.) enter their 15th season of MLS play after rebounding midseason to post a 9-9-16 record, which left the side three points outside of the playoffs in 2011. Locking up the likes of Pavel Pardo and Logan Pause this past offseason, the team returns the majority of its starting eleven to Toyota Park in 2012, while adding Uruguayan midfielder Alvaro Fernandez, Dutch striker Sherjill MacDonald and Brazilian midfielder Alex to support the Ghanaian tandem of Dominic Oduro and Patrick Nyarko. The team also reinforced their defensive corps in the offseason by adding German World Cup veteran Arne Friedrich as well as two young defenders via the MLS SuperDraft in center back Austin Berry and left back Hunter Jumper who will be expected to provide cover for the likes of Cory Gibbs, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares and Dan Gargan in 2012.

ATHLETICO “RECOVERY ROOM”: September 21, 2012 Chicago Fire OUT: DF Cory Gibbs (R knee meniscus repair); QUESTIONABLE: DF Steven Kinney (R groin pain); MF Pavel Pardo (L calf tightness) Sporting Kansas City OUT: FW Teal Bunbury (L knee ACL tear); FW Bobby Convey (R hamstring strain); DF Cyprian Hedrick (L fibula fracture); DOUBTFUL: MF Paulo Nagamura (R foot sprain); QUESTIONABLE: FW Jacob Peterson (L hamstring strain); PROBABLE: DF Lawrence Olum (L groin strain); DF Seth Sinovic (R ankle sprain) PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT: F Orr Barouch – Loaned (9/13/2012) M Marco Pappa – Transferred (8/30/2012) M Sebastian Grazzini – Loaned (8/17/2012) M Rafael Robayo – Loaned (7/26/2012) F Federico Puppo – Loaned (7/24/2012) D Kwame Watson-Siriboe – Traded (6/27/12) F Kheli Dube – Waived (6/26/12) D Pari Pantazopoulos – Waived (3/11/2012) M Mike Banner – Free Agent (1/23/2012) F Diego Chaves – Free Agent (1/1/2012) F Gabriel Ferrari – Waived (12/7/2011) F Cristian Nazarit – Waived (12/7/2011) M Baggio Husidic – Re-Entry List (12/2/2011) G Jon Conway – Re-Entry List (12/2/2011 G Alec Dufty – Re-Entry List (12/2/2011) IN: F Guillermo Franco – Signed (9/14/12) M Wells Thompson – Signed (9/10/2012) M Alvaro Fernandez – Signed (7/27/2012) F Sherjill MacDonald – Signed (7/24/2012) M Alexandre Monteiro De Lima – Signed (4/26/2012) F Chris Rolfe – Signed (4/16/2012) D Tony Walls – Signed (3/15/2012) G Paolo Tornaghi – Signed (3/8/2012) D Arne Friedrich – Signed (3/7/2012) D Hunter Jumper – Signed (3/6/2012) F Kheli Dube – Signed (1/27/2012) D Austin Berry – Drafted (1/12/2012) F Federico Puppo – Signed (1/11/2012) M Rafael Robayo – Signed (1/9/2012) F Orr Barouch – Rights purchased from Tigres (12/5/2011) G Jay Nolly – Traded from Vancouver (12/5/2011)

at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF RACE The Eastern Conference playoff race remained tightly packed after the slate of weekend matches.

Saturday’s victory pushed the Men in Red to 16-8-5 (53 points) on the season, just two points behind Eastern Conference-leading Sporting Kansas City. The Fire are three points ahead of both the New York Red Bulls and D.C. United (50 points), and seven points ahead of the Houston Dynamo (46 points) who currently sit in fifth place. The Fire have a game in hand on all of the other top six teams in the East.

Two of the remaining five matches will be played at Toyota Park, where the Fire are 9-0-1 when hosting Eastern Conference opponents. The Fire have gone unbeaten against Eastern Conference opponents at Toyota Park since they fell 2-0 on Oct. 12, 2010 to Sporting Kansas City, going 13-0-6 in that time.

The Fire have a chance to become the first Eastern Conference team to clinch a spot in the playoffs on Friday. Below is the breakdown of results that are needed: Chicago Fire will clinch a playoff spot IF · Chicago Fire win vs. Sporting Kansas City on Friday AND · Columbus Crew lose to Philadelphia Union on Saturday OR · Houston Dynamo lose to New England Revolution on Saturday SPORTING KANSAS CITY SCOUTING REPORT Sporting Kansas City (16-7-7; 55 pts.) enter the match after a 0-0 draw with the Montreal Impact on Saturday afternoon at State Saputo. Sporting Kansas City are in the midst of an eight game unbeaten streak.

Sporting will be without the services of forward Jacob Peterson who will be serving a one match suspension for a red card that he received in the match against the Montreal Impact.

Kansas City have not defeated Chicago at home since 2007. The Fire have won two of the six meetings since, with four draws. The Fire are unbeaten in the two matches that have been played at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The Men in Red held Sporting Kansas City to a scoreless draw in the stadium opener June 9, 2011. The Fire took home the full three points on June 29 after a 1-0 victory earlier this season.

CHICAGO FIRE TO CELEBRATE 15TH ANNIVERSARY The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced that the club will celebrate the Fire’s 15th Anniversary during the Chicago Fire vs.

Philadelphia Union match at Toyota Park on Wednesday, Oct. 3 (NBC5.2/97.5 ESPN Deportes FM). Fire legends Peter Nowak, Chris Armas and Cuauhtémoc Blanco, will be in attendance and will be honored at halftime. The celebration will continue with the 15th Anniversary Celebration on Monday, Oct. 8 at the Chicago History Museum (1601 North Clark Street). Former Fire greats Ante Razov, Lubos Kubik and Peter Nowak are scheduled to attend the celebration.

A special ticket package for the 15th Anniversary match against the Union, which includes a hot dog and a soda, is available for only $25 by clicking here and using the password FIRE. Tickets for the Chicago Fire – Philadelphia Union match are also available by calling 888-MLS-FIRE or visiting www.Chicago-Fire.com. th th Following the 15 Anniversary match on Wednesday, Oct. 3, the October 8 Anniversary Planning Committee in association with Section 8 Chicago, the Independent Supporters’ Association of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club Fire will host the 15thAnniversary Celebration at the Chicago History Museum, with proceeds benefiting the Chicago Fire Foundation. Former Fire greats Ante Razov, Lubos Kubik and Peter Nowak will attend to help celebrate the club’s founding. Tickets for the 15thAnniversary Celebration are $97 and are available here.

Additional Fire legends scheduled to attend the festivities will be unveiled by the Fire and the October 8th Anniversary Planning Committee via the Fire’s twitter account www.twitter.com/ChicagoFire , www.facebook.com/chicagofire the Fire Anniversary twitter – www.twitter.com/fireanniversary and Facebook page - www.facebook.com/fireanniversary.

The Chicago Fire Soccer Club was founded on Oct. 8, 1997, the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. Since the first season in which the Fire won the historic “Double”, winning both the MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup in 1998, the Fire have amassed a rich history which includes a record four U.S. Open Cup trophies, the 2003 Supporters Shield and three MLS Conference Championships.

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

CHICAGO FIRE BURN COLUMBUS CREW 2-1 IN COMEBACK VICTORY For the eighth time this season, the Chicago Fire came back from being down a goal, using two Chris Rolfe goals in the span of three minutes to down the Columbus Crew Saturday night at Toyota Park.

The Fire would come close in the third minute when Alex’s corner from the left was punched high by Crew ‘keeper Andy Gruenebaum.

Fire midfielder Alvaro Fernandez headed it back in from the top of the penalty area before Arne Friedrich laid the ball back off for Alex.

The Brazilian attacker dribbled towards the box and whipped in a swerving ball that skimmed off the top of the cross bar and out for a goal kick.

Columbus would threaten seven minutes later when Milovan Mirosevic played a quick combination through midfield for Eddie Gaven.

The veteran Crew midfielder rewarded Mirosevic’s run before the Chilean international blasted a first time effort that Johnson turned away with a diving stop in the 10th minute.

The Crew would eventually draw first blood by taking advantage of a mistake in the back. Fire center back Austin Berry played a seemingly harmless ball back to Johnson and the Fire ‘keeper looked to return the pass back but miss-hit his effort into the path of lurking Crew striker Jairo Arrieta. The Costa Rican international dribbled around Johnson before placing his effort beyond a desperate sliding attempt from Friedrich to give the Crew a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute.

The Fire only took eight minutes to equalize when Gonzalo Segares played a long ball up the left for forward Sherjill MacDonald. The Dutch striker turned his marker before playing a perfect ball into space for Chris Rolfe who tucked his left-footed effort past Gruenebaum and inside the left post to take the score to 1-1 in the 23rd minute.

Rolfe would secure his second brace of the season just three minutes later. Receiving a pass from Logan Pause through the midfield, Rolfe laid off for Patrick Nyarko who powered up the right. The Ghanaian international strolled through three defenders and cut inside to the center of the box before squaring the ball for Rolfe. The veteran striker took one touch with his left foot before driving a right footed effort past a frozen Gruenebaum and into the top right corner to give the Fire a 2-1 lead in the 26th minute. The wonderfully taken goal was Rolfe’s eighth of the 2012 campaign.

The Crew looked to equalize in the 44th minute when Federico Higuain’s corner from the right picked out the head of Chad Marshall at the near post but the Columbus captain’s nodded effort was easily saved by Johnson, taking the Fire into the half with a 2-1 advantage.

Coming out of the break, the Fire looked for an elusive third goal and nearly saw Chris Rolfe tally his second career hat trick. Alex’s free kick on the left picked out Rolfe at the top of the area before the two-goal scorer hit a first-time volley towards the back post that went just wide in the 51st minute.

Columbus would come close twice inside two minutes. First when Gaven found room on the left and held up at the top of the area before lofting an attempt that Johnson punched away. Renteria picked up the loose ball and dribbled towards the end line before seeing his cross turned out for a corner by Austin Berry in the 56th minute.

On the ensuing corner, Higuain’s drive from the right found Marshall who glanced a header towards the back post and into the run of Eddie Gaven but the Crew winger popped his streaking effort well over the bar in the 56th minute.

The third goal would continue to escape the Fire in the 62nd minute when a great combination between Rolfe and MacDonald saw the Dutch forward into the box on the left. MacDonald quickly chipped over the onrushing Grunebaum for an open Alvaro Fernandez but the Uruguayan winger sent his first-time header just over the goal.

With their backs against the wall, the Crew would pour on the pressure through the end of the match. In the 76th minute, Miranda found space on the right and crossed looking for Arrieta but the ball was too heavy and fell for Higuain who made a deep run before heading the ball over Johnson’s goal.

Higuain would produce the danger again in the 79th minute when his free kick from the left was headed up by Crew center back Julius James. The ball would fall on the right for Josh Williams who smashed a first-time effort at goal, forcing Johnson to make a spectacular reaction stop.

Columbus would have one more furious effort seven minutes later. James penetrated up the right before seeing his cross deflected by Berry into the path of Marshall. The veteran center back’s quick shot deflected through traffic before Berry cleared. Higuain would pick up the loose ball and send a quick cross back into the area for Marshall, who nodded back before Friedrich cleared out of the box.

Tchani would follow up with one more attempt but second half substitute Daniel Paladini would come through with a block to close out a 2-1 Fire victory.

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

LAST TIME THESE TWO MET…June 29, 2012 Match: Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City Date: June 29, 2012 Competition: MLS Regular Season Venue: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Scoring Summary: Chicago Fire Sporting Kansas City

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Lineups: Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Jalil Anibaba, Arne Friedrich (Hunter Jumper, 79’), Austin Berry, Dan Gargan; Logan Pause ©, Pavel Pardo; Patrick Nyarko (Rafael Robayo, 82’), Chris Rolfe, Marco Pappa (Alex, 64’); Dominic Oduro Substitutes Not Used: Jay Nolly, Daniel Paladini, Corben Bone, Orr Barouch Head Coach: Frank Klopas Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen ©; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Lawrence Olum (Matt Besler, 19’), Seth Sinovic; Julio Cesar (Peterson Joseph, 82’), Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza; Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad, 72’) Substitutes Not Used: Eric Kronberg, Matt Besler, Michael Harrington, Peterson Joseph, Jacob Peterson, Soony Saad, Michael Thomas Head Coach: Peter Vermes Scoring Summary CHI – Marco Pappa (Chris Rolfe) 58’ Misconduct Summary CHI – Jalil Anibaba (caution) 33’

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

2012 RESULTS/SCHEDULE

DATE March 17 March 24 April 1 April 15 April 21 April 28 May 4 May 9 May 12 May 20 May 23 May 26 May 29 June 2 June 17 June 23 June 29 July 3 July 8 July 14 July 21 July 18 July 28 August 4 August 12 August 18 August 22 September 2 September 8 September 12 September 15 September 22 September 28 October 3 October 6 October 20 October 27

OPPONENT

@ Montreal Impact

Philadelphia Union

@ Colorado Rapids

Houston Dynamo

@ Toronto FC

Seattle Sounders FC

@ Chivas USA

Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

@ Portland Timbers

FC Dallas

@ Columbus Crew @ Michigan Bucks*

@ New England Revolution New York Red Bulls

Columbus Crew

@ Sporting Kansas City @ Houston Dynamo

LA Galaxy

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Aston Villa FC^

@ New York Red Bulls

@ San Jose Earthquakes Toronto FC

@ Philadelphia Union

New England Revolution @ DC United

Houston Dynamo

Club Santos Laguna^

@ Toronto FC Montreal Impact

Columbus Crew

@ Sporting Kansas City

Philadelphia Union @ New York Red Bulls

@ New England Revolution DC United

RESULT/TIME (CT) GOAL SCORERS (MIN) LEAGUE RECORD 1‐1 D

Oduro 71’ 0‐0‐1 1‐0 W

Oduro 28’ 1‐0‐1 0‐2 L

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Pause 27’ 1‐1‐2 1‐1 D 3‐2 W Oduro 1’, Segares 40’, Nyarko 58’ 2‐1‐2 1‐2 L

Pappa 89’ 2‐2‐2 2‐1 W

Berry 25’, Pappa 93+’ 3‐2‐2 0‐0 D

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3‐2‐3 2‐1 W

Grazzini 61’, Oduro 81’ 4‐2‐3 1‐2 L

Anibaba 39’ 4‐3‐3 2‐1 W

Grazzini 45’ Pappa 63’ 5‐3‐3 1‐2 L

Berry 72’ 5‐4‐3 2‐3 L (asdet)

Bone 28’, Puppo 51’

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Pappa 2’, Oduro 26’ 7‐5‐3

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Pappa 58’ 8‐5‐3 0‐0 T

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Pardo 10’ 9‐6‐4 1‐0 L

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Rolfe 37’ 9‐7‐5 1‐1 T 2‐1 W

Pappa 64’, Berry 84’ 10‐7‐5 3‐1 W Rolfe 43’, Friedrich 45’, Rolfe 56’ 11‐7‐5 2‐1 W Rolfe 5’, MacDonald 25’ 12‐7‐5 4‐2 L Paladini 44’, Segares 75’ 12‐8‐5 3‐1 W Nyarko 1’, Paladini 19’, Alex 93+’ 13‐8‐5 2‐2 T

Videira 48’, Bone 63’

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Rolfe 23’, Rolfe 26’ 16‐8‐5

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at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 71 6 22 19 4 10 23 3 5 94 25 99 28 7 1 14 8 11 17 12 27 18 13 15 70 21 20

Player Alex Jalil Anibaba Austin Berry Corben Bone Alvaro Fernandez Guillermo Franco Arne Friedrich Dan Gargan Cory Gibbs Kellen Gulley Sean Johnson Hunter Jumper Steven Kinney Sherjill MacDonald Jay Nolly Patrick Nyarko Dominic Oduro Daniel Paladini Pavel Pardo Logan Pause Victor Pineda Chris Rolfe Gonzalo Segares Wells Thompson Paolo Tornaghi Mike Videira Tony Walls

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

Ht. 5’8” 6-0 6-2 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-2 5-10 5-11

Wt. 155 170 180 150 159 168 170 175 180 185 215 175 175 174 205 165 160 165 150 155 140 145 160 155 175 180 185

Birth date 12/15/1988 10/19/1988 10/06/1988 09/16/1988 10/11/1985 11/03/1976 05/29/1979 12/14/1982 01/14/1980 04/06/1994 05/31/1989 02/28/1989 10/28/1987 11/20/1984 02/01/1982 01/15/1986 08/13/1985 11/11/1984 07/26/1976 08/22/1981 03/15/1993 01/17/1983 10/13/1982 11/25/1983 06/21/1988 01/06/1986 01/16/1990

Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil Davis, CA Cincinnati, OH Plano, Texas Soriano, Uruguay Corrientes, Argentina Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Philadelphia, PA Fort Lauderdale, FL Clinton, MS Lilburn, GA Plano, TX Norcross, GA Amsterdam, Netherlands Littleton, CO Kumasi, Ghana Pramso, Ghana Northridge, CA Guadalajara, Mexico Hillsborough, NC Bolingbrook, IL Kettering, OH San Jose, Costa Rica Winston-Salem, NC Garbagnate Milanese, Italy Milford, MA Wauwatosa, WI

College -North Carolina Louisville Wake Forest ---Georgetown Brown University -Central Florida Virginia Elon University -Indiana Virginia Tech

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Virginia Commonwealth GC

Cal State Northridge -North Carolina ---

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Virginia Commonwealth GC

Wake Forest Int. Duke UW-Green Bay

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 70 71 94 99

Player Jay Nolly Dan Gargan Alvaro Fernandez Cory Gibbs Jalil Anibaba Sherjill MacDonald Dominic Oduro Guillermo Franco Daniel Paladini Logan Pause Gonzalo Segares Patrick Nyarko Wells Thompson Pavel Pardo Chris Rolfe Corben Bone Tony Walls Michael Videira Austin Berry Arne Friedrich Sean Johnson Victor Pineda Steven Kinney Paolo Tornaghi Alex Kellen Gulley Hunter Jumper

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

Pronunciation

AHL-bah-ro Jah-LEEL Ah-Nee-Bah-Bah sir-ZHEEL

seh-GAH-res NEE-yah-koh

VEE-dare-AH ARR-nuh FREE-drick PIN-eh-DA TOR-nah-GEE

Head Coach: Frank Klopas Assistant Coach: Leo Percovich Assistant Coach: Mike Matkovich Goalkeeper Coach: Aron Hyde Soccer Fitness Specialist: Tony Jouaux

Place of Birth Orlando, FL Philadelphia, PA Soriano, Uruguay Plantation, FL Fontana, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands Accra, Ghana Corrientes, Argentina Northridge, CA Hillsborough, NC San Jose, Costa Rica Kumasi, Ghana Winston-Salem, NC Guadalajara, Mexico Kettering, Ohio Plano, Texas Wauwatosa, WI Milford, MA Cincinnati, OH Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Lilburn, GA Chicago, IL Norcross, GA Garbagnate Milanese, Italy Sao Paulo, Brazil Clinton, MS Plano, TX

Last Team Vancouver Whitecaps Toronto FC Seattle Sounders FC New England Revolution North Carolina (NCAA) Beerschot AC (BEL) Houston Dynamo Pachuca (MEX) Carolina Railhawks (NASL) North Carolina (NCAA) Apollon Limassol (CYP) Virginia Tech University (NCAA) Colorado Rapids Club America (MEX) Aalborg BK (DEN) Chicago Fire UW-Green Bay (NCAA) AC St. Louis (USSF D-2) Louisville (NCAA) VfL Wolfsburg (GER) University of South Florida (NCAA) Chicago Fire Academy Elon University (NCAA) Como (ITA) FC Wohlen (SUI) CFJ-Mississippi Virginia (NCAA)

Head Athletic Trainer: Bo Leonard Assistant Athletic Trainer: Matt Zalewski Equipment Manager: Charles Raycroft Assistant Equipment Manager: Allan Araujo Director of Team Operations: Ron Stern

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

2012 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season Statistics (through 9/22/2012) Player GP GS MIN G Alex 13 5 583 2 Jalil Anibaba 28 27 2418 1 Austin Berry 23 23 2070 3 Corben Bone 2 0 26 0 Alvaro Fernandez (CHI) 8 7 572 2 Guillermo Franco 0 0 0 0 Arne Friedrich 19 18 1472 1 Daniel Gargan 20 17 1587 0 Cory Gibbs 3 3 270 0 Kellen Gulley 0 0 0 0 Sean Johnson 26 26 2316 0 Hunter Jumper 5 0 48 0 Steven Kinney 0 0 0 0 Sherjill MacDonald 9 7 583 2 Jay Nolly 0 0 0 0 Patrick Nyarko 29 26 2348 3 Dominic Oduro 28 21 1697 5 Daniel Paladini 11 4 446 2 Pavel Pardo 27 26 2296 1 Logan Pause 27 26 2058 1 Victor Pineda 0 0 0 0 Chris Rolfe 17 14 1318 8 Gonzalo Segares 27 27 2323 3 Wells Thompson (CHI) 3 0 35 0 Paolo Tornaghi 3 3 270 0 Michael Videira 2 0 31 0 Tony Walls 0 0 0 0 GOALKEEPING STATISTICS Player GP Sean Johnson 26 Jay Nolly 0 Paolo Tornaghi 3

GS 26 0 3

MIN 2316 0 270

SHT 127 0 17

SVS 99 0 14

GA 31 0 3

GAA 1.20 0 1.00

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

PG 2 0 0

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

PA 3 0 0

E GWG 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

W 15 0 1

L 7 0 1

D 4 0 1

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

0 0 0 0

SO 4 0 1

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at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

#71 Alex – 2012: 13 GP/5 GS, 2G, 0A in 583 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 89 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 9/15/12 vs. MTL (61’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS match  Signed with the club April 26, 2012  Joins the club from Swiss club FC Wohlen  Brazilian international appeared as a trialist in two of the club’s preseason matches #6 JALIL ANIBABA – 2012: 28 GP/27 GS, 1G, 1A in 2418 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 05/20/12 at POR (39’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/17/11 vs. LA (89’)  Scored a brace in 2011 season finale, a 3-2 victory 10/22 vs. CLB  First professional goal in 2-1 U.S. Open Cup qualifying victory over 3/30/11 vs. Colorado was voted club’s 2011 Goal of the Year st th  Drafted in 1 round, 13 overall of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft

#5 – CORY GIBBS – 2012: 3 GP/3 GS, 0G, 0A in 270 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 04/01/12 at COL in 2-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 09/17/11 vs. CHV (2’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 07/24/09 vs. DC (Davis 63’)  2011 Chicago Fire Defender of the Year  Tallied a career high three goals, all off headers, for the Fire in 2011  Has appeared in 19 matches for the U.S. Men’s National #94 – KELLEN GULLEY – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in an MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play  Product of Mississippi Fire Juniors  Became club’s second Homegrown Player after signing with the first team in August 2011

#22—AUSTIN BERRY – 2012: 23 GP/23 GS, 3G, 0A in 2070 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 8/4/12 vs. TFC (84’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play  Selected ninth overall (first round) in 2012 MLS SuperDraft  Was part of 2010 Chicago Fire PDL team  Played in 2010 NCAA College Cup for University of Louisville

#25 – SEAN JOHNSON – 2012: 26 GP/26 GS, 15W, 4SO in 2316 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS WIN: 09/22/12 vs. CLB LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 07/14/2012 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (1-0 win) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/12/12 at PHI (Rolfe 56’)  Has two appearances for the full U.S. Men’s National Team  Called in as a member of the U.S. U-23 Olympic Qualifying Team  At age 21, was the youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire after making his debut on August 1, 2010.

#19–CORBEN BONE – 2012: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 26 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 25 min., 7/14/12 vs. VAN in a 1-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/14/2011 @ TOR (Barouch 75’)  Member of Generation adidas program st th  Drafted in 1 round, 13 overall of 2010 MLS SuperDraft  Recorded 15 goals and 38 assists in three years of play at Wake Forest University

#99 – HUNTER JUMPER – 2012: 5 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 48 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 7 min., 7/28/12 at SJ in a 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play Finished th  Selected 28 overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft  Appeared in 79 matches between 2008-11 at the University of Virginia, helping the Cavaliers to the 2009 NCAA College Cup  Able to play at left back as well as a center back

#4 – ALVARO FERNANDEZ – 2012: 8 GP/7 GS, 2G, 1A in 572 min.

(CHI) LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 9/15/12 vs. MTL (80’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/15/12 vs. MTL (Alex 61’)  Veteran of 2010 Uruguayan World Cup team  Acquired via trade from Seattle Sounders FC on July 27, 2012

#28 – STEVEN KINNEY – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 58 min., 10/23/10 at CHV in 4-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/29/10 @ SJ (39’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/08/10 vs. CLB (Lowry 30’)  Appeared in 13 matches, logging 963 minutes in rookie 2010 season  First player out of Elon University to sign an MLS contract  Made 78 appearances during his four-year college career at Elon University

#10– GUILLERMO FRANCO – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match  Joined the Fire on a free transfer on Sept. 14, 2012  Two-time World Cup veteran, represented Mexico in the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups #23 – ARNE FRIEDRICH – 2012: 19GP/18 GS, 1G, 0A in 1472 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/12/12 at PHI (45’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play  Veteran of 2006 and 2010 German World Cup Teams  Appeared for Germany at the 2004 and 2008 European Championship  Has amassed 82 appearances for Die Mannschaft #3 – DAN GARGAN – 2012: 20 GP/17 GS, 0G, 1A in 1587 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 49 min., 9/15/12 vs. MTL in a 3-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/21/11 vs. TOR (69’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/15/12 vs. MTL (Fernandez 80’)  Acquired in a trade with Toronto for Dasan Robinson on 7/28/2011  Scored his second career MLS goal in his first appearance against his former club Toronto in 2-0 win on 8/21/2011

#7 – SHERJILL MACDONALD – 2012: 9 GP/7 GS, 2G, 3A in 583 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 78 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 9/15/12 vs. MTL (34’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/22/12 vs. CLB (Rolfe 23’)  Signed for the Fire on July 24, 2012  Dutch youth international, has been capped for the Netherlands at the U-21 level  Joins the Fire from Belgian Pro League Side Beerschot AC. Joined the Antwerp club in 2009 and tallied 15 goals in 82 matches through the 2012 campaign.  Over the course of his 10-year career in Belgium, the Netherlands and England, MacDonald has tallied 47 goals in 217 appearances. #1 – JAY NOLLY – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0W, 0SO in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 8/13/11 vs. DC in 4-0 loss LAST MLS WIN: 8/7/11 vs. CHI LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 5/7/11 at CHI (0-0 draw)  Acquired via trade from Vancouver on December 5, 2011

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#14 – PATRICK NYARKO – 2012: 29 GP/26 GS, 3G, 7A in 2348 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/02/12 vs. HOU (1’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/22/12 vs. CLB (Rolfe 26’)  Team leader in assists the past two seasons with 10 (2010) and 9 in 2011  Has appeared in more matches than any other Fire player over the past three seasons with 87 games played  Made debut for Ghana in 1-1 draw vs. Chile on 2/29/12

#18 – CHRIS ROLFE – 2012: 17 GP/14 GS, 8G, 2A in 1318 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 84 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/22/12 vs. CLB (26’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/15/12 vs. MTL (Fernandez 80’)  Re-joined the Chicago Fire on a free transfer from Aalborg BK on April 16, 2012  Second all-time leading goal scorer in club history with 36 regular season goals  Has 10 international appearances with the U.S. Men’s National Team

#8 – DOMINIC ODURO – 2012: 28 GP/21 GS, 5G, 3A in 1697 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played six min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 06/23/12 vs. CLB (26’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/02/12 vs. HOU (Alex 93+’)  Became first Fire player since 2004 to score double digit goals in 2011  With 12 goals, was 2011 Fire MVP and Golden Boot winner  Made debut for Ghana in 1-1 draw vs. Chile on 2/29/12

#13 – GONZALO SEGARES – 2012: 27 GP/27 GS, 3G, 1A in 2323 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/22/12 at DC (75’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/18/12 vs. NE (MacDonald 25’)  Led all Fire players with appearances in 2011, playing in 33 MLS matches and 38 competitive matches.  With 8, sits second among Fire defenders for most goals all-time for the club behind Lubos Kubik (15)  Has appeared in 19 matches for the Costa Rican Men’s National Team th  Selected 35 overall (third round) by the Fire in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft

#11 – DANIEL PALADINI – 2012: 11 GP/4 GS, 2G, 1A in 446 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 12 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/02/12 vs. HOU (19’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/26/2012 @ CLB (Berry 72’)  Two-time Division 2 All-League Best XI Midfielder (2009-10)  Helped Carolina RailHawks to 2010 USSFD2 Finals  Drafted in 2006 by Los Angeles Galaxy #17 – PAVEL PARDO – 2012: 27 GP/26 GS, 1G, 4A in 2310 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/12/12 at TOR in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 07/14/12 vs. VAN (10’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/12/12 at TOR (Fernandez 13’)  Appeared in the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cups for Mexico  Appeared in over 300 matches for Club America in the Mexican Primera Division  Won the 2007 Bundesliga title with Stuttgart #12 – LOGAN PAUSE – 2012: 27 GP/26 GS, 1G, 0A in 2058 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 04/15/12 vs. HOU (27’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/21/12 @ TOR (Nyarko 58’)  Sits second on club’s all-time appearance list with 227 GP th  Enters his 10 consecutive season with the Fire in 2012 and second as captain  Longest tenured member of the current roster  Has earned six caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team  Has appeared in 21+ games in every season since joining the Fire in 2003  Youngest Fire player to hit 200 MLS regular season appearances at 29 #27 – VICTOR PINEDA– 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match  First Home Grown player signed by the Chicago Fire first team  Helped Fire’s U16/17 Academy to 2010 National Championship  Has previously played for U.S. U17, U18 and U20 National Teams

#15 – WELLS THOMPSON – 2012: 3GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 35 min. (CHI) LAST MLS MATCH: Played one min., 9/22/12 vs. CLB in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 10/22/11 at VAN (84’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/13/11 at SJ (Larentowicz 72’)  Acquired by the Fire on Sept. 10, 2012 in a trade with the Colorado Rapids  In his rookie season, started in the 2007 MLS Cup Final with the New England Revolution  Won the 2010 MLS Cup with the Colorado Rapids  Four-year standout at Wake Forest University, helped the Deacons advance to the 2006 NCAA College Cup for the first time in school history. #70 – PAOLO TORNAGHI – 2012: 3 GP/3 GS, 1W, 1SO in 270 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 4/1/12 vs. COL in 2-0 loss LAST MLS WIN: 3/24/12 vs. PHI in 1-0 win LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 3/24/12 vs. PHI in 1-0 win  Joined the Fire from Serie A giants Inter Milan  Appeared for Italy from the U16-U20 levels #21 – MICHAEL VIDEIRA – 2012: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 31 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 11 min., 8/18/12 vs. NE in a 2-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored an MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/26/11 vs. KC (Puerari 40’)  Signed with Hamilton Academical of the Scottish Premier League in 2008 after playing four years at Duke  Played for the U.S. U17 and U20 Men’s National Teams #20 – TONY WALLS – 2012: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match th  Highest 2012 MLS Supplemental pick to sign an MLS contract (47 overall)  Was a member of 2010 Chicago Fire PDL side

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

3-17-12 @ MTL, D 1-1 GK Tornaghi D Gargan D Anibaba D Gibbs D Segares (Jumper 68’) M Pappa (Puppo 62’) M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini (Paladini 79’) F Nyarko F Oduro 1

3-24-12 vs. PHI,W 1-0 GK Tornaghi D Gargan D Anibaba D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa (Puppo 89’) M Pardo (Paladini 70’) M Pause M Grazzini (Robayo 85’) F Nyarko F Oduro 1

4-1-12 @ COL, L 0-2 GK Tornaghi D Pause (Barouch 83’) D Anibaba D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa (Puppo 78’) M Pardo M Robayo (Paladini 61’) M Grazzini F Nyarko F Oduro

4-15-12 vs. HOU, D 1-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa M Pardo M Pause 1 M Grazzini F Nyarko F Oduro

4-21-12 @ TOR, W 3-2 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Anibaba D Segares 1 M Pappa (Puppo 65’) M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini (Barouch 79’) F Nyarko 1 F Oduro 1 (Paladini 84’)

4-28-12 vs. SEA, L 1-2 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Anibaba D Segares M Pause (Pappa 61’) 1 M Pardo M Paladini (Puppo 78’) M Grazzini (Robayo 80’) F Nyarko F Oduro

5-4-12 @ CHV, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Friedrich D Berry 1 D Segares M Pappa 1 M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini (Robayo 78’) F Nyarko F Oduro (Puppo 86’)

5-9-12 vs. RSL, D 0-0 GK Johnson D Gargan (Anibaba 51’) D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Pappa M Pardo M Pause (Robayo 72’) M Grazzini F Nyarko (Puppo 60’) F Oduro

5-12-12 vs. SKC, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich (Gargan 29’) D Berry D Segares M Pappa M Pardo M Pause (Robayo 71’) M Grazzini 1 (Puppo 80’) F Nyarko F Oduro 1

5-20-12 @ POR, L 1-2 GK Johnson D Gargan (Barouch 81’) D Anibaba 1 D Berry D Segares M Pause (Robayo 68’) M Pardo M Pappa M Grazzini F Nyarko F Oduro (Puppo 60’)

5-23-12 vs. FCD, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Anibaba D Berry D Segares M Pause M Robayo M Nyarko M Grazzini 1 (Pardo 76’) M Pappa 1 (Bone 89’) F Oduro (Barouch 59’)

5-26-12 @ CLB, L 1-2 GK Johnson D Gargan D Anibaba D Berry 1 D Segares M Nyarko M Pappa (Barouch 46’) M Pardo M Pause (Paladini 60’) M Robayo F Puppo (Oduro 46’

5-29-12 @ MICH, L 2-3 (ET)* GK Tornaghi D Walls (Gargan 84’) D Anibaba D Berry (Watson-Siriboe 49’) D Segares M Videira M Paladini M Bone 1 M Robayo F Barouch (Oduro 84’) F Puppo 1

6-2-12 @ NE, L 2-0 GK Johnson D Gargan D Anibaba D Berry D Segares M Pause (Robayo 74’) M Pardo M Nyarko M Grazzini F Barouch (Puppo 77’) F Oduro (Rolfe 69’)

6-17-12 vs. NY, W 3-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Anibaba D Berry D Segares 1 M Pause M Pardo M Nyarko 1 M Grazzini (Rolfe 61’) 1 M Pappa (Jumper 85’) F Oduro (Robayo 76’)

6-23-12 vs. CLB, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Anibaba D Berry D Segares M Pause M Pardo M Nyarko (Friedrich 72’) M Grazzini (Rolfe 59’) M Pappa 1 F Oduro 1 (Robayo 80’)

6-29-12 @ KC, W 1-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich (Jumper 79’) D Berry D Gargan M Pause M Pardo M Nyarko (Robayo 82’) M Rolfe M Pappa 1 (Alex 64’) F Oduro

7-3-12 @ HOU, T 0-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Segares D Berry D Gargan M Pause M Pardo M Nyarko (Jumper 87’) M Rolfe M Pappa (Barouch 72’) F Oduro (Alex 58’)

7-8-12 vs. LA, L 2-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Pause (Alex 46’) M Pardo M Nyarko M Rolfe (Barouch 79’) M Pappa F Oduro (Robayo 67’)

7-18-12 @ NY, L 1-0 GK Johnson D Gargan D Anibaba D Berry D Segares M Pause (Barouch 75’) M Pardo M Rolfe M Alex (Nyarko 46’) M Pappa F Oduro (Robayo 61’)

7-21-12 vs. AVFC, L 1-0^ GK Nolly (Tornaghi 46’) D Gargan (Walls 69’) D Friedrich (Segares 68’) D Berry (Anibaba 46’) D Jumper M Paladini (Videira 68’) M Robayo M Bone M Alex M Pappa (Nyarko 62’) F Barouch (Oduro 61’)

7-28-12 @ SJ, T 1-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry D Gargan M Pause M Pardo M Rolfe 1 (Paladini 89’) M Alex (Jumper 83’) M Nyarko F Oduro (MacDonald 64’)

8-4-12 vs. TFC, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry 1 D Segares M Fernandez (Nyarko 50’) M Pause (Alex 74’) M Pardo M Pappa 1 M Rolfe F Oduro (MacDonald 46’)

7-14-12 vs. VAN, W 1-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Pause M Pardo 1 M Rolfe M Alex (Gargan 71’) M Nyarko (Robayo 78’) F Oduro (Bone 65’)

8-12-12 @ PHI, W 3-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich 1 D Berry D Segares M Fernandez M Pause (Nyarko 44’) M Pardo M Pappa (Alex 62’) M Rolfe 2 F MacDonald (Videira 70’)

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at Sporting Kansas City – 9/28/12

8-18-12 vs. NE, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Fernandez (Videira 79’) M Paladini M Pardo M Nyarko (Pappa 75’) F Rolfe 1 F MacDonald 1

8-22-12 @ DC, L 4-2 GK Johnson D Anibaba (Fernandez 63’) D Friedrich D Berry D Segares 1 M Nyarko M Paladini (Alex 85’) 1 M Pardo M Pappa (Oduro 74’) F Rolfe F MacDonald

9-15-12 vs. MTL, W 3-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich (Gargan 41’) D Berry D Segares M Nyarko M Pause M Alex 1 M Fernandez 1 (Thompson 83’) F Rolfe F MacDonald 1 (Oduro 77’)

9-22-12 vs. CLB, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Nyarko M Pause M Alex (Thompson 89’) M Fernandez F Rolfe 2 (Oduro 84’) F MacDonald (Paladini 78’)

9-2-12 vs. HOU, W 3-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Nyarko 1 (Oduro 77’) M Paladini 1 M Pardo M Fernandez F Rolfe (Pause 85’) F MacDonald (Alex 55’) 1

9-8-12 vs. Santos Laguna, T 2-2^ GK Tornaghi D Walls D Videira 1 D Jumper D Gargan M Pause (Paladini 46’) M Pineda M Oduro M Alex (Pardo 78’) M Bone 1 F MacDonald (Anibaba 46’)

9-12-12 @ TOR, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Friedrich D Berry D Segares M Nyarko M Pause M Pardo (Alex 76’) M Fernandez 1 (Thompson 63’) F Rolfe 1 F MacDonald

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Player

Jay Nolly Wells Thompson Dan Gargan Alvaro Fernandez Kwame Watson-Siriboe Cory Gibbs Jalil Anibaba Kheli Dube Sherjill MacDonald Dominic Oduro Federico Puppo Sebastian Grazzini Guillermo Franco Daniel Paladini Logan Pause Gonzalo Segares Patrick Nyarko Orr Barouch Marco Pappa Pavel Pardo Chris Rolfe Corben Bone Tony Walls Michael Videira Austin Berry Arne Friedrich Pari Pantazopoulos Sean Johnson Victor Pineda Steven Kinney Paolo Tornaghi Alex Rafael Robayo Kellen Gulley Hunter Jumper

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

CHICAGO FIRE

39

81D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

19

90D 90D 50M 90M 79M 27

27 7 1 49 90M 63M 83M 90M

90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 63D 90D 90D 90D 90D

66D 90D 90D 90D 51D 61

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 28 29 MTL PHI COL HOU TOR SEA CHV RSL KC POR DAL CLB NE NY CLB KC HOU LA VAN NY SJ TOR PHI NE DC HOU TOR MTL CLB 1-1 1-0 0-2 1-1 3-2 1-2 2-1 0-0 2-1 1-2 2-1 1-2 0-2 3-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 3-1 2-1 2-4 3-1 2-1 1-3 2-1

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90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 66D 90D 90D

61M

6 72M 66M 90M 61M 66D 90D 90D 66F 90F 90F 11 66M 65M 29 66M 90M 90M

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1

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12

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19

22

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11

26 8

3

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7

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90M 62M 15 74M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 76M 90M 90M 90M 90M 85M 90F 90M 84M

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28

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35

14

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66G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

20 11 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 66D 90D 90D 90D 90D 29D 18 79D 90D 69D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 41D 90D

30 60M 74M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 45 77F 45M 85M 90M 90M 90M 21 29

26 45 70F 71F 90F 55F 71F 77F 78F 90F 90F 90F 66F 84F 90F 86F 90F 90F 60F 59F 45 69F 76F 80F 90F 54F 67F 65F 61F 64F 45F 19 16 13 19 13 6 28 1 12 25 18 4 30 10 30 45F 13 79M 85M 90M 66M 79M 80M 78M 90M 80M 90M 76M 90M 61M 59M 11 20 29 90M 90M 83D 68D 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F 7 62M 89M 78M 90M 70M 90M

5

90G 90G 90G

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Played for other teams: Alvaro Fernandez played 920 minutes for SEA

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MTL 1 PHI 0 COL 2 HOU 1 TOR 2 SEA 2 CHV 1 RSL 0 KC 1 POR 2 DAL 1 CLB 2 NE 2 NY 1 CLB 1 KC 0 HOU 0 LA 2 VAN 0 NY 1 SJ 1 TOR 1 PHI 1 NE 1 DC 4 HOU 1 TOR 1 MTL 1 CLB 1

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68; Rolfe 1 (Nyarko 3) 26

81

(Pardo 1) 27 (Nyarko 1) 1; Segares 1 (Grazzini 2) 41; Nyarko 1 (Oduro 1, Pause 1) (unassisted) 89 (Grazzini 3) 25; Pappa 2 (Puppo 1) 93+

4; Segares 2 (Oduro 2) 2; Oduro 5 (Grazzini 5)

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58

Rolfe 2 (Nyarko 4) 37 Pappa 6 (unassisted) 64; Berry 3 (Pardo 2) 84 Rolfe 3 (MacDonald 1) 43; Friedrich 1 (Pappa 4) 47+; Rolfe 4 (Nyarko 5, Johnson 1) 56 Rolfe 5 (penalty kick) 5; MacDonald 1 (Nyarko 6, Segares 1) 25 Paladini 1 (Pappa 5, MacDonald 2) 44; Segares 3 (Pardo 3) 75 Nyarko 3 (unassisted) 1; Paladini 2 (unassisted) 19; Alex 1 (Oduro 3) 93+ Fernandez 3 (Pardo 4) 13; Rolfe 6 (unassisted) 42 MacDonald 2 (Anibaba 1) 34; Alex 2 (Fernandez 3) 61; Fernandez 4 (Rolfe 2, Gargan 1) 80 Rolfe 7 (MacDonald 3) 23; Rolfe 8 (Nyarko 7) 26

Pardo 1 (free kick)

Nyarko 2 (Grazzini 4) Pappa 4 (unassisted) Pappa 5 (Rolfe 1) 58

Grazzini 1 (penalty kick) 61; Oduro 4 (Nyarko 2) 81 Anibaba 1 (Pappa 2) 39 Grazzini 2 (Pappa 3) 45; Pappa 3 (unassisted) 63 Berry 2 (Paladini 1) 72

Pause Oduro Pappa Berry

Oduro 1 (Grazzini 1) 71 Oduro 2 (Pappa 1) 28

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Player

L (OT)

Bone (Puppo) 28; Puppo (Bone) 51

CHICAGO FIRE U.S. OPEN CUP 3R MICH 2-3 36 71 120D 36 120F 120M

84F

120M 84D 120M 49D

120G 120M 120D

CHI 2 at MICH 3

Jay Nolly Dan Gargan Kwame Watson-Siriboe Cory Gibbs Jalil Anibaba Kheli Dube Dominic Oduro Federico Puppo Sebastian Grazzini Daniel Paladini Logan Pause Gonzalo Segares Patrick Nyarko Orr Barouch Marco Pappa Pavel Pardo Chris Rolfe Corben Bone Tony Walls Michael Videira Austin Berry Arne Friedrich Pari Pantazopoulos Sean Johnson Victor Pineda Steven Kinney Paolo Tornaghi Rafael Robayo Kellen Gulley Hunter Jumper

U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2012