Sporting KC vs. Chicago Fire -- Game Notes

CHICAGO FIRE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (March 26, Toyota Park, 3 p.m. CT; TeleFutura) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2011 SEASON RECORDS Fire at home Sporting KC on road

GP 1 0

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

PTS 1 0

GF 1 0

GA 1 0

1 1

1-0-0 1-0-0

3 3

3 3

2 2

25 Johnson

6

23

5

Anibaba

Mikulic

Gibbs

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (38 meetings): Fire 20 wins (1 shootout), 74 goals …

Sporting 10 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … Ties 8

77

AT CHICAGO (20 meetings): Fire 13 wins (0 shootout), 38 goals …

Sporting 3 wins (0 shootout), 16 goals … Ties 2

12

11

Pause

Paladini

18

99

Puerari

Chaves

20 Diop

99

17

Bravo

Sapong

22

88

Arnaud

Stojcev

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

A 1 90

F 3 30

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

A 2 45

0 1 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Espinoza

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

2 1 0 0

2 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 0

2 0 0

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) CHI KC

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

1 0 0

RECORD LEAD 0-0-0 1-0-0

AT HALFTIME TIED TRAIL 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

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

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

T W

5

Julio Cesar

Besler

Sassano

1

REFEREE: Jasen Anno.

SAR (bench): Corey Rockwell; JAR (opposite): Frank Anderson; 4th: Fotis Bazakos INJURY REPORTS CHICAGO FIRE - OUT: MF Mike Banner (L Achilles tendinitis); FW Calen Carr (concussion); DF Steven Kinney (R Achilles repair); DOUBTFUL: MF Marko Maric (L hamstring strain); MF Bratislav Ristic (L hip flexor strain) …

SPORTING KANSAS CITY - OUT: MF Ryan Smith (L knee inflamation); FW Konrad Warzycha (R knee surgery); QUESTIONABLE: DF Michael Harrington (L groin strain)

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Stephane Auvray (Guadaloupe); Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone); Shavar Thomas (Jamaica)

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

0 1 2 3 1 0 0

(2) (1) (1) (2) (0) (2) (2)

SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Michael Harrington (DF) 3 Korede Aiyegbusi (DF) 4 Craig Rocastle (MF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Shavar Thomas (DF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 11 Ryan Smith (MF) 12 Konrad Warzycha (MF) 14 Kevin Ellis (DF) 15 Roger Espinoza (DF) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 16 Mike Jones (DF) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 20 Birahim Diop (FW) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Davy Arnaud (MF) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Scott Lorenz (DF) 27 Stephane Auvray (MF) 32 Luke Sassano (MF) 55 Julio Cesar (DF) 88 Milos Stojcev (MF) 99 Omar Bravo (FW)

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

THE LAST TIME CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) 10/08/2010 CHI 2, CLB 10/23/2010 CHI 4, CHV 10/12/2010 CHI 0, KC 10/02/2010 CHI 0, DAL 3/19/2011 CHI 1, DAL 10/16/2010 CHI 0, DC 10/16/2010 CHI 0, DC

32

55

Nielsen

TYPE OF PLAY

1 0 0

4 Rocastle

17

HOW SCORED

1 0 0 0

Segares

Pappa

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING FIRE Sat. Apr. 2 at Vancouver Sat. Apr. 9 at Seattle Sat. Apr. 16 at Columbus Thu. Apr. 14 at Portland Sat. Apr. 23 at New England Sun. Apr. 17 Los Angeles Sat. Apr. 30 at New York Sat. Apr. 23 Houston

F 1 90

13

16

Ristic

LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/15: KC 2, CHI 2 (Kamara 50, 89 - Martinez 14; McBride 48) 10/12: CHI 0, KC 2 (Arnaud 45; Bunbury 80)

FIRE

ROSTERS CHICAGO FIRE 1 Jon Conway (GK) 3 Calen Carr (FW) 4 Kwame Watson-Siriboe (DF) 5 Cory Gibbs (DF) 6 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 7 Mike Banner (MF) 8 Dominic Oduro (FW) 9 Baggio Husidic (MF) 11 Dan Paladini (MF) 12 Logan Pause (MF) 13 Gonzalo Segares (DF) 14 Patrick Nyarko (MF) 15 Orr Barouch (FW) 16 Marco Pappa (MF) 17 Davis Paul (FW) 18 Gaston Puerari (FW) 19 Corben Bone (MF) 21 Michael Videira (MF) 22 Marko Maric (MF) 23 Josip Mikulic (DF) 25 Sean Johnson (GK) 27 Victor Pineda (MF) 28 Steven Kinney (DF) 30 Alec Dufty (GK) 32 Dasan Robinson (DF) 77 Bratislav Ristic (MF) 88 Gabriel Ferrari (DF) 89 Yamith Cuesta (DF) 99 Diego Chaves (FW)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 10/23/2010 KC 4, SJ 1 3/19/2011 KC 3, CHV 2 10/09/2010 KC 1, SEA 2 10/16/2010 KC 0, NE 1 9/04/2010 KC 1, PHI 1 10/12/2010 KC 2, CHI 0 10/16/2010 KC 0, NE 1

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

TEAM LEADERS FIRE G: 1 Chaves A: 0 SHT: 1 Chaves SOG: 1 6 players tied FC: 4 Pappa FS: 3 Pappa/Puerari OF: 1 Barouch C: 1 4 players tied E: 0 SPORTING G: 2 Bravo A: 2 Kamara SHT: 6 Bravo SOG: 3 Bravo FC: 4 Bravo FS: 2 Sapong/Stojcev OF: 2 Bravo C: 1 Arnaud/Bravo E: 0

GOALSCORING GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 CHI 1 0 1 0 KC 1 0 0 0

RECORD 3 0 1

4+ 0 0

TOT AVG 1 1.00 3 3.00

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 CHI 1 0 1 0 0 KC 1 0 0 1 0

4+ 0 0

TOT AVG 1 1.00 2 2.00

GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 KC 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 KC 2 0 0 0 1 0 1

CHICAGO FIRE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (March 26, Toyota Park, 3 p.m. CT - MLS Game 15)

CHICAGO FIRE No. Player Pos 1 Jon Conway GK 4 Kwame Watson-Siriboe DF 5 Cory Gibbs DF 6 Jalil Anibaba DF 7 Mike Banner MF 8 Dominic Oduro FW 9 Baggio Husidic MF 11 Dan Paladini MF 12 Logan Pause MF 13 Gonzalo Segares DF 14 Patrick Nyarko MF 15 Orr Barouch FW 16 Marco Pappa MF 17 Davis Paul FW 18 Gaston Puerari FW 19 Corben Bone MF 21 Michael Videira MF 22 Marko Maric MF 23 Josip Mikulic DF 25 Sean Johnson GK 27 Victor Pineda MF 28 Steven Kinney DF 30 Alec Dufty GK 32 Dasan Robinson DF 77 Bratislav Ristic MF 88 Gabriel Ferrari FW 89 Yamith Cuesta DF 99 Diego Chaves FW UNAVAILABLE 10 Nery Castillo (loan) FW HEAD COACH : Carlos de los Cobos

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

Wt 215 196 180 170 160 160 180 165 155 162 165 190 155 145 150 149 170 180 185 217 140 175 200 160 155 185 177 150

Birthdate 05/06/1977 11/13/1986 01/14/1980 10/19/1988 10/20/1984 08/13/1985 05/19/1987 11/11/1984 08/22/1981 10/13/1982 01/15/1986 11/29/1991 11/15/1987 10/12/1988 01/23/1986 09/16/1988 01/06/1986 04/25/1983 04/12/1986 05/31/1989 05/15/1993 10/28/1987 03/11/1987 06/06/1984 01/21/1980 09/01/1988 04/17/1989 02/14/1986

Birthplace Media, PA Chino Hills, CA Plantation, FL Fullerton, CA Washington, DC Accra, Ghana Velika Kladusa, Yugoslavia Van Nuys, CA Hillsborough, NC San Jose, Costa Rica Kumasi, Ghana Haifa, Israel Guatemala City, Guatemala San Diego, CA Paysandu, Uruguay Plano, TX Milford, MA Zagreb, Croatia Ljubuski, Yugoslavia Auburn, GA Chicago, IL Norcross, GA Binghamton, NY Evanston, IL Nis, Yugoslavia New York, NY Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia Montevideo, Uruguay

5-7

135

06/13/1984 12/10/1958

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

2010 GP GS G 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 1 1 8

6

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

0

0

2010 GP GS G 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2

A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

CAREER GP GS G 82 79 0 10 7 0 76 75 1 1 1 0 54 19 3 117 49 15 33 23 5 8 5 1 199 178 2 115 112 8 67 46 6 1 0 0 62 55 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 13 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 1 0 0 80 71 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 15 12 0 1 1 1 8 6 0 W9 L12 T10

A 3 0 1 0 3 12 4 0 11 7 12 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 27 32 55 88 99

Player Jimmy Nielsen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi Craig Rocastle Matt Besler Shavar Thomas Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Ryan Smith Konrad Warzycha Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Mike Jones C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Birahim Diop Jon Kempin Davy Arnaud Kei Kamara Scott Lorenz Stephane Auvray Luke Sassano Julio Cesar Milos Stojcev Omar Bravo HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

Pos GK DF DF MF DF DF DF MF FW MF FW DF DF DF FW GK FW GK MF FW DF MF MF DF MF FW

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

Wt 200 170 155 170 170 205 165 160 175 150 190 160 160 180 185 210 180 170 165 186 173 150 170 170 165 150

Birthdate 08/06/1977 01/24/1986 07/15/1988 08/17/1981 02/11/1987 01/29/1981 12/07/1987 08/18/1986 02/27/1990 11/10/1986 02/14/1989 06/30/1991 10/25/1986 08/19/1988 12/27/1988 06/07/1983 02/07/1979 04/08/1993 06/22/1980 09/01/1984 07/23/1987 09/04/1981 10/14/1985 11/18/1978 01/19/1987 03/04/1980 11/21/1966

Birthplace Aalborg, Denmark Greenville, NC London, England London, England Kansas City, MO Hannah Town, Jamaica Thousand Oaks, CA Orlando, FL Hamilton, ON, Canada London, England Zabrze, Poland Kansas City, MO Puerto Cortes, Honduras Manassas, VA Santa Rosa, CA Thies, Senegal Overland Park, KS Nederland, TX Kenema, Sierra Leone Barrington, IL Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Orinda, CA Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil Belgrade, Yugoslavia Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

CAREER GP GS G 30 30 0 115 103 5 5 1 0 24 19 0 41 37 0 167 158 3 32 13 0 33 9 1 26 13 5 26 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 44 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 18 10 5 0 0 0 219 198 43 116 82 25 0 0 0 22 21 0 39 26 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 W15 L19 T9

A 0 13 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 33 11 0 1 0 0 0 0

CHICAGO FIRE vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill. 3 p.m. CT (TeleFutura; My50 Chi; KSMO)

March 26, 2011 (WEEK 2; MLS Game 15)

Off success to begin the season, the next stop for the Sporting Kansas City road show is Bridgeview and the Chicago Fire. Sporting kicked off their 10-game road trip to start the campaign with a 3-2 victory last weekend at Chivas USA. The Fire opened their season on the road as well, coming away from FC Dallas with a 1-1 draw.

REFEREE: Jasen Anno. SAR (bench): Corey Rockwell; JAR (opposite): Frank Anderson; 4th: Fotis Bazakos MLS Career: 19 games; FC/gm: 21.5; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 11; pens: 5 INJURY REPORT: CHICAGO FIRE – OUT: MF Mike Banner (L Achilles tendinitis); FW Calen Carr (concussion); DF Steven Kinney (R Achilles repair); DOUBTFUL: MF Marko Maric (L hamstring strain); MF Bratislav Ristic (L hip flexor strain) … SPORTING KANSAS CITY – OUT: MF Ryan Smith (L knee inflamation); FW Konrad Warzycha (R knee surgery); QUESTIONABLE: DF Michael Harrington (L groin strain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Stephane Auvray (Guadaloupe); Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone); Shavar Thomas (Jamaica) SUSPENDED: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (38 meetings): Fire 20 wins (1 shootout), 74 goals … Wizards 10 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … Ties 8 AT CHICAGO (20 meetings): Fire 13 wins (0 shootout), 38 goals … Wizards 3 wins (0 shootout), 16 goals … Ties 2 RETURN MATCH: 6/9: Sporting Kansas City vs. Chicago Fire, 9 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/15: KC 2, CHI 2 (Kamara 50, 89 – Martinez 14; McBride 48) 10/12: CHI 0, KC 2 (Arnaud 45; Bunbury 80)  After going the first 10 seasons with just one win in Chicago, Kansas City has won on two of their last three trips to face the Fire (2008 and 2010), with a draw in a third visit.  The Fire have won just one of the previous seven meetings between the clubs, over the past three seasons. But four of those encounters have been draws.  The clubs will meet in the first game ever at Livestrong Sporting Park on June 9. Kansas City never defeated Chicago at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, with three draws and a loss in four all-time meetings.  Coaches record: Carlos de los Cobos v SJ: P2 W0 L1 D1… Peter Vermes vs. CHI: P3 W1 L1 D1 CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire came away with a result in their first match of 2011, playing to a 1-1 draw with FC Dallas on Saturday evening at Pizza Hut Park.

LAST MATCH  The visitors took the lead after 17 minutes. A partially cleared freekick fell to Cory Gibbs, but his shot was parried by FCD goalkeeper Kevin Hartman. But Diego Cháves was there to sweep home the rebound.  FC Dallas pulled even barely a minute later. Zach Loyd carved out some space on the left and put in a rolling cross that Milton Rodríguez skipped home with a nifty backheel flick.  FCD finished the game a man down after center back Brek Shea was sent off after pulling down Fire striker Gaston Puerari when he looked to be clean through.  Fire head coach Carlos de los Cobos had six players making their Fire debuts in his starting XI. Jalil Anibaba made his professional debut in a rebuilt back three.  CHICAGO FIRE (3-4-1-2): Sean Johnson - Jalil Anibaba, Josip Mikulic, Cory Gibbs - Bratislav Ristic (Patrick Nyarko 42), Logan Pause, Michael Videira (Baggio Husidic 62), Gonzalo Segares - Marco Pappa - Gaston Puerari, Diego Chaves (Orr Barouch 75).

TEAM NEWS  Fire boss de los Cobos started the season opener with a three-man back line, but it changed to a back four midway through the first half as Gonzalo Segares shifted to a left back position with Cory Gibbs partnering Josip Mikulic in central defense.  "Sometimes you tie and don't feel very good [about the result], and sometimes you tie and feel like you win," Fire head coach Carlos de los Cobos said. "At the end of the game, I am not very happy about the result, but I am happy about the effort of the players."  De los Cobos indicated he could make a similar tactical shift for Sporting Kansas City.

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"I need think about what is better for us. Very similar to (how) Dallas played with Rodriguez on top, Avila to the side and Ferreira behind them. Bravo is more a foward who won't drop too much. Kamara is very fast. Sapong is a strong guy. But it's important that players know how to play two different ways. If we play with four we still need to play with order, that's the most important thing," said de los Cobos to Chicago Now. On the right side of the midfield, Bratislav Ristic started but came off before halftime in place of Patrick Nyarko.

Nyarko battled ankle injuries in 2010 but still led the Fire with 10 assists.

“I had an ankle problem early last season and played through it,’’ Nyarko said to the Sun-Times. “But it got worse at the end of last season. … I had bone spurs and a minor ligament tear. I can deal with it. It’s not 100 percent yet, but it’s getting close.’’

Fire midfielder Logan Pause will become the 61st player in MLS history to reach the 200-game mark in league play with his next appearance. His start in the 1-1 against Dallas was his 199th MLS game.

"We were up a man for about 30 minutes, but we need to keep things in perspective,” Pause said. “Coming in here and getting a point is fantastic. It's the first game of the year, with a new group, and the guys showed a level of commitment that I am proud of. So I think we are on the right track."

Diego Cháves scored in his Fire debut, partnered up top with fellow Uruguayan Gaston Puerari. “They’re young and more mobile,’’ Nyarko said to the Sun-Times. “Everyone’s been trying to learn each other’s movements.

Pretty much half our team from last year is gone. We’ve got a new team that’s real young and hungry.”

On Tuesday, the Fire acquired the rights to Colombian defender Yamith Cuesta in a trade with Chivas USA, in exchange for a 2012 supplemental draft selection. Then Thursday, the club announced the signing of New York-born striker Gabriel Ferrari, who was last with FC Wohlen in Switzerland.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City kicked off a new chapter in the club’s history in style, recording a 3-2 victory against Chivas USA on Saturday evening at The Home Depot Center.

LAST MATCH  Rookie C.J. Sapong put Sporting into the lead after just two minutes, winning a cleared corner floated back into the box and pouncing on the loose ball. Omar Bravo then doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time, coolly chipping a curling pass over goalkeeper Zach Thornton from the top of the box.  Chivas USA pulled a goal back in the 55th minute when Jimmy Conrad potted from close range from a corner kick scramble. But Bravo hit for his second in the 74th minute, racing onto a return 1-2 header from Kei Kamara and coolly slotting home.  Ben Zemanski finished the scoreline in the 84th minute when another corner was cleared and then played back into the goalmouth where the second-year midfielder turned it home.  SKC boss Peter Vermes gave a start to veteran Julio Cesar in central defense, with Luke Sassano slotting in at right back. Rookie C.J. Sapong started up top, flanked by designated player Omar Bravo in his MLS debut.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Jimmy Nielsen - Luke Sassano (Chance Myers 72), Julio Cesar, Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza - Craig Rocastle (Stephane Auvray 20) - Davy Arnaud, Milos Stojcev (Graham Zusi 89) - Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong, Omar Bravo.

TEAM NEWS  Kansas City won to open the season for the 10th time, and the club’s 10-4-2 record to start the season is the best in Major League Soccer. K.C. has lost the season-opening game just once in the last 10 seasons.  “It’s a great way to start the season,” said Sporting coach Peter Vermes to the Kansas City Star. “There’s a lot of real positives in the game itself, and there’s some things we can work on, but I feel comfortable with way we played.”  SKC rookie C.J. Sapong scored in the second minute Saturday, the fastest goal ever scored by a rookie making the start in his MLS debut. Three other players scored two minutes into their rookie debuts (Leandre Griffit, Michael Kraus and Josh Wolff), but all did so as second-half substitutes.  "The good thing is … our first round draft pick in C.J. – his debut, he scores and I think he had a monster game. He was dangerous, had the ball a lot, he was just very good for us,” said Vermes.  Omar Bravo scored two goals in his MLS debut, one of 14 players to hit the net for multiple goals in their league debut (and one of three on First Kick).  “I think the first 25 minutes he struggled… because he was so anxious, being the DP, playing against Chivas USA; I think there were so many things that he wanted to prove and then he calmed down and once he calmed down, that’s when he started playing his game,” Vermes said to the Kansas City Star. “And that’s why he’s here, because of the way he played."  Vermes started Craig Rocastle in the holding midfield role, but made a change before the first quarter of the match was played, bringing on Stéphane Auvray. But Auvray will be on international duty for the Chicago match.

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2011 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (0-0-1, 1 pt.)

UNF 99 25 21 6 15 5 9 23 14 16 12 18 77 13 7 19 3 10 1 30 28 22 11 17 27 32 4

POS F GK M D F D M-F D M-F M M F M D M M F F GK GK D M M F M D D

PLAYER Diego Chaves Sean Johnson Michael Videira Jalil Anibaba Orr Barouch Cory Gibbs Baggio Husidic Josip Mikulic Patrick Nyarko Marco Pappa Logan Pause Gaston Puerari Bratislav Ristic Gonzalo Segares Mike Banner Corben Bone Calen Carr Nery Castillo Jon Conway Alec Dufty Steven Kinney Marko Maric Dan Paladini Davis Paul Victor Pineda Dasan Robinson Kwame Watson-Siriboe Team totals Opponent totals

GP 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 1 1

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

MIN 75 90 62 90 15 90 28 90 48 90 90 90 42 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 90

CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 25 GK Sean Johnson 1 Team totals 1 Opponent totals 1

GS 1 1 1

MIN 90 90 90

G 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 1 1

A 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 1

SHT 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16

SV 2 2 5

GA 1 1 1

SOG 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3

FC 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 11

GAA 1.00 1.00 1.00

PG 0 0 0

FS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18

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

CK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5

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

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

SHTS 3 3 6

PA 0 0 0

* = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Chicago Fire statistics listed here.

W 0 0 0

L 0 0 0

T 1 1 1

SO 0 0 0

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

2011 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (1-0-0, 3 pts.)

UNF 99 17 23 22 27 5 15 55 7 1 4 32 88 28 3 9 20 14 2 16 21 18 24 11 6 12

POS F F F M M D D-M D D GK M M-D M M D F F D D D GK D GK D M D F

PLAYER Omar Bravo C.J. Sapong Kei Kamara Davy Arnaud Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Julio Cesar Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Craig Rocastle Luke Sassano Milos Stojcev Graham Zusi Korede Aiyegbusi Teal Bunbury Birahim Diop Kevin Ellis Michael Harrington Mike Jones Jon Kempin Nick Kounenakis Eric Kronberg Scott Lorenz Ryan Smith Shavar Thomas Konrad Warzycha Team totals Opponent totals

GP 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 1 1

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

MIN 90 90 90 90 70 90 90 90 18 90 20 72 89 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 90

G 2 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 3 2

A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

SHT 6 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9

SV 2 2 2

GA 2 2 3

SOG 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4

FC 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12

GAA 2.00 2.00 3.00

PG 0 0 0

FS 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12

OFF 2 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 2 2

CK 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8

C 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Omar Bravo 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kei Kamara 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen 1 1 Team totals 1 1 Opponent totals 1 1

MIN 90 90 90

SHTS 4 4 5

PA 0 0 0

W 1 1 0

L 0 0 1

* = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 0 0 0

SO 0 0 0

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

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

19 26 9 14 17 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 9 12 18 22 26 2 9 16 3 7 13 18 21 27 10 17 25 28 1 12 15 22

OPPONENT RESULT at FC Dallas T 1-1 Sporting KC at Seattle at Portland Los Angeles Houston at Colorado Vancouver at Toronto FC at Philadelphia San Jose Seattle at Sporting KC at Columbus at New England Real Salt Lake New York at Chivas USA at Los Angeles Portland Philadelphia at Vancouver at New York D.C. United Toronto FC Colorado at San Jose Chivas USA New England at Real Salt Lake at Houston FC Dallas at D.C. United Columbus

ATT. 20,145

W-L-T POS. PTS GOALS: 0-0-1 5 1 CHI: Chaves (17); DAL: Rodriguez (19)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2011 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sun. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.

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

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct. Oct. Oct.

19 26 2 16 23 30 14 21 28 4 9 12 17 22 25 2 6 9 16 23 30 3 6 13 17 21 27 10 17 23 28 1 15 22

OPPONENT RESULT at Chivas USA W 3-2 at Chicago at Vancouver at Columbus at New England at New York at Los Angeles at Seattle at Colorado at Toronto FC Chicago at FC Dallas San Jose at Philadelphia Vancouver at Portland Colorado Chivas USA at Houston Toronto FC New England Real Salt Lake Seattle Los Angeles Portland D.C. United FC Dallas Houston at Real Salt Lake Philadelphia Columbus at San Jose New York at D.C. United

ATT. 18,122

W-L-T POS. PTS GOALS: 1-0-0 T1 3 KC: Sapong (2) Bravo (45,74); CHV: Conrad (56) Zemanski (84)

CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 1 Diego Chaves

03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Assists 0 Shots 3 Diego Chaves

03/19/2011

Shots on Goal 1 Diego Chaves

6 times

Fouls Committed 4 Marco Pappa

03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Fouls Suffered 3 Marco Pappa 3 Gaston Puerari

03/19/2011 03/19/2011

at at

DAL DAL

T 1-1 T 1-1

at

DAL

T 1-1

03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Saves 2 Sean Johnson

03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Goals Allowed 1 Sean Johnson

03/19/2011

03/19/2011

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011)

Goals 1 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Shots 10 03/19/2011

Assists 2 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Shots on Goal 6 03/19/2011

Shots 10 03/19/2011 Shots on Goal 6 03/19/2011

Offside 1 Orr Barouch

Shots Faced 3 Sean Johnson

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011)

at

at

DAL

DAL

at

at

DAL

DAL

T 1-1

T 1-1

at

at

DAL

DAL

T 1-1

T 1-1

Fouls Committed 18 03/19/2011 at

DAL

T 1-1

Fouls Suffered 11 03/19/2011

DAL

T 1-1

at

Fouls Committed 18 03/19/2011 at

DAL

T 1-1

Corner Kicks 5 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Fouls Suffered 11 03/19/2011

DAL

T 1-1

Offside 1 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

at

Corner Kicks 5 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Saves 2 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Offside 1 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Shots Faced 3 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Saves 2 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Shots Faced 3 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

Goals Allowed 1 03/19/2011

at

DAL

T 1-1

T 1-1

T 1-1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011)

Goals 2 Omar Bravo

03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Goals 3 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Shots 17 03/19/2011

Assists 2 Kei Kamara

03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Assists 2 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Shots on Goal 5 03/19/2011

Shots 6 Omar Bravo

03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Shots 17 03/19/2011

Shots on Goal 3 Omar Bravo

03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Shots on Goal 5 03/19/2011

Fouls Committed 4 Omar Bravo

03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Fouls Committed 12 03/19/2011 at

CHV

W 3-2

Corner Kicks 4 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Fouls Suffered 2 C.J. Sapong 2 Milos Stojcev

03/19/2011 03/19/2011

at at

CHV CHV

W 3-2 W 3-2

Fouls Suffered 12 03/19/2011

CHV

W 3-2

Offside 2 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Offside 2 Omar Bravo Saves 2 Jimmy Nielsen Shots Faced 4 Jimmy Nielsen Goals Allowed 2 Jimmy Nielsen

03/19/2011

03/19/2011

03/19/2011

03/19/2011

at

at

at

at

CHV

CHV

CHV

CHV

at

at

at

CHV

CHV

W 3-2

W 3-2

at

at

CHV

CHV

W 3-2

W 3-2

Fouls Committed 12 03/19/2011 at

CHV

W 3-2

Fouls Suffered 12 03/19/2011

CHV

W 3-2

at

Corner Kicks 4 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Saves 2 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Offside 2 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Shots Faced 4 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Saves 2 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Shots Faced 4 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

Goals Allowed 2 03/19/2011

at

CHV

W 3-2

W 3-2

W 3-2

W 3-2

W 3-2

2010 CHICAGO FIRE VS. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (0-1-1) UNF 6 20 16 14 12 18 19 2 3 10 22 40 9 15 23 8 6 77 32 4

POS PLAYER MID Julio Martinez FWD Brian McBride MID Marco Pappa F/M Patrick Nyarko MID Logan Pause MID Mike Banner MID Corben Bone DEF C.J. Brown FWD Calen Carr MID Nery Castillo DEF Wilman Conde GK Andrew Dykstra M/F Baggio Husidic FWD Collins John DEF Krzysztof Krol M/F*Freddie Ljungberg MID Peter Lowry MID Bratislav Ristic DEF Dasan Robinson DEF Kwame Watson-Siriboe ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 45 90 84 142 180 45 38 180 62 28 90 180 90 90 180 90 96 90 90 90

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

A 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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

FS 1 6 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 1

OFF 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

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

E 0 0 0 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 0 0 0

2 2

2 2

180 180

2 4

4 5

15 33

8 18

16 26

26 16

9 2

3 20

2 6

0 0

0 0

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 18

SV 12

GA 4

GAA 2.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 0

L 1

T 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

18 8

12 6

4 2

2.00 1.00

0 0

0 0

0 1

1 0

1 1

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

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 40 GK Andrew Dykstra ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

0-0-0 0-0-0

2010 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (1-0-1) UNF 23 9 22 2 11 16 8 5 12 6 17 14 7 1 4 28

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

PLAYER Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury Davy Arnaud Michael Harrington Ryan Smith Josh Wolff Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Jimmy Conrad Pablo Escobar Roger Espinoza Jack Jewsbury Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Craig Rocastle Graham Zusi ----------Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 175 108 180 180 90 177 75 90 180 90 180 105 5 180 90 75

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

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

SHT 9 6 3 0 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0

SOG 3 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0

FC 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 2

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

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

CK 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 5

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

E 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

2 2

2 2

180 180

4 2

5 4

33 15

18 8

26 16

16 26

2 9

20 3

6 2

0 0

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Davy Arnaud 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kei Kamara 1, Teal Bunbury 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

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

GP 2

GS 2

MIN 180

SHTS 8

SV 6

GA 2

GAA 1.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 1

L 0

T 1

2 2

2 2

180 180

8 18

6 12

2 4

1.00 2.00

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 1

1 1

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 20 wins, 74 goals Wizards 10 wins, 47 goals Ties 8 (KC) (SF) CHI SOW (KC) (SF)

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

1 36 238 108 273 50 80

Fire 2 OT 38 0 243 0 110 0 262 0 62 0 104 0

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)

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

04/18/2009 08/16/2009

CHI 2 vs KC 2 CHI 2 at KC 0

(TP) (CA)

Saves Goals Allowed

05/15/2010 10/12/2010

KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 2 at CHI 0

(CA) (TP)

2011 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

Tot. 74 481 218 535 112 184

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 24 23 0 47 220 243 0 463 110 101 0 211 253 266 0 519 38 33 0 71 84 102 0 186

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: 3 3 2 2

at vs at vs

KC KC KC KC

CHI KC

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 12 10 14 10 14 14 8 6 10 5 8 10

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)

Total 74 47

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Carlos de los Cobos vs. KC Peter Vermes vs. CHI

0-1-1 (0.50 pts./game) 1-1-1 (1.33 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

9 8 48 20 36 42

Fire Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Chris Armas Justin Mapp

5 10 42 18 38 40

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

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

15 4 8 94 26

Zach Zach Zach Zach Zach

3 6 2 40 24

Meola/Oshoniyi Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Tony Meola Tony Meola

Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 10/15/2000

OT 0 0

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

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

2 3 6 4 6 6

Sporting KC 5 players tied Preki (6/21/03) Josh Wolff (8/16/09) 4 players tied Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 5 players tied

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

W-L-T

CHICAGO FIRE Streak (started)

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

0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0

5 Ws (6/27/2010) 2 Ts (10/16/2010 8 Ls (5/8/2010)

1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

5 Ws (8/21/2010) 1 Ls (10/9/2010) 3 Ls (9/25/2010)

0-0-1 0-0-0

1 Ts (3/19/2011) 6 Ls (8/21/2010)

1-0-0 0-0-0

6 Ws (8/21/2010) 4 Ls (9/25/2010)

0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 2 2 1 23

Ts Ts Ws Ws Ws

(10/16/2010 (9/4/2010) (8/18/2010) (9/29/2010) (5/23/1998)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

6 2 4 6 29

Ls Ls Ws Ws Ws

(6/26/2010) (9/25/2010) (6/10/2010) (8/9/2008) (5/2/1996)

0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 1 2 3 11

Ts Ts Ls Ls Ls

(10/16/2010 (3/19/2011) (8/28/2010) (5/31/2009) (6/21/2003)

0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

6 1 1 1 19

Ws Ws Ws Ls Ls

(6/10/2010) (10/23/2010 (3/19/2011) (9/25/2010) (5/5/1996)

CHICAGO FIRE CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (20-10-8) PLAYER Ante Razov Justin Mapp Peter Nowak Diego Gutierrez Hristo Stoitchkov Josh Wolff Chad Barrett Dema Kovalenko Brian McBride Cuauhtemoc Blanco Roman Kosecki Chris Rolfe 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 Jim Curtin Sergi Daniv Julio Martinez Orlando Perez Dasan Robinson Dipsy Selolwane Chris Armas Ivan Guerrero Marco Pappa Kelly Gray Logan Pause David Vaudreuil Wilman Conde Sam George Frank Klopas Ritchie Kotschau Andrew Lewis Patrick Nyarko Tony Sanneh Zach Thornton Junior Agogo John Ball Corben Bone Scott Buete Jon Busch Samuel Caballero Nery Castillo D.J. Countess Stefan Dimitrov Paul Dougherty Andrew Dykstra Justin Evans Rodrigo Faria Tomasz Frankowski Leonard Griffin Baggio Husidic Zak Ibsen Collins John Ryan Johnson Will Johnson Josh Keller Stephen King Krzysztof Krol Manny Lagos Freddie Ljungberg Peter Lowry David Mahoney Francis Okaroh Matt Pickens Brian Plotkin Brandon Prideaux Henry Ring Bratislav Ristic

GP 14 20 11 19 6 9 9 6 4 6 5 13 5 8 5 10 6 9 20 8 10 9 1 4 2 2 3 29 3 8 14 2 1 5 9 1 21 10 4 8 21 2 4 4 4 3 6 5 4 23 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 6 3 1 3 2 1

GS 13 19 11 18 5 5 5 6 2 6 4 12 5 7 2 7 5 9 16 6 9 7 1 4 1 1 0 29 0 1 14 1 1 4 8 0 21 9 3 6 18 0 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 22 1 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 3 2 1

MIN 1134 1476 953 1606 336 503 415 539 270 530 325 873 426 621 288 615 474 810 1485 568 815 640 90 360 80 100 70 2536 36 209 1260 71 45 368 723 19 1878 825 262 549 1617 35 297 252 189 180 338 321 201 1995 57 90 38 2 630 90 28 90 15 75 180 1 65 126 97 90 120 90 20 12 45 21 180 28 90 186 90 518 165 13 240 180 90

G 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 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

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

SHT 48 28 21 18 18 17 22 9 6 11 10 19 14 13 7 17 22 11 14 13 5 10 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 3 5 2 1 4 7 2 5 4 9 5 4 0 2 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Jorge Salcedo Gonzalo Segares 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

1 12 5 6 1 1 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 38 38

1 12 4 6 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 38 38

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

GP 1 7 1 2 23 3 2 1

MIN 90 630 90 180 1995 165 180 90

38 38

3420 3420

79 1045 368 540 90 1 473 21 135 90 97 90 45 1 3420 3420

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 47

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 57

0 7 1 0 0 0 7 0 5 0 0 1 2 0 481 463

SHTS 2 36 3 10 123 10 18 9

SV 2 29 2 7 94 6 12 4

GAA 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.17 1.64 2.00 4.00

PG 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

211 218

156 140

1.24 1.95

2 3

CURRENT CHICAGO FIRE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (20-10-8) PLAYER Mike Banner Calen Carr Dasan Robinson Marco Pappa Logan Pause Patrick Nyarko Corben Bone Nery Castillo Jon Conway Cory Gibbs Baggio Husidic Dan Paladini Bratislav Ristic Gonzalo Segares Michael Videira Kwame Watson-Siriboe Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 8 9 4 21 5 1 1 12 6 1 1 1 12 1 1 38 38

GS 0 1 8 3 18 3 1 0 12 6 1 0 1 12 1 1 38 38

GOALKEEPER Jon Conway ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 12

MIN 1080

38 38

3420 3420

MIN 70 209 723 262 1617 321 38 28 1080 529 90 45 90 1045 59 90 3420 3420

G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 47

A 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 57

SHT 2 3 7 9 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 7 0 1 481 463

SHTS 68

SV 46

GAA 1.42

PG 1

211 218

156 140

1.24 1.95

2 3

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (10-20-8) PLAYER Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Preki Mo Johnston Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Sasha Victorine Jimmy Conrad Chris Henderson Kei Kamara Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Teal Bunbury Dario Fabbro Gary Glasgow Eddie Johnson Chris Brown Mark Chung Francisco Gomez Carlos Marinelli Pete Marino Miklos Molnar Igor Simutenkov Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Diego Gutierrez Paul Rideout Kerry Zavagnin Jake Dancy Herculez Gomez Brian Johnson Uche Okafor Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Refik Sabanadzovic Ryan Smith Vitalis Takawira Mike Ammann Stephen Armstrong Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Sean Bowers Chris Brunt Alex Bunbury Mike Burns Eloy Colombano Adam Cristman Nino Da Silva John DeBrito Pablo Escobar Roger Espinoza Vicente Figueroa Nick Garcia Taylor Graham Michael Green Andrew Gregor Matt Groenwald Kevin Hartman Zoltan Hercegfalvi William Hesmer Santiago Hirsig Aaron Hohlbein Goran Hunjak Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Roy Lassiter Jonathan Leathers Onandi Lowe Matt McKeon Tony Meola Kurt Morsink Yura Movsisyan Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Nelson Pizarro Ryan Pore Brandon Prideaux Eric Quill Craig Rocastle Mark Santel Chris Snitko

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

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

MIN 1448 605 1339 858 1583 1752 1125 1090 1791 451 175 1089 740 108 170 117 523 472 339 415 68 66 80 329 498 261 641 187 1857 45 194 340 540 206 116 286 90 368 270 246 75 225 552 18 241 270 14 63 32 114 90 443 90 1890 99 45 20 93 720 22 90 114 260 13 17 360 45 93 90 555 990 427 76 95 180 819 10 50 357 396 90 73 180

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

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

SHT 35 11 37 18 34 42 19 12 14 4 9 15 5 6 3 2 13 10 7 13 1 3 2 7 6 8 10 5 14 0 5 6 1 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 14 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0

Tony Soto Kevin Souter Khari Stephenson 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

1 1 1 3 2 11 1 4 3 3 1 5 6 3 1 5 1 2 5 2 38 38

1 1 0 3 1 11 1 3 0 3 1 5 5 3 1 3 0 2 4 1 38 38

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

GP 1 2 8 3 11 11 2 2

MIN 90 180 720 270 982 819 180 180

38 38

3420 3420

45 88 1 270 62 957 62 291 67 216 57 450 474 251 45 272 7 180 271 75 3420 3420

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 74

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 93

0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 463 481

SHTS 3 8 47 15 65 58 12 10

SV 2 6 36 9 40 35 7 5

GAA 1.00 1.00 1.38 1.67 2.20 2.31 2.50 2.50

PG 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

218 211

140 156

1.95 1.24

3 2

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (10-20-8) PLAYER Kei Kamara Davy Arnaud Michael Harrington Teal Bunbury Ryan Smith Stephane Auvray Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Chance Myers Jimmy Nielsen Craig Rocastle Luke Sassano Shavar Thomas Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

GP 11 20 10 2 1 1 3 7 2 2 1 3 17 2 38 38

GS 7 20 7 1 1 1 3 5 1 2 1 2 17 1 38 38

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

GP 2

MIN 180

38 38

3420 3420

MIN 675 1752 740 108 90 75 225 443 95 180 90 225 1497 75 3420 3420

G 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 74

A 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 93

SHT 26 42 5 6 5 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 463 481

SHTS 8

SV 6

GAA 1.00

PG 0

218 211

140 156

1.95 1.24

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Sporting KC (1-0-0, 3pts.) @ CHICAGO FIRE (0-0-1, 1pt.)

Fire Game #2 – Home Game #1 – MLS Game #15 Saturday, March 26, 2011 – TOYOTA PARK – Bridgeview, IL – 3:00 PM CT TV: My50, TeleFutura FIRE FLASHES ___________________________________________ 2011 Record/Home/Away………..………………….....0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 2010 Record/Home/Away………..……………………9-12-9/4-4-7/5-8-2 vs. Eastern Conference/2010 .................................................. 0-0-0/5-4-3 vs. Western Conference/2009......………………………………0-0-1/4-8-6 Current Streak.........................................................................................1D All-Time Record ......................................................................176-132-83 All-Time Home Record...............................................................105-49-44 All-Time Away Record.................................................................71-88-39 Last Regular Season Win…………………………… 4-1, @ CHV,10/23/10 Last Regular Season Loss.……………………….......2-0, vs. KC,10/12/10 Last Shutout by Fire …………………………………..0-0, vs. DC, 10/16/10 Last Shutout by Opponent…………………………….0-0, vs. DC, 10/16/10 March Record 2011/2010.........................................................0-0-1/0-1-0 April Record 2011/2010 ......................................................... 0-0-0/2-1-1 May Record 2011/2010............................................................0-0-0/0-1-3 June Record 2011/2010.......................................................... 0-0-0/2-0-1 July Record 2011/2010 ........................................................... 0-0-0/0-2-0 August Record 2011/2010 ......................................................0-0-0/ 2-2-1 September Record 2011/2010 ............................................... .0-0-0/0-0-3 October Record 2011/2010..................................................... 0-0-0/1-3-2 Pre All-Star 2011/2010.............................................................0-0-1/4-5-5 Post All-Star 2011/2010 ..........................................................0-0-0/5-7-4 Record After 1 Game 2011/2010 ............................................ 0-0-1/0-1-0 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime ...................................... 0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-1 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’............................................... 0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-1 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied ................. 0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-0 Day/Night ................................................................................ 0-0-0/0-0-1 Grass/Turf ............................................................................... 0-0-0/0-0-1 Wearing All-Red Primary Kit .............................................................0-0-0 Wearing All-White Secondary Kit ......................................................0-0-1 Wearing Red/White/Red Kit…...…………………………………….....0-0-0

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire (0-0-1, 1 pts.) enter their 14th season of MLS play after posting a 9-12-9 record in 2010. Disappointed with missing out on the playoffs for jus the second time in club history, the Fire have made many changes to the roster for 2011, bringing in the likes of veteran U.S. defender Cory Gibbs, Croatians Josip Mikulic (defender) and Marko Maric (midfielder) as well as the Uruguayan strike tandem of Diego Chaves and Gaston Puerari. In all, the club is returning 14 players to the roster, meaning half the players opening the season are new to the club in 2011.

2010 MLS All-Star selection and Goal of the Year winner midfielder th Marco Pappa returns for his 4 MLS season and looks to build upon his team leading seven goals in 2010. Joining Pappa in the midfielder are 2010 Fire MVP and newly named captain Logan Pause and last season’s assist leader Patrick Nyarko, while 2011 MLS Combine MVP Jalil Anibaba will patrol the backline with offseason acquisitions Gibbs and Mikulic.

TODAY’S TELECAST Today’s game is being broadcast nationally on TeleFutura and locally on My50. Dan Kelly and Evan Whitfield will call the action on My50 CHICAGO FIRE/ATHLETICO “RECOVERY ROOM” : March 23 Probable: None Questionable: None Doubtful: Bratislav Ristic – Left Hip Flexor Strain Marko Maric – Left Hamstring Strain Out: Mike Banner- Left Achilles Tendinitis Steven Kinney – Right Achilles Repair Injured Reserve: None

CHICAGO – KANSAS CITYSERIES Today’s game is the 39th all-time regular season meeting between the two clubs and the first under the visitor’s new name, “Sporting KC”…The Fire lead the the series 20-10-8, which includes a 13-3-2 mark in games played in Illinois…Last year, the Fire tied Kansas City 2-2 at Community America Ball Park on 5/15/10 followed by a 2-0 loss at TOYOTA PARK on 10/12/10, just the third time the Fire have fallen to KC in Illinois. In their last five meetings,Things between the clubs over the last five meetings have been strangely equal with both clubs holding a 1-1-3 record (dating back to October 5, 2008), with an equal 7 goals for and 7 goals against in that time

PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT: F Calen Carr – Traded to Houston (03/23/2011) D Deris Umanzor – Waived (02/09/2011) GK Andrew Dysktra – Waived (01/31/2011) F Nery Castillo – Loaned to Aris FC (01/19/2011) M Freddie Ljungberg – Free Agent (01/01/2011) D Wilman Conde – Free Agent (01/01/2011) M Peter Lowry – Expansion Draft (11/24/10) M John Thorrington – Expansion Draft (11/24/10) D Krzysztof Krol – Waived (11/24/10) F Collins John – Waived (11/24/10) D CJ Brown – Retired (10/24/10) F Brian McBride – Retired (10/24/10)

QUICK KICKS VS. SPORTING KC (11-19-3)  FIRE vs. KANSAS CITY: 7-7-6 (36 GF, 31 GA)  FIRE @ KANSAS CITY: 13-3-2 (38 GF, 16 GA)  Saturday’s game is a rematch of the 2000 MLS Cup Final (10/15/00) and 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final (9/22/04). KC came away 1-0 winners in both matches, taking their first silverware in both competitions  The Fire have outscored Sporting KC 74 to 47 over the previous 38 meetings.  The Fire are 4-2-1 in matches played at TOYOTA PARK, notching their first win in a 1-0 victory in the first match played between the two clubs at the stadium on 7/4/06.  The Fire are 8-3-2 all-time in home opening matches outscoring opponents 20 to 10 and 3-1-1 in home openers played at TOYOTA PARK

IN: F Dominic Oduro – Traded from Houston (03/23/2011) D Yamith Cuesta – Traded from Chivas USA (03/23/2011) M Michael Videira – Signed (03/10/2011) F Orr Barouch – Loaned from Tigres (03/10/2011) M Marko Maric – Signed (03/02/2011) GK Alec Dufty – Signed (03/02/2011) F Diego Chaves – Signed (02/18/2011 F Gaston Puerari – Signed (02/03/2011) GK Jon Conway – Traded from Toronto FC (01/13/2011) M Daniel Paladini – Signed (01/11/2011) D Josip Mikulic – Signed (01/11/2011) D Cory Gibbs – Re-Entry Draft (12/15/2010) th D Jalil Anibaba – Drafted (9 Overall) st M Davis Paul – Drafted (51 Overall)

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2010 YEAR IN REVIEW The Fire ushered in a new era with the hiring of former El Salvador national team boss Carlos de los Cobos ahead of the 2010 campaign. The new manager brought in a new system to the club, while welcoming in Designated Players in Mexican striker Nery Castillo and Swedish winger Freddie Ljungberg. Despite the acquisitions, de los Cobos’ side came up just short of the 2010 MLS playoffs, missing the postseason for just the second time in club history. At season’s end, two legendary players announced their retirement, with the Fire bidding goodbye to U.S. giant Brian McBride and the last remaining “Fire Original”, defender C.J. Brown who spent all 13 seasons of his MLS career in the Windy City, appearing in 371 matches for the club across all competitions.

FIRE OPEN SEASON WITH A VALUABLE POINT IN 2011 BRIMSTONE CUP FIRST LEG AT FC DALLAS The Chicago Fire (0-0-1, 1 pts.) return to TOYOTA PARK on Saturday to open their 14th season in Chicago following a 1-1 draw against 2010 MLS Cup th Finalist FC Dallas last Saturday. Newly acquired Uruguayan striker Diego Chaves put the visitors ahead 1-0 in the 17 minute before Colombian forward th pulled things level just a minute later. The Fire looked to have the advantage after Hoops center back Brek Shea was sent off in the 55 minute after pulling down Gaston Puerari. Despite being up a man for 35 minutes, the Fire couldn’t find the winner but took a valuable point at Pizza Hut Park to start the season.

Though playing in a 3-5-2 formation throughout most of preseason, head coach Carlos de los Cobos put out a 3-4-3 in Dallas, utilizing Guatemalan international in a more central attacking role in tandem with Chaves and Puerari. Captain Logan Pause was joined by newcomer Michael Videira in the middle of the park while Gonzalo Segares shifted into a left wing role, with Bratislav Ristic serving as his counterpart on the right. De los Cobos stayed with the new-look defensive trio of Cory Gibbs, Josip Mikulic and Jalil Anibaba, who held the line well in front of second-year goalkeeper Sean Johnson. rd

Note: Diego Chaves’ goal was the first scored by a Fire player during his debut since Eric Wynalda’s 73 minute goal on May 5, 2001 in the club’s 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Mutiny at Soldier Field THREE NEW PLAYERS JOIN THE FIRE FOLLOWING SEASON OPENER Three young players officially joined the Fire Wednesday following last Saturday’s season opening draw at FC Dallas.

Joining the club via trade Wednesday were striker Dominic Oduro and defender Yamith Cuesta. A product of Accra, Ghana, Oduro comes to the Fire from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for long-time Fire striker Calen Carr, who spent just over five seasons in the Windy City, appearing in 82 matches while tallying nine goals and three assists.

Oduro appeared in 44 matches, tallying six goals and four assists from 2009-11 for Houston and has spent time with both FC Dallas and the New York Red Bulls since entering the league in 2006.

A product of Turbo, Colombia, Cuesta comes to the Fire from Chivas USA in exchange for a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick. The 6-3 defender has appeared in 15 matches for the goals, recording one assist from 2009-10.

On trial through most of the club’s preseason preparation, former U.S. youth international striker Gabriel Ferrari put pen to paper Wednesday after playing most recently with FC Wohlen in the Swiss Challenge League. Ferrari was part of the U.S. side which ran to the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championships in Canada.

LOGAN PAUSE ONE MATCH FROM 200 Newly named captain Logan Pause did what was needed last week to setup a great moment for Saturday’s Opening Day match vs. Sporting KC. The nine-year Fire veteran went 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw at Dallas, putting him at 199 regular season appearances for the club. If the Hillsborough, NC product takes the field on Saturday, he will become the fifth Fire player to hit the 200 plateau and at age 29, also the youngest. Pause will best the club’s th all-time appearance leader C.J. Brown in that category, with the veteran of 296 regular season matches playing his 200 on June 3, 2006 at the age of 30, 353 days.

Other Fire players that have hit 200 and how old they were when they did it: GP 200 296 200 215 214

Player Logan Pause CJ Brown Jesse Marsch Zach Thornton Chris Armas

Game 3/26/11 vs. NE 6/3/06 3-1 L @RSL 10/15/05 1-0 L @NE 6/3/06, 3-1 L @RSL 7/4/07, 2-0 L @ LA

Age 29, 216 days 30, 353 days 31, 341 days 32, 236 days 34, 311 days

OPENING DAY HISTORY Through the Fire’s first 13 seasons, the team has played only two season openers at home (both against New England in 2003, 2007). The team has a posted an overall mark of 8-3-2 in home openers in Chicago.

FIRE OPENING DAYS (8-3-2) 4-04-98 2-0 W vs. TB 4-10-99 0-1 L vs. DAL 4-15-00 1-0 W vs. MIA 4-14-01 2-0 W vs. DC 4-20-02 2-0 W vs. NY 4-13-03 1-1 T vs. NE 4-17-04 0-0 T vs. DAL

4-16-05 2-1 W vs. SJ 6-11-06 3-3 D vs. NE 4-07-07 1-0 W vs. NE 4-03-08 1-1 T vs. NE 4-05-09 1-0 W vs. NY 4-10-10 1-2 L vs. SJ

FIRE PRESEASON NOTES In preparation for the 2011 MLS season, the Chicago Fire broke up the club’s preseason into three phases, the initial of which saw the side spend two weeks at the Bridgeview Soccer & Sports Dome – the first instance in 14 seasons the club has spent an extended amount of time training in Chicagoland. The team then spent 12 days in Ave Maria, FL, training and paying a visit to the club’s Juniors organization based in Naples while fitting in three friendlies. After a brief return to Chicago, the team set off for Phase 3 of preseason, making the club’s debut appearance in the Carolina Challenge CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6725

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Cup in Charleston, SC. The Fire joined fellow MLS sides DC United and Toronto FC as well as tournament hosts, USL-Pro’s Charleston Battery in the four-team round robin tournament.

CHICAGO FIRE TO LIVE STREAM LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST COLORADO RAPIDS FROM BRADLEY UNIVERSITY’S SHEA STADIUM The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced today that the Fire will stream the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Play-In match against the Colorado Rapids live on Chicago-Fire.com. The Fire take on the defending MLS Cup Champions at Bradley University’s Shea Stadium on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:30 PM CT in Peoria, Illinois.

Tickets for the U.S. Open Cup qualifying game between the Fire and Rapids will be $20 for reserved seating in the Shea Stadium grandstand and $15 for general admission seating on the grass berms. A limited number of $10 general admission tickets will be available to Bradley University students, faculty and staff at a maximum of two per person. Tickets will go on sale at 9:00 AM CT on Wednesday, March 16 at the Renaissance Coliseum box office, all TicketMaster outlets and online at www.BradleyBraves.com.

The Fire will provide a Season Ticket Holder bus, paid for by the Fire, to assist supporters in travel to Peoria for the Fire’s Open Cup clash. The Season Ticket Holder bus is limited to the first 45 Season Ticket Holders. Room is still available on the bus and Season Ticket Holders can RSVP by emailing events@chicago-fire.com.

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CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 6 7 15 19 99 1 89 30 5 9 25 28 22 23 14 8 11 16 17 12 18 27 77 32 13 21 4

Player Jalil Anibaba Mike Banner Orr Barouch Corben Bone Diego Chaves Jon Conway Yamith Cuesta Alec Dufty Cory Gibbs Baggio Husidic Sean Johnson Steven Kinney Marko Maric Josip Mikulic Patrick Nyarko Dominic Oduro Daniel Paladini Marco Pappa Davis Paul Logan Pause Gaston Puerari Victor Pineda Bratislav Ristic Dasan Robinson Gonzalo Segares Mike Videira Kwame Watson-Siriboe

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

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

Wt. 170 160 190 149 150 215 195 200 180 180 217 175 190 185 165 160 165 155 145 155 150 140 155 160 162 180 196

Birth date 10/18/1988 10/20/1984 11/29/1991 09/16/1988 02/14/1986 05/06/1977 04/17/1989 03/11/1987 01/14/1980 05/19/1987 05/31/1989 10/28/1987 04/25/1983 04/12/1986 01/15/1986 08/13/1985 11/11/1984 11/15/1987 10/12/1988 08/22/1981 01/23/1986 03/15/1993 01/21/1980 06/06/1984 10/13/1982 01/06/1986 11/13/1986

Hometown Davis, CA Washington, D.C. Woodland Hills, CA Plano, Texas Montevideo, Uruguay Media, PA Turbo, Colombia Raleigh, NC Fort Lauderdale, FL Libertyville, IL Lilburn, GA Norcross, GA Zagreb, Croatia XXX Kumasi, Ghana Pramso, Ghana Northridge, CA Guatemala City Upland, CA Hillsborough, NC Montevideo, Uruguay Bolingbrook, IL Nis, Serbia Elyria, OH San Jose, Costa Rica Milford, MA Chino Hills, CA

College Status North Carolina SIU – Edwardsville -Wake Forest -Int. Rutgers -Int. Evansville Brown University UIC Central Florida Elon University -Int. -Int. Virginia Tech -Cal State Northridge -Int. California North Carolina -Int. --Int. Dayton Virginia Commonwealth Duke Connecticut

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 4 5 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 32 77 89 99 8

Player Jon Conway Kwame Watson-Siriboe Cory Gibbs Jalil Anibaba Mike Banner Baggio Husidic Daniel Paladini Logan Pause Gonzalo Segares Patrick Nyarko Orr Barouch Marco Pappa Davis Paul Gaston Puerari Corben Bone Mike Videira Marko Maric Josip Mikulic Sean Johnson Victor Pineda Steven Kinney Alec Dufty Dasan Robinson Bratislav Ristic Yamith Cuesta Diego Chaves Dominic Oduro

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

Pronunciation sear-EE-bow Jah-LEEL Ah-Nee-Bah-Bah WHO-sid-ICH

seh-GAH-res NEE-yah-koh Barr-ooch

Pure-Rah-Ree

MARE-ich

DAY-sahn Riss-tich Jah-MEET Quest-a CHA-vez

Technical Director: Frank Klopas Head Coach: Carlos de los Cobos First Assistant Coach: Leo Percovich Soccer Fitness Specialist: Tony Jouaux

Place of Birth Media, PA Chino Hills, CA Plantation, FL Fontana, CA Washington, D.C. Velika Kladusa, Bosnia Northridge, CA Hillsborough, NC San Jose, Costa Rica Kumasi, Ghana Haifa, Israel Guatemala City, Guatemala San Diego, CA Paysandu, Uruguay Plano, Texas Milford, MA Zagreb, Croatia Ljubuški, Bosnia-Herzegovina Lilburn, GA Chicago, IL Norcross, GA Binghamton, NY Evanston, IL Nis, Serbia Turbo, Colombia Montevideo, Uruguay Accra, Ghana

Last Team Toronto FC Chicago Fire New England Revolution University of North Carolina Chicago Fire Chicago Fire Carolina Railhawks (USSF D-2) Chicago Fire Chicago Fire Chicago Fire Tigres (MEX) Chicago Fire University of California Wanderers (URU) Chicago Fire AC St. Louis (USSF D-2) Skoda Xanthi (GRE) NK Zagreb (CRO) Chicago Fire Fire Academy Chicago Fire AC St. Louis Chicago Fire FC Rad Belgrade (SRB) Chivas USA Nacional (URU) Houston Dynamo

Goalkeeper Coach: Aron Hyde Assistant Coach: Larry Sunderland Head Athletic Trainer: Bo Leonard Assistant Athletic Trainer: Matt Zalewski Equipment Manager: Charles Raycroft Director of Team Operations: Ron Stern

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#6 JALIL ANIBABA – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match st th  Drafted in 1 round, 13 overall of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft  Named 2011 MLS Combine MVP  Appeared in 85 matches, recording three goals and five assists over four collegiate seasons with Santa Clara and North Carolina #7 – MIKE BANNER – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 5 min., 09/18/10 @ RSL in 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 08/01/10 @ LA (19’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/12/09 @ RSL (Rolfe 44’)  Enters his fifth season with the Fire and MLS  Started nine of 18 games he appeared in 2010  Reached a career season high in minutes played with 1019 in 2010 #15–ORR BAROUCH – 2011: 1 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 14 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 14 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match  Joined Fire on loan from Tigres UANL of Mexico for 2011 season  Israeli citizen and U.S. green card holder #19–CORBEN BONE – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 28 min., 10/16/10 vs. DC in 0-0 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match  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 – DIEGO CHAVES – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 1G, 0A in 76 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 03/19/11 @ DAL (17’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match  Became first Fire player to score in a a debut match for the club since Eric Wynalda on 05/05/11 vs. TB  Joined Fire from Uruguayan giants Nacional  Played with fellow Uruguayan teammate Gaston Puerari when the two played together at Montevideo Wanderers in 2009 #1 – JON CONWAY – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 W, 0 SO in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 72 mins., 10/16/10 vs. CLB LAST MLS WIN: 04/09/10 vs. RSL LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 04/09/10 vs. RSL  Only player on 2011 Fire roster to win MLS Cup (San Jose 2001, 03)  Oldest player on 2011 Fire roster at 33 #89 YAMITH CUESTA – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 W, 0 SO in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 62 mins., 10/20/10 @ SJ with CHV LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored a first team MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/10/09 with CHV vs. KC (Braun, 71) #30 – ALEC DUFTY – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 W, 0 SO LAST MLS MATCH: Played 82 min., 04/11/2009 @ HOU in 0-0 draw  Signed with Fire 03/02/11 as developmental goalkeeper  Spent the 2010 season with USSF Division 2’s AC St. Louis #88 – GABRIEL FERRARI – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has yet to play in an MLS first team match  Signed with Serie A side Sampdoria in 2007 at the age of 18  Member of U.S. squad at 2007 FIFA U20 World Championships  Born in New York City to an Italian father and Brazilian mother

#5 – CORY GIBBS – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 10/12/08 @ LA (43’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 07/24/09 vs. DC (Davis 63’)  Played and started in 25 matches during 2010 with the New England Revolution – a career high in MLS  Has appeared in 19 matches for the U.S. Men’s National  Previously played with PSV Eindhoven (NED), St. Pauli (GER) and ADO Den Haag (NED) #9 – BAGGIO HUSIDIC – 2011: 1 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 27 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 27 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 10/23/10 @ CHV (93+) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/01/10 @ LA (Pappa 4’) rd  Finished 3 on team in goals in 2010 behind Pappa (7) & McBride (6)  Appeared in a career high 22 matches in 2010  Born in Bosnia, moved with family to Chicago area during the war in Yugoslavia #25 – SEAN JOHNSON – 2011: 1 GP/0 GS, 0W, 0SO in 90 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS WIN: 10/23/10 @ CHV LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 09/29/10 @ SJ (3-0 win)  Earned U.S. Men’s National Team debut 1/22/11 vs. Chile in LA  Member of Generation adidas program  Youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire #28 – STEVEN KINNEY – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 58 min., 10/23/10 @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 #22 – MARKO MARIC – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Has yet to play in an MLS first team match  Came up through NK Zagreb youth system with fellow teammate Josip Mikulic  Has played with Lille (FRA), Egaleo and Skoda Xanthi (GRE) and NK Zagreb (CRO)  Was a member of the Croatian U21 Men’s National Team #23 – JOSIP MIKULIC – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match  Came up through NK Zagreb youth system with fellow teammate Marko Maric  Was a member of the Croatian U19 Men’s National Team #14 – PATRICK NYARKO – 2011: 1 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 47 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 09/29/10 @ SJ (92+’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/08/10 vs. CLB (McBride, 53’)  2010 team leader in assists with 10, a career high  Has appeared in 57 of 60 regular season matches from 2009-10  Can play as a second striker or on either wing #XX – DOMINIC ODURO – 2011: 1 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 29 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 29 min., 03/19/2011 vs. PHI in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 10/25/2009 @ CHV (29’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/01/09 vs. DC (Ching 39’)  Was a teammate of Gonzalo Segares at Virginia Commonwealth in 2004  Has previous MLS experience with Houston, New York and Dallas nd nd  Drafted 22 overall (2 round) in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft

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#11 – DANIEL PALADINI – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 58 min., 09/11/2008 @ NE in 4-1 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 09/06/2008 @ TOR (41’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an MLS assist  Two-time Division 2 All-League Best XI Midfielder  Helped Carolina RailHawks to 2010 USSFD2 Finals  Drafted in 2006 by Los Angeles Galaxy #16 – MARCO PAPPA – 2011: 1GP/ 1GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 08/01/10 @ LA (4’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/23/10 @ CHV (Ljungberg 47’)  Scored a team high seven goals and added five assists in 2010 MLS season  Tallied three game winning goals in 2010  Won MLS Goal of the Year for strike on 4/10/10 vs. SJ  Named to 2010 MLS All-Star Team  Has appeared in 15 matches, scoring two goals for Guatemala #17 – DAVIS PAUL – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has yet to play in an MLS first team match rd st  Drafted in 3 round, 51 overall of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft  Appeared in 78 matches, tallying 15 goals and 21 assists over four years with the University of California  Produced video parody of Chris Brown’s “For Ur Love”, featuring Cal teammates, which went viral on YouTube #12 – LOGAN PAUSE – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 05/08/10 @ TOR (51’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/23/10 @ CHV (Carr 68’)  Won 2010 Chicago Fire Most Valuable Player and Goal of the Year Awards (5/8/10 @ TOR)  Named 2011 Chicago Fire 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  Sits fifth all-time on the club’s regular season appearances list

#32 – DASAN ROBINSON – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 15 min., 10/08/10 vs. CLB in 2-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/23/09 vs. COL (93+’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/27/10 @ NE (Pappa, 30’)  Played 17 games in 2010, the most in a season since 2007  With Calen Carr, is the second longest tenured member of the current roster behind only Logan Pause  2011 will mark his ninth summer in Chicago, having played with the club’s PDL team from 2003-05 #13 – GONZALO SEGARES – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: 04/25/09 @ CLB (88’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/25/09 @ CLB (McBride 86’)  Returned to the club in August 2010 after playing for Apollon in Cyprus  With 8, sits second among Fire defenders for most goals all-time for the club behind Lubos Kubik (15)  Has appeared in 13 matches for the Costa Rican Men’s National Team th  Selected 35 overall (third round) by the Fire in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft #21 – MICHAEL VIDEIRA – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 63 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 63 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw  Played with both current teammates Cory Gibbs (New England) and Alec Dufty (AC St. Louis) during 2010  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 #4 – KWAME WATSON-SIRIBOE – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 10/16/10 vs. DC in 0-0 draw  Appeared in 10 matches, starting seven in his 2010 rookie campaign  Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall of 2010 MLS SuperDraft  Played 19 matches, scoring three goals for the University of Connecticut in 2009  Made 55 appearances during his four-year college career at UCONN

#27 – VICTOR PINEDA– 2011: 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  A member of the U.S. U18 Men’s National Team #18 – GASTON PUERARI – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match  Signed from Uruguayan side Montevideo Wanderers where he played briefly with Fire teammate Diego Chaves  Worked feeding wood into a stove at a meat factory in Paysandu prior to becoming a professional footballer #77 – BRATISLAV RISTIC – 2011: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 43 min.

LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 03/19/11 @ DAL in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored an MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not tallied an MLS assist  With his move to MLS, has played professionally in seven different countries: Serbia, Belgium, Ukraine, Spain, Russia, Bulgaria, USA  Won the Belgian Jupiler League in 2003 with Club Brugge and appeared in the UEFA Champions League  Though a midfielder by trade, can play as an outside back as well

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

– VS. Sporting KC – 3/26/2011

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2011 Chicago Fire Team Lineups 3-19-11 @ FCD, D 1-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Mikulic D Gibbs M Ristic (Nyarko 42’) M Videira (Husidic 62’) M Pause M Pappa M Segares F Puerari F Chaves (Barouch 75’)

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

2011 MLS Match 02 // Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 3:00 p.m. CT

GAME NOTES

Sporting Kansas City at Chicago Fire Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois English TV: KSMO Spanish TV: TeleFutura

www.SportingKC.com

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 27 32 55 88 99

SPORTING Kansas City roster

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

Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Michael Harrington Korede Aiyegbusi co-red-eh eye-eh-BOO-see Craig Rocastle ROW-castle Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Shavar Thomas Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Teal Bunbury Ryan Smith Konrad Warzycha Var-ZEE-hah Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Mike Jones C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Birahim Diop Bee-ra-heem Dee-op Jon Kempin Davy Arnaud ARE-no Kei Kamara kye kah-MAHR-ah Scott Lorenz StĂŠphane Auvray OH-vray Luke Sassano sah-SAHN-noh Julio Cesar HOO-lee-o SEH-sahr Milos Stojcev MEE-los STOY-chev Omar Bravo

MLS Standings (As of 3/24/11) Eastern Conf.

1. Sporting KC 2. New York Red Bulls 3. Philadelphia Union 4. DC United 5. Chicago Fire 6. NE Revolution 7. Columbus Crew 8. Toronto FC 9. Houston Dynamo

GP W 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

T 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

P 3 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0

Western Conf.

GP W L 1. Los Angeles Galaxy 2 1 0 2. Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 3. Colorado Rapids 1 1 0 4. Vancouver Whitecaps 1 1 0 5. FC Dallas 1 0 0 6. Seattle Sounders FC 2 0 2 7. San Jose Earthquakes 1 0 1 8. Chivas USA 1 0 1 9. Portland Timbers 1 0 1

T 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

P 4 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0

Coaches Peter vermes CARLOS DE LOS COBOS 3rd season 15-19-9 3rd season 15-19-9

MLS Experience MLS Record Year with Team Record with Team

2nd season 9-12-10 2nd season 9-12-10

Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY CHICAGO FIRE

1-0-0 (3 pts) 1 1st in East 3 3.00 2 2.00 +1 17 (5) 29.4% 12 12 2 0

Record Games played Conference position Goals Goals/game Allowed Allowed/game Goal differential Shots (On Goal) On Goal % Fouls committed Fouls suffered Cautions Ejections

0-0-1 (1 pt) 1 5th in East 1 1.00 1 1.00 0 12 (5) 41.7% 18 11 4 0

Individual Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY CHICAGO FIRE

2 Omar Bravo Diego Chaves 1 goals 2 Kei Kamara Videira/Johnson 1 assists 6 Omar Bravo Diego Chaves 3 shots 3 Omar Bravo 6 players tied 1 shots on Goal 1 Omar Bravo 0 game-winning goals 1 Kei Kamara 0 game-winning assists 2 Stojcev/Sapong Puerari/Pappa 3 fouls suffered 4 Omar Bravo Marco Pappa 4 fouls committed 1 Bravo/Arnaud 4 players tied 1 cautions 0 0 ejections 2.00 Jimmy Nielsen goals against avg 1 Jimmy Nielsen wins 0 shutouts 2 Jimmy Nielsen saves

Sean Johnson 1.00 0 0 1

When last they met...

Kansas City went unbeaten versus Chicago in ‘10, including a 2-0 road win on October 12th at Toyota Park. Both teams entered the Tuesday night match separated by a single point, but it was KC who kept their playoff hopes alive with the win courtesy of goals from captain Davy Arnaud and then-rookie striker Teal Bunbury.

Arnaud opened the scoring late in the first half on an assist from Bunbury to give him six goals on the season, and strikes in backto-back matches. Bunbury added the insurance goal in the 80th minute, while goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen posted his tenth shutout of the season with two saves in the match.

Kansas City Connections • Kansas City and Chicago faced off in the 2000 MLS Cup at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on October 15, 2000. Kansas City earned the club’s only MLS Cup championship with a 1-0 victory over the Fire on a goal in the 11th minute from striker Miklos Molnar. Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes and assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin both played in the match for KC. • Sporting Kansas City striker Teal Bunbury played for the Chicago Fire Premier (USL Super-20 League) in 2009.

• Fire technical director Frank Klopas played in KC in 1996 and 1997 as an original member of the club. He appeared in 54 games, making 41 starts, and recorded seven goals and 11 assists.

• Sporting Kansas City midfielder Milos Stojcev and Chicago Fire midfielder Bratislav Ristic are both Serbia natives.

• Sporting Kansas City defender Scott Lorenz grew up in Barrington, Illinois, approximately an hour north of Chicago.

sporting kansas city headlines BRAVO, BRAVO! | Sporting KC striker Omar Bravo was named MLS Player of the Week after scoring two goals, including the game-winner, in his debut against Chivas USA on Saturday. Facing the sister club of his former team, Chivas Guadalajara, Bravo scored in 1st half stoppage time with a chip over goalkeeper Zach Thornton and then netted the team’s third goal in the 74th minute with a first-time. slotted shot on a give-and-go with Kei Kamara.

Bravo joined KC as one of the most decorated players in Chivas Guadalajara history as the club’s second all-time leading scorer and is a well-known member of the Mexico National Team. Bravo has scored 16 goals for Mexico in 65 appearances, including two goals at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

CAPTAIN ARNAUD | Sporting KC midfielder Davy Arnaud returns as captain in 2011, after appearing in 27 matches last season and tallying six goals and three assists. Arnaud, in his 10th MLS season after attending Division II West Texas A&M, is the longest tenured Sporting Kansas City player, and has 43 goals and 33 assists in his career over 219 appearances. See the milestones section on the next page for more on his prolific career for the club.

KAMARA CALLED TO SIERRA LEONE | Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara will miss Saturday’s match in Chicago while participating with the Sierra Leone National Team for an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Niger on Sunday, March 27th. Kamara has six career appearances for Sierra Leone.

Kamara is coming off a career year, scoring a team-high 10 goals and six assists. Both marks are personal career-highs for Kamara, now entering his sixth year in MLS. He currently leads MLS in assists with tallies on both of Omar Bravo’s goals against Chivas USA last weekend, including the game-winning assist in the 3-2 victory.

THOMAS CAPTAINS JAMAICA | Sporting Kansas City veteran defender Shavar Thomas will also miss Saturday’s match at Chicago while he captains the Jamaica National Team for two upcoming friendlies on Friday, March 25th against Venezuela and two days later versus El Salvador. Thomas, in his ninth MLS season, has made more than 30 appearances for Jamaica, ranked No. 48 in the latest FIFA rankings.

Thomas was on the bench, but did not play in Sporting Kansas City’s 3-2 victory at Chivas USA last Saturday.

BUNBURY’S RETURN? | Sporting Kansas City striker Teal Bunbury did not play in the club’s season-opening victory over Chivas USA on Saturday due to a dislocated elbow suffered in a pre-season scrimmage against Houston, but Bunbury was not listed on Tuesday’s injury report.

The fourth overall draft pick in the 2010 SuperDraft out of Akron, Bunbury enjoyed a standout rookie season with five goals and two assists in 26 appearances. He also became the youngest player in Kansas City history to record an assist at 20 years, 77 days in Kansas City’s 2-1 loss at D.C. United on May 5. His five goals last season were the most by a KC rookie since Scott Sealy scored nine times in 2005.

During the offseason, Bunbury made his international debut for the U.S. Men’s National Team in a friendly against South Africa in November and scored in his second appearance on a penalty kick against Chile at The Home Depot Center in January.

SAPONG STEALS SHOW | Sporting Kansas City striker C.J. Sapong scored in the second minute of his first ever professional match on Saturday, powering a shot past Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton just 1 minute, 45 seconds into the season opener.

It goes into the MLS record books as the fastest goal ever scored by a rookie who started in their debut, besting the mark set by teammate Michael Harrington who scored in the third minute of his debut in 2007.

Sapong was selected in the first round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft out of James Madison University and played the full 90 minutes last Saturday, attempting four shots.

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 26, 2011 vs. CHICAGO FIRE | www.SportingKC.com

STOJCEV SIGNING | Sporting Kansas City’s most recent addition is Serbian midfielder Milos Stojcev. The 24-year-old’s signing was announced last week prior to his MLS debut, playing 89 minutes as an attacking midfielder alongside captain Davy Arnaud in Sporting KC’s 3-2 victory over Chivas USA. Stojcev was a product of the Red Star Belgrade youth academy and has played in the Serbia SuperLiga since debuting at age 19 in 2006. He has appeared in the UEFA Cup, including an appearance against Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam while with his previous club, FK Borac Cacak.

CESAR AT CENTERBACK | Sporting Kansas City signed former Real Madrid and A.C. Milan central defender Julio Cesar late in the 2011 pre-season. The 32-year-old boasts an impressive resume, that includes tenures at top teams across the world after being signed by Real Valladolid in Spain at age 17. He was then picked up by Real Madrid in 1999 and helped the club advance to the UEFA Champions League final. Cesar went on to feature for A.C. Milan, Real Sociedad, Benfica, Austria Wien, Bolton Wanderers, Tigres UANL, Olympiacos, FC Dinamo Bucuresti, Gaziantepspor and most recently, Maritimo Funchal.

ROOKIE CLASS | In addition to Sapong, two other 2011 draft picks are on Sporting Kansas City’s current roster. Defender Konrad Warzycha, the son of Columbus Crew coach Robert Warzycha, was taken in the third round of the SuperDraft and defender Mike Jones was picked up in the Supplemental Draft out of Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville.

Two other young MLS newcomers were signed in the offseason, as Sporting Kansas City signed defender Kevin Ellis as their second Home Grown Player out of the Sporting KC Juniors academy and also signed defender Scott Lorenz, who spent his first professional season playing with the NSC Minnesota Stars of USSF D2 in 2010.

ROAD TRIP | Sporting Kansas City will open the season with ten straight regular season away matches while the final touches are put on LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, the team’s new state-of-theart, $200 million venue. It is believed to be the longest stretch of away games in MLS history. Kansas City is 60-120-51 all-time away from home, and went 4-8-3 on the road in 2010.

More than 300 Sporting Kansas City fans are expected to be in attendance at Toyota Park on Saturday to support Sporting KC. The club’s members took advantage of the team’s new membership program which provided 300 complimentary tickets for fans to travel to the Chicago match.

upcoming milestones Captain Davy Arnaud is 7th on the MLS all-time fouls suffered chart, with 501 fouls against. He leads KC in all-time fouls suffered and is two shy of Brian McBride on the MLS list for sixth...Arnaud has played 219 games in his MLS and KC career, and is five shy of tying Nick Garcia for 2nd on Sporting Kansas City’s all-time chart.

Arnaud could move to the top of the list by the end of 2011, as he sits 18 games played back of Kerry Zavagnin for the club’s all-time mark of 237..Of the 219 games played, Arnaud has started 198 regular season matches and is one back of tying Preki for fourth on the team’s all-time chart. An injury-free season could also see Arnaud climb to the top of that chart, needing 30 more starts to match Zavagnin’s 228 all-time...Arnaud is currently tied with Josh Wolff for second on the team’s all-time goal scoring list with 43 career strikes...Arnaud is also fourth on the team’s all-time gamewinning goals chart with ten over his nine MLS seasons. His next game-winner will match Wolff for third all-time....Goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen begins the 2011 season tied with Mike Ammann for fourth most shutouts in team history with 10...Nielsen is also seventh on the club’s all-time charts with 82 saves, one shy of Garth Lagerway for the sixth position...

REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS Scoring

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8 6

17 9

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5 4

Fouls

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Corners

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12 12

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2 2

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1 5

4 8

Cautions

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PK

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SPORTING Opp.

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1 1

2 2

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Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 26, 2011 vs. CHICAGO FIRE | www.SportingKC.com

All-time regular season results Sporting Kansas City record: 10-20-8 Home games: 7-7-6 (31 GF, 36 GA) Road games: 3-13-2 (16 GF, 38 GA) 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998

KC 1 vs CHI 0 KC 1 at CHI 4 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1

W Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field SOL Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field

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

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

L L L L

Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium

Soldier Field

03/25/2000 KC 4 vs CHI 3 W 06/04/2000 KC 2 at CHI 3 L

Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field

05/19/2001 KC 0 at CHI 2 L 07/04/2001 KC 0 vs CHI 7 L

Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium

08/14/2002 KC 1 at CHI 5 L 08/31/2002 KC 2 vs CHI 1 W

Cardinal Stadium Arrowhead Stadium

04/26/2003 KC 2 vs CHI 3 L 06/21/2003 KC 4 vs CHI 2 W 07/26/2003 KC 0 at CHI 2 L

Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Cardinal Stadium

04/03/2004 KC 0 vs CHI 0 T 05/08/2004 KC 2 vs CHI 2 T 09/01/2004 KC 1 at CHI 3 L

Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Soldier Field

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

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

T W W L

Soldier Field Soldier Field Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium

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

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

T W L L

Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park

04/21/2007 KC 1 at CHI 2 L 08/22/2007 KC 3 vs CHI 2 W 08/25/2007 KC 0 at CHI 2 L

Toyota Park Arrowhead Stadium Toyota Park

04/20/2008 KC 1 at CHI 0 W 07/27/2008 KC 0 vs CHI 0 T 10/05/2008 KC 1 vs CHI 1 T

Toyota Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark

04/18/2009 KC 2 at CHI 2 T 08/16/2009 KC 0 vs CHI 2 L

Toyota Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark

05/15/2010 KC 2 vs CHI 2 T 10/12/2010 KC 2 at CHI 0 W

CommunityAmerica Ballpark Toyota Park

All-time POSTseason results 10/15/2000 KC 1 vs CHI 0 W

RFK Stadium

All-time Matchup Stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 24 220 110 253 38 84

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 36 238 108 273 50 80

2 Overtime Total 23 0 47 243 0 463 101 0 211 266 0 519 33 0 71 102 0 186

CHICAGO FIRE

2 Overtime Total 38 0 74 243 0 481 110 0 218 262 0 535 62 0 112 104 0 184

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total KC 8 CHI 12

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5 10

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10 14

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All-Time Regular Season Series Leaders SPORTING KANSAS CITY

CHICAGO FIRE

5 Sealy/Wolff 10 Preki 42 Davy Arnaud 18 Josh Wolff 38 Kerry Zavagnin 40 Davy Arnaud

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls suffered

3 Meola/Oshoniyi 6 Tony Meola 2 Kevin Hartman 40 Tony Meola 24 Tony Meola

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals allowed

Ante Razov 9 Justin Mapp 8 Ante Razov 48 Ante Razov 20 Chris Armas 36 Justin Mapp 42 Zach Thornton 15 Zach Thornton 4 Zach Thornton 8 Zach Thornton 94 Zach Thornton 26

All-Time Regular Season game highs SPORTING KANSAS CITY CHICAGO FIRE

2 Five players tied 3 Preki (6/21/03) 6 Josh Wolff (8/16/09) 4 4 players tied 6 Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 6 Five players tied

Six players tied 2 Goals Ten players tied 2 Assists (7/26/03) Damani Ralph 9 Shots Six players tied 4 Shots on Goal Four players tied 6 Fouls Committed Ralph/Blanco 7 Fouls suffered

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

(6/21/03) Zach Thornton 10 Saves Sutton/Thornton 4 Goals allowed

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 26, 2011 vs. CHICAGO FIRE | www.SportingKC.com

SPORTING KANSAS CITY LEAGUE LEADERS (As of 03/24/11) ASSISTS

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PLAYER Omar Bravo Charlie Davies Eric Hassli Juninho C.J. Sapong Atiba Harris Ben Zemanski Danny Califf Diego Chaves Dwayne De Rosario Jamie Smith Jeff Larentowicz Jimmy Conrad Josh Wolff Juan Agudelo Kenny Cooper Kyle Beckerman Maicon Santos Milton Rodriguez Omar Cummnings Robbie Rogers Shalrie Joseph Terry Dunfield

TEAM SKC DC VAN LA SKC VAN CHV PHI CHI TOR COL COL CHV DC NY POR RSL TFC FCD COL CLB NE VAN

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PLAYER Omar Bravo Juan Agudelo Kyle Beckerman Danny Califf Omar Cummings Charlie Davies Juninho

TEAM SKC NY RSL PHI COL DC LA

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PLAYER Freddy Montero Omar Bravo Juninho C.J. Sapong Chad Barrett Chris Birchall Chris Wondolowski Dane Richards David Beckham David Ferreira Dwayne De Rosario Josh Wolff O’Brian White Omar Cummings Thierry Henry

TEAM SEA SKC LA SKC LA LA SJ NY LA DAL TFC DC SEA COL NY

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

SH 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

PLAYER Kei Kamara Atiba Harris Davide Chiumiento Javier Morales Jed Zayner Maicon Santos Marc Burch Marko Perovic Michael Videira Nick LaBrocca Sean Johnson Teemu Tainio Todd Dunivant Tony Beltran Zach Loyd Wes Knight Gianluca Zavarise

TEAM SKC VAN VAN RSL DC TFC DC NE CHI CHV CHI NY LA RSL DAL VAN TFC

GP A 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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TEAM SKC RSL NY LA RSL

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PLAYER Freddy Montero Josh Wolff Omar Bravo Dwayne De Rosario Tommy Heinemann Alvaro Fernandez Atiba Harris Charlie Davies Chris Birchall Chris Wondolowski Eric Hassli Jamie Smith Juan Agudelo Juninho Justin Mapp Nizar Khalfan O’Brian White Omar Cummings Sanna Nyassi

TEAM SEA DC SKC TFC CLB SEA VAN DC LA SJ VAN COL NY LA PHI VAN SEA COL COL

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

SH 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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2010 Team stats SPORTING KANSAS CITY CHICAGO FIRE

11-13-6 (39 pts) 30 3rd in East 36 1.20 35 1.17 +1 393 (169) 43.0% 341 352 46 4

Record Games played Conference position Goals Goals/game Allowed Allowed/game Goal differential Shots (On Goal) On Goal % Fouls committed Fouls suffered Cautions Ejections

(9-12-9, 36 pts) 30 4th in East 37 1.23 38 1.27 -1 295 (126) 42.7% 296 348 40 3

RETURNING Leaders FROM 2010 SPORTING KANSAS CITY CHICAGO FIRE

10 Kei Kamara goals 7 Ryan Smith assists 91 Kei Kamara shots 33 Kei Kamara shots on Goal 4 Kei Kamara game-winning goals 3 Kamara/Smith game-winning assists 51 Davy Arnaud fouls suffered 44 Kei Kamara fouls committed 5 Roger Espinoza cautions 3 Davy Arnaud ejections

Patrick Nyarko 2

Patrick Nyarko 41 Baggio Husidic 25 Six players tied 2 Gonzalo Segares 1

1.00 Eric Kronberg goals against avg Andrew Dykstra 1.24 Andrew Dykstra 5 10 Jimmy Nielsen wins Andrew Dykstra 5 10 Jimmy Nielsen shutouts Andrew Dykstra 55 80 Jimmy Nielsen saves

2011 BOX SCORES

2011 schedule Sat., March 19th 3-2 W @ Chivas USA Sat., March 26th @ Chicago Sat., April 2nd @ Vancouver Wed., April 6th @ Houston** Sat., April 16th @ Columbus Sat., April 23rd @ New England Sat., April 30th @ New York Sat., May 14th @ Los Angeles Sat., May 21st @ Seattle Sat., May 28th @ Colorado Sat., June 4th @ Toronto Thurs., June 9th vs. CHICAGO Sun., June 12th @ Dallas Fri., June 17th vs. SAN JOSE Wed., June 22nd @ Philadelphia Sat., June 25th vs. VANCOUVER Sat., July 2nd @ Portland Wed., July 6th vs. COLORADO Sat., July 9th vs. CHIVAS USA Sat. July 16th @ Houston Sat., July 23rd vs. TORONTO Sat., July 30th vs. NEW ENGLAND Wed., August 3rd vs. SALT LAKE Sat., August 6th vs. SEATTLE Sat. August 13th vs. LOS ANGELES Wed., August 17th vs. PORTLAND Sun., August 21st vs. DC UNITED Sat., August 27th vs. DALLAS Sat., Sept. 10th vs. HOUSTON Sat., Sept. 17th @ Salt Lake Fri., Sept. 23rd vs. PHILADELPHIA Wed., Sept. 28th vs. COLUMBUS Sat., Oct. 1st @ San Jose Sat., Oct 15th vs. NEW YORK Sat., Oct. 22nd @ DC United

Marco Pappa 7 Patrick Nyarko 10 Marco Pappa 57 Marco Pappa 26 Marco Pappa 3

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA (0-1-0) DATE: March 19, 2011 -- The Home Depot Center Goals by Period Chivas USA Sporting Kansas City

1 0 2

2 2 1

Tot 2 3

Scoring Summary: KC--Sapong 1 (unassisted) 2 KC--Bravo 1 (Kamara 1) 48+ CHV--Conrad 1 (unassisted) 56 KC--Bravo 2 (Kamara 2) 74 CHV--Zemanski 1 (LaBrocca 1) 84 Misconduct Summary: CHV: CAUTIONS: Conrad 27, Valentin 52 KC: CAUTIONS: Arnaud 23, Bravo 71 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:

Sporting Kansas City 17 (Bravo 6) 5 (Bravo 3) 12 (Bravo 4) 2 4 Nielsen 2

Chivas USA 9 (Conrad 2, LaBrocca 2) 4 (4 tied with 1) 12 (Moreno 3) 2 8 Thornton 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Luke Sassano (Chance Myers 72), Roger Espinoza, Julio Cesar, Matt Besler, Kei Kamara, Milos Stojcev (Graham Zusi 89), Omar Bravo, Craig Rocastle (Stephane Auvray 20), Davy Arnaud, C.J. Sapong.

CHIVAS USA--Zach Thornton, Heath Pearce, Ante Jazic (Victor Estupinan 86), Zarek Valentin, Jimmy Conrad, Ben Zemanski, Nick LaBrocca, Francisco Mendoza (Blair Gavin 62), Justin Braun, Marcos Mondaini (Tristan Bowen 70), Alejandro Moreno.

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, James Conlee 4th Official: Niko Bratsis.

Attendance: 18,122.

Temperature: 59 and Cloudy.

**U.S. Open Cup Qualifier

Sporting Kansas City Game Notes | March 26, 2011 vs. CHICAGO FIRE | www.SportingKC.com

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Korede Aiyegbusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

5

1

129

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

5

1

129

0

0

0

0

3

1

1

0

0

0

Davy Arnaud

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

219

198

17953

43

33

429

172

311

501

98

138

42

4

KC - Post Season

12

9

846

4

1

10

6

21

24

5

0

4

0

MLS - TOTAL

231

207

18799

47

34

439

178

332

525

103

138

46

4

Stephane Auvray

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

22

21

1751

0

1

8

0

24

18

1

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

22

21

1751

0

1

8

0

24

18

1

0

2

0

Matt Besler

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

41

37

3342

0

0

8

4

33

24

4

0

7

0

MLS - TOTAL

41

37

3342

0

0

8

4

33

24

4

0

7

0

Omar Bravo

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

90

2

0

6

3

4

0

2

3

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

90

2

0

6

3

4

0

2

3

1

0

Teal Bunbury

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

26

13

1441

5

2

41

23

23

22

15

2

3

0

MLS - TOTAL

26

13

1441

5

2

41

23

23

22

15

2

3

0

Julio Cesar

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

90

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

90

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Birahim Diop

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

14

7

497

5

1

15

10

12

9

10

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

18

10

725

5

1

11

10

16

13

12

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

18

10

725

5

1

11

10

16

13

12

0

0

0

Kevin Ellis

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

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

Roger Espinoza

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

64

44

4086

1

6

41

12

65

59

8

12

11

2

KC - Post Season

2

1

78

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

66

45

4164

1

6

41

12

65

60

9

12

11

2

Michael Harrington

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

115

103

9261

5

13

32

21

110

83

9

4

12

0

KC - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

120

108

9711

5

12

32

21

113

90

9

4

13

0

Mike Jones

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

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

Kei Kamara

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

36

32

2905

11

8

106

35

57

56

18

1

5

0

MLS - Reg. Season

116

82

7642

25

11

234

93

164

160

59

3

12

1

MLS - Post Season

2

1

78

1

0

1

1

2

2

2

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

118

83

7720

26

11

235

94

166

162

61

3

12

1

Scott Lorenz

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

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

Chance Myers

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

32

13

1432

0

1

17

7

19

13

2

4

1

1

MLS - TOTAL

32

13

1432

0

1

17

7

19

13

2

4

1

1

Craig Rocastle

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

24

19

1490

0

3

10

1

27

31

1

0

4

1

MLS - TOTAL

24

19

1490

0

3

10

1

27

31

1

0

4

1

C.J. Sapong

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

90

1

0

4

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

90

1

0

4

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

Luke Sassano

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

72

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

MLS - Reg. Season

39

26

2325

0

0

14

1

18

22

1

0

3

1

MLS - Post Season

4

4

341

0

0

1

0

3

5

0

0

1

0

MLS - TOTAL

43

30

2666

0

0

15

1

21

27

1

0

4

1

Ryan Smith

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

26

25

2104

3

7

46

22

15

46

2

39

4

0

MLS - TOTAL

26

25

2104

3

7

46

22

15

46

2

39

4

0

Milos Stojcev

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

1

1

89

0

0

1

1

1

2

0

1

0

0

MLS - TOTAL

1

1

89

0

0

1

1

1

2

0

1

0

0

Shavar Thomas

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

92

86

7436

2

1

26

8

110

38

0

0

13

1

MLS - Reg. Season

167

158

13772

3

1

45

15

204

65

0

2

26

4

MLS - Post Season

5

5

450

0

0

2

1

10

3

0

0

2

0

MLS - TOTAL

172

163

14222

3

1

47

16

214

68

0

2

28

4

Konrad Warzycha

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

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

Graham Zusi

GP

GS

MIN

G

A

SHT

SOG

FC

FS

OFF

CK

C

E

KC - Reg. Season

33

9

1065

1

1

21

7

17

11

2

17

2

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

33

9

1065

1

1

21

7

17

11

2

17

2

0

Jimmy Nielsen

GP

GOALKEEPING STATISTICS GS

MIN

SHT

SVS

SO

GA

GAA

PG

PA

W

L

T

KC - Reg. Season

30

30

2700

118

82

10

36

1.20

1

1

11

13

6

MLS Career - TOTAL

30

30

2700

118

82

10

36

1.20

1

1

11

13

6

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

1

1

90

4

3

0

1

1.00

0

0

1

0

0

MLS Career - TOTAL

1

1

90

4

3

0

1

1.00

0

0

1

0

0

#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 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: July 14, 2010, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ N/A he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

3/26/11 vs. CHICAGO FIRE

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

#22 | M/F | Davy Arnaud Ht : 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 6/22/1980 Hometown: Nederland, TX College: West Texas A&M Acquired: ‘02 MLS SuperDraft 5th Round (#50) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, July 3, 2004, KC vs. DAL Assists 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 20, 2007, KC at DAL Shots on Goal 4, June 26, 2010, KC vs. NY Shots 6, 3 times, last: June 26, 2010, KC vs. NY Fouls Committed 8, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 10, Oct. 14, 2006, KC at NY

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs. DC Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Record when:

#27 | M | Stéphane Auvray Ht : 5-8 Wt. 150 DOB: 9/4/1981 Hometown: Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Last Club: Nîmes Olympique (France) Acquired: Signed 1/21/10

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI

N/A

he starts 1-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

#99 | F | Omar Bravo Ht : 5-7 Wt. 150 DOB: 03/04/1980 Hometown: Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico College: NA Acquired: ‘Signed as Designated Player 8/12/10

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs. DC Shots on Goal 0 Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 31, 2010, KC vs. TOR Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: Aug. 28, 2010, KC at LA Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Assists 0 Shots on Goal 3, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Shots 6, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 4, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 0

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI N/A he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI March 19, 2011, KC at CHI he starts 1-0-0 he scores 1-0-0

#14 | 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

#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht : 6-2 Wt. 175 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI Assists 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI Shots on Goal 4, Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI Shots 7, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Fouls Committed 3, Aug. 7, 2010, KC vs RSL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #55 | D | Julio Cesar Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 11/18/1978 Hometown: Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil College: N/A Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 3/14/11

N/A N/A he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

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

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, July 17, 2008, KC at CLB Assists 1, 6 times, last: July 14, 2010, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 2, July 27, 2008, KC vs. CHI Shots 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 4, July 14, 2010, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 4, Apr. 12, 2008, KC vs. HOU

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI N/A he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI July 17, 2008 at Colombus (MLS) he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #2 | D | Michael Harrington Ht : 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/24/1986 Hometown: Greenville, NC College: North Carolina Acquired: ‘07 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#3)

#20 | M | Birahim Diop Ht : 6-3 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/7/1979 Hometown: Thies, Senegal Last Club: FC Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Acquired: Signed 3/17/10 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Assists 1, Aug. 21, 2010, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Shots 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 28, 2010, KC at LA Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 25, 2010, KC vs DAL

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 Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Oct 5, 2008 vs Chicago (MLS) he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

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

#16 | D | Mike Jones Ht : 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 08/19/1988 Hometown: St. Peters, Missouri College: Southern Illinois Univ. - Edwardsville Acquired: 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft (2nd Rd)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed Saves

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0 Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

N/A N/A he starts 0-0-0

Last..

Appearance Shutout Record when:

Oct. 23, 2010 vs. SJ N/A he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0 #24 | D | Scott Lorenz Ht : 6-0 Wt. 173 DOB: 07/23/1987 Hometown: Barrington, Illinois College: Wisconsin Acquired: SIgned 3/1/11 from NSC Minnesota

#23 | F | Kei Kamara Ht : 6-3 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/1/1984 Hometown: Lawndale, CA College: Cal-State Dominguez Hills Acquired: Trade with Houston Dynamo 9/15/09 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: May 15, 2010, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Shots on Goal 5, July 10, 2010, KC vs. CHV Shots 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Fouls Committed 5, 3 times, last: July 17, 2010, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 7, June 28, 2008, SJ at CHI

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Sept. 22, 2010, KC vs HOU he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Last..

Appearance Shutout Record when:

N/A N/A he starts 0-0-0

0 0

N/A N/A he starts 0-0-0

he scores 0-0-0

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

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed Saves

1, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ 3, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Sept. 5, 2009, KC at NE Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 9, 2009, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI N/A he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen Ht : 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 29, 2010, KC at RSL Saves 7, 2 times, last: July 14, 2010, KC at CLB Last..

Appearance Shutout Record when:

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI he starts 1-0-0

#4 | M | Craig Rocastle Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 8/17/1981 Hometown: London, UK Last Club: Forest Green Rovers (England) Acquired: Signed 3/15/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Shots on Goal 1, May 23, 2010, KC vs. CLB Shots 2, 3 times, last: Oct. 12, 2010, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Fouls Suffered 4, Aug. 14, 2010, KC at SJ Last..

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March 19, 2011, KC at CHI N/A he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#32 | D | Luke Sassano Ht : 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/14/1985 Hometown: Orinda, California College: California Acquired: Trade with LA Galaxy on 12/15/10 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, April 5, 2008, NY vs. CLB Shots 3, April 27, 2008, NY vs SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 25, 2008, NY vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, June 14, 2008, NY at DC Last..

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March 19, 2011, KC at CHI N/A he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #11 | M/F | Ryan Smith Ht : 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 11/10/1986 Hometown: London, UK Last Club: Crystal Palace (England) Acquired: Signed 3/15/10

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 25, 2010, KC vs DAL Assists 2, June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI Shots on Goal 4, Mar. 27, 2010, KC vs. DC Shots 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 7, 2010, KC vs RSL Fouls Committed 3, May 23, 2010, KC vs. CLB Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 25, 2010, KC vs DAL Last..

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#17 | F | C.J. Sapong Ht : 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft (1st Rd)

Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Sept. 25, 2010 vs DAL he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #88 | M | Milos Stojcev Ht : 5-9 Wt. 162 DOB: 1/19/1987 Hometown: Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia College: N/A Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Shots 4, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Shots 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Committed 1, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, March 19, 2011, KC at CHI

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March 19, 2011, KC at CHI March 19, 2011, KC at CHI he starts 1-0-0 he scores 1-0-0

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI N/A he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#6 | D | Shavar Thomas Ht : 6-1 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/29/1981 Hometown: Hannah Town, Jamaica Last Club: Philadelphia Union (MLS) Acquired: Via trade 6/30/10) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 2, 2006, KC at LA Assists 1, Aug. 30, 2006, KC vs. NY Shots on Goal 1, 15 times, last: Sept. 4, 2010, KC at PHI Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 10, 2010, KC vs. CHV Fouls Committed 5, 3 times, last: Aug. 12, 2006, KC vs. CLB Fouls Suffered 2, 9 times, last: May 3, 2008, CHV at HOU Last..

Appearance Goal Record when:

Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Sept. 2, 2006, KC at LA he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 0 Fouls Suffered 0

Octavio Zambrano Assistant Coach

Zoran Savic

N/A N/A he starts 0-0-0

Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Goalkeeping Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

he scores 0-0-0

#8 | M | Graham Zusi Ht : 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI Assists 1, Oct. 24, 2009, KC vs. DC Shots on Goal 2, July 3, 2020, KC at DAL Shots 4, Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 2, Sept. 19, 2009, KC vs. DAL Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 23, 2010, KC vs. SJ Last..

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Assistant Coach

#12 | M | Konrad Warzycha Ht : 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Dublin, Ohio College: Ohio State Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft (3rd Rd)

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COACHING STAFF Peter Vermes

March 19, 2011, KC at CHI June 10, 2010, KC vs. PHI he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0