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Game Notes: Sporting KC vs. San Diego FC | March 7, 2026

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2026 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT

Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 3 Sporting

0-1-1,

Live Stream: Apple TV

English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM

Referee: Malik Badawi

Assistant ref: Jeremy Hanson

Assistant ref: Eduardo Jeff 4th official: Jair Marrufo

VAR: Katja Koroleva

SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

2026 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Dejan Joveljic 2 Davis,

ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL GAME-WINNING GOALS GAME-WINNING ASSISTS FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

2 Marcus Ingvartsen 3 Anders Dreyer 7 Anders Dreyer 3 Dreyer, Ingvartsen 1 Dreyer, McVey 1 Three Players 5 Christopher McVey 4 Tverskov, Valakari

Christopher McVey

N/A

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2026 NUMERICAL ROSTER

1

14 Cielo Tschantret

15 Jansen

19 Taylor Calheira

20 Kwaku Agyabeng KWAY-koo AH-jee-BANG

22 Zorhan Bassong

23 Ethan Bartlow

28 Wyatt Meyer

(25) Toronto, Canada

6-1 185 02/02/2000 (26) Woodinville, WA Houston Dynamo (MLS)

6-2

30 Stefan Cleveland steff-en GK 6-2

11/12/2001 (24) Berkeley, CA Nashville SC (MLS)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2026 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2026 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Saturday, February 21 at San Jose Earthquakes

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

SATURDAY, MARCH 7 SAN DIEGO FC

March 14 at LA Galaxy

MARCH 21

April 4 at Real Salt Lake

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

Friday, April 17 at Vancouver Whitecaps

April 25 at Chicago Fire

MAY 2

May 9 at Portland Timbers

May 16 at

MAY 23 RED BULL NEW

July 16 at St.

JULY 22

July 25 at LAFC

AUGUST 1

August 15 at Colorado

AUGUST 19 ST. LOUIS

August 23 at Atlanta

AUGUST 29

September 5 at FC Dallas

September 9 at Seattle Sounders

SEPTEMBER 12

SEPTEMBER 19 PHILADELPHIA UNION

September 26 at Houston Dynamo

OCTOBER 10 PORTLAND

October 14 at

OCTOBER 17 REAL SALT

OCTOBER 24

October 28 at Minnesota United

OCTOBER 31 FC DALLAS

November 7 at San Diego FC

APPLE

#SKCvSD: HEAD-TO-HEAD

Sporting Kansas City (0-1-1, 1 pt.) returns to action this weekend when the team hosts high-flying San Diego FC (2-0-0, 6 pts.) at Sporting Park on Saturday night. While Sporting picked up their first point under new head coach Raphael Wicky this past weekend with a 2-2 draw against the Columbus Crew, San Diego has gotten off to a roaring start in 2026 - comfortably beating CF Montreal 5-0 and St. Louis 2-0 in their opening pair of matches this season. In addition, San Diego has advanced to the Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 after beating Liga MX giants Pumas UNAM in Round One 4-2 on aggregate.

Sporting hosted then-expansion team San Diego for the first time on Aug. 9, 2025 at Sporting Park, falling to a 2-0 defeat. Despite remaining competitive for much of the contest, SDFC stars Chucky Lozano and Anders Dreyer made the difference with goals either side of halftime.

Sporting visited San Diego in the inaugural matchup between the two sides on May 17, 2025, playing out a 0-0 draw at Snapdragon Stadium. The respective defenses dominated the match, with Sporting almost nicking three points when Shapi Suleymanov struck the underside of the crossbar in the second half.

#SKCvSD: Recent Regular-Season Meetings (SD leads 1-0-1)

Date Score Result Details

08/09/2025 KC 0 vs SD 2 L San Diego stars Lozano & Dreyer score as SKC falls at home

05/17/2025 KC 0 at SD 0 T Defenses dominate as Sporting records road shutout

#SKCvSD: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC Stats

• Sporting ranks 26th in MLS with 15 shots in 2026.

• Sporting ranks last in MLS with 7.4 expected goals allowed.

• Forward Dejan Joveljic is tied for third in MLS with two goals in the nascent MLS season.

• Joveljic became the joint-fastest player to reach 20 regular-season goals with his brace this past weekend - doing so in 34 games, the same amount of time as Sporting Legend Preki.

• Joveljic has now recorded four multi-goal games since joining Sporting ahead of the 2025 season, placing him in a tie for 12th all-time in club history.

• Goalkeeper John Pulskamp is the only player to save a penalty so far in the 2026 MLS season, preserving a point by denying Columbus Crew striker Wessam Abou Ali on Saturday night.

• Seven players have made their debuts for Sporting during the opening two weeks of the season: Kwaku Agyabeng, Ethan Bartlow, Taylor Calheira, Calvin Harris, Wyatt Meyer, Jayden Reid and Justin Reynolds.

San Diego FC Stats

• San Diego leads MLS with seven goals and 10 assists in 2026.

• San Diego leads MLS with 63.3% average possession in 2026.

• San Diego leads MLS with 1,471 passes from open play this season.

• San Diego is one of four teams yet to concede a goal in 2026 alongside LAFC, San Jose and Vancouver.

• San Diego ranks tied for fourth in MLS with 14 shots on goal this season.

• San Diego ranks 27th in MLS with 192 sprints in 2026.

• San Diego duo Anders Dreyer and Marcus Ingvartsen are tied for the leaguelead with four goal contributions apiece in 2026.

• Dreyer is tied for the MLS lead with three assists this season.

#SKCvSD: PLAYER HISTORY

• Goalkeeper John Pulskamp is 0-1-1 against San Diego FC, posting a shutout in the 0-0 road draw at Snapdragon Stadium on May 17, 2025.

• Defender Ethan Bartlow has two assists against San Diego, tallying both for the Houston Dynamo in a 4-3 road win on July 5, 2025.

PLAYER MILESTONE WATCH

CLUB MILESTONE WATCH

CONNECTIONS

• Defender Jayden Reid was teammates with San Diego defender Andres Reyes and forward Lewis Morgan at Red Bull New York in 2023.

• Goalkeeper John Pulskamp was in the LA Galaxy Academy alongside San Diego’s Alejandro Alvarado Jr. from 2017-2019, while SDFC winger Emmanuel Boateng was playing for the first team at the same time.

• San Diego head coach Mikey Varas took charge of his first game as interim head coach for the USMNT at Sporting Park on Sept. 7, 2024.

• Midfielder Lasse Berg Johnsen and San Diego forward Amahl Pellegrino are both natives of Norway. #SKCvSD: PLAYER/COACH

Team

• Sporting is two wins shy of reaching 150 road wins across all competitions.

• Sporting is 10 goals shy of reaching 1,000 home goals in all competitions.

• Sporting is two clean sheets shy of 300 shutouts in all competitions.

Stadium

• Sporting is three shy of 250 MLS regular season matches at Sporting Park.

• Sporting is three shy of 100 shutouts at Sporting Park in all competitions.

SPORTING KC SOCIAL PROPERTIES
• Midfielder Manu Garcia is one assist shy of reaching 50 in his professional club career.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN OF 2026

Sporting Kansas City will look to build on the positives from last weekend’s 2-2 home draw with the Columbus Crew when the team hosts top-of-the-table San Diego FC at Sporting Park on Saturday night. Sporting picked up their first point of the campaign with the draw, while San Diego has comfortably won both of their opening matches this season with 5-0 and 2-0 home victories over CF Montreal and St. Louis.

While there were plenty of positives from Saturday’s draw with Columbus, highlighted by a brace from captain Dejan Joveljic and a stunning penalty save by John Pulskamp, Sporting will have to be at their best to stave off the challenge of San Diego who enter the match as league leaders in goals (7), assists (10) and average possession (63.3%) while the Californians are one of four teams yet to concede a goal during the opening two weeks of the season.

Following Saturday’s draw against Columbus, seven of Sporting’s 10 new players have debuted for the club, with only Lasse Berg Johnsen, Stefan Cleveland and Cielo Tschantret yet to see action among the newcomers.

HOSTING HIGH-FLYING SAN DIEGO

Sporting Kansas City is set to host early-season pacesetters San Diego FC in an intriguing contest at Sporting Park on Saturday night. A new-look Sporting picked up their first point of the season this past weekend while San Diego has got off to a roaring start, winning their opening two matches by a combined scoreline of 7-0.

Sporting last hosted San Diego FC on Aug. 9, 2025, falling to a 2-0 defeat at Sporting Park. San Diego got goals either side of halftime from star attacking duo Chucky Lozano and Anders Dreyer to pick up one of their league-best 12 road wins throughout the 2025 season.

The inaugural meeting between the two sides came on May 17, 2025, when Sporting visited the expansion side at Snapdragon Stadium and battled their way to a 0-0 stalemate. Shapi Suleymanov came closest to snatching a winner when his strike thundered off the crossbar in the second half.

Sporting trails the all-time regular-season series 0-1-1 following those two matchups in 2025 and will be looking to pick up their first win of the season and first-ever win over San Diego on Saturday.

JOVELJIC OFF THE MARK IN STYLE

Sporting Kansas City captain Dejan Joveljic opened his 2026 account this past weekend, bagging a pair of goals in the club’s 2-2 draw with the Columbus Crew at Sporting Park on Saturday night and leading to a selection in the MLS Team of the Matchday.

After scoring 18 goals in his debut campaign with Sporting in 2025 - ranking tied for fifth in the MLS Golden Boot charts and tied for second all-time for a single season in club history - Joveljic tallied his first of the new season with a brilliantly taken finish to equalize just after halftime after receiving the ball off an assist from Jake Davis.

In the 72nd minute, Joveljic gave his side the lead with another expertly-taken goal inside the penalty area. The strike brought the Serbian to 20 regular-season goals for Sporting, equaling the club record as the fastest player to reach that total in team history.

Fastest to 20 regular-season goals (Sporting KC History)

1. Dejan Joveljic - 34 games (2025-26)

1. Preki - 34 games (1996-97)

3. Dom Dwyer - 44 games (2012-14)

4. Digital Takawira - 45 games (1996-97)

5. Alan Pulido - 48 games (2020-23)

PULSKAMP SAVES POINT WITH PENALTY

STOP

Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper John Pulskamp showed his character this past weekend, atoning for an early error to preserve a point for his side with a penalty save in the 87th minute of the club’s 2-2 draw with the Columbus Crew at Sporting Park on Saturday night.

After a turnover inside his own area led to the Columbus opener in the first half, Pulskamp kept his head and rose to the occasion when the Crew were awarded a potentially match-winning penalty kick late in the match. The 24-year-old dove low to his right to deny star Columbus striker Wessam Abou Ali and seal Sporting’s first point of the season.

Pulskamp is the only goalkeeper to save a penalty through the opening two weeks of the 2026 MLS season and has now saved each of the last two penalties he has faced, including one last season in the 4-2 win over the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 30, 2025.

SPORTING SIGNS DEFENDER OR BLORIAN TO PRE-CONTRACT

Sporting Kansas City has signed Israeli defender Or Blorian to a pre-contract beginning on June 2, 2026 following the expiration of his contract with Hapoel Be’er Sheva, the club announced last Friday.

The 25-year-old has spent his entire career to date in Israel, making 186 career appearances while playing for Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Hapoel Tel Aviv and his hometown Maccabi Petah Tikva.

Blorian rose through the Maccabi Petah Tikva academy and made his debut for the first team in August 2019 before moving to Hapoel Be’er Sheva ahead of the 20222023 season. Blorian joined Hapoel Tel Aviv on loan for the 2023-2024 season before establishing himself with Be’er Sheva during the 2024-2025 season. He made 36 competitive appearances as Be’er Sheva finished atop the regular-season standings and won the 2024-2025 Israeli State Cup behind a stout defense.

Blorian has led Be’er Sheva to the summit of the Israeli Premier League in the ongoing 2025-2026 season, tallying two goals and four assists in 29 matches to help his club clinch a spot in the Championship Round with a dominant 17-3-4 record to date.

Blorian has earned four caps for the Israeli National Team, making his international debut in October 2025 and most recently playing the full 90 minutes for Israel in a 4-1 win over Moldova in FIFA World Cup Qualifying on November 16, 2025. Blorian previously represented Israel extensively at the youth levels, appearing in 49 matches from the U-16s to the U-21s.

DAVID LEE & RAPHAEL WICKY HEADLINE NEW ERA

Sporting Kansas City entered a new era this offseason following the hiring of David Lee as the club’s President of Soccer Operations & General Manager and Raphael Wicky as the team’s new head coach.

Lee, who arrived after a successful tenure at NYCFC from 2016-2025, serves as the club’s chief soccer officer and plays an executive leadership role in all areas of Sporting’s soccer enterprise, including first-team roster management, player recruitment, scouting, analytics, technical staff oversight and the continued development of Sporting KC II and the Sporting KC Academy.

In early January 2026, Sporting announced that Wicky has been named head coach. Wicky, the fifth permanent head coach in club history, oversees the Sporting KC first team and reports directly to Lee.

Wicky, 48, was most recently at the helm of Swiss giants BSC Young Boys from 2022-2024, guiding the Bern-based club to the 2022-23 Super League and Cup double in his native Switzerland. Under Wicky, Young Boys posted a 51-17-20 record in all competitions, scoring 193 goals – an average of 2.19 goals per game.

Wicky’s revamped coaching staff sees Edu Rubio and Dominic Kinnear arrive as assistant coaches, while Roger Espinoza and Ash Wallace return as assistants and Darrin MacLeod receives a promotion from SKC II as goalkeeper coach.

WICKY QUOTES: #SKCvCLB

On what the message was at halftime…

“The message in the first half was easy to give, because I think the boys played really well, were courageous, were pressing high in moments, were very compact, and were just working as a team, as a unit. In possession, out of possession. That’s what I’m asking them to do. Then these mistakes happened, right? That’s football, that’s the way things happen. What was important was the reaction, not to have their heads down, and they reacted well. At halftime, we told them, ‘Hey, let’s keep doing what we did, we did this really well, and we’re going to turn this game around.’ That was the message. I think, overall, it was a very interesting, intensive game. We turned the game around. Columbus is a very good team that has played together for many years, who is difficult to play. I think our boys did really well.”

On coaching the team at home for the first time…

“It has been fantastic, to be honest. It was my first home game as the head coach of Sporting Kansas City. It’s a really beautiful stadium. Great fans. When I was the coach at Chicago Fire, I was here, that was in COVID, there was no one here, or 500 people. Really happy with the atmosphere. What I said as well (to) the team before the game is, our energy, we are the guys who have to transfer the energy to the fans. The fans are here showing up, great crowd, but our energy, we have to sparkle for those fans, and I think it’s amazing how the fans showed up, really good how the team went into the game, and I think it’s a give and take. I think it was a really beautiful evening to see this crowd.”

John Pulskamp (twice)

John Pulskamp (8/9/25)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2026 TRANSACTION TRACKER

Players In Players Out

GK - Ryan Schewe (New Contract - Oct. 28, 2025)

MID - Cielo Tschantret (Signed as Homegrown Player - Nov. 14, 2025)

GK - Stefan Cleveland (Acquired via Trade from Austin FC - Dec. 10, 2025)

MID - Kwaku Agyabeng (MLS SuperDraft Selection #4 - Dec. 18, 2025)

DEF - Justin Reynolds (Acquired via Trade from Chicago Fire - Dec. 30, 2025)

FWD - Calvin Harris (Signed as Free Agent - Jan. 15, 2026)

DEF - Wyatt Meyer (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 3, 2026)

DEF - Jayden Reid (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 3, 2026)

MID - Lasse Berg Johnsen (Acquired via Transfer from Malmo FF - Feb. 18, 2026)

FWD - Taylor Calheira (Acquired via Transfer from FC Tulsa - Feb. 19, 2026)

DEF - Ethan Bartlow (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 20, 2026)

DEF - Tim Leibold (Option Declined - Oct. 23, 2025)

MID - Nemanja Radoja (Option Declined - Oct. 23, 2025)

GK - Ryan Schewe (Option Declined - Oct. 23, 2025)

DEF - Khiry Shelton (Option Declined - Oct. 23, 2025)

FWD - Mason Toye (Option Declined - Oct. 23, 2025)

DEF - Alan Montes (End of Loan - Oct. 23, 2025)

FWD - Santi Munoz (End of Loan - Oct. 23, 2025)

DEF - Andrew Brody (Out of Contract - Oct. 23, 2025)

DEF - Joaquin Fernandez (Out of Contract - Oct. 23, 2025)

DEF - Logan Ndenbe (Out of Contract - Oct. 23, 2025)

MID - Memo Rodriguez (Out of Contract - Oct. 23, 2025)

MID - Erik Thommy (Out of Contract - Oct. 23, 2025)

DEF - Robert Voloder (Out of Contract - Oct. 23, 2025)

FWD - Daniel Salloi (Traded to Toronto FC - Feb. 19, 2026)

Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC declines options on goalkeeper Ryan Schewe, defenders Tim Leibold and Khiry Shelton

forward Mason Toye. In addition, defender Alan Montes and forward Santi Munoz saw their loans come to an end,

defenders Andrew

, Joaquin Fernandez, Logan Ndenbe, Robert Voloder and midfielders Memo Rodriguez and Erik Thommy are out of contract.

Oct. 28: IN Sporting KC signs goalkeeper Ryan Schewe to a new MLS contract.

Nov. 14: IN Sporting KC signs midfielder Cielo Tschantret from Sporting KC II (MLS NEXT Pro).

Dec. 10: IN Sporting KC acquires goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland in trade from Austin FC (MLS).

Dec. 18: IN Sporting KC selects midfielder Kwaku Agyabeng in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft (4th overall) as a Generation adidas player out of Clemson University.

Dec. 30: IN Sporting KC acquires defender Justin Reynolds in trade with Chicago Fire (MLS).

Jan. 15: IN Sporting KC signs forward Calvin Harris via free agency, most recently with Colorado Rapids (MLS).

Feb. 3: IN Sporting KC signs defenders Wyatt Meyer and Jayden Reid via free agency, most recently with Nashville SC (MLS) and St. Louis City SC (MLS), respectively.

Feb. 18: IN Sporting KC acquires midfielder Lasse Berg Johnsen in transfer from Malmo FF (Sweden).

Feb. 19: IN Sporting KC acquires forward Taylor Calheira in transfer from FC Tulsa (USL Championship).

Feb. 19: OUT Sporting KC trades forward Daniel Salloi to Toronto FC (MLS) in exchange for up to $1 million in GAM.

Feb. 20: IN Sporting KC signs defender Ethan Bartlow via free agency, most recently with the Houston Dynamo (MLS).

Feb. 27: IN Sporting KC signs defender Or Blorian to pre-contract starting on June 2, 2026 following expiration of contract with Hapoel Be’er Sheva (Israel).

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY

2023 Stephen Afrifa (1st Round - #8)

2024 Ryan Schewe (1st Round - #22) Zorhan Bassong (12/12/23)

2025 Jansen Miller (1st Round - #8) Manu Garcia (2/3/25) Shapi Suleymanov (2/3/25)

Dejan Joveljic (2/1/25)

2026 Kwaku Agyabeng (1st Round - #4) Lasse Berg Johnsen (2/18/26) Stefan Cleveland (12/10/25)

Justin Reynolds (12/30/25)

Calvin Harris (1/15/26)

Wyatt Meyer (2/3/26)

Jayden Reid (2/3/26)

Taylor Calheira (2/19/26)

Ethan Bartlow (2/20/26)

John Pulskamp (2/24/20)

Jake Davis (8/19/21)

Ian James (12/6/24)

Jack Kortkamp (12/6/24)

Jacob Bartlett (1/9/25)

Cielo Tschantret (11/14/25)

with midfielder Nemanja Radoja and
while
Brody
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE

Sporting KC defender Ian James challenges for the ball on the edge of the penalty area and brings down Columbus forward

to continue. After reviewing the play, Demianchuk overturns his original decision and awards Columbus a

Thiare,

Demianchuk

2026 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS

2026 Regular-Season Record When...

Scoring first goal

Conceding first goal

Leading at halftime

Tied at halftime

Trailing at halftime

Scoring 0 goals

Scoring 1 goal

Scoring 2 goals

Scoring 3 goals

Scoring 4+ goals

Allowing 0 goals

Allowing 1 goal

Allowing 2 goals

Allowing 3 goals

Allowing 4+ goals

Wearing Sporting Blue

Wearing 18th & Vine

Leading

Tied at

Outshooting opponent

Shutouts

One-goal games 0-0-0

STATS

Regular Season Record By Month

SPORTING KC IN 2026 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

Aug. 2026 0-0-0

Aug. all-time 58-58-22

Sept. 2026 0-0-0

Sept. all-time 44-60-24

Oct. 2026 0-0-0

Oct. all-time 34-24-20

Nov. 2026 0-0-0

Nov. all-time 1-2-0

Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2026)

vs. Atlanta United 1-2-1 (0-0-0) vs. Austin FC 3-7-1 (0-0-0) vs. Charlotte FC 1-0-0 (0-0-0) vs. Chicago Fire 19-28-12 (0-0-0)

vs. Colorado Rapids 32-27-19 (0-0-0)

vs. Columbus Crew 26-23-10 (0-0-1)

vs. D.C. United 22-23-13 (0-0-0) vs. FC Cincinnati 1-1-1 (0-0-0) vs. FC Dallas 29-33-14 (0-0-0)

vs. Houston Dynamo 15-14-17 (0-0-0) vs. Inter Miami CF 0-2-0 (0-0-0) vs. LAFC 4-9-2 (0-0-0)

vs. LA Galaxy 27-29-18 (0-0-0)

vs. Minnesota United 11-8-5 (0-0-0)

vs. CF Montreal 8-5-3 (0-0-0)

vs. Nashville SC 2-2-0 (0-0-0) vs. NE Revolution 25-20-13 (0-0-0)

vs. New York City FC 2-3-2 (0-0-0)

vs. New York Red Bulls 22-22-15 (0-0-0)

vs. Orlando City 3-4-2 (0-0-0)

vs. Philadelphia Union 6-6-7 (0-0-0) vs. Portland Timbers 9-10-7 (0-0-0) vs. Real Salt Lake 13-19-10 (0-0-0)

vs. San Diego FC 0-1-1 (0-0-0) vs. SJ Earthquakes 33-28-10 (0-1-0) vs. St. Louis 2-3-3 (0-0-0) vs. Seattle Sounders 12-15-4 (0-0-0) vs. Toronto FC 15-4-8 (0-0-0)

vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 12-10-5 (0-0-0)

Regular Season Home, Away & Neutral

Overall All-time 377-372-209

2026

SPORTING KC 2026 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES

Feb. 21, 2026: San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 Sporting KC MLS Game 1 | PayPal Park | San Jose, CA Attendance: 16,367 Weather: 50 degrees and mostly

Sporting KC (0-1-0, 0 points)

San Jose Earthquakes (1-0-0, 3 points)

Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes GK Pulskamp GK Daniel

D Reynolds (Agyabeng 38’) D Kikanovic

D James D Roberts

D Meyer D Munie

D Reid D Jones (Costa 71’)

M Bartlett M Leroux (Gonzalez 83’)

M Garcia M Vieira (C) (Harkes 66’)

M Davis M Bouda

F Suleymanov (Miller 68’) M Tsakiris

F Joveljic (C) M Ricketts (Marie 83’)

F Harris (Calheira 91+) F Judd (Skahan 71’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Cleveland (GK) Montali (GK)

Bartlow Romney

Donovan Fernandez

Loyo Reynaga Adimabua

Tschantret

Scoring Summary:

SJ - Daniel Munie 1 (Unassisted) 42’

SJ - Preston Judd 1 (Jamar Ricketts 1, Niko Tsakiris 1) 46+

SJ - Daniel Munie 2 (Beau Leroux 1, Reid Roberts 1) 54’

Misconduct Summary:

SJ - Daniel Munie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’

Feb. 28, 2026: Sporting KC 2-2 Columbus Crew MLS Game 2 | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,522

Weather: 51 degrees and clear

Sporting KC (0-1-1, 1 point)

Columbus Crew (0-1-1, 1 point)

Sporting KC Columbus Crew GK Pulskamp GK Schulte

D James (Miller 91+) D Herrera

D Bartlow D Moreira (Thiare 81’)

D Meyer D Camacho

M Davis D Amundsen

M Bartlett (Agyabeng 90’) M Habroune (Bangoura 64’)

M Garcia M Zawadzki (C)

M Reid M Arfsten

F Suleymanov (Calheira 90’) F Gazdag (Picard 64’)

F Joveljic (C) F Abou Ali

F Harris (Afrifa 81’) F Rossi

Subs not used: Subs not used: Cleveland (GK) Bush (GK) Donovan Cheberko

Loyo Reynaga Ruvalcaba Tschantret Brown Presthus Sejdic

Scoring Summary:

CLB - Wessam Abou Ali 2 (unassisted) 33’

SKC - Dejan Joveljic 1 (Jake Davis 1, Calvin Harris 1) 48’

SKC - Dejan Joveljic 2 (unassisted) 72’

CLB - Diego Rossi 2 (unassisted) 82’

Misconduct Summary:

CLB - Andres Herrera (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 15’

SKC - Jacob Bartlett (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’

CLB - Sean Zawadzki (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’

Stats Summary SKC

Formation: 4-3-3 (1 game)

Center

February 21 at San Jose Earthquakes

February 28 vs. Columbus Crew T

March 7 vs. San Diego FC

March 14 at LA Galaxy

March 21 vs. Colorado Rapids

April 4 at Real Salt Lake

April 11 vs. San Jose Earthquakes

April 17 at Vancouver Whitecaps

April 25 at Chicago Fire

May 2 vs. Seattle Sounders

May 9 at Portland Timbers

May 13 vs. LA Galaxy

May 16 at Austin FC

May 23 vs. Red Bull New York

July 16 at St. Louis

July 22 vs. Minnesota United

July 25 at LAFC

August 1 vs. Houston Dynamo

August 15 at Colorado Rapids

August 19 vs. St. Louis

August 23 at Atlanta United

August 29 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

September 5 at FC Dallas

September 9 at Seattle Sounders

September 12 vs. LAFC

September 19 vs. Philadelphia Union

September 26 at Houston Dynamo

October 10 vs. Portland Timbers

October 14 at Nashville SC

October 17 vs. Real Salt Lake

October 24 vs. Austin FC

October 28 at Minnesota United

October 31 vs. FC

November 7 at San

PLAYER @SJ CLB

AFRIFA INJ SUB-9

AGYABENG SUB-52 SUB-1

BARTLETT CM-90 CM-89

BARTLOW DNP CB-90

BASSONG INJ INJ

BERG JOHNSEN UNAV UNAV

CALHEIRA SUB-1 SUB-1

CLEVELAND DNP DNP

DAVIS AM-90 RWB-90

GARCIA CM-90 CM-90

HARRIS LW-89 LW-81

JAMES CB-90 CB-89

JOVELJIC CF-90 CF-90

KORTKAMP INJ INJ

MEYER CB-90 CB-90

MILLER SUB-22 SUB-1

PULSKAMP GK-90 GK-90

REID LB-90 LWB-90

REYNOLDS RB-38 INJ

SCHEWE INJ INJ

SULEYMANOV RW-68 RW-89

TSCHANTRET DNP DNP

PLAYER HOU @COL

SPORTING KC 2026 PARTICIPATION CHART (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

BERG JOHNSEN CALHEIRA CLEVELAND

DAVIS

GARCIA

HARRIS

JAMES

JOVELJIC KORTKAMP

SULEYMANOV TSCHANTRET

KEY

Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played

SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played UNAV - Unavailable For Selection

- Suspended

ASSISTANT COACH | EDU RUBIO

Raphael Wicky was appointed as Sporting KC’s head coach in January 2026 on a two-and-a-half-year contract through the 2027-28 season with a club option for the 2028-29 season. Wicky oversees the Sporting KC first team and reports directly to President of Soccer Operations & General Manager David Lee.

Prior to joining Sporting, Wicky was at the helm of Swiss giants BSC Young Boys from 2022-2024, guiding the club to the 2022-23 Super League and Cup double in his native Switzerland. Appointed in June 2022, Wicky enjoyed a brilliant maiden season with Young Boys – winning the Swiss Super League with a 21-4-11 record and finishing 16 points clear at the summit. Wicky and Young Boys completed the domestic double by winning the Swiss Cup following a 3-2 victory over FC Lugano in the final on June 4, 2023.

The Leuggern, Switzerland native previously coached in the United States, leading the U.S. Under-17 National Team at the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Wicky shifted to MLS for the following two years, serving as head coach of the Chicago Fire in 2020 and 2021.

Wicky began his coaching career in Switzerland as a youth coach with FC Thun and Servette FC before joining Swiss giants FC Basel in 2013. After coaching the club’s U-18 and U-21 teams, Wicky was named first team head coach ahead of the 2017-18 season. In his lone full season in charge, Basel posted a 29-11-9 record across all competitions and finished second in the Super League.

Wicky enjoyed a decorated 16-year playing career, highlighted by 75 caps with the Switzerland National Team. Wicky started every match for his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and also represented Switzerland at the 1996 and 2004 UEFA European Championships.

Wicky started his career with FC Sion in Switzerland where he won a Swiss Super League title and three Swiss Cups from 1993-1997. Wicky continued his career at German side Werder Bremen from 1997-2000, helping the team win the DFB-Pokal German Cup in 1999. Following a brief stint in Spain with Atletico Madrid in 2001, Wicky headed back to Germany and joined Hamburger SV where he spent the bulk of his career from 2001-2007, winning the DFL-Ligapokal German League Cup in 2003. Wicky returned to boyhood club Sion in 2007 before ending his playing career following a season in MLS with Chivas USA in 2008.

PRESIDENT OF SOCCER OPERATIONS & GM | DAVID LEE

David Lee was appointed as the club’s President of Soccer Operations and General Manager in September 2025 and serves an executive leadership role overseeing all areas of Sporting’s soccer enterprise, including first-team roster management, player recruitment, scouting, analytics, technical staff oversight, and the continued development of Sporting KC II and the Sporting KC Academy.

Lee arrived at Sporting from NYCFC, who he joined in 2014 as part of the club’s inaugural technical staff, specializing in player recruitment and scouting operations before his promotions to Technical Director in 2017 and Sporting Director in 2019.

NYCFC enjoyed sustained success during Lee’s tenure, winning the 2021 MLS Cup and 2022 Campeones Cup in addition to making seven straight playoff appearances from 2016-2022 before returning to the postseason in 2024 and 2025. In the final 10 seasons of Lee’s tenure, NYCFC led MLS in points (523) and playoff appearances (nine).

As NYCFC’s Sporting Director from 2019-2025, Lee managed the club’s entire soccer infrastructure, including coaching, sports performance, operations, player personnel and scouting at the MLS, MLS NEXT Pro and academy levels. His decade-long tenure at the club has seen NYCFC post eight winning seasons while developing numerous players who have succeeded in MLS, European leagues and international competition.

Lee began his professional career in his native England before joining Major League Soccer in 2011, working as Performance Analyst at the New York Red Bulls - during which time the club won the 2013 Supporters’ Shield - prior to joining NYCFC ahead of its inaugural campaign in 2015.

Edu Rubio joined Sporting KC as an assistant coach ahead of the 2026 season. The Spaniard most recently coached in the English Premier League, serving as an assistant manager at West Ham United (2024-2025) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (2022-2023) under manager Julen Lopetegui and as a coach at Crystal Palace (20202022) under the leadership of Patrick Vieira and Roy Hodgson. Rubio cut his teeth at the English FA, Crawley Town and the Nike Academy while also gaining extensive experience at the youth level, coaching various academy teams in England and his native Spain at Chelsea FC, Valencia CF, Crystal Palace and MK Dons.

COACH | DOMINIC KINNEAR

Dominic Kinnear joined Sporting KC as an assistant coach ahead of the 2026 season. Kinnear has coached in MLS for 25 years, including stops at the San Jose Earthquakes, the Houston Dynamo, the LA Galaxy and Cincinnati. Kinnear enjoyed a 15-year playing career, ranging from his native Scotland to the United States and Mexico. Kinnear earned 54 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team before ending his playing career in 2000 following a five-year stint in MLS with the Colorado Rapids, San Jose Clash and Tampa Bay Mutiny. After starting his coaching career as an assistant with San Jose in 2001 and winning a pair of MLS Cups in 2001 and 2003, Kinnear was named San Jose head coach in 2004 and won an MLS Supporters’ Shield in 2005, culminating in MLS Coach of the Year honors. Kinnear famously led Houston to the most successful period in the club’s history – serving as head coach from 2005-2014 and winning back-to-back MLS Cup titles in 2006 and 2007. Kinnear held various roles at the LA Galaxy from 2017-2020 before serving as an assistant with Cincinnati from 2022-2025, helping the team win their first Supporters’ Shield in 2023.

ASSISTANT COACH | ROGER ESPINOZA

Roger Espinoza joined the Sporting KC technical staff as an assistant coach ahead of the 2025 season. Espinoza stepped into professional coaching after retiring as a player in the summer of 2024. He enjoyed a 16-year playing career highlighted by 14 seasons in Kansas City from 2008-2012 and 2015-2023. He helped Sporting to three U.S. Open Cup titles as one of the most accomplished players in club history and one of the longest-serving midfielders in MLS. From 2013-2014, Espinoza had a two-year stint at English side Wigan Athletic, scoring three goals in 57 appearances while gaining experience in the English Premier League and UEFA Europa League. On the international stage, Espinoza played 52 times for Honduras from 2009-2017, representing Honduras at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. Espinoza also starred at the 2012 Summer Olympics in England – leading Honduras to the quarterfinals of the competition and scoring against Brazil at Wembley Stadium.

Ash Wallace has served on Sporting Kansas City’s technical staff since 2012, aiding the first team coaching staff in a variety of roles. Wallace, originally from England, had his first involvement with the club in August 2012 when he was contracted to produce a detailed scouting report on Seattle Sounders ahead of the U.S. Open Cup Final, helping Sporting claim their first of four major titles during a trophy-laden decade. Prior to joining Sporting KC, Wallace was a member of the Preston North End coaching staff and served as an opposition scout for Fleetwood Town in his native England, while earning a Degree in Sports Coaching from the University of Central Lancashire.

Darrin MacLeod joined the Sporting KC first team as the club’s goalkeeper coach in 2026 after serving as the goalkeeper coach for SKC II (2021-2025) and the SKC Academy (2020) over the previous six years. MacLeod has also worked with the U.S. Soccer Federation in the past, aiding with the development of the goalkeeping curriculum. During his playing days, MacLeod made 10 appearances for SKC II in the USL Championship from 2017-2018. After departing Kansas City, MacLeod linked up with North Carolina FC for the 2019 season before returning to Kansas City in a coaching role in 2020. Originally from Waterloo, Ontario in Canada, MacLeod trained with the academies of English Premier League club Newcastle United and Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon as a youth player before playing collegiate soccer at Drake University in Iowa.

ASSISTANT
ASSISTANT COACH | ASH WALLACE
HEAD COACH | RAPHAEL WICKY
GOALKEEPER COACH | DARRIN MACLEOD

Height: 5-10

Weight: 155

Hometown: Toronto, Canada

College: Florida International University

#17 | F | STEPHEN AFRIFA

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 28, 2024, KC at STL

Assists 1, Aug. 24, 2024, KC vs. ORL

Shots on Goal 4, Sept. 28, 2024, KC at STL

Shots 6, Sept. 28, 2024, KC at STL

Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 15, 2024, KC at SEA

Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 5, 2024, KC vs. LAFC

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Goal Sept. 28, 2024, KC at STL

Assist Aug. 24, 2024, KC vs. ORL

2026 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 2/19/2001

Acquired: 2023 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Forward Stephen Afrifa was selected by Sporting Kansas City as the eighth overall pick of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft. He enjoyed a standout career at FIU, where he amassed 23 goals and 11 assists in 63 appearances from 2019-2022. He made his debut for Sporting on May 17, 2023 at LAFC before earning his first start at Austin on July 15, 2023. Afrifa scored his first goal for the club in a 4-0 Open Cup win over FC Tulsa on May 21, 2024 and has six goals and three assists in 45 matches across all competitions.

Capable of playing as a striker or a winger, Afrifa began his professional journey on the heels of a phenomenal campaign in 2022 that yielded a team-high 10 goals, four assists and USC Second Team All-American honors. He guided the Panthers to the 2022

American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles and was named the AAC Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Afrifa ended his senior season as a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist and a member of the USC All-East Region Team. As a freshman, Afrifa tallied three goals and three assists, and added two goals and an assist during his sophomore year. As a junior, Afrifa helped FIU make its first of two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with eight goals and three assists.

On the international stage, Afrifa has earned two caps for the Canadian Men’s National Team. Afrifa made his international debut in a 2-1 win over the USMNT at Sporting Park on Sept. 7, 2024 before appearing against Mexico three days later.

Height: 5-9 Weight: 150 Birthday: 6/27/2006

Hometown: Kumasi, Ghana

College: Clemson University

Acquired: 2026 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4) as Generation adidas player

Sporting Kansas City selected midfielder Kwaku Agyabeng with the fourth overall pick in the first round of the 2026 MLS SuperDraft out of Clemson University as a Generation adidas player.

Agyabeng made 16 appearances for Clemson in lone season at the school during his freshman season in 2025 as the Tigers reached the NCAA tournament. The Ghana native earned ACC All-Freshman Team and Third Team All-ACC honors in addition to being named the No. 6 player on TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Top 100 Freshmen list.

Prior to college, Agyabeng led Cedar Stars Academy Bergen to two national titles and a spot in the MLS NEXT Cup U-19’s final in 2025. In addition, Agyabeng won two state titles and garnered first team all-state recognition while attending high school powerhouse St. Benedict’s Prep in New Jersey.

Height: 6-1

Weight: 165 Birthday: 10/7/2005

Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas

College: University of Notre Dame

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/9/2025

#16 | M | JACOB BARTLETT

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0

Assists 1, Aug. 30, 2025, KC vs. COL

Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 9, 2025, KC vs. SD

Shots 1, 4 times, last: Aug. 9, 2025, KC vs. SD

Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: July 4, 2025, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 4, June 25, 2025, KC vs. CLT

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Goal N/A

Assist Aug. 30, 2025, KC vs. COL 2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores

Sporting Kansas City signed midfielder Jacob Bartlett as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2025 campaign. Bartlett is the 22nd Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting KC Academy. Bartlett climbed the ranks in the SKC Academy, competing at the U-12 through U-19 levels, and represented SKC II as an amateur player in 2023 and 2024. Bartlett has made 34 appearances for Sporting’s first team, tallying two assists.

Bartlett joined the SKC Academy as an 11-year-old in 2017 and was part of the U-14 team that won the 2019 LA Galaxy Cup and placed second at the 2020 US Youth Futsal National Championships. Bartlett ascended to the U-15, U-17 and U-19 squads as a standout performer over the next three years, helping the U-19s to a 2023 UPSL regular

season division title. He signed his first amateur contract with SKC II in early 2023 and earned his MLS NEXT Pro debut that April with a start in central defense against FC Cincinnati 2.

TopDrawerSoccer tabbed Bartlett a top-50 prospect nationally and the No. 2 player in the Heartland Region ahead of his debut season with Notre Dame in 2024, where Bartlett played in 16 of the team’s 17 games. Bartlett’s oldest brother, Alec, played for the USL’s Charlotte Independence in 2016 while his other brother, Lucas, is entering his fourth MLS season and his second year with D.C. United. His sister, Grace, plays collegiately at Grand Canyon University.

#23 | D | ETHAN BARTLOW

Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 Birthday: 2/2/2000

Hometown: Woodinville, Washington

Last Club: Houston Dynamo (MLS)

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 2/20/2026

Sporting Kansas City added defender Ethan Bartlow to the roster as a free agent ahead of the 2026 season after the center back had impressed on trial during preseason. Bartlow spent the first five seasons of his professional career with the Houston Dynamo, logging 96 appearances in all competitions.

Bartlow joined Houston as the sixth overall selection in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft on a Generation adidas contract out of the University of Washington. Bartlow debuted for Houston on April 2, 2022 in a 3-1 victory over Inter Miami and logged 17 total appearances in 2022, before becoming a regular starter in 2023 – making 32 appearances across all competitions. Bartlow played in five of Houston’s six matches as

the club won their second U.S. Open Cup title in 2023, only missing the final due to injury, and helped his side reach the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2017. The Woodinville, Washington native appeared in another 47 matches for Houston in 2024 and 2025, helping the team reach the postseason once again in 2024.

Collegiately, Bartlow made 38 appearances for the Washington Huskies from 2018-2019 and became the first-ever Washington defender to win Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore while also being named an All-American Second Team selection. The Huskies posted 22 shutouts in Bartlow’s 38 games, recording a stout 0.68 goals against average.

Height: 5-11

Weight: 180

Hometown: Montreal, Canada

Last Club: Farul Constanta (Romania)

#22 | D | ZORHAN BASSONG

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, April 26, 2025, KC at CIN

Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 24, 2025, KC at SEA

Shots on Goal 2, April 26, 2025, KC at CIN

Shots 3, Sept. 27, 2025, KC at LA

Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: May 17, 2025, KC at SD Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 4, 2025, KC at MIN

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 18, 2025, KC vs. HOU

Goal April 26, 2025, KC at CIN

Assist Aug. 24, 2025, KC at SEA

2026 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 5/7/1999

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/12/2023

Sporting Kansas City added defender Zorhan Bassong ahead of the 2024 campaign. The Canadian has previously spent time in France, Belgium, Romania and Major League Soccer, including 43 matches in all competitions with CF Montreal. He played two MLS seasons in Montreal from 2021-2022 before spending 2023 in Romania with Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta. Bassong - who can play in midfield or at left back - has made 51 appearances for Sporting in all competitions, tallying one goal and four assists.

Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Bassong moved to Belgium in 2013 to join the Mouscron academy. Bassong furthered his development in the heralded academy systems at Belgian side Anderlecht and French club Lille, beginning his professional

career at the latter in 2016. He joined Belgian outfit Cercle Brugge in January 2019 and left the club in July 2020. Bassong enjoyed a two-year MLS stint with CF Montreal that began in early 2021. Following his time with Montreal, Bassong spent 2023 with two Romanian clubs, Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta.

On the international stage, Bassong represented the Belgium U-19s in 2017 before switching his allegiance to Canada. He has earned eight caps for Canada’s national team: two in January 2020 before returning to the squad for the Gold Cup and beyond in 2025.

In March 2021, Bassong played three matches for Canada U-23s at the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico, reaching the semifinals.

#4 | M | LASSE BERG JOHNSEN

Height: 5-10

Weight: 175 Birthday: 8/18/1999

Hometown: Stavanger, Norway

Last Club: Malmo FF (Sweden)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 2/18/2026

Sporting Kansas City acquired Norwegian midfielder Lasse Berg Johnsen in a transfer from Swedish club Malmo FF ahead of the 2026 season. Berg Johnsen arrives in KC having made 258 career appearances – tallying 18 goals and 21 assists – representing clubs across Scandinavia in his native Norway, Denmark and most recently in Sweden with Malmo.

After starting his career with Viking FK in Norway’s top division, Berg Johnsen was loaned to second-tier side Tromsdalen in 2019 and later moved to Raufoss in 2020, racking up 56 professional appearances during his time in Norway by the age of 21. Berg Johnsen moved to Randers FC in 2021 in Denmark’s top division, recording four goals and three assists in 98 appearances for Randers from 2021-2023, helping the team win the 2021

Danish Cup. In the summer of 2023, Berg Johnsen was transferred to Swedish giants Malmo FF where he made an instant impact, playing a key role in the second half of the campaign as Malmo won the Allsvenskan title. Berg Johnsen enjoyed stellar 2024 season for Malmo, helping guide the club to the Swedish league and cup double. Berg Johnsen served as captain on several occasions in 2025 while tallying a career-high seven goals and four assists in 43 competitive matches – including appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifying and the UEFA Europa League.

Internationally, Berg Johnsen has earned three caps for the Norway National Team. He made his debut in 2024 during a UEFA Nations League victory over Slovenia before appearing in FIFA World Cup Qualifying wins over Israel and Estonia in 2025.

#19 | F | TAYLOR CALHEIRA

Height: 6-1

Weight: 185 Birthday: 4/26/2002

Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland

Last Club: FC Tulsa (USL Championship)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 2/19/2026

Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Taylor Calheira in a transfer from FC Tulsa in the USL Championship ahead of the 2026 season. Calheira enjoyed a prolific start to his professional career, tallying 38 goals and 10 assists in 69 matches while representing FC Tulsa in the USL Championship in 2025 and NYCFC II in MLS NEXT Pro in 2024.

Calheira joined Sporting after an impressive debut campaign with FC Tulsa in 2025, recording 21 goals and four assists in all competitions as Tulsa finished atop the Western Conference with a 16-5-9 record and reached the USL Championship Final. Calheira finished 2025 as the second top scorer in the USL Championship with 17 goals while being named to the 2025 USL Championship All-League First Team. Calheira also posted a league-high +11.11 Goals Added mark.

The Baltimore, Maryland native began his professional career with NYCFC II after being selected in the third round of the 2024 MLS SuperDraft. In his lone season with NYCFC II, Calheira tallied 17 goals and six assists on his way to earning MLS NEXT Pro Best XI honors while playing a pivotal role in the club’s remarkable run to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16.

Calheira played collegiate soccer close to home at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he recorded 32 goals and 16 assists in 61 career matches. Calheira was named America East Striker of the Year in both 2022 and 2023 after earning America East All-Rookie Team honors in 2020.

#30 | GK | STEFAN CLEVELAND

Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 Birthday: 5/25/1994

Hometown: Dayton, Ohio

Last Club: Austin FC (MLS)

Acquired: Acquired via trade on 12/10/2025

Sporting Kansas City acquired goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland in a trade from Austin FC ahead of the 2026 MLS season. Cleveland arrived in Kansas City having made 65 appearances in his professional career with the Chicago Fire (2017-2019), the Seattle Sounders (2020-2023) and Austin FC (2024-2025).

Cleveland has spent the majority of his career in Seattle, making 29 appearances for the club across all competitions. Cleveland made his debut for the Sounders on May 16, 2021, posting a shutout in a 2-0 victory over LAFC – kicking off a run of 15 starts between May 16 and Aug. 29, helping Seattle go 6-4-5 with three shutouts in that time. Cleveland made 13 further appearances for Seattle in 2022 and 2023. The 26th overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, Cleveland spent the first three years of his professional career with

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, July

Last Regular Season... Appearance July 12, 2023, SEA at SJ (w/ SEA) Shutout July 2, 2022, SEA at TOR (w/ SEA) 2026 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

the Chicago Fire. After gaining experience on loan with FC Tulsa in the USL Championship in 2017 and 2018, Cleveland made his MLS debut for Chicago on Aug. 4, 2018, recording a career-high eight saves in a 2-1 road loss at Real Salt Lake.

Collegiately, Cleveland played three seasons at Dartmouth College from 2013-2015, earning First Team All-Ivy League selections in 2014 and 2015 and was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in 2015. After earning his engineering degree from Dartmouth in 2016, Cleveland spent the final year of his NCAA eligibility at the University of Louisville as a graduate student where he tallied 10 shutouts in 22 matches along with a 0.71 goals against average in 2016.

#8 | M | JAKE DAVIS

Height: 5-10

Weight: 165 Birthday: 1/3/2002

Hometown: Rochester, Michigan

Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/19/2021

Sporting Kansas City signed midfielder Jake Davis as a Homegrown Player in August 2021 as the 19th Homegrown Player to emerge from the SKC Academy.

Since debuting for the club on Sept. 15, 2021, Davis has tallied three goals and 12 assists in 106 matches across all competitions and was named team Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 and team MVP in 2024. Davis broke into the team at right back in 2023 before splitting time at right back and in central midfield in 2024. Davis scored his first goal for the club with the game-winner in a 3-1 win at Toronto on March 30, 2024 and scored a goal nominated for MLS Goal of the Year against Austin on May 18, 2024.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 24, 2024, KC vs. ORL

Assists 1, 9 times, last: Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Shots on Goal 1, 7 times, last: July 12, 2025, KC vs. SEA

Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 12, 2025, KC vs. SEA

Fouls Committed 5, Sept. 7, 2024, KC at NY

Fouls Suffered 3, Sept. 13, 2025, KC at RSL

Last Regular Season... Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Goal Aug. 24, 2024, KC vs. ORL

Assist Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Davis spent significant time developing with SKC II under former Sporting greats Paulo Nagamura and Benny Feilhaber from 2019-2022 before breaking out with the first team in 2023, helping the team post a 12-7-5 record in the 24 regular-season matches he started.

A native of Rochester, Michigan, Davis moved to Kansas City in 2017 at age 15 to join the SKC Academy. He represented Sporting at the U-17 and U-19 levels, amassing eight goals across 54 appearances. In July 2024, Davis was named as an alternate for the U.S. Olympic team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, his first international recognition since November 2019 when he was selected to the U.S. U-17 National Team.

Height: 5-7 Weight: 150 Birthday: 1/2/1998

Hometown: Oviedo, Spain

Last Club: Aris Thessaloniki (Greece) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 2/3/2025

Sporting Kansas City acquired Spanish midfielder Manu Garcia as a Designated Player from Greek side Aris Thessaloniki ahead of the 2025 season. Garcia arrived at Sporting having amassed 21 goals and 40 assists in nearly 300 professional matches, playing in the top divisions of England, France, Netherlands, Spain and Greece. Garcia has tallied two goals and nine assists in 31 appearances for Sporting KC.

Garcia developed as a youth at Astur CF and Sporting Gijon prior to joining the academy of Manchester City in early 2014. He made his first-team debut for Man City on Sept. 22, 2015, replacing Sergio Aguero in a League Cup victory at Sunderland. Garcia scored his first Man City goal the following month to seal another League Cup win over Crystal Palace and later made his Premier League debut on March 5, 2016. Garcia was loaned to

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: May 24, 2025, KC vs. NE

Assists 2, 2 times, last: June 25, 2025, KC vs. CLT Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: May 24, 2025, KC vs. NE

Shots 3, March 1, 2025, KC vs. SJ

Fouls Committed 4, May 17, 2025, KC at SD

Fouls Suffered 5, May 14, 2025, KC at STL

Last Regular Season... Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB Goal May 24, 2025, KC vs. NE

Assist June 28, 2025, KC vs. RSL

2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

two clubs for the 2016-17 season - Spanish La Liga side Alaves and Dutch outfit NAC Breda. He played an instrumental role in NAC’s promotion to the top-flight Eredivisietallying two goals and nine assists in half a season - and continued his loan spell at the Dutch club for 2017-18. The 2018-19 campaign saw Garcia go on loan to Toulouse in the French Ligue 1. In July 2019, Garcia moved to Sporting Gijon on a club-record transfer fee. He made 76 appearances for Gijon over the next two seasons before going on loan to La Liga’s Alaves in 2021-22. Garcia signed for Aris in Super League Greece in July 2022 and bagged his first hat-trick in a 3-0 home win over Volos on Jan. 21, 2023.

On the international stage, Garcia represented Spain at the U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 levels before debuting for Spain’s senior national team in June 2021.

#6 | M | MANU GARCIA

#11 | F | CALVIN HARRIS

Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Birthday: 3/20/2000

Hometown: Middlesborough, England

Last Club: Colorado Rapids (MLS)

Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent on 1/15/2026

Sporting Kansas City signed forward Calvin Harris as a free agent ahead of the 2026 MLS season. Harris joins Sporting after tallying 22 goals and 11 assists in his professional career, including 11 goals and 10 assists in 101 MLS regular-season appearances with FC Cincinnati (2021-2022) and the Colorado Rapids (2023-2025).

Harris arrived in Kansas City following a career-best season with the Colorado Rapids in 2025, scoring five goals and adding four assists in all competitions while predominantly playing on the right wing. Harris began his professional career when he signed a Generation adidas contract with MLS and was selected by FC Cincinnati as the second overall pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Harris made 26 appearances for Cincinnati across all competitions from 2021-2022, recording two goals and one assist, before being

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 2, June. 22, 2024, COL at MTL (w/ COL)

Assists 1, 11 times, last: Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Shots on Goal 3, June. 22, 2024, COL at MTL (w/ COL)

Shots 5, July 12, 2025, COL vs. VAN (w/ COL)

Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 31, 2024, COL at DAL (w/ COL)

Fouls Suffered 7, July 4, 2025, COL vs. KC (w/ COL)

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Goal Sept. 20, 2025, COL at DAL (w/ COL)

Assist Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

traded to Colorado ahead of the 2023 season. After scoring four goals in five games for Colorado Rapids 2 in the early stages of 2023, Harris earned a larger role with the Rapids first team and ended the season with a goal and three assists in 21 competitive appearances. Harris more than doubled his output in his second season with the Rapids, scoring six goals and adding three assists throughout the 2024 season.

Born in England, Harris immigrated to Hong Kong at the age of 10 and played youth soccer with Hong Kong FC before moving to New Zealand to join Wellington Phoenix. Harris moved to the United States in 2019 to play collegiate soccer at Wake Forest University, tallying 10 goals and five assists in 32 matches across two seasons for the Demon Deacons, resulting in ACC All-Freshman Team honors in 2019.

#2 | D | IAN JAMES

Height: 6-1

Weight: 205

Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota

Last Club: Sporting KC Academy

Birthday: 6/6/2008

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 12/6/2024

Sporting Kansas City signed defender Ian James as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2025 campaign, becoming the fourth youngest signing in Sporting KC history at the age of 16 years and 183 days. James made his first MLS start on June 28, 2025, becoming the second-youngest player to start a match in Sporting history at the age of 17 years and 22 days. James represented Sporting at the U-14 through U-19 youth levels and broke into the U.S. U-16 and U-17 Men’s National Teams in 2024. James also played 10 matches for Sporting KC II during the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro season.

A native of Minnesota, James captained the Sporting KC U-15s during the 2022-23 MLS NEXT season before spending most of the 2023-24 campaign with the U-17s. James

participated in the 2024 MLS NEXT All-Star Game on July 23 in Columbus, Ohio, as one of the top 44 academy players from across the country. James signed an amateur academy contract for Sporting KC II in 2024 and earned his SKC II debut on March 17, 2024. James logged 10 appearances in his first MLS NEXT Pro campaign.

James earned his first selection to the U.S. U-16 Men’s National Team in April 2024 for a training camp in Florida before returning to the U-16 squad the following month for a training camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In November 2024, James was called up for a U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team training camp in West Palm Beach, Florida - his first inclusion at that age level.

Height: 6-0

Weight: 170

Hometown: Belgrade, Serbia

Last Club: LA Galaxy (MLS)

#9 | F | DEJAN JOVELJIC

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 2, 9 times, last: Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Assists 2, May 29, 2022, LA vs. ATX (w/ LA)

Shots on Goal 4, 5 times, last: Aug. 30, 2025, KC vs. COL

Shots 7, June 25, 2025, KC vs. CLT

Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 7, 2025, KC vs. ATX

Fouls Suffered 4, Oct. 23, 2021, LA vs. DAL (w/ LA)

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Goal Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Assist June 14, 2025, KC vs. DAL

2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-1

Birthday: 8/7/1999

Acquired: Acquired in cash-for-player trade on 2/1/2025

Sporting Kansas City acquired striker Dejan Joveljic from the LA Galaxy in exchange for $4 million on Feb. 1, 2025, marking the first cash-for-player trade in MLS history. Joveljic signed a new Designated Player contract upon arrival in Kansas City and has tallied 20 goals and two assist in 36 appearances for the club.

Joveljic joined Sporting following a 2024 campaign where he recorded 21 goals and eight assists, including six goals in the MLS Cup Playoffs as LA won MLS Cup. Joveljic amassed 85 goals and 26 assists during an accomplished professional career that has spanned Serbia, Germany and MLS in addition to loan spells in Belgium and Austria. The center forward was a Serbian SuperLiga champion at Red Star Belgrade and in 2021 joined the Galaxy, where he totaled 45 goals and 18 assists in four seasons as an integral

part of LA’s attack. Joveljic developed in the academy of Serbian powerhouse Red Star Belgrade, turning pro as a 16-year-old in 2016 and helped Red Star to the 2017-18 SuperLiga title. Joveljic enjoyed a breakout 2018-19 campaign that yielded 11 goals and his debut in the UEFA Champions League. Joveljic was transferred to German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019 and spent the latter half of the 2019-20 season on loan at Belgian heavyweight Anderlecht. Joveljic then enjoyed a loan stint at Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger, tallying 20 goals and five assists during the 2020-2021 campaign.

On the international stage, Joveljic has scored two goals in seven appearances for the Serbia Men’s National Team, having previously represented his country at the U-16 through U-21 youth levels.

Height: 6-3

Weight: 190

Hometown: Maple Grove, Minnesota

Last Club: Sporting KC Academy

#12 | GK | JACK KORTKAMP

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

Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2026 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Birthday: 1/28/2008

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 12/6/2024

Sporting Kansas City signed goalkeeper Jack Kortkamp as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2025 MLS season, becoming the fifth youngest signing in Sporting KC history at the age of 16 years and 13 days and the youngest goalkeeper in club history.

Kortkamp represented Sporting at the U-14 through U-19 levels, helping the U-19s win their second consecutive UPSL regular season division title in 2024 and leading the U-17s to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Generation adidas Cup. Kortkamp trained with Sporting’s first team during the 2024 preseason in Miami before signing an amateur contract with Sporting KC II in May 2024. He earned his SKC II debut on June 12 at Real Monarchs. Kortkamp is an experienced U.S. youth international who has competed in the U-15, U-16 and U-17 age groups. He participated in his first U.S. U-15 training camp in

October 2022 at Compass Minerals National Performance Center in Kansas City, before making his U.S. U-15 debut in April 2023. Kortkamp earned his first selection to the U.S. U-16s with a Florida training camp in April 2024 and returned to the squad the following month for a training camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In September 2024, Kortkamp featured twice for the U-17s at the Vaclav Jezek Tournament in Europe. In November 2024, he was called up for a U-17s training camp in Florida before joining the U-17s once again for the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Men’s Qualifiers in February 2025 and later for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in November 2025.

Height: 6-2

Weight: 200

Hometown: Berkeley, California

Last Club: Nashville SC (MLS)

#28 | D | WYATT MEYER

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots

Last Regular Season... Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB Goal N/A

Assist N/A

Birthday: 11/12/2001

Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent on Feb. 3, 2026

Sporting Kansas City signed defender Wyatt Meyer as a free agent ahead of the 2026 MLS season. Meyer spent the first year of his professional career with Eastern Conference side Nashville SC in 2025. After being selected as the 11th overall pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of California, Berkeley, Meyer joined Nashville for preseason in 2025 and signed with the team ahead of the season.

The Berkeley, California native made eight appearances for Nashville in his rookie year, including starts in the team’s opening two matches of the 2025 MLS season – making his

at NY (w/ NSH)

2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

debut with a 90-minute outing in a 0-0 draw against New England on Feb. 22, 2025. Meyer scored his first professional goal with a long-range winner late in Nashville’s 3-2 win over Orlando City in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 in May 2025.

Collegiately, Meyer tallied four goals and six assists in 66 appearances for the Cal Golden Bears and was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Pac-12 First Team honors while serving as team captain in 2023.

#15 | D | JANSEN MILLER

Height: 6-3

Weight: 175 Birthday: 2/10/2002

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

College: Indiana University

Acquired: 2025 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Sporting Kansas City signed Jansen Miller ahead of the 2025 season after selecting the defender with the eighth overall pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft out of Indiana University. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Miller became SKC’s highest draft pick for a defender since longtime captain and U.S. international Matt Besler was also taken eighth overall in the 2009 draft. Miller has made 31 appearances for Sporting KC, tallying one assist.

Miller played 77 total matches in four college seasons, logging 27 appearances at Xavier in 2021 before transferring to Indiana and featuring in 50 games or the Hoosiers from 2022-2024. He was a Second-Team All-Big Ten selection in 2024, concluding his collegiate career with a third straight NCAA tournament berth and scoring a golden goal

against Akron in the second round of the postseason. During his time at IU, the Hoosiers were College Cup finalists in 2022, Big Ten tournament champions in 2023 and finished atop the conference regular season standings in each of his final two years. In addition to his time on campus, Miller also played for USL League Two teams St. Louis Scott Gallagher (2021), Long Island Rough Riders (2023) and Ocean City Nor’easters (2024).

Miller played for Saint Louis FC in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, where he was named to the USC Youth Boys All-Central Region Team in 2019. He signed amateur academy contracts with Saint Louis FC in 2019 and 2020, training regularly at the USL Championship level.

Height: 6-4

Weight: 210

Hometown: Bakersfield, California

#1 | GK | JOHN PULSKAMP

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, Aug. 24, 2025, KC at SEA Saves 8, 2 times, last: July 4, 2025, KC at COL

Last Regular Season... Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB Shutout Oct. 18, 2025, KC vs. HOU 2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1

Birthday: 4/19/2001

Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)

Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on 2/24/2020

John Pulskamp joined Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2020 season after acquiring his Homegrown rights from the LA Galaxy where he spent two seasons in the club’s Academy. He earned his MLS debut in the 2021 season opener, helping the side to a 2-1 victory at the New York Red Bulls and has made 65 regular-season appearances for the club in MLS play, tallying 10 shutouts.

Pulskamp became the youngest goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to record a shutout following a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Oct. 27, 2021 at the age of 20 years and 191 days. He enjoyed a breakout year in 2022 when he deputized for an injured Tim Melia to make 15 starts in all competitions, posting an 8-3-4 record.

Pulskamp joined the MLS ranks on the heels of a breakout 2019 USL Championship season with SKC II. Pulskamp arrived in Kansas City in April 2019 after a two-year stint in the LA Galaxy Academy. He also spent time on trial with English Premier League outfit AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. Prior to joining the Galaxy, he represented youth sides Real So Cal and Central California Aztecs.

Pulskamp was called in to a U.S. Men’s National Team training camp in December 2021 and was named as an alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. At the youth international level, Pulskamp has represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels.

#99 | D | JAYDEN REID

Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 Birthday: 8/29/2001

Hometown: Elmont, New York

Last Club: St. Louis City SC (MLS) Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent on 2/3/2026

Sporting Kansas City signed defender Jayden Reid as a free agent ahead of the 2026 MLS season. Reid arrives in Kansas City after spending the first three seasons of his professional career with Red Bull New York (2023) and St. Louis City SC (2024-2025).

Reid made 24 appearances in all competitions for St. Louis throughout 2024 and 2025, tallying three assists in MLS regular-season action – including one on his debut for St. Louis in a 1-1 draw with Atlanta United on June 22, 2024.

Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0

Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 1, 2024, STL vs. LA (w/ STL)

Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 1, 2024, STL vs. LA (w/ STL)

Shots 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 1, 2024, STL vs. LA (w/ STL)

Fouls Committed 3, Aug. 24, 2024, STL at POR (w/ STL)

Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Feb. 21, 2026, KC at SJ

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB Goal N/A

Assist Sept. 1, 2024, STL vs. LA (w/ STL) 2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

A product of the Red Bull New York Academy, Reid played collegiately at the University of Connecticut from 2019-2022, tallying three goals and seven assists in 51 appearances before signing a Homegrown contract with RBNY ahead of the 2023 season.

The Elmont, New York native logged 21 appearances in MLS NEXT Pro with RBNY II in 2023 while also making his MLS debut on May 17, 2023 in a 0-0 draw at Toronto FC before heading to St. Louis ahead of the 2024 campaign.

Height: 5-10

Weight: 170

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Last Club: Chicago Fire (MLS)

Acquired: Acquired via trade on 12/30/2025

Birthday: 8/4/2004

#13 | D | JUSTIN REYNOLDS

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, Sept. 30, 2025, CHI at MIA (w/ CHI)

Assists 0

Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 30, 2025, CHI at MIA (w/ CHI)

Shots 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 30, 2025, CHI at MIA (w/ CHI)

Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 28, 2024, CHI vs. TOR (w/ CHI)

Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 2, 2024, CHI at CLT (w/ CHI)

Last Regular Season... Appearance Feb. 21, 2026, KC at SJ

Goal Sept. 30, 2025, CHI at MIA (w/ CHI)

Assist N/A

2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City acquired defender Justin Reynolds via trade from the Chicago Fire ahead of the 2026 MLS season. Reynolds – a versatile defender that primarily plays right back – has made 76 professional appearances while representing the Chicago Fire at both the MLS and MLS NEXT Pro level, while he also had a stint on loan with Chicago’s partner club, FC Lugano, in the Swiss Super League.

The Chicago native appeared 14 times for the Fire’s first team from 2023-2025 while also playing in 62 matches for Chicago Fire II in MLS NEXT Pro, tallying three goals and six assists. Reynolds joined FC Lugano in Switzerland for a two-month loan in March of 2024, making his lone appearance for the club on the final day of the Swiss Super League

season. Upon returning to Chicago, he made his MLS debut as a late substitute against Inter Miami on July 20, 2024 before earning his first start two months later against Toronto FC on Sept. 28, 2024. Reynolds scored his first senior goal for Chicago in 2025, tallying the game-winning goal in a wild 5-3 victory over eventual MLS Cup champions Inter Miami at Chase Stadium on Sept. 30, 2025.

Reynolds, whose older brother Andre Reynolds II was also a Homegrown Player for Chicago, developed in the Fire Academy and was a key part of the team that won the inaugural MLS NEXT U-19 Championship in 2021. He has previously represented the United States at the Under-15 and Under-19 levels.

#36 | GK | RYAN SCHEWE

Height: 6-4

Weight: 195 Birthday: 3/8/2002

Hometown: Marietta, Georgia

College: Georgetown University

Acquired: 2024 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#22)

Sporting Kansas City selected goalkeeper Ryan Schewe as the 22nd overall pick in the first round of MLS SuperDraft 2024. In two outstanding seasons as a starter at Georgetown University from 2022-2023, Schewe posted a 20-4-4 record with a 0.79 goals against average, 12 clean sheets and 86 saves. He enjoyed a breakout season as a junior in 2022, landing Second Team All-BIG EAST recognition after leading the conference in save percentage (.838) and shutouts (seven) en route to an 11-2-1 record.

During his senior year in 2023, Schewe propelled the Hoyas to the BIG EAST regular season championship with a 9-2-3 record and led the conference with the lowest goals against average (0.84) and the most shutouts (five). He punctuated his final college

campaign with BIG East Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST honors while also receiving United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-East Region accolades.

In addition to playing for Georgetown, Schewe competed as an amateur for Georgia club Apotheos FC of the National Premier Soccer League in 2022 and the New York-based Westchester Flames of USL League Two in 2023. At the youth level, the Georgia native spent three years each with the Atlanta United Academy and United Football Academy in his home state.

Height: 5-8

Weight: 155

Hometown: Makhachkala, Russia

Last Club: Aris Thessaloniki (Greece)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 2/3/2025

#93 | F | SHAPI SULEYMANOV

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last:June 14, 2025, KC vs. DAL

Assists 1, 4 times, last: May 14, 2025, KC at STL

Shots on Goal 1, 10 times, last: Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Shots 4, July 19, 2025, KC vs. NYC

Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: July 12, 2025, KC vs. SEA

Fouls Suffered 5, March 15, 2025, KC vs. MIN

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Feb. 28, 2026, KC vs. CLB

Goal June 14, 2025, KC vs. DAL

Assist May 14, 2025, KC at STL

2026 Record when: he starts 0-1-1 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 12/16/1999

Sporting Kansas City acquired winger Shapi Suleymanov in a transfer from Greek side Aris Thessaloniki ahead of the 2025 season. In eight prior years as a professional, Suleymanov recorded 55 goals and 46 assists while making over 300 appearances in Russia, Turkey, Israel and Greece. Suleymanov has made 35 appearances for Sporting KC, tallying two goals and four assists.

Suleymanov developed in the FC Krasnodar academy and broke into the club’s first team as a 17-year-old in 2017. That summer, he marked his second career appearance with a 93rd-minute goal to seal a 2-1 victory over Danish side Lyngby in 2017-18 Europa League qualifying. Suleymanov enjoyed a breakout season in 2018-19, finishing with 11 goals in all competitions. The following season saw Suleymanov strike twice in a 3-2 road win at FC Porto in the Champions League, highlighting another strong campaign in which the

winger helped Krasnodar to its second consecutive third-place finish in the RPL. In 2020-21, Suleymanov again eclipsed five total goals for the third straight year Suleymanov spent the next two seasons on loan, joining Turkish side Giresunspor in 2021-22 and Hapoel Be’er Sheva in Israel in 2022-23, where he recorded five goals and five assists as a key contributor. Suleymanov was loaned to Aris for the 2023-24 season and made a strong impression in his debut campaign, notching six goals and four assists across all competitions, leading to a permanent transfer to Aris in 2024.

As a Russian youth international, Suleymanov had six goals and three assists at the U-16 level and added two goals as a U-17 player, before making 12 appearances for the U-18s from 2016 to 2017. He continued to ascend the youth ranks with two goals for the U-19s in late 2017 and three goals for the U-21s from 2019 to 2020.

#14 | M | CIELO TSCHANTRET

Height: 6-1

Weight: 165

Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland

Birthday: 2/22/2006

Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (MLS NEXT Pro)

Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on 11/14/2025

Sporting Kansas City signed midfielder Cielo Tschantret as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2026 MLS season. Tschantret signed an MLS NEXT Pro professional contract with SKC II in early 2024 and appeared in 56 matches for the team as both an amateur and professional from 2023-2025, recording six goals and one assist.

In his MLS NEXT Pro debut for SKC II on April 23, 2023, Tschantret scored in a narrow 3-2 road loss at FC Cincinnati 2 before earning his second start for the club four months later and making an even bigger impact, heading home the game-winning goal in the 62nd minute of a 2-1 victory at Austin FC II. Tschantret saw his role increase significantly in 2024 when he signed his professional deal with SKC II, starting 14 of 22 appearances

while scoring the game-winning goal against rivals St. Louis City 2 at Rock Chalk Park on July 21, 2024. Taking the captain’s armband in 2025, Tschantret played in 28 of SKC II’s 29 matches in all competitions – ranking second on the team with 2,392 minutes played – and scored a career-high three goals in the process. Tschantret’s 2,327 minutes played in MLS NEXT Pro led all teenagers in 2025.

Tschantret arrived in KC from his native Baltimore, Maryland in 2020 and starred for the SKC Academy at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels. Tschantret, the son of SKC II head coach Lee Tschantret, spent six years in the club’s youth ranks from the U-15s to SKC II.

C.J. Sapong (2011), Ilie Sanchez (2018), Graham Zusi (2018), Luis Martins (2021), Felipe Hernandez (2022), Remi Walter (2022)

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)

GAMES

1.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

ASSISTS

6.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

Kevin Hartman 30 117

Bo Oshoniyi 32 112

Tim Melia 32 111

Player GP SO 2000 Tony Meola 31 16 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 15 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 13

2018 Tim Melia 34 13

2008 Kevin Hartman 30 10

2010 Jimmy Nielsen 29 10

2017 Tim Melia 31 10 GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW

Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2018 Tim Melia 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15

Garth Lagerwey 23 12

Jimmy Nielsen 31 12

Tim Melia 31 12

Player GP GA GAA

Tim Melia 31 24 0.78 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88

2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92

2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05

*Minimum 1,000 minutes played

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

GOALS

Career: 71 Preki

Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014)

Game: 3 10 times

Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd)

Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd)

Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd)

ASSISTS

Career: 98 Preki

Season: 17 Preki (1997)

Season: 17 Preki (2003)

Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET)

Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st)

Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st)

SHOTS

Career: 693 Preki

Season: 140 Preki (1996)

Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB)

Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd)

Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd)

Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)

GOALS

Season: 65 in 2018

Game: 7 03/30/2019 vs. MTL

2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB

Half: 5 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd)

Half: 5 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)

ASSISTS

Season: 69 in 2018

Game: 10 06/20/1999 vs. MET

2-Tms: 12 07/04/2001 vs. CHI

Half: 8 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)

SHOTS

Season: 583 in 2018

Game: 34 05/15/2016 vs. ORL

Game: 34 04/20/2018 vs. VAN

Game: 34 10/06/2018 vs. LA

2-Tms: 44 4 times

Half: 23 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL

Career: 283 Preki

Season: 61 Preki (1996)

Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA)

Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY)

Game: 6 Alan Pulido (10/24/2020 vs. COL)

Half: 4 10 times

FOULS COMMITTED

Career: 517 Roger Espinoza

Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000)

Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL)

Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL)

Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)

FOULS SUFFERED

Career: 528 Davy Arnaud

Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004)

Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY)

Half: 6 8 times

CORNER KICKS

Career: 800 Graham Zusi

Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012)

Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY)

Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd)

Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)

Half: 8 Johnny Russell (08/14/2019 at ORL, 2nd)

GOALS ALLOWED

Career: 347 Tim Melia

Season: 70 John Pulskamp (2025)

Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI)

Game: 7 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA)

Game: 7 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR)

Half: 6 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA, 2nd)

Half: 6 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR, 2nd)

SAVES

Career: 746 Tim Melia

Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000)

Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA)

Half: 7 4 times

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

SHOTS ON GOAL

Season: 250 in 1996

Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA

Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI

Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN

2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB

2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL

Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st)

FOULS COMMITTED

Season: 511 in 2013

Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB

2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC

Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st)

Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd)

Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st)

FOULS SUFFERED

Season: 541 in 2000

Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL

2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC

Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)

CORNER KICKS

Season: 207 in 2021

Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ

2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET

Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd)

GOALS ALLOWED

Season: 70 in 2025

Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI

Game: 7 09/15/2019 at LA

Game: 7 05/14/2022 at POR

2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB

Half: 6 09/15/2019 at LA (2nd)

Half: 6 05/14/2022 at POR (2nd)

SAVES

Season: 133 in 1999

Game: 10 04/08/2018 at LA

2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL

2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB

Half: 7 4 times

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