Game Guide: Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders FC by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (March 6, CenturyLink Field, 4 p.m. PT; FS1) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2015 SEASON RECORDS Sounders FC at home

GP 34 17

W-L-T 15-13-6 11-4-2

PTS 51 35

GF 44 26

GA 36 14

Sporting on road

34 17

14-11-9 4-9-4

51 16

48 19

45 25

ROSTERS

24 Frei

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Sounders FC 7 wins, 13 goals Sporting 2 wins, 8 goals Ties 3

Marshall

Evans

Mears

Jones

6 Alonso

AT SEATTLE (6 meetings): Sounders FC 3 wins, 4 goals Sporting 1 wins, 2 goals Ties 2

Friberg

23 Ivanschitz

LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/23: SEA 0, KC 0 6/6: KC 1, SEA 0 (Feilhaber 84) 9/27: KC 1, SEA 1 (Dwyer 79 – Martins 32)

Dempsey

Morris

16 Valdez

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING SOUNDERS FC Sat. Mar. 12 Vancouver Sat. Mar. 12 at Real Salt Lake Sun. Mar. 20 Toronto FC Sat. Mar. 19 Vancouver Sat. Apr. 2 Real Salt Lake Sat. Apr. 2 Montreal Sat. Apr. 9 at Red Bulls Sun. Apr. 10 at Houston

Dwyer

11 Davis

8 Zusi

Feilhaber

Espinoza

93 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

SOUNDERS FC

F 44 70

A 36 85

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 48 64

A 45 68

22 12 14 0

25 9 9 2

26 6 4 1 5 1 4 1

26 4 3 2 2 1 6 1

10 31 7

11 29 4

Mustivar

15 Sinovic

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

22 7 7 0

TYPE OF PLAY

26 5 4 5 2 0 2 0

20 3 4 1 2 1 5 0

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

14 26 4

8 24 4

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Besler

Ellis

7 Myers

29 Melia

HOW SCORED

18 22 4 0

REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AAR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Drew Fischer DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 1 Tyler Miller (GK) 2 Clint Dempsey (FW) 3 Brad Evans (DF) 4 Tyrone Mears (DF) 6 Osvaldo Alonso (MF) 7 Cristian Roldan (MF) 8 Erik Friberg (MF) 11 Aaron Kovar (MF) 12 Michael Farfan (MF) 13 Jordan Morris (FW) 14 Chad Marshall (DF) 15 Dylan Remick (DF) 16 Nelson Haedo Valdez (FW) 17 Darwin Jones (FW) 18 Nathan Sturgis (MF) 20 Zach Scott (DF) 22 Charlie Lyon (GK) 23 Andreas Ivanschitz (MF) 24 Stefan Frei (GK) 29 Roman Torres (DF) 31 Damion Lowe (DF) 33 Joevin Jones (DF) 39 Oalex Anderson (FW) 80 Victor Mansaray (FW) 91 Oniel Fisher (MF) 99 Andy Craven (FW) SPORTING KC 1 Jon Kempin (GK) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Nuno Andre Coelho (DF) 13 Amadou Dia (MF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Lawrence Olum (MF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 21 Justin Mapp (MF) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 25 Alec Kann (GK) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 30 Daniel Salloi (FW) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) 96 Jordi Quintilla (MF)

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) SEA KC

RECORD LEAD 11-0-1 6-0-1

AT HALFTIME TIED TRAIL 3-9-4 1-4-1 6-8-6 2-3-2

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 14-2-1 1-11-3 11-2-3 3-9-2

THE LAST TIME

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

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Date Score (Gms since) 10/25/2015 SEA 3, RSL 9/19/2015 SEA 3, VAN 8/01/2015 SEA 0, VAN 8/22/2015 SEA 0, RSL 10/18/2015 SEA 1, HOU 9/19/2015 SEA 3, VAN 8/22/2015 SEA 0, RSL

1 0 3 2 1 0 2

(0) (2) (5) (4) (1) (4) (8)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 10/25/2015 KC 2, LA 1 10/03/2015 KC 1, POR 0 10/21/2015 KC 0, COL 2 10/16/2015 KC 0, SJ 1 9/27/2015 KC 1, SEA 1 10/03/2015 KC 1, POR 0 10/21/2015 KC 0, COL 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sounders FC Sporting KC

WLTWLWWWLWTWWLWLLLWLLLLLWLWWTWTTTW TLTWWTLTWTWTWWLWWWLTWWLLLTLWLTWLLW

(0) (1) (1) (0) (4) (3) (1)

TEAM LEADERS SOUNDERS FC G: 15 Martins A: 10 Dempsey SHT: 61 Dempsey SOG: 28 Martins FC: 45 Alonso FS: 48 Martins OF: 19 Neagle C: 7 Alonso E: 1 Pineda SPORTING G: 12 Dwyer A: 15 Feilhaber SHT: 96 Dwyer SOG: 40 Dwyer FC: 59 Dwyer FS: 81 Dwyer OF: 25 Dwyer C: 8 Dwyer/Feilhaber E: 1 3 players tied

GOALSCORING GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 SEA 34 11 10 6 KC 34 8 15 4

RECORD 3 6 3

4+ 1 4

TOT AVG 44 1.29 48 1.41

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 SEA 34 11 16 2 4 KC 34 11 10 7 4

4+ 1 2

TOT AVG 36 1.06 45 1.32

GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 SEA 44 9 6 7 3 8 11 KC 48 5 7 7 9 7 13 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 SEA 36 6 4 2 8 8 8 KC 45 8 5 7 7 8 10

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC v SPORTING KANSAS CITY

(March 6, CenturyLink Field, 4 p.m. PT -- MLS Game 9)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC No. Player 1 Tyler Miller Clint Dempsey 2 3 Brad Evans 4 Tyrone Mears 6 Osvaldo Alonso 7 Cristian Roldan Erik Friberg 8 11 Aaron Kovar 12 Michael Farfan 13 Jordan Morris 14 Chad Marshall 15 Dylan Remick 16 Nelson Haedo Valdez 17 Darwin Jones 18 Nathan Sturgis 20 Zach Scott 22 Charlie Lyon 23 Andreas Ivanschitz 24 Stefan Frei 29 Roman Torres 31 Damion Lowe 33 Joevin Jones 39 Oalex Anderson 80 Victor Mansaray 91 Oniel Fisher 99 Andy Craven ON LOAN Jimmy Ockford

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

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

Wt 195 170 170 163 155 165 154 155 160 185 190 165 160 175 160 175 215 180 195 195 175 160 155 180 155 167

Birthdate 03/12/1993 03/09/1983 04/20/1985 02/18/1983 11/11/1985 06/03/1995 02/10/1986 08/14/1993 06/23/1988 10/26/1994 08/22/1984 05/19/1991 11/28/1983 04/04/1992 07/06/1987 07/02/1980 04/10/1992 10/15/1983 04/20/1986 03/20/1986 05/05/1993 08/03/1991 11/11/1995 02/22/1997 11/22/1991 01/21/1992

Birthplace Woodbury, NJ Nacogdoches, TX Phoenix, AZ Stockport, England San Cristobal, Cuba Artesia, CA Lindome, Sweden Seattle, WA San Diego, CA Seattle, WA Riverside, CA Chicago, IL Caaguazu, Paraguay Chicago, IL Boca Raton, FL Wailukur, HI St. Charles, IL Eisenstadt, Austria Altstaetten, Switzerland Panama City, Panama Kingston, Jamaica Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago Barrouallie, St. Vincent Freetown, Sierra Leone Portmore, Jamaica St. Simons Island, GA

6-1

185

06/10/1992

Trenton, NJ

HEAD COACH : Sigi Schmid

GP 0 20 28 33 22 22 13 6 17 0 29 19 7 9 18 20 0 6 31 4 0 28 0 3 12 3 1

2015 GS G 0 0 20 10 27 1 33 1 21 0 11 0 11 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 28 0 18 0 5 1 0 0 15 1 15 0 0 0 5 1 31 0 4 0 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1

A 0 10 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

03/20/1953

CAREER GP GS G 0 0 0 126 119 51 196 171 23 33 33 1 194 189 6 22 11 0 39 34 1 9 2 0 99 73 4 0 0 0 313 309 17 33 26 0 7 5 1 9 0 0 145 117 6 104 82 1 0 0 0 6 5 1 147 147 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 28 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 9 0 0 0 3

A 0 34 28 3 14 1 4 0 10 0 13 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

W221 L153 T111

SPORTING KANSAS CITY No. Player 1 Jon Kempin 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis 5 Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura 6 7 Chance Myers Graham Zusi 8 10 Benny Feilhaber 11 Brad Davis 12 Nuno Andre Coelho 13 Amadou Dia 14 Dom Dwyer 15 Seth Sinovic 16 Lawrence Olum 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 21 Justin Mapp 22 Connor Hallisey 25 Alec Kann 27 Roger Espinoza 29 Tim Melia 30 Daniel Salloi 37 Jacob Peterson 93 Soni Mustivar 94 Jimmy Medranda 96 Jordi Quintilla ON LOAN 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 23 Bernardo Anor HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

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

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

Wt 170 180 160 170 155 165 160 160 165 181 150 180 170 185 185 160 158 190 170 190 150 165 170 150 154

Birthdate 04/08/1993 02/21/1989 06/30/1991 02/11/1987 03/02/1983 12/07/1987 08/18/1986 01/19/1985 11/08/1981 01/07/1986 06/08/1993 07/30/1990 01/28/1987 07/10/1984 09/08/1991 10/18/1984 02/09/1993 08/08/1990 10/25/1986 05/15/1986 07/19/1996 01/27/1986 02/12/1990 02/07/1994 10/25/1993

Birthplace Overland Park, KS Durham, NC Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO Sao Paulo, Brazil Thousand Oaks, CA Orlando, FL Rio de Janeiro, Brazil St. Charles, MO Penafiel, Portugal Nantes, France Cuckfield, England Kansas City, MO Nairobi, Kenya Charlotte, NC Brandon, MS Granite Bay, CA Decatur, GA Puerto Cortes, Honduras Great River, NY Siofok, Hungary Portage, MI Ivry Sur Seine, France Mosquera, Colombia Barcelona, Spain

GP 3 6 27 32 21 13 25 32 30 0 22 30 11 0 22 5 13 1 17 23 0 26 25 7 8

DF MF

6-1 6-1

175 178

04/24/1997 05/24/1988

Napoleon, OH Caracas, Venezuela

7 13

11/21/1966

2015 GS G 3 0 6 2 26 4 32 0 17 3 10 0 22 2 30 10 29 4 0 0 13 0 28 12 10 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 17 1 23 0 0 0 15 1 20 0 7 0 3 0 4 4

0 0

A 0 0 1 3 1 2 5 15 10 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0

CAREER GP GS G 7 6 0 62 45 8 49 43 4 182 177 2 243 218 15 136 108 2 173 137 24 142 128 22 368 325 55 0 0 0 22 13 0 80 66 36 144 140 0 67 40 3 22 10 0 303 243 22 13 6 0 1 1 0 130 110 3 29 28 0 0 0 0 225 129 16 25 20 0 13 8 0 8 3 0

0 0

10 84

6 52

0 12

W89 L70 T53

A 0 0 4 10 20 15 44 34 122 0 1 5 7 2 1 65 1 0 15 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 3

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY CENTURYLINK FIELD, Seattle, Wash. March 6, 2016 (WEEK 1, MLS Game #9) 4 p.m. PT (FS1 / FOX Deportes) A high-profile contest in the Western Conference opens up the 2016 MLS season as Seattle Sounders FC play host to Sporting Kansas City on Sunday afternoon at CenturyLink Field. Sounders FC kept alive their streak of having never failed to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs in their league history – but were again stopped short of the championship match. Sporting extended their playoff run to five consecutive years, but saw their run end at the first hurdle for a second year running following their MLS Cup triumph in 2013. REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Drew Fischer MLS Career: 36 games; FC/gm: 26.3; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 10; pens: 13 SUSPENDED: none DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Sounders FC 7 wins, 13 goals … Sporting 2 wins, 8 goals … Ties 3 AT SEATTLE (6 meetings): Sounders FC 3 wins, 4 goals … Sporting 1 wins, 2 goals … Ties 2 RETURN MATCH: 7/24: Sporting Kansas City vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 2 p.m. CT (ESPN1) LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/23: SEA 0, KC 0 6/6: KC 1, SEA 0 (Feilhaber 84) 9/27: KC 1, SEA 1 (Dwyer 79 – Martins 32) Sporting won the season series between the clubs in 2015, the first time they had ever won the season set with Sounders FC. SKC took a 1-0 win June 6 at Sporting Park; the teams also played to a pair of draws, once at each ground. Sounders FC have a five-game undefeated streak alive at home vs. Sporting. SKC has won once all-time in Seattle – a 1-0 victory in 2009 in the first meeting ever between the clubs. Since, Sounders FC have won three of their home meetings, with a pair of draws. Coaches record: Sigi Schmid vs. KC: P44 W20 L16 D8 … Peter Vermes vs. SEA: P11 W1 L7 D3 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Seattle Sounders FC have never failed to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs in their seven seasons in Major League Soccer, but were again held short of the title match in 2015, falling at the quarterfinal stage. Sounders FC finished in fourth place in the Western Conference, recording 51 points, again led by Sigi Schmid, the only head coach the club has known in its MLS history. TEAM NEWS Sounders FC were eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions League at the quarterfinal stage, falling 3-1 to Club América in the second leg Wednesday at Estadio Azteca, dropping the tie 5-3 on aggregate. Here’s the Sounders FC team: Stefan Frei; Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans, Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones; Erik Friberg (Darwin Jones 75’), Osvaldo Alonso, Andreas Ivanschitz (Cristian Roldan 70’); Jordan Morris (Aaron Kovar 70’), Nelson Valdez, Clint Dempsey The lone Sounders FC goal came on a first-half own goal, putting the MLS side ahead on aggregate. But América got a flurry of goals on either side of halftime from Carlos Quintero (42), Oribe Peralta (46+) and Andres Andrade (50) to put away the match. “We had three leads,” Schmid said. “And our leads have lasted like three minutes. ... For 41 minutes, we did what we wanted to do. We looked for situations to counter, we knew we’d have to dodge a few bullets, and we’d have to defend well. I thought we did that, but we needed to give ourselves the opportunity by going into halftime with the lead.” In the first leg, Clint Dempsey scored a pair of goals – both from set pieces – but Sounders FC were twice hauled back by Club América before the teams settled for a 2-2 draw Feb. 23 at CenturyLink Field. Dempsey netted just before halftime from a screaming free kick, but Carlos Quintero pulled América barely a minute later. Then Dempsey headed home a corner kick in the 52nd minute, but Oribe Peralta scored in the 70th minute to give América the road result.

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Here’s the Sounders FC team: Stefan Frei; Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans – captain, Chad Marshall, Joevin Jones; Erik Friberg (Cristian Roldan 74’), Osvaldo Alonso, Andreas Ivanschitz; Jordan Morris (Darwin Jones 85’), Nelson Valdez (Aaron Kovar 74’), Clint Dempsey The CONCACAF Champions League matches were the first competitive matches of the new year for Sounders FC, as Schmid ran out his side in a 4-3-3 tactical scheme. Before beginning their CONCACAF Champions League trials, Sounders FC faced three MLS clubs in preseason matches, ending with a 4-0 win against the LA Galaxy in a closed-door match at StubHub Center. The preseason also included 2-1 losses to both Cascadia rivals, Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, both matches in Arizona in early February. In MLS league and cup play, Sounders FC are unbeaten in seven consecutive MLS home matches (6-0-1). Seattle holds a 17-7 goal advantage during the stretch. TRANSACTIONS IN: GK Tyler Miller (USL); MF Jordan Schweitzer (Homegrown); DF Joevin Jones (trade from Chicago); MF Michael Farfan (free); FW Jordan Morris (Homegrown); MF Nathan Sturgis (free agent); FW Oalex Anderson (signed from S2) TRANSACTIONS OUT: MF Micheal Azira (option declined); FW Chad Barrett (option declined); DF Andres Correa (option declined); DF Leonardo Gonzalez (option declined); GK Troy Perkins (option declined); MF Gonzalo Pineda (option declined); MF Thomás (option declined); MF Andy Rose (out of contract); FW Andy Craven (out of contract); MF Lamar Neagle (traded to D.C. United); MF Marco Pappa (traded to Colorado); FW Obafemi Martins (transferred to Shanghai Greenland Shenhua); MF Jordan Schweitzer (waived and signed to S2) SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City extended their MLS Cup Playoffs streak to five seasons, but were again dumped out at the Knockout Round for a second consecutive season after winning MLS Cup 2013. Peter Vermes is back in charge for a seventh consecutive full season after taking over midseason in 2009, leading the club to 51 points and a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference in 2016, where they returned after 10 seasons in the East. TEAM NEWS Sporting KC concluded their six-game preseason schedule undefeated, ending the run with a 2-2 draw with the Houston Dynamo in the final match of the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, Ariz. Newcomers Nuno Andre Coelho and Daniel Salloi netted goals for SKC. Here’s the Sporting team: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Saad Abdul 60), Nuno Coelho (Kevin Ellis 60), Matt Besler, Amadou Dia; Jordi Quintilla (Lawrence Olum 78), Paulo Nagamura (Soni Mustivar 46), Roger Espinoza, Daniel Salloi; Dom Dwyer (Will Little 60), Connor Hallisey Sporting finished the competition with a win and three draws – all against MLS teams. They drew with Columbus Crew SC (2-2) and the New England Revolution (1-1), before defeating the Colorado Rapids 4-1. Sporting scored 13 goals in their six preseason matches, which also included a 4-0 win against FC Tucson and a scoreless draw with Korean outfit Seongnam FC. Sporting picked up a pair of veteran attacking players during the offseason, signing Justin Mapp (last with Montréal) through free agency, and acquiring Brad Davis in a trade with the Houston Dynamo. “It really doesn't matter until the league starts. I think we have more than enough attacking players right now. As I said before, we're looking at another one. It's just that what day that trigger gets pulled and that gets sorted out is really the hangup at the moment, but we'll add one more. But I feel good about the players that we have,” Vermes said. Sporting KC won just once in their last seven road games of the 2015 MLS regular season (1-5-1). SKC managed to score just five total goals during the seven-game road stretch. TRANSACTIONS IN: DF Lawrence Olum (free); GK Alec Kann (Re-Entry Draft); MF Justin Mapp (free agency); MF Brad Davis (trade from Houston); FW Daniel Salloi (Homegrown); DF Nuno Andre Coelho (free) TRANSACTIONS OUT: DF Jalil Anibaba (option declined); MF Mikey Lopez (out of contract); FW Krisztian Nemeth (transfer to Al-Gharafa SC); DF Erik Palmer-Brown (loaned to Porto); MF Bernardo Anor (loaned to Minnesota); MF Amobi Okugo (waived)

MLS GAME INFORMATION

2015 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC STATISTICS (15-13-6, 51 pts.) UNF 9 2 19 27 10 4 3 8 23 12 16 18 5 28 7 29 11 99 14 17 15 21 42 91 6 24 1 80 20

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

PLAYER Obafemi Martins Clint Dempsey Chad Barrett Lamar Neagle Marco Pappa Tyrone Mears Brad Evans Gonzalo Pineda Andreas Ivanschitz Leo Gonzalez Nelson Haedo Valdez Thomas Andy Rose Erik Friberg Cristian Roldan Roman Torres Aaron Kovar Andy Craven Chad Marshall Darwin Jones Dylan Remick Jimmy Ockford Micheal Azira Oniel Fisher Osvaldo Alonso Stefan Frei Troy Perkins Victor Mansaray Zach Scott Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 21 20 18 31 20 33 28 28 6 16 7 11 25 13 22 4 6 3 29 9 19 1 11 12 22 31 4 3 20

GS 20 20 9 23 17 33 27 21 5 8 5 7 17 11 11 4 2 0 28 0 18 1 8 9 21 31 3 0 15

MIN 1805 1742 715 2028 1468 2960 2345 1845 439 712 413 547 1612 949 1114 315 201 67 2529 107 1607 90 727 864 1857 2744 316 28 1480

34 34

3060 3060

G 15 10 5 4 3 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 44 36

A 6 10 0 2 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 42 61 18 40 37 7 9 11 5 3 5 9 17 3 12 2 1 2 10 6 2 0 6 6 8 0 0 0 9

SOG 28 27 8 20 15 3 4 1 2 2 1 6 7 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4

42 35

331 464

144 159

FC 18 18 9 29 17 29 23 24 4 16 8 8 14 21 13 4 1 2 29 1 15 0 15 16 45 1 0 1 14

FS 48 39 4 20 38 12 23 22 10 7 15 16 13 10 14 4 3 1 28 0 9 0 4 11 44 4 0 0 7

OFF 11 5 7 19 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1

CK 1 0 0 4 49 8 0 27 15 0 0 7 0 22 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

396 425 425 396

67 33

145 162

53 59

1 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Clint Dempsey 4, Marco Pappa 2, Lamar Neagle 2, Obafemi Martins 2, Chad Barrett 2, Tyrone Mears 1, Andreas Ivanschitz 1, Brad Evans 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Clint Dempsey 4, Obafemi Martins 2, Tyrone Mears 1, Brad Evans 1, Marco Pappa 1, Lamar Neagle 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Clint Dempsey 1-1, Brad Evans 1-1, Obafemi Martins 0-1 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1 24

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Troy Perkins Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

GP 4 31 34 34

GS 3 31 34 34

MIN SHTS SV 316 15 12 2744 144 111 3060 159 123 3060 144 99

GA 3 33 36 44

GAA 0.85 1.08 1.06 1.29

PG 0 2 2 2

PA 0 3 3 3

W L 1 3 14 10 15 13 13 15

T 0 6 6 6

SO 0 10 11 11

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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (14-11-9, 51 pts.) UNF 14 10 9 4 6 8 3 23 27 37 71 5 7 93 13 20 20 22 17 11 2 94 21 96 1 12 16 16 15 29

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

PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Krisztian Nemeth Kevin Ellis Paulo Nagamura Graham Zusi Ike Opara Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Matt Besler Chance Myers Soni Mustivar Amadou Dia Amobi Okugo (KC) Amobi Okugo (TOT) Connor Hallisey Saad Abdul-Salaam Bernardo Anor Erik Palmer-Brown Jimmy Medranda Jon Kempin Jordi Quintilla Luis Marin Mikey Lopez Servando Carrasco (KC) Servando Carrasco (TOT) Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 30 32 28 27 21 25 6 16 17 26 13 32 13 25 22 3 18 13 22 13 7 7 3 8 8 6 9 21 11 23

GS 28 30 23 26 17 22 6 14 17 15 11 32 10 20 13 1 10 6 10 4 4 7 3 3 8 5 6 16 10 23

MIN 2546 2731 2037 2335 1484 1986 534 1265 1484 1335 847 2830 840 1838 1317 108 920 516 1074 483 376 426 270 274 720 482 508 1408 902 2070

34 34

3060 3060

G 12 10 10 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 48 45

A 2 15 6 1 1 5 0 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

SHT 96 48 58 11 22 28 7 11 19 21 13 0 9 3 5 0 4 8 5 11 2 5 0 7 0 3 7 10 6 0

SOG 40 17 20 7 6 5 2 4 5 11 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0

52 46

405 351

141 154

FC 59 44 19 31 26 19 6 10 28 9 5 28 15 31 26 0 11 3 13 11 3 10 0 11 0 14 10 20 21 2

FS 81 64 36 19 10 32 4 4 18 13 10 13 5 23 16 0 6 1 16 11 2 4 1 7 2 4 1 2 4 4

OFF 25 1 8 2 3 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 57 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0

C 8 8 3 5 6 1 0 1 3 2 1 5 2 5 2 1 6 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 2

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

454 424 424 454

59 109

153 169

67 54

3 6

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 5, Benny Feilhaber 3, Paulo Nagamura 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Ike Opara 1, Kevin Ellis 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 5, Graham Zusi 3, Matt Besler 2, Chance Myers 1, Jalil Anibaba 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1, Soni Mustivar 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 5-5, Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 21 1

POS G G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Jon Kempin Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

GP 23 3 8 34 34

GS 23 3 8 34 34

MIN SHTS SV 2070 113 82 270 11 6 720 30 19 3060 154 107 3060 141 90

GA 28 5 12 45 48

GAA 1.22 1.67 1.5 1.32 1.41

PG 2 0 0 2 5

PA 2 0 0 2 6

W L 11 8 1 1 2 2 14 11 11 14

T 4 1 4 9 9

SO 8 0 3 11 8

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SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 8 New England 14 San Jose

Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun.

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May

T W L W W W

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

May May May May May June June June June June

28 at FC Dallas 4 Houston 12 at Los Angeles 18 at Colorado 26 Portland 3 at New York City FC 9 at Columbus 16 at Vancouver 23 Sporting KC 27 Colorado 31 New York 6 at Sporting KC 13 FC Dallas 20 San Jose 24 at Philadelphia 28 at Portland

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

July July July July Aug. Aug.

Sun. Aug. Sat. Aug. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun.

Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

RESULT W 3-0 L 2-3

ATT 39782 39175

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

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

18333 39860 27000 13134 41451 25384

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

L W T W W L W L L L

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

16714 21000 40653 39757 40194 21505 41108 39971 18072 21144

5-3-1 6-3-1 6-3-2 7-3-2 8-3-2 8-4-2 9-4-2 9-5-2 9-6-2 9-7-2

3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

3 D.C. United 11 at Chicago 18 Colorado 25 at Montreal 1 Vancouver 9 at Los Angeles

W L L L L L

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

40410 10-7-2 18528 10-8-2 40403 10-9-2 17209 10-10-2 53125 10-11-2 27000 10-12-2

1 1 5 5 5 6

16 Orlando City SC 22 at Real Salt Lake 30 Portland 5 Toronto FC 12 at San Jose 19 at Vancouver 27 at Sporting KC 4 Los Angeles 18 at Houston 25 Real Salt Lake

W 4-0 L 0-2

40453 11-12-2 20559 11-13-2

6 6

16 SEA: Dempsey (24,75); CLB: Kamara (10,58) Higuain (50) 19 SEA: Barrett (5,38); 20 23 SEA: Pappa (16); 26 SEA: Pappa (69) Barrett (91+); NYR: Sam (36) 26 KC: Feilhaber (84) 29 SEA: Neagle (55) Martins (73) Gonzalez (92+); 29 SJ: Nyassi (28) Garcia (73) 29 PHI: Sapong (69) 29 SEA: Neagle (38); POR: Nagbe (12) Adi (74,76) Wallace (91+) 32 SEA: Mears (88); 32 CHI: Johnson (92+) 32 COL: Doyle (84) 32 MTL: Ciman (88) 32 VAN: Kah (6,49) Morales (75) 32 SEA: Barrett (1); LA: Zardes (13) Keane (47) dos Santos (64) 35 SEA: Martins (17,62) Valdez (51) Bedinelli (92+); 35 RSL: Morales (13) Jaime (19)

W W T W T T T W

64358 39960 18000 21000 19496 56097 20145 55435

6 3 4 4 4 5 5 4

38 SEA: 41 SEA: 42 SEA: 45 SEA: 46 SEA: 47 SEA: 48 SEA: 51 SEA:

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

12-13-2 13-13-2 13-13-3 14-13-3 14-13-4 14-13-5 14-13-6 15-13-6

POS PTS NOTES: 1 3 SEA: Dempsey (25,67) Martins (41); 2 3 SEA: Dempsey (1) Martins (84); SJ: Wondolowski (13,48) Emeghara (70) 7 4 3 7 SEA: Martins (39); 8 7 LA: Gordon (23) 4 10 SEA: Neagle (5,25) Martins (73); COL: Torres (22) 3 13 SEA: Dempsey (77); 3 16 SEA: Martins (23,66) Dempsey (58); NYC: Ballouchy (54)

Martins (6) Evans (42); POR: Jewsbury (58) Martins (6) Dempsey (77); TOR: Zavaleta (59) Martins (82); SJ: Alashe (70) Ivanschitz (45) Pineda (71) Martins (87); Martins (32); KC: Dwyer (80) Barrett (93+); LA: Keane (36) Martins (82); HOU: Clark (65) Dempsey (5,20) Pappa (10); RSL: Gil (77)

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Sun. Apr.

OPPONENT 8 New York 14 at FC Dallas 21 Portland 28 at New York City FC 5 Philadelphia

Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.

11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston

T 0-0 L 1-2 T 4-4

20087 20018 21046

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

5 8 6

Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed.

May May May May

3 Chicago 9 at D.C. United 16 Colorado 20 New England

W T T W

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

19581 16221 0 18864

3-2-4 3-2-5 3-2-5 4-2-5

5 5 6 5

Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun.

May May June June

T W W L

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

40653 20172 21505 19155

4-2-6 5-2-6 6-2-6 6-3-6

4 3 3 5

Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.

June July July July

W W W L

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

19835 21000 19070 20809

7-3-6 8-3-6 9-3-6 9-4-6

4 6 4 4

27 KC: 30 KC: 33 KC: 33 KC:

Sat. Aug. Sat. Aug.

23 at Seattle 29 FC Dallas 6 Seattle 21 at Real Salt Lake 27 Colorado 12 at Vancouver 18 Montreal 24 at Real Salt Lake 1 Houston 8 at Toronto FC

8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83) 13 KC: Nagamura (75); 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42) 14 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE: Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64) 18 21 KC: Nemeth (19) Feilhaber (51) Ellis (57) Zusi (64); 24 KC: Feilhaber (84); 24 KC: Dwyer (30); RSL: Jaime (15) Garcia (93+)

T 1-1 W 3-1

19882 24326

9-4-7 10-4-7

4 3

Sat. Aug.

15 Vancouver

W 4-3

19969

11-4-7

Wed. Aug. Sat. Aug.

19 San Jose 22 at Columbus

L 0-5 L 2-3

18866 20018

11-5-7 11-6-7

3 3

Sat. Aug. Wed. Sep. Sun. Sep.

29 at Colorado 9 at Portland 13 at Orlando City SC 18 FC Dallas 23 at Houston 27 Seattle 3 at Portland 16 at San Jose 21 Colorado 25 Los Angeles

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

16480 21144 22241

11-7-7 11-7-8 11-8-8

4 5 5

34 KC: Dwyer (6); HOU: Clark (78) 37 KC: Feilhaber (22) Nemeth (29) Peterson (87); TOR: Bradley (22) 40 KC: Ellis (53) Dwyer (81) Nagamura (87,94+); VAN: Manneh (9,41) Morales (75) 40 SJ: Cato (3,58) Wondolowski (17,61) Godoy (27) 40 KC: de Jong (14) Zusi (62); CLB: Finlay (35) Tchani (80) McInerney (88) 40 KC: Dwyer (47); COL: Figueroa (53) Doyle (76) 41 41 KC: Nemeth (59); ORL: Winter (3,72) Rochez (66)

W L T W L L W

18861 12-8-8 18037 12-9-8 19496 12-9-9 21144 13-9-9 18000 13-10-9 18897 13-11-9 19422 14-11-9

4 5 5 3 4 6 6

44 KC: Feilhaber (65,76) Dwyer (83); DAL: Ulloa (80) 44 HOU: Bruin (67) 45 KC: Dwyer (80); SEA: Martins (32) 48 KC: Nemeth (83); 48 SJ: Godoy (47) 48 COL: Powers (78) Sarvas (86) 51 KC: Ellis (38) Dwyer (65); LA: Keane (46+)

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

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.

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

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

ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454

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

W 3-2

19545

2-1-2

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

POS PTS NOTES: 5 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 10 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73) 10 2 6 5 KC: Opara (13);

Nemeth (32) own goal (64); Ellis (52); Feilhaber (4) Dwyer (34); MTL: Piatti (59) Feilhaber (50); RSL: Morales (34) Plata (73)

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SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 7 times Assists 2 Marco Pappa 2 Clint Dempsey Shots 6 Lamar Neagle 6 Lamar Neagle 6 Clint Dempsey Shots on Goal 5 Lamar Neagle 5 Lamar Neagle Fouls Committed 5 Micheal Azira 5 Osvaldo Alonso Fouls Suffered 6 Nelson Haedo Valdez Offside 4 Obafemi Martins Saves 10 Stefan Frei Shots Faced 13 Stefan Frei Goals Allowed 4 Stefan Frei

Goals 4 08/16/2015 vs Assists 5 09/19/2015 vs Shots 21 08/16/2015 vs Shots on Goal 12 08/16/2015 vs Fouls Committed 19 08/01/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 19 05/31/2015 vs 19 10/25/2015 vs Corner Kicks 10 03/14/2015 vs Offside 6 09/05/2015 vs Saves 10 05/09/2015 vs Shots Faced 13 05/09/2015 vs Goals Allowed 4 06/28/2015 vs

03/08/2015 vs NE

W 3-0

05/03/2015 vs NYC 09/19/2015 vs VAN

W 3-1 W 3-0

04/12/2015 vs LA 04/18/2015 vs COL 05/27/2015 vs COL

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

04/12/2015 vs LA 04/18/2015 vs COL

L 0-1 W 3-1

03/28/2015 vs DAL 05/27/2015 vs COL

T 0-0 W 1-0

08/22/2015 vs RSL

L 0-2

04/12/2015 vs LA

L 0-1

05/09/2015 vs CLB

L 2-3

05/09/2015 vs CLB

L 2-3

06/28/2015 vs POR

L 1-4

ORL

W 4-0

VAN

W 3-0

ORL

W 4-0

ORL

W 4-0

VAN

L 0-3

NYR RSL

W 2-1 W 3-1

L 2-3

TOR

W 2-1

CLB

L 2-3

CLB

L 2-3

POR

L 1-4

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)

Goals 2 4 times Assists 2 5 times Shots 7 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 5 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 6 Amadou Dia Fouls Suffered 7 Krisztian Nemeth Offside 3 Dom Dwyer 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Shots Faced 9 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 5 Tim Melia

Goals 4 04/25/2015 at 4 05/20/2015 at 4 05/29/2015 at 4 08/15/2015 at Assists 7 05/29/2015 at Shots 18 03/08/2015 at 18 09/18/2015 at 18 10/21/2015 at Shots on Goal 9 09/18/2015 at Fouls Committed 20 09/23/2015 at Fouls Suffered 25 10/21/2015 at Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 at 8 10/21/2015 at Offside 4 05/20/2015 at 4 05/29/2015 at 4 09/13/2015 at 4 09/23/2015 at Saves 7 09/09/2015 at 7 10/16/2015 at Shots Faced 9 08/19/2015 at Goals Allowed 5 08/19/2015 at

04/25/2015 at HOU

T 4-4

04/05/2015 at PHI

W 3-2

08/29/2015 at COL

L 1-2

08/29/2015 at COL

L 1-2

08/01/2015 at HOU

T 1-1

05/29/2015 at DAL

W 4-0

05/20/2015 at NE 09/13/2015 at ORL

W 4-2 L 1-3

09/09/2015 at POR 10/16/2015 at SJ

T 0-0 L 0-1

08/19/2015 at SJ

L 0-5

08/19/2015 at SJ

L 0-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) Shots 3 07/25/2015 vs Shots on Goal 0 03/28/2015 vs 0 07/25/2015 vs Fouls Committed 4 10/04/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 4 06/24/2015 vs Corner Kicks 1 06/24/2015 vs 1 07/25/2015 vs 1 10/25/2015 vs Offside 0 03/14/2015 vs 0 04/04/2015 vs 0 04/18/2015 vs 0 04/26/2015 vs 0 05/27/2015 vs Saves 0 03/28/2015 vs 0 08/16/2015 vs 0 10/25/2015 vs Shots Faced 0 03/28/2015 vs 0 08/16/2015 vs

MTL

L 0-1

DAL MTL

T 0-0 L 0-1

T 1-1

PHI

L 0-1

PHI MTL RSL

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

SJ HOU COL POR COL

L W W W W

DAL ORL RSL

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

DAL ORL

T 0-0 W 4-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)

HOU NE DAL VAN

T W W W

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

DAL

W 4-0

NYR DAL COL

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

DAL

W 3-1

HOU

L 0-1

COL

L 0-2

PHI COL

W 3-2 L 0-2

NE DAL ORL HOU

W W L L

POR SJ

T 0-0 L 0-1

L 0-5

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

Shots 5 08/22/2015 at Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 at Fouls Committed 7 06/06/2015 at 7 09/18/2015 at Fouls Suffered 6 05/23/2015 at Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 at 2 05/20/2015 at 2 07/12/2015 at 2 10/03/2015 at Offside 0 03/08/2015 at 0 03/21/2015 at 0 05/23/2015 at 0 06/21/2015 at 0 06/27/2015 at 0 08/19/2015 at 0 08/29/2015 at 0 10/16/2015 at Saves 0 04/11/2015 at 0 04/25/2015 at Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 at

CLB

L 2-3

RSL

T 0-0

SEA DAL

W 1-0 W 3-1

SEA

T 0-0

NYC NE VAN POR

W W W W

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

NYR POR SEA RSL COL SJ COL SJ

T T T L W L L L

1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-0 0-5 1-2 0-1

RSL HOU

T 0-0 T 4-4

RSL

T 0-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS SOUNDERS FC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sounders FC

Sounders FC 7 wins, 13 goals Sporting KC 2 wins, 8 goals 3 ties 4/11/2009 10/17/2009 4/17/2010 10/9/2010 5/21/2011 8/6/2011 6/20/2012 5/8/2013 3/8/2014 5/23/2015 6/6/2015 9/27/2015

KC 1 at SEA SEA 3 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 1 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 0 vs KC KC 1 vs SEA KC 1 vs SEA

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

(Q) (CA) (Q) (CA) (Q) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q) (Q) (SP) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 3 58 17 72 19 25

2 10 69 27 58 15 25

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC Tot 13 127 44 130 34 50

1 2 71 27 85 6 36

2 6 73 20 85 9 32

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 8 144 47 170 15 68

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC SEA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 1

0 1

2 0

0 2

4 8

0 0

8 13

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Sigi Schmid

vs. KC

Peter Vermes

vs. SEA

20-168 1-7-3

(1.55 pts./game) (0.55 pts./game)

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

1 2 19 8 20 25 5 1 2 15 4

Sounders FC 13 times 3 times Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Osvaldo Alonso Osvaldo Alonso Kasey Keller Frei/Dragavon Keller/Frei Keller/Frei Kasey Keller

2 1 13 4 17 11 1 5 2 9 8

Sporting KC Davy Arnaud 7 times Kei Kamara 4 times Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Hartman/Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sounders FC 1 13 players tied 2 Jaqua/Ljungberg 6 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 3 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 4 Cooper/Alonso 7 Osvaldo Alonso (03/08/14) 1 5 players tied 6 Stefan Frei (09/27/15) 2 Kasey Keller (10/17/09)

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

Sporting KC 1 8 players tied 1 7 players tied 6 Kamara/Dwyer 3 Kamara/Anor 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer 1 3 players tied 6 Tim Melia (06/06/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

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

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 Ws 2 Ts 1 Ts

(10/25/2015) (09/12/2015) (10/04/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 Ws (08/08/2015) 1 Ws (10/25/2015) 1 Ts (09/27/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-0

3 Ts 1 Ws

(09/12/2015) (10/25/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ls (10/16/2015) 3 Ws (09/18/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

8 Ls 4 Ts 4 Ws 6 Ws 1 Ws

(06/06/2015) (09/12/2015) (05/16/2015) (03/08/2015) (08/16/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

3 1 1 3 3

Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws

(09/23/2015) (10/03/2015) (10/25/2015) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

5 Ws 1 Ws 2 Ls 4 Ls 1 Ls

(05/27/2015) (10/25/2015) (06/20/2015) (03/14/2015) (06/28/2015)

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 1 4 2 1

Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls

(10/03/2015) (10/25/2015) (06/21/2015) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)

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SOUNDERS FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (7-2-3) PLAYER

MIN

Nate Jaqua Mauro Rosales Mike Fucito Tyrone Marshall Chad Barrett Alvaro Fernandez Patrick Ianni Roger Levesque Obafemi Martins Lamar Neagle Sanna Nyassi Jeff Parke Djimi Traore Freddie Ljungberg Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Gonzalo Pineda Tyson Wahl Team totals Opponent totals

4 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 2 5 2 4 2 3 3 8 3 2 12 12

2 3 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 7 3 2 12 12

240 245 61 271 96 169 182 186 180 268 93 360 180 260 213 632 270 180 1080 1080

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 8

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 12 7

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

5 3 5 1 5 5 2 2 2 11 3 2 1 2 9 7 1 1 127 144

1 4 6 1 1 12 12

90 360 479 90 61 1080 1080

3 17 20 4 3 47 44

3 15 15 3 2 38 29

0.00 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.48 0.67 1.08

0 1 1 0 0 2 0

Michael Gspurning Stefan Frei Kasey Keller Andrew Weber Ben Dragavon Team totals Opponent totals

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. SOUNDERS FC (2-7-3) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Davy Arnaud Jacob Peterson Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Zoltan Hercegfalvi Kei Kamara Josh Wolff Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Amadou Dia Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Team totals Opponent totals

5 5 3 4 1 7 4 9 4 3 7 4 12 12

5 5 1 4 1 4 3 8 4 3 6 4 12 12

450 342 138 335 70 413 284 767 360 270 553 343 1080 1080

2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 13

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 12

12 7 9 7 1 13 4 4 2 1 0 2 144 127

Tim Melia Jon Kempin Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Team totals Opponent totals

2 1 1 6 2 12 12

MIN SHTS 180 90 90 540 180 1080 1080

7 3 5 17 12 44 47

GAA

7 2 4 9 7 29 38

0.00 1.00 1.00 1.33 1.50 1.08 0.67

0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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CURRENT SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC (7-2-3)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. SOUNDERS FC (2-7-3)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Clint Dempsey Chad Marshall Obafemi Martins Michael Farfan Brad Evans Nathan Sturgis Osvaldo Alonso Oniel Fisher Stefan Frei Erik Friberg Andreas Ivanschitz Darwin Jones Joevin Jones Tyrone Mears Dylan Remick Cristian Roldan Zach Scott Nelson Haedo Valdez Team totals Opponent totals

12 28 2 7 10 9 11 1 10 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 6 1 12 12

11 28 2 6 7 8 11 1 10 0 1 0 1 3 3 1 6 1 12 12

1023 2419 180 556 670 660 973 90 900 17 64 10 90 270 270 94 536 84 1080 1080

3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8

2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7

29 18 2 13 7 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 127 144

Brad Davis Benny Feilhaber Jacob Peterson Dom Dwyer Justin Mapp Matt Besler Amadou Dia Saad Abdul-Salaam Bernardo Anor Marcel de Jong Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Connor Hallisey Jon Kempin Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Amobi Okugo Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Erik Palmer-Brown Jordi Quintilla Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

11 7 9 3 6 9 3 3 4 1 4 7 3 1 1 2 3 6 5 6 2 5 1 1 3 9 12 12

11 7 7 1 4 8 3 0 3 1 4 5 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 5 12 12

922 605 529 138 306 767 270 61 264 58 360 469 209 90 58 180 225 238 405 313 180 203 90 90 195 534 1080 1080

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 8 13

7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12

17 12 10 9 5 4 1 0 12 5 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 6 4 3 1 3 0 3 1 8 144 127

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

10 12 12

900 1080 1080

46 47 44

35 0.90 38 0.67 29 1.08

1 2 0

7 2 29 38

0.00 1.00 1.08 0.67

0 0 0 2

GOALKEEPER

Tim Melia Jon Kempin Team totals Opponent totals

2 1 12 12

MIN SHTS 180 90 1080 1080

7 3 44 47

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SEA-SKC GAME NOTES

M AT C H I N F O R M AT I O N

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC Kickoff: March 6, 2016 | 4:00 p.m. PT Location: Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field | Seattle, Wash. Referee: Alan Kelly Assistants: Ian Anderson, Apolinar Mariscal Fourth Official: Drew Fischer BROADCAST INFORMATION National TV: FS1 / FOX Deportes Talent: John Strong, Alexi Lalas and -Julie Stewart-Binks Local Radio: KIRO Radio 97.3 FM Talent: Matt Johnson and Kasey Keller Pre and Post-Match Radio: Jason Rantz, Wade Webber and Danny Jackson Local Spanish Radio: El Rey 1360 AM Talent: Mario Rodriguez and Felipe Maqueda

Latin America: FOX Middle East and North Africa: Abu Dhabi Sports China: LETV Europe (excluding UK and Ireland): Eurosport Doha, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong: BeIN Sports (Asia Aus) Africa: FOX Indonesia and Philippines: BeIN Sports (Asia) MEDIA SERVICES A variety of media resources - including Sounders FC's media guide, player and coach interviews, archived press releases, photos for editorial use, game guides, credential request forms - can be found at: www.SoundersFC.com/Media

SOUNDERS FC PROBABLE LINEUP 16

Valdez 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Morris 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Ivanschitz 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Alonso 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Sunday’s contest marks the first competitive match of 2016 for Sporting, who lost to eventual MLS Cup champion Portland Timbers on penalty kicks in a thrilling Knockout Round defeat last postseason. Meanwhile, the host side enters Sunday having already competed in a two-legged Knockout Round series in the 2015-2016 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League. Sounders FC fell by an aggregate score of 5-3 to defending champion Club America, including a 2-2 draw at CenturyLink Field on February 23 and a 3-1 loss at Estadio Azteca on March 2. Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page

INTERNATIONAL TV

Jones 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Sounders FC begins its eighth MLS season on Sunday evening with a nationally televised tilt against Sporting KC at CenturyLink Field. After reaching the postseason for the seventh consecutive season in 2015 - tied with the LA Galaxy for the longest such streak in MLS - the Rave Green look to jump out to another hot start in league play. Since 2009, Seattle has posted a 5-2-0 record in season openers at CenturyLink Field, including a 1-0 win over Sporting KC on March 8, 2014.

Dempsey 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

8 Friberg 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Evans 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Marshall 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

4 Mears 0 GP, 0 G, 0 A

Frei 0 GP, 0 GA, 0 SHO

*Potentially making his

MLS debut

2015 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 This Week vs. Sporting KC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Sounders FC Weekly Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Sounders FC History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Awards and Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 2016 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 2015 Statistics and Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Mini-Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

2016 SNAPSHOT SEATTLE Overall Record 0-0-0 Goals Scored 0 Goals Scored Per Game 0.00 Goals Allowed 00 Goals Allowed Per Game 0.00 Goal Differential 0

SPORTING KC 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0

Individual Leaders (2015): Goals Assists Goalkeeper

Martins (15) Dempsey (10) Frei (1.06)

Dwyer (12) Feilhaber (15) Melia (1.22)

SOUNDERS FC INJURY REPORT

QUESTIONABLE None

OUT Torres (L ACL tear)

SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | MARCH 6, 2016 - 4:00 P.M. PT 2016 SOUNDERS FC SCHEDULE MLS REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 0-0-0 (HOME: 0-0-0; AWAY: 0-0-0) 2016 ALL COMPETITIONS RECORD: 0-1-1 (HOME: 0-0-1; AWAY: 0-1-0) DAY DATE OPPONENT FEBRUARY Tue. 2/23 Club America

TIME (PT)

TV/ATT.

W-L-D

D, 2-2

42,836

0-0-1

SEA: Dempsey (44, 52); CA: Quintero (45), Peralta (70)

0-1-1

SEA: Aguilar (41 - OG); CA: Quintero (42), Peralta (45+1), Andrade (50)

Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat.

MARCH 3/2 3/6 3/12 3/19

at Club America Sporting KC at Real Salt Lake Vancouver

L, 3-2 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

FS1 JOEtv Q13 FOX

Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.

APRIL 4/2 4/10 4/16 4/23 4/30

Montreal at Houston Philadelphia at Colorado Columbus

7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

Q13 FOX ESPN JOEtv Q13 FOX JOEtv

Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

MAY 5/7 5/14 5/21 5/28

San Jose at FC Dallas Colorado at New England

7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m.

Q13 FOX Q13 FOX JOEtv JOEtv

JUNE Wed. 6/1 Sun. 6/19 Sat. 6/25

at D.C. United at New York New York City

5:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

Q13 FOX FS1 ESPN

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

JULY 7/2 7/9 7/13 7/17 7/24 7/31

at Toronto LA Galaxy FC Dallas at Portland at Sporting KC LA Galaxy

TBD 12:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

JOEtv ESPN Q13 FOX FOX ESPN ESPN

Sun. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun.

AUGUST 8/7 8/14 8/21 8/24 8/28

at Orlando Real Salt Lake Portland at Houston at Portland

4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

FS1 FS1 FS1 JOEtv ESPN

Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed.

SEPTEMBER 9/10 at San Jose 9/17 Vancouver 9/25 at LA Galaxy 9/28 Chicago

7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBD 7:30 p.m.

JOEtv JOEtv ESPN JOEtv

Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun.

OCTOBER 10/2 10/12 10/16 10/23

5:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

FS1 JOEtv JOEtv JOEtv

at Vancouver Houston at FC Dallas Real Salt Lake

POS.

GOAL SCORERS

*Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League

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SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | MARCH 6, 2016 - 4:00 P.M. PT T HI S W EEK VS. SPO RT I NG KC SERI ES NO T ES Sounders FC is 7-2-3 all-time against Sporting, including a 3-1-2 record on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field. Sporting delivered Sounders FC its first-ever loss in MLS in April 2009 before going winless in the next nine matches. Last season, the two sides played to a scoreless draw in May, a 1-0 SKC win in June and a 1-1 draw in September. Sunday’s match is the first of two contests between the clubs in 2016, with the second date coming July 24 at Sporting Park. The all-time series between Seattle and Sporting KC has historically been low-scoring and close. On six occasions, Seattle has scored in the 90th minute or later and all 12 meetings have been decided by one goal or fewer. Eleven of the 12 meetings have had three combined goals or fewer.

SERI ES SNAPSHO T SEATTLE 1 2 Total 3 10 13 58 69 127 17 27 44 72 58 130 19 15 34 24 25 49

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

SEA SKC

SPORTING KC 1 2 Total 2 6 8 71 73 144 27 20 47 85 85 170 6 9 15 35 31 66

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 1 1 1 0 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 4

Total 13 8

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS

ABOUT SPORTING Sporting heads into the 2016 campaign after posting a 14-11-9 record last season. The club secured the sixth MLS Cup Playoffs position, which resulted in a thrilling Knockout Round exit against the eventual champion Portland Timbers. After a 2-2 stalemate over 120 minutes, the host side defeated Sporting 7-6 in penalty kicks at Providence Park.

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

SEATTLE 1 13 players tied 2 3 players tied 19 Fredy Montero 8 Fredy Montero 20 Osvaldo Alonso 25 Alonso/Montero

SPORTING KC 2 Davy Arnaud 1 7 players tied 13 Kei Kamara 4 4 players tied 17 Aurelien Collin 11 C.J. Sapong

One of 10 charter clubs of MLS, the organization has competed in the league since 1996, although changed its name from Kansas City Wizards in 2010. The club won MLS Cup in 2000 and 2013.

Wins Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

5 2 15 4

1 2 9 8

SPO RT I NG NO TABL ES Sporting is led by a pair of United States Men’s National Team veterans in defender Matt Besler and midfielder Graham Zusi. Besler has 31 appearances for the Stars and Stripes, while Zusi has 32 appearances and three goals. In 2015, midfield architect Benny Feilhaber paced the club with 15 assists and ranked second with 10 goals. Forward Dom Dwyer led Sporting with 12 goals, 96 shots and 40 shots on goal. The club is led under the direction of Head Coach Peter Vermes, who has recorded 90 wins since taking the job in 2009. As a player, Vermes made over 300 club appearances and was capped by the USMNT 66 times.

DATE 3/02/09 3/25/10 3/15/11 3/17/12 3/02/13 3/08/14 3/08/15 3/06/16

OPPONENT New York Philadelphia LA Galaxy Toronto FC Montreal Sporting KC New England Sporting KC

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RESULT W, 3-0 W, 2-0 L, 0-1 W, 3-1 L, 0-1 W, 1-0 W, 3-0 TBD

Hartman/Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Saves Goals Allowed

SEATTLE 1 13 players tied 2 Ljungberg/Jaqua 6 Montero (4/11/09) 3 Montero (4/11/09) 4 Cooper (3/8/14) 7 Alonso (3/8/14) 4 Keller (10/17/09) 2 Keller (10/17/09)

SPORTING KC 1 8 players tied 1 7 players tied 6 Kamara/Dwyer 3 Kamara (8/6/11) 6 Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer 6 Melia (6/6/15) 3 Hartman (10/17/09)

A L L - T I M E S E R I E S R E S U LT S

HOME-OPENERS REWIND For the eighth consecutive season, Sounders FC will open regular season action on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field. Historically, the home field advantage has yielded good results for the Rave Green having posted a 5-2-0 record and a 12-2 goal differential. Seattle has never allowed more than one goal in a season-opener and has recorded four shutouts. Sporting KC is the first opponent to face Seattle twice in a season-opener.

Kasey Keller Frei/Keller Kasey Keller Kasey Keller

Seattle Sounders FC Record: 7-2-3 Home Games: 3-1-2 (4 GF, 2 GA) Road Games: 4-1-1 (9 GF, 6 GA) Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014 05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015

Result SEA 0 vs. KC 1 SEA 3 at KC 2 SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1 SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 2 at KC 1 SEA 1 vs. KC 1 SEA 1 at KC 0 SEA 1 vs. KC 0 SEA 0 vs. KC 0 SEA 0 at KC 1 SEA 1 at KC 1

W/L/D L W W W W W D W W D L D

Location CenturyLink Field CommunityAmerica BallPark CenturyLink Field CommunityAmerica BallPark CenturyLink Field Sporting Park CenturyLink Field Sporting Park CenturyLink Field CenturyLink Field Sporting Park Sporting Park

SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | MARCH 6, 2016 - 4:00 P.M. PT SO UNDERS F C W EEKLY NO T ES C L U B A M E R I C A O U S T S R AV E G R E E N

SO UNDERS F C SI G NS O AL EX ANDERSO N

Seattle Sounders FC competed in the second leg of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League’s Knockout Round on Wednesday evening, falling 3-1 to defending champion Club America at Estadio Azteca. An America own goal briefly put Seattle in position to secure advancement, but the host side responded with two quick strikes on the brink of halftime.

Seattle Sounders FC announced on March 1 the signing of St. Vincent and the Grenadines international Oalex Anderson. The 20year-old spent the 2015 season with Sounders FC 2 in the club’s inaugural USL campaign, scoring four goals in 16 appearances. Anderson joins fellow forward Andy Craven as the second player to make the jump from S2 to the Sounders FC First Team roster.

Featuring the same starting lineup as the first leg at CenturyLink Field, Sounders FC kept Club America at bay for the vast majority of the first half. Fortune fell in the Rave Green’s favor in the 41st minute, when Osvaldo Alonso’s cross deflected off America’s Pablo Aguilar and rolled into the net for a 1-0 Seattle lead.

Anderson started seven of 16 appearances for Sounders FC 2 during the 2015 USL season after signing on April 11. The speedy striker scored four goals in just 758 minutes, as the Rave Green notched a postseason appearance in their inaugural campaign. Prior to joining Seattle, Anderson scored 12 goals in 18 appearances for Grenades FC in the 2014 season playing in Antigua and Barbuda. Prior to that, he was the top scorer in the NLA Premier League in 2013 while playing with System 3 FC in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

In similar fashion to last Tuesday’s contest, America responded quickly to Seattle’s goal on a brisk counterattack to equalize at 1-1 in the 42nd minute. Midfielder Rubens Sambueza connected with forward Darwin Quintero, who sent the game-tying header into the net from close range. Just minutes later, America took the lead on a header by Oribe Peralta on another cross by Sambueza. The host side extended the lead to 3-1 in the 50th minute, when Andres Andrade received a pass from Paul Aguilar and finished a wide-open shot from just inside Seattle’s area.

U N B E AT E N S T R E A K C O N T I N U E S

Dating back to the end of the 2015 regular season, Sounders FC hasn’t lost in league play for eight straight matches. The current streak, which includes four wins and four draws, is one match away from matching the longest run without a loss in club history. The longest Sounders FC unbeaten streak is nine games (6-0-3) from May 28-July 16 during the 2011 season. LONGEST UNBEATEN LEAGUE STREAKS IN CLUB HISTORY STREAK 9 8 7 7

W-L-D 6-0-3 4-0-4 5-0-2 5-0-2

YEAR 2009 2015-? 2013 2010

DATES 5/28-7/16 8/30-present 8/25-9/29 7/11-8/28

CURRENT LEAGUE WINNING STREAK RESULTS 8/30 W, 2-1 vs. Portland 9/5 W, 2-1 vs. Toronto 9/12 D, 1-1 at San Jose 9/19 W, 3-0 at Vancouver 9/27 D, 1-1 at Sporting KC 10/4 D, 1-1 vs. LA Galaxy 10/18D, 1-1 at Houston 10/25W, 2-1 vs. Real Salt Lake

BY THE NUMBERS

Consecutive league openers for Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field, including Sunday. The host club has posted a 5-2-0 record.

12:

Consecutive regular season meetings between Seattle and Sporting KC have been decided by one goal or fewer. Eleven of the 12 meetings have featured three combined goals or fewer.

1: Player in MLS to have at least 10 goals and 10 assists in each of the past two seasons: Clint Dempsey.

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Anderson has 20 caps for the St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Team since his debut in February of 2014, scoring 10 international goals. He found the net against the U.S. Men’s National Team for an opening strike five minutes into the match in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier in November at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, but the Vincy Heat lost the contest 6-1.

O CKF O RD L O ANED, SCHW EI T Z ER TO S2 Sounders FC announced on March 1 that it has loaned defender Jimmy Ockford to NASL side New York Cosmos, while Homegrown Player Jordan Schweitzer has been waived by the First Team and subsequently added to S2’s roster for 2016. A third-year pro with the Rave Green, Ockford previously spent the 2014 season on loan with the Cosmos, scoring two goals in 10 regular season appearances for the club, adding an additional strike in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play. Schweitzer was signed by Sounders FC on January 7, 2016 after a standout collegiate career at the University of Denver. After being waived by the First Team, the Sounders FC Homegrown Player has been added to S2’s 2016 roster. Schweitzer joins midfielders Carlos Patino and Amadou Sanyang, in addition to forward Myron Samuel, as the signed players to the S2 roster.

T HRO W BACK:03/ 08/ 2014 In the first match of an impressive campaign in which Sounders FC would record 20 wins and a Supporters’ Shield trophy, the Rave Green topped Sporting KC 1-0 on a late goal by Chad Barrett. In his team debut, Barrett came onto the pitch for Kenny Cooper in the 78th minute, before netting the match’s lone score four minutes into second half stoppage-time. Leading-up to the goal, Clint Dempsey’s header from Homegrown Player Sean Okoli struck the crossbar, which was then retrieved by Barrett who scored on the follow-up. It marked the fourth time in the past five matchups that Sounders FC defeated Sporting KC on a winner in stoppage time. 4

SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | MARCH 6, 2016 - 4:00 P.M. PT SO UNDERS F C HI STO RY HEAD COACH SIGI SCHMID Named the first Head Coach of Seattle Sounders FC on December 16, 2008, Sigi Schmid is the winningest coach in MLS history. Since 1999, Schmid’s teams have won nine major titles, including two MLS Cups. A two-time MLS Coach of the Year, Schmid has led Sounders FC to seven-consecutive appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs, marking the second-longest active streak while nearing the record for most consecutive postseason appearances by an expansion team. Schmid also guided Sounders FC to a record three-straight Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles, becoming the first team in 42 years to win back-to-back championships. Schmid joined Sounders FC in its inaugural campaign after leading the Columbus Crew to its first MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield, earning MLS Coach of the Year honors in 2008. From 1999 through 2004, Schmid’s L.A. Galaxy teams won four major competitions: the 2002 MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield, the 2001 U.S. Open Cup and the 2001 CONCACAF Champions Cup. He was voted the MLS Coach of the Year in his first season, 1999. Altogether, his Galaxy teams were 79-53-32 and reached the MLS Cup final four times, winning three division crowns. Schmid has twice served as the U.S. U-20 National Team head coach, most recently in 2005 at the FIFA World Championships. Schmid first forged a winning tradition at his alma mater, UCLA. After serving as an assistant, he was elevated to head coach of the Bruins in 1980, beginning a 19-year run at the helm. He claimed three national titles (1985, 1990, 1997) and was named national coach of the year following the 1997 championship. His UCLA teams accumulated a record of 322-63-33. Schmid ranks No. 1 in MLS career victories (222) and games coached (485). Overall, Schmid’s record in MLS is 222-153-111. His combined postseason win total (26) is the second-highest in MLS history.

MOST ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON MLS WINS Rank 1 2 3 4 5

Coaches Sigi Schmid Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Frank Yallop Bob Bradley

Wins 222 190 152 130 124

MOST ALL-TIME POSTSEASON MLS WINS Rank 1 2 3 4 5

Coaches Bruce Arena Sigi Schmid Dominic Kinnear Bob Bradley Steve Nicol

Wins 29 26 15 14 11

SCHMID VS. MLS Team Regular Season Chicago 17-9-9 Chivas USA 11-5-6 Colorado 27-12-8 Columbus 9-6-7 D.C. United 19-10-5 FC Dallas 20-10-12 Houston 6-5-5 Kansas City 20-16-8 L.A. Galaxy 7-9-8 Miami 4-1-1 Montreal 1-3-0 New England 14-12-7 New York 12-15-7 New York City 1-0-0 Orlando City 1-0-0 Philadelphia 3-3-2 Portland 7-4-4 Real Salt Lake9-9-5 San Jose 16-16-7 Tampa Bay 3-2-1 Toronto 10-2-4 Vancouver 5-5-4 TOTAL 222-153-111

Postseason Total 2-0-1 19-9-10 11-5-6 6-1-0 33-13-8 9-6-7 0-1-0 19-11-5 2-0-4 23-11-15 0-1-1 6-6-7 4-2-1 24-17-7 3-4-0 10-13-8 4-1-1 1-3-0 1-0-0 15-12-7 2-1-1 14-16-8 1-0-0 1-0-0 3-3-2 0-2-0 7-6-4 2-1-1 11-10-6 1-2-0 17-18-8 2-0-0 5-2-1 10-2-4 5-5-4 26-15-9 248-169-119

SO UNDERS F C AL L -T I ME L EADERS (ML S) SINGLE SEASON

CAREER GAMES 193 Alonso 165 Evans 135 Gonzalez 119 Montero 116 Neagle

STARTED 188 Alonso 151 Evans 119 Gonzalez 109 Montero 103 Hurtado

MINUTES 16,575 Alonso 13,051 Evans 10,568 Gonzalez 9,450 Montero 9,123 Hurtado

GOALS 47 Montero 40 Martins 26 Neagle 24 Dempsey 23 Johnson

ASSISTS 34 Montero 34 Rosales 26 Evans 22 Martins 19 Dempsey

SHOTS 411 Montero 221 Alonso 203 Dempsey 182 Neagle 161 Martins

WINS 44 Keller 33 Frei 24 Gspurning

SAVES 270 Keller 207 Frei 135 Gspurning

SHUTOUTS 30 Keller 19 Frei 18 Gspurning

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GAMES 34 Frei, 2014 34 Keller, 2011 33 Alonso, 2011 33 Montero, 2012 33 Rosales, 2013 33 Alonso, 2014

STARTED 34 Frei, 2014 34 Keller, 2011 33 Alonso, 2014 32 Alonso, 2011 32 Mears, 2015 31 Neagle, 2015 31 Marshall, 2014

MINUTES 3,060 Frei, 2014 3,060 Keller, 2011 2,952 Alonso, 2014 2,891 Alonso, 2011 2,870 Mears, 2015 2,790 Marshall, 2014

GOALS 17 Martins, 2014 15 Dempsey, 2014 15 Martins, 2015 14 Johnson, 2012 13 Montero, 2012

ASSISTS 13 Martins, 2014 13 Rosales, 2012 13 Rosales, 2011 10 Montero, 2010 10 Dempsey, 2014

SHOTS 126 Montero, 2012 113 Dempsey, 2014 108 Montero, 2011 91 Montero, 2010 86 Montero, 2009

WINS 20 Frei, 2014 18 Keller, 2011 14 Keller, 2010

SAVES 111 Frei, 2015 110 Keller, 2011 99 Frei, 2014

SHUTOUTS 11 Keller, 2010 10 Frei, 2015 10 2 others 5

SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | MARCH 6, 2016 - 4:00 P.M. PT 2016 TRANSACTIONS

2 0 1 5 M L S W E E K LY AWA R D S DATE Week 1

Week 1 Week 5 Week 7

Week 9

NAME F Clint Dempsey F Obafemi Martins D Tyrone Mears F Clint Dempsey D Chad Marshall F Obafemi Martins M Lamar Neagle GK Stefan Frei F Obafemi Martins

GK Stefan Frei D Chad Marshall

AWARD MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week AT&T Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week AT&T Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week AT&T Goal of the Week MLSSoccer.com Player of the Week MLSSoccer.com Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLS Save of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week

MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week MLSSoccer.com Player of the Week MLSSoccer.com Team of the Week Week 13 M Marco Pappa AT&T Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week GK Stefan Frei MLS Save of the Week Week 15 GK Stefan Frei MLS Save of the Week F Obafemi Martins MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week M Lamar Neagle MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Sigi Schmid MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Week 18 D Tyrone Mears MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Week 24 F Obafemi Martins AT&T Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Week 25 GK Stefan Frei MLS Save of the Week Week 26 GK Stefan Frei MLS Save of the Week MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Week 27 F Clint Dempsey MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week GK Stefan Frei MLS Save of the Week Week 29 D Chad Marshall MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week M Gonzalo Pineda AT&T Goal of the Week

DATE March 1

Feb. 25

PLAYER Oalex Anderson Jimmy Ockford Jordan Schweitzer Obafemi Martins

Feb. 23 Jan. 22 Jan. 21

Nathan Sturgis Zach Scott Jordan Morris

Jan. 20 Jan. 19

Michael Farfan Emir Alihodzic Michael Nelson

Jan. 14

D Dylan Remick Week 11 F Chad Barrett

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Joevin Jones Tony Alfaro Zach Mathers

Jan. 11 Jan. 7

Troy Perkins Gonzalo Pineda Jordan Schweitzer

Dec. 21

Andy Craven Tyler Miller 9 players 11 players

Dec. 2 Dec. 2

TRANSACTION Signed to contract Loaned to New York Cosmos Added to S2 roster Transferred to Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC Signed to contract Re-signed with Sounders FC Signed to Homegrown Player contract Signed to contract Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 54th overall pick Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 76th overall pick Acquired from Chicago for 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick and General Allocation Money Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 27th overall pick Selected in MLS SuperDraft with 35th overall pick Retired Retired Signed to Homegrown Player contract Signed to contract Signed to contract Contract options declined Contract options exercised

SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | MARCH 6, 2016 - 4:00 P.M. PT 2016 SOUNDERS FC ROSTER NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24 29 31 33 39 80 91 99

NAME Tyler Miller Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Tyrone Mears Jimmy Ockford* Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Erik Friberg Aaron Kovar Michael Farfan Jordan Morris Chad Marshall Dylan Remick Nelson Valdez Darwin Jones Nathan Sturgis Zach Scott Charlie Lyon Andreas Ivanschitz Stefan Frei Román Torres Damion Lowe Joevin Jones Oalex Anderson Victor Mansaray Oniel Fisher Andy Craven

POS GK F M D D M M M M M F D D F F M D GK M GK D D D F F M/D F

HT 6-4 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-11 5-8 5-11 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-4 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3 5-11 5-8 5-11 5-9 5-11

WT 195 170 170 163 185 155 165 154 155 160 185 190 165 160 175 160 175 215 180 195 195 175 160 155 180 155 167

BIRTHDATE 3/12/93 3/09/83 4/20/85 2/18/83 6/10/92 11/11/85 6/03/95 2/10/86 8/14/93 6/23/88 10/26/94 8/22/84 5/19/91 11/28/83 4/04/92 7/6/87 7/2/80 4/10/92 10/15/83 4/20/86 3/20/86 5/05/93 8/3/91 11/1193 2/22/97 11/22/91 1/21/92

HOMETOWN Woodbury, NJ Nacogdoches, TX Phoenix, AZ Manchester, England Yardley, PA San Cristobal, Cuba Pico Rivera, CA Göteborg, Sweden Seattle, WA San Diego, CA Mercer Island, WA Riverside, CA Inverness, IL Caaguazú, Paraguay Des Moines, WA St. Augustine, FL Haiku, HI St. Charles, IL Eisenstadt, Austria Altstaetten, Switzerland Panama City, Panama Kingston, Jamaica Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago Barrouallie, St. Vincent Fife, WA Portmore, Jamaica St. Simons Island, GA

PREVIOUS CLUB Northwestern (NCAA) Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Columbus Bolton (ENG) Louisville (NCAA) Charleston (USL) Washington (NCAA) Esbjerg (DEN) Stanford (NCAA) D.C. United Stanford (NCAA) Columbus Brown (NCAA) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) Washington (NCAA) Houston Seattle (USL) Marquette (NCAA) Levante (ESP) Toronto FC Milionarios (COL) Hartford (NCAA) Chicago Sounders FC 2 (USL) Sounders FC Academy New Mexico (NCAA) Sounders FC 2 (USL)

*Out on loan PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 4 6 7 8 23 24 29 33 39 80 91

Name Tyrone Mears Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Erik Friberg Andreas Ivanschitz Stefan Frei Román Torres Joevin Jones Oalex Anderson Victor Mansaray Oniel Fisher

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

Pronunciation MEERS ahs-VAHL-doe Roll-dahn Free-burg ee-van-SHETZ STEF-in FRY roe-MAHN JOE-vin OH-lex MAN-sur-AY Oh-neel

COACHING STAFF Sigi Schmid Brian Schmetzer Ante Razov Djimi Traore Tom Dutra David Tenney Kurt Schmid Chad Kolarcik

Head Coach Top Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Goalkeeper Coach Sports Science and Performance Manager Assistant Coach/Scout Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

TEAM STAFF General Manager & President of Soccer: Garth Lagerwey Head Coach: Sigi Schmid Sporting Director: Chris Henderson Team Administration Director: Grant Clark Team Services Director: Vince Johnson Manager of Sports Science & Performance: Dave Tenney Strength and Conditioning Coach: Chad Kolarcik Sports Science Data Analyst: Ravi Ramineni Performanice Coach / Sports Scientist: Jarryd Phillips Director of Sports Medicine: Randy Noteboom Head Athletic Trainer: Chris Cornish Assistant Athletic Trainers: Paul Lombardo, Aki Tajima Head Equipment Manager: Nolan Myer Assistant Equipment Managers: Brett Johnson, Scott Tranilla SoundersFC.com/Media

SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY | MARCH 6, 2016 - 4:00 P.M. PT 2 0 1 5 M L S R E G U L A R S E A S O N S TAT I S T I C S UNF 9 2 19 27 10 4 3 8 18 16 12 23 5 28 7 29 24 14 6 15 20 91 42 1 11 17 21 99 80 13 31 22

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

Player Obafemi Martins Clint Dempsey Chad Barrett Lamar Neagle Marco Pappa Tyrone Mears Brad Evans Gonzalo Pineda Thomás Nelson Valdez Leo Gonzalez Andreas Ivanschitz Andy Rose Erik Friberg Cristian Roldan Román Torres Stefan Frei Chad Marshall Osvaldo Alonso Dylan Remick Zach Scott Oniel Fisher Micheal Azira Troy Perkins Aaron Kovar Darwin Jones Jimmy Ockford Andy Craven Victor Mansaray Andres Correa Damion Lowe Charlie Lyon Team totals Opponent totals

GP 21 20 18 31 20 33 28 28 11 7 16 6 25 13 22 4 31 29 22 19 20 11 11 4 6 9 1 3 3 0 0 0 34 34

GS 20 20 9 23 17 33 27 21 7 5 8 5 17 11 11 4 31 28 21 18 15 9 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 34

MIN 1805 1742 715 2028 1468 2960 2345 1845 547 413 712 439 1612 949 1114 315 2744 2529 1857 1607 1480 844 727 316 201 107 90 67 28 0 0 0 3060 3060

G 15 10 5 4 3 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 44 36

A 6 10 0 2 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 35

SHT 42 61 18 40 37 7 9 11 9 5 3 5 17 3 12 2 0 10 8 2 9 6 6 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 331 464

SOG 28 27 8 20 15 3 4 1 6 1 2 2 7 1 4 2 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 144 159

FC/FS 18/48 18/39 9/4 29/20 17/38 29/12 23/23 24/22 8/16 8/15 16/7 4/10 14/13 21/10 13/14 4/4 1/4 29/28 45/44 15/9 14/7 15/9 15/4 0/0 1/3 1/0 0/0 2/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 396/425 425/396

OFF 11 5 7 19 2 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 33

CK 1 0 0 4 49 8 0 27 7 0 0 15 0 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 162

C/E 2/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 2/0 3/0 4/0 5/1 1/0 0/0 1/0 1/0 4/0 3/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 2/0 7/0 1/0 4/0 4/0 2/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 53/1 59/5

GP-games played; GS-games started; MIN-minutes; G-goals;A-assists; P-points; SHT-shots; SOG-shots on goal; FC/FS-fouls committed/fouls suffered; CK-corner kicks; OFF-offsides; C/E-cautions/ejections

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Clint Dempsey (4), Chad Barrett (2), Lamar Neagle (2), Obafemi Martins (2), Marco Pappa (2), Tyrone Mears (1), Brad Evans (1), Andreas Ivanschitz (1) GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Clint Dempsey (4), Obafemi Martins (2), Marco Pappa (1), Tyrone Mears (1), Brad Evans (1), Lamar Neagle (1) PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Clint Dempsey 1-1, Brad Evans 1-1, Obafemi Martins 0-1

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF 24

POS

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHTS

GAA

W-L-T

Stefan Frei

2744

144

111

1.08

14-10-6

Troy Perkins

316

0.85

1-3-0

Charlie Lyon

0.00

0-0-0

Team totals

3060

159

123

1.06

15-13-6

Opponent totals

3060

144

1.29

13-15-6

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TYLER MILLER

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as a Designated Player on August 3, 2013. PREVIOUS CLUBS Tottenham Hotspur (England, 2012-2013), Fulham (England, 2007-2012), New England (2004-2006).

PREVIOUS CLUBS Seattle Sounders FC 2 (2015).

CAREER NOTES

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Made one appearance for Sounders FC 2, recording a shutout in a 4-0 win against Arizona United SC • A three-time All-Big-10 First Team selection and 2014 Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year • Only player to earn both All-America and Scholar All-America honors in 2014

• Former U.S. captain and second all-time with 48 goals for USMNT • Only player in MLS to record both 10 goals and 10 assists in each of the

past two seasons • Scored fastest goal in club history (23 seconds) in 3-2 loss vs. SJ (March 14, 2015) • Holds American record with 57 goals in EPL with Fulham and Tottenham • 25 goals and 14 assists in 71 appearances for New England Revolution from 2004-06

TYRONE MEARS

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Born: April 20, 1985 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Citizenship: United States College: UC Irvine

Height: 5-11 Weight: 163 Born: February 18, 1983 Hometown: Manchester, England Citizenship: England Pronunciation: MEERS

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected from Columbus in the MLS Expansion Draft on November 26, 2008. Signed multi-year contract on November 20, 2013.

Acquired as Discovery Signing on December 29, 2014.

PREVIOUS CLUBS Columbus (2007-08). CAREER NOTES

• Tied MLS record with three first-half assists at CHV (September 3, 2014) • Perfect 8/8 career on penalty kicks (10/10 across all competitions) • Scored latest goal in club history (in regulation) with penalty kick seven

minutes into stoppage time in 2-1 win against CD Olimpia (August 19, 2015) • Set career-high in games played and starts (29) in 2012 • Recorded game-winning assist in USMNT’s friendly win vs. GER (June 10, 2015) • Won 2008 MLS Cup with Columbus and four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups with Seattle • Has earned 25 caps for U.S. National Team with one goal

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HOW ACQUIRED

Signed to a First Team contract on December 21, 2015. Originally signed by Sounders FC 2 to contract on July 9, 2015 after being selected in the Second Round (33rd overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

BRAD EVANS

CLINT DEMPSEY

Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 Born: March 9, 1983 Hometown: Nacogdoches, Texas Citizenship: United States College: Furman

Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Born: March 12, 1993 Hometown: Woodbury, NJ College: Northwestern

PREVIOUS CLUBS Bolton Wanderers (England, 2011-2014), Burnley (England, 2009-2011), Marseille (France, 2008-2009), Derby County (England, 2007-2009), West Ham United (England, 2006-2007), Preston North End (England, 20022006), Manchester City (England, 2001-2002). CAREER NOTES

• Scored game-winner for first MLS goal in 1-0 win vs. D.C. United (July 3, 2015)

• Led team with 34 starts and 2,960 minutes in 2015 • Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for Week 1 and Week 18 (2015)

• In 2010-2011, made a career-high 49 total appearances for Burnley • Advanced Marseille through the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup with extra time game-winning goal in 2009

• Product of the Manchester City youth system

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JIMMY OCKFORD

OSVALDO ALONSO

Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 Born: June 10, 1992 Hometown: Yardley, PA Citizenship: United States College: Louisville

Height: 5-11 Weight: 155 Born: November 11, 1985 Hometown: San Cristóbal, Cuba Citizenship: Cuba Pronunciation: ahs-VAHL-doe

HOW ACQUIRED

Selected in the Second Round (21st overall) in 2014 MLS SuperDraft.

Signed as free agent on January 26, 2009. Signed to contract extension on February 17, 2011. Signed as a Designated Player on November 19, 2013.

CAREER NOTES

• Loaned to New York Cosmos for 2014 and 2016 season • Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana

(March 24, 2015) • Made MLS debut with start at Philadelphia (June 24, 2015) Started and played 81 minutes in 2-1 win vs. CD Olimpia in SCCL Group Stage (August 19, 2015) • Scored two goals in 10 appearances for Cosmos in 2014

PREVIOUS CLUBS Charleston Battery (USL, 2008), FC Pinar del Rio (Cuba, 2005-07). CAREER NOTES

• Voted team MVP for fourth consecutive season in 2013 • Seattle’s all-time leader in games played, starts and minutes • Named to the 2012 MLS Best XI for first time in his career • Granted full U.S. citizenship on June 16, 2012 • Capped 17 times by Cuban National Team and captain of

during 2008 Olympic qualifying

CRISTIAN ROLDAN

Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Born: June 3, 1995 Hometown: Pico Rivera, California Citizenship: United States College: Washington HOW ACQUIRED Drafted by Seattle as the 16th pick in the MLS SuperDraft on January 15, 2015 CAREER NOTES

• Appeared in 22 MLS regular season matches as a rookie, starting 11, which ranks third-most games played by a rookie in team history (2015) • Roldan recorded first career MLS assist on a goal by Obafemi Martins in a 3-0 win against Vancouver Whitecaps FC (September 19, 2015) • Named NSCAA Third Team All-American as a sophomore at University of Washington • 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year as a senior at El Racho High School

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ERIK FRIBERG

U-23 team

Height: 5-11 Weight: 154 Born: February 10, 1986 Hometown: Göteborg, Sweden Citizenship: Sweden HOW ACQUIRED Signed on June 29, 2015. PREVIOUS CLUBS Esbjerg (2014-2015), Bologna (2013-2014), Malmo FF (2012-2013), Sounders FC (2011), BK Hacken (2007-2010), Vastra Frolunda (2005) CAREER NOTES

• Scored second goal for Seattle across all competitions in SCCL match against CD Olimpia with 90th minute header in 2-1 win (August 19, 2015) • Recorded assist in consecutive MLS appearances (August 9 & 16, 2015) • Made 26 appearances for Sounders FC in 2011 • Has two career caps for the Swedish national team • Led BK Hacken with seven assists in 2009

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AARON KOVAR

MICHAEL FARFAN

Height: 5-10 Weight: 155 Born: August 14, 1993 Hometown: Seattle, Washington Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

Height: 5-9 Weight: 160 Born: June 23, 1988 Hometown: San Diego, California Citizenship: USA/Mexico College: North Carolina

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 8, 2014.

Signed to contract on January 20, 2016.

CAREER NOTES

PREVIOUS CLUBS

• Made MLS debut at D.C. United (June 28, 2014) • Drew penalty kick and recorded assist in professional debut, a 5-0 win vs.

D.C. United (2015), Cruz Azul (2014), Philadelphia Union (2011-2013).

PSA (June 18, 2014)

CAREER NOTES

2015) • Recorded two assists in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24, 2015) • Sounders FC Academy product and two-year starter at Stanford, where he totaled five goals and eight assists • 2012 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year • 2011 Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year as a senior at Garfield High School

• Started seven of 17 appearances for D.C. United (2015) • Score late game-winner in lone appearance for Cruz Azul of Liga MX

• Scored first professional goal in S2’s 1-0 win over LA Galaxy II (June 12,

JORDAN MORRIS

(2014) Set career-highs in games played, starts, minutes and assists in 2012 with the Philadelphia Union • Drafted by Philadelphia with No. 23 pick of 2011 MLS SuperDraft

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CHAD MARSHALL

Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Born: October 26, 1994 Hometown: Mercer Island, WA Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Born: August 22, 1984 Hometown: Riverside, California Citizenship: United States College: Stanford

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 21, 2016.

Selected in the first round (10th pick) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft on January 17, 2013.

CAREER NOTES

PREVIOUS CLUBS

• Made Sounders FC debut in 85 minutes of action in 2-2 draw versus Club America in SCCL Knockout Round (February 23, 2016) • Has seven caps and one goal for United States Men’s National Team • Became the firs college player since 1995 to make senior USMNT appearance (November 2014) • As a senior at Stanford, led Cardinal to National Championship and won the MAC Hermann Trophy • Scored 28 goals in 32 games for Sounders FC Academy in 2012

Columbus (2004-13).

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CAREER NOTES

• First player in MLS history to earn three Defender of the Year awards • Ranks in Top 20 among active players in games played • Played in 300th career match against Portland Timbers (June 28) • Named to 2015 MLS All-Star Gameday Roster and played 45 minutes • Capped 11 times by U.S. National Team

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DYLAN REMICK

Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Born: May 19, 1991 Hometown: Inverness, Ill. Citizenship: United States College: Brown

NELSON VALDEZ

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Born: November 28, 1983 Hometown: Caaguazu, Paraguay Citizenship: Paraguay HOW ACQUIRED

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Designated Player on August 7, 2015.

Selected in the second round (35th pick) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft on January 17, 2013.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

2015 NOTES

• Has started 18 of 19 appearances at leftback for Sounders FC • Made first start of season against Houston (April 4)

Eintracht Frankfurt (2014-2015), Olympiacos (2014), Al Jazira (2013-2014), Valencia (2012-2013), Rubin Kazan (2011-2013), Hèrcules (2010-2011), Borussia Dortmund (2006-2010), Werder Bremen (2002-2006), Werder Bremen II (2001-2002).

CAREER NOTES

• Made first start of career in season opener vs. KC (March 8, 2014) • Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week in Week 9 (2015) • Three-time First Team All-Ivy League at Brown • Two-time sectional champion in the 400m dash in high school

• Became fourth player in team history to score in club debut in 4-0 win vs.

DARWIN JONES

ORL (August 16)

• Recorded goal and two assists in SCCL win vs. VAN (September 23,

2015) • 15 seasons in the European topflight, including over 200 appearances in the German Bundesliga, scoring 37 goals • 68 career caps and 12 goals for Paraguayan National Team, appearing in two FIFA World Cups and two Copa America tournaments • 18 UEFA Champions League appearances, helping Werder Bremen to a Round of 16 appearance in 2005-06

NATHAN STURGIS

Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Born: April 4, 1992 Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Citizenship: United States College: Washington

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Born: July 6, 1987 Hometown: St. Augustine, Florida Citizenship: USA College: Clemson

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on January 9, 2015.

Signed to contract on February 23, 2016.

CAREER NOTES

PREVIOUS CLUBS

• Nine MLS appearances in rookie season and made first start in SCCL win

Houston Dynamo (2015), Chivas USA (2014), Colorado Rapids (20132014), Houston Dynamo (2012), Toronto FC (2011), Sounders FC (20092010), Real Salt Lake (2007-2008), LA Galaxy (2006-2007).

vs. CD Olimpia (August 19, 2015) • Second on S2 with four goals, including hat trick in 4-0 S2 win over Whitecaps FC 2 (March 29, 2015) • All-PAC 12 First Team selection for two seasons at Washington • Scored team-high 16 goals in 2010-11 as a member of Sounders FC U-18

CAREER NOTES

• Made 29 appearances for Sounders FC in two seasons during first stint • Recorded one goal and two assists with Houston Dynamo in 2015 • Set career-highs in games played, starts, minutes and goals with the Col-

orado Rapids in 2013 • Named ACC Defensive Player of the Year at Clemson in 2005

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ZACH SCOTT

CHARLIE LYON

Height: 5-11 Weight: 175 Born: July 2, 1980 Hometown: Haiku, Hawaii Citizenship: United States College: Gonzaga

Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 Born: April 10, 1992 Hometown: St. Charlies, IL Citizenship: United States College: Marquette

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on March 16, 2009.

Selected in the Fourth Round (75th overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

PREVIOUS CLUBS

CAREER NOTES

Seattle Sounders (USL-1, 2002-08). CAREER NOTES

• Set a career-high with 1,480 minutes in 2015 • Played every minute of 2014 U.S. Open Cup • Scored first career MLS goal, playoffs goal and Open Cup goal in 2012 • Key defender for USL-1 Sounders during championship seasons of 2005

• Recorded four shutouts for S2 in USL regular season play (2015) • Back-to-back USL Team of the Week honors in Week 14 and 15 (2015) • Two-time co-recipient of Big East Goalkeeper of the Year and All-Big East First Team Selection

• Nine clean sheets in 18 appearances as a senior at Marquette, finishing

with a 0.74 goals against average

and 2007

ANDREAS IVANSCHITZ

STEFAN FREI

Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 Born: October 15, 1983 Hometown: Eisenstadt, Austria Citizenship: Austria Pronunciation: ee-van-SHETZ

Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Born: April 20, 1986 Hometown: Altstaetten, Switzerland College: California Pronunciation: STEF-in FRY

HOW ACQUIRED

Acquired as Discovery Signing on August 4, 2015.

Acquired via trade from Toronto on December 10, 2013.

PREVIOUS CLUBS Levante (2013-15), 1. FSV Mainz 05 (2009-13), Panathinaikos (2006-2009), Red Bull Salzburg (2005-2006), Rapid Wien (1999-2006). CAREER NOTES

• Made MLS debut in 45 minutes of action in 1-1 draw at San Jose (September 12, 2015)

• Scored first MLS goal in first MLS start in 3-0 win at VAN (September 19,

2015) • Recorded first MLS assist in 1-1 draw at HOU (October 18, 2015) • Spent 15 years in topflight European leagues, amassing 380 appearances and 62 goals • 2003 Austrian Footballer of the Year and led Rapid Vienna to 2004-05 Austrian Bundesliga championship • 69 career caps and 12 goals for Austrian National Team

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PREVIOUS CLUBS Toronto FC (2009-13). CAREER NOTES

• Ranked second in MLS with 111 saves and fourth with 10 shutouts (2015) • One of two goalkeepers to reach 100 saves, 10 shutouts and 10 wins (2015)

• Recorded nine shutouts and 99 saves in first season for Seattle (2014) • Became second player in Sounders FC history to play in every minute of

the season in 2014 • Four-time Canadian Cup Championship winner

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ROMÁN TORRES

DAMION LOWE

Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Born: March 20, 1986 Hometown: Panama City, Panama Citizenship: Panama Pronunciation: roe-MAHN

Height: 6-3 Weight: 175 Born: May 5, 1993 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Citizenship: Jamaica College: Hartford

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed on August 12, 2015 using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).

Selected with the eighth overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft on January 16, 2014. CAREER NOTES

CAREER NOTES

• Made club debut with 90 minutes of action at centerback and recorded as-

sist in 4-0 win vs. Orlando City (August 16) • Suffered season-ending ACL tear in 1-1 draw at San Jose (September 12), then underwent successful surgery on September 22 • Current captain of Panamanian National Team, appearing in 79 international matches and scoring 12 goals • Amassed 331 career appearances and 32 goals in 11 professional seasons of topflight leagues in South and Central America • Five club championships with four different teams in Panama and Colombia

JOEVIN JONES

• Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24)

• Started all 44 appearances in three seasons at University of Hartford • Scored five goals while leading Hartford to school-record 0.84 goals against average in 2013

• Jamaican international and a Generation adidas player

Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Born: August 3, 1991 Hometown: Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago Citizenship: Trinidad & Tobago HOW ACQUIRED Acquired via trade from Chicago Fire in exchange for Sounders FC’s First Round pick (15th overall) in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money. PREVIOUS CLUBS

OALEX ANDERSON

Height: 5-8 Weight: 165 Born: November 11, 1995 Hometown: Barrouallie, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Citizenship: St. Vincent and the Grenadines Pronunciation: OH-lex HOW ACQUIRED Signed to contract on March 1, 2016. PREVIOUS CLUBS

Chicago Fire (2015); HJK Helsinki (2014); W Connection (2009-2014).

Sounders FC 2 (2015); Grenades FC (2014-2015); System 3 FC (20132014)

CAREER NOTES

2015 NOTES

• Made 28 appearances in rookie season with Chicago Fire (2015) • Made Sounders FC debut in 90 minutes of action in 2-2 draw versus Club

• Appeared in 11 matches in 2015, starting eight

America in SCCL Knockout Round (February 23, 2016) Played in 55 league matches for the Savonetta Boys from 2009-2014, leading his club to two Pro League titles and scoring 26 goals

•

CAREER NOTES

• Scored four goals in 16 appearances for Sounders FC 2 (2015) • Scored 12 goals in 18 appearances for Grenades FC, a club in Antigua

and Barbuda (2014) and led the NLA Premier League in scoring in 2013 Has 20 caps for the St. Vincent and Grenadines National Team, scoring 10 international goals

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VICTOR MANSARAY

ONIEL FISHER

Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 Born: February 22, 1997 Hometown: Freetown, Sierra Leone Citizenship: United States/Sierra Leone Pronunciation: MAN-sur-RAY

Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Born: November 22, 1991 Hometown: Portmore, Jamaica Citizenship: Jamaica College: New Mexico

HOW ACQUIRED

Signed as Homegrown Player on November 5, 2014.

Selected in the Second Round (40th overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

CAREER NOTES

• Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana

(March 24, 2015) • Made MLS debut in 15 minutes of action at FC Dallas, becoming youngest player in club history to appear in a match (March 28, 2015) • Scored 33 goals for Sounders FC Academy from 2012-2014 • Made two appearances and logged 106 minutes for U.S. U-18 National Team

ANDY CRAVEN

CAREER NOTES

• Made First Team debut in 2-2 international friendly draw vs. Club Tijuana (March 24)

• Made MLS debut in 4 minutes of action at FC Dallas (March 28) • Started 34 of 39 appearances in two seasons at the University of New Mexico, recording four goals and three assists

• Earned first Jamaica Senior National Team cap vs. Trinidad and Tobago in 2010; five appearances for Jamaica U-20 squad

Height: 5-11 Weight: 167 Born: November 22, 1991 Hometown: St. Simons Island, Georgia Citizenship: United States College: North Carolina HOW ACQUIRED Selected in the Third Round (48th overall) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Signed to First Team contract on June 27, 2015. CAREER NOTES

• Made first career MLS appearance with 30 minutes of action at Portland (June 28, 2015) • Seven goals and five assists across all competitions for S2 in 2015 • Scored 21 goals and recorded 11 assists in three years at the University of North Carolina • Finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy after starting all 22 games for UNC, scoring 15 goals (tied for the national lead)

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Dempsey 1 (penalty kick) 25; Martins 1 (Mears 1, Dempsey 1) Dempsey 3 (unassisted) 1; Martins 2 (Rose 1, Pineda 1) 84

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 3

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 31 33 42 77 80 91

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90M

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2015/16 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GrpF GrpF GrpF GrpF VAN OLIM OLIM VAN 1-1 2-1 0-1 3-0 90G 90G 90G

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC U.S. OPEN CUP 4R POR 1-3 120G 42 69D 36 120M 72M 120F 71M 84D 120D 48

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Martins (unassisted) 79

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Neagle (Barrett) 32; Valdez (Pappa) 39; Neagle (Barrett) 47

Neagle (Rose) 72 Friberg (unassisted) 90; Evans (penalty kick) 97+

T W L W

Dempsey 1 (unassisted) 5; Valdez 1 (Ivanschitz 1) 12; Friberg 1 (unassisted) Ivanschitz 1 (unassisted) 67; Dempsey 2 (unassisted) 86 Marshall 1 (Pappa 1) 90

90D

1 1 1 0

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120D

SEA 1 vs POR 3

Troy Perkins Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Tyrone Mears Andy Rose Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Gonzalo Pineda Obafemi Martins Marco Pappa Aaron Kovar Leo Gonzalez Andres Correa Chad Marshall Dylan Remick Nelson Haedo Valdez Darwin Jones Thomas Chad Barrett Zach Scott Jimmy Ockford Charlie Lyon Andreas Ivanschitz Stefan Frei Lamar Neagle Erik Friberg Roman Torres Damion Lowe Kenny Cooper Micheal Azira Kevin Parsemain Victor Mansaray Oniel Fisher

U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/16/2015

SEA 3 vs LA 2 SEA 2 vs DAL 1 SEA 1 at DAL 2

2015/16 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GrpF 08/05/2015 SEA 1 at VAN GrpF 08/19/2015 SEA 2 vs OLIMPA GrpF 08/26/2015 SEA 0 at OLIMPA GrpF 09/23/2015 SEA 3 vs VAN MLS CUP PLAYOFFS KO 10/28/2015 WCSF1 11/01/2015 WCSF2 11/08/2015

GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY at SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, March 6, 2016 Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT CenturyLink Field (Seattle, WA) MLS Regular Season Game 1 Sporting Kansas City 0-0-0, 0 points (0-0-0 home; 0-0-0 away) T-1st place in Western Conference

14-11-9 (51 pts.) RECORD 34 GAMES PLAYED 6th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 48 GOALS 1.41 GOALS/GAME 52 ASSISTS 45 GOALS ALLOWED 1.32 ALLOWED/GAME +3 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 405 (141) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 34.8% ON GOAL % 454 FOULS COMMITTED 424 FOULS SUFFERED 67 CAUTIONS 3 EJECTIONS

English TV: FS1 Spanish TV: FOX Deportes Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:

Seattle Sounders FC 0-0-0, 0 points (0-0-0 home; 0-0-0 away) T-1st place in Western Conference

Alan Kelly Ian Anderson Apolinar Mariscal Drew Fischer

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 25 27 29 30 37 93 94 96

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

Name Jon Kempin Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Brad Davis Nuno Andre Coelho Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Lawrence Olum Saad Abdul-Salaam Justin Mapp Connor Hallisey Alec Kann Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Jacob Peterson Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Jordi Quintilla

Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra ZOO-see FAIL-hob-ber

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

KWAY-yoh AH-mah-doo DEE-ah sin-OH-vick OH-lum sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM

HAL-iss-see CAN MEE-lia shallow-ee

Chicago Fire Columbus Crew SC D.C. United Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC

Western Conference 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC

SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah JORE-dee kin-TEE-yuh

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4th in West

44 1.29 42 36 1.06 +8

331 (144) 43.5% 396 425 53 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

Dom Dwyer 12 GOALS 15 Benny Feilhaber 15 ASSISTS 10 Dom Dwyer 96 SHOTS 61 Dom Dwyer 40 SHOTS ON GOAL 28 *Krisztian Nemeth 5 GAME-WINNING GOALS 4 Benny Feilhaber 5 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 4 Dom Dwyer 59 FOULS COMMITTED 45 Dom Dwyer 81 FOULS SUFFERED 48 Dwyer/Feilhaber 8 CAUTIONS 7 three players tied 1 EJECTIONS 1 Tim Melia 2070 Tim Melia 1.22 Tim Melia 11 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 82

*No longer with club

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Obafemi Martins* Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey Obafemi Martins* Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey Osvaldo Alonso Obafemi Martins* Osvaldo Alonso Gonzalo Pineda*

2744 Stefan Frei 1.06 Stefan Frei 14 Stefan Frei 10 Stefan Frei 111 Stefan Frei

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 8th season (.550) 90-69-53 8th season (.550) 90-69-53

Top six clubs from each conference advance to MLS Cup Playoffs

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

15-13-6 (51 pts.) 34

2015 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

SIGI SCHMID

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

17th season 222-153-111 (.571) 8th season 109-67-54 (.591)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Wednesday, March 2 OUT: • Justin Mapp (left toe) QUESTIONABLE: • Brad Davis (right groin strain) • Benny Feilhaber (right abdominal strain) • Paulo Nagamura (right lower leg strain) • Ike Opara (left thigh strain) • Seth Sinovic (neck strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 6, 2016 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SEAvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC PRESEASON STATISTICS

Sporting KC has a 2-7-3 all-time regular season record against Seattle — including a 1-3-2 mark at CenturyLink Field with the lone win coming in the first-ever meeting between the sides on April 11, 2009. Kansas City’s .291 winning percentage vs. Seattle is their lowest against any MLS opponent (minimum two games played). Sounders FC have a history of leaving it late against Sporting KC, scoring eight of their 13 goals in the series after the 75th minute. In 10 meetings since 2010, Seattle has scored five game-winning goals in second half stoppage time. The regular season series has been characterized by closely fought, lowscoring battles. Neither side has won by more than one goal in all 12 regular season meetings. In those 12 games, the clubs have combined for more than three goals just once (Oct. 17, 2009), while four of the last five matches have produced one goal or less. Sporting KC has just one goal from the run of play against Seattle in 442 regular season minutes dating back to 2012 and has scored just twice in six games at CenturyLink Field. Conversely, Sounders FC managed just one goal in three meetings last season. Sporting KC and Seattle are two of three franchises, along with the LA Galaxy, to win multiple major trophies since 2011 (among MLS Cup, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and MLS Supporters’ Shield). Sporting KC has lifted 2012 and 2015 Open Cup titles in addition to winning the 2013 MLS Cup. The Sounders were 2011 and 2014 Open Cup champions in addition to winning the 2014 Supporters’ Shield. The two sides have combined to win six of the last seven Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles dating back to 2009. #SKCvSEA Regular Season Meetings

Sporting KC finished its 2016 preseason unbeaten in six games at Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Arizona. The club opened with a pair of scrimmages on Jan. 30 and Feb. 7 before competing in the Desert Diamond Cup from Feb. 17-27. DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORERS Jan. 30 FC Tucson W 4-0 Davis, Dwyer, Hallisey (2) Feb. 7 Seongnam FC T 0-0 --Feb. 17 Columbus Crew SC T 2-2 Mustivar, Hajderovic (unsigned draft pick) Feb. 20 NE Revolution T 1-1 Zusi Feb. 24 Colorado Rapids W 4-1 Nagamura (2), Dwyer, Sinovic Feb. 27 Houston Dynamo T 2-2 Coelho, Salloi PLAYER GP GS MIN GLS AST

Date

04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014 05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015

Score

KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 1 at SEA 1 KC 0 vs SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1

Result Details

W Davy Arnaud scores game-winner in 80th minute L SEA erases 2-1 deficit with goals in 69’ and 76’ L Michael Fucito scores winner in 92nd minute L SEA scores in 66’ and 78’ before Arnaud scores in 84’ L Jeff Parke scores winner in 93rd minute L SEA erases 1-0 deficit with goals in 90’ and 92’ T Jacob Peterson and Patrick Ianni score early in match L Djimi Traore scores winner in 94th minute L Chad Barrett scores winner in 94th minute T Frei makes diving save to deny Feilhaber in 92’ W Benny Feilhaber converts game-winning PK in 84’ T Goals from Obafemi Martins (32’) and Dom Dwyer (79’)

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301 299

4 2

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

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

1.20 0.60

Most games started: Jordi Quintilla (5) Most minutes played: Tim Melia (301), Amadou Dia and Connor Hallisey (299) Most goals: Dom Dwyer, Connor Hallisey and Paulo Nagamura (2) Most assists: Dom Dwyer and Connor Hallisey (2)

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • • • •

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER HISTORY

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#SKCvSEA: PLAYER CONNECTIONS

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Tim Melia Alec Kann

• Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Clint Dempsey played in all four games for the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Zusi, Dempsey and Brad Evans played together at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Besler and Evans started in defense for the U.S. on Jan. 31 in a 3-2 friendly win over Iceland. • SKC forward Jacob Peterson and Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei were teammates at Toronto FC during the 2011 season. • SKC midfielder Brad Davis and Seattle midfielder Nathan Sturgis were teammates at Houston in 2012.

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Amadou Dia Connor Hallisey Roger Espinoza Jordi Quintilla Chance Myers Daniel Salloi Soni Mustivar Paulo Nagamura Saad Abdul-Salaam Kevin Ellis Nuno Andre Coelho Matt Besler Lawrence Olum Seth Sinovic Brad Davis Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Ike Opara Dom Dwyer Jacob Peterson Jimmy Medranda Justin Mapp

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Tim Melia recorded shutouts in both of his appearances against Sounders FC last season, a 0-0 draw in Seattle (May 23) and a 1-0 win in Kansas City (June 6). He made seven saves across those two matches. Benny Feilhaber converted a penalty kick in the 84th minute of Sporting KC’s 1-0 win over Seattle on June 6, 2015, at Children’s Mercy Park. Dom Dwyer scored a 78th-minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Seattle on Sept. 27, 2015, at Children’s Mercy Park. Jacob Peterson has one goal and one assist for Sporting KC in matches against Seattle. He scored in the eighth minute of a 1-1 draw at CenturyLink Field on June 20, 2012, and recorded the game-tying assist in a 1-1 draw last September at Children’s Mercy Park. Amadou Dia recorded the first assist of his MLS career in a 1-1 draw against Seattle last September at Children’s Mercy Park. Clint Dempsey has three goals in 12 regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all as a member of the New England Revolution from 20042006. Dempsey is the only player on Seattle’s current roster to score a regular season goal against Sporting KC. Chad Marshall has faced Sporting KC 28 times during his regular season career, third most among active players behind Brad Davis (31) and Justin Mapp (30), who coincidentally joined Sporting KC this offseason. Stefan Frei has a 0.90 goals against average in 10 regular season games against Sporting KC with a 3-3-4 record. Michael Farfan has tallied two regular season assists against Sporting KC, both as a member of the Philadelphia Union in 2011 and 2012.

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Dom Dwyer (36 goals) is two shy of tying Kei Kamara for 5th in club history with 38 regular season goals. Dom Dwyer (45 goals) is one shy of tying Josh Wolff for 3rd in club history with 46 goals in all competitions. Graham Zusi (44 assists) is one shy of tying Chris Klein for 2nd in club history with 45 regular season assists. Benny Feilhaber (25 assists) is one shy of tying Josh Wolff for 6th in club history with 26 regular season assists. Tim Melia (82 saves) is one shy of tying Garth Lagerwey for 7th in club history with 83 regular season saves. Graham Zusi is one shy of his 150th career MLS appearance (including postseason). Kevin Ellis is one shy of his 50th career MLS regular season appearance. Seth Sinovic is one shy of his 125th regular season appearance for Sporting KC. Players in contention to make their Sporting KC debuts: Nuno Andre Coelho, Brad Davis, Alec Kann, Justin Mapp and Daniel Salloi.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 6, 2016 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES FEILHABER FRESH OFF BANNER YEAR

CONQUERING CASCADIA

Sporting KC went unbeaten in four regular season trips to the Pacific Northwest in 2015, finishing 2-0-2 with shutouts in every match. This run of games included a 0-0 draw at Seattle on May 23 in which Sounders FC were limited to one shot on goal, the club’s fewest at home since 2012. Goalkeeper Tim Melia made 20 saves across the four fixtures, including a career-high seven at Portland on Sept. 9.

Veteran midfielder Benny Feilhaber is coming off a career-best campaign in 2015. Last year he set a Sporting KC record with 20 assists in all competitions, while his 32 combined goals and assists in all competitions were second most in team history behind Preki (36 in 1996). His season culminated in Sporting KC MVP honors as well as an MLS MVP nomination alongside winner Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto) and former teammate Kei Kamara (Columbus).

Feilhaber set MLS career-highs with 10 goals and 15 assists during the regular season, becoming the third player in club history to reach double digits in both categories (Josh Wolff, Preki). He also recorded five assists in Sporting KC’s run to the U.S. Open Cup title, taking just one year to become the club’s all-time assist leader in the tournament.

May 23, 2015 July 12, 2015 Sept. 9, 2015 Oct. 3, 2015

at Seattle at Vancouver at Portland at Portland

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

THREE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS

CAPTAIN MATT A MAINSTAY IN DEFENSE

When Sporting KC lifted the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last September, it became the fifth MLS club to win three major trophies in a four-year span since 2005, joining Seattle, D.C. United, LA Galaxy and Columbus Crew SC. Should Sporting KC add to its trophy haul in 2016, it would join LA as the only MLS clubs to win four titles in a five-year span since 2005. Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United LA Galaxy Columbus Crew SC

Sporting KC’s captain since the start of 2014, Matt Besler ranks seventh in Sporting KC history with 219 games played in all competitions. He is 11 appearances shy of tying Jimmy Conrad for sixth, 16 shy of tying Chris Klein for fifth, and 35 shy of tying Preki for fourth. The Kansas native has logged at least 30 games in six of his seven seasons with Sporting KC since being taken in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft.

MLS Cup (2013), Open Cup (2012, 2015) Open Cup (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), Supporters’ Shield (2014) Open Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2006, 2007) MLS Cup (2011, 2012, 2014), Supporters Shield (2010, 2011) MLS Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2008, 2009)

Besler is a four-time MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-15) and has twice been named to the MLS Best XI (2012-13) to go along with an MLS Defender of the Year honor in 2012. He logged 38 appearances for Sporting KC in 2015, leading MLS in clearances while adding a career-best four assists in all competitions. The 29-year-old was named an MLS All-Star for the fourth time and shared Sporting KC Defensive Player of the Year honors with Soni Mustivar.

STRONG STARTERS

Since the league’s inception in 1996, no MLS team has more season-opening wins than Sporting KC’s 12. The club is 12-5-3 in season openers all-time, with its most recent opening-day loss coming at Seattle on March 8, 2014. Sporting KC also boasts a strong record in home openers, going 12-2-6 all-time in those matches.

FROM FOES TO FRIENDS

No active MLS players have faced Sporting KC on more occasions in the regular season than Brad Davis (31) and Justin Mapp (30). Coincidentally, both veterans joined Sporting KC this offseason, transitioning from long-time foes to welcome midfield additions in Kansas City.

HOME SWEET HOME

Since opening in 2011, state-of-the-art Children’s Mercy Park has served as a fortress for Sporting KC. The club is 61-21-28 in competitive matches at the stadium, including penalty shootout victories in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup (recorded as draws).

Davis has recorded 58 goals and 131 assists (including postseason) during a 14year MLS career highlighted by 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup championships, 2011 MLS Best XI honors and six MLS All-Star selections. His 368 appearances and 122 assists in the regular season are both third most in MLS history. A native of Missouri, Davis ended his 10-year stay in Houston as the Dynamo’s all-time leader in regular season games played (271), starts (252) and assists (104). In addition to winning two MLS Cups, Davis led Houston to seven playoff trips from 2006-2015, including MLS Cup appearances in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012.

Peter Vermes’ men were particularly tough to beat at home in 2015, setting club records with a nine-game home winning streak (May 3 – July 21) and a 16-game home unbeaten streak (March 8 – Aug. 15) in all competitions. Sporting KC ended the 2015 campaign with a 14-2-5 home record, including four wins en route to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. Sporting KC’s 14 total home wins last year tied the club record previously set in 2000, 2004 and 2012 — continuing a trend that saw the club win a major trophy in each of those seasons. The team also scored 42 times (all competitions) at Children’s Mercy Park, the most on home soil since 1996.

Davis, 34, leads active MLS players with 122 regular season assists, 45 more than any other player. The left-footed midfielder has reached double figures in assists in six of the last seven seasons since 2009 and seven times overall, a feat matched only by Landon Donovan.

Children’s Mercy Hospital received naming rights to Children’s Mercy Park in November 2015 as part of a youth health and pediatric sports medicine partnership with Sporting KC that lasts through 2025.

In December, Mapp became the first Free Agent signing in Major League Soccer history after the League introduced free agency in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement in early 2015. The 31-year-old has recorded 23 goals and 70 assists in 318 MLS appearances (including postseason) since being drafted fourth overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. His 65 regular season assists rank third among active players in MLS.

70 STRAIGHT AND COUNTING

Children’s Mercy Park has sold out 70 consecutive MLS matches dating back to April 2012 (including four playoff games) and 82 of 91 league matches since opening in 2011. The 18,467-seat venue and has averaged 105 percent capacity over the last five MLS seasons, drawing 19,396 fans per game.

Mapp spent his rookie campaign at D.C. United before joining the Chicago Fire, where he helped the club reach the playoffs six times between 2003-2010. He left Chicago in July 2010, having won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups (2003, 2006) and a Supporters’ Shield title (2003) to go with MLS All-Star (2005) and MLS Best XI (2006) honors. Mapp has spent each of the last four years with the Montreal Impact, where he currently ranks second in club history with 21 MLS assists and fifth with 82 regular season appearances. In 2013 and 2014, Mapp tied MLS career-highs with eight assists and helped Montreal win consecutive Amway Canadian Championship titles, landing tournament MVP honors both times. He was an inactive MLS All-Star in 2013 as Montreal made its first ever appearance in the MLS Cup Playoffs.

DWYER CLIMBING GOAL CHARTS

Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer ranks third in MLS with 34 regular season goals over the last two seasons, behind New York’s Bradley Wright-Phillips (44) and LA’s Robbie Keane (39). Dwyer’s 34 goals since 2014 are the most over a two-year span in Sporting KC regular season history. A first-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, Dwyer ranks fourth in Sporting KC history with 45 goals across all competitions. If he scores at least eight more goals in 2016, he will pass Josh Wolff (46) and Davy Arnaud (52) into sole possession of second place behind Preki (81). Dwyer is currently sixth on Sporting KC’s regular season goals chart with 36, well within distance of Kei Kamara (38), Chris Klein (39), Josh Wolff (43) and Davy Arnaud (43). Preki is the club’s all-time leader with 71 regular season goals.

Most regular season appearances vs. Sporting KC (active MLS players) 1. Brad Davis 31 2. Justin Mapp 30 3. Chad Marshall 28 3. Brian Carroll 28 5. Kyle Beckerman 27

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 6, 2016 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes MUSTIVAR BACK IN MIDFIELD

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) DEFENDING THE OPEN CUP

Sporting KC signed Soni Mustivar to a new contract in January, bringing back one of the club’s best performers of 2015. Mustivar’s first season at Sporting Kansas City culminated in 2015 Co-Defender of the Year honors. The defensive midfielder had a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions and led Major League Soccer during the regular season with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played.

Sporting KC enters the 2016 season as defending champions of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Peter Vermes’ side defeated the Philadelphia Union in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw through regulation to win the 2015 final at PPL Park on Sept. 30, effectively securing a spot in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League. The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur/professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. The knockout-style tournament is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S. and the world’s third-longest running open soccer tournament. This year’s winner will earn $250,000 and a berth into the 2017-18 CONCACAF Champions League.

A native of Paris suburb Aubervilliers, France, Mustivar made 25 MLS appearances last season and started all five matches in Sporting Kansas City’s run to the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title. He set an MLS record during the Opta era (2011-present) with 20 interceptions in a 1-0 win at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on July 12 and tallied the first two assists of his MLS career in a 4-3 comeback win over Vancouver on Aug. 15. The 26-year-old’s first goal for the club came in a U.S. Open Cup semifinal victory over Real Salt Lake.

Sporting KC has won the tournament on three occasions (2004, 2012, 2015), third-most among MLS clubs behind Seattle and Chicago who have four titles apiece. All 17 American MLS clubs will enter the 2016 Open Cup in the round of 32 in June. Sporting KC and Seattle have combined to win six of the last seven tournaments since 2009.

Mustivar has earned nine caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team, recently starting in a January playoff match as Haiti defeated Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 to qualify for the 2016 Centennial Copa America, to be held in the United States from June 3-26.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON THE HORIZON

TIM TERRIFIC IN 2015

Courtesy of the club’s 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship, Sporting KC will compete in the group stage of the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League, set to begin in August. 2016 marks the third time in four years that Sporting KC has featured in the international competition, which involves the top clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament winner will qualify as CONCACAF’s representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup.

In his first season with Sporting KC last year, goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a breakout season that culminated in MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. He ended 2015 with a 15-8-5 record in all competitions and made two saves in a penalty shootout win over the Philadelphia Union in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup Final. Melia finished third among goalkeepers with a 72.6 save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins (11), shutouts (8) and goals against average (1.22).

In the 2013-14 edition of the tournament, Sporting KC won its group (fall 2013) and advanced to the quarterfinals (March 2014) before falling to eventual champion Cruz Azul of Mexico. Peter Vermes’ side won the first leg 1-0 at Children’s Mercy Park but fell 5-1 in the return trip to Mexico City a week later. Sporting KC failed to progress to the knockout rounds in 2014-15, losing 2-0 at Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa on the final match day of the group stage in October 2014.

Melia, 29, made the most of his starting role in 2015 after previously backing up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando at Real Salt Lake and Dan Kennedy at Chivas USA. He did not appear in any regular season matches for Real Salt Lake from 2010-11 and started five games for Chivas USA from 2012-2014. He was waived by Chivas USA in July 2014 and served as a League Pool Goalkeeper during the latter half of the year, receiving emergency call-ups from Sporting KC (August), FC Dallas (October) and D.C. United (November).

PETER THE GREAT

CANADIAN CLUBS AWAIT

Last season Peter Vermes became the winningest coach in Sporting KC history, ending 2015 with 90 regular season wins and 113 victories across all competitions (113-79-61 overall). He entered the year trailing Bob Gansler in both categories. Vermes has coached 253 matches in Kansas City across all competitions, 17 shy of tying Gansler’s 270-game record.

Following an opening-day tilt with Seattle at CenturyLink Field, Sporting KC will return home for two MLS matches before the late-March FIFA window. First up is a date with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on March 12. Sporting KC is 4-1-2 all-time against Vancouver, including a remarkable 4-3 triumph last August at Children’s Mercy Park in which the hosts erased a 3-1 deficit in the final 10 minutes plus stoppage time.

Vermes’ 90 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth most among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (222), Bruce Arena (190) and Dominic Kinnear (152). Now entering his eighth MLS season, Vermes ties Bob Gansler (1999-2006) as the club’s longest-tenured manager.

On March 20, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley and reigning MLS MVP Sebastian Giovinco will try to snap Toronto FC’s seven-game winless run in Kansas City (0-6-1). Sporting KC’s 13-4-5 regular season record against Toronto is their best against any MLS opponent (minimum 10 games), while Toronto’s 13 losses to Sporting KC are the most against any league foe in the club’s nine-year history.

Sporting KC has fared historically well against Canadian opposition, going 23-8-8 against MLS’s three Canadian teams (regular season). Their 23 combined wins against Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are the most among American MLS clubs.

Coach Sigi Schmid Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Frank Yallop Bob Bradley Steve Nicol Jason Kreis Peter Vermes Bob Gansler Thomas Rongen

Active in MLS Yes (SEA) Yes (LA) Yes (SJ) No No No No Yes (SKC) No No

Wins 222 190 152 130 124 112 100 90 86 83

Seasons

(through 2015)

16 13 12 13 9 11 8 7 8 7

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 6, 2016 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 2-7-3 Home games: 1-4-1 (6 GF, 9 GA) Road games: 1-3-2 (2 GF, 4 GA)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009

Score KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3

Result Location W CenturyLink Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark

04/17/2010 10/09/2010

KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2

L CenturyLink Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark

05/21/2011 08/06/2011

KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2

L CenturyLink Field L Children’s Mercy Park

06/20/2012

KC 1 at SEA 1

T CenturyLink Field

05/08/2013

KC 0 vs SEA 1

L Children’s Mercy Park

03/08/2014

KC 0 at SEA 1

L CenturyLink Field

05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015

KC 0 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1

T CenturyLink Field W Children’s Mercy Park T Children’s Mercy Park

2 Davy Arnaud 1 seven players tied 13 Kei Kamara 4 four players tied 17 Aurelien Collin 11 C.J. Sapong

2 6 73 20 85 9 31

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 players tied 1 three players tied 2 Fredy Montero 19 Fredy Montero 8 Osvaldo Alonso 20 Osvaldo Alonso 75 Kasey Keller 5 Dragavon/Frei 1 Frei/Keller 2 Frei/Keller 15 Kasey Keller 4

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 eight players tied 1 seven players tied 6 Dwyer/Kamara 3 Anor/Kamara 6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Dwyer/Sapong

Total 8 144 47 170 15 66

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

6 Tim Melia (6/6/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 2 71 27 85 6 35

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

1 Hartman/Melia 5 Jimmy Nielsen 2 Tim Melia 9 Jimmy Nielsen 8 Jimmy Nielsen

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

13 players tied 1 Jaqua/Ljunberg 2 (4/11/09) Fredy Montero 6 (4/11/09) Fredy Montero 3 Alonso/Cooper 4 (3/8/14) Osvaldo Alonso 7 (9/27/15) Stefan Frei 6 (10/17/09) Kasey Keller 2

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 1 SEA 1

16-30

1 1

31-45

0 1

46-60

2 0

61-75

0 2

76-90

4 8

0 0

Total

8 13

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 3 58 17 72 19 24

2 10 69 27 58 15 25

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

115

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 85 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

Total 13 127 44 130 34 49

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,396

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 91 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

105.0

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 91 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467 5

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

185

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 115 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 6, 2016 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Lawrence Olum (signing - 12/9/15)

Jalil Anibaba (option declined - 11/25/15)

Alec Kann (Re-Entry Draft - 12/11/15)

Mikey Lopez (out of contract - 12/31/15)

Justin Mapp (signing - 12/14/15)

Krisztian Nemeth (transfer - 1/29/16)

Brad Davis (trade - 1/7/16)

Erik Palmer-Brown (loan - 2/1/16)

Daniel Salloi (Homegrown - 1/13/16)

Bernardo Anor (loan - 2/17/16)

Nuno Andre Coelho (signing - 1/26/16)

Amobi Okugo (waived - 2/23/16) Marcel de Jong (contract terminated - 3/1/16)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE Nov. 25: Dec. 9: Dec. 11: Dec. 14: Dec. 31 Jan. 7: Jan. 11: Jan. 13: Jan. 26: Jan. 29: Feb. 1: Feb. 17: Feb. 23: March 1:

IN/OUT OUT IN IN IN OUT IN IN IN OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT

DETAILS Sporting KC declines contract option for D Jalil Anibaba Sporting KC signs M Lawrence Olum, re-signs D Seth Sinovic and GK Jon Kempin to new contracts Sporting KC selects Alec Kann in first round of MLS Re-Entry Draft Sporting KC signs M Justin Mapp M Mikey Lopez leaves Sporting KC out of contract Sporting KC acquires M Brad Davis from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, a third-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations Sporting KC re-signs M Soni Mustivar and M Paulo Nagamura to new contracts Sporting KC signs F Daniel Salloi as Homegrown Player Sporting KC signs D Nuno Andre Coelho Sporting KC transfers F Krisztian Nemeth to Al-Gharafa SC (Qatar) Sporting KC loans D Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto (Portugal) Sporting KC loans midfielder Bernardo Anor to Minnesota United FC (NASL) Sporting KC waives Amobi Okugo Sporting KC and Marcel de Jong mutually agree to terminate contract

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011 2012

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11) Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013

Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)

Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)

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

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Jordi Quintilla (8/6/15)

Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) (ON LOAN)

Lawrence Olum (12/9/15) Justin Mapp (12/14/15) Nuno Andre Coelho (1/26/16)

Brad Davis (1/7/16)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11) Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13) (ON LOAN)

2014 2015

2016

Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

Alec Kann (12/11/15)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 6, 2016 at Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT)

Sunday, March 6

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS