Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (March 12, Children's Mercy Park, 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP 1 0

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

PTS 3 0

GF 1 0

GA 0 0

1 0

0-1-0 0-0-0

0 0

2 0

3 0

Whitecaps FC on road

29 Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (7 meetings): Sporting 4 wins, 14 goals … Whitecaps FC 1 win, 11 goals … Ties 2

F 2 45

27 Espinoza

14 29

2 Harvey

A 3 30

0 1 1 0

2 1 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0

0 3 0

TYPE OF PLAY

0 0 1

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Morales

Hurtado

Froese

Laba

Parker

Waston

8 Aird

1 Ousted

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

13 Techera

HOW SCORED

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 Hallisey

Rivero

WHITECAPS FC

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

96 Quintilla

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

1 0 0 0

13 Dia

Zusi

UPCOMING MATCHES WHITECAPS FC SPORTING Sat. Mar. 19 at Seattle Sun. Mar. 20 Toronto FC Sat. Mar. 26 Houston Sat. Apr. 2 Real Salt Lake Sat. Apr. 2 Los Angeles Sat. Apr. 9 at Red Bulls Sat. Apr. 9 at D.C. United Wed. Apr. 13 Colorado

A 0

5 Besler

Mustivar

LAST YEAR (MLS): 7/12: VAN 0, KC 1 (Ellis 52) 8/15: KC 4, VAN 3 (Ellis 53; Dwyer 81; Nagamura 87, 94+ -Manneh 9, 41; Morales 75)

F 1 90

12 Coelho

Myers

AT KC (3 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 7 goals … Whitecaps FC 0 win, 5 goals … Ties 1

SPORTING

ROSTERS

REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic. AR1 (bench): Mike Rottersman; AR2 (opposite): C.J. Morgante; 4th: Tyler Ploeger DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: VAN: Christian Bolanos (through March 13)

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

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) 9 Diego Rubio Kostner (FW) 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) VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 1 David Ousted (GK) 2 Jordan Harvey (DF) 3 Sam Adekugbe (DF) 4 Kendall Waston (DF) 6 Jordan Smith (DF) 7 Christian Bolanos (MF) 8 Fraser Aird (DF) 9 Masato Kudo (FW) 11 Darren Mattocks (FW) 13 Cristian Techera (MF) 14 Cole Seiler (DF) 15 Matias Laba (MF) 19 Erik Hurtado (FW) 20 Deybi Flores (MF) 22 Christian Dean (DF) 23 Kekuta Manneh (MF) 24 Marco Carducci (GK) 26 Tim Parker (DF) 27 Blas Perez (FW) 29 Octavio Rivero (FW) 30 Ben McKendry (MF) 31 Russell Teibert (MF) 32 Marco Bustos (MF) 33 Nicolas Mezquida (MF) 38 Kianz Froese (MF) 40 Paolo Tornaghi (GK) 44 Pa-Modou Kah (DF) 77 Pedro Morales (MF)

none

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC VAN

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

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

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

THE LAST TIME

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 10/25/2015 KC 2, LA 3/06/2016 KC 1, SEA 10/21/2015 KC 0, COL 10/16/2015 KC 0, SJ 9/27/2015 KC 1, SEA 3/06/2016 KC 1, SEA 10/21/2015 KC 0, COL

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

W L

1 0 2 1 1 0 2

(0) (0) (1) (1) (5) (0) (2)

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Date Score (Gms since) 10/25/2015 VAN 3, HOU 0 (1) 8/01/2015 VAN 3, SEA 0 (4) 3/06/2016 VAN 2, MTL 3 (0) 10/14/2015 VAN 0, DAL 2 (0) 10/07/2015 VAN 0, DAL 0 (3) 10/25/2015 VAN 3, HOU 0 (1) 10/14/2015 VAN 0, DAL 2 (2)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 1 Coelho A: 1 Quintilla SHT: 3 Coelho/Zusi SOG: 1 4 players tied FC: 4 Myers FS: 2 3 players tied OF: 1 Dwyer C: 1 Espinoza/Zusi E: 0 WHITECAPS FC G: 1 Harvey/Waston A: 1 Bolanos/Morales SHT: 6 Rivero SOG: 4 Rivero FC: 45 Ciman FS: 2 Techera OF: 0 C: 1 Aird/Bolanos E: 0

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

RECORD 3 0 0

4+ 0 0

TOT AVG 1 1.00 2 2.00

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

4+ 0 0

TOT AVG 0 0.00 3 3.00

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (March 12, Children's Mercy Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY No. Player 1 Jon Kempin 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis 5 Matt Besler 6 Paulo Nagamura 7 Chance Myers 8 Graham Zusi 9 Diego Rubio Kostner 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

Pos GK DF DF DF MF DF MF FW 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 5-11 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 170 180 160 170 155 165 160 170 160 165 181 150 180 170 185 185 160 158 190 170 190 150 165 170 150 154

Birthdate 04/08/1993 02/21/1989 06/30/1991 02/11/1987 03/02/1983 12/07/1987 08/18/1986 05/15/1993 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 Santiago, Chile 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 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

DF MF

6-1 6-1

175 178

04/24/1997 05/24/1988

Napoleon, OH Caracas, Venezuela

7 13

HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

2016 GS G 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4

0 0

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

CAREER GP GS G 7 6 0 62 45 8 49 43 4 183 178 2 243 218 15 137 109 2 174 138 24 0 0 0 142 128 22 368 325 55 1 1 1 23 14 0 81 67 36 144 140 0 67 40 3 22 10 0 303 243 22 14 7 0 1 1 0 131 111 3 30 29 0 0 0 0 225 129 16 26 21 0 14 8 0 9 4 0

0 0

10 84

11/21/1966

6 52

0 12

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

W91 L69 T53

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 38 44 70 77

Player David Ousted Jordan Harvey Sam Adekugbe Kendall Waston Jordan Smith Christian Bolanos Fraser Aird Masato Kudo Darren Mattocks Cristian Techera Cole Seiler Matias Laba Erik Hurtado Deybi Flores Christian Dean Kekuta Manneh Marco Carducci Tim Parker Blas Perez Octavio Rivero Ben McKendry Russell Teibert Marco Bustos Nicolas Mezquida Kianz Froese Pa-Modou Kah Paolo Tornaghi Pedro Morales HEAD COACH : Carl Robinson

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

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

Wt 195 170 165 215 190 155 155 165 155 150 180 155 175 150 200 150 185 195 174 180 160 150 150 150 170 175 185 170

Birthdate 02/01/1985 01/28/1984 01/16/1995 01/01/1988 04/23/1991 05/17/1984 02/02/1995 05/06/1990 09/02/1990 05/31/1992 02/05/1994 12/11/1991 11/15/1990 06/16/1996 03/14/1993 12/30/1994 09/24/1996 02/23/1993 03/13/1981 01/24/1992 03/25/1993 12/22/1992 04/22/1996 01/21/1992 04/16/1996 07/30/1980 06/21/1988 05/25/1985 10/13/1976

Birthplace Greve, Denmark Mission Viejo, CA London, England San Jose, Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Tokyo, Japan Portmore, Jamaica Quebracho, Uruguay Anderson, SC Villa Raffo, Argentina Fredricksburg, VA San Pedro Sula, Honduras East Palo Alto, TX Bakav, Gambia Calgary, Alberta, Canada Hicksville, NY Panama City, Panama Treinta y Tres, Uruguay Vancouver, B.C., Canada Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Paysandu, Uruguay Havana, Cuba Banjul, Gambia Garbagnate Milanese, Italy Hualpen, Chile

GP 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

2016 GS G 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

A 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 1

CAREER GP GS G 82 82 0 215 201 9 14 9 0 39 38 5 7 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 93 52 19 23 18 7 0 0 0 79 78 2 54 24 5 9 5 0 9 4 0 82 47 17 0 0 0 16 15 0 98 78 36 35 31 10 0 0 0 91 62 2 1 0 0 32 16 3 11 2 1 65 64 4 9 9 0 57 44 16 W29 L21 T19

A 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 2 5 0 0 10 0 0 14 3 0 12 0 1 0 2 0 17

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. March 12, 2016 (WEEK 2, MLS Game #17) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38 / SKCTVN; TSN2) A high-quality matchup of Western Conference foes highlights the second week of the campaign when Sporting Kansas City make their home bow when they take on Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting opened their season with a high-profile win, defeating Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 at CenturyLink Field. Whitecaps FC went down to defeat on their home ground to start 2016, falling 3-2 to Canadian rival Montréal Impact. REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic. AR1 (bench): Mike Rottersman; AR2 (opposite): C.J. Morgante; 4th: Tyler Ploeger MLS Career: 95 games; FC/gm: 22.8; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 21; pens: 17 SUSPENDED: VAN: Christian Bolanos (through March 13) DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (7 meetings): Sporting 4 wins, 14 goals … Whitecaps FC 1 win, 11 goals … Ties 2 AT KC (3 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 7 goals … Whitecaps FC 0 win, 5 goals … Ties 1 RETURN MATCHES: 4/27: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. PT; 8/20: Sporting Kansas City vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 7:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS): 7/12: VAN 0, KC 1 (Ellis 52) 8/15: KC 4, VAN 3 (Ellis 53; Dwyer 81; Nagamura 87, 94+ -- Manneh 9, 41; Morales 75) Sporting won both meetings between the teams a year ago, taking a 1-0 win July 12 at BC Place, and a 4-3 victory Aug. 15 at Sporting Park. SKC have never lost to Whitecaps FC at home, winning all three meetings there lifetime. The lone Whitecaps FC victory in seven meetings all-time came in 2014, a 2-0 win at BC Place. Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. VAN: P7 W4 L1 D2… Carl Robinson vs. KC: P3 W1 L2 D0 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City opened their 2016 season with a quality result on the road, defeating Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 on Sunday evening at CenturyLink Field. Sporting are in a tie for first place in the Western Conference with 3 points from 1 game. LAST MATCH Sounders FC went a man down four minutes before the halftime break when Oniel Fisher was sent off with a straight red card by referee Alan Kelly. Sporting finally broke through with 17 minutes remaining, when Nuno Andre Coelho punched in a shot from well outside the box, short-hopping Seattle 'keeper Stefan Frei, who failed to block it as he dove to stop the shot. Sporting manager Peter Vermes ran out one newcomer to kick off the new season, with Nuno Andre Coelho put into central defense. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Chance Myers, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia - Soni Mustivar - Jordi Quintilla, Roger Espinoza - Connor Hallisey (Jimmy Medranda 82), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi. TEAM NEWS The opening match result reversed a 1-0 loss at Seattle to start last season, and was the fifth victory in the last six years to start the season for Sporting. It was the first victory for Kansas City in Seattle since the 2009 season. “Any time you're able to record a shutout and get three points on the road, it's a huge victory for sure. We've played here plenty of times, and they've always found a way to get a goal late against us and in this situation I thought we were very well organized and really well-disciplined in the game. I think that was a big help to why we got the result,” said Sporting manager Peter Vermes. New signing Nuno Andre Coelho was the only newcomer to the club to feature in the season opener, celebrating his MLS debut with his first league goal. “Nuno has a very good quality of going forward. He just has a really good quality of how to move forward with the ball, and he sees the game and reads the game really well. And the other thing is he's a very good shot

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from a distance. So I'm happy for him,” said Vermes. “It's a good start for him. He's been really good in preseason and more importantly he had a very good game tonight.” Goalkeeper Tim Melia was credited with two saves in recording the shutout. Melia had eight shutouts in 23 starts between the posts for SKC last season. “I thought he had some very good reaction saves, and he was explosive like he normally is. I think as a team we can be a little bit better about how we manage the game at certain points, and that includes him and how we come out with the ball as a group,” Vermes said. “But in regards to shots stopped and things like that, I think he was very, very good.” Vermes gave starts to Connor Hallisey, who made six starts in his rookie season last year, and Amadou Dia, who made 13 in his first MLS campaign a year ago. “It's hard to tell what the starting team is. I'm not trying to be coy here, but there are a lot of players, and when guys are healthy, they're competing. So the nice thing is that when you like at a guy like [Amadou Dia] and you look at a guy like Hallisey, these guys both had time last year and obviously that's paying dividends for them at the moment, being able to start this game and play to a really good level. Both guys were very focused on the organization and discipline that we preached all week long trying to get ready for the game,” Vermes said. Sporting were without a trio of influential veterans in Brad Davis, Benny Feilhaber and Seth Sinovic, all unavailable to injury. “They're minor, but they're the ones that can become long-term if you don't give them the time that they need to get better, and the time is not four weeks. If you push them they could become four to six weeks, and that's what we don't want to do,” said Vermes. “So we want to make sure those guys are healthy, ready to go and fit. So until they're ready there's nothing else to really have a discussion about.” VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC suffered a home defeat to kick off their new campaign, falling 3-2 to the Montréal Impact on Sunday afternoon at BC Place. Whitecaps FC are in a tie for seventh place in the Western Conference with 0 points from 1 game. LAST MATCH The Impact took the lead in the 19th minute when Ignacio Piatti played a one-two with Harry Shipp, then beat three opponents before slamming the ball home to goalkeeper David Ousted’s left. The Impact second came in the 42nd minute when Dominic Oduro raced onto a Piatti pass behind the defense and took advantage of the confusion between Whitecaps defenders to simply tap the ball into an empty net. The Caps cut the lead in the 45th minute when defender Jordan Harvey darted in at the far post to redirect a Pedro Morales dead-ball service into the goal. But the Impact sealed the result two minutes from time when Oduro placed a diagonal pass into the path of Piatti on the counter, and he took a couple of touches before finishing low into the side netting. Vancouver's Kendall Waston scored a consolation goal in second-half stoppage time, heading home a Christian Bolaños corner kick. Whitecaps FC boss Carl Robinson gave new signing Christian Bolanos the start in a wide right-sided role, while Fraser Aird was slotted into the back four on the right. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC (4-2-3-1): David Ousted - Fraser Aird, Kendall Waston, Tim Parker, Jordan Harvey - Kianz Froese (Blas Perez 66), Matias Laba - Christian Bolanos, Pedro Morales, Cristian Techera (Kekuta Manneh 61) - Octavio Rivero (Masato Kudo 81). TEAM NEWS Whitecaps FC suffered a second consecutive defeat in their season opener at home to a Canadian club, after falling 3-1 to Toronto FC to start 2015. Whitecaps FC had won the first four season openers in the club’s MLS history. “When you lose at home it always hurts,” head coach Carl Robinson said. "It's not nice when you lose games of football. We gifted Montreal the win today. That's an honest assessment. If you score two goals at home and give three bad ones away, you don't win games.” Whitecaps FC took 21 total attempts at goal, 10 of those on target – tied for the second-most in a game in the club’s MLS history (11, June 1, 2014 at Portland). Two newcomers to the club were given runouts to start the season, with Fraser Aird slotted in at right back and Christian Bolaños in a wide right midfield role. Kianz Froese started in the midfield, making his second career MLS start. “I thought [Froese] did well today. He should be proud of his first home start here in the league. He should be proud of that. Based upon preseason, I thought he had the energy and in his preseason performances, I think he deserved the nod,” Robinson said. “I told you all along, we’re going to try and develop our young players. He got the chance today and he didn’t let himself down.” Both goals came from defenders on set pieces, with Jordan Harvey tapping home a free kick service and Kendall Waston nodding home from a corner kick. Whitecaps FC scored nine goals from set pieces in 2015.

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Octavio Rivero was credited with six attempts at goals – four of those on target, matching his MLS career-best – but was not able to find the back of the net. “I thought he played very well. But he didn’t score a goal, the keep made some good saves. He hit the crossbar; sometimes that happens. If he wasn’t getting into the area to create the chances and be there, then I’d have the concern,” said Robinson. “But I have no concerns about Octavio. Obviously, he would have liked to put one away for himself. In the last two games of preseason, he did.” Kekuta Manneh came off the substitutes’ bench in the opener, playing the final half-hour, while Masato Kudo made his MLS debut in coming on for the final nine minutes. “I think Kekuta is one of a number of guys that we have got that aren’t up to full speed at the moment. So we have to continue working with it,” Robinson said. “It’s a long season, we know that. If you try and rush him back and he’s out for 3, 4, 5 months, then it’s a stupid decision. And we don’t make stupid decisions here in this club. We’ll be patient with him.”

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (1-0-0, 3 pts.) UNF 12 96 13 7 22 14 8 94 5 27 93 29

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

PLAYER Nuno Andre Coelho Jordi Quintilla Amadou Dia Chance Myers Connor Hallisey Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Soni Mustivar Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

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

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

MIN 90 90 90 90 82 90 90 8 90 90 90 90

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

1 1

90 90

GP 1 1 1

GS 1 1 1

MIN SHTS 90 2 90 2 90 4

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

SHT 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 0

14 8

4 2

19 9

9 19

1 3

6 7

2 0

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Nuno Andre Coelho 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Jordi Quintilla 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

SV 2 2 3

GA 0 0 1

GAA 0 0 1

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0

W 1 1 0

L 0 0 1

T 0 0 0

SO 1 1 0

2016 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC STATISTICS (0-1-0, 0 pts.) UNF 2 4 7 77 27 13 1 8 23 38 9 15 29 26

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

PLAYER Jordan Harvey Kendall Waston Christian Bolanos Pedro Morales Blas Perez Cristian Techera David Ousted Fraser Aird Kekuta Manneh Kianz Froese Masato Kudo Matias Laba Octavio Rivero Tim Parker Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

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

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

MIN 90 90 90 90 24 61 90 90 29 66 9 90 81 90

G 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

1 1

90 90

GP 1 1 1

GS 1 1 1

MIN SHTS 90 5 90 5 90 10

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

SHT 2 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 0

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

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

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

OFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 0 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

3 2

11 21

5 10

11 12

12 11

2 0

2 10

1 2

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER David Ousted Team totals Opponent totals

SV 2 2 8

GA 3 3 2

GAA 3 3 2

PG 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0

W 0 0 1

L 1 1 0

T 0 0 0

SO 0 0 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Fri. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sun. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May June June June July July

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

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

Sun. Oct.

OPPONENT RESULT 6 at Seattle W 1-0 12 Vancouver 20 Toronto FC 2 Real Salt Lake 9 at New York 13 Colorado 17 at FC Dallas 24 at San Jose 27 at Vancouver 1 Los Angeles 7 at Houston 11 at Colorado 15 Orlando City SC 21 Real Salt Lake 27 D.C. United 2 at Los Angeles 19 FC Dallas 25 at Montreal 3 Columbus 10 New York City FC 13 at Chicago 16 at Colorado 24 Seattle 31 Portland 7 at Portland 13 at FC Dallas 20 Vancouver 27 at Philadelphia 9 Houston 18 Los Angeles 24 at San Jose 1 at New England 16 at Real Salt Lake 23 San Jose

ATT 39525

W-L-T 1-0-0

POS PTS NOTES: 5 3 KC: Coelho (73);

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VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.

Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

Sat. Apr. Wed. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Mon. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun.

May May May May May June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

OPPONENT 6 Montreal

RESULT L 2-3

ATT 22120

W-L-T 0-1-0

POS PTS NOTES: 8 0 VAN: Harvey (45) Waston (93+); MTL: Piatti (19,88) Oduro (42)

12 at Sporting KC 19 at Seattle 26 Houston 2 Los Angeles 9 at D.C. United 16 at Real Salt Lake 23 FC Dallas 27 Sporting KC 30 at New York City FC 7 Portland 11 Chicago 14 at Toronto FC 22 at Portland 28 Houston 18 New England 25 at Philadelphia 4 at Los Angeles 9 Colorado 13 Real Salt Lake 16 Orlando City SC 23 at Houston 31 at FC Dallas 6 at Colorado 12 San Jose 20 at Sporting KC 27 at Los Angeles 3 New York 10 at Columbus 17 at Seattle 24 Colorado 2 Seattle 16 at San Jose 23 Portland

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 1 Nuno Andre Coelho Assists 1 Jordi Quintilla Shots 3 Graham Zusi 3 Nuno Andre Coelho Shots on Goal 1 4 times Fouls Committed 4 Chance Myers Fouls Suffered 2 Roger Espinoza 2 Connor Hallisey 2 Jordi Quintilla Offside 1 Dom Dwyer Saves 2 Tim Melia Shots Faced 2 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 0 27 times

Goals 1 03/06/2016 vs Assists 1 03/06/2016 vs Shots 14 03/06/2016 vs Shots on Goal 4 03/06/2016 vs Fouls Committed 19 03/06/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 9 03/06/2016 vs Corner Kicks 6 03/06/2016 vs Offside 1 03/06/2016 vs Saves 2 03/06/2016 vs Shots Faced 2 03/06/2016 vs Goals Allowed 0 03/06/2016 vs

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WHITECAPS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 1 Jordan Harvey 1 Kendall Waston Assists 1 Pedro Morales 1 Christian Bolanos Shots 6 Octavio Rivero Shots on Goal 4 Octavio Rivero Fouls Committed 4 Matias Laba Fouls Suffered 2 Cristian Techera Offside 0 28 times Saves 2 David Ousted Shots Faced 5 David Ousted Goals Allowed 3 David Ousted

Goals 2 03/06/2016 at Assists 2 03/06/2016 at Shots 21 03/06/2016 at Shots on Goal 10 03/06/2016 at Fouls Committed 12 03/06/2016 at Fouls Suffered 11 03/06/2016 at Corner Kicks 10 03/06/2016 at Offside 0 03/06/2016 at Saves 2 03/06/2016 at Shots Faced 5 03/06/2016 at Goals Allowed 3 03/06/2016 at

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TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) Shots 14 03/06/2016 vs Shots on Goal 4 03/06/2016 vs Fouls Committed 19 03/06/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 9 03/06/2016 vs Corner Kicks 6 03/06/2016 vs Offside 1 03/06/2016 vs Saves 2 03/06/2016 vs Shots Faced 2 03/06/2016 vs

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Shots 21 03/06/2016 at Shots on Goal 10 03/06/2016 at Fouls Committed 12 03/06/2016 at Fouls Suffered 11 03/06/2016 at Corner Kicks 10 03/06/2016 at Offside 0 03/06/2016 at Saves 2 03/06/2016 at Shots Faced 5 03/06/2016 at

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

WHITECAPS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 4 wins, 14 goals Whitecaps 1 wins, 11 goals 2 ties 4/2/2011 6/25/2011 4/18/2012 7/3/2013 8/10/2014 7/12/2015 8/15/2015

VAN 3 vs KC KC 2 vs VAN KC 3 at VAN KC 1 vs VAN VAN 2 vs KC KC 1 at VAN KC 4 vs VAN

3 1 1 1 0 0 3

(EF) (SP) (BC) (SP) (BC) (BC) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 5 48 14 45 6 16

2 9 63 18 59 10 18

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Whitecaps Tot 14 111 32 104 16 34

1 6 41 20 43 17 14

2 5 54 21 38 7 19

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 11 95 41 81 24 33

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC VAN

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

0 2

1 1

3 3

5 0

2 2

3 3

0 0

14 11

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Carl Robinson Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. VAN

1-2-0 4-1-2

(1 pts./game) (2 pts./game)

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

2 2 13 3 9 8 2 1 1 14 6

Sporting KC 5 times 4 times Kei Kamara 3 times Espinoza/Feilhaber Roger Espinoza Melia/Nielsen Andy Gruenebaum Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

4 2 19 9 8 15 1 2 1 7 5

Whitecaps Camilo Sanvezzo Khalfan/Chiumiento Camilo Sanvezzo Camilo Sanvezzo Gershon Koffie Gershon Koffie David Ousted Cannon/Ousted David Ousted David Ousted Cannon/Ousted

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists

Sporting KC 2 Nagamura/Bunbury 2 Stojcev/Mustivar

Shots

6 Nagamura/Saad

Shots on Goal

Fouls Suffered

3 Paulo Nagamura (08/15/15) 6 Benny Feilhaber (08/10/14) 3 7 players tied

Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

1 Tim Melia (07/12/15) 6 Melia/Nielsen 3 Melia/Nielsen

Fouls Committed

Whitecaps 2 Sanvezzo/Manneh 2 Nizar Khalfan (04/02/11) 9 Camilo Sanvezzo (04/02/11) 4 Camilo Sanvezzo (04/02/11) 4 Hassli/Rivero 7 Gershon Koffie (08/10/14) 1 David Ousted (08/10/14) 6 Joe Cannon (06/25/11) 4 David Ousted (08/15/15)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City 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)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

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1 Ws 2 Ws 1 Ts

(08/08/2015) (10/25/2015) (09/27/2015)

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1 Ts (10/03/2015) 1 Ws (10/25/2015) 5 Ls (08/29/2015)

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5 Ls (08/29/2015) 1 Ws (10/25/2015)

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

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2 Ws 1 Ws 4 Ls 2 Ls 1 Ls

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

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

1 1 7 3 1

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(10/25/2015) (10/03/2015) (04/25/2015) (03/07/2015) (08/15/2015)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. WHITECAPS (4-1-2) PLAYER Teal Bunbury Aurelien Collin Kevin Ellis Kei Kamara Paulo Nagamura Omar Bravo Dom Dwyer Julio Cesar Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Krisztian Nemeth Milos Stojcev Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber C.J. Sapong Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

2 4 3 4 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 7 7

1 4 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 4 7 7

118 360 266 279 167 85 302 172 180 287 180 158 360 307 259 360 630 630

2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 13 9

SHT GOALKEEPER 3 6 2 13 6 3 7 1 0 5 3 6 5 7 9 8 111 95

Jon Kempin Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Andy Gruenebaum Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GAA

1 2 4 1 7 7

45 180 360 45 630 630

2 14 20 5 41 32

1 10 14 3 28 19

0.00 1.50 1.50 4.00 1.57 2.00

0 0 0 0 0 1

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WHITECAPS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (1-4-2) PLAYER Camilo Sanvezzo Kekuta Manneh Atiba Harris Pedro Morales Sebastien Le Toux Darren Mattocks Davide Chiumiento Nizar Khalfan Steven Beitashour Terry Dunfield Team totals Opponent totals

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

4 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 7 7

3 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 7 7

300 154 169 102 90 106 156 40 264 167 630 630

4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 14

1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 9 13

19 5 3 4 4 5 0 3 0 2 95 111

Brad Knighton David Ousted Joe Cannon Jay Nolly Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 3 2 1 7 7

MIN SHTS

GAA

90 270 180 90 630 630

2 7 6 4 19 28

1.00 1.67 2.50 3.00 2.00 1.57

0 0 1 0 1 0

3 12 10 7 32 41

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. WHITECAPS (4-1-2) PLAYER Kevin Ellis Paulo Nagamura Dom Dwyer Brad Davis Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Jacob Peterson Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Amadou Dia Connor Hallisey Jon Kempin Justin Mapp Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

GOALKEEPER Jon Kempin Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

CURRENT WHITECAPS VS. SPORTING KC (1-4-2)

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

3 4 4 5 2 4 4 6 6 4 2 2 7 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 7 7

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

266 227 302 449 180 287 360 487 381 360 163 121 630 146 52 45 244 34 180 66 135 270 630 630

2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11

0 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9

2 8 7 8 0 5 5 13 10 8 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 111 95

Kekuta Manneh Blas Perez Pedro Morales Darren Mattocks Deybi Flores Jordan Harvey Erik Hurtado Pa-Modou Kah Matias Laba Nicolas Mezquida David Ousted Tim Parker Octavio Rivero Cristian Techera Russell Teibert Paolo Tornaghi Kendall Waston Team totals Opponent totals

2 6 2 2 1 10 2 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 7 7

2 4 1 1 0 10 1 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 7 7

154 365 102 106 31 900 78 180 348 65 270 180 180 150 58 90 90 630 630

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 14

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13

5 9 4 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 6 1 0 2 95 111

MIN

SHT

GAA

1 2 7 7

45 180 630 630

2 14 41 32

1 10 28 19

0.00 1.50 1.57 2.00

0 0 0 1

GOALKEEPER David Ousted Paolo Tornaghi Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 1 7 7

MIN SHTS

GAA

270 90 630 630

7 0 19 28

1.67 2.00 2.00 1.57

0 0 1 0

12 2 32 41

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GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 2 Sporting Kansas City 1-0-0, 3 points (0-0-0 home; 1-0-0 away) T-1st place in Western Conference

1-0-0 (3 pts.) RECORD 1 GAMES PLAYED T-1st in West CONFERENCE POSITION 1 GOALS 1.00 GOALS/GAME 1 ASSISTS 0 GOALS ALLOWED 0.00 ALLOWED/GAME +1 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 14 (4) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 28.6% ON GOAL % 19 FOULS COMMITTED 9 FOULS SUFFERED 2 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS

English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0-1-0, 0 points (0-1-0 home; 0-0-0 away) T-8th place in Western Conference

Edvin Jurisevic Mike Rottersman C.J. Morgante Tyler Ploeger

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 FWD 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 Diego Rubio 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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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

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

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

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Pts 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

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0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

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T-8th in West

2 2.00 2 3 3.00 –1

21 (10) 47.6% 12 11 2 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

+2 +1 +1 0 0 –1 –1 –2 –2 –3

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

+3 +2 +1 +1 +1 0 0 –1 –1 –1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

Nuno Andre Coelho 1 GOALS 1 Harvey/Waston Jordi Quintilla 1 ASSISTS 1 Bolanos/Morales Coelho/Zusi 3 SHOTS 6 Octavio Rivero four players tied 1 SHOTS ON GOAL 4 Octavio Rivero Nuno Andre Coelho 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 0 Jordi Quintilla 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 0 Chance Myers 4 FOULS COMMITTED 4 Matias Laba three players tied 2 FOULS SUFFERED 2 Cristian Techera Espinoza/Zusi 1 CAUTIONS 1 Aird/Bolanos three players tied 1 EJECTIONS 0 Tim Melia 90 MINUTES PLAYED 90 David Ousted Tim Melia 0.00 GOALS AGAINST AVG. 3.00 David Ousted Tim Melia 1 WINS 0 Tim Melia 1 SHUTOUTS 0 Tim Melia 2 SAVES 2 David Ousted

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 8th season (.552) 91-69-53 8th season (.552) 91-69-53

Top six clubs from each conference advance to MLS Cup Playoffs

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

0-1-0 (0 pts.) 1

2016 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra ZOO-see

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

CARL ROBINSON

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

3rd season 28-22-19 (.543) 3rd season 28-22-19 (.543)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, March 10 OUT: • Justin Mapp (left toe) QUESTIONABLE: • Benny Feilhaber (right abdominal strain) • Paulo Nagamura (right lower leg strain) • Ike Opara (left thigh strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 12, 2016 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvVAN: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvVAN: BY THE NUMBERS

Two teams who qualified for the 2015 postseason go head-to-head Saturday when Sporting KC (1-0-0, 3 points) hosts Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0-1-0, 0 points) at newly-named Children’s Mercy Park. The clubs enter Week 2 after experiencing opposite results on Sunday’s opening day. Sporting KC went on the road and snatched a 1-0 win against Seattle Sounders FC, while Vancouver fell 3-2 at home to the Montreal Impact. Sporting KC holds the upper hand in the regular season series with a 4-1-2 record and a 2-0-1 mark at Children’s Mercy Park. Peter Vermes’ men swept the 2015 set with a pair of one-goal wins that came in dissimilar fashion. Sporting KC scrapped out a 1-0 road result on July 12, receiving a headed goal from Kevin Ellis shortly after halftime to break the deadlock. Soni Mustivar made 20 interceptions en route to setting a single-game Opta-era record (2011-present). The second meeting proved to be one of Major League Soccer’s best matches of 2015. Kekuta Manneh bagged a first-half brace to put Vancouver up 2-0 at the break. Ellis notched a goal in the 53rd minute, but substitute Pedro Morales’ sublime free kick in the 75th minute appeared to have condemned the hosts to defeat. The ensuing comeback matched a feat that had been done just one other time in MLS history. Sporting KC reversed a twogoal deficit in the final 10 minutes plus stoppage time to post a remarkable 4-3 victory in front of its home fans. Dom Dwyer began the fightback with a header in the 81st minute. That set the stage for veteran Paulo Nagamura, who scored in the 87th and 94th minutes for just the second multi-goal match of his 259-game MLS career. Vancouver’s lone victory in the series came on Aug. 10, 2014, at BC Place. An own goal from Igor Juliao and a Darren Mattocks strike assisted by Pedro Morales sealed the outcome before halftime. This was also Sporting KC’s last defeat to a Cascadia club (5-0-4 since then with seven shutouts).

Sporting KC 2015 stats • SKC scored 62 goals in all competitions, third most in club history behind the inaugural 1996 campaign (71) and 2011 (63). • SKC won 14 home games in all competitions (14-2-5), tying the club record set in 2000, 2004 and 2012. • SKC led MLS with 12 assists from set plays, 70 chances created from set plays and 14 headed goals. • Matt Besler led MLS with 217 clearances (regular season). • Benny Feilhaber’s 15 MLS regular season assists were second in MLS behind only Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco. His five game-winning assists were also second most in MLS, while his 20 assists in all competitions were a single-season club record. • Dom Dwyer’s 34 regular season goals from 2014-2015 are the most over a two-year span in Sporting KC history. • Kevin Ellis’ four goals were the most by an MLS defender in 2015 and tied for the most by a defender in a single regular season during the Opta era (2011-present). He added a fifth goal in the MLS Cup Playoffs. • Soni Mustivar led MLS with 6.1 interceptions per 90 minutes played and boasted a 15-5-6 record as a starter in all competitions. • As a member of the Houston Dynamo, Brad Davis (4 goals, 10 assists) reached double digits in assists for the seventh time in his MLS career, a feat matched only by Landon Donovan in league history. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2015 stats • Vancouver led the league in 2015 with seven road wins (7-7-3 overall) and 24 road points. Whitecaps FC also conceded the fewest road goals in MLS last season (18). • Vancouver set club records last season in wins (16) and points (53) en route to finishing second in the West, their highest finish ever. • Vancouver conceded 36 goals, tied with Seattle for fewest in MLS. • 2015 record when scoring first: 16-3-1 • 2015 record when conceding first: 0-10-2 • Kendall Waston was third in MLS in clearances (195) and was an MLS Defender of the Year finalist. • Matias Laba led MLS in tackles won (132) and sixth in duels won (200). • Kekuta Manneh ranked third in dribbles completed (70) and ninth in shot attempts (82) while being ranked No. 2 on MLS’s “24 Under 24” player rankings.

#SKCvVAN Regular Season Meetings (SKC leads 4-1-2) Date

Score

04/02/2011 06/25/2011 04/18/2012 07/03/2013 08/14/2014 07/12/2015 08/15/2015

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

Result Details T W W T L W W

Whitecaps score in 92’ and 93’ to rescue result Zusi records game-winning assist in 40th minute Myers tallies assist as SKC starts season 7-0-0 Aurelien Collin and Camilo Sanvezzo bag goals Morales assists Mattocks goal in Caps’ 1st win of series Ellis scores in 52’, Mustivar makes 20 interceptions SKC scores in 81’, 87’ and 94’ to notch epic comeback

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

#SKCvVAN: PLAYER CONNECTIONS •

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. • Graham Zusi is one shy of becoming the 10th player in Sporting KC history to score 25 regular season goals. • Matt Besler is 85 minutes shy of passing Chris Klein for sixth in club history with 19,380 minutes played across all competitions. • Benny Feilhaber (25 assists) is one shy of tying Josh Wolff for 6th in club history with 26 regular season assists. • 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. • In contention to make his Sporting KC debut: Brad Davis, Alec Kann, Justin Mapp and Daniel Salloi. • Sporting KC has conceded 998 goals all-time in all competitions.

• Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber (2008-11) and Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted (2003-13) both played in the top-flight Danish Superliga • Feilhaber and Vancouver defender Jordan Harvey were college teammates at UCLA from 2003-04. • Harvey and Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson were teammates at the Colorado Rapids from 2006-09. • Sporting KC midfielder Connor Hallisey and Vancouver defender Christian Dean were college teammates at California from 2011-2013. • Sporting KC defender Saad Abul-Salaam and Vancouver forward Darren Mattocks were college teammates at Akron in 2011. • As a player, current Vancouver head coach Carl Robinson was teammates with Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson at Toronto FC in 2010.

#SKCvVAN: PLAYER HISTORY •

Brad Davis has recorded five assists in five regular season appearances against Vancouver, each as a member of the Houston Dynamo. • Kevin Ellis scored goals in both regular season meetings against Vancouver last season. • Paulo Nagamura recorded the second multi-goal game of his 12-year MLS career in a 4-3 win over Vancouver on Aug. 15 last season. • Soni Mustivar recorded the only two assists of his MLS career in Sporting KC’s 4-3 win over Vancouver last year. • Chance Myers has tallied two assists in four regular season appearances against Vancouver. • Kekuta Manneh recorded the second multi-goal game of his four-year MLS career in the 4-3 thriller last August. • Pedro Morales has scored (8/15/15) or assisted (8/10/14) in both of his regular season appearances against Sporting KC. • As a member of FC Dallas, Blas Perez scored a brace in his team’s 3-1 home win over Sporting KC on March 14 last year.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | March 12, 2016 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SPORTING KC BEATS SEATTLE 1-0 TO OPEN 2016 SEASON DREAM DEBUT FOR NUNO Defender Nuno Andre Coelho scored in his Major League Soccer debut on Sunday as Sporting KC opened the 2016 MLS season with a 1-0 road victory over Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field.

Thanks in part to a sound performance from newly acquired center back Nuno Andre Coelho, Sporting KC emerged from CenturyLink Field on Sunday with three points and its first victory in Seattle since 2009. The 2016 season opener saw Coelho score on his MLS debut, firing a 30-yard attempt that skipped across the wet surface and under the mitts of Sounders keeper Stefan Frei. The 6-foot-4 defender landed Goal.com Team of the Week recognition while also connecting on 79 of his 88 passes.

A 30-yard strike from the Portuguese center back in the 73rd minute gave Sporting KC its first win in Seattle since 2009 and extended the club’s unbeaten streak against Sounders FC to four matches. Goalkeeper Tim Melia was forced to make just two saves on Sunday, but both were of the spectacular variety as Sporting KC emerged with three points on an MLS opening day in which all 20 teams kicked off their respective campaigns.

A native of Penafiel, Portugal, Coelho has played more than 160 matches during a 12-year professional career in Europe, including seven appearances in the UEFA Champions League with Portuguese clubs SC Braga and FC Porto. He most recently played for Balikesirspor of the Turkish Super Lig during the 2014-15 season. He signed for Sporting KC in January to bring another defensive option for a back line that has lost center back Ike Opara to long-term injuries in each of the last two seasons.

CONQUERING CASCADIA

Sporting KC opened the 2016 season on Sunday with a 1-0 win over Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field thanks to a 30-pass sequence that culminated in a 30-yard strike from MLS debutant Nuno Andre Coelho. In addition to notching their first victory at Seattle since 2009, Peter Vermes’ men went into the history books as the first MLS team to go unbeaten in five straight regular season road games against Cascadia foes (Portland, Seattle, Vancouver).

STRONG STARTERS

Since the league’s inception in 1996, no MLS team has more season-opening wins than Sporting KC’s 13. The club is 13-5-3 in season openers all-time, with its most recent opening-day victory coming Sunday at Seattle.

Remarkably, Sporting KC has earned a shutout in every match during the streak. The run is made impressive by the fact that visiting teams emerge with an away win against Cascadia foes less than 22 percent of the time (63-150-75 record). Sporting KC’s 29 road regular season victories since 2012 are eight more than any other team.

May 23, 2015 July 12, 2015 Sept. 9, 2015 Oct. 3, 2015 March 6, 2016

at Seattle at Vancouver at Portland at Portland at Seattle

Sporting KC also boasts a strong record in home openers, going 12-2-6 all-time in those matches. The lone losses among Kansas City’s 20 home openers came in 1999 (a 3-0 defeat to the Chicago Fire) and 2009 (a 3-2 setback to Toronto).

DWYER CLIMBING GOAL CHARTS

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

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 (40). Dwyer’s 34 goals from 2014-2015 were 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.

Throw in the last four visits from Cascadia clubs to Children’s Mercy Park, and Sporting KC is 5-0-4 with seven shutouts against the trio since the start of 2014.

March 21, 2015 June 6, 2015 Aug. 15, 2015 Sept. 27, 2015

vs. Portland vs. Seattle vs. Vancouver vs. Seattle

If Dwyer 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.

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

CONQUERING CANADA

CAPTAIN MATT A MAINSTAY IN DEFENSE

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.

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.

Sporting KC will host two Canadian sides in regular season play before the late-March FIFA window. First up is a date with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday. 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’s captain since the start of 2014, Matt Besler ranks seventh in Sporting KC history with 220 games played in all competitions. He is 10 appearances shy of tying Jimmy Conrad for sixth, 15 shy of tying Chris Klein for fifth, and 34 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.

HOME SWEET HOME

Besler opened 2016 with a solid outing at Seattle, making eight clearances and two interceptions while anchoring a defense that earned a clean sheet and allowed just one shot on goal from the run of play. His performance landed him a Team of the Week nod on Bleacher Report and NBC Pro Soccer Talk.

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).

SPORTING KC ACQUIRES YOUNG DP DIEGO RUBIO

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.

Sporting KC announced Tuesday that the club has acquired 22-year-old Chilean striker Diego Rubio on a loan as a Young Designated Player. Rubio will occupy an international spot on Sporting KCs roster pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and P-1 Visa. Rubio has recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional career in South America and Europe. The forward joins Sporting Kansas City from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals.

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.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) THREE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS

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.

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.

MELIA OFF TO STRONG START

Goalkeeper Tim Melia made two brilliant saves on Sunday to preserve Sporting KC’s shutout in a 1-0 win at Seattle. His first stop in the 15th minute -- a sprawling effort to deny Clint Dempsey’s free kick from finding the top corner -- was a finalist for MLS Save of the Week. He was forced into action again in the 53rd minute, diving to parry a long-range blast from Andreas Ivanschitz onto the crossbar. Melia’s performance earned him Team of the Week honors on Bleacher Report.

Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United LA Galaxy Columbus Crew SC

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)

DEFENDING THE OPEN CUP

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.

In his first season with Sporting KC last year, 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).

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.

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).

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.

FEILHABER FRESH OFF BANNER YEAR

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).

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON THE HORIZON

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.

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.

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.

MUSTIVAR BACK IN MIDFIELD

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.

PETER THE GREAT

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. He entered the year trailing Bob Gansler in both categories. Vermes has coached 254 matches in Kansas City across all competitions with a 114-79-61 record, 16 games shy of tying Gansler’s 270-game record.

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.

Vermes’ 91 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth most among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (222), Bruce Arena (191) and Dominic Kinnear (153). Now entering his eighth MLS season, Vermes ties Bob Gansler (1999-2006) as the club’s longest-tenured manager.

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.

SIDE NOTES FROM LAST WEEKEND’S WIN IN SEATTLE

• Sunday marked first time Sporting KC has won in Seattle since April 2009. • Graham Zusi made his 150th career MLS start (including postseason). • Seattle played more than half the match with 10 men on the field after Oniel Fisher’s 41st-minute red card. • Sporting KC is now unbeaten in four straight against Seattle since the start of 2015. • All 13 regular season games between Sporting KC and Seattle have been decided by one goal or less. • Tim Melia earned his third straight shutout against Seattle. 4

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 222 191 153 130 124 112 100 91 86 83

Seasons

(including 2016)

17 14 13 13 9 11 8 8 8 7

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 12, 2016 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) 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 the club this offseason, transitioning from long-time foes to welcome midfield additions in Kansas City. Both are in contention for their Sporting KC debuts on Saturday. 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 Dynamoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. 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. 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. 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 Supportersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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. Most regular season appearances vs. Sporting KC (active MLS players) 1. Brad Davis 31 Sporting KC 2. Justin Mapp 30 Sporting KC 3. Chad Marshall 29 Seattle Sounders FC 4. Brian Carroll 28 Philadelphia Union 5. Kyle Beckerman 27 Real Salt Lake

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 12, 2016 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC: 4-1-2 Home games: 2-0-1 (7 GF, 5 GA) Road games: 2-1-1 (7 GF, 6 GA)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Date 04/02/2011 06/25/2011

Score KC 3 at VAN 3 KC 2 vs VAN 1

Result Location T Empire Field W Children’s Mercy Park

04/18/2012

KC 3 at VAN 1

W BC Place

07/03/2013

KC 1 vs VAN 1

T Children’s Mercy Park

08/10/2014

KC 0 at VAN 2

L BC Place

07/12/2015 08/15/2015

KC 1 at VAN 0 KC 4 vs VAN 3

W BC Place W Children’s Mercy Park

2 9 63 18 59 10 18

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 6 41 20 43 17 13

2 5 54 21 38 7 19

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 14 111 32 104 16 34

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 11 95 41 81 24 32

2 Melia/Nielsen 1 Andy Gruenebaum 1 Tim Melia 14 Jimmy Nielsen 6 Jimmy Nielsen

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Camilo Sanvezzo 4 Chiumiento/Khalfan 2 Camilo Sanvezzo 19 Camilo Sanvezzo 9 Gershon Koffie 8 Gershon Koffie 15 David Ousted 1 Cannon/Ousted 2 David Ousted 1 David Ousted 7 Cannon/Ousted 5

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

2 Bunbury/Nagamura GOALS 2 Stojcev/Mustivar ASSISTS 6 Nagamura/Saad SHOTS 3 Paulo Nagamura (8/15/15) SHOTS ON GOAL 6 Benny Feilhaber (8/10/14) FOULS COMMITTED 3 seven players tied FOULS SUFFERED 6 Nielsen/Melia 3 Nielsen/Melia

Manneh/Sanvezzo 2

(4/2/11) Nizar Khalfan 2 (4/2/11) Camilo Sanvezzo 9 (4/2/11) Camilo Sanvezzo 4

Hassli/Rivero 4

(8/10/14) Gershon Koffie 7 (6/25/11) Joe Cannon 6 (8/15/15) David Ousted 4

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 5 48 14 45 6 16

2 five players tied 2 four players tied 13 Kei Kamara 3 three players tied 9 Espinoza/Feilhaber 8 Roger Espinoza

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS

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

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

1-15 KC 0 VAN 2

16-30

1 1

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 6

31-45

4 3

46-60

4 0

61-75

2 2

76-90

3 3

0 0

Total

14 11

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 12, 2016 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 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)

Diego Rubio (loan - 3/8/16)

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: March 8:

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

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 GK 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 M Bernardo Anor to Minnesota United FC (NASL) Sporting KC waives M Amobi Okugo Sporting KC and D Marcel de Jong mutually agree to terminate contract Sporting KC acquires F Diego Rubio on loan as Young Designated Player

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) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

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 12, 2016 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

TV / SCORERS

Sunday, March 6

at Seattle Sounders FC

MLS

W 1-0

Coelho

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS