Game Guide: Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v LA GALAXY (May 1, Children's Mercy Park, 7 p.m. CT; FS1) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 9 4-4-1 13 10 9 at home 4 2-2-0 6 5 5 Galaxy on road

7 4-1-2 14 17 7 3 1-1-1 4 4 2

Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

Abdul-Salaam

ALL-TIME (55 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (2 shootout), 66 goals … Galaxy 24 wins (0 shootout), 84 goals … Ties 11

27 Espinoza

24 Boateng

3 0 1 1 2 1 1 0

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

2 6 2

0 7 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

6 Husidic

van Damme

DeLaGarza

Cole

A 7 90

8 6 3 0

3 2 2 0

8 2 1 1 2 0 2 1

4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

4 12 1

1 5 1

TYPE OF PLAY

6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0

8 Gerrard

Rogers

12 Rowe

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

6 2 1 0

18 Magee

dos Santos

HOW SCORED

3 5 2 0

17 Lletget

GALAXY

F 17 37

11 Davis

Dwyer

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

13 Dia

Feilhaber

Zusi

UPCOMING MATCHES GALAXY SPORTING Sun. May 8 New England Sat. May 7 at Houston Wed. May 11 at Philadelphia Wed. May 11 at Colorado Sun. May 22 San Jose Sun. May 15 Orlando City SC Sun. May 29 at Montreal Sat. May 21 Real Salt Lake

A 9 90

5 Besler

LAST YEAR 4/18: LA 2, KC 1 (Husidic 9; Gonzalez 94+ -- Nemeth 22) 10/25: KC 2, LA 1 (Ellis 38; Dwyer 65 – Keane 46+)

F 10 81

12 Coelho

Olum

AT KANSAS CITY (28 meetings): Sporting 15 wins (1 shootout), 40 goals … Galaxy 8 wins (0 shootout), 36 goals … Ties 5

SPORTING

ROSTERS

REFEREE: Chris Penso. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Brian Dunn; 4th: Caleb Mendez DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: LA: Nigel de Jong (through May 1) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): LA: Jelle Van Damme

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 (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) LA GALAXY 1 Dan Kennedy (GK) 3 Ashley Cole (DF) 5 Jose Villarreal (FW) 6 Baggio Husidic (MF) 7 Robbie Keane (FW) 8 Steven Gerrard (MF) 9 Alan Gordon (FW) 10 Giovani dos Santos (FW) 11 Gyasi Zardes (FW) 12 Brian Rowe (GK) 14 Robbie Rogers (MF) 15 Ariel Lassiter (FW) 17 Sebastian Lletget (MF) 18 Mike Magee (MF) 20 A.J. DeLaGarza (DF) 21 Jeff Larentowicz (MF) 22 Leonardo (DF) 24 Emmanuel Boateng (FW) 25 Rafael Garcia (MF) 27 David Romney (DF) 29 Josh Turnley (DF) 31 Clement Diop (GK) 34 Nigel de Jong (MF) 36 Oscar Sorto (DF) 37 Jelle Van Damme (DF) 38 Bradford Jamieson (FW) 40 Raul Mendiola (FW) 44 Daniel Steres (DF)

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DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC LA

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 2-0-0 2-2-1 0-2-0 2-0-0 1-1-2 1-0-0

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 4-1-0 0-3-1 1-0-0 3-1-1

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 3/20/2016 KC 1, TOR 0 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 4/13/2016 KC 1, COL 2 4/24/2016 KC 0, SJ 1 4/27/2016 KC 1, VAN 1 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 4/24/2016 KC 0, SJ 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWLWLLLT Galaxy WLWTTWW

(2) (3) (0) (1) (0) (4) (1)

LA GALAXY Date Score (Gms since) 4/23/2016 LA 5, RSL 2 4/15/2016 LA 4, HOU 1 10/18/2015 LA 2, POR 5 3/12/2016 LA 0, COL 1 4/10/2016 LA 1, POR 1 4/02/2016 LA 0, VAN 0 4/02/2016 LA 0, VAN 0

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TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 4 Dwyer A: 3 Abdul-Salaam SHT: 27 Dwyer SOG: 10 Dwyer FC: 16 Dwyer FS: 20 Dwyer OF: 12 Dwyer C: 2 4 players tied E: 1 Espinoza GALAXY G: 4 Zardes A: 3 Magee SHT: 16 Magee SOG: 10 Zardes FC: 13 Van Damme FS: 17 Lletget OF: 3 dos Santos/Keane C: 4 Van Damme E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 9 1 6 2 0 0 10 1.11 LA 7 2 1 0 1 3 17 2.43 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 9 3 3 3 0 0 9 1.00 LA 7 1 5 1 0 0 7 1.00 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 10 1 3 1 1 2 2 LA 17 1 3 3 3 2 5 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 9 1 1 2 1 2 2 LA 7 2 1 0 1 1 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v LA GALAXY (May 1, Children's Mercy Park, 7 p.m. CT-- MLS Game 87)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 1 Jon Kempin 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 4 1 0 0 66 46 8 0 DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 51 45 4 4 4 Kevin Ellis 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 6 6 0 0 188 183 2 10 MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 0 0 0 0 243 218 15 20 6 Paulo Nagamura 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 5 5 0 1 141 113 2 16 FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 8 7 0 2 181 144 24 46 8 Graham Zusi 9 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 5 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 MF 5-10 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 5 2 1 148 133 24 35 10 Benny Feilhaber 11 Brad Davis MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 7 3 1 0 375 328 56 122 Nuno Andre Coelho DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 9 9 1 0 9 9 1 0 12 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 9 9 0 0 31 22 0 1 FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 9 7 4 2 89 73 40 7 14 Dom Dwyer 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 1 0 0 0 145 140 0 7 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 6 5 1 1 73 45 4 3 16 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 6 4 0 3 28 14 0 4 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 0 0 0 0 303 243 22 65 21 22 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 6 6 0 1 19 12 0 2 Alec Kann GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 25 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 8 8 0 0 138 118 3 15 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 8 8 0 0 37 36 0 0 29 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 0 0 0 0 225 129 16 16 37 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 4 4 0 0 29 24 0 2 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 6 2 0 0 19 10 0 0 94 96 Jordi Quintilla MF 5-9 154 10/25/1993 Barcelona, Spain 5 5 0 1 13 8 0 1 ON LOAN Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 7 4 0 0 10 6 0 0 Bernardo Anor MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 13 4 0 0 84 52 12 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W94 L73 T54

LA GALAXY 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Dan Kennedy GK 6-1 200 07/22/1982 Fullerton, CA 1 1 0 0 161 159 0 0 3 Ashley Cole DF 5-9 146 12/20/1980 Stepney, England 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 FW 5-8 160 09/10/1993 Inglewood, CA 0 0 0 0 53 21 5 6 5 Jose Villarreal MF 6-1 165 05/19/1987 Velika Kladusa, Yugoslavia 7 4 1 1 115 83 13 16 6 Baggio Husidic 7 Robbie Keane FW 5-9 160 07/08/1980 Dublin, Ireland 3 3 2 0 111 106 75 43 MF 6-0 183 05/30/1980 Liverpool, England 5 5 1 2 18 18 3 5 8 Steven Gerrard FW 6-1 190 10/16/1981 Long Beach, CA 3 0 0 0 226 122 49 27 9 Alan Gordon 10 Giovani dos Santos FW 5-10 157 05/11/1989 Monterrey, Mexico 4 4 3 2 14 14 6 7 MF 6-2 175 09/02/1991 Hawthorne, CA 7 6 4 1 95 82 30 11 11 Gyasi Zardes 12 Brian Rowe GK 6-1 185 11/16/1988 Chicago, IL 7 6 0 0 21 20 0 0 DF 5-10 165 05/12/1987 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 6 5 0 0 169 146 14 22 14 Robbie Rogers Ariel Lassiter FW 5-10 155 09/27/1994 Turrialba, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 Sebastian Lletget MF 5-10 165 09/03/1992 San Francisco, CA 6 6 0 2 26 23 7 4 17 Mike Magee MF 5-10 160 09/02/1984 Chicago, IL 7 6 3 3 293 215 67 37 18 20 A.J. DeLaGarza DF 5-9 150 11/04/1987 Bryans Road, MD 4 4 0 0 184 177 2 4 21 Jeff Larentowicz MF 6-1 175 08/05/1983 Pasadena, CA 1 0 0 0 302 291 37 18 Leonardo DF 6-2 185 02/05/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil 0 0 0 0 81 75 2 0 22 24 Emmanuel Boateng FW 5-6 150 01/17/1994 Accra, Ghana 5 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 Rafael Garcia MF 5-6 150 12/19/1988 Granada Hills, CA 1 0 0 0 22 5 0 0 25 27 David Romney DF 6-2 190 06/12/1993 Irvine, CA 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 Josh Turnley DF 5-11 175 12/22/1993 Beaver, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 31 Clement Diop GK 6-1 165 10/12/1993 Paris, France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nigel de Jong MF 5-9 160 11/30/1984 Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 34 36 Oscar Sorto DF 5-8 155 08/13/1994 Los Angeles, CA 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 37 Jelle Van Damme DF 6-3 198 10/10/1983 Lokeren, Belgium 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 1 38 Bradford Jamieson FW 6-1 165 10/18/1996 Los Angeles, CA 3 0 0 0 12 6 1 1 40 Raul Mendiola FW 5-8 150 05/18/1994 Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 44 Daniel Steres DF 6-0 170 11/11/1990 Burbank, CA 7 7 1 0 7 7 1 0 HEAD COACH : Bruce Arena

09/21/1951 W194 L116 T75

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs LA GALAXY CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. May 1, 2016 (WEEK 9, MLS Game #87) 7 p.m. CT (FS1 / FOX Deportes; TSN2) It’s a meeting of the clubs which have won four of the last five MLS Cups when Sporting Kansas City entertain the LA Galaxy on Sunday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting return home after putting an end to a three-game losing slide at midweek, in their 1-1 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Galaxy will be looking to transport some of their scintillating home form, having scored nine goals in their last two games, both at StubHub Center, coming off a 5-2 win over previously undefeated Real Salt Lake to extend their unbeaten run to five games. REFEREE: Chris Penso. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Brian Dunn; 4th: Caleb Mendez MLS Career: 82 games; FC/gm: 23.9; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 27; pens: 30 SUSPENDED: LA: Nigel de Jong (through May 1) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: LA: Jelle Van Damme SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: LA: Daniel Steres DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (55 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (2 shootout), 66 goals … Galaxy 24 wins (0 shootout), 84 goals … Ties 11 AT KANSAS CITY (28 meetings): Sporting 15 wins (1 shootout), 40 goals … Galaxy 8 wins (0 shootout), 36 goals … Ties 5 FUTURE MATCHES: 6/2: LA Galaxy vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. PT; 9/18: Sporting Kansas City vs. LA Galaxy, 12 noon (ESPN1) LAST YEAR 4/18: LA 2, KC 1 (Husidic 9; Gonzalez 94+ -- Nemeth 22) 10/25: KC 2, LA 1 (Ellis 38; Dwyer 65 – Keane 46+)  The teams met twice a year ago, each winning by a 2-1 scoreline on their home ground, the Galaxy victorious April 18 at StubHub Center, and Sporting winning Oct. 25 in KC.  The Galaxy have not won in Kansas City since 2007; Sporting have won four of their seven home games since, with three draws. Sporting’s last win against the Galaxy in Carson came in 2010 – the last victory by the visiting in the series; the Galaxy have won their last three home meetings with KC.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. LA: P9 W4 L3 D2… Bruce Arena vs. KC: P25 W8 L11 D6 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City had their losing slide snapped but still saw their winless run extended, reaching a 1-1 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Wednesday evening at BC Place. Sporting are in sixth place in the Western Conference with 13 points from 9 games. LAST MATCH  Whitecaps FC opened the scoring 14 minutes in, as Cristian Techera's outswinging corner kick was turned home on the volley by Christian Bolaños from the heart of the penalty area.  But Sporting pulled level in the 27th minute when Lawrence Olum drove a low ball toward goal from the edge of the penalty area where Diego Rubio made a well-timed run and flicked the shot past David Ousted.  Kendall Waston received his marching orders five minutes into the second half, as a reckless challenge on Rubio led to his second yellow card of the night from referee Armando Villarreal.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made four changes to the team that dropped a 1-0 decision to the San Jose Earthquakes at Avaya Stadium. Alec Kann came in between the posts in place of Tim Melia, and Jimmy Medranda, Diego Rubio and Connor Hallisey formed an all-change front line, in place of Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Brad Davis.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Alec Kann - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Amadou Dia - Lawrence Olum - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Jimmy Medranda (Graham Zusi 75), Diego Rubio (Dom Dwyer 57), Connor Hallisey (Brad Davis 64). TEAM NEWS  The draw in Vancouver put an end to a three-game losing streak, which started April 13, but still saw their winless run stretched to four games, after starting the year with four wins in the first five contests.

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“I thought we had pretty good energy playing away from home,” Vermes said. “Getting a point, yeah it's OK, but whenever you go up a man you always want more. I thought we actually had a couple of opportunities here and there, but they did a good job of really compacting the middle. ... Listen, any time you go on the road in this league and get a point, it's a pretty good thing.” Dario Rubio made his second start since coming to MLS and SKC, his first since April 13, and scored his first goal in the league. “He’s played a couple of games now, he was pressing way too hard to score, it’s what he wanted to do so bad, and I thought it took him out of his game and I had a long talk with him and I just said ‘listen, you’ve got a lot of other things that you bring to our team, and when you get your chance it will come, you don’t have to force it,’” said Vermes. “I thought today, he did a lot of other things for us in the game outside of scoring, but I also think it was good for his confidence to put one in the back of the net.” Saad Abdul-Salaam collected his third assist – leading Sporting Kansas City – making a fourth consecutive start on the right side of the back four. Lawrence Olum collected his first assist of the season, making his fifth consecutive start in the holding midfield role. Olum has been involved in Sporting’s last two goals (goal and assist). Alec Kann made his first start between the posts, the second start of his MLS career, his first coming in the season finale last year for the Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls. “It was an important move for us to give him a shot to play because we had two more competitions we’re going to have to play in with the U.S. Open Cup and also Champions League in the summertime. So we’ve really got to rely on both ‘keepers and we really haven’t had a chance to play him play him yet in a game with us, so I thought he did a good job,” said Vermes. “There’s nothing he could have done about the first goal, it was a great finish … Outside of that I thought he managed the game real well.” Connor Hallisey returned to the starting lineup after not featuring in the last two matches, starting wide on the left and playing 64 minutes. Jimmy Medranda also returned to the starting lineup after a one-match absence. “This league is very interesting,” Vermes said. “It's interesting because anybody can beat anybody on any given day. It doesn't matter what your lineup is, there's just so many different variables that go in to it. But I also think a lot of teams. at least in the first ten games, are always searching a little bit for their identity. No matter how long the team's been together, it's always a new year.”

LA GALAXY The LA Galaxy extended their undefeated streak to five games with yet another offensive outburst, rolling to a 5-2 win against Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening at StubHub Center. The Galaxy are in a tie for third place in the Western Conference with 14 points from 7 games. LAST MATCH  The Galaxy had a glorious chance to open the scoring in the sixth minute, as Steven Gerrard stepped up to take a penalty after Tony Beltran pulled back Giovani dos Santos in the box, but Real goalkeeper Nick Rimando saved the attempt  RSL then hit for the opener, as Juan Manuel Martinez beat Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe with a snap header off a Luke Mulholland cross in the 16th minute.  But the Galaxy scored a quick equalizer as Gyasi Zardes took on three defenders and lashed home a shot from the edge of the box three minutes later. Mike Magee then grabbed the go-ahead goal in the 26th minute, finishing off Emmanuel Boateng's low cross from close range, before Boateng made it 3-1 in the 41st minute, making a late run into the box and burying a touch from Zardes.  Dos Santos made it 4-1 just before halftime, taking an improvised pass from Boateng before pivoting and flighting a spectacular chip shot to the far post for a memorable golazo.  Second-half substitute Javier Morales pulled a goal back for RSL in the 71st minute, converting from the penalty spot after LA defender Daniel Steres pulled down Yura Movsisyan in the penalty area. Gerrard provided the final scoreline, slotting home from the edge of the area in second-half stoppage time.  Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena made one change to the team that strolled to a 4-1 win against the Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium. Emmanuel Boateng came into the team in place of Sebastian Lletget.  LA GALAXY (4-2-3-1): Brian Rowe - A.J. DeLaGarza (Robbie Rogers 81), Daniel Steres, Jelle Van Damme, Ashley Cole - Steven Gerrard, Baggio Husidic (Jeff Larentowicz 76) - Mike Magee (Bradford Jamieson 90), Giovani dos Santos, Emmanuel Boateng - Gyasi Zardes. TEAM NEWS  The Galaxy extended their undefeated streak to five games with a second consecutive victory. They are still undefeated at StubHub Center, with three wins and a draw this season.  The Galaxy have scored nine goals in their last two games; It was the third time this season the Galaxy have hit for four or more goals in a game. The Galaxy scored 15 goals in three consecutive games June 4-18, 1998, the most by a team over three games in MLS history.

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“I think in a couple of months, we’re going to be a real good team. Some other players are still waiting to get back in, and they’re going to be playing together, obviously, over the next few months and hopefully getting better each game. But I think we have a good team and a good balance with some young players, some pace, some real experienced players,” said Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena. Giovani dos Santos scored his third goal in the last two matches, while also adding an assist. Dos Santos has three goals and two assists over the last two games, having started three games in a row. “It was a heck of a goal,” said Arena. “He’s playing himself back into good form, and we’re hopeful that he continues to get better.” Emmanuel Boateng made his second MLS start, his first since April 2, and scored his first MLS goal while also adding his first two MLS assists. “He’s faster than most players. He’s left footed which helps on our attack on that side of the field. He’s a good overall player. He’s really grown during the preseason and the start of the season. He can play on both sides of the ball,” Arena said. “He’s getting better. He’s understanding the qualities he brings to the field, and his teammates understand it, and that allows him to be more productive.” Said Steven Gerrard: “Two days before the game, he’s probably going to be on the bench as a backup player but the manager gave him a shout yesterday because of Sebastian’s [Lletget] groin. He’s been professional all week and his reaction to the manager giving him the call was tremendous. He’s got energy, he’s got pace, and he’s got quality in the wide areas as you see from his assist.” Gyasi Zardes scored his fourth goal of the season, his second in as many games, tied for third place in the MLS Golden Boot standings after the weekend. Zardes also added his first assist of the season. Making his second consecutive start after a two-match absence, Steven Gerrard netted his first goal of the season, his first goal since last Sept. 27. The Galaxy conceded two goals for the first time this season. They had allowed five goals through their opening six games, with one shutout in that time. “We conceded two goals tonight; that’s not good. We probably could have scored more goals. ... Our finishing could have been a little bit better. We started a little slow. We needed to pass a little quicker, but as we keep playing and progressing through the season, hopefully, we’ll get better in every area,” said Arena.

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (4-4-1, 13 pts.) UNF 14 10 16 11 9 12 17 8 7 22 96 25 13 3 94 4 5 27 15 93 29

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

PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Lawrence Olum Brad Davis Diego Rubio Nuno Andre Coelho Saad Abdul-Salaam Graham Zusi Chance Myers Connor Hallisey Jordi Quintilla Alec Kann Amadou Dia Ike Opara Jimmy Medranda Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Seth Sinovic Soni Mustivar Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 9 6 6 7 5 9 6 8 5 6 5 1 9 4 6 2 6 8 1 4 8

GS 7 5 5 3 2 9 4 7 5 6 5 1 9 1 2 2 6 8 0 4 8

MIN 696 495 421 362 139 810 405 645 405 448 365 90 786 174 194 131 525 713 20 360 720

9 9

810 810

G 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9

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

SHT 27 6 3 8 6 6 5 9 0 10 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 13 0 3 0

SOG 10 3 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 0

12 5

106 100

36 40

FC 16 5 5 5 6 2 2 7 6 3 3 0 15 2 1 1 4 15 0 3 2

FS 20 9 3 10 7 9 5 8 4 4 7 0 5 4 3 1 2 14 0 3 0

OFF 12 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 12 0 9 0 0 0 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

103 123 123 103

24 21

47 34

13 14

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Brad Davis 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Jordi Quintilla 1, Chance Myers 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 1-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Alec Kann Team totals Opponent totals

GP 8 1 9 9

GS 8 1 9 9

MIN SHTS 720 38 90 2 810 40 810 36

SV 30 1 31 23

GA 8 1 9 10

GAA 1 1 1 1.11

PG 2 0 2 1

PA 3 0 3 1

W 4 0 4 4

L 4 0 4 4

T 0 1 1 1

SO 3 0 3 1

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2016 LA GALAXY STATISTICS (4-1-2, 14 pts.) UNF 11 18 10 7 24 8 6 44 17 37 20 9 15 3 38 12 1 27 21 34 25 14

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

PLAYER Gyasi Zardes Mike Magee Giovani dos Santos Robbie Keane Emmanuel Boateng Steven Gerrard Baggio Husidic Daniel Steres Sebastian Lletget Jelle Van Damme A.J. DeLaGarza Alan Gordon Ariel Lassiter Ashley Cole Bradford Jamieson Brian Rowe Dan Kennedy David Romney Jeff Larentowicz Nigel De Jong Rafael Garcia Robbie Rogers Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 7 4 3 5 5 7 7 6 6 4 3 1 6 3 7 1 1 1 5 1 6

GS 6 6 4 3 2 5 4 7 6 6 4 0 1 6 0 6 1 0 0 5 0 5

MIN 569 514 289 270 238 364 417 630 511 532 351 38 67 540 39 610 20 8 14 450 82 377

7 7

630 630

G 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 7

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

SHT 14 16 5 5 3 12 6 5 8 7 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0

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

FC 4 5 1 1 5 8 9 8 5 13 5 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 9 0 7

FS 12 6 1 9 2 2 3 6 17 4 5 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 8 0 8

OFF 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 0 22 3 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

14 5

96 76

40 31

90 99

99 90

10 9

33 29

15 15

0 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Mike Magee 1, Baggio Husidic 1, Gyasi Zardes 1, Emmanuel Boateng 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Giovani dos Santos 1, Gyasi Zardes 1, Sebastian Lletget 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Robbie Keane 2-2, Steven Gerrard 0-1 LA GALAXY GOALKEEPING UNF 1 12

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Dan Kennedy Brian Rowe Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 7 7 7

GS 1 6 7 7

MIN SHTS 20 1 610 30 630 31 630 40

SV 0 24 24 22

GA 1 6 7 17

GAA 4.5 0.89 1 2.43

PG 0 1 1 2

PA 0 1 1 3

W 0 4 4 1

L 0 1 1 4

T 0 2 2 2

SO 0 1 1 2

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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 W 2-1 20 Toronto FC W 1-0 2 Real Salt Lake L 1-2 9 at New York W 2-0 13 Colorado L 1-2 17 at FC Dallas L 1-2 24 at San Jose L 0-1 27 at Vancouver T 1-1 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 20178 19867 20553 21406 19168 16215 18000 18836

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

POS PTS NOTES: 5 3 KC: Coelho (73); 1 6 KC: Dwyer (5,41); VAN: Morales (70) 1 9 KC: Davis (70); 2 9 KC: Feilhaber (94+); RSL: Glad (29) Mulholland (79) 1 12 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (60); 2 12 KC: Dwyer (77); COL: Solignac (41) Gashi (82) 4 12 KC: Olum (22); DAL: Barrios (35) Rosales (68) 6 12 SJ: Wondolowski (59) 6 13 KC: Rubio (27); VAN: Bolanos (14)

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LA GALAXY 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Fri.

Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.

OPPONENT 6 D.C. United

RESULT W 4-1

ATT 25667

W-L-T 1-0-0

12 at Colorado 19 San Jose 2 at Vancouver 10 Portland 15 at Houston

L W T T W

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

17474 25667 27038 25667 20563

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

Sat. Apr.

23 Real Salt Lake

W 5-2

25867

4-1-2

Sun. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Thu. Sat. Wed. Sat. Mon. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat.

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

Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep.

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

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

1 at Sporting KC 8 New England 11 at Philadelphia 22 San Jose 29 at Montreal 2 Sporting KC 18 at Toronto FC 22 Colorado 25 at San Jose 4 Vancouver 9 at Seattle 15 Houston 23 at Portland 31 at Seattle 7 New York 13 Colorado 20 at New York City FC 24 at Chicago 27 Vancouver 3 Columbus 7 at Real Salt Lake 11 Orlando City SC 18 at Sporting KC 25 Seattle 1 at FC Dallas 16 at Houston 23 FC Dallas

POS PTS NOTES: 1 3 LA: Steres (54) Magee (64,87) Keane (83); DC: Neagle (5) 4 3 COL: Pappa (95+) 1 6 LA: Zardes (56,62) Keane (91+); SJ: Wondolowski (89) 4 7 4 8 LA: own goal (84); POR: Adi (52) 3 11 LA: dos Santos (4,31) Husidic (21) Zardes (49); HOU: Horst (1) 3 14 LA: Zardes (19) Magee (26) Boateng (41) dos Santos (45) Gerrard (91+); RSL: Martinez (16) Morales (70)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Dom Dwyer Assists 1 12 times Shots 8 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 5 Amadou Dia Fouls Suffered 5 Dom Dwyer Offside 4 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia

Goals 2 03/12/2016 vs 2 04/09/2016 vs Assists 3 04/09/2016 vs Shots 17 04/13/2016 vs Shots on Goal 7 04/17/2016 vs Fouls Committed 20 04/24/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 20 03/12/2016 vs Corner Kicks 9 04/27/2016 vs Offside 8 04/02/2016 vs Saves 6 04/02/2016 vs 6 04/09/2016 vs Shots Faced 8 04/02/2016 vs Goals Allowed 2 04/02/2016 vs 2 04/13/2016 vs 2 04/17/2016 vs

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/06/2016 vs SEA

W 1-0

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

04/24/2016 vs SJ

L 0-1

04/24/2016 vs SJ 04/09/2016 vs NYR

L 0-1 W 2-0

04/02/2016 vs RSL 04/09/2016 vs NYR

L 1-2 W 2-0

04/02/2016 vs RSL

L 1-2

04/02/2016 vs RSL 04/13/2016 vs COL 04/17/2016 vs DAL

L 1-2 L 1-2 L 1-2

VAN NYR

W 2-1 W 2-0

NYR

W 2-0

COL

L 1-2

DAL

L 1-2

L 0-1

VAN

W 2-1

VAN

T 1-1

RSL

L 1-2

RSL NYR

L 1-2 W 2-0

RSL

L 1-2

RSL COL DAL

L 1-2 L 1-2 L 1-2

GALAXY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Mike Magee 2 Gyasi Zardes 2 Giovani dos Santos Assists 2 Emmanuel Boateng Shots 4 Mike Magee 4 Steven Gerrard 4 Mike Magee Shots on Goal 3 Steven Gerrard 3 Mike Magee Fouls Committed 4 Jelle Van Damme 4 Baggio Husidic Fouls Suffered 4 Sebastian Lletget 4 Sebastian Lletget Offside 2 Robbie Keane Saves 7 Brian Rowe Shots Faced 8 Brian Rowe Goals Allowed 2 Brian Rowe

Goals 5 04/23/2016 at Assists 6 04/23/2016 at Shots 17 03/19/2016 at 17 04/23/2016 at Shots on Goal 12 04/23/2016 at Fouls Committed 16 03/12/2016 at 16 04/02/2016 at Fouls Suffered 22 03/19/2016 at Corner Kicks 9 04/10/2016 at Offside 3 03/06/2016 at Saves 7 03/12/2016 at Shots Faced 8 03/12/2016 at Goals Allowed 2 04/23/2016 at

03/06/2016 at DC 03/19/2016 at SJ 04/15/2016 at HOU

W 4-1 W 3-1 W 4-1

04/23/2016 at RSL

W 5-2

03/19/2016 at SJ 04/23/2016 at RSL 04/23/2016 at RSL

W 3-1 W 5-2 W 5-2

04/23/2016 at RSL 04/23/2016 at RSL

W 5-2 W 5-2

03/19/2016 at SJ 04/15/2016 at HOU

W 3-1 W 4-1

03/12/2016 at COL 03/19/2016 at SJ

L 0-1 W 3-1

03/06/2016 at DC

W 4-1

03/12/2016 at COL

L 0-1

03/12/2016 at COL

L 0-1

04/23/2016 at RSL

W 5-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) Shots 7 03/20/2016 vs 7 04/09/2016 vs Shots on Goal 2 04/27/2016 vs Fouls Committed 4 04/09/2016 vs 4 04/13/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 9 03/06/2016 vs Corner Kicks 0 04/09/2016 vs Offside 0 03/20/2016 vs Saves 1 04/24/2016 vs 1 04/27/2016 vs Shots Faced 2 03/06/2016 vs 2 04/24/2016 vs 2 04/27/2016 vs

TOR NYR

W 1-0 W 2-0

VAN

T 1-1

NYR COL

W 2-0 L 1-2

SEA

W 1-0

NYR

W 2-0

TOR

W 1-0

SJ VAN

L 0-1 T 1-1

SEA SJ VAN

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)

RSL

W 5-2

RSL

W 5-2

SJ RSL

W 3-1 W 5-2

RSL

W 5-2

COL VAN

L 0-1 T 0-0

W 3-1

POR

T 1-1

W 4-1

COL

L 0-1

COL

L 0-1

RSL

W 5-2

Shots 9 03/12/2016 at Shots on Goal 1 03/12/2016 at Fouls Committed 8 03/06/2016 at Fouls Suffered 10 04/15/2016 at 10 04/23/2016 at Corner Kicks 3 03/06/2016 at 3 04/02/2016 at Offside 0 04/23/2016 at Saves 1 04/10/2016 at Shots Faced 2 04/02/2016 at 2 04/10/2016 at

COL

L 0-1

COL

L 0-1

W 4-1

HOU RSL

W 4-1 W 5-2

DC VAN

W 4-1 T 0-0

RSL

W 5-2

POR

T 1-1

VAN POR

T 0-0 T 1-1

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

GALAXY VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Galaxy

Sporting KC 20 wins, 68 goals Galaxy 24 wins, 84 goals 11 ties 5/19/1996 7/6/1996 8/11/1996 8/21/1996 10/10/1996 10/13/1996 4/5/1997 5/10/1997 5/30/1997 9/28/1997 4/18/1998 4/29/1998 7/4/1998 8/13/1998 5/8/1999 6/6/1999 7/25/1999 10/9/1999 5/6/2000 6/24/2000 8/5/2000 8/12/2000 9/29/2000 10/3/2000 10/6/2000 4/14/2001 5/5/2001 6/13/2001 8/15/2001 5/4/2002 5/18/2002 7/20/2002 8/21/2002 9/25/2002 9/28/2002 10/2/2002 5/24/2003 6/14/2003 9/27/2003 10/11/2003 6/5/2004 7/24/2004 10/2/2004 10/16/2004 11/5/2004 9/17/2005 9/25/2005 7/1/2006 9/2/2006 7/7/2007 9/27/2007 5/24/2008 9/13/2008 5/30/2009 7/25/2009 4/24/2010 8/28/2010 5/14/2011 9/5/2011 4/7/2012 4/20/2013 7/19/2014 4/18/2015 10/25/2015

LA KC KC KC LA LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC LA KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA LA KC LA KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA KC

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

vs vs vs at vs at vs vs at vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs

KC LA LA LA KC KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA KC LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC KC LA KC LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC LA

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

KC SOW KC SOW LA SOW

(2OT)

(2OT) (2OT) (OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT)

(OT)

(RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (KC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (CA) (CA) (HD) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 31 310 127 398 87 157

2 50 345 171 425 82 171

Sporting KC

OT 1 6 5 5 1 4

Tot 82 661 303 828 170 332

1 28 295 111 372 70 113

2 37 346 152 355 74 133

OT 1 4 1 2 1 1

Tot 66 645 264 729 145 247

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC LA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

8 7

9 11

10 12

11 11

14 16

13 24

1 3

66 84

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Bruce Arena Peter Vermes

vs. KC vs. LA

8-11-6 4-3-2

(1.2 pts./game) (1.56 pts./game)

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

8 9 89 45 41 59 6 6 3 71 22

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Matt McKeon Preki Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola

8 10 50 22 36 77 12 9 7 79 29

Galaxy Cobi Jones Cienfuegos/Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

2 2 8 6 6 8 1 8 5

Sporting KC Chris Klein (09/27/03) 3 players tied Preki (10/11/03) Preki (05/19/96) Diop/Johnston Arnaud/Radosavljevic 8 players tied 3 players tied Tony Meola (08/05/00)

2 2 7 5 7 7 1 8 3

Galaxy 7 players tied 8 players tied 3 players tied Mathis/Quijano Carlos Ruiz (06/14/03) Carlos Ruiz (05/24/03) 13 players tied Kramer/Reis Hartman/Kramer

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)

LA Galaxy W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

3 Ws 1 Ts 2 Ls

(08/08/2015) (04/27/2016) (04/02/2016)

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

2 Ws (04/15/2016) 2 Ts (04/02/2016) 1 Ws (03/06/2016)

0-3-1 4-1-0

1 Ts 1 Ls

(04/27/2016) (04/17/2016)

3-1-1 1-0-0

2 Ws (04/15/2016) 1 Ws (03/19/2016)

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

4 Ls 1 Ts 3 Ws 3 Ws 3 Ws

(09/23/2015) (04/27/2016) (10/25/2015) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)

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

1 1 1 4 8

Ts Ts Ls Ws Ws

(04/02/2016) (04/10/2016) (10/18/2015) (08/01/2015) (06/20/2015)

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

4 Ws 1 Ts 7 Ls 2 Ls 1 Ls

(10/03/2015) (04/27/2016) (06/21/2015) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)

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

2 1 1 3 2

Ts Ws Ws Ls Ls

(09/12/2015) (04/15/2016) (04/23/2016) (06/27/2015) (05/17/2015)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. GALAXY (20-24-11) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Igor Simutenkov Diego Gutierrez Claudio Lopez Chris Brown Benny Feilhaber Jack Jewsbury Mo Johnston Matt McKeon Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Jimmy Conrad Dom Dwyer Francisco Gomez Kei Kamara Omar Bravo Alex Bunbury Kevin Ellis Gary Glasgow Alexi Lalas Onandi Lowe Yura Movsisyan Krisztian Nemeth Lawrence Olum Paul Rideout Julio Cesar Carey Talley Shavar Thomas Scott Uderitz Roger Espinoza Herculez Gomez Stephen Armstrong Sean Bowers Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Bobby Convey Vicente Figueroa Chris Henderson Brandon Prideaux Team totals Opponent totals

29 24 21 12 12 15 7 14 4 15 4 13 18 21 11 24 17 3 15 4 1 3 3 4 4 1 3 2 1 4 3 7 5 5 9 3 7 14 10 7 2 4 7 11 55 55

27 21 16 12 12 10 5 12 3 12 3 10 16 19 8 24 17 3 10 4 1 3 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 4 3 6 4 5 8 3 3 13 10 4 1 1 7 9 55 55

2427 1965 1463 1050 1077 962 478 1160 289 990 301 967 1539 1725 711 2177 1489 270 819 321 90 257 187 231 360 51 81 164 90 360 258 547 336 424 685 230 336 1102 817 408 83 156 632 886 4950 4950

8 7 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 84

9 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 59 90

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

89 30 28 21 30 21 13 9 8 11 7 15 23 21 10 10 5 9 20 8 2 6 3 5 6 3 3 6 2 8 2 3 1 3 6 9 8 11 7 1 0 2 10 0 646 666

5 1 1 6 5 16 4 7 10 1 1 55 55

450 90 90 540 405 1369 360 630 885 90 90 4950 4950

Jimmy Nielsen Andy Gruenebaum Tim Melia Kevin Hartman Chris Snitko Tony Meola Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Bo Oshoniyi Luis Marin Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

16 12 0.80 2 1 1.00 4 3 1.00 24 15 1.33 30 22 1.33 96 71 1.45 22 15 1.50 34 19 1.71 62 43 1.83 6 4 2.00 10 6 4.00 306 211 1.51 264 195 1.19

0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 7 5

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GALAXY CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (24-20-11) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Cobi Jones Landon Donovan Mauricio Cienfuegos Carlos Ruiz Ezra Hendrickson Sasha Victorine Clint Mathis David Beckham Greg Vanney Danny Califf Alan Gordon Carlos Hermosillo Robbie Keane Edson Buddle Sean Franklin Gavin Glinton Herculez Gomez Eduardo Hurtado Tyrone Marshall Alejandro Moreno Brian Mullan Danny Pena Mark Semioli Paul Caligiuri Luis Hernandez Alexi Lalas Martin Machon Chris Albright Brian Ching Omar Gonzalez Guillermo Jara Harut Karapetyan Marcelo Sarvas Juan Pablo Angel Baggio Husidic Marvin Quijano Marcelo Saragosa Brian Taylor Jose Vasquez Sebastien Vorbe Simon Elliott Peter Vagenas Chad Barrett Welton Roy Myers Dan Calichman Giovani dos Santos Adam Frye Juninho Andreas Herzog Bradford Jamieson Quavas Kirk Jovan Kirovski Dema Kovalenko Ricky Lewis Mike Randolph Diego Serna Craig Waibel Team totals Opponent totals

37 17 28 11 20 17 8 5 24 15 10 4 4 7 7 7 4 7 13 7 4 10 7 14 3 10 8 13 3 9 4 8 3 1 2 3 5 2 2 3 13 19 3 7 4 10 1 5 8 3 2 2 7 1 4 1 2 3 55 55

34 16 28 9 16 15 5 5 21 14 6 4 4 6 7 2 3 6 10 2 3 10 7 12 3 10 8 12 0 8 1 5 2 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 12 18 2 4 3 10 1 3 8 2 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 55 55

2993 1465 2497 843 1513 1317 501 450 1982 1324 545 292 360 495 630 227 227 566 948 218 299 851 626 1108 273 903 697 1029 86 732 146 424 193 29 174 133 405 141 144 101 1167 1577 174 385 291 900 90 252 657 218 105 122 388 90 307 90 140 200 4950 4950

8 7 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 68

9 10 10 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 90 59

50 24 40 36 21 20 18 8 15 13 19 8 7 13 5 5 10 20 7 4 10 14 6 12 8 5 8 10 3 2 6 15 3 2 3 6 2 3 5 3 27 7 5 9 2 1 1 3 5 12 2 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 666 646

Carlo Cudicini Jorge Campos Matt Reis Joe Cannon Josh Saunders Kevin Hartman Donovan Ricketts Steve Cronin Jaime Penedo Josh Wicks David Kramer Team totals Opponent totals

1 5 8 2 4 25 5 2 2 1 4 55 55

MIN SHTS 90 414 659 180 331 2205 389 180 180 90 283 4950 4950

GAA

2 2 0.00 27 24 0.65 34 26 0.96 6 4 1.00 12 9 1.09 111 79 1.18 19 13 1.39 9 6 1.50 8 5 1.50 6 4 2.00 30 23 2.23 264 195 1.19 306 211 1.51

0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. GALAXY (20-24-11)

CURRENT GALAXY VS. SPORTING KC (24-20-11)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

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

29 17 5 3 13 3 3 1 16 9 1 9 1 1 1 7 3 1 1 6 9 55 55

25 14 4 3 11 2 2 1 8 8 1 9 0 1 1 5 2 0 1 6 7 55 55

2169 1168 391 270 980 180 187 90 713 685 90 810 15 90 90 486 197 1 45 540 661 4950 4950

5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 84

8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 90

34 15 11 9 11 5 3 2 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 11 646 666

Mike Magee Robbie Rogers Alan Gordon Robbie Keane Jeff Larentowicz Baggio Husidic Giovani dos Santos Bradford Jamieson A.J. DeLaGarza Rafael Garcia Steven Gerrard Dan Kennedy Sebastian Lletget Leonardo Jose Villarreal Gyasi Zardes Team totals Opponent totals

22 11 14 4 20 3 1 2 10 1 1 7 1 3 1 3 55 55

20 10 9 4 20 3 1 1 10 1 1 6 1 3 0 2 55 55

1658 856 799 360 1800 264 90 105 876 66 90 558 79 270 11 201 4950 4950

6 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 68

1 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 59

27 21 22 7 17 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 4 666 646

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 55 55

90 4950 4950

4 3 1.00 306 211 1.51 264 195 1.19

0 7 5

34 20 1.94 264 195 1.19 306 211 1.51

0 5 7

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Dan Kennedy Team totals Opponent totals

7 55 55

MIN SHTS 558 4950 4950

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GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LA GALAXY

2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kickoff: 7 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 10 Sporting Kansas City 4-4-1, 13 points (2-2-0 home; 2-2-1 away) 6th place in Western Conference

English TV: FS1 Spanish TV: FOX Deportes English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM

LA Galaxy 4-1-2, 14 points (3-0-1 home; 1-1-1 away) 3rd place in Western Conference

Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:

4-4-1 (13 pts.) RECORD 9 GAMES PLAYED 6th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 10 GOALS 1.11 GOALS/GAME 12 ASSISTS 9 GOALS ALLOWED 1.00 ALLOWED/GAME +1 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 106 (36) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 34.0% ON GOAL % 103 FOULS COMMITTED 123 FOULS SUFFERED 13 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS

Chris Penso Corey Parker Brian Dunn Caleb Mendez

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

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

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

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

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

Pts 13 12 11 9 9 9 8 7 6 6

Pts 17 16 14 14 14 13 11 9 7 5

W L T 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1

3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 6 2

1 0 2 3 3 6 2 4 0 3

W L T 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1

2 2 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 4

2 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 2

GD GP

+2 +3 +3 +2 0 –5 –2 –3 –9 –1

8 7 7 7 8 9 7 8 8 6

Dom Dwyer 4 GOALS 4 Saad Abdul-Salaam 3 ASSISTS 3 Dom Dwyer 27 SHOTS 16 Dom Dwyer 10 SHOTS ON GOAL 10 four players tied 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Dwyer/Zusi 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Dom Dwyer 16 FOULS COMMITTED 13 Dom Dwyer 20 FOULS SUFFERED 17 four players tied 2 CAUTIONS 4 Roger Espinoza 1 EJECTIONS 0 Tim Melia 720 Kann/Melia 1.00 Tim Melia 4 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 30

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

PETER VERMES 8th season 94-73-54 8th season (.548) 94-73-54 (.548)

Gyasi Zardes Mike Magee Mike Magee Gyasi Zardes four players tied three players tied Jelle Van Damme Sebastian Lletget Jelle Van Damme

610 Brian Rowe 1.00 Brian Rowe 4 Brian Rowe 1 Brian Rowe 24 Brian Rowe

BRUCE ARENA

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

14th season 194-116-75 (.601) 9th season 117-65-65 (.605)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, April 28 OUT: • Kevin Ellis (right groin strain)

GD GP +2 +4 +10 +1 +1 +1 –2 –3 –3 –1

LA GALAXY

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

Through Thursday, April 28

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

4-1-2 (14 pts.) 7 3rd in West 17 2.43 14 7 1.00 +10 96 (40) 41.7% 90 99 15 0

2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference

LA GALAXY

9 8 7 7 8 9 9 8 7 7

QUESTIONABLE: • Justin Mapp (left toe) • Soni Mustivar (left hamstring strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 1, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvLA: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvLA: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC (4-4-1, 13 points) and the LA Galaxy (4-1-2, 14 points) square off on Sunday for the first of three head-to-head meetings in 2016. The Galaxy are winless in four all-time trips to Children’s Mercy Park, including losses in each of their last three visits. Sporting KC is unbeaten in seven straight home games against LA (4-0-3) and haven’t lost to the Galaxy on home soil since September 2007. Bruce Arena’s Galaxy side owns a 24-20-11 edge in the all-time regular season series, including an 8-15-5 mark in Kansas City. The clubs last met in the 2015 regular season finale at Children’s Mercy Park, with Sporting KC coming out on top 2-1 in a back-and-forth affair. Kevin Ellis fired the hosts ahead in the 38th minute, but LA replied in first-half stoppage time when Robbie Keane received a pass from Giovani dos Santos and beat Tim Melia from close range. The home side would grab the game-winner on 65 minutes through Dom Dwyer, who was on the receiving end of Benny Feilhaber’s incisive ball into the penalty area to score his team-leading 12th regular season goal of 2015. LA claimed a 2-1 victory in the first matchup of 2015, scoring the match-winner in the 94th minute. Baggio Husidic and Krisztian Nemeth traded early strikes before Omar Gonzalez delivered late dramatics with a goal off a corner kick. The home side in the head-to-head series is unbeaten in seven straight meetings dating back to 2011, with the most recent away win coming in August 2010 when Kansas City topped LA 2-0 at StubHub Center.

Stats as of Thursday, April 28

SPORTING KC TEAM STATS • Eight of SKC’s nine games this season have been decided by a a goal or less. • SKC is one of two teams in the Western Conference with two road losses (Seattle). Every other team has one or fewer. SPORTING KC PLAYER STATS • Tim Melia is tied for the MLS lead with three shutouts and is tied for second with four wins. He also ranks third in save percentage (78.9) and fourth in saves (30) • Forward Dom Dwyer is one of four MLS players (Joao Plata, Ignacio Piatti, Sebastian Giovinco) with at least four goals and two assists. He’s tied for fourth on the MLS scoring charts. • Dom Dwyer and winger Graham Zusi are tied for the MLS lead with two game-winning assists each. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam is tied for fourth in MLS with three assists, one off the league lead. • Defender Nuno Andre Coelho is first in MLS with 535 passes, second with 35 interceptions and ninth with 38 clearances. LA GALAXY TEAM STATS • LA leads MLS with 17 goals scored and a plus-10 goal differential, at least six goals better than any other team. • LA is one of three teams (Toronto, Sporting KC) with a positive road goal differential at plus-two. • LA has scored seven goals after the 60th minute, second most in MLS. • All four of LA’s wins have come by multiple goals. • LA has conceded 76 shots, the fewest in MLS. • LA has three wins this season when conceding the first goal. No other team has more than one such victory. • In 2015, LA had the second-best home record (12-2-3) but the thirdworst road record (2-9-6), accounting for the largest home/away win discrepancy in MLS. This season, LA is 3-0-1 at home and 1-1-1 on the road.

#SKCvLA: Recent Regular Season Meetings (LA Galaxy leads 24-20-11)

Date

Score

04/07/2012 04/20/2013 07/19/2014 04/18/2015 10/25/2015

KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1

Result Details W L W L W

Besler, Myers and Sinovic contribute to shutout Landon Donovan scores goal and assist; Keane assists Feilhaber and Olum on target; Keane scores for LA Feilhaber and Dwyer assist Nemeth; Husidic scores Ellis and Dwyer score for SKC; dos Santos assists Keane

#SKCvLA: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has scored or assisted in his last three appearances against LA, scoring on July 19, 2014, and assisting in both matches last season. • Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer had one goal (Oct. 25) and one assist (April 18) against LA last season. • Sporting KC winger Brad Davis has five goals and eight assists in 29 career regular season appearances against LA, including one goal and one assist in the Houston Dynamo’s 3-0 victory over the Galaxy last season at BBVA Compass Stadium. • Sporting KC midfielder Lawrence Olum scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 result triumph over LA on July 19, 2014, at Children’s Mercy Park. • LA midfielder Baggio Husidic scored in his team’s 2-1 home win over Sporting KC on April 18, 2015. • LA forward Giovani dos Santos assisted Robbie Keane’s goal in a 2-1 loss at Sporting KC last October. • LA forward Mike Magee has six goals in 22 career regular season appearances against Sporting KC, including a goal in his last visit to Children’s Mercy Park on July 6, 2014, a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire. • LA defender Robbie Rogers has two goals and three assists in 11 career regular season appearances against Sporting KC, all of which as a member of Columbus Crew SC (2007-11).

LA GALAXY PLAYER STATS • Forward Gyasi Zardes is tied for fourth in MLS with four goals. • Forward Mike Magee is tied for fourth in MLS with three assists, one off the league lead. • Goalkeeper Brian Rowe is second in MLS in save percentage (80.0), tied for second in wins (four) and fourth with a 0.89 goals against average.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Matt Besler made his 200th career MLS appearance (including playoffs) in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against Vancouver. • Brad Davis has 40 career game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS lead. • Dom Dwyer is one shy of 50 goals for Sporting KC in all competitions. He ranks third in team history, three behind Davy Arnaud (52). • Graham Zusi has 24 game-winning assists in MLS (including playoffs), one shy of passing Preki for sole possession of first place in club history. Zusi is also one game shy of his 175th career MLS start (including playoffs). • Benny Feilhaber has 26 regular season assists for Sporting KC, one shy of passing Josh Wolff for sole possession of 6th place in club history. • Roger Espinoza is one shy of his 125th career MLS start (including playoffs).

#SKCvLA: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi and LA forward Gyasi Zardes were on the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The duo have been joined by Sporting KC defender Matt Besler in recent U.S. MNT matches this year. • Zusi and LA defender A.J. DeLaGarza were college teammates at Maryland from 2006-08, winning the 2008 NCAA National Championship. Zusi and LA defender Robbie Rogers were college teammates at Maryland in 2005. • Sporting KC defender Ike Opara and LA forward Alan Gordon were teammates at the San Jose Earthquakes from 2011-12. • Sporting KC defender Chance Myers and LA goalkeeper Brian Rowe were college teammates at UCLA in 2007. • LA Galaxy President Chris Klein played for Kansas City from 1998-2005. He won all three major domestic trophies during his KC career, leading the club to the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup double in 2000 before adding a U.S. Open Cup title in 2004. Klein contributed 43 goals and 54 assists in 235 games played for Kansas City across all competitions, placing him second on the club’s all-time chart with 97 combined goals and assists.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 1, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC SNAPS THREE-GAME SKID

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES BESLER REACHES 200 APPEARANCES

Sporting KC came from behind to snap a three-game losing streak on Wednesday, earning a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place. Christian Bolanos put the home side ahead early, but Diego Rubio’s first MLS goal in the 27th minute extended Sporting Kansas City’s unbeaten run against Vancouver to four matches. The result gives Sporting KC (4-4-1, 13 points) its first draw of the 2016 season and keeps the club in sixth place in the Western Conference, one spot ahead of Vancouver (3-4-2, 11 points) and just four points behind leaders FC Dallas.

Sporting KC captain and center back Matt Besler played his 200th MLS match on Wednesday (including playoffs) in Vancouver. He has started 195 of his 200 career MLS appearances since joining Kansas City out of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. His 225 appearances in all competitions rank seventh in club history, while his 19,730 minutes played rank sixth. The eight-year MLS veteran is a four-time MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-15) and was named the 2012 MLS Defender of the Year. He has been a regular fixture on the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in 2013 and started all four matches for the Yanks at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Wednesday’s starting lineup included four changes from Sporting KC’s 1-0 defeat at the San Jose Earthquakes last Sunday. Goalkeeper Alec Kann made his club debut and earned his second career MLS start, while Rubio, Jimmy Medranda and Connor Hallisey formed a three-pronged attack with Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer and Brad Davis available off the substitutes’ bench. In defense, captain Matt Besler made his 200th career MLS appearance for his hometown club (including playoffs).

DWYER AND ZUSI CLIMBING THE CHARTS

A pair of MLS All-Stars continue their rise up Sporting KC’s all-time regular season charts. Graham Zusi ranks second in club history with 46 assists, while Dom Dwyer has climbed to fourth with 40 regular season goals. Dwyer now has 49 career goals for Sporting KC in all competitions, third in club history and four shy of tying Davy Arnaud for second. Zusi, meanwhile, recorded his 24th game-winning MLS assist (including playoffs) in a 2-0 victory at the New York Red Bulls on April 9. That ties Preki for the club’s all-time lead.

KINGS OF CASCADIA

Sporting KC is now unbeaten in 11 straight regular season games against Cascadia clubs (Vancouver, Portland and Seattle) since the start of 2015, including seven shutouts and a 6-0-5 record. Perhaps more impressively, Sporting KC is the only team in MLS history to go unbeaten in six straight regular season road games against Cascadia foes, posting a 514-minute road shutout streak that ended Wednesday night when Vancouver scored in the 14th minute. Peter Vermes’ men had gone nearly two years without allowing a goal in the Pacific Northwest, last conceding in a 2-0 loss at Vancouver on Aug. 10, 2014.

KC regular season goal leaders Goals Player 1. Preki 71 2. Davy Arnaud 43 Josh Wolff 43 4. Dom Dwyer 40 5. Chris Klein 39

Sporting KC vs. Cascadia clubs since the start of 2015 (regular season) March 21, 2015 vs. Portland T 0-0 May 23, 2015 at Seattle T 0-0 June 6, 2015 vs. Seattle W 1-0 July 12, 2015 at Vancouver W 1-0 Aug. 15, 2015 vs. Vancouver W 4-3 Sept. 9, 2015 at Portland T 0-0 Sept. 27, 2015 vs. Seattle T 1-1 Oct. 3, 2015 at Portland W 1-0 March 6, 2016 at Seattle W 1-0 March 12, 2016 vs. Vancouver W 2-1 April 27, 2016 at Vancouver T 1-1

KC regular season assist leaders Player Assists 1. Preki 98 2. Graham Zusi 46 3. Chris Klein 45 4. Davy Arnaud 35 5. Mo Johnston 28

Dom Dwyer: 49 goals in all competitions By competition By year: Regular season: 40 2012: 0 2013: 4 Postseason: 2 2014: 24 Open Cup: 5 2015: 17 Champions League: 2 2016: 4

MASTERFUL MELIA

Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia is off to a strong start in 2016. The reigning MLS Comeback Player of the Year is tied for the MLS lead with three shutouts and is tied for second with four wins. He also ranks third in save percentage (78.9) and fourth in saves (30).

ROAD TRIPPIN’

Sporting KC concluded a three-game road swing Wednesday at Vancouver Whitecaps FC, having visited FC Dallas (April 17) and San Jose (Sunday) in their previous two fixtures. After a home date with LA Galaxy this Sunday, Sporting KC goes wheels up again with games at the Houston Dynamo (May 7) and Colorado Rapids (May 11).

In a 2-0 victory at the New York Red Bulls on April 9, Melia became the first keeper in Sporting KC history to notch at least six saves and one penalty kick save while earning a shutout victory. Five other players have made at least six stops and saved one penalty in a match, but only Tony Meola added a clean sheet, and none posted a shutout win.

A win at New York on April 9 saw Peter Vermes’ men earn consecutive road wins for the first time since July 2014. More impressively, Sporting KC became just the second team in MLS history (joining the 2010 LA Galaxy) to secure shutout wins at Red Bull Arena and CenturyLink Field in Seattle in the same season.

DAVIS BECOMES THE FIFTH TO 400

Winger Brad Davis became the fifth player in MLS history to reach 400 MLS appearances when Sporting KC faced FC Dallas on April 17. Davis is only the third field player to reach the milestone and the third active player to join the 400 club, alongside Real Salt Lake duo Nick Rimando and Kyle Beckerman.

Sporting KC’s 24 regular season road wins from 2012-2014 were the most over a three-year span during Major League Soccer’s non-shootout era (2000-present). Kansas City went 24-17-10 over that period, securing at least seven more road wins than any other team. Sporting KC’s travels in 2015 were less successful as the team went 4-9-4, their worst road record since 2008 (2-8-5).

All-time MLS appearances (including playoffs) 1. Kevin Hartman 465 (416 regular season) Retired GK 2. Nick Rimando 433 (400 regular season) Active GK 3. Kyle Beckerman 416 (385 regular season) Active MID 4. Steve Ralston 412 (378 regular season) Retired MID 5. Brad Davis 402 (375 regular season) Active MID

SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM HAPPY TO ASSIST

Sporting KC right back Saad Abdul-Salaam has tallied three assists during the month of May to vault into a tie for fourth on the MLS assist charts. His first helper came on April 9 in a 2-0 win at New York Red Bulls, feeding Dom Dwyer with a long throw-in. He set up Dwyer again four days later in a 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rapids before notching his third assist in a 1-1 stalemate at Vancouver on Wednesday. The second-year defender joined Sporting KC out of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft and made 28 appearances across all competitions during his rookie campaign.

Davis has recorded 59 goals and 131 assists (including postseason) during a 15year MLS career highlighted by 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup championships, 2011 MLS Best XI honors and six MLS All-Star selections. His 375 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.

74 STRAIGHT AND COUNTING

Children’s Mercy Park has sold out 74 consecutive MLS matches dating back to April 2012 (including four playoff games) and 86 of 95 league matches since opening in 2011. The 18,467-seat venue and has averaged 105 percent capacity over the last five MLS seasons, drawing more than 19,400 fans per game. 3

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 1, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) NUNO THRIVING IN DEFENSE

THREE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS

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 center back Nuno Andre Coelho has been one of the club’s best performers through nine games of the 2016 campaign. In addition to being the club’s only field player to feature in all 810 minutes of action, Coelho ranks first in MLS with 535 passes, second with 35 interceptions, sixth with seven blocked shots and ninth with 38 clearances. 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 in a 1-0 win at Seattle.

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)

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.

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 on Sept. 30, effectively securing a spot in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League.

SPORTING KC LOANS JORDI QUINTILLA TO RANGERS

Sporting KC loaned midfielder Jordi Quintilla to the Swope Park Rangers ahead of Wednesday’s USL match against Vancouver Whitecaps 2 at Children’s Mercy Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village. The Spanish midfielder started and played 89 minutes in the Rangers’ 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps 2. Quintilla has started five matches for Sporting KC this year, recording the game-winning assist in the 2016 season opener at Seattle Sounders FC.

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. 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.

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. Sporting KC joins the Portland Timbers (2015 MLS Cup winner), New York Red Bulls (2015 Supporters’ Shield winner), FC Dallas (2015 Western Conference first place finisher) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2015 Canadian Championship winner) as MLS representatives in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League.

PETER THE GREAT

Last season Peter Vermes passed Bob Gansler as the winningest coach in Sporting KC history, ending 2015 with 90 regular season wins and 113 victories across all competitions. Vermes has coached 262 matches for Kansas City in all competitions with a 117-83-62 record, eight games shy of tying Gansler’s 270game record. Vermes’ 94 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth most among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (224), Bruce Arena (194) and Dominic Kinnear (156). Now in his eighth MLS season, Vermes ties Bob Gansler (1999-2006) as the club’s longest-tenured manager.

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

Wins

Seasons

Active in MLS

224 194 156 130 124 112 100 94 86 83

17 14 13 13 9 11 8 8 8 7

Yes (SEA) Yes (LA) Yes (SJ) No No No No Yes (SKC) No No

(including 2016)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 1, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. LA Galaxy: 20-24-11 Home games: 15-8-5 (40 GF, 36 GA) Road games: 5-16-6 (26 GF, 48 GA) Date 05/19/1996 07/06/1996 08/11/1996 08/21/1996 04/05/1997 05/10/1997 05/30/1997 09/28/1997 04/18/1998 04/29/1998 07/04/1998 08/13/1998 05/08/1999 06/06/1999 07/25/1999 10/09/1999 05/06/2000 06/24/2000 08/05/2000 08/12/2000 04/14/2001 05/05/2001 06/13/2001 08/15/2001 05/04/2002 05/18/2002 07/20/2002 08/21/2002 05/24/2003 06/14/2003 09/27/2003 10/11/2003 06/05/2004 07/24/2004 10/02/2004 10/16/2004 09/17/2005 09/25/2005 07/01/2006 09/02/2006 07/07/2007 09/27/2007 05/24/2008 09/13/2008 05/30/2009 07/25/2009 04/24/2010 08/28/2010 05/14/2011 09/05/2011 04/07/2012 04/20/2013 07/19/2014 04/18/2015 10/25/2015

Score KC 0 at LA 2 KC 3 vs LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 3 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 3 at LA 1 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 vs LA 5 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 4 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 vs LA 0 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 1 at LA 4 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W (SO) Arrowhead Stadium W (SO) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium T Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center W StubHub Center W Arrowhead Stadium W StubHub Center T Arrowhead Stadium T StubHub Center W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center L Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center T StubHub Center L Arrowhead Stadium L StubHub Center W Arrowhead Stadium T StubHub Center T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W StubHub Center L StubHub Center T Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park L StubHub Center W Children’s Mercy Park L StubHub Center W Children’s Mercy Park

8 Preki 9 Preki 89 Preki 45 Preki 41 Matt McKeon 59 Preki

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

6 Tony Meola 6 Tony Meola 3 Jimmy Nielsen 71 Tony Meola 22 Tony Meola

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

Cobi Jones 8 Cienfuegos/Donovan 10 Cobi Jones 50 Cobi Jones 22 Danny Califf 36 Cobi Jones 77 Kevin Hartman 12 Kevin Hartman 9 Kevin Hartman 7 Kevin Hartman 79 Kevin Hartman 29

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

LA GALAXY

2 Chris Klein (9/27/03) 2 three players tied 8 Preki (10/11/03) 6 Preki (5/19/96) 6 Diop/Johnston 8 Arnaud/Preki

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

8 three players tied 5 Tony Meola (8/5/00)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

seven players tied 2 eight players tied 2 three players tied 7 Mathis/Quijano 5 (6/14/03) Carlos Ruiz 7 (5/24/03) Carlos Ruiz 7 Reis/Kramer 8 Hartman/Kramer 3

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 8 LA 6

16-30

31-45

9 11

11 14

46-60

12 9

61-75

76-90

13 18

12 23

1 3

Total

66 84

All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 28 295 111 372 70 113

2 37 346 152 355 74 132

OT 1 5 1 6 2 1

Total 66 646 264 733 146 246

LA GALAXY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 31 310 127 398 87 157

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,419

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 95 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 89 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 95 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

119

LA GALAXY

105.2 5

2 50 345 171 425 82 170

OT 3 11 8 6 2 6

Total 84 666 306 829 171 333

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

190

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 119 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 1, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | 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 IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: OUT Sporting KC declines contract option for D Jalil Anibaba Dec. 9: IN Sporting KC signs M Lawrence Olum, re-signs D Seth Sinovic and GK Jon Kempin to new contracts Dec. 11: IN Sporting KC selects GK Alec Kann in first round of MLS Re-Entry Draft Dec. 14: IN Sporting KC signs M Justin Mapp Dec. 31 OUT M Mikey Lopez leaves Sporting KC out of contract Jan. 7: IN 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 Jan. 11: Sporting KC re-signs M Soni Mustivar and M Paulo Nagamura to new contracts Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs F Daniel Salloi as Homegrown Player Jan. 26: IN Sporting KC signs D Nuno Andre Coelho Jan. 29: OUT Sporting KC transfers F Krisztian Nemeth to Al-Gharafa SC (Qatar) Feb. 1: OUT Sporting KC loans D Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto (Portugal) Feb. 17: OUT Sporting KC loans M Bernardo Anor to Minnesota United FC (NASL) Feb. 23: OUT Sporting KC waives M Amobi Okugo March 1: OUT Sporting KC and D Marcel de Jong mutually agree to terminate contract March 8: IN Sporting KC acquires F Diego Rubio on loan as Young Designated Player March 25: OUT Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin, M Jimmy Medranda and F Daniel Salloi to Swope Park Rangers (USL) April 1: IN M Jimmy Medranda returns to Sporting KC from Swope Park Rangers April 26: OUT Sporting KC loans M Jordi Quintilla to Swope Park Rangers

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 | May 1, 2016 vs. LA Galaxy | 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 73

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

MLS

W 2-1

Dwyer 5, 41

SUNDAY, MARCH 20

TORONTO FC

MLS

W 1-0

Davis 70

SATURDAY, APRIL 2

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

L 1-2

Feilhaber 94+

Saturday, April 9

at New York Red Bulls

MLS

W 2-0

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

L 1-2

Sunday, April 17

at FC Dallas

MLS

L 1-2

Olum 22

Sunday, April 24

at San Jose Earthquakes

MLS

L 0-1

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Wednesday, April 27

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS

T 1-1

Rubio 27

SUNDAY, MAY 1

LA GALAXY

MLS