Game Guide: Sporting KC vs D.C. United by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v D.C. UNITED (May 27, Children's Mercy Park, 6 p.m. CT; UniMas) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS

ROSTERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 14 5-7-2 17 14 17 at home 7 3-3-1 10 9 10 United on road

12 3-5-4 13 13 14 5 0-2-3 3 3 7

Melia

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 74 goals … United 20 wins (1 shootout), 67 goals … Ties 12

Coelho

Opara

Abdul-Salaam

94 Medranda

16 Olum

AT KC (26 meetings): Sporting 14 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … United 7 wins (1 shootout), 31 goals … Ties 5

Feilhaber

Hallisey

Peterson

LAST YEAR [MLS] 5/9: DC 1, KC 1 (Arrieta 42 – Dwyer 45)

11 Davis

14 Dwyer

UPCOMING MATCHES UNITED SPORTING Wed. June 1 Seattle Thu. June 2 at Los Angeles Sat. June 18 at Houston Sun. June 19 FC Dallas Wed. June 22 New England Sat. June 25 at Montreal Fri. July 1 at Real Salt Lake Sun. July 3 Columbus

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 14 90

A 17 74

F 13 76

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

11 Acosta

Neagle

Nyarko

UNITED

SPORTING

10 Espindola

A 14 71

Kemp

6 5 2 0

8 2 4 0

6 2 2 2 1 0 0 0

5 4 2 0 1 0 2 0

5 6 2

2 12 0

TYPE OF PLAY

9 3 1 0 1 0 0 0

9 0 1 1 2 1 1 2

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

2 10 2

3 10 4

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

5 Franklin

Opare

48 Worra

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

7 8 1 1

7 Sarvas

Boswell

HOW SCORED

3 7 4 0

14 DeLeon

REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Eric Weisbrod; 4th: Chris Penso DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: KC: Roger Espinoza (through May 29) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): DC: Sean Franklin, Steve Birnbaum

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE DC: Bill Hamid, Andrew Dykstra, Chris Korb

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) D.C. UNITED 1 Tally Hall (GK) 2 Taylor Kemp (DF) 5 Sean Franklin (DF) 6 Kofi Opare (DF) 7 Marcelo Sarvas (MF) 9 Alvaro Saborio (FW) 10 Fabian Espindola (FW) 11 Luciano Acosta (MF) 12 Patrick Nyarko (FW) 13 Lamar Neagle (MF) 14 Nick DeLeon (MF) 15 Steve Birnbaum (DF) 17 Miguel Aguilar (MF) 18 Chris Rolfe (FW) 20 Jalen Robinson (DF) 22 Chris Korb (DF) 25 Jared Jeffrey (MF) 26 Rob Vincent (MF) 27 Collin Martin (MF) 28 Bill Hamid (GK) 30 Charlie Horton (GK) 32 Bobby Boswell (DF) 33 Julian Buscher (MF) 34 Luke Mishu (DF) 41 Andrea Mancini (FW) 45 Alhaji Kamara (FW) 48 Travis Worra (GK) 50 Andrew Dykstra (GK)

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC DC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 2-0-0 3-3-2 0-4-0 3-1-1 0-2-2 0-2-1

INTERNATIONAL DUTY KC: Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (USA); Soni Mustivar (Haiti) ... DC: Steve Birnbaum (USA); Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica)

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 4-1-1 1-6-1 3-1-1 0-4-2

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/15/2016 KC 2, ORL 1 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 5/21/2016 KC 1, RSL 3 5/11/2016 KC 0, COL 1 5/01/2016 KC 1, LA 1 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 5/11/2016 KC 0, COL 1

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWLWLLLTTLLWL United LTTLTWLWTLWL

(1) (5) (0) (0) (4) (9) (2)

D.C. UNITED Date Score (Gms since) 5/13/2016 DC 2, NYR 0 (0) 8/08/2015 DC 1, MTL 0 (10) 5/08/2016 DC 0, NYC 2 (1) 5/20/2016 DC 0, PHI 1 (0) 4/30/2016 DC 1, CHI 1 (3) 5/13/2016 DC 2, NYR 0 (1) 5/20/2016 DC 0, PHI 1 (0)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 6 Dwyer A: 4 Abdul-Salaam SHT: 46 Dwyer SOG: 16 Dwyer FC: 28 Espinoza FS: 35 Dwyer OF: 19 Dwyer C: 4 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza/Opara UNITED G: 4 Saborio A: 3 Acosta/Neagle SHT: 33 Espindola SOG: 13 Espindola FC: 34 Sarvas FS: 29 Sarvas OF: 12 Saborio C: 6 Sarvas E: 1 Sarvas

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 14 3 8 3 0 0 14 1.00 DC 12 5 4 1 1 1 13 1.08 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 14 3 6 4 1 0 17 1.21 DC 12 4 5 1 1 1 14 1.17 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 14 1 4 1 2 3 3 DC 13 1 1 4 1 1 5 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 17 1 2 6 2 3 3 DC 14 2 1 1 4 2 4

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v D.C. UNITED

(May 27, Children's Mercy Park, 6 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 124)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2016 CAREER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A No. Player 1 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 7 3 0 0 69 48 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 51 45 4 4 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 10 10 0 1 192 187 2 11 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 1 0 0 0 244 218 15 20 DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 6 6 0 1 142 114 2 16 7 Chance Myers 8 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 12 11 0 3 185 148 24 47 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 6 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 9 Diego Rubio 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-10 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 9 2 2 152 137 24 36 MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 12 8 2 0 380 333 57 122 11 Brad Davis 12 Nuno Andre Coelho DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 14 14 1 0 14 14 1 0 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 10 9 0 0 32 22 0 1 13 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 14 12 6 2 94 78 42 7 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 148 143 0 7 15 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 8 6 1 1 75 46 4 3 16 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 10 7 0 4 32 17 0 5 17 21 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 1 0 0 0 304 243 22 65 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 7 6 0 1 20 12 0 2 22 25 Alec Kann GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 13 13 0 1 143 123 3 16 GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 13 13 0 0 42 41 0 0 29 Tim Melia 30 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 3 0 1 1 228 129 17 17 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 8 8 0 0 33 28 0 2 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 11 6 0 1 24 14 0 1 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

L76 11/21/1966 W95 T55

D.C. UNITED 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 215 05/12/1985 Seatac, WA 0 0 0 0 153 153 0 1 Taylor Kemp DF 5-11 153 07/23/1990 Highlands Ranch, CO 12 12 0 0 60 55 2 8 2 5 Sean Franklin DF 5-10 160 03/21/1985 Panorama City, CA 12 12 0 0 225 213 7 24 DF 6-2 190 10/12/1990 Mampong, Ghana 1 1 0 0 31 29 2 0 6 Kofi Opare 7 Marcelo Sarvas MF 5-10 155 10/16/1981 Sao Paulo, Brazil 10 10 0 1 123 111 11 21 Alvaro Saborio FW 6-0 170 03/25/1982 San Carlos, Costa Rica 9 4 4 2 148 125 71 15 9 10 Fabian Espindola FW 5-9 160 05/04/1985 San Luis, Argentina 9 5 3 0 206 171 63 35 FW 5-3 130 05/31/1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina 12 7 1 3 12 7 1 3 11 Luciano Acosta 12 Patrick Nyarko MF 6-0 160 01/15/1986 Kumasi, Ghana 11 11 3 1 207 159 22 40 MF 5-11 165 05/07/1987 Tacoma, WA 12 12 2 3 151 109 30 22 13 Lamar Neagle 14 Nick DeLeon MF 5-10 170 07/17/1990 Phoenix, AZ 11 11 0 0 125 115 12 15 DF 6-1 180 01/23/1991 Irvine, CA 11 11 0 0 54 53 2 0 15 Steve Birnbaum 17 Miguel Aguilar MF 5-9 172 08/30/1993 Juarez, Mexico 5 0 0 0 22 4 0 0 Chris Rolfe FW 5-8 155 01/17/1983 Kettering, OH 9 9 0 1 239 208 64 33 18 20 Jalen Robinson DF 5-9 145 05/08/1994 Cantonsville, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Korb DF 5-9 160 10/08/1987 Cleveland, OH 0 0 0 0 105 96 0 10 22 25 Jared Jeffrey MF 5-11 165 06/14/1990 Richardson, TX 6 2 0 0 28 15 2 0 26 Rob Vincent MF 5-10 175 10/26/1990 Liverpool, England 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 27 Collin Martin MF 5-11 150 11/09/1994 Chevy Chase, MD 0 0 0 0 13 6 0 1 28 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11/25/1990 Annandale, VA 0 0 0 0 140 140 0 1 30 Charlie Horton GK 6-5 210 09/14/1994 London, England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 12 12 0 0 337 333 16 12 33 Julian Buscher MF 5-10 170 04/22/1993 Dolmen, Germany 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 34 Luke Mishu DF 6-0 180 06/26/1991 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 41 Andrea Mancini FW 5-10 174 08/13/1992 Genoa, Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 Alhaji Kamara FW 6-0 161 04/16/1994 Freetown, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Travis Worra GK 6-3 175 04/09/1993 Lancaster, PA 11 11 0 0 12 11 0 0 50 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 1 1 0 0 31 31 0 1 HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen

05/03/1977 W67 L82 T45

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs D.C. UNITED CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. May 27, 2016 (WEEK 13, MLS Game #124) 6 p.m. CT (UniMás / UDN; KMCI-38) It’s a critical interconference match for a pair of clubs hovering around the red line when Sporting Kansas City play host to D.C. United at Children’s Mercy Park on Viernes de Fútbol. Sporting sit in seventh place in the Western Conference, with just one win in their last nine matches, following their 3-1 home loss to Real Salt Lake last weekend. United are also in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, still winless away from home with a second defeat in their last three matches overall after a 1-0 loss at Philadelphia Union last Friday evening. REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Eric Weisbrod; 4th: Chris Penso MLS Career: 43 games; FC/gm: 26.5; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 11; pens: 19 SUSPENDED: KC: Roger Espinoza (through May 29) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Sean Franklin, Steve Birnbaum SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza … DC: Luciano Acosta, Marcelo Sarvas DISABLED LIST: DC: Bill Hamid, Andrew Dykstra, Chris Korb INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Matt Besler, Graham Zusi (USA; vs. Ecuador 5/25; vs. Bolivia 5/28); Soni Mustivar (Haiti; vs. Colombia 5/29) … DC: Steve Birnbaum (USA; vs. Ecuador 5/25, vs. Bolivia 5/28); Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica; vs. Venezuela 5/27) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (52 meetings): Sporting 20 wins (0 shootout), 74 goals … United 20 wins (1 shootout), 67 goals … Ties 12 AT KC (26 meetings): Sporting 14 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … United 7 wins (1 shootout), 31 goals … Ties 5 LAST YEAR [MLS] 5/9: DC 1, KC 1 (Arrieta 42 – Dwyer 45)  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  D.C. United have a four-game undefeated streak alive in the series between the teams. The teams reached a 1-1 draw last May 9, at RFK Stadium, in the only meeting between the clubs; Sporting was winless in the three meetings between the teams in 2014 with United winning two, one at each ground.  The Sporting goal in last year’s matchup was their first vs. United since the last meeting in 2013, a 1-0 win Oct. 18 in Kansas City, also SKC’s last victory in the series. The goal snapped a 308-minute goalless streak vs. United.  United won on their last visit to Kansas City, a 3-0 win Aug. 23, 2014. Sporting last won at RFK Stadium in 2012. United was winless against Sporting over three consecutive seasons, 2011-13 (0-6-1).  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. DC: P15 W7 L4 D4 … Ben Olsen vs. KC: P11 W2 L6 D3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City weren’t able to build upon their first win in eight matches, dropping a 3-1 decision to Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are in seventh place in the Western Conference with 17 points from 14 games. LAST MATCH  RSL took the lead in the 32nd minute. Joao Plata recovered a loose ball in the SKC end and then he, Javier Morales, and Juan Manuel Martinez put on a passing clinic that ended with a perfect ball across the face of goal for Martinez to smash into the net.  Real were up 2-0 at halftime after a Yura Movsisyan shot took a deflection off Sporting's Brad Davis for an own goal in stoppage time,  SKC pulled a goal back back in the 50th minute when Jimmy Medranda sent a long diagonal ball to Dom Dwyer, who finessed the ball home through defensive traffic. But just three minutes later the two-goal margin was restored when Kyle Beckerman started an RSL counter with a midfield tackle that was finished Movsisyan past SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made no changes to the team that came back for a 2-1 win against Orlando City SC at Children’s Mercy Park.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler (Ike Opara 85), Jimmy Medranda - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber (Jacob Peterson 77), Roger Espinoza - Brad Davis, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi.

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TEAM NEWS  Sporting suffered a third loss in their last four matches in the defeat by Real Salt Lake, with just one victory in their last nine matches dating back to April 13.  Sporting conceded a season-high three goals in the RSL defeat. They had allowed two goals on four occasions prior. SKC has allowed an average of 1.21 goals per game, the eighth-best defensive record in MLS this season.  “It is hard to chase games when it is 1-0, 2-0, 2-1 and 3-1,” SKC manager Peter Vermes said. “People talk about chances. It’s not about scoring goals; it is about giving away silly goals. We have given away too many silly goals. The players that are making those mistakes is a little bit hard to understand; it is just not normal. Whenever you make mistakes it is concerning. The fact that our more experienced guys are making mistakes becomes difficult, but we have to keep working to not make those mistakes.”  With the loss – the second of the season to RSL at Children’s Mercy Park – SKC also fell to the .500 mark in home games this season (3-3-1), one of five teams in MLS with a home record at .500 or below.  “It's a little bit weird,” said winger Brad Davis. “I think we have been playing some really good stuff, I really do – at times for the majority of games. We're literally getting punished for every mistake, it feels like, that we're making right now.”  Dom Dwyer netted his sixth goal of the season, his second in as many matches, for the Sporting goal. Before netting in the Orlando City match, Dwyer had gone six games in between without a goal; he had not gone more than seven games without a goal in his MLS career.  I think we need to finish a couple more chances, but maybe the pressure of the game got to us. We were forcing it a little bit and we had to chase the game so it was difficult,” Dwyer said. “ … It's interesting because we have been controlling most games this year and that's a very big positive to take. All the stats show how we have dominated most games, we just have to get the result right.”  Jimmy Medranda recorded the first assist of his MLS career, making his 24th career league appearance (14th start) in his fourth season. Medranda was making a second consecutive start at left back, playing the full 90 minutes for a second match in a row; each of his previous four starts this season had come as a wide attacking player.  “I am not worried about our play. Our play is good. I am worried about giving up goals. Unfortunately, right now we have given up very easy goals to these teams. I don't take any credit away from them, but it is just that you are gifting them stuff in and around your own box. … The thing is it still comes down to giving up easy goals. We are just gifting things to teams. It is hard to chase back,” Vermes said. D.C. UNITED D.C. United suffered their second loss in three outings, falling 1-0 to Philadelphia Union on Friday evening at Talen Energy Stadium. United are in a tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 13 points from 12 games. LAST MATCH  The game's only goal finally came as the match entered second-half stoppage time. Sebastien Le Toux sent a beautiful cross into the box, and defender Richie Marquez powered home a header at the far post for his first goal in MLS and the match-winner.  Union goalkeeper Andre Blake made two saves for the clean sheet, his best when he parried away Alvaro Saborio's bicycle kick attempt just after the hour mark.  United head coach Ben Olsen made no changes to his team for a second consecutive match, maintaining the group that defeated the New York Red Bulls 2-0 at RFK Stadium.  D.C. UNITED (4-4-2): Travis Worra - Sean Franklin, Steve Birnbaum, Bobby Boswell, Taylor Kemp - Luciano Acosta (Julian Buscher 61), Nick DeLeon, Marcelo Sarvas, Patrick Nyarko - Alvaro Saborio (Fabian Espindola 76), Lamar Neagle (Jared Jeffrey 81). TEAM NEWS  United suffered a second loss in their last three matches in the defeat at Union, also the second time in that three games they were shut out at the attacking end.  United also remained winless away from RFK Stadium with the loss, now 0-2-3 on their travels, though the defeat was the first on the road since the season-opening 4-1 loss at the LA Galaxy on March 6.  “I thought we started the game well. It went well for us in the first half, then they came out hot in the second half but we were able to control part of the second half. It kind got back and forth, which we didn’t like but we’ve got to see that out, it’s disappointing,” said defender Bobby Boswell. “I would like to see us keep the shutout there, we were close but unfortunately they got three points and we got nothing.”  It was the second 1-0 loss for United this season (also: 0-1 vs. Toronto FC on April 16). United have held opponents to one goal or less on nine occasions this season – they have won just three of those (3-2-4).  “I thought we defended well the whole game. We were under pressure, but that’s no excuse, we got to find a way and be strong for the last couple minutes,” said defender Steve Birnbaum.

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United head coach Ben Olsen maintained an unchanged first XI for a third consecutive match, the second time this season he’s run out the same starting lineup in three games in a row (also: April 9-23). There was a slight tactical shift from the Red Bulls match, with Lamar Neagle moving to the front line and Luciano Acosta shifting back to a wide attacking role. Acosta came off for a substitute just after the hour. “I think he was forcing it a little bit, and those are growing pains,” Olsen said. “But it’s not just him. We’ve got to find him more as well. That’s part of the process. He’ll figure it out. … I still think he’s got to make the right choice more and play simple because guys are going to double-team him and triple-team him. So he’s got to make life easier on himself. Said Acosta: “I understand and respect the decision. There wasn’t really anything that serious, we were just trying to say something to each other and neither of us understood what the other was saying. Every ball I received I wasn’t feeling very comfortable and wasn't able to do much with it. And that’s why he made that decision to take me out.”

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-7-2, 17 pts.) UNF 14 10 11 37 16 9 12 17 8 7 22 94 96 5 27 25 13 3 21 4 6 15 93 29

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

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

GAME-WINNING GAME-WINNING Chance Myers PENALTY KICK

GP 14 10 12 3 8 6 14 10 12 6 7 11 5 10 13 1 10 7 1 2 1 4 8 13

GS 12 9 8 0 6 2 14 7 11 6 6 6 5 10 13 1 9 3 0 2 0 3 8 13

MIN 1146 838 754 48 515 162 1260 688 992 467 470 552 365 880 1162 90 817 345 8 131 1 259 720 1170

14 14

1260 1260

G 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 14

A 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 46 17 18 1 3 7 13 7 16 0 10 15 3 1 28 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 4 0

SOG 16 5 8 1 1 1 2 1 5 0 5 2 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

12 19

142 197

54 58

FC 26 7 7 0 7 6 3 11 10 6 3 8 3 10 28 0 16 9 0 1 0 2 8 2

FS 35 12 14 0 3 7 10 7 11 4 4 8 7 5 25 0 5 6 0 1 0 3 9 0

OFF 19 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 20 28 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

184 173 173 184

35 38

46 82

22 22

4 2

GOALS: Brad Davis 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1 ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Saad Abdul-Salaam 1, Jordi Quintilla 1, Roger Espinoza 1, 1 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 13 1 14 14

GS 13 1 14 14

MIN SHTS 1170 52 90 2 1260 54 1260 58

SV 37 1 38 40

GA 16 1 17 14

GAA 1.23 1 1.21 1

PG 2 0 2 1

PA 3 0 3 1

W 5 0 5 7

L 7 0 7 5

T 1 1 2 2

SO 3 0 3 3

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2016 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (3-5-4, 13 pts.) UNF 9 12 10 13 11 18 7 50 32 25 33 6 17 14 26 5 15 2 48

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

PLAYER Alvaro Saborio Patrick Nyarko Fabian Espindola Lamar Neagle Luciano Acosta Chris Rolfe Marcelo Sarvas Andrew Dykstra Bobby Boswell Jared Jeffrey Julian Buscher Kofi Opare Miguel Aguilar Nick DeLeon Rob Vincent Sean Franklin Steve Birnbaum Taylor Kemp Travis Worra Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 9 11 9 12 12 9 10 1 12 6 6 1 5 11 5 12 11 12 11

GS 4 11 5 12 7 9 10 1 12 2 0 1 0 11 1 12 11 12 11

MIN 476 824 483 1004 579 643 876 90 1080 299 105 90 65 990 112 1080 990 1080 990

12 12

1080 1080

G 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13

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

SHT 20 13 33 19 16 17 9 0 2 8 2 1 1 15 1 2 8 7 0

SOG 7 5 13 9 5 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0

15 11

138 174

FC 11 9 4 18 12 7 34 1 9 7 7 0 0 10 0 17 19 18 0

FS 5 28 14 11 14 11 29 0 4 1 5 0 0 6 0 6 1 10 0

OFF 12 2 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0

CK 0 0 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0

C 0 2 0 1 3 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 4 1 0

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

44 53

151 183 183 151

35 31

44 47

23 28

0 1

GAA 4 0.91 1.17 1.08

PG 1 0 1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Fabian Espindola 1, Alvaro Saborio 1, Lamar Neagle 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Patrick Nyarko 1, Marcelo Sarvas 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Lamar Neagle 1-1, Fabian Espindola 0-1 D.C. UNITED GOALKEEPING UNF 50 48

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Andrew Dykstra Travis Worra Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 11 12 12

GS 1 11 12 12

MIN SHTS 90 7 990 37 1080 44 1080 53

SV 3 27 30 39

GA 4 10 14 13

PA 1 0 1 2

W 0 3 3 5

L 1 4 5 3

T 0 4 4 4

SO 0 4 4 5

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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.

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

Sun. Oct.

ATT 39525 20178 19867 20553 21406 19168 16215 18000 18836 19431 20071 12857 19080 20618

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 4-4-2 4-5-2 4-6-2 5-6-2 5-7-2

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) 6 14 KC: Davis (30); LA: dos Santos (42) 6 14 HOU: Barnes (30) Wenger (46+) 7 14 COL: Serna (78) 7 17 KC: Dwyer (74) Peterson (79); ORL: own goal (67) 7 17 KC: Dwyer (50); RSL: Martinez (32) own goal (47+) Movsisyan (53)

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D.C. UNITED 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun.

Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May

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

May May May June June June July

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

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

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

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

Sun. Oct.

OPPONENT 6 at Los Angeles 12 at New England 20 Colorado 26 FC Dallas 2 at San Jose 9 Vancouver 16 Toronto FC 23 New England 30 at Chicago 8 New York City FC 13 New York 20 at Philadelphia 27 at Sporting KC 1 Seattle 18 at Houston 22 New England 1 at Real Salt Lake 9 at Philadelphia 16 at Columbus 23 at Toronto FC 31 Montreal 6 Philadelphia 13 Portland 21 New York 24 at Montreal 27 Chicago 1 at New York City FC 11 at New York 16 at Chicago 24 Orlando City SC 28 Columbus 1 at Toronto FC 16 New York City FC 23 at Orlando City SC

RESULT L 1-4

ATT 25667

W-L-T 0-1-0

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

16102 15334 14201 18000 14088 16236 16005 13114 14504

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

W 2-0 L 0-1

19632 17364

3-4-4 3-5-4

T T L T W L W T L

POS PTS NOTES: 10 0 DC: Neagle (5); LA: Steres (54) Magee (64,87) Keane (83) 8 1 9 2 DC: Espindola (80); COL: Powers (69) 9 2 DAL: Barrios (14,28) Urruti (52) 9 3 DC: Nyarko (34); SJ: Jahn (88) 5 6 DC: Espindola (39,54) Saborio (88,91+); 8 6 TOR: Giovinco (1) 5 9 DC: Neagle (33) Acosta (86) Saborio (90); 5 10 DC: Nyarko (64); CHI: Campbell (41) 7 10 NYC: Villa (49) Shelton (53) 5 6

13 DC: Saborio (20) Nyarko (43); 13 PHI: Marquez (91+)

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Dom Dwyer Assists 1 19 times Shots 8 Dom Dwyer 8 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 5 4 times Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 4 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 3 Tim Melia

Goals 2 03/12/2016 vs 2 04/09/2016 vs 2 05/15/2016 vs Assists 4 05/15/2016 vs Shots 34 05/15/2016 vs Shots on Goal 13 05/15/2016 vs Fouls Committed 20 04/24/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 20 03/12/2016 vs Corner Kicks 10 05/21/2016 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 3 05/21/2016 vs

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/06/2016 vs SEA

W 1-0

03/12/2016 vs VAN 05/15/2016 vs ORL

W 2-1 W 2-1

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

04/24/2016 vs SJ

L 0-1

05/07/2016 vs HOU

L 0-2

04/09/2016 vs NYR

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

05/21/2016 vs RSL

L 1-3

VAN NYR ORL

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

ORL

W 2-1

ORL

W 2-1

ORL

W 2-1

L 0-1

VAN

W 2-1

RSL

L 1-3

RSL

L 1-2

RSL NYR

L 1-2 W 2-0

RSL

L 1-2

RSL

L 1-3

UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Alvaro Saborio 2 Fabian Espindola Assists 2 Luciano Acosta Shots 7 Fabian Espindola 7 Fabian Espindola Shots on Goal 7 Fabian Espindola Fouls Committed 5 4 times Fouls Suffered 6 Patrick Nyarko Offside 4 Alvaro Saborio 4 Alvaro Saborio Saves 5 Travis Worra 5 Travis Worra Shots Faced 7 Andrew Dykstra Goals Allowed 4 Andrew Dykstra

Goals 4 04/09/2016 at Assists 4 05/13/2016 at Shots 25 04/09/2016 at Shots on Goal 14 04/09/2016 at Fouls Committed 20 03/12/2016 at Fouls Suffered 17 04/23/2016 at 17 05/08/2016 at Corner Kicks 7 03/20/2016 at Offside 8 05/08/2016 at Saves 5 04/02/2016 at 5 05/13/2016 at Shots Faced 7 03/06/2016 at Goals Allowed 4 03/06/2016 at

04/09/2016 at VAN 04/09/2016 at VAN

W 4-0 W 4-0

04/09/2016 at VAN

W 4-0

03/26/2016 at DAL 04/09/2016 at VAN

L 0-3 W 4-0

04/09/2016 at VAN

W 4-0

03/12/2016 at NE

T 0-0

03/20/2016 at COL

T 1-1

05/08/2016 at NYC 05/13/2016 at NYR

L 0-2 W 2-0

04/02/2016 at SJ 05/13/2016 at NYR

T 1-1 W 2-0

03/06/2016 at LA

L 1-4

03/06/2016 at LA

L 1-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) Shots 7 03/20/2016 vs 7 04/09/2016 vs 7 05/11/2016 vs Shots on Goal 1 05/01/2016 vs 1 05/11/2016 vs Fouls Committed 4 04/09/2016 vs 4 04/13/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/15/2016 vs Corner Kicks 0 04/09/2016 vs Offside 0 03/20/2016 vs Saves 0 05/01/2016 vs 0 05/15/2016 vs Shots Faced 0 05/15/2016 vs

TOR NYR COL

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

LA COL

T 1-1 L 0-1

NYR COL

W 2-0 L 1-2

ORL

W 2-1

NYR

W 2-0

TOR

W 1-0

LA ORL

T 1-1 W 2-1

ORL

W 2-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)

VAN

W 4-0

NYR

W 2-0

VAN

W 4-0

VAN

W 4-0

T 0-0

NE NYC

W 3-0 L 0-2

COL

T 1-1

NYC

L 0-2

SJ NYR

T 1-1 W 2-0

L 1-4

Shots 8 03/12/2016 at Shots on Goal 0 05/08/2016 at Fouls Committed 10 03/26/2016 at 10 04/09/2016 at Fouls Suffered 8 03/06/2016 at Corner Kicks 0 05/08/2016 at Offside 0 03/20/2016 at Saves 0 03/20/2016 at 0 04/30/2016 at Shots Faced 1 03/20/2016 at 1 04/09/2016 at 1 04/30/2016 at

T 0-0

NYC

L 0-2

DAL VAN

L 0-3 W 4-0

L 1-4

NYC

L 0-2

COL

T 1-1

COL CHI

T 1-1 T 1-1

COL VAN CHI

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

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

UNITED VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 20 wins, 74 goals United 20 wins, 68 goals 12 ties 6/20/1996 7/31/1996 8/4/1996 6/21/1997 7/19/1997 8/31/1997 3/21/1998 8/26/1998 5/15/1999 6/26/1999 5/17/2000 6/10/2000 4/7/2001 6/16/2001 4/20/2002 6/15/2002 7/4/2002 8/10/2002 4/12/2003 5/17/2003 10/25/2003 5/15/2004 7/10/2004 11/14/2004 4/30/2005 5/21/2005 7/9/2005 7/20/2005 5/13/2006 5/27/2006 6/24/2006 6/28/2006 4/14/2007 7/4/2007 10/5/2007 3/29/2008 8/2/2008 5/6/2009 9/9/2009 10/24/2009 3/27/2010 5/5/2010 8/21/2011 10/22/2011 3/10/2012 8/11/2012 4/5/2013 5/19/2013 10/18/2013 5/31/2014 8/23/2014 10/3/2014 5/9/2015

KC KC KC KC KC DC DC DC DC DC KC DC DC DC DC KC KC DC KC DC DC DC KC DC KC DC KC KC DC DC DC DC KC DC KC KC DC KC DC KC KC DC KC KC KC KC KC DC KC DC DC DC DC

5 3 4 6 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 0 3 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 1 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 1

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

DC DC DC DC DC KC KC KC KC KC DC KC KC KC KC DC DC KC DC KC KC KC DC KC DC KC DC DC KC KC KC KC DC KC DC DC KC DC KC DC DC KC DC DC DC DC DC KC DC KC KC KC KC

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

DC SOW

(OT)

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

(KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (DC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (DC) (KC) (KC) (CA) (DC) (CA) (DC) (CA) (CA) (DC) (SP) (DC) (DC) (SP) (SP) (DC) (SP) (DC) (SP) (DC) (DC)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 39 305 137 317 80 117

2 34 330 133 330 85 119

OT 1 2 2 1 2 0

United Tot 74 637 272 648 167 236

1 36 273 135 390 65 114

2 30 299 126 338 74 152

OT 1 4 2 2 1 1

Tot 67 576 263 730 140 267

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: DC KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

7 11

13 16

14 11

11 14

12 11

9 10

1 1

67 74

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Ben Olsen

vs. DC vs. KC

7-4-4 2-6-3

(1.67 pts./game) (0.82 pts./game)

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

9 10 51 25 33 45 7 5 6 44 13

Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud Jimmy Nielsen Bo Oshoniyi Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi

8 8 37 22 32 57 5 5 3 47 14

United Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Jaime Moreno Richie Williams Jaime Moreno Troy Perkins Bill Hamid Rimando/Hamid Troy Perkins Troy Perkins

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots

Sporting KC 2 5 players tied 3 Chung/Radosavljevic 7 Kei Kamara (10/22/11)

Shots on Goal

4 Takawira/Smith

Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves

7 6 1 9

Fabbro/Zotinca 5 players tied 15 players tied Garth Lagerwey (08/04/96) 3 9 players tied

Goals Allowed

United 2 6 players tied 2 4 players tied 9 Dwayne De Rosario (10/22/11) 5 Luciano Emilio (09/09/09) 7 3 players tied 6 Etcheverry/Olsen 1 14 players tied 9 Troy Perkins (07/04/07) 6 Jeff Causey (06/21/97)

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)

D.C. United W-L-T

Streak (started)

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

3 Ws 1 Ws 4 Ls

(08/08/2015) (05/15/2016) (04/02/2016)

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

3 Ws (04/09/2016) 2 Ls (05/08/2016) 1 Ts (04/30/2016)

1-6-1 4-1-1

1 Ls 1 Ts

(05/21/2016) (05/01/2016)

0-4-2 3-1-1

2 Ls (05/08/2016) 3 Ws (04/09/2016)

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

6 Ls 1 Ls 4 Ws 3 Ws 3 Ws

(09/23/2015) (05/21/2016) (10/25/2015) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)

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

4 3 7 3 3

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(03/26/2016) (03/20/2016) (04/25/2015) (06/03/2015) (08/01/2015)

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

4 Ws 1 Ws 8 Ls 3 Ls 1 Ls

(10/03/2015) (05/15/2016) (06/21/2015) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)

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

3 1 4 3 2

Ws Ls Ls Ls Ls

(04/09/2016) (05/20/2016) (08/22/2015) (08/13/2015) (10/25/2015)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (20-20-12) PLAYER

MIN

Preki Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Scott Sealy Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Mo Johnston Chris Brown Chris Klein Dom Dwyer Claudio Lopez Graham Zusi Eddie Johnson Frank Klopas Jack Jewsbury Josh Wolff Stephen Armstrong Davy Arnaud Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Jose Burciaga Jr. Michael Harrington Chris Henderson Matt McKeon Ryan Smith Carey Talley Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Claudio Bieler Sean Bowers Dario Fabbro Nick Garcia Roy Lassiter Miklos Molnar Ike Opara Edmundo Rodriguez C.J. Sapong Mike Sorber Matt Taylor Ivan Trujillo Francisco Gomez Diego Gutierrez Stephane Auvray Roger Espinoza Brian Johnson Garth Lagerwey Tony Meola Uche Okafor Ryan Pore Soony Saad Igor Simutenkov Lance Watson Team totals Opponent totals

22 8 9 12 8 10 12 9 20 5 5 12 2 6 20 9 6 20 14 6 11 11 4 13 2 6 4 24 4 8 4 21 2 1 2 2 8 3 2 1 10 13 2 10 5 2 11 8 9 4 4 4 52 52

19 8 7 10 6 10 12 7 19 5 5 10 2 5 16 8 3 17 14 4 11 9 4 9 2 6 3 23 2 7 3 21 2 1 2 1 4 3 1 1 8 13 2 8 3 2 11 7 5 2 4 1 52 52

1776 716 608 842 611 882 986 636 1593 419 449 956 178 407 1445 745 365 1592 1260 367 968 818 316 856 171 572 233 2090 212 639 220 1854 180 90 180 96 456 270 86 69 678 1154 163 687 322 180 980 632 431 189 308 142 4680 4680

9 7 5 5 4 3 2 2 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 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 68

10 4 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 68 68

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

51 16 12 24 31 17 14 15 25 10 13 18 4 6 25 10 8 39 2 9 15 2 4 9 7 3 1 14 6 3 9 3 3 4 2 1 11 5 3 1 10 3 1 11 6 0 0 0 11 6 7 0 637 578

1 9 1 1 11 8 9 2 5 3 1 1 52 52

90 810 90 90 980 720 810 180 450 270 90 90 4680 4680

Andy Gruenebaum Jimmy Nielsen Eric Kronberg Tim Melia Tony Meola Kevin Hartman Bo Oshoniyi Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Chris Snitko William Hesmer Jon Kempin Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

7 7 0.00 22 18 0.44 2 1 1.00 2 1 1.00 56 44 1.01 37 25 1.25 54 39 1.44 21 14 1.50 31 19 2.00 21 13 2.67 6 4 3.00 5 2 3.00 264 187 1.29 272 195 1.43

0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 6

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UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (20-20-12) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Jaime Moreno Christian Gomez Marco Etcheverry Raul Diaz Arce Luciano Emilio Santino Quaranta Roy Wegerle Roy Lassiter John Harkes Carey Talley Danny Allsopp Ali Curtis Fabian Espindola Freddy Adu Bobby Convey Tony Sanneh A.J. Wood Jeff Agoos Alecko Eskandarian Joshua Gros Perry Kitchen Chris Rolfe Rodney Wallace Jairo Arrieta Bobby Boswell Abdul Thompson Conteh Nick DeLeon Mario Gori Julius James Mark Lisi Ivan McKinley Shawn Medved Mike Petke Kyle Porter Hristo Stoichkov Bryan Namoff Richie Williams Marc Burch Brian Carroll Ben Olsen Chris Pontius Luis Silva Clyde Simms Chris Albright Chino Alegria Fred Adam Cristman Eric Denton Facundo Erpen Ivan Guerrero Brian Kamler Chris Korb Dema Kovalenko John Maessner Andy Najar Mark Simpson Mark Watson Craig Ziadie Team totals Opponent totals

26 14 16 8 8 14 3 4 6 8 2 6 3 10 9 5 6 10 6 12 10 3 5 1 14 3 7 3 3 3 4 3 6 1 2 16 16 6 13 16 12 4 18 4 4 6 1 3 5 1 6 8 6 5 5 5 2 2 52 52

22 13 15 8 7 9 2 4 4 6 1 1 3 7 9 5 4 10 5 12 10 3 5 1 14 2 7 2 2 1 4 2 5 1 0 16 16 4 13 13 11 3 18 3 3 3 1 2 5 1 4 8 5 3 5 4 2 2 52 52

1837 1015 1365 624 643 898 196 360 439 544 135 227 270 661 732 450 400 855 466 1048 900 254 450 66 1260 147 578 209 209 147 332 129 489 90 67 1451 1290 397 1170 1228 948 227 1451 302 262 346 71 139 406 90 374 664 465 287 405 405 180 178 4680 4680

8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 74

8 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 68 68

37 34 33 24 18 18 5 8 9 4 6 10 11 11 12 8 7 12 8 9 1 4 4 3 6 6 10 2 3 2 7 1 2 2 2 3 7 3 6 17 12 4 9 8 2 2 0 1 3 0 6 1 8 5 4 0 0 0 578 637

Josh Wicks Bill Hamid Doug Warren Louis Crayton Zach Wells Joe Willis Nick Rimando Tom Presthus Scott Garlick Troy Perkins Steve Cronin Mark Simpson Jeff Causey Team totals Opponent totals

1 11 1 1 2 1 11 4 4 9 1 5 2 52 52

MIN SHTS 90 990 100 90 180 90 1014 316 360 810 90 405 135 4680 4680

GAA

5 5 0.00 51 42 0.82 2 1 0.90 3 2 1.00 11 9 1.00 4 3 1.00 55 43 1.15 15 10 1.42 17 11 1.50 64 47 1.56 6 3 2.00 23 14 2.22 16 5 6.67 272 195 1.43 264 187 1.29

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 6 8

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. UNITED (20-20-12)

CURRENT UNITED VS. SPORTING KC (20-20-12)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

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

31 29 14 5 4 12 14 10 15 4 1 2 10 1 1 1 1 1 7 5 2 11 52 52

25 22 12 5 3 10 14 8 14 3 0 2 7 0 1 0 1 1 6 2 1 11 52 52

2218 1984 973 419 277 956 1260 687 1323 257 1 180 596 5 90 24 90 90 542 259 171 990 4680 4680

6 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 68

11 6 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 68

52 35 23 10 3 18 2 11 15 6 0 0 16 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 8 637 578

Fabian Espindola Chris Rolfe Marcelo Sarvas Sean Franklin Alvaro Saborio Bobby Boswell Nick DeLeon Lamar Neagle Patrick Nyarko Chris Korb Miguel Aguilar Steve Birnbaum Andrew Dykstra Tally Hall Bill Hamid Jared Jeffrey Taylor Kemp Collin Martin Kofi Opare Team totals Opponent totals

13 21 6 11 7 26 7 6 15 8 1 2 2 10 11 1 3 1 2 52 52

10 20 4 10 7 25 7 4 11 8 0 2 2 10 11 1 3 0 2 52 52

952 1527 380 956 629 2295 578 358 1002 664 2 180 180 890 990 90 225 45 180 4680 4680

5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 74

0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 68

29 35 6 6 14 9 10 12 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 578 637

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

Tim Melia Jon Kempin Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 52 52

90 90 4680 4680

2 1 1.00 5 2 3.00 264 187 1.29 272 195 1.43

0 0 8 6

51 42 0.82 45 34 1.01 18 12 2.00 272 195 1.43 264 187 1.29

0 1 0 6 8

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Bill Hamid Tally Hall Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

11 10 2 52 52

MIN SHTS 990 890 180 4680 4680

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GAME NOTES

WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. D.C. UNITED

2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Friday, May 27, 2016 Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 15 Sporting Kansas City 5-7-2, 17 points (3-3-1 home; 2-4-1 away) 7th place in Western Conference

English TV: KMCI-TV Spanish TV: UniMas English Radio: 99.3 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM

D.C. United 3-5-4, 13 points (3-3-1 home; 0-2-3 away) 7th place in Eastern Conference

SKC last five: DC last five: Series: In Kansas City:

5-7-2 (17 pts.) RECORD 14 GAMES PLAYED 7th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 14 GOALS 1.00 GOALS/GAME 19 ASSISTS 17 GOALS ALLOWED 1.21 ALLOWED/GAME –3 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 197 (58) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 29.4% ON GOAL % 173 FOULS COMMITTED 184 FOULS SUFFERED 22 CAUTIONS 2 EJECTIONS

1-3-1 (T-L-L-W-L) 2-2-1 (W-T-L-W-L) tied 20-20-12 (reg. season) KC leads 14-7-5

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

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

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

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

Pts 18 17 16 16 16 14 13 13 11 10

Pts 27 26 20 20 20 19 17 15 13 11

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

3 4 7 4 4 3 5 4 4 5

3 5 1 4 4 5 4 7 5 4

W L T 8 8 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3

2 4 3 6 1 3 7 6 6 7

3 2 2 2 5 4 2 3 1 2

GD GP

+4 –6 +1 +2 +1 +2 –1 –7 –3 –4

11 13 13 12 12 11 12 13 11 11

Dom Dwyer 6 GOALS 4 Saad Abdul-Salaam 4 ASSISTS 3 Dom Dwyer 46 SHOTS 33 Dom Dwyer 16 SHOTS ON GOAL 13 five players tied 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Dwyer/Zusi 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Roger Espinoza 28 FOULS COMMITTED 34 Dom Dwyer 35 FOULS SUFFERED 29 Roger Espinoza 4 CAUTIONS 6 two players tied 1 EJECTIONS 1 Tim Melia 1170 Alec Kann 1.00 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 3 Tim Melia 37

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

PETER VERMES 8th season 95-76-55 8th season (.542) 95-76-55 (.542)

Alvaro Saborio Acosta/Neagle Fabian Espindola Fabian Espindola three players tied Nyarko/Sarvas Marcelo Sarvas Marcelo Sarvas Marcelo Sarvas Marcelo Sarvas

990 Travis Worra 0.91 Travis Worra 3 Travis Worra 4 Travis Worra 27 Travis Worra

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

BEN OLSEN 7th season 67-82-45 (.461) 7th season 67-82-45 (.461)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Tuesday, May 24 OUT: • Kevin Ellis (right groin strain)

GD GP +7 +2 +2 –2 +12 +1 –3 –3 –3 –2

D.C. UNITED

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

Through Tuesday, May 24

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

3-5-4 (13 pts.) 12 7th in East 13 1.08 11 14 1.17 –1 121 (47) 38.8% 174 153 28 1

2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference

D.C. UNITED

13 14 11 14 11 12 14 13 11 12

QUESTIONABLE: • Seth Sinovic (left groin strain) INTERNATIONAL DUTY: • Matt Besler (United States - Copa America Centenario) • Graham Zusi (United States - Copa America Centenario) • Soni Mustivar (Haiti - Copa America Centenario)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 27, 2016 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvDC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvRSL: BY THE NUMBERS

Two charter members of Major League Soccer square off Friday as Sporting KC (5-7-2, 17 points) hosts D.C. United (3-5-4, 13 points) at Children’s Mercy Park. Both sides occupy seventh place in their respective conferences and seek a victory that would provisionally lift them back into the early-season playoff picture. The longtime foes have squared off 52 times previously in the regular season with both sides owning 20 wins and 12 draws. Sporting KC is 14-7-5 at home in the series but suffered a 3-0 defeat when the sides last met at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 23, 2014. D.C. United received goals from Fabian Espindola, Chris Rolfe and Perry Kitchen in a victory that ultimately propelled Ben Olsen’s men to a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference that year. Sporting KC went unbeaten in seven games against D.C. United from 2011-2013, but the capital club has responded with a four-game unbeaten run of their own since 2014, including two victories. The clubs most recently met on May 9, 2015, at RFK Stadium. D.C. United went ahead in the 42nd minute on a Jairo Arrieta goal assisted by Chris Pontius and Perry Kitchen, but Sporting KC responded just three minutes later. Roger Espinoza powered down the left side of the box before cutting back to Dom Dwyer, who rifled a low, left-footed effort past goalkeeper Bill Hamid. Before taking a 3-0 loss to D.C. United in August 2014, Sporting KC had gone nine home games unbeaten against the Black-and-Red. That stretch spanned from 2007-2013 as Sporting KC went 6-0-3 with five clean sheets. Sporting KC and D.C. United have met just once in the postseason, squaring off in the 2004 MLS Cup Final at StubHub Center in Carson, California. D.C. claimed its fourth and last MLS Cup title to date with a 3-2 victory. Kansas City went ahead early through Jose Burciaga Jr., but a brace from Alecko Eskandarian and an own goal between the 19th and 26th minutes gave D.C. a 3-1 halftime cushion. Josh Wolff cut the deficit in half with a 58th-minute penalty kick, but United would preserve their lead to the final whistle. Date

Stats as of Tuesday, May 24

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC is 3-0-0 against Eastern Conference teams this season and 6-0-1 at home against the East since moving to the West in 2015. • SKC has faced a league-low 10.1 shots per game. • SKC is 3-0-0 when scoring multiple goals and 0-5-0 when allowing multiple goals. • SKC has been outscored 6-1 in the final 15 minutes of the first half this season. • SKC leads MLS in shots (197), corner kicks (82) and offsides (38). • SKC has one win in its last nine games (1-6-2). The team has out-shot and out-possessed its opponent in eight matches during the skid. Sporting KC Player Stats • Forward Dom Dwyer leads MLS with 35 fouls suffered and 19 offsides while ranking fourth with 46 shots. • Defender Nuno Coelho leads MLS in minutes played (1,260) and interceptions (51) while ranking fifth in successful passes (676), ninth in blocked shots (9) and 15th in clearances (51). • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is sixth in MLS with 43 tackles and seventh with 538 successful passes. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam is tied for sixth in MLS with a teamleading four assists. D.C. United Team Stats • D.C. is winless in five road games this season, going 0-2-3 with just three goals scored (seven conceded). • D.C. hasn’t won a road game since Aug. 8, 2015 at Montreal, going 0-6-4 since then with just five goals scored. During this winless run, D.C. has failed to score more than one goal in a match. • D.C. has been shut out five times this season, second most in MLS, but exploded for a 4-0 win over Vancouver on April 9 and a 3-0 win over New England on April 23. • D.C. is tied for second in MLS with 14.5 shots per game and leads the league with 6.8 shot attempts from outside the box. • D.C. is winless (0-5-3) when allowing at least one goal this season. • D.C. is one of two MLS teams (FC Dallas) with three multi-goal wins AND three multi-goal losses.

#SKCvDC: Recent Regular Season Meetings (Series tied 20-20-12)

04/05/2013 05/19/2013 10/18/2013 05/31/2014 08/23/2014 10/03/2014 05/09/2015

Score

Result Details

KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 0 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 1 at DC 1

W T W L L T T

Claudio Bieler scores 89th-minute winner Ike Opara scores header off Graham Zusi’s set piece Dom Dwyer scores winner in 7th minute Fabian Espindola scores 28th-minute winner Espindola, Rolfe and Kitchen score in first half Andy Gruenebaum makes 7 saves to keep D.C. at bay Roger Espinoza assists Dwyer’s equalizer before halftime

#SKCvDC: PLAYER HISTORY

D.C. United Player Stats • Defenders Bobby Boswell, Sean Franklin and Taylor Kemp have played every minute for D.C. this season. • Goalkeeper Travis Worra is second in MLS with a 0.91 goals against average and third with four shutouts. He is one of two goalkeepers with two separate shutout streaks of at least 200 minutes this season. • Forward Fabian Espindola is sixth in MLS with 3.7 shots per game and second on the team with three goals scored. He leads the team with 33 shots despite playing less than half of the team’s minutes this season (483 of 1,080).

• D.C. forward Fabian Espindola has five goals in 13 regular season appearances against Sporting KC, including three goals in his last five. The Argentine has scored in each of his last two visits to Children’s Mercy Park with his team winning both games. D.C. beat SKC 3-0 on Aug. 23, 2014, and the New York Red Bulls won 3-2 on Aug. 3, 2013. • D.C. midfielder Marcelo Sarvas scored a goal in his last visit to Children’s Mercy Park on Oct. 23, 2015, contributing to Colorado’s 2-0 road win. • Sporting KC winger Brad Davis has six goals and 11 assists in 31 regular season appearances against D.C. Davis’ 11 assists are the second-most against D.C. United all-time behind Steve Ralston’s 15. • Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer scored in last season’s 1-1 draw at D.C. United on a goal assisted by Roger Espinoza. Dwyer also bagged the game-winner in a 1-0 decision over D.C. on Oct. 18, 2013, in Kansas City. • Two of Sporting KC defender Ike Opara’s eight career MLS goals have come against D.C. United. He doesn’t have multiple goals against any other team.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 100th career substitute appearance in the MLS regular season. • Dom Dwyer is one shy of entering a tie for second in Sporting KC history on the club’s regular season and all-competitions scoring charts. His 42 regular season goals are one behind Davy Arnaud and Josh Wolff, while his 51 goals in all competitions are one behind Arnaud. Preki leads both categories with 78 regular season tallies and 81 in all competitions. • 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.

#SKCvDC: PLAYER CONNECTIONS • D.C. United assistant coach Davy Arnaud played for Sporting KC from 2002-2011. The only player to spend 10 seasons with Kansas City, Arnaud started 234 of 273 appearances for the club in all competitions, totaling 52 goals and 40 assists. His 92 combined goals and assists in all competitions ranks second in club history behind Preki. Arnaud announced his retirement in March after a 14-year MLS career in which he recorded 54 goals and 47 assists in 368 appearances (including playoffs). • Sporting KC’s Matt Besler and Graham Zusi and D.C. United’s Steve Birnbaum have joined the U.S. Men’s National Team for the 2016 Copa America Centenario. • D.C. forward Fabian Espindola and Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia were teammates at Real Salt Lake from 2010-11. • D.C. United captain Bobby Boswell and Sporting KC winger Brad Davis were teammates at the Houston Dynamo from 2008-13.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | May 27, 2016 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes DWYER CLIMBING THE CHARTS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES NUNO THRIVING IN DEFENSE

Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer scored his 51st career goal for Sporting KC across all competitions in last Saturday’s 3-1 loss to Real Salt Lake. The Englishman is one shy of entering a tie for second place in Sporting KC history on the club’s regular season and all-competitions scoring charts. His 42 regular season goals are one behind Davy Arnaud and Josh Wolff, while his 51 total scores are one behind Arnaud. Preki leads both categories with 78 regular season tallies and 81 in all competitions.

Sporting KC center back Nuno Andre Coelho has been one of the club’s best performers through 14 games of the 2016 campaign. In addition to being the team’s only field player to feature in all 1,260 minutes of action, Coelho leads MLS in minutes played and interceptions (50) while ranking fifth in successful passes (676), ninth in blocked shots (9) and 15th in clearances (51). 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.

On May 15, Dwyer notched his 50th Sporting KC goal against the team with which he first caught fire as a professional. The 25-year-old went on loan to then-USL side Orlando City in 2013 with zero goals in Sporting colors. He scored 22 times for for the Lions before returning to Kansas City later that year and continuing his fine form for much of the past three seasons.. Sporting KC All-Time Scoring Charts All Competitions Regular Season Preki 81 Preki 78 Davy Arnaud 52 Davy Arnaud 43 Dom Dwyer 51 Josh Wolff 43 Josh Wolff 46 Dom Dwyer 42 Chris Klein 43 Chris Klein 39 Kei Kamara 41 Kei Kamara 38

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.

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 267 matches for Kansas City in all competitions with a 118-86-63 record, three games shy of tying Gansler’s 270game record.

PETERSON POISED FOR 100TH SUB APPEARANCE

Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson has started 129 of his 228 career regular season appearances. He is one shy of his 100th substitute appearance, the fifth most in MLS history. Should he hit the century mark, Peterson would join elite company among other heralded players, including MLS’s No. 2 all-time leading scorer Jeff Cunningham (134 regular season goals). Player (MLS career) Sub appearances (GP-GS) 1. Jeff Cunningham (1998-2011) 132 (365-233) 2. Dominic Oduro (2006 - ) 107 (292-185) 3. Alan Gordon (2004 - ) 105 (227-122) 4. Andy Williams (1998-2011) 101 (332-231) 5. Jacob Peterson (2006 - ) 99 (228-129) Peterson was the catalyst to unlocking Orlando City’s defense in a 2-1 win on May 15, coming off the bench to assist Dom Dwyer’s goal in the 74th minute before nodding home the game-winner in the 79th. In doing so, he tallied the first multi-goal performance of his 237-game MLS career and — more impressively — became the first player in Sporting KC history to tally a gamewinning goal and an assist after being subbed in past the 60th minute. SKC SUBS WITH 1 GOAL & 1 ASSIST (REGULAR SEASON Player Date Goals / Assists Entered Chris Klein 7/22/1999 2 goals, 1 assist (GW goal) 46th min. Francisco Gomez 10/4/2003 1 goal, 1 assist 76th min. Jack Jewsbury 7/24/2004 1 goal, 1 assist 54th min. Jacob Peterson 5/15/2016 1 goal, 1 assist (GW goal) 69th min.

Vermes’ 95 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth most among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (226), Bruce Arena (195) and Dominic Kinnear (157). 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 226 195 157 130 124 112 100 95 86 83

Season 17 14 13 13 9 11 8 8 8 7

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

Vermes won his 100th MLS match on May 15 (including playoffs) with a 2-1 triumph over Orlando City SC. This makes him the sixth coach in MLS history to reach that milestone with a single team. Coach Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Steve Nicol Sigi Schmid Frank Yallop Peter Vermes

SPORTING KC SUFFERS SALT LAKE SETBACK

Sporting KC suffered a 3-1 defeat to Real Salt Lake last Saturday at sold-out Children’s Mercy Park, falling to their Utah rivals at home for the second time this season. Juan Manuel Martinez fired Real Salt Lake ahead in the 32nd minute before an own goal doubled the visitors’ advantage on the stroke of halftime. Dom Dwyer reduced the deficit five minutes after the restart, but Yura Movsisyan quickly restored the two-goal cushion to seal the victory.

Club Wins LA Galaxy 134 Houston Dynamo 126 NE Revolution 123 Seattle Sounders FC 120 San Jose Earthquakes 109 Sporting KC 100

Still with club? YES No No YES No YES

STRONG AGAINST THE EAST

Since moving to the Western Conference ahead of the 2015 MLS season, Sporting KC has excelled against teams from the East. Manager Peter Vermes’ men are 9-2-2 against the East since the start of 2015, including a 6-0-1 mark at home and a 3-0-0 record this campaign.

The Rivalry Week result keeps Sporting KC (5-7-2, 17 points) in seventh place in the Western Conference standings, while Real Salt Lake (6-3-2, 20 points) leaps from sixth to third. An unchanged lineup from a 2-1 win over Orlando City SC on May 15 saw midfielder Roger Espinoza play his 150th MLS match for Sporting KC, while Benny Feilhaber logged his 100th regular season appearance with the club.

FIRST GOAL WINS? FIRST TO TWO WINS?

Sporting KC is 3-0-0 this season when scoring at least two goals, but 0-5-0 when allowing at least two. D.C. United has also seen a peculiar scoring trend, going 0-5-3 when allowing a single goal this season. D.C.’s three victories have all come by the shutout variety in addition to one 0-0 draw.

77 STRAIGHT AND COUNTING

Children’s Mercy Park has sold out 77 consecutive MLS matches dating back to April 2012 (including four playoff games) and 89 of 98 league matches since opening in 2011. The 18,467-seat venue has averaged 105 percent capacity over the last five MLS seasons, drawing more than 19,400 fans per game.

DAVY BACK IN KANSAS CITY

D.C. United assistant coach Davy Arnaud will return to Kansas City on Friday, having played for Sporting KC from 2002-2011. The only player to spend 10 seasons with Kansas City, Arnaud started 234 of 273 appearances for the club in all competitions, totaling 52 goals and 40 assists. His 92 combined goals and assists in all competitions ranks second in club history behind Preki. Arnaud announced his retirement in March after a 14-year MLS career in which he recorded 54 goals and 47 assists in 368 appearances (including playoffs).

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 27, 2016 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) BESLER AND ZUSI JOIN U.S. MNT FOR COPA AMERICA DEFENDING THE OPEN CUP Sporting KC defender Matt Besler and winger Graham Zusi were named to the United States Men’s National Team’s final roster for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, U.S. Soccer announced last Saturday.

Sporting KC will begin their defense of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the fourth round of the 2016 tournament, traveling to face the winner between Saint Louis FC (USL) and Minnesota United FC (NASL) at 7 p.m. CT on June 15. U.S. Soccer has announced all potential fourth round matchups, which will see the 17 MLS clubs based in the United States enter the competition in the round of 32. Saint Louis FC and Minnesota United FC will square off in the third round on Wednesday (June 1) at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton, Missouri, with the winner advancing to host title-holders Sporting KC.

The U.S. plays two friendly matches next week — meeting Ecuador on Wednesday in Frisco, Texas and Bolivia on Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park — before kicking off the Copa America Centenario next Friday, June 3, against Colombia at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Copa America Centenario is a marquee international tournament headlined by the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, featuring 16 nations from CONMEBOL (South America) and CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean). The competition is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of CONMEBOL and the Copa America, and will be the first edition of the prestigious tournament played outside of South America. Ten U.S. cities will host the event from June 3-26 as the Yanks make their fourth Copa America appearance. (1993, 1995, 2007).

Sporting KC enters the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup as reigning champions of the tournament. Manager Peter Vermes’ side defeated the Philadelphia Union in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw through regulation to win the 2015 final last September, effectively clinching a berth in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League. The 2016 tournament began with 91 teams, making it the largest field during the modern era (1995-present). Eighteen USL clubs entered the competition in Wednesday’s second round, which saw 21 teams advance to join nine NASL sides in the third round on June 1. This year’s winner will earn $250,000 and a spot in the 2017-18 CONCACAF Champions League.

The U.S. is 29th in the latest FIFA rankings and was drawn into Group A alongside Colombia (No. 4), Costa Rica (No. 25) and Paraguay (No. 39). Jurgen Klinsmann’s side will open the tournament against Colombia before facing Costa Rica on June 7 in Chicago and Paraguay on June 11 in Philadelphia.

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur and 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. Sporting KC is a three-time champion of the tournament — having lifted the Dewar Challenge Trophy on home soil in 2004 and 2012 — third-most among MLS clubs behind Seattle Sounders FC and the Chicago Fire (four each).

Besler, 29, has made 31 international appearances for the U.S. since debuting in 2013, including two starts in 2016. He helped lead the U.S. to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title and started all four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil as the Yanks reached the Round of 16. A native of Overland Park, Kansas, Besler has played 228 matches for Sporting KC in all competitions since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame. The center back has captained the club for each of the last three seasons and has received MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-15) and 2012 MLS Defender of the Year accolades.

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.

Zusi, 29, has earned 33 caps for the U.S. since 2012, recording four goals and six assists. The playmaker featured in all four matches for the U.S. at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists, and competed at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup last summer. A native of Longwood, Florida, Zusi most recently scored for the Yanks in a crucial World Cup qualifying win over Guatemala in March.

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

Zusi has notched 27 goals and 59 assists in all competitions since joining Besler as part of Sporting KC’s 2009 MLS SuperDraft class out of the University of Maryland. He has landed MLS Best XI (2012-13) and 2011 MLS Breakout Player of the Year honors and is the only player to appear in each of the last four MLS All-Star Games.

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)

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. The group stage draw for the competition will take place Monday at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. The draw will sort the 24 qualified teams set to participate in the championship into eight groups of three teams for the Group Stage of the tournament. The Group Stage is set to take place from August to October 2016. The championship round will begin early 2017.

MUSTIVAR JOINS HAITI FOR COPA AMERICA

Sporting KC midfielder Soni Mustivar was named to the Haiti Men’s National Team’s 23-player roster for the 2016 Copa America Centenario last Saturday. Mustivar and Haiti will face Colombia in a friendly on Sunday at Marlins Park in Miami before making its debut Copa America appearance against Peru on June 4 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.

Pot 1: Police United FC (BLZ), Central F.C. (TRI), W Connection F.C. (TRI), Don Bosco FC (HAI), Real Estelí F.C. (NCA), C.D. Plaza Amador (PAN), Alianza F.C. (SLV), C.D. Dragón or C.D. Águila (SLV)

The Haiti Men’s National Team, No. 71 in the latest FIFA rankings, was drawn into Group B with Peru (No. 46), Brazil (No. 7) and Ecuador (No. 12). After kicking off their Copa America campaign vs. Peru, Les Grenadiers will meet perennial powerhouse Brazil on June 8 in Orlando and Ecuador on June 12 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Pot 2: Vancouver Whitecaps FC (CAN), Club Sport Herediano (CRC), Deportivo Saprissa (CRC), Antigua FC (GUA), C.S.D. Comunicaciones or C.D. Suchitepéquez (GUA), C.D. Honduras Progreso (HON), Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON), Deportivo Árabe Unido (PAN)

A dual citizen of Haiti and France, Mustivar has earned 11 caps for Haiti since 2013. He has made three international appearances in 2016, including two FIFA World Cup qualifiers and a playoff win over Trinidad and Tobago in January that secured Haiti’s berth in Copa America Centenario. Mustivar represented France at the under-20 level during the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

Pot 3: Pumas UNAM (MEX), Tigres UANL (MEX), CF Monterrey (MEX), CF Pachuca (MEX), Sporting Kansas City (USA), New York Red Bulls (USA), FC Dallas (USA), Portland Timbers (USA) 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.

Mustivar, 26, joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2015 season and was named the club’s Co-Defender of the Year in October. Last year he led MLS with more than six interceptions per 90 minutes played and boasted a 15-5-6 record as a starter across all competitions. The defensive midfielder has played eight matches for Sporting KC in 2016, starting in all but one of the club’s five victories.

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. 4

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 27, 2016 vs. D.C. United | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. D.C. United: 20-20-12 Home games: 14-7-5 (47 GF, 31 GA) Road games: 6-13-7 (27 GF, 36 GA) Date 06/20/1996 07/31/1996 08/04/1996 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/31/1997 03/21/1998 08/26/1998 05/15/1999 06/26/1999 05/17/2000 06/10/2000 04/07/2001 06/16/2001 04/20/2002 06/15/2002 07/04/2002 08/10/2002 04/12/2003 05/17/2003 10/25/2003 05/15/2004 07/10/2004 04/30/2005 05/21/2005 07/09/2005 07/20/2005 05/13/2006 05/27/2006 06/24/2006 06/28/2006 04/14/2007 07/04/2007 10/05/2007 03/29/2008 08/02/2008 05/06/2009 09/09/2009 10/24/2009 03/27/2010 05/05/2010 08/21/2011 10/22/2011 03/10/2012 08/11/2012 04/05/2013 05/19/2013 10/18/2013 05/31/2014 08/23/2014 10/03/2014 05/09/2015

Score KC 5 vs DC 1 KC 3 at DC 2 KC 4 at DC 2 KC 6 vs DC 1 KC 3 vs DC 2 KC 0 at DC 2 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 1 vs DC 2 KC 3 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 3 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 0 vs DC 3 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 2 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 3 vs DC 2 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 0 vs DC 0 KC 2 at DC 3 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 3 KC 4 at DC 2 KC 0 vs DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 1 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 2 vs DC 2 KC 4 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 2 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 1 at DC 0 KC 2 vs DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 1 at DC 1 KC 1 vs DC 0 KC 0 at DC 1 KC 0 vs DC 3 KC 0 at DC 0 KC 1 at DC 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 9 Preki 10 Preki 51 Preki 25 Preki 33 Kerry Zavagnin 45 Davy Arnaud

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium W RFK Stadium W RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L (SO) Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T RFK Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T RFK Stadium T RFK Stadium L RFK Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium W RFK Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W RFK Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L RFK Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark L RFK Stadium T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L RFK Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park W RFK Stadium W RFK Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park T RFK Stadium W Children’s Mercy Park L RFK Stadium L Children’s Mercy Park T RFK Stadium T RFK Stadium

7 Jimmy Nielsen 5 Bo Oshoniyi 6 Jimmy Nielsen 44 Tony Meola 13 Bo Oshoniyi

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

Jaime Moreno 8 Jaime Moreno 8 Jaime Moreno 37 Jaime Moreno 22 Richie Williams 32 Jaime Moreno 57

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

Troy Perkins 5 Bill Hamid 5 Hamid/Rimando 3 Troy Perkins 47 Troy Perkins 14

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 five players tied 3 Chung/Preki 7 Kei Kamara (10/22/11) 4 Smith/Takawira 7 Fabbro/Zotinca 6 five players tied

D.C. UNITED

six players tied 2 Goals four players tied 2 Assists (10/22/11) Dwayne De Rosario 9 Shots (9/9/09) Luciano Emilio 5 Shots on Goal three players tied 7 Fouls Committed Etcheverry/Olsen 6 Fouls Suffered

9 Garth Lagerwey (8/4/96) 3 nine players tied

(7/4/07) Troy Perkins 9 (6/21/97) Jeff Causey 6

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

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

1 39 305 137 317 80 116

2 34 330 133 330 85 117

OT 1 2 2 3 2 0

Total 74 637 272 650 167 233

D.C. UNITED Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 36 273 135 390 65 114

2 30 299 126 338 74 152

OT 1 6 3 9 1 2

Total 67 578 264 737 140 268

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 12 DC 7

16-30

17 15

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,428

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 98 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 92 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 98 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

122

D.C. UNITED

105.2 5

31-45

10 14

46-60

13 10

61-75

11 13

76-90

10 7

1 1

Total

74 67

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

194

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 122 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 27, 2016 vs. D.C. United | 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 (USL)

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 27, 2016 vs. D.C. United | 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

Feilhaber 17; Dwyer 60

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

L 1-2

Dwyer 77

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

T 1-1

Davis 30

Saturday, May 7

at Houston Dynamo

MLS

L 0-2

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Wednesday, May 11

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

L 0-1

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SUNDAY, MAY 15

ORLANDO CITY SC

MLS

W 2-1

Dwyer 74, Peterson 79

SATURDAY, MAY 21

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

L 1-3

Dwyer 50

FRIDAY, May 27

D.C. UNITED

MLS

6:00

UniMas, KMCI-TV

Thursday, June 2

at LA Galaxy

MLS

9:30

KMCI-TV, SKCTV

June 14-16

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Round of 32)

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

FC DALLAS

MLS

4:00

ESPN

Saturday, June 25

at Montreal Impact

MLS

6:30

KMCI-TV, SKCTV

June 28-30

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Round of 16)

SUNDAY, JULY 3

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MLS

6:00

FS1

SUNDAY, JULY 10

NEW YORK CITY FC

MLS

7:00

FS1

Wednesday, July 13

at Chicago Fire

MLS

7:30

KMCI-TV, SKCTV

Saturday, July 16

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

8:00

KMCI-TV, SKCTV

July 19-21

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals)

SUNDAY, JULY 24

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

2:00

ESPN

Thursday, July 28

MLS All-Star Game

San Jose, CA

8:00

ESPN

SUNDAY, JULY 31

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

1:00

FOX

Sunday, Aug. 7

at Portland Timbers

MLS

3:00

ESPN

Wednesday, Aug. 10

TBD

U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)

Saturday, Aug. 13

at FC Dallas

MLS