Game Guide: Sporting KC at Chicago Fire by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

CHICAGO FIRE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 13, Toyota Park, 7:30 p.m. CT)

PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS Fire at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 16 3-8-5 14 15 21 8 3-2-3 12 9 8

Sporting on road

20 8-8-4 28 24 23 9 2-4-3 9 7 9

ROSTERS

25 Johnson

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (50 meetings): Fire 25 wins (1 shootout), 85 goals … Sporting 14 wins (1 shootout), 59 goals … Ties 11

Kappelhof

Campbell

3 Vincent

Ramos

AT CHICAGO (23 meetings): Fire 17 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … Sporting 4 wins (1 shootout), 22 goals … Ties 2

Meira

Thiam

Stephens

Goossens

LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/3: KC 1, CHI 0 (Nagamura 75)

Igboananike

Accam

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING FIRE Sat. July 16 at Colorado Sat. July 16 at FC Dallas Sun. July 24 Seattle Sat. July 23 at New England Sun. July 31 Portland Sun. July 31 Red Bulls Sun. Aug. 7 at Portland Sat. Aug. 6 at Real Salt Lake

Dwyer

11 Davis

37 Peterson

Mustivar

Espinoza

10 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 15 96

A 21 69

F 24 75

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Feilhaber

SPORTING

FIRE

Medranda

A 23 78

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

17 2 2 0

7 10 7 0

10 10 2 1

11 5 3 1 3 0 1 0

13 1 1 1 3 1 1 2

5 15 4

3 15 5

TYPE OF PLAY

11 0 2 0 1 0 1 0

14 1 2 2 1 0 0 1

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

0 14 1

3 15 3

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Opara

Olum

17 Abdul-Salaam

29 Melia

HOW SCORED

9 6 0 0

REFEREE: Nima Saghafi. AR1 (bench): Kyle Atkins; AR2 (opposite): Gianni Facchini; 4th: Alan Kelly DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): CHI: Matt Polster

CHICAGO FIRE 2 Matt Polster (MF) 3 Brandon Vincent (DF) 4 Johan Kappelhof (DF) 5 Michael Harrington (DF) 6 Eric Gehrig (DF) 7 John Goossens (MF) 8 Michael de Leeuw (FW) 11 David Accam (FW) 12 Arturo Alvarez (MF) 13 Rodrigo Ramos (DF) 15 Joey Calistri (MF) 16 Jonathan Campbell (DF) 17 Collin Fernandez (MF) 18 Drew Conner (MF) 19 Khaly Thiam (MF) 21 Nick LaBrocca (MF) 22 Patrick Doody (DF) 23 Patrick McLain (GK) 25 Sean Johnson (GK) 26 Michael Stephens (MF) 28 Matt Lampson (GK) 29 Alex Morrell (FW) 30 Razvan Cocis (MF) 66 Joao Meira (DF) 77 Kennedy Igboananike (FW) SPORTING KC 1 Jon Kempin (GK) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 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) 24 Ever Alvarado (DF) 25 Alec Kann (GK) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF)

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) CHI KC

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 1-1-1 2-2-4 0-5-0 4-0-0 3-4-3 1-4-1

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 3-2-1 0-6-2 6-1-1 2-7-2

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

CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) 7/01/2016 CHI 1, SJ 0 7/12/2014 CHI 1, NE 0 4/16/2016 CHI 1, MTL 2 7/09/2016 CHI 0, TOR 1 5/28/2016 CHI 1, POR 1 7/01/2016 CHI 1, SJ 0 7/09/2016 CHI 0, TOR 1

(0) (33) (4) (0) (4) (1) (0)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Fire LTTWTLTLLLWTLLWL WWWLWLLLTTLLWLLTWTWW Sporting KC

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/10/2016 KC 3, NYC 1 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 5/11/2016 KC 0, COL 1 6/25/2016 KC 2, MTL 2 6/19/2016 KC 2, DAL 0 6/02/2016 KC 0, LA 0

(0) (7) (3) (2) (2) (3) (4)

TEAM LEADERS FIRE G: 4 Accam/Igboananike A: 3 Alvarez SHT: 41 Igboananike SOG: 14 Igboananike FC: 23 Igboananike FS: 33 Igboananike OF: 17 Igboananike C: 4 Polster E: 1 Harrington SPORTING G: 8 Dwyer A: 4 Abdul-Salaam/Feilhaber SHT: 63 Dwyer SOG: 21 Dwyer FC: 38 Espinoza FS: 44 Dwyer OF: 22 Dwyer C: 5 Dwyer E: 1 Espinoza/Opara

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG CHI 16 5 9 0 2 0 15 0.94 KC 20 5 8 5 2 0 24 1.20 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG CHI 16 5 5 4 0 2 21 1.31 KC 20 5 8 6 1 0 23 1.15 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI 15 3 3 1 3 3 2 KC 24 2 6 3 6 3 4 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 CHI 21 5 3 3 4 2 4 KC 23 2 4 7 2 4 4

CHICAGO FIRE v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 13, Toyota Park, 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 185)

CHICAGO FIRE 2016 CAREER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A No. Player 2 Matt Polster MF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Milwaukee, WI 10 8 0 0 40 35 0 0 DF 5-11 175 05/01/1994 Los Angeles, CA 11 10 0 0 11 10 0 0 3 Brandon Vincent 4 Johan Kappelhof DF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands 16 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 11 10 0 1 232 206 5 19 5 6 Eric Gehrig DF 6-1 175 12/25/1987 Harvey, IL 3 1 0 0 74 58 0 2 MF 5-9 170 07/25/1988 Heemstede, Netherlands 8 5 1 2 8 5 1 2 7 John Goossens 8 Michael de Leeuw FW 5-10 148 10/07/1986 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 FW 5-9 174 09/28/1990 Accra, Ghana 9 8 4 2 33 29 14 4 11 David Accam 12 Arturo Alvarez MF 5-9 170 06/28/1985 Houston, TX 13 12 1 3 195 121 25 22 DF 5-10 170 05/24/1995 Juazeiro, Brazil 15 12 0 2 15 12 0 2 13 Rodrigo Ramos 15 Joey Calistri MF 5-10 160 11/20/1993 Deerfield, IL 10 2 1 1 10 2 1 1 DF 6-2 190 06/27/1993 Greensboro, NC 16 15 1 0 16 15 1 0 16 Jonathan Campbell 17 Collin Fernandez MF 5-8 140 02/13/1997 Downers Grove, IL 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Drew Conner MF 5-11 165 02/18/1994 Cary, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Khaly Thiam MF 6-1 183 01/07/1994 Dakar, Senegal 7 6 1 0 7 6 1 0 19 MF 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Staten Island, NY 9 3 0 0 229 195 18 18 21 Nick LaBrocca 22 Patrick Doody DF 6-0 180 04/22/1992 Naperville, IL 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 1 Patrick McLain GK 6-3 205 08/22/1988 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23 25 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Atlanta, GA 7 7 0 0 161 161 0 1 26 Michael Stephens MF 5-9 155 04/03/1989 Hinsdale, IL 10 9 0 1 124 72 2 17 28 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 190 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 9 9 0 0 25 23 0 0 29 Alex Morrell FW 5-7 135 05/11/1994 Lakeland, FL 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 30 Razvan Cocis MF 5-11 161 02/19/1983 Slatina, Romania 15 9 2 0 51 39 4 3 66 Joao Meira DF 6-1 170 04/30/1987 Setubal, Portugal 12 10 0 1 12 10 0 1 FW 5-9 154 02/26/1989 Nir-Igbo, Nigeria 16 16 4 1 47 36 11 4 77 Kennedy Igboananike HEAD COACH : Veljko Paunovic

08/21/1977 W3 L8 T5

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 13 9 1 1 75 54 9 1 DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 5 3 0 0 54 46 4 4 4 Kevin Ellis 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 11 10 1 1 193 187 3 11 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 3 2 0 0 246 220 15 20 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 9 6 0 1 145 114 2 16 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 13 12 1 3 186 149 25 47 8 9 Diego Rubio FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 10 3 1 0 10 3 1 0 MF 5-10 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 14 5 4 158 142 27 38 10 Benny Feilhaber 11 Brad Davis MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 16 10 2 0 384 335 57 122 DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 15 14 1 0 15 14 1 0 12 Nuno Andre Coelho 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 10 9 0 0 32 22 0 1 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 19 17 8 2 99 83 44 7 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 148 143 0 7 16 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 14 12 2 1 81 52 5 3 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 16 13 0 4 38 23 0 5 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 4 0 0 0 307 243 22 65 21 22 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 11 9 0 1 24 15 0 2 Ever Alvarado DF 5-11 154 01/30/1992 El Negrito, Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 25 Alec Kann GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 18 18 0 3 148 128 3 18 27 Roger Espinoza 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 19 19 0 0 48 47 0 0 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 9 6 1 1 234 135 17 17 37 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 12 12 0 0 37 32 0 2 MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 17 12 1 2 30 20 1 2 94 Jimmy Medranda 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 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

L77 11/21/1966 W98 T57

CHICAGO FIRE vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill. July 13, 2016 (WEEK 19, MLS Game #185) 7:30 p.m. CT (CSN-Chi; KMCI-38 / SKCTVN) Long-time Midwestern rivals Chicago Fire and Sporting Kansas City meet for the only time this season in an interconference match on Wednesday evening at Toyota Park. The Fire return home sitting at the foot of the Eastern Conference, coming off a 1-0 defeat at Toronto FC last weekend. Sporting have moved above the red line in the Western Conference, their undefeated streak now at five games following a second consecutive win, a 3-1 defeat of New York City FC on Sunday afternoon at Children’s Mercy Park. REFEREE: Nima Saghafi. AR1 (bench): Kyle Atkins; AR2 (opposite): Gianni Facchini; 4th: Alan Kelly MLS Career: 3 games; FC/gm: 23.3; Y/gm: 2.3; R: 1; pens: 2 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CHI: Matt Polster SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (50 meetings): Fire 25 wins (1 shootout), 85 goals … Sporting 14 wins (1 shootout), 59 goals … Ties 11 AT CHICAGO (23 meetings): Fire 17 wins (0 shootout), 47 goals … Sporting 4 wins (1 shootout), 22 goals … Ties 2 LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/3: KC 1, CHI 0 (Nagamura 75)  This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.  Sporting have won the last two meetings between the teams, including the only encounter a season ago, a 1-0 win May 3 in Kansas City. The last Fire victory came May 18, 2014, the first of three meetings that season, a 21 win at Toyota Park, the last meeting in Bridgeview.  The Fire haven’t won in Kansas City since 2012; SKC have three wins and two draws in the home meetings since.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. CHI: P15 W5 L6 T4 … Veljko Paunovic vs. KC: first game CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire saw their MLS-record road winless streak continue, dropping a 1-0 decision to Toronto FC on Saturday evening at BMO Field. The Fire are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference with 14 points from 16 games. LAST MATCH  The game's lone goal came in the ninth minute. Sebastian Giovinco sent a nice through ball into the box, with Jordan Hamilton and Justin Morrow converging on the same spot to latch onto the pass. Hamilton made way for Morrow, and he put home a one-time finish on the angle.  Both sides put shots off the post down the stretch. TFC goalkeeper Alex Bono was credited with four saves for the clean sheet.  Fire manager Veljko Paunovic made no changes to the team that defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 at Toyota Park.  CHICAGO FIRE (4-3-2-1): Sean Johnson - Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Brandon Vincent - Michael Stephens (Michael de Leeuw 46), Joao Meira, Khaly Thiam (Razvan Cocis 78) - John Goossens (Arturo Alvarez 63), Kennedy Igboananike - David Accam. TEAM NEWS  The loss was the sixth road defeat in a row for the Fire, now a club record, surpassing their five-game road losing streak set five times previously. The loss also extended the Fire’s all-time MLS road winless streak to 33 games, which began last July 23.  The Fire were shut out at the attacking end for the first time since May 18, their fifth offensive shutout of the season. They have lost by 1-0 scorelines each of their last two attacking shutouts (last to NYCFC).  “I think we had opportunities, we played well and I thought we could tie the game. I happy for them and I’m happy about having the identity of playing hard until the end trying the tie the game. So I am proud of our players,” said Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic. “ … I think we have to move on and work for the next game. Consistency, faith and hard work is what we have to put together.”

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Said goalkeeper Sean Johnson: “We came out slow. We were on the back foot, but the fighting spirit was there. That is [what] we are going to need going forward. When you are down in a match, backs against the wall, you have to dig your way out and display character, like we did today.” Paunovic named an unchanged team for just the second time this season, also keeping the same first XI April 2-10 in a 1-0 win vs. Philadelphia and a 0-0 draw with NYCFC. Michael de Leeuw made his MLS debut, coming on as a halftime substitute on the right of the midfield. “Michael came in fresh, adjusted very well to the pace and demands of this league,” said Paunovic. “He’s building the trust now with the teammates and connections. Very dynamic; in the box, very dangerous. We expect him to improve our attack and score goals; no pressure – he knows what is expected.” Said de Leeuw: “It feels good. But at the end of the game you lost 1-nil. That obviously doesn’t feel good. … It’s similar but it’s harder. You have to find your way and just play. I think for the first time I had a chance. It would have been a great debut if I had scored but it was OK.” Arturo Alvarez also returned to action after missing the last two matches through injury, coming on as a substitute for the final 27 minutes.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City stretched their undefeated streak to five games, winning a second in a row in a 3-1 win against New York City FC on Sunday evening at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting are in fifth place in the Western Conference with 28 points from 20 games. LAST MATCH  Sporting took the lead in the eighth minute. Jacob Peterson’s attempt caromed off the crossbar and NYCFC goalkeeper Josh Saunders, and Benny Feilhaber followed up and easily tapped the rebound into the open net.  NYCFC pulled level on 14 minutes. Andrea Pirlo intercepted a pass and slipped the ball wide to Ronald Matarrita, who then drove a pass into the center of the box where Frank Lampard turned it home with a leftfooted shot.  SKC regained the lead just two minutes later, as Jimmy Medranda settled an attempted clearance off a corner and fired low from distance, the ball bouncing in off Saunders.  Sporting doubled their lead in the 51st minute. A partially cleared corner was pumped back into the goalmouth scrum and Ike Opara fought off a tackle from an NYCFC defender before tapping in from six yards out.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made two changes to the team that came back for a 3-2 win against Columbus Crew SC at Children’s Mercy Park. Brad Davis and Diego Rubio came into the front line in place of Graham Zusi and the suspended Dom Dwyer.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Ike Opara (Nuno Andre Coelho 84), Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Medranda - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 71), Diego Rubio (Justin Mapp 90), Brad Davis. TEAM NEWS  The win against NYCFC was a second in a row for Sporting, their first consecutive wins in league play since opening the campaign with three victories March 6-20.  It was also a second consecutive game scoring a season-high three goals. Sporting have scored 10 goals over their last four league games, and are now averaging 1.20 goals per game (ranked 14th overall in MLS).  “I think we're getting back to our DNA. I said that last game and I say it again,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “What's happening is we're getting in a place where our decision making is becoming better and better. Our transition moments in the game are getting better. And that's what's leading to, I think, the goals and the opportunities that we're creating in each half.”  Said Benny Feilhaber: “I think it's just that we're producing more chances than we were at the beginning of the season. Our set pieces have been better, our runs too. I think we got unlucky to not get a goal or two on set pieces tonight. We're getting more guys inside the box and that was one of the things we wanted to make a point on from earlier games this year. That's what happens you get goals from different guys.”  Feilhaber scored for a second consecutive game, now with five goals for the season, with three of the goals coming in the last four games. Feilhaber had a goal and/or an assist in each of the last four games, with three goals and two assists in that time, having part in half of SKC’s goals over that stretch.  “I think what happens is you start seeing the good qualities out of all of the players on our team. And I wouldn't just bring it down to just him. I think you're seeing so much from so many guys now,” said Vermes. “Because when you're on the front foot, when you put the work in you're out working the other team you start to break them in different ways. And it's not just physically but it's also mentally. And I think when you look at the game, we gained confidence as the game went on just because we were closing everything off.”  Ike Opara scored his first goal of the season, his first since last March 28 – when he scored at New York City FC. Opara has a goal and an assist on the season, both coming over the last two matches.  Jimmy Medranda scored his first MLS goal, in his 30th career league appearance. Medranda has a goal and an assist in the last two matches.

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“It makes it hard for teams to lock in on one or two guys, goals can kind of come from anywhere, and it allows us to have more space. We have to take away some of the pressure that we put on our forwards with Dom [Dwyer] scoring most of our goals, and Diego [Rubio] when he plays up top, said Feilhaber. Diego Rubio made his league start since April 27, coming into as the spearhead in attack and playing until the 90th minute, when he was taken off for a late substitute. Rubio had made four substitute appearances in the intervening nine games, totaling 44 minutes. Brad Davis made his first start since May 27, coming into a wide left role and playing the full 90 minutes, his first full league game since May 21. Davis had come on as a substitute in the two previous games, totaling 13 minutes of action.

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2016 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (3-8-5, 14 pts.) UNF 11 77 30 12 7 15 16 19 9 13 66 5 26 29 3 17 6 4 28 2 8 21 25

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

PLAYER David Accam Kennedy Igboananike Razvan Cocis Arturo Alvarez John Goossens Joey Calistri Jonathan Campbell Khaly Thiam Gilberto Rodrigo Ramos Joao Meira Michael Harrington Michael Stephens Alex Morrell Brandon Vincent Collin Fernandez Eric Gehrig Johan Kappelhof Matt Lampson Matt Polster Michael de Leeuw Nick LaBrocca Sean Johnson Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 9 16 15 13 8 10 16 7 9 15 12 11 10 4 11 2 3 16 9 10 1 9 7

GS 8 16 9 12 5 2 15 6 8 12 10 10 9 0 10 0 1 16 9 8 0 3 7

MIN 747 1373 893 911 407 333 1395 482 641 1134 891 744 722 52 928 8 79 1440 810 791 45 326 630

16 16

1440 1440

G 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 15

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

SHT 28 41 11 17 11 5 8 7 23 7 4 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 0 7 1 3 0

SOG 11 14 5 3 3 4 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

21 16

225 184

89 52

FC 11 23 9 5 2 2 7 15 7 20 19 7 5 0 18 0 2 16 0 10 2 12 0

FS 24 33 16 7 5 2 10 3 10 25 18 4 3 1 1 2 0 4 1 10 0 7 0

OFF 7 17 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

CK 19 2 0 32 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0

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

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

201 192 192 201

12 37

80 83

25 20

1 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Arturo Alvarez 1, Kennedy Igboananike 1, John Goossens 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Michael Harrington 1, Gilberto 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: David Accam 1-1 CHICAGO FIRE GOALKEEPING UNF 25 28

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Matt Lampson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 7 9 16 16

GS 7 9 16 16

MIN SHTS 630 29 810 60 1440 89 1440 52

SV 18 45 63 37

GA 9 12 21 15

GAA 1.29 1.33 1.31 0.94

PG 1 0 1 1

PA 1 0 1 1

W 2 1 3 8

L 4 4 8 3

T 1 4 5 5

SO 2 3 5 5

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (8-8-4, 28 pts.) UNF 14 10 16 11 8 94 3 37 5 9 12 17 27 7 22 96 25 13 21 4 6 15 93 29

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

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

GP 19 16 14 16 13 17 13 9 11 10 15 16 18 9 11 6 1 10 4 5 3 4 12 19

GS 17 14 12 10 12 12 9 6 10 3 14 13 18 6 9 6 1 9 0 3 2 3 12 19

MIN 1575 1325 1019 931 1082 1092 879 521 916 272 1266 1204 1612 529 758 410 90 817 30 267 181 259 1035 1710

20 20

1800 1800

G 8 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 23

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

SHT 63 31 7 24 20 31 7 10 2 11 13 8 32 1 11 4 0 1 0 3 2 3 4 0

SOG 21 11 3 9 8 7 3 4 1 1 2 1 10 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0

25 20

288 185

91 72

FC 38 14 11 8 10 17 15 1 12 11 3 19 39 6 5 4 0 16 0 2 5 2 12 2

FS 44 28 4 16 13 11 9 5 5 12 11 10 30 4 7 9 0 5 0 1 0 3 11 0

OFF 22 1 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 38 0 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

252 248 248 252

46 53

116 59

33 32

2 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Brad Davis 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Matt Besler 1, Lawrence Olum 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Jimmy Medranda 1, Saad Abdul-Salaam 1, Jordi Quintilla 1, Ike Opara 1, Roger Espinoza 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Chance Myers 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 3-3 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Alec Kann Team totals Opponent totals

GP 19 1 20 20

GS 19 1 20 20

MIN SHTS 1710 70 90 2 1800 72 1800 91

SV 49 1 50 63

GA 22 1 23 24

GAA 1.16 1 1.15 1.2

PG 3 0 3 3

PA 4 0 4 3

W 8 0 8 8

L 8 0 8 8

T 3 1 4 4

SO 5 0 5 5

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CHICAGO FIRE 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Fri. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Apr. Sun. Apr. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

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OPPONENT RESULT 6 New York City L 3-4 FC 11 at Orlando City T 1-1 SC 19 Columbus T 0-0 2 Philadelphia W 1-0 10 at New York T 0-0 City FC 16 Montreal L 1-2 30 D.C. United T 1-1 11 at Vancouver L 1-2 14 at New England L 0-2 18 at New York L 0-1 21 Houston W 1-0 28 Portland T 1-1 18 at Colorado L 1-2 22 at Philadelphia L 3-4

ATT 17768

W-L-T 0-1-0

29041

0-1-1

12605 12073 22930

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

8 6 6

14509 13114 19638 18997 16624 15363 14729 18103 16667

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

7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1 San Jose 9 at Toronto FC 13 Sporting KC 16 at FC Dallas 23 at New England 31 New York 6 at Real Salt Lake 14 Orlando City SC 20 at Montreal 24 Los Angeles 27 at D.C. United 3 Philadelphia 10 Toronto FC 16 D.C. United 23 at New York City FC 28 at Seattle 1 at Columbus 13 Columbus 16 New England 23 at Toronto FC

16487 27934

3-7-5 3-8-5

10 10

W 1-0 L 0-1

POS PTS NOTES: 6 0 CHI: Cocis (19) Igboananike (49) Accam (72); NYC: McNamara (10) Taylor (29) Shelton (36) Diskerud (63) 6 1 CHI: Accam (14); ORL: Larin (4) 2 5 CHI: Igboananike (51); 6 6 CHI: Igboananike (29); MTL: Drogba (56) Piatti (91+) 7 CHI: Campbell (41); DC: Nyarko (64) 7 CHI: Igboananike (62); VAN: Perez (36,89) 7 NE: Nguyen (22) Hollinger-Janzen (84) 7 NYR: Grella (58) 10 CHI: Alvarez (3); 11 CHI: Accam (20); POR: Valeri (18) 11 CHI: Calistri (81); COL: Doyle (57) Pappa (89) 11 CHI: Accam (2) Cocis (69) Thiam (80); PHI: own goal (11) Alberg (15,47+,56) 14 CHI: Goossens (58); 14 TOR: Morrow (9)

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

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

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 T 1-1 7 at Houston L 0-2 11 at Colorado L 0-1 15 Orlando City SC W 2-1 21 Real Salt Lake L 1-3

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

Fri. Thu. Sun. Sat. Sun.

May June June June July

27 D.C. United 2 at Los Angeles 19 FC Dallas 25 at Montreal 3 Columbus

L T W T W

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

19118 19651 18927 20032 19332

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

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

W 3-1

19881

8-8-4

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

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

Sun. Oct.

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) 7 17 DC: Kamara (86) 8 18 4 21 KC: Olum (43) Feilhaber (47+); 6 22 KC: Dwyer (21,59); MTL: Ontivero (16) Piatti (39) 4 25 KC: Feilhaber (49) Zusi (56) Besler (91+); CLB: Kamara (22,75) 5 28 KC: Feilhaber (8) Medranda (16) Opara (51); NYC: Lampard (14)

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FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 1 15 times Assists 1 16 times Shots 8 Gilberto Shots on Goal 5 David Accam Fouls Committed 4 4 times Fouls Suffered 5 David Accam Offside 3 David Accam 3 Kennedy Igboananike 3 David Accam Saves 9 Matt Lampson Shots Faced 12 Matt Lampson Goals Allowed 4 Matt Lampson 4 Sean Johnson

Goals 3 03/06/2016 vs 3 06/22/2016 vs Assists 3 06/22/2016 vs Shots 20 05/21/2016 vs Shots on Goal 9 03/06/2016 vs Fouls Committed 18 05/14/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 21 03/11/2016 vs Corner Kicks 12 03/06/2016 vs Offside 7 03/06/2016 vs 7 04/10/2016 vs Saves 9 05/11/2016 vs Shots Faced 12 05/11/2016 vs Goals Allowed 4 03/06/2016 vs 4 06/22/2016 vs

03/06/2016 vs NYC

L 3-4

03/06/2016 vs NYC

L 3-4

05/21/2016 vs HOU

W 1-0

03/06/2016 vs NYC

L 3-4

04/02/2016 vs PHI 06/22/2016 vs PHI

W 1-0 L 3-4

03/06/2016 vs NYC 04/16/2016 vs MTL

L 3-4 L 1-2

05/28/2016 vs POR

T 1-1

05/11/2016 vs VAN

L 1-2

05/11/2016 vs VAN

L 1-2

03/06/2016 vs NYC 06/22/2016 vs PHI

L 3-4 L 3-4

NYC PHI

L 3-4 L 3-4

PHI

L 3-4

HOU

W 1-0

NYC

L 3-4

L 0-2

ORL

T 1-1

NYC

L 3-4

NYC NYC

L 3-4 T 0-0

VAN

L 1-2

VAN

L 1-2

NYC PHI

L 3-4 L 3-4

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Dom Dwyer 2 Dom Dwyer Assists 1 25 times Shots 8 Dom Dwyer 8 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 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 3 07/03/2016 at 3 07/10/2016 at Assists 4 05/15/2016 at Shots 34 05/15/2016 at Shots on Goal 13 05/15/2016 at Fouls Committed 20 04/24/2016 at Fouls Suffered 20 03/12/2016 at Corner Kicks 10 05/21/2016 at Offside 8 04/02/2016 at Saves 6 04/02/2016 at 6 04/09/2016 at Shots Faced 8 04/02/2016 at Goals Allowed 3 05/21/2016 at

03/12/2016 at VAN 06/25/2016 at MTL

W 2-1 T 2-2

03/06/2016 at SEA

W 1-0

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

W 2-1 W 2-1

03/12/2016 at VAN

W 2-1

05/27/2016 at DC

L 0-1

05/07/2016 at HOU

L 0-2

04/09/2016 at NYR

W 2-0

04/02/2016 at RSL 04/09/2016 at NYR

L 1-2 W 2-0

04/02/2016 at RSL

L 1-2

05/21/2016 at RSL

L 1-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) Shots 4 03/19/2016 vs 4 05/14/2016 vs Shots on Goal 0 04/10/2016 vs 0 05/14/2016 vs Fouls Committed 6 05/11/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 7 04/02/2016 vs 7 04/16/2016 vs Corner Kicks 2 04/02/2016 vs 2 04/10/2016 vs Offside 0 03/11/2016 vs 0 05/18/2016 vs 0 06/18/2016 vs Saves 0 05/18/2016 vs Shots Faced 1 05/18/2016 vs

CLB NE

T 0-0 L 0-2

NYC NE

T 0-0 L 0-2

VAN

L 1-2

PHI MTL

W 1-0 L 1-2

PHI NYC

W 1-0 T 0-0

ORL NYR COL

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

NYR

L 0-1

NYR

L 0-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)

CLB NYC

W 3-2 W 3-1

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

Shots 7 03/20/2016 at 7 04/09/2016 at 7 05/11/2016 at Shots on Goal 1 05/01/2016 at 1 05/11/2016 at Fouls Committed 4 04/09/2016 at 4 04/13/2016 at Fouls Suffered 6 05/15/2016 at Corner Kicks 0 04/09/2016 at 0 06/19/2016 at Offside 0 03/20/2016 at Saves 0 05/01/2016 at 0 05/15/2016 at 0 06/02/2016 at Shots Faced 0 05/15/2016 at 0 06/02/2016 at

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 DAL

W 2-0 W 2-0

TOR

W 1-0

LA ORL LA

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

ORL LA

W 2-1 T 0-0

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS FIRE ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Fire

Fire 25 wins, 86 goals Sporting KC 14 wins, 59 goals 11 ties 4/8/1998 6/24/1998 8/29/1998 9/17/1998 3/27/1999 5/22/1999 8/5/1999 8/25/1999 3/25/2000 6/4/2000 10/15/2000 5/19/2001 7/4/2001 8/14/2002 8/31/2002 4/26/2003 6/21/2003 7/26/2003 4/3/2004 5/8/2004 9/1/2004 6/18/2005 8/10/2005 8/19/2005 10/1/2005 5/6/2006 6/17/2006 7/4/2006 8/16/2006 4/21/2007 8/22/2007 8/25/2007 4/20/2008 7/27/2008 10/5/2008 4/18/2009 8/16/2009 5/15/2010 10/12/2010 3/26/2011 6/9/2011 5/12/2012 6/29/2012 9/28/2012 3/16/2013 7/7/2013 8/23/2013 5/18/2014 7/6/2014 10/10/2014 5/3/2015

KC 1 vs CHI CHI 4 vs KC CHI 3 at KC CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 at KC CHI 3 vs KC CHI 2 at KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 4 vs CHI CHI 3 vs KC KC 1 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 7 at KC CHI 5 vs KC KC 2 vs CHI CHI 3 at KC KC 4 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC KC 0 vs CHI KC 2 vs CHI CHI 3 vs KC CHI 1 vs KC KC 3 at CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 at KC KC 1 vs CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 vs KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 3 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC KC 1 at CHI KC 0 vs CHI KC 1 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 2 at KC KC 2 vs CHI KC 2 at CHI CHI 3 vs KC KC 0 vs CHI CHI 2 vs KC CHI 1 at KC KC 2 vs CHI KC 0 vs CHI KC 2 at CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 2 vs KC KC 1 vs CHI KC 2 vs CHI KC 1 vs CHI

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

CHI SOW

(KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (KC) (SF) (DC) (SF) (KC) (NC) (KC) (KC) (KC) (NC) (KC) (KC) (SF) (SF) (SF) (KC) (KC) (KC) (KC) (TP) (TP) (TP) (KC) (TP) (TP) (CA) (CA) (TP) (CA) (CA) (TP) (TP) (SP) (TP) (SP) (SP) (SP) (TP) (TP) (TP) (SP) (SP) (SP)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 43 310 134 357 70 106

2 42 311 136 353 83 129

Sporting KC

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 85 621 270 710 153 235

1 29 303 133 324 49 112

2 30 347 130 351 46 137

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 59 650 263 675 95 249

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: CHI KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

14 10

11 7

15 11

15 7

14 11

16 13

0 0

85 59

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes

vs. CHI

5-6-4

(1.27 pts./game)

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

9 8 48 20 45 42 15 4 8 94 26

Fire Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Gonzalo Segares Justin Mapp Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton Zach Thornton

5 10 43 18 38 40 3 6 3 40 24

Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Preki Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud 3 times Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Fire 2 7 players tied 2 10 players tied 9 Damani Ralph (07/26/03) 4 6 players tied 6 4 players tied 7 Blanco/Ralph 1 17 players tied 10 Zach Thornton (06/21/03) 4 Sutton/Thornton

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

Sporting KC 2 6 players tied 3 Preki (06/21/03) 8 Kei Kamara (06/29/12) 4 6 6 1 9

4 players tied Alex Zotinca (04/03/04) 6 players tied 10 players tied Tony Meola (07/26/03)

7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/01)

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

Streak (started)

Sporting Kansas City W-L-T

Streak (started)

1-1-1 2-2-4 0-5-0

1 Ws 1 Ws 7 Ls

(05/21/2016) (07/01/2016) (10/18/2015)

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

5 Ws (08/08/2015) 1 Ts (06/02/2016) 1 Ws (07/03/2016)

0-6-2 3-2-1

2 Ls 1 Ws

(06/18/2016) (07/01/2016)

2-7-2 6-1-1

1 Ws (07/03/2016) 2 Ws (06/19/2016)

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

3 Ls 1 Ws 2 Ls 2 Ls 0-

(05/14/2016) (07/01/2016) (09/11/2015) (03/06/2016) -

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

1 1 1 5 3

Ts Ls Ts Ws Ws

(06/02/2016) (05/21/2016) (06/25/2016) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)

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

2 Ws 1 Ls 6 Ls 2 Ls 4 Ls

(05/21/2016) (07/09/2016) (09/23/2015) (09/11/2015) (09/05/2015)

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

1 1 1 3 1

Ws Ws Ws Ls Ls

(06/19/2016) (07/10/2016) (07/03/2016) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)

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FIRE CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (25-14-11) PLAYER

MIN

Ante Razov Justin Mapp Peter Nowak Diego Gutierrez Hristo Stoichkov Josh Wolff Mike Magee Chad Barrett Dema Kovalenko Brian McBride Marco Pappa Chris Rolfe Cuauhtemoc Blanco Roman Kosecki Andy Williams Thiago Andy Herron Nate Jaqua Damani Ralph Lubos Kubik Jesse Marsch Jerzy Podbrozny Evan Whitfield DaMarcus Beasley Jamar Beasley Carlos Bocanegra Lubos Reiter Eric Wynalda Mike Banner C.J. Brown Craig Capano Calen Carr Diego Chaves Jim Curtin Sergi Daniv Sebastian Grazzini Hunter Jumper Julio Martinez Dominic Oduro Orlando Perez Gaston Puerari Dasan Robinson Dipsy Selolwane Chris Armas Ivan Guerrero Kelly Gray Patrick Nyarko Logan Pause David Vaudreuil Jalil Anibaba Wilman Conde Alex Sam George Frank Klopas Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Andrew Lewis Tony Sanneh Gonzalo Segares Zach Thornton Michael Videira Team totals Opponent totals

14 20 11 19 6 9 4 9 6 4 7 18 6 5 5 8 5 10 6 9 20 8 10 9 1 4 2 2 3 29 3 8 2 14 2 1 2 1 5 5 2 10 1 21 10 8 15 29 2 7 4 7 4 4 3 6 6 4 20 23 2 50 50

13 19 11 18 5 5 4 5 6 2 6 17 6 4 5 7 2 7 5 9 16 6 9 7 1 4 1 1 0 29 0 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 8 0 21 9 6 11 25 0 7 3 5 3 2 2 6 3 2 20 22 2 50 50

1134 1476 953 1606 336 503 360 415 539 270 506 1273 530 325 426 621 288 615 474 810 1485 568 815 640 90 360 80 100 70 2536 36 209 108 1260 71 80 101 45 300 368 145 724 19 1878 825 549 1002 2250 35 630 297 361 252 189 180 540 338 201 1764 1995 173 4500 4500

9 6 4 8 4 5 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 0 3 2 3 0 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 86 102 59 68

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

48 28 21 18 18 17 11 22 9 6 24 31 11 10 14 13 7 17 22 11 14 13 5 10 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 3 2 5 2 4 2 1 6 4 2 7 2 5 4 5 13 5 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 6 0 0 10 0 1 621 650

1 11 7 1 2 23 3 2 1 1 50 50

90 990 630 90 180 1995 165 180 90 90 4500 4500

David Mahoney Sean Johnson Jon Busch D.J. Countess Henry Ring Zach Thornton Matt Pickens Andrew Dykstra Paolo Tornaghi Greg Sutton Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

2 2 0.00 50 39 0.91 36 29 1.00 3 2 1.00 10 7 1.00 123 94 1.17 10 6 1.64 18 12 2.00 2 0 2.00 9 4 4.00 263 195 1.18 270 178 1.70

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

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. FIRE (14-25-11) PLAYER

MIN

Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Preki Graham Zusi Mo Johnston Dom Dwyer Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Teal Bunbury Jimmy Conrad Chris Henderson Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Dario Fabbro Benny Feilhaber Gary Glasgow Eddie Johnson Matt Besler Chris Brown Mark Chung Bobby Convey Francisco Gomez Carlos Marinelli Pete Marino Miklos Molnar Paulo Nagamura Igor Simutenkov Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Diego Gutierrez Paul Rideout Kerry Zavagnin Jalil Anibaba Jake Dancy Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Herculez Gomez Brian Johnson Chance Myers Uche Okafor Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Refik Sabanadzovic C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Ryan Smith Vitalis Takawira Team totals Opponent totals

17 10 17 13 10 6 20 22 13 7 13 8 20 6 18 12 3 7 2 6 13 11 4 1 9 2 2 1 6 5 7 3 9 3 22 1 1 4 12 3 7 10 6 3 3 4 9 8 1 5 50 50

17 7 15 10 10 4 18 22 13 7 12 4 20 5 11 9 2 7 1 6 12 4 4 1 4 0 0 1 5 5 6 3 7 2 21 1 0 3 10 2 3 9 6 3 1 3 6 8 1 5 50 50

1448 605 1339 933 858 380 1583 1927 1125 594 1090 411 1791 451 1089 920 170 546 117 523 1104 472 339 78 415 68 66 80 465 329 498 261 641 187 1857 90 45 293 840 194 340 815 540 206 116 286 569 707 90 368 4500 4500

SHT

GOALKEEPER

5 3 5 2 4 10 4 2 4 0 3 0 2 5 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 59 68 86 102

35 11 37 17 18 20 34 43 19 26 12 20 14 4 15 5 3 8 2 13 4 10 7 1 13 1 3 2 8 7 6 8 10 5 14 0 0 2 12 5 6 9 1 1 2 1 18 3 5 1 650 621

Andy Gruenebaum Tim Melia William Hesmer Jimmy Nielsen Eric Kronberg Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Chris Snitko David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1 10 3 8 3 11 11 2 2 50 50

MIN SHTS 90 90 90 877 202 720 270 982 818 180 180 4500 4500

GAA

6 6 0.00 3 3 0.00 3 2 1.00 40 30 1.03 11 5 1.34 47 36 1.38 15 9 1.67 65 40 2.20 58 35 2.31 12 7 2.50 10 5 2.50 270 178 1.70 263 195 1.18

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

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CURRENT FIRE VS. SPORTING KC (25-14-11) PLAYER

MIN

Arturo Alvarez Nick LaBrocca David Accam Eric Gehrig Michael Harrington Kennedy Igboananike Sean Johnson Matt Lampson Patrick McLain Matt Polster Michael Stephens Team totals Opponent totals

13 12 1 3 2 1 11 2 1 1 5 50 50

7 10 1 3 2 0 11 2 0 1 3 50 50

641 878 89 265 172 13 990 180 34 90 274 4500 4500

GOALKEEPER

MIN

Sean Johnson Matt Lampson Patrick McLain Team totals Opponent totals

11 2 1 50 50

990 180 34 4500 4500

SHT

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. FIRE (14-25-11) A

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 102 59 68

14 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 621 650

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

13 17 6 10 25 3 13 3 15 4 12 12 10 9 1 1 1 7 1 50 50

10 15 4 9 21 3 12 2 9 3 10 10 9 8 0 1 1 5 1 50 50

933 1316 380 771 1944 269 1104 189 801 293 840 849 815 728 13 90 85 382 64 4500 4500

GAA

50 39 0.91 9 5 2.00 3 0 7.94 263 195 1.18 270 178 1.70

0 1 1 2 7

GOALKEEPER

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 50 50

MIN SHTS 90 4500 4500

SHT

4 2 3 1 3 0 2 2 1 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 68 86 102

17 22 20 13 28 4 4 3 12 2 12 16 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 650 621

GAA

3 3 0.00 270 178 1.70 263 195 1.18

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Information © 2016 Chicago Fire Soccer Club Chicago Fire (3-8-5, 14 points) vs. Sporting Kansas City (8-8-4, 28 points) MLS Regular Season | Fire Game #17 | Home Game #9 Wednesday, July 13 | Toyota Park | 7:30 p.m. CT | TV: CSN/CSN+ | Radio: 97.5 FM Poder TV: Dan Kelly, Frank Klopas, Paul Tenorio | Radio: Rodrigo Arana, Tico Fernandez FIRE FLASHES 2016 Record/Home/Away………………………………….3-8-5/3-2-3/0-6-2 2015 Record/Home/Away……………………………….8-20-6/8-8-1/0-12-5 vs. Eastern Conference/2015…………………………………...1-6-4/6-13-5 vs. Western Conference/2015…………….………………………2-2-1/2-7-1 Current Streak……………………………….……………………………...1 L Last Five………………………………….……………………..……....TLLWL All-Time Record……………………………….………………….233-208-140 All-Time Home Record……………………….……………………..147-71-73 All-Time Away Record……………………………………………...86-137-67 Last Regular Season Win……………………..………..…1-0, vs. SJ, 7/1/16 Last Regular Season Loss……….…………….……..…..1-0 at TOR, 7/9/16 Last Shutout by Fire………………………………....……..1-0, vs. SJ, 6/1/16 Last Shutout by Opponent……………….….…….……..1-0, at TOR, 7/9/16 March Record 2016/2015..........................................................0-1-2/1-3-0 April Record 2016/2015…………………………………………...1-1-2/2-0-0 May Record 2016/2015………………………….………………...1-3-1/1-2-2 June Record 2016/2015………………………….………………..0-2-0/0-4-0 July Record 2016/2015………….…………………………..…….1-1-0/1-2-2 August Record 2016/2015….…………………….……….………0-0-0/2-2-2 September Record 2016/2015…………………….….….……….0-0-0/0-5-0 October Record 2016/2015…………………………..….………..0-0-0/1-2-0 Pre All-Star 2016/2015…………………………….….….………3-8-5/5-11-4 Post All-Star 2016/2015…………………..…….……....…………0-0-0/3-9-2 Record After 16 Games 2016/2015…..………....…….….……...3-8-5/4-9-3 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime………….……… …..…….1-2-1/0-4-0/2-2-4 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’……………….……………..…...3-0-0/0-6-0/0-2-5 Scoring First Goal/Home/Away………………………...….2-2-1/2-0-1/0-0-0 Conceding First Goal/Home/Away……………….….….…0-6-2/0-1-1/0-5-1 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied…...………..2-1-1/1-7-4/0-0-0 Day/Night…………………………………………....……………...2-2-3/1-6-2 Grass/Turf………………………………….............…… ………...3-6-4/0-2-1 Wearing Primary Kit……………………….…………………….………..3-6-5 Wearing Secondary Kit……………….………………....……….……….0-2-0 Wearing Third Kit……………………………………….…….…………...0-0-0 One Goal Games/Home/Away…………………………….3-2-0/3-0-0/0-2-0 Two Goal Games/Home/Away………………………….…0-1-3/0-0-2/0-1-1 Three Goal Games/Home/Away……………………..……0-3-0/0-1-0/0-2-0 Four Goal Games/Home/Away……………………....……0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Five Goal Games/Home/Away…………………….………0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Six Goal Games/Home/Away…………….…………..……0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Seven Goal Games/Home/Away………….………………0-2-0/0-1-0/0-1-0 On Wednesdays/Home/Away………………...……….......0-3-0/0-0-0/0-3-0 On Fridays/Home/Away………………………………….…1-0-1/1-0-0/0-0-1 On Saturdays/Home/Away…………………………………2-4-3/2-1-3/0-3-0 On Sundays/Home/Away…………………………..………0-1-1/0-1-0/0-0-1 On UniMas/Home/Away………………………………....…1-0-1/1-0-0/0-0-1 On UDN/Home/Away………………….……………………0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 On FOX Sports/Home/Away…………………………….…0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 On CSN Chicago/Home/Away………….……………….…2-8-3/2-2-3/0-5-0 On ESPN/Home/Away…………………….…………..……0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 With zero subs/Home/Away ………… …………..………..0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 With one sub/Home/Away ………………………….......…0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 With two subs/Home/Away….……………………..………1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 With three subs/Home/Away ………....…….……………..2-8-5/2-2-3/0-6-2

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire entered their 19th season of MLS play after a busy offseason. With new leadership in general manager Nelson Rodriguez and head coach Veljko Paunovic at the helm, the Men in Red made a slew of changes, shoring up the roster with defensive-minded signings Johan Kappelhof and João Meira, and adding exciting young talent Brandon Vincent, Jonathan Campbell and Alex Morrell in the MLS SuperDraft. Rodriguez and Paunovic supplemented the veteran presence of Razvan Cocis and Sean Johnson by adding experienced league players Nick LaBrocca and Michael Harrington. The Fire continue to have a distinct local flavor with the addition of Homegrown signings Joey Calistri and Drew Conner. NOVACARE INJURY REPORT – AS OF JULY 11 Questionable: Collin Fernandez – Left ankle sprain PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT 11/30/2015 – Decline options for Adailton, Jon Busch, Razvan Cocis, Greg Cochrane, Jason Johnson, Alec Kann, Jeff Larentowicz, Lovel Palmer and Chris Ritter. 11/30/2015 – Announce that the loan deal for Daneil Cyrus expires and Ty Harden, Mike Magee and Matthew Watson are out of contract. 1/6/16 – Trade midfielder Patrick Nyarko to D.C. United 1/14/16 – Trade midfielder Jack Harrison to NYCFC 1/14/16 – Trade defender Joevin Jones to the Seattle Sounders 2/13/16 – Trade Homegrown midfielder Harry Shipp to the Montreal Impact 3/2/16 – Waive midfielder Kingsley Bryce 6/29/16 – Terminate contract of Gilberto IN 12/17/15 – Sign Joey Calistri and Drew Conner as Homegrown players 1/14/16 – Select Jack Harrison, Brandon Vincent, Jonathan Campbell and Alex Morrell in 2016 MLS SuperDraft 1/18/16 – Sign Michael Harrington as a free agent 1/18/16 – Sign goalkeeper Patrick McLain 1/23/16 – Sign defender Joao Meira and re-sign Razvan Cocis 1/27/16 – Sign midfielder Nick LaBrocca 2/2/16 – Sign defender Johan Kappelhof 2/3/16 – Acquire defender Rodrigo Ramos on loan 2/26/16 – Sign goalkeeper Matt Lampson 2/29/16 – Sign midfielder John Goossens 3/3/2016 – Sign midfielder Arturo Alvarez 3/11/16 – Sign midfielder Alex Morrell 5/4/16 – Acquire midfielder Khaly Thiam on loan 5/17/16 – Acquired forward Michael de Leeuw

- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016

CHICAGO FIRE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY The Fire hold a 25-14-11 all-time regular season record against Sporting Kansas City, including a 17-4-2 advantage in games played at home. The Men in Red have scored 85 goals to Sporting Kansas City’s 59. The Fire are currently on a six-match home unbeaten run across all competitions with a 3-0-3 record at Toyota Park. Fire defender Michael Harrington began his professional career when he was selected in the first round (third overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City. From 2007 through 2012, Harrington appeared in 149 regular season games for Sporting. Sporting KC midfielder Justin Mapp (2003-2010) and goalkeeper Alec Kann (2013-15) previously spent time with the Fire.

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Fire 1 43 310 134 357 70 106

2 42 311 136 353 83 129

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goals Scored in 15-Minute Intervals: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 CHI 15 10 18 13 KC 11 7 11 6

Tot. 85 621 270 710 153 235

Sporting KC 1 2 29 30 303 347 133 130 324 351 49 46 111 135

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

61-75 14 11

76-90 15 13

Total 85 59

All-Time Regular-Season Series Leaders: Fire Goals 9 Ante Razov Assists 8 Justin Mapp Shots 48 Ante Razov Shots on Goal 20 Ante Razov Fouls Committed 45 Gonzalo Segares Fouls Suffered 42 Justin Mapp Wins 15 Zach Thornton Losses 4 Zach Thornton Shutouts 8 Zach Thornton Saves 94 Zach Thornton Goals Allowed 26 Zach Thornton

OT 0 0

Tot. 59 650 263 675 95 246

Sporting KC 5 Sealy/Wolff 10 Preki 43 Davy Arnaud 18 Josh Wolff 38 Kerry Zavagnin 40 Davy Arnaud 3 3 players tied 6 Tony Meola 3 Jimmy Nielsen 40 Tony Meola 24 Tony Meola

All-Time Regular-Season Series Game Highs: Fire Goals 2 7 players tied Assists 2 10 players tied Shots 9 Damani Ralph (7/26/03) Shots on Goal 4 6 players tied Fouls Committed 6 4 players tied Fouls Suffered 7 Ralph/Blanco Saves 10 Zach Thornton (6/21/03) Goals Allowed 4 Sutton/Thornton

Sporting KC 2 6 players tied 3 Preki (6/21/03) 8 Kei Kamara (6/29/12) 4 4 players tied 6 Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 6 6 players tied 9 Tony Meola (7/26/03) 7 Bo Oshoniyi (7/4/01)

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016

Building The Fire Year

MLS SuperDraft

2010

Johnson – Fourth Round (51st)

2014

2015

Polster – First Round (7th)

2015

Vincent – First Round (4th) Campbell – First Round (12th) Morrell – Second Round (22nd)

Trades

Signings

Homegrown

Gehrig (OCSC) – Dec. 10

Cocis – July 14 Igboananike – Dec. 2 Stephens – Dec. 9 Accam – Dec. 19

Fernandez – Aug. 28 Doody – Dec. 22

Loans

Calistri – Dec. 17 Conner – Dec. 17 Harrington – Jan. 18 McLain – Jan. 18 Meira – Jan. 23 LaBrocca – Jan. 27 Kappelhof – Feb. 2 Lampson – Feb. 26 Goossens – Feb. 29 Alvarez – March 3 de Leeuw – May 17

Ramos – Feb. 3 Thiam – May 4

LAST TIME THESE TWO MET… Match: Chicago Fire at Sporting KC Date: May 3, 2015 Competition: MLS Regular Season Venue: Children's Mercy Park – Kansas City, Kan. Scoring Summary: SKC – Paulo Nagamura (Jalil Anibaba) 75’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Adailton (caution) 32’ SKC – Seth Sinovic (caution) 38’ CHI – Chris Ritter (caution) 58’ CHI – David Accam (ejection) 89’ SKC – Paulo Nagamura (caution) 92’ Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Eric Gehrig (Lovel Palmer 85’), Jeff Larentowicz ©, Adailton, Joevin Jones; Harry Shipp, Matt Polster, Chris Ritter (Kennedy Igboananike 77’), David Accam; Shaun Maloney; Guly do Prado (Quincy Amarikwa 72’) Subs not used: Jon Busch, Razvan Cocis, Victor Perez, Greg Cochrane Shots: 11; Shots On Goal: 3; Saves: 2; Fouls: 12; Corner Kicks: 4; Offsides: 8. Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia; Jalil Anibaba, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Amadou Dia 77’), Kevin Ellis; Soni Mustivar (Jacob Peterson 85’), Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 65’); Graham Zusi, Dominic Dwyer, Krisztian NemethSubs not used: Connor Hallisey, Bernardo Anor, Erik Palmer-Brown, Luis Marin Shots: 14; Shots On Goal: 3; Saves: 3; Fouls: 14; Corner Kicks: 9; Offsides: 2.

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016

CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 11 12 15 16 30 18 8 22 17 6 7 5 77 25 4 21 28 23 66 29 2 13 26 19 3

Player David Accam Arturo Alvarez Joey Calistri Jonathan Campbell Razvan Cocis Drew Conner Michael de Leeuw Patrick Doody Collin Fernandez Eric Gehrig John Goossens Michael Harrington Kennedy Igboananike Sean Johnson Johan Kappelhof Nick LaBrocca Matt Lampson Patrick McLain João Meira Alex Morrell Matt Polster Rodrigo Ramos Michael Stephens Khaly Thiam Brandon Vincent

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

Ht. 5-9 5-0 5-10 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-8 6-1 5-9 6-0 5-9 6-3 5-11 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-1 5-7 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-11

Wt. 154 170 160 190 161 165 150 180 140 175 160 170 154 217 165 165 200 205 170 135 170 170 155 183 175

Birth date 09/28/1990 06/28/1985 11/20/1993 06/27/1993 02/19/1983 02/18/1994 10/07/1986 04/22/1992 2/13/1997 12/25/1987 07/25/1988 01/24/1986 2/26/1989 05/31/1989 08/05/1990 12/04/1984 09/06/1989 08/22/1988 04/30/1987 05/11/1994 06/08/1993 05/24/1995 04/03/1989 01/07/1994 05/01/1994

Hometown Accra, Ghana Houston, TX Deerfield, IL Greensboro, NC Slatina, Romania Cary, IL Goirle, Netherlands Naperville, IL Downers Grove, IL Crown Point, IN Heemstede, Netherlands Greenville, NC Nri-Igbo, Nigeria Lilburn, GA Amsterdam, Netherlands Howell, NJ Hilliard, OH Eau Claire, WI Setubal, Portugal Lakeland, FL Las Vegas, NV Brazil Naperville, IL Dakar, Senegal Valencia, CA

College Status Hartpury College GC -Northwestern Univ. HG UNC -GC Wisconsin HG -Int. Indiana University HG -HG Loyola Chicago -UNC -Int. Univ. of Central Florida -Int. Rutgers Ohio State Cal Poly -Int. Univ. Of North Florida SIU Edwardsville -Int. UCLA -Int. Stanford

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 30 66 77

Player Matt Polster Brandon Vincent Johan Kappelhof Michael Harrington Eric Gehrig John Goossens Michael de Leeuw David Accam Arturo Alvarez Rodrigo Ramos Joey Calistri Jonathan Campbell Collin Fernandez Drew Conner Khaly Thiam Nick LaBrocca Patrick Doody Patrick McLain Sean Johnson Michael Stephens Matt Lampson Alex Morrell Razvan Cocis Joao Meira Kennedy Igboananike

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

Pronunciation CAP-ul-hof GOO-sens duh leuw ah-KAHM kuh-LEE-stree

kah-lee CHAM la-BRAH-kah

stevens more-EL koh-cheesh joo-ow mah-ee-rah ig-bo-ah-na-knee-kay

General Manager: Nelson Rodriguez Head Coach: Veljko Paunovic Assistant Coach: Marko Mitrovic Assistant Coach: Logan Pause Goalkeeper Coach: Aleksandar Saric Director of Scouting: Matt Pearson Strength and Conditioning: Jordan Webb

Place of Birth Milwaukee, WI Los Angeles, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands Greenville, NC Harvey, IL Heemstede, Netherlands

Last Team SIU Edwardsville Stanford FC Groningen Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Voluntari (Romania)

Accra, Ghana Houston, TX Brazil Deerfield, IL Greensboro, NC Downers Grove, IL Cary, IL Dakar, Senegal Staten Island, NY Naperville, IL Eau Claire, WI Lilburn, GA Naperville, IL Cleveland, TN Lakeland, FL Slatina, Romania Setubal, Portugal Nri-Igbo, Nigeria

Helsingborgs IF (Sweden) Videoton FC (HUN) Coritiba FC Northwestern Univ. UNC Chicago Fire Academy Univ. of Wisconsin MTK Budapest FC Colorado Rapids Indiana University Sacramento Republic (USL) Univ. of Central Florida Stabaek (Norway) Columbus Crew Univ. of North Florida FC Hoverla Uzhhorod (UKR) Belenenses (POR) AIK (Sweden)

Head Athletic Trainer: Mario Cruz Assistant Athletic Trainer: Steven Purcell Equipment Manager: Brian Sauer Assistant Equipment Manager: Juan Arreola Manager of Team and Soccer Operations: Alex Boler Licensed Massage Therapist: Jake Bronowski

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016

2016 Schedule/Results DATE Sunday, March 6 Friday, March 11 Saturday, March 19 Saturday, April 2 Sunday, April 10 Saturday, April 16 Saturday, April 30 Wednesday, May 11 Saturday, May 14 Wednesday, May 18 Saturday, May 21 Saturday, May 28 Wednesday, June 15 Saturday, June 18 Wednesday, June 22 Tuesday, June 28 Friday, July 1 Saturday, July 9 Wednesday, July 13 Saturday, July 16 Saturday, July 23 Sunday, July 31 Saturday, Aug. 6 Sunday, Aug. 14 Saturday, Aug. 20 Wednesday, Aug. 24 Saturday, Aug. 27 Saturday, Sept. 3 Saturday, Sept. 10 Friday, Sept. 16 Friday, Sept. 23 Wednesday, Sept. 28 Saturday, Oct. 1 Thursday, Oct. 13 Sunday, Oct. 16 Sunday, Oct. 23

OPPONENT New York City FC Orlando City SC Columbus Crew SC Philadelphia Union New York City FC Montreal Impact D.C. United Vancouver Whitecaps FC New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo Portland Timbers Indy Eleven* Colorado Rapids Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew SC* San Jose Earthquakes Toronto FC Sporting Kansas City FC Dallas New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Real Salt Lake Orlando City SC Montreal Impact LA Galaxy D.C. United Philadelphia Union Toronto FC D.C. United New York City FC Seattle Sounders FC Columbus Crew SC Columbus Crew SC New England Revolution Toronto FC

VENUE Toyota Park Camping World Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park Yankee Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park BC Place Gillette Stadium Red Bull Arena Toyota Park Toyota Park Toyota Park Dick's Sporting Goods Park Talen Energy Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park BMO Field Toyota Park Toyota Stadium Gillette Stadium Toyota Park Rio Tinto Stadium Toyota Park Stade Saputo Toyota Park RFK Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park Toyota Park Yankee Stadium CenturyLink Field MAPFRE Stadium Toyota Park Toyota Park BMO Field

Time/Result 4-3 L 1-1 T 0-0 T 1-0 W 0-0 T 2-1 L 1-1 T 2-1 L 2-0 L 1-0 L 1-0 W 1-1 T 1(4)-1(3) W 2-1 L 4-3 L 2-1 W 1-0 W 1-0 L 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

MLS Record 0-1-0 0-1-1 0-1-2 1-1-2 1-1-3 1-2-3 1-2-4 1-3-4 1-4-4 1-5-4 2-5-4 2-5-5 -2-6-5 2-7-5 -3-7-5 3-8-5

*Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016

2016 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season Statistics (through July 9, 2016) Player

MIN

GWG

GWA

David Accam

747

Arturo Alvarez

911

Joey Calistri

333

Jonathan Campbell

1395

Razvan Cocis

893

Drew Conner

Patrick Doody

Michael de Leeuw

Collin Fernandez

Eric Gehrig

John Goossens

407

Michael Harrington

744

Kennedy Igboananike

1373

Johan Kappelhof

1440

Nick LaBrocca

326

Joao Meira

891

Alex Morrell

Matt Polster

791

Rodrigo Ramos

1134

Michael Stephens

722

Khaly Thiam

482

Brandon Vincent

928

Goalkeeping Statistics Player

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

Sean Johnson

630

1.29

Matt Lampson

810

1.33

Patrick McLain

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016 #11 David Accam – 2016: 9 GP/8 GS, 4G, 2A in 747 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC LAST MLS GOAL: 6/22/16 at PHI (2’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 6/18/16 at COL (Calistri 81’) - Signed with the Fire on Dec. 19, 2014 as a Designated Player - Was a member of the Ghana side that reached the final match in the 2015 African Cup of Nations. - Earned his first cap for Ghana on Jan. 19, 2015 in their first group match against Senegal. - Scored his first international goal against Mauritius in an AFCON qualifier on June 14, 2015. - Has five caps as of March 3, 2016 #12 Arturo Alvarez – 2016: 13 GP/12 GS, 1G, 3A in 911 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 28 min. 7/916 in 1-0 loss to TFC LAST MLS GOAL: 5/21/16 vs. HOU (3’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/11/16 vs. VAN (Igboananike 62’) - Houston-born, has represented San Jose, FC Dallas, and Real Salt Lake in MLS play - Joined Portuguese Primeira Liga side Pacos de Ferreira in 2012 and Hungarian side Videoton FC in 2013 - U.S. youth international, made the switch to his parents’ native El Salvador in 2009. - Has earned 43 caps as of March 3, 2016 #15 Joey Calistri – 2016: 10 GP/2 GS, 1G, 1A in 333 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min. 6/18/16 in 2-1 loss at COL LAST MLS GOAL: 6/18/16 at COL (81’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/11/16 vs. VAN (Igboananike 62’) - A native of Deerfield, IL, signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 17, 2015. - Four-year starter for Northwestern, finished second on the team’s alltime goal scoring chart. - Fire Academy and PDL product. - Became the sixth Homegrown player in Fire history to appear in a first team match on March 6, 2016. #16 Jonathan Campbell – 2016: 16 GP/15 GS, 1G, 0A in 1395 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC. LAST MLS GOAL: 4/30/16 vs. DC (41’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at UNC - NSCAA First Team All-American as a senior - The Greensboro, NC native is a Carolina Dynamo PDL and North Carolina Fusion Academy alum #30 Razvan Cocis – 2016: 15 GP/9 GS, 2G, 0A in 893 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 12 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC LAST MLS GOAL: 6/22/16 at PHI (69’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/29/15 at ORL (Accam 30’) - Signed with the Fire on July 14, 2014 - Has 50 caps for the Romanian National Team #18 Drew Conner – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Cary, IL native, signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 17, 2015 - Four-year starter and senior captain at Wisconsin -. Fire PDL and Academy product, member of the 2010 U-16 championship side

#8 Michael de Leeuw – 2016: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 45 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Joined the Fire from Dutch Eredivisie side FC Groningen who he represented from 2012-16 - Began his professional career in 2009 with SC Veendam where he had ten multi-goal games from 2009-11 #22 Patrick Doody – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/25/15 in 2-1 loss vs. NYRB LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/25/15 vs. NYRB (Gilberto 78’) - A Native of Naperville, Ill., Doody signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 22, 2014 - Led Indiana University to the 2012 College Cup - Made his first team debut when he started against SEA on July 11, 2015 #17 Collin Fernandez – 2016: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 8 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 5 min. 5/11/16 in 2-1 loss at VAN LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Fire Academy product, originally from Downers Grove, IL - Signed his first professional contract at age 17 - A U.S. youth international, is currently a member of the U-20 MNT #6 Eric Gehrig – 2016: 3 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 79 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 60 min. 6/22/16 in 4-3 loss at PHI LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/22/15 vs. CLB (Johnson 94’) - Born in Harvey, IL. - Played collegiately at Loyola University Chicago - Spent the first four seasons of his professional career with the Columbus Crew. - Joined the Fire via trade with Orlando City SC on Dec. 10, 2014 after he was selected in the Expansion Draft. #7 John Goossens – 2016: 8 GP/5 GS, 1G, 2A in 407 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 62 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC LAST MLS GOAL: 7/1/16 vs. SJ (58’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 6/22/16 at PHI (Thiam 80’) - Ajax academy product, played professionally in Holland with NEC and Feyenoord. Also had stints in India with Pune City and Romania with Voluntari. - Dutch youth international, scored four goals and added two assists in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup as Holland finished third. #5 Michael Harrington – 2016: 11 GP/10 GS, 0G, 1A in 744 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 11 min. 7/1/16 in 1-0 win over SJ LAST MLS GOAL: 10/5/08 vs. CHI (48’) (SKC) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/2/16 vs. PHI (Igboananike 51’) - Signed as a free agent on Jan. 18, 2016 - Member of the U.S. Soccer U-17 Residency program - Selected third in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City after a collegiate career at UNC - Spent six season in KC (2007-12) before joining the Timbers for 2013 and 2014, then the Rapids in 2015 #77 Kennedy Igboananike – 2016: 16 GP/16 GS, 4G, 1A in 1373 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC. LAST MLS GOAL: 5/11/16 at VAN (62’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/28/16 vs. POR (Accam 20’) - Joined the Fire as a Designated Player on Dec. 2, 2014 from Swedish Allsvenskan side AIK - Holds dual Nigerian and Swedish citizenship - Began his professional career with Djurgarden IF in Sweden on June 19, 2007

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016 #25 Sean Johnson – 2016: 7 GP/7 GS, 18 SV in 630 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC. LAST MLS WIN: 7/1/16 vs. SJ, 1-0 W LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 7/1/16 vs. SJ, 1-0 W LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/12/12 at PHI (Rolfe 56’) - Has five appearances for the senior U.S. Men’s National Team, helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup - Earned his first international start Jan. 29, 2013 and earned the shutout in a 0-0 draw with Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium - At age 21, was the youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire after making his debut on August 1, 2010

#2 Matt Polster – 2016: 10 GP/8 GS, 0G, 0A in 791 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 5/28/16 in 1-1 draw with POR LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Was selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft - Played at SIU Edwardsville for four years - Was a member of the Chicago Fire PDL in 2014 - Made his professional debut on 3/6/15 against the LA Galaxy. - A member of the U.S. U-23 MNT, was called in for the annual January camp in 2016 with the senior side.

#4 Johann Kappehof – 2016: 16 GP/16 GS, 0G, 0A in 1440 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC. LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Joined the Fire on Feb. 2, 2016 - Ajax Academy product, signed with FC Groningen in 2011. - Scored three goals in 123 games for FC Groningen over five seasons - Appeared in five matches for the Dutch U-21 side.

#13 Rodrigo Ramos – 2016: 15 GP/12 GS, 0G, 2A in 1134 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC. LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 6/22/16 at PHI (Cocis 69’) - Joined the Fire on loan from Brazilian side Coritiba FC on Feb. 3, 2016 - A Brazilian youth international, made two appearances in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Brazil reached the final.

#21 Nick LaBrocca – 2016: 9 GP/3 GS, 0G, 0A in 326 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 11 min. 7/1/16 in 1-0 win over SJ LAST MLS GOAL: 4/24/15 vs. FCD (79’) (COL) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/26/14 at SEA (Serna 62’) (COL) - Signed as a free agent on Jan. 27, 2016 - Started every game during his four-year career at Rutgers. - Selected with the 35th overall pick by the Rapids in the 2007 SuperDraft. #28 Matt Lampson – 2016: 9 GP/9 GS, 45 SV in 810 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 5/14/16 in 2-0 loss to NE LAST MLS WIN: 4/2/16 in 1-0 win over PHI LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 4/10/16 in 0-0 draw with NYCFC - Signed with the Fire on Feb. 26, 2016 - Signed as a Crew SC Homegrown on Dec. 15, 2011. Appeared in 16 games for a 9-6-0 record from 2012-15. - In 2015 was loaned to USL sides Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Charlotte Independence appearing in a total of seven matches. #23 Patrick McLain – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 SV in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 5/12/13 vs. POR (CHV) - Signed with the Fire on Jan. 18, 2016 - Made his professional debut for Chivas USA in 2013. - In 2014 appeared in 15 matches for Orange County Blues FC, recording 66 saves in USL play. - Appeared in 29 matches for Sacramento Republic FC in 2015 across all competitions. Recorded six shutouts in USL play. #66 Joao Meira – 2016: 12 GP/10 GS, 0G, 1A in 891 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/1/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC - Signed with the Fire on Jan. 23, 2016 - Native of Setubal, Portugal, has played professionally in his native country representing Vitoria Setubal, CD Cova Piedade, CD Mafra, Atletico CP and Belenenses.

#26 Michael Stephens – 2016: 10 GP/9 GS, 0G, 1A in 722 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC. LAST MLS GOAL: 9/14/13 at NE (81’) (LA) LAST MLS ASSIST: 6/22/16 at PHI (Accam 2’) - Naperville, IL native, spent time with the U.S. Soccer Residency Program in Bradenton - Graduated from UCLA with a degree in history - Selected in the first round (16th overall) by the LA Galaxy in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft - Won back-to-back MLS Cups with the Galaxy in 2011 & 2012 - Spent the 2014 season in Norway at Stabaek - Part of the Chicago Fire Super-20 championship side in 2008 #19 Khaly Thiam – 2016: 7 GP/6 GS, 1G, 0A in 482 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 78 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC. LAST MLS GOAL: 6/22/16 at PHI (80’) - Joined the Fire on May 4 on loan from Hungarian first division side MTK Budapest. - Helped MTK to a fourth place finish before joining the Fire. - Born in Dakar, Senegal #3 Brandon Vincent – 2016: 11 GP/10 GS, 0G, 0A in 982 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/9/16 in 1-0 loss to TFC LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Select in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at Stanford, led his side to the 2015 College Cup title. - Was named 2015 College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. - Got his first senior cap for the U.S. MNT on Feb. 5, 2016 when he entered in the second half of a 1-0 win over Canada.

#29 Alex Morrell – 2016: 4 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 52 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 6 min. 6/22/16 in 4-3 loss at PHI LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the second round (22nd overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, becoming the first player in University of North Florida history to be drafted by a MLS team. - A Lakeland, Fla. native, Morrell was a 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament Team and First Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference honoree. -Scored 10 goals and tallied 19 assists in 63 games across four collegiate seasons.

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016 Chicago Fire vs. New York City FC Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | March 6, 2016 Attendance: 17,768

Chicago Fire at Orlando City SC Citrus Bowl – Orlando, FL | MLS Regular Season | March 11, 2016 Attendance: 29,041

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Michael Harrington (Rodrigo Ramos 66’), Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Matt Polster, Razvan Cocis © (Joey Calistri 81’), Kennedy Igboananike, Arturo Alvarez, David Accam, Gilberto (Jonathan Campbell 46’).

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, David Accam, Arturo Alvarez (Rodrigo Ramos 87’), John Goossens (Razvan Cocis 73’), Matt Polster, Brandon Vincent, Kennedy Igboananike (Joey Calistri 84’)

Subs not used: Sean Johnson, Michael Stephens, Nick LaBrocca, Collin Fernandez

Subs not used: Sean Johnson, Nick LaBrocca, Michael Stephens, Alex Morrell

New York City FC: Josh Saunders, Ethan White, Frederic Brillant, Jason Hernandez, Ronald Matarrita, Andrea Pirlo, Mix Diskerud, Thomas McNamara, David Villa, Khiry Shelton (Federic Bravo 89’), Tony Taylor (Mikey Lopez 69’).

Orlando City SC: Joe Bendik, Rafael Ramos, Tommy Redding, Seb Hines, Brek Shea, Servando Carrasco, Cristian Higuita (Hadji Berry 73’), Antonio Nocerino (Pedro Ribeiro 63’), Adrian Winter, Kevin Molino, Cyle Larin

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 17 9 6 12 7 12

NYC 20 10 6 9 1 1

Scoring Summary: NYC – Thomas McNamara (Khiry Shelton) 10’ CHI – Razvan Cocis (Arturo Alvarez) 19’ NYC – Tony Taylor (unassisted) 29’ NYC – Khiry Shelton (Mix Diskerud) 36’ CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (David Accam) 49’ NYC – Mix Diskerud (Thomas McNamara) 63’ CHI – David Accam (penalty kick) 72’ Misconduct Summary: NYC – Frederic Brillant (caution) 14’ CHI – Joao Meira (caution) 32’ NYC – Tony Taylor (caution) 59’ CHI – Michael Harrington (caution) 62’

Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | March 19, 2016 Attendance: 12,605

Subs not used: Earl Edwards, Kevin Alston, Luke Boden, Aurelien Collin, Harrison Heath Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 10 2 4 8 0 2

OCSC 13 5 1 21 0 6

Scoring Summary: ORL - Cyle Larin (Kevin Molino) 3’ CHI - David Accam (John Goossens) 14’ Misconduct Summary: CHI - Matt Polster (Yellow Card) 28’ CHI - Michael Harrington (Red Card) 32’ ORL - Cristian Higuita (Yellow Card) 62’ CHI - Joao Meira (Yellow Card) 71’ ORL - Servando Carrasco (Yellow Card) 75’ CHI - David Accam (Yellow Card) 83’ ORL - Brek Shea (Yellow Card) 90’

Chicago Fire vs. Philadelphia Union Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | April 2, 2016 Attendance: 12,073

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Joao Meira, Rodrigo Ramos, Arturo Alvarez (Joey Calistri 90’), Matt Polster ©, John Goossens (Michael Stephens 46’), Brandon Vincent, Kennedy Igboananike (Nick LaBrocca 61’), Gilberto

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington, Arturo Alvarez (John Goosens 62’), Matt Polster, Michael Stephens, Kennedy Igboananike, Revan Cocis © (Nick LaBrocca 87’), Gilberto

Subs not used: Sean Johnson, Patrick Doody, Razvan Cocis, Collin Fernandez

Subs not used: Brandon Vincent, Joey Calistri, Patrick McLain, Alex Morrell, Joao Meira

Columbus Crew SC: Steve Clark, Harrison Afful, Michael Parkhurst ©, Gaston Sauro, Waylon Francis, Ethan Finlay (Emil Larsen 87’), Wil Trapp, Tony Tchani, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram (Cedrick 73’), Kei Kamara.

Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake, Fabinho (Fabian Herbers 78’), Richie Marquez, Ken Tribbett, Keegan Rosenberry, Chris Pontius (Sebastien Le Toux 66’), Brian Carroll ©, Roland Alberg (Tranquillo Barnetta 66’), Warren Creavalle, Ilsinho, C.J. Sapong.

Subs not used: Brad Stuver, Corey Ashe, Amro Tarek, Hector Jimenez, Mohammed Saeid

Subs not used: Vincent Nogueira, Anderson Conceicao, Matt Jones, Ray Gaddis

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 4 1 4 12 2 9

CLB 12 4 1 11 3 6

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 10 2 3 16 3 2

PHI 17 3 1 7 0 5

Scoring Summary: None

Scoring Summary: CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (Michael Harrington) 51’

Misconduct Summary: CLB – Justin Meram (caution) 38’

Misconduct Summary: PHI – Warren Creavalle (caution) 13’ CHI – Rodrigo Ramos (caution) 37’ PHI – Warren Creavalle (ejection) 47’ CHI – Matt Polster (caution) 71’

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016 Chicago Fire at New York City FC Yankee Stadium – New York City, NY | MLS Regular Season | April 10, 2016 Attendance: 22,930

Chicago Fire vs. Montreal Impact Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | April 16, 2016 Attendance: 14,509

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington, Arturo Alvarez (John Goossens 56'), Matt Polster (Nick LaBrocca 81'), Michael Stephens, Kennedy Igboananike, Razvan Cocis ©, Gilberto (Alex Morrell 84')

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington, Arturo Alvarez (Matt Polster 46’), Razvan Cocis © (Nick LaBrocca 78’), Michael Stephens, Kennedy Igboananike, John Goossens (Alex Morrell 58’), Gilberto.

Subs not used: Brandon Vincent, Patrick McLain, Joao Meira, Eric Gehrig

Subs not used: Patrick McLain, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Joey Calistri

New York City FC: Josh Saunders; Frederic Brillant, Jason Hernandez, Andoni Iraola, Ronald Matarrita, Thomas McNamara, Mix Diskerud (Kwadwo Poku 90'+1), Andrea Pirlo (Federico Bravo 72'), Patrick Mullins (Tony Taylor 66'), Steven Mendoza, David Villa (C)

Montreal Impact: Evan Bush, Hassoun Camara, Victor Cabrera (Wandrille Lefevre 45+1’), Laurent Ciman, Donny Toia, Kyle Bekker (Marco Donadel 80’), Eric Alexander, Johan Venegas (Didier Drogba 50’), Ignacio Piatti ©, Harry Shipp, Dominic Oduro.

Subs not used: Mehdi Ballouchy, Eirik Johansen, Diego Martinez, Shannon Gomez

Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Calum Mallace, Ambroise Oyongo, Patrice Bernier

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 8 0 8 12 7 2

NYCFC 19 8 0 14 1 4

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 10 2 4 7 3 6

MTL 14 7 1 7 1 10

Scoring Summary: CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (Gilberto) 29’ MTL – Didier Drogba (Dominic Oduro) 56’ MTL – Ignacio Piatti (Dominic Oduro) 90+1’

Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: NYC - Ronald Matarrita (caution) 54' CHI - Nick LaBrocca (caution) 86'

Misconduct Summary: None.

Chicago Fire vs. D.C. United Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | April 30, 2016 Attendance: 13,114 Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington, Nick LaBrocca (Joey Calistri 53’), Michael Stephens (Joao Meira 72’), Razvan Cocis ©, Kennedy Igboananike (Collin Fernandez 87’), Arturo Alvarez, Gilberto.

Chicago Fire at Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place, Vancouver, BC | MLS Regular Season | May 11, 2016 Attendance: 19,638 Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson; Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington (Brandon Vincent 63’); Arturo Alvarez (Collin Fernandez 85’), Razvan Cocis ©, Michael Stephens (Matt Polster 46’), Joao Meira; Kennedy Igboananike, Joey Calistri

Subs non used: Patrick McLain, Brandon Vincent, Eric Gehrig, David Accam Subs not used: Sean Johnson; Nick LaBrocca, Eric Gehrig, Gilberto D.C. United: Travis Worra, Sean Franklin, Steve Birnbaum, Bobby Boswell ©, Taylor Kemp, Patrick Nyarko, Jared Jeffrey, Chris Rolfe (Julian Buescher 72’), Lamar Neagle, Luciano Acosta (Rob Vincent 88’), Alvaro Saborio.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted, Jordan Harvey, Tim Parker, Kendall Waston, Fraser Aird, Matias Laba, Cristian Techera (Erik Hurtado 84’), Nicolas Mezquida (Kekuta Manneh 66’), Pedro Morales ©, Christian Bolanos, Masato Kudo (Blas Perez 19’)

Subs not used: Tally Hall, Kofi Opare, Luke Mishu, Miguel Aguilar Subs not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Pa Modou Kah, Andrew Jacobson, Russell Teibert Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 8 1 2 12 2 5

DC 10 3 0 14 2 3

Scoring Summary: CHI – Jonathan Campbell (Arturo Alvarez) 41’ DC – Patrick Nyarko (Chris Rolfe) 65’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (caution) 44’ DC – Chris Rolfe (caution) 45+1’ DC – Steve Birnbaum (caution) 83’

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 12 3 9 6 1 3

VAN 17 12 2 16 0 6

Scoring Summary: VAN – Blas Perez (Christian Bolanos, Pedro Morales) 36’ CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (Arturo Alvarez, Joey Calistri) 62’ VAN – Blas Perez (Kekuta Manneh) 88’ Misconduct Summary: VAN – Kendall Waston (caution) 82’

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016 Chicago Fire at New England Revolution Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass. | MLS Regular Season | May 14, 2016 Attendance: 18,997

Chicago Fire at New York Red Bulls Red Bull Arena – Harrison, NJ. | MLS Regular Season | May 18, 2016 Attendance: 16,624

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Johan Kappelhof ©, Jonathan Campbell, Joao Meira, Michael Harrington, Matt Polster, Arturo Alvarez (Joey Calistri 77), Khaly Thiam (Razvan Cocis 64), Brandon Vincent, Kennedy Igboananike, Gilberto (David Accam 46).

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof ©, Jonathan Campbell, Brandon Vincent, Razvan Cocis, Joao Meira (Alex Morrell 82), Khaly Thiam (Nick LaBrocca 62), Joey Calistri, Kennedy Igboananike, David Accam (Gilberto 72).

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth, Kelyn Rowe, Je-Vaughn Watson, Andrew Farrell, London Woodberry, Scott Caldwell, Gershon Koffie (Daigo Kobayashi 64), Juan Agudelo (Sambinha 89), Lee Nguyen ©, Diego Fagundez (Femi Hollinger-Janzen 72), Kei Kamara.

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles, Connor Lade, Aurelien Collin, Chris Duvall, Kemar Lawrence, Lloyd Sam (Gonzalo Veron 66), Dax McCarty ©, Felipe, Sacha Kljestan, Mike Grella (Alex Muyl 73), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Sal Zizzo 86). .

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 4 0 5 18 1 4

NE 16 7 0 17 2 4

Scoring Summary: NE – Lee Nguyen (Scott Caldwell) 22 NE – Femi Hollinger-Janzen (Juan Agudelo, Lee Nguyen) 84

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 14 2 0 11 0 5

NYRB 7 1 2 8 1 5

Scoring Summary: NE – Mike Grella (Lloyd Sam, Bradley Wright-Phillips) 58 Misconduct Summary: CHI – Joao Meira (caution) 22 NY – Aurelien Collin (caution) 29 CHI – Brandon Vincent (caution) 78

Misconduct Summary: CHI – Arturo Alvarez (caution) 20 NE – Gershon Koffie (caution) 24 NE – London Woodberry (caution) 57 NE – Juan Agudelo (caution) 80

Chicago Fire vs. Portland Timbers Toyota Park | MLS Regular Season | May 28, 2016 Attendance: 14,729

Chicago Fire vs. Houston Dynamo Toyota Park | MLS Regular Season | May 21, 2016 Attendance: 15,363 Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof ©, Jonathan Campbell, Brandon Vincent, Matt Polster (Razvan Cocis 80’), Michael Stephens (Joao Meira 70’), Arturo Alvarez, Nick LaBrocca, Kennedy Igboananike (Joey Calistri 62’), Gilberto.

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Rodrigo Ramos (Eric Gehrig 83’), Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Brandon Vincent, Matt Polster, Razvan Cocis ©, Joao Meira (Joey Calistri 76’), Arturo Alvarez (Khaly Thiam 65’), Kennedy Igboananike, David Accam.

Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Eric Gehrig, Khaly Thiam, Alex Morrell

Subs nots used: Matt Lampson, Michael Stephens, Nick LaBrocca, Alex Morrell

Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric, Sheanon Williams, Agus, David Horst, DaMarcus Beasley (Jalil Anibaba 13’), Ricardo Clark, Alex, Andrew Wenger, Cristian Maidana (Mauro Manotas 65’), Giles Barnes ©, Will Bruin (Leonel Miranda 55’).

Portland Timbers: Jake Gleeson, Zarek Valentin, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell ©, Chris Klute, Ben Zemanski, Diego Chara, Lucas Melano, Diego Valeri, Dairon Asprilla, Jack McInerney (Fanendo Adi 62’).

Subs not used: Joe Willis, Boniek Garcia, Rau Rodriguez, Collen Warner

Subs not used: Wade Hamilton, Amobi Okugo, Taylor Peay, Jack Jewsbury, Jack Barmby, Ned Grabavoy

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 20 7 3 9 2 7

HOU 10 3 6 8 0 6

Scoring Summary: CHI – Arturo Alvarez (Gilberto) 3’ Misconduct Summary: HOU – David Horst (caution) 23’ CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (caution) 56’ CHI – Matt Polster (caution) 76’

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 17 6 1 12 4 10

POR 8 2 5 11 0 5

Scoring Summary: POR – Diego Valeri (unassisted) 18’ CHI – David Accam (Kennedy Igboananike, Joao Meira) 20’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Johan Kappelhof (caution) 38’ POR – Liam Ridgewell (caution) 69’ CHI – Rodrigo Ramos (caution) 77’ POR – Chris Klute (caution) 90+2’

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016 Chicago Fire at Colorado Rapids Dick’s Sporting Goods Park – Commerce City, Co. | MLS Regular Season | June 18, 2016 Attendance: 18,103 Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhoff ©, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington (Eric Gehrig 78’); Joao Meira (Razvan Cocis 65’), Khaly Thiam; Nick LaBrocca, Arturo Alvarez (Joey Calistri 46’), Kennedy Igboananike; David Accam

Chicago Fire at Philadelphia Union Talen Energy Stadium – Chester, Pa. | MLS Regular Season | June 22, 2016 Attendance: 16,667 Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Michael Harrington (Rodrigo Ramos 46’), Eric Gehrig (John Goossens 60’), Jonathan Campbell, Johan Kappelhof, Brandon Vincent; Khaly Thiam, Razvan Cocis ©, Michael Stephens (Alex Morrell 84’); David Accam, Kennedy Igboananike

Substitutes not used: Matt Lampson, Michael Stephens, Brandon Vincent, Alex Morrell Substitutes not used: Matt Lampson, Drew Conner, Joao Meira, Nick LaBrocca Colorado Rapids: Zac MacMath; Eric Miller, Mekeil Williams, Axel Sjoberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin ©, Dillon Powers (Marco Pappa 83’), Luis Solignac (Dominique Badji 81’), Marlon Hairston (Dillon Serna 85’), Kevin Doyle

Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake, Richie Marquez, Keegan Rosenberry, Fabinho, Ken Tribbett (Josh Yaro 46’), Roland Alberg (Warren Creavalle 77’), Tranquillo Barnetta, Chris Pontius, Ilsinho (Sebastien LeToux 72’), Brian Carroll ©, Fabian Herbers

Substitutes not used: Conor Doyle, Dennis Castillo, Chris Froschauer, Jared Watts Substitutes not used: John McCarthy, Leo Fernandez, Raymon Gaddis, Walter Restrepo Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 6 2 3 11 0 3

COL 12 5 1 15 0 2

Scoring Summary: COL – Kevin Doyle (Dillon Powers) 57’ CHI – Joey Calistri (Rodrigo Ramos, David Accam) 81’ COL – Marco Pappa (Sam Cronin) 89’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Rodrigo Ramos (caution) 67’ COL – Marc Burch (caution) 94’

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 14 5 4 13 1 4

PHI 17 9 2 16 2 6

Scoring Summary CHI – David Accam (Michael Stephens) 2’ PHI – Own Goal (Jonathan Campbell) 11’ PHI – Roland Alberg (Fabian Herbers) 15’ PHI – Roland Alberg (Unassisted) 45+2’ CHI – Razvan Cocis (Rodrigo Ramos) 69’ CHI – Khaly Thiam (John Goossens) 80’ Misconduct Summary PHI – Brian Carroll (caution) 36’ PHI – Ken Tribbett (caution) 37’ PHI – Roland Alberg (caution) 58’ CHI – Jonathan Campbell (caution) 85’

Chicago Fire vs. San Jose Earthquakes Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | July 1, 2016 Attendance: 16,487

Chicago Fire vs. Toronto FC BMO Field – Toronto, ON | MLS Regular Season | July 9, 2016 Attendance: 27,934

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Rodrigo Ramos (Michael Harrington 79’), Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Brandon Vincent, Michael Stephens, Joao Meira, Khaly Thiam (Razvan Cocis 73’), John Goossens (Nick LaBrocca 79’), Kennedy Igboananike, David Accam ©

Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Rodrigo Ramos, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Brandon Vincent, Michael Stephens (Michael de Leeuw HT), Joao Meira, Khaly Thiam (Razvan Cocis 78’), John Goossens (Arturo Alvarez 62’), Kennedy Igboananike, David Accam ©

Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Joey Calistri, Arturo Alvarez, Eric Gehrig

Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Michael Harrington, Nick LaBrocca, Eric Gehrig

San Jose Earthquakes: David Bingham, Kofi Sarkodie (Chad Barrett 76’), Marvell Wynne, Fatai Alashe, Shaun Francis, Alberto Quintero (Cordell Cato 70’), Anibal Godoy, Simon Dawkins, Matias Perez Garcia (Shea Salinas 64’), Chris Wondolowski ©, Quincy Amarikwa.

Toronto FC: Alex Bono, Steven Beitashour, Eriq Zavaleta, Drew Moor, Justin Morrow, Marco Delgado, Benoit Cheyrou ©, Tsubasa Endoh (Jay Chapman 82’), Jonathan Osorio (Nick Hagglund 90’), Jordan Hamilton (Mo Babouli 85’), Sebastian Giovinco

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 16 7 2 16 2 10

SJ 6 2 6 12 0 3f

Stats Shots Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks

CHI 11 2 4 17 1 3

TOR 25 6 2 14 0 8

Scoring Summary: CHI – John Goossens (unassisted) 58’

Scoring Summary: TOR – Justin Morrow (Giovinco, Jonathan Osorio) 9’

Misconduct Summary: SJ – Simon Dawkins (caution) 10’ SJ – Shaun Francis (caution) 50’ CHI – Michael Stephens (caution) 53’ SJ – Fatai Alashe (caution) 66’ CHI – Nick LaBrocca (caution) 90+3’

Misconduct Summary: N/A

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- Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 13, 2016 3-6-16 vs. NYCFC, 4-3 L GK Lampson D Harrington (Ramos 66’) D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M Polster M Cocis © 1 (Calistri 81’) M Igboananike 1 M Alvarez M Accam 1 F Gilberto (Campbell 46’)

3-11-16 at OCSC, 1-1 T GK Lampson D Campbell D Harrington D Kappelhof D Meira M Accam 1 M Alvarez (Ramos 87’) M Goossens (Cocis 73’) M Polster © M Vincent F Igboananike (Calistri 84’)

3-19-16 vs. CLB, 0-0 T GK Lampson D Kappelhof D Campbell D Meira D Ramos D Vincent M Alvarez (Calistri 90’) M Polster © M Goossens (Stephens 46’) F Igboananike (La Brocca 61’) F Gilberto

4-2-16 vs. PHI, 1-0 W GK Lampson D Ramos D Kappelhof D Campbell D Harrington M Alvarez (Goossens 62’) M Polster M Stephens M Igboananike 1 M Cocis © (LaBrocca 87’) F Gilberto

4-10-16 at NYCFC, 0-0 T GK Lampson D Ramos D Kappelhof D Campbell D Harrington M Alvarez (Goossens 56’) M Polster (LaBrocca 81’) M Stephens M Igboananike M Cocis © F Gilberto (Morrell 84’)

4-16-16 vs. MTL, 2-1 L GK Lampson D Ramos D Kappelhof D Campbell D Harrington M Alvarez (Polster 46’) M Cocis © (LaBrocca 78’) M Stephens M Goossens (Morrell 58’) M Igboananike 1 F Gilberto

4-30-16 vs. DC, 1-1 T GK Lampson D Ramos D Kappelhof D Campbell 1 D Harrington M LaBrocca (Calistri 53’) M Stephens (Meira 72’) M Cocis © M Igboananike (Fernandez 87’) M Alvarez F Gilberto

5-11-16 at VAN, 2-1 L GK Lampson D Ramos D Kappelhof D Campbell D Harrington (Vincent 63’) M Alvarez (Fernandez 85’) M Cocis © M Stephens (Polster 46’) M Meira M Igoboananike 1 F Calistri

5-14-16 at NE, 2-0 L GK Lampson D Kappelhof © D Campbell D Meira D Harrington M Polster M Alvarez (Calistri 77’) M Thiam (Cocis 64’) M Vincent F Igboananike F Gilberto (Accam 46’)

5-18-16 at NYRB, 1-0 L GK Johnson D Ramos D Kappelhof © D Campbell D Vincent M Cocis M Meira (Morrell 82’) M Thiam (LaBrocca 62’) M Calistri F Igboananike F Accam (Gilberto 72’)

5-21-16 vs. HOU, 1-0 W GK Johnson D Ramos D Kappelhof © D Campbell D Vincent M Polster (Cocis 80’) M Stephens (Meira 70’) M Alvarez 1 M LaBrocca F Igboananike (Calistri 62’) F Gilberto

5-28-16 vs. POR, 1-1 T GK Johnson D Ramos (Gehrig 83’) D Kappelhof D Campbell D Vincent M Polster M Cocis © M Meira (Calistri 76’) M Alvarez (Thiam 65’) F Igboananike F Accam 1

6-15-16 vs. IND*, 1(4)-1(3) W GK Lampson D Ramos (Kappelhof 74’) D Gehrig D Campbell D Vincent M Cocis © M Polster (LaBrocca 46’) M Thiam M Alvarez (Calistri 61’) F David Accam 1 F Kennedy Igboananike

6-18-16 at COL, 2-1 L GK Johnson D Ramos D Kappelhoff © D Campbell D Harrington (Gehrig 78’) M Meira (Cocis 65’) M Thiam M LaBrocca M Alvarez (Calistri 46’) 1 M Igboananike F Accam

6-22-16 at PHI, 4-3 L GK Johnson D Harrington (Ramos 46’) D Gehrig (Goossens 60’) D Campbell D Kappelhoff D Vincent M Thiam 1 M Cocis © 1 M Stephens (Morrell 84’) F Accam 1 F Igboananike

6-28-16 vs. CLB*, 2-1 W GK Lampson D Ramos D Kappelhof D Campbell D Vincent M LaBrocca M Stephens M Cocis © M Goossens (Gehrig 60’) F Accam 2 (Meira 69’) F Igboananike (Calistri 80’)

7-1-16 vs. SJ, 1-0 W GK Johnson D Ramos (Harrington 79’) D Kappelhof D Campbell D Vincent M Stephens M Meira M Thiam (Cocis 73’) M Goossens 1 (LaBrocca 79’) F Igboananike F Accam

7-9-16 at TOR, 1-0 L GK Johnson D Ramos D Kappelhof D Campbell D Vincent M Stephens (de Leeuw 46’) M Meira M Thiam (Cocis 78’) M Goossens (Alvarez 62’) F Igboananike F Accam

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 30 66 77

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Matt Polster Brandon Vincent Johan Kappelhof Michael Harrington Eric Gehrig John Goossens Michael de Leeuw Gilberto David Accam Arturo Alvarez Rodrigo Ramos Joey Calistri Jonathan Campbell Collin Fernandez Drew Conner Khaly Thiam Nick LaBrocca Patrick Doody Patrick McLain Sean Johnson Michael Stephens Matt Lampson Alex Morrell Razvan Cocis Joao Meira Kennedy Igboananike

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10 NYR 0-1 90D 90D

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11 12 13 14 HOU POR COL PHI 1-0 1-1 1-2 3-4 80M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 78D 45D 7 12 60D 30

15 16 SJ TOR 1-0 0-1 90D 90D 90D 90D 11 79F 63F 45

90F 90F 90F 90F 45M 27 90D 45 79D 90D 45 90D 90D 90D 90D

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5 10 90M 25 90M 17 12 20 76M 65M 90M 90M 62F 90F 90M 90F 90F 90F

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90F 90F 45F 18 90F 45 72F 90F 85M 77M 90F 65F 90D 90D 90D 83D 90F 13 90F 28 14 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 5

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45 90M 90M 90M 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 7 32 81M 17 87M 90M 78M 90D 90D 90D 90M 84F 60F 90M 90M 90M

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Igboananike 3 (Gilberto 1) 29 Campbell 1 (Alvarez 2) 41 Igboananike 4 (Alvarez 3, Calistri 1) 62

Alvarez 1 (Gilberto 2) 3 Accam 3 (Igboananike 1, Meira 1) 20 Calistri 1 (Ramos 1, Accam 2) 81 Accam 4 (Stephens 1) 2; Cocis 2 (Ramos 2) Goossens 1 (unassisted) 58

49; Accam 1 (penalty kick)

69; Thiam 1 (Goossens 2)

Cocis 1 (Alvarez 1) 19; Igboananike 1 (Accam 1) Accam 2 (Goossens 1) 14

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Matt Polster Brandon Vincent Johan Kappelhof Michael Harrington Eric Gehrig John Goossens Gilberto David Accam Arturo Alvarez Rodrigo Ramos Joey Calistri Jonathan Campbell Collin Fernandez Drew Conner Khaly Thiam Nick LaBrocca Patrick Doody Patrick McLain Sean Johnson Michael Stephens Matt Lampson Alex Morrell Razvan Cocis Joao Meira Kennedy Igboananike

U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/15/2016 5R 06/28/2016

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2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Toyota Park (Bridgeview, IL) MLS Regular Season Game 21 Sporting Kansas City 8-8-4, 28 points (6-4-1 home; 2-4-3 away) 5th place in Western Conference Chicago Fire 3-8-5, 14 points (3-2-3 home; 0-6-2 away) 10th place in Eastern Conference

8-8-4 (28 pts.) RECORD 20 GAMES PLAYED 5th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 24 GOALS 1.20 GOALS/GAME 25 ASSISTS 23 GOALS ALLOWED 1.15 ALLOWED/GAME +1 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 288 (91) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 31.6% ON GOAL % 252 FOULS COMMITTED 248 FOULS SUFFERED 33 CAUTIONS 2 EJECTIONS

English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV English Radio: 99.3 FM Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM SKC last five: 3-0-2 (T-W-T-W-W) CHI last five: 1-3-1 (T-L-L-W-L) Last 5 meetings: Tied 2-2-1 All-time: Chicago leads 25-14-11

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 24 25 27 29 37 93 94

Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF MID DEF MID FWD MID MID DEF DEF FWD DEF MID DEF MID MID DEF GK MID GK FWD 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 Ever Alvarado Alec Kann Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

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3-8-5 (14 pts.) 16 10th in East 15 0.94 16 21 1.31 –6 184 (52) 28.3% 192 201 20 1

2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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Dom Dwyer 8 GOALS 4 4 ASSISTS 3 Dom Dwyer 63 SHOTS 41 Dom Dwyer 21 SHOTS ON GOAL 14 eight players tied 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Dwyer/Zusi 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Roger Espinoza 39 FOULS COMMITTED 23 Dom Dwyer 44 FOULS SUFFERED 33 Dom Dwyer 5 CAUTIONS 4 Espinoza/Opara 1 EJECTIONS 1

Abdul-Salaam/Feilhaber

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HAL-iss-see CAN

Tim Melia 1710 Alec Kann 1.00 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 49

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Accam/Igboananike Arturo Alvarez Kennedy Igboananike Kennedy Igboananike three players tied Harrington/Souza Jr. Kennedy Igboananike Kennedy Igboananike Matt Polster Michael Harrington

810 Matt Lampson 1.29 Sean Johnson 2 Sean Johnson 3 Matt Lampson 45 Matt Lampson

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COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Pts 30 29 25 24 23 22 21 21 16 14

W L T 8 6 6 8 6 5 6 4 7 7 9 3 6 6 5 5 7 7 5 7 6 4 4 9 3 7 7 3 8 5

GD GP –3 20 +6 19 +3 17 +3 19 0 17 –7 19 –3 18 –1 17 –6 17 –6 16

Western Conference 1. FC Dallas 2. Colorado Rapids 3. Real Salt Lake 4. LA Galaxy 5. Sporting Kansas City 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7. Portland Timbers 8. San Jose Earthquakes 9. Houston Dynamo 10. Seattle Sounders FC

Pts 37 34 29 29 28 25 25 22 18 17

W 11 9 8 7 8 7 6 5 4 5

GD GP +7 20 +8 18 +1 18 +13 18 +1 20 –4 19 –1 19 –2 18 –2 18 –7 17

L 5 2 5 3 8 8 6 6 8 10

T 4 7 5 8 4 4 7 7 6 2

8th season 98-77-57 8th season (.545) 98-77-57

Through Tuesday, July 12

Eastern Conference 1. New York City FC 2. Philadelphia Union 3. Montreal Impact 4. New York Red Bulls 5. Toronto FC 6. New England Revolution 7. D.C. United 8. Orlando City SC 9. Columbus Crew SC 10. Chicago Fire

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

1st season 3-8-5 (.344) 1st season 3-8-5 (.344)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, July 11 QUESTIONABLE: • Chance Myers (hamstring strain) • Paulo Nagamura (thigh strain) • Graham Zusi (hamstring strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 13, 2016 at Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #CHIvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#CHIvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC (8-8-4, 28 points) carries a five-game unbeaten streak into Wednesday’s road match at the Chicago Fire (3-8-5, 14 points). Manager Peter Vermes’ men have won each of the last two meetings, both by the shutout variety at Children’s Mercy Park. Wednesday marks the first match between the sides in Chicago since May 18, 2014, when the Fire emerged with a 2-1 victory on a pair of Mike Magee penalty kicks. The sides most recently met on May 3, 2015, when Sporting KC earned a 1-0 win behind Paulo Nagamura’s 75th-minute winner assisted by Graham Zusi and Jalil Anibaba. The clubs have met 50 times in the MLS regular season, with Chicago holding a decisive 25-14-11 advantage. Sporting KC’s 25 defeats to the Fire are their most against any MLS team all-time. Kansas City has historically struggled on their travels to Chicago, bringing a 4-17-2 regular season record to the Windy City. Their .217 winning percentage in Chicago is their lowest at any MLS opponent excluding Orlando City FC, whom they have visited just once (0-1-0). Sporting KC has lost two straight at Toyota Park, with their last win coming on July 7, 2013, when Graham Zusi and Benny Feilhaber scored within the first 10 minutes of a 2-1 victory. Sporting KC has won six major trophies in club history, and three have come at the expense of the Chicago Fire. Kansas City defeated Chicago by a 1-0 scoreline in the 2000 MLS Cup and the 2004 U.S. Open Cup Final. In addition, Kansas City edged Chicago for the 2000 MLS Supporters’ Shield by virtue of greater goal difference after both teams finished the regular season with 57 points. Date

Stats as of Monday, July 11

Sporting KC Stats • SKC has the best record in MLS (3-0-1, 2.5 ppg) since the end of the Copa America break (June 18 - present). • SKC leads MLS with 2.5 goals per game post-Copa America break. • SKC has scored 10 goals in its last four MLS matches (June 19 - July 10) after scoring seven in its previous 11 (April 13 - June 2). • SKC failed to reach three goals in each of its first 20 games this year in all competitions, but has now done so twice consecutively. • SKC has scored multiple goals in four straight MLS matches for the first time since July 2014. • SKC leads MLS with 116 corner kicks but has scored just one goal directly off a corner kick this year. • SKC leads MLS with 289 shot attempts while also facing the fewest shots in the league (185). • SKC is 5-1-1 this season against Eastern Conference opponents and 165-5 against interconference foes since the start of 2014. • SKC’s shooting accuracy before the Copa America break was 37 percent. That number has risen to 50 percent in four games since. • Benny Feilhaber has four goals and three assists for Sporting KC in his last five games across all competitions (three goals and two assists in his last four MLS matches). • Roger Espinoza leads MLS with 133 duels while ranking fifth with 43 tackles and 10th with 697 successful passes. • Since May 20, Jimmy Medranda leads MLS in tackles tackles (32) and interceptions (32) while ranking fourth in duels won (43). He also has a goal (July 10) and an assist (July 3) in his last two games. • Ike Opara has a goal (July 10) and an assist (July 3) in his last two games.

#CHIvSKC recent regular season meetings (CHI leads 25-14-11)

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Score

Result Details

KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 0

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Mike Magee bags two PKs; Feilhaber assists Dwyer Dwyer and Magee trade first-half goals Zusi and Dwyer score late Nagamura scores winner, assisted by Zusi

Chicago Fire Stats • Chicago is rooted at the bottom of the Eastern Conference table and last in the Supporters’ Shield standings (3-8-5, 14 points) but has just one loss in its last seven home games (3-1-3). • Chicago has scored more than one goal just twice in 16 games. • Chicago has seven one-goal losses, most in MLS. The Fire have lost by more than one goal just once in 2016. Fifteen of the club’s 16 matches have been decided by a goal or less. • Chicago has out-shot opponents in its last three home games by an aggregate of 54-25 (two wins and one draw). • Chicago is 19th in MLS with 0.94 goals per game. • Chicago is the only MLS team yet to score a headed goal this season. • David Accam (4) and Kennedy Igboananike (4) have combined for more than half of Chicago’s goals (8 of 15). • David Accam is tied for fifth in MLS with 2.7 fouls suffered per game.

#CHIvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi has four goals and two assists in 13 regular season appearances against Chicago. He scored the gamewinner in Sporting KC’s most recent road win at Chicago on July 7, 2013, in a 2-1 result. • Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer has scored in three of Sporting KC’s last four games against the Chicago Fire, including a goal in their most recent visit to Toyota Park on May 18, 2014, a 2-1 defeat. • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has two goals and two assists in 10 regular season appearances against Chicago. • Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura has three goals and one assist in 17 regular season appearances against Chicago. • Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis has one goal and eight assists in 25 regular season appearances against Chicago. • Sporting KC defender Matt Besler scored his first career MLS goal in a 3-2 loss to Chicago at Toyota Park on March 26, 2011. • Only two players on Chicago’s current roster have scored or assisted against Sporting KC in the MLS regular season. Arturo Alvarez and Nick LaBrocca both have one goal and one assist versus Kansas City. Alvarez scored for San Jose in a 2-1 home win over Kansas City on Aug. 30, 2008. LaBrocca scored for Chivas USA in a 1-1 draw at Sporting KC on July 9, 2011. • Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson is 5-3-3 in 11 regular season starts against Sporting KC, posting a 0.91 goals against average and making 39 saves.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Roger Espinoza is one shy of entering a tie for 10th place in Sporting KC history with 149 regular season appearances for the club. • Dom Dwyer is one shy of his 100th appearance in the MLS regular season. Dwyer is also one shy of his 100th start for Sporting KC in all competitions. • Lawrence Olum is one shy of his 100th appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions. • Tim Melia is one shy of his 50th MLS appearance (including playoffs). • Matt Besler is one shy of his 200th MLS start (including playoffs). • Graham Zusi is one shy of his 150th start in the MLS regular season. • Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 100th substitute appearance in the MLS regular season. He would be the fifth player in league history to reach that milestone. • Brad Davis has 40 game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS lead.

#CHIvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Chicago defender Matt Harrington played for Sporting KC from 20072012, recording five goals and 15 assists in 170 appearances across all competitions. His 149 regular season games played for Sporting KC rank 10th in club history. • Sporting KC midfielder Justin Mapp played for the Chicago Fire from 2003-2010, where he helped the club reach the playoffs six times. He left Chicago having won two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups (2003, 2006) and a Supporters’ Shield title (2003) to go with MLS All-Star (2005) and MLS Best XI (2006) honors. • Sporting KC defender Ike Opara and Chicago winger Arturo Alvarez were teammates at the San Jose Earthquakes in 2010. • Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson and Chicago midfielder Nick LaBrocca were teammates at the Colorado Rapids from 2007-2009. • Sporting KC defender Chance Myers and Chicago midfielder Michael Stephens were teammates at UCLA from 2006-2007.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 13, 2016 at Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES EASTERN CONFERENCE SWING CONTINUES SPORTING SURGING DURING SUMMER STRETCH Sporting KC ends a stretch of four consecutive regular season games against Eastern Conference opponents on Wednesday Having already faced the Montreal Impact (2-2 tie), Columbus Crew SC (3-2 win) and New York City FC (3-1 win) the club will now visit long-time MLS rival Chicago Fire. This run of matches bodes well for Sporting KC, who are 16-5-5 against interconference foes in the regular season since the start of 2014, including a 5-1-1 mark this season.

Thirty days ago, Sporting KC was recuperating amidst the Copa America break with just one win in 11 games. The arduous stretch saw the club score just seven goals and plunge from first place to eighth in the Western Conference. Four MLS matches later, and Sporting KC has earned 10 points from a possible 12, leapt to fifth in the West and captured arguably the best form of any MLS team since the regular season resumed in mid-June. Peter Vermes’ men continued their impressive turnaround Sunday, dispatching Eastern Conference leaders New York City FC with a comfortable 3-1 win at sold-out Children’s Mercy Park. The result snapped NYCFC’s four-game winning streak and extended Sporting KC’s unbeaten run to five in MLS.

LAST TIME OUT: SPORTING CRUISES PAST NYCFC

Sporting KC claimed a comprehensive 3-1 victory over Eastern Conference leaders New York City FC on Sunday night at a sold-out Children’s Mercy Park, extending the club’s unbeaten run to five MLS matches. Benny Feilhaber fired the hosts ahead in the 8th minute and Jimmy Medranda belted his first MLS goal eight minutes later, restoring the lead after Frank Lampard had equalized for New York City FC. Ike Opara sealed the victory with a close-range effort early in the second half, giving Sporting KC its 50th regular season win at Children’s Mercy Park.

A defining characteristic of Sporting KC’s struggles before the Copa America break was the club’s inability to turn chance creation into goals. Despite ranking second with 14.3 shots per game, Sporting KC’s 0.88 goals per game were second-lowest in MLS entering a pivotal home date with FC Dallas on June 19. Vermes’ side has undergone a stark transformation since then, leading MLS with 2.5 goals per game. While shots and chances created have remained level, Sporting KC’s shooting accuracy (per Squawka.com) in recent games has seen a marked improvement. The following statistics speak volumes to the club’s upswing over the last month:

The result snapped New York City FC’s four-game winning streak and solidified fifth place in the Western Conference for Sporting KC(8-8-4, 28 points), who enjoyed their second straight three-goal game in a convincing performance from beginning to end.

• Sporting KC has scored 10 goals over their last four MLS matches (since June 19) after scoring just seven in their previous 11 (April 13 - June 2). • Sporting KC has recorded four straight multi-goal games for the first time since July 12-26, 2014. • After failing to reach three goals in each of their first 20 games across all competitions, Sporting KC has done so twice consecutively. • Sporting KC has the best record of any MLS team since the Copa America break (3-0-1, 2.5 points per game).

Sporting KC has now scored 10 goals in its last four league games after netting just seven in their previous 11. The recent upswing includes three consecutive wins at Children’s Mercy Park, which sold out its 81st straight MLS match on Sunday evening.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: FEILHABER AND MEDRANDA SHINE

So goes Benny Feilhaber, so goes Sporting KC. A convincing 3-1 victory over star-studded New York City FC extended Sporting KC’s unbeaten run to five MLS matches, continuing an impressive turnaround for a club that fell as low as eighth in the West before the Copa America break. An integral contributor during the upswing has been playmaker Benny Feilhaber, who paced Sunday’s dominant win with the game’s opening goal and a comprehensive midfield performance. Feilhaber earned MLSsoccer.com and Bleacher Report Team of the Week honors on Monday after tallying his fourth goal in five games across all competitions. Sporting KC’s 2015 Most Valuable Player tied an MLS career high with three shots on target while also adding a game-high seven recoveries among field players.

PETERSON POISED FOR 100TH SUB APPEARANCE

Another standout over the last month has been left back Jimmy Medranda, who landed a spot on Bleacher Report’s Team of the Week after scoring his first MLS goal from distance in the 16th minute of Sunday’s triumph. The Colombian also made five tackles to help Sporting KC’s backline limit a high-powered NYCFC attack to just four shot attempts.

Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson has started 135 of his 234 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. Alan Gordon (2004 - ) 110 (234-124) 3. Dominic Oduro (2006 - ) 107 (297-190) 4. Andy Williams (1998-2011) 101 (332-231) 5. Jacob Peterson (2006 - ) 99 (234-135)

Feilhaber’s five combined goals and assists since June 18 -- during which time Sporting KC is 3-0-2 -- are tied for second-most in MLS. Medranda, meanwhile, leads MLS since May 20 with 33 tackles and 32 interceptions while ranking fourth with 45 duels won.

SKC LOANS TWO DEFENDERS TO SWOPE PARK RANGERS

The Swope Park Rangers added defenders Ever Alvarado and Kevin Ellis on loan from Sporting KC on Tuesday.

VERMES TWO SHY OF 100 REGULAR SEASON WINS

Peter Vermes has now coached 275 matches for Kansas City in all competitions with a 122-88-65 record. He passed Bob Gansler as the longest-tenured manager in club history on June 19 when Sporting KC beat FC Dallas 2-0. Last August, Vermes passed Gansler as the winningest coach in Sporting KC history. His 98 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth most among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (227), Bruce Arena (197) and Dominic Kinnear (157). Coach Wins Season Active in MLS Sigi Schmid 227 17 Yes (SEA) Bruce Arena 197 14 Yes (LA) Dominic Kinnear 157 13 Yes (SJ) Frank Yallop 130 13 No Bob Bradley 124 9 No Steve Nicol 112 11 No Jason Kreis 100 8 No Peter Vermes 98 8 Yes (SKC)

Alvarado joined Sporting KC on June 24 from C.D. Olimpia, having claimed his third career Liga Nacional title in May. The 24-year-old made 73 appearances in all competitions for Olimpia over the last three seasons, scoring six goals. Alvarado has also earned six caps with the Honduras National Team, scoring his first international goal against Nicaragua on Jan. 28, 2016. Ellis, 25, became the second Homegrown Player in Sporting KC history when he signed in February 2011. He has since gone on to make 54 MLS appearances, including five this season, while his four goals in 2015 led all defenders in the league. Ellis enjoyed a breakout year in 2014, making 27 appearances in all competitions and scoring his first career goal in a CONCACAF Champions League victory over Cruz Azul. The Kansas City native has made 10 USL appearances, making five appearances while on loan at Orlando City SC in 2013, and another five on loan at OKC Energy FC in 2014.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 13, 2016 at Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Chicago Fire: 14-25-11 Home games: 10-8-9 (37 GF, 38 GA) Road games: 4-17-2 (22 GF, 47 GA) Date 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998 03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999 03/25/2000 06/04/2000 05/19/2001 07/04/2001 08/14/2002 08/31/2002 04/26/2003 06/21/2003 07/26/2003 04/03/2004 05/08/2004 09/01/2004 06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005 05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006 04/21/2007 08/22/2007 08/25/2007 04/20/2008 07/27/2008 10/05/2008 04/18/2009 08/16/2009 05/15/2010 10/12/2010 03/26/2011 06/09/2011 05/12/2012 06/29/2012 09/28/2012 03/16/2013 07/07/2013 08/23/2013 05/18/2014 07/06/2014 10/10/2014 05/03/2015

Score KC 1 vs CHI 0 KC 1 at CHI 4 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 0 vs CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 3 KC 1 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 4 vs CHI 3 KC 2 at CHI 3 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 7 KC 1 at CHI 5 KC 2 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 3 KC 4 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 1 at CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 1 KC 3 at CHI 2 KC 3 vs CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 1 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 3 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 0 at CHI 3 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 3 vs CHI 2 KC 0 at CHI 2 KC 1 at CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 2 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 2 KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 2 at CHI 0 KC 2 at CHI 3 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 0 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 at CHI 1 KC 0 at CHI 1 KC 1 at CHI 2 KC 1 vs CHI 1 KC 2 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 5 Sealy/Wolff 10 Preki 43 Davy Arnaud 18 Josh Wolff 38 Kerry Zavagnin 40 Davy Arnaud

Result Location W Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L (SO) Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field W Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field L Soldier Field L Arrowhead Stadium L Cardinal Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Cardinal Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L Soldier Field T Soldier Field W Soldier Field W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Toyota Park L Toyota Park L Toyota Park W Arrowhead Stadium L Toyota Park W Toyota Park T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Toyota Park L CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W Toyota Park L Toyota Park T Children’s Mercy Park L Toyota Park L Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park T Children’s Mercy Park W Toyota Park L Toyota Park L Toyota Park T Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park W Children’s Mercy Park

Ante Razov 9 Justin Mapp 8 Ante Razov 48 Ante Razov 20 Gonzalo Segares 45 Justin Mapp 42

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

3 three players tied 6 Tony Meola 3 Jimmy Nielsen 40 Tony Meola 24 Tony Meola

Zach Thornton 15 Zach Thornton 4 Zach Thornton 8 Zach Thornton 94 Zach Thornton 26

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

CHICAGO FIRE

2 six players tied 3 Preki (6/21/03) 8 Kei Kamara (6/29/12) 4 four players tied 6 Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 6 six players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

9 Tony Meola (7/26/03) 7 Bo Oshoniyi (7/4/01)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

seven players tied 2 10 players tied 2 (7/26/03) Damani Ralph 9 six players tied 4 four players tied 6 Blanco/Ralph 7 (6/21/03) Zach

Thornton 10 Sutton/Thornton 4

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

1 2 OT 29 30 0 303 347 0 133 130 0 324 351 0 49 46 0 111 135 0

Total 59 650 263 675 95 246

CHICAGO FIRE Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 43 42 0 310 311 0 134 136 0 357 353 0 70 83 0 106 129 0

Total 85 621 270 710 153 235

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

KC 11 CHI 15

16-30

7 10

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,424

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 102 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 96 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 102 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

126

CHICAGO FIRE

105.2 4

31-45

11 18

46-60

6 13

61-75

11 14

76-90

13 15

0 0

Total

59 85

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

202

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 126 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 13, 2016 at Chicago Fire | 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)

Ever Alvarado (signing - 6/24/16)

Jordi Quintilla (waived - 6/23/16)

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 27: OUT Sporting KC loans M Jordi Quintilla to Swope Park Rangers (USL) May 26: IN Sporting KC recalls M Jordi Quintilla from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 7: OUT Sporting KC laons GK Alec Kann to Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 14: IN Sporting KC recalls GK Alec Kann from Swope Park Rangers (USL) June 15: OUT Sporting KC loans F Daniel Salloi to Vasas SC (Hungary) June 23: OUT Sporting KC waives M Jordi Quintilla June 24: IN Sporting KC signs D Ever Alvarado June 25: OUT Sporting KC loans D Amadou Dia 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)

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) Ever Alvarado (6/24/16)

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) (ON LOAN)

Alec Kann (12/11/15)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 13, 2016 at Chicago Fire | 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

L 0-1

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Thursday, June 2

at LA Galaxy

MLS

T 0-0

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Wednesday, June 15

at Minnesota United FC (NASL) U.S. Open Cup (Round of 32) W 2-1 (AET)

Feilhaber 65; Rubio 109

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

FC DALLAS

MLS

W 2-0

Olum 43; Feilhaber 47+

Saturday, June 25

at Montreal Impact

MLS

T 2-2

Dwyer 21, 59

Wednesday, June 29

at Houston Dynamo U.S. Open Cup (Round of 16) L 1-3

Davis 61

SUNDAY, JULY 3

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MLS

W 3-2

Feilhaber 49; Zusi 56; Besler 91+

SUNDAY, JULY 10

NEW YORK CITY FC

MLS

W 3-1

Feilhaber 8; Medranda 16; Opara 51

Wednesday, July 13

at Chicago Fire

MLS