Game Guide: Sporting KC at Colorado Rapids by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

COLORADO RAPIDS v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 16, Dick's Sporting Goods Park, 7 p.m. MT) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS Rapids at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 18 9-2-7 34 21 13 9 7-0-2 23 12 4

ROSTERS

Sporting 21 8-9-4 28 24 24 on road 10 2-5-3 9 7 10

Howard

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (57 meetings): Rapids 21 wins (3 shootout), 77 goals … Sporting 23 wins (1 shootout), 94 goals … Ties 13

Watts

Sjoberg

Williams

AT COLORADO (29 meetings): Rapids 16 wins (2 shootout), 48 goals … Sporting 5 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals …Ties 8

Burch

Azira

Cronin

Jones

Pappa

2016 [MLS]: 4/13: KC 1, COL 2 (Solignac 41; Gashi 82 – Dwyer 77) 5/11: COL 1, KC 0 (Serna 78)

Gashi

9 K Doyle

UPCOMING MATCHES SPORTING RAPIDS Sat. July 16 at Colorado Sat. July 23 FC Dallas Sun. July 24 Seattle Sat. July 30 at NYCFC Sun. July 31 Portland Sat. Aug. 6 Vancouver Sun. Aug. 7 at Portland Sat. Aug. 13 at Los Angeles

Dwyer

22 Hallisey

37 Peterson

Mustivar

Espinoza

10 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SPORTING

RAPIDS

F A 21 13 77 125

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 24 79

A 24 79

7 10 7 0

11 10 2 1

11 5 3 1 3 0 1 0

13 1 1 1 3 1 2 2

5 15 4

4 15 5

Feilhaber

94 Medranda

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

5 4 4 0

TYPE OF PLAY

10 5 3 1 0 0 2 0

7 3 0 1 1 1 0 0

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

5 14 2

0 11 2

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

Besler

Opara

17 Abdul-Salaam

29 Melia

HOW SCORED

8 7 6 0

REFEREE: Drew Fischer. AR1 (bench): Daniel Belleau; AR2 (opposite): Jonathan Johnson; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: COL: Eric Miller (through July 17) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): COL: Axel Sjoberg, Shkelzen Gashi … KC: Jimmy Medranda

COLORADO RAPIDS 1 Tim Howard (GK) 3 Eric Miller (DF) 4 Marc Burch (DF) 5 Mekeil Williams (DF) 6 Sam Cronin (MF) 8 Dillon Powers (MF) 9 Kevin Doyle (FW) 10 Marco Pappa (MF) 11 Shkelzen Gashi (FW) 12 John Berner (GK) 13 Jermaine Jones (MF) 14 Dominique Badji (FW) 16 Zach Pfeffer (MF) 17 Dillon Serna (MF) 18 Zac MacMath (GK) 19 Conor Doyle (FW) 20 Joseph Greenspan (DF) 21 Luis Solignac (FW) 22 Micheal Azira (MF) 23 Bobby Burling (DF) 24 Sean St. Ledger (DF) 26 Dennis Castillo (DF) 29 Caleb Calvert (FW) 33 Jared Watts (DF) 44 Axel Sjoberg (DF) 94 Marlon Hairston (DF) 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) 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) 23 Emmanuel Appiah (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) Cameron Porter (FW)

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) COL KC

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

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 9-0-2 0-2-3 6-1-1 2-8-2

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

COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) 6/18/2016 COL 2, CHI 1 (1) 5/21/2016 COL 1, SEA 0 (2) 10/10/2015 COL 0, MTL 1 (9) 4/09/2016 COL 0, RSL 1 (6) 7/09/2016 COL 2, VAN 2 (0) 7/04/2016 COL 0, POR 0 (1) 7/04/2016 COL 0, POR 0 (1)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Rapids LWTWLWWWTWWTWTWTTT WWWLWLLLTTLLWLLTWTWWL Sporting KC

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 7/10/2016 KC 3, NYC 1 (0) 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 (8) 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 (3) 7/13/2016 KC 0, CHI 1 (0) 6/25/2016 KC 2, MTL 2 (3) 6/19/2016 KC 2, DAL 0 (4) 7/13/2016 KC 0, CHI 1 (0)

TEAM LEADERS RAPIDS G: 4 K Doyle A: 4 3 players tied SHT: 44 Gashi SOG: 23 Gashi FC: 34 Azira FS: 30 K Doyle OF: 11 Solignac C: 5 Burch E: 1 Miller SPORTING G: 8 Dwyer A: 4 Abdul-Salaam/Feilhaber SHT: 67 Dwyer SOG: 22 Dwyer FC: 42 Espinoza FS: 47 Dwyer OF: 23 Dwyer C: 6 Dwyer E: 1 Espinoza/Opara

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG COL 18 4 8 5 1 0 21 1.17 KC 21 6 8 5 2 0 24 1.14 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG COL 18 7 9 2 0 0 13 0.72 KC 21 5 9 6 1 0 24 1.14 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 COL 21 0 3 2 6 2 8 KC 24 2 6 3 6 3 4 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 COL 13 2 1 0 3 2 5 KC 24 2 5 7 2 4 4

COLORADO RAPIDS v SPORTING KANSAS CITY (July 16, Dick's Sporting Goods Park, 7 p.m. MT -- MLS Game 192)

COLORADO RAPIDS 2016 CAREER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A No. Player 1 Tim Howard GK 6-3 210 03/06/1979 North Brunswick, NJ 2 2 0 0 87 85 0 2 DF 6-0 175 01/15/1993 Woodbury, MN 11 10 0 0 41 34 0 1 3 Eric Miller 4 Marc Burch DF 6-1 180 05/07/1984 Cincinnati, OH 13 12 0 1 195 154 4 21 Mekeil Williams DF 6-1 180 07/24/1990 Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 14 13 0 4 14 13 0 4 5 6 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 18 18 1 2 217 204 8 19 MF 5-11 170 02/14/1991 Plano, TX 14 9 1 1 106 90 14 22 8 Dillon Powers 9 Kevin Doyle FW 6-0 179 09/18/1983 Adamstown, Ireland 14 13 4 2 34 29 9 4 MF 5-10 155 11/15/1987 Guatemala City, Guatemala 11 7 2 4 172 149 37 31 10 Marco Pappa 11 Shkelzen Gashi MF 6-0 165 07/15/1988 Zurich, Switzerland 12 12 2 4 12 12 2 4 John Berner GK 6-3 205 02/14/1991 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 12 13 Jermaine Jones MF 6-0 170 11/03/1981 Frankfurt, West Germany 8 8 3 2 36 32 5 6 Dominique Badji MF 6-0 175 10/16/1992 Dakar, Senegal 13 6 1 1 28 15 3 1 14 16 Zach Pfeffer MF 5-8 145 01/06/1995 Dresher, PA 0 0 0 0 30 14 3 1 Dillon Serna MF 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Denver, CO 9 3 1 0 52 29 7 5 17 18 Zac MacMath GK 6-2 194 08/07/1991 St. Petersburg, FL 16 16 0 0 122 121 0 0 Conor Doyle FW 6-2 172 10/13/1991 Mckinney, TX 3 0 0 0 59 19 4 1 19 20 Joseph Greenspan DF 6-6 209 09/12/1992 Summit, NJ 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 FW 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina 16 12 3 2 31 26 3 4 21 Luis Solignac 22 Micheal Azira MF 5-10 160 08/22/1987 Kampala, Uganda 18 18 0 0 43 32 0 0 23 Bobby Burling DF 6-5 195 10/15/1984 Clear Lake City, TX 10 10 1 0 151 137 5 2 Sean St. Ledger DF 6-0 168 12/28/1984 Solihull, England 0 0 0 0 27 26 0 2 24 26 Dennis Castillo DF 5-10 160 04/30/1993 San Jose, Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 29 Caleb Calvert FW 6-2 160 10/22/1996 Wrightwood, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Jared Watts DF 6-1 155 02/03/1992 Statesville, NC 9 7 0 0 39 32 1 2 44 Axel Sjoberg DF 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden 16 16 2 1 30 30 2 1 94 Marlon Hairston DF 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS 9 5 0 1 34 17 1 2 ON LOAN Juan Ramirez MF 5-8 150 05/25/1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 0 0 0 27 15 1 3 HEAD COACH : Pablo Mastroeni

08/29/1976 W26 L35 T25

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 14 9 1 1 76 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 12 11 1 1 194 188 3 11 MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 3 2 0 0 246 220 15 20 6 Paulo Nagamura 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 17 15 5 4 159 143 27 38 10 Benny Feilhaber 11 Brad Davis MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 17 10 2 0 385 335 57 122 DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 16 15 1 0 16 15 1 0 12 Nuno Andre Coelho 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 20 18 8 2 100 84 44 7 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 4 3 0 0 148 143 0 7 15 16 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 14 12 2 1 81 52 5 3 DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 17 14 0 4 39 24 0 5 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam 21 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 5 0 0 0 308 243 22 65 FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 12 10 0 1 25 16 0 2 22 Connor Hallisey 23 Emmanuel Appiah MF 5-9 160 09/26/1993 Sampa, Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 19 19 0 3 149 129 3 18 27 Roger Espinoza 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 20 20 0 0 49 48 0 0 FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 10 7 1 1 235 136 17 17 37 Jacob Peterson 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 13 13 0 0 38 33 0 2 MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 18 13 1 2 31 21 1 2 94 Jimmy Medranda Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 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

11/21/1966 W98 L78 T57

COLORADO RAPIDS vs SPORTING KANSAS CITY DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City, Colo. July 16, 2016 (WEEK 19, MLS Game #192) 7 p.m. MT (Altitude; KMCI-38 / SKCTVN) It’s a meeting of teams firmly in playoff positions in the Western Conference when the Colorado Rapids put their record undefeated run on the line when they meet Sporting Kansas City for a third time this season, Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids have not lost in their last 13 league contests, following their last-gasp 2-2 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC last weekend, leaving them a point out of the top spot in the conference. Sporting saw their five-game unbeaten run come to an end at midweek in a 1-0 loss at the Chicago Fire, now tied for fifth place and right on the red line in the West. REFEREE: Drew Fischer. AR1 (bench): Daniel Belleau; AR2 (opposite): Jonathan Johnson; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira MLS Career: 55 games; FC/gm: 26.6; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 6; pens: 15 SUSPENDED: COL: Eric Miller (through July 17) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: COL: Axel Sjoberg, Shkelzen Gashi … KC: Jimmy Medranda SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: COL: Mekeil Williams, Jermaine Jones, Eric Miller … KC: Roger Espinoza, Matt Besler, Dom Dwyer DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (57 meetings): Rapids 21 wins (3 shootout), 77 goals … Sporting 23 wins (1 shootout), 94 goals … Ties 13 AT COLORADO (29 meetings): Rapids 16 wins (2 shootout), 48 goals …Sporting 5 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals …Ties 8 2016 [MLS]: 4/13: KC 1, COL 2 (Solignac 41; Gashi 82 – Dwyer 77) 5/11: COL 1, KC 0 (Serna 78)  The teams are meeting for a third time this season, the Rapids winning both. Shkelzen Gashi netted in the 82nd minute to give the Rapids a 2-1 victory April 13 at Children’s Mercy Park; Dillon Serna scored the game’s lone goal in the 78th minute to lead the Rapids to victory May 11 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.  The Rapids have won the last four meetings between the teams, winning twice at each ground – ending long winless streaks in the process. The Rapids ended a nine-game winless streak against Sporting with their 2-1 win last Aug. 29 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. After the previous Colorado victory, March 28, 2009 in Commerce City, KC was 4-0-5 vs. Colorado.  Colorado’s 2-0 victory last Oct. 21 in the final meeting at Sporting Park was their first win in Kansas City since 2002, a 2-1 win at Arrowhead Stadium. After that, Kansas City went 9-0-4 at home vs. Colorado before the win in the last meeting.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. COL: P14 W4 L4 D6 … Pablo Mastroeni vs. KC: P7 W4 L2 D1 LAST MEETING [MLS]:  Sporting went a man down in the 76th minute when Ike Opara was sent off after receiving a second yellow card from referee Jose Carlos Rivero.  Just two minutes later, the Rapids hit for the eventual game-winner. Dillon Serna collected a headed clearance well out from goal, moved to his left and fired low through traffic to beat SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia just inside the right post.  COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Zac MacMath - Mekeil Williams, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjoberg, Marc Burch Sam Cronin, Micheal Azira - Dominique Badji, Jermaine Jones (Dillon Powers 87), Luis Solignac (Dillon Serna 76) - Kevin Doyle.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho, Ike Opara (ejected 76), Seth Sinovic (Amadou Dia 59) - Lawrence Olum - Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza - Jimmy Medranda (Connor Hallisey 68), Dom Dwyer, Brad Davis (Jacob Peterson 76).

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COLORADO RAPIDS The Colorado Rapids extended their undefeated streak to 13 games in dramatic fashion, getting a late, late equalizer for a 2-2 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday evening at BC Place. The Rapids are in second place in the Western Conference with 36 points from 18 games. LAST MATCH  Whitecaps FC took the lead after just 10 minutes via Kendall Waston's glancing header from close range from a Christian Bolanos cross from the right. But the Rapids leveled just before the hour mark on a well-constructed team goal, finished by Kevin Doyle with an angled drive.  The Rapids went a man down in the 71st minute when fullback Eric Miller was sent off with a straight red card after a rash challenge. They then went a goal down in the 87th minute when center back Jared Watts was adjudged to have fouled Cristian Techera in the box, and Techera converted his own penalty.  But the Rapids answered back yet one more time, Kevin Doyle flighting a short cross to the back post where center back Axel Sjoberg popped up with a last-gasp header from close range for the equalizer.  Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni made four changes to the team that reached a scoreless draw with the Portland Timbers at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Marco Pappa and Dillon Powers came into the midfield in place of Marlon Hairston and Jermaine Jones.  COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Tim Howard - Eric Miller (ejected 71), Jared Watts, Axel Sjoberg, Mekeil Williams - Sam Cronin, Micheal Azira - Marco Pappa (Marc Burch 74), Dillon Powers (Luis Solignac 84), Shkelzen Gashi (Marlon Hairston 79) - Kevin Doyle. TEAM NEWS  The Rapids extended their club-record undefeated streak to 13 games, now 7-0-6 over the run dating back to April 13, following the draw with Whitecaps FC. It was a third consecutive draw, following back-to-back scoreless results. The club’s official previous longest run without defeat was nine games, set on two occasions.  “The game of soccer is riddled with different moments that have you riding the emotional roller coaster,” said Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni. “I think for a good part of the 70 minutes, I thought we played some of our best stuff all year. I thought we were moving the ball well, defending well, didn’t let them get into a rhythm, created some great opportunities on goal. … I think that from that perspective, what you want is to set up the group in a way that creates opportunities to score goals and obviously set up a group that defends and does a good job of not conceding any.”  Kevin Doyle netted his fourth goal of the season, his second over the last four matches, all four goals having come since April 23. Doyle also added an assist, his first in MLS play this season; it was the first time in his 34 career MLS appearances he had a goal and an assist in the same game.  “We’re adding players and people are coming back from international games. You look at our squad now and we’re missing Jermaine [Jones] tonight, and we still continued on and played well,” said Doyle. “We’re looking to continue on and keep in the top three or four. We have a few games in hand on a couple of teams as well. We’re 13 unbeaten, why can’t we keep it going?”  Defender Axel Sjöberg scored his second career league goal, both having come in the last six matches. Sjöberg was making his 11th consecutive league start, all in central defense.  “Axel Sjoberg is one of the most underrated center backs in the league. I think with every game he gains more and more confidence,” said Mastroeni. “I think on the ball, he’s been fantastic for us. Obviously, defending, he really spearheads one of the better defenses in the league. And so, a lot of his work goes unnoticed, but I think he’s going to be a real player and hopefully gets some looks with his national team.”  Shkelzen Gashi made his second consecutive start after returning from Euro 2016 where he played with Albania, and recorded his fourth assist, his first since May 14.  Marco Pappa returned to the starting lineup after coming off the substitutes’ bench for the Portland contest, recording his fourth assist, his first since April 13.  Sjöberg’s goal was the second time this season the Rapids scored in second-half stoppage time to secure a result, after Marco Pappa netted five minutes into added time for the Rapids’ first win of the season, vs. LA Galaxy on March 12.  “Tonight's performance is unlike any other we've had on the road this year. We've been down quite a bit on the road this year, but there's something special about this group that believe that we're going to get a result. … Credit to those guys to really fight hard for each other,” Mastroeni said.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City had their undefeated streak put to an end after five matches, falling by the game’s only goal to Chicago Fire on Wednesday evening at Toyota Park. Sporting are in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference with 28 points from 21 games. LAST MATCH  After thunderstorms caused kickoff to be delayed by nearly two hours, the Fire hit for the opener in the 19th minute. After a quick restart from Brandon Vincent following a foul on the left flank, Razvan Cocis sent in a low cross that Michael de Leeuw tapped in from four yards out.  Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson was credited with three saves in keeping the clean sheet, though SKC's Dom Dwyer had an apparent goal ruled out for offside in just the second minute.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made four changes to the team that took a 3-1 win against New York City FC at Children’s Mercy Park. Nuno Andre Coelho and Matt Besler came into central defense in place of Ike Opara and Lawrence Olum, and Dom Dwyer and Connor Hallisey started on the front line for Diego Rubio and Brad Davis.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Nuno Andre Coelho (Ike Opara 21), Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda - Soni Mustivar (Justin Mapp 81) - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer, Connor Hallisey (Brad Davis 58). TEAM NEWS  Sporting saw their five-game undefeated streak come to an end, their first loss since May 27, with the defeat at the Fire. Sporting were 3-0-2 over the streak.  “It’s disappointing when you play so well, you play away from home, you expect when you come to someone else’s place they’re going to drive the game. We came in here and drove the game today,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “It’s not just possession. We were in and around their box for I don’t know how much of the game. They had three shots on goal. I mean, we were all over them, being away from home. From an effort perspective and everything, I’m disappointed for the players.”  Sporting were shut out at the attacking end for a sixth time this season. Four of those occasions have ended in 1-0 defeats.  “I don’t think we played bad. Really, really disappointing result for us right as we were starting to get some momentum, starting to put a couple of strings of good games together and quality play,” said goalkeeper Tim Melia. We got caught out on a set piece pretty early in the game and it’s tough when a team bunkers in like that and it’s tough to break them down for 80 minutes. This is disappointing for us but it’s behind us, it doesn’t make a difference at this point and we have a really important in-conference game on Saturday.”  Said Vermes: “The unfortunate thing is we’ve been here before. Where decisions have hurt us in matches. And unfortunately that’s the way it goes and there’s nothing much you can say about it today because, when it happens to you, quite frankly, so often throughout the season, you don’t even talk about it anymore, you just get on with it and keep trying to go on to the next game. We have another game this Saturday so we’ll try to do something different there, hopefully things will go well.”  Nuno Andre Coelho made his first start since May 21, his second appearance in that time after coming off the substitutes’ bench at the weekend vs. NYCFC. But Coelho lasted just 21 minutes but suffering a hamstring injury that forced him from the field.  Matt Besler made his first league start since May 21, his final appearance in the first team before joining the U.S. national team for Copa América. Besler had appeared in one MLS match since, coming on as a substitute and scoring the game-winning goal July 3 vs. Columbus.  Dom Dwyer returned to the lineup after a one-game suspension for caution accumulation, coming in as the spearhead in attack and playing 90 minutes. Connor Hallisey also made a return to the first XI after a twomatch absence, playing 58 minutes in a wide attacking role.  “From my initial thoughts I don’t think we played that poor or anything like that. We had decent enough chances, and enough chances to maybe grab one and we came off on the right foot and we may have had a goal there that was called off and then they kind of got one,” said Ike Opara. “But for the most part I felt that we were at least trying to be aggressive and there were some things that didn’t come off right, but I thought we put the effort in.”

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2016 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (9-2-7, 34 pts.) UNF 9 13 21 10 11 44 6 8 14 23 17 5 26 4 94 19 3 33 22 1 18

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

PLAYER Kevin Doyle Jermaine Jones Luis Solignac Marco Pappa Shkelzen Gashi Axel Sjoberg Sam Cronin Dillon Powers Dominique Badji Bobby Burling Dillon Serna Mekeil Williams Dennis Castillo Marc Burch Marlon Hairston Conor Doyle Eric Miller Jared Watts Micheal Azira Tim Howard Zac MacMath Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 14 8 16 11 12 16 18 14 13 10 9 14 2 13 9 3 11 9 18 2 16

GS 13 8 12 7 12 16 18 9 6 10 3 13 1 12 5 0 10 7 18 2 16

MIN 1181 703 1091 576 971 1440 1612 812 630 875 280 1191 120 1093 457 23 858 656 1612 180 1440

18 18

1620 1620

G 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 13

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

SHT 37 20 26 22 44 9 17 14 18 6 5 2 1 1 5 1 4 3 10 0 0

SOG 10 8 11 10 23 5 6 3 8 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0

26 14

245 207

95 62

FC 13 20 10 6 22 15 29 20 21 14 4 10 3 10 4 3 14 7 34 0 0

FS 30 24 9 10 9 7 14 18 6 8 1 8 2 4 3 0 4 3 14 0 4

OFF 8 4 11 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0

CK 0 0 0 22 25 0 0 9 2 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

259 187 187 259

41 10

69 92

44 26

1 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Marco Pappa 2, Luis Solignac 2, Shkelzen Gashi 1, Jermaine Jones 1, Dillon Serna 1, Axel Sjoberg 1, Dominique Badji 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Luis Solignac 2, Marc Burch 1, Marco Pappa 1, Sam Cronin 1, Jermaine Jones 1, Kevin Doyle 1, Mekeil Williams 1, Dominique Badji 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Shkelzen Gashi 0-1 COLORADO RAPIDS GOALKEEPING UNF 1 18

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Howard Zac MacMath Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 16 18 18

GS 2 16 18 18

MIN SHTS 180 8 1440 54 1620 62 1620 95

SV 6 38 44 70

GA 2 11 13 21

GAA 1 0.69 0.72 1.17

PG 1 0 1 0

PA 1 0 1 1

W 0 9 9 2

L 0 2 2 9

T 2 5 7 7

SO 1 6 7 4

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (8-9-4, 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 20 17 14 17 13 18 14 10 12 10 16 17 19 9 12 6 1 10 5 5 3 4 13 20

GS 18 15 12 10 12 13 9 7 11 3 15 14 19 6 10 6 1 9 0 3 2 3 13 20

MIN 1665 1415 1019 963 1082 1182 948 611 1006 272 1287 1294 1702 529 816 410 90 817 39 267 181 259 1116 1800

21 21

1890 1890

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 24

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 67 32 7 26 20 33 8 14 2 11 13 8 34 1 12 4 0 1 1 3 2 3 5 0

SOG 22 11 3 10 8 7 3 4 1 1 2 1 10 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0

25 22

307 189

93 75

FC 41 15 11 8 10 19 16 2 13 11 3 20 42 6 5 4 0 16 0 2 5 2 14 2

FS 47 33 4 18 13 11 11 6 5 12 11 11 30 4 8 9 0 5 0 1 0 3 12 0

OFF 23 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 42 0 44 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

267 264 264 267

47 61

124 61

36 35

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 20 1 21 21

GS 20 1 21 21

MIN SHTS 1800 73 90 2 1890 75 1890 93

SV 51 1 52 65

GA 23 1 24 24

GAA 1.15 1 1.14 1.14

PG 3 0 3 3

PA 4 0 4 3

W 8 0 8 9

L 9 0 9 8

T 3 1 4 4

SO 5 0 5 6

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COLORADO RAPIDS 2016 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr.

Wed. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.

OPPONENT 6 at San Jose 12 Los Angeles 20 at D.C. United 2 Toronto FC 9 at Real Salt Lake 13 at Sporting KC 16 New York 23 Seattle

Sat. Apr.

30 at Montreal

T 2-2

20801

5-2-2

Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Mon. Sat.

7 Real Salt Lake 11 Sporting KC 14 at Columbus 21 at Seattle 28 Philadelphia 18 Chicago 22 at Los Angeles 4 Portland 9 at Vancouver

W W T W T W T T T

14638 12857 15023 41028 18015 18103 21884 18759 22120

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

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

May May May May May June June July July

Sat. July Sat. July Sat. July Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri.

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.

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

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

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

ATT 18000 17474 15334 10772 19224

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

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

19168 10670 17294

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

5 3 2

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

POS PTS NOTES: 9 0 SJ: Wondolowski (46) 7 3 COL: Pappa (95+); 8 4 COL: Powers (69); DC: Espindola (80) 5 7 COL: Solignac (18); 6 7 RSL: Plata (72) 10 COL: Solignac (41) Gashi (82); KC: Dwyer (77) 13 COL: Jones (21) Badji (82); NYR: Zubar (60) 16 COL: Jones (20) Solignac (52) Doyle (86); SEA: Morris (63) 17 COL: Gashi (47) Burling (73); MTL: Drogba (9) Tissot (50) 20 COL: Jones (47); 23 COL: Serna (78); 24 COL: Doyle (55); CLB: Mabwati (23) 27 COL: Sjoberg (43); 28 COL: Cronin (87); PHI: Carroll (92+) 31 COL: Doyle (57) Pappa (89); CHI: Calistri (81) 32 33 34 COL: Doyle (59) Sjoberg (95+); VAN: Waston (10) Techera (87)

16 Sporting KC 23 FC Dallas 30 at New York City FC 6 Vancouver 13 at Los Angeles 20 Orlando City SC 26 at Real Salt Lake 3 at New England 10 at FC Dallas 17 San Jose 24 at Vancouver 1 Portland 8 at Houston 13 San Jose 16 at Portland 23 Houston

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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

L 0-1

13879

8-9-4

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) 5 28 CHI: de Leeuw (19)

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RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 1 21 times Assists 1 26 times Shots 6 Shkelzen Gashi 6 Kevin Doyle 6 Shkelzen Gashi Shots on Goal 5 Shkelzen Gashi Fouls Committed 5 Micheal Azira 5 Dominique Badji Fouls Suffered 7 Kevin Doyle Offside 3 Luis Solignac 3 Marlon Hairston Saves 5 Zac MacMath Shots Faced 6 Zac MacMath 6 Zac MacMath 6 Tim Howard Goals Allowed 2 Zac MacMath 2 Tim Howard

Goals 3 04/23/2016 vs Assists 5 04/23/2016 vs Shots 23 04/02/2016 vs Shots on Goal 9 04/23/2016 vs 9 07/09/2016 vs Fouls Committed 22 04/02/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 19 05/11/2016 vs Corner Kicks 8 04/02/2016 vs Offside 6 04/09/2016 vs Saves 5 05/07/2016 vs Shots Faced 6 03/20/2016 vs 6 05/07/2016 vs 6 07/09/2016 vs Goals Allowed 2 04/30/2016 vs 2 07/09/2016 vs

03/12/2016 vs LA

W 1-0

03/20/2016 vs DC

T 1-1

05/14/2016 vs CLB 06/18/2016 vs CHI 07/09/2016 vs VAN

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

05/14/2016 vs CLB

T 1-1

03/06/2016 vs SJ 05/11/2016 vs KC

L 0-1 W 1-0

05/11/2016 vs KC

W 1-0

04/09/2016 vs RSL 06/22/2016 vs LA

L 0-1 T 0-0

05/07/2016 vs RSL

W 1-0

03/20/2016 vs DC 05/07/2016 vs RSL 07/09/2016 vs VAN

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

04/30/2016 vs MTL 07/09/2016 vs VAN

T 2-2 T 2-2

SEA

W 3-1

SEA

W 3-1

TOR

W 1-0

SEA VAN

W 3-1 T 2-2

TOR

W 1-0

TOR

W 1-0

RSL

L 0-1

RSL

W 1-0

DC RSL VAN

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

MTL VAN

T 2-2 T 2-2

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 8 03/20/2016 vs Shots on Goal 1 03/20/2016 vs 1 05/21/2016 vs Fouls Committed 8 05/28/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 4 04/13/2016 vs Corner Kicks 0 04/13/2016 vs Offside 0 05/14/2016 vs 0 06/18/2016 vs Saves 0 05/28/2016 vs Shots Faced 1 03/12/2016 vs 1 05/11/2016 vs 1 05/28/2016 vs

T 1-1

DC SEA

T 1-1 W 1-0

PHI

T 1-1

W 2-1

CLB CHI

T 1-1 W 2-1

PHI

T 1-1

LA KC PHI

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

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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2016 COLORADO RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-0-0) UNF 17 21 11 10 4 23 6 18 13 9 5 8 19 3 22 44 14

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2

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

104 166 89 69 180 180 180 180 87 90 111 3 1 90 180 90 180 180 180

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

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

2 6 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 23 24

2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4

1 3 2 3 3 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 35 23

0 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 23 35

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

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dillon Serna Luis Solignac Shkelzen Gashi Marco Pappa Marc Burch Bobby Burling Sam Cronin Zac MacMath Jermaine Jones Kevin Doyle Mekeil Williams Dillon Powers Conor Doyle Eric Miller Micheal Azira Axel Sjoberg Dominique Badji Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dillon Serna 1, Shkelzen Gashi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 18

POS G

GOALKEEPER Zac MacMath Team totals Opponent totals

2 2 2

MIN SHT 180 180 180

4 4 10

GAA

O'TIME

2 2 6

1 1 3

0.50 0.50 1.50

0 0 0

2 2 0

0 0 2

0 0 0

1 1 0

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

2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. COLORADO RAPIDS (0-2-0) UNF 14 17 22 11 27 10 37 8 3 29 15 16 94 93 13 96 12 9

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2

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

123 180 112 94 180 45 14 90 166 180 59 162 68 90 121 45 180 57 180 180

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

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

5 1 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 24 23

1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10

3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 23 35

5 2 1 0 9 1 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 35 23

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

0 0 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1

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

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dom Dwyer Saad Abdul-Salaam Connor Hallisey Brad Davis Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Jacob Peterson Graham Zusi Ike Opara Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Lawrence Olum Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Amadou Dia Jordi Quintilla Nuno Andre Coelho Diego Rubio Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dillon Serna 1, Shkelzen Gashi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

2 2 2

MIN SHT 180 180 180

10 10 4

GAA

O'TIME

6 6 2

3 3 1

1.50 1.50 0.50

0 0 0

0 0 2

2 2 0

0 0 0

0 0 1

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

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

SPORTING KC VS RAPIDS ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Rapids

Sporting KC

Rapids 21 wins, 80 goals Sporting KC 23 wins, 95 goals 14 ties 4/13/1996 5/5/1996 7/10/1996 8/7/1996 6/28/1997 8/28/1997 9/6/1997 9/26/1997 10/4/1997 10/8/1997 5/31/1998 7/19/1998 8/8/1998 9/2/1998 4/17/1999 7/7/1999 9/10/1999 9/25/1999 4/1/2000 4/29/2000 8/2/2000 8/26/2000 9/16/2000 9/20/2000 9/24/2000 7/18/2001 8/12/2001 8/19/2001 3/23/2002 5/11/2002 9/14/2002 9/20/2002 7/4/2003 8/22/2003 9/13/2003 10/4/2003 11/4/2003 11/8/2003 5/1/2004 6/9/2004 9/10/2004 9/25/2004 4/2/2005 7/4/2005 7/8/2006 9/9/2006 5/19/2007 7/22/2007 4/5/2008 8/16/2008 3/28/2009 9/26/2009 4/10/2010 7/17/2010 5/28/2011 7/6/2011 10/30/2011 11/2/2011 5/19/2012 8/31/2013 3/29/2014 5/16/2015 6/27/2015 8/29/2015 10/21/2015 4/13/2016 5/11/2016

KC 3 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 4 at COL KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 5 vs COL COL 3 at KC COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 4 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 at KC KC 3 vs COL KC 5 at COL KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL COL 0 vs KC KC 3 vs COL COL 0 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 3 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 2 vs COL KC 1 at COL COL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 0 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 at COL KC 0 vs COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC

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

KC SOW

COL SOW COL SOW COL SOW

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

(2OT) (2OT)

(KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (DS) (KC) (CA) (DS) (DS) (CA) (CA) (DS) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (SP) (DS) (SP) (SP) (DS)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 29 313 123 405 85 144

2 48 383 147 447 71 146

OT 0 5 2 2 1 0

Tot 77 701 272 854 157 290

1 34 337 140 362 83 131

2 60 439 192 373 85 143

OT 0 4 1 9 0 1

Tot 94 780 333 744 168 275

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: COL KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

8 7

10 12

10 14

15 23

10 10

24 28

0 0

77 94

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Pablo Mastroeni

vs. COL vs. KC

4-4-6 4-2-1

(1.29 pts./game) (1.86 pts./game)

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

8 7 53 29 35 36 3 5 3 44 17

Rapids John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson 5 times Cannon/Hahnemann Scott Garlick Marcus Hahnemann Marcus Hahnemann

9 16 83 35 34 47 7 5 6 65 18

Sporting KC Klein/Radosavljevic Preki Preki Preki McKeon/Zavagnin Kerry Zavagnin Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal

2 2 8 5

Fouls Committed

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

7 1 9 5

Rapids 8 players tied 6 players tied Mark Chung (09/14/02) John Spencer (08/22/03) Chris Martinez (08/02/00) Kevin Doyle (05/11/16) 10 players tied 4 players tied Grafer/Kramer

2 3 9 5

Sporting KC 9 players tied Preki (10/04/03) Onandi Lowe (08/12/01) Dom Dwyer (08/29/15)

7 Chris Henderson (08/26/00) 7 3 players tied 1 13 players tied 9 Bo Oshoniyi (09/10/04) 4 Mike Ammann (08/07/96)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Colorado Rapids 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)

5-0-0 4-2-4 0-0-3

5 Ws 2 Ts 3 Ts

(04/02/2016) (06/22/2016) (04/30/2016)

4-0-0 3-4-3 1-5-1

5 Ws (08/08/2015) 1 Ts (06/02/2016) 1 Ls (07/13/2016)

0-2-3 9-0-2

3 Ts 1 Ws

(04/30/2016) (06/18/2016)

2-8-2 6-1-1

1 Ls (07/13/2016) 2 Ws (06/19/2016)

0-2-2 5-0-3 3-0-2 1-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ts 1 Ts 1 Ts 2 Ws 1 Ws

(06/22/2016) (05/28/2016) (07/09/2016) (07/11/2015) (04/10/2015)

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

1 1 1 5 3

Ls Ls Ts Ws Ws

(07/13/2016) (05/21/2016) (06/25/2016) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)

5-0-2 4-2-3 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ts 1 Ws 2 Ts 4 Ls 1 Ls

(06/22/2016) (06/18/2016) (04/30/2016) (04/18/2015) (10/25/2015)

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

1 1 1 3 1

Ws Ls Ws Ls Ls

(06/19/2016) (07/13/2016) (07/03/2016) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)

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RAPIDS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (21-23-14) PLAYER

MIN

John Spencer Chris Henderson Mark Chung Wolde Harris Conor Casey Ross Paule Paul Bravo Marcelo Balboa Terry Cooke Vicente Sanchez Steve Trittschuh Kyle Beckerman Sean Henderson Jovan Kirovski Shaun Bartlett Chris Carrieri Wes Hart Scott Benedetti Omar Cummings Kevin Doyle Zach Kingsley Tyrone Marshall Alain Nkong Edson Buddle Jose Burciaga Jr. Jordan Cila Jeff Cunningham John DiRaimondo Facundo Erpen Maynor Figueroa Shkelzen Gashi Jean Harbor Kosuke Kimura Clint Mathis David Patino Dillon Powers Zizi Roberts Marcelo Sarvas Dillon Serna Richard Sharpe Luis Solignac Chris Martinez Adrian Paz Carlos Valderrama Colin Clark Juan Ramirez Seth Trembly Peter Vermes Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Jason Boyce Eric Denton Robin Fraser Denis Hamlett Nicolas Hernandez Peguero Jean Philippe Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Thiago Martins Pablo Mastroeni Marco Pappa Jacob Peterson Martin Rivero Jamie Smith Roy Wegerle Team totals Opponent totals

13 24 11 12 8 11 15 19 7 4 11 14 6 4 4 10 11 4 7 4 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 8 2 4 6 3 3 3 2 4 13 8 7 5 2 8 11 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 16 5 1 22 1 5 2 2 5 57 57

12 21 10 7 8 10 14 19 5 3 11 9 5 4 4 9 9 4 6 3 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 8 1 4 4 2 2 2 0 4 11 7 7 5 1 3 10 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 14 5 0 21 1 3 1 0 3 57 57

1172 2006 959 663 696 935 1192 1732 515 273 990 913 428 296 325 774 778 347 538 291 291 270 159 102 179 154 127 90 270 180 89 324 712 96 338 363 212 187 173 15 343 954 599 670 375 78 317 914 456 910 40 270 850 270 344 260 1277 450 33 1841 69 218 123 73 213 5130 5130

8 6 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 95

4 7 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 74 97

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

53 32 30 18 22 18 33 35 10 3 14 14 4 8 7 17 6 4 13 7 4 1 4 3 3 4 7 2 2 1 3 9 3 2 9 3 9 3 2 2 9 3 11 4 5 2 3 4 8 1 1 3 1 0 6 8 6 4 0 11 3 7 4 0 4 705 783

3 3 2 6 8 2 8 3 1 3 2 5 8 1 1 1 57 57

270 270 180 540 750 180 720 270 100 270 180 470 720 90 90 90 5130 5130

Ian Feuer Zac MacMath Preston Burpo Matt Pickens Scott Garlick Dusty Hudock Joe Cannon Clint Irwin Scott Vallow Bouna Coundoul Chris Woods David Kramer Marcus Hahnemann John Berner Adin Brown Paul Grafer Team totals Opponent totals

SHT

GAA

12 11 0.33 8 5 0.33 9 7 0.50 28 21 1.17 45 32 1.44 16 13 1.50 54 39 1.62 12 8 1.67 5 3 1.80 14 7 2.00 18 14 2.00 25 12 2.11 64 44 2.12 4 1 3.00 10 7 3.00 11 6 5.00 335 230 1.63 272 187 1.34

0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 11

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. RAPIDS (23-21-14) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Preki Chris Klein Vitalis Takawira Mo Johnston Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Graham Zusi Dom Dwyer Jimmy Conrad Frank Klopas Gary Glasgow Matt McKeon Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Francisco Gomez Eddie Johnson Miklos Molnar Roy Lassiter Scott Sealy Paul Wright Mark Chung Kerry Zavagnin Chris Henderson Brian Johnson Chris Brown Jack Jewsbury Krisztian Nemeth Igor Simutenkov Ryan Smith Ryan Tinsley Stephen Armstrong Alex Bunbury Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Uche Okafor Mike Sorber Dave van den Bergh Eric Quill Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Carlos Marinelli Chance Myers Sasha Victorine Sal Zizzo Saad Abdul-Salaam Peter Byaruhanga Bobby Convey Eric Eichmann Diego Gutierrez Connor Hallisey Tony Meola Paulo Nagamura Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Craig Rocastle C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Scott Uderitz Team totals Opponent totals

26 21 14 18 18 13 11 7 18 8 7 19 6 6 11 3 2 5 5 9 12 27 8 8 14 14 3 6 3 8 6 4 10 6 1 4 16 3 1 6 9 5 3 8 6 1 5 1 1 2 15 2 17 5 8 5 3 3 6 6 57 57

24 21 10 17 15 11 10 5 18 5 5 17 3 5 4 3 2 4 2 5 12 26 8 3 6 12 3 4 2 8 6 3 10 5 0 4 15 3 1 5 9 3 2 7 6 1 3 1 1 1 14 1 17 5 8 2 2 1 6 4 57 57

2175 1840 889 1534 1442 925 865 474 1579 492 486 1563 307 489 508 244 158 319 225 483 1080 2399 730 342 833 1052 251 385 196 684 433 287 879 456 23 360 1338 267 83 432 774 281 217 582 491 90 348 45 59 102 1257 112 1580 437 730 112 161 94 464 352 5130 5130

9 9 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 80

16 3 3 7 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 97 74

83 43 32 38 37 20 12 21 12 15 11 26 9 12 18 6 7 3 6 10 34 10 11 1 12 17 5 7 8 2 7 8 1 12 1 6 5 3 4 5 10 1 2 7 10 2 2 0 0 2 10 2 0 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 783 705

Garth Lagerwey Chris Snitko Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Tim Melia Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Pat Harrington Eric Kronberg David Winner Team totals Opponent totals

2 2 6 17 8 5 6 9 2 1 1 57 57

MIN SHTS 135 100 540 1580 730 450 540 800 135 90 90 5130 5130

GAA

7 5 0.67 5 4 0.90 20 14 1.00 85 65 1.03 44 31 1.36 21 13 1.40 31 22 1.50 46 29 1.91 5 1 2.00 6 3 2.00 2 0 2.00 272 187 1.34 335 230 1.63

0 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 11 6

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CURRENT RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC (21-23-14)

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. RAPIDS (23-21-14)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Marco Pappa Kevin Doyle Jermaine Jones Shkelzen Gashi Dillon Powers Dillon Serna Luis Solignac Marc Burch Juan Ramirez Sam Cronin Micheal Azira Dominique Badji John Berner Bobby Burling Conor Doyle Joseph Greenspan Marlon Hairston Tim Howard Zac MacMath Eric Miller Zach Pfeffer Axel Sjoberg Sean St. Ledger Jared Watts Mekeil Williams Team totals Opponent totals

12 4 4 1 6 3 4 11 2 13 3 4 1 10 2 1 2 7 12 2 1 3 2 2 2 57 57

10 3 4 1 4 2 4 8 1 13 3 3 1 8 1 1 1 7 12 2 0 3 2 2 1 57 57

811 291 312 89 363 173 343 736 78 1067 266 282 90 744 81 90 92 650 1080 180 28 270 180 180 111 5130 5130

2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 95

5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 97

32 7 4 3 3 2 9 3 2 7 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 705 783

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

30 11 7 9 18 19 8 5 2 8 3 11 2 4 7 1 6 3 4 4 7 1 57 57

24 10 5 8 18 15 7 3 1 8 2 10 2 4 6 1 6 3 2 4 1 1 57 57

2180 865 474 759 1536 1156 582 348 112 618 246 903 180 360 561 68 540 262 194 317 167 57 5130 5130

5 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 80

5 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 74

51 12 21 17 22 16 7 2 2 0 4 3 1 2 5 1 0 1 2 3 2 4 783 705

GOALKEEPER

MIN

GAA

GOALKEEPER

GAA

Tim Howard Zac MacMath John Berner Team totals Opponent totals

7 12 1 57 57

650 1080 90 5130 5130

41 32 0.83 50 35 1.00 4 1 3.00 335 230 1.63 272 187 1.34

0 1 0 6 11

Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

6 57 57

27 17 1.50 272 187 1.34 335 230 1.63

0 11 6

SHT

MIN SHTS 540 5130 5130

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COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES Richard Clarke, Sr. Director Communications & Digital Media - Richard.Clarke@ColoradoRapids.com Diego Garcia, Communications & Media Relations Coordinator - Diego.Garcia@ColoradoRapids.com

2016 MLS Regular Season Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m. MT Location: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park; Commerce City, CO. Television: Altitude Radio: Altitude Sports Radio - AM 950; La Invasora 87.7 FM

MATCH PREVIEW The Colorado Rapids and Sporting KC will meet for the third and final time this season on Saturday night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. MT (Altitude). Last Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC set a new franchise record of 13 games without a loss for Mastroeni’s men. The Rapids went down twice in the game but behind goals from Kevin Doyle and Axel Sjoberg, the streak stayed alive.

COLORADO RAPIDS Overall: 9-2-7 (34 pts.) Home: 7-0-2 Away: 2-2-5 GF: 21 GA: 13 GD: 8

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Overall: 8-9-4 (28 pts.) Home: 6-4-1 Away: 2-5-3 GF: 24 GA: 24 GD: 0

Sporting Kansas City’s head coach, Peter Vermes, joined the Rapids from the Metrostars after the inaugural MLS season. He was a part of the 1997 MLS Cup finalists, and would spend three years in Colorado, making 98 appearances (8 goals). The defender then left for Kansas City, where he played 78 times in three seasons, before retiring.

Former players for both teams - Mark Chung, Herculez Gomez, Michael Harrington, Wolde Harris, Chris Henderson, Tahj Jakins, Matt McKeon, Brandon Prideaux, Scott Vermillion, Meanwhile, Sporting KC comes into the game following a 1-0 mid Tyson Wahl. -week defeat at the Chicago Fire. Despite outshooting the Fire 19 -3, SKC suffered their ninth defeat of the season. Last weekend, HISTORY WITH SPORTING KC Sporting defeated the Eastern Conference leaders, New York All-time, this will be the 57th meeting between the Rapids and City FC 3-1 at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC. Colorado’s home record against SKC stands at 165-8 and 21-23-13 (77 GF, 91 GA) overall. Colorado will look to close out the season series with a perfect record after downing Sporting KC in the first two matches of At Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, the Rapids have a 4-1-4 (14 GF, 2016. The Rapids earned a 2-1 road victory on 4/13 and a 1-0 11 GA) record. Sporting KC’s only win in Commerce City came home win on 5/11. on 03/29/14 (3-2), with an injury-strike goal from Dom Dwyer. INJURY REPORT Out: Dillon Serna (knee). WHERE TO CATCH THE MATCH Altitude TV will broadcast Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City this Saturday, July 16 at 7:00 p.m. MT from Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, with Richard Fleming and Marcelo Balboa on the call. There will also be radio coverage on Altitude Sports Radio AM 950 and La Invasora 87.7 FM.

The Rapids will look to win their fifth straight against SKC for just the second time. Colorado won five in a row back during the shootout era from 09/02/98-09/25/99. In U.S. Open Cup play, the Rapids have won four of five, including the first four matchups before dropping a 2-0 contest in 2012. Colorado and Sporting KC have met nine times in the postseason, with a 2-5-2 record in favor of Sporting KC. The only two Rapids’ wins came during the 1997 season.

SPORTING KC CONNECTIONS LAST MEETING Emmanuel Appiah (SKC) - Drafted in first round (15th overall) of Colorado Rapids 1-0 Sporting KC the 2016 MLS SuperDraft by the Rapids. Signed by Sporting KC Dick’s Sporting Goods Park; Commerce City, CO on July 12, 2016 after being waived by Colorado on June 30. Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Jacob Peterson (SKC) - Has appeared in 96 regular season Two months ago, the Colorado Rapids snatched their sixth sucmatches during his five seasons with SKC (8 goals). Began his cessive home win with a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. pro career with the Rapids, having been selected 21st overall in A tight game was decided by substitute Dillon Serna, who found the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. In three seasons in Colorado, he the net with a low shot in the 78th minute. made 92 appearances (8 goals). Director of Soccer at the Rapids, the former Argentine international striker Claudio López was with Colorado during their successful 2010 season, though managing just 11 appearances for a total of 200 minutes. He arrived in MLS from Argentina, signing for the Wizards ahead of the 2008 season. He spent two years in Kansas City, scoring 13 goals in 57 appearances.

The midfielder had been brought off the bench just two minutes earlier. Seconds after his introduction, visiting defender Ike Opara received a second yellow card for bundling over Jermaine Jones. It was a frantic finale to a game that took time to catch fire. Sporting KC had chances in the first half but gradually, the Rapids took

control.

Zac MacMath - 16 GP, 16 GS - 1,440 minutes Axel Sjoberg - 16 GP, 16 GS - 1,440 minutes Mekeil Williams - 14 GP, 13 GS - 1,191 minutes Kevin Doyle - 14 GP, 13 GS - 1,181 minutes Marc Burch - 13 GP, 12 GS - 1,093 minutes Luis Solignac - 16 GP, 12 GS - 1,091 minutes

TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SPORTING KC 1. Last weekend’s 2-2 tie at Vancouver Whitecaps FC set a new franchise record of 13 games without defeat for the Rapids. It passes the previous record (12), which spanned two seasons, from September 16, 1998-May 27, 1999. The previous high for an unbeaten run in a single season was nine games, set in 2013. TIM HOWARD RETURNS Following a 4,741-day hiatus since he last played a game in MLS 2. The Rapids are 7-0-6 during their record-breaking run, collect(July 12, 2003), Tim Howard returned to league play in the 0-0 ing 27 of their 34 points during that time. draw on July 4, 2016 against Portland Timbers. The USMNT 3. Having gone nine games without success against Sporting goalkeeper made two crucial saves in the second half, one of Kansas City (11 if postseason included), the Colorado Rapids which has been nominated for MLS Save of the Week. have since won the last four encounters. MLS TEAM OF THE WEEK 4. Shkëlzen Gashi struck after 82 minutes to give the Rapids a 2- Forward Kevin Doyle and defender Axel Sjöberg (bench) were 1 win at Children’s Mercy Park back on April 13. This was the selected to the MLS Team of the Week 18 after their performancstart of the Rapids’ 13-game unbeaten streak. es in the Rapids’ 2-2 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Doyle scored his team-leading fourth goal of the season, while 5. The two sides then met at DSG Park on May 11, and again the Sjoberg tallied his second professional goal, off a Doyle cross, in Rapids left it late to secure all three points. Substitute Dillon the 95th minute. Serna thumped home a left-foot drive 12 minutes from time for a 1-0 victory. The Rapids are 16-5-8 all-time at home against Kan- GREENSPAN ON LOAN sas City. On Thursday, July 7, the club announced that defender Joe Greenspan has been loaned to Colorado Springs Switchbacks 6. Post-shootout era (2000 onwards), where the teams have met FC of the United Soccer League (USL). more than once in the season, no side has ever enjoyed a clean sweep of victories, but this is something the Rapids could achieve Greenspan, 23, an ensign in the U.S. Navy, was recalled by the on Saturday. Rapids on July 1 after receiving an assignment in the Denver area and granted permission by the Navy to rejoin the club. 7. Sporting KC, then-named Kansas City Wizards, did win all four matches against the Rapids in the 1997 season, though the first OFFSEASON ARRIVALS of those victories was following a shootout. GK - Tim Howard (Everton / ENG) DEF - Dennis Castillo (2016 MLS SuperDraft) 8. Colorado claimed all four games during the 1999 season. DEF - Eric Miller (Montreal Impact) Three were shootout wins. DEF - Mekeil Williams (Antigua GFC / GUA) 9. The Rapids have scored 21 goals this season, but only five MID - Micheal Azira (Seattle Sounders FC) have come in the first half, and none in the opening 15 minutes. MID - Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution) They remain the only side in MLS without a goal in the opening MID - Marco Pappa (Seattle Sounders FC) quarter of an hour. MID - Zach Pfeffer (Philadelphia Union) FWD - Conor Doyle (D.C. United) 10. If named in the lineup, then this weekend’s game would FWD - Shkëlzen Gashi (FC Basel / SWI) be Marco Pappa’s 150th start in MLS. His first start, in the colors of Chicago Fire, came on August 2, 2008 when he played 73 RAPIDS BROADCAST minutes of a 1-0 win over Chivas USA. The Chivas USA team Altitude TV will broadcast 32 of the Rapids’ 34 regular season that day included Bobby Burling. matches throughout 2016, 17 home and 15 away, with the other two picked up on national stations including ESPN2 and Univision 7-0-2 AT HOME Deportes. Richard Fleming will call play-by-play, while former After starting a perfect 6-0-0 at home, the Rapids have dropped Rapids and U.S. international Marcelo Balboa provides color points in two of their last three games at Dick’s Sporting Goods analysis. Park. In the first nine games in Colorado, the Rapids have outscored their opponents 12-4 and have never trailed at home. Over the airwaves, Rapids announced that Altitude Sports Radio (AM 950) and La Invasora (87.7 FM) will broadcast live commenDILLON SERNA INJURY tary on all their MLS regular season games this season. On July 6, Rapids midfielder Dillon Serna underwent seasonending surgery after tearing the ACL and lateral meniscus in his BURGUNDY BOULEVARD SERIES IS BACK right knee during the Round of 16 of the 2016 U.S. Open Cup Bud Burgundy Concert Series is back! This unique experience match at FC Dallas last month. It is expected that Serna will be brings live music to Rapids’ matches throughout the season. Buy sidelined six to eight months. a match ticket and enjoy these pre-game concerts totally free. Head to Burgundy Boulevard one hour prior to kickoff and enjoy 1,000-MINUTE MARK performances from local bands as well as pre-game drink speMicheal Azira - 18 GP, 18 GS - 1,612 minutes cials at Eighteen76.. Sam Cronin - 18 GP, 18 GS - 1,612 minutes

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Games Played

Games Won

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Games Tied

Goals For

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Goal Differential

Points

Doyle (4 goals)

Top Scorer(s)

Dwyer (8 goals)

245

Shots

307

Shots On Goal

Shutouts

FOLLOW THE RAPIDS ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK The latest news and information on the Rapids can be found online via social media. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColoradoRapids Twitter: www.Twitter.com/ColoradoRapids Twitter in Spanish, www.Twitter.com/LosRapids. Rapids players active on Twitter: Dominique Badji @DBadji14 John Berner @JohnnyB_12_ Marc Burch @Marc_Burch Bobby Burling @BobbyBurling Conor Doyle @ConorDoyle34 Kevin Doyle @KevinDoyle1983 Shkëlzen Gashi @s_gashi11 Marlon Hairston @MARLYG94 Tim Howard @TimHowardGK Jermaine Jones @Jermainejunior Zac MacMath @ZacMacMath Eric Miller @emillller Zach Pfeffer @ZachPfeffer_27 Dillon Powers @powerhour5 Dillon Serna @SernaDillon Luis Solignac @LuchoSoli Axel Sjöberg @SjöbergAxel Jared Watts @JaredWatts02 Mekeil Williams @MekeilWilliams Club President, Tim Hinchey - @tkhinchey3 Play-by-play commentator, Richard Fleming - @FlemingSport Color analyst, Marcelo Balboa - @MarceloBalboa17

MARCH FIXTURES 3/6: @ San Jose Earthquakes (L 1-0) 3/12: vs. LA Galaxy (W 1-0) 3/20: @ D.C. United (T 1-1) APRIL FIXTURES 4/2: vs. Toronto FC (W 1-0) 4/9: @ Real Salt Lake (L 1-0) 4/13: @ Sporting Kansas City (W 2-1) 4/16: vs. New York Red Bulls (W 2-1) 4/23: vs. Seattle Sounders FC (W 3-1) 4/30: @ Montreal Impact (T 2-2) MAY FIXTURES 5/7: vs. Real Salt Lake (W 1-0) 5/11: vs. Sporting Kansas City (W 1-0) 5/14: @ Columbus Crew SC (T 1-1) 5/21: @ Seattle Sounders FC (W 1-0) 5/28: vs. Philadelphia Union (T 1-1) JUNE FIXTURES *6/14: vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (W 1-0) 6/18: vs. Chicago Fire (W 2-1) 6/22: @ LA Galaxy (T 0-0) *6/29: @ FC Dallas (L 2-1) *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup JULY FIXTURES 7/4: vs. Portland Timbers (T 0-0) 7/9: @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC (T 2-2) 7/16: vs. Sporting Kansas City 7/23: vs. FC Dallas 7/30: @ New York City FC LOAN WATCH - CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE March 18, 2016 - M Emmanuel Appiah; F Caleb Calvert. April 11, 2016 - GK John Berner. April 28, 2016 - D Dennis Castillo; M Zach Pfeffer. May 2, 2016 - D Dennis Castillo returned to Colorado June 1, 2016 - D Dennis Castillo June 14, 2016 - D Dennis Castillo returned to Colorado INDEPENDENCE TIE ORLANDO CITY B The Colorado Rapids’ USL affiliate Charlotte Independence were defeated Saturday by Wilmington Hammerheads 2-1 at Ramblewood Stadium. Despite outshooting Wilmington 22-8 and having plenty of opportunities, the Independence were unable to capitalize. Charlotte returns to league play on Saturday, July 16, as they take on New York Red Bulls II (9-1-5). That game, also at home, kicks off at 5:00 p.m. MT.

GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS, 2016 REGULAR SEASON @ San Jose Earthquakes (L 1-0) - March 6, 2016 Zac MacMath, Marlon Hairston (Marco Pappa 79’), Jared Watts, Axel Sjöberg, Eric Miller, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Dominique Badji, Dillon Powers, Shkëlzen Gashi (Luis Solignac 67’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Bobby Burling, Mekeil Williams, Dillon Serna, Conor Doyle. vs. LA Galaxy (W 1-0) - March 12, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Axel Sjöberg, Jared Watts, March Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Dillon Powers, Dominique Badji (Marco Pappa 67’), Shkëlzen Gashi (Dillon Serna 83’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Bobby Burling, Zach Pfeffer, Conor Doyle, Luis Solignac. @ D.C. United (T 1-1) - March 20, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Jared Watts, Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Dominique Badji, Dillon Powers, Marco Pappa (Luis Solignac, 72'), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Bobby Burling, Eric Miller, Marlon Hairston, Dillon Serna, Conor Doyle. vs. Toronto FC (W 1-0) - April 2, 2016 Zac MacMath, Eric Miller, Axel Sjöberg, Bobby Burling, March Burch, Micheal Azira (Dillon Serna 82’), Sam Cronin, Dillon Powers, Marco Pappa (Dominique Badji 61’), Shkëlzen Gashi (Conor Doyle 73’), Luis Solignac. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Zach Pfeffer. @ Real Salt Lake (L 1-0) - April 9, 2016 Zac MacMath, Eric Miller, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Marco Pappa, Dillon Powers (Dominique Badji 79’), Shkëlzen Gashi; Luis Solignac. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Zach Pfeffer, Dillon Serna, Conor Doyle. @ Sporting Kansas City (W 2-1) - April 13, 2016 Zac MacMath, Dillon Serna, Bobby Burling, Eric Miller, Marc Burch, Sam Cronin, Micheal Azira, Dominique Badji, Marco Pappa (Mekeil Williams 69), Shkëlzen Gashi (Conor Doyle 89), Luis Solignac. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Zach Pfeffer. vs. New York Red Bulls (W 2-1) - April 16, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Bobby Burling, Eric Miller, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Jermaine Jones, Marco Pappa (Dillon Serna 73’), Shkëlzen Gashi (Dominique Badji 65’), Luis Solignac (Conor Doyle 85’). Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Zach Pfeffer, Dillon Powers. vs. Seattle Sounders FC (W 3-1) - April 23, 2016 Zac MacMath, Eric Miller (Dennis Castillo 60’), Bobby Burling, Axel Sjöberg, Mekeil Williams, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Jermaine Jones (Dillon Powers 87’), Dominique Badji (Kevin Doyle 78’), Shkëlzen Gashi, Luis Solignac. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Dillon Serna, Conor Doyle. @ Montreal Impact (T 2-2) - April 30, 2016 Zac MacMath, Marlon Hairston, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjöberg, Mekeil Williams, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Jermaine Jones, Luis Solignac, Shkëlzen Gashi (Dillon Powers 89’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Marc Burch, Jared Watts, Dillon Serna, Conor Doyle. vs. Real Salt Lake (W 1-0) - May 7, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Jermaine Jones, Shkëlzen Gashi (Dillon Serna 89’), Luis Solignac (Dominique Badji 77’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Marlon Hairston, Jared Watts, Dillon Powers, Conor Doyle. vs. Sporting Kansas City (W 1-0) - May 11, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Jermaine Jones (Dillon Powers 87’), Dominique Badji, Luis Solignac (Dillon Serna 76’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Dennis Castillo, Marlon Hairston, Jared Watts, Conor Doyle. @ Columbus Crew SC (T 1-1) - May 14, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Jared Watts, Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch (Marlon Hairston 87’), Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Jermaine Jones (Dillon Powers 79’), Shkëlzen Gashi, Luis Solignac, Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Dennis Castillo, Bobby Burling, Dillon Serna, Dominique Badji.

GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS, 2016 REGULAR SEASON @ Seattle Sounders FC (W 1-0) - May 21, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Jermaine Jones, Dillon Serna (Marlon Hairston 77’), Luis Solignac (Eric Miller 83’); Kevin Doyle (Jared Watts 90’+1’). Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Dennis Castillo, Dillon Powers, Conor Doyle. vs. Philadelphia Union (T 1-1) - May 28, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Bobby Burling (Jared Watts 65’), Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Dillon Powers, Dillon Serna (Marlon Hairston 61’), Luis Solignac, Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Dennis Castillo, Eric Miller, Caleb Calvert, Conor Doyle. vs. Chicago Fire (W 2-1) - June 18, 2016 Zac MacMath, Mekeil Williams, Eric Miller, Axel Sjöberg, Marc Burch, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Dillon Powers (Marco Pappa 83’), Marlon Hairston (Dillon Serna 85’), Luis Solignac (Dominique Badji 81’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Dennis Castillo, Jared Watts, Conor Doyle. @ LA Galaxy (T 0-0) - June 22, 2016 Zac MacMath, Dennis Castillo, Jared Watts, Axel Sjoberg, Eric Miller, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Marco Pappa (Dominique Badji 73’), Dillon Powers, Marlon Hairston (Luis Solignac 78’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Chris Froschauer, Emmanuel Appiah, Dillon Serna, Conor Doyle. vs. Portland Timbers (T 0-0) - July 4, 2016 Tim Howard, Eric Miller, Jared Watts, Axel Sjöberg, Mekeil Williams, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin (Dillon Powers 82’), Jermaine Jones, Marlon Hairston (Dominique Badji 69’), Shkëlzen Gashi (Marco Pappa 23’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Zac MacMath, Dennis Castillo, Marc Burch, Luis Solignac. @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC (T 2-2) - July 9, 2016 Tim Howard, Eric Miller, Jared Watts, Axel Sjöberg, Mekeil Williams, Micheal Azira, Sam Cronin, Dillon Powers (Luis Solignac 84’), Marco Pappa (Marc Burch 74’), Shkëlzen Gashi (Marlon Hairston 79’), Kevin Doyle. Subs not used: Zac MacMath, Dominique Badji, Conor Doyle.

2016 Goal Scorers #6 Sam Cronin - H #8 Dillon Powers - H #9 Kevin Doyle - L, H, R, R #10 Marco Pappa - L, L #11 Shkelzen Gashi - L, L #13 Jermaine Jones - R, H, R #14 Dominique Badji - L #17 Dillon Serna - L #21 Luis Solignac - R, R, R #23 Bobby Burling - R #44 Axel Sjoberg - H, H

21-R 9-L 44-H 23-R 11-L 13-H 8-H 9-H 6-H 44-H 14-L 10-L 13-R

13-R 21-R 11-L

21-R 9-R 9-R

10-L

17-L

Key L - Left Footed: 7 R - Right Footed: 8 H - Header: 6 P - Penalty Kick: 0 O - Own Goal: 0

RAPIDS NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS (as of 04/16/16)

2016 MLS SEASON CATEGORICAL RECORD Overall Home

Road

Overall MLS Games

9-2-7

7-0-2

2-2-5

Against Western Conference Against Eastern Conference Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Conceding 0 goals Conceding 1 goal Conceding 2 goals Conceding 3 goals Conceding 4+ goals Scoring first Conceding first Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime On Altitude On Univision On ESPN On Fox In March In April In May In June In July In August In September In October

6-2-3 3-0-4 0-2-2 5-0-3 3-0-2 1-0-0 0-0-0 5-0-2 4-2-3 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 9-0-2 0-2-3 5-0-0 4-2-4 0-0-3 9-2-6 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-1 4-1-1 3-0-2 1-0-1 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

4-0-1 3-0-1 0-0-1 4-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-1 3-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 7-0-1 0-0-0 3-0-0 4-0-2 0-0-0 7-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 3-0-0 2-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

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

NAME Azira Cronin Doyle Gashi Howard Jones Pappa St. Ledger Williams

COUNTRY Uganda USA Rep. of Ireland Albania USA USA Guatemala Rep. of Ireland Trinidad & Tobago

CAPS 3 2 62 13 108 61 55 37 12

GOALS 0 0 14 3 N/A 4 11 3 1

2016 MLS SEASON MISCELLANEOUS STATS Quickest Goal: 18’ Solignac - 4/2 vs. TOR Quickest Goal Against: 9’ Drogba - 4/30 @ MTL Game Winning Goals after 75’: 90’+5’ Pappa - 3/12 vs. LA; 82’ Gashi 4/13 @ SKC; 82’ Badji - 4/16 vs. NY; 78’ Serna - 5/11 vs. SKC; 89’ Pappa - 6/18 vs. CHI Game Tying Goals after 75’: 90’+5’ Sjoberg - 7/9 @ VAN Multi-Goal Games: Hat Tricks: Hat Tricks Against: Own Goals For: Own Goals Against: Red Cards: Miller - 7/9 @ VAN Opp. Red Cards: Cheyrou - 4/2 vs. TOR; Evans - 4/23 vs. SEA; Opara 5/11 vs. SKC Penalties for: Gashi - 4/23 vs. SEA (miss) Penalties against:

2016 RAPIDS AWARD WINNERS MLS Team of the Week: Burch (Week 15), Doyle (Week 18), Gashi (Weeks 5, 9), Jones (Week 7), Sjoberg (Week 12). Williams (Week 2, 11).

COLORADO RAPIDS 2016 SCHEDULE DATE

OPPONENT

TIME/RESULT

SCORERS/TV

Sunday, March 6

at San Jose Earthquakes

L 1-0

SJ: Wondolowski

Saturday, March 12

vs. LA Galaxy

W 1-0

COL: Pappa

Saturday, March 20

at D.C. United

T 1-1

COL: Powers DC: EspÃndola

Saturday, April 2

vs. Toronto FC

W 1-0

COL: Solignac

Saturday, April 9

at Real Salt Lake

L 1-0

RSL: Plata

Wednesday, April 13

at Sporting Kansas City

W 2-1

COL: Solignac, Gashi SKC: Dwyer

Saturday, April 16

vs. New York Red Bulls

W 2-1

COL: Jones, Badji NY: Zubar

Saturday, April 23

vs. Seattle Sounders FC

W 3-1

COL: Jones, Solignac, Doyle SEA: Morris

Saturday, April 30

at Montreal Impact

T 2-2

COL: Gashi, Burling MTL: Drogba, Tissot

Saturday, May 7

vs. Real Salt Lake

W 1-0

COL: Jones

Wednesday, May 11

vs. Sporting Kansas City

W 1-0

COL: Serna

Saturday, May 14

at Columbus Crew SC

T 1-1

COL: Doyle CLB: Cedrick

Saturday, May 21

at Seattle Sounders FC

W 1-0

COL: Sjoberg

Saturday, May 28

vs. Philadelphia Union

T 1-1

COL: Cronin PHI: Carroll

Saturday, June 18

vs. Chicago Fire

W 2-1

COL: Doyle, Pappa CHI: Calistri

Wednesday, June 22

at LA Galaxy

T 0-0

Monday, July 4

vs. Portland Timbers

T 0-0

Saturday, July 9

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

T 2-2

COL: Doyle, Sjoberg VAN: Waston, Techera

Saturday, July 16

vs. Sporting Kansas City

7:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, July 23

vs. FC Dallas

7:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, July 30

at New York City FC

1:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, August 6

vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC

7:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, August 13

at LA Galaxy

8:30pm

Altitude

Saturday, August 20

vs. Orlando City SC

7:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, August 26

at Real Salt Lake

6:00pm

UniMas, Univision Dep.

Saturday, September 3

at New England Revolution

5:30pm

Altitude

Saturday, September 10

at FC Dallas

7:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, September 17

vs. San Jose Earthquakes

7:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, September 12

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

5:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, October 1

vs. Portland Timbers

7:00pm

Altitude

Saturday, October 8

at Houston Dynamo

6:30pm

Altitude

Thursday, October 13

vs. San Jose Earthquakes

7:00pm

Altitude

Sunday, October 16

at Portland Timbers

5:00pm

Altitude

Sunday, October 23

vs. Houston Dynamo

2:00pm

Altitude

All kickoff times are Mountain Time (MT)

COLORADO RAPIDS NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #

Player

Pos.

Tim HOWARD

Ht.

Wt.

Birthdate

Hometown

6-3

194

03/06/1979

North Brunswick, NJ

Eric MILLER

DEF

6-0

175

01/15/1993

Woodbury, MN

Marc BURCH

DEF

6-1

180

05/07/1984

Cincinnati, OH

Mekeil WILLIAMS

DEF

me-KELL

6-1

180

07/24/1990

Gonzales, T&T

Sam CRONIN

MID

Crow-nin

5-10

165

12/12/1986

Atlanta, GA

Wake

San Jose Earthquakes

Dillon POWERS

MID

5-11

170

02/14/1991

Plano, TX

Notre

Univ. of Notre Dame

Kevin DOYLE

FWD

6-0

165

09/18/1983

Marco PAPPA

MID

5-10

155

11/15/1987

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Seattle Sounders FC

Shkëlzen GASHI

MID

6-0

165

07/18/1988

Zurich, Switzerland

FC Basel (SWI)

INT/DP

John BERNER

6-3

205

02/14/1991

St. Louis, MO

Jermaine JONES

MID

6-0

170

11/03/1981

Los Angeles, CA

Dominique BADJI

FWD

Baa-zhee

6-0

175

10/16/1992

Dakar, Senegal

Zach PFEFFER

MID

Feffer

5-8

145

01/06/1995

Dresher, PA

Dillon SERNA

MID

Ser-ner

5-7

140

03/25/1994

Brighton, CO

Akron

Homegrown Player

Zac MACMATH

6-2

194

08/07/1991

St. Petersburg, FLA

Maryland

Philadelphia Union

Conor DOYLE

FWD

6-2

172

10/13/1991

McKinney, TX

Creighton

D.C. United

Luis SOLIGNAC

FWD

Sol-In -Yak

6-0

160

02/16/1991

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Micheal AZIRA

MID

Ah-ZEER-ah

5-10

160

08/22/1987

Kampala, Uganda

Bobby BURLING

DEF

6-5

195

10/15/1984

Monument, CO

Sean ST. LEDGER

DEF

6-0

188

12/28/1984

Solihull, England

Dennis CASTILLO

DEF

5-10

160

04/30/1993

San Jose, Costa Rica

Caleb CALVERT

FWD

6-2

160

10/22/1996

Wrightwood, CA

Jared WATTS

DEF

6-1

155

02/03/1992

Statesville, NC

Wake

Wake Forest Univ.

Axel SJOBERG

DEF

Hoo-berg

6-7

210

03/08/1991

Stockholm, Sweden

Marquette

Marquette Univ.

INT

Marlon HAIRSTON

DEF

Hair-ston

6-0

157

03/23/1994

Jackson, MS

U of L

Univ. of Louisville

INT - International player DEV - Developmental player

Pronunciation

SH-KELT-zun Gushi

CASS-TEE-Yoh

College

Previous club

Status

Everton FC

Creighton

Montreal Impact

Maryland

Seattle Sounders FC Antigua GFC (GUA)

INT

INT/DP

GC - Former foreigner playing as a domestic due to green card status Ga - Generation adidas signing

SIU

SIU, Edwardsville New England Revolution

Boston

Boston University

INT

Philadelphia Union HP

Nueva Chicago (ARG)

INT

Mobile

Seattle Sounders FC

LMU

Chivas USA

VCU

Orlando City SC

INT

Virginia Commonwealth

INT

Chivas USA

DP - Designated Player

Technical Director: Paul Bravo Head Coach: Pablo Mastroeni Assistant Coaches: John Spencer, Steve Cooke, Chris Sharpe (Goalkeepers) Head Athletic Trainer: Michael Heitkamp COLORADO RAPIDS TRANSACTIONS December 9, 2015 - selected former Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Micheal Azira 2nd via the Waiver Draft. December 9, 2015 - defender Sean St. Ledger agrees to new contract. December 10, 2015 - traded natural 2017 second-round pick to Philadelphia Union in exchange for goalkeeper Zac MacMath. December 15, 2015 - acquired midfielder Marco Pappa from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for general allocation money. January 15, 2016 - traded second overall pick in 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick to Philadelphia Union for midfielder Zach Pfeffer and general allocation money. January 18, 2016 - traded goalkeeper Clint Irwin to Toronto FC in exchange for targeted allocation money, a 2016 third-round pick and a conditional 2017 first-round pick. January 20, 2016 - defender Bobby Burling agrees to new contract. January 21, 2016 - John Spencer joins Coaching Staff as First Team Assistant Coach. January 22, 2016 - traded defender Maynor Figueroa to FC Dallas in exchange for general allocation money. January 26, 2016 - loaned midfielder Juan Ramirez to U.D. Almeria (Spain) for period of six months. February 1, 2016 - signed attacker Shkëlzen Gashi as a Designated Player, formerly with FC Basel (Switzerland). February 1, 2016 - traded midfielder Marcelo Sarvas to D.C. United for targeted allocation money and a conditional 2018 pick. February 4, 2016 - signed defender Mekeil Williams from Antigua GFC (Guatemala). February 9, 2016 - acquired forward Conor Doyle from D.C. United in exchange for a 2017 third-round pick. February 14, 2016 - acquired defender Eric Miller from Montreal Impact in exchange for general allocation money and natural 2018 first-round pick. February 25, 2016 - traded general allocation money to San Jose Earthquakes for an international roster slot and targeted allocation money. March 4, 2016 - signed 2016 MLS SuperDraft selections Emmanuel Appiah (15th overall) and Chris Froschauer (43rd overall). March 4, 2016 - acquired midfielder Jermaine Jones from New England Revolution in exchange for general allocation money and natural 2017 first-round pick. March 20, 2016 - acquired goalkeeper Tim Howard from Everton as a Designated Player via the Allocation Process after securing the #1 spot in the Allocation Ranking Order. April 22, 2016 - signed 2016 MLS SuperDraft selection Dennis Castillo (37th overall). June 30, 2016 - waived goalkeeper Chris Froschauer and midfielder Emmanuel Appiah

PABLO MASTROENI

CLAUDIO LOPEZ

HEAD COACH

DIRECTOR OF SOCCER Birth date: August 29, 1976 Coaching career: Colorado Rapids (2014-present). Playing career: Miami Fusion (1998-01); Colorado Rapids (2002-13); LA Galaxy (2013). Club honors: MLS Eastern Conference Championship (2010); MLS Cup (2010). International: 65 appearances for USA International honors: CONCACAF Gold Cup (2005, ‘07).

Named the seventh Head Coach in Rapids history on March 8, 2014. Holds club records for most games played (225), games started (217) and minutes played (18,669), and served as the Rapids captain from late 2004 until his trade to the LA Galaxy during the 2013 season. Featured for the USA at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup.

PÁDRAIG SMITH

Joined the Rapids as Director of Soccer in January, 2015, working closely with Head Coach, Pablo Mastroeni and VP of Soccer Operations and Technical Director, Paul Bravo. Playing career: Racing Club (1992-96); Valencia (96-00); Lazio (00–04); América (04-06); Racing Club (07-08); Kansas City Wizards (08-09); Colorado Rapids (2010). Club honors: Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup (1999); Italian Super Cup (2000); Coppa Italia: (2004); Primera División de México (Clausura 2005); Campeón de Campeones (2005); CONCACAF Champions' Cup (2006); MLS Eastern Conference Championship (2010); MLS Cup (2010). International: 55 appearances for Argentina. Featured at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup.

JOHN SPENCER

SPORTING DIRECTOR

ASSISTANT COACH Prior to joining the Rapids in January, 2015, Irishman Smith had spent the last three years with European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, and previously worked for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). He works in direct support of Paul Bravo, vice president of soccer operations and technical director, and head coach, Pablo Mastroeni. His primary focus is to introduce a more data analytical approach to player recruitment, player identification, performance analysis and scouting processes.

Returned to Colorado as Assistant Coach in February 2016. Appeared in 88 games for the Rapids between 2001-04, registering 37 goals. Spencer earned MLS Best XI honors in 2001 and 2003. Internationally, Spencer earned 14 caps for the Scotland National Team and was on the 22-man roster at the UEFA EURO 1996.

Smith had been a key player in UEFA’s Financial Analysis Group, which assesses the top professional European clubs in the areas of finance, corporate and sporting structures.

Upon retiring, Spencer joined Houston Dynamo as an assistant coach. During his time with the Dynamo, Spencer won consecutive MLS Cups in 2006-07. Following the 2010 season, he was selected as Portland Timbers’ first ever Head Coach. Spencer finished with a record of 14-19-12 at the Timbers.

STEVE COOKE

CHRIS SHARPE

ASSISTANT COACH

ASSISTANT COACH/GOALKEEPERS Joined the Colorado Rapids coaching staff full-time in February 2010, sharing roles within the first team and academy. Named assistant coach with the appointment of Pablo Mastroeni in March, 2014.

Named an Assistant Coach at the start of the 2014 season, joining Pablo Mastroeni’s technical staff, having served as a player and coach with the team since 2008.

Prior to joining the Rapids, Cooke had enjoyed a 20 year full-time coaching career in England and in the United States.

Sharpe originally arrived in Colorado in 2008 as a player, forming a part of the Rapids squad while serving as an MLS League Pool Goalkeeper, meaning that all MLS clubs could call upon him if their goalkeepers were unavailable.

Arrived in the United States following a six year career with Sheffield Wednesday, then of the English Premier League, where he performed duties as Youth Team Coach and Center of Excellence Coach. He holds both the UEFA “A” Coaching License and the USSF “A” Coaching License.

In his five years in that MLS role, Sharpe spent nearly all his time in Colorado, but suited up as a reserve for eight other clubs across the league. Spent time in Australia, Denmark and England. Represented Australia at U-20 level in qualifying for the 2001 FIFA Youth World Cup.

#22 MICHEAL AZIRA

#14 DOMINIQUE BADJI

Position: Midfielder Hometown: Kampala, Uganda Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: August 22, 1987 Citizenship: Uganda Acquired: Signed via the Waiver Draft on 12/9.15. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 90’ at center midfield. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2016: has played all but eight minutes this season; came out in the 82’ on 4/2 vs. TOR

Position: Forward Hometown: Dakar, Senegal Height: 6 foot Weight: 175 pounds Birth date: October 16, 1992 Citizenship: Senegal Acquired: Selected 67th overall (fourth round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Signed a contract on March 4, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 04/16/16 vs. NY Last MLS Assist: 04/23/16 vs. SEA 2016:

Quick Facts:  Joined the Rapids after spending the last two seasons with Seattle Sounders FC, helping the club to a Supporters’ Shield title and the 2014 U.S. Open Cup trophy in his first season in MLS.  Azira has represented the Uganda national team at the senior and youth levels. Member of the U-23 squad for the Olympics.  During his collegiate career, Azira played for Lindsey Wilson College and University of Mobile (Senior). Named NAIA All-America Honorable Mention in 2009.  He served as Head Coach for Daniel Island Soccer Academy U-16 and U-18 teams in Charleston. In addition, he was an assistant coach at UMS-Wright Preparatory School, winning the Alabama state title in 2011 .

Quick Facts: Played in 15 MLS games (9 starts), registering two goals in his rookie season with the Rapids.  Badji added a goal in the Fourth Round of U.S. Open Cup and two goals in six games during his loan stint with Charlotte Independence.  In 2014, Badji helped Boston to its first conference championship final since 2009 with a personal-best eight goals and four assists.  Moved with his guardian from Zimbabwe, leaving his father and brother behind, to further his education, enrolling at Episcopal High School, a boarding school in Alexandria, Va.  Despite his young age, Badji has had quite a journey from Senegal, to Tanzania, to Zimbabwe, to the USA.

#12 JOHN BERNER

#4 MARC BURCH

Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Height: 6 feet 3 Weight: 205 pounds Birth date: February 14, 1991 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected with the 35th overall selection (second round) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Signed contract on Feb. 12. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP; not in the 18 (loan). Last MLS Win: 03/22/14 vs. POR Last MLS Shutout: 06/04/14 vs. CHI 2016: Currently on loan at USL affiliate Charlotte Independence. Quick Facts:  Last season, Berner appeared in 16 matches during his loan spell with USL affiliate Charlotte Independence.  Started the first three games of the 2014 campaign after a preseason injury to regular keeper Clint Irwin. During that spell, he experienced a tie, a win and a loss. Finished rookie season with a 1-1-3 record.  Berner played four years of college soccer at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville from 2010-2013. He was named Missouri Valley Conference Goalkeeper of the Year for two of those seasons,  In high school, he was selected to the all-state first team following his senior season at St. Mary’s High School.

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Position: Defender Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Height: 6 feet 1 Weight: 180 pounds Birth date: May 7, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected with the 11th pick in Stage 1 of the 2013 Re-Entry Draft from Seattle Sounders FC. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): came on for Pappa in the 76’. Last MLS Goal: 08/20/14 vs LA Last MLS Assist: 05/21/16 @ SEA 2016: MLS Team of the Week (Week 15)

Quick Facts:  Played 90 minutes in all eight games he saw action for the club in 2015.  A veteran of ten years in Major League Soccer, Burch is now in his third season with the Rapids.  He split his first year with LA and Columbus before moving to D.C. United in 2007, where he spent the next five years. Then came two years in Seattle before arriving in Colorado prior to the 2014 season.  Burch played for the University of Maryland and his 25-yard free kick in the championship game against New Mexico gave the Terrapins

the national championship.

#23 BOBBY BURLING Position: Defender Hometown: Monument, Colorado Height: 6 feet 5 Weight: 195 pounds Birth date: October 10, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected 3rd by the Rapids via the Waiver Draft, on Dec. 10, 2014. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP; not in the 18 (knee). Last MLS Goal: 04/30/16 @ MTL Last MLS Assist: 08/27/11 @ TOR (for SJ) 2016:

#29 CALEB CALVERT Position: Forward Hometown: Wrightwood, California Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: October 22, 1996 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Joined the Rapids from the Chivas USA dispersal draft in November. 2014. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP; not in the 18 (loan). Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2016: Currently on loan at USL affiliate Charlotte Independence

Quick Facts:  Part of tallest central defensive pairing in MLS history alongside Sjoberg for 2015 season opener; registered two goals in 22 games.  Bobby Burling joined the Rapids in time for 2015 after nine seasons in MLS, primarily spent with Chivas USA and San Jose.  Burling played in 48 games, starting 41 with Chivas USA. (2012-14) and was named to the starting eleven 41 times with San Jose Earthquakes (2009-11).  Burling was drafted by the LA Galaxy in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft out of Loyola Marymount University.  A native of Colorado, he attended Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument, where he played both soccer and basketball.

Quick Facts:  Spent season 2015 on loan with USL affiliate, Charlotte Independence; scored two goals in 19 appearances.  Was the youngest player ever signed by Chivas USA when he signed as a homegrown in July, 2013 at 16 years, eight months.  A tall, rangy forward with unlimited potential, he has still to make his official first team Major League Soccer debut.  Did make his professional debut (non-MLS game) in Chivas’ 2013 season-ending exhibition match against FC Tucson.  He was the leading scorer with 22 goals in the 2012-2013 U.S. Soccer Development academy regular season, earning him honors as U -15-16 national player of the year.

#26 DENNIS CASTILLO

#6 SAM CRONIN

Position: Defender Hometown: San Jose, Costa Rica Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: April 30, 1993 Citizenship: Costa Rica Acquired: Selected 37th overall in 2016 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 04/23/16 vs. SEA 2016: assisted in first professional appearance - 4/23 vs. SEA

Position: Midfielder Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: December 12, 1986 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Joined via a trade with San Jose Earthquakes, signing on January 19, 2015 for allocation money. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 90’ at center midfield’ registered two shots. Last MLS Goal: 05/28/16 vs. PHI Last MLS Assist: 10/21/15 @ SKC 2016: has played all but eight minutes this season; came out in the 82’ on 7/4 vs. POR

Quick Facts: Quick Facts:  Signed to a MLS contract on April 22, appeared in first professional  One of five players to wear captain’s armband in 2015. Appeared in game and registered assist against Seattle Sounders FC on April 23. 26 games (24 starts), earning first-ever MLS All-Star appearance.  In his senior season at VCU, he was named Atlantic 10 Defensive  In six of his seven seasons, he has started 20 or more games, inPlayer of the Year. NSCAA Second Team All-Midwest Region. Atlancluding 30 of 31 appearances with San Jose Earthquakes in 2014. tic 10 Championship Player. Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference.  Cronin started his MLS career in Toronto after being the third overall  All time leading VCU starter with 80. First ever four year Captain in pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Maryland. VCU Coach Giffard’s Tenure.  Cronin has seven goals and 17 assists in his seven seasons, with six  PDL Defender of the Year (Portland U-23s) in 2015. of them coming the last four years. The only game-winning goal of his career came in 2013 against the Colorado Rapids.  Captained Deportivo Saprissa before VCU. A member of the Costa Rican U-18, U-20 and U-23 National Teams.  Sam has two caps with the U.S. National team, both coming in games against Haiti and Mexico during the 2009 Gold Cup.

#19 CONOR DOYLE Position: Forward Hometown: McKinney, Texas Height: 6 foot 2 Weight: 172 pounds Birth date: October 13, 1991 Citizenship: USA & Ireland Acquired: Joined on February 9, 2016 from D.C. United for a 2017 third-round pick Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 06/24/15 @ CHI (for DC) Last MLS Assist: 08/03/13 vs. MTL (for DC) 2016:

#9 KEVIN DOYLE Position: Forward Hometown: Adamstown, Rep. of Ireland Height: 6 foot Weight: 179 pounds Birth date: September 18, 1983 Citizenship: Ireland Acquired: Signed on March 20, 2015, as the club’s third Designated Player Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 90’ at center forward; registered goal and assist. Last MLS Goal: 07/09/16 @ VAN Last MLS Assist: 07/09/16 @ VAN 2016: missed four games due to injury while with Rep. of Ireland. MLS Team of the Week (Week 18)

Quick Facts: Quick Facts:  Joined the Rapids after spending last three seasons in the Eastern  Led the team in goals (5) despite arriving in MLS at end of May. First Conference with D.C. United. four goals ended up being game-winners.  Appeared in 56 matches for DC, scoring four goals and notching one  Joined Rapids from Wolverhampton Wanderers of the BPL. assist. Won the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season  Enjoyed a high-caliber career in English football, scoring 92 goals in with the club. 357 appearances overall.  After one semester at Creighton University, Doyle signed his first  Previous clubs include: St. Patrick’s Athletic, Cork City, Reading, professional contract with Derby County on August 6, 2010. Wolverhampton, Queens Park Rangers (loan), Crystal Palace (loan)  Spent three seasons with ‘The Rams’ featuring in 22 Championship  Scored 19 goals in his first season with Reading (2005) as they won games in addition to appearances in the FA Cup and League Cup. promotion to the Premier League .  Also represented the USMNT at the U-20 and U-23 levels, as well  Has amassed 63 caps and 14 goals for the Republic of Ireland since as the Irish national team at the U-21 level. his debut in 2006.

#11 SHKELZEN GASHI Position: Forward Hometown: Zurich, Switzerland Height: 6 feet Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: July 18, 1988 Citizenship: Albania & Switzerland Acquired: Signed on February 1, 2016, as the club’s fourth Designated Player. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 79’ at left wing; registered team-high six shots and one assist.. Last MLS Goal: 04/30/16 @ MTL Last MLS Assist: 07/09/16 @ VAN 2016: MLS Team of the Week (Weeks 5, 9)

#20 JOSEPH GREENSPAN Position: Defender Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey Height: 6 foot 6 Weight: 209 pounds Birth date: September 12, 1992 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Drafted in the second round (#26 pick overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP; not in the 18 (loan). Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2016: Recalled by the Rapids on July 1 after receiving an assignment in the Denver area.

Quick Facts: Quick Facts:  Joined the Rapids from FC Basel of the Swiss Super League, where  An ensign in the U.S. Navy, he officially signed with the Rapids on he scored 25 goals since his arrival to the club prior to 2014 season. June 5, 2015, having been granted permission to play for the club around the fulfilment of his Naval duties. Rejoined Rapids on July 4,  Gashi earned Swiss Super League Golden Boot honors in his last 2016 after receiving an assignment in the Denver area. two full seasons in Europe. In 2014, was named Axpo Player of the  Made his competitive debut in the 4-1 U.S. Open Cup win over ColoYear, awarded to the best player in the Swiss Super League. rado Springs Switchbacks (6/16/15), scoring the team’s second goal.  Gashi made a combined total of 21 appearances for the Switzerland  In 2014, he became Navy's all-time leader in career games played U-17, U-19 and U-21 squads, notching eight goals. with 78. Finished his four-year career with 78 games played, 75  In 2013, Gashi earned his senior team debut for the Albanian nationgames started, 42 points, 18 goals, six assists and 6,627 minutes al team after receiving his citizenship on August 18 of that year. played. He played over 1,900 minute in each of his last two seasons.  At the senior level, Gashi has scored three goals in 11 appearances for Albania. Expected to represent national side at UEFA Euro 2016.

#94 MARLON HAIRSTON

#1 TIM HOWARD

Position: Midfielder/Defender Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi Height: 6 feet Weight: 157 pounds Birth date: March 23, 1994 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected with the 12th pick (first round) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Member of Generation adidas. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): came on for Gashi in the 79’. Last MLS Goal: 08/20/14 vs. LA Last MLS Assist: 05/28/16 vs. PHI 2016:

Quick Facts:  Made the move to right back after playing his rookie season at midfield. Appeared in final three games of the season for the Rapids and seven matches (one goal) for Charlotte Independence (USL).  First and only (so far) goal came 8/20 at home against LA Galaxy.

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Played collegiate soccer at the University of Louisville where he was named to the all-Big East rookie team in his freshman year. Hairston’s cousin, LaMarcus Aldridge, is a professional basketball player in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers. One of Marlon’s youth soccer teammates was Kellen Gulley of the Chicago Fire. Both players wear No. 94 (their birth year).

#13 JERMAINE JONES Position: Midfielder Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Height: 6 foot Weight: 170 pounds Birth date: November 3, 1981 Citizenship: USA & Germany Acquired: Signed on March 4, 2016 from NE Revolution in exchange for general allocation money and a 2017 first-round pick Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 04/23/16 vs. SEA Last MLS Assist: 04/30/16 @ MTL 2016: MLS Team of the Week (Week 7); tied for first on the team with three goals.

Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: North Brunswick, New Jersey Height: 6 feet 3 Weight: 193 pounds Birth date: March 6, 1979 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed as DP on March 20 from Everton FC. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 90’; registered four saves. Last MLS Win: 07/05/03 @ DC (for MetroStars) Last MLS Shutout: 07/04/16 vs. POR 2016:

Quick Facts: Joined the Rapids via Allocation Process after the club secured the #1 spot in the Allocation Ranking Order in a trade with Chicago Fire.  Played in 77 games for Manchester United from 2003-06, winning the FA Cup, Football League Cup and FA Community Shield.  Played for Everton from 2006-16, featuring in 415 games. In 2009, he set a club record for most clean sheets in a season.  Has represented the USMNT in every year since 2002 and, during that time, has amassed 108 caps.  One of the youngest goalkeepers to register a win in MLS. He was 19 years, 165 days.

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#18 ZAC MACMATH Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 194 pounds Birth date: August 7, 1991 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Joined via a trade with Philadelphia Union on December 10, 2015 in exchange for a 2017 second-round pick Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Win: 06/18/16 vs. CHI Last MLS Shutout: 06/22/16 @ LA 2016: Has registered six shutouts in 16 games.

Quick Facts: Quick Facts:  Appearances were limited to just 18 (17 starts) in his first full season  Registered 29th career shutout on 10/21 at Sporting KC; appeared in in MLS, as he underwent surgery to repair two sports hernias. three regular season matches and both USOC matches during first season with Rapids (loan).  In 2014, he played the first-half of the 2013-14 European season Started 102 games over the four seasons (2011-14) for the Union.. with Schalke but left the club in January for Besiktas and finished 3rd  in the Turkish Super Lig. before joining New England in August.  Joining Philadelphia right after being drafted out of the University of  Became the second U.S. men’s national team player to score in the Maryland, In 2014, became the youngest goalkeeper in MLS history UEFA Champions League knockout stage (joining DaMarcus to reach 100 career starts. Beasley) on February 20, 2013.  A product of U.S. Soccer’s U-17 residency program in Bradenton,  Has made 58 appearances for the USMNT, scoring three goals and Fla., he competed for the USA in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2007, notching four assists starting two games in goal.  Born to a German mother and American father, growing up he lived in Chicago and Greenwood, Miss., before moving back to Germany.

#3 ERIC MILLER Position: Defender Hometown: Woodbury, Minnesota Height: 6 feet 0 Weight: 175 pounds Birth date: January 15, 1993 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Joined from Montreal Impact on February 14, 2016 in exchange for general allocation money and 2018 first-round pick.. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 71’ at right back; received first red card of the season. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 06/29/14 @ HOU (for MTL) 2016:

#10 MARCO PAPPA Position: Midfielder Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 155 pounds Birth date: November 15, 1987 Citizenship: Guatemala Acquired: Joined via a trade with Seattle Sounders FC on December 15, 2015 in exchange for general allocation money. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 74’ at right wing; registered two shots.. Last MLS Goal: 03/12/16 vs. LA Last MLS Assist: 04/13/16 @ SKC 2016:

Quick Facts: Quick Facts:  Appeared in 30 games (24 starts) during his two seasons with Mon-  Scored nine goals and added 11 assists in 49 games (41 starts) in treal Impact after signing Generation adidas contract on January 2. his two seasons (2014-15) for Seattle.  Drafted in the first round by the Impact, fifth overall, in the 2014 MLS  After his 2014 campaign, Pappa earned the Premios Univision DeSuperDraft, on January 16. portes’ MLS Player of the Year Award and FutbolMLS.com’s 2014 Latino del Año award..  At international stage, Miller was called into the January camp for  Appeared in 112 matches during his first stint in MLS with Chicago the senior USMNT side in 2016. Fire (2008-12), with 26 goals and 16 assists.  In 2015, selected to play for the U-23 MNT in the Toulon TournaTwo-time MLS All-Star (2010, 2012) and AT&T MLS Goal of the ment in France and the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament.  Also appeared at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. Year in 2010.  Played three college seasons for Creighton University, recording  Has 55 caps, 11 goals and three assists for Guatemala since his four goals and four assists in 63 games (62 starts), while leading his national team debut in 2008. In 2014, he earned Golden Boot and team to the College Cup playoffs in 2011 and 2012. Golden Ball accolades during the 2014 Copa Centroamericana.

#16 ZACH PFEFFER Position: Midfielder Hometown: Dresher, Pennsylvania Height: 5 feet 8 Weight: 145 pounds Birth date: January 6, 1995 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Via a trade on Draft Day (January 15, 2016) from Philadelphia Union in exchange for Rapids’ second-overall pick. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP, but in the 18 (loan). Last MLS Goal: 05/17/15 vs. DC (for PHI) Last MLS Assist: 07/26/15 @ DC (for PHI) 2016:

#8 DILLON POWERS Position: Midfielder Hometown: Plano, Texas Height: 5 feet 11 Weight: 170 pounds Birth date: February 14, 1991 Citizenship: USA & Italy Acquired: Selected with the 11th overall pick (first round) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 84’ at center midfield; registered one shot. Last MLS Goal: 10/21/15 @ SKC Last MLS Assist: 09/26/15 @ HOU 2016: appeared in his 100th MLS appearance on 5/11 vs SKC.

Quick Facts: Quick Facts:  In 2015, Pfeffer featured in 21 of the Union's 34 regular season  Led team in assists (6), clocking-up at least 30 appearances (32) for games, starting 11, for 988 minutes - all career-high numbers. third straight season and logging 2,235 minutes.  Scored two goals last season, and played 1,994 minutes. The only  AT&T MLS Rookie of the Year in 2013. Debut season was curtailed other time he has fallen short of 2,000 minutes in a single season by concussion, sustained in the 5-1 home win over SEA on 10/05. was in his rookie season, in 2005 (934mins).  In 2014, Powers appeared in 30 games, starting 27. He scored five  Did not appear in any matches, but spent a year long loan in Germagoals and contributed nine assists. ny under the TSG Hoffenheim 1899 youth system..  Powers made his MLS debut on the opening day of 2013 at FC Dal Reunited with goalkeeper Zac MacMath after the two spent their first las (March 2), playing 75 minutes. He scored his first professional four seasons as members of Philadelphia Union. goal March 30 against the Portland Timbers.  Pfeffer was the fourth youngest player ever to sign a MLS contract,  Son of a former Major Indoor Soccer League professional (Michael behind Freddy Adu, Fued Ibrahim, and Diego Fagundez. Powers played 16 years with the Dallas Sidekicks).

#17 DILLON SERNA Position: Midfielder Hometown: Brighton, Colorado Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 140 pounds Birth date: March 25, 1994 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed by the Rapids as a Homegrown Player on January 14, 2013 Pronunciation: SARE-nah Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP; not in the 18 (knee). Last MLS Goal: 05/11/16 vs. SKC Last MLS Assist: 08/26/15 vs. HOU 2016: Suffered season-ending knee injury in Fourth Round of USOC @ DAL (6/29)

#44 AXEL SJOBERG Position: Defender Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden Height: 6 feet 7 Weight: 210 pounds Birth date: March 8, 1991 Citizenship: Sweden Language fluency: English, Swedish, German Acquired: Selected 14th overall in 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 90’ at center back; scored gametying goal in the 95’. Last MLS Goal: 07/09/16 @ VAN Last MLS Assist: 04/30/16 @ MTL 2016: registered first professional assist (04/30 @ MTL) and first goal (05/21 SEA).

Quick Facts:  Appeared in 15 games (eight starts) with three goals and one assist.

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Quick Facts:  Played and started 14 games in his first season. Only rookie to play more than 1,000 MLS minutes in 2015. Split time between MLS and national team duties as he featured at  Was drafted out of Marquette University where he was an all-Big the Toulon Tournament and Olympic qualifiers for the U-23s. East first team selection and winner of Marquette’s most valuable Earned MLS Goal of the Week in Week 6 (@ DAL). player award in 2014. Scored one of top goals in 2014 when volleying beyond Bill Hamid at  He was selected by the Rapids Selected January 15, 2015 as the DCU on August 17. Goal was listed in SportsCenter’s daily Top 10. 14th pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Scored his first professional goal, and the first scored by a Rapids  In 2013, Sjöberg was also named Marquette’s most valuable player Homegrown Player, in the loss at Seattle on April 26, 2014. and a first team all-Big East pick. He was also named to the second Made MLS debut against the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 2013 team All-America squad and first team all-Big East by College regular season finale on Oct. 27 as a 77th minute substitute. Sports Madness.

#21 LUIS SOLIGNAC Position: Forward Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina Height: 6 feet 0 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: February 16, 1991 Citizenship: Argentina Acquired: Signed by the Rapids on May 1, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): came on for Powers in the 84’. Last MLS Goal: 04/23/16 vs. SEA Last MLS Assist: 05/07/16 vs. RSL 2016: tied for team-lead with three goals.

Quick Facts:  Joined Rapids on May 1, 2015 from Argentine First Division, notching two assists in 15 matches played. Dealt with hamstring injury for large portion of season.  Prior to arriving MLS, Solignac scored two goals in 10 appearances for Nueva Chicago in 2015.  Made his professional debut for Club Atlético Platense in 2008.

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Has also played in Portugal, Sweden and Finland during a globetrotting career. During his time with IFK Mariehamn in Finland, Solignac amassed for 23 goals in 47 matches.

#24 SEAN ST. LEDGER Position: Defender Hometown: Solihull, England Height: 6 foot 0 Weight: 188 pounds Birth date: December 28, 1984 Citizenship: Ireland Acquired: signed off waivers on August 7, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): DNP; not in the 18 (knee). Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 10/04/15 vs. RSL 2016:

Quick Facts:  Contributed his first assist in MLS on his Rapids’ home debut, 8/26/15 vs. Houston Dynamo, for Kevin Doyle’s winning goal  Before arriving and playing in 12 matches for Colorado, St. Ledger featured in 15 MLS games for Orlando City SC in 2015.  The 31-year-old played in over 300 matches in England for clubs such as Preston North End, Middlesbrough and Leicester City.  St. Ledger has made 37 appearances for the Irish national team, scoring key goals in international competitions, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, the 2012 UEFA Euro qualification and the 2012 UEFA Euro.

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#5 MEKEIL WILLIAMS

Position: Defender Hometown: Statesville, North Carolina Height: 6 feet 1 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: February 3, 1992 Citizenship: USA Acquired: selected with the 33rd overall pick (2nd round) of 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 90’ at center back; registered one shot.. Last MLS Goal: 07/11/15 vs. RSL Last MLS Assist: 07/18/15 @ SEA 2016:

Quick Facts:  Played in 13 matches (12 starts) in his second season in Colorado.

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Scored first professional goal, the game-winner vs. RSL on July 11. His solitary assist was also key, coming as it did in the historic 1-0 win at Seattle Sounders FC (8/18) - the first win for the Rapids in Seattle. Can play as a defensive midfielder or central defender. Watts was selected to the All-ACC first team for three consecutive seasons during his time with Demon Deacons. Captain of the U.S. U-17 squad at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.

Position: Defender Hometown: Gonzales, Trinidad & Tobago Height: 6 feet 1 Weight: 180 pounds Birth date: July 24, 1990 Citizenship: Trinidad and Tobago Acquired: Signed by the Rapids as a Discovery Signing from Antigua GFC (GUA) on February 4, 2016 Rapids’ Last Match (07/09/16 @ VAN): played 90’ at left back. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 04/30/16 @ MTL 2016: MLS Team of the Week (Weeks 2, 11)

Quick Facts:  Williams began his professional career with Ma Pau SC of the TT Pro League in 2009 prior to signing with W Connection FC in 2011..  Prior clubs include Pogoń Szczecin (POL) and FC Fyn (DEN).

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Williams has represented Trinidad and Tobago 11 times and scored his only goal on his senior debut in a 3-2 loss against Finland on January 22, 2012. Also referred to as Mekeil 'Splash' Williams. 'Splash' is a nickname taken from his father, but Mekeil does not know how the moniker came to be. He is a close friend of Trinidad & Tobago international teammate Joevin Jones, who plays for Seattle Sounders FC.

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Tim Howard Eric Miller Marc Burch Mekeil Williams Sam Cronin Dillon Powers Kevin Doyle Marco Pappa Shkelzen Gashi John Berner Jermaine Jones Dominique Badji Zach Pfeffer Dillon Serna Zac MacMath Conor Doyle Joseph Greenspan Luis Solignac Micheal Azira Bobby Burling Sean St. Ledger Dennis Castillo Caleb Calvert Chris Froschauer Jared Watts Axel Sjoberg Marlon Hairston 90D 90D 90M 90M 90F 23 83M

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Eric Miller Marc Burch Mekeil Williams Sam Cronin Dillon Powers Kevin Doyle Marco Pappa Shkelzen Gashi John Berner Jermaine Jones Dominique Badji Zach Pfeffer Dillon Serna Zac MacMath Conor Doyle Luis Solignac Micheal Azira Bobby Burling Sean St. Ledger Dennis Castillo Caleb Calvert Chris Froschauer Jared Watts Axel Sjoberg Marlon Hairston

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2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Saturday, July 16, 2016 Kickoff: 8 p.m. CT Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, CO) MLS Regular Season Game 22 Sporting Kansas City 8-9-4, 28 points (6-4-1 home; 2-5-3 away) 5th place in Western Conference

English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV English Radio: 99.3 FM Spanish Radio: 1340 AM

Colorado Rapids 9-2-7, 34 points (7-0-2 home; 2-2-5 away) 2nd place in Western Conference

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

8-9-4 (28 pts.) RECORD 21 GAMES PLAYED 5th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 24 GOALS 1.14 GOALS/GAME 25 ASSISTS 24 GOALS ALLOWED 1.14 ALLOWED/GAME 0 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 307 (93) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 30.3% ON GOAL % 267 FOULS COMMITTED 264 FOULS SUFFERED 36 CAUTIONS 2 EJECTIONS

Drew Fischer Daniel Belleau Jonathan Johnson Marcos DeOliveira

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. Pos. 1 GK 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD MID 10 11 MID 12 DEF 14 FWD 15 DEF MID 16 17 DEF 21 MID MID 22 23 MID DEF 24 25 GK 27 MID 29 GK 37 FWD 93 MID 94 MID FWD

Name Pronunciation Jon Kempin Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah Kevin Ellis BEEZ-ler Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Diego Rubio Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Brad Davis Nuno Andre Coelho KWAY-yoh Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Lawrence Olum OH-lum Saad Abdul-Salaam sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM Justin Mapp Connor Hallisey HAL-iss-see Emmanuel Appiah AH-pee-ah Ever Alvarado Alec Kann CAN Roger Espinoza Tim Melia MEE-lia Jacob Peterson Soni Mustivar SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah Cameron Porter

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Dom Dwyer

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GD GP –3 20 +6 19 +5 20 +3 18 0 18 –7 19 –3 18 –3 18 –5 17 –6 18

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. Seattle Sounders 10. Houston Dynamo

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GD GP +2 21 +8 18 –1 19 +13 18 0 21 –2 20 –1 20 –2 18 –2 18 –2 18

Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer eight players tied Dwyer/Zusi Roger Espinoza Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Espinoza/Opara

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8 GOALS 4 Kevin Doyle 4 ASSISTS 4 Gashi/Pappa 67 SHOTS 44 Shkelzen Gashi 22 SHOTS ON GOAL 23 Shkelzen Gashi 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 Pappa/Solignac 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 Luis Solignac 42 FOULS COMMITTED 34 Michael Azira 47 FOULS SUFFERED 30 Kevin Doyle 6 CAUTIONS 5 Marc Burch 1 EJECTIONS 1 Eric Miller

Tim Melia 1800 Alec Kann 1.00 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 51

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

1440 Zac MacMath 0.69 Zac MacMath 9 Zac MacMath 6 Zac MacMath 54 Zac MacMath

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 8th season 98-78-57 8th season (.543) 98-78-57

Through Thursday, July 14

Pts 30 29 27 26 24 22 21 21 17 17

9-2-7 (34 pts.) 18 2nd in West 21 1.17 26 13 0.72 +8 245 (95) 88.8% 259 187 44 1

2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference 1. New York City FC 2. Philadelphia Union 3. New York Red Bulls 4. Montreal Impact 5. Toronto FC 6. New England Revolution 7. D.C. United 8. Orlando City SC 9. Chicago Fire 10. Columbus Crew SC

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

3rd season 26-35-25 (.448) 3rd season 26-35-25 (.448)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, July 14 OUT: • Nuno Coelho (hamstring strain) QUESTIONABLE: • Chance Myers (hamstring strain) • Paulo Nagamura (thigh strain) • Graham Zusi (hamstring strain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 16, 2016 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #COLvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#COLvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Two original members of Major League Soccer square off Saturday as fifthplace Sporting Kansas City (8-9-4, 28 points) visits the second-place Colorado Rapids (9-2-7) in a Western Conference clash at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Sporting KC is coming off a 1-0 loss at the Chicago Fire on Wednesday, which snapped the club’s five-game unbeaten run. Meanwhile, the Rapids have gone a club-record 13 league games without defeat dating back to April 13. Colorado owns four straight wins over Sporting KC, including a 2-1 result on April 13 at Children’s Mercy Park that began the Rapids’ current unbeaten run. Luis Solignac opened the scoring in the 41st minute, receiving a through ball from Marco Pappa and firing inside the near post from the right side of the box. Dom Dwyer, a second-half substitute, responded with a header in the 77th minute following a cross from Connor Hallisey. Shkelzen Gashi bagged the game-winner in the 82nd minute, slotting home the rebound after Dillon Serna’s long-range blast rattle the woodwork. The clubs met again on May 11 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, with Dillon Serna coming off the bench to bag the game-winner in the 78th minute. Saturday will be the third and final head-to-head tilt of 2016. Sporting KC’s 72nd meeting with Colorado on Saturday makes the Rapids the most frequent opponent in Kansas City history. Sporting KC leads the all-time series 29-26-16, including a 23-21-13 mark in the regular season. Peter Vermes’ men strung together an 11-game unbeaten streak against Colorado in all competitions between 2009 and 2015, but the Rapids have won each of the last four fixtures. Colorado holds a 16-5-8 record at home in the regular season series, including victories in the last two fixtures at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Sporting KC last won in Commerce City in March 2014, when Graham Zusi, Benny Feilhaber and Dom Dwyer scored in a 3-2 thriller. #COLvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 23-21-13 in regular season)

Sporting KC Stats • SKC has a 3-1-1 record since the end of the Copa America break (June 18 - present) after winning just one of 11 games from April 13 to June 2. • SKC has scored 10 goals in its last five MLS matches (June 19 - July 13) 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 before doing so twice consecutively on July 3 and 10. • SKC leads MLS with 124 corner kicks but has scored just one goal directly off a corner kick this year. • SKC leads MLS with 307 shot attempts while also facing the fewest shots in the league (188). • Sporting KC leads MLS with 10.4 chances created per game. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has four goals and three assists for Sporting KC in his last six games across all competitions (three goals and two assists in his last five MLS matches). • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is second in MLS with 137 duels while ranking sixth with 45 tackles and eighth with 732 successful passes. • Since May 20, defender Jimmy Medranda leads MLS in tackles tackles (33) and interceptions (36) while ranking fifth in duels won (44). He also has a goal (July 10) and an assist (July 3) in his last three games. • Defender Ike Opara has a goal (July 10) and an assist (July 3) in his last three games. • Sporting KC’s last three game-winning goals have been scored by defenders: Lawrence Olum (June 19), Matt Besler (July 3) and Jimmy Medranda (July 10).

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03/29/2014 06/27/2015 08/29/2015 10/21/2015 04/13/2016 05/11/2016

KC 3 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1

Colorado Rapids Stats • Colorado is 7-0-2 at home this season, the best home mark in MLS. • Colorado has conceded 13 goals this season, five fewer than any other team, and leads MLS with a 0.72 goals against average. • Last Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Vancouver extended a new club record of 13 league games without defeat for the Rapids. The previous high for a single season was nine in 2013. • Colorado is 7-0-6 during its record-breaking run, a streak that began with a 2-1 win over Sporting KC on April 13. • Colorado has scored 21 goals this season, but only five have come in the first half, and none in the first 15 minutes. They are the only MLS team without a goal in the opening quarter of an hour. • Colorado has allowed multiple goals on just two occasions this season, a 2-2 draw at Montreal on April 30 and a 2-2 draw at Vancouver on July 9. • Midfielder Micheal Azira is second in MLS with 69 interceptions. • Defender Axel Sjoberg is fifth in MLS with 90 clearances and tied for sixth with 40 aerial duels won • Forward Shkelzen Gashi leads the Rapids with 44 shots, 23 shots on goal and 31 chances created (14th most in MLS).

Result Details W W L L L L

Zusi tallies goal & 2 assists; Feilhaber and Dwyer score Myers assists Nemeth; Feilhaber cross leads to own goal Dwyer opens scoring; Kevin Doyle wins it in 76th minute Dillon Powers (78’) and Marcelo Sarvas (86’) on target Solignac (41’) and Gashi (82’) cancel out Dwyer (77’) Dillon Serna scores winner in 78th minute

#COLvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi has three goals and four assists in 13 MLS appearances against Colorado (including postseason). • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has scored three goals in nine MLS appearances against Colorado. • Sporting KC striker Dom Dwyer has three goals in seven MLS appearances against the Rapids. He scored a 92nd-minute winner in a 3-2 win over Colorado in March 2014 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. He also scored in Sporting KC’s 2-1 losses to Colorado on Aug. 21, 2015, and April 13, 2016. • Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis has five goals and five assists in 30 career regular season appearances against the Rapids, including two goals in 2015 as a member of the Houston Dynamo. Davis scored a penalty kick in Houston’s 2-1 loss at Colorado on Aug. 26 before notching the game-winner in a 3-2 home triumph on Sept. 26. • Rapids forward Shkelzen Gashi scored the game-winning goal in Colorado’s 2-1 road win over Sporting KC on April 13. • Rapids forward Luis Solignac scored a goal in Colorado’s 2-1 win over Sporting KC on April 13 at Children’s Mercy Park. • Colorado midfielder Marco Pappa has two goals and five assists in 12 career regular season appearances against Sporting KC, including an assist in Colorado’s 2-1 win on April 13. • Colorado midfielder Dillon Serna scored the game-winner in a 1-0 result against Sporting KC on May 11 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Roger Espinoza is one shy of his 150th regular season appearance for Sporting KC, which would move him into sole possession of 10th place in club history. • Benny Feilhaber is one shy of his 150th career MLS start (including playoffs). • Graham Zusi is one shy of his 150th start in the MLS regular season. • Lawrence Olum is one shy of his 100th appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions. • Tim Melia is one shy of his 50th appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions. • 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.

#COLvSKC: PLAYER CONNECTIONS

SPORTING KC SOCIAL MEDIA PROPERTIES

• Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson played for Colorado from 20062009, scoring eight goals in 95 MLS appearances (including playoffs). • Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi and Colorado defender Matt Burch were college teammates at Maryland in 2005, winning the NCAA national championship in their one season together. • Zusi and Colorado goalkeeper Zac MacMath were teammates at Maryland in 2008, winning another NCAA national championship. • Sporting KC defender Ike Opara and Colorado midfielder Sam Cronin were college teammates at Wake Forest (2007-2008) and professional teammates at the San Jose Earthquakes (2010-2012).

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Sporting KC Game Notes | July 16, 2016 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES LAST TIME OUT: UNBEATEN RUN SNAPPED AT FIVE SKC LOANS TWO DEFENDERS TO SWOPE PARK RANGERS Sporting KC’s five-game unbeaten run came to an end Wednesday with a 1-0 defeat to the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. Michael de Leeuw scored the lone goal in the 19th minute of a game delayed nearly two hours due to inclement weather, lifting Chicago (4-8-5, 17 points) out of the Eastern Conference basement and handing Sporting KC (8-9-4, 28 points) its first league defeat since May 27. Despite outshooting their interconference rivals 19-3 and holding a 68 percent edge in possession, Sporting KC stumbled to a frustrating loss that kept the club in fifth place in the Western Conference table.

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

NEXT UP: SECOND-PLACE COLORADO RAPIDS

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.

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.

Next up for Sporting KC in a daunting road test against the Colorado Rapids (92-7, 34 points) on Saturday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids have been the surprise package in MLS this season — sitting second in the Supporters’ Shield table and currently on a club-record 13-game unbeaten run — after finishing last year in the basement of the West. Colorado has won both previous meetings this season, and Sporting Kansas City will look to avoid the sweep before an expected sellout crowd in Commerce City, Colorado.

PETERSON POISED FOR 100TH SUB APPEARANCE

Sporting KC forward Jacob Peterson has started 136 of his 235 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). Sub appearances (GP-GS) Player (MLS career) 1. Jeff Cunningham (1998-2011) 132 (365-233) 2. Alan Gordon (2004 - ) 110 (234-124) 3. Dominic Oduro (2006 - ) 107 (298-191) 4. Andy Williams (1998-2011) 101 (332-231) 5. Jacob Peterson (2006 - ) 99 (235-136)

SPORTING KC ACQUIRES CAMERON PORTER IN TRADE

Sporting KC acquired 23-year-old forward Cameron Porter from the Montreal Impact on Tuesday in exchange for defender Amadou Dia. Montreal selected Porter with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He played five matches during his rookie campaign, including two MLS appearances and three games in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage. Porter scored one of Montreal’s most important goals in club history on March 4, 2015, netting a 94th-minute equalizer against Mexican side CF Pachuca in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. His first professional tally, scored before a crowd of 38,104 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, sent the Impact to the semifinals and allowed the club to eventually finish runners-up in the tournament. Porter suffered an ACL tear to his left knee two weeks later and missed the remainder of the 2015 season.

VERMES TWO SHY OF 100 REGULAR SEASON WINS

Peter Vermes has now coached 276 matches for Kansas City in all competitions with a 122-89-65 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 (228), Bruce Arena (197) and Dominic Kinnear (157). Coach Wins Season Active in MLS Sigi Schmid 228 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)

A native of Centerville, Ohio, Porter made his 2016 debut on June 4 and started four matches this past month for USL club FC Montreal. Porter played collegiately at Princeton University from 2011-2014, recording 31 goals and 13 assists in 67 appearances. While at Princeton, Porter was a FirstTeam All-Ivy League selection on two occasions and earned NSCAA first-team all-region honors as a senior. He led the NCAA with 15 goals during his final college season, landing 2014 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year accolades.

SKC ADDS FORMER RAPIDS MIDFIELDER EMMANUEL APPIAH

Sporting KC has signed 22-year-old Ghanaian midfielder Emmanuel Appiah, the club announced Tuesday.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: FEILHABER AND MEDRANDA SHINE

Appiah joined the Colorado Rapids in January as the No. 15 overall pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft. The midfielder played two matches on loan at USL club Charlotte Independence before parting ways with Colorado on June 30.

So goes Benny Feilhaber, so goes Sporting KC. A convincing 3-1 victory over star-studded New York City FC on Sunday 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.

Born in Ghana and raised in Westerville, Ohio, Appiah spent five years at the University of Cincinnati, where he recorded seven goals and 13 assists in 65 college appearances. He earned Second Team All-American Athletic Conference and Second Team All-Ohio accolades as a senior in 2015, finishing with six goals and five assists. While at Cincinnati, Appiah made 10 appearances for GPS Portland Phoenix of the USL Premier Development League in 2013.

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.

MATT BESLER NAMED AN MLS ALL-STAR

Sporting KC defender Matt Besler has been named to the MLS All Star Fan XI on ahead of the 2016 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 28. Besler, 29, earns MLS AllStar accolades for the fifth time in his career, third most in club history behind Preki (seven) and Jimmy Conrad (six). The center back has played 11 MLS matches this season, anchoring a defense that has faced a league-low 9.5 shots per game and ranks fourth with a 1.16 goals against average.

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.

A native of Overland Park, Kansas, Besler scored the third goal of his professional career in the 91st minute of a 3-2 victory over Columbus Crew SC on July 3. It was his first appearance for Sporting KC since spending the month of June with the United States Men’s National Team, where he started two matches at Copa America Centenario.

Feilhaber’s five combined goals and assists since June 18 -- during which time Sporting KC is 3-1-2 -- are tied for second-most in MLS. Medranda, meanwhile, leads MLS since May 20 with 33 tackles and 36 interceptions while ranking fifth with 44 duels won.

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 16, 2016 at Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Colorado Rapids: 23-21-13 Home games: 18-5-5 (58 GF, 29 GA) Road games: 5-16-8 (36 GF, 48 GA) Date 04/13/1996 05/05/1996 07/10/1996 08/07/1996 06/28/1997 08/28/1997 09/06/1997 09/26/1997 05/31/1998 07/19/1998 08/08/1998 09/02/1998 04/17/1999 07/07/1999 09/10/1999 09/25/1999 04/01/2000 04/29/2000 08/02/2000 08/26/2000 07/18/2001 08/12/2001 08/19/2001 03/23/2002 05/11/2002 09/14/2002 09/20/2002 07/04/2003 08/22/2003 09/13/2003 10/04/2003 05/01/2004 06/09/2004 09/10/2004 09/25/2004 04/02/2005 07/04/2005 07/08/2006 09/09/2006 05/19/2007 07/22/2007 04/05/2008 08/16/2008 03/28/2009 09/26/2009 04/10/2010 07/17/2010 05/28/2011 07/06/2011 05/19/2012 08/31/2013 03/29/2014 06/27/2015 08/29/2015 10/21/2015 04/13/2016 05/11/2016

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

Result W L W L SOW W W W L W W L SOL L SOL SOL W W W T T T W T L L T L T L W W W L W W L L W T T W L L T W T T T T W W W L L L L

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 9 Klein/Preki 16 Preki 83 Preki 35 Preki 34 McKeon/Zavagnin 47 Kerry Zavagnin

Location Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Mile High Stadium Mile High Stadium Arrowhead Stadium

John Spencer 8 Chris Henderson 7 John Spencer 53 John Spencer 29 Pablo Mastroeni 35 Chris Henderson 36

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

7 Tony Meola 5 Tony Meola 6 Tony Meola 65 Tony Meola 18 Tony Meola

five players tied 3 Cannon/Hahnemann 5 Scott Garlick 3 Marcus Hahnemann 44 Marcus Hahnemann 17

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

colorado rapids

2 nine players tied Goals 3 Preki (10/4/03) Assists 9 Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) Shots 5 Dom Dwyer (8/29/15) Shots on Goal 7 Chris Henderson (8/26/00) Fouls Committed 7 three players tied Fouls Suffered 9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Ammann (8/7/96)

eight players tied 2 six players tied 2 (9/14/02) Mark Chung 8 (8/22/03) John Spencer 5 (8/2/00) Chris Martinez 7 (5/11/16) Kevin Doyle 7 four players tied 9 Grafer/Kramer 5

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

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

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

Arrowhead Stadium CommunityAmerica Ballpark Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park CommunityAmerica Ballpark CommunityAmerica Ballpark Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Children’s Mercy Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Children’s Mercy Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Children’s Mercy Park Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Children’s Mercy Park Children’s Mercy Park

1 2 OT 34 60 0 337 439 7 140 192 3 362 373 12 83 85 0 131 143 3

Total 94 783 335 747 168 277

colorado rapids Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT 29 48 0 313 383 9 123 147 2 405 447 8 85 71 2 144 146 8

Total 77 705 272 860 158 298

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

KC 6 COL 8

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

16-30

19,424

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

105.2 4

31-45

12 16 10 11

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

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

126

colorado rapids

46-60

22 16

61-75

11 9

76-90

Total

27 0 94 23 0 77

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 16, 2016 at Colorado Rapids | 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)

Emmanuel Appiah (signing - 7/12/16)

Amadou Dia (trade - 7/12/16)

Cameron Porter (trade - 7/12/16)

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 M Mikey Lopez leaves Sporting KC out of contract Dec. 31 OUT 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) July 12: OUT Sporting KC loans D Ever Alvarado and D Kevin Ellis to Swope Park Rangers (USL) July 12: IN Sporting KC signs M Emmanuel Appiah July 12: IN / OUT Sporting KC acquires F Cameron Porter from Montreal Impact in exchange for D Amadou Dia

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011 2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013 2015

2016

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

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) Emmanuel Appiah (7/12/16)

Brad Davis (1/7/16) Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13) (ON LOAN)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16) (ON LOAN)

Alec Kann (12/11/15)

Sporting KC Game Notes | July 16, 2016 at Colorado Rapids | 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

L 0-1

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Saturday, July 16

at Colorado Rapids

MLS