Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Houston Dynamo by Sporting Kansas City

2016 GAME GUIDE

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v HOUSTON DYNAMO (September 9, Children's Mercy Park, 7 p.m. CT; UniMas) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2016 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 28 11-12-5 38 32 32 14 9-4-1 28 23 14

Dynamo on road

26 5-11-10 25 13 1-9-3 6

ROSTERS

25 29 11

34 20

Kann

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (24 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 27 goals … Dynamo 9 wins, 33 goals … Ties 10

Opara

Besler

Abdul-Salaam

15 Sinovic

93 Mustivar

AT KANSAS CITY (11 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 13 goals … Dynamo 4 wins, 14 goals … Ties 5

Feilhaber

Espinoza

Zusi

2016 (MLS) 5/27: HOU 2, KC 0 (Barnes 30, Wenger 46+)

11 Davis

14 Dwyer

UPCOMING MATCHES DYNAMO SPORTING Sat. Sep. 17 at Real Salt Lake Sun. Sep. 18 Los Angeles Sat. Sep. 24 Portland Sat. Sep. 24 at San Jose Fri. Sep. 30 NYCFC Sat. Oct. 1 at New England Sat. Oct. 8 Colorado Sun. Oct. 16 at Real Salt Lake

Manotas

Maidana

Alex

Clark

Garcia

26 Warner

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 32 79

DYNAMO

SPORTING

A 32 79

F 29 81

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

Mansally

A 34 69

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

18 10 3 1

16 10 3 0

23 10 1 0

20 4 1 1 0 1 1 1

18 5 2 3 5 1 0 0

4 18 7

5 26 3

TYPE OF PLAY

16 5 4 1 4 0 2 0

18 4 1 1 3 1 2 2

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

8 20 4

5 20 7

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

K Brown

Rodriguez

22 Williams

31 Willis

HOW SCORED

11 12 9 0

REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Kyle Atkins; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Sorin Stoica DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: KC: Jimmy Medranda (through Sept. 11) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

SPORTING KC 1 Jon Kempin (GK) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Diego Rubio (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Nuno Andre Coelho (DF) 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) 39 Cameron Porter (FW) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) HOUSTON DYNAMO 1 Tyler Deric (GK) 2 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 3 Rob Lovejoy (FW) 4 Agus (DF) 5 Raul Rodriguez (DF) 6 Eric Alexander (MF) 7 DaMarcus Beasley (MF) 8 Cristian Maidana (MF) 9 Erick Torres (FW) 11 Andrew Wenger (FW) 12 Will Bruin (FW) 13 Ricardo Clark (MF) 14 Alex (MF) 18 David Horst (DF) 19 Mauro Manotas (FW) 20 Abdoulie Mansally (DF) 21 Zach Steinberger (MF) 22 Sheanon Williams (DF) 23 José Escalante (MF) 24 Calle Brown (GK) 26 Collen Warner (MF) 27 Boniek Garcia (MF) 28 Yair Arboleda (MF) 29 Christian Lucatero (MF) 30 Keyner Brown (DF) 31 Joe Willis (GK) 34 Sebastien Ibeagha (DF)

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DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC HOU

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-0-0 4-7-4 1-5-1 3-3-3 2-4-6 0-4-1

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 9-1-1 2-11-3 5-4-5 0-7-2

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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 8/20/2016 KC 2, VAN 0 4/09/2016 KC 2, NYR 0 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 8/27/2016 KC 0, PHI 2 8/13/2016 KC 2, DAL 2 8/20/2016 KC 2, VAN 0 8/27/2016 KC 0, PHI 2

(0) (12) (6) (0) (2) (1) (0)

HOUSTON DYNAMO Date Score (Gms since) 7/02/2016 HOU 1, PHI 0 (5) 8/19/2016 HOU 2, SJ 1 (0) 8/27/2016 HOU 1, DAL 3 (0) 8/06/2016 HOU 0, MTL 1 (1) 8/24/2016 HOU 1, SEA 1 (1) 7/23/2016 HOU 0, VAN 0 (6) 8/06/2016 HOU 0, MTL 1 (4)

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WWWLWLLLTTLLWLLTWTWWLLWWLTWL Dynamo TWLLTLLLWLWLTTTLWTLTTLTWTL

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 12 Dwyer A: 7 Feilhaber SHT: 91 Dwyer SOG: 33 Dwyer FC: 58 Espinoza FS: 60 Dwyer OF: 28 Dwyer C: 8 Espinoza E: 2 Espinoza DYNAMO G: 5 Wenger A: 6 Garcia SHT: 48 Bruin SOG: 18 Bruin FC: 39 Clark FS: 47 Garcia OF: 5 Bruin C: 5 Alex E: 2 Deric

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 28 9 9 7 3 0 32 1.14 HOU 26 8 12 3 2 1 29 1.12 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 28 8 10 8 2 0 32 1.14 HOU 26 7 12 1 4 2 34 1.31 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 32 2 7 5 7 6 5 HOU 29 5 7 7 4 3 3 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 32 2 5 7 2 7 9 HOU 34 4 6 1 8 6 9

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v HOUSTON DYNAMO (September 9, Children's Mercy Park, 7 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 273)

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 DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 20 15 1 2 82 60 9 2 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 8 4 0 0 57 47 4 4 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 14 13 1 1 196 190 3 11 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 2 0 0 248 220 15 20 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 11 6 0 1 147 114 2 16 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 18 16 1 4 191 153 25 48 8 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 13 3 1 0 13 3 1 0 9 Diego Rubio 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-10 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 24 22 6 7 166 150 28 41 MF 5-11 165 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 21 12 2 1 389 337 57 123 11 Brad Davis 12 Nuno Andre Coelho DF 6-4 181 01/07/1986 Penafiel, Portugal 18 17 1 1 18 17 1 1 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 27 25 12 2 107 91 48 7 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 6 4 0 0 150 144 0 7 15 MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 19 17 2 1 86 57 5 3 16 Lawrence Olum 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 24 20 0 5 46 30 0 6 Justin Mapp MF 6-1 160 10/18/1984 Brandon, MS 6 0 0 0 309 243 22 65 21 22 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 16 12 0 1 29 18 0 2 23 Emmanuel Appiah MF 5-9 160 09/26/1993 Sampa, Ghana 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 Ever Alvarado DF 5-11 154 01/30/1992 El Negrito, Honduras 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 Alec Kann GK 6-4 190 08/08/1990 Decatur, GA 6 6 0 0 7 7 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 25 25 0 4 155 135 3 19 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 22 22 0 0 51 50 0 0 FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 17 14 4 1 242 143 20 17 37 Jacob Peterson 39 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 19 18 0 0 44 38 0 2 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 24 19 1 2 37 27 1 2 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

L81 11/21/1966 W101 T58

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2016 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 185 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 10 10 0 0 55 54 0 0 1 Tyler Deric 2 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 22 21 0 1 150 142 5 11 FW 6-0 165 10/23/1991 Greensboro, NC 2 0 0 0 19 2 1 1 3 Rob Lovejoy 4 Agus DF 6-1 180 05/03/1985 Bonete, Spain 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 5 Raul Rodriguez DF 6-0 165 09/22/1987 Barcelona, Spain 20 19 0 0 47 46 2 0 6 Eric Alexander MF 6-1 165 04/14/1988 Portage, MI 17 13 0 1 174 128 8 21 DaMarcus Beasley DF 5-8 145 05/24/1982 Fort Wayne, IN 17 17 1 0 153 143 16 21 7 8 Cristian Maidana MF 5-11 165 01/24/1987 Chaco Province, Argentina 23 17 3 3 77 65 6 29 FW 5-11 168 01/19/1993 Guadalajara, Mexico 11 4 0 1 66 51 22 4 9 Erick Torres 11 Andrew Wenger FW 6-0 185 12/25/1990 Lancaster, PA 25 20 5 3 130 79 18 12 12 Will Bruin FW 6-2 195 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 23 17 4 3 170 151 50 20 13 Ricardo Clark MF 5-10 160 02/10/1983 Atlanta, GA 25 23 4 2 302 285 35 23 14 Alex MF 5-8 155 12/15/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil 23 22 3 2 114 79 8 4 18 David Horst DF 6-4 210 10/25/1985 Pine Grove, PA 24 22 3 0 129 116 5 3 Mauro Manotas FW 6-0 155 07/15/1995 Sabanalarga, Colombia 14 3 0 1 23 3 0 1 19 20 Abdoulie Mansally DF 5-10 160 01/27/1989 Banjul, Gambia 8 4 0 0 146 84 8 8 Zach Steinberger MF 5-11 172 05/10/1992 Long Beach, CA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 22 Sheanon Williams DF 5-11 170 03/17/1990 Boston, MA 15 13 0 0 170 163 7 21 Jose Escalante MF 5-10 162 05/29/1995 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 24 Calle Brown GK 6-5 200 07/01/1992 Leesburg, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 5-10 178 06/24/1988 Denver, CO 16 16 0 0 157 119 3 10 26 Collen Warner 27 Boniek Garcia MF 5-9 150 09/04/1984 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 23 17 0 6 112 97 12 24 28 Yair Arboleda MF 5-6 144 04/07/1996 Tulua, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Christian Lucatero MF 5-9 145 06/17/1997 Pasadena, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Keyner Brown DF 6-1 183 12/30/1991 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Joe Willis GK 6-5 200 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 18 16 0 1 44 41 0 1 Sebastien Ibeagha DF 6-2 187 01/21/1992 Warri, Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 HEAD COACH : Wade Barrett

06/23/1976 W2 L4 T8

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs HOUSTON DYNAMO CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. September 9, 2016 (WEEK 27, MLS Game #273) 7 p.m. CT (UniMás; KMCI-38) A critical contest in the makeup of the Western Conference field for the MLS Cup Playoffs is ahead when Sporting Kansas City play host to the Houston Dynamo at Children’s Mercy Park on Viernes de Fútbol. Sporting return home following a 2-0 defeat at Philadelphia Union in their last match, sitting in fifth place in the conference, three points above the red line. The Dynamo are at the foot of the West table, 10 points out of sixth place and the final playoff position, following their 3-1 home loss to FC Dallas at BBVA Compass Stadium last time out. REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Kyle Atkins; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Sorin Stoica MLS Career: 53 games; FC/gm: 25.6; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 12; pens: 23 SUSPENDED: KC: Jimmy Medranda (through Sept. 11) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Dom Dwyer, Lawrence Olum, Roger Espinoza DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (24 meetings): Sporting 5 wins, 27 goals … Dynamo 9 wins, 33 goals … Ties 10 AT KANSAS CITY (11 meetings): Sporting 2 wins, 13 goals … Dynamo 4 wins, 14 goals … Ties 5  The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Giles Barnes and Andrew Wenger scored first-half goals as the Dynamo took a 2-0 win May 7 at BBVA Compass Stadium.  The Dynamo have won the last two meetings, both in Houston, the first victories for the home team in the series in the last 10 matches, following a Dynamo home win in 2012.  The teams reached a 1-1 draw Aug. 1, 2015 in the last meeting in Kansas City. Sporting’s last win at home in the series came in 2011, winless in their first meetings at Children’s Mercy Park (0-1-4).  Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. HOU: P17 W4 L5 D8 … Wade Barrett vs. KC: first game LAST MEETING (MLS) 5/27: HOU 2, KC 0 (Barnes 30, Wenger 46+)  The opening goal came in the 30th minute. After taking a pass from Erick Torres just outside the penalty area on the left, Giles Barnes hammered a first-time shot on the half-volley inside the far post.  The Dynamo then doubled their lead in first-half stoppage time, when Barnes sent a pass to Cristian Maidana from the left flank, and he slipped a short cross inside to Andrew Wenger, who made a move before driving a laser shot past Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia.  HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-2-3-1): Tyler Deric - Jalil Anibaba, David Horst, Agus, DaMarcus Beasley (Abdoulie Mansally 67) - Ricardo Clark, Alex - Andrew Wenger, Cristian Maidana (Leonel Miranda 75), Giles Barnes Erick Torres (Will Bruin 57).  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Chance Myers (Jimmy Medranda 62), Nuno Andre Coelho, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Soni Mustivar - Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza - Brad Davis (Diego Rubio 67), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Saad Abdul-Salaam 77). SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City saw their road winless streak continue last time out, falling 2-0 to Philadelphia Union on Aug. 27 at Talen Energy Stadium. Sporting are in fifth place in the Western Conference with 38 points from 28 games. LAST MATCH  Sporting went a man down after the 59th minute, when left back Jimmy Medranda was shown a second yellow card by referee Juan Guzman.  Union then took the lead in the 67th minute when Roland Alberg -- just two minutes after coming on as a substitute -- took a pass from Fabinho and curled in a beautiful strike from just outside the penalty area.  Sporting were reduced to nine men in the 87th minute when midfielder Roger Espinoza drew a straight red card for elbowing Alberg in the chest. Union finished off the match in the second minute of stoppage time when Alberg slipped Tranquillo Barnetta into the area and he banged home the second goal.

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Sporting manager Peter Vermes made three changes to the team that defeated Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 at Children’s Mercy Park. Saad Abdul-Salaam, Ike Opara and Soni Mustivar all came into the team, replacing Kevin Ellis, Nuno Andre Coelho and Brad Davis.  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Alec Kann - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda (ejected 59) - Soni Mustivar (Diego Rubio 90) - Benny Feilhaber (Brad Davis 77), Roger Espinoza (ejected 87) - Jacob Peterson (Ever Alvarado 61), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi. TEAM NEWS  Sporting had their road winless streak extended to 12 games with the loss at Union, 0-8-4 on their travels after winning their first away matches of the season at Seattle and the Red Bulls.  “After about five or ten minutes of being down a man, I could tell we were getting gassed big time,” Vermes said. “But when we went down two men, I tell you we had some pretty good fight at the end. We almost scored one, which is pretty good. It was good fight for us at the end,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes.  Sporting were shut out at the attacking end for a ninth time this season – eight of those occurring away from Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting have scored nine goals in their 14 away games, an average of 0.64 goals per game on the road, the lowest mark in the league.  “I don’t think it was our best game. We didn’t have as much high energy as we normally have in games. I think we weathered the storm for considerable amount of the first half and put ourselves in a position the second half, but obviously the red card makes a big, big difference. We have to basically put 10 guys behind the ball at that point,” said midfielder Benny Feilhaber.  Said defender Ike Opara: “The effort was still there, the guys were giving it all they could. I can’t fault what everyone put on the field and played this game today. Obviously it wasn’t easy circumstances.”  Roger Espinoza started a second consecutive match, playing 87 minutes in the midfield before he was sent off with a straight red card. However, following an appeal and review by the Independent Review Panel, Espinoza’s automatic one-match suspension was rescinded, meaning he will be available for the Dynamo match.  Ever Alvarado made his MLS debut, coming on as a substitute for the final 29 minutes. Alvarado had made his Sporting debut in the first two matches in the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League, starting the game at Vancouver Whitecaps FC.  Soni Mustivar made his return to the starting lineup after a two-match absence, coming into the deep-lying central midfield role before he was taken off right at the end of the regulation 90 minutes. Mustivar had come on as a substitute the week before in the league game vs. Vancouver. HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo saw their undefeated run come to an end after three matches in their last match, FC Dallas hitting back for a 3-1 win Aug. 27 at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are in 10th place in the Western Conference with 25 points from 26 games. LAST MATCH  The Dynamo took the lead in the 19th minute, after Alex beat a pair of FCD defenders and ripped a line drive shot past goalkeeper Chris Seitz and high into the far side netting.  But FCD leveled terms after a Tesho Akindele shot found the arm of Dynamo defender Raul Rodriguez in the area, and Mauro Diaz duly converted from the post in the 59th minute.  From there Michael Barrios took over, first receiving an incredible long ball from Maynor Figueroa that covered all of 60 yards, chipping Dynamo 'keeper Joe Willis with his first touch barely a minute later.  Barrios then doubled his count and the FCD lead with 11 minutes to play, receiving a pass from Akindele on the left of the area before curling a ball around Willis and in off the inside of the far post.  Dynamo interim head coach Wade Barrett made three changes to the team that gained a 1-1 draw with Seattle Sounders FC at BBVA Compass Stadium. Agus came into the back four for David Horst, Eric Alexander started in midfield for Ricardo Clark, and Mauro Manotas came in up top to replace Erick Torres.  HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-1-4-1): Joe Willis - Sheanon Williams, Raul Rodriguez, Agus (David Horst 42), Jalil Anibaba - Collen Warner (Erick Torres 73) - Boniek Garcia, Eric Alexander (Ricardo Clark 64), Alex, Cristian Maidana - Mauro Manotas. TEAM NEWS  While the Dynamo saw their home undefeated streak come to an end after eight matches with the defeat by FC Dallas, they have still gone five games since their last victory at home, the 1-0 victory vs. Philadelphia on July 2, with the loss preceded by four consecutive draws.  “Should have been three points tonight for us, and it wasn’t. We’ve found some ways to lose games, everyone in there knows it, you guys know it as well, so there’s no hiding from it. Things will stay the same unless we change, so it’s on us,” said Dynamo interim head coach Wade Barrett.  Alex collected his third goal of the season, his second in his last five games, making a fourth consecutive start where he’s played the full 90 minutes.

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Boniek García collected his sixth assist of the season, his first since June 26, when he set up both goals in the 3-2 loss at Portland. “There were three things, tactics aside, that we talked about – concentration, discipline, execution. I thought we came out with those three things, we had another couple good chances to score in the first half,” said Barrett. “I’ve talked about when you’re on top of a good team, you’ve got to have end results – we had one goal but I thought we should have had more. Agus made his first start since Aug. 14, coming into central defense. But he was forced off the field injured before the end of the first half, suffering a left knee sprain that will put him out for the next 3-4 weeks. Eric Alexander made his first start with the Dynamo, coming into a central midfield position and playing 64 minutes. Alexander had come on as a substitute in four of the previous five matches, totaling 70 minutes, after his arrival via trade from the Montréal Impact. Mauro Manotas returned to the starting lineup after a one-match absence, coming in as the lone out-and-out striker and playing the full 90 minutes – his first full match since coming to the Dynamo and MLS. All three of Manotas’s starts (in 23 career appearances in MLS) have come in the last four games. Midfielder Andrew Wenger missed his first match of the league campaign after sustaining a right calf strain in training in the days leading up to the Dallas match and is expected to miss 1-2 weeks. Forward Will Bruin missed just his third league game of the year, out with left knee swelling. “I’m going to look at everything. People like talking about putting two forwards on, but it means you’re taking a midfielder away against a lot of good teams that have really good attacking pieces in midfield. So, you always like the idea of what it sounds,” Barrett said. “I’m willing to consider anything. We talked about things, we’ll consider everything moving forward to try to improve.” On Sunday, the Dynamo and Chivas de Guadalajara played to a scoreless draw in a friendly at BBVA Compass Stadium. Here’s the Dynamo team: Joe Willis (Calle Brown 46); Jail Anibaba, Keyner Brown, Raúl Rodríguez (Damarcus Beasley 71), Sheanon Williams (Rob Lovejoy 46); Collen Warner (Alex Lima 46); Jose Escalante (Christian Lucatero 87), Ricardo Clark (Cristian Maidana 46), Eric Alexander (Zach Steinberger 82), Yair Arboleda; Mauro Manotas

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (11-12-5, 38 pts.) UNF 14 10 37 11 16 8 3 94 5 12 9 17 27 7 22 96 25 13 39 23 24 21 4 6 15 93 29

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

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

GP 27 24 17 21 19 18 20 24 14 18 13 24 25 11 16 6 6 10 2 1 1 6 8 5 6 19 22

GS 25 22 14 12 17 16 15 19 13 17 3 20 25 6 12 6 6 9 0 1 0 0 4 2 4 18 22

MIN 2284 2032 1156 1140 1469 1426 1432 1671 1186 1417 296 1837 2229 559 1051 410 540 817 32 90 29 43 413 196 325 1555 1980

28 28

2520 2520

G 12 6 4 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 32 32

A 2 7 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 91 41 30 31 10 26 14 39 3 15 13 11 39 1 18 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 5 6 0

SOG 33 12 10 11 4 8 7 8 1 2 2 2 10 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0

34 28

405 255

123 98

FC 56 25 6 9 13 12 21 30 13 3 12 24 58 6 5 4 0 16 0 0 0 0 6 5 4 22 2

FS 60 46 9 24 4 17 11 16 6 12 12 15 40 5 11 9 0 5 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 14 0

OFF 28 1 2 4 0 5 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 1 67 1 51 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

C 7 3 0 0 3 1 3 7 4 2 2 1 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

352 342 342 352

55 81

172 82

51 45

5 6

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jacob Peterson 3, Dom Dwyer 2, Jimmy Medranda 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1, Matt Besler 1, Lawrence Olum 1, Brad Davis 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 3, Graham Zusi 3, Dom Dwyer 2, Roger Espinoza 2, Jimmy Medranda 1, Saad Abdul-Salaam 1, Jordi Quintilla 1, Nuno Andre Coelho 1, Ike Opara 1, Chance Myers 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 4-4 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 25

POS G G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Alec Kann Team totals Opponent totals

GP 22 6 28 28

GS 22 6 28 28

MIN SHTS 1980 75 540 23 2520 98 2520 123

SV 52 15 67 87

GA 24 8 32 32

GAA 1.09 1.33 1.14 1.14

PG 3 0 3 4

PA 4 0 4 4

W L 9 10 2 2 11 12 12 11

T 3 2 5 5

SO 6 2 8 9

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2016 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (5-11-10, 25 pts.) UNF 11 12 10 10 13 8 14 18 33 7 27 9 2 31 19 20 4 26 6 6 6 5 3 22 1

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

PLAYER Andrew Wenger Will Bruin Giles Barnes (HOU) Giles Barnes (TOT) Ricardo Clark Cristian Maidana Alex David Horst Leonel Miranda DaMarcus Beasley Boniek Garcia Erick Torres Jalil Anibaba Joe Willis Mauro Manotas Abdoulie Mansally Agus Collen Warner David Rocha Eric Alexander (HOU) Eric Alexander (TOT) Raul Rodriguez Rob Lovejoy Sheanon Williams Tyler Deric Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 25 23 14 18 25 23 23 24 12 17 23 11 22 18 14 8 8 16 4 5 17 20 2 15 10

GS 20 17 13 17 23 17 22 22 3 17 17 4 21 16 3 4 8 16 0 1 13 19 0 13 10

MIN 1647 1397 1101 1451 2040 1315 1896 2043 484 1381 1629 401 1967 1555 429 475 672 1299 57 134 1181 1678 14 1177 772

26 26

2340 2340

G 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 29

A 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

SHT 36 48 34 42 38 19 27 21 8 5 21 17 9 0 23 5 8 6 1 2 3 8 1 4 0

SOG 17 18 12 14 11 6 8 11 2 4 3 3 3 0 8 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0

24 26

339 341

130 114

FC 19 18 16 23 39 7 36 20 6 12 20 9 19 1 4 9 13 29 2 1 12 19 2 18 2

FS 11 22 21 31 21 7 44 17 8 34 47 9 6 1 8 7 4 12 1 1 7 6 1 12 1

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

CK 1 0 4 4 0 65 8 0 20 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0

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

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

320 321 321 320

64 27

141 131

38 29

2 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: David Horst 2, Giles Barnes 2, Cristian Maidana 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Joe Willis 1, Andrew Wenger 1, Erick Torres 1, Cristian Maidana 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None HOUSTON DYNAMO GOALKEEPING UNF 1 31 2

POS G G D

GOALKEEPER Tyler Deric Joe Willis Jalil Anibaba Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 18 1 26 26

GS 10 16 0 26 26

MIN SHTS 772 37 1555 91 11 2 2338 130 2340 114

SV 31 62 2 95 83

GA 6 28 0 34 29

GAA 0.7 1.62 0 1.31 1.12

PG 0 5 0 5 0

PA 0 6 0 6 0

W L T 2 2 4 3 9 6 0 0 0 5 11 10 11 5 10

SO 4 3 0 7 8

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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 L W W L T W L

13879 18461 18563 19098 21144 13408 20159 17911

8-9-4 8-10-4 9-10-4 10-10-4 10-11-4 10-11-5 11-11-5 11-12-5

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.

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

POS PTS NOTES: 5 3 KC: Coelho (73); 1 6 KC: Dwyer (5,41); VAN: Morales (70) 1 9 KC: Davis (70); 2 9 KC: Feilhaber (94+); RSL: Glad (29) Mulholland (79) 1 12 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (60); 2 12 KC: Dwyer (77); COL: Solignac (41) Gashi (82) 4 12 KC: Olum (22); DAL: Barrios (35) Rosales (68) 6 12 SJ: Wondolowski (59) 6 13 KC: Rubio (27); VAN: Bolanos (14) 6 14 KC: Davis (30); LA: dos Santos (42) 6 14 HOU: Barnes (30) Wenger (46+) 7 14 COL: Serna (78) 7 17 KC: Dwyer (74) Peterson (79); ORL: own goal (67) 7 17 KC: Dwyer (50); RSL: Martinez (32) own goal (47+) Movsisyan (53) 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) 6 28 COL: Hairston (78) 4 31 KC: Dwyer (21,79) Peterson (48+); 4 34 KC: Peterson (50); 5 34 POR: Valeri (65) Jewsbury (87) Adi (92+) 5 35 KC: Dwyer (68,74); DAL: Akindele (66) Urruti (76) 4 38 KC: Peterson (39) Feilhaber (64); 5 38 PHI: Alberg (67) Barnetta (92+)

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HOUSTON DYNAMO 2016 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar.

OPPONENT 6 New England

RESULT T 3-3

ATT 21594

W-L-T 0-0-1

POS PTS NOTES: 6 1 HOU: Maidana (46+) Wenger (50) Barnes (77); NE: Fagundez (3) Davies (52) Kobayashi (93+) 2 4 HOU: Horst (6) own goal (13) Clark (23) Wenger (27) Bruin (85); 6 4 HOU: Bruin (35,41) De Lima (65); NYR: Kljestan (22) Grella (63) Martins (77,83) 7 4 VAN: Morales (23) 8 5 HOU: Barnes (35); SEA: Marshall (94+) 8 5 HOU: Horst (1); LA: dos Santos (4,31) Husidic (21) Zardes (49) 10 5 CLB: Kamara (21) 10 5 HOU: Miranda (54); RSL: Allen (62) Movsisyan (70)

Sat. Mar.

12 FC Dallas

W 5-0

21601

1-0-1

Sat. Mar.

19 at New York

L 3-4

15167

1-1-1

Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr. Fri. Apr.

26 at Vancouver 10 Seattle 15 Los Angeles

L 0-1 T 1-1 L 1-4

22120 20975 20563

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

Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.

23 at Columbus 30 at Real Salt Lake 7 Sporting KC 11 at San Jose 14 Real Salt Lake 15 Real Salt Lake 21 at Chicago 28 at Vancouver 2 at FC Dallas 18 D.C. United 26 at Portland

L 0-1 L 1-2

17705 19950

1-4-2 1-5-2

W L T W L T T T L

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

20071 18000 0 17943 15363 22120 13457 19774 21144

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

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

2 Philadelphia 8 at Orlando City SC 15 at Los Angeles 23 Vancouver 31 San Jose 6 at Montreal 13 Toronto FC 14 Toronto FC 19 at San Jose 24 Seattle 27 FC Dallas 9 at Sporting KC 17 at Real Salt Lake 24 Portland 30 New York City FC 8 Colorado 12 at Seattle 16 Los Angeles 23 at Colorado

W 1-0 T 0-0

18457 28104

4-8-5 4-8-6

10 9

8 HOU: Barnes (30) Wenger (46+); 8 HOU: Clark (43); SJ: Quintero (3,70) Godoy (50) 8 11 HOU: Barnes (65); 11 CHI: Alvarez (3) 12 HOU: Beasley (20); VAN: Rivero (52) 13 HOU: Clark (51); DAL: Hollingshead (23) 14 14 HOU: Wenger (28) Bruin (30); POR: Melano (64) Valeri (82,91+) 17 HOU: Maidana (95+); 18

L T T L T T W T L

25667 4-9-6 16465 4-9-7 15045 4-9-8 20801 4-10-8 0 4-10-8 17474 4-10-9 18000 5-10-9 16125 5-10-10 18769 5-11-10

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

18 LA: Gerrard (66) 19 20 HOU: De Lima (47+); SJ: Wondolowski (59) 20 MTL: Mancosu (76) 20 21 HOU: Maidana (8); TOR: Altidore (24) 24 HOU: Clark (6) Horst (50); SJ: Bernardez (54) 25 HOU: Wenger (75); SEA: Lodeiro (94+) 25 HOU: De Lima (19); DAL: Diaz (59) Barrios (60,79)

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

May May May May May May June June June

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

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

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

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

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

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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 4 times Assists 1 34 times Shots 8 Dom Dwyer 8 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 4 Dom Dwyer Saves 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 6 Alec Kann Shots Faced 8 Tim Melia 8 Alec Kann Goals Allowed 3 Tim Melia 3 Alec Kann

Goals 3 07/03/2016 vs 3 07/10/2016 vs 3 07/24/2016 vs Assists 4 05/15/2016 vs 4 07/24/2016 vs Shots 34 05/15/2016 vs Shots on Goal 13 05/15/2016 vs Fouls Committed 20 04/24/2016 vs 20 07/31/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 20 03/12/2016 vs Corner Kicks 13 08/07/2016 vs Offside 8 04/02/2016 vs Saves 6 04/02/2016 vs 6 04/09/2016 vs 6 08/27/2016 vs Shots Faced 8 04/02/2016 vs 8 08/27/2016 vs Goals Allowed 3 05/21/2016 vs 3 08/07/2016 vs

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

03/06/2016 vs SEA

W 1-0

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

W 2-1 W 2-1

03/12/2016 vs VAN

W 2-1

05/27/2016 vs DC 07/31/2016 vs POR

L 0-1 W 1-0

05/07/2016 vs HOU

L 0-2

04/09/2016 vs NYR

W 2-0

04/02/2016 vs RSL 04/09/2016 vs NYR 08/27/2016 vs PHI

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

04/02/2016 vs RSL 08/27/2016 vs PHI

L 1-2 L 0-2

05/21/2016 vs RSL 08/07/2016 vs POR

L 1-3 L 0-3

CLB NYC SEA

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

ORL SEA

W 2-1 W 3-0

ORL

W 2-1

ORL

W 2-1

SJ POR

L 0-1 W 1-0

VAN

W 2-1

POR

L 0-3

RSL

L 1-2

RSL NYR PHI

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

RSL PHI

L 1-2 L 0-2

RSL POR

L 1-3 L 0-3

DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)

Goals 2 Will Bruin Assists 2 4 times Shots 7 Mauro Manotas Shots on Goal 3 Giles Barnes Fouls Committed 7 Collen Warner Fouls Suffered 7 Boniek Garcia Offside 2 Giles Barnes 2 Giles Barnes Saves 7 Joe Willis Shots Faced 11 Joe Willis Goals Allowed 4 Joe Willis 4 Joe Willis

Goals 5 03/12/2016 at Assists 3 03/06/2016 at 3 03/12/2016 at 3 05/07/2016 at Shots 23 08/24/2016 at Shots on Goal 8 07/02/2016 at Fouls Committed 22 08/19/2016 at Fouls Suffered 19 06/18/2016 at Corner Kicks 10 05/11/2016 at Offside 5 05/15/2016 at Saves 7 03/19/2016 at Shots Faced 11 03/19/2016 at Goals Allowed 4 03/19/2016 at 4 04/15/2016 at

03/19/2016 at NYR

L 3-4

03/06/2016 at NE

T 3-3

08/14/2016 at TOR

T 1-1

05/15/2016 at RSL

W 1-0

06/02/2016 at DAL

T 1-1

06/18/2016 at DC

T 0-0

04/30/2016 at RSL 05/15/2016 at RSL

L 1-2 W 1-0

03/19/2016 at NYR

L 3-4

03/19/2016 at NYR

L 3-4

03/19/2016 at NYR 04/15/2016 at LA

L 3-4 L 1-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016) Shots 7 03/20/2016 vs 7 04/09/2016 vs 7 05/11/2016 vs Shots on Goal 1 05/01/2016 vs 1 05/11/2016 vs Fouls Committed 4 04/09/2016 vs 4 04/13/2016 vs Fouls Suffered 5 07/24/2016 vs Corner Kicks 0 04/09/2016 vs 0 06/19/2016 vs Offside 0 03/20/2016 vs 0 08/07/2016 vs Saves 0 05/01/2016 vs 0 05/15/2016 vs 0 06/02/2016 vs 0 07/24/2016 vs Shots Faced 0 05/15/2016 vs 0 06/02/2016 vs 0 07/24/2016 vs

TOR NYR COL

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

LA COL

T 1-1 L 0-1

NYR COL

W 2-0 L 1-2

SEA

W 3-0

NYR DAL

W 2-0 W 2-0

TOR POR

W 1-0 L 0-3

LA ORL LA SEA

T W T W

ORL LA SEA

W 2-1 T 0-0 W 3-0

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

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)

DAL

W 5-0

NE DAL KC

T 3-3 W 5-0 W 2-0

SEA

T 1-1

PHI

W 1-0

W 2-1

T 0-0

L 1-3

RSL

W 1-0

NYR

L 3-4

NYR

L 3-4

NYR LA

L 3-4 L 1-4

Shots 4 04/23/2016 at Shots on Goal 2 04/23/2016 at 2 05/11/2016 at 2 05/28/2016 at Fouls Committed 4 04/10/2016 at Fouls Suffered 7 04/30/2016 at Corner Kicks 1 03/12/2016 at 1 06/02/2016 at Offside 0 04/23/2016 at 0 05/21/2016 at 0 05/28/2016 at 0 06/02/2016 at 0 06/18/2016 at 0 07/02/2016 at 0 07/08/2016 at 0 08/06/2016 at 0 08/24/2016 at Saves 0 05/15/2016 at Shots Faced 0 05/15/2016 at

CLB

L 0-1

CLB SJ VAN

L 0-1 L 1-3 T 1-1

SEA

T 1-1

RSL

L 1-2

DAL DAL

W 5-0 T 1-1

CLB CHI VAN DAL DC PHI ORL MTL SEA

L L T T T W T L T

RSL

W 1-0

RSL

W 1-0

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

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2016 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (0-1-0) UNF 11 27 10 7 5 8 29 15 14 94 93 17 12 9

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

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 1 0 1 0 1 1

67 90 90 62 90 77 90 90 90 28 90 13 90 23 90 90

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

0 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 1 17 14

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

1 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 18

3 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 18 14

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

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

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

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

Brad Davis Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Chance Myers Matt Besler Graham Zusi Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Dom Dwyer Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Saad Abdul-Salaam Nuno Andre Coelho Diego Rubio Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

7 7 3

GAA

O'TIME

5 5 3

2 2 0

2.00 2.00 0.00

0 0 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0

0 0 1

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

2016 HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-0-0) UNF 10 11 9 8 7 13 18 20 1 2 12 14 33 4

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

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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

90 90 57 75 67 90 90 23 90 90 33 90 15 90 90 90

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

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

4 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 17

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

2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 18 14

1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 14 18

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

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

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

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

Giles Barnes Andrew Wenger Erick Torres Cristian Maidana DaMarcus Beasley Ricardo Clark David Horst Abdoulie Mansally Tyler Deric Jalil Anibaba Will Bruin Alex Leonel Miranda Agus Team totals Opponent totals

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF 1

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tyler Deric Team totals Opponent totals

1 1 1

MIN SHT 90 90 90

3 3 7

GAA

O'TIME

3 3 5

0 0 2

0.00 0.00 2.00

0 0 0

1 1 0

0 0 1

0 0 0

1 1 0

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

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HEAD-TO-HEAD

DYNAMO VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Dynamo

Sporting KC

Sporting KC 5 wins, 27 goals Dynamo 9 wins, 33 goals 10 ties 4/8/2006 7/15/2006 6/24/2007 9/1/2007 11/10/2007 4/12/2008 9/7/2008 7/4/2009 10/4/2009 5/1/2010 9/22/2010 7/16/2011 9/10/2011 11/6/2011 7/7/2012 7/18/2012 9/14/2012 11/4/2012 11/7/2012 5/12/2013 5/26/2013 10/9/2013 11/9/2013 11/23/2013 6/6/2014 8/29/2014 4/25/2015 8/1/2015 9/23/2015 5/7/2016

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

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

(H) (KC) (KC) (H) (H) (CA) (H) (CA) (H) (H) (CA) (H) (SP) (SP) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (SP) (HB) (HB)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 16 112 48 161 41 65

2 17 134 51 141 35 57

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 33 246 99 302 76 122

1 8 124 43 155 20 60

2 19 173 58 176 25 75

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 27 297 101 331 45 135

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: HOU KC

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

3 3

7 1

3 3

8 2

7 9

5 9

0 0

33 27

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes

vs. HOU

4-5-8

(1.18 pts./game)

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

4 4 32 13 17 22 3 3 4 23 11

Sporting KC Dom Dwyer Graham Zusi Kei Kamara Kei Kamara Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Jimmy Nielsen

Dynamo Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Brad Davis Ricardo Clark Brad Davis Pat Onstad Hall/Onstad Pat Onstad Tally Hall Pat Onstad

5 9 36 16 23 39 4 2 3 31 10

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

2 2 10 4 6 6

Shutouts Saves

Sporting KC Feilhaber/Bunbury Harrington/Zusi C.J. Sapong (09/14/12) Johnson/Sapong Hirsig/Dia Feilhaber/Dwyer

1 6 players tied 7 Kevin Hartman (09/07/08) 4 Luis Marin (04/25/15)

Goals Allowed

Dynamo 3 players tied 4 players tied Brian Ching (04/08/06) 5 players tied 10 players tied Ricardo Clark (05/12/13) 1 8 players tied 7 Tally Hall (twice) 2 2 8 3 4 6

4 Onstad/Deric

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

Streak (started)

Houston Dynamo W-L-T

Streak (started)

6-0-0 4-7-4 1-5-1

7 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ls

(08/08/2015) (08/27/2016) (07/13/2016)

3-3-3 2-4-6 0-4-1

1 Ls (08/27/2016) 2 Ts (08/14/2016) 1 Ts (06/02/2016)

2-11-3 9-1-1

1 Ls 5 Ws

(08/27/2016) (06/19/2016)

0-7-2 5-4-5

2 Ls (07/15/2016) 1 Ls (08/27/2016)

0-8-1 3-4-2 5-0-2 3-0-0 0-0-0

4 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ws 6 Ws 3 Ws

(07/13/2016) (07/31/2016) (08/20/2016) (04/05/2015) (05/20/2015)

0-5-5 2-4-6 2-1-0 0-1-1 1-0-0

1 1 1 1 2

Ts Ls Ws Ls Ws

(08/13/2016) (08/27/2016) (08/19/2016) (03/19/2016) (06/05/2015)

7-0-1 3-5-2 1-5-2 0-2-0 0-0-0

4 Ws 2 Ls 1 Ls 4 Ls 1 Ls

(06/19/2016) (07/13/2016) (08/27/2016) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)

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

3 1 1 3 4

Ts Ts Ls Ls Ls

(07/08/2016) (08/24/2016) (04/30/2016) (05/11/2016) (05/01/2015)

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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. DYNAMO (5-9-10) PLAYER

MIN

Dom Dwyer Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Josh Wolff Jose Burciaga Jr. Sasha Victorine Davy Arnaud Jimmy Conrad Zoltan Hercegfalvi Eddie Johnson Krisztian Nemeth Soony Saad Ryan Smith Graham Zusi Michael Harrington Claudio Bieler Marcel de Jong Roger Espinoza Claudio Lopez Jacob Peterson Craig Rocastle Julio Cesar Scott Sealy Seth Sinovic Alex Zotinca Team totals Opponent totals

7 10 7 6 7 8 7 3 4 10 7 1 3 2 4 2 12 11 2 2 11 4 9 2 2 4 11 2 24 24

7 7 2 6 7 6 6 3 4 7 7 0 3 2 2 2 11 10 2 2 11 4 4 1 2 3 11 1 24 24

614 637 230 473 630 566 525 270 342 653 630 28 270 180 180 162 999 850 177 117 926 360 446 130 180 224 975 98 2160 2160

4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 33

0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 36

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

29 32 8 7 8 15 11 4 5 10 3 2 7 5 4 2 22 3 6 1 12 11 6 1 0 3 7 2 297 246

1 10 6 3 2 1 1 24 24

90 900 540 270 180 90 90 2160 2160

3 30 30 16 13 3 4 99 101

3 17 23 12 8 0 0 63 69

0.00 1.10 1.17 1.33 2.00 3.00 4.00 1.38 1.12

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Tim Melia Bo Oshoniyi Jon Kempin Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals

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DYNAMO CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (9-5-10) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Brad Davis Giles Barnes Will Bruin Luis Angel Landin Calen Carr Brian Ching Ricardo Clark Nate Jaqua Kei Kamara Dominic Oduro Brian Mullan Adrian Serioux Cam Weaver Samuel Appiah David Horst Patrick Ianni Joseph Ngwenya Eddie Robinson Raul Rodriguez Andrew Wenger Mike Chabala Stuart Holden Corey Ashe DaMarcus Beasley Dwayne De Rosario Boniek Garcia Kevin Goldthwaite Andre Hainault Cristian Maidana Alejandro Moreno Nathan Sturgis Erick Torres Craig Waibel Team totals Opponent totals

21 9 12 2 1 9 15 1 2 4 9 4 4 1 6 2 3 6 3 1 5 5 16 4 5 7 1 8 1 2 2 3 3 24 24

20 8 11 2 1 5 15 1 2 3 9 2 2 0 5 2 2 5 3 1 4 3 13 4 4 7 1 7 1 2 2 1 3 24 24

1617 697 877 134 90 453 1337 83 180 267 786 206 131 19 380 180 171 459 270 90 405 314 1167 337 361 610 90 646 75 169 170 107 270 2160 2160

5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 27

9 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 36 25

36 19 23 3 3 15 15 4 9 6 8 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 0 4 5 1 9 3 3 1 3 3 1 0 2 246 297

Tony Caig Tally Hall Pat Onstad Tyler Deric Team totals Opponent totals

2 9 8 6 24 24

MIN SHTS 180 800 720 460 2160 2160

6 41 33 21 101 99

GAA

5 31 20 13 69 63

0.50 1.01 1.25 1.37 1.12 1.38

0 1 0 2 3 0

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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. DYNAMO (5-9-10)

CURRENT DYNAMO VS. SPORTING KC (9-5-10)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

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

7 9 15 6 23 12 11 21 12 2 14 1 1 5 1 1 1 4 4 14 5 3 1 1 24 24

7 9 11 4 13 11 11 19 11 0 14 1 1 5 0 1 0 4 3 10 3 3 1 0 24 24

614 730 952 409 1196 999 926 1593 976 24 1246 90 67 449 1 90 28 337 295 955 308 270 90 23 2160 2160

4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 33

0 3 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 36

29 8 19 15 16 22 12 16 7 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 297 246

Will Bruin Abdoulie Mansally Ricardo Clark DaMarcus Beasley Cristian Maidana Collen Warner Andrew Wenger David Horst Raul Rodriguez Eric Alexander Jalil Anibaba Alex Boniek Garcia Erick Torres Sheanon Williams Tyler Deric Agus Joe Willis Team totals Opponent totals

12 13 22 13 3 10 10 7 3 9 8 10 7 3 9 6 1 1 24 24

11 8 20 11 3 10 4 6 3 8 8 7 7 1 8 5 1 1 24 24

877 871 1815 977 253 792 464 470 270 626 720 529 610 107 729 460 90 90 2160 2160

3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 27

2 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 36 25

23 8 22 11 9 6 13 3 2 3 1 4 3 0 5 0 0 0 246 297

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Tim Melia Jon Kempin Team totals Opponent totals

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337 90 2160 2160

20 3 99 101

13 0 63 69

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3 13 69 63

1.00 1.37 1.12 1.38

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO

2016 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 Kickoff: 7 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 29 Sporting Kansas City 11-12-5, 38 points (9-4-1 home; 2-8-4 away) 5th place in Western Conference Houston Dynamo 5-11-10, 25 points (4-2-7 home; 1-9-3 away) 10th place in Western Conference

11-12-5 (38 pts.) RECORD 28 GAMES PLAYED 5th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 32 GOALS 1.14 GOALS/GAME 34 ASSISTS 32 GOALS ALLOWED 1.14 ALLOWED/GAME 0 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 405 (123) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 30.4% ON GOAL % 352 FOULS COMMITTED 342 FOULS SUFFERED 51 CAUTIONS 5 EJECTIONS

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

Alan Kelly Kyle Atkins Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Sorin Stoica

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 37 39 93 94

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

Name Jon Kempin Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Diego Rubio Benny Feilhaber Brad Davis Nuno Andre Coelho Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Lawrence Olum Saad Abdul-Salaam Justin Mapp Connor Hallisey Emmanuel Appiah Ever Alvarado Alec Kann Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Cameron Porter Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Pronunciation oh-PAR-ah

5-11-10 (25 pts.) 26 10th in West 29 1.12 26 34 1.31 –5 341 (114) 33.4% 321 320 29 4

2016 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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HAL-iss-see AH-pee-ah CAN

HOUSTON DYNAMO

Dom Dwyer 12 GOALS 5 Benny Feilhaber 7 ASSISTS 6 Dom Dwyer 91 SHOTS 48 Dom Dwyer 33 SHOTS ON GOAL 18 Jacob Peterson 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 Feilhaber/Zusi 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 1 Roger Espinoza 58 FOULS COMMITTED 39 Dom Dwyer 60 FOULS SUFFERED 47 Roger Espinoza 8 CAUTIONS 5 Roger Espinoza 2 EJECTIONS 2 Tim Melia 1980 Tim Melia 1.09 Tim Melia 9 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 52

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

Andrew Wenger Boniek Garcia Will Bruin Will Bruin Barnes/Horst three players tied Ricardo Clark Boniek Garcia Alex Lima Tyler Deric

1555 Joe Willis 0.60 Tyler Deric 3 Joe Willis 4 Tyler Deric 62 Joe Willis

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COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

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PETER VERMES

2016 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Pts 44 43 43 40 37 32 31 30 26 26

W 12 12 12 11 9 7 6 7 6 5

L 8 9 8 10 7 9 7 12 12 10

T 8 7 7 7 10 11 13 9 8 11

GD +1 +12 +11 +3 +2 –1 –3 –16 –8 –7

GP 28 28 27 28 26 27 26 28 26 26

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

Pts 51 43 43 43 38 35 32 31 31 25

W 15 12 11 10 11 9 7 9 8 5

L 7 8 5 4 12 11 8 13 13 11

T 6 7 10 13 5 8 11 4 7 10

GD +9 +2 +4 +15 0 –2 –3 –4 –10 –5

GP 28 27 26 27 28 28 26 26 28 26

8th season 101-81-58 8th season (.542) 101-81-58

Through Tuesday, Sept. 6

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

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MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

OWEN COYLE 1st season 2-4-8 (.429) 1st season 2-4-8 (.429)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Tuesday, Sept. 6 OUT: • Justin Mapp (calf) • Lawrence Olum (abdominal injury)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 9, 2016 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvHOU: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvHOU: BY THE NUMBERS

An MLS rivalry is renewed Friday as Sporting KC (11-12-5, 38 pts) hosts the Houston Dynamo (5-11-10, 25 pts) at Children’s Mercy Park. The clubs have squared off 22 times in all competitions since the beginning of 2011, with Sporting KC holding an 8-7-7 record. This stretch includes five playoff games (2011-2013) and three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ties played in 2011, 2015 and 2016. Houston holds a 9-5-10 record in the regular season series, including a fivegame regular season unbeaten run at Children’s Mercy Park (1-0-4). Sporting KC has just two wins in the last 12 regular season meetings (2-4-6) dating back to 2012 and hasn’t earned a league win over Houston at home since Sept. 10, 2011. Sporting KC and Houston have met twice in 2016, once in the regular and once in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Dynamo claimed home victories on both occasions, winning 2-0 on May 7 before earning a 3-1 result in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 on June 29. Andrew Wenger and departed winger Giles Barnes scored first-half goals in May, while Mauro Manotas’ brace highlighted an Open Cup tilt in which Alex and Brad Davis also scored. The Dynamo are 3-0-2 in their last five regular season matches against Sporting KC and have just one loss in the last seven meetings across all competitions. Peter Vermes’ men last beat Houston in MLS play on June 6, 2014, at BBVA Compass Stadium -- a 2-0 result sparked by a Dom Dwyer penalty kick. Sporting KC hosted Houston twice in 2015, winning 3-1 in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals on July 21 before battling to a 1-1 draw on Aug. 1.

Sporting KC Team Stats (as of Sept. 6) • SKC is on a six-game home winning streak in the regular season dating back to June 19, one shy of tying the club record set in 1998 and 2000. • SKC leads MLS with 14.5 shots per game while also allowing a leaguelow 9.1 shots per game. • SKC leads MLS with 63 chances created from set pieces, seven more than any other team. • SKC is second in MLS with 24.1 touches per game in the opponent’s box. • SKC leads MLS with 28 headed shots on target. • SKC leads MLS with 55.9 percent average possession. • SKC is last in MLS with a 39.3 percent shooting accuracy (percentage of shots not blocked that are on target) and last with a 7.9 percent shot conversion rate (percentage of total shots that are goals). Sporting KC Player Stats (as of Sept. 6) • Forward Dom Dwyer is seventh in MLS with 12 goals, tied for second with four multi-goal games and third with 91 shot attempts. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is ninth in MLS with 49 chances created. He has three assists in his last five games. • Defender Jimmy Medranda is third in MLS with 64 tackles won (five behind the league lead) and third with 20 successful crosses from open play. Since May 20, he also leads MLS with 56 interceptions. • Saad Abdul-Salaam leads MLS defenders with five assists. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is second in MLS with 179 duels won. Houston Dynamo Team Stats (as of Sept. 6) • Houston is 1-9-3 on the road. Only Portland (0-8-6) has fewer road wins in 2016, and only Chicago (10) has more road losses. • Houston is the only MLS team that has yet to win a penalty kick in 2016. • Houston is tied for the MLS lead with seven goals from outside the box. • Houston has hit the woodwork 13 times in 2016, third most in MLS. • Houston is last in MLS with 17 big chances created. • Houston has scored three goals after the 75th minute this season, fewest in MLS. • Under former head coach Owen Coyle, Houston was 3-7-2 with 1.50 goals per game and 1.67 goals allowed per game. Under interim coach Wade Barrett, the Dynamo are 2-4-8 with 0.79 goals per game and 1.00 goals allowed per game. Houston Dynamo Player Stats (as of Sept. 6) • Midfielder Boniek Garcia is seventh in MLS with 53 chances created. • Midfielder Alex is fifth in MLS with 163 duels won and sixth with 59 tackles won. • Forward Andrew Wenger leads Houston with five goals, while forward Will Bruin has a team-high 48 shots.

#SKCvHOU: Recent meetings in all competitions

(HOU leads all-time series 13-9-11; HOU leads regular season series 9-5-10)

Date

Result

06/06/2014 08/29/2014 04/25/2015 07/21/2015* 08/01/2015 09/23/2015 05/07/2016 06/29/2016**

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

Result Details W L T W T L L L

Dwyer scores; Feilhaber assists Bruin, Clark & Horst score, Davis assists 2; Dwyer scores Feilhaber (2), Dwyer, Barnes (2) and Bruin score in epic Bruin nets first, but Dwyer, Feilhaber and Nemeth reply Feilhaber assists Dwyer in 6’, Dwyer assists Clark in 78’ Beasley and Davis assist Bruin in 67th minute Wenger and Barnes score in first half Manotas bags brace, Alex adds third; Davis scores for KC

*2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal **2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16

#SKCvHOU: PLAYER HISTORY • Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer has scored a goal in six of his last nine appearances against Houston in all competitions. • Houston forward Will Bruin has scored a goal in four of his last six appearances against Sporting KC in all competitions. • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber scored three goals against Houston in 2015 across all competitions, including a brace in a 4-4 draw at BBVA Compass Stadium on April 25. • Houston forward Andrew Wenger scored in Houston’s 2-0 win over Sporting KC on May 7 at BBVA Compass Stadium, a goal assisted by midfielder Cristian Maidana. • Houston forward Mauro Manotas scored two goals in Houston’s 3-1 win over Sporting KC on June 29 in the U.S. Open Cup. • Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis scored against his former club in the aforementioned Open Cup match on June 29.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Friday will be Sporting KC’s 100th MLS regular season match at Children’s Mercy Park (53-21-25 record). • Defender Matt Besler is one shy of tying Chris Klein for fifth in Sporting KC history with 235 appearances for the club in all competitions. Besler is also 70 minutes shy of passing Jimmy Conrad for fifth in team history with 20,551 minutes played in all competitions. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is one shy of tying Graham Zusi for 10th in team history with 28 goals in all competitions. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is one shy of his 20th regular season assist, which would tie him for 10th most in Sporting KC history. • Defender Kevin Ellis is one shy of his 50th career MLS start (including playoffs). • Forward Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 100th career substitute appearance in the MLS regular season. He would be the sixth player in league history to reach that milestone. • Midfielder 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.

#SKCvHOU: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Sporting KC winger Brad Davis played for Houston from 2006-2015. He is the Dynamo’s all-time leader in regular season appearances (271), starts (252), assists (104) and playoff appearances (27). • Houston defender Jalil Anibaba played for Sporting KC during the 2015 season, recording one goal and four assists in 17 appearances across all competitions. • Brad Davis, Houston defender DaMarcus Beasley and Sporting KC’s Matt Besler and Graham Zusi were teammates on the United States Men’s National Team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Zusi and Beasley were U.S. teammates at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. • Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber and Houston midfielder Ricardo Clark were teammates on the United States Men’s National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. • Sporting KC goalkeeper Tim Melia and Houston midfielder Collen Warner were teammates at Real Salt Lake from 2010-2011. • Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes and Houston manager Wade Barrett met 13 times as players in the MLS regular season between 1998 and 2002. Vermes came out on top with an 8-5-0 record.

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Sporting KC Game Notes | September 9, 2016 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes HOT AT HOME

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES ROGER’S RED RESCINDED

Sporting KC is currently riding a six-game home winning streak in the regular season, one shy of the club record set in 1998 and 2000. The run began with a 2-0 victory over Supporters’ Shield leaders FC Dallas on June 19 and has since unfolded with wins against Columbus Crew SC (3-2, July 3), New York City FC (3-1, July 10), Seattle Sounders FC (3-0, July 24), Portland Timbers (1-0, July 31) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2-0, Aug. 20).

Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza was set to miss Friday’s match against the Houston dynamo after receiving a straight red card in the club’s 2-0 loss at the Philadelphia Union on Aug. 27. However, the Independent Review Panel rescinded his suspension for the red card, which was issued in the 87th minute when he innocuously raised his arm to Philadelphia midfielder Roland Alberg’s chest. Sporting KC’s appeal of the red card was unanimously upheld by the Panel, which consists of one representative from the U.S. Soccer Federation, one representative from the Canadian Soccer Association and one representative from the Professional Referees Organization (PRO).

Sporting KC’s last three home wins have come via the shutout variety. The last time Kansas City earned four straight shutout home wins in the regular season was 2004. Peter Vermes’ men are currently on a 346-minute shutout streak at Children’s Mercy Park dating back to July 10, when Frank Lampard scored in the 14th minute of New York City FC’s 3-1 defeat.

Espinoza has been a vital cog in Sporting KC’s midfield this season, starting a team-high 27 matches in all competitions and equalling a regular season careerhigh with four assists. The 29-year-old Honduran also ranks second in MLS with 179 duels won.

BABY BRINGS OUT BEST IN BESLER

Matt Besler celebrated the birth of his first child in style. The Sporting KC defender scored his first international goal last Friday as the U.S. Men’s National Team topped St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6-0 at Arnos Vale Stadium in Kingstown, moving a step closer to CONCACAF’s Hexagonal round of FIFA World Cup qualifying.

MEDRANDA MAGNIFICENT

Left back Jimmy Medranda has enjoyed a breakout year in 2016. The 22-yearold Colombian is third in MLS in both tackles won (64) and successful crosses from open play (20) despite not starting regularly until the end of April. Ranked the second-best left back in MLS by the Audi Index last month, Medranda also leads MLS since May 20 with 56 interceptions. Unfortunately for Sporting KC, Medranda will miss Friday’s clash after picking up two yellow cards in a 2-0 loss at the Philadelphia Union on Aug. 27.

Donning U.S. colors on the day his daughter Parker Rhea was born in Overland Park, Kansas, Besler hammered home from close range in the 32nd minute after the St. Vincent defense failed to clear a free kick swung in by Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi. Besler (36 caps) and Zusi (41 caps) both played the full 90 minutes as the U.S. breezed to victory with additional goals coming from Bobby Wood, Jozy Altidore, Sacha Kljestan and Christian Pulisic (two).

POINTS FROM PETERSON

No Sporting KC player has scored more goals this season than Jacob Peterson’s three. The veteran forward has come up clutch on multiple occasions this year, delivering decisive goals against Orlando City SC (May 15), Portland Timbers (July 31) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Aug. 20). Only six players in MLS have more game-winning goals this season than Peterson, whose four goals in 2016 equal an MLS career-high during his 11-year career.

Besler returned to Kansas City following the match to be with Parker and his wife Amanda. The central defender is on the brink of two milestones heading into Friday’s match. He is one shy of tying Chris Klein for fifth in team history with 235 appearances in all competitions, and his is 70 minutes shy of passing Jimmy Conrad for fifth in team history with 20,551 minutes played in all competitions.

Sporting KC is 11-0-2 in all competitions when Peterson scores a goal, including a perfect 4-0-0 mark in 2016.

DAVIS DUELS FORMER CLUB

SAAD HAPPY TO ASSIST

Sporting KC winger Brad Davis will host his longtime former club on Friday as the Houston Dynamo visit Children’s Mercy Park. Davis starred for Houston from 2006-2015 and is the Dynamo’s all-time leader in regular season appearances (271), starts (252), assists (104) and playoff appearances (27). He was a six-time All-Star with the Dynamo, a 2011 MLS Best XI selection and a two-time MLS Cup champion, lifting the title in 2006 and 2007 in the club’s first two years in Houston.

Sporting KC right back Saad Abdul-Salaam is tied for the MLS lead among defenders with five assists. The second-year professional joined the club in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of Akron and has since become a mainstay along Kansas City’s back line, starting 35 of 55 appearances across all competitions. Abdul-Salaam, 24, was the only player to feature in all six matches during a grueling month of August in which Sporting KC played five road games. The travel-heavy month included trips to Portland, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Dallas and Trinidad and Tobago as Peter Vermes’ men juggled regular season play with the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.

Davis led Houston to seven playoff trips between 2006-2015, including four MLS Cup appearances in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. He also featured in four editions of the CONCACAF Champions League (2008-10, 2012-14) and the 2010 North American SuperLiga.

RUBIO TRANSFER COMPLETE

CCL HOPES HANGING BY A THREAD

Sporting KC announced last week that the club has completed the permanent transfer of forward Diego Rubio from Spanish side Real Valladolid. Rubio is no longer on loan and his contract with Sporting KC runs through the 2018 season with a team option for 2019.

Sporting KC enters Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions League match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a must-win situation. Peter Vermes’ men trail Vancouver by five points in Group C, having lost 3-0 at BC place on Aug. 23 after earning a 2-2 draw at Central FC (Trinidad and Tobago) on Aug. 16. In order for Sporting KC to advance to next February’s quarterfinals as the top team in Group C, the club must win its final two games and Vancouver must lose its final two games.

Rubio joined Sporting KC on loan in March after spending the first five years of his professional career in South America and Europe. The 23-year-old Chilean has started six of 17 appearances this season, tallying two goals and one assist in all competitions. Rubio opened his MLS scoring account in a 1-1 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 27 and bagged the game-winner in extra time of a 2-1 U.S. open Cup victory over Minnesota United FC on June 15. He then recorded his first Sporting KC assist in a U.S. Open Cup defeat at the Houston Dynamo on June 29.

2016-17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League Group C Standings # Club Record PTS GF GA GD 1 Vancouver 2-0-0 6 4 0 +4 2 Central FC 0-1-1 1 2 3 -1 3 Sporting KC 0-1-1 1 2 5 -3

A native of Santiago, Chile, Rubio has scored 39 goals and added 16 assists since turning professional in 2011 at age 17. After rising from the youth ranks to the senior team at hometown side Colo-Colo, Rubio moved overseas to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he netted 22 goals for the club’s reserve team Sporting B from 2011-2015. The forward played 20 first-team matches at Sporting while also going on loan to Romanian outfit Pandurii Targu Jiu in 2013 and Norwegian club Sandnes Ulf in 2014.

A CENTURY OF REGULAR SEASON GAMES AT CMP

Children’s Mercy Park will host its 100th MLS regular season match on Friday when Sporting KC meets the Houston Dynamo. Peter Vermes’ men have gone 53-21-25 over 99 games at the world-class venue since its opening in 2011. Children’s Mercy Park has sold out 84 consecutive MLS matches dating back to April 2012 (including four playoff games) and 96 of 105 league matches since opening in 2011. The 18,467-seat venue has averaged 105 percent capacity over the last five MLS seasons, drawing more than 19,400 fans per game.

Rubio has earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting as an 18-year-old in June 2011. He appeared in two more senior team friendlies that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level from 2012-2013.

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 9, 2016 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ROAD WOES

SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) VERMES REACHES 100 REGULAR SEASON WINS

As strong as Sporting KC has been at home, the club has struggled mightily on its travels over the last several months. The club is winless in 12 straight league games dating back to mid-April, one shy of tying the club’s longest road winless streak in the regular season during the non-shootout era (2000-present). Kansas City went 13 road games without a win during the 2008 campaign.

Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes earned his 100th regular season win on July 31 with a 1-0 result against the Portland Timbers at Children’s Mercy Park. His 101 regular season victories are eighth most in MLS history and fourth among active coaches. Among the eight men who have won at least 100 regular season matches, Vermes becomes just the fifth — alongside Sigi Schmid, Bruce Arena, Dominic Kinnear and Steve Nicol — to hit triple digits with a single club. He and Nicol are the only coaches in the group to spend their entire MLS coaching tenure with one team. Coach Wins Seasons Active in MLS Sigi Schmid 228 17 No Bruce Arena 200 14 Yes (LA) Dominic Kinnear 159 13 Yes (SJ) Frank Yallop 130 13 No Bob Bradley 124 9 No Steve Nicol 112 11 No Jason Kreis 102 9 Yes (ORL) Peter Vermes 101 8 Yes (SKC)

Across all competitions, Sporting KC has failed to win in regulation in 16 straight road games. The club needed extra time to win at Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 15. Their last win away from Children’s Mercy Park came on April 9 — a 2-0 result against the New York Red Bulls. Sporting KC was the league’s best road team from 2012-2014, going 28-26-14 while winning seven more away games than any other team. The side regressed in 2015 with a 4-9-4 road mark and has continued to slip this year, going 2-8-4.

FEILHABER FANTASTIC

It would have been hard for Benny Feilhaber to replicate a 2015 season that saw him set MLS career-highs with 10 goals and 15 assists. And while 31-year-old hasn’t been as prolific this campaign, he’s still been pretty darn good. Feilhaber has stayed within touching distance of New York Red Bulls’ Sacha Kljestan for most combined goals and assists from MLS midfielders since the start of 2015. MLS midfielders: Most goals and assists since 2015 (regular season) Club G+A GLS AST Player Sacha Kljestan 42 13 29 NY Red Bulls Benny Feilhaber 38 16 22 Sporting KC Ignacio Piatti Montreal Impact 36 23 13 Ethan Finlay 36 17 19 Columbus Mauro Diaz 34 13 21 FC Dallas

THREE TITLES IN FOUR YEARS

When Sporting KC lifted the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last September, it became the fifth MLS club to win three major trophies in a four-year span since 2005, joining Seattle, D.C. United, LA Galaxy and Columbus Crew SC. Should Sporting KC add to its trophy haul in 2016, it would join LA as the only MLS clubs to win four titles in a five-year span since 2005. Sporting KC MLS Cup (2013), Open Cup (2012, 2015) Seattle Sounders FC Open Cup (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), Supporters’ Shield (2014) D.C. United Open Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2006, 2007) LA Galaxy MLS Cup (2011, 2012, 2014), Supporters Shield (2010, 2011) Columbus Crew SC MLS Cup (2008), Supporters’ Shield (2008, 2009)

DOM-INANT DWYER

Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer has made history in 2016 as the first player in club history to score at least 12 goals in three straight regular seasons. The Englishman joined Sporting KC in 2012 out of the MLS SuperDraft and has since scored 57 goals in all competitions, second most in team history. Dwyer’s 12 goals this campaign lead Sporting KC and rank seventh in MLS. Dwyer is second in MLS with 46 regular season goals since the start of 2014, tied with LA Galaxy’s Robbie Keane and 15 behind New York Red Bulls’ Bradley Wright-Phillips.

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 9, 2016 vs. Houston Dynamo | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC record vs. Houston Dynamo: 5-9-10 Home games: 2-4-5 (13 GF, 14 GA) Road games: 3-5-5 (14 GF, 19 GA)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 4 Dom Dwyer 4 Graham Zusi 32 Kei Kamara 13 Kei Kamara 17 Seth Sinovic 22 Graham Zusi

Date Score Result Location KC 2 at HOU 1 W Robertson Stadium 04/08/2006 07/15/2006 KC 2 vs HOU 3 L Arrowhead Stadium 06/24/2007 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L Arrowhead Stadium 09/01/2007 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium 04/12/2008 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 09/07/2008 KC 1 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium 07/04/2009 KC 0 vs HOU 1 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 10/04/2009 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium 05/01/2010 KC 0 at HOU 3 L Robertson Stadium 09/22/2010 KC 4 vs HOU 3 W CommunityAmerica Ballpark 07/16/2011 KC 1 at HOU 1 T Robertson Stadium 09/10/2011 KC 3 vs HOU 0 W Children’s Mercy Park 07/07/2012 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T Children’s Mercy Park 07/18/2012 KC 1 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium 09/14/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Children’s Mercy Park 05/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium 05/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Children’s Mercy Park 10/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium 06/06/2014 KC 2 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium 08/29/2014 KC 1 vs HOU 3 L Children’s Mercy Park 04/25/2015 KC 4 at HOU 4 T BBVA Compass Stadium 08/01/2015 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Children’s Mercy Park 09/23/2015 KC 0 at HOU 1 L BBVA Compass Stadium 05/07/2016 KC 0 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium Sporting KC postseason record vs. Houston Dynamo: 2-3-1 11/10/2007 KC 0 at HOU 2 L Robertson Stadium Conf. Final 11/06/2011 KC 0 vs HOU 2 L Children’s Mercy Park Conf. Final 11/04/2012 KC 0 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium Conf. Semis 11/07/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 0 W Children’s Mercy Park Conf. Semis 11/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium Conf. Finals 11/23/2013 KC 2 vs HOU 1 W Children’s Mercy Park Conf. Finals

HOUSTON DYNAMO Brad Davis 5 Brad Davis 9 Brad Davis 36 Brad Davis 16 Ricardo Clark 23 Brad Davis 39

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

3 Jimmy Nielsen 3 Kevin Hartman 4 Jimmy Nielsen 23 Kevin Hartman 11 Jimmy Nielsen

Pat Onstad 4 Hall/Onstad 2 Pat Onstad 3 Tally Hall 31 Pat Onstad 10

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD

All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

HOUSTON DYNAMO

2 Bunbury/Feilhaber Goals 2 Harrington/Zusi Assists 10 C.J. Sapong (9/14/12) Shots 4 Johnson/Sapong Shots on Goal 6 Dia/Hirsig Fouls Committed 6 Benny Feilhaber (9/23/15) Fouls Suffered 7 Kevin Hartman (9/7/08) 4 Luis Marin (4/25/15)

three players tied 2 four players tied 2 (4/8/06) Brian Ching 8 five players tied 3 10 players tied 4 (5/12/13) Ricardo Clark 6 Tally Hall 7 Deric/Onstad 4

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(twice)

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15

KC 3 HOU 3

16-30

1 7

31-45

4 6

46-60

2 4

61-75

8 7

76-90

9 6

0 0

Total

27 33

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

1 8 124 43 155 20 60

2 19 173 58 176 25 74

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 27 297 101 331 45 134

houston dynamo Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 16 112 48 161 41 65

2 17 134 51 141 35 57

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 33 246 99 302 76 122

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,420

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

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 105 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 99 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 105 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

129

105.2 5

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

208

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 129 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 9, 2016 vs. Houston Dynamo | 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 Nov. 25: Dec. 9: Dec. 11: Dec. 14: Dec. 31 Jan. 7: Jan. 11: Jan. 13: Jan. 26: Jan. 29: Feb. 1: Feb. 17: Feb. 23: March 1: March 8: March 25: April 1: April 27: May 26: June 7: June 14: June 15: June 23: June 24: June 25: July 12: July 12: July 12: July 14: July 19: July 23: Aug. 3: Aug. 4: Aug. 14: Aug. 22: Aug. 24: Sept. 2: Sept. 4:

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

DETAILS Sporting KC declines contract option for D Jalil Anibaba Sporting KC signs M Lawrence Olum, re-signs D Seth Sinovic and GK Jon Kempin to new contracts Sporting KC selects GK Alec Kann in first round of MLS Re-Entry Draft Sporting KC signs M Justin Mapp M Mikey Lopez leaves Sporting KC out of contract Sporting KC acquires M Brad Davis from the Houston Dynamo (MLS) in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, a third-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations Sporting KC re-signs M Soni Mustivar and M Paulo Nagamura to new contracts Sporting KC signs F Daniel Salloi as Homegrown Player Sporting KC signs D Nuno Andre Coelho Sporting KC transfers F Krisztian Nemeth to Al-Gharafa SC (Qatar) Sporting KC loans D Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto (Portugal) Sporting KC loans M Bernardo Anor to Minnesota United FC (NASL) Sporting KC waives M Amobi Okugo Sporting KC and D Marcel de Jong mutually agree to terminate contract Sporting KC acquires F Diego Rubio on loan as Young Designated Player Sporting KC loans GK Jon Kempin, D Jimmy Medranda and F Daniel Salloi to Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC recalls D Jimmy Medranda from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC loans M Jordi Quintilla to Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC recalls M Jordi Quintilla from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC laons GK Alec Kann to Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC recalls GK Alec Kann from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC loans F Daniel Salloi to Gyirmot SE (Hungary) Sporting KC waives M Jordi Quintilla Sporting KC signs D Ever Alvarado Sporting KC loans D Amadou Dia to Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC loans D Ever Alvarado and D Kevin Ellis to Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC signs M Emmanuel Appiah Sporting KC acquires F Cameron Porter from Montreal Impact (MLS) in exchange for D Amadou Dia Sporting KC recalls D Kevin Ellis from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC loans GK Alec Kann, D Kevin Ellis, D Chance Myers and M Emmanuel Appiah to Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC recalls GK Alec Kann, D Kevin Ellis, D Chance Myers and M Emmanuel Appiah from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC loans M Emmanuel Appiah and F Diego Rubio to Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC recalls GK Jon Kempin, D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah and F Diego Rubio from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC signs D Amer Didic and M Tyler Pasher on short-term loans from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC signs M Ualefi on short-term loan from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Sporting KC sends D Amer Didic, M Tyler Pasher and M Ualefi back to Swope Park Rangers (USL) following short-term loan Sporting KC loans GK Tim Melia, D Ever Alvarado, D Kevin Ellis, D Seth Sinovic, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, M Paulo Nagamura, F Cameron Porter and F Diego Rubio to Swope Park Rangers (USL). Sporting KC recalls GK Tim Melia, D Ever Alvarado, D Kevin Ellis, D Seth Sinovic, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, M Paulo Nagamura, F Cameron Porter and F Diego Rubio from Swope Park Rangers (USL).

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

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

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

2010

Jon Kempin (8/31/10)

2011 2012

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11) 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 - Minnesota Utd)

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)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11) Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13) (ON LOAN - FC Porto)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16) (ON LOAN - Gyirmot SE)

Alec Kann (12/11/15)

Sporting KC Game Notes | September 9, 2016 vs. Houston Dynamo | 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

---

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

---

Wednesday, May 11

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

L 0-1

---

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

---

Thursday, June 2

at LA Galaxy

MLS

T 0-0

---

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

---

Saturday, July 16

at Colorado Rapids

MLS

L 0-1

---

SUNDAY, JULY 24

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS

W 3-0

Dwyer 21, 79; Peterson 48+

SUNDAY, JULY 31

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MLS

W 1-0

Peterson 50

Sunday, Aug. 7

at Portland Timbers

MLS

L 0-3

---

Saturday, Aug. 13

at FC Dallas

MLS

T 2-2

Dwyer 68, 73

Tuesday, Aug. 16

at Central FC

CCL Group Stage

T 2-2

Sinovic 51; Ellis 70

SATURDAY, AUG. 20

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC

MLS

W 2-0

Peterson 39; Feilhaber 64

Tuesday, Aug. 23

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

CCL Group Stage

L 0-3

---

Saturday, Aug. 27

at Philadelphia Union

MLS

L 0-2

---

FRIDAY, SEPT. 9

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS