Sept. 30, 2015 - Sporting KC at Philadelphia Union by Sporting Kansas City

Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 MATCH PREVIEW: Sporting Kansas City and the Philadelphia Union square off Wednesday in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. Led by Manager Peter Vermes, Sporting KC is looking for its third Open Cup title in team history, having previously won the tournament in 2004 and 2012. Meanwhile, head coach Jim Curtin will hope to deliver the Philadelphia Union its first major trophy since joining MLS in 2010. The Union came close in 2014, losing the U.S. Open Cup Final on home soil to Seattle Sounders FC. No team has lost consecutive Open Cup finals since 1975-76.

Louis FC on June 16, then picked up steam with an emphatic 6-2 romp over FC Dallas - a match in which Dom Dwyer scored a club-record four goals. Sporting KC then notched two rivalry wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. The team came from behind on both occasions, defeating the Houston Dynamo 3-1 on July 21 before topping Real Salt Lake by the same score line on Aug. 12. Dwyer is currently the 2015 tournament’s top scorer with five goals, while Krisztian Nemeth is close behind with four. Benny Feilhaber has added a tournament-best five assists.

Sporting KC has stormed to the 2015 championship game in style, scoring 13 combined goals in four earlier rounds at Sporting Park. The run began with a 1-0 decision over Saint

The Philadelpha Union have endured a dramatic and daunting journey to the 2015 final, prevailing in penalty kick shootouts in the fourth round and quarterfinals and notching one-goal wins

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12-9-9 (44 pts.) RECORD 30 GAMES PLAYED 5th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 45 GOALS 1.50 GOALS/GAME 50 ASSISTS 41 GOALS ALLOWED 1.37 ALLOWED/GAME +4 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 355 (124) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 34.9% ON GOAL % 397 FOULS COMMITTED 355 FOULS SUFFERED 57 CAUTIONS 3 EJECTIONS

9-15-7 (34 pts.) 31 9th in East 39 1.26 41 37 1.55 –9

356 (134) 37.6% 338 400 49 5

2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs SPORTING KANSAS CITY

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Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Krisztian Nemeth

11 9 C.J. Sapong GOALS 14 ASSISTS 14 Cristian Maidana 86 SHOTS 47 Fernando Aristeguieta 35 11 Sebastien Le Toux SHOTS ON GOAL 4 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 Sapong/Nogueira Benny Feilhaber 4 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 3 Cristian Maidana Dom Dwyer 51 FOULS COMMITTED 37 Maurice Edu Dom Dwyer 72 FOULS SUFFERED 49 Sapong/Ayuk Mbu Dwyer/Feilhaber 6 CAUTIONS 8 Maurice Edu three players tied 1 EJECTIONS 1 five players tied Tim Melia 1710 GK MINUTES PLAYED 1080 Brian Sylvestre Tim Melia 1.26 GOALS AGAINST AVG. 0.67 Andre Blake Tim Melia 9 5 Brian Sylvestre WINS Tim Melia 7 SHUTOUTS 5 Brian Sylvestre Tim Melia 63 SAVES 30 Brian Sylvestre

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, Sept. 28

OUT: • Roger Espinoza (tibial sesamoid fracture) • Ike Opara (ruptured Achilles) QUESTIONABLE: • Krisztian Nemeth (left foot contusion)

Sporting KC enters Wednesday fifth in the Western Conference with 45 points (12-9-9). Philadelphia, meanwhile, appears destined to miss the MLS postseason as they sit ninth in the East with 34 points (9-15-7).

SPORTING KC IN LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP

2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

in the fifth round and semifinals. The Union first dispatched the Rochester Rhinos in penalties after a 0-0 draw on June 16. Then came a remarkable 2-1 win over D.C. United on June 30 that saw the club erase a one-goal deficit while down a man in the second half. Another penalty kick win ensued on July 21 after the Union, again playing down a man for most of the match, held the New York Red Bulls to a 1-1 draw at Red Bull Arena. Philadelphia clinched their spot in the championship with a 1-0 semifinal win over the Chicago Fire on Aug. 12.

YEAR 1996: 1997: 1998: 2000: 2001: 2002: 2003: 2004:

2005: 2006: 2007: 2008: 2009: 2010: 2011:

2012:

2013: 2014: 2015:

OPPONENT vs. Colorado Rapids at San Francisco Bay Seals at Nashville Metros at Chicago Sockers vs. Seattle Sounders vs. Chicago Fire at Rochester Rhinos at Milwaukee Rampage at Columbus Crew at Colorado Rapids at Atlanta Silverbacks vs. Dallas Burn vs. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chicago Fire vs. Des Moines Menace vs. Minnesota Thunder vs. Des Moines Menace at Chicago Fire at Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Rapids at Carolina RailHawks at Seattle Sounders at Minnesota Thunder at Seattle Sounders vs. Colorado Rapids at Houston Dynamo vs. New England Revolution vs. Chicago Fire PDL vs. Richmond Kickers vs. Orlando City SC vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Dayton Dutch Lions at Philadelphia Union vs. Seattle Sounders vs. Des Moines Menace vs. Orlando City SC vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Portland Timbers vs. Saint Louis FC vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo vs. Real Salt Lake

RESULT CUP ROUND L 2-3 Quarterfinals L 1-2 Round of 16 L 1-3 Round of 16 T 0-0 (L 6-7 PK) Round of 32 W 4-0 Round of 32 L 0-1 Round of 16 W 3-2 (ET) Round of 16 W 2-0 Quarterfinals L 2-3 (ET) Semifinals L 2-3 Round of 16 W 4-1 Round of 16 W 4-0 Quarterfinals W 1-0 Semifinals W 1-0 (ET) Championship W 6-1 Round of 16 L 1-3 Quarterfinals W 2-1 Round of 32 L 0-2 Round of 16 L 1-2 (ET) Qualifying T 2-2 (W 5-3 PK) Qualifying W 4-2 (ET) Round of 16 T 0-0 (L 5-6 PK) Quarterfinals T3-3 (W 4-2 PK) Round of 16 L 0-1 Quarterfinals L 1-2 Qualifying W 1-0 (ET) Qualifying W 5-0 Qualifying W 3-0 Round of 16 L 0-2 Quarterfinals W 3-2 Round of 32 W 2-0 Round of 16 W 3-0 Quarterfinals W 2-0 Semifinals T 1-1 (W 3-2 PK) Championship W 2-0 Round of 32 L 0-1 Round of 16 W 2-0 Round of 32 L 1-3 Round of 16 W 1-0 Round of 32 W 6-2 Round of 16 W 3-1 Quarterfinals W 3-1 Semifinals

Record by Round

Record Breakdown

Other Open Cup Stats

Qualifying: Round of 32: Round of 16: Quarterfinals: Semifinals: Finals:

vs MLS: vs non-MLS: Home: Away: Overtime: Shootouts:

All-time: 23-14-5 Goals for: 85 Goals against: 50 Shutouts: 16 Been shutout: 7 Champs: 2004 & 2012

2-2-1 6-0-1 7-7-1 4-4-1 3-1-0 1-0-1

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10-9-2 13-5-3 17-7-2 6-7-3 4-2-5 3-2-0

Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 SPORTING KC ROSTER (NUMERICAL)

SPORTING KC 2015 MLS STATISTICS

No. Name

Position Age Hometown

Last club/College

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 21 22 23 27 29 37 71 93 94 96

Defender Defender Defender Defender Midfielder Defender Midfielder Forward Midfielder Midfielder Midfielder Defender Forward Defender Defender Defender Goalkeeper Midfielder Defender Midfielder Goalkeeper Forward Defender Midfielder Midfielder Midfielder

Sporting KC Academy San Jose Earthquakes Sporting KC Academy University of Notre Dame Chivas USA UCLA University of Maryland Roda JC Kerkrade (NED) New England Revolution Columbus Crew SC University of North Carolina Clemson University University of South Florida New England Revolution Akron University Orlando City SC Sporting KC Academy University of California Seattle Sounders FC Wigan Athletic (ENG) Real Salt Lake Toronto FC FC Augsburg (GER) FC Petrolul Ploiesti (ROM) Deportivo Pereira (COL) AC Ajaccio (France)

Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Bernardo Anor Mikey Lopez Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Amobi Okugo Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Jordi Quintilla

18 26 24 28 32 27 29 26 30 27 22 22 25 28 24 24 22 22 26 28 29 29 28 25 21 21

Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summit, MO Durham, NC Kansas City, MO Overland Park, KS Sao Paulo, Brazil Thousand Oaks, CA Longwood, FL Gyor, Hungary Irvine, CA Caracas, Venezuela Mission, TX Highlands Ranch, CO London, England Leawood, KS Gahanna, OH Sacramento, CA Leawood, KS Granite Bay, CA Fullerton, CA Aurora, CO Great River, NY Portage, MI Newmarket, Canada Ivry Sur Seine, France Mosquera, Colombia Lleida, Spain

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A 14 F Dom Dwyer 27 25 2276 11 2 10 M Benny Feilhaber 28 27 2416 10 14 9 F Krisztian Nemeth 24 21 1810 9 6 4 D Kevin Ellis 24 23 2075 3 1 6 M Paulo Nagamura 18 14 1214 3 1 8 F Graham Zusi 21 19 1671 2 4 3 D Ike Opara 6 6 534 2 0 23 D Jalil Anibaba 16 14 1265 1 4 27 M Roger Espinoza 17 17 1484 1 4 37 F Jacob Peterson 25 14 1262 1 2 71 D Marcel de Jong 13 11 847 1 1 5 D Matt Besler 28 28 2500 0 3 93 M Soni Mustivar 23 18 1666 0 2 7 D Chance Myers 10 7 570 0 2 17 D Saad Abdul-Salaam 18 7 778 0 1 13 D Amadou Dia 21 12 1227 0 1 22 F Connor Hallisey 12 5 471 0 1 20 M Amobi Okugo (TOT) 17 10 890 0 1 20 M Amobi Okugo (KC) 2 1 78 0 1 11 M Bernardo Anor 11 2 334 0 0 12 M Mikey Lopez 4 3 302 0 0 94 M Jimmy Medranda 7 7 426 0 0 2 D Erik Palmer-Brown 4 3 275 0 0 96 M Jordi Quintilla 5 1 131 0 0 15 D Seth Sinovic 10 9 838 0 0 UNF POS 29 G 21 G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Jon Kempin

GP GS MIN 19 19 1710 3 3 270

SHT 86 42 50 7 20 23 7 11 19 21 13 0 2 5 4 5 8 4 0 8 1 5 1 4 6

SOG 35 16 17 5 5 5 2 4 5 11 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2

FC 51 39 17 28 21 16 6 10 28 8 5 26 29 12 8 25 2 11 0 8 9 10 3 7 18

FS 72 55 31 16 6 27 4 4 18 10 10 11 17 2 10 14 1 6 0 7 3 4 1 3 4

OFF CK C E 23 0 6 1 1 54 6 1 8 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 5 0 4 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0

SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA 90 63 24 1.26 2 2 11 6 5 1.67 0 0

W -L- T 9 -6-4 1-1-1

SO 7 0

SPORTING KC 2015 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES June 16, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Saint Louis FC

U.S. Open Cup 4th Round | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,298 (sellout) 1 Sporting KC 0 Saint Louis FC 0

2 1 0

F 1 0

July 21, 2015: Sporting KC 3-1 Houston Dynamo

U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,589 1 Sporting KC 0 Houston Dynamo 0

2 3 1

F 3 1

Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Saad Abdul-Salaam 56), Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia (Marcel de Jong 81); Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Connor Hallisey (Jacob Peterson 68), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi

Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90); Connor Hallisey (Jacob Peterson 54), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Saad Abdul-Salaam 91+)

Scoring Summary: SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 70

Scoring Summary: HOU -- Will Bruin 1 (unassisted) 59 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (Matt Besler 1) 71 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (K. Nemeth 1, Amadou Dia 1) 86 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Dom Dwyer 1, R. Espinoza 1) 88

July 1, 2015: Sporting KC 6-2 FC Dallas

U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,113 (sellout) 1 Sporting KC 4 FC Dallas 0

2 2 2

F 6 2

Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Jalil Anibaba; Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber (Paulo Nagamura 62); Krisztian Nemeth (Connor Hallisey 75), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Saad Abdul-Salaam 50) Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 5 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 30 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Penalty Kick) 41 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 1 (J. Peterson 1, B. Feilhaber 4) 46+ SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Saad Abdul-Salaam 1) 59 FCD -- Michael Barrios 3 (David Texeira 1) 62 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (unassisted) 69 FCD -- Kellyn Acosta 1 (unassisted) 73

Aug. 12, 2015: Sporting KC 3-1 Real Salt Lake

U.S. Open Cup Semifinal | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 16,117 1 Sporting KC 1 Real Salt Lake 1

2 2 0

F 3 1

Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam (Marcel de Jong 92+); Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Krisztian Nemeth (Chance Myers 87), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 64) Scoring Summary: RSL -- Olmes Garcia 1 (Tony Beltran 1) 24 SKC -- Soni Mustivar 1 (Benny Feilhaber 5) 35 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (unassisted) 80 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 4 (unassisted) 85

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 SPORTING KC NEWS AND NOTES ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Sporting KC is amidst a daunting portion of the schedule that will see the team play eight of 10 matches away from home. The stretch began with consecutive losses to Columbus Crew SC (Aug. 22) and the Colorardo Rapids (Aug. 29). After a bye during the first weekend of September, Sporting KC embarked on a two-game road trip that began in the Pacific Northwest against the Portland Timbers (0-0 draw) on Sept. 9 and ended in the opposite corner of the country against Orlando City SC (3-1 loss) on Sept 13. Peter Vermes’ men were back home on Sept. 18 and earned a 3-1 victory over FC Dallas, while Wednesday’s visit to Houston resulted in a 1-0 defeat. Up next was a nationally televised clash with Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday at Sporting Park, resulting in a 1-1 draw. Their travels now continue with another formidable road trip, beginning with the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final at the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday and ending with a cross-country trek to Portland three days later. After the October international break, Sporting KC will visit San Jose (Oct. 16) before rounding out 2015 with home games vs. Colorado (Oct. 21) and LA Galaxy (Oct. 25).

THREE AMIGOS

Over the course of Sporting KC’s 2015 season, three players have emerged as consistent attacking threats. On any given night, Peter Vermes has been able to count on Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth or Benny Feilhaber to provide (or create) a decisive goal. It’s a stark departure from 2014, when Dwyer scored 24 times in all competitions and no other player chipped in more than five. By no coincidence, Sporting KC’s run to the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final offers the perfect snapshot of just how impactful the trio has been this season. A simple way of looking at it: Dwyer, Feilhaber and Nemeth have combined for 11 of the team’s 13 goals in the tournament (and, for that matter, 41 of the team’s 58 goals in all competitions). Player Dom Dwyer Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber TRIO TOTALS TEAM TOTALS

MLS 11 9 10 30 45

USOC 5 4 2 11 13

Total Goals 16 13 12 41 58

Now in its 102nd edition, the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was headlined by the largest field in the modern era (1995-present) with 89 teams in contention when the first round began in May. The 2015 champion will win $250,000 in prize money, while the runner-up receives $60,000. The tournament winner qualifies for the group stage of the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League. The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur/professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S. and the world’s third-longest continuously running open soccer tournament. Sporting KC first won the championship in 2004 with a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire at Arrowhead Stadium. Eight years later, the club lifted its second Open Cup title with a penalty kick shootout triumph over Seattle Sounders FC at Sporting Park.

NEW KINGS OF THE OPEN CUP?

A year after falling 3-1 at home in the 2014 U.S. Open Cup Final, the Philadelphia Union are back in the championship with unfinished business. Standing in their way is a Sporting KC side making the team’s second trip to the U.S. Open Cup Final in four seasons. On Wednesday, a new U.S. Open Cup champion will be crowned at PPL Park. But in the build-up to the finale, Sporting KC and the Philadelphia Union have already built impressive U.S. Open Cup resumes. Since 2012, Sporting KC has the most U.S. Open Cup wins of any team in American soccer. Next on the list are the Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire, who met in the semifinal round last month, followed by a Seattle Sounders FC squad that has cemented its status as a perennial power with four titles (2009-2011, 2014) and a runners-up finish (2012) in the past seven tournaments. MOST U.S. OPEN CUP WINS (2012-2015) Sporting Kansas City 10-2-1 (.808) Philadelphia Union 9-3-3 (.700) Chicago Fire 9-4-0 (.692) Seattle Sounders FC 8-2-2 (.750)

THIRD TROPHY IN FOUR YEARS?

But there’s also a broader way of looking at the trio’s body of work in the competition—one that gives historical perspective to highlight just how impressive their collective romp through the Open Cup has been. Four months ago, Dwyer, Feilhaber and Nemeth were nowhere to be found among Kansas City’s all-time U.S. Open Cup scoring and assist leaders. Their combined Open Cup stat line prior to the 2015 season: zero carer goals and zero career assists in Sporting colors. Skip ahead to now, and the club’s all-time Open Cup leaderboards have undergone a makeover. In the span of one tournament, Dwyer has leapt into a tie as Kansas City’s all-time leading Open Cup scorer with five goals. Nemeth is one goal behind, netting four in just three appearances. All the while, Feilhaber has pulled the strings from midfield—his five Open Cup assists are most in team history. SPORTING KC OPEN CUP GOAL/ASSIST LEADERS (ALL TIME) GOALS ASSISTS 5 - Dom Dwyer (2012-present) 5 - Benny Feilhaber (2013-present) 5 - Davy Arnaud (2002-11) 3 - Jacob Peterson (2012-present) 5 - Igor Simutenkov (2002-04) 3 - Chris Klein (1998-2005) 5 - C.J. Sapong (2011-14) 3 - Josh Wolff (2003-10) 4 - Krisztian Nemeth (2015-present) 3 - Davy Arnaud (2002-11) 4 - Soony Saad (2011-14) 4 - Ryan Pore (2005-08)

ABOUT THE OPEN CUP

On Wednesday, Sporting KC has the opportunity to accomplish a feat that few in MLS have matched. With a win over the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, Sporting KC will have won its third trophy in four years. Since 2005, 30 trophies have been up for grabs (among MLS Cup, Supporters’ Shield and U.S. Open Cup). Twelve different teams have won a trophy in that span with only seven teams having won multiple trophies since 2005: LA Galaxy 7, Seattle 5, D.C. United 4, Columbus 3 and Sporting KC, Houston and San Jose with 2 each. If Sporting KC lifts the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, they will not only become the fifth team to lift three trophies since 2005, but they’ll be the fifth team to lift three trophies in a four-year span since 2005: LA Galaxy: Seattle Sounders: D.C. United: Columbus Crew:

2010 & 2011 Supporters’ Shield; 2011 & 2012 MLS Cup 2009-2011 Open Cup 2006 & 2007 Supporters’ Shield; 2008 Open Cup 2008 MLS Cup; 2008 & 2009 Supporters’ Shield

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 SPORTING KC NEWS AND NOTES MIXED RESULTS FOR VISITORS IN USOC FINALS

On Wednesday, Sporting KC will play for their third Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship in club history. The 2015 Final will be a familiar spectacle for a team that achieved tournament glory in 2004 and 2012 with wins over the Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders FC, respectively. This time around, however, there’s one apparent difference: Sporting KC will fight the battle away from home. Arrowhead Stadium was the site of the 2004 title game, while sold-out Sporting Park hosted a dramatic penalty shootout in 2012. Now, Peter Vermes’ side is faced with the task of knocking off the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park. And in a league where parity reigns, home field advantage is oftentimes a decisive factor in Major League Soccer matches. Home teams have a .645 winning percentage in the 2015 regular season. The Philadelphia Union (9-15-7, 34 points) are currently 18th in the Supporters’ Shield standings and have the worst home record in MLS (6-7-3) heading into tonight’s Open Cup Final. On the flip-side, Sporting Kansas City is 3-8-4 away from home in 2015. It’s no small dip in form compared to the previous three MLS seasons, when they aggregated a league-best 24-17-10 road record. Take a sample size dating back to the start of the competition’s modern era in 1995, and it becomes clear that home field advantage isn’t the be-all, end-all in determining who lifts the Dewar Challenge Trophy. In fact, the visiting team has won two straight Open Cup Finals and four of the last eight. Excluding the 1997 and 1999 finals, which were played on neutral sites, road clubs have won seven of 18 Open Cup championship games. 1995: 2003: 2007: 2009: 2013: 2014

VICTORIOUS ROAD TEAMS IN OPEN CUP FINALS (1995-present) Richmond Kickers won 1-1 (4-2 on PKs) at El Paso Patriots Chicago Fire won 1-0 at NY/NJ MetroStars New England Revolution won 3-2 at FC Dallas Seattle Sounders FC won 2-1 at DC United D.C. United won 1-0 at Real Salt Lake Seattle Sounders FC won 3-1 (AET) at Philadelphia Union

The Philadelphia Union will have the luxury of playing in friendly confines, but with that may come added pressure: no team has lost back-to-back Open Cup finals since 1975-1976.

REUNION WITH C.J.

Philadelphia Union forward C.J. Sapong played for Sporting KC from 2011-2014, recording 27 goals and 12 assists in 143 appearances across all competitions. Sapong was named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year in his first year with the club, and he played all 120 minutes in the 2013 MLS Cup final at Sporting Park. Sapong also played a role in Sporting KC’s 2012 U.S. Open Cup championship. He was introduced in the 89th minute of the 2012 Final against Seattle and played the final 31 minutes as neither side could break the 1-1 tie in extra time. Sporting KC prevailed 3-2 in a five-round penalty shootout, clinching the win before Sapong was slated to take his penalty. Entering Wednesday, Sapong is tied atop Sporting KC’s all-time Open Cup scoring list with five goals from 13 appearances. Dom Dwyer would pass Sapong for first place with a goal in the 2015 Final. Sapong has enjoyed a strong first year with the Philadelphia Union since joining from Kansas City this past offseason. He leads the team with nine league goals, tying an MLS career-high, while also contributing four assists (one shy of tying a careerhigh).

USOC FINAL FEATURES ELITE MLS ASSIST MEN

The U.S. Open Cup Final on Wednesday will provide a stage on which two of Major League Soccer’s premier playmakers hope to shine. Sporting KC’s Benny Feilhaber and the Philadelphia Union’s Cristian Maidana are tied for second on the league’s assist chart with 14 apiece, one behind leader Sebastian Giovinco. Both players have entered club record books in 2015. We can start in Kansas City, where Feilhaber has notched MLS career-highs in goals (10) and assists (14) while also setting a single-season team record with 19 assists in all competitions. His 29 combined goals and assists means he has played a role in exactly 50 percent of Kansas City’s goals in all competitions. Another impressive figure: Feilhaber has scored or assisted in 21 of his 32 total appearances this year. Maidana, a 28-year-old Argentine import who boasts professional experience in South America and Europe, has set Philadelphia’s single-season assist record (14) in his second MLS campaign. He has scored or assisted in 11 of 30 total appearances and contributed to 17 of Philly’s 44 goals in all competitions (38.6 percent). Maidana’s output has tended to come in bunches, as he’s reached a club-record three assists on two occasions this year and three times total since joining the Union in January 2014. Since then, no MLS player has more assists than Maidana’s 25. FEILHABER vs. MAIDANA: 2015 MLS STATISTICS Chances Created: Feilhaber 62 (7th) Maidana 78 (1st) from open play: Feilhaber 40 (8th) Maidana 51 (3rd) from set plays: Feilhaber 22 (t-7th) Maidana 27 (5th) Big chances created: Feilhaber 9 (1st) Maidana 4 (t-20th)

DWYER TO FOLLOW LE TOUX INTO USOC HISTORY BOOKS

Sporting KC main marksman has stamped his name on the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Dom Dwyer leads the tournament’s Golden Boot race with five goals, a tally that vaults him into a tie atop the club’s all-time Open Cup scoring chart. On Wednesday, Dwyer and his teammates will meet the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park with the Dewar Challenge Trophy up for grabs. And while Dwyer is in pole position to claim Golden Boot honors by the end of the night, he’ll likely lock horns with a fellow forward whose Open Cup scoring pedigree is unrivaled. Philadelphia veteran Sebastien Le Toux is the all-time leading scorer during the Open Cup’s modern era (1995-present). To put the Frenchman’s success into perspective, his 15 career strikes in the competition aren’t far behind the combined total of Sporting KC’s current roster (19). Thus, Le Toux has been in Dwyer’s position before. He earned Open Cup Golden Boot honors three consecutive times from 2007-2009, helping Seattle Sounders FC win the championship in the final year of that streak. Le Toux moved to Philadelphia in 2010 and has since led the Union to three Open Cup semifinal appearances in the last four years, including back-to-back appearances in the Final. Most recently, Le Toux booked Philadelphia’s spot in the 2015 title game with the decisive goal in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire on Aug. 12. Dwyer isn’t close to matching Le Toux’s career goal tally in the Open Cup, but he’s well-positioned to enter the history books in a different way. Since 1995, no one has scored more than six goals in a single Open Cup tournament. With a goal in the 2015 final, Dwyer would join a group of eight players to hit six in one season. It should also be noted that Dwyer’s main contender for the tournament’s Golden Boot boot award is fellow forward Krisztian Nemeth, as no Philadelphia player has more than two goals. Nemeth has netted four in three Open Cup matches.

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Playing the team’s 600th all-time regular season match, Sporting KC came from behind for a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union on Sunday with two goals in second half stoppage time. Jalil Anibaba pulled the home side level in the 91st minute to set the stage for Krisztian Nemeth’s game-winner - the club’s 1000th goal in team history across all competitions - in the 94th minute. The visiting Union took an early lead in the game’s third minute from a corner kick swung in by Sebastien Le Toux. Anibaba nearly cleared the ball - last touched by Jacob Peterson under pressure from Andrew Wenger - off the goalline however assistant referee Adam Garner immediately signaled for the own goal to be awarded by referee Ismail Elfath. Sporting KC responded with a goal of their own off a corner kick in the 16th minute. Dom Dwyer headed home Benny Feilhaber’s service at the back post for his first goal of the season after setting the team’s single-season record with 22 goals in 2014. The momentum from the equalizer was short lived as Philadelphia re-gained their advantage just over three minutes later. Le Toux’s free kick from the right flank found Fernando Aristeguieta, who powered his header past the outstretched arms of Luis Marin from 10 yards out. Set pieces would once again prove pivotal as six minutes of second half stoppage time commenced with the scoreline still 2-1 in Philadelphia’s favor. Aristeguieta cleared away Feilhaber’s free kick from the left sideline but Roger Espinoza was first to the loose ball and lofted an entry pass back into the penalty area. Anibaba won the aerial and snapped his header downward inside the post for his fifth career MLS goal and first since October 2013. The late-game heroics culminated in a milestone moment when Feilhaber’s corner kick - flicked on by Besler - was pushed over the line by Nemeth. A second-half substitute, the Hungarian newcomer’s first MLS goal went into the record books as the team’s historic 1000th goal across all competitions.

2012 SEMIS REVISITED: SPORTING KC 2-0 PHILADELPHIA

Sporting KC has played one previous Open Cup match at PPL Park. In the 2012 semifinals, Peter Vermes’ men squared off against a Philadelphia Union side coached by John Hackworth. Despite losing 4-0 at PPL Park just three weeks earlier in MLS action, Sporting KC prevailed with a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Jacob Peterson and Graham Zusi. Peterson opened the scoring with a 65th-minute header off a free kick from Zusi, who got on the scoresheet himself in second-half stoppage time. Facing elimination, the Union began sending numbers forward to try and find an equalizer. Goalkeeper Zac MacMath had advanced to midfield to aid in the attack and his header under pressure from C.J. Sapong fell into the path of Zusi, who onetimed a 55-yard volley over MacMath and into the empty net to seal the victory.

OKUGO RETURNS TO PHILLY

Sporting KC defender/midfielder Amobi Okugo, who joined from Orlando City SC in July, spent his first five MLS seasons with the Philadelphia Union from 2010-2014. The 24-year-old started 101 of 117 MLS appearances for the Union during that time, contributing five goals and six assists. Between 2012-2014, he led all MLS players with 70 blocks and was fourth in the league with 276 interceptions. Okugo was included on MLSsoccer.com’s “24 under 24” rankings of the league’s top youth talent each of the past two seasons (8th in 2013, 13th in 2014) and joined Orlando City SC for their inaugural MLS campaign in 2015.

PETER THE GREAT

Seventh-year head coach Peter Vermes has stamped his name in the Sporting KC and MLS history books this season. The 48-year-old began the 2015 campaign with 76 regular season coaching wins, good for 14th most in MLS history. More than six months later, Vermes has climbed to eighth all-time with 88 regular season victories—fifth among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (221), Bruce Arena (190), Dominic Kinnear (151) and Jason Kreis (100). In addition, 2015 has seen Vermes become Kansas City’s winningest coach ever. When Sporting KC beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals on Aug. 12, Vermes earned his 109th coaching win for the club in all competitions to pass his former coach Bob Gansler atop the club’s all-time chart. Three days later, Sporting KC pulled off a 4-3 comeback win to give Vermes his 87th regular season triumph, also passing Gansler for sole possession of first place in team history. The second-longest tenured manager in team history behind Gansler (1999-2006), Vermes assumed head coaching duties in August 2009 and has since compiled a 111-77-59 record in all competitions. He led Sporting KC to the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship and in 2013 became the first person to win MLS Cup as both a player and coach with the same team. Gansler coached Vermes as manager of the United States Men’s National at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and later in Kansas City when the club achieved the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup double in 2000.

FANS FLOCK TO OPEN CUP MATCHES AT SPORTING PARK

Sporting Park drew a total attendance of 72,117 in four U.S. Open Cup matches this summer, setting the single-year record for highest combined home attendance in the tournament’s modern era (1995-present). The venue also achieved modernera attendance records for every round of the competition from the round of 32 through the semifinals. From a nationwide scope, U.S. Open Cup attendance figures over the last 20 years suggest that Kansas City is leading an upward trend. With the championship match still to be played at Philadelphia Union’s PPL Park, 2015 attendance is just 1,830 shy of the previous high of 67,373 set in 2013. Sporting KC’s progression to the final is a large reason why, as quarterfinal and semifinal matches at Sporting Park had more fans (33,706) than the other four quarterfinal/semifinal matches combined (31,837).

MODERN ERA U.S. OPEN CUP CHAMPIONS (1995-PRESENT) YEAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

WINNER RESULT Richmond Kickers 1-1 (4-2 PK) vs. El Paso Patriots D.C. United 3-0 vs. Rochester Rhinos Dallas Burn 0-0 (5-3 PK) vs. D.C. United Chicago Fire 2-1 (ET) vs. Columbus Crew SC Rochester Rhinos 2-0 vs. Colorado Rapids Chicago Fire 2-1 vs. Miami Fusion LA Galaxy 2-1 (ET) vs. New England Revolution Columbus Crew 1-0 vs. LA Galaxy Chicago Fire 1-0 vs. New York Red Bulls Kansas City Wizards 1-0 (ET) vs. Chicago Fire LA Galaxy 1-0 vs. FC Dallas Chicago Fire 3-1 vs. LA Galaxy New England Revolution 3-2 vs. FC Dallas D.C. United 2-1 vs. Charleston Battery Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 vs. D.C. United Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 vs. Columbus Crew SC Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 vs. Chicago Fire Sporting Kansas City 1-1 (3-2 PK) vs. Seattle Sounders FC D.C. United 1-0 vs. Real Salt Lake Seattle Sounders FC 3-1 (ET) vs. Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 BY THE NUMBERS: 2015 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP SEVENTEEN 17 – The number of Finals that have gone to extra time in the history of the U.S. Open Cup. Seven Finals in the tournament’s modern era (1995-present) have seen extra times with both Sporting KC and the Philadelphia Union having played in one of those matches. The Union fell to Seattle Sounders FC 3-1 last year, while Sporting KC played to a 1-1 draw through the extra frames before defeating Sounders FC 3-2 on penalties at Sporting Park in 2012. SIXTEEN 16 - The number of clubs who made up the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup’s fixed bracket, a geographically-based tournament format used for the first time. Four groups of four teams were paired into the East, South, Central and West regions. FIFTEEN 15 – The record number of goals Philadelphia Union’s Sebastien Le Toux has scored in the U.S. Open Cup’s modern era. Le Toux scored 11 with Seattle Sounders FC and four more with Philadelphia. FOURTEEN 14 – The number of times a club from Pennsylvania has won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Bethlehem Steel jointly holds the tournament record of five championships with Maccabi Los Angeles, winning all of them in the tournament’s first 15 years. The Philadelphia Ukrainians also won four during the 1960s. Other Pennsylvania clubs that have won include Harmarville Hurricanes (1952, 1956), Pittsburgh Morgan-Strasser (1949), Pittsburgh Gallatin (1942) and Uhrik Truckers of Philadelphia (1936). THIRTEEN 13 – The number of goals Sporting KC has bagged during the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, more than any other side in the tournament. Sporting scored one against Saint Louis FC (June 16), six vs. FC Dallas (July 1), three vs. Houston (July 21) and three vs. Real Salt Lake (Aug. 12). TWELVE (20)12 – The only previous time Sporting KC and Philadelphia Union have met in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play came in the 2012 Semifinals. Second-half goals from Jacob Peterson and Graham Zusi pushed Sporting past the Union 2-0 at PPL Park. Peter Vermes’ side went on to win the competition a month later, the club’s second Open Cup title in team history. ELEVEN 11 – The number of wins Sporting KC has in the U.S. Open Cup under Peter Vermes. The mark is the most by a Sporting KC head coach in the competition. Philadelphia Union boss Jim Curtin also holds the same record with his club with five overall wins. As a player, Curtin started for the Chicago Fire side that fell to Kansas City in the 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final at Arrowhead Stadium. TEN 10 – The number of different clubs that have won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the tournament’s modern era: Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders FC (4), D.C. United (3), Sporting KC and LA Galaxy (2), Richmond Kickers, FC Dallas, Rochester Rhinos, Columbus Crew SC, New England Revolution. NINE 9 – The number of current Philadelphia Union players that appeared in the 2014 U.S. Open Cup Final defeat to Sounders FC. The goal scorer Maurice Edu is joined by Ethan White, Raymon Gaddis, Andrew Wenger, Cristian Maidana, Sebastien Le Toux, Vincent Nogueira, Conor Casey and Fred.

EIGHT 8 – The number of different goal scorers between the Philadelphia Union and Sporting KC in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Philadelphia: Eric Ayuk (2), Fabinho, Sebastien Le Toux. Sporting KC: Dom Dwyer (5), Krisztian Nemeth (4), Benny Feilhaber (2), Soni Mustivar and Graham Zusi. SEVEN 7 – The record number of goals scored by one team in a U.S. Open Cup Final. Pennsylvania-based Bethlehem Steel defeated Ben Millers of St. Louis in the 1925-26 Final, the club’s last championship, while Fall River Marksmen of Massachusetts won the club’s second U.S. Open Cup title with a 7-0 victory against Holley Carburetor of Michigan the following year. SIX 6 – The number of U.S. Open Cup trophies won by the coaching staffs of the Philadelphia Union and Sporting Kansas City. Union head coach Jim Curtin and his assistant Mike Sorber won all three of their titles with the Chicago Fire – Curtin in 2003 and 2006 and Sorber in 2000. Peter Vermes, of course, led Sporting KC to the 2012 title. Kerry Zavagnin was his assistant in 2012 as well, but won the club’s first U.S. Open Cup title as a member of the Kansas City Wizards in 2004. SIX (AGAIN) 6 – The number of players still on the Sporting KC roster from the club’s 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup win: Roger Espinoza, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Paulo Nagamura. Philadelphia Union forward C.J. Sapong was also a substitute for Sporting KC in the shootout win. FIVE 5 – The number of goals Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer has bagged to lead the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup golden boot race. Former U.S. internationals Josh Wolff (2000 Chicago Fire), Herculez Gomez (2005 LA Galaxy) and Kenny Cooper (2014 Seattle Sounders FC) are standouts on a long list of players in the modern era that have scored six. Dwyer would join that list with a goal on Wednesday, while a brace would give him the modern era record. FOUR 4 – The number of penalty kicks Philadelphia Union goalkeeper John McCarthy has saved during the team’s four-match run to the 2015 Final. After playing to a 0-0 draw with the Rochester Rhinos in Round Four play on June 16, McCarthy saved three penalties to dispatch the USL league-leaders. Just over a month later, McCarthy came up big again, decisively saving a penalty kick from the New York Red Bulls’ Lloyd Sam, setting up Fernando Aristeguieta for the winning spot kick. THREE 3 – The number of consecutive U.S. Open Cup matches Sporting KC forward Krisztian Nemeth has scored in. With a goal in Wednesday’s Final, Nemeth could match Kenny Cooper, who tallied in four straight U.S. Open Cup matches during Sounders FC’s run to the 2014 title. TWO 2 – The number of states Sporting KC has won U.S. Open Cup titles in. Known as the Kansas City Wizards in 2004, Sporting KC defeated the Chicago Fire 1-0 in extra time at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Sporting defeated Seattle Sounders FC 3-2 on penalties to win the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. ONE 1 – The number of previous meetings between Sporting KC and the Philadelphia Union this year. Peter Vermes’ side earned a 3-2 regular season win on April 5 at Sporting Park, receiving a 94th-minute winner from Krisztian Nemeth.

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 SPORTING KC ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP LEADERS GOALS

Player 1. Dom Dwyer Igor Simutenkov Davy Arnaud C.J. Sapong 5. Krisztian Nemeth Soony Saad Ryan Pore 8. Graham Zusi Ivan Trujillo Kei Kamara Teal Bunbury

ASSISTS

Player 1. Benny Feilhaber 2. Jacob Peterson Chris Klein Josh Wolff Davy Arnaud 5. Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Scott Sealy C.J. Sapong

GP G 7 5 5 5 12 5 13 5 3 4 5 4 6 4 10 3 2 3 8 3 9 3

GP A 6 5 12 3 10 3 7 3 12 3 9 2 10 2 11 2 5 2 13 2

GAMES PLAYED

Player GP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 2. Matt Besler 14 Chance Myers 14 Nick Garcia 14 5. C.J. Sapong 13 Michael Harrington 13 7. Jacob Peterson 12 Davy Arnaud 12 9. Roger Espinoza 11 Preki 11

GAMES STARTED

Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 17 2. Nick Garcia 13 3. Chance Myers 12 Matt Besler 12 5. Eric Kronberg 10 6. Seth Sinovic 9 Roger Espinoza 9 Michael Harrington 9 Jimmy Conrad 9 Aurelien Collin 9

GOALKEEPER WINS

Player 1. Tim Melia Tony Meola Eric Kronberg 4. Jimmy Nielsen 5. William Hesmer Bo Oshoniyi

GP W 4 4 5 4 10 4 4 3 4 2 6 2

GOALS AGAINST

Player 1. Taly Goode 2. Jimmy Nielsen 3. Jon Kempin Andy Gruenebaum 5. Kevin Hartman Boris Pardo 7. Tim Melia Mike Ammann Chris Snitko Bo Oshoniyi

GP GA 1 0 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 6 4

SHUTOUTS

Player 1. Eric Kronberg 2. Bo Oshoniyi Jimmy Nielsen 4. Tony Meola 5. Tim Melia Andy Gruenebaum Taly Goode

GP SO 10 5 6 3 4 3 5 2 4 1 2 1 1 1

sporting kc All-time U.S. open cup goals scored FIRST LAST G Dom Dywer 5 Davy Arnaud 5 C.J. Sapong 5 Igor Simutenkov 5 Krisztian Nemeth 4 Ryan Pore 4 Soony Saad 4 Graham Zusi 3 Teal Bunbury 3 Kei Kamara 3 Ivan Trujillo 3 Chance Myers 2 Eric Quill 2 Scott Sealy 2 Sasha Victorine 2 Josh Wolff 2 Benny Feilhaber 2

FIRST LAST G Claudio Bieler 1 Sean Bowers 1 Chris Brown 1 Mike Burns 1 Aurelien Collin 1 Justin Detter 1 Dario Fabbro 1 Francisco Gomez 1 Diego Gutierrez 1 Chris Klein 1 Frank Klopas 1 Michael Kraus 1 Claudio Lopez 1 Alex Martinez 1 Rauwshan McKenzie 1 Matt McKeon 1 Soni Mustivar 1

FIRST LAST G Paulo Nagamura 1 Jacob Peterson 1 Preki 1 Paul Rideout 1 Mark Santel 1 Milos Stojcev 1 Vitalis Takawira 1 Abe Thompson 1 Alex Zotinca 1

sporting kc All-time u.s. open cup assists FIRST LAST A Benny Feilhaber 5 Davy Arnaud 3 Chris Klein 3 Jacob Peterson 3 Josh Wolff 3 Roger Espinoza 2 C.J. Sapong 2 Scott Sealy 2 Seth Sinovic 2 Graham Zusi 2

FIRST LAST A Saad Abdul-Salaam 1 Stephen Armstrong 1 Matt Besler 1 Omar Bravo 1 Teal Bunbury 1 Jimmy Conrad 1 Amadou Dia 1 Dom Dwyer 1 Dario Fabbro 1 Francisco Gomez 1 Diego Gutierrez 1 Michael Harrington 1 Jack Jewsbury 1 Mo Johnston 1 Peterson Joseph 1

FIRST LAST A Claudio Lopez 1 Chance Myers 1 Paulo Nagamura 1 Krisztian Nemeth 1 Lawrence Olum 1 Eric Quill 1 Soony Saad 1 Luke Sassano 1 Igor Simutenkov 1 Mike Sorber 1 Carey Talley 1 Matt Taylor 1 Ryan Smith 1 Sal Zizzo 1

MINUTES PLAYED

Player MIN 1. Kerry Zavagnin 1453 2. Nick Garcia 1313 3. Michael Harrington 1096 4. Matt Besler 1084 5. Chance Myers 1064 6. Roger Espinoza 1024 7. Eric Kronberg 990 8. Jimmy Conrad 905 9. Davy Arnaud 858 10. Seth Sinovic 820

sporting kc All-time GOALKEEPING STATISTICS GAMES WON FIRST LAST GW Tim Melia 4 Tony Meola 4 Eric Kronberg 4 Jimmy Nielsen 3 William Hesmer 2 Bo Oshoniyi 2 Andy Gruenebaum 1

BOLD: player on current SKC roster

SHUTOUTS FIRST LAST SO Eric Kronberg 5 Jimmy Nielsen 3 Bo Oshoniyi 3 Tony Meola 2 Tim Melia 1 Taly Goode 1 Jon Kempin 1 Andy Gruenbaum 1 Taly Goode 1

GOALS AGAINST FIRST LAST GA Eric Kronberg 9 Will Hesmer 7 Tony Meola 6 Mike Ammann 4 Bo Oshoniyi 4 Chris Snitko 4 Kevin Hartman 3 Tim Melia 3 Boris Pardo 3 Andy Gruenebaum 2 Jon Kempin 2 Jimmy Nielsen 1 Taly Goode 0

SPORTING KC ALL-TIME U.S. OPEN CUP GAMES PLAYED/STARTED (ALPHABETICAL) Saad Abdul-Salaam 4 1 Korede Aiyegbusi 2 2 Mike Ammann 2 1 Jalil Anibaba 1 1 Stephen Armstrong 4 3 Davy Arnaud 12 8 Stephane Auvray 1 0 Matt Besler 14 12 Claudio Bieler 3 2 Sean Bowers 2 2 Dustin Branan 2 0 Omar Bravo 3 2 Chris Brown 6 3 Chris Brunt 4 1 Teal Bunbury 9 7 Alex Bunbury 1 1 Jose Burciaga 5 5 Mike Burns 4 2 Julio Cesar 2 2 Sunil Chhetri 1 1 Mark Chung 3 3 Aurelien Collin 9 9

Eloy Colombano Jimmy Conrad Marcel de Jong Justin Detter Amadou Dia Birahim Diop Antonio Dovale Dom Dwyer Kevin Ellis Pablo Escobar Roger Espinoza Dario Fabbro Benny Feilhaber Vicente Figueroa Nick Garcia Josh Gardner Gary Glasgow Francisco Gomez Herculez Gomez Taly Goode Taylor Graham Michael Green

1 0 10 9 2 0 2 1 4 4 5 2 2 2 7 7 8 7 1 1 11 9 3 3 6 6 1 1 14 13 2 2 2 2 6 5 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1

Andrew Gregor 2 0 Matt Groenwald 2 1 Andy Gruenebaum 2 2 Diego Gutierrez 7 6 Connor Hallisey 4 2 Michael Harrington 13 9 Kevin Hartman 2 2 Chris Henderson 1 0 Will Hesmer 4 4 Santiago Hirsig 1 1 Aaron Hohlbein 2 2 Goran Hunjak 1 0 Tahj Jenkins 1 0 Mechack Jerome 1 1 Jack Jewsbury 9 8 Will John 3 2 Eddie Johnson 3 1 Brian Johnson 1 0 Mo Johnston 4 4 Peterson Joseph 3 3 Kei Kamara 8 6 Jon Kempin 1 1

Chris Klein Frank Klopas Kevin Koetters Michael Kraus Eric Kronberg Roy Lassiter Jonathan Leathers Claudio Lopez Mikey Lopez Scott Lorenz Onandi Lowe Carlos Marinelli Matt Marquess Alex Martinez Rauwshan McKenzie Matt McKeon Ryan McMahen Tim Melia Tony Meola Kurt Morsink Yura Movsisyan Victor Munoz

10 8 2 2 1 0 2 2 10 10 2 1 6 6 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 3 3 8 8 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 2 3 3 1 1

Soni Mustivar 4 4 Chance Myers 14 12 Paulo Nagamura 8 6 Krisztian Nemeth 3 3 Jimmy Nielsen 4 4 Uche Okafor 4 4 Lawrence Olum 7 6 Ike Opara 1 1 Bo Oshoniyi 6 5 Erik Palmer-Brown 2 2 Boris Pardo 1 1 Jacob Peterson 12 8 Steve Pittman 1 1 Nelson Pizarro 1 0 Ryan Pore 6 5 Alan Prampin 1 0 Preki 11 7 Brandon Prideaux 2 2 Eric Quill 4 4 Sergei Raad 2 1 Ryan Raybould 2 2 Paul Rideout 1 1

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Brian Craig Oriol Soony Refik Mark C.J. Luke Scott Stephen Igor Seth Ryan Chris Mike Khari Milos Vitalis Carey Matt Michael Shavar

Roberts 3 3 Rocastle 3 3 Rosell 2 1 Saad 5 4 Sabanadzovic 1 1 Santel 2 1 Sapong 13 4 Sassano 4 4 Sealy 5 3 Shirley 2 2 Simutenkov 5 3 Sinovic 9 9 Smith 1 0 Snitko 2 2 Sorber 1 1 Stephenson 3 1 Stojcev 3 3 Takawira 1 1 Talley 3 3 Taylor 1 0 Thomas 2 2 Thomas 6 6

Abe Ryan Ivan Scott Peter Scott Sasha Tyson Konrad Lance Josh Paul Kerry Alex Sal Graham

Thompson Tinsley Trujillo Uderitz Vermes Vermillion Victorine Wahl Warzycha Watson Wolff Wright Zavagnin Zotinca Zizzo Zusi

2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 5 5 1 1 3 1 4 4 2 1 4 3 7 5 3 2 17 17 6 4 2 1 10 8

Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 2015 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP RESULTS Home team listed first PRELIMINARY ROUND RESULTS (APRIL 25) Harpo’s FC (USSSA) 2-0 KC Athletics (USASA) San Francisco City FC (USCS) 1-2 Cal FC (USASA)

FIRST ROUND RESULTS (MAY 13)

Chattanooga FC (NPSL) 1-1 (4-2) Ocala Stampede (PDL) Upward Stars (NPSL) 3-3 (3-1) Triangle Brigade (USASA) Miami United FC (NPSL) 2-1 SW Florida Adrenaline (PDL) Lansing United (NPSL 0-0 (4-2) RWB Adria (USASA) Jersey Express SC (PDL) 3-0 Greek American AA (USASA) Reading United AC (PDL) 1-0 Maryland Bays (USASA) Western Mass Pioneers 1-1 (3-4) GBFC Thunder (NPSL) Long Island Rough Riders (PDL) 3-1 Brooklyn Italians (NPSL) BYU Cougars (PDL) 0-0 (2-4) Harpo’s FC (USSSA) FC Tacoma 253 (NPSL) 2-5 Kitsap Pumas (PDL) Michigan Bucks (PDL) 3-0 Detroit City FC (NPSL) AC Connecticut (PDL) 2-3 Virginia Beach City FC (NPSL) West Virginia Chaos (PDL) 1-0 Fort Pitt FC Regiment (NPSL) Des Moines Menace (PDL) 2-1 Madison Fire (USASA) Laredo Heat (PDL) 0-0 (4-2) NTX Rayados (USASA) GPS-Massachusetts (USASA) 1-2 Seacoast United Phantoms (PDL) Midland/Odessa Sockers (PDL) 3-1 Tulsa Athletics (NPSL) Sonoma County Sol (NPSL) 2-1 Burlingame Dragons FC (PDL) FC Tucson (PDL) 1-2 Chula Vista FC (USASA) Ventura County Fusion (PDL) 3-3 (6-5) Cal FC (USASA) PSA Elite (USASA) 7-1 Golden State Missioneros (PDL)

SECOND ROUND RESULTS (MAY 19-20)

Wilmington Hammerheads FC (USL) 1-1 (3-5) Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Charlotte Independence (USL) 4-1 Upward Stars (NPSL) Charleston Battery (USL) 1-0 Miami United FC (NPSL) Lansing United (NPSL) 0-1 Louisville City FC (USL) Jersey Express SC (PDL) 1-0 New York Red Bulls II (USL) Reading United AC (PDL) 0-3 Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) Rochester Rhinos (USL) 1-0 GBFC Thunder (NPSL) Long Island Rough Riders (PDL) 0-1 Real Monarchs (USL) Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL) 2-1 Harpo’s FC (USSSA) Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL) 4-2 Kitsap Pumas (PDL) Michigan Bucks (PDL) 0-2 Portland Timbers 2 (USL) Richmond Kickers (USL) 2-0 Virginia Beach City FC (NPSL) Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL) 3-0 West Virginia Chaos (PDL) Saint Louis FC (USL) 2-1 Des Moines Menace (PDL) Austin Aztex (USL) 2-0 Laredo Heat (PDL) Tulsa Roughnecks (USL) 1-0 Seacoast United Phantoms (PDL) Midland/Odessa Sockers (PDL) 1-3 Oklahoma City Energy FC (USL) Sacramento Republic FC (USL) 4-2 Sonoma County Sol (NPSL) Arizona United SC (USL) 0-3 Chula Vista FC (USASA) LA Galaxy II (USL) 1-2 Ventura County Fusion (PDL) Orange County Blues FC (USL) 1-2 PSA Elite (USASA)

Home team listed first (MLS clubs unless noted) ROUND OF 32 RESULTS (JUNE 16-17)

Philadelphia Union 0-0 (3-1) Rochester Rhinos (USL) New York Red Bulls 3-0 Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Sporting Kansas City 1-0 Saint Louis FC (USL) Chicago Fire 1-0 Louisville City FC (USL) FC Dallas 4-1 Oklahoma City Energy FC (USL) Colorado Rapids 4-1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL) Real Salt Lake 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL) San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 (6-5) Sacramento Republic FC (USL) Seattle Sounders FC 1-3 Portland Timbers Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL) 1-3 D.C. United Richmond Kickers (USL) 1-3 Columbus Crew SC New York Cosmos (NASL) 2-2 (4-3) New York City FC Charleston Battery (USL) 4-4 (7-8) Orlando City SC New England Revolution 1-0 Charlotte Independence (USL) Houston Dynamo 2-0 Austin Aztex (USL) LA Galaxy 6-1 PSA Elite (USASA)

ROUND OF 16 RESULTS (JUNE 30 - JULY 1) Orlando City SC 2-0 Columbus Crew Philadelphia Union 2-1 D.C. United Chicago Fire 3-1 Charlotte Independence (USL) Houston Dynamo 1-0 Colorado Rapids New York Red Bulls 4-1 New York Cosmos (NASL) Sporting Kansas City 6-2 FC Dallas Real Salt Lake 2-0 Portland Timbers San Jose Earthquakes 0-1 LA Galaxy

QUARTERFINAL RESULTS (JULY 14-22) Real Salt Lake 1-0 LA Galaxy New York Red Bulls 1-1 (3-4) Philadelphia Union Sporting Kansas City 3-1 Houston Dynamo Chicago Fire 3-1 Orlando City SC

SEMIFINAL RESULTS (AUG. 12) Philadelphia Union 1-0 Chicago Fire Sporting Kansas City 3-1 Real Salt Lake

THIRD ROUND RESULTS (MAY 26-27)

Chattanooga FC (NPSL) 1-2 Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Carolina RailHawks (NASL) 0-1 Charlotte Independence (USL) Charleston Battery (USL) 3-2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) Indy Eleven (NASL) 0-2 Louisville City FC (USL) New York Cosmos (NASL) 3-0 Jersey Express SC (PDL) Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) 1-3 Rochester Rhinos (USL) Real Monarchs (USL) 0-1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL) Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL) 2-1 Portland Timbers (USL) Richmond Kickers (USL) 3-0 Jacksonville Armada FC (NASL) Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL) 1-0 Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) Saint Louis FC (USL) 1-1 (3-1) Minnesota United FC (NASL) San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) 0-2 Austin Aztex (USL) Tulsa Roughnecks (USL) 0-1 Oklahoma City Energy FC (USL) Sacramento Republic FC (USL) 7-3 Chula Vista FC (USASA) Ventura County Fusion (PDL) 1-2 PSA Elite (USASA)

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Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

New York Red Bulls 4 July 1 / Red Bull Arena / Harrison, NJ

New York Cosmos 1 Philadelphia Union 2 June 30 / PPL Park / Chester, PA

New York Red Bulls 1 (3) July 21 Red Bull Arena Harrison, NJ

Philadelphia Union 1 (4)

D.C. United 1

Aug. 12 PPL Park Chester, PA

Chicago Fire 3 June 30 / Toyota Park / Bridgeview, IL

Charlotte Independence 1 Orlando City SC 2 June 30 / Citrus Bowl / Orlando, FL

Philadelphia Union 1

Philadelphia

Chicago Fire 3 July 22 Toyota Park Bridgeview, IL

Chicago Fire 0

Orlando City SC 1

Columbus Crew SC 0 Sept. 30 PPL Park Chester, PA

Sporting Kansas City 6 July 1 / Sporting Park / Kansas City, KS

FC Dallas 2 Houston Dynamo 1 June 30 / BBVACompassStadium / Houston, TX

Sporting Kansas City 3 July 21 Sporting Park Kansas City, KS

Houston Dynamo 1

Colorado Rapids 0

Aug. 12 Sporting Park Kansas City, KS

Real Salt Lake 2 July 1 / Rio Tinto Stadium / Sandy Utah

Portland Timbers 0 San Jose Earthquakes 0 July 1 / Avaya Stadium / San Jose, CA

Sporting Kansas City 3

Sporting KC

Real Salt Lake 1 July 14 Rio Tinto Stadium Sandy, UT

Real Salt Lake 1

LA Galaxy 0

LA Galaxy 1

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Saturday, March 14 SATURDAY, MARCH 21 Saturday, March 28 SUNDAY, APRIL 5 SATURDAY, APRIL 11 Saturday, April 18 Saturday, April 25 SUNDAY, MAY 3 Saturday, May 9 WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Saturday, May 23 FRIDAY, MAY 29 SATURDAY, JUNE 6 TUESDAY, JUNE 16 Sunday, June 21 SATURDAY, JUNE 27 WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 Sunday, July 12 SATURDAY, JULY 18 TUESDAY, JULY 21 Friday, July 24 SATURDAY, AUG. 1 Saturday, Aug. 8 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12 SATURDAY, AUG. 15 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 Saturday, Aug. 22 Saturday, Aug. 29 Wednesday, Sept. 9 Sunday, Sept. 13 FRIDAY, SEPT. 18 Wednesday, Sept. 23 SUNDAY, SEPT. 27

OPPONENT NEW YORK RED BULLS at FC Dallas PORTLAND TIMBERS at New York City FC PHILADELPHIA UNION REAL SALT LAKE at LA Galaxy at Houston Dynamo CHICAGO FIRE at D.C. United NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION at Seattle Sounders FC FC DALLAS SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC ST. LOUIS FC at Real Salt Lake COLORADO RAPIDS FC DALLAS at Vancouver Whitecaps MONTREAL IMPACT HOUSTON DYNAMO at Real Salt Lake HOUSTON DYNAMO at Toronto FC REAL SALT LAKE VANCOUVER WHITECAPS SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES at Columbus Crew SC at Colorado Rapids at Portland Timbers at Orlando City SC FC DALLAS at Houston Dynamo SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

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TIME/RESULT T 1-1 L 1-3 T 0-0 W 1-0 W 3-2 T 0-0 L 1-2 T 4-4 W 1-0 T 1-1 W 4-2 T 0-0 W 4-0 W 1-0 W 1-0 L 1-2 W 2-0 W 6-2 W 1-0 W 2-1 W 3-1 L 1-2 T 1-1 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 4-3 L 0-5 L 2-3 L 1-2 T 0-0 L 1-3 W 3-1 L 0-1 T 1-1

TV/SCORERS ATTENDANCE Opara 50 19,784 Espinoza 44 14,149 --- 20,848 Opara 12 27,454 Dwyer 16; Anibaba 91+; Nemeth 94+ 19,545 --- 20,087 Nemeth 22 20,018 Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+ 21,046 Nagamura 75 19,581 Dwyer 45 16,221 Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43 18,864 --- 40,653 Nemeth 19; Feilhaber 51; Ellis 57; Zusi 64 20,172 Feilhaber 84 21,505 Zusi 70 19,298 Dwyer 30 19,155 Nemeth 32; own goal 64 19,835 Dwyer 5, 30, 41, 69; Nemeth 46+, 59 19,113 Ellis 52 21,000 Feilhaber 4; Dwyer 34 19,070 Feilhaber 71; Dwyer 86; Nemeth 88 17,589 Feilhaber 50 20,809 Dwyer 6 19,882 Feilhaber 22; Nemeth 29; Peterson 87 24,326 Mustivar 35; Feilhaber 80; Nemeth 85 16,117 Ellis 53; Dwyer 81; Nagamura 87, 94+ 19,969 --- 18,866 de Jong 14; Zusi 62 20,018 Dwyer 47 16,430 --- 21,144 Nemeth 59 22,241 Feilhaber 65, 76; Dwyer 83 18,861 --- 18,037 Dwyer 79 19,496

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS NEW YORK RED BULLS March 8, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Marin D Dia D Opara D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber M Espinoza M Nemeth (Peterson (77’) F Zusi (Palmer-Brown (85’) F Dwyer F Anor (Nagamura 61’) at LA Galaxy April 18, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Marin D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D de Jong (Dia 75’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco M Espinoza F Zusi (Peterson (90’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 75’) FC DALLAS May 29, 2015 (W 4-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza(Carrasco 71’) F Zusi (Abdul-Salaam 83’) F Nemeth F Hallisey (de Jong 65’) at Vancouver Whitecaps FC July 12, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Hallisey 83’) F Dwyer F Nemeth

at FC Dallas March 14, 2015 (L 1-3) GK Marin D Dia D Opara D Ellis D de Jong M Nagamura M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Zusi (Peterson 88’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 76’) at Houston Dynamo April 25, 2015 (T 4-4) GK Marin D Anibaba D Ellis (Hallisey 90’) D Besler D de Jong (Dia 63’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco (Mustivar 55’) M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC June 6, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F de Jong (Dwyer 58’) F Zusi F Hallisey (Abdul-Salaam 85’) MONTREAL IMPACT July 18, 2015 (W 2-1) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber (Nagamura 74’) M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Myers 79’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Hallisey 63’)

PORTLAND TIMBERS March 21, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D de Jong M Nagamura M Feilhaber (Carrasco (84’) M Espinoza (Mustivar 89’) F Zusi F Dwyer F Medranda (Anor 56’) CHICAGO FIRE May 3, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic (Dia 77’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar (Peterson 85’) M Espinoza (Nagamura 65’) F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth SAINT LOUIS FC * June 16, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Myers (Abdul-Salaam 56’) D Ellis D Besler D Dia (de Jong 81’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Hallisey (Peterson 68’) HOUSTON DYNAMO * July 21, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza (Nagamura 90’) F Hallisey (Peterson 54’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Peterson 91’)

at New York City FC March 28, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D Sinovic M Nagamura (Mustivar 78’) M Carrasco M Feilhaber F Zusi (Anor 39’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Peterson 67’) at D.C. United May 9, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Melia D Anibaba D Palmer-Brown D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi (Dia 89’) F Dwyer (Nemeth 71’) F Peterson (Hallisey 85’) at Real Salt Lake June 21, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia (Abdul-Salaam 90’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth (Peterson 75’) at Real Salt Lake July 24, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Palmer-Brown D Besler D de Jong (Dia 46’) M Nagamura (Feilhaber 46’) M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Hallisey 79’) F Dwyer F Nemeth

PHILADELPHIA UNION April 5, 2015 (W 3-2) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D de Jong (Sinovic 46’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco (Mustivar 77’) M Espinoza F Peterson F Dwyer F Medranda (Nemeth 64’) NE REVOLUTION May 20, 2015 (W 4-2) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura (Carrasco 86’) F Peterson (Hallisey 79’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Abdul-Salaam 89’) COLORADO RAPIDS June 27, 2015 (W 2-0) GK Melia D Myers (Dia 89’) D Ellis D Besler D de Jong (Abdul-Salaam 78’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth (Peterson 71’) HOUSTON DYNAMO Aug. 1, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Melia D Myers (Abdul-Salaam 79’) D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza (Nagamura 90’) F Zusi (Peterson 94’) F Dwyer F Nemeth

at Seattle Sounders FC May 23, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Carrasco (Zusi 77’) F Peterson (Hallisey 56’) F Nemeth F Medranda (Abdul-Salaam 58’) FC DALLAS * July 1, 2015 (W 6-2) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber (Nagamura 62’) M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Abdul-Salaam 50’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Hallisey 75’) at Toronto FC Aug. 8, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Melia D Myers (Dia 88’) D Ellis D Besler D Medranda M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura (Okugo 57’) F Hallisey F Peterson F Nemeth (Abdul-Salaam 76’)

REAL SALT LAKE * Aug. 12, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam (de Jong 92’) D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura F Peterson (Hallisey 64’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Myers 87’) at Orlando City SC Sept. 13, 2015 (L 1-3) GK Kempin D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber (Quintilla 73’) M Mustivar M Zusi F Peterson (Anor 46’) F Dwyer F Nemeth

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Aug. 15, 2015 (W 4-3) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam (Myers 73’) D Ellis D Besler D Medranda (Dia 34’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura F Hallisey (Peterson 46’) F Dwyer F Nemeth FC DALLAS Sept. 18, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Kempin D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic (Abdul Salaam 70’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura (Anibaba 92’) F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 82’)

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Aug. 19, 2015 (L 0-5) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Dia (de Jong 46’) M Feilhaber M Okugo (Lopez 46’) M Nagamura (Zusi 68’) F Peterson F Dwyer F Nemeth at Houston Dynamo Sept. 23, 2015 (L 0-1) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic (Anor 86’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar (Quintilla 80’) M Nagamura (Anibaba 92’) F Zusi F Dwyer F de Jong (Peterson 54’)

at Columbus Crew SC Aug. 22, 2015 (L 2-3) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Medranda (Dia 57’) M Lopez M Nagamura M Zusi F Peterson (Myers 78’) F Dwyer F de Jong (Nemeth 90’) SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Sept. 27, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Kempin D Anibaba (Abdul-Salaam 66’) D Ellis D Palmer-Brown D Dia M Quintilla M Nagamura (Mustivar 46’) M Lopez F Anor (Dwyer 74’) F Peterson F Hallisey

at Colorado Rapids Aug. 29, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Melia D Myers (Abdul-Salaam 24’) D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic M Lopez (Quintilla 77’) M Feilhaber M Nagamura F Zusi (Peterson 84’) F Dwyer F Nemeth

at Portland Timbers Sept. 9, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam (Anibaba 62’) D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber (Quintilla 95’) M Mustivar M Nagamura F Peterson (Anor 75’) F Dwyer F Zusi

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REAL SALT LAKE April 11, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara (Ellis 84’) D Besler D de Jong M Feilhaber M Carrasco M Espinoza F Peterson (Anor 77’) F Dwyer F Nemeth

Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 #17 | D | Saad Abdul-Salaam | @saad_abdul Ht: 6-4 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)

#23 | D | Jalil Anibaba | @jalil_anibaba4 Ht: 6-0 Wt. 185 DOB: 10/19/1988 Hometown: Fullerton, California College: North Carolina Last Club: Seattle Sounders FC Acquired: Trade with Orlando City SC on 12/12/2014

Rookie defender Saad Abdul-Salaam was selected by Sporting KC with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Sporting KC debut with a substitute appearance in a 4-2 win over New England on May 20 after starting five games on loan for the reigning North American Soccer League champion San Antonio Scorpions. He has made 22 appearances in all competitions this season (18 in MLS) and recorded his first professional assist in a 6-2 U.S. Open Cup win over FC Dallas on July 1. He earned his first MLS start on July 12, a 1-0 win over Vancouver in which Abdul-Salaam received Team of the Week honors from Bleacher Report. Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-2014), recording three goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. The right back helped Akron win MAC regular season titles in each of his three college seasons. He enjoyed a breakout junior campaign in 2013 with five assists in 19 starts before earning All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014, notching two goals and a team-high six assists while starting all 21 games for the Zips.

Fifth-year MLS defender Jalil Anibaba joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2015 season. He made 112 regular season appearances over four years with the Chicago Fire (2011-2013) and Seattle Sounders FC (2014), recording four goals and six assists. He made his Sporting KC debut on March 21 and scored his first goal for the club in second half stoppage time of a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on April 5. His first of four Sporting KC assists during the month of May was a game-winner to Paulo Nagamura on May 3, and he was named to the fan ballot for the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game. Capable of playing as a centerback or right back, Anibaba made 16 MLS appearances in 2014 and helped Seattle win the Supporters’ Shield title. He also featured in four matches during the club’s run to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open championship. The 26-year-old spent his first three professional seasons in Chicago, where he played in 96 of the team’s 102 regular season contests from 2011-2013. The defender was named a finalist for Major League Soccer’s Fair Play Award in 2013, starting every regular season match of the campaign.

2015 Open Cup: Has started one of four appearances and recorded one assist. Played 34 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Played 40 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1, recording his first professional assist to Krisztian Nemeth. Came on as a stoppage-time substitute in the second half of a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

2015 Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1.

#11 | M | Bernardo Anor | @BernardoAnor Ht: 6-1 Wt. 178 DOB: 5/24/1988 Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela College: South Florida Last Club: Columbus Crew SC Acquired: Trade with Columbus Crew SC on 12/8/2014 Bernardo Anor joined Sporting KC from Columbus Crew SC in December 2014 to become the club’s first offseason acquisition. The 27-year-old native of Venezuela appeared in 72 matches over four seasons with Columbus, scoring 12 goals and adding three game-winning assists since being drafted out of the University of South Florida in 2011. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on March 8 before being sidelined from May through August with multiple injuries. Anor played 13 MLS matches as a rookie and 11 games in 2012 before suffering a season-ending ACL injury. He returned in 2013 to make 19 MLS starts and earn the club’s Comeback Player of the Year award. He netted a career-high six goals in 2014, helping Columbus earn a postseason berth for the first time since 2011. Anor was South Florida’s top scorer for three seasons during his collegiate career (2007-2010) in which he recorded 21 goals and seven assists. His younger brother, Juan Pablo, plays professionally for Malaga CF in Spain’s La Liga, and his father, Bernardo, represented Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

#5 | D | Matt Besler | @MattBesler Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Sporting KC captain Matt Besler is in his seventh season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-2015), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. He was named to the MLS All-Star Fan XI ahead of the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29. Besler signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the club in July 2014. His 213 appearances for Sporting KC in all competitions lead the current roster and rank eighth most all-time. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 173 of his 178 MLS regular season appearances and landed Sporting KC Defender of the Year honors three times (2011-2013). Besler has earned 26 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil alongside teammate Graham Zusi, becoming the first Kansan to play in the World Cup. He started all four matches in the tournament as the U.S. finished Group G runners-up behind eventual champion Germany and advanced to the Round of 16. He helped lead the U.S. to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. 2015 Open Cup: Has earned four starts, tallied one assist and played the entirety of every match. Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21, assisting Benny Feilhaber’s equalizer in the second half. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 #71 | D | Marcel de Jong

#13 | D | Amadou Dia | @amadou_iT11

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/15/1986 Hometown: Valkenswaard, Netherlands Last Club: FC Augsburg (Germany) Acquired: Signed on 3/2/2015

Sporting KC signed defender Marcel de Jong ahead of the 2015 campaign. After logging more than 225 club appearances over his past 10 professional seasons in Netherlands and Germany, he made his MLS and Sporting KC debut on March 14 with a 90-minute performance at FC Dallas. He scored his first MLS goal in a 3-2 loss at Columbus on Aug. 22. A dual citizen of Canada and Netherlands, de Jong began his youth career with PSV Eindhoven before signing professionally with Helmond Sport 2004. After two years in the Dutch second division, he joined Roda JC in the top flight Eredivisie in 2006. De Jong moved to Germany in 2010, signing for FC Augsburg. His first season there ended with promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time since the team was founded in 1907. De Jong has made 38 appearances for the Canada Men’s National Team with two goals since his international debut at age 21 in 2007, recently starting in all three group stage matches at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup in July. He has represented his country at each of the past four Gold Cup tournaments, as well as 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying. 2015 Open Cup: Has made two substitute appearances. Played nine minutes as a second-half substitute in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Played one minute as a second-half substitute in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

#14 | F | Dom Dwyer | @Ddwyer14 Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: South Florida Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 150 DOB: 6/8/1993 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: Clemson Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#20)

Rookie defender Amadou Dia was selected by Sporting KC with the 20th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. On March 8, the 21-year-old became the first rookie to start in a Sporting KC season opener since 2011 and recorded seven interceptions, third most among MLS players in Week 1. He has started 12 of 21 MLS appearances this year and 16 of 25 in all competitions, recording his first assist for the club in the U.S Open Cup quarterfinals against Houston. Dia appeared in 70 games during a four-year collegiate career at Clemson, contributing four goals and six assists. As a senior in 2014, he led the Tigers to the school’s first ACC soccer championship since 2001 en route to reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. Dia has represented the United States at the under-14 (2007), under-18 (2009, 2010) and under-20 (2012) levels and also holds dual citizenship in his native France. As a youth, he was an NSCAA All-American and Colorado’s Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the Year in 2010. 2015 Open Cup: Has started four matches and recorded one assist. Started and played 81 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21, recording his first professional assist on a goal from Dom Dwyer as Sporting KC went ahead 2-1 late in the game. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

#4 | D | Kevin Ellis | @Kev_Ellis4 Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011

Now in his fourth season at Sporting KC, Dom Dwyer is coming off a breakout 2014 campaign in which he garnered Sporting KC Offensive Player of the Year and co-MVP honors. The Englishman set a single season club record with 22 goals, second most in MLS, and his 44 career goals in all competitions rank fourth in team history. Dwyer, who was an MLS All-Star in 2014 for the first time in his career, has scored 66 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013—44 for Sporting KC and 22 for former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. He signed a contract extension with the club ahead of the 2015 campaign and leads the team this year with 16 goals in all competitions, including a club-record four goals in a 6-2 U.S. Open Cup win over FC Dallas on July 1. After making three appearances across all competitions during his rookie season, he notched 15 goals in 13 regular season games while on loan with Orlando City SC in 2013 to set USL PRO’s single-season scoring record at the time. He added four goals in the USL PRO final to earn championship MVP honors.

Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, defender Kevin Ellis is coming off a 2014 campaign in which he made 21 MLS appearances, including his playoff debut. He finished 2014 with three assists in league play, tied for third most in the team, while splitting time between the right back and center back positions. The 24-year-old has continued his unlikely rise in 2015, registering career highs in MLS with 21 starts and three goals, tied for most among MLS defenders this season. Now in his fifth season with the club, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing collegiately at Barton County Community College in 2009-10. He scored his first competitive goal for the club last March, sparking a 1-0 win over Cruz Azul (Mexico) in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Sporting Park.

2015 Open Cup: Has earned four starts, recording five goals and one assist while playing the entirety of every match. He has moved into a tie as the club’s all-time leading scorer in the Open Cup with five goals. Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1, scoring four goals to set the club’s all-time record for most goals in a competitive match. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21, scoring the game-winning goal and assisting the third to Krisztian Nemeth in the second half. His goal against Houston moved him into a tie as the top Open Cup goal scorer (five) in Sporting KC history. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, playing a crucial part in Benny Feilhaber’s game-winning goal.

2015 Open Cup: Has earned four starts and played the entirety of every match. Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 #27 | M | Roger Espinoza

#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber | @b_feilhaber22

Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015 Roger Espinoza returns to Sporting KC in 2015 after a two-year stint in the English Premier League and Championship. He began his pro career in Kansas City (2008-2012) before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. He tallied a career-high four MLS assists in 2015 with one goal before suffering a sesamoid fracture in his left foot on Aug. 1. In his last year with the Sporting KC, Espinoza was an MLS All-Star and helped lead the club to the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title. He has made 150 appearances for the team in all competitions, recording three goals and 17 assists over six seasons. In the 2011 and 2012 seasons combined (including playoffs), he ranked in the top 10 among MLS players with 358 duels won (fifth) and 128 tackles won (seventh). Espinoza has earned 46 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team, scoring four goals since debuting in 2009. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He leads the Sporting KC roster with five career World Cup starts. Espinoza made 57 appearances and scored three goals in all competitions for Wigan Athletic, including eight in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. He also recorded a 90-minute shift in Wigan’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup Final.

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with NE Revolution on 12/11/2012 Now in his fifth Major League Soccer season, Benny Feilhaber has reached MLS career-highs with 10 goals and 14 assists in 2015. A regular fixture in Sporting KC’s midfield, he earned his first career MLS All-Star selection after being named to the Fan XI for the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29. He was named MLS Player of the Month for April and owns a single-season club record 19 assists in all competitions. Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with Hamburg (Germany) after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish club AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. Acquired by Sporting KC prior to the 2013 season, he has made 106 appearances in all competitions for the club with 20 goals and 35 assists. A member of the United States Men’s National Team, Feilhaber has earned 41 caps with two goals since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

2015 Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 89 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21, assisting Krisztian Nemeth’s late goal to seal the victory.

2015 Open Cup: Has started four matches with two goals and five assists, becoming the club’s all-time Open Cup assist leader. Assisted Graham Zusi’s game-winning goal in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 62 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1, recording three assists to set the club record for most assists in an Open Cup match. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21, scoring the equalizing goal in the second half. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, assisting Soni Mustivar’s equalizer and scoring the game-winning goal.

#22 | M | Connor Hallisey | @c_hallisey

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin | @JonKempin21

Ht: 5-9 Wt. 158 DOB: 2/9/1993 Hometown: Granite Bay, California College: California Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Rookie midfielder Connor Hallisey was selected by Sporting KC with the 10th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of California. He made his MLS debut with a late substitute appearance in a 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo on April 25. He has made 12 MLS appearances this season and earned his first professional start on May 29, a 4-0 win over FC Dallas in which he recorded his first MLS assist. A former member of the United State Under-18 Men’s National Team, Hallisey played four seasons at Cal (2011-2014), recording 12 goals and 19 assists in 72 career matches. As a senior in 2014, Hallisey was an NCAA Division I Men’s Second Team All-American, starting 19 games with nine goals and 12 assists. He was named to the 2014 Capital One/CoSIDA All-District 8 Team, earned All-Pac-12 first team honors, landed a Pac-12 All-Academic second team nod, and was a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist. 2015 Open Cup: Has started two of four appearances. Started and played 68 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Played 15 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 54 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21. Played 26 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/2010

Goalkeeper Jon Kempin became Sporting KC’s first ever Homegrown Player upon signing for the club in 2010. He enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2014, entering the record books as the youngest goalkeeper to start an MLS match in club history. He earned back-to-back MLS Save of the Week honors in his first two MLS appearances and was MVP of the 2014 MLS Chipotle Homegrown Game. After making his Sporting KC debut in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Kempin went on loan to then-USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC (nine games played) in 2013. He then spent half of 2014 on loan at OKC Energy FC (13 games played), the club’s current USL PRO affiliate managed by former Sporting KC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. In April 2015, Kempin joined the NASL’s San Antonio Scorpions on loan and played two matches before returning to Sporting KC in May. He earned his season debut for the club on Sept. 13 against Orlando City SC and picked up his first win of the campaign five days later vs. FC Dallas. Kempin was named to the United States Men’s National Team roster for the first time in his career to take part in manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp at the beginning of this year. He previously represented the U.S. at the under-14 through under-23 levels. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 #12 | M | Mikey Lopez | @MLopez12_5 Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993 Hometown: Mission, Texas College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)

Mikey Lopez was drafted in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his club debut in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup before playing his first MLS match in July 2014 for the first of eight MLS appearances and five starts. He spent the first half of last year on loan at affiliates Orlando City SC and OKC Energy FC, playing 14 total matches in USL PRO. Lopez was a regular fixture for the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team, playing at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and the 2013 Toulon Tournament in France. He has also participated in training camps at the U-15 and U-18 levels. Lopez made his 2015 debut for Sporting KC on Aug. 19 and started his first MLS match three days later. He previously made eight appearances and played 434 minutes for USL affiliate OKC Energy FC, coached by former Sporting KC captain Jimmy Nielsen. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

#29 | GK | Tim Melia | @TimMelia28 Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 5/15/1986 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014 Sporting KC signed goalkeeper Tim Melia in December 2014. He enters his sixth MLS season in 2015 after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA). He made his Sporting KC debut on May 3, shutting out Chicago in a 1-0 result for the first clean sheet and first win of his MLS career. After recording six saves in a 1-0 win over Seattle on June 6, he became the first goalkeeper in Kansas City history to go unbeaten in his first six MLS appearances for the club. On July 12, he then became the first keeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine MLS matches for a new club. He boasts a 13-6-4 record for Sporting KC in all competitions this season. Melia’s professional career began in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. In 2010, he joined Real Salt Lake and spent part of the season on loan in the USL Second Division with the Charleston Battery. He helped lead Charleston to a first place finish in the regular season standings and eventually the league title with eight saves in the championship match. Melia was a member of Chivas USA from 2012-2014, making 18 saves in six MLS appearances. He most recently served as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from MLS Cup Playoff participants Sporting KC (August), FC Dallas (October) and D.C. United (November) in late 2014. 2015 Open Cup: Has earned four starts, recorded one shutout and posted a 4-0-0 record. Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

#94 | M | Jimmy Medranda | @jimmymedranda Ht: 5-5 Wt. 150 DOB: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014

Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia), making his MLS debut on Sept. 7, 2013 in a 3-0 win over Columbus Crew SC. The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club last February, making six appearances across all competitions in 2014. He made his first appearance of 2015 with a start on March 21 against Portland and has started six more matches since. He played his first MLS match as a defender in a 3-1 win at Toronto FC on Aug. 8, leading all players with six tackles while also notching five interceptions and five recoveries. Medranda joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

#93 | M | Soni Mustivar | @billydougie Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/12/1990 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015

Sporting KC signed defensive midfielder Soni Mustivar ahead of the 2015 season. The 25-year-old made his MLS debut on March 21 against Portland before earning his first start on May 3 vs. Chicago. He has a 14-4-4 record as a starter in all competitions and made 19 interceptions in a 1-0 win over Vancouver on July 12, the most in an MLS match during the Opta era (2011-present). He scored his first goal for the club in the U.S. Open Cup on Aug. 12 and recorded the first two assists of his MLS career in a 4-3 win over Vancouver on Aug. 15. Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played each of the past three seasons in Romania’s Liga I. He recorded 61 league appearances with two goals in addition to playing eight matches in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2012-13 Romanian Cup Final. Mustivar has earned six caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team. Prior to making his international debut with Haiti in 2013, he was a youth international for France at the U-20 level. 2015 Open Cup: Has earned four starts with one goal and played the entirety of every match. Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 90 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, scoring his first goal for the club to level the match in the first half.

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 #7 | D | Chance Myers | @CR_Myers Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California College: UCLA Acquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Eighth-year veteran Chance Myers enters 2015 as Sporting KC’s longest tenured player. The No. 1 overall selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft has played 158 matches for the club in all competitions, recording four goals and 17 assists from the wing back position. He made his 2015 debut on June 16 in the U.S. Open Cup fourth round, recording his first appearance since May 2014 after recovering from an Achilles injury. He tallied the game-winning assist in his first MLS match of the season on June 27, landing MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week honors. Myers eclipsed 30 MLS appearances in both 2011 and 2012 as a regular starter, and after making a career-high 31 MLS starts in 2013 (including playoffs), was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. He led MLS with 91 successful crosses from open play (including playoffs) between 2011 and 2013 before missing most of 2014 through injury. Myers signed a new contract with the club last year after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams. 2015 Open Cup: Has started two of three appearances. Started and played 56 minutes in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16, his first appearance for the club since May 2014 after recovering from an Achilles injury. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21. Played three minutes as a second-half substitute in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

#9 | F | Krisztian Nemeth | @KNemeth_Nemo Ht: 5-11 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/5/1989 Hometown: Gyor, Hungary Last Club: Roda JC Kerkrade (Netherlands) Acquired: Signed on 12/18/2014

#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura | @paulinhonag Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 3/2/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011

Sporting KC’s most experienced MLS player with 255 league appearances (including playoffs), Paulo Nagamura is in his fourth season with the club. Since arriving ahead of the 2012 campaign, he has recorded seven goals and seven assists in 101 games across all competitions. Nagamura scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in the 87th and 94th minutes of a 4-3 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Aug. 15 as Sporting KC came from two goals behind after the 80th minute to complete one of the greatest regular season comebacks in MLS history. A veteran presence in the midfield, he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and 2013 MLS Cup Final. The Brazilian began his career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He has also played for Toronto FC (2007) and Chivas USA (2007-2011) in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009. 2015 Open Cup: Has stated one of two appearances. Played 28 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1. Started and played 89 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win against Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

#20 | D/M | Amobi Okugo | @amobisays Ht: 6-0 Wt. 175 DOB: 3/13/1991 Hometown: Sacramento, California College: UCLA Last Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Trade with Orlando City SC on 7/20/2015

Now in his first MLS season, Krisztian Nemeth signed for Sporting KC last December. He made his league debut on March 8 at Sporting Park before scoring his first MLS goal in the 94th minute of a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on April 5. He has notched 13 goals and seven assists across all competitions in 2015 and was named MLS Player of the Month for May after recording three goals and two assists during the month. Nemeth’s professional career began at age 15 when he signed with MTK Budapest in 2005. He was signed by Rafael Benitez to join Liverpool FC in 2007 and featured extensively for the Liverpool Reserves, becoming the Barclays Premier Reserve League’s top scorer with nine goals during his first season. His career continued in Greece with AEK Athens (2009-10), Olympiacos (2010) and Olympiacos Volos (2011) before he moved to Dutch club RKC Waalwijk in 2012. He most recently played for Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch Eredivisie, recording eight goals during the 2013-14 season. Internationally, Nemeth starred for the Hungary under-17 and under-19 youth national teams before leading his country to a third place finish at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He earned his first of 19 caps for Hungary’s senior team in 2010 and most recently featured in 2016 UEFA EURO qualifiers in June and September.

Sporting KC acquired 24-year-old Amobi Okugo from Orlando City SC on July 20 of this year. He has played 134 MLS matches as a central defender and holding midfielder in six professional seasons since being selected sixth overall by the Philadelphia Union in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 3-1 win at Toronto FC on Aug. 8, assisting a late goal to seal the result. In 2011, Okugo was a member of Major League Soccer’s Generation adidas roster that was led by Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes during a tour of the Netherlands. Between 2012-2014, he led all MLS players with 70 blocks and was fourth in the league with 276 interceptions. Okugo was included on MLSsoccer.com’s “24 under 24” rankings of the league’s top youth talent each of the past two seasons (8th in 2013, 13th in 2014) and joined Orlando City SC for their inaugural MLS campaign in 2015. Okugo represented the United States extensively at the youth national team levels. He went on to appear at the 2009 and 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championships before playing for the U.S. U-23’s at the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

2015 Open Cup: Has earned three starts and recorded four goals and one assist. Has scored in all three of his appearances. Started and played 75 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1, scoring two goals. Started and played 89 minutes in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21, recording a game-winning assist to Dom Dwyer before scoring the third goal to seal the win. Started and played 87 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, scoring the third and final goal late in the game.

2015 Open Cup: Cup-tied to Orlando City SC and ineligible to play for Sporting KC in the competition. Started and played 120 minutes in Orlando’s 8-7 penalty kick shootout after a 4-4 draw against the Charleston Battery in the fourth round (June 17). Played 23 minutes as a second-half substitute in Orlando’s 2-0 win over Columbus in the round of 16 (June 30).

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 #3 | D | Ike Opara | @IkeOpara

#2 | D | Erik Palmer-Brown | @ErikBrown14

Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012 Defender Ike Opara is in his sixth season in MLS and third season as a member of Sporting KC. After sitting out almost a year through injury, he returned to the pitch on March 8 and scored Sporting KC’s first goal of the season. He led MLS through Week 6 with 30 interceptions and was nominated for Eithad Airways MLS Player of the Month for March after scoring twice and anchoring a backline that posted two shutouts. He then suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury in his right ankle on April 11. The club’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in a career-best 18 MLS matches with 15 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions (all headers) and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014 and two starts in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. Opara represented the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing all three matches at the tournament, and at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing and played 36 MLS matches for the club over three seasons. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/2/2013

One of the youngest players under contract in MLS, Erik Palmer-Brown became a homegrown player in August 2013 at age 16. On March 8, he became the youngest MLS player to appear in a team’s regular season opener since 2010 and recorded his first MLS minutes at Sporting Park. The 18-year-old earned his first start of 2015 on May 9 at D.C. On Sept. 27, he became the youngest MLS player in 2015 to start in defense, helping Sporting KC to a 1-1 draw against Seattle Sounders FC. Palmer-Brown made his league debut with a start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League). He has played in each of the last two Chipotle MLS Homegrown Games. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13 and has represented United States youth national teams at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels. This year, he competed with the U-20s at training camps in England (March 23-30) and Austria (April 18-26) before joining the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He started one match in the tournament as the U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals before losing a penalty kick shootout to Serbia. He then captained the U-20s for the 2015 Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in September. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

#37 | F | Jacob Peterson | @jacob_peterson Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 1/19/2012 A nine-year MLS veteran, Peterson has 16 goals and 16 assists in 224 regular season appearances over the course of his professional career. Now in his fourth season with Sporting KC, he has contributed nine goals and nine assists in 109 games across all competitions for the club. Peterson is one of only two players in MLS history, alongside former Kansas City defender Nick Garcia, to be a member of teams that won each of the following: NCAA Division I National Championship (2003, 2004), Canadian Championship (2010, 2011), U.S. Open Cup (2012) and MLS Cup (2013). As a youth, Peterson represented the United States at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championships and 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Four seasons with the Colorado Rapids (2006-09) were followed by stints with Toronto FC (2010-11) and the San Jose Earthquakes (2011) before he was acquired by Sporting KC in 2012. His 224 regular season appearances are second most on the team, behind only Paulo Nagamura (240).

#96 | M | Jordi Quintilla | @JordiQuintilla Ht: 5-9 Wt. 154 Hometown: Lleida, Spain Last Club: AC Ajaccio (France) Acquired: Signed on 8/6/2015

DOB: 10/25/1993

Sporting KC signed 21-year-old midfielder Jordi Quintilla on Aug. 6, 2015. Currently the youngest Spaniard in Major League Soccer, he made his club debut as a second-half substitute at the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 29. He earned his first start in a 1-1 draw against Seattle Sounders FC on Sept. 27. Quintilla developed as a youth at UE Lleida before moving to FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy, where he trained alongside former Sporting KC midfielder Oriol Rosell. In 2012, he began his professional career as an 18-year-old with Barcelona B in Spain’s second division and later went on loan to CF Badalona and CE L’Hospitalet. Most recently, Quintilla spent the 2014/15 season with AC Ajaccio in the French Ligue 2 and played in 20 games across all competitions for the club. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

2015 Open Cup: Has started two of four appearances and recorded one assist. Played 22 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16. Started and played 50 minutes in a 6-2 fifth round win over FC Dallas on July 1, assisting Krisztian Nemeth’s first goal in the match. Played 36 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 3-1 quarterfinal win over the Houston Dynamo on July 21. Started and played 64 minutes in a 3-1 semifinal win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12.

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 #15 | D | Seth Sinovic | @ssinovic Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011 Sporting KC’s 2014 Defender of the Year, Seth Sinovic is in his sixth MLS season and fifth campaign at his hometown club. A regular fixture at left back, he is the only player on the team to start at least 30 regular season games in each of the last three seasons. Sinovic missed more than three months in 2015 with a concussion before returning to the lineup on Aug. 29. Drafted in 2010 by the New England Revolution, he joined Sporting KC in 2011 and has started 150 of his 152 total appearances for the club in all competitions. He scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and registered the second of his career in the 2013 postseason against his former team, helping Sporting KC prevail in the decisive leg of the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Sinovic received his first call-up to the United States Men’s National Team ahead of the 2014 USMNT January camp. 2015 Open Cup: Has not featured.

#8 | M | Graham Zusi | @gzusi Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

A seventh-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (20122015), MLS Best XI (2012-2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. The winger is the only MLS player with at least five goals and at least seven assists in each of the last four regular seasons. He has earned Sporting KC MVP honors each of the last three years (twice a co-MVP) and has led the club in assists every year since 2011. He was named to the All-Star Fan XI ahead of the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29 and is the only player to appear in each of the last four MLS All-Star games. Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the team in July 2014. Since 2011, he is third in MLS with 400 chances created and second with 386 successful crosses/corners (including playoffs). His 53 career assists in all competitions are third most in club history. Zusi has earned 32 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording three goals and six assists. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, playing in all four matches at the tournament. In the group stage, he provided the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win over Ghana before adding another assist in a 2-2 draw with Portugal. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup this summer, starting two matches as the U.S. finished in fourth place. 2015 Open Cup: Played 90 minutes and scored the lone goal in a 1-0 fourth round win over Saint Louis FC on June 16.

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Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final PPL Park - Chester, Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 30 6 p.m. CT - ESPN2 CAREER STATISTICS (ALL COMPETITIONS WITH SPORTING KC) SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM

MIN

KEVIN ELLIS

MIN

PAULO NAGAMURA

MIN

A 6

MLS Regular Season

778

MLS Regular Season

3726

MLS Regular Season

6183

MLS Postseason

487

U.S. Open Cup

164

U.S. Open Cup

657

U.S. Open Cup

593

International

360

International

413

ALL COMPETITIONS

942

ALL COMPETITIONS

4833

ALL COMPETITIONS

101

7676

JALIL ANIBABA

MIN

ROGER ESPINOZA

MIN

KRISZTIAN NEMETH

MIN

MLS Regular Season

1265

MLS Regular Season

130

110

9734

MLS Regular Season

1810

MLS Postseason

455

MLS Postseason

U.S. Open Cup

1024

U.S. Open Cup

251

International

142

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

1355

ALL COMPETITIONS

150

126

11355

ALL COMPETITIONS

2061

BERNARDO ANOR

MIN

BENNY FEILHABER

MIN

AMOBI OKUGO

MIN

MLS Regular Season

334

MLS Regular Season

6797

MLS Regular Season

MLS Postseason

484

MLS Postseason

U.S. Open Cup

480

U.S. Open Cup

International

592

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

334

ALL COMPETITIONS

106

8353

ALL COMPETITIONS

IKE OPARA

MIN

MLS Regular Season

2083

MATT BESLER MLS Regular Season

GP 178

GS 173

MIN 15616

G 2

CONNOR HALLISEY

MLS Regular Season

MIN 471

G 0

MLS Postseason

1050

MLS Postseason

U.S. Open Cup

1084

U.S. Open Cup

163

U.S. Open Cup

International

885

International

450

ALL COMPETITIONS

213

206

18635

ALL COMPETITIONS

634

ALL COMPETITIONS

2639

MIKEY LOPEZ

MIN

ERIK PALMER BROWN

MIN

MARCEL DE JONG

MIN

MLS Regular Season

847

MLS Regular Season

784

MLS Regular Season

510

MLS Postseason

U.S. Open Cup

180

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

857

ALL COMPETITIONS

860

ALL COMPETITIONS

750

JACOB PETERSON

MIN

MLS Regular Season

4349

AMADOU DIA MLS Regular Season

GP 21

MIN

JIMMY MEDRANDA

1227

MLS Regular Season

MIN 558

G 0

MLS Postseason

253

U.S. Open Cup

351

U.S. Open Cup

744

International

359

ALL COMPETITIONS

1578

ALL COMPETITIONS

564

ALL COMPETITIONS

109

5705

MIN

DOM DWYER

MIN

SONI MUSTIVAR

MIN

JORDI QUINTILLA

MLS Regular Season

5678

MLS Regular Season

1666

MLS Regular Season

131

MLS Postseason

372

MLS Postseason

U.S. Open Cup

566

U.S. Open Cup

360

U.S. Open Cup

International

314

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

100

6930

ALL COMPETITIONS

2026

ALL COMPETITIONS

131

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MIN

Sporting kc all-time (COMPETITIVE MATCHES)

MLS Regular Season

123

121

10728

MLS Postseason

1045

overall

U.S. Open Cup

820

International

810

ALL COMPETITIONS

152

150

13403

GRAHAM ZUSI

MIN

MLS Regular Season

169

134

12360

Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL

W L T 255 238 132 17 19 7 23 14 5 9 10 8 304 281 152

GF GA 877 847 57 57 85 50 33 37 1052 991

home

MLS Postseason

1049

U.S. Open Cup

758

International

690

ALL COMPETITIONS

198

161

14857

JON KEMPIN

MIN

GAA

W-L-T

MLS Regular Season

585

1.85

2-3-1

MLS Postseason

U.S. Open Cup

2.00

1-0-0

International

1.00

0-0-1

ALL COMPETITIONS

765

1.76

3-3-2

TIM MELIA

MIN

GAA

W-L-T

MLS Regular Season

1710

1.26

9-6-4

MLS Postseason

U.S. Open Cup

360

1.00

4-0-0

International

ALL COMPETITIONS

2070

1.22

13-6-4

Competition W L T MLS Reg. Season 165 86 61 MLS Playoffs 14 3 3 U.S. Open Cup 17 7 2 International 5 3 5 TOTAL 201 99 71

GF GA 520 375 35 15 59 26 16 10 630 426

away Competition W L T MLS Reg. Season 90 152 71 MLS Playoffs 2 15 4 U.S. Open Cup 6 7 3 International 4 7 2 TOTAL 102 181 80

GF GA 357 472 19 39 26 24 17 27 419 562

Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL

GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3

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

PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC Year

MLS

Playoffs

2009 3-6-3 --- 2010 11-13-6 --- 2011 13-9-12 2-1-0 2012 18-7-9 1-1-0 2013 17-10-7 2-1-2 2014 14-13-7 0-1-0 2015 12-9-9 TOTAL 88-67-53 5-4-2

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Open Cup

International

Total

--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-0 13-4-1

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

3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 16-9-9 111-77-59