SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LA GALAXY
CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Sat., Oct. 6, 2018 (Week 32, MLS Game #356) 7:30 p.m. CT (FS-KC; Spec SN / Spec Deportes)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-4 195 12/28/1994 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Amer Didic 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 27 27 3 1 144 118 15 4 4 Brad Evans DF 6-1 160 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 0 0 0 0 230 198 25 29 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 27 27 0 2 253 247 3 17 5 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 30 30 4 3 63 63 4 5 7 Johnny Russell FW 5-10 168 04/08/1990 Glasgow, Scotland 26 21 8 9 26 21 8 9 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 30 30 2 4 248 208 28 60 8 9 Krisztian Nemeth MF 5-11 170 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 23 8 1 3 57 34 12 10 10 Yohan Croizet MF 5-10 170 02/15/1992 Sarrebourg, France 29 18 2 3 29 18 2 3 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 18 7 8 6 49 21 15 8 11 Diego Rubio 12 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/23/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 27 16 5 5 59 42 13 7 Gianluca Busio FW 5-7 135 05/28/2002 Greensboro, NC 6 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 13 FW 6-3 191 06/26/1993 Carson, CO 17 13 2 2 71 36 8 12 14 Khiry Shelton 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 19 15 0 2 204 193 1 11 16 Graham Smith DF 6-3 186 11/25/1995 Highlands Ranch, CO 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 28 28 1 9 218 198 6 32 18 Eric Dick GK 6-5 205 10/03/1994 Roeland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Cristian Lobato DF 5-11 160 03/07/1989 Esparreguera, Spain 7 3 2 0 17 9 3 0 20 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 25 22 7 7 47 34 10 9 MF 5-7 145 10/08/1990 Quintero, Chile 17 15 7 2 17 15 7 2 21 Felipe Gutierrez 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jaylin Lindsey DF 5-8 155 03/27/2000 Charlotte, NC 7 6 0 1 7 6 0 1 26 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 30 30 0 0 117 116 0 0 Andreu Fontas DF 6-1 190 11/14/1989 Banyoles, Spain 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 30 75 Wan Kuzain MF 5-10 160 09/14/1998 Carbondale, IL 6 3 1 0 6 3 1 0 90 Kharlton Belmar FW 5-11 160 12/01/1992 Virginia Beach, VA 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 94 Jimmy Medranda DF 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 12 8 2 1 86 62 5 4 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W130 L99 T81
LA GALAXY 2018 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A David Bingham GK 6-2 189 10/19/1989 Castro Valley, CA 31 31 0 0 127 126 0 2 1 2 Perry Kitchen MF 6-0 160 02/29/1992 Indianapolis, IN 29 27 0 2 187 182 10 12 DF 5-9 146 12/20/1980 Stepney, England 28 27 1 8 83 81 3 10 3 Ashley Cole 4 David Romney DF 6-2 190 06/12/1993 Irvine, CA 25 23 1 3 69 56 3 5 5 Daniel Steres DF 6-0 175 11/11/1990 Burbank, CA 17 11 0 1 69 61 4 2 6 Baggio Husidic MF 6-1 160 05/19/1987 Velika Kladusa, Yugoslavia 7 1 0 1 154 101 14 18 MF 5-8 155 04/03/1989 Marseille, France 23 20 10 7 53 47 23 19 7 Romain Alessandrini 8 Jonathan dos Santos MF 5-8 160 04/26/1990 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 20 19 2 7 32 30 3 8 FW 6-5 209 10/03/1981 Malmo, Sweden 24 21 20 9 24 21 20 9 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 10 Giovani dos Santos MF 5-10 157 05/11/1989 Monterrey, Mexico 13 10 3 2 76 72 26 22 11 Ola Kamara FW 6-0 181 10/15/1989 Oslo, Norway 28 27 11 3 87 80 45 8 12 Brian Sylvestre GK 6-5 215 12/19/1992 Hollywood, FL 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 14 Servando Carrasco MF 5-11 165 08/13/1988 Coronado, CA 18 10 0 2 144 87 2 7 15 Ariel Lassiter FW 5-10 155 09/27/1994 Turrialba, Costa Rica 7 1 0 0 25 3 1 0 16 Jorgen Skjelvik DF 6-0 170 07/05/1991 Hosle, Norway 30 29 0 2 30 29 0 2 17 Sebastian Lletget MF 5-10 165 09/03/1992 San Francisco, CA 25 18 3 1 79 61 11 11 MF 6-0 170 05/12/1987 West Covina, CA 26 15 5 6 241 200 50 35 19 Chris Pontius 20 Tomas Hilliard-Arce DF 6-1 175 11/22/1995 Hartford, CT 5 4 0 0 5 4 0 0 21 Hugo Arellano DF 5-11 166 03/05/1998 Norwalk, CA 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 24 Emmanuel Boateng MF 5-6 150 01/17/1994 Accra, Ghana 24 9 2 5 84 55 8 12 DF 5-11 163 10/06/1990 Bulach, Switzerland 13 13 1 2 13 13 1 2 25 Rolf Feltscher 26 Efrain Alvarez MF 5-8 150 06/19/2002 Los Angeles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Michael Ciani DF 6-4 190 04/06/1984 Clichy-sous-Bois, France 21 19 1 0 27 25 2 0 29 Sheanon Williams DF 5-11 170 03/17/1990 Boston, MA 6 0 0 0 198 185 7 25 Bradford Jamieson FW 6-3 165 10/18/1996 Los Angeles, CA 6 3 0 0 42 20 4 2 38 41 Justin Vom Steeg GK 6-4 200 04/05/1997 Santa Barbara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ON LOAN Joao Pedro MF 5-9 154 04/03/1993 Guimaraes, Portugal 3 1 0 0 31 27 1 2 HEAD COACH : Dominic Kinnear 07/26/1967 W168 L136 T134
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. LA GALAXY
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES
2018 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 30 15-8-7 52 55 37 15 9-2-4 31 31 15
Galaxy on road
31 12-11-8 44 60 59 15 4-7-4 16 25 35
REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. AR1 (bench): Jose da Silva; AR2 (opposite): Adam Garner; 4th: Sorin Stoica; VAR: Caleb Mendez TEAM NEWS
ALL-TIME: Sporting 23 wins (2 shootout), 75 goals … Galaxy 24 wins (0 shootout), 89 goals … Ties 14
SUSPENDED: LA: Rolf Feltscher (caution accumulation; through Oct. 8) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: LA: Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Zlatan Ibrahimovic SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza ... LA: Chris Pontius, David Romney
AT KC: Sporting 16 wins (1 shootout), 45 goals … Galaxy 8 wins (0 shootout), 40 goals … Ties 7
DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
2018 (MLS): 4/8: LA 0, KC 2 (Salloi 56; Russell 61)
LAST LEAGUE MATCHES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 REAL SALT LAKE 1 Scoring Summary: RSL--Baird 7 (Savarino 11) 9 KC--Opara 3 (Russell 9) 52
UPCOMING MATCHES GALAXY SPORTING Sun. Oct. 21 at Minnesota Wed. Oct. 17 at Vancouver Sun. Oct. 28 Houston Sun. Oct. 21 at FC Dallas Sun. Oct. 28 LAFC
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Roger Espinoza (Yohan Croizet 66), Ilie Sanchez, Felipe Gutierrez, Johnny Russell (Daniel Salloi 78), Krisztian Nemeth (Diego Rubio 71), Gerso Fernandes.
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM GALAXY
SPORTING
F 55 49
A 37 73
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
F 60 47
A 59 47
29 18 12 1
26 21 12 0
37 9 4 2 4 2 2 0
35 6 3 4 5 2 1 3
9 44 7
13 39 7
HOW SCORED
25 26 3 1
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
26 9 1 1
TYPE OF PLAY
39 3 6 2 4 0 1 0
23 6 2 1 3 0 1 1
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
10 37 8
7 20 10
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
LA GALAXY 3 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 0 Scoring Summary: LA--Ibrahimovic 19 (penalty kick) 4 LA--Ibrahimovic 20 (Feltscher 2) 58 LA--Alessandrini 10 (penalty kick) 77 LA GALAXY--David Bingham, Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, David Romney, Ashley Cole, Emmanuel Boateng (Servando Carrasco 80), Sebastian Lletget, Jonathan dos Santos (Perry Kitchen 84), Ola Kamara, Romain Alessandrini (Jorgen Skjelvik 88), Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) KC LA
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 8-0-0 6-4-4 1-4-3 5-1-5 3-2-2 4-8-1
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 14-2-2 1-6-3 8-2-6 4-9-1
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/08/2018 KC 1, ORL 0 9/15/2018 KC 5, SJ 1 7/28/2018 KC 2, DAL 3 9/23/2018 KC 0, PHI 2 9/30/2018 KC 1, RSL 1 9/08/2018 KC 1, ORL 0 9/23/2018 KC 0, PHI 2
(1) (1) (4) (0) (0) (3) (1)
LA GALAXY Date Score (Gms since) 9/29/2018 LA 3, VAN 0 7/21/2018 LA 3, PHI 1 5/30/2018 LA 2, DAL 3 9/15/2018 LA 3, TOR 5 8/24/2018 LA 1, LFC 1 9/29/2018 LA 3, VAN 0 8/18/2018 LA 0, SEA 5
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC LWWTWWTWLWWTTWTWLLTLLWWWWLWWLT Galaxy WLTWLWLLLLWWLTWTTWWWTWLTTLTLLWW
(0) (5) (9) (0) (4) (0) (5)
TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 8 Rubio/Russell A: 9 Espinoza SHT: 65 Salloi SOG: 24 Russell FC: 55 Espinoza FS: 46 Espinoza OF: 8 Salloi C: 8 Espinoza E: 1 Espinoza/Salloi GALAXY G: 20 Ibrahimovic A: 9 Ibrahimovic SHT: 107 Ibrahimovic SOG: 45 Ibrahimovic FC: 48 Kitchen FS: 45 Kamara OF: 25 Kamara C: 7 Cole/Kitchen E: 2 Cole
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 30 6 7 10 3 4 55 1.83 LA 31 4 7 10 7 3 60 1.94 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 30 12 5 8 4 1 37 1.23 LA 31 8 4 9 7 3 59 1.90 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 55 7 9 6 12 9 12 LA 60 7 4 10 11 13 15 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 37 7 4 7 4 9 6 LA 59 8 11 9 12 11 8
2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (15-8-7, 52 pts.) UNF 7 11 20 21 12 6 3 8 10 14 94 19 17 9 9 75 5 15 13 26 30 22 16 90 29
POS F F F M F M D D M F D D M M M M D D F D D D D F G
PLAYER Johnny Russell Diego Rubio Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Gerso Fernandes Ilie Sanchez Ike Opara Graham Zusi Yohan Croizet Khiry Shelton Jimmy Medranda Cristian Lobato Roger Espinoza Krisztian Nemeth (KC) Krisztian Nemeth (TOT) Wan Kuzain Matt Besler Seth Sinovic Gianluca Busio Jaylin Lindsey Andreu Fontas Emiliano Amor Graham Smith Kharlton Belmar Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 26 18 25 17 27 30 27 30 29 17 12 7 28 8 23 6 27 19 6 7 1 5 2 4 30
GS 21 7 22 15 16 30 27 30 18 13 8 3 28 4 8 3 27 15 1 6 1 3 2 0 30
MIN 1913 634 1957 1253 1502 2700 2413 2700 1500 1158 728 327 2465 385 851 307 2385 1323 126 555 90 332 180 65 2700
30 30
30 30
2700 2700
G 8 8 7 7 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 37
A 9 6 7 2 5 3 1 4 3 2 1 0 9 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 57 19 65 35 36 38 19 53 46 35 9 6 38 19 27 5 1 11 7 5 0 2 1 2 0
SOG 24 13 22 16 17 12 6 18 13 10 3 4 8 8 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
59 36
509 359
177 134
FC 13 11 10 33 30 29 28 19 23 15 11 3 55 5 18 4 17 11 1 5 1 2 1 2 1
FS 34 15 24 18 25 30 13 28 16 15 5 2 46 6 14 6 9 10 2 2 2 2 0 1 1
OFF 3 3 8 1 7 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 5 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 62 0 1 9 4 2 0 99 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 2 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 2 1 0 8 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
E 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
330 335 335 330
35 72
183 116
38 62
2 11
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Felipe Gutierrez 4, Daniel Salloi 3, Diego Rubio 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Yohan Croizet 1, Johnny Russell 1, Wan Kuzain 1, Khiry Shelton 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 3, Diego Rubio 3, Johnny Russell 3, Roger Espinoza 2, Graham Zusi 2, Felipe Gutierrez 1, Khiry Shelton 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Gianluca Busio 1, Yohan Croizet 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ilie Sanchez 4-5 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29
POS G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP 30 30 30
GS 30 30 30
MIN SHTS SV 2700 134 96 2700 134 96 2697 177 119
GA 37 37 55
GAA 1.23 1.23 1.84
PG 3 3 4
PA 5 5 5
W L 15 8 15 8 8 15
T 7 7 7
SO 12 12 6
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2018 LA GALAXY STATISTICS (12-11-8, 44 pts.) UNF 9 11 7 19 10 17 8 24 3 4 25 28 16 2 14 6 5 15 38 1 22 88 29 20
POS F F M M M M M M D D D D D M M M D F F G D M D D
PLAYER Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ola Kamara Romain Alessandrini Chris Pontius Giovani dos Santos Sebastian Lletget Jonathan dos Santos Emmanuel Boateng Ashley Cole David Romney Rolf Feltscher Michael Ciani Jorgen Skjelvik Perry Kitchen Servando Carrasco Baggio Husidic Daniel Steres Ariel Lassiter Bradford Jamieson David Bingham Emrah Klimenta Joao Pedro Sheanon Williams Tomas Hilliard-Arce Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 24 28 23 26 13 25 20 24 28 25 13 21 30 29 18 7 17 7 6 31 2 3 6 5
GS 21 27 20 15 10 18 19 9 27 23 13 19 29 27 10 1 11 1 3 31 2 1 0 4
MIN 1873 2420 1657 1485 809 1615 1640 932 2417 2084 1137 1647 2567 2333 1000 206 1052 94 271 2790 156 85 57 304
31 31
31 31
2790 2790
G 20 11 10 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 59
A 9 3 7 6 2 1 7 5 8 3 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 107 58 58 26 24 28 9 13 14 7 7 5 4 13 6 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
SOG 45 26 22 8 8 9 4 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
61 48
390 462
143 171
FC 32 24 30 21 9 15 20 11 27 11 21 28 45 48 15 3 10 1 10 0 1 4 0 5
FS 31 45 28 25 12 21 29 7 29 2 8 10 14 17 6 1 7 3 3 4 1 1 0 0
OFF 21 25 5 2 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
CK 9 0 68 0 5 52 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 5 2 6 3 2 2 3 2 7 3 6 5 6 7 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
E 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
391 320 320 391
68 56
159 170
68 40
3 4
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 7, Ola Kamara 2, Romain Alessandrini 2, Chris Pontius 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Ashley Cole 3, Jonathan dos Santos 2, Emmanuel Boateng 2, Romain Alessandrini 2, Baggio Husidic 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 3-3, Romain Alessandrini 1-1 LA GALAXY GOALKEEPING UNF 1
POS G
GOALKEEPER David Bingham Team totals Opponent totals
GP 31 31 31
GS 31 31 31
MIN SHTS SV 2790 171 112 2790 171 112 2790 143 81
GA 59 59 60
GAA 1.9 1.9 1.94
PG 5 5 4
PA 7 7 4
W L 12 11 12 11 11 12
T 8 8 8
SO 8 8 4
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar.
OPPONENT 4 New York City FC 10 at Chicago
Sat. Mar.
17 San Jose
W 3-2
18868
2-1-0
3
Sat. Mar.
24 at Colorado
T 2-2
17424
2-1-1
1
Sat. Mar. Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr.
31 D.C. United 8 at Los Angeles 15 Seattle
W 1-0 W 2-0 T 2-2
18624 25846 18508
3-1-1 4-1-1 4-1-2
1 1 1
Fri. Apr.
20 Vancouver
W 6-0
19690
5-1-2
1
Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun.
28 at New England 5 Colorado 9 at Atlanta 20 at Minnesota 27 Columbus 3 Minnesota
L W W T T W
0-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 4-1
17015 20553 44696 23117 20697 20422
5-2-2 6-2-2 7-2-2 7-2-3 7-2-4 8-2-4
1 1 1 1 1 1
Sat. June Sat. June
9 at Portland 23 Houston
T 0-0 W 3-2
21144 20081
8-2-5 9-2-5
1 1
Sat. June Wed. July
30 at Montreal 4 at Real Salt Lake 7 Toronto FC
L 0-2 L 2-4
16142 19206
9-3-5 9-4-5
1 2
T 2-2
21064
9-4-6
3
14 at New York Red Bulls 28 FC Dallas
L 2-3
16793
9-5-6
3
L 2-3
20758
9-6-6
4
W 1-0 W 2-0
14675 22000
10-6-6 11-6-6
3 2
Sat. Aug. Sat. Aug. Sat. Sep.
4 at Houston 11 at Los Angeles FC 18 Portland 25 Minnesota 1 at Seattle
W 3-0 W 2-0 L 1-3
19737 19345 39530
12-6-6 13-6-6 13-7-6
2 2 3
Sat. Sep. Sat. Sep.
8 Orlando City SC 15 at San Jose
W 1-0 W 5-1
19332 16682
14-7-6 15-7-6
2 1
Sun. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun.
23 at Philadelphia 30 Real Salt Lake 6 Los Angeles 17 at Vancouver 21 at FC Dallas 28 Los Angeles FC
L 0-2 T 1-1
15080 19844
15-8-6 15-8-7
2 2
Apr. May May May May June
Sat. July Sat. July Sat. July Sat. Aug. Sat. Aug.
Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
RESULT L 0-2
ATT 20831
W-L-T 0-1-0
POS PTS NOTES: 11 0 NYC: Moralez (32) Medina (53)
W 4-3
14021
1-1-0
7
3 KC: Gutierrez (9,86) Russell (44) Medranda (83); CHI: Katai (70) Nikolic (74,82) 6 KC: Sanchez (25) Zusi (56) Gutierrez (68); SJ: Qazaishvili (34) Wondolowski (91+) 7 KC: Gutierrez (57) Rubio (91+); COL: Badji (5) Mason (8) 10 KC: Gutierrez (3); 13 KC: Salloi (56) Russell (61); 14 KC: Sanchez (34) Zusi (78); SEA: Bruin (48+) Roldan (73) 17 KC: Russell (10,16,48) Medranda (30) Lobato (54) Croizet (77); 17 NE: Bunbury (44) 20 KC: Salloi (16); 23 KC: Salloi (67) Fernandes (87); 24 KC: Shelton (8); MIN: Quintero (20) 25 28 KC: Salloi (9) Kuzain (35) Lobato (38) Rubio (81); MIN: Mears (11) 29 32 KC: Salloi (59) Rubio (85) Shelton (88); HOU: Manotas (2,45) 32 MTL: Piatti (54) Silva (70) 32 KC: Salloi (20) Opara (64); RSL: Savarino (29) Baird (37) Saucedo (46+) Silva (100+) 33 KC: Sanchez (57) Russell (61); TOR: Osorio (25) Hamilton (69) 33 KC: Russell (8) Espinoza (51); NYR: Wright-Phillips (4) Rzatkowski (72,79) 33 KC: Fernandes (50) Salloi (97+); DAL: Barrios (23,62,74) 36 KC: Rubio (74); 39 KC: Fernandes (17) Sanchez (66); 42 KC: Rubio (28,37) Russell (89); 45 KC: Croizet (47) Rubio (62); 45 KC: Rubio (2); SEA: Ruidiaz (12) own goal (52) Lodeiro (56) 48 KC: Gutierrez (53); 51 KC: Gutierrez (18) Fernandes (23,86) Opara (42) Nemeth (67); SJ: Hoesen (80) 51 PHI: Simpson (71,89) 52 KC: Opara (52); RSL: Baird (9)
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LA GALAXY 2018 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar. Sun. Mar.
RESULT W 2-1 L 1-2
ATT 25462 26221
W-L-T 1-0-0 1-1-0
T 0-0 W 4-3
22120 27068
1-1-1 2-1-1
7 3
L W L L
0-2 1-0 0-2 2-3
25846 21915 25846 26704
2-2-1 3-2-1 3-3-1 3-4-1
3 2 4 5
Sat. May
8 Sporting KC 14 at Chicago 21 Atlanta 28 New York Red Bulls 5 at Houston
L 2-3
22320
3-5-1
8
Sat. May
12 at FC Dallas
L 2-3
18355
3-6-1
9
Mon. May Fri. May Wed. May
21 at Montreal 25 San Jose 30 FC Dallas
W 1-0 W 1-0 L 2-3
20801 23118 18003
4-6-1 5-6-1 5-7-1
7 6 8
Sat. June Sat. June Sat. June
2 at Portland 9 Real Salt Lake 30 at San Jose
T 1-1 W 3-0 T 3-3
21144 25462 50743
5-7-2 6-7-2 6-7-3
8 8 8
Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.
Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.
OPPONENT 4 Portland 11 at New York City FC 24 at Vancouver 31 Los Angeles FC
POS PTS NOTES: 3 3 LA: Kamara (32) Alessandrini (34); POR: Blanco (66) 6 3 LA: dos Santos (60); NYC: Tinnerholm (22) Villa (33)
Wed. July
4 D.C. United
T 2-2
25462
6-7-4
8
Sat. July
7 Columbus
W 4-0
21211
7-7-4
8
Sat. July
14 at New England
W 3-2
36573
8-7-4
6
Sat. July
21 at Philadelphia
W 3-1
19013
9-7-4
4
Thu. July
T 2-2
22716
9-7-5
4
Sun. July
26 at Los Angeles FC 29 Orlando City SC
W 4-3
24941
10-7-5
3
Sat. Aug. Sat. Aug.
4 at Colorado 11 Minnesota
L 1-2 T 2-2
17837 24891
10-8-5 10-8-6
5 4
Tue. Aug.
14 Colorado
T 2-2
16231
10-8-7
4
Sat. Aug.
18 at Seattle
L 0-5
44213
10-9-7
5
Fri. Aug. Sat. Sep.
T 1-1 L 2-6
27068 10-9-8 21363 10-10-8
5 8
Sat. Sep.
24 Los Angeles FC 1 at Real Salt Lake 15 at Toronto FC
L 3-5
30799 10-11-8
8
Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.
23 Seattle 29 Vancouver 6 at Sporting KC 21 at Minnesota 28 Houston
W 3-0 W 3-0
25503 11-11-8 25659 12-11-8
7 7
Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.
4 7 LA: Lletget (61) Pontius (73) Ibrahimovic (77,91+); LFC: Vela (5,26) own goal (48) 7 KC: Salloi (56) Russell (61) 10 LA: Ibrahimovic (46+); 10 ATL: Martinez (22) Almiron (94+) 10 LA: Kamara (59) dos Santos (66); NYR: Royer (7) Valot (49) Romero (84) 10 LA: dos Santos (39) Kamara (85); HOU: Fuenmayor (3) Quioto (47) Rodriguez (90) 10 LA: Kamara (47) Boateng (83); DAL: Urruti (28) Lamah (44,52) 13 LA: Kamara (75); 16 LA: Alessandrini (82); 16 LA: Ibrahimovic (69,97+); DAL: Hollingshead (33) Colman (40) Gruezo (66) 17 LA: Pontius (20); POR: Valeri (57) 20 LA: Ibrahimovic (61,67) Kamara (77); 21 LA: Ibrahimovic (2,25) Alessandrini (20); SJ: Wondolowski (15,69) Qazaishvili (39) 22 LA: Ibrahimovic (5) Pontius (25); DC: Stieber (26) Mattocks (85) 25 LA: Kamara (42) Ibrahimovic (57) Alessandrini (67,93+); 28 LA: Pontius (38,93+) Romney (92+); NE: Fagundez (28) Caicedo (45) 31 LA: Kamara (48) Ibrahimovic (63) Ciani (82); PHI: Sapong (29) 32 LA: Alessandrini (82) Kamara (86); LFC: Vela (7) Nguyen (20) 35 LA: dos Santos (39) Ibrahimovic (47,67,71); ORL: Higuita (18) own goal (44) Dwyer (54) 35 LA: Alessandrini (33); COL: Acosta (50) Nicholson (90) 36 LA: Alessandrini (7) Lletget (73); MIN: Boxall (64) Ibarra (84) 37 LA: Cole (59) Lletget (78); COL: Castillo (74) Jackson (83) 37 SEA: Marshall (4) Shipp (18) own goal (50) Roldan (59) Ruidiaz (67) 38 LA: Ibrahimovic (15); LFC: Vela (51) 38 LA: dos Santos (1) Alessandrini (63); RSL: Rusnak (14,68) Savarino (48) Kreilach (48+,61,71) 38 LA: Ibrahimovic (43) Kamara (54) Feltscher (58); TOR: Vazquez (5) Altidore (16) Giovinco (36) Osorio (75) Chapman (94+) 41 LA: Ibrahimovic (9) Kamara (40) Boateng (52); 44 LA: Ibrahimovic (4,58) Alessandrini (77);
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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)
Goals 3 Johnny Russell Assists 2 10 times Shots 8 Daniel Salloi Shots on Goal 4 Johnny Russell 4 Yohan Croizet 4 Diego Rubio Fouls Committed 5 Ilie Sanchez 5 Gerso Fernandes Fouls Suffered 6 Ilie Sanchez Offside 2 5 times Saves 10 Tim Melia Shots Faced 10 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 4 Tim Melia
Goals 6 04/20/2018 vs Assists 7 04/20/2018 vs Shots 34 04/20/2018 vs Shots on Goal 14 04/20/2018 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/10/2018 vs 18 08/11/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 18 05/05/2018 vs Corner Kicks 12 03/17/2018 vs Offside 3 03/04/2018 vs 3 03/31/2018 vs 3 09/08/2018 vs Saves 10 04/08/2018 vs Shots Faced 10 04/08/2018 vs Goals Allowed 4 07/04/2018 vs
04/20/2018 vs VAN
W 6-0
03/10/2018 vs CHI
W 4-3
05/05/2018 vs COL
W 1-0
04/20/2018 vs VAN 04/20/2018 vs VAN 08/18/2018 vs POR
W 6-0 W 6-0 W 3-0
03/10/2018 vs CHI 07/28/2018 vs DAL
W 4-3 L 2-3
05/05/2018 vs COL
W 1-0
03/31/2018 vs DC
W 1-0
04/08/2018 vs LA
W 2-0
04/08/2018 vs LA
W 2-0
07/04/2018 vs RSL
L 2-4
VAN
W 6-0
VAN
W 6-0
VAN
W 6-0
VAN
W 6-0
CHI LFC
W 4-3 W 2-0
COL
W 1-0
SJ
W 3-2
NYC DC ORL
L 0-2 W 1-0 W 1-0
LA
W 2-0
LA
W 2-0
RSL
L 2-4
GALAXY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2018)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2018)
Goals 3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Assists 2 6 times Shots 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Shots on Goal 7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Fouls Committed 5 Jorgen Skjelvik 5 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Fouls Suffered 5 Romain Alessandrini 5 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5 Ola Kamara Offside 3 Ola Kamara 3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Saves 9 David Bingham Shots Faced 11 David Bingham Goals Allowed 6 David Bingham
Goals 4 03/31/2018 at 4 07/07/2018 at 4 07/29/2018 at Assists 5 03/31/2018 at Shots 23 07/29/2018 at Shots on Goal 10 04/08/2018 at 10 07/21/2018 at 10 07/29/2018 at Fouls Committed 24 06/30/2018 at Fouls Suffered 21 08/11/2018 at Corner Kicks 12 05/30/2018 at Offside 6 04/14/2018 at 6 04/28/2018 at Saves 9 06/02/2018 at Shots Faced 11 09/01/2018 at Goals Allowed 6 09/01/2018 at
07/29/2018 at ORL
W 4-3
04/28/2018 at NYR
L 2-3
05/30/2018 at DAL
L 2-3
07/29/2018 at ORL
W 4-3
07/29/2018 at ORL
W 4-3
09/15/2018 at TOR 09/29/2018 at VAN
L 3-5 W 3-0
05/12/2018 at DAL
L 2-3
08/11/2018 at MIN
T 2-2
08/11/2018 at MIN
T 2-2
04/14/2018 at CHI 04/28/2018 at NYR
W 1-0 L 2-3
09/15/2018 at TOR
L 3-5
06/02/2018 at POR
T 1-1
09/01/2018 at RSL
L 2-6
09/01/2018 at RSL
L 2-6
TEAM LOW GAMES (2018) Shots 8 07/04/2018 vs Shots on Goal 3 03/04/2018 vs 3 04/28/2018 vs 3 05/09/2018 vs 3 05/27/2018 vs 3 06/30/2018 vs 3 07/04/2018 vs Fouls Committed 3 04/20/2018 vs Fouls Suffered 6 03/31/2018 vs Corner Kicks 1 07/14/2018 vs Offside 0 03/17/2018 vs 0 04/15/2018 vs 0 05/09/2018 vs 0 05/20/2018 vs 0 06/09/2018 vs 0 06/23/2018 vs 0 06/30/2018 vs 0 08/25/2018 vs 0 09/01/2018 vs 0 09/15/2018 vs Saves 0 03/24/2018 vs Shots Faced 1 04/20/2018 vs 1 08/18/2018 vs
RSL
L 2-4
NYC NE ATL CLB MTL RSL
L L W T L L
VAN
W 6-0
DC
W 1-0
NYR
L 2-3
SJ SEA ATL MIN POR HOU MTL MIN SEA SJ
W T W T T W L W L W
COL
T 2-2
VAN POR
W 6-0 W 3-0
0-2 0-1 2-0 0-0 0-2 2-4
3-2 2-2 2-0 1-1 0-0 3-2 0-2 2-0 1-3 5-1
TEAM LOW GAMES (2018)
LFC CLB ORL
W 4-3 W 4-0 W 4-3
LFC
W 4-3
ORL
W 4-3
KC PHI ORL
L 0-2 W 3-1 W 4-3
SJ
T 3-3
MIN
T 2-2
DAL
L 2-3
CHI NYR
W 1-0 L 2-3
POR
T 1-1
RSL
L 2-6
RSL
L 2-6
Shots 7 03/11/2018 at 7 05/21/2018 at Shots on Goal 1 03/24/2018 at 1 04/21/2018 at 1 05/25/2018 at Fouls Committed 7 05/21/2018 at Fouls Suffered 4 05/30/2018 at Corner Kicks 2 07/04/2018 at 2 09/23/2018 at Offside 0 03/31/2018 at 0 05/12/2018 at 0 06/30/2018 at 0 09/23/2018 at Saves 1 05/12/2018 at 1 05/25/2018 at 1 07/04/2018 at 1 08/11/2018 at 1 09/23/2018 at Shots Faced 1 05/25/2018 at 1 09/23/2018 at
NYC MTL
L 1-2 W 1-0
VAN ATL SJ
T 0-0 L 0-2 W 1-0
MTL
W 1-0
DAL
L 2-3
DC SEA
T 2-2 W 3-0
LFC DAL SJ SEA
W L T W
4-3 2-3 3-3 3-0
DAL SJ DC MIN SEA
L W T T W
2-3 1-0 2-2 2-2 3-0
SJ SEA
W 1-0 W 3-0
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2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. LA GALAXY (1-0-0) UNF 20 7 17 5 8 3 29 15 94 14 6 12 10
POS F F M D D D G D D F M F M
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
90 88 90 90 90 90 90 20 90 90 90 2 70 90 90
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 13 22
1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10
0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 11
2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 11 5
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Salloi Johnny Russell Roger Espinoza Matt Besler Graham Zusi Ike Opara Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Jimmy Medranda Khiry Shelton Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Yohan Croizet Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 29
POS G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
1 1 1
1 1 1
MIN SHT 90 90 90
10 10 4
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
10 10 2
0 0 2
0.00 0.00 2.00
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
1 1 0
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
2018 LA GALAXY VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-0) UNF 3 9 19 2 1 8 25 5 17 24 11 7 16
POS D F M M G M D D M M F M D
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
90 28 90 90 90 90 90 90 23 62 90 67 90 90 90
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 4 2 22 13
1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 10 4
1 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 5
2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 6
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Cole Zlatan Ibrahimovic Chris Pontius Perry Kitchen David Bingham Jonathan dos Santos Rolf Feltscher Daniel Steres Sebastian Lletget Emmanuel Boateng Ola Kamara Romain Alessandrini Jorgen Skjelvik Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Daniel Salloi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 1
POS G
GOALKEEPER David Bingham Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
1 1 1
1 1 1
MIN SHT 90 90 90
4 4 10
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
2 2 10
2 2 0
2.00 2.00 0.00
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
1 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
GALAXY VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Galaxy
Sporting KC
Sporting KC 23 wins, 77 goals Galaxy 24 wins, 89 goals 14 ties 5/19/1996 7/6/1996 8/11/1996 8/21/1996 10/10/1996 10/13/1996 4/5/1997 5/10/1997 5/30/1997 9/28/1997 4/18/1998 4/29/1998 7/4/1998 8/13/1998 5/8/1999 6/6/1999 7/25/1999 10/9/1999 5/6/2000 6/24/2000 8/5/2000 8/12/2000 9/29/2000 10/3/2000 10/6/2000 4/14/2001 5/5/2001 6/13/2001 8/15/2001 5/4/2002 5/18/2002 7/20/2002 8/21/2002 9/25/2002 9/28/2002 10/2/2002 5/24/2003 6/14/2003 9/27/2003 10/11/2003 6/5/2004 7/24/2004 10/2/2004 10/16/2004 11/5/2004 9/17/2005 9/25/2005 7/1/2006 9/2/2006 7/7/2007 9/27/2007 5/24/2008 9/13/2008 5/30/2009 7/25/2009 4/24/2010 8/28/2010 5/14/2011 9/5/2011 4/7/2012 4/20/2013 7/19/2014 4/18/2015 10/25/2015 5/1/2016 6/2/2016 9/18/2016 6/24/2017
LA KC KC KC LA LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC LA KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA LA LA LA LA LA KC LA KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA KC KC LA KC KC
2 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 5 1 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 2
vs vs vs at vs at vs vs at vs at at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs at vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs at
KC LA LA LA KC KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC LA KC LA LA KC KC KC KC LA KC KC KC LA KC LA KC LA LA LA LA KC LA LA LA KC KC KC KC KC KC LA KC LA LA LA KC LA LA KC LA KC LA LA KC LA LA
0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1
KC SOW KC SOW LA SOW
(2OT)
(2OT) (2OT) (OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT) (OT) (2OT) (2OT)
(OT)
(RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (KC) (KC) (KC) (RB) (RB) (RB) (KC) (RB) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (KC) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (HD) (KC) (HD) (KC) (HD) (CA) (CA) (HD) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD) (SP) (SP) (HD) (SP) (HD)
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 33 327 135 427 96 168
2 53 383 185 459 86 180
OT 1 6 5 5 1 4
Tot 87 716 325 891 183 352
1 33 344 123 397 79 130
2 41 385 163 390 78 148
OT 1 4 1 2 1 1
Tot 75 733 287 789 158 279
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC LA
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
8 8
12 11
12 13
13 12
16 16
13 26
1 3
75 89
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Dominic Kinnear Peter Vermes
vs. KC
12-1011 7-3-5
vs. LA
(1.42 pts./game) (1.73 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
8 9 89 45 41 59 6 6 3 71 22
Sporting KC Preki Preki Preki Preki Matt McKeon Preki Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola
8 10 50 22 36 77 12 9 7 79 29
Galaxy Donovan/Jones Cienfuegos/Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman Kevin Hartman
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
2 2 8 6 6 8 1 10 5
Sporting KC Chris Klein (09/27/03) 3 players tied Preki (10/11/03) Preki (05/19/96) Diop/Johnston Arnaud/Radosavljevic 10 players tied Tim Melia (04/08/18) Tony Meola (08/05/00)
2 2 7 5 7 7 1 8 3
Galaxy 7 players tied 8 players tied 3 players tied Mathis/Quijano Carlos Ruiz (06/14/03) Carlos Ruiz (05/24/03) 14 players tied Kramer/Reis Hartman/Kramer
W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
Streak (started)
LA Galaxy W-L-T
Streak (started)
8-0-0 6-4-4 1-4-3
8 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ts
(03/10/2018) (09/23/2018) (09/30/2018)
5-1-5 3-2-2 4-8-1
2 Ws (09/23/2018) 1 Ts (08/14/2018) 3 Ls (08/18/2018)
1-6-3 14-2-2
1 Ts 2 Ws
(09/30/2018) (09/08/2018)
4-9-1 8-2-6
2 Ls (08/18/2018) 2 Ws (09/23/2018)
0-4-2 4-1-2 4-3-3 3-0-0 4-0-0
2 Ls 1 Ts 2 Ws 9 Ws 4 Ws
(06/30/2018) (09/30/2018) (08/11/2018) (04/09/2017) (03/10/2018)
0-3-1 3-2-2 1-5-4 5-1-1 3-0-0
3 1 1 2 4
Ls Ts Ls Ws Ws
(04/08/2018) (08/24/2018) (09/01/2018) (09/23/2018) (05/27/2017)
10-0-2 2-1-2 2-3-3 1-3-0 0-1-0
5 Ws 1 Ts 1 Ls 3 Ls 1 Ls
(08/04/2018) (09/30/2018) (09/23/2018) (07/14/2018) (07/04/2018)
7-0-1 2-0-2 1-4-4 2-4-1 0-3-0
7 1 2 1 9
Ws Ts Ts Ws Ls
(04/14/2018) (08/24/2018) (08/11/2018) (07/29/2018) (04/01/2017)
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9/24/2017 4/8/2018
KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 0
(SP) (HD)
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. GALAXY (23-24-14) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
Preki Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Mark Chung Vitalis Takawira Igor Simutenkov Dom Dwyer Diego Gutierrez Claudio Lopez Daniel Salloi Chris Brown Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Jack Jewsbury Mo Johnston Matt McKeon Paul Wright Kerry Zavagnin Jimmy Conrad Francisco Gomez Kei Kamara Diego Rubio Omar Bravo Alex Bunbury Brad Davis Kevin Ellis Gary Glasgow Alexi Lalas Onandi Lowe Yura Movsisyan Krisztian Nemeth Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Paul Rideout Johnny Russell Julio Cesar Carey Talley Shavar Thomas Scott Uderitz Matt Besler Herculez Gomez Graham Zusi Saad Abdul-Salaam Stephen Armstrong Sean Bowers Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Bobby Convey Gerso Fernandes Vicente Figueroa Chris Henderson Brandon Prideaux Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
29 24 21 12 12 15 7 7 14 4 3 15 15 9 13 18 21 11 24 17 15 4 3 1 3 2 4 4 4 1 3 2 2 5 5 4 1 3 7 5 5 14 3 13 3 7 14 10 7 2 3 4 7 11 3 8 61 61
27 21 16 12 12 10 5 7 12 3 2 12 14 7 10 16 19 8 24 17 10 4 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 0 0 2 2 5 2 4 1 3 6 4 5 14 3 11 3 3 13 10 4 1 1 1 7 9 3 7 61 61
2427 1965 1463 1050 1077 962 478 628 1160 289 198 990 1225 659 967 1539 1725 711 2177 1489 819 321 117 90 257 154 277 231 360 51 81 164 180 450 215 360 88 258 547 336 424 1259 230 1021 270 336 1102 817 408 83 108 156 632 886 270 650 5490 5490
8 7 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 89
9 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 71 94
SHT GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
89 30 28 21 30 21 13 24 9 8 9 11 14 15 15 23 21 10 10 5 20 8 2 2 6 5 3 5 6 3 3 6 2 4 9 8 2 2 3 1 3 0 9 15 1 8 11 7 1 0 4 2 10 0 1 2 734 721
5 7 1 6 5 16 4 7 10 1 1 61 61
450 630 90 540 405 1369 360 630 885 90 90 5490 5490
Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Andy Gruenebaum Kevin Hartman Chris Snitko Tony Meola Garth Lagerwey Mike Ammann Bo Oshoniyi Luis Marin Eric Kronberg Team totals Opponent totals
SHT
GAA
PG
16 12 0.80 26 20 0.86 2 1 1.00 24 15 1.33 30 22 1.33 96 71 1.45 22 15 1.50 34 19 1.71 62 43 1.83 6 4 2.00 10 6 4.00 328 228 1.45 287 209 1.22
SV
0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 7 5
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GALAXY CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (24-23-14) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
Landon Donovan Cobi Jones Mauricio Cienfuegos Carlos Ruiz Ezra Hendrickson Sasha Victorine Alan Gordon Clint Mathis David Beckham Greg Vanney Danny Califf Carlos Hermosillo Robbie Keane Edson Buddle Sean Franklin Gavin Glinton Herculez Gomez Eduardo Hurtado Tyrone Marshall Alejandro Moreno Brian Mullan Danny Pena Mark Semioli Paul Caligiuri Luis Hernandez Alexi Lalas Martin Machon Chris Albright Brian Ching Giovani dos Santos Omar Gonzalez Guillermo Jara Harut Karapetyan Marcelo Sarvas Romain Alessandrini Juan Pablo Angel Baggio Husidic Marvin Quijano David Romney Marcelo Saragosa Brian Taylor Jose Vasquez Sebastien Vorbe Simon Elliott Peter Vagenas Chad Barrett Welton Roy Myers Emmanuel Boateng Dan Calichman Adam Frye Juninho Andreas Herzog Bradford Jamieson Quavas Kirk Jovan Kirovski Dema Kovalenko Ricky Lewis Sebastian Lletget Mike Randolph Robbie Rogers Diego Serna Craig Waibel Gyasi Zardes Team totals Opponent totals
18 37 28 11 20 17 12 8 5 24 15 4 5 7 7 7 4 7 13 7 4 10 7 14 3 10 8 13 3 4 9 4 8 3 3 1 5 3 2 5 2 2 3 13 19 3 7 4 6 10 5 8 3 4 2 7 1 4 5 1 5 2 3 6 61 61
16 34 28 9 16 15 7 5 5 21 14 4 5 6 7 2 3 6 10 2 3 10 7 12 3 10 8 12 0 4 8 1 5 2 3 0 4 1 2 4 2 1 1 12 18 2 4 3 5 10 3 8 2 2 1 4 1 3 4 1 4 2 2 5 61 61
1481 2993 2497 843 1513 1317 628 501 450 1982 1324 292 450 495 630 227 227 566 948 218 299 851 626 1108 273 903 697 1029 86 359 732 146 424 193 247 29 370 133 180 405 141 144 101 1167 1577 174 385 291 427 900 252 657 218 200 122 388 90 307 341 90 378 140 200 458 5490 5490
8 8 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 77
10 9 10 0 4 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 94 71
25 50 40 36 21 20 20 18 8 15 13 8 8 13 5 5 10 20 7 4 10 14 6 12 8 5 8 10 3 3 2 6 15 3 13 2 3 6 1 2 3 5 3 27 7 5 9 2 3 1 3 5 12 3 2 10 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 721 734
Carlo Cudicini Jorge Campos Matt Reis Joe Cannon Brian Rowe Josh Saunders Kevin Hartman Donovan Ricketts Steve Cronin Jaime Penedo David Bingham Clement Diop Josh Wicks David Kramer Team totals Opponent totals
1 5 8 2 3 4 25 5 2 2 1 2 1 4 61 61
MIN SHTS 90 414 659 180 270 331 2205 389 180 180 90 180 90 283 5490 5490
GAA
PG
2 2 0.00 27 24 0.65 34 26 0.96 6 4 1.00 8 5 1.00 12 9 1.09 111 79 1.18 19 13 1.39 9 6 1.50 8 5 1.50 4 2 2.00 11 7 2.00 6 4 2.00 30 23 2.23 287 209 1.22 328 228 1.45
SV
0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7
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CURRENT GALAXY VS. SPORTING KC (24-23-14)
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
Daniel Salloi Roger Espinoza Brad Evans Diego Rubio Krisztian Nemeth Ike Opara Johnny Russell Matt Besler Graham Zusi Gerso Fernandes Ilie Sanchez Seth Sinovic Yohan Croizet Cristian Lobato Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Khiry Shelton Team totals Opponent totals
3 15 19 3 3 8 1 14 13 3 3 10 1 1 6 7 2 61 61
2 14 16 1 2 7 1 14 11 1 3 9 1 1 5 7 1 61 61
198 1225 1406 117 165 647 88 1259 1021 108 270 830 70 74 441 630 118 5490 5490
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 89
0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 71 94
9 14 14 2 6 7 2 0 15 4 1 2 2 0 10 0 3 734 721
Ola Kamara Giovani dos Santos Perry Kitchen Romain Alessandrini Baggio Husidic David Romney Chris Pontius Sheanon Williams Emmanuel Boateng Bradford Jamieson Sebastian Lletget David Bingham Servando Carrasco Michael Ciani Ashley Cole Jonathan dos Santos Rolf Feltscher Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ariel Lassiter Jorgen Skjelvik Daniel Steres Team totals Opponent totals
3 4 11 3 6 2 15 11 6 4 5 8 6 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 4 61 61
3 4 11 3 5 2 14 10 5 2 4 8 6 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 4 61 61
244 359 990 247 460 180 1178 909 427 200 341 720 505 90 520 180 90 28 15 90 360 5490 5490
3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 77
0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 71
14 3 1 13 4 1 15 5 3 3 3 0 4 1 1 3 2 5 0 2 0 721 734
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SV
GAA
PG
GAA
PG
Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
7 61 61
630 5490 5490
26 20 0.86 328 228 1.45 287 209 1.22
0 7 5
28 20 1.00 287 209 1.22 328 228 1.45
1 5 7
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
David Bingham Team totals Opponent totals
8 61 61
MIN SHTS 720 5490 5490
SV
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2018 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Saturday, October 6, 2018 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 31 Sporting Kansas City 15-8-7, 52 points (9-2-4 home; 6-6-3 away) 2nd place in Western Conference LA Galaxy 12-11-8, 44 points (8-4-4 home; 4-7-4 away) 7th place in Western Conference
15-8-7 (52 pts.) 30 2nd in West 55 1.83 59 37 1.23 +18 509 (177) 34.8% 330 335 38 2
English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: ESPN Deportes 1480 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official: VAR:
Jair Marrufo Jose Da Silva Adam Garner Sorin Stoica Caleb Mendez
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 26 29 30 75 90 94
Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD FWD MID FWD DEF DEF MID GK MID FWD MID DEF DEF GK DEF MID FWD MID
Name Adrian Zendejas Amer Didic Ike Opara Brad Evans Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Johnny Russell Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Yohan Croizet Diego Rubio Gerso Fernandes Gianluca Busio Khiry Shelton Seth Sinovic Graham Smith Roger Espinoza Eric Dick Cristian Lobato Daniel Salloi Felipe Gutierrez Colton Storm Jaylin Lindsey Tim Melia Andreu Fontas Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal Kharlton Belmar Jimmy Medranda
Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas uh-MEER JIDD-itch oh-PAR-ah
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
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loh-BAH-toe shallow-EE feh-LEE-pay MEE-lia ahn-DRAY-oo wahn koo-ZANE wahn kuh-MAHL
Rubio, Russell Espinoza, Russell Daniel Salloi Johnny Russell Felipe Gutierrez Three Players Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Roger Espinoza Espinoza, Salloi
L 6 7 9 9 12 15 11 11 15 16 18
T 6 5 8 9 5 4 8 11 6 7 4
Western Conference 1. FC Dallas 2. Sporting Kansas City 3. Los Angeles FC 4. Portland Timbers 5. Seattle Sounders FC 6. Real Salt Lake 7. LA Galaxy 8. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 9. Minnesota United FC 10. Houston Dynamo 11. Colorado Rapids - e 12. San Jose Earthquakes - e
Pts 54 52 50 48 47 46 44 40 36 35 24 20
W L T 15 6 9 15 8 7 14 8 8 13 9 9 14 11 5 13 11 7 12 11 8 11 12 7 11 16 3 9 13 8 6 18 6 4 19 8
GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
20 9 107 45 7 3 48 45 7 2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Zlatan Ibrahimovic Zlatan Ibrahimovic Zlatan Ibrahimovic Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ashley Cole Perry Kitchen Ola Kamara Cole, Kitchen Ashley Cole
2790 David Bingham 1.90 David Bingham 12 David Bingham 8 David Bingham 112 David Bingham
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON
2018 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS W 19 19 15 13 14 12 10 8 9 8 7
12-11-8 (44 pts.) 31 7th in West 60 1.94 61 59 1.90 +1 390 (143) 36.7% 391 320 68 3
LA GALAXY
8 GOALS 9 ASSISTS 65 SHOTS 24 SHOTS ON GOAL 4 GAME-WINNING GOALS 3 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 55 FOULS COMMITTED 46 FOULS SUFFERED 8 CAUTIONS 1 EJECTIONS
Tim Melia 2700 Tim Melia 1.23 Tim Melia 15 Tim Melia 12 Tim Melia 96
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Pts 63 62 53 48 47 40 38 35 33 31 25
RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS
2018 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
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Eastern Conference 1. Atlanta United FC - x 2. New York Red Bulls - x 3. New York City FC - x 4. Columbus Crew SC 5. Philadelphia Union 6. Montreal Impact 7. D.C. United 8. New England Revolution 9. Toronto FC 10. Chicago Fire - e 11. Orlando City SC
LA GALAXY
GD +27 +25 +14 +1 -2 -10 +5 -5 -4 -11 -26
GP 31 31 32 31 31 31 29 30 30 31 29
GD +11 +18 +12 +1 +9 0 +1 -12 -13 +5 -27 -19
GP 30 30 30 31 30 31 31 30 30 30 30 31
PETER VERMES 10th season 130-99-81 10th season (.550) 130-99-81 (.550)
DOM KINNEAR
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
15th season 168-136-134 (.537) 1st season 2-1-0 (.667)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, October 4 QUESTIONABLE: • None OUT: • Cristian Lobato (Knee Injury) • Jimmy Medranda (Knee Injury)
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Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvLA: HEAD-TO-HEAD
#SKCvLA: BY THE NUMBERS
Sporting Kansas City remains home this weekend as the side prepares to take on the LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night. The Galaxy currently holds a slender lead in the all-time series between the two sides 24-23-14, though Sporting KC has not lost to LA in six matches, going 4-0-3 since late in the 2015 campaign. Sporting KC has won their last three matches against the Galaxy, one earlier in 2018 and two in 2017 - where SKC earned back-to-back 2-1 victories. In the sole meeting so far this season, Sporting KC picked up a 2-0 win at StubHub Center on April 8, 2018, following second-half goals from Daniel Salloi and Johnny Russell as the backline kept Zlatan Ibrahimovic in check in his second game for LA. Sporting KC is looking to clinch a berth in the MLS Cup Playoffs with a win on Saturday, while the Galaxy come into the match breathing down the necks of RSL for the sixth and final playoff spot in the West, trailing the Utes by two points. #SKCvLA: Recent Meetings (LA leads 24-23-14 in regular season)
Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC is second in MLS with 12 shutouts this season, one behind NYRB. • SKC is tied for fifth in the league in goals this season, scoring 55. SKC is third in the Western Conference in goals, five behind LA and three behind LAFC. • SKC leads MLS in shots in the 2018 season, taking 509 - eight ahead of NYC. SKC is also fourth in MLS with 177 shots on goal, 13 behind ATL. • SKC ranks first so far in the 2018 MLS season in chances created and chances created from open play, having produced 405 and 362, resepectively. • SKC leads MLS with an 84.39 percent passing accuracy. SKC is third in MLS this year with 15,595 passes and second with 13,160 successful passes. SKC is also second in average possession this season with 57.92 percent. • SKC is third in MLS with a 51.59 percent duel success rate, winning 1,523 of the 2,952 duels that the side has taken part in.
Date
04/08/2018 09/24/2017 06/24/2017 09/18/2016 06/02/2016
Score
KC 2 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 0 at LA 0
Result Details W W W T T
Salloi & Russell tally in second half for comfortable road win Salloi & Rubio score before the break before Alessandrini goal Espinoza & Opara net in first half before Romney consolation Peterson and Dwyer tally in between Gordon and Donovan SKC outshoots LA 15-1 but settle for scoreless draw
Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is tied for the MLS lead with 12 shutouts. • Defender Graham Zusi leads MLS with 2,701 touches. • Forward Johnny Russell is tied for the league lead with three penalties earned and is also ninth with 150 touches in the opponent’s box. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza is tied for the team with nine assists - already a new career high for a single season - alongside Johnny Russell. Espinoza is also tied for fifth in MLS with 55 fouls committed. • Midfielder Felipe Gutierrez is tied for eighth with four game-winning goals. • Forward Daniel Salloi is tied for 12th with three game-winning assists. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez is second in MLS with 2,172 passes attempted and 1,864 passes completed. Ilie is also fourth with 2,507 touches. • Defender Matt Besler is fifth in MLS with 1,918 passes attempted and third with 1,694 passes completed.
#SKCvLA: PLAYER HISTORY • Forward Daniel Salloi has two goals against LA, scoring the opening goal in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 24, 2017 and the game-winner in the 2-0 road victory on April 8, 2018. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has a goal and three assists against LA, with his goal coming in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. He had two assists in his first two appearances against the Galaxy on Sept. 13, 2008 and May 30, 2009, before adding another in the 2-0 road win on April 8, 2018. • Forward Diego Rubio has one goal and one assist against the Galaxy, both coming in the 2-1 win over LA on Sept. 24, 2017, with his goal serving as the game-winner. • Forward Johnny Russell has scored once against LA, netting the second goal in the 2-0 road win on April 8, 2018. • Forward Krisztian Nemeth has one goal against the Galaxy, finding the net in a 2-1 road loss on April 18, 2015. • Defender Ike Opara has one goal against the Galaxy, scoring a stunning bicycle kick that served as the game-winner in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. • Defender Matt Besler has two assists against the Galaxy, helping set up Brad Davis’ wonderstrike in the 1-1 home draw on May 1, 2016 and Ike Opara’s bicycle kick in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. • Defender Graham Zusi has two assists against LA, setting up Brad Davis’ strike in the 1-1 draw at Children’s Mercy Park on May 1, 2016 and helping assist on Daniel Salloi’s goal in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 24, 2017. • Winger Gerso Fernandes has one assist against LA, setting up Roger Espinoza’s opener in the 2-1 road win on June 24, 2017. • Midfielder Ilie Sanchez has one assist against the Galaxy, coming on Diego Rubio’s game-winner on Sept. 24, 2017. • Defender Seth Sinovic has recorded one assist against LA, setting up Diego Rubio’s winning goal on Sept. 24, 2017. • Defender Brad Evans has one goal and two assists against the Galaxy, with the goal coming with Columbus Crew SC and the two assists coming as a member of Seattle Sounders FC. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is an unbeaten 4-0-3 all-time against the LA Galaxy, posting a 0.86 goals against average and two shutouts - both coming in road games on June 2, 2016 and April 8, 2018.
LA Galaxy Team Stats • LA ranks second in MLS in goals scored (60) and goals per game (1.94). • LA’s 119 combined goals scored (60) & goals allowed (59) are the most in MLS. • After conceding 23 goals during a seven-game winless run from Aug. 4 to Sept. 15, LA has earned two straight 3-0 home wins over SEA and VAN, respectively. • LA has scored 28 goals in the final 30 minutes of matches, the most in MLS. They have outscored opponents 28-19 over the final half-hour of games this season. • LA is 4-8-1 when trailing at halftime this season. Their four such wins after trailing at the break are the most in MLS. LA Galaxy Player Stats • Forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic ranks second in MLS with 20 goals and leads LA with nine assists. With one more assist, he would become the third player in MLS history to record 20 goals and 10 assists in a single season. Ibrahimovic’s six multi-goal games are second-most in the league. • Forwards Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ola Kamara (11) and Romain Alessandrini (10) have accounted for 41 of LA’s 60 regular season goals. The Galaxy are the only team to have three players with 10 or more league goals in 2018.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Forward Diego Rubio is one MLS regular-season appearance shy of 50 for Sporting KC. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is one win away from reaching 50 in MLS play for Sporting KC. • Defender Graham Zusi is two appearances shy of 250 in MLS regular-season play for the club. • Defender Matt Besler is three appearances away from hitting 300 in all competitions for Sporting KC. • Sporting KC is six goals away from matching the club’s single-season record of 61 set in 1996.
#SKCvLA: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Midfielder Ilie played alongside LA’s Jonathan dos Santos at Barcelona B from 2009-2012 and was in Barcelona’s Academy while Giovani dos Santos was playing for the first team from 2007-2008. He also played for the cub’s B team from 2009-2011 while Zlatan Ibrahimovic was starring for the first team. • Defenders Graham Zusi and Matt Besler have both spent time playing with LA goalkeeper David Bingham and midfielders Perry Kitchen, Sebastian Lletget and Chris Pontius on the U.S. National Team. • Defender Ike Opara was teammates with LA goalkeeper David Bingham at the San Jose Earthquakes from 2011-2012. • Forward Diego Rubio was a teammate of LA defender Michael Ciani at Sporting Lisbon in 2015. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia was playing for Chivas USA’s first team while LA’s Hugo Arellano and Bradford Jamieson IV were in the club’s Academy from 20132014. • LA Galaxy midfielder Servando Carrasco spent a portion of the 2015 MLS season with Sporting Kansas City. • Defender Amer Didic and Galaxy midfielder Baggio Husidic are both born in present-day Bosnia & Herzegovina. • Defender Brad Evans was a teammate of current LA assistant coach Ezra Hendrickson at Columbus from 2007-2008. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia played for Chivas USA from 2013-2014 while current LA assistant coach Junior Gonzalez was an assistant at Chivas.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes CLINCHING SCENARIOS
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES
INTERNATIONAL DUTIES
Three Sporting Kansas City players have been selected to represent their national teams in the upcoming FIFA international window. Forward Krisztian Nemeth will join Hungary for two matches in the UEFA Nations League, while winger Johnny Russell will link up with Scotland for one UEFA Nations League clash and one friendly. Finally, midfielder Felipe Gutierrez has been re-called to the Chilean National Team for the first time in a year for a pair of friendlies.
Sporting Kansas City remains at home this coming weekend for a matchup with the star-studded LA Galaxy on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC enters the match knowing that a win or a draw will guarantee a club-record eighth straight berth in the MLS Cup Playoffs, stretching back to the 2011 campaign, and a win could clinch a home game in the postseason if other results go their way. Sporting KC’s magic number is 1 following last weekend’s draw with Real Salt Lake. If Sporting KC take just one point from their last four MLS matches, they will be guaranteed a playoff berth - regardless of how other teams fare in the Western Conference. Sporting KC could even clinch a spot in the playoffs with a loss.
Nemeth and Hungary will play two away matches in Group 2 of UEFA Nations League C, battling Greece on Friday, October 12, at Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus before facing Estonia on Monday, October 15, at A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn. Both games will kick off at 1:45 p.m. CT and stream live on ESPN+.
Sporting KC can clinch a playoff berth Saturday if... Sporting KC beats or ties LA Galaxy (7:30 p.m.), OR Toronto FC beats or ties Vancouver (4 p.m.), AND Real Salt Lake ties Portland (8:30 p.m.)
Russell and Scotland will resume their Group 1 campaign in UEFA Nations League C on Thursday, October 11, visiting Israel at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa with kickoff set for 1:45 p.m. CT. Scotland will then return home to meet world No. 7-ranked Portugal in an international friendly on October 14 at 11 a.m. CT at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Both Scotland matches will stream live on ESPN+.
Sporting KC could also theoretically clinch a home playoff game on Saturday in the following scenario...
Gutierrez and Chile will stay on this side of the Atlantic, first heading to Miami for an international friendly against Peru at Hard Rock Stadium on October 12, before jetting down to Mexico to face off against El Tri on October 16 at Estadio Corregidora in Queretaro.
Sporting KC can clinch a top-four finish Saturday if... Sporting KC beats LA Galaxy (7:30 p.m.), AND Real Salt Lake ties Portland (8:30 p.m.)
LINDSEY NAMED AMONG TOP YOUNG PLAYERS IN MLS
With 19 points taken from their last 27 available, Sporting KC remains firmly in the hunt for a top-seed in the MLS Western Conference as the side currently sits in second place with 52 points - two behind FC Dallas in first. Sporting also has the best goal difference in the West with +18, and has scored the third most goals in the West with 55 - five behind the LA Galaxy and three behind LAFC.
On Wednesday and Thursday this week, Major League Soccer unveiled its annual list of the top young players in the league. While previous seasons have promoted the top 24 players under the age of 24, the 2018 season saw the number of players selected and age limit dropped to 22 Under 22. The list was decided by a mix of technical staffers, national soccer journalists and members of the MLS digital team.
GRATING THE GALAXY
Lindsey came in at number 20 on the list, having impressed greatly while playing primarily at left back in his rookie season. He has started nine of 10 appearances for Sporting KC in all competitions, becoming the youngest player in Kansas City history to play at least 10 matches for the club. He tallied his first MLS assist on July 14 versus Supporters’ Shield contenders New York Red Bulls and started in both of Sporting KC’s U.S. Open Cup victories this summer against Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas, respectively.
Sporting Kansas City stays in the friendly confines of Children’s Mercy Park this weekend when the side hosts the LA Galaxy on Saturday night. Sporting KC has an excellent record in recent memory against the Galaxy, going an unbeaten 4-0-3 since their last defeat on April 18, 2015, while the Galaxy has not won in KC since 2007. Sporting KC trails the Galaxy in the all-time series between the two sides, going 23-2414, but has won their last three matches. Sporting is also 16-8-7 at home against LA. Sporting KC has already beaten LA once this season, traveling to StubHub Center on April 8, 2018 and heading back to Kansas City with a 2-0 victory. Following a goalless first half, Sporting KC took the lead through Daniel Salloi’s first goal of the campaign early in the second period, before Johnny Russell scored what would be the MLS Goal of the Week just a few minutes later. The Galaxy subbed on freshly minted striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the latter portion of the match, but Tim Melia recorded a career-high and club-record 10 saves on the night to preserve his clean sheet.
A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Lindsey has also logged six USL appearances for the Rangers, who are on course to make their third straight trip to the USL Cup Playoffs. Featuring primarily as a right back, Lindsey boasts a 4-0-2 record as a Rangers starter in 2018. Sporting KC signed Lindsey as a Homegrown Player at the age of 17 in September 2017.
OPARA AMONGST THE GOALS
Sporting Kansas City defender Ike Opara continued his hot-streak in front of goal last Sunday when he bagged the equalizing goal in the 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake at Children’s Mercy Park. Opara now has three goals on the season, including two in his last three matches, to equal his career-high that he set in both 2017 and 2013.
The Galaxy last visited Children’s Mercy Park on September 24, 2017, just four days after Sporting KC had lifted the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup trophy at the same venue. Sporting KC raced into a comfortable lead after Salloi’s goal was compounded by Diego Rubio’s finish a few minutes before halftime. The Galaxy roared back in the second half and cut the deficit when Romain Alessandrini curled home a terrific free kick but Sporting KC hung on to take all three points.
Opara has now also scored in his last three matches against Real Salt Lake. The 29-year-old found the back of the net with a tap-in during the 4-2 defeat at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 4, 2018, having also scored in another losing effort on the road in Sporting KC’s 2-1 Decision Day defeat to close out the 2017 regular season on October 22, 2017.
FREEMAN LOCKED DOWN TO HOMEGROWN DEAL
Sporting Kansas City announced on Tuesday that the club has signed 15-year-old forward Tyler Freeman as the club’s 10th Homegrown player. Freeman, who is from Shawnee, Kansas, will be eligible to join the Sporting KC roster ahead of the 2019 campaign. Freeman has inked an MLS contract through 2022 with an option for 2023.
Opara is now in his sixth season with Sporting KC, and despite having injuries derail his 2014 and 2015 seasons, he has now made 128 appearances for the club in all competitions, adding 15 goals and five assists as a set-piece threat from the center back position.
By signing with the club, Freeman becomes the second-youngest signing in club history and the ninth-youngest MLS player ever at 15 years and 266 days. Freeman entered the Sporting KC Academy in 2014 at age 11 and has represented his hometown club at the U-12 through U-19 levels. He is also a U.S. youth international, having competed for the U-14, U-16 and U-17 national teams over the last two years.
BESLER BROTHERS MAKE HISTORY
Last Sunday’s 1-1 draw between Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake at Children’s Mercy Park served as a Besler family reunion, with Sporting KC captain Matt Besler facing off against younger brother, Nick Besler, in an MLS match for the first time ever.
Freeman helped lead the Sporting KC U-12s at the 2015 Generation adidas Cup in Frisco, Texas - where he scored a brilliant goal that garnered coverage from ESPN - before winning Kansas State Cup titles in 2015 and 2016 with the U-13s. In 2016, Freeman propelled the Sporting KC U-13s to a fourth-place finish at the CONCACAF U-13 Champions League in Mexico City, scoring three goals at the tournament. The 2017-18 campaign saw Freeman help the U-17s qualify for the Development Academy playoffs with a third-place finish in the Frontier Division.
Watching the action unfold from a Children’s Mercy Park suite were Matt and Nick’s parents, Greg and Diane, and their brother Mike. The special occasion allowed the three spectators to see 31-year-old Matt and 25-year-old Nick - a pair of Notre Dame products - square off in their hometown at the highest level of American soccer. The event also marked a historical rarity, as Matt and Nick became just the fourth set of brothers to square off in an MLS match - and only once before were both brothers in the starting lineup. The only other time in MLS history two brothers have started a match was on July 12, 2013, when Michael Farfan (Philadelphia Union) faced off against Gabriel Farfan (Chivas USA) in a 3-1 win for the Union.
Freeman has enjoyed a breakthrough year at the international level. He competed for the U.S. U-16s in April at the prestigious Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy. Freeman then received his first call to the U.S. U-17 National Team in August for a Costa Rica training camp where he was the youngest player on the 23-man roster, scoring on his debut. 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes GOALS GALORE
SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES Zusi joined Sporting KC in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and has spent his entire professional career with the club. The University of Maryland product was named the 2011 MLS Breakout Player of the Year before landing six MLS All-Star nods (2012-2015, 2017-18) and two MLS Best XI selections (2012-13). Zusi ranks second in club history in both regular-season assists and regular-season appearances.
Sporting Kansas City has had few issues scoring goals so far in the 2018 season. Peter Vermes’ side has found multiple goals in 21 of the club’s 33 matches in all competitions this season and has only been shutout six times. Sporting KC is tied for the fifth highest scoring team in MLS so far in 2018 with 55 goals, while the side has scored 62 goals when including U.S. Open Cup play.
2026 WORLD CUP HEADING TO NORTH AMERICA
The United Bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States was selected to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 13 by the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow. Kansas City is one of 23 Candidate Host Cities in the United Bid.
Sporting KC has 15 different goalscorers so far this year in MLS play - which is tied for the second highest number of different goalscorers across a single squad this season. So far in 2018, SKC has found goals from Johnny Russell (8), Diego Rubio (8), Daniel Salloi (7), Felipe Gutierrez (7), Gerso Fernandes (5), Ilie Sanchez (4), Ike Opara (3), Khiry Shelton (2), Graham Zusi (2), Jimmy Medranda (2), Cristian Lobato (2), Yohan Croizet (2), Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (1), Roger Espinoza (1) and Krisztian Nemeth (1).
The vote, which occurred a day before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, also marks the first time three nations have been selected to co-host a FIFA World Cup and the first time the FIFA World Cup will be played in North America in 32 years. The United Bid offers FIFA and its 211 Member Associations unity, certainty, and opportunity as they prepare to host the largest FIFA World Cup in history.
The 6-0 triumph over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20 tied club records for largest margin of victory and most goals scored in a competitive match. Sporting KC has 55 goals through 30 regular-season matches this year, having scored 40 in all of 2017. The last time Sporting KC hit six goals in an MLS match was on June 20, 1999.
With the FIFA Congress decision to award the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to the federations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the three nations will jointly manage preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup until FIFA establishes their operations to manage the competition. Among other decisions, FIFA will make the final selection of host cities for the 2026 competition from the 23 candidates proposed in the United Bid.
Sporting KC found it difficult to score on the road last season, only scoring 10 times in the club’s 17 away games in 2017 and only winning twice on the road. In 15 road games this year, Sporting KC has already surpassed the last two year’s combined total in goals with 24 and has already recorded six road wins over the Chicago Fire (March 10), the LA Galaxy (April 8), Atlanta United FC (May 9), the Houston Dynamo (Aug. 4), LAFC (Aug. 11) and San Jose (Sept. 15). Sporting also only scored multiple goals on the road two times in 2017 but has done so in eight of the club’s 15 away games so far in 2018.
Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed stadiums are fully built, occupied and operational, ensuring long-term use following the 2026 World Cup. The United Bid has 150 existing world-class training facilities, millions of hotel rooms, and advanced infrastructure. The United Bid is expected to generate more than $14 billion in revenue and $11 billion in profits for FIFA, which will be shared with the 211 FIFA Member Associations, helping further develop and expand the game of football across the globe.
VERMES ERA CONTINUES
Now in the midst of his 10th season at the helm of Sporting KC, manager Peter Vermes is looking to guide his side to yet another postseason appearance in 2018. With the 1-0 win over Houston on Aug. 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd regular-season match becoming the all-time leader in games coached with one club in league history.
LOOKING TO EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK
Sporting KC is looking to continue it’s impressive streak of postseason appearances after becoming just the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the MLS Cup Playoffs, while Manager Peter Vermes is now just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances.
Vermes is the longest tenured coach that is currently coaching a team in Major League Soccer, having been in charge of Sporting KC since 2009 - one year longer than Ben Olsen has been running the show at D.C. United. Vermes became the longest tenured coach in MLS when former LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena took the U.S. National Team coaching gig in November 2016.
LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2017) *active LA Galaxy 8 (2009-2016) New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2017) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 7 (2011-2017) *active
Vermes has guided Sporting KC to four titles under his watch, winning three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and the MLS Cup in 2013. His trophy haul ranks as the second highest among active MLS coaches - only trailing Toronto FC’s Greg Vanney’s five championships. On a local level, Vermes’ 10 years with SKC is the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of major KC professional sports behind Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer Hank Stram, who was Chiefs head coach from 1963-1974.
LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 7 2011-2017 (active) Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013
Vermes has compiled a 161-115-91 record in all competitions with Sporting KC, including a remarkable 20-6-3 mark in U.S. Open Cup contests. Vermes’ 130 wins in MLS regular-season action ranks second among active coaches in MLS, trailing Los Angeles FC’s Bob Bradley.
CONTINUITY ABOUND
On Tuesday, September 4, Sporting Kansas City announced that the club has re-signed MLS All-Star quartet Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza, Ilie Sanchez and Graham Zusi to new multi-year contracts with the club. Besler, Espinoza and Zusi were all set to become free agents at the conclusion of the 2018 MLS season, while Ilie had a club option for 2019.
VERMES VERBATIM
See below for postgame reaction from Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes following the 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake at Children’s Mercy Park on September 30, 2018. Thoughts on the match: “I think we were a lot better this week than last week. I thought we had a lot of urgency. I thought that this game was much different. It would be nice to score some of the chances, because we created some really good ones. I can’t criticize the team for the fact that I thought we played very well. We kept our composure even though we went down 1-0. We scored off a set piece. The number of chances we created was fantastic, we just didn’t put those other ones away to finish off the three points. We played well and I thought we had a good mentality. Our emotion in the game was good, too. We could have lost ourselves when we went down 1-0 and maybe conceded another one. We didn’t do that so that part was good.” On the team fighting for an equalizer: “That’s the thing I was happy about. The guys stayed very focused and stuck with the plan. We knew that we were going to get something. The plan worked. The problem was that we didn’t execute it in the goal, right? It doesn’t matter at the end of the day. You still have to score and it’s about execution. Outside of that, we had the majority of the ball, we created the chances. We made a bad mistake on the goal ourselves, but other than that they didn’t have all that much. You have to get a lot of credit to Nick Rimando. He played very, very well and made some big saves. I think that was the difference in the game, as well.
Besler, 31, is SKC’s all-time leader in appearances, starts and minutes played across all competitions. The 10-year veteran is a five-time MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), a twotime MLS Best XI selection (2012-13) and was named the 2012 MLS Defender of the Year. Besler has helped SKC secure four major trophies this decade, with the 2013 MLS Cup hoisted amidst three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles in 2012, 2015 and 2017. Espinoza was a 2008 MLS SuperDraft selection that has represented no other MLS club during his 11-year professional career. He was named an MLS All-Star in 2012, the same year he helped guide the team to the U.S. Open Cup title and its best-ever regular-season record, before signing with EPL side Wigan Athletic in 2013. While in England, he helped Wigan to a historic upset against Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup Final, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 win before returning to SKC in 2015. Ilie has been one of the premier defensive midfielders in MLS since signing for Sporting KC in early 2017, ranking in the top 10 in successful passes, duels won and interceptions over the last two seasons combined. During that time, the Spaniard has started all but one of Sporting KC’s games in all competitions, playing every minute in each appearance. He earned Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year honors last fall after helping the team to its third U.S. Open Cup title in six seasons. 4
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS
Sporting KC MLS record vs. LA Galaxy: 23-24-14 Home games: 16-8-7 (45 GF, 40 GA) Road games: 7-16-7 (30 GF, 49 GA) Date 05/19/1996 07/06/1996 08/11/1996 08/21/1996 04/05/1997 05/10/1997 05/30/1997 09/28/1997 04/18/1998 04/29/1998 07/04/1998 08/13/1998 05/08/1999 06/06/1999 07/25/1999 10/09/1999 05/06/2000 06/24/2000 08/05/2000 08/12/2000 04/14/2001 05/05/2001 06/13/2001 08/15/2001 05/04/2002 05/18/2002 07/20/2002 08/21/2002 05/24/2003 06/14/2003 09/27/2003 10/11/2003 06/05/2004 07/24/2004 10/02/2004 10/16/2004 09/17/2005 09/25/2005 07/01/2006 09/02/2006 07/07/2007 09/27/2007 05/24/2008 09/13/2008 05/30/2009 07/25/2009 04/24/2010 08/28/2010 05/14/2011 09/05/2011 04/07/2012 04/20/2013 07/19/2014 04/18/2015 10/25/2015 05/01/2016 06/02/2016 09/18/2016 06/24/2017 09/24/2017 04/08/2018
Score KC 0 at LA 2 KC 3 vs LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 3 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 3 at LA 1 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 vs LA 5 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 at LA 4 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 2 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 at LA 2 KC 0 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 3 KC 2 vs LA 0 KC 1 at LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 vs LA 0 KC 2 at LA 0 KC 1 at LA 4 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 1 vs LA 0 KC 0 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 at LA 2 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 1 vs LA 1 KC 0 at LA 0 KC 2 vs LA 2 KC 2 at LA 1 KC 2 vs LA 1 KC 2 at LA 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
119
6 6 3 71 22
Donovan, Jones Cienfuegos, Donovan Cobi Jones Cobi Jones Danny Califf Cobi Jones
WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
Tony Meola Tony Meola Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola
8 10 50 22 36 77
Kevin Hartman 12 Kevin Hartman 9 Kevin Hartman 7 Kevin Hartman 79 Kevin Hartman 29
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
LA GALAXY
2 Chris Klein (9/27/03) 2 Three Players 8 Preki (10/11/03) 6 Preki (5/19/96) 6 Diop, Johnston 8 Arnaud, Preki
GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
Seven Players Eight Players Three Players Mathis, Quijano (6/14/03) Carlos Ruiz (5/24/03) Carlos Ruiz
2 2 7 5 7 7
10 Tim Melia (4/8/18) 5 Tony Meola (8/5/00)
SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
Kramer, Reis Hartman, Kramer
8 3
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 33 41 1 344 385 5 123 163 1 397 390 6 79 78 2 130 147 1
Total 75 734 287 793 159 278
LA GALAXY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 OT 33 53 3 327 383 11 135 185 8 427 459 6 96 86 2 168 179 6
Total 89 721 328 892 184 353
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
KC 8 12 13 15 14 12 1 75 LA 7 11 15 10 19 24 3 89
CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS
19,490
CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 140 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 134 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 19 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 140 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467
171
GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
8 Preki 9 Preki 89 Preki 45 Preki 41 Matt McKeon 59 Preki
Result Location L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium SOW Arrowhead Stadium SOW Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L (2OT) Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl L (2OT) Arrowhead Stadium L (OT) Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T (2OT) Rose Bowl L Rose Bowl W Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center W The Home Depot Center W (OT) Arrowhead Stadium W The Home Depot Center T Arrowhead Stadium T The Home Depot Center W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center L Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center T The Home Depot Center L Arrowhead Stadium L The Home Depot Center W Arrowhead Stadium T The Home Depot Center T CommunityAmerica Ballpark T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W The Home Depot Center L The Home Depot Center T Livestrong Sporting Park W Livestrong Sporting Park L The Home Depot Center W Sporting Park L StubHub Center W Sporting Park T Children’s Mercy Park T StubHub Center T Children’s Mercy Park W StubHub Center W Children’s Mercy Park W StubHub Center
LA GALAXY
105.6 5
95
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON
not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
293
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 171 matches played at the stadium
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
Kenwyne Jones (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)
Cameron Iwasa (Option Declined - Nov. 27, 2017)
Alexander Tambakis (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)
Soni Mustivar (Option Declined - Nov. 27, 2017)
Khiry Shelton (Trade - Dec. 14, 2017)
Erik Palmer-Brown (Out of Contract - Nov. 27, 2017)
Yohan Croizet (Transfer - Dec. 15, 2017)
Cameron Porter (Retired - Nov. 27, 2017)
Zach Wright (Signed as Homegrown Player - Jan. 17, 2018)
Kevin Oliveira (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)
Emiliano Amor (Loan - Jan. 18, 2018)
Tyler Pasher (Trade - Dec. 10, 2017)
Matt Lewis (Signed as Homegrown Player - Jan. 22, 2018)
Latif Blessing (Expansion Draft - Dec. 12, 2017)
Johnny Russell (Transfer - Jan. 31, 2018)
Saad Abdul-Salaam (Trade - Dec. 14, 2017)
Felipe Gutierrez (Signing - Feb. 6, 2018)
Kenwyne Jones (Retired - Dec. 31, 2017)
Eric Dick (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)
Alexander Tambakis (Option Declined - Dec. 31, 2017)
Graham Smith (SuperDraft - Feb. 15, 2018)
Benny Feilhaber (Trade - Jan. 3, 2018)
Brad Evans (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 20, 2018)
Andrew Dykstra (Trade - Feb. 8, 2018)
Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (Signed as Homegrown Player - April 13, 2018)
Soony Saad (Waived - Feb. 8, 2018)
Krisztian Nemeth (Trade - Aug. 6, 2018)
Kevin Ellis (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018)
Andreu Fontas (Signing - Aug. 8, 2018)
Zach Wright (Waived - Feb. 27, 2018)
Tyler Freeman (Signed as Homegrown Player - Oct. 2, 2018)
James Musa (Waived - March 1, 2018) Matt Lewis (Waived - June 27, 2018) Emiliano Amor (Contract Termination - Aug. 8, 2018)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 27: OUT Sporting KC declines options on D Tyler Pasher, M Soni Mustivar, M Kevin Oliveira and F Cameron Iwasa. Additionally, D Erik Palmer-Brown and F Cameron Porter (later retires) are out of contract. Dec. 10: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires GK Alexander Tambakis and F Kenwyne Jones from Atlanta United FC (MLS) in exchange for D Tyler Pasher and M Kevin Oliveira. Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC has F Latif Blessing selected by Los Angeles Football Club (MLS) in the MLS Expansion Draft. Dec. 14: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires F Khiry Shelton from New York City FC (MLS) in exchange for D Saad Abdul-Salaam. Dec. 15: IN Sporting KC signs M Yohan Croizet as a Designated Player in a transfer from KV Mechelen (Belgium). Dec. 31: OUT Sporting KC has F Kenwyne Jones retire and declines option on GK Alexander Tambakis. Jan. 3: OUT Sporting KC acquires $400,000 in Allocation Money from Los Angeles Football Club (MLS) in exchange for M Benny Feilhaber. Jan. 17: IN Sporting KC signs F Zach Wright as a Homegrown Player from the University of North Carolina (NCAA). Jan. 18: IN Sporting KC signs D Emiliano Amor on loan from from Velez Sarsfield (Argentina). Jan. 22: IN Sporting KC signs D Matt Lewis as a Homegrown Player from Fordham University (NCAA). Jan. 31: IN Sporting KC acquires F Johnny Russell in a transfer from Derby County FC (England). Feb. 6: IN Sporting KC signs M Felipe Gutierrez as a Designated Player. Feb. 8: OUT Sporting KC acquires a 2020 MLS SuperDraft Second Round Pick from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for GK Andrew Dykstra. Feb. 8: OUT Sporting KC waives F Soony Saad. Feb. 13: IN/OUT Sporting KC acquires $100,000 in General Allocation Money from the Colorado Rapids (MLS) in exchange for a 2018 international roster spot. Feb. 15: IN Sporting KC signs MLS SuperDraft First-Round selections GK Eric Dick and D Graham Smith. Feb. 20: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Brad Evans as a free agent. Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives D Kevin Ellis and F Zach Wright. March 1: OUT Sporting KC waives M James Musa. April 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal as a Homegrown player from the Swope Park Rangers (USL). June 27: OUT Sporting KC waives D Matt Lewis. Aug. 6: IN Sporting KC acquires F Krisztian Nemeth from New England Revolution (MLS) in exchange for $250,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, $100,000 in General Allocation Money and a natural first-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Aug. 8: IN/OUT Sporting KC signs D Andreu Fontas and mutually agrees to part ways with D Emiliano Amor. Oct. 2: IN Sporting KC signs F Tyler Freeman as a Homegrown player from the Sporting KC Academy.
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2009
Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)
Signings
2011
Trades
Homegrown Players
Swope Park Rangers
Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)
2013
Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)
2015
Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15)
2016
Ike Opara (12/12/12)
Diego Rubio (3/8/16)
Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)
2017
Colton Storm (14th)
Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Cristian Lobato (6/29/17)
Gianluca Busio (8/25/17)
2018
Eric Dick (13th) Graham Smith (18th)
Yohan Croizet (12/15/17) Johnny Russell (1/31/18) Felipe Gutierrez (2/6/18) Brad Evans (2/20/18) Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)
Khiry Shelton (12/14/17) Krisztian Nemeth (8/6/18)
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Jaylin Lindsey (1/1/18) Kuzain (4/13/18) Tyler Freeman (10/2/18)
Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Amer Didic (5/31/17) Kharlton Belmar (9/15/17)
MLS Re-Entry Draft
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2018 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE
OPPONENT
COMPETITION
TIME (CT) / RESULT
TV / SCORERS
SUNDAY, MARCH 4
NEW YORK CITY FC
MLS
L
0-2
--
Saturday, March 10
at Chicago Fire
MLS
W
4-3
Gutierrez (2), Russell, Medranda
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
W
3-2
Ilie, Zusi, Gutierrez
Saturday, March 24
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
T
2-2
Gutierrez, Rubio
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
D.C. UNITED
MLS
W
1-0
Gutierrez
Sunday, April 8
at LA Galaxy
MLS
W
2-0
Salloi, Russell
SUNDAY, APRIL 15
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
T
2-2
Ilie, Zusi
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
MLS
W
6-0
Russell (3), Medranda, Lobato, Croizet
Saturday, April 28
at New England Revolution
MLS
L
0-1
--
SATURDAY, MAY 5
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
W
1-0
Salloi
Wednesday, May 9
at Atlanta United FC
MLS
W
2-0
Salloi, Fernandes
Sunday, May 20
at Minnesota United FC
MLS
T
1-1
Shelton
SUNDAY, MAY 27
COLUMBUS CREW SC
MLS
T
0-0
--
SUNDAY, JUNE 3
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
MLS
W
4-1
Salloi, Kuzain, Lobato, Rubio
Wednesday, June 6
at Real Salt Lake
U.S. Open Cup
W
2-0
Russell, Belmar
Saturday, June 9
at Portland Timbers
MLS
T
0-0
--
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
FC DALLAS
U.S. OPEN CUP
W
3-2
Salloi (2), Croizet
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLS
W
3-2
Salloi, Rubio, Shelton
Saturday, June 30
at Montreal Impact
MLS
L
0-2
--
Wednesday, July 4
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
L
2-4
Salloi, Opara
SATURDAY, JULY 7
TORONTO FC
MLS
T
2-2
Ilie, Russell
Saturday, July 14
at New York Red Bulls
MLS
L
2-3
Russell, Espinoza
Wednesday, July 18
at Houston Dynamo
U.S. Open Cup
L
2-4
Russell, Croizet
SATURDAY, JULY 28
FC DALLAS
MLS
L
2-3
Fernandes, Salloi
Saturday, August 4
at Houston Dynamo
MLS
W
1-0
Rubio
Saturday, August 11
at Los Angeles FC
MLS
W
2-0
Fernandes, Ilie
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
W
3-0
Rubio (2), Russell
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25
MINNESOTA UNITED FC
MLS
W
2-0
Croizet, Rubio
Saturday, September 1
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
L
1-3
Rubio
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
ORLANDO CITY SC
MLS
W
1-0
Gutierrez
Saturday, September 15
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
W
5-1
Gutierrez, Fernandes (2), Opara, Nemeth
Sunday, September 23
at Philadelphia Union
MLS
L
0-2
--
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
T
1-1
Opara
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
LA GALAXY
MLS
7:30
FOX SPORTS KC
Wednesday, October 17
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS
9:00
FOX Sports KC
Sunday, October 21
at FC Dallas
MLS
4:00
TBD
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28
LOS ANGELES FC
MLS
3:30
TBD
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Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes 2018 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) REFEREE
RECORD
SKC FOULS
OPP. FOULS
SKC YC
OPP. YC
SKC RC
OPP. RC
SKC PK
OPP. PK
Mark Geiger
1-2-0
35
33
2
6
0
2
0
0
Jose Carlos Rivero 1-0-1
28
21
4
4
0
0
1
0
Allen Chapman
2-0-0
15
20
1
3
0
0
1
0
Sorin Stoica
0-1-1
32
28
7
5
2
0
0
2
Baldomero Toledo
1-1-0
26
20
3
2
0
1
0
1
Robert Sibiga
2-0-1
19
35
2
5
0
1
0
1
Drew Fischer
1-1-1
35
27
4
9
0
1
1
0
Kevin Stott
1-1-1
26
29
3
2
0
2
1
0
Dave Gantar
1-1-0
14
18
1
5
0
0
0
0
Armando Villarreal
1-0-0
15
18
1
3
0
0
0
0
Jair Marrufo
0-0-1
13
13
2
2
0
0
0
0
Chris Penso
1-0-1
26
25
3
7
0
3
0
0
Alan Kelly
2-0-0
16
23
1
5
0
1
0
0
Ted Unkel
0-1-0
12
10
2
2
0
0
0
1
Ismail Elfath
1-0-0
18
16
2
2
0
0
1
0
2018 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON) DATE REFEREE VAR March 4 vs. NYC Mark Geiger Jon Freemon
INCIDENT SKC Penalty Awarded
DECISION Overturned, No Penalty
March 4 vs. NYC
Mark Geiger
Jon Freemon
NYC Foul Not Called
Overturned, Red Card
April 15 vs. SEA
Drew Fischer
Geoff Gamble
SEA Penalty Awarded
Overturned, No Penalty
April 20 vs. VAN
Kevin Stott
Edvin Jurisevic
SKC & VAN Brawl
VAN Shown Two Red Cards
April 28 at NE
Dave Gantar
Geoff Gamble
NE Goal Confusion
NE Goal Awarded
May 9 at ATL
Mark Geiger
Edvin Jurisevic
ATL Goal Awarded
Overturned, No Goal
May 27 vs. CLB
Robert Sibiga
Jorge Gonzalez
CLB Foul Not Called
Overturned, Red Card
July 14 at NY
Kevin Stott
Matt Franz
NY Goal Disallowed
Overturned, Goal Awarded
Aug. 4 at HOU
Chris Penso
Daniel Radford
SKC & HOU Brawl
HOU Shown Additional Red Card
Aug. 11 at LAFC
Ismail Elfath
Tim Ford
SKC Penalty Awarded
Confirmed, Penalty
Sept. 1 at SEA
Baldomero Toledo
Dave Gantar
SEA Foul Not Called
Overturned, Red Card
SKC’s Salloi fouled in the box by Chanot, Geiger awards a penalty kick. After reviewing the play, the penalty kick is overturned.
SKC’s Fernandes bundled over when through on goal by Chanot, no foul given. After reviewing the play, Chanot is given a straight red card for DOGSO.
SKC’s Medranda is called for a handball in the area, Fischer awards penalty kick. After reviewing the play, the penalty kick is overturned.
Brawl breaks out following Waston tackle on Espinoza. After reviewing the incident, Stott shows red cards to VAN’s Juarez and Reyna.
NE’s Bunbury fires the ball into the net from an offside position. After listening to advice from his VAR, Gantar allows the goal as Espinoza is deemed to have had the last touch.
ATL’s Martinez scores from an offside position after the ball deflects into his path off Medranda. After reviewing the play, Geiger overturns his initial decision and awards an offside.
CLB’s Higuain flies into a challenge high with studs showing on Espinoza, but Sibiga waves play on. After Reviewing the play, Sibiga shows red card to Higuain.
The flag goes up on NY’s Bradley Wright-Phillips before he puts the ball in the net. After reviewing the play and seeing that Wright-Phillips was not offside, Stott awards the goal.
Brawl breaks out following Rubio tackle on Machado, resulting in red card for Ceren. After reviewing the incident, Stott shows additional red card to Elis.
Gutierrez dives in an attempt to head the ball into the net but is caught by the foot of Jakovic. After reviewing the play, Elfath confirms the penalty.
Marshall catches Russell with his studs, Toledo does not call a foul. After reviewing the play, Toledo shows red card to Marshall.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS 2018 Record When... Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime
14-2-2 1-6-3 8-0-0 6-4-4 1-4-3
Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Allowing 0 goals Allowing 1 goal Allowing 2 goals Allowing 3 goals Allowing 4+ goals
0-4-2 4-1-2 4-3-3 3-0-0 4-0-0 10-0-2 2-1-2 2-3-3 1-3-0 0-1-0
Wearing Sporting blue Wearing black metallic Wearing Parley
6-5-6 8-3-1 1-0-0
Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’
13-0-0 1-1-5 1-7-2
Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even
11-4-6 4-4-1 0-0-0
Shutouts 10-0-2 One-goal games 7-3-0 On ESPN/ESPN2 On FOX/FS1 On FSKC
0-2-1 2-1-2 13-5-4
Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later
0-2-3 15-6-4
With red card for With red card against
0-1-0 5-2-1
Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75
7-4-3 8-4-4
In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone
3-1-1 0-1-1 11-2-5 1-4-0
vs. Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference
11-3-5 4-5-2
On grass On turf
14-6-5 1-2-2
With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs
SPORTING KC IN 2018 (MLS REGULAR SEASON) 0-0-0 1-0-1 4-2-2 10-6-4
Quickest Goal... Diego Rubio (9/1 at SEA) - 2nd Minute Quickest Goal Against... Mauro Manotas (6/23 vs. HOU) - 2nd Minute Game-winning goals after 75’...
Regular Season Record By Month March 2018 March all-time April 2018 April all-time May 2018 May all-time June 2018 June all-time July 2018 July all-time Aug. 2018 Aug. all-time Sept. 2018 Sept. all-time Oct. 2018 Oct. all-time
3-1-1 20-10-10 2-1-1 45-37-16 2-0-2 38-46-27 2-1-1 43-30-26 0-3-1 51-38-28 4-0-0 45-51-17 2-2-1 34-41-19 0-0-0 21-17-17
Game-tying goals after 75’...
Marc Rzatkowski (7/14 at NY) - 79th Minute
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
N/A
Red Cards...
Daniel Salloi (7/4 at RSL) - 90th Minute Roger Espinoza (7/4 at RSL) - 94+ Minute
Red Cards Against...
1-0-1 (1-0-0) 16-26-11 (1-0-0) 25-23-14 (1-0-1) 25-22-8 (0-0-1) 21-21-13 (1-0-0) 24-23-12 (0-1-0) 7-10-12 (2-0-0) 1-0-0 (1-0-0) 23-24-14 (1-0-0) 3-1-2 (2-0-1) 6-4-3 (0-1-0) 25-18-11 (0-1-0) 2-2-0 (0-1-0) 21-21-13 (0-1-0) 2-1-1 (1-0-0) 5-6-5 (0-1-0) 7-3-4 (1-0-1) 9-11-8 (0-1-1) 26-24-8 (2-0-0) 5-9-4 (0-1-1) 14-4-7 (0-0-1) 7-3-3 (1-0-0)
Maxime Chanot (3/4 vs. NYC) - 88th Minute Efrain Juarez (4/20 vs. VAN) - 40th Minute Yordy Reyna (4/20 vs. VAN) - 40th Minute Brad Guzan (5/9 at ATL) - 34th Minute Federico Higuain (5/27 vs. CLB) - 51+ Minute Maximiano (6/3 vs. MIN) - 63rd Minute Eric Alexander (6/23 vs. HOU) - 87th Minute Alejandro Fuenmayor (8/4 at HOU) - 14th Minute Darwin Ceren (8/4 at HOU) - 94+ Minute Alberth Elis (8/4 at HOU) - 98+ Minute Chad Marshall (9/1 at SEA) - 81st Minute
Penalty Kicks...
Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2018 at home All-time at home 2018 on road All-time on road
Diego Rubio (3/24 at COL) - 91+ Minute Graham Zusi (4/15 vs. SEA) - 78th Minute
Game-winning goals against after 75’...
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2018) vs. Atlanta United FC vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. D.C. United vs. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo vs. Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy vs. Minnesota United FC vs. Montreal Impact vs. NE Revolution vs. New York City FC vs. New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC vs. Philadelphia Union vs. Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake vs. SJ Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Felipe Gutierrez (3/10 at CHI) - 86th Minute Khiry Shelton (6/23 vs. HOU) - 88th Minute
Ilie Sanchez (3/17 vs. SJ) - Scored on Andrew Tarbell Ilie Sanchez (4/15 vs. SEA) - Scored on Stefan Frei Ilie Sanchez (4/20 vs. VAN) - Saved by Stefan Marinovic Ilie Sanchez (7/7 vs. TOR) - Scored on Alex Bono Ilie Sanchez (8/11 at LAFC) - Scored on Luis Lopez
Penalty Kicks Against...
Gyasi Zardes (5/27 vs. CLB) - Saved by Tim Melia Alejandro Silva (6/30 at MTL) - Scored on Tim Melia Albert Rusnak (7/4 at RSL) - Saved by Tim Melia Luis Silva (7/4 at RSL) - Scored on Tim Melia Nicolas Lodeiro (9/1 at SEA) - Scored on Tim Melia
Penalty Kicks Earned...
Johnny Russell (3/17 vs. SJ) - 25th Minute Johnny Russell (4/15 vs. SEA) - 34th Minute Johnny Russell (4/20 vs. VAN) - 51+ Minute Gerso Fernandes (7/7 vs. TOR) - 57th Minute Felipe Gutierrez (8/11 at LAFC) - 66th Minute
Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Youngest to play in a game... Oldest Starter... Oldest to play in a game...
297-270-160 9-2-4 195-94-74 6-6-3 102-176-86
Kuzain (6/3 vs. MIN) - 19 years and 262 days Roger Espinoza (7/14 at NY) - 31 years and 262 days Gianluca Busio (8/4 at HOU) - 16 years and 68 days Gianluca Busio (7/28 vs. FCD) - 16 years and 61 days Tim Melia (9/30 vs. RSL) - 32 years and 138 days Tim Melia (9/30 vs. RSL) - 32 years and 138 days
2018 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 22 33 55 OPPONENT 18 19 37
SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 214 288 512 OPPONENT 155 205 360
SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 67 110 177 OPPONENT 58 76 134
FOULS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 146 184 330 OPPONENT 174 161 335
OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 17 18 35 OPPONENT 37 35 72
CORNER KICKS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 82 101 183 OPPONENT 46 70 116
CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 12 26 38 OPPONENT 24 38 62
EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 0 2 2 OPPONENT 5 6 11
PK’S (MADE/ATTEMPTED) 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING KC 2/3 2/2 4/5 OPPONENT 0/1 3/4 3/5
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES OVERALL Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 297 270 160 17 21 8 30 16 7 10 12 9 354 319 184
HOME GF GA 1017 958 59 61 108 63 39 45 1223 1127
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 195 94 74 14 3 3 21 7 3 6 4 5 236 108 85
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AWAY GF GA 613 423 35 15 72 30 20 13 740 481
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 102 176 86 2 17 5 9 9 4 4 8 3 117 210 98
GF GA 404 535 21 43 36 33 19 32 480 643
Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL
W L T 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2018 REGULAR SEASON)
Formation: 4-3-3
NOTE: Chart does not account for players interchanging and/or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.
Center forward Khiry Shelton 13 Diego Rubio 7 Daniel Salloi 5 Krisztian Nemeth 4 Yohan Croizet 1
Left forward
Daniel Salloi 17 Gerso Fernandes 11 Johnny Russell 2
Right forward Johnny Russell 19 Gerso Fernandes 5 Yohan Croizet 5 Cristian Lobato 1
Left-center midfielder
Right-center midfielder
Felipe Gutierrez 14 Yohan Croizet 10 Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal 3 Gianluca Busio Roger Espinoza 1 Jimmy Medranda 1
Roger Espinoza 27 Yohan Croizet 2 Felipe Gutierrez 1
Defensive midfielder Ilie 30
Left back
Seth Sinovic 15 Jimmy Medranda 7 Jaylin Lindsey 6 Cristian Lobato 2
Left center back
Right center back
Matt Besler 27 Emiliano Amor 2 Graham Smith 1
Ike Opara 27 Emiliano Amor 1 Graham Smith 1 Andreu Fontas 1
Goalkeeper Tim Melia 30
10
Right back
Graham Zusi 30
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES March 4, 2018: Sporting KC 0-2 New York City FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,831 Weather: Cloudy and 58 degrees Sporting KC (0-1-0, 0 pts.) New York City FC (1-0-0, 3 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Lobato (Medranda 73’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Croizet (Fernandes 57’) F Rubio (Salloi 62’) F Russell
1 2 F 0 0 0 1 1 2
New York City FC GK Johnson D Tinnerholm D Chanot D Callens D Sweat M Ring M Herrera M Medina (Tajouri 69’) M Moralez (Ibeagha 89’) M Wallace F Villa (C) (Matarrita 85’)
March 10, 2018: Chicago Fire 3-4 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL Attendance: 14,021 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 37 degrees 1 2 F 2 2 4 0 3 3
Sporting KC (1-1-0, 3 pts.) Chicago Fire (0-1-0, 0 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Medranda 69’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Russell (Croizet 93+) F Shelton (Fernandes 55’) F Salloi
Chicago Fire GK Sanchez D Polster (Corrales 93+) D Kappelhof D Dean (Collier 88’) D Vincent M McCarty (C) M Tchani M Solignac M Schweinsteiger M Katai (Ellis 85’) F Nikolic
March 17, 2018: Sporting KC 3-2 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,868 Weather: Partly Cloudy and 46 degrees Sporting KC (2-1-0, 6 pts.) San Jose Earthquakes (1-1-0, 3 pts.)
1 2 F 1 2 3 1 1 2
Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes GK Melia GK Tarbell D Zusi D Lima D Opara D Quintana D Besler (C) D Cummings D Sinovic D Salinas (Alashe 82’) M Ilie M Eriksson M Espinoza (Medranda 93+) M Godoy M Gutierrez M Jungwirth (Yueill 74’) F Russell M Vako F Shelton (Croizet 82’) F Hoesen (Amarikwa 82’) F Salloi (Fernandes 87’) F Wondolowski (C)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Stuver (GK) Amor Abdul-Salaam Lindsey Awuah Sinovic McNamara
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Cleveland (GK) Amor Adams Lindsey Bronico Lobato Bakero
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Bersano (GK) Amor Affolter Lindsey Ockford Lobato Thompson
Scoring Summary: NYC - Maxi Moralez 1 (David Villa 1, Jesus Medina 1) 32’ NYC - Jesus Medina 1 (Ben Sweat 1, Yangel Herrera 1) 53’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 1 (Unassisted) 9’ SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Daniel Salloi 1, Roger Espinoza 1) 44’ CHI - Aleksander Katai 1 (Bastian Schweinsteiger 1) 70’ CHI - Nemanja Nikolic 1 (Unassisted) 74’ CHI - Nemanja Nikolic 2 (Brandon Vincent 1, Matt Polster) 82’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda 1 (Unassisted) 83’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 2 (Daniel Salloi 2, Johnny Russell 1) 86’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Ilie 1 (Penalty Kick) 25’ SJ - Vako 1 (Unassisted) 34’ SKC - Graham Zusi 1 (Roger Espinoza 2) 56’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 3 (Daniel Salloi 3, Johnny Russell 2) 68’ SJ - Chris Wondolowski 1 (Magnus Eriksson 1) 91+
Misconduct Summary: NYC - Jesus Medina (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 23’ NYC - Alexander Ring (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’ NYC - Sean Johnson (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 59’ NYC - Maxime Chanot (Red Card; DOGSO) 88’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (3) 3 8 3 9
NYC 11 (5) 3 14 2 3
March 24, 2018: Colorado Rapids 2-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 17,424 Weather: Cloudy and 61 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 2 0 2
Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts.) Colorado Rapids (0-1-1, 1 pt.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Meranda 46’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Croizet (Gerso 61’) F Shelton F Russell (Rubio 88’)
Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Wynne D Wilson D Smith M Hairston M Blomberg (Boateng 58’) M Price M Martinez M Vako F Mason (Jackson 64’) F Badji (McBean 84’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) MacMath (GK) Amor Watts Lindsey Azira Lobato Serna Scoring Summary: COL - Dominique Badji 1 (Edgar Castillo 1, Jack Price 1) 5’ COL - Joe Mason 1 (Tommy Smith 1) 8’ SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 4 (Unassisted) 57’ SKC - Diego Rubio 1 (Khiry Shelton 1, Gerso Fernandes 1) 91+ Misconduct Summary: COL - Jack Price (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 15’ COL - Niki Jackson (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 65’ COL - Tim Howard (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 79’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 20 (9) 0 15 1 7
COL 8 (2) 7 12 1 0
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 33’ CHI - Johan Kappelhof (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’ CHI - Bastian Schweinsteiger (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’ SKC - Ilie (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (8) 3 18 1 4
CHI 13 (6) 4 9 4 3
March 31, 2018: Sporting KC 1-0 D.C. United MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,624 Weather: Cloudy and 45 degrees Sporting KC (3-1-1, 10 pts.) D.C. United (0-3-2, 2 pts.)
1 2 F 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Croizet 53’) F Russell F Shelton F Salloi (Fernandes 77’)
D.C. United GK Ousted D DeLeon D Brillant D Birnbaum (C) D Mora (Kelly 87’) M Durkin M Segura (Stieber 77’) M Arriola (Mullins 81’) M Acosta M Asad F Mattocks
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’ SJ - Yefferson Quintana (Yellow Card; Dissent) 39’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (4) 2 9 0 12
SJ 11 (4) 1 8 4 3
April 8, 2018: LA Galaxy 0-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 25,846 Weather: Sunny and 70 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0
Sporting KC (4-1-1, 13 pts.) LA Galaxy (2-2-1, 7 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet (Sinovic 70’) F Russell (Fernandes 88’) F Shelton F Salloi
LA Galaxy GK Bingham D Feltscher D Steres D Skjelvik D Cole (C) M Kitchen M J. dos Santos M Pontius M Alessandrini (Lletget 67’) M Boateng (Ibrahimovic 62’) F Kamara
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Clark (GK) Didic Odoi-Atsem Lindsey Opare Sinovic Harkes Rubio
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Vom Steeg (GK) Amor Ciani Lindsey Romney Lobato Carrasco Rubio Husidic
Scoring Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 5 (Khiry Shelton 2) 3’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Unassisted) 56’ SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Roger Espinoza 3) 61’
Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 22 (5) 3 9 3 10
11
DC 13 (3) 4 6 2 5
Misconduct Summary: LA - Daniel Steres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’ LA - Jonathan dos Santos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (4) 10 5 1 6
LA 22 (10) 2 11 2 5
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES April 15, 2018: Sporting KC 2-2 Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,508 Weather: Light Snow and 32 degrees Sporting KC (4-1-2, 14 pts.) Seattle Sounders FC (0-3-1, 1 pt.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet (Lobato 74’) F Russell (Fernandes 85’) F Shelton F Salloi
1 2 F 1 1 2 1 1 2
Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D McCrary D Torres D Marshall D Tolo M Svensson M C. Roldan M Bwana (Alonso 68’) M Lodeiro (C) M A. Roldan (Eikrem 88’) F Bruin
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Meredith (GK) Amor Alfaro Lindsey Delem Sinovic Wingo Rubio Neagle Scoring Summary: SKC - Ilie Sanchez 2 (Penalty Kick) 34’ SEA - Will Bruin 1 (Chad Marshall 1, Nicolas Lodeiro 1) 48+ SEA - Cristian Roldan 1 (Will Bruin 1, Alex Roldan 1) 73’ SKC - Graham Zusi 2 (Jimmy Medranda 1) 78’ Misconduct Summary: SEA - Jordan McCrary (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’ SEA - Cristian Roldan (Yellow Card; Dissent) 44’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ SEA - Osvaldo Alonso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 97+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (8) 1 13 0 3
SEA 10 (3) 6 7 5 0
May 5, 2018: Sporting KC 1-0 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,553 Weather: Sunny and 78 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 0 0 0
Sporting KC (6-2-2, 20 pts.) Colorado Rapids (2-4-2, 8 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Lobato (Croizet 71’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Medranda (Sinovic 81’) F Russell (Fernandes 88’) F Shelton F Salloi
Colorado Rapids GK Howard (C) D Wynne D Wilson D Smith M Colvey (Serna 79’) M Nicholson (Boli 67’) M Price M Martinez M Castillo F McBean (Mason 76’) F Badji
April 20, 2018: Sporting KC 6-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,690 Weather: Clear and 56 degrees 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-1-2, 17 pts.) 3 3 6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (3-4-1, 10 pts.) 0 0 0
Sporting KC (5-2-2, 17 pts.) New England Revoution (4-2-2, 14 pts.)
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Amor D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza (Gutierrez 76’) M Croizet F Russell (Lobato 52’) F Shelton (Rubio 71’) F Salloi
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda (Belmar 77’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet (Sinovic 63’) F Russell F Shelton F Salloi (Rubio 82’)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC GK Marinovic D Aja D Waston (C) D de Jong M Juarez M Felipe M Ghazal M Reyna M Davies (Teibert 55’) F Blondell (Franlin 45’) F Shea (Ibini-Isei 72’)
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 3 (Roger Espinoza 4, Graham Zusi 1) 10’ SKC - Johnny Russell 4 (Roger Espinoza 5) 16’ SKC - Jimmy Medranda 2 (Daniel Salloi 4) 30’ SKC - Johnny Russell 5 (Matt Besler 1) 48’ SKC - Cristian Lobato 1 (Yohan Croizet 1) 54’ SKC - Yohan Croizet 1 (Ilie 1) 77’
Scoring Summary: NE - Teal Bunbury 4 (Unassisted) 44’
Misconduct Summary: VAN - Kendall Waston (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’ VAN - Yordy Reyna (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 40’ VAN - Efrain Juarez (Red Card; Foul and Abusive Language) 40’ SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 34 (14) 1 3 2 8
VAN 5 (1) 7 8 1 1
May 9, 2018: Atlanta United FC 0-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Atlanta, GA Attendance: 44,696 Weather: Indoors and 70 degrees Sporting KC (7-2-2, 23 pts.) Atlanta United FC (7-2-1, 22 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet (Lobato 71’) F Russell (Fernandes 82’) F Shelton (Rubio 91+) F Salloi
1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0
Atlanta United FC GK Guzan D Zizzo D Parkhurst (C) D Gonzalez Pirez D Garza M Nagbe M Larentowicz (Kratz 76’) M Villalba (Christensen 36’) M Almiron M Barco F Martinez (Williams 76’)
Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Unassisted) 16’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (Ilie 2) 67’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes 1 (Ilie 3) 87’
SKC 24 (7) 2 15 1 4
COL 10 (2) 4 18 2 2
New England Revolution GK Turner D Farrell D Anibaba D Dielna (C) D Somi M Zahibo M Penilla M Caicedo M Fagundez (Caldwell 83’) M Agudelo (Nemeth 72’) F Bunbury (Bye 90’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Knighton (GK) Amor Delamea Storm Tierney Lobato Herivaux
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Robinson Amor Wheeler-Omiunu Lindsey Gressel Sinovic Vazquez
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
1 2 F 0 0 0 1 0 1
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Rowe (GK) Lindsey Mezquida Sinovic Techera Evans Hurtado
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) MacMath (GK) Amor Sjoberg Lindsey Azira Rubio Hamilton
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 10’ COL - Jack McBean (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 13’ COL - Edgar Castillo (Yellow Card; Dissent) 52’ COL - Dominique Badji (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’
April 28, 2018: New England Revolution 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, MA Attendance: 17,015 Weather: Sunny and 62 degrees
Misconduct Summary: ATL - Jeff Larentowicz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’ ATL - Brad Guzan (Red Card; DOGSO) 34’ SKC - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (3) 8 13 0 3
12
ATL 17 (8) 1 10 2 9
Misconduct Summary: NE - Diego Fagundez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48+ SKC - Khiry Shelton (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’ NE - Gabriel Somi (Yellow Card; Delaying Restart) 77’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (4) 6 10 2 8
NE 16 (7) 4 11 3 8
May 20, 2018: Minnesota United FC 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 23,117 Weather: Sunny and 66 degrees 1 2 F 1 0 1 1 0 1
Sporting KC (7-2-3, 24 pts.) Minnesota United FC (4-7-1, 13 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Medranda (Sinovic 36’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet F Russell F Shelton F Salloi
Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Miller D Boxall D Calvo (C) D Thiesson M Schuller (Kallman 86’) M Martin (Maximiano 66’) M Ibarra M Quintero M Gomez (Danladi 74’) F Ramirez
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Kapp (C) Amor Manley Lindsey Pangop Lobato Toye Fernandes Rubio Scoring Summary: SKC - Khiry Shelton 1 (Johnny Russell 3) 8’ MIN - Darwin Quintero 3 (Unassisted) 20’ Misconduct Summary: MIN - Rasmus Schuller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’ SKC - Khiry Shelton (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’ MIN - Maximiano (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 24 (10) 3 13 0 9
MIN 6 (4) 9 13 6 0
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES May 27, 2018: Sporting KC 0-0 Columbus Crew SC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,697 Weather: Sunny and 94 degrees Sporting KC (7-2-4, 25 pts.) Columbus Crew SC (7-3-4, 25 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Lobato 58’) M Ilie M Croizet (Fernandes 71’) M Espinoza (Kuzain 87’) F Russell F Shelton F Salloi
1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Columbus Crew SC GK Steffen D Afful D Williams D Abubakar D Valenzuela M Trapp (C) M Artur M Martinez (Sauro 76’) M Higuain M Grella (Argudo 67’) F Zardes
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Kempin (GK) Amor Clark Busio Jimenez Belmar Jahn Hansen Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: CLB - Federico Higuain (Red Card; Serious Foul) 51+ CLB - Harrison Afful (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 49’ SKC - Matt Besler (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (3) 3 7 1 5
CLB 12 (3) 3 10 0 5
June 23, 2018: Sporting KC 3-2 Houston Dynamo MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,081 Weather: Sunny and 83 degrees Sporting KC (9-2-5, 32 pts.) Houston Dynamo (6-6-3, 21 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Smith D Lindsey M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Croizet (Rubio 85’) F Russell F Salloi F Fernandes (Shelton 76’)
1 2 F 0 3 3 2 0 2
Houston Dynamo GK Willis D Lundqvist D Fuenmayor D Senderos D Beasley (C) M Alexander M Boniek Garcia M Elis (Leonardo 81’) M Martinez M Quioto (Gil 73’) F Manotas (Rodriguez 91+)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Seitz (GK) Didic Garcia Sinovic Watts Kuzain Alvarez Belmar Scoring Summary: HOU - Mauro Manotas 7 (Tomas Martinez 5) 2’ HOU - Mauro Manotas 8 (DaMarcus Beasley 1, Romell Quioto 7) 45’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 5 (Johnny Russell 4) 59’ SKC - Diego Rubio 3 (Daniel Sallo 5, Johnny Russell 5) 85’ SKC - Khiry Shelton 2 (Daniel Salloi 6, Diego Rubio 1) 88’ Misconduct Summary: HOU - Eric Alexander (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ HOU - Joe Willis (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 55’ HOU - Eric Alexander (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ HOU - Alejandro Fuenmayor (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 22 (9) 4 8 0 8
HOU 17 (6) 6 14 2 4
June 3, 2018: Sporting KC 4-1 Minnesota United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,422 Weather: Sunny and 77 degrees Sporting KC (8-2-4, 28 pts.) Minnesota United FC (5-8-1, 16 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Lindsey 60’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet (Kuzain 18’) F Lobato (Rubio 78’) F Salloi F Fernandes
1 2 F 3 1 4 1 0 1
Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Mears D Boxall (C) D Kallman D Miller M Schuller M Ibson M Ibarra M Quintero (Pangop 75’) M Gomez (Maximiano 46’) F Ramirez (Danladi 68’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Lampson (GK) Amor Omsberg Busio Manley Belmar Martin Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 4 (Yohan Croizet 2) 9’ MIN - Tyrone Mears 1 (Rasmus Schuller 2) 12’ SKC - Kuzain 1 (Unassisted) 35’ SKC - Cristian Lobato 2 (Roger Espinoza 6) 38’ SKC - Diego Rubio 2 (Gerso Fernandes 2) 81’ Misconduct Summary: MIN - Maximiano (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 48’ MIN - Maximiano (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’ MIN - Miguel Ibarra (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 25 (8) 1 7 1 5
MIN 7 (2) 4 7 3 3
June 30, 2018: Montreal Impact 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 16,142 Weather: Cloudy and 84 degrees Sporting KC (9-3-5, 32 pts.) Montreal Impact (7-11-0, 21 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Lindsey (Rubio 74’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Croizet (Kuzain 83’) F Russell F Salloi F Fernandes (Shelton 57’)
1 2 F 0 0 0 0 2 2
Montreal Impact GK Bush D Duvall D Fanni D Camacho D Lovitz M Krolicki M Piette (Shome 38’) M Taider F Silva (Edwards 90’) F Mancosu (Raitala 60’) F Piatti (C)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Diop (GK) Amor Cabrera Sinovic Jackson-Hamel Belmar Salazar Scoring Summary: MTL - Ignacio Piatti 9 (Unassisted) 54’ MTL - Alejandro Silva 1 (Penalty Kick) 70’ Misconduct Summary: MTL - Ken Krolicki (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 19’ MTL - Chris Duvall (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 46’ SKC - Yohan Croizet (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 68’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (3) 3 12 0 5
13
MTL 8 (5) 3 10 5 4
June 9, 2018: Portland Timbers 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,144 Weather: Cloudy and 54 degrees Sporting KC (8-2-5, 29 pts.) Portland Timbers (6-3-4, 22 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) (Amor 46’) D Lindsey M Ilie M Espinoza M Kuzain F Russell (Belmar 78’) F Salloi F Fernandes
1 2 F 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portland Timbers GK Attinella D Valentin D Mabiala D Cascante D Farfan (Jadama 63’) M Paredes M Olum M Flores M Valeri (C) (Asprilla 83’) M Blanco F Adi (Armenteros 74’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Gleeson (GK) Storm Vytas Lobato Tuiloma Busio Williamson Rubio Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Dissent) 93+ POR - Sebastian Blanco (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 10 (4) 4 10 0 8
POR 13 (4) 4 12 2 7
July 4, 2018: Real Salt Lake 4-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 19,206 Weather: Sunny and 93 degrees Sporting KC (9-4-5, 32 pts.) Real Salt Lake (8-8-2, 26 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Amor D Sinovic (Fernandes 86’) M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Kuzain (Russell 46’) F Croizet F Shelton (Rubio 84’) F Salloi
1 2 F 1 1 2 3 1 4 Real Salt Lake GK Rimando (C) D Lennon D M. Silva D Glad D Acosta M Kreilach M Sunny (Besler 87’) M Rusnak F Saucedo (L. Silva 73’) F Baird (Beckerman 81’) F Savarino
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Putna (GK) Lindsey Herrera Smith Ruiz Belmar Plata Scoring Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi 6 (Seth Sinovic 1, Roger Espinoza 7) 20’ RSL - Jefferson Savarino 3 (Unassisted) 29’ RSL - Corey Baird 5 (Unassisted) 37’ RSL - Sebastian Saucedo 2 (Damir Kreilach 5) 46+ SKC - Ike Opara 1 (Johnny Russell 6, Roger Espinoza 8) 64’ RSL - Luis Silva 4 (Penalty Kick) 100+ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Dissent) 43’ RSL - Sebastian Saucedo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’ SKC - Emiliano Amor (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’ RSL - Damir Kreilach (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 77’ SKC - Daniel Salloi (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 90’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card’Red Card;Unsporting Behavior) 94+ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 99+ Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 8 (3) 18 (7) Saves 3 1 Fouls 17 16 Offside 2 2 Corner Kicks 5 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES July 7, 2018: Sporting KC 2-2 Toronto FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 21,064 Weather: Sunny and 84 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 1 1 2
Sporting KC (9-4-6, 33 pts.) Toronto FC (4-10-4, 16 pts.)
July 14, 2018: New York Red Bulls 3-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ Attendance: 16,793 Weather: Sunny and 88 degrees Sporting KC (9-5-6, 33 pts.) New York Red Bulls (11-5-2, 35 pts.)
1 2 F 1 1 2 1 2 3
Sporting KC Toronto FC GK Melia GK Bono D Zusi D van der Wiel D Opara (Amor 73’) D Zavaleta D Besler (C) D Hagglund D Lindsey D Morrow M Ilie D Fraser (Ricketts 67’) M Croizet M Delgado (Hasler 67’) M Kuzain M Bradley (C) F Russell M Osorio F Rubio (Shelton 71’ (Belmar 80’)) F Hamilton (Akinola 88’) F Fernandes F Giovinco
Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Smith D Amor D Lindsey M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Croizet (Gutierrez 78’) F Russell F Salloi F Fernandes (Belmar 60’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Irwin (GK) Sinovic Morgan Smith Telfer Storm Chapman
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Meara (GK) Besler Collin Sinovic Escobar Kuzain Kutler Rubio
Scoring Summary: TOR - Jonathan Osorio 6 (Justin Morrow 2, Sebastian Giovinco 8) 25’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez 3 (Penalty Kick) 57’ SKC - Johnny Russell 6 (Diego Rubio 2) 61’ TOR - Jordan Hamilton 2 (Nicolas Hasler 3) 69’ Misconduct Summary: TOR - Eriq Zavaleta (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’ TOR - Liam Fraser (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’ SKC - Wan Kuzain (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (5) 1 10 2 8
TOR 8 (3) 3 12 3 1
August 4, 2018: Houston Dynamo 0-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 14,675 Weather: Partly cloudy and 78 degrees Sporting KC (10-6-6, 36 pts.) Houston Dynamo (7-9-6, 27 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Gutierrez M Busio F Fernandes F Croizet (Rubio 61’) F Salloi
1 2 F 0 1 1 0 0 0
Houston Dynamo GK Willis D Wenger D Fuenmayor D Leonardo D Lundqvist M Garcia (C) M Ceren M Martinez (Machado 20’) F Elis F Manotas (Pena 72’) F Quioto
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Seitz (GK) Didic Alvarez Lindsey Alexander Kuzain Gil Lobato Rodriguez Belmar Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 4 (Gianluca Busio 1, Graham Zusi 4) 74’ Misconduct Summary: HOU - Romell Quioto (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 4’ HOU - Alejandro Fuenmayor (Red Card; Serious Foul) 14’ HOU - Alberth Elis (Yellow Card; Dissent) 15’ HOU - Boniek Garcia (Yellow Card; Dissent) 19’ SKC - Seth Sinovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 22’ HOU - Joe Willis (Yellow Card; Dissent) 70’ HOU - Ronaldo Pena (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’ SKC - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+ HOU - Darwin Ceren (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 94+ HOU - Alberth Elis (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 98+ HOU - Leonardo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 100+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (4) 4 16 2 4
HOU 9 (4) 3 12 1 3
New York Red Bulls GK Robles (C) D Lade (Murillo 71’) D Parker D Long D Lawrence M Adams M Davis M Muyl (Etienne Jr. 59’) M Kaku (Rzatkowski 60’) M Royer F Wright-Phillips
Scoring Summary: NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips 12 (Kaku 11) 4’ SKC - Johnny Russell 7 (Graham Zusi 2, Jaylin Lindsey 1) 8’ SKC - Roger Espinoza 1 (Graham Zusi 3) 51’ NY - Marc Rzatkowski 1 (Tyler Adams 3) 72’ NY - Marc Rzatkowski 2 (Sean Davis 7) 79’ Misconduct Summary: SKC - Yohan Croizet (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’ NY - Alex Muyl (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (4) 3 14 1 1
NY 17 (6) 2 7 2 9
August 11, 2018: Los Angeles FC 0-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Banc of California Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 22,000 Weather: Sunny and 79 degrees Sporting KC (11-6-6, 39 pts.) Los Angeles FC (10-7-6, 36 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Croizet 82’) F Fernandes (Russell 86’) F Rubio (Nemeth 76’) F Salloi
1 2 F 1 1 2 0 0 0
Los Angeles FC GK Lopez D Blackmon D Silva D Jakovic D Moutinho M Feilhaber (C) M Nguyen M Urena (Ramirez 69’) M Horta M Kovar (Vela 58’) F Rossi (Blessing 58’)
July 28, 2018: Sporting KC 2-3 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,758 Weather: Partly cloudy and 76 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 1 2 3
Sporting KC (9-6-6, 33 pts.) FC Dallas (12-3-6, 42 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Lindsey M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Busio 77’) F Fernandes F Rubio (Croizet 69’) F Salloi
FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Cannon D Hedges (C) D Ziegler D Pedroso M Gruezo M Ulloa M Lamah (Hollingshead 90’) M Urruti M Akindele (Pomykal 82’) F Barrios (Colman 82’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Maurer (GK) Didic Figueroa Sinovic Hayes Kuzain Atuahene Scoring Summary: FCD - Michael Barrios 1 (Unassisted) 23’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes 2 (Diego Rubio 3) 50’ FCD - Michael Barrios 2 (Roland Lamah 5) 62’ FCD - Michael Barrios 3 (Maxi Urruti 3) 74’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 7 (Ike Opara 1) 97+ Misconduct Summary: FCD - Carlos Gruezo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 15’ FCD - Roland Lamah (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47+ FCD - Marquinhos Pedroso (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ FCD - Maxi Urruti (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 99+ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (4) 3 15 1 8
FCD 11 (6) 2 13 6 3
August 18, 2018: Sporting KC 3-0 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,737 Weather: Sunny and 82 degrees Sporting KC (12-6-6, 42 pts.) Portland Timbers (10-6-7, 37 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Croizet 81’) F Fernandes F Rubio (Nemeth 73’) F Salloi (Russell 69’)
1 2 F 2 1 3 0 0 0
Portland Timbers GK Attinella D Mabiala (Tuiloma 45’) D Olum D Cascante M Valentin M Paredes (Blanco 57’) M Flores M Guzman M Farfan F Valeri (C) (Conechny 81’) F Armenteros
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Miller (GK) Didic Beitashour Lindsey Ciman Busio Mallace
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Clark (GK) Didic Powell Lindsey Chara Busio Asprilla
Scoring Summary: SKC - Gerso Fernandes 3 (Diego Rubio 4) 17’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez 4 (Penalty Kick) 66’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 5 (Roger Espinoza 9) 28’ SKC - Diego Rubio 6 (Daniel Salloi 7, Matt Besler 2) 37’ SKC - Johnny Russell 8 (Krisztian Nemeth 3) 89’
Misconduct Summary: LAFC - Lee Nguyen (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’ LAFC - Dejan Jakovic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’ SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 15’ SKC - Graham Zusi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (5) 5 18 2 4
14
LAFC 19 (5) 3 16 2 6
Misconduct Summary: POR - Julio Cascante (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’ POR - Zarek Valentin (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 25 (10) 1 6 2 4
POR 7 (1) 7 12 1 1
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON BOX SCORES August 25, 2018: Sporting KC 2-0 Minnesota United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,345 Weather: Sunny and 86 degrees Sporting KC (13-6-6, 45 pts.) Minnesota United FC (9-15-2, 29 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Busio 83’) M Gutierrez (Croizet 46’) F Russell F Rubio (Nemeth 72’) F Fernandes
1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0
Minnesota United FC GK Shuttleworth D Calvo (C) D Boxall D Kallman M Warner M Ibarra (Ibarra 76’) M Ibson M Schuller M Miller (Thiesson 33’) F Rodriguez F Toye (Danladi 66’)
September 1, 2018: Seattle Sounders FC 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | CenturyLink Field | Seattle, WA Attendance: 39,530 Weather: Cloudy and 66 degrees Sporting KC (13-7-6, 45 pts.) Seattle Sounders FC (12-9-5, 41 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic (Croizet 86’) M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez F Fernandes F Rubio (Nemeth 75’) F Salloi (Russell 62’)
1 2 F 1 0 1 1 2 3
Seattle Sounders FC GK Frei D Leerdam D Kee-hee D Marshall D Smith M Osvaldo Alonso (C) M Svensson M C. Roldan M Lodeiro (Tolo 96+) M Shipp (Torres 85’) F Ruidiaz (Bruin 89’)
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Lampson (GK) Fontas Omsberg Lindsey Martin Salloi Maximiniano
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Meredith (GK) Fontas Delem Lindsey A. Roldan Busio Wingo
Scoring Summary: SKC - Yohan Croizet 2 (Johnny Russell 7, Diego Rubio 5) 47’ SKC - Diego Rubio 7 (Johnny Russell 8, Seth Sinovic 2) 62’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Diego Rubio 8 (Gerso Fernandes 3) 2’ SEA - Raul Ruidiaz 3 (Brad Smith 1, Osvaldo Alonso 3) 12’ SEA - Graham Zusi (Own Goal) 52’ SEA - Nicolas Lodeiro (Penalty Kick) 56’
Misconduct Summary: MIN - Francisco Calvo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’ MIN - Michael Boxall (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (4) 8 7 0 3
MIN 16 (8) 2 14 1 6
September 15, 2018: San Jose Earthquakes 1-5 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA Attendance: 16,682 Weather: Cloudy and 63 degrees Sporting KC (15-7-6, 51 pts.) San Jose Earthquakes (4-16-8, 20 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Busio 83’) F Croizet (Russell 65’) F Nemeth (Rubio 70’) F Fernandes
1 2 F 3 2 5 0 1 1
San Jose Earthquakes GK Tarbell D Lima D Kashia D Jungwirth D Salinas M Godoy (Yueill 73’) M Felipe M Eriksson (Oduro 79’) M Vako (Hoesen 73’) M Hyka F Wondolowski (C)
Misconduct Summary: SEA - Kim Kee-hee (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’ SKC - Diego Rubio (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 32’ SKC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Dissent) 43’ SKC - Ike Opara (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 46+ SEA - Chad Marshall (Red Card; Serious Foul Play) 81’ SEA - Stefan Frei (Yellow Card; Dissent) 82’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 19 (5) 1 17 0 7
SEA 9 (3) 4 14 1 4
September 23, 2018: Philadelphia Union 2-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Talen Energy Stadium | Chester, PA Attendance: 15,080 Weather: Rainy and 61 degrees Sporting KC (15-8-6, 51 pts.) Philadelphia Union (14-12-4, 46 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Busio 85’) M Gutierrez F Russell (Croizet 72’) F Nemeth F Fernandes (Salloi 80’)
1 2 F 0 0 0 0 2 2
Philadelphia Union GK McCarthy D Mbaizo (Rosenberry 85’) D McKenzie D Trusty D Fabinho M Creavalle M Jones M Herbers (Picault 63’) M Dockal (Bedoya 55’) M Accam F Simpson
September 8, 2018: Sporting KC 1-0 Orlando City SC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,332 Weather: Cloudy and 66 degrees Sporting KC (14-7-6, 48 pts.) Orlando City SC (7-17-3, 24 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Fontas D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza M Gutierrez (Busio 86’) F Croizet (Shelton 93+) F Nemeth F Fernandes
1 2 F 0 1 1 0 0 0
Orlando City SC GK Bendik D Sutter D O’Neill D Ascues D Spector (C) M Johnson (Pinho 80’) M Rosell M Higuita M Kljestan M Mueller (Colman 65’) F Dwyer
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Edwards Jr. (GK) Evans Sane Smith Allen Storm Powers Kuzain Da Silva Scoring Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 6 (Yohan Croizet 3) 53’ Misconduct Summary: ORL - Chris Mueller (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’ ORL - Will Johnson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 42’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (5) 3 8 0 9
ORL 8 (3) 4 9 2 3
September 30, 2018: Sporting KC 1-1 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,844 Weather: Cloudy and 80 degrees Sporting KC (15-8-7, 52 pts.) Real Salt Lake (13-11-7, 46 pts.) Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Opara D Besler (C) D Sinovic M Ilie M Espinoza (Croizet 66’) M Gutierrez F Russell (Salloi 78’) F Nemeth (Rubio 71’) F Fernandes
1 2 F 0 1 1 1 0 1
Real Salt Lake GK Rimando D Lennon D Besler D Glad D Herrera M Kreilach (Rusnak 61’) M Sunny M Beckerman (C) F Savarino F Baird F Plata
Subs not used: Subs not used: Zendejas (GK) Bersano (GK) Fontas Ockford Lindsey Qwiberg Salloi Quintana
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) McGuire (GK) Fontas Marquez Lindsey Medunjanin Kuzain Burke
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Putna (GK) Fontas Mulholland Lindsey Saucedo Busio Silva
Scoring Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez 7 (Gerso Fernandes 4) 18’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes 4 (Felipe Gutierrez 1) 23’ SKC - Ike Opara 2 (Unassisted) 42’ SKC - Krisztian Nemeth 1 (Gerso Fernandes 5, Felipe Gutierrez 2) 67’ SJ - Danny Hoesen 11 (Luis Felipe Fernandes 1) 80’ SKC - Gerso Fernandes 5 (Diego Rubio 6) 86’
Scoring Summary: PHI - Jay Simpson 1 (Alejandro Bedoya 5, Auston Trusty 1) 71’ PHI - Jay Simpson 2 (Alejandro Bedoya 6, Fafa Picault 4) 89’
Scoring Summary: RSL - Corey Baird 7 (Jefferson Savarino 11) 9’ SKC - Ike Opara 3 (Johnny Russell 9) 52’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’ PHI - David Accam (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 66’ PHI - Olivier Mbaizo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 75’
Misconduct Summary: SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 74’
Misconduct Summary: SJ - Anibal Godoy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’ SJ - Magnus Eriksson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’ SJ - Luis Felipe Fernandes (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (10) 4 4 0 4
SJ 17 (5) 5 7 1 10
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (6) 2 14 2 7
15
PHI 14 (5) 6 9 3 3
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 20 (6) 2 9 2 6
RSL 8 (3) 6 14 1 2
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES June 6, 2018: Real Salt Lake 0-2 Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, Utah Attendance: 15,833 Weather: Sunny and 88 degrees 1 2 F 0 2 2 0 0 0
Sporting KC Real Salt Lake Sporting KC GK Zendejas D Lindsey D Didic D Amor D Besler (C) D Lobato (Espinoza 68’) M Ilie M Busio M Kuzain (Fernandes 83’) M Russell (Salloi 75’) F Belmar
Real Salt Lake GK Sparrow D Henley D Peay D Horst D Herrera M Ruiz M Besler M Hernandez F Lopez-Espin (Lennon 71’) F Luis Silva (C) (Ortuno 78’) F Brody
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Leeker (GK) Opara Acosta Storm Gallagher Zusi Saucedo Baird Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Kharlton Belmar 1) 47’ SKC - Kharlton Belmar 1 (Johnny Russell 1) 74’ Misconduct Summary: RSL - Aaron Herrera (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’ RSL - Pablo Ruiz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 7 (4) 2 5 1 2
RSL 12 (2) 2 8 2 5
June 16, 2018: Sporting KC 3-2 FC Dallas U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 15,238 Weather: Sunny and 89 degrees 1 2 F 1 2 3 1 1 2
Sporting KC FC Dallas Sporting KC GK Zendejas D Zusi D Opara D Amor D Lindsey M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Kuzain F Fernandes (Russell 75’) F Rubio (Shelton 65’) F Salloi (Croizet 85’)
FC Dallas GK Gonzalez D Cannon D Hedges (C) D Ziegler D Figueroa M Acosta (Hayes 59’) M Ulloa M Gruezo (Akindele 71’) M Lamah F Barrios (Hollingshead 84’) F Urruti
July 18, 2018: Houston Dynamo 4-2 Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 6,431 Weather: Sunny and 92 degrees 1 2 F 1 1 2 1 3 4
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo Sporting KC GK Melia D Zusi D Amor D Smith D Sinovic (Lindsey 65’) M Ilie M Espinoza (C) M Russell M Rubio (Gutierrez 71’) M Fernandes (Croizet 71’) F Salloi
Houston Dynamo GK Seitz D Machado D Fuenmayor D Senderos (Leonardo 68’) D Beasley (C) M Ceren M Garcia (Alexander 76’) M Quioto (Rodriguez 73’) M Martinez M Elis F Manotas
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Mauer (GK) Didic Cano Storm Pomykal Belmar Twumasi
Subs not used: Subs not used: Dick (GK) Willis (GK) Evans Garcia Busio Watts Kuzain Gil
Scoring Summary: FCD - Carlos Gruezo 1 (Michael Barrios 1) 18’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Ike Opara 1, Graham Zusi 1) 43’ SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Kuzain 1) 66’ FCD - Roland Lamah (Unassisted) 77’ SKC - Yohan Croizet 1 (Unassisted) 89’
Scoring Summary: SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Gerso Fernandes 1) 2’ HOU - Romell Quioto 1 (Unassisted) 35’ HOU - Romell Quioto 2 (Darwin Ceren 1) 66’ HOU - Mauro Manotas 2 (Unassisted) 69’ HOU - Mauro Manotas 3 (Memo Rodriguez 1) 88’ SKC - Yohan Croizet 2 (Johnny Russell 2) 93+
Misconduct Summary: FCD - Roland Lamah (Yellow Card; Argument) 20’ FCD - Michael Barrios (Yellow Card; Not Retreating) 37’ FCD - Jacori Hayes (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’ FCD - Victor Ulloa (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 74’ SKC - Emiliano Amor (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 19 (8) 5 15 2 7
16
FCD 13 (7) 5 10 5 5
Misconduct Summary: HOU - Romell Quioto (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 26’ HOU - Boniek Garcia (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’ HOU - Alejandro Fuenmayor (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’ Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (7) 7 7 4 6
HOU 24 (12) 4 10 3 9
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS DATE
March 4 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 8 April 15 April 20 April 28 May 5 May 9 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 9 June 23 June 30 July 4 July 7 July 14 July 28 Aug. 4 Aug. 11 Aug. 18 Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 6 Oct. 17 Oct. 21 Oct. 28
OPPONENT
vs. New York City FC at Chicago Fire vs. San Jose Earthquakes at Colorado Rapids vs. D.C. United at LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC at New England Revolution vs. Colorado Rapids at Atlanta United FC at Minnesota United FC vs. Columbus Crew SC vs. Minnesota United FC at Portland Timbers vs. Houston Dynamo at Montreal Impact at Real Salt Lake vs. Toronto FC at New York Red Bulls vs. FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo at Los Angeles FC vs. Portland Timbers vs. Minnesota United FC at Seattle Sounders FC vs. Orlando City SC at San Jose Earthquakes at Philadelphia Union vs. Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles FC
RESULT L W W T W W T W L W W T T W T W L L T L L W W W W L W W L T
SCORE 0-2 4-3 3-2 2-2 1-0 2-0 2-2 6-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 4-1 0-0 3-2 0-2 2-4 2-2 2-3 2-3 1-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-3 1-0 5-1 0-2 1-1
ATTEND. 20,831 14,021 18,868 17,424 18,624 25,846 18,508 19,690 17,015 20,553 44,696 23,117 20,697 20,422 21,144 20,081 16,142 19,206 21,064 16,793 20,758 14,675 22,000 19,737 19,345 39,530 19,332 16,682 15,080 19,844
RECORD PLACE PTS. GOALSCORERS 0-1-0 1-1-0 2-1-0 2-1-1 3-1-1 4-1-1 4-1-2 5-1-2 5-2-2 6-2-2 7-2-2 7-2-3 7-2-4 8-2-4 8-2-5 9-2-5 9-3-5 9-4-5 9-4-6 9-5-6 9-6-6 10-6-6 11-6-6 12-6-6 13-6-6 13-7-6 14-7-6 15-7-6 15-8-6 15-8-7
T-8 T-3 T-1 T-1 T-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T-1 1 T-1 2 3 3 5 T-3 2 T-2 2 3 2 1 2 2
0 3 6 7 10 13 14 17 17 20 23 24 25 28 29 32 32 32 33 33 33 36 39 42 45 45 48 51 51 52
-Gutierrez (2), Russell, Medranda Ilie, Zusi, Gutierrez Gutierrez, Rubio Gutierrez Salloi, Russell Ilie, Zusi Russell (3), Medranda, Lobato, Croizet -Salloi Salloi, Fernandes Shelton -Salloi, Kuzain, Lobato, Rubio -Salloi, Rubio, Shelton -Salloi, Opara Ilie, Russell Russell, Espinoza Fernandes, Salloi Rubio Fernandes, Ilie Rubio (2), Russell Croizet, Rubio Rubio Gutierrez Gutierrez, Fernandes (2), Opara, Nemeth -Opara
SPORTING KC 2018 REGULAR-SEASON STATS 2018 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (15-8-7, 52 pts.) THROUGH GAMES OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 UNF POS PLAYER GP 7 F Johnny Russell 26 11 F Diego Rubio 18 20 F Daniel Salloi 25 21 M Felipe Gutierrez 17 12 F Gerso Fernandes 27 6 M Ilie Sanchez 30 3 D Ike Opara 27 8 D Graham Zusi 30 10 M Yohan Croizet 29 14 F Khiry Shelton 17 94 D Jimmy Medranda 12 19 D Cristian Lobato 7 17 M Roger Espinoza 28 9 F Krisztian Nemeth (TOT) 23 9 F Krisztian Nemeth (KC) 8 75 M Wan Kuzain 6 5 D Matt Besler 27 15 D Seth Sinovic 19 13 F Gianluca Busio 6 26 D Jaylin Lindsey 7 22 D Emiliano Amor 5 90 F Kharlton Belmar 4 30 D Andreu Fontas 1 29 GK Tim Melia 30 16 D Graham Smith 2 18 GK Eric Dick 0 2 D Amer Didic 0 4 D Brad Evans 0 23 D Colton Storm 0 1 GK Adrian Zendejas 0 Team totals 30 Opponent totals 30
GS 21 7 22 15 16 30 27 30 18 13 8 3 28 8 4 3 27 15 1 6 3 0 1 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 30
MIN 1913 634 1957 1253 1502 2700 2413 2700 1500 1158 728 327 2465 851 385 307 2385 1323 126 555 332 65 90 2700 180 0 0 0 0 0 2700 2700
G 8 8 7 7 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 37
A 9 6 7 2 5 3 1 4 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 36
SHT 57 19 65 35 36 38 19 53 46 35 9 6 38 27 19 5 1 11 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 509 359
SOG 24 13 22 16 17 12 6 18 13 10 3 4 8 10 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 177 134
FC 13 11 10 33 30 29 28 19 23 15 11 3 55 18 5 4 17 11 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 330 335
FS 34 15 24 18 25 30 13 28 16 15 5 2 46 14 6 6 9 10 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 335 330
OFF 3 3 8 1 7 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 72
CK 62 0 1 9 4 2 0 99 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183 116
C 1 2 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 2 1 0 8 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 62
E 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Felipe Gutierrez 4, Daniel Salloi 3, Diego Rubio 2, Gerso Fernandes 2, Khiry Shelton 1, Johnny Russell 1, Wan Kuzain 1, Yohan Croizet 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Salloi 3, Johnny Russell 3, Diego Rubio 3, Roger Espinoza 2, Graham Zusi 2, Khiry Shelton 1, Ilie Sanchez 1, Gianluca Busio 1, Yohan Croizet 1, Felipe Gutierrez 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Ilie Sanchez 4-5 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS 29 GK
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP 30 30 30
GS 30 30 30
MIN 2700 2700 2700
SH 134 134 177
SV 96 96 119 17
GA 37 37 55
GAA 1.23 1.23 1.83
PG 3 3 4
PA 5 5 5
W 15 15 8
L 8 8 15
T 7 7 7
SO 12 12 6
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Manager | Peter Vermes
Assistant Coach | Kerry Zavagnin Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin first joined Kansas City in 2000 as a holding midfielder and was an integral part of the club’s midfield for the next nine seasons, during which time he helped lead the Wizards to MLS Cup (2000) and U.S. Open Cup (2004) Championships. He was named to the MLS All-Star team and the Best XI in 2004. Zavagnin’s primary duties as an assistant include scouting, developing Sporting Kansas City’s younger players, breaking down film and assisting with training sessions, among others.
Peter Vermes is in the midst of his 10th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2018 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 161 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regular-season standings in 2011 and 2012. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to seven straight postseason appearances, as well as the only person to ever win the MLS Cup as both a player and a coach with the same team. His 130 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank sixth most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions. On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regularseason game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He has coached 367 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.
He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories before both were overtaken by Matt Besler early in the 2018 campaign. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001.
Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, the Swope Park Rangers (USL) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.
On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured. He married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season, when he became an assistant coach at the club.
Following a standout high school career in which he was named New Jersey Player of the Year, Vermes was a star forward and All-American at Rutgers University. After college, Vermes represented the United States in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, and was named 1988 Chevrolet U.S. Male Soccer Athlete of the Year for his efforts.
Assistant Coach | Zoran Savic
Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored a sensational goal against the host Azzurri. It was the first time the U.S. had qualified for the World Cup in 40 years and set the stage for the progress of the U.S. National Team. In 1989 and 1990, Vermes became the first American to play in the Hungarian and Dutch First Divisions, playing for Raba ETO and FC Volendam, respectively. He later spent five years with Figueras of the Spanish Second Division.
Assistant Coach Zoran Savic joined Sporting Kansas City late in the 2009 season after a 30-year career at all levels of the game in the United States. A native of Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Savic began his journey through American soccer with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1980. Savic would go on to star for several MISL teams, with his most prosperous period coming with the Kansas City Comets, with whom he scored 70 goals in just over 100 appearances from 1982-1984.
For MLS’s inaugural season in 1996, Vermes served as captain of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. In 1997, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids for current Sporting KC Assistant Coach Kerry Zavagnin and played in Denver through the 1999 season, leading the Rapids to the 1997 MLS Cup Final.
After retiring as a player in 1991, Savic turned his attention to coaching in the indoor game. Savic led the Kansas City Attack from 1992-1996, winning Coach of the Year honors for the 1994-1995 season while also serving as the team’s General Manager. Savic later coached the Kansas City Comets from 2000-2005.
Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful seasons of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
In 2007 Savic switched to the outdoor game, joining Chivas USA as an assistant to then-head coach Preki before moving into the commentary booth for Kansas City matches in 2008 and 2009. Savic’s career as a commentator was cut short, however, when newly installed Manager Peter Vermes tabbed Savic to be part of his coaching staff late in the 2009 season.
Year
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total
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 14-11-9 0-0-1 2016 13-13-8 0-1-0 2017 12-9-13 0-1-0 2018 15-8-7 --- TOTAL 130-99-81 5-6-3
--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 4-0-1 2-1-0 20-6-3
--- --- --- --- 2-0-2 3-2-1 --- 1-2-1 --- --- 6-4-4
Goalkeeper Coach | Alec Dufty
3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 18-11-11 15-17-9 16-9-13 17-9-7 161-115-91
Goalkeeper coach Alec Dufty enters his second season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Swope Park Rangers goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with Sporting KC’s goalkeepers, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a record-breaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, going on to make one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010.
Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel
He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL season.
Mateus Manoel is in his eighth season with Sporting KC as Head Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance and science for the team, including strength and conditioning, injury prevention, field practices, nutrition, fitness monitoring (training load and readiness), player re-adaptation following rehab and recovery. In the summer of 2010, Manoel was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He had formerly served as the Head Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team in 2009, working with renowned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. During 2007 and 2008, Manoel held a position with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS (Chivas USA and LA Galaxy). Previously, he had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United, while concurrently holding the position of Sports Performance Director with Velocity Sports Performance in Alexandria, Virginia. Manoel holds a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Manoel was born in Brazil and is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish. 18
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #90 | F | KHARLTON BELMAR | @Kharltonbelmar SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: July 7, 2018, KC vs. TOR Fouls Committed 1, 2 times, last: July 14, 2018, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 14, 2018, KC at NY
A
MLS Regular Season
5
0
71
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
1
91
1
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
7
1
162
1
1
Last Regular Season... Appearance July 14, 2018, KC at NY Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 12/1/1992 Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia College: Virginia Commonwealth University Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2017 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Kharlton Belmar late in the 2017 season from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers. Belmar led the Rangers with 15 goals in 2017 - setting a new single-season record for the club. Belmar had two goals and two assists for SPR in the 2018 season opener, becoming the joint top scorer for the club and earning him USL Player of the Week and eventually Player of the Month honors.
Belmar added a further three goals and three assists in limited minute during the 2016 season and ended his tenure in Portland with 15 goals and six assists across 53 appearances in the USL. The Virginia Beach, Virginia native attended college close to home at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he had 18 goals and five assists across a four-year career for the Rams. Belmar was named an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection as a junior and senior and also played for USL Premier Development League sides Mississippi Brilla (2012) and the Portland Timbers U-23s (2014) while at college.
Belmar was selected in the Second Round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the Portland Timbers, and spent the next two seasons playing with Portland Timbers 2. He scored 12 goals in his rookie year in 2015 on his way to garnering USL Rookie of the Year and USL All-League Second Team honors, before spending the tail-end of the 2015 campaign on loan at NASL club the New York Cosmos. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
5
0
71
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
5
0
71
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
#5 | D | MATT BESLER | @MattBesler SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
253
247
22216
3
17
MLS Postseason
14
14
1380
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
20
18
1684
0
1
International
10
10
885
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
297
289
26165
3
18
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assists 1, 17 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs. SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: March 16, 2013, KC vs. CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs. COL Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal July 3, 2016, KC vs. CLB Assist Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR 2018 Record when: he starts 14-6-7 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Birthday: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Sporting KC’s Matt Besler is in his 10th season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012-13), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-16), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors since being selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Notre Dame.
Besler has earned 47 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He featured in four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Kansan to play in the quadrennial tournament, as the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. He also helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. He joined the U.S. squad for the 2016 Copa America Centenario, starting two matches, and scored his first international goal at St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sept. 2, the same day his firstborn daughter Parker Rhea was born in Kansas City. He recently made four appearances for his country as the U.S. claimed the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Besler is first in SKC history with 297 appearances across all competitions and is the club’s leader in regular-season appearances (253), starts (247) & minutes (22,216). A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 261 of 267 MLS matches (including playoffs) and landed club Defender of the Year honors four times (2011-13, 2015). MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
253
247
22216
3
17
42
10
217
119
8
1
31
2
2
7
KC - Postseason
14
14
1380
0
0
2
0
14
10
3
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
267
261
23596
3
17
44
10
231
129
11
1
31
2
2
7
19
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #13 | M | GIANLUCA BUSIO | @gbusio10 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU Shots on Goal 0 Shots 4, Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU Fouls Committed 1, Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 2, Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU
A
MLS Regular Season
6
1
126
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
7
2
216
0
1
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 23, 2018, KC at PHI Goal N/A Assist Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU 2018 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-7 Weight: 135 Birthday: 5/28/2002 Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/25/2017 Sporting Kansas City signed Gianluca Busio as the club’s fifth Homegrown Player on Aug. 25, 2017, making Busio the youngest active player in MLS and the second youngest player in MLS history at the age of 15 years and 89 days. Busio made his professional debut for the Swope Park Rangers on April 4, 2018, recording the game-winning assist, before making his MLS debut on July 28, 2018. On his first MLS start, he recorded the game-winning assist in a 1-0 win over Houston on Aug. 4, 2018 while he became the third youngest player to start an MLS game at the age of 16 years and 68 days. Busio starred for the Sporting Kansas City Academy during the 2016-17 season, playing three matches for the Sporting KC U-14s before stepping up to the U-16 level, where he
scored nine goals in the USSDA and earned Central Conference Best XI honors. He led the U-16s to their first appearance in the USSDA quarterfinals. Busio also earned time for the SKC U-18s throughout 2016-17, scoring in their regular-season finale on June 3. At the international level, Busio is a member of the U.S. U-17 National Team. He previously guided the U.S. to a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring a team-high five goals in five matches in August 2017. In May 2017 at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy, Busio scored three goals as the American U-17s were crowned tournament champions.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
6
1
126
0
1
8
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
6
1
126
0
1
8
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
#10 | M | YOHAN CROIZET | @Yohancroizet SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
29
18
1500
2
3
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
0
24
2
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
31
18
1524
4
3
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Sarrebourg, France Last Club: KV Mechelen (Belgium) Acquired: Signed on 12/15/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL Shots on Goal 4, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Shots 7, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: May 20, 2018, KC at MIN Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assist Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL 2018 Record when: he starts 8-5-5 he scores 2-0-0
Birthday: 2/15/1992
Yohan Croizet has scored 31 goals in more than 200 professional appearances across Europe. He joins Sporting KC after spending each of the last three seasons in the top-flight Belgian First Division A, where he has tallied 12 goals and 11 assists since 2015. He signed as a Designated Player in December 2017.
Prior to joining KV Mechelen, Croizet blossomed during a two-year stint with Belgian outfit OH Leuven. He bagged four goals as OH Leuven won the 2014-15 Belgian Second Division playoffs and earned promotion to the top flight. The following year, Croizet notched a career-high nine goals and added four assists as the team’s top scorer.
In his first season with KV Mechelen in 2016-17, Croizet played 37 matches, tallying three goals and four assists to help KV Mechelen to a seventh-place finish and 14 league wins, their most in the Belgian first division since 1993. Croizet added three assists in 15 appearances during the 2017-18 season.
Croizet began his professional career as a 19-year-old, debuting for French club FC Metz in 2011. The midfielder amassed seven goals in 57 matches for FC Metz II from 2011-13 before moving from his native France to Belgium ahead of the 2013-14 campaign, signing for RE Virton of the Belgian Second Division. His six goals from the midfield paved the way for his subsequent move to OH Leuven.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
29
18
1500
2
3
46
13
23
16
2
1
2
0
1
1
MLS - TOTAL
29
18
1500
2
3
46
13
23
16
2
1
2
0
1
1
20
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #18 | GK | ERIC DICK | @DaBrickWall00 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 Birthday: 10/3/1994 Hometown: Carmel, Indiana College: Butler University Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#13) - signed on 2/15/18
he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC selected goalkeeper Eric Dick with the 13th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. He officially signed an MLS contract for the club in February 2018.
Born in Kansas City suburb Roeland Park, Kansas, Dick led Butler to the 2016 Big East Championship and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances over his last two seasons. He compiled a 27-10-4 record over his junior and senior campaigns, landing First Team Dick, the 13th overall pick in the SuperDraft, was a four-year starter at Butler University in All-Big East Conference accolades in 2017. Indianapolis. As a senior, he was named the 2017 Big East Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and received United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American honors. He ended his At the youth level, Dick played for the Indiana Fire Academy and attended Carmel High college career with 28 shutouts and a 0.96 goals against average across 71 starts. School in Carmel, Indiana, where he was a two-time All-District and All-County performer. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#2 | D | AMER DIDIC | @amerdidic_ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
3
3
270
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
4
4
360
0
0
Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 5/31/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Birthday: 12/28/1994
he scores 0-0-0
Sporting Kansas City signed central defender Amer Didic from the club’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, on May 31, 2017. Didic had previously made three appearances for Sporting KC in the CONCACAF Champions League during the 2016 campaign after joining on loan from the Rangers.
Didic was named to the the USL All-League First Team, while also being named a finalist for USL Defender of the Year. In addition, he was named Swope Park Rangers defensive player of the year. Collegiately, Didic played at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, making 84 appearances and scoring 28 goals from central defense.
Didic was born in Zenica, Bosnia, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta after his parents fled the war-torn Eastern European nation when Didic was a child. He made 32 appearances for the Rangers in their inaugural season in 2016, helping guide the side to the Western Conference championship before falling to defeat in the USL Cup Final against New York Red Bulls II.
Didic was called in to the Canada National Team for the first time in August 2017, but did not appear in a friendly against Jamaica on Sept. 2. Didic represented Canada’s Under-23 National Team for the first time in March 2017 when he took part in a mini-tournament in Qatar, playing every minute as Canada won the tournament with 1-0 and 2-0 wins over Uzbekistan and Qatar, respectively.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | M | ROGER ESPINOZA SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
218
198
17555
6
32
MLS Postseason
9
8
659
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
21
18
1946
0
3
International
3
2
232
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
251
225
20392
6
35
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: July 14, 2018, KC at NY Assists 2, 2 times, last: July 4, 2018, KC at RSL Shots on Goal 2, 9 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 7, 2017, KC at MIN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2016, KC at RSL
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal July 14, 2018, KC at NY Assist Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR 2018 Record when: he starts 14-8-6 he scores 0-1-0
Birthday: 10/25/1986
Roger Espinoza played five seasons in Kansas City from 2008-12 before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. After a two-year stint in the English Premier League and English Championship, Espinoza returned to Sporting KC in 2015 and tallied one goal and four MLS assists. His 2015 campaign was cut short due to a left foot injury sustained in early August, but returned to the fold as a regular starter in 2016. So far in 2018, Espinoza has already recorded a career-high nine assists.
competitions, tallying six goals and 35 assists over nine seasons. In two years at Wigan Athletic, he logged 57 appearances, including eight in the UEFA Europa League, and started in the club’s 2013 FA Cup Final victory over Manchester City. Espinoza has earned 51 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team since debuting in 2009. He has competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Espinoza was an MLS All-Star in 2012 and helped lead the club to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title that season. He has made 251 appearances for the club in all MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
218
198
17555
6
32
249
61
352
309
13
16
49
8
1
8
KC - Postseason
9
8
659
0
0
7
3
12
12
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
227
206
18214
6
32
256
64
364
321
14
16
53
8
1
8
#4 | D/M | BRAD EVANS | @brad_evans3 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2012, SEA vs. FCD (w/ SEA) Assists 3, Sept. 3, 2014, SEA at CHV (w/ SEA) Shots on Goal 3, 4 times, last: March 30, 2013, SEA at RSL (w/ SEA) Shots 6, 2 times, last: April 30, 2011, SEA vs. TOR (w/ SEA) Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, SEA vs. MTL (w/ SEA) Fouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: March 8, 2015, SEA vs. NE (w/ SEA) Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 5, 2017, SEA at MIN (w/ SEA) Goal July 19, 2017, SEA vs. DC (w/ SEA) Assist Aug. 21, 2016, SEA vs. POR (w/ SEA) 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 160 Birthday: 4/20/1985 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona College: University of California - Irvine Last Club: Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent on 2/20/2018 Brad Evans joins Sporting KC having amassed 28 goals and 31 assists in 255 MLS appearances (including playoffs) since beginning his professional career in 2007. Evans, who lifted his first MLS Cup in 2008 with Columbus Crew SC, spent each of the last nine seasons with Seattle Sounders FC, where he won four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championships and the 2016 MLS Cup.
Seattle selected Evans in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft ahead of their inaugural season, and won three consecutive U.S. Open Cups from 2009-2011. In the 2014 campaign as club captain, Evans helped Seattle capture another U.S. Open Cup and win its first Supporters’ Shield. In 2016, Evans scored his penalty kick as Seattle beat Toronto FC to win the MLS Cup.
Evans joined Columbus Crew SC as the No. 15 overall pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft out of UC Irvine. In his second season with the Crew, he scored six goals across 31 league appearances, helping Columbus win the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup double.
Evans has earned 27 appearances for the U.S. National Team. He competed at the 2009 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cups and started five matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying cycle, helping the United States advance to the final tournament in Brazil.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
230
198
17351
25
29
207
71
164
164
20
41
25
4
8
10
KC - Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
25
20
1821
3
2
23
9
14
18
0
4
3
0
2
1
MLS - TOTAL
255
218
19172
28
31
230
80
178
182
20
45
28
4
10
11
22
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #12 | F | GERSO FERNANDES | @ge7fe SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Assists 2, Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 4, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Shots 6, May 17, 2017, KC vs. SEA Fouls Committed 5, July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR
A
MLS Regular Season
59
42
3740
13
7
MLS Postseason
1
1
51
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
7
538
2
2
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
68
50
4329
15
9
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Assist Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ 2018 Record when: he starts 8-5-3 he scores 3-1-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 140 Birthday: 2/21/1991 Hometown: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Last Club: C.F. Os Belenenses (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 1/4/2017 Gerso Fernandes, a left-footed winger, has played more than 150 matches during a six-year professional career in Portugal. Prior to joining Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season, he spent the previous five seasons in the Portuguese first division, including the 2016-17 Primeira Liga campaign with Belenenses. On May 17, 2017, Fernandes scored the first Sporting KC hat-trick in seven years in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC before adding a goal and an assist in his first-ever U.S. Open Cup game against Minnesota United FC on June 14, 2017. He was named the club’s 2017 Offensive Player of the Year.
Fernandes started nine of 14 Primeira Liga appearances for Belenenses in the 2016-17 season prior to joining Sporting KC, recording one goal and four assists. He also contributed one assist in three domestic cup matches, featuring in the 2016-17 Taça de Portugal and the 2016-17 Taça da Liga. Fernandes appeared more than 100 times for Estoril between 2011-2016. He helped clinch promotion to the Primera Liga in his first year with the club before facilitating Estoril’s transition to the top flight over the next two seasons, recording four assists in 43 Primera Liga appearances and playing six games in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
59
42
3740
13
7
98
41
62
65
14
11
5
0
4
1
KC - Postseason
1
1
51
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
60
43
3791
13
7
100
42
63
66
14
11
5
0
4
1
#30 | D | ANDREU FONTAS | @AFontas3 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
1
90
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
1
1
90
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Banyoles, Spain Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 8/8/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 0 Fouls Committed 1, Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL Fouls Suffered 2, Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/14/1989
Sporting Kansas City signed center back Andreu Fontas, a 10-year professional with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain, on Aug. 8, 2018. Sporting KC used Targeted Allocation Money to sign Fontas, who was a free agent after being released from his contract with La Liga side Celta Vigo following the 2017-18 season. Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he started 100 of 105 league appearances and helped the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La
Masia youth academy alongside current Sporting KC midfielder Ilie Sanchez, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced through from the B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final that Barca won 4-0 over Santos. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013, where he made 139 appearances over five years. Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #21 | M | FELIPE GUTIERREZ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
17
15
1253
7
2
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
0
19
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
18
15
1272
7
2
Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Hometown: Quintero, Chile Last Club: Real Betis (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 2/6/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Assists 2, Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: March 24, 2018, KC at COL Shots 6, March 24, 2018, KC at COL Fouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Assist Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ 2018 Record when: he starts 9-4-2 he scores 5-0-1
Birthday: 10/8/1990
Gutierrez joined 12-time Chilean Primera Division champion CD Universidad Catolica in 2009. He enjoyed a breakout season for the club in 2011, scoring 10 goals in the top-flight Primera Division as Universidad Catolica finished atop the spring Apertura standings and won the 2011 Copa Chile. Gutierrez landed a transfer to FC Twente ahead of the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, debuting for the Dutch side in a UEFA Europa League qualifier. In his sophomore season at FC Twente, Gutierrez reached new heights as the midfielder started 33 league matches and was named the 2013-14 Eredivisie Most Valuable Player for his instrumental role in propelling the Tukkers to a third-place finish in the table.
Gutierrez moved from Netherlands to Spain in 2016-17, signing for Spanish La Liga side Real Betis. His first La Liga goal was a stoppage-time winner as Real Betis beat Osasuna 2-1 in October 2016. Gutierrez spent most of 2017 on loan at Internacional in Brazil, where he played 16 games and helped the club gain promotion to the top-flight Serie A. A native of Quintero, Chile, Gutierrez has represented his country 35 times at the senior international level. He’s competed on a global stage at the sport’s highest level, featuring at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and helping Chile lift the 2015 Copa America title as champions of South America.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
17
15
1253
7
2
35
16
33
18
1
9
1
0
4
1
MLS - TOTAL
17
15
1253
7
2
35
16
33
18
1
9
1
0
4
1
#26 | D | JAYLIN LINDSEY | @JaylinLindsey SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, July 14, 2018, KC at NY Shots on Goal 1, July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Shots 2, 2 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Fouls Committed 1, 5 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD
A
MLS Regular Season
7
6
555
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
205
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
10
8
760
0
1
Last Regular Season... Appearance July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2018, KC at NY 2018 Record when: he starts 1-3-2 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Birthday: 3/27/2000 Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Last Club: Sporting KC Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 1/1/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed Jaylin Lindsey as a Homegrown Player in September 2017, with his contract starting on Jan. 1, 2018. He made his MLS debut on June 3 in a 4-1 win over Minnesota United FC. A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Lindsey is the third-youngest signing in club history. The defender has featured for the Sporting KC U-16s and U-18s and made more than 25 appearances for the United States U-17 Men’s National Team from 2016-2017. Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lindsey joined the Sporting KC Academy in January 2015. He has made more than 30 combined appearances for the U-16s and U-18s. After impressing throughout his first full Academy season with Sporting KC,
Lindsey signed an Academy contract with the Swope Park Rangers on May 6, 2016. A day later, he became the first American player born in 2000 or later to appear in a professional match. Lindsey would feature once more for the Rangers before joining the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in August 2016. Lindsey has featured regularly for the U.S. U-17s and received his first call-up to the U.S. U-20s in September 2018. He was named to the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship Best XI in May after helping the U.S. to a second-place finish. That allowed Lindsey to represent the U.S. at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Lindsey has been a youth international since 2013, representing the U-14s, U-15s and U-17s.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
7
6
555
0
1
5
1
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
7
6
555
0
1
5
1
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #19 | M | CRISTIAN LOBATO SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Shots 3, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: May 9, 2018, KC at ATL Fouls Suffered 2, March 4, 2018, KC vs. NYC
A
MLS Regular Season
17
9
874
3
0
MLS Postseason
1
0
20
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
68
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
19
10
962
3
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Goal June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 2-1-0 he scores 2-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthday: 3/7/1989 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Gimnastic de Tarragona (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 6/29/2017 Cristian Lobato joined Sporting Kansas City in the summer of 2017 after spending two seasons with Gimnastic de Tarragona in the Spanish Second Division. Lobato has made more than 150 professional appearances since 2008, including a two-year stint at FC Barcelona B where he was teammates with Sporting KC midfielder Ilie from 2011-2013. He spent four years at FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before ending his youth career at Spanish outfit CE L’Hospitalet. Lobato scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw on the road at Columbus Crew SC in September 2017. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Lobato earned his senior team debut for Hospitalet in 2008 and helped the club win a Tercera Division title in 2009-10 and promotion to the Segunda Division B. He then joined Barcelona B of the Segunda Division, scoring eight goals in 57 games. In February 2014, Lobato made his top-flight debut for CA Osasuna and ended the 2013-14 La Liga campaign with 12 appearances. He then left Spain for the first time, helping Asteras Tripoli to a fourth-place finish in the 2014-15 Superleague Greece before returning to join Gimnastic de Tarragona in 2015.
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
17
9
874
3
0
13
7
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
KC - Postseason
1
0
20
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
18
9
894
3
0
15
8
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
#94 | D | JIMMY MEDRANDA | @jimmymedranda SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Assists 1, 4 times, last: April 15, 2018, KC vs. SEA Shots on Goal 3, June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Shots 4, 5 times, last: June 3, 2017, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 24, 2016, KC at SJ Fouls Suffered 4, March 15, 2014, KC vs. FCD
A
MLS Regular Season
86
62
5311
5
4
MLS Postseason
2
1
121
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
7
6
648
0
2
International
2
1
96
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
97
70
6177
5
6
Last Regular Season... Appearance May 20, 2018, KC at MIN Goal April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Assist April 15, 2018, KC vs. SEA 2018 Record when: he starts 5-1-2 he scores 2-0-0
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthday: 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 Colombian club Deportivo Pereira, making his MLS debut a month later. He signed permanently for Sporting KC in February 2014 and has played 97 games for the club across all competitions. He set career highs for appearances (39), starts (29), minutes (2,619) and goals (2) in 2017.
Medranda has scored five goals and added six assists since the start of 2016, his first for the club. He joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team by age 17. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
86
62
5311
5
4
109
22
81
49
6
19
12
1
1
2
KC - Postseason
2
1
121
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
88
63
5432
5
4
110
22
82
50
6
19
12
1
1
2
25
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #29 | GK | TIM MELIA | @TimMelia28 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
111
111
9959
0
0
MLS Postseason
2
2
174
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
11
11
1080
0
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
125
125
11303
0
0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs. SJ Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Shutout Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL 2018 Record when: he starts 15-8-7
Birthday: 5/15/1986
Tim Melia became one of the top goalkeepers in MLS in 2017 following his breakout season in 2015 where he earned MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. Melia claimed the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759). Melia was named the club’s 2017 Most Valuable Player. Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10 saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy.
During his breakout campaign in 2015, Melia finished third in 2015 with a 72.6 precent save percentage while also ranking in the top 10 in wins, shutouts and goals against average. He was a six-time member of the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week and became the first goalkeeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine league matches for a new team. After a four-year college career with NCAA Division III program Lynn University (New York), Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
111
111
9959
454
331
38
119
1.08
9
15
7
0
49
34
27
MLS - Regular Season
117
116
10399
490
353
38
133
1.15
10
16
7
1
49
38
28
KC - Postseason
2
2
174
5
2
0
2
1.03
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
119
118
10572
495
355
38
135
1.15
10
16
7
1
49
39
28
#9 | F | KRISZTIAN NEMETH | @KNemeth_Nemo SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 20, 2015, KC vs. NE Assists 1, 10 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Shots on Goal 2, 8 times, last: Sept. 23, 2018, KC at PHI Shots 6, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2017, NE at MTL (w/ NE) Fouls Committed 2, 9 times, last: June 9, 2018, NE at CHI (w/ NE) Fouls Suffered 7, May 29, 2015, KC vs. FCD
A
MLS Regular Season
36
27
2422
11
7
MLS Postseason
1
1
110
1
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
4
371
5
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
41
32
2903
17
8
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Assist Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR 2018 Record when: he starts 4-1-3 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Birthday: 1/5/1989 Hometown: Gyor, Hungary Last Club: New England Revolution (MLS) Acquired: Acquired via trade with New England Revolution on 8/6/2018 Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Krisztian Nemeth from the New England Revolution in August 2018. Nemeth returns to Sporting KC after recording 16 goals and seven assists in 33 competitive matches for the club in 2015. The forward joined Al-Gharafa SC in Qatar in 2016 and has spent the last 12 months in MLS with the Revs. In his first stint with SKC, Nemeth was named the club’s newcomer of the year and became Kansas City’s first MLS Goal of the Year winner for his stunning solo effort in a 1-0 victory over the Portland Timbers on Oct. 3, 2015. The Hungarian scored 10 goals throughout the 2015 regular season, earning MLS Player of the Month honors in May.
Nemeth also played a pivotal role in Sporting KC’s run to the 2015 U.S. Open Cup title, finishing as the tournament’s joint-top scorer with five goals, including a second-half equalizer in the final as Sporting KC defeated the Philadelphia Union on penalties. Nemeth began his career with MTK Budapest in Hungary before signing with Liverpool FC in 2007. He had loan stints at Blackpool and AEK Athens before signing permanently in Greece with Olympiacos in 2010. Nemeth endured further loan spells at Olympiacos Volos, MTK Budapest and RKC Waalwijk before signing permanently in the Netherlands with Roda JC in 2012, where he spent two years prior to joining SKC in 2015.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
36
27
2422
11
7
77
28
24
42
13
0
3
0
5
1
MLS - Regular Season
57
34
3065
12
10
95
33
40
51
14
0
4
1
5
1
KC - Postseason
1
1
110
1
0
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
58
35
3175
13
10
98
35
42
51
14
0
5
1
5
1
26
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | IKE OPARA | @ikeopara SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 15 times, last: Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Assists 1, 4 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: March 22, 2014, KC vs. SJ Fouls Committed 5, May 11, 2016, KC at COL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU
A
MLS Regular Season
109
96
8748
12
4
MLS Postseason
4
1
136
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
8
793
2
1
International
7
7
630
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
128
112
10307
15
5
Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 Birthday: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012
Ninth-year veteran Ike Opara is in his sixth season as a member of Sporting KC, having set career-highs for appearances (30), starts (30) and equaled his career-high with three goals in 2017. His performances in 2017 earned him the MLS Defender of the Year title. Opara was previously a nominee for MLS Player of the Month in March 2015, before suffering a season-ending Achilles rupture in April. He made his 2016 debut on April 9 in a 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls, his first MLS appearance in nearly a year. Sporting KC’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in 18 MLS matches during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Assist July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD 2018 Record when: he starts 13-7-7 he scores 1-1-1
competitions and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014. Opara has one cap for the U.S. Men’s National Team, coming in a friendly against Bosnia & Herzegovina on January 28, 2018. He previously represented the United States at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Qualifying Tournament. The San Jose Earthquakes selected him in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing, and he played 36 MLS matches for the team over three seasons.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
109
96
8748
12
4
75
28
109
48
3
0
15
1
5
2
MLS - Regular Season
144
118
10900
15
4
96
35
138
65
8
1
17
1
6
2
KC - Postseason
4
1
136
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
5
1
214
0
0
2
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
149
119
11114
15
4
98
35
141
68
9
1
17
1
6
2
#11 | F | DIEGO RUBIO | @DiegoRubo_ SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Assists 1, 8 times, last: Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ Shots on Goal 5, Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Shots 7, Sept. 30, 2017, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 16, 2017, KC vs. NE Fouls Suffered 5, July 10, 2016, KC vs. NYC
A
MLS Regular Season
49
21
1974
15
8
MLS Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
7
6
514
2
1
International
3
3
270
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
60
31
2913
18
9
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Birthday: 5/15/1993 Hometown: Santiago, Chile Last Club: Real Valladolid (Spain) Acquired: Signed on loan from Real Valladolid as Young Designated Player on 3/8/2016 Sporting KC acquired Chilean striker Diego Rubio in March 2016 after he recorded 37 goals and 15 assists during a five-year professional stint in South America and Europe. The forward joined Sporting KC initially on loan from Real Valladolid of the Spanish Segunda Division, where he made 14 appearances during the 2015-16 season. A native of Santiago, Chile, he scored his first goal on April 27, 2016 at Vancouver. He scored the game-winner in the 109th minute of Sporting KC’s 2-1 victory over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on June 15, 2016, then opened his CONCACAF Champions League scoring account on Sept. 13, 2016 vs. Vancouver. Rubio completed his permanent transfer to Sporting KC in September 2016. He tore his ACL that October and made his return to the field on June 17, 2017 in a 0-0 road draw with San Jose before scoring his first goal since returning in a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia on July 6, 2017.
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Sept. 1, 2018, KC at SEA Assist Sept. 15, 2018, KC at SJ 2018 Record when: he starts 3-3-1 he scores 5-1-1
Rubio played for 18-time Primeira Liga champion Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2011-2015, scoring 22 goals in 52 games for the club’s reserve team Sporting B. He also made 20 senior team appearances, including six in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as he helped the club advance to the tournament semifinals. Rubio has earned four caps for the Chile Men’s National Team since debuting at age 18 in a friendly against Paraguay in June 2011. He appeared in two additional friendlies against France and Mexico later that year before playing eight matches at the U-20 level in 2012 and 2013, including three starts at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship. He earned his first re-call in seven years and made his fourth appearance against South Korea in September 2018.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
49
21
1974
15
8
69
29
46
56
14
0
6
0
5
4
KC - Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
50
22
2094
15
8
69
29
47
57
15
0
7
0
5
4
27
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
26
21
1913
8
9
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
3
2
190
2
2
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
29
23
2103
10
11
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Last Club: Derby County FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/31/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 3, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Assists 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Shots on Goal 4, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Shots 6, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 3, June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Fouls Suffered 4, May 20, 2018, KC at MIN
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Assist Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL 2018 Record when: he starts 9-5-7 he scores 4-1-1
Birthday: 4/8/1990
Sporting KC acquired Scottish winger Johnny Russell in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. Russell scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United FC Academy in Scotland before making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following two seasons on loan at Scottish side Forfar Athletic, recording eight goals, and marked his first career Dundee United start with a goal in a 2009 Scottish FA Cup win over East Sterlingshire. After being loaned to Raith Rovers in 2009-10, Russell enjoyed a breakout year at Dundee United with nine goals as the Tangerines finished fourth in the Scottish Premier League. He added 14 more goals in all
comps during the 2011-12 campaign to pace another fourth-place finish. Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals in 38 competitive appearances. Russell reached new heights in June 2013 when he joined Derby County. He marked his debut for the outfit with his first of nine goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as the Rams fell just short of promotion to the EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons. Russell has earned seven career caps for Scotland, receiving his first call to the senior squad in May 2012 for a friendly against the U.S. but did not feature in the match. Russell made his debut in a 2014 friendly against England and featured in two more friendlies the following year. Russell has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
26
21
1913
8
9
57
24
13
34
3
62
1
0
1
3
MLS - TOTAL
26
21
1913
8
9
57
24
13
34
3
62
1
0
1
3
#20 | F | DANIEL SALLOI | @danielsalloi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
47
34
3129
10
9
MLS Postseason
1
0
69
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
7
3
405
5
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
55
37
3603
15
9
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 10 times, last: July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Assists 2, 2 times, last: June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Shots on Goal 4, Sept. 24, 2017, KC vs. LA Shots 8, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 2, 4 times, last: Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal July 28, 2018, KC vs. FCD Assist Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR 2018 Record when: he starts 12-6-4 he scores 5-2-0
Height: 6-1 Weight: 150 Birthday: 7/19/1996 Hometown: Budapest, Hungary Last Club: Gyirmot SE (Hungary) - Loan Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown on 1/13/2016 Sporting Kansas City signed forward Daniel Salloi as the fourth Homegrown Player in club history in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017 against the Colorado Rapids. Salloi is one of four Homegrown Players on Sporting Kansas City’s roster, alongside Gianluca Busio (2017), Jaylin Lindsey (2018) and Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (2018). He scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United FC in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - before adding his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1. Salloi scored the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final. Salloi made 10 appearances for Sporting KC’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers, in 2016 and scored four goals and added three assists before being loaned to Gyirmot SE in Hungary
for the remainder of the season. Salloi moved to the United States in August 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining joined the Sporting Kansas City Academy U-18s for the 2014-15 season. After a successful spell with the Sporting KC U-18s, Salloi returned to his former Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 to sign an amateur contract for senior team, a 20-time champion in Hungary’s first division. He made his professional debut in the top-tier OTP Bank Liga on July 18, the day before his 19th birthday. Salloi received his first call-up to the Hungary National Team in August 2018. He previously played for the Hungary Under-21 National Team after debuting in 2017 and earned four caps.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
47
34
3129
10
9
107
41
21
42
12
1
3
1
3
4
KC - Postseason
1
0
69
0
0
4
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
48
34
3198
10
9
111
42
21
45
12
1
3
1
3
4
28
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | ILIE SANCHEZ | @iliesanchez SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
63
63
5670
4
5
MLS Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
8
8
780
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
72
72
6570
4
6
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Last Club: Elche CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 1/13/2017
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: Aug. 11, 2018, KC at LAFC Assists 2, May 9, 2018, KC at ATL Shots on Goal 2, April 15, 2018, KC vs. SEA Shots 5, April 20, 2018, KC vs. VAN Fouls Committed 5, March 10, 2018, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal Aug. 11, 2018, KC at LAFC Assist May 9, 2018, KC at ATL 2018 Record when: he starts 15-8-7 he scores 2-0-2
Birthday: 11/21/1990
Ilie, a product of FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, has eight years of professional experience in Spain and Germany. The defensive midfielder featured extensively for FC Barcelona B from 2009-2014 and most recently played for Spanish side Elche CF during the 2015-16 season. He joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2017 season and has made 72 appearances in all competitions for the club, earning Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year honors in 2017 before being named an MLS All-Star in 2018.
After missing most of 2011-12 through injury, Sánchez claimed a regular spot in Barcelona B’s midfield over the next two seasons. He played 29 league matches in 2012-13 and started 36 of 38 appearances in 2013-14, guiding Barcelona B to another third-place finish in the Segunda Division. Sánchez appeared in 114 league games during his five-year spell at FC Barcelona B.
Sánchez moved to Germany’s second division in 2014, making 26 appearances in all Born and raised in Barcelona, Sánchez jumped from La Masia to FC Barcelona B ahead competitions for 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga. He was then loaned back to his native of the 2009-10 campaign. He helped the club earn promotion to the Spanish Segunda Spain for the 2015-16 campaign, where he played 28 games for CF Elche in the Segunda Division in his first professional season. He played 24 more matches the following year as Division. Barcelona B finished third in Spain’s second tier. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
63
63
5670
4
5
57
14
45
67
0
13
10
0
0
2
KC - Postseason
1
1
120
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
64
64
5790
4
5
58
14
46
69
0
13
11
0
0
2
#14 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC) Shots on Goal 3, May 20, 2018, KC at MIN Shots 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 27, 2017, NYC at MTL (w/ NYC) Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC)
A
MLS Regular Season
17
13
1158
2
2
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
0
15
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
18
13
1173
2
2
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 8, 2018, KC vs. ORL Goal June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Assist March 31, 2018, KC vs. DC 2018 Record when: he starts 7-2-4 he scores 1-0-1
Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Birthday: 6/26/1993 Hometown: Leander, Texas College: Oregon State Last Club: New York City FC (MLS) Acquired: Acquired via trade with New York City FC on 12/14/2017 Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 15, 2015 by expansion side New York City FC. After three seasons with the club, Shelton moved to Sporting KC in December 2017 in a trade for Saad Abdul-Salaam. He scored his first goal for the club on May 20, 2018 against Minnesota United FC.
In college, Shelton recorded 10 goals and 12 assists at Oregon State University his senior season. He was an NSCAA All-America Second Team; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003.
Shelton was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts. The Leander, Texas native had his best season in 2016 when he tallied four goals and nine assists.
Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team for the Lisbon International Tournament in 2011. Selected to the U18 squad for its trip to Israel in 2010.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
17
13
1158
2
2
36
10
15
15
1
1
2
0
1
1
MLS - Regular Season
71
36
3643
8
12
72
22
39
46
4
1
2
0
1
4
MLS - Postseason
2
0
57
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
73
37
3700
8
12
72
22
39
47
4
1
2
0
1
4
29
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | D | SETH SINOVIC | @ssinovic SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assists 1, 11 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 11, 2017, KC at HOU Shots 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA
A
MLS Regular Season
184
175
15500
1
11
MLS Postseason
12
12
1134
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
15
15
1248
0
2
International
11
10
937
1
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
222
212
18819
4
15
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal April 9, 2017, KC vs. COL Assist Aug. 25, 2018, KC vs. MIN 2018 Record when: he starts 9-3-3 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Birthday: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution (MLS) Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011 An eight-year MLS veteran, Seth Sinovic has started 212 of 222 appearances in all competitions since joining Sporting KC from the New England Revolution in 2011. The left back played at least 30 regular season matches every year from 2012-2014, during which time Sporting KC conceded the fewest combined goals in MLS. He scored his first MLS regular-season goal on his 150th MLS appearance for Sporting KC against the Colorado Rapids on April 9, 2017.
A native of Leawood, Kansas, Sinovic scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and notched the second of his career in the 2013 postseason as Sporting KC won MLS Cup. He was named the club’s Defender of the Year in 2014. After a four-year college career at Creighton University, Sinovic was selected by New England with the 25th pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made 20 MLS appearances as a rookie before moving to Sporting KC in 2011.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
184
175
15500
1
11
94
23
188
114
10
0
29
0
0
5
MLS - Regular Season
204
193
17080
1
11
101
24
201
125
11
0
32
0
0
5
KC - Postseason
12
12
1134
2
0
5
3
18
12
0
0
2
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
216
205
18214
3
11
106
27
219
137
11
0
34
0
2
5
#16 | D | GRAHAM SMITH SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, June 23, 2018, KC vs. HOU Fouls Committed 2, July 14, 2018, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 0
A
MLS Regular Season
2
2
180
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
3
3
270
0
0
Last Regular Season... Appearance July 14, 2018, KC at NY Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 1-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Birthday: 4/8/1990 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: University of Denver Acquired: 2018 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#18) - signed on 2/15/18 Sporting Kansas City selected center back Graham Smith with the 18th overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft before officially sigining him in February 2018. He made his debut and first start for the club in the 3-2 victory over Houston on June 23, 2018, going the full 90 minutes at center back in the thrilling win.
A native of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Smith was teammates with current SKC forward Khiry Shelton during his freshman year at Oregon State. He assisted three goals in 38 matches for the Beavers, helping the side reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014. Upon transferring to Denver in 2016, Smith helped the Pioneers reach the Men’s College Cup for the first time in program history. He split time between the holding midfield and Smith split his four-year college career between Oregon State University (2014-15) and center back positions, serving as the anchor of a defense that notched a 0.52 goals the University of Denver (2016-17). The defender started all 80 appearances at the NCAA against average in 2016 and a 0.71 goals against average in 2017. As a senior, Smith Division I level, registering six goals and seven assists in his final two seasons with the was a United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team selection and a CoSIDA Pioneers. Academic All-American. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
2
2
180
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
2
2
180
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #23 | D | COLTON STORM | @ColtonStorm SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Birthday: 7/6/1994 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania College: University of North Carolina Acquired: 2017 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) - signed on 2/24/2017
he scores 0-0-0
Right back Colton Storm joined Sporting Kansas City as the No. 14 overall selection in the also named to the NCAA College Cup Best XI after guiding the Tar Heels to their seventh 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Storm spent the 2017 season on loan with the Swope Park final four in program history. Rangers, tallying one goal and three assists in 30 games as the Rangers won their second consecutive USL Western Conference title. Born and raised in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Storm started 41 straight games for North Carolina from 2015-2016. He captained the team as a senior, leading a defense Storm tallied two goals and eight assists in 69 matches during his four-year career at the that posted 12 shutouts in 21 matches. As a youth, Storm competed in the United States University of North Carolina. He capped his senior campaign in 2016 with Second Team U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for HMMS Eagle All-Atlantic Coast Conference and NSCAA Third Team All-South Region honors. He was FC in his hometown. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#75 | M | WAN KUZAIN WAN KAMAL | @LeKuz7 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
6
3
307
1
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
173
0
1
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
8
5
480
1
1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Shots 3, June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Fouls Committed 2, July 4, 2018, KC at RSL Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: July 7, 2018, KC vs. TOR Last Regular Season... Appearance July 7, 2018, KC vs. TOR Goal June 3, 2018, KC vs. MIN Assist N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-1-2 he scores 1-0-0
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 9/14/1998 Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 4/13/2018 Sporting Kansas City signed holding midfielder Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal to an MLS contract on April 13, 2018, becoming the ninth Homegrown player in club history and the fourth on the active roster. Kuzain is the first Sporting KC Homegrown signing to progress from the Sporting KC Academy to the Swope Park Rangers to the senior team. Kuzain made his Sporting KC debut on May 27, 2018 before scoring his first goal in his second appearance with the game-winner against Minnesota United on June 3, 2018. Born and raised in Carbondale, Illinois, Kuzain spent several years with St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club before joining the Sporting Kansas City Academy in August 2016. He signed an Academy contract with the Rangers later that month.
Kuzain continued to develop in 2017 with the Swope Park Rangers, where he helped them to a second straight Western Conference championship. He debuted for the club last March and signed his first professional contract with the club in July, ending the campaign with 13 games played. His 91.3-percent passing accuracy last season ranked first in the USL among players with at least five appearances. As a youth, Kuzain previously trained with the United States U-17 Men’s National Team in 2013 and 2014 as well as Dutch club Feyenoord in late 2015.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
6
3
307
1
0
5
2
4
6
0
0
1
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
6
3
307
1
0
5
2
4
6
0
0
1
0
1
0
31
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #1 | GK | ADRIAN ZENDEJAS | @MrZ3ND SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
MLS Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
180
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
2
2
180
0
0
Height: 6-5 Weight: 185 Hometown: Chula Vista, California Last Club: Swope Park Rangers (USL) Acquired: Signed on 12/2/2016
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A
A
Last Regular Season... Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2018 Record when: he starts 0-0-0
Birthday: 8/30/1995
Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas signed an MLS contract for Sporting KC in December 2016 after playing for the Swope Park Rangers during the club’s inaugural 2016 campaign. He spent the 2017 season primarily on loan with the Swope Park Rangers, making 25 starts for the club and posting a 0.92 goals against average with 10 shutouts. Zendejas was one of the top goalkeepers in the USL, cementing his pedigree by saving four penalties and scoring the game-winning spot kick in the shootout of the Western Conference Final against OKC Energy FC in November 2017. Zendajas joined the Rangers in June 2016 and debuted in a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy II on Aug. 27 before starting five of the team’s final seven regular season matches, amassing a
perfect 5-0-0 record with three shutouts, 13 saves and a 0.40 goals against average. Zendejas carried his great form into the postseason, earning two more clean sheets as the Rangers rattled off three straight victories en route to the USL Cup Final. The Chula Vista, California native joined Club Tijuana in 2014 and made his debut for the Under-20 team in February 2015. He made 31 total appearances for the U-20 team while helping the Xolos reach the 2015 Apertura final and the 2016 Clausura final. He made his first-team debut in a preseason friendly against Club Leon on July 3, 2015 and played all four preseason games for the Xolos in July 2015.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
#8 | M | GRAHAM ZUSI | @gzusi SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs. CHI Assists 2, 7 times, last: July 14, 2018, KC at NY Shots on Goal 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2018, KC vs. POR Shots 6, May 15, 2016, KC vs. ORL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: March 30, 2013, KC vs. MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI
A
MLS Regular Season
248
208
19140
28
60
MLS Postseason
14
14
1379
0
6
U.S. Open Cup
17
15
1447
3
6
International
8
8
690
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
287
245
22656
31
75
Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 30, 2018, KC vs. RSL Goal April 15, 2018, KC vs. SEA Assist Aug. 4, 2018, KC at HOU 2018 Record when: he starts 15-8-7 he scores 1-0-1
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthday: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) A 10-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (2012-15, 2017-18), MLS Best XI (2012-13) & MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) accolades in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. He earned Sporting KC MVP honors from 2012-14 and is the only player to appear in every All-Star Game from 2011-2014. Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract in 2014. He has recorded 31 goals and 75 assists in 287 appearances for Sporting KC across all competitions since being drafted in 2009 out of the University of Maryland, where he won two national championships. He is second in club history with 75 total assists, while his 410 chances created from 2011-2015 (including postseason) ranked third in MLS. With his assist
against RSL on April 29, 2017, Zusi reached 50 regular-season assists and later moved into first in club history with 24 game-winning assists on Aug. 19, 2017 versus FC Dallas. Zusi has earned 55 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording five goals and seven assists. He played four matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, tallying two assists as the U.S. advanced out of the group stage. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2015, starting two matches, and scored in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on March 29, 2016. He played five games for the U.S. at the 2016 Copa America Centenario, scoring on June 7 in a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. He recently made four appearances as the U.S. won the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
248
208
19140
28
60
379
123
198
286
31
790
20
1
8
27
KC - Postseason
14
14
1379
0
6
27
2
21
25
1
69
2
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
262
222
20519
28
66
406
125
219
311
32
859
22
1
8
30
32
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC 2018 PARTICIPATION CHART 3/4 3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/8 4/15 4/20 4/28 5/5 5/9 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/9 6/23 6/30 PLAYER NYC @CHI SJ @COL DC @LA SEA VAN @NE COL @ATL @MIN CLB MIN @POR HOU @MTL Amor DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR DNP DNP CB-90 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB-45 UNAV DNP Belmar UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV SPR SUB-13 SPR SPR SPR DNP DNP SUB-12 DNP DNP Besler CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-45 INJ CB-90 Busio UNAV SPR INJ ACD ACD SPR INTL INTL SPR SPR SPR SPR DNP DNP DNP INJ INJ Croizet RW-57 SUB-1 SUB-8 RW-66 SUB-37 CM-70 CM-74 CM-90 CM-63 SUB-19 CM-71 CM-90 CM-71 CM-18 INJ CM-85 CM-83 Dick UNAV SPR DNP UNAV SPR SPR UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR DNP DNP SPR UNAV UNAV Didic UNAV SPR SPR SPR DNP SPR UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR DNP UNAV Espinoza CM-90 CM-90 CM-89 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-76 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-87 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Evans INJ INJ INJ UNAV UNAV UNAV UNAV DNP SPR UNAV SPR UNAV SPR INJ INJ INJ UNAV Fernandes SUB-33 SUB-35 SUB-3 SUB-29 SUB-13 SUB-2 SUB-5 INJ INJ SUB-2 SUB-8 DNP SUB-19 LW-90 LW-90 LW-76 LW-57 Fontas -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Gutierrez CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-53 INJ INJ SUB-14 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Lewis SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR -- Lindsey DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR DNP DNP DNP SPR SUB-30 LB-90 LB-90 LB-74 Lobato LB-73 DNP DNP DNP SPR DNP SUB-16 SUB-38 DNP LB-71 SUB-19 DNP SUB-32 RW-78 DNP INJ INJ Medranda SUB-17 SUB-21 SUB-1 SUB-45 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-77 CM-81 LB-90 LB-36 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ Melia GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 Nemeth -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Opara CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 Rubio CF-62 SPR SPR SUB-2 DNP DNP DNP SUB-19 SUB-8 DNP SUB-1 DNP INJ SUB-12 DNP SUB-5 SUB-16 Russell LW-90 RW-89 RW-90 LW-88 RW-90 RW-88 RW-85 RW-52 RW-90 RW-88 RW-82 RW-90 RW-90 INTL RW-78 RW-90 RW-90 Salloi SUB-28 LW-90 LW-87 INTL LW-77 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-82 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 Ilie CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 Shelton INJ CF-55 CF-82 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-90 CF-71 CF-90 CF-90 CF-89 CF-90 CF-90 INJ INJ SUB-14 SUB-33 Sinovic DNP LB-69 LB-90 LB-45 DNP SUB-20 DNP DNP SUB-27 SUB-9 DNP SUB-56 LB-58 LB-60 INJ DNP DNP Smith SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR CB-90 UNAV Storm UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV SPR DNP UNAV SPR INJ UNAV SPR DNP SPR UNAV Kuzain -- -- -- -- -- -- UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR SUB-3 SUB-72 CM-90 DNP SUB-7 Zendejas DNP DNP SPR DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR INJ INJ SPR DNP SPR SPR DNP DNP DNP Zusi RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 PLAYER Amor Belmar Besler Busio Croizet Dick Didic Espinoza Evans Fernandes Fontas Gutierrez Lewis Lindsey Lobato Medranda Melia Nemeth Opara Rubio Russell Salloi Ilie Shelton Sinovic Smith Storm Kuzain Zendejas Zusi
7/4 7/7 7/14 7/28 8/4 8/11 8/18 8/25 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/23 9/30 10/6 10/17 10/21 10/28 @RSL TOR @NY FCD @HOU @LAFC POR MIN @SEA ORL @SJ @PHI RSL LA @VAN @FCD LFC CB-90 SUB-17 CB-90 UNAV UNAV -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP SUB-10 SUB-30 UNAV DNP SPR SPR SPR INJ INJ SPR SPR UNAV UNAV CB-90 INJ CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 INJ INJ UNAV SUB-13 CM-90 DNP DNP SUB-7 DNP SUB-4 SUB-7 SUB-5 DNP RW-90 CM-90 CM-78 SUB-21 CF-61 SUB-8 SUB-9 SUB-45 SUB-4 RW-89 RW-65 SUB-18 SUB-24 SPR UNAV DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR SPR DNP DNP SPR DNP DNP INJ INJ INJ DNP DNP DNP DNP SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR UNAV CM-89 SUS CM-90 CM-90 SUS CM-90 CM-90 CM-83 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-85 CM-66 UNAV UNAV INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ UNAV DNP UNAV UNAV UNAV SUB-4 LW-90 LW-60 RW-90 RW-90 RW-86 RW-90 LW-90 RW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-80 LW-90 -- -- -- -- -- UNAV UNAV DNP DNP CB-90 DNP DNP DNP INJ INJ SUB-12 CM-77 CM-90 CM-82 CM-81 CM-45 CM-90 CM-86 CM-83 CM-90 CM-90 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DNP LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP INTL DNP DNP DNP INJ INJ INJ UNAV DNP UNAV INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 GK-90 -- -- -- -- -- SUB-14 SUB-17 SUB-18 SUB-15 CF-90 CF-70 CF-90 CF-71 CB-90 CB-73 INJ CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 SUS CB-90 CB-90 CB-90 SUB-6 CF-73 DNP CF-69 SUB-29 CF-76 CF-73 CF-72 CF-75 INTL SUB-20 INJ SUB-19 SUB-45 RW-90 RW-90 INJ INJ SUB-4 SUB-21 RW-90 SUB-28 INTL SUB-25 RW-72 RW-78 LW-89 SUS CF-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-90 LW-69 DNP LW-62 INTL DNP SUB-10 SUB-12 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CM-90 CF-84 SUB-9 INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ SUB-1 SPR INJ INJ LB-86 DNP DNP DNP LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-86 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 LB-90 DNP DNP CB-90 UNAV SPR SPR UNAV SPR SPR DNP SPR SPR UNAV SPR DNP SPR UNAV SPR SPR SPR SPR SPR DNP SPR SPR UNAV CM-45 CM-90 DNP DNP DNP SPR SPR SPR SPR DNP SPR DNP UNAV DNP DNP SPR UNAV SPR UNAV DNP DNP SPR SPR DNP SPR UNAV RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90 RB-90
KEY Position-Minutes - Starting Position-Minutes Played DNP - Did Not Play/Unused Substitute INJ - Injured SUB-Minutes - Substitute-Minutes played UNAV - Unavailable For Selection SUS - Suspended
33
SPR - Swope Park Rangers (USL) INTL - International Duty ACD - Sporting KC Academy
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS) 1996-2017
ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
C.J. Sapong (2011)
34
Games
Matt Besler
253
Minutes
Ilie Sanchez (2017)
2970
Minutes
Matt Besler
22,216
Goals
Dom Dwyer (2014)
22
Goals
Preki
71
Assists
Preki (1997 & 2003)
17
Assists
Preki
98
Shots
Preki (1996)
140
Shots
Preki
693
Shots on goal
Preki (1996)
61
Shots on goal
Preki
283
Fouls Committed
Chris Henderson (2000)
79
Fouls Committed
Roger Espinoza
352
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2004)
111
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud
528
Offsides
Eddie Johnson (2007)
50
Offsides
Vitalis Takawira
126
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi (2012)
150
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi
790
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2013)
13
Cautions
Roger Espinoza
49
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010)
3
Ejections
Roger Espinoza
8
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) 1996-2017
ALL-TIME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
34
Games
Jimmy Nielsen
128
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen (2012 & 2013)
3060
Minutes
Jimmy Nielsen
11497
Wins
Mike Ammann (1997)
21
Wins
Jimmy Nielsen
57
Losses
Mike Amman (1998)
16
Losses
Tony Meola
45
Draws
Bo Oshoniyi (2005)
12
Draws
Jimmy Nielsen
32
Shutouts
Tony Meola (2000)
16
Shutouts
Jimmy Nielsen
45
Goals Against Average
Tim Melia (2017)
0.78
Goals Allowed
Tony Meola
154
Goals Allowed
Mike Amman (1997) & Kevin Hartman (2007)
45
Saves
Tony Meola
507
Saves
Tony Meola (2000)
129
Goals Against Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen
0.99
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
SINGLE SEASON TEAM RECORDS
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Year
#
Goals
Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010), Gerso Fernandes (2017), Johnny Russell (2018)
3
Goals
1996
61
Assists
2000
67
Assists
Chris Henderson (1999)
4
Shots
2012
542
Shots
Preki (1997)
12
Shots on goal
1996
250
Shots on goal
Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)
6
Fouls Committed
2013
511
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)
8
Fouls Suffered
2000
541
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2006)
10
Offsides
1997
117
Offsides
Alex Bunbury (1999)
7
Corner Kicks
2012
199
Corner Kicks
Alex Zotinca (2006)
12
Cautions
2013
67
Ejections
2011
8
Points
2012
63
Wins
1997
21
Losses
1999
24
Ties
2017
13
Shutouts
2000
17
Goals Allowed
1996
63
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat
Player
#
Goals Allowed
Bo Oshoniyi (2001)
7
Saves
Tim Melia (2018)
10
34
Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Matt Besler* 253 2. Graham Zusi* 248 3. Davy Arnaud 240 4. Kerry Zavagnin 237 5. Nick Garcia 224 6. Roger Espinoza* 218 6. Preki 218 8. Jimmy Conrad 204 9. Chris Klein 200 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Matt Besler* 247 2. Kerry Zavagnin 228 3. Nick Garcia 224 4. Davy Arnaud 213 5. Graham Zusi* 208 6. Jimmy Conrad 203 7. Preki 199 8. Roger Espinoza* 198 9. Chris Klein 183 10. Seth Sinovic* 175 MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Matt Besler* 22,216 2. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 3. Nick Garcia 20,157 4. Davy Arnaud 19,399 5. Graham Zusi* 19,140 6. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 7. Preki 17,817 8. Roger Espinoza* 17,555 9. Chris Klein 16,380 10. Seth Sinovic* 15,500 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 2. Tony Meola 125 3. Tim Melia* 111 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 5. Kevin Hartman 90 6. Mike Ammann 60 7. Chris Snitko 26 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9. Garth Lagerwey 23 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tony Meola 125 507 2. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 3. Tim Melia* 111 335 4. Kevin Hartman 90 332 5. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 6. Mike Amman 60 206 7. Chris Snitko 26 95 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 83 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34 SHUTOUTS Player GP SO 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 45 2. Tim Melia* 111 38 3. Tony Meola 125 37 4. Kevin Hartman 90 22 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 6. Mike Ammann 60 10 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8. Luis Marin 8 3 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 8. Chris Snitko 26 3 GOALKEEPER WINS Player GP GW 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 2. Tim Melia* 111 49 2. Tony Meola 125 49 4. Mike Ammann 60 33 4. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 6. Kevin Hartman 90 30 7. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5
GOALS Player GP G 1. Preki 218 71 2. Dom Dwyer 128 57 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Josh Wolff 144 43 5. Chris Klein 200 39 6. Kei Kamara 113 38 7. Mo Johnston 149 31 8. Benny Feilhaber 150 29 9. Graham Zusi* 248 28 9. Scott Sealy 88 28 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Graham Zusi* 248 60 2. Chris Klein 200 45 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 41 5. Davy Arnaud 240 35 6. Roger Espinoza* 218 32 7. Mo Johnston 149 28 8. Josh Wolff 144 26 9. Mark Chung 94 25 10. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22 SHOTS Player GP SH 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Dom Dwyer 128 401 4. Graham Zusi* 248 379 5. Kei Kamara 113 370 6. Chris Klein 200 312 7. Mo Johnston 149 274 8. Josh Wolff 144 265 9. Roger Espinoza* 218 249 10. Benny Feilhaber 150 237 SHOTS ON GOAL Player GP SOG 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 3. Dom Dwyer 128 161 4. Mo Johnston 149 138 4. Chris Klein 200 138 4. Josh Wolff 144 138 7. Kei Kamara 113 126 8. Graham Zusi* 248 123 9. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 10. Mark Chung 94 95 FOULS COMMITTED Player GP FC 1. Roger Espinoza* 218 352 2. Davy Arnaud 240 329 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 4. Matt McKeon 144 309 5. Dom Dwyer 128 239 6. Nick Garcia 224 234 7. Mo Johnston 149 226 8. Matt Besler* 253 217 9. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 10. Graham Zusi* 248 200 FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Roger Espinoza* 218 309 5. Graham Zusi* 248 286 5. Benny Feilhaber 150 286 7. Dom Dwyer 128 273 8. Nick Garcia 224 250 9. Mark Chung 94 204 10. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Roger Espinoza* 218 49 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 3. Davy Arnaud 240 43 4. Nick Garcia 224 37 5. Matt Besler* 253 31 5. Aurelien Collin 107 31 7. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 7. Matt McKeon 144 30 9. Seth Sinovic* 184 29 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 10. Mo Johnston 149 28 35
CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 248 790 2. Preki 218 452 3. Benny Feilhaber 150 271 4. Claudio Lopez 57 188 5. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 6. Francisco Gomez 114 157 7. Chris Henderson 61 154 8. Chris Klein 200 152 9. Davy Arnaud 240 144 10. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 13 1. Preki 218 13 3. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 6. Davy Arnaud 240 10 7. Graham Zusi* 248 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 9. Benny Feilhaber 150 7 9. C.J. Sapong 110 7 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Player GP GWA 1. Graham Zusi* 248 27 2. Preki 218 23 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Benny Feilhaber 150 12 5. Davy Arnaud 240 10 5. Josh Wolff 144 10 7. Roger Espinoza* 218 8 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 7. Mo Johnston 149 8 7. Kei Kamara 113 8 7. Chance Myers 147 8 7. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Dom Dwyer 128 10 2. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 3. Preki 218 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 4. Scott Sealy 88 5 4. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 9. Graham Zusi* 248 3 9. Davy Arnaud 240 3 9. Teal Bunbury 89 3 9. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 2. Benny Feilhaber 150 12 3. Dom Dwyer 128 7 4. Kei Kamara 113 5 5. Ilie Sanchez* 63 4 5. Claudio Lopez 57 4 7. Claudio Bieler 41 3 7. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 7. Josh Wolff 144 3
Player 1. Dom Dwyer 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Vitalis Takawira 7. Mark Chung 7. Mo Johnston 9. Chris Klein 10. Benny Feilhaber *Minimum 20 goals
GOALS PER GAME GP 128 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 200 150
GLS AVG 57 0.45 38 0.34 71 0.33 28 0.32 43 0.30 28 0.27 20 0.21 31 0.21 39 0.20 29 0.19
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Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Year Player GP 2011 C.J. Sapong 34 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2012 Kei Kamara 33 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 2017 Jimmy Medranda 33 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33 GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2017 Ilie Sanchez 33 10 players tied with 32 MINUTES PLAYED Year Player MIN 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2017 Ilie Sanchez 2970 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 32 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 2017 Tim Melia 31 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2007 Kevin Hartman
SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 30 110
Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 2018 Tim Melia* 2008 Kevin Hartman 2010 Jimmy Nielsen 2017 Tim Melia
SHUTOUTS GP SO 31 16 34 15 34 13 28 12 30 10 29 10 31 10
GOALKEEPER WINS Year Player GP GW 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 2000 Tony Meola 31 15 2018 Tim Melia* 28 15 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 2017 Tim Melia 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE Year Player GP GA GAA 2017 Tim Melia 31 24 0.78 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 0.79 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 0.88 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 0.92 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 1.05 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played
Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2016 Dom Dwyer 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira
GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 33 16 24 15 28 13
CORNER KICKS Year Player GP CK 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2018 Graham Zusi* 30 99
Year Player 1997 Preki 2003 Preki 2000 Preki 2012 Graham Zusi 2015 Benny Feilhaber
ASSISTS GP ASSISTS 27 17 30 17 31 15 32 15 32 15
OFFSIDES Year Player GP OFF 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 50 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 44 1997 Vitalis Takawira 28 43 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 38 2000 Chris Henderson 31 36
SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 119 33 113 30 97
GAME-WINNING GOALS Year Player GP GWG 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 6 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 6 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 6 1997 Preki 27 5 2012 C.J. Sapong 31 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth 27 5
Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2016 Dom Dwyer 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki
SHOTS ON GOAL Year Player GP SOG 1996 Preki 32 61 2012 Kei Kamara 33 49 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 44 FOULS COMMITTED Year Player GP FC 2000 Chris Henderson 31 79 2001 Matt McKeon 26 76 1997 Matt McKeon 31 75 2000 Matt McKeon 30 75 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 66 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 66 FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 2015 Dom Dwyer 30 81 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Year Player GP YC 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 2016 Roger Espinoza 30 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 2017 Roger Espinoza 30 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 eight players tied with 2
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GAME-WINNING ASSISTS Year Player GP GWA 2000 Chris Henderson 31 5 2000 Matt McKeon 30 5 2003 Preki 30 5 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 5 2004 Josh Wolff 26 5 2012 Graham Zusi 32 5 2013 Graham Zusi 27 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 30 5 PENALTY KICK GOALS Year Player GP PKG 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 2003 Preki 30 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber 32 5 2016 Benny Feilhaber 29 5 GOALS PER GAME Year Player GP GLS 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 1996 Preki 32 18 2016 Dom Dwyer 33 16 *Minimum 5 goal
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Sporting KC Game Notes | October 6, 2018 vs. LA Galaxy | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 8 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd) Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd) ASSISTS Career: 98 Preki Season: 17 Preki (1997) Season: 17 Preki (2003) Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET) Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st) Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st) SHOTS Career: 693 Preki Season: 140 Preki (1996) Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB) Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd) Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd) Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Career: 283 Preki Season: 61 Preki (1996) Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA) Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/007 vs. NY) Half: 4 9 times
CORNER KICKS Career: 790 Graham Zusi Season: 150 Graham Zusi (2012) Game: 12 Alex Zotinca (07/22/2006 at NY) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (04/10/1999 vs. SJ, 2nd) Half: 8 Chris Henderson (05/20/2000 vs. SJ, 1st)
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 352 Roger Espinoza Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000) Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL) Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL) Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)
GOALS ALLOWED Career: 154 Tony Meola Season: 45 Mike Ammann (1997) Season: 45 Kevin Hartman (2007) Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI) Half: 4 6 times
FOULS SUFFERED Career: 528 Davy Arnaud Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004) Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY) Half: 6 7 times
SAVES Career: 507 Tony Meola Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000) Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA) Half: 7 4 times
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 61 Game: 6 2-Tms: 10 Half: 5 Half: 5
in 1996 4 times 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd)
ASSISTS Season: 67 Game: 10 2-Tms: 12 Half: 8
in 2000 06/20/1999 vs. MET 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st)
SHOTS Season: 542 Game: 34 Game: 34 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 2-Tms: 44 Half: 23
in 2012 05/15/2016 vs. ORL 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 08/14/1999 at MET 08/05/2000 vs. LA 06/09/2001 at MIA 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN 2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB 2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st) FOULS COMMITTED Season: 511 in 2013 Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB 2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st) Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd) Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st) FOULS SUFFERED Season: 541 in 2000 Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL 2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)
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CORNER KICKS Season: 199 in 2012 Game: 15 04/10/1999 vs. SJ 2-Tms: 22 08/14/1999 at MET Half: 10 04/10/1999 vs. SJ (2nd) GOALS ALLOWED Season: 63 in 1996 Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 4 7 times SAVES Season: Game: 2-Tms: 2-Tms: Half:
133 in 1999 10 04/08/2018 at LA 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB 7 4 times
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Overall: 12-11-8, 44 pts. 7th in West Home: 8-4-4 Away: 4-7-4 vs. West: 6-7-7 vs. East: 6-4-1 GF: 60 GA: 59 GD: +1
2018 MLS Regular Season LA Galaxy vs. Sporting KC Location: Children’s Mercy Park Capacity: 18,467 Kickoff: 5:30 p.m. PT All-time vs. SKC: 24-23-14 All-time @ SKC: 8-16-7
Overall: 15-8-7, 52 pts. 2nd in West Home: 9-2-4 Away: 6-6-3 GF: 55 GA: 37 GD: +18
English Television: Spectrum Sportsnet English Radio: LAGalaxy.com Spanish Radio: KWKW ESPN 1330
THE MATCH: Three points are pivotal for a pair of Western Conference foes as Sporting Kansas City could move atop the standings and clinch an Audi 2018 MLS Cup berth with a home win, while the LA Galaxy could move above the playoff line with a third consecutive victory. Sporting are coming off a 1-1 home draw against Real Salt Lake, while the Galaxy defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps, 3-0, at StubHub Center. This is the second meeting this season, with SKC winning 2-0 in Carson on April 8. Daniel Salloi and Johnny Russell scored five minutes apart early in the second half for the decisive tallies. The LA Galaxy (12-11-8) moved within two points of the playoff line in the West with a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps Saturday night. Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 9th minute and he added his second — and 20th of the season — in the 58th minute. Romain Alessandrini tacked on a 77th-minute penalty kick to put the icing on the critical win. “The club changed the coach and they wanted a reaction and I think they got a reaction,” Ibrahimovic said. “First game, I think we did good, we got sloppy and we lost. But the second game we won comfortable 3-0 and today we won 3-0 and we are doing it well. We are not doing it by luck. As I said here last time, we are a threat for every team if we play like this. I bet you whatever you want. Nobody wants to get us in the playoffs because we are dangerous if we do what we do like we do it now. Just hope for them that we don’t make it to the playoffs.” #ZLATAN500: LA Galaxy Forward Zlatan Ibrahimović became the third active player to reach 500 career goals across his senior career between club and country. After scoring a goal tonight against Toronto FC at BMO Field, he joined Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi as the only active players to have scored 500 senior goals for club and country. Throughout his senior career at the club level, Ibrahimović has made 747 appearances while scoring 438 goals and adding 167 assists across his time with Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, FC Internazionale, FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris-Saint Germain, Manchester United and the LA Galaxy. For Sweden, he has made 114 senior appearances and scored 62 goals. Overall, Ibrahimović has won 33 total trophies throughout his distinguished career. Ibrahimović now has scored 20 goals in 21 MLS appearances since joining the LA Galaxy, making him the second leading scorer in MLS. In total, Zlatan Ibrahimović has 20 goals and nine assists during his time with the LA Galaxy, including five game-winning goals. NEXT MATCH: The LA Galaxy are on the road to face Minnesota United FC at 2 p.m. PT on Saturday, Oct. 21. The match will be broadcast on Spectrum SportsNet.
LA Galaxy Postgame Notes: LA Galaxy 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0
LA Galaxy 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. PT 2018 MLS Regular Season StubHub Center – Los Angeles, Calif.
Scoring Summary: LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović (PK) 4’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović (assisted by Rolf Feltscher) 58’ LA – Romain Alessandrini (PK) 77’
Misconduct Summary: LA – Rolf Feltscher (caution) 37’ VAN – Cristian Techera (caution) 90’+3’
Lineups: LA Galaxy: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Dave Romney, Ashley Cole ©; Emmanuel Boateng (Servando Carrasco 80’), Sebastian Lletget, Jonathan dos Santos (Perry Kitchen 84’); Romain Alessandrini (Jorgen Skjelvik 88’); Ola Kamara, Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Michael Ciani, Baggio Husidic, Ariel Lassiter.
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 4.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Stefan Marinovic; Kendall Waston ©, Jakob Nerwinski, Marcel de Jong, Donell Henry; Russell Teibert, Alphonso Davies, Aly Ghazal (Jordon Mutch 80’), Brek Shea (Cristian Techera 62’); Kei Kamara, Nicolas Mezquida (Felipe 62’).
Substitutes not used: Erik Hurtado, Brian Rowe, Sean Franklin, Jose Aja.
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 0.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo Assistant Referees: Eduardo Mariscal, Michael Kampmeinert 4th Official: Daniel Radford VAR: Victor Rivas
Attendance: 25,659 (sold-out)
NOTES: In their 31st match of the 2018 MLS Regular Season, the LA Galaxy defeated Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-0 at StubHub Center. With the result, the Galaxy are now 12-11-8 on the season with 44 points and 60 goals scored. With three games remaining in the 2018 MLS Regular Season, the Galaxy are in seventh place in the MLS Western Conference standings.
This year at home the Galaxy are now 8-4-4. Galaxy are 10-5-5 against the Whitecaps all-time, and are 8-2-1 against them at StubHub Center. The 3-0 shutout marked the Galaxy’s second consecutive shut-out victory after defeating Seattle Sounders 3-0 at home on September 23. The Galaxy are now 5-1-5 when leading at halftime and 8-2-6 when scoring the first goal of the match. Forward Zlatan Ibrahimović scored his 502nd and 503rd career goals between his club and country. After tallying a brace tonight, Zlatan now has 20 goals and 9 assists in 24 games and 21 starts for the LA Galaxy. Zlatan has now scored 17 goals in his last 16 MLS Regular Season games for the LA Galaxy. With his goal in the 77th minute from the penalty kick spot, midfielder Romain Alessandrini tallied his tenth goal this season in 23 games and 20 starts. Defender Rolf Feltscher will miss the next LA Galaxy match due to yellow card accumulation. Feltscher made his 13th start in an LA Galaxy uniform, tallying one assist on the night and marking his sixth straight start since returning from a mid-season injury. In his third game as Interim Head Coach, Dominic Kinnear played the same Starting XI that he saw in a dominant 3-0 home win against Seattle Sounders FC last Sunday. LA Galaxy goalkeeper David Bingham has started in every MLS match for LA this season. He is the only Galaxy players to start in each match. LA Galaxy Interim Head Coach Dominic Kinnear is now 168-136-134 during his 15-year coaching career in Major League Soccer. LA Galaxy will next travel to Kansas City to face Sporting KC on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 5:30 p.m. PT live on Spectrum SportsNet. For more information, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.
LA Galaxy Postgame Quote Sheet: LA Galaxy 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 LA Galaxy 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. PT 2018 MLS Regular Season StubHub Center – Los Angeles, Calif.
LA GALAXY INTERIM HEAD COACH DOMINIC KINNEAR On what the team is doing differently to win games: “I don’t want to compare. I think it’s unfair. I think they’ve been focused, and they’ve played with great determination, so I think it’s pretty simple.” On the defense’s performance: “I think we’re getting pressure on the ball; which makes it easier for the other people to see where the ball is going. I think Dave Romney and Daniel Steres have played very well. We did know that today Vancouver was going to come in, and they have a way they can play sometimes, and they did that when they passed the ball to Kei [Kamara]. We just asked for Dave [Romney] or Daniel [Steres] to be close to him to make his run for the ball a little bit difficult. But, I do think that the pressure we’ve been putting to the ball has been good, and I think it’s been a collective effort which has been great.” On Zlatan Ibrahimović’s two goals:
“It was very nice of him to do that. It was very good. I thought his hold up play tonight was excellent. He brought people into play. His second goal was good to watch. His free kick; I wish it would’ve gone in too, because it was such a great hit. Overall, I think in playing the game, or playing long, he’s a great target player as well; he’s got a lot of facets to his game that we’re seeing, live, which is nice. He’s been great for us.” On Jonathan dos Santos’s recent performance: “I don’t think it’s just the last two games. I think when he’s healthy, he’s a very important player for us. Obviously, we’re dropping him a little bit deeper now with the way that we’re playing. I think him and Sebastian [Lletget] have a good understanding, and a great partnership together. Jonathan is getting a lot of the ball, and he doesn’t really waste the possession. And, if he does, he’s one of the first guys to be responsible to win the ball back. He was a bit of the tempo setter for us tonight. I thought the way he played, even leading up to the first goal, was good to watch; interactive with players, passing the ball, and moving, and a lot of that revolved around Jonathan [dos Santos], so obviously we know he’s an important player to the team.” LA GALAXY FORWARD ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ On Romain Alessandrini taking the second penalty: “Romain [Alessandrini] came and he asked and I give. Like I said when I came the first day I’m not here to do a one man show. I’m here for the team to help them and we need all the players we have. If Romain feels confident of course he should take it. I think that was more important than my hat trick, so we need all the players we have especially now in this moment. I need him as well as he needs me and the team needs us and we need the team. It’s the way we play, it’s the collective game. And he scored, more importantly.”
On the mentality of the team: “The club changed the coach and they wanted a reaction and I think they got a reaction. First game, I think we did good, we got sloppy and we lost. But the second game we won comfortable 3-0 and today we won 3-0 and we are doing it well. We are not doing it by luck. As I said here last time, we are a threat for every team if we play like this. I bet you whatever you want. Nobody wants to get us in the playoffs because we are dangerous if we do what we do like we do it now. Just hope for them that we don’t make it to the playoffs.”
On tonight’s opposition: “Physically, they are physically strong. This is the first time I see since I was in England in Premier League that I see many guys big like that. It was a physical team. I think they did good, but we did it better because we were playing, we wanted, we were creative, we were in the movement and we scored. That’s the way the game goes. If you don’t score, you don’t win. I don’t think they had pretty good chances if I remember correctly.”
On the defense: “If you don’t concede a goal it means they did a fantastic job. It’s two games now that they don’t concede goals, but for me defense is the whole team, not only the defenders. If we name the defenders, they’re doing a great job and if you keep going like this you get more confident and you believe more in what you are doing. They are playing good. They are playing with stability and giving the game possession to the rest of the team and the midfield move around. They like to have the ball.”
On his celebration: “That was for my friend because he’s too stressed over the situation. I say relax. As long as I’m here you don’t need to stress, so that was for him.”
On Whitecaps’ winger going to Bayern Munich: “I mean we were dominating today. He’s a good player. I mean don’t know so much because I’m still new in the game here in MLS, so if he goes to Bayern he is a good player. They don’t choose bad players and especially young players. In a club like Bayern he will learn a lot. If they saw something, they saw something big because they don’t get anyone just like that. I just hope he’s ready when he comes there because when he comes there he will be lonely and the competition will be big, so he needs to be mentality strong when he sees the big players not to show too much respect. You go in there for a reason because you are part of the team and it’s up to him to make the rest, so I see the future is bright.”
On the Swedish fans in the crowd: “I saw a lot of yellow shirts and normally it’s the stewards like you say, but this time it was the fans. It was nice to see we have a big support, we Swedes and I’m proud. I’m Swedish and wherever I go I represent Sweden, so like I said I put Sweden on the map. Them coming to LA is something amazing. I’m happy I could give back to them because I don’t think they are here every week because it’s not a short cut to come here. I just thanks
for the support and I think they are happy with the performance also. I think it’s a special night every time I play here, so that becomes a Swedish night.”
On how he’s feeling at this point in the season: “I feel good. In the end of the season, normally you get a little bit tired, but I feel good. I feel in shape. Maybe the performance talks for itself, but I feel good. I get a lot of help from my teammates. I try to be creative, I try to be unpredictable and I try to do what I’m best, play my game and help the team. When you get an outcome like today, it’s a good night. It’s something that we worked the whole week for. I like to be involved in the game even if I’m not 20 anymore when I was very active, but I think the older I get the more intelligent I get and I adjust my game after what I am able to do. I’m not trying to complicate. I did some wrong passes today, but that’s just because my knee gets a little bit tired and I get a little bit sloppy, but normally I don’t miss those passes.”
LA GALAXY DEFENDER ASHLEY COLE
On the past two games and the team’s confidence: “Yeah, I think like I mentioned when I spoke to you last week, after our last performance we knew we could play better. Our style was changed already the time Dom [Kinnear] has been here and I think again, it showed today. We keep the ball very well, we play, we create chances. Like I mentioned again, this is the LA that I know.”
On the team’s philosophy and how it’s making the difference: “Yeah, I think if you look back at the past games and the kind of bad results we had. For me it was due down to not keeping the ball, keep panicking, playing it back to the goalie, he was hitting long balls and we were not winning second balls. But now we are keeping the ball very well. We are very dangerous on counterattacks, and we have players playing with confidence, which is a big change from how we’ve been playing.”
On the second shutout and the difference in how the team is defending: “I think we are just playing calm. I think like I mentioned, it all goes back to us panicking, hitting long balls, we weren’t winning the second balls and, we were kind of constantly defending. I think with the players we have now, with Jonathan [dos Santos] and Sebastian [Lletget] in there we are keeping the ball, we don’t have to hit the long balls. They’re making angles, making space, we are giving them the ball and we aren’t defending as much as we did before, which is a big factor of why we aren’t conceding any goals in the last two games.”
On the significance of the win tonight moving forward: “Yeah I just think again for the confidence and for LA I think it was important to win today. I think Seattle won, so again we have to go again and try catching teams on top of us. We are confident after today’s performance and last week we are looking forward to a tough game against KC, but we are confident.”
LA GALAXY FORWARD ROMAIN ALESSANDRINI
On the difference of the team over the past two games: “First, I think we changed the formation, so now we play 4-3-3 and now it’s easier defensively because everyone knows what they have to do. I think we run more for each other, we fight more for each other and everyone wants to get into the playoffs. Now we have to be focused. Tonight we showed a lot of things and we are very happy with the result. Now we just have to recover and move forward.”
On taking the second penalty: “Usually, [Zlatan] Ibrahimović takes every penalty. For this one, I just asked him, ‘can I get this one?’ and he told me first, let me score a hat trick. I said ‘please’ and he said ‘okay go ahead.’ So, thank you for him and it was good for me to get a goal.”
Thoughts on the game: “Vancouver is a good team, but we played very well. We came onto the field with a lot of expectations and we showed them that we play at home with a lot of [aggression]. When you go up 1-0 after two or three minutes it’s easier for us. After that we played good soccer and we have a lot quality in this team. We showed tonight that we can get to playoffs.”
On playoff chances: “We know that we can get to the playoffs. It doesn’t depend on us because we have to follow the result on Salt Lake tomorrow, but if we win every game until the end of the season we will see what’s going to happen. We are confident.”
On personal enjoyment: “When you come back out of your position it’s easy because I know what I have to do on the field when I play on the left or on the right side. Maybe since two or three weeks I give more for the team defensively. Obviously I miss something offensively because I’m a little bit tired. I’m happy to come back in this formation because we are more confident. The team played better.”
On scoring 10 goals this season: “It means a lot because I came to this team for that, to score goals and give assists, so 10 goals and seven assists is not so bad. I have to continue like that and give more for the team.
On the mentality going into the week: “I think with the two wins you are more confident and we have to believe because we know we can do it. We can do something great, so now we have to move forward and keep going.”
LA GALAXY MIDFIELDER JONATHAN DOS SANTOS [Translated from Spanish]
On how well the team is playing: “Very well, the team has changed its chip. We know we have to keep adding up points to be in the playoffs, every game the team looks more confident and more compact and I think that’s very important for the last three games that are left.”
On what has made the sudden difference: “A little bit of everything. Like I’ve said, I think the mentality from the team. Dom [Kinnear] as well, who has done a great job with the team and we have to keep this same mentality. It’s great to be in this winning streak and we hope to continue with this confidence.”
On being back as a team: “You can say that, but we still can’t celebrate just yet. We have to stay calm, with the tranquility we’ve had and keep working day to day which is the most important. Of course, Galaxy is there, we are there with the eagerness after not being in the playoffs after two years, and we hope to be there.”
On what has changed defensively: “Well, like I’ve said it’s a little of everything. The players are committing themselves more and now that we have reached the end of the season we are eager to do well, something we haven’t done very well this season. We know we are defending a great club, the Galaxy deserves these games and we want the fans to enjoy them with us getting these wins and clean sheets, which I think is the important factor on winning these past games.”
On the play before you were subbed out: “I was a little tired to be honest. I had a bit of cramping but it’s nothing serious and nothing to worry about. For the next training and game, I’ll be perfect god willing.”
On your level of play and on Tata Martino being a head coach candidate for the Mexican National Team: “Well yes, like you’ve said, I feel like I’m gaining confidence. Yes, it’s also true that I haven’t been at my best these past few months. I’ve worked very hard but sometimes you just have these bad runs. At the end of the day it’s a team effort. Now thanks to the team and to everyone, every player looks better. I think Tata [Martino] is an excellent coach and if he arrives with the national team it’ll be a great option. I was with him for a year at Barcelona, I had the bad luck of injuring my knee during that time. However, I can tell you he’s a great coach and hopefully he’ll be an option.”
On what was more rewarding, the clean sheets or the wins: “I think both, but I think maybe getting the clean sheets is the most important. At the end of the day that’s what wins you games because most games we score three or four goals and end up losing. Yes, I think keeping the clean sheets is the most rewarding.”
On his partnership with Sebastian Lletget: “The absolute worst, Sebastian [Lletget] is very bad. No, but honestly I appreciate him a lot, he is a great player. Every time we play together we understand each other very well. He’s a player with great abilities and when I have him playing next to me, he makes it much easier. For me, apart from being a great friend outside of the pitch he’s a great and important player for the team.”
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 OC 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
DATE Sunday, Mar 4 Sunday, Mar 11 Saturday, Mar 24 Saturday, Mar 31 Sunday, Apr 8 Saturday, Apr 14 Saturday, Apr 21 Saturday, Apr 28 Saturday, May 5 Saturday, May 12 Monday, May 21 Friday, May 25 Wednesday, May 30 Saturday, Jun 2 Wednesday, Jun 6 Saturday, Jun 9 Saturday, Jun 30 Wednesday, Jul 4 Saturday, Jul 7 Saturday, Jul 14 Saturday, Jul 21 Thursday, Jul 26 Sunday, Jul 29 Saturday, Aug 4 Saturday, Aug 11 Tuesday, Aug 14 Saturday, Aug 18 Friday, Aug 24 Saturday, Sep 1 Saturday, Sep 15 Sunday, Sep 23 Saturday, Sep 29 Saturday, Oct 6 Sunday, Oct 21 Sunday, Oct 28
OPPONENT Portland Timbers New York City FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC LAFC Sporting Kansas City Chicago Fire Atlanta United FC New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo FC Dallas Montreal Impact San Jose Earthquakes FC Dallas Portland Timbers FC Golden State Force Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Columbus Crew SC New England Revolution Philadelphia Union LAFC Orlando City SC Colorado Rapids Minnesota United FC Colorado Rapids Seattle Sounders FC LAFC Real Salt Lake Toronto FC Seattle Sounders Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sporting Kansas City Minnesota United FC Houston Dynamo
VENUE StubHub Center Yankee Stadium BC Place StubHub Center StubHub Center Toyota Park StubHub Center StubHub Center BBVA Compass Stadium Toyota Stadium Saputo Stadium StubHub Center StubHub Center Providence Park Stubhub Center T&F StubHub Center Stanford Stadium StubHub Center StubHub Center Gillette Stadium Talen Energy Stadium Banc of California Stadium StubHub Center Dick’s Sporting Goods Park StubHub Center StubHub Center CenturyLink Field StubHub Center Rio Tinto Stadium BMO Field StubHub Center StubHub Center Children’s Mercy Park TCF Bank Stadium StubHub Center
TIME (PT) 7:00pm 2:00pm 7:00pm 12:00pm 6:00pm 12:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm TBA 12:30pm 12:00pm 8:00pm 7:30pm 2:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 4:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 6:30pm 6:00pm 7:30pm 7:30 pm 12:30pm 7:30pm 7pm 11:00am 4:00pm 7:00pm 5:30pm TBA 1:30pm
TV/RESULT W2–1 L1–2 D0–0 W4–3 L0–2 W1–0 L0–2 L2–3 L2–3 L2–3 W1–0 W1–0 L2–3 D1–1 W3–1 W 3 – 0 D3–3 D2–2 W4–0 W3–2 W3–1 D2–2 W4–3 L 1–2 D2–2 D2–2 L0–5 D1–1 L2–6 L3–5 W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0 MLS MLS MLS
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 24 25 26 28 29 38 41
Player David Bingham Perry Kitchen Ashley Cole Dave Romney Daniel Steres Baggio Husidic Romain Alessandrini Jonathan dos Santos Zlatan Ibrahimović Giovani dos Santos Ola Kamara Brian Sylvestre Servando Carrasco Ariel Lassiter Jorgen Skjelvik Sebastian Lletget Chris Pontius Tomas Hilliard-Arce Hugo Arellano Emmanuel Boateng Rolf Feltscher Efrain Alvarez Michael Ciani Sheanon Williams Bradford Jamieson IV Justin Vom Steeg
Pos. GK M D D D M M M F F F GK M F D M M D D M D M D D F GK
Ht. 6-2 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-1 5-8 5-8 6-5 5-10 6-0 6-5 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-6 5-11 5-8 6-4 5-11 6-3 6-4
Wt. 189 160 146 190 175 160 155 160 209 157 181 215 165 155 170 165 170 175 165 150 163 150 190 170 165 200
DOB 10/19/1989 02/29/1992 12/20/1980 06/12/1993 11/11/1990 05/19/1987 04/03/1989 04/26/1990 10/03/1981 05/11/1989 10/15/1989 12/19/1992 08/13/1988 09/27/1994 07/05/1991 09/03/1992 05/12/1987 11/22/1995 03/05/1998 01/17/1994 10/06/1990 06/19/2002 04/06/1984 03/17/1990 10/18/1996 04/05/1997
Hometown Castro Valley, Calif. Indianapolis, Indiana London, England Irvine, Calif. Calabasas, Calif. Libertyville, Ill. Marseille, France Monterrey, Mexico Malmö, Sweden Monterrey, Mexico Oslo, Norway Hollywood, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Temecula, Calif. Baerum, Switzerland San Francisco, Calif. Yorba Linda, Calif. Matthews, N.C. Norwalk, Calif. Accra, Ghana Bülach, Switzerland Los Angeles, Calif. Clichy-sous-Bois Boston, Mass. Los Angeles, Calif. Santa Barbara, Calif.
College University of California-Berkeley University of Akron -San Francisco San Diego State Illinois-Chicago ------University of California-Berkeley Cal Poly San Luis Obispo --UCSB Stanford -UC Santa Barbara ---North Carolina -UCSB
No. 7 21 26 1 24 14 28 3 8 10 25 20 6 9 38 11 2 15 17 19 4 16 5 12 41 29
Player Romain Alessandrini Hugo Arellano Efrain Alvarez David Bingham Emmanuel Boateng Servando Carrasco Michael Ciani Ashley Cole Jonathan dos Santos Giovani dos Santos Rolf Feltscher Tomas Hilliard-Arce Baggio Husidic Zlatan Ibrahimović Bradford Jamieson IV Ola Kamara Perry Kitchen Ariel Lassiter Sebastian Lletget Chris Pontius Dave Romney Jorgen Skjelvik Daniel Steres Brian Sylvestre Justin Vom Steeg Sheanon Williams
Pos. M D M GK M M D D M F D D M F F F M F M M D D D GK GK D
Pronunciation Roh-mahn Al-ess-anne-DREE-knee HEW-go ARE-ray-ahn-no EFF-rah-een AL-vuh-rez BING-uhm AH-man-u-elle Boh-ah-teng CUH-rah-SCOE See-ah-nee Ash-lee Cohl Doh-San-tos JEE-oh-von-ee Doh-San-tos Roll-f felt-sher TOE-mas Hill-E-ard AR-say BAH-Gio Who-SID-itch E-bra-HEEM-oh-vich Jame-eh-son OH-la KUH-mar-UH PEAR-ee ARE-e-ell LASS-it-err Lah-jet Pawn-tee-us Romm-nee YOR-ghen Skee-yel-vick STARE-iss Sill-ves-TREE VAHM steeg SHAY-nahn
Place of Birth Marseille, France Norwalk, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Castro Valley, Calif. Accra, Ghana San Diego, Calif. Clichy-sous-Bois, France London, England Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico Bülach, Switzerland Matthews, N.C. Velika Kladuša, Bosnia Malmö, Sweden Los Angeles, Calif. Oslo, Norway Indianapolis Turrialba, Costa Rica San Francisco, Calif. Yorba Linda, Calif. Irvine, Calif. Baerum, Norway Burbank, Calif. Hollywood, Fla. Santa Barbara, Calif. Boston, Mass
Last Club Olympique de Marseille (France) LA Galaxy II (USL) LA Galaxy II (USL) San Jose Earthquakes Helsingborgs IF (Sweden) Orlando City SC FC Lorient (France) AS Roma (Italy) Villarreal CF (Spain) Villarreal CF (Spain) Cardiff City (England) Stanford Hammarby (Sweden) Manchester United LA Galaxy Academy Columbus Crew SC Randers FC (Denmark) LA Galaxy II (USL) West Ham United (England) Philadelphia Union LA Galaxy II (USL) Rosenborg BK (Norway) LA Galaxy II (USL) North Carolina FC LA Galaxy II (USL) Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS)
Interim Head Coach: Dom Kinnear Assistant Coach: Oka Nikolov Assistant Coach: Junior Gonzalez Vice President of Soccer Operations: Peter Vagenas Director of Player Personnel: Kurt Schmid Director of Sports Medicine: Ivan Pierra Director of Sports Performance: Pierre Barrieu *2018 MLS SuperDraft selection
Team Administrator: Zack Murshedi Technical Director: Jovan Kirovski Director of Soccer Operations: Gordon Kljestan Equipment Manager: Raul Vargas Strength & Conditioning Coach: Adam Waterson Sports Scientist: William Sparks Athletic Assistant: Cesar Roldan
MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
2018 CATERGORICAL WIN-LOSS
Quickest Goal: 1’ (Zlatan Ibrahimović vs. SJ, 6/30) & (Jonathan dos Santos vs RSL, 9/1)
6 Against: 2’ (Fuenmayor (HOU), 5/5) Quickest Goal Gm. Winning Goals after 75': 3 (Ibrahimović, 3/31, Kamara 5/21, Alessandrini 5/25, Pontius 7/14) Gm. Tying Goals after 75': 5 (Ibrahimović 3/31, Kamara 5/5, Boateng 5/12, Romney 7/14, Kamara 7/26) Game-Winning Goals Against after 75': 3 (Rodriguez 5/5, Nicholson 8/4, Osorio 9/15) Game-Tying Goals Against after 75': 3 (Mattocks 7/4, Ibarra 8/12, Jackson 8/14) Multi-Goal Games: 20 Multi-Goal Games Against: 16 Multi-Assist Games: 16 Multi-Assist Games Against: 11 Hat Tricks: 1 (Zlatan vs. ORL, 7/29) Hat Tricks Against: Own Goals For: Own Goals Against: 2 (3/31 vs. LAFC, 9/1 vs. RSL) Red Cards: 3 (Cole, NYC, 3/11, Ibrahimović 5/21, Cole 7/14) Opp. Red Cards: 4 (Ziegler, DAL, 5/12 | Colman, DAL, 5/30, Calvo 8/12) Shutouts Earned: 7 (VAN 3/24, CHI 4/14, MTL 5/21, SJ 5/25, RSL 6/9, CLB 7/7, SEA 9/23, VAN 9/29)
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PENALTY KICKS FOR: Date 7/7 9/23 9/29 9/29
Min. 56’ 9’ 4’ 77’
Player Zlatan Ibrahimović Zlatan Ibrahimović Zlatan Ibrahimović Romain Alessandrini Totals: 4/4
Goalkeeper Zac Steffen Stefan Frei Stefan Marinovic Stefan Marinovic
Result Goal Goal Goal Goal
Overall
Home
Road
Overall: 11-11-8 vs. West 6-7-7 vs. East: 6-4-1 Scoring First: 6-2-6 Opp. Scoring First: 4-9-1 Leading at Half: 4-1-5 Trailing at Half: 4-9-1 Tied at Half: 3-1-2 Leading at 75': 7-0-2 Trailing at 75': 2-9-1 Tied at 75': 2-2-5 One-Goal Games: 7-6-0 Scoring 0 Goals 0-3-1 Scoring 1 Goal 3-2-3 w Scoring 2 Goals 1-5-3 Scoring 3+ Goals 7-1-1 Allowing 0 Goals 5-0-1 Allowing 1 Goal 2-0-2 Allowing 2 Goals 1-4-4 Allowing 3+ Goals 2-7-1 Day Games (pre 6 p.m.): 3-3-1 Night Games (post 6 p.m.): 7-7-7 On Weekends: 10-10-6 Midweek: 1-1-2 In White Jersey/Short: 11-11-6 In Blue Jersey/Short: 0-0-2 In Third Jersey/Short: 0-0-0 In White Jersey/Blue Short: 0-0-0 On ESPN/ESPN2: 0-1-3 On FOX 1-0-0 On Fox Sports: 3-1-0 On Univision/UniMas: 2-0-1 On Spectrum SportsNet: 5-9-4 In March: 2-2-1 In April: 1-3-0 In May: 2-3-0 In June: 1-0-2 In July: 4-0-2 In August: 0-2-3 In September: 1-2-0 In October: 0-0-0
7-4-4 5-2-3 2-2-1 4-0-4 2-5-0 3-0-3 2-3-0 2-1-1 5-0-2 1-3-0 1-1-2 4-2-0 0-2-0 1-0-2 1-2-2 5-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-1 0-2-3 2-2-0 1-0-0 5-4-4 7-3-3 0-1-1 7-4-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 3-1-0 1-0-0 2-3-3 2-0-0 0-3-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-0-1 0-0-3 1-0-0 0-0-0
4-7-4 0-5-4 3-2-0 2-2-2 2-5-1 1-1-2 2-6-1 1-0-1 2-0-0 1-6-1 1-1-3 3-4-0 0-1-1 2-2-1 0-3-1 2-1-1 2-0-1 1-0-1 1-2-1 0-5-1 2-3-1 2-3-3 3-7-3 1-0-1 4-7-2 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-6-1 0-1-1 1-0-0 1-2-0 0-0-2 2-0-1 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-0-0
GALAXY NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS United States NAME CAPS G/A Lletget 3 1/0 México NAME CAPS G/A Dos Santos104 22/Dos Santos 34
GALAXY AWARD WINNERS MLS Player of the Month MLS Player of the Week Week 5: Zlatan Ibrahimović Week 22: Zlatan Ibrahimović
2018 CATEGORIAL WIIN-LOSS BY REFEREE Referee Jair Marrufo Ismail Elfath Fotis Bazakos Mark Geiger Robert Sibiga Ted Unkel Baldomero Toledo Allen Chapman Alan Kelly Jose Carlos Rivero Kevin Stott Drew Fischer Ted Unkel Silviu Petrescu Hilario Grajeda Alejandro Mariscal Armando Villarreal Victor Rivas Nima Sghafi
Overall 1-0-1 1-1-0 0-0-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-1 0-1-0 0-1-2 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-2-0 1-0-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-0
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PENALTY KICKS AGAINST: Date 4/21 4/21 4/28 6/2 6/30 6/30 8/24
Min. 21’ 94’ 84’ 57’ 15’ 69’ 51’
Team ATL ATL NY POR SJ SJ LFC
Player Martinez Almiron Kaku Valeri Wondo Wondo Vela Totals: 5/7
2018 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week Zlatan Ibrahimović: Week 5, Week 15, Week 18, Week 22 Ashley Cole: Week 7 Chris Pontius: Week 20 Michael Ciani: Week 21 Ola Kamara: Week 30
Goalkeeper Bingham Bingham Bingham Bingham Bingham Bingham Bingham
MLS Goal of the Week Week 5: Zlatan Ibrahimović Week 29: Zlatan Ibrahimović
Result Miss Goal Goal Goal Save Goal Goal
LA Galaxy 2 | Portland Timbers 1 March 4, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 25,462
NYCFC 2 | LA Galaxy 1 March 11, 2018, at Yankee Stadium Attendance: 26,221
LA – Ola Kamara 32’ (Assisted by Rolf Feltscher, Jonathan dos Santos) LA – Romain Alessandrini 34’ POR – Sebastián Blanco (Assisted by Fanendo Adi) 66’
NYC – Anton Tinnerholm 22’ NYC – David Villa 33’ LA – Jonathan dos Santos 60’ (Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng, Sebastian Lletget)
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Jonathan dos Santos, Perry Kitchen; Romain Alessandrini (Chris Pontius 60’), Giovani dos Santos (Sebastian Lletget 72’), Emmanuel Boateng (Servando Carrasco 82’); Ola Kamara.
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Michael Ciani (Daniel Steres 45’), Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Jonathan dos Santos, Perry Kitchen; Sebastian Lletget (Dave Romney 77’), Giovani dos Santos (Servando Carrasco HT), Emmanuel Boateng; Ola Kamara.
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Dave Romney, Daniel Steres, Baggio Husidic. LA POR
SHT 14 15
SOG 3 7
F 15 14
OFF 1 0
CK 4 6
SV 6 1
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Emrah Klimenta, Baggio Husidic, Ariel Lassiter.
NYC LA
SHT 12 7
SOG 7 3
F 15 11
OFF 2 4
CK 6 5
SV 5 2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 | LA Galaxy 0 March 24, 2018, at BC Place Attendance: 22,120
LA Galaxy 4 | LAFC 3 March 31, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 27, 068
No scoring
LAFC – Carlos Vela (Assisted by Steven Beitashour) 5’ LAFC – Carlos Vela (Assisted by Diego Rossi, Marco Urena) 26’ LAFC – Daniel Steres (own goal) 48’ LA – Sebastian Lletget (Assisted by Servando Carrasco) 61’ LA – Chris Pontius (Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng) 73’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović (Assisted by Daniel Steres) 77’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović (Assisted by Ashley Cole, Bagio Husidic) 90’+1
Lineup: David Bingham; Daniel Steres, Jorgen Skjelvik, Tomas Hilliard-Arce; Rolf Feltscher, Perry Kitchen, Sebastian Lletget (Baggio Husidic 81’), Servando Carrasco (Joao Pedro 90’+3), David Romney; Emmanuel Boateng, Ariel Lassiter (Chris Pontius 65’). Substitutions not used: Brian Sylvestre, Justin Vom Steeg, Hugo Arellano
VAN LA
SHT 11 8
SOG 2 1
F 12 10
OFF 1 1
CK 3 6
SV 1 2
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Perry Kitchen, Servando Carrasco (Baggio Husidic 61’); Chris Pontius (Dave Romney 84’), Sebastian Lletget (Zlatan Ibrahimović 71’), Emmanuel Boateng; Ola Kamara. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Emrah Klimenta, Ariel Lassiter. LA LAFC
SHT 11 15
SOG 6 6
F 9 5
OFF 0 0
CK 6 3
LA Galaxy 0 | Sporting KC 2 April 8, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 25,846
Chicago Fire 0 | LA Galaxy 1 April 14, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 21,915
SKC – Dániel Sallói 57’ SKC – Johnny Russell (Assisted by Roger Espinoza) 61’
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović 45’+1’ (Assisted by Ashley Cole)
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Perry Kitchen, Jonathan dos Santos; Chris Pontius, Romain Alessandrini (Sebastian Lletget 67’), Emmanuel Boateng (Zlatan Ibrahimović 62’); Ola Kamara. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Dave Romney, Michael Ciani, Servando Carrasco, Baggio Husidic. LA SKC
SHT 22 13
SOG 10 4
F 11 5
OFF 2 1
CK 5 6
SV 2 10
SV 2 1
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Romain Alessandrini (Chris Pontius 66’), Perry Kitchen, Jonathan dos Santos, Sebastian Lletget (Baggio Husidic 85’); Ola Kamara, Zlatan Ibrahimović (Emmanuel Boateng 80’) Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Michael Ciani, Dave Romney, Servando Carrasco. CHI LA
SHT 7 8
SOG 4 4
F 10 11
OFF 3 6
CK 11 9
SV 3 4
LA Galaxy 0 | Atlanta United FC April 21, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 25,846
LA Galaxy 2 | New York Red Bulls 3 April 28, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 26,704
ATL – Josef Martinez 22’ ATL – Miguel Almirón 90’+4’ (penalty kick)
NYRB – Daniel Royer (Assisted by Bradley Wright-Phillips, Alejandro Romero Gamarra) 7’ NYRB – Florian Valot (Assisted by Bradley Wright-Phillips, Alejandro Romero Gamarra) 49’ LA – Ola Kamara (Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimović) 59’ LA – Giovani dos Santos (Assisted by Dave Romney, Zlatan Ibrahimović) 66’ NYRB – Alejandro Romero Gamarra (penalty) 84’
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres (Chris Pontius 81’), Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Romain Alessandrini, Perry Kitchen, Baggio Husidic (Servando Carrasco 60’), Sebastian Lletget (Giovani dos Santos 66’); Ola Kamara, Zlatan Ibrahimović. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Dave Romney, Michael Ciani LA ATL
SHT 7 19
SOG 1 7
F 16 12
OFF 4 1
CK 7 4
SV 5 1
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney (Chris Pontius 86’), Michael Ciani (Daniel Steres 89’), Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Sebastian Lletget, Perry Kitchen; Romain Alessandrini, Giovani dos Santos (Emmanuel Boateng 80’), Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimović. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Emrah Klimenta, Servando Carrasco, Baggio Husidic LA NY
SHT 11 10
SOG 5 6
F 9 7
OFF 6 2
CK 8 4
LA Galaxy 2 | Houston Dynamo 3 May 5, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 22,320
LA Galaxy 2 | FC Dallas 3 May 12, 2018, at Toyota Stadium Attendance: 18,355
HOU – Alejandro Fuenmayor (Assisted by Romell Quioto) 2’ LA – Giovani dos Santos 39’ HOU – Romell Quioto 47’ LA – Ola Kamara (Assisted by Giovani dos Santos, Zlatan Ibrahimović) 85’ HOU – Memo Rodriguez 90’
DAL – Maximilliano Urruti 28’ (Assisted by Mauro Díaz) DAL – Roland Lamah 44’ (Assisted by Mauro Díaz) LA – Ola Kamara 47’ (Assisted by Romain Alessandrini) DAL – Roland Lamah 52’ (Assisted by Mauro Díaz) LA – Ema Boateng 83’ (Assisted by Ashley Cole)
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney (Chris Pontius 86’), Michael Ciani (Daniel Steres 89’), Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Sebastian Lletget, Perry Kitchen; Romain Alessandrini, Giovani dos Santos (Emmanuel Boateng 80’), Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimović. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Emrah Klimenta, Servando Carrasco, Baggio Husidic HOU LA
SHT 16 10
SOG 9 4
F 6 11
OFF 1 3
CK 1 3
SV 2 6
SV 3 3
Lineup: David Bingham; Daniel Steres, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Perry Kitchen (Sebastian Lletget HT), Jonathan dos Santos (Servando Carrasco 56’); Chris Pontius (Emmanuel Boateng 77’), Romain Alessandrini, Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Emrah Klimenta, Dave Romney, Baggio Husidic. DAL LA
SHT 10 19
SOG 4 3
F 6 13
OFF 2 0
CK 3 3
SV 1 1
LA Galaxy 1 | Montreal impact 0 May 21, 2018, at Saputo Stadium Attendance: 20,801
LA Galaxy 1 | San Jose Earthquakes 0 May 25, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 23,118
LA – Ola Kamara (Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng) 75’
LA – Romain Alessandrini (Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng) 82’
Lineup: David Bingham; Emrah Klimenta, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Dave Romney; Perry Kitchen, Sebastian Lletget (Chris Pontius 64’); Romain Alessandrini (Emmanuel Boateng 64’), Jonathan dos Santos, Ola Kamara (Tomas Hilliard-Arce 90’+1); Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Lineup: David Bingham; Emrah Klimenta (Ashley Cole 67’), Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Dave Romney; Perry Kitchen, Sebastian Lletget (Giovani dos Santos 75’); Romain Alessandrini, Jonathan dos Santos ©, Chris Pontius (Emmanuel Boateng HT); Ola Kamara.
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Servando Carrasco, Ariel Lassiter. MTL LA
SHT 23 7
SOG 5 4
F 6 6
OFF 2 2
CK 5 5
SV 5 5
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Servando Carrasco. LA SJ
SHT 11 8
SOG 1 1
F 16 9
OFF 2 4
CK 7 3
SV 1 0
LA Galaxy 2 | FC Dallas 3 May 30, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 18,003
Portland Timbers 1 | LA Galaxy 1 June 2, 2018, at Providence Park Attendance: 21,144
FCD – Ryan Hollingshead (Assisted by Mauro Díaz, Kellyn Acosta) 34’ FCD – Cristian Colman (Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead, Mauro Díaz) 40’ FCD – Carlos Gruezo 66’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Sebastian Lletget, Ashley Cole) 69’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Chris Pontius, Perry Kitchen) 90’+7
LA – Chris Pontius (Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng) 20’ POR – Diego Valeri (penalty) 57’
Lineup: David Bingham; Daniel Steres (Michael Ciani 58’), Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Perry Kitchen, Servando Carrasco (Emmanuel Boateng 58’); Romain Alessandrini, Sebastian Lletget, Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Dave Romney, Emrah Klimenta, Joao Pedro, Chris Pontius. SHT 21 14
LA DAL
SOG 8 8
F 10 4
OFF 2 3
CK 12 2
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Perry Kitchen, Servando Carrasco; Romain Alessandrini (Joao Pedro 73’), Sebastian Lletget, Emmanuel Boateng (Zlatan Ibrahimovic 72’); Chris Pontius (Ariel Lassiter 84’) Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Emrah Klimenta. POR LA
SHT 16 18
SOG 3 10
F 8 11
OFF 2 2
CK 7 11
SV 5 5
LA Galaxy 3 | Real Salt Lake 0 June 9, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 25,462
LA Galaxy 3 | San Jose Earthquakes 3 June 30, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 50,743
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Chris Pontius) 61’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Servando Carrasco) 67’ LA – Ola Kamara (Assisted by Chris Pontius) 76’
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović (Assisted by Chris Pontius) 1' SJ – Chris Wondolowski 15' LA – Romain Alessandrini 20' LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović' 25' SJ – Valeri Qazaishvilli 39' SJ – Chris Wondolowski (penalty) 69'
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Perry Kitchen, Servando Carrasco; Chris Pontius (Ariel Lassiter 90’+2), Sebastian Lletget (Bradford Jamieson IV 49’) Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Emmanuel Boateng 86’) Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Joao Pedro. SHT 10 13
LA RSL
SOG 6 3
F 9 10
OFF 3 1
CK 6 6
SV 10 2
SV 3 3
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole; Perry Kitchen, João Pedro (Baggio Husidic 67'); Chris Pontius (Ariel Lassiter 87'), Romain Alessandrini (Sheanon Williams 84'), Bradford Jamieson IV, Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Tomas Hilliard-Arce. SJ LA
SHT 12 10
SOG 6 4
F 12 24
OFF 1 0
CK 4 4
SV 1 2
LA Galaxy 2 | D.C. United 2 July 4, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 25,462
LA Galaxy 4 | Columbus Crew SC 0 July 7, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 25,462
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović (Assisted by Dave Romney) 5' LA – Chris Pontius (Assisted by Jorgen Skjelvik) 25’ DC – Zoltan Stieber (Assisted by Luciano Acosta) 26’ DC – Darron Mattocks (Assisted by Paul Arriola) 85
LA – Ola Kamara 42' (Assisted by Ashley Cole) LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (penalty) 56’ LA – Romain Alessandrini 67’ LA – Romain Alessandrini 90’+3 (Assisted by Chris Pontius, Perry Kitchen)
Lineup: David Bingham; Tomas Hilliard-Arce (Daniel Steres 82’), Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik; Chris Pontius, Ashley Cole ©, Perry Kitchen, Dave Romney; Bradford Jamieson IV (Baggio Husidic 31’); Romain Alessandrini (Ola Kamara 69’), Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Sheanon Williams, Joao Pedro, Ariel Lassiter. SHT 13 13
LA DC
SOG 4 3
F 20 9
OFF 4 2
CK 2 7
SV 1 2
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik; Chris Pontius, Jonathan dos Santos, Perry Kitchen, Ashley Cole ©; Giovani dos Santos (Emmanuel Boateng 82’); Ola Kamara (Romain Alessandrini 61’), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sheanon Williams 71’) Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Daniel Steres, Baggio Husidic LA CLB
SHT 14 20
SOG 5 5
F 11 8
OFF 1 2
CK 5 6
SV 5 1
New England Revolution 2 | LA Galaxy 3 July 14, 2018, at Gillette Stadium Attendance: 36,573 NE – Diego Fagundez (Assisted by Luis Caicedo) 28’ LA – Chris Pontius (Assisted by Ashley Cole) 38’ Caicedo (Assisted by Andrew Farrell) 45’ NE – Luis LA – Dave Romney 90’+1 LA – Chris Pontius (Assisted by Romain Alessandrini) 90’+2 Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani (Emmanuel Boateng 77’), Jorgen Skjelvik; Chris Pontius, Jonathan dos Santos, Perry Kitchen (Sheanon Williams 88’), Ashley Cole ©; Giovani dos Santos (Daniel Steres 90’); Ola Kamara, Romain Alessandrini. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Baggio Husidic, Ariel Lassiter. SHT SOG F OFF CK SV 16 NE 7 10 3 5 1 LA 4 11 1 3 5 10 LAFC 2 | LA Galaxy 2 July 26, 2018, at Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,716 LAFC – Carlos Vela 7’ (Assisted by Adama Diomande) LAFC – Lee Nguyen 20’ Alessandrini 82’ (Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimović) LA – Romain LA – Ola Kamara 86’ Lineup: David Bingham; Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik, Dave Romney; Perry Kitchen (Sebastian Lletget 75’), Romain Alessandrini, Jonathan dos Santos, Ashley Cole © (Chris Pontius 64’); Zlatan Ibrahimović, Santos, Ola Kamara Giovani dos Substitutions not used: Emmanuel Boateng, Sheanon Williams, Daniel Steres, Justin vom Steeg, Servando Carrasco. SOG F OFF CK SV SHT LA 15 4 22 4 4 4 LAFC 18 7 15 2 6 2 Colorado Rapids 2 | LA Galaxy 1 Aug. 4, 2018, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park 17,837 Attendance:
Philadelphia Union 1 | LA Galaxy 3 July 21, 2018, at Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 36,573 PHI – CJ Sapong (Borek Dockal) 29’ LA – Ola Kamara (Zlatan Ibrahimovic) 48’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Romain Alessandrini, Jonathan dos Santos) 63’ LA – Michael Ciani (Romain Alessandrini) 82’ Lineup: David Bingham; Jorgen Skjelvik, Michael Ciani, Tomas Hilliard-Arce (Romain Alessandrini 46’); Chris Pontius (Sheanon Williams 79’), Servando Carrasco, Jonathan dos Santos, Dave Romney; Giovani dos Santos (Emmanuel Boateng 90’); Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ola Kamara Substitutions not used: Justin vom Steeg; Daniel Steres, Baggio Husidic, Ariel Lassiter PHI LA
SHT 15 14
SOG 7 9
F 13 10
OFF 0 2
CK 6 8
SV 6 6
LA Galaxy 4 | Orlando City SC 3 July 29, 2018, StubHub Center Attendance: 24,941 ORL – Cristian Higuita (Assisted by Sacha Kljestan) 18’ LA – Giovani dos Santos (Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Dave Romney) 39’ ORL – Michael Ciani (own goal) 44’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Giovani dos Santos) 47’ ORL – Dominic Dwyer (Assisted by Mohamed El-Munir) 54’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Assisted by Ola Kamara) 67’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic 71’ Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik; Chris Pontius (Sheanon Williams 90’+2’), Jonathan dos Santos, Perry Kitchen (Sebastian Lletget 57’), Ashley Cole ©; Giovani dos Santos (Servando Carrasco 68’); Ola Kamara, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Baggio Husidic, Emmanuel Boateng.
LA Galaxy 2 | Minnesta United FC 2 July 29, 2018, StubHub Center Attendance: 24,891
LA – Romain Alessandrini 33’ COL – Kellyn Acosta (Assisted by Jack Price) 50’ COL – Sam Nicholson (Assisted by Edgar Castillo, Bismark Boateng) 90’
LA – Romain Alessandrini (Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic) 7’ MIN – Michael Boxall (Assisted by Darwin Quintero) 64’ LA – Sebastian Lletget 73’ MIN – Romario Ibarra (Assisted by Abu Danladi, Ibson) 84’
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Daniel Steres, Jorgen Skjelvik, Ashley Cole ©; Servando Carrasco (Ariel Lassiter 90’+4), Jonathan dos Santos; Chris Pontius (Emmanuel Boateng 71’), Sebastian Lletget (Perry Kitchen 66’), Romain Alessandrini; Ola Kamara.
Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani, Jorgen Skjelvik; Romain Alessandrini (Chris Pontius 24’), Perry Kitchen, Jonathan dos Santos, Ashley Cole © (Emmanuel Boateng 90’); Giovani dos Santos (Sebastian Lletget HT); Ola Kamara, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Michael Ciani, Sheanon Williams, Baggio Husidic. COL LA
SHT 14 8
SOG 4 4
F 13 11
OFF 3 1
CK 6 6
SV 3 2
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Rolf Feltscher, Servando Carrasco. SHT SOG F OFF CK SV LA 17 5 13 2 3 2 MIN 10 4 4 4 5 3
LA Galaxy 2 | Colorado Rapids 2 Aug. 14, 2018, at StubHub Center 16,231 Attendance: LA – Ashley Cole (Assisted by Chris Pontius) 59’ Castillo 74’ COL – Edgar LA – Sebastian Lletget (Assisted by Chris Pontius, Ola Kamara) 78’ COL – Niki Jackson 83’ Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani (Daniel Steres HT), Jorgen Skjelvik; Chris Pontius (Emmanuel Boateng 79’), Perry Kitchen, Jonathan dos Santos (Servando Carrasco 32’), Ashley Cole Lletget; Ola Kamara, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. ©; Sebastian Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Rolf Feltscher, Baggio Husidic, Bradford Jamieson IV. SHT SOG F OFF CK SV 13 LA 5 12 3 5 2 LA 4 7 3 1 3 10 1 | LAFC 1 LA Galaxy Aug. 24, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 27,068 LA – Zlatan Ibrahimovic 15’ (Assisted by Ola Kamara) LFC – Carlos Vela 51’ (penalty kick) Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Jorgen Skjelvik, Dave Romney (Daniel Steres 89’); Chris Pontius, Perry Kitchen, Servando Carrasco (Bradford Jamieson IV 77’), Ashley Cole ©; Sebastian Lletget; Zlatan Ola Kamara. Ibrahimovic, Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Sheanon Williams, Baggio Husidic, Emmanuel Boateng, Ariel Lassiter. SHT SOG F OFF CK SV 13 LA 4 16 2 7 6 LFC 7 6 1 7 3 15
Seattle Sounders FC 0 | LA Galaxy 5 Aug. 18 2018, StubHub Center Attendance: 44,213 SEA – Chad Marshall (Assisted by Nicolas Lodeiro) 3’ SEA – Harry Shipp (Assisted by Gustav Svensson) 18’ SEA – Servando Carrasco (own goal) 50’ SEA – Cristian Roldan (Assisted by Harry Shipp, Nicolas Lodeiro) 59’ SEA – Raul Ruidiaz 67’ Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Jorgen Skjelvik, Daniel Steres; Rolf Feltscher (Chris Pontius 57’), Perry Kitchen, Servando Carrasco, Ashley Cole ©; Sebastian Lletget (Bradford Jamieson IV 63’); Emmanuel Boateng (Ariel Lassiter 73’), Ola Kamara. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Sheanon Williams, Baggio Husidic. SEA LA
SHT 14 19
SOG 6 5
F 9 13
OFF 1 2
CK 4 4
SV 5 1
Real Salt Lake 6 | LA Galaxy 2 Sept. 1, 2018, at Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 24,891 LA – Jonathan dos Santos (Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ashley Cole) 1’ RSL – Albert Rusnak (Assisted by Joao Plata) 14’ RSL – Damir Kreilach (Assisted by Brooks Lennon) 45’+3 RSL – Jefferson Savarino (Assisted by Joao Plata) 48’ RSL – Damir Kreilach (Assisted by Albert Rusnak) 61’ LA – Romain Alessandrini (Assisted by Jonathan dos Santos) 63’ RSL – Albert Rusnak (Assisted by Jefferson Savarino) 68’ RSL – Damir Kreilach (Assisted by Jefferson Savarino) 71’ Lineup: David Bingham; Dave Romney, Michael Ciani (Romain Alessandrini 62’), Jorgen Skjelvik; Rolf Feltscher, Perry Kitchen (Giovani dos Santos 70’), Servando Carrasco (Sebastian Lletget 55’), Ashley Cole ©; Jonathan dos Santos; Zlatan Ibrahimović, Ola Kamara. Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Daniel Steres, Emmanuel Boateng, Bradford Jamieson IV.
Toronto FC 5 | LA Galaxy 3 Sept. 15, 2018, at BMO Field Attendance: 30,799 Vazquez (Assisted by Gregory van der Wiel) 5’ TOR – Victor TOR – Jozy Altidore (Assisted by Jonathan Osorio) 16’ TOR – Sebastian Giovinco (Assisted by Gregory van der Wiel) 36’ LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović (Assisted by Jonathan dos Santos) 43’ LA – Ola Kamara (Assisted by Jonathan dos Santos) 54’ LA – Rolf Feltscher (Assisted by Ashley Cole) 58’ TOR – Jonathan Osorio (Assisted by Marco Delgado) 75’ Chapman 90’+4’ TOR – Jay Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Dave Romney, Jorgen Skjelvik (Michael Ciani HT), Ashley Cole; Romain Alessandrini, Bradford Jamieson IV (Baggio Husidic 69’), Perry Kitchen (Emmanuel Boateng 78’), Jonathan dos Santos, Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Servando Carrasco, Ariel Lassiter, Chris Pontius. SOG F OFF CK SV SHT TOR 17 8 10 3 5 3 10 LA 6 15 4 3 3
RSL LA
SHT 22 10
SOG 11 3
F 9 11
OFF 3 2
CK 7 5
SV 5 1
LA Galaxy 3 | Seattle Sounders FC 0 Sept. 23, 2018, at StubHub Center Attendance: 25,503 LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović 9’ (PK) LA – Ola Kamara 40’ (Assisted by Romain Alessandrini, Zlatan Ibrahimović) LA – Emmanuel Boateng 52’ (Assisted by Romain Alessandrini) Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Dave Romney, Ashley Cole ©; Emmanuel Boateng (Sheanon Williams 72’), Sebastian Lletget (Ariel Lassiter 89’), Jonathan dos Santos; Romain Alessandrini (Servando Carrasco 84’); Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Michael Ciani, Perry Kitchen, Baggio Husidic LA SEA
SHT 11 14
SOG 4 1
F 8 11
OFF 0 1
CK 2 4
SV 1 1
LA Galaxy 3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 Sept. 29, 2018, at StubHub Center 25,659 Attendance:
LA – Zlatan Ibrahimović 4’ (PK) Ibrahimović 58’ (Assisted by Rolf Feltscher) LA – Zlatan LA – Romain Alessandrini 77’ (PK)
Lineup: David Bingham; Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Dave Romney, ©; Emmanuel Boateng (Servando Carrasco 80’), Ashley Cole Sebastian Lletget, Jonathan dos Santos (Perry Kitchen 84’); Romain Alessandrini (Jorgen Skjelvik 88’); Ola Kamara; Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutions not used: Justin Vom Steeg, Michael Ciani, Baggio Husidic, Ariel Lassiter LA SEA
SHT 11 14
SOG 3 4
F 16 15
OFF 1 1
CK 3 5
SV 4 0
#1 David Bingham Goalkeeper 6-2 189 Castro Valley, Calif University of California Oct. 19, 1989 How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 10, 2018 after acquiring his rights from San Jose Earthquakes on Dec. 18, 2017 in exchange for $100,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and $100,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) Last Appearance: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Goal Allowed: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. VAN Last Yellow Card: May 21, 2018 vs. MTL Last Red Card: -Last Shutout: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: Saves: 9, June 2, 2018 vs. POR GA: 6, Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL MLS Career Highs: Saves: 9, June 2, 2018 vs. POR GA: 6, Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL Career stats with the Galaxy: 31/31/12-11-8/1.90 2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 31/12/1.90
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0
#2 Perry Kitchen Midfielder 6-0 189 Indianapolis How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 8, 2018 after acquiring his rights from D.C. United
University of Akron
Feb. 29, 1992
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Aug. 1, 2015 vs. RSL (with DC) Last Assist: July 7, 2018 vs. CLB Last Yellow Card: Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: Aug. 23, 2017 vs. CLB Last Start: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL 2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, 2 times, last: July 7, 2018 vs. CLB MLS Career Highs: G: 2, Apr. 11, 2015, NYR (with DC) A: 1, 12 times, last: July 7, 2018 vs. CLB LA Galaxy career: 29/27/0/2 MLS career: 187/182/10/12 2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 29/0/2
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0
#3 Ashley Cole Defender 5-9 146 How Acquired: Signed from AS Roma (Italy) on Jan. 27, 2016
London, England
December 20, 1980
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL Last Assist: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Yellow Card: Aug. 4, 2018 vs. COL Last Red Card: July 14, 2018 vs. NE Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL A: 1, 8 times, last: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL A: 1, 10 times, last: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL LA Galaxy career: 83/81/3/10
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 28/1/8
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0
#4 Dave Romney Defender 6-2 175 How Acquired: Signed from LA Galaxy II on Aug. 5, 2015
Irvine, Calif.
San Francisco
June 12, 1993
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: July 14, 2018 vs. NE Last Assist: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, 2 times: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: June 24, 2017, vs. KC A: 1, 5 times, last: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL Career stats with the Galaxy: 69/56/3/5
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 25/1/3
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0
#5 Daniel Steres Defender 6-0 How Acquired: Signed from LA Galaxy II on Dec. 17, 2015
175
Burbank, Calif.
San Diego State
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: May 6, 2017 vs. CHI Last Assist: March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Yellow Card: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, July 14, 2018 vs. NE A: 1, March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC MLS Career Highs: G: 2, July 22, 2017 vs. NE A: 1, 2 times, last: March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC Career stats with the Galaxy: 69/61/4/2
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 17/0/1
U.S. Open Cup: 1/0/0
Nov. 11, 1990
#6 Baggio Husidic Midfielder 6-1 160 Libertyville, Ill. How Acquired: Signed on free transfer from Hammarby (Sweden) on Nov. 14, 2013
Illinois-Chicago
May 19, 1987
Last Appearance: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Goal: Sept. 3, 2016 vs. COL Last Assist: March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Yellow Card: July 4, 2018 vs. DC Last Red Card: -Last Start: April 21, 2018 vs. ATL 2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC MLS Career Highs: G: 2, Sept. 5, 2014 vs. COL A: 2, 2 times, last: June 20, 2015 vs. PHI Career stats with the Galaxy: 104/69/9/12
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 7/0/1
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0
#7 Romain Alessandrini Midfielder 5-8 155 Marseille, France How Acquired: Signed as Designated Player from Olympique de Marseille (France) on Jan. 31, 2017
April 3, 1989
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Assist: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Yellow Card: July 26, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 2, July 7, 2018 vs. CLB A: 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA MLS Career Highs: G: 2, 4 times, last: July 7, 2018 vs. CLB A: 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Career stats with the Galaxy: 53/47/23/19
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 23/10/7
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0
#8 Jonathan dos Santos Midfielder 5-8 160 Mexico City, Mexico How Acquired: Signed as Designated Player from Villarreal CF (Spain) on July 27, 2017
April 26, 1990
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL Last Assist: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, 2 times: Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL A: 2, Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: March 4, 2018 vs. NYC A: 2, Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Career stats with the Galaxy: 32/30/3/8
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 20/2/7
#9 Zlatan Ibrahimoviฤ Forward 6-5 209 Malmรถ, Sweden How Acquired: Signed with Targeted Allocation Money on March 23, 2018
Oct. 3, 1981
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Assist: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: May 21, 2018 vs. MTL Last Start: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA 2018 MLS Highs: G: 3, July 29, 2018 vs. ORL A: 2, April 28, 2018 vs. NY MLS Career Highs: G: 3, July 29, 2018 vs. ORL A: 2, April 28, 2018 vs. NY Career stats with the Galaxy: 24/21/20/9
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 24/20/9
#10 Giovani dos Santos Forward 5-10 157 Mexico City, Mexico How Acquired: Signed as Designated Player from Villarreal CF (Spain) on July 15, 2016 Last Appearance: Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL Last Goal: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL Last Assist: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Aug. 11, 2018 vs. MIN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, 2 times: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL A: 1, July 29, 2018 vs. ORL MLS Career Highs: G: 2, 4 times, last: May 27, 2017 vs. SJ A: 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 11, 2016 vs. ORL Career stats with the Galaxy: 76/72/26/22
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 13/3/2
May 11, 1987
#11 Ola Kamara Forward How Acquired: Acquired on Jan. 20, 2018
6-0
181
Oslo, Norway
September 2, 1991
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Assist: Aug. 24, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Yellow Card: June 9, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, 11 times, last: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA A: 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 24, 2018 vs. LAFC MLS Career Highs: G: 3, May 28, 2016, vs. RSL (with CLB) A: 1, 7 times, last: Aug. 24, 2018 vs. LAFC Career stats with the Galaxy: 28/27/11/3 MLS Career: 87/80/45/8 2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 28/11/3
#12 Brian Sylvestre Goalkeeper How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 12, 2018
6-5
215
Hollywood, Fla.
December 19, 1992
Last Appearance: July 26, 2015 vs. DC (with PHI) Last Goal Allowed: July 26, 2015 vs. DC (with PHI) Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Shutout: July 11, 2015 vs. POR (with PHI) Last Start: July 26, 2015 vs. DC (with PHI) 2018 MLS Highs: Saves: -- GA: -MLS Career Highs: Saves: 7, May 9, 2015 vs. VAN (with PHI) GA: 5, June 20, 2015, LA (with PIH) Career stats with the Galaxy: 0/0/0-0-0/0 2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 0/0-0-0/0
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0/0
#14 Servando Carrasco Midfielder 5-11 165 San Diego, Calif. University of California-Berkeley How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 11, 2018 after being selected in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft from Orlando City SC
Aug. 13, 1988
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: April 9, 2017 vs. NY (with ORL) Last Assist: June 9, 2018 vs. RSL Last Yellow Card: Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL Last Red Card: Sept. 9, 2017 vs. DC (with ORL) Last Start: Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL 2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, 2 times, last: June 9, 2018 vs. RSL MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: April 9, 2017 vs. NY (with ORL) A: 1, 6 times, last: March 31, 2018 vs. LAFC LA Galaxy career: 18/10/0/2 MLS career: 144/87/2/7 2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 18/0/2
U.S. Open Cup: 1/0/0
#15 Ariel Lassiter Forward 5-10 155 Temecula, California How Acquired: Signed by the Galaxy from LA Galaxy II on March 5, 2016
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
September 27, 1994
Last Appearance: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Goal: July 22, 2017 vs. NE Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: March 24, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, July 22, 2017 vs. NE A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 1, July 22, 2017 vs. NE A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 26/3/1/0
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 8/0/0
#16 Jorgen Skjelvik Defender How Acquired: Signed on Dec. 14, 2017
LA Galaxy II: 7/2/1 U.S. Open Cup: 1/2/0 6-0
170
Baerum, Switzerland
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: -Last Assist: July 14, 2018 vs. NE Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL 2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: 1, July 14, 2018 vs. NE MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: 1, July 14, 2018 vs. NE Career stats with the Galaxy: 30/29/0/2
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 30/0/2
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0/0
July 4, 1991
#17 Sebastian Lletget Midfielder How Acquired: Signed on May 8, 2015
5-10
165
San Francisco, Calif.
September 3, 1992
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL Last Assist: May 30, 2018 vs. DAL Last Yellow Card: July 26, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL A: 1, 2 times, last: May 30, 2018 vs. DAL MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 11 times, last: Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL A: 1, 11 times, last: May 30, 2018 vs. DAL Career stats with the Galaxy: 79/63/11/11
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 25/3/1
#19 Chris Pontius Midfielder How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 22, 2018
U.S. Open Cup: 1/0/0 6-0
170
Yorba Linda, Calif.
May 12, 1987
Last Appearance: Aug. 24, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Goal: July 14, 2018 vs. NE Last Assist: Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL Last Yellow Card: Aug. 24, 2018 vs. LAFC Last Red Card: -Last Start: Aug. 24, 2018 vs. LAFC 2018 MLS Highs: G: 2, July 14, 2018 vs. NE A: 2, Aug. 14, 2018 vs. COL MLS Career Highs: G: 3, Apr. 22, 2012, DC vs. NY (with DC) A: 3, Sept. 10, 2011, DC at CHV (with DC) Career stats with the Galaxy: 26/15/5/6 MLS Career: 241/200/50/35 2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 26/5/6
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0/0
#20 Tomas Hilliard-Arce Defender 6-1 171 Matthews, N.C. How Acquired: Drafted by LA Galaxy with the 2nd Pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft after signing an MLS contract
Nov. 22, 1995
Last Appearance: July 21, 2018 vs. PHI Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: July 21, 2018 vs. PHI 2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 5/4/0/0
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 5/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: 1/0/0
#21 Hugo Arellano Defender 6-0 170 How Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on Jan. 13, 2017
Norwalk, Calif.
LA Galaxy II: 7/1/0 --
March 5, 1998 How
Last Appearance: Sept. 27, 2017 vs. HOU Last Goal: -Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: Sept. 27, 2017 vs. HOU Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 27, 2017 vs. HOU 2018 MLS Highs: G: -A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 4/4/0/0
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 0/0/0
#24 Emmanuel Boateng Midfielder 5-6 How Acquired: Signed as international on Jan. 14, 2016
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0/0
LA Galaxy II: 9/1/0
150
UC Santa Barbara
Accra, Ghana
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Assist: June 2, 2018 vs. POR Last Yellow Card: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA A: 1, 3 times, last: May 21, 2018 vs. SJ MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 8 times, last: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA A: 2, April 23, 2016 vs. RSL Career stats with the Galaxy: 84/55/8/12
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 24/2/5
U.S. Open Cup: 1/0/1
January 17, 1994
#25 Rolf Feltscher Defender 5-11 How Acquired: Signed on Dec. 19, 2017
163
Bulach, Switzerland
Oct. 6, 1990
Last Appearance: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Goal: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Assist: March 4, 2018 vs. POR Last Yellow Card: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL A: 1, Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN MLS Career Highs: G: 1, Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL A: 1, Sept. 29, 2018 vs. VAN Career stats with the Galaxy: 13/12/1/2
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 13/1/2
#26 Efrain Alvarez How Acquired:
Midfielder
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0/0 5-8
150
Los Angeles, Calif.
June 19, 2002
Last Appearance: -Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: -2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 0/0/0/0
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 0/0/0
#28 Michael Ciani Defender How Acquired: Signed on Sept. 2, 2017
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0/0 6-1
175
LA Galaxy II: 16/12/2
Clichy-sous-Bois, France
April 6, 1984
Last Appearance: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Goal: July 21, 2018 vs. PHI Last Assist: Last Yellow Card: July 29, 2018 vs. ORL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 1, 2018 vs. RSL 2018 MLS Highs: G: 1, July 21, 2018 vs. PHI A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 1, 2 times: July 21, 2018 vs. PHI A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 27/25/2/0
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 21/1/0
#29 Sheanon Williams Defender How Acquired: Signed on June 14, 2018
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0/0 5-11
170
Boston, Mass.
March, 17, 1990
Last Appearance: Sept. 23, 2018 vs. SEA Last Goal: -- Last Assist: -Last Yellow Card: -- Last Red Card: -Last Start: -2018 MLS Highs: G: -- A: -MLS Career Highs: G: -- A: -Career stats with the Galaxy: 6/0/0/0
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 6/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: 0/0/0
#38 Bradford Jameison IV Forward 6-1 165 How Acquired: Signed as Homegrown player on Feb. 20, 2014
Los Angeles, Calif.
Oct. 18, 1996
Last Appearance: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL Last Goal: Sept. 30, 2017 vs. RSL Last Assist: June 21, 2017 vs. COL Last Yellow Card: Sept. 30, 2017 vs. RSL Last Red Card: -Last Start: Sept. 15, 2018 vs. RSL 2018 MLS Highs: G: -A: -MLS Career Highs: G: 2, Sept. 5, 2014, vs. COL A: 2, 2 times, last: June 20, 2015 vs. PHI Career stats with the Galaxy: 42/20/4/2
2018 Statistics:
Regular Season: 6/0/0
U.S. Open Cup: 1/1/0
LA Galaxy II: 4/0/0
2018 Statistics – Games Played/Goals/Assists – For Field Players 2018 Statistics – Games Played/Wins/GAA – For Goalkeepers. Career stats with the Galaxy include – Games Played/Games Started/Goals/Assists – For Field Players Career stats with the Galaxy include – Games Played/Games Started/Record/GAA – For Goalkeepers
David Bingham Perry Kitchen Ashley Cole David Romney Daniel Steres Baggio Husidic Romain Alessandrini Jonathan dos Santos Zlatan Ibrahimovic Giovani dos Santos Ola Kamara Brian Sylvestre Servando Carrasco Ariel Lassiter Jorgen Skjelvik Sebastian Lletget Chris Pontius Tomas Hilliard-Arce Hugo Arellano Emrah Klimenta Emmanuel Boateng Rolf Feltscher Efrain Alvarez Michael Ciani Sheanon Williams Bradford Jamieson Justin Vom Steeg Joao Pedro
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12 SJ 1-0 90G 90M 24 90D 90D
11 MTL 1-0 90G 90M
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14 POR 1-1 90G 90M 90D 90D
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17 DC 2-2 90G 90M 90M 90D 8 23 59 84M 69M
16 SJ 3-3 90G 90M 90D 90D
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21 LFC 2-2 90G 75M 64M 90M 90D
20 PHI 3-1 90G
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24 MIN 2-2 90G 90M 89M 90D
25 COL 2-2 90G 90M 90M 90D 45
26 SEA 0-5 90G 90M 90D 90M 90D
27 LFC 1-1 90G 90M 90M 89D 1
28 RSL 2-6 90G 70M 90M 90D
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18 CLB 4-0 90G 90M 90D 90D
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6 CHI 1-0 90G 90M 90D
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5 KC 0-2 90G 90M 90D
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4 LFC 4-3 90G 90M 90D 90M 6 90D 90D 9 29
3 VAN 0-0 90G 90M
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Kamara 2 (Ibrahimovic 1) 59; G. dos Santos 1 (Romney 1, Ibrahimovic 2) 66 G. dos Santos 2 (unassisted) 39; Kamara 3 (G. dos Santos 1, Ibrahimovic 3) 85 Kamara 4 (Alessandrini 1) 47; Boateng 1 (Cole 3) 83 Kamara 5 (Boateng 3) 75 Alessandrini 2 (Boateng 4) 82 Ibrahimovic 4 (Lletget 1, Cole 4) 69; Ibrahimovic 5 (Pontius 1, Kitchen 1) 97+ Pontius 2 (Boateng 5) 20 Ibrahimovic 6 (unassisted) 61; Ibrahimovic 7 (Carrasco 2) 67; Kamara 6 (Pontius 2) 76 Ibrahimovic 8 (Pontius 3) 1; Alessandrini 3 (unassisted) 20; Ibrahimovic 9 (unassisted) 25 Ibrahimovic 10 (Romney 2) 5; Pontius 3 (Skjelvik 1) 25 Kamara 7 (Cole 5, J. dos Santos 2) 42; Ibrahimovic 11 (penalty kick) 56; Alessandrini 4 (unassisted) 67 Alessandrini 5 (Pontius 4, Kitchen 2) 93+ Pontius 4 (Cole 6, Skjelvik 2) 38; Romney 1 (Alessandrini 2) 92+; Pontius 5 (Alessandrini 3) 93+ Kamara 8 (Ibrahimovic 4) 48; Ibrahimovic 12 (Alessandrini 4, J. dos Santos 3) 63; Ciani 1 (Alessandrini 5) 82 Alessandrini 6 (Ibrahimovic 5) 82; Kamara 9 (unassisted) 86 G. dos Santos 3 (Ibrahimovic 6, Romney 3) 39; Ibrahimovic 13 (G. dos Santos 2) 47; Ibrahimovic 14 (Kamara 1) 67 Ibrahimovic 15 (unassisted) 71 Alessandrini 7 (unassisted) 33 Alessandrini 8 (Ibrahimovic 7) 7; Lletget 2 (J. dos Santos 4) 73 Cole 1 (Pontius 5) 59; Lletget 3 (Pontius 6, Kamara 2) 78
Ibrahimovic 3 (Cole 2)
Lletget 1 (Carrasco 1) 61; Pontius 1 (Boateng 2) 73; Ibrahimovic 1 (Steres 1) 77; Ibrahimovic 2 (Cole 1, Husidic 1) 91+
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37; Lassiter (Boateng)
85