SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS (October 21, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2015 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 32 13-10-9 48 46 42 15 9-1-5 32 27 17
Rapids on road
32 8-14-10 34 30 39 15 3-7-5 14 11 16
29 Melia
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
7
ALL-TIME (54 meetings): Sporting 23 wins (1 shootout), 93 goals … Rapids 18 wins (3 shootout), 72 goals … Ties 13
8
10
12
Feilhaber
Lopez
14 9 Doyle
8
7
Powers
Sanchez
31
RAPIDS
F 30 96
21 Solignac
Figueroa
A 39 74
7 14 9 0
20 14 5 0
17 4 4 0 1 1 3 0
21 5 4 1 3 2 2 1
4 23 3
8 25 6
TYPE OF PLAY
25 6 4 0 5 1 4 1
23 4 3 2 2 1 6 1
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
9 30 7
11 27 4
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
94 Hairston
St. Ledger
DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none
COLORADO RAPIDS 1 Clint Irwin (GK) 2 Nick LaBrocca (MF) 3 Drew Moor (DF) 4 Marc Burch (DF) 5 Michael Harrington (DF) 6 Sam Cronin (MF) 7 Vicente Sanchez (FW) 8 Dillon Powers (MF) 9 Kevin Doyle (FW) 10 Gabriel Torres (FW) 11 Marcelo Sarvas (MF) 12 John Berner (GK) 14 Dominique Badji (FW) 15 Juan Ramirez (MF) 16 James Riley (DF) 17 Dillon Serna (MF) 18 Zac MacMath (GK) 19 Charles Eloundou (FW) 20 Joseph Greenspan (DF) 21 Luis Solignac (FW) 22 Lucas Pittinari (MF) 23 Bobby Burling (DF) 24 Sean St. Ledger (DF) 29 Caleb Calvert (FW) 31 Maynor Figueroa (DF) 33 Jared Watts (MF) 44 Axel Sjoberg (DF) 57 Carlos Alvarez (MF) 94 Marlon Hairston (MF)
INTERNATIONAL DUTY
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-0-1 5-7-6 2-3-2 2-2-2 6-4-6 0-8-2
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 9/18/2015 KC 3, DAL 1 10/03/2015 KC 1, POR 0 8/19/2015 KC 0, SJ 5 10/16/2015 KC 0, SJ 1 9/27/2015 KC 1, SEA 1 10/03/2015 KC 1, POR 0 10/16/2015 KC 0, SJ 1
24
REFEREE: Fotis Bazakos. AR1 (bench): C.J. Morgante; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Nima Saghafi DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): KC: Dom Dwyer, Soni Mustivar … COL: Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari, James Riley, Marcelo Sarvas, Jared Watts
none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 10-2-3 3-8-2 6-3-3 2-11-3
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
44 18
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) KC COL
6 Cronin
MacMath
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
23 8 9 2
22 Pittinari
Sjoberg
HOW SCORED
21 11 14 0
11 Anor
Dwyer
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
15 Sinovic
6
Zusi
UPCOMING MATCHES RAPIDS SPORTING Sun. Oct. 25 at Portland Sun. Oct. 25 Los Angeles END SEASON
A 42 69
5 Besler
Nagamura
2015 (MLS) 6/27: KC 2, COL 0 (Nemeth 32; own goal 64) 8/29: COL 2, KC 1 (Figueroa 53; Doyle 76 – Dwyer 47)
F 46 63
2 Palmer-Brown
Myers
AT KC (26 meetings): Sporting 18 wins (0 shootout), 57 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals …Ties 5
SPORTING
ROSTERS SPORTING KC 2 Erik Palmer-Brown (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Krisztian Nemeth (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bernardo Anor (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Amadou Dia (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam (DF) 20 Amobi Okugo (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Connor Hallisey (MF) 23 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 27 Roger Espinoza (MF) 29 Tim Melia (GK) 37 Jacob Peterson (FW) 71 Marcel de Jong (DF) 93 Soni Mustivar (MF) 94 Jimmy Medranda (MF) 96 Jordi Quintilla (MF)
(1) (1) (2) (0) (2) (1) (0)
COLORADO RAPIDS Date Score (Gms since) 8/29/2015 COL 2, KC 1 8/22/2015 COL 1, CHI 0 10/10/2015 COL 0, MTL 1 9/26/2015 COL 2, HOU 3 9/12/2015 COL 1, DC 1 8/22/2015 COL 1, CHI 0 10/10/2015 COL 0, MTL 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC TLTWWTLTWTWTWWLWWWLTWWLLLTLWLTWL Rapids TTTLWLTTTTWLLTTLLWWWLLLWWWLTLLLL
(3) (3) (0) (0) (4) (8) (0)
TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 11 Dwyer A: 14 Feilhaber SHT: 89 Dwyer SOG: 37 Dwyer FC: 53 Dwyer FS: 73 Dwyer OF: 23 Dwyer C: 7 Dwyer/Feilhaber E: 1 3 players tied RAPIDS G: 5 Doyle A: 6 Powers SHT: 42 Torres SOG: 16 Sanchez FC: 57 Pittinari FS: 70 Ramirez OF: 25 Torres C: 9 Burling E: 1 Burling/Sjoberg
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 32 7 15 3 3 4 46 1.44 COL 32 11 15 4 1 1 30 0.94 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 32 11 9 6 4 2 42 1.31 COL 32 8 13 7 4 0 39 1.22 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 46 5 7 6 9 6 13 COL 30 5 5 5 3 1 11 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 42 8 5 6 7 8 8 COL 39 5 7 7 6 9 5
SPORTING KANSAS CITY v COLORADO RAPIDS
(October 21, Sporting Park; 7:30 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 105)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 6 4 0 0 9 6 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 6 6 2 0 62 45 8 0 3 Ike Opara 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 25 24 3 1 47 41 3 4 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 30 30 0 3 180 175 2 10 5 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 155 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 19 15 3 1 241 216 15 20 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 11 8 0 2 134 106 2 15 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 23 20 2 5 171 135 24 44 8 FW 5-11 165 01/05/1989 Gyor, Hungary 26 21 10 6 26 21 10 6 9 Krisztian Nemeth 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 30 29 10 14 140 127 22 33 MF 6-1 178 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 13 4 0 0 84 52 12 3 11 Bernardo Anor 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 6 5 0 0 14 10 0 0 13 Amadou Dia DF 5-10 150 06/08/1993 Nantes, France 22 13 0 1 22 13 0 1 FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 28 26 11 2 78 64 35 5 14 Dom Dwyer DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 11 10 0 0 144 140 0 7 15 Seth Sinovic 17 Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 20 8 0 1 20 8 0 1 MF 6-0 175 03/13/1991 Hayward, CA 18 10 0 1 135 111 5 7 20 Amobi Okugo 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 3 3 0 0 7 6 0 0 22 Connor Hallisey FW 5-9 158 02/09/1993 Granite Bay, CA 13 6 0 1 13 6 0 1 23 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 185 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 16 14 1 4 128 121 5 10 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 17 17 1 4 130 110 3 15 GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 21 21 0 0 27 26 0 0 29 Tim Melia 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 26 15 1 2 225 129 16 16 71 Marcel de Jong DF 5-9 170 10/15/1986 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 13 11 1 1 13 11 1 1 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 23 18 0 2 23 18 0 2 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 7 7 0 0 13 8 0 0 94 96 Jordi Quintilla MF 5-9 154 10/25/1993 Barcelona, Spain 6 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W89 L68 T53
COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-3 195 04/01/1989 Charlotte, NC 31 31 0 0 89 87 0 0 1 Clint Irwin 2 Nick LaBrocca MF 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Staten Island, NY 12 6 1 0 219 192 18 18 DF 6-0 165 01/15/1984 Dallas, TX 22 22 1 1 304 291 22 7 3 Drew Moor 4 Marc Burch DF 6-1 180 05/07/1984 Cincinnati, OH 8 8 0 0 182 142 4 20 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 14 14 0 1 221 196 5 18 5 6 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 25 23 1 0 198 185 7 17 Vicente Sanchez MF 5-7 145 12/07/1979 Montevideo, Uruguay 29 16 4 5 54 35 11 9 7 8 Dillon Powers MF 5-11 170 02/14/1991 Plano, TX 30 23 2 6 90 79 12 21 9 Kevin Doyle FW 6-0 179 09/18/1983 Adamstown, Ireland 18 14 5 1 18 14 5 1 10 Gabriel Torres MF 5-11 165 10/31/1988 Panama City, Panama 25 19 4 3 55 35 10 5 MF 5-10 155 10/16/1981 Sao Paulo, Brazil 23 20 1 1 111 100 10 20 11 Marcelo Sarvas 12 John Berner GK 6-3 205 02/14/1991 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 14 Dominique Badji FW 6-0 175 10/16/1992 Dakar, Senegal 13 7 1 0 13 7 1 0 15 Juan Ramirez MF 5-8 150 05/25/1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina 25 15 1 1 25 15 1 1 DF 5-10 150 10/27/1982 Colorado Springs, CO 16 16 1 0 251 230 3 17 16 James Riley 17 Dillon Serna MF 5-7 140 03/25/1994 Denver, CO 15 8 3 1 43 26 6 5 18 Zac MacMath GK 6-0 194 08/07/1991 St. Petersburg, FL 1 1 0 0 104 103 0 0 19 Charles Eloundou FW 5-7 155 12/04/1994 Yaounde, Cameroon 11 3 0 2 22 7 0 3 20 Joseph Greenspan DF 6-6 209 09/12/1992 Summit, NJ 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 21 Luis Solignac FW 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina 13 12 0 2 13 12 0 2 MF 5-10 167 11/30/1991 Laborde, Argentina 27 23 1 3 27 23 1 3 22 Lucas Pittinari 23 Bobby Burling DF 6-5 195 10/15/1984 Clear Lake City, TX 22 22 2 0 141 127 4 2 DF 6-0 168 12/28/1984 Solihull, England 25 24 0 2 25 24 0 2 24 Sean St. Ledger 29 Caleb Calvert FW 6-2 160 10/22/1996 Wrightwood, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Maynor Figueroa DF 6-0 185 05/02/1983 Jutiapa, Honduras 8 8 1 0 8 8 1 0 33 Jared Watts DF 6-1 155 02/03/1992 Statesville, NC 13 12 1 1 30 25 1 2 DF 6-7 210 03/08/1991 Stockholm, Sweden 12 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 44 Axel Sjoberg 57 Carlos Alvarez MF 5-10 160 11/12/1990 Los Angeles, CA 1 0 0 0 51 39 2 4 94 Marlon Hairston MF 6-0 157 03/23/1994 Jackson, MS 1 1 0 0 23 10 1 1 HEAD COACH : Pablo Mastroeni
08/29/1976 W16 L32 T18
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs COLORADO RAPIDS SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. October 21, 2015 (WEEK 34, MLS Game #105) 7:30 p.m. CT (KMCI-38; Altitude) It’s a critical match in the Western Conference playoff chase ahead of Decision Day when Sporting Kansas City play host to the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday evening at Sporting Park. The Rapids still have not secured their place in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs, but they can do so with a victory, following their 1-0 loss at the San Jose Earthquakes last weekend. The Rapids have been eliminated from playoff contention as they face two road games to conclude the season, coming off a fourth consecutive defeat in a 1-0 home loss to the Montréal Impact in their last match. REFEREE: Fotis Bazakos. AR1 (bench): C.J. Morgante; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Nima Saghafi MLS Career: 48 games; FC/gm: 26.8; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 11; pens: 16 SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Dom Dwyer, Soni Mustivar … COL: Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari, James Riley, Marcelo Sarvas, Jared Watts FINED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Roger Espinoza, Kevin Ellis, Benny Feilhaber, Seth Sinovic, Tim Melia … COL: Marc Burch, Bobby Burling, Kevin Doyle, Maynor Figueroa DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (54 meetings): Sporting 23 wins (1 shootout), 93 goals … Rapids 18 wins (3 shootout), 72 goals … Ties 13 AT KC (26 meetings): Sporting 18 wins (0 shootout), 57 goals … Rapids 3 wins (1 shootout), 25 goals …Ties 5 2015 (MLS) 6/27: KC 2, COL 0 (Nemeth 32; own goal 64) 8/29: COL 2, KC 1 (Figueroa 53; Doyle 76 – Dwyer 47) The teams are meeting for the third time this season, each having won on their home ground. Krisztian Nemeth and an own goal led Sporting to a 2-0 victory, June 27 at Sporting Park; Maynor Figueroa and Kevin Doyle scored second-half goals to lead the Rapids to a 2-1 win, Aug. 29 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids victory in the last meeting ended a nine-game winless streak against Sporting. Since the last Colorado win, March 28, 2009 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, KC was 4-0-5 vs. Colorado. The Rapids haven’t won in Kansas City since 2002, a 2-1 win at Arrowhead Stadium. Since, Kansas City is 90-4 at home vs. Colorado. Coaches record: Pablo Mastroeni vs. KC: P4 W1 L2 D1 … Peter Vermes vs. COL: P11 W4 L1 D6 LAST MEETING (MLS) Sporting took the lead in the in the 47th minute. A dribble into the penalty area by Krisztian Nemeth drew defenders before he sent the ball to the feet of striker Dom Dwyer, who buried it from close range. Six minutes later, Colorado leveled the score. Vicente Sanchez dribbled the ball along the right edge of the SKC box, before sending a pass across that found Maynor Figueroa on the opposite side. Figueroa had time and space to place his strike well inside the far post. The game-winner came in the 75th minute. Sanchez worked his way down the right flank before finding Kevin Doyle in the heart of the box with a well-weighted cross, and he powered home a header past goalkeeper Tim Melia. COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Clint Irwin - Drew Moor, Axel Sjoberg, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa Marcelo Sarvas, Sam Cronin - Vicente Sanchez (Nick LaBrocca 89), Dillon Powers (Lucas Pittinari 80), Juan Ramirez (Dominique Badji 62) - Kevin Doyle. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Chance Myers (Saad Abdul-Salaam 24), Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Benny Feilhaber - Mikey Lopez (Jordi Quintilla 77), Paulo Nagamura - Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 84), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth.
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City weren’t able to secure a postseason place, falling 1-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes on Friday evening at Avaya Stadium. Sporting are in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference with 48 points from 33 matches. LAST MATCH The game's lone goal came two minutes after the halftime restart. Shea Salinas sent in a long cross from the left-wing to an open Chris Wondolowski on the back post, and he sent the ball back across the face of goal. Anibal Godoy slipped in unmarked to tap the ball home from close range. Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham was called upon to make three saves for the shutout, including stopping SKC's Dom Dwyer on a breakaway opportunity in the early going. Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia was credited with nine saves. SKC manager Peter Vermes made six changes to the team that got the game’s only goal for a victory against the Portland Timbers at Providence Park. Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown and Seth Sinovic all came into the back four for Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis and Amadou Dia, and Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi and Dom Dwyer also came into the team in place of Jordi Quintilla, Connor Hallisey and Jacob Peterson. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown, Matt Besler (Amobi Okugo 60), Seth Sinovic (Saad Abdul-Salaam 64) - Paulo Nagamura - Mikey Lopez, Benny Feilhaber - Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Bernardo Anor (Krisztian Nemeth 59). TEAM NEWS Sporting concluded a run of seven away games out of their last nine league contests overall, dating back to Aug. 22 – going winless in six of seven (1-5-1). It was also the second 1-0 loss in their last four matches for SKC – three of their last four matches have been decided by the minimum scoreline. “I think it had a playoff feel. I think these games all do at the end of the season. Tempo was good. I thought both teams battled. They scored, we didn't. We had a couple very good chances as well – the header; the breakaway from Dom [Dwyer] early. It was a good, hard-fought match,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. The defeat meant Sporting still have not secured their berth in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs – a win vs. Colorado and they will be guaranteed a place, while still remaining in contention with a draw and/or a loss. “We were completely fatigued but [it] was a good battle between both teams. I think we had good chances. Sometimes you score and sometimes you don't and that's the way it goes,” said Vermes. Said goalkeeper Tim Melia: “I think we're obviously disappointed with the result. I think we picked it up in the last 30 minutes and we were pushing to get a result. We knew it was going to be difficult coming in here and we just got to move on.” Erik Palmer-Brown returning to the starting lineup, making his second start in the last three matches – after making just two starts in the first 29 MLS contests this season. Fullbacks Seth Sinovic and Chance Myers also returned to the lineup after a two-game absence on either side of the U.S. Open Cup Final. “I just don't think we shifted well collectively as a group defensively. When the ball is getting switched from one side to the other it's difficult to recover. Chris [Wondolowski] did a good enough job putting the ball across the box and [Godoy] made sure he finished,” Melia said. Graham Zusi returned to the starting lineup after being held out in the previous two games, while Krisztian Nemeth came off the substitutes’ bench for a second consecutive game, his fourth game in a row out of the first XI. Dom Dwyer also returned to the starting lineup after a two-game absence, playing the full 90 minutes in the central striker role. “It's playoff time and everyone's competing. Everyone wants to win. All of these games are so important and our guys are going for it on every play and every tackle,” Melia said. COLORADO RAPIDS The Colorado Rapids saw their winless streak stretched to six games with a fourth loss in a row, falling 1-0 to the Montréal Impact in their last match, Oct. 10 at at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids are in 10th place in the Western Conference with 34 points from 32 matches. LAST MATCH The game's lone goal came after a quarter-hour. After Rapids midfielder Dillon Powers stepped in front of Impact winger Andres Romero -- who was forced from the field with an injury -- the Impact won a free kick some 30 yards out from goal on the right. Didier Drogba whipped the restart over the wall and past a diving Zac MacMath in the Rapids goal. Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush made three saves in keeping the clean sheet, the best stop in added when he sprawled to claw a long-range Lucas Pittinari effort around his right post to preserve the victory.
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Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni made six changes to the team that fell 2-1 to Real Salt Lake at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Zac MacMath came in between the posts for Clint Irwin, Marlon Hairston and Axel Sjoberg started in the back four for Bobby Burling and Maynor Figueroa, and Sam Cronin, Dominique Badji and Juan Ramirez came into the midfield, replacing Marcelo Sarvas, Vicente Sanchez and Kevin Doyle. COLORADO RAPIDS (4-2-3-1): Zac MacMath - Marlon Hairston, Sean St. Ledger, Axel Sjoberg, Drew Moor Sam Cronin (Joseph Greenspan 85), Lucas Pittinari - Dominique Badji, Dillon Powers, Juan Ramirez (Vicente Sanchez 72) - Luis Solignac. TEAM NEWS The Rapids suffered a second consecutive defeat on their home ground, finishing their home campaign winless in their last three games at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The four-game losing streak overall is the longest of the season for the Rapids. “It was like a lot of the games we’ve played this year,” said Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni. “We were the best team on the field, but it’s about goals. We’ve given up very little to very dynamic teams throughout the year. You’ve got to make something happen with that.” Axel Sjoberg made his first start since Aug. 29, coming into central defense and playing the full 90 minutes. Marlon Hairston made his season league debut, coming at right back and playing the full match. “I think Axel [Sjoberg] did a fantastic job,” Mastroeni said. “He did a pretty good job to body [Didier Drogba] up. From the beginning, he imposed himself from a physical perspective. Axel really earned some stripes.” Said Hairston: “Five-to-10 years ago, I never would have imagined being on the same field as [Drogba]," he said. "It was a great and humbling experience tonight. I still think we put in a great performance tonight, we just found ourselves on the wrong side of another result. All of the fans here deserve better.” Goalkeeper Zac MacMath made his first MLS appearance for the Rapids, after playing his first four MLS seasons with Philadelphia Union. MacMath did start both U.S. Open Cup matches this season for the Rapids. “I was excited to get my first league start of the season, but obviously it didn’t go the way we wanted it to,” MacMath said. “Every game is tough, every team has a difficult player, maybe not necessarily at Drogba’s level, but you’ve got to go out there and do your best.” Dominique Badji made his first start in a league game since May 8, coming into a wide right midfield role and playing 90 minutes. Badji had made three appearances as a substitute, over the previous six matches, after returning to the Rapids from loan. Luis Solignac returned to fill the lone out-and-out striker position, after playing a wide role in the Real Salt Lake match. Juan Ramirez made his first start since Sept. 9, coming into a wide left-sided spot and playing 72 minutes. “The idea is to win the games," Mastroeni said. "It’s not just to see where we’re at. You want some sort of stability. We’ll continue to look at it. Obviously we’ve had a few guys away on international duty. How we integrate those guys back into the group, we’ll see. We have 10 days to figure that out.”
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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (13-10-9, 48 pts.) UNF 14 10 9 4 6 8 3 23 27 37 71 5 7 93 13 20 20 22 17 11 2 94 21 96 1 12 16 16 15 29
POS F M F D M F D D M F D D D M D M M F D M D M G M G M M M D G
PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Krisztian Nemeth Kevin Ellis Paulo Nagamura Graham Zusi Ike Opara Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Matt Besler Chance Myers Soni Mustivar Amadou Dia Amobi Okugo (KC) Amobi Okugo (TOT) Connor Hallisey Saad Abdul-Salaam Bernardo Anor Erik Palmer-Brown Jimmy Medranda Jon Kempin Jordi Quintilla Luis Marin Mikey Lopez Servando Carrasco (KC) Servando Carrasco (TOT) Seth Sinovic Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 28 30 26 25 19 23 6 16 17 26 13 30 11 23 22 3 18 13 20 13 6 7 3 6 8 6 9 21 11 21
GS 26 29 21 24 15 20 6 14 17 15 11 30 8 18 13 1 10 6 8 4 4 7 3 2 8 5 6 16 10 21
MIN 2366 2596 1858 2155 1304 1806 534 1265 1484 1335 847 2650 660 1666 1317 108 920 516 894 483 375 426 270 221 720 482 508 1408 902 1890
32 32
32 32
2880 2880
G 11 10 10 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 46 42
A 2 14 6 1 1 5 0 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
SHT 89 43 52 7 20 25 7 11 19 21 13 0 5 2 5 0 4 8 5 11 2 5 0 5 0 3 7 10 6 0
SOG 37 17 18 5 5 5 2 4 5 11 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
51 42
371 332
131 145
FC 53 41 18 28 23 18 6 10 28 9 5 27 13 29 26 0 11 3 9 11 3 10 0 9 0 14 10 20 21 2
FS 73 60 32 17 7 30 4 4 18 13 10 13 2 17 16 0 6 1 14 11 2 4 1 6 2 4 1 2 4 3
OFF 23 1 8 1 3 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 55 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
C 7 7 2 4 5 1 0 1 3 2 1 5 1 5 2 1 6 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 2
E 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
426 387 387 426
55 103
140 163
61 50
3 5
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 5, Benny Feilhaber 3, Paulo Nagamura 2, Ike Opara 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Dom Dwyer 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 4, Graham Zusi 3, Matt Besler 2, Chance Myers 1, Jalil Anibaba 1, Kevin Ellis 1, Krisztian Nemeth 1, Soni Mustivar 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Benny Feilhaber 5-5, Dom Dwyer 0-1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29 21 1
POS G G G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Jon Kempin Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals
GP 21 3 8 32 32
GS 21 3 8 32 32
MIN SHTS SV 1890 104 76 270 11 6 720 30 19 2880 145 101 2880 131 83
GA 25 5 12 42 46
GAA 1.19 1.67 1.5 1.31 1.44
PG 2 0 0 2 5
PA 2 0 0 2 6
W L 10 7 1 1 2 2 13 10 10 13
T 4 1 4 9 9
SO 8 0 3 11 7
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2015 COLORADO RAPIDS STATISTICS (8-14-10, 34 pts.) UNF 9 7 10 17 8 23 22 3 33 15 11 14 16 31 2 6 19 21 24 24 5 44 13 57 1 26 20 4 94 27 18
POS F M M M M D M D D M M F D D M M F F D D D D D M G F D D M D G
PLAYER Kevin Doyle Vicente Sanchez Gabriel Torres Dillon Serna Dillon Powers Bobby Burling Lucas Pittinari Drew Moor Jared Watts Juan Ramirez Marcelo Sarvas Dominique Badji James Riley Maynor Figueroa Nick LaBrocca Sam Cronin Charles Eloundou Luis Solignac Sean St. Ledger (COL) Sean St. Ledger (TOT) Michael Harrington Axel Sjoberg Ben Newnam Carlos Alvarez Clint Irwin Deshorn Brown Joseph Greenspan Marc Burch Marlon Hairston Shane O'Neill Zac MacMath Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals
GP 18 29 25 15 30 22 27 22 13 25 23 13 16 8 12 25 11 13 10 25 14 12 1 1 31 1 3 8 1 4 1
GS 14 16 19 8 23 22 23 22 12 15 20 7 16 8 6 23 3 12 10 24 14 12 1 0 31 0 2 8 1 3 1
MIN 1309 1388 1595 680 2082 1958 2061 1980 1050 1423 1772 648 1430 720 604 2059 341 1066 868 2081 1260 1079 90 31 2790 2 185 720 90 286 90
32 32
32 32
2880 2880
G 5 4 4 3 2 2 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 39 30
A 1 5 3 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 31 40 42 13 41 9 33 7 5 40 18 16 5 10 11 18 15 24 2 8 2 12 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
SOG 11 16 14 7 15 3 5 1 1 10 5 5 2 3 2 2 2 10 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 30
384 401
128 120
FC 19 18 20 9 31 32 57 23 15 21 27 19 26 7 10 37 2 19 13 25 10 22 2 0 1 0 2 15 1 5 0
FS 23 28 29 2 46 22 15 24 9 70 33 8 4 11 5 15 3 19 11 33 7 6 0 1 5 0 2 5 0 0 0
OFF 6 7 25 3 4 1 3 4 0 5 0 11 0 0 0 0 5 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 1 102 7 14 36 0 0 0 0 17 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
C 3 1 1 2 2 9 5 5 5 2 4 1 4 3 2 8 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
427 463 463 427
30 91
130 193
66 69
3 2
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Kevin Doyle 4, Dillon Serna 1, Jared Watts 1, Lucas Pittinari 1, Dominique Badji 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Gabriel Torres 2, Dillon Powers 2, Jared Watts 1, Lucas Pittinari 1, Vicente Sanchez 1, Kevin Doyle 1, Sean St. Ledger 1, Dillon Serna 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Vicente Sanchez 1-1, Dillon Powers 0-1 COLORADO RAPIDS GOALKEEPING UNF 18 1
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Zac MacMath Clint Irwin Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 31 32 32
GS 1 31 32 32
MIN SHTS 90 3 2790 125 2880 128 2880 120
SV 2 88 90 88
GA 1 38 39 30
GAA 1 1.23 1.22 0.94
PG 0 3 3 1
PA 0 3 3 2
W L T 0 1 0 8 13 10 8 14 10 14 8 10
SO 0 8 8 11
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.
Sun. Apr.
OPPONENT 8 New York 14 at FC Dallas 21 Portland 28 at New York City FC 5 Philadelphia
Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr. Sat. Apr.
11 Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles 25 at Houston
T 0-0 L 1-2 T 4-4
20087 20018 21046
2-1-3 2-2-3 2-2-4
2 4 6
Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed.
May May May May
3 Chicago 9 at D.C. United 16 Colorado 20 New England
W T T W
1-0 1-1 0-0 4-2
19581 16221 0 18864
3-2-4 3-2-5 3-2-5 4-2-5
4 4 6 4
Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun.
May May June June
T W W L
0-0 4-0 1-0 1-2
40653 20172 21505 19155
4-2-6 5-2-6 6-2-6 6-3-6
3 2 2 2
Sat. Sun. Sat. Fri.
June July July July
W W W L
2-0 1-0 2-1 1-2
19835 21000 19070 20809
7-3-6 8-3-6 9-3-6 9-4-6
2 2 2 2
27 KC: 30 KC: 33 KC: 33 KC:
Sat. Aug. Sat. Aug.
23 at Seattle 29 FC Dallas 6 Seattle 21 at Real Salt Lake 27 Colorado 12 at Vancouver 18 Montreal 24 at Real Salt Lake 1 Houston 8 at Toronto FC
8 KC: Dwyer (16) Anibaba (91+) Nemeth (94+); PHI: own goal (3) Aristeguieta (19) 9 9 KC: Nemeth (22); LA: Husidic (9) Gonzalez (94+) 10 KC: Nemeth (2) Dwyer (74) Feilhaber (80,95+); HOU: Barnes (11,46) Bruin (46+) Rodriguez (83) 13 KC: Nagamura (75); 14 KC: Dwyer (45); DC: Arrieta (42) 14 17 KC: Dwyer (29) Nemeth (39,46) Feilhaber (43); NE: Agudelo (11) Caldwell (64) 18 21 KC: Nemeth (19) Feilhaber (51) Ellis (57) Zusi (64); 24 KC: Feilhaber (84); 24 KC: Dwyer (30); RSL: Jaime (15) Garcia (93+)
T 1-1 W 3-1
19882 24326
9-4-7 10-4-7
2 2
Sat. Aug.
15 Vancouver
W 4-3
19969
11-4-7
2
Wed. Aug. Sat. Aug.
19 San Jose 22 at Columbus
L 0-5 L 2-3
18866 20018
11-5-7 11-6-7
2 2
Sat. Aug. Wed. Sep. Sun. Sep.
29 at Colorado 9 at Portland 13 at Orlando City SC 18 FC Dallas 23 at Houston 27 Seattle 3 at Portland 16 at San Jose 21 Colorado 25 Los Angeles
L 1-2 T 0-0 L 1-3
16480 21144 22241
11-7-7 11-7-8 11-8-8
3 3 5
34 KC: Dwyer (6); HOU: Clark (78) 37 KC: Feilhaber (22) Nemeth (29) Peterson (87); TOR: Bradley (22) 40 KC: Ellis (53) Dwyer (81) Nagamura (87,94+); VAN: Manneh (9,41) Morales (75) 40 SJ: Cato (3,58) Wondolowski (17,61) Godoy (27) 40 KC: de Jong (14) Zusi (62); CLB: Finlay (35) Tchani (80) McInerney (88) 40 KC: Dwyer (47); COL: Figueroa (53) Doyle (76) 41 41 KC: Nemeth (59); ORL: Winter (3,72) Rochez (66)
W L T W L
18861 12-8-8 18037 12-9-8 19496 12-9-9 21144 13-9-9 18000 13-10-9
4 5 5 3 4
44 KC: Feilhaber (65,76) Dwyer (83); DAL: Ulloa (80) 44 HOU: Bruin (67) 45 KC: Dwyer (80); SEA: Martins (32) 48 KC: Nemeth (83); 48 SJ: Godoy (47)
Fri. Wed. Sun. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sun.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
RESULT T 1-1 L 1-3 T 0-0 W 1-0
ATT 19784 14149 20848 27454
W-L-T 0-0-1 0-1-1 0-1-2 1-1-2
W 3-2
19545
2-1-2
2
3-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-1
POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 KC: Opara (50); NYR: Sam (54) 9 1 KC: Espinoza (44); DAL: Perez (17,52) Castillo (73) 8 2 6 5 KC: Opara (13);
Nemeth (32) own goal (64); Ellis (52); Feilhaber (4) Dwyer (34); MTL: Piatti (59) Feilhaber (50); RSL: Morales (34) Plata (73)
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COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.
ATT 18022 17692
W-L-T 0-0-1 0-0-2
19603 11450 12929 13134 12944 12540 16676 14169 0 17791 39757 18209 18895
0-0-3 0-1-3 1-1-3 1-2-3 1-2-4 1-2-5 1-2-6 1-2-7 1-2-7 2-2-7 2-3-7 2-4-7 2-4-8
6 8 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
3 3 NE: Agudelo (18) Nguyen (54) 6 COL: Badji (2) Powers (43) Torres (70) Serna (85); 6 COL: Torres (22); SEA: Neagle (5,25) Martins (73) 7 COL: LaBrocca (79); DAL: Diaz (31) 8 COL: Torres (25); NYR: Wright-Phillips (30) 9 COL: Torres (40); LA: Gordon (75) 10 COL: Riley (93+); SJ: Wondolowski (19) 10 13 COL: Pittinari (51); 13 SEA: Pappa (16) 13 COL: Cronin (89); POR: Fernandez (38) Jewsbury (93+) 14
15585 23372
2-4-9 2-5-9
8 8
15 COL: Serna (88); DAL: Castillo (71) 15 ORL: Larin (62) Santos Leite (65)
Sat. June Sat. July Sat. July
OPPONENT RESULT 7 at Philadelphia T 0-0 21 New York City T 0-0 FC 28 at Houston T 0-0 4 New England L 0-2 10 at FC Dallas W 4-0 18 Seattle L 1-3 24 FC Dallas T 1-1 29 at New York T 1-1 2 at Los Angeles T 1-1 8 San Jose T 1-1 16 at Sporting KC T 0-0 23 Vancouver W 1-0 27 at Seattle L 0-1 30 Portland L 1-2 7 at Real Salt T 0-0 Lake 19 FC Dallas T 1-1 24 at Orlando City L 0-2 SC 27 at Sporting KC L 0-2 4 Vancouver W 2-1 11 Real Salt Lake W 3-1
19835 18356 15248
2-6-9 3-6-9 4-6-9
8 8 8
Sat. July Sat. Aug.
18 at Seattle 1 Los Angeles
W 1-0 L 1-3
40403 18597
5-6-9 5-7-9
8 8
Sat. Fri. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.
Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep.
8 Columbus 14 at San Jose 22 at Chicago 26 Houston 29 Sporting KC 9 at Vancouver 12 D.C. United 19 at Toronto FC 26 at Houston
L L W W W L T L L
1-2 0-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 0-2 1-1 1-3 2-3
16656 5-8-9 18000 5-9-9 18317 6-9-9 10439 7-9-9 16480 8-9-9 17583 8-10-9 15943 8-10-10 19692 8-11-10 20343 8-12-10
8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun.
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
4 Real Salt Lake 10 Montreal 21 at Sporting KC 25 at Portland
L 1-2 L 0-1
16048 8-13-10 17427 8-14-10
8 8
15 KC: Nemeth (32) own goal (64) 18 COL: Sanchez (2) Doyle (56); VAN: Manneh (20) 21 COL: Moor (81) Watts (91+) Ramirez (97+); RSL: Jaime (79) 24 COL: Doyle (84); 24 COL: Sarvas (12); LA: Lletget (56) Gordon (69) Keane (93+) 24 COL: Burling (42); CLB: Kamara (52,64) 24 SJ: Goodson (53) 27 COL: Serna (1); 30 COL: Sanchez (20) Doyle (79); HOU: Davis (37) 33 COL: Figueroa (53) Doyle (76); KC: Dwyer (47) 33 VAN: Rivero (73) Techera (77) 34 COL: Burling (28); DC: Birnbaum (87) 34 COL: Powers (40); TOR: Giovinco (14,18) Perquis (38) 34 COL: Sanchez (8,44); HOU: Miranda (3) Barnes (24) Davis (47) 34 COL: Doyle (16); RSL: Plata (33) Mulholland (43) 34 MTL: Drogba (15)
Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sun.
Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May June
Fri. June Wed. June
POS PTS NOTES: 3 1 8 2
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SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)
Goals 2 4 times Assists 2 5 times Shots 7 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 5 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 6 Amadou Dia Fouls Suffered 7 Krisztian Nemeth Offside 3 Dom Dwyer 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 7 Tim Melia 7 Tim Melia Shots Faced 9 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 5 Tim Melia
Goals 4 04/25/2015 vs 4 05/20/2015 vs 4 05/29/2015 vs 4 08/15/2015 vs Assists 7 05/29/2015 vs Shots 18 03/08/2015 vs 18 09/18/2015 vs Shots on Goal 9 09/18/2015 vs Fouls Committed 20 09/23/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 19 08/29/2015 vs Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 vs Offside 4 05/20/2015 vs 4 05/29/2015 vs 4 09/13/2015 vs 4 09/23/2015 vs Saves 7 09/09/2015 vs 7 10/16/2015 vs Shots Faced 9 08/19/2015 vs Goals Allowed 5 08/19/2015 vs
04/25/2015 vs HOU
T 4-4
04/05/2015 vs PHI
W 3-2
08/29/2015 vs COL
L 1-2
08/29/2015 vs COL
L 1-2
08/01/2015 vs HOU
T 1-1
05/29/2015 vs DAL
W 4-0
05/20/2015 vs NE 09/13/2015 vs ORL
W 4-2 L 1-3
09/09/2015 vs POR 10/16/2015 vs SJ
T 0-0 L 0-1
08/19/2015 vs SJ
L 0-5
08/19/2015 vs SJ
L 0-5
HOU NE DAL VAN
T W W W
DAL
W 4-0
NYR DAL
T 1-1 W 3-1
DAL
W 3-1
HOU
L 0-1
COL
L 1-2
PHI
W 3-2
NE DAL ORL HOU
W W L L
POR SJ
T 0-0 L 0-1
SJ
L 0-5
SJ
L 0-5
RAPIDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)
Goals 2 Vicente Sanchez Assists 2 Charles Eloundou 2 Vicente Sanchez Shots 7 Juan Ramirez Shots on Goal 4 Vicente Sanchez Fouls Committed 7 Lucas Pittinari Fouls Suffered 8 Juan Ramirez Offside 3 8 times Saves 6 Clint Irwin 6 Clint Irwin 6 Clint Irwin Shots Faced 9 Clint Irwin Goals Allowed 3 4 times
Goals 4 04/10/2015 at Assists 4 04/10/2015 at Shots 27 04/18/2015 at Shots on Goal 9 04/18/2015 at Fouls Committed 24 05/23/2015 at Fouls Suffered 22 08/14/2015 at Corner Kicks 12 05/08/2015 at Offside 6 04/24/2015 at 6 08/01/2015 at Saves 6 04/18/2015 at 6 05/30/2015 at 6 06/24/2015 at Shots Faced 9 04/18/2015 at Goals Allowed 3 04/18/2015 at 3 08/01/2015 at 3 09/19/2015 at 3 09/26/2015 at
09/26/2015 at HOU
L 2-3
07/11/2015 at RSL 08/29/2015 at KC
W 3-1 W 2-1
05/27/2015 at SEA
L 0-1
09/26/2015 at HOU
L 2-3
04/18/2015 at SEA
L 1-3
04/24/2015 at DAL
T 1-1
03/07/2015 at PHI
T 0-0
04/18/2015 at SEA 05/30/2015 at POR 06/24/2015 at ORL
L 1-3 L 1-2 L 0-2
04/18/2015 at SEA
L 1-3
04/18/2015 at SEA
L 1-3
TEAM LOW GAMES (2015) 4-4 4-2 4-0 4-3
4-2 4-0 1-3 0-1
Shots 5 08/22/2015 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 vs Fouls Committed 7 06/06/2015 vs 7 09/18/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 6 05/23/2015 vs Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 vs 2 05/20/2015 vs 2 07/12/2015 vs 2 10/03/2015 vs Offside 0 03/08/2015 vs 0 03/21/2015 vs 0 05/23/2015 vs 0 06/21/2015 vs 0 06/27/2015 vs 0 08/19/2015 vs 0 08/29/2015 vs 0 10/16/2015 vs Saves 0 04/11/2015 vs 0 04/25/2015 vs Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 vs
CLB
L 2-3
RSL
T 0-0
SEA DAL
W 1-0 W 3-1
SEA
T 0-0
NYC NE VAN POR
W W W W
1-0 4-2 1-0 1-0
NYR POR SEA RSL COL SJ COL SJ
T T T L W L L L
1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-0 0-5 1-2 0-1
RSL HOU
T 0-0 T 4-4
RSL
T 0-0
TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)
DAL
W 4-0
DAL
W 4-0
SEA
L 1-3
SEA
L 1-3
VAN
W 1-0
SJ
L 0-1
SJ
T 1-1
DAL LA
T 1-1 L 1-3
SEA POR ORL
L 1-3 L 1-2 L 0-2
SEA
L 1-3
SEA LA TOR HOU
L L L L
Shots 2 03/07/2015 at Shots on Goal 0 03/07/2015 at Fouls Committed 9 05/30/2015 at Fouls Suffered 8 06/19/2015 at Corner Kicks 1 03/07/2015 at Offside 0 06/24/2015 at 0 08/14/2015 at Saves 1 04/04/2015 at 1 04/24/2015 at 1 06/07/2015 at 1 07/04/2015 at 1 09/12/2015 at 1 09/19/2015 at Shots Faced 1 06/07/2015 at
PHI
T 0-0
PHI
T 0-0
POR
L 1-2
DAL
T 1-1
PHI
T 0-0
ORL SJ
L 0-2 L 0-1
NE DAL RSL VAN DC TOR
L T T W T L
RSL
T 0-0
0-2 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-3
1-3 1-3 1-3 2-3
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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. COLORADO RAPIDS (1-1-1) UNF 9 14 10 7 71 27 6 37 5 8 29 15 4 12 93 17 13 96
POS F F M D D M M F D F G D D M M D D M
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
161 180 180 113 78 90 90 25 180 174 180 90 180 77 90 78 1 13 180 180
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
3 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 15
1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
1 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 25 33
3 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 33 25
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 13
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Krisztian Nemeth Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Chance Myers Marcel de Jong Roger Espinoza Paulo Nagamura Jacob Peterson Matt Besler Graham Zusi Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Kevin Ellis Mikey Lopez Soni Mustivar Saad Abdul-Salaam Amadou Dia Jordi Quintilla Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 1, Chance Myers 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 29
POS G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
2 2 2
2 2 2
MIN SHT 180 180 180
6 6 9
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
4 4 7
2 2 3
1.00 1.00 1.50
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 1
1 1 1
0 0 0
1 1 0
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
2015 COLORADO RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (1-1-1) UNF 31 9 7 23 2 3 16 10 6 24 11 17 8 1 33 22 44 14 15 21 20
POS D F M D M D D M M D M M M G D M D F M F D
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2
90 111 105 90 1 90 90 74 180 90 180 69 97 180 90 83 90 28 62 90 90 180 180
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 15 19
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 9
0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 3 0 3 1 5 3 1 2 1 33 25
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 25 33
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 0
0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maynor Figueroa Kevin Doyle Vicente Sanchez Bobby Burling Nick LaBrocca Drew Moor James Riley Gabriel Torres Sam Cronin Sean St. Ledger Marcelo Sarvas Dillon Serna Dillon Powers Clint Irwin Jared Watts Lucas Pittinari Axel Sjoberg Dominique Badji Juan Ramirez Luis Solignac Joseph Greenspan Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 1, Chance Myers 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 1
POS G
GOALKEEPER Clint Irwin Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
2 2 2
2 2 2
MIN SHT 180 180 180
9 9 6
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
7 7 4
3 3 2
1.50 1.50 1.00
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 1 1
1 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 1
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
RAPIDS VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Rapids
Sporting KC
Sporting KC 23 wins, 94 goals Rapids 18 wins, 75 goals 14 ties 4/13/1996 5/5/1996 7/10/1996 8/7/1996 6/28/1997 8/28/1997 9/6/1997 9/26/1997 10/4/1997 10/8/1997 5/31/1998 7/19/1998 8/8/1998 9/2/1998 4/17/1999 7/7/1999 9/10/1999 9/25/1999 4/1/2000 4/29/2000 8/2/2000 8/26/2000 9/16/2000 9/20/2000 9/24/2000 7/18/2001 8/12/2001 8/19/2001 3/23/2002 5/11/2002 9/14/2002 9/20/2002 7/4/2003 8/22/2003 9/13/2003 10/4/2003 11/4/2003 11/8/2003 5/1/2004 6/9/2004 9/10/2004 9/25/2004 4/2/2005 7/4/2005 7/8/2006 9/9/2006 5/19/2007 7/22/2007 4/5/2008 8/16/2008 3/28/2009 9/26/2009 4/10/2010 7/17/2010 5/28/2011 7/6/2011 10/30/2011 11/2/2011 5/19/2012 8/31/2013 3/29/2014 5/16/2015 6/27/2015 8/29/2015
KC 3 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 4 vs KC KC 4 at COL KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 5 vs COL COL 3 at KC COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 4 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 3 vs KC COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 1 at KC KC 3 vs COL KC 5 at COL KC 3 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL COL 0 vs KC KC 3 vs COL COL 0 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 3 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 at KC COL 1 vs KC COL 3 vs KC KC 2 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 2 vs COL KC 1 at COL COL 3 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 4 vs COL COL 1 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 vs COL COL 2 vs KC COL 2 vs KC KC 0 vs COL KC 1 vs COL COL 1 vs KC COL 1 vs KC KC 1 vs COL KC 2 at COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC KC 2 vs COL KC 3 at COL KC 0 vs COL KC 2 vs COL COL 2 vs KC
0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1
KC SOW
COL SOW COL SOW COL SOW
(2OT) (2OT) (2OT) (2OT) (2OT)
(2OT) (2OT)
(KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (KC) (D) (D) (KC) (DS) (KC) (CA) (DS) (DS) (CA) (CA) (DS) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (DS) (SP) (SP) (DS)
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 28 300 117 378 82 143
2 44 366 138 414 67 145
OT 0 5 2 2 1 0
Tot 72 671 257 794 150 288
1 34 319 138 348 82 120
2 59 415 186 352 80 134
OT 0 4 1 9 0 1
Tot 93 738 325 709 162 255
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: COL KC
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
8 7
10 12
9 14
15 23
10 10
20 27
0 0
72 93
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes Pablo Mastroeni
vs. COL vs. KC
4-1-6 1-2-1
(1.64 pts./game) (1 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
9 16 83 35 34 47 7 5 6 65 18
Sporting KC Klein/Radosavljevic Preki Preki Preki McKeon/Zavagnin Kerry Zavagnin Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola Tony Meola
Rapids John Spencer Chris Henderson John Spencer John Spencer Pablo Mastroeni Chris Henderson 4 times Cannon/Hahnemann Scott Garlick Marcus Hahnemann Marcus Hahnemann
8 7 53 29 35 36 3 5 3 44 17
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed
2 3 9 5 7
Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
7 1 9 4
Sporting KC 9 players tied Preki (10/04/03) Onandi Lowe (08/12/01) Dom Dwyer (08/29/15) Chris Henderson (08/26/00) 3 players tied 13 players tied Bo Oshoniyi (09/10/04) Mike Ammann (08/07/96)
Rapids 8 players tied 5 players tied Mark Chung (09/14/02) John Spencer (08/22/03) Chris Martinez (08/02/00) 3 players tied 8 players tied 4 players tied Grafer/Kramer
2 2 8 5 7 6 1 9 5
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)
Colorado Rapids W-L-T
Streak (started)
6-0-1 5-7-6 2-3-2
1 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ts
(08/08/2015) (10/16/2015) (09/27/2015)
2-2-2 6-4-6 0-8-2
1 Ts (09/12/2015) 2 Ls (09/09/2015) 6 Ls (05/27/2015)
3-8-2 10-2-3
1 Ls 2 Ws
(10/16/2015) 2-11-3 (09/18/2015) 6-3-3
4 Ls (09/09/2015) 1 Ls (10/04/2015)
0-3-5 5-6-4 2-1-0 3-0-0 3-0-1
2 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ls 5 Ws 3 Ws
(09/23/2015) (10/03/2015) (08/22/2015) (03/29/2014) (05/20/2015)
0-7-5 3-6-6 3-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0
5 2 1 1 2
Ls Ls Ls Ws Ws
(06/24/2015) (09/19/2015) (09/26/2015) (07/11/2015) (05/24/2014)
7-0-5 3-2-4 2-4-0 1-3-0 0-1-1
1 Ws 1 Ls 3 Ls 2 Ls 1 Ls
(10/03/2015) (10/16/2015) (06/21/2015) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)
4-0-5 4-3-6 0-7-0 0-4-0 0-0-0
2 1 8 6 6
Ws Ls Ls Ls Ls
(07/18/2015) (10/10/2015) (10/11/2014) (07/30/2014) (04/26/2014)
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. RAPIDS (23-18-14) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
Preki Chris Klein Vitalis Takawira Mo Johnston Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Graham Zusi Jimmy Conrad Frank Klopas Gary Glasgow Matt McKeon Teal Bunbury Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Francisco Gomez Eddie Johnson Miklos Molnar Roy Lassiter Scott Sealy Paul Wright Mark Chung Kerry Zavagnin Chris Henderson Brian Johnson Chris Brown Jack Jewsbury Krisztian Nemeth Igor Simutenkov Ryan Smith Ryan Tinsley Stephen Armstrong Alex Bunbury Michael Harrington Kei Kamara Michael Kraus Alexi Lalas Uche Okafor Mike Sorber Dave van den Bergh Eric Quill Jose Burciaga Jr. Mike Burns Carlos Marinelli Chance Myers Sasha Victorine Sal Zizzo Peter Byaruhanga Bobby Convey Eric Eichmann Diego Gutierrez Tony Meola Paulo Nagamura Bo Oshoniyi Ryan Pore Craig Rocastle C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Scott Uderitz Team totals Opponent totals
26 21 14 18 18 13 9 18 8 7 19 6 4 4 11 3 2 5 5 9 12 27 8 8 14 14 2 6 3 8 6 4 10 6 1 4 16 3 1 6 9 5 3 7 6 1 1 1 2 15 17 4 8 5 3 3 5 6 54 54
24 21 10 17 15 11 8 18 5 5 17 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 2 5 12 26 8 3 6 12 2 4 2 8 6 3 10 5 0 4 15 3 1 5 9 3 2 6 6 1 1 1 1 14 17 4 8 2 2 1 5 4 54 54
2175 1840 889 1534 1442 925 685 1579 492 486 1563 307 261 354 508 244 158 319 225 483 1080 2399 730 342 833 1052 161 385 196 684 433 287 879 456 23 360 1338 267 83 432 774 281 217 492 491 90 45 59 102 1257 1580 347 730 112 161 94 405 352 4860 4860
9 9 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 75
16 3 3 7 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 95 70
SHT GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
83 43 32 38 37 20 8 12 15 11 26 9 12 8 18 6 7 3 6 10 34 10 11 1 12 17 3 7 8 2 7 8 1 12 1 6 5 3 4 5 10 1 2 5 10 2 0 0 2 10 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 741 675
2 2 2 6 17 8 6 9 2 1 1 54 54
135 100 180 540 1580 730 540 800 135 90 90 4860 4860
Garth Lagerwey Chris Snitko Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Pat Harrington Eric Kronberg David Winner Team totals Opponent totals
SHT
GAA
PG
7 5 0.67 5 4 0.90 6 4 1.00 20 14 1.00 85 65 1.03 44 31 1.36 31 22 1.50 46 29 1.91 5 1 2.00 6 3 2.00 2 0 2.00 257 178 1.32 327 225 1.70
SV
0 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 11 6
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RAPIDS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (18-23-14) PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
GP
John Spencer Chris Henderson Mark Chung Wolde Harris Conor Casey Ross Paule Paul Bravo Marcelo Balboa Terry Cooke Vicente Sanchez Steve Trittschuh Kyle Beckerman Sean Henderson Jovan Kirovski Shaun Bartlett Chris Carrieri Wes Hart Scott Benedetti Omar Cummings Zach Kingsley Tyrone Marshall Alain Nkong Edson Buddle Jose Burciaga Jr. Jordan Cila Jeff Cunningham John DiRaimondo Kevin Doyle Facundo Erpen Maynor Figueroa Jean Harbor Kosuke Kimura Clint Mathis David Patino Zizi Roberts Richard Sharpe Chris Martinez Adrian Paz Carlos Valderrama Colin Clark Seth Trembly Peter Vermes Mehdi Ballouchy Nat Borchers Jason Boyce Eric Denton Robin Fraser Denis Hamlett Nicolas Hernandez Peguero Jean Philippe Ritchie Kotschau Jeff Larentowicz Thiago Martins Pablo Mastroeni Jacob Peterson Martin Rivero Jamie Smith Roy Wegerle Team totals Opponent totals
13 24 11 12 8 11 15 19 7 4 11 14 6 4 4 10 11 4 7 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 4 8 2 4 3 2 13 8 7 5 8 11 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 16 5 1 22 5 2 2 5 54 54
12 21 10 7 8 10 14 19 5 3 11 9 5 4 4 9 9 4 6 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 4 8 1 4 2 0 11 7 7 5 3 10 6 10 1 3 9 3 4 4 14 5 0 21 3 1 0 3 54 54
1172 2006 959 663 696 935 1192 1732 515 273 990 913 428 296 325 774 778 347 538 291 270 159 102 179 154 127 90 111 270 90 324 712 96 338 212 15 954 599 670 375 317 914 456 910 40 270 850 270 344 260 1277 450 33 1841 218 123 73 213 4860 4860
8 6 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 94
4 7 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 70 95
53 32 30 18 22 18 33 35 10 3 14 14 4 8 7 17 6 4 13 4 1 4 3 3 4 7 2 3 2 1 9 3 2 9 9 2 3 11 4 5 3 4 8 1 1 3 1 0 6 8 6 4 0 11 7 4 0 4 675 741
Ian Feuer Preston Burpo Matt Pickens Scott Garlick Dusty Hudock Joe Cannon Clint Irwin Scott Vallow Bouna Coundoul Chris Woods David Kramer Marcus Hahnemann John Berner Adin Brown Paul Grafer Team totals Opponent totals
3 2 6 8 2 8 3 1 3 2 5 8 1 1 1 54 54
MIN SHTS 270 180 540 750 180 720 270 100 270 180 470 720 90 90 90 4860 4860
GAA
PG
12 11 0.33 9 7 0.50 28 21 1.17 45 32 1.44 16 13 1.50 54 39 1.62 12 8 1.67 5 3 1.80 14 7 2.00 18 14 2.00 25 12 2.11 64 44 2.12 4 1 3.00 10 7 3.00 11 6 5.00 327 225 1.70 257 178 1.32
SV
0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 11
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CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. RAPIDS (23-18-14)
CURRENT RAPIDS VS. SPORTING KC (18-23-14)
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Dom Dwyer Paulo Nagamura Krisztian Nemeth Amobi Okugo Chance Myers Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Jalil Anibaba Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Marcel de Jong Amadou Dia Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Mikey Lopez Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Jordi Quintilla Team totals Opponent totals
9 7 4 17 2 3 7 7 2 5 3 10 1 1 3 5 1 3 1 2 6 1 54 54
8 7 3 17 2 3 6 7 0 5 2 9 1 0 3 4 1 3 1 2 1 0 54 54
685 624 261 1446 161 270 492 559 78 450 246 813 78 1 270 381 77 270 90 151 153 13 4860 4860
3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 75
2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 70
8 13 12 20 3 3 5 0 1 5 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 741 675
Vicente Sanchez Nick LaBrocca Marcelo Sarvas Kevin Doyle Maynor Figueroa Marc Burch Sam Cronin James Riley Carlos Alvarez Dominique Badji John Berner Bobby Burling Joseph Greenspan Marlon Hairston Michael Harrington Clint Irwin Zac MacMath Drew Moor Lucas Pittinari Dillon Powers Juan Ramirez Dillon Serna Axel Sjoberg Luis Solignac Sean St. Ledger Gabriel Torres Jared Watts Team totals Opponent totals
4 11 5 2 1 9 10 19 1 1 1 8 1 1 2 3 9 15 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 54 54
3 10 4 1 1 6 10 16 0 0 1 6 1 0 2 3 9 15 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 54 54
273 875 373 111 90 556 803 1490 45 28 90 564 90 2 172 270 810 1350 83 277 62 69 90 90 90 172 180 4860 4860
2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 94
2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 95
3 16 4 3 1 3 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 675 741
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SV
GAA
PG
GOALKEEPER
GP
GAA
PG
Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
3 54 54
270 4860 4860
12 8 1.33 257 178 1.32 327 225 1.70
0 11 6
Zac MacMath Clint Irwin John Berner Team totals Opponent totals
9 3 1 54 54
42 30 1.22 12 8 1.67 4 1 3.00 327 225 1.70 257 178 1.32
1 0 0 6 11
SHT
MIN SHTS 810 270 90 4860 4860
SV
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GAME NOTES
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. COLORADO RAPIDS
2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Sporting Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 33 Sporting Kansas City 13-10-9, 48 points (9-1-5 home; 4-9-4 away) 6th place in Western Conference Colorado Rapids 8-14-10, 34 points (5-7-5 home; 3-7-5 away) 10th place in Western Conference
13-10-9 (48 pts.) RECORD 33 GAMES PLAYED 6th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 46 GOALS 1.40 GOALS/GAME 51 ASSISTS 42 GOALS ALLOWED 1.27 ALLOWED/GAME +4 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 371 (131) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 35.3% ON GOAL % 426 FOULS COMMITTED 387 FOULS SUFFERED 61 CAUTIONS 3 EJECTIONS
English TV: KMCI-TV, SKCTV English Radio: 99.3 FM TV/radio Nate Bukaty (play-by-play) talent: Andy Gruenebaum (color) Jake Yadrich (sideline) Kacie McDonnell (host) Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Radio talent: Enrique Morales (play-by-play) Raul Padrino Villegas (color)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 21 22 23 27 29 37 71 93 94 96
Pos. DEF DEF DEF DEF MID DEF MID FWD MID MID MID DEF FWD DEF DEF DEF/MID GK MID DEF MID GK FWD DEF MID MID MID
Name Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber Bernardo Anor Mikey Lopez Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Amobi Okugo Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Jordi Quintilla
New York Red Bulls (X) D.C. United (X) Columbus Crew SC (X) Toronto FC (X) Montreal Impact (X) New England Revolution Orlando City SC New York City FC Philadelphia Union Chicago Fire
Western Conference 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
FC Dallas (X) LA Galaxy (X) Vancouver Whitecaps FC (X) Portland Timbers Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake Colorado Rapids
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
BEEZ-ler POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra ZOO-see KRIS-tee-ON NEY-muth FAIL-hob-ber AHN-your ah-mah-doo DEE-ah sin-OH-vick sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM A-moby Oh-KOO-go
HAL-iss-see jah-LEEL ah-nee-bah-bah MEE-lia de YUNG SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah JORE-dee kin-TEE-yuh
Pts
W L T
57 51 50 49 48 47 44 37 34 30
17 15 14 15 14 13 12 10 9 8
Pts
W L T
57 51 50 50 48 48 47 42 41 34
10th in West
30 0.94 30 39 1.22 –9
401 (120) 29.9% 463 427 69 2
2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs
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17 14 15 14 14 13 13 11 11 8
10 12 11 14 13 12 13 16 17 19
10 10 13 11 13 10 12 13 14 14
6 6 8 4 6 8 8 7 7 6
6 9 5 8 6 9 8 9 8 10
GD GP +18 +3 0 +1 +3 –1 –9 –7 –14 –14
33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
GD GP
+12 +11 +6 –1 +6 +4 +3 –4 –8 –9
33 33 33 33 33 32 33 33 33 32
colorado rapids
Dom Dwyer 11 GOALS 5 Benny Feilhaber 14 ASSISTS 6 Dom Dwyer 89 SHOTS 42 Dom Dwyer 37 SHOTS ON GOAL 16 Krisztian Nemeth 5 GAME-WINNING GOALS 4 Benny Feilhaber 4 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 2 Dom Dwyer 53 FOULS COMMITTED 57 Dom Dwyer 73 70 FOULS SUFFERED Dwyer/Feilhaber 7 9 CAUTIONS three players tied 1 EJECTIONS 1 Tim Melia 1890 Tim Melia 1.19 Tim Melia 10 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 76
MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
Kevin Doyle Dillon Powers Gabriel Torres Vicente Sanchez Kevin Doyle Powers/Torres Lucas Pittinari Juan Ramirez Bobby Burling Burling/Sjoberg
2790 Clint Irwin 1.00 Zac MacMath 8 Clint Irwin 8 Clint Irwin 125 Clint Irwin
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 7th season
Top six clubs from each conference advance to MLS Cup Playoffs. (X) = clinched playoff spot
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
8-14-10 (34 pts.) 33
Pronunciation
2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference
colorado rapids
(.550) 89-68-53
7th season
(.550) 89-68-53
pablo mastroeni
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM
2nd season 16-32-18 (.379) 2nd season 16-32-18 (.379)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, Oct. 19 QUESTIONABLE: • Matt Besler (ankle sprain) • Kevin Ellis (ankle sprain) • Roger Espinoza (tibial sesamoid fracture) • Soni Mustivar (groin strain) • Ike Opara (ruptured Achilles) • Seth Sinovic (hamstring tendinopathy)
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Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvCOL: HEAD-TO-HEAD
#SJvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS
Sporting KC enters the final week of the 2015 regular season with two key home games at Sporting Park to determine the team’s postseason fate in a tightlycontested Western Conference race in which the club could finish as high as the second seed or outside of playoff position in seventh place. Peter Vermes’ men first host the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday — in a match originally scheduled for May 16 but postponed due to inclement weather — and can secure a spot in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs with a victory. The clubs square off Wednesday for the third time in 2015 and the 55th time in regular season history (KC leads 23-18-13). Sporting KC’s 68 matches against Colorado (KC leads 29-23-16) make the Rapids their most frequent opponent ever. Recent history in the head-to-head matchup favors Wednesday’s hosts, who have lost just one of their last 12 games against Colorado dating back to 2009 with a 6-1-5 record (including postseason). In addition, Kansas City has not lost to the Rapids at home since September 2002, a run of 15 straight league games without defeat (11-0-4 record including playoffs). Sporting KC extended this streak on June 27 with a 2-0 win over Pablo Mastroeni’s men at Sporting Park. Chance Myers set up Krisztian Nemeth for an impressive opening goal on 32 minutes before Benny Feilhaber’s teasing cross from the right flank caused Sam Cronin to turn the ball into his own net with 64 minutes played. However, it was the Rapids who came away with three points in the team’s most recent clash, receiving goals from Maynor Figueroa and Kevin Doyle in a 2-1 win at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
Sporting KC - 2015 Team Statistics • SKC has suffered just one home loss this season (9-1-5), the fewest in MLS. • SKC has won 13 home games this season in all competitions, one short of tying the club record set in 2000, 2004 and 2012. • SKC leads MLS with 12 assists from set plays, 66 chances created from set plays and 14 headed goals — this despite ranking last in MLS with 140 corner kicks (4.4 per game). • SKC leads MLS in tackles won per game (17.8) and interceptions (26.5) per game while ranking second in duels won per game (55.9). • SKC posted nine shutouts in their first 17 games but have just two clean sheets in their last 15 matches (both at Portland on Sept. 9 and Oct. 3). Sporting KC - 2015 Individual Statistics • SKC is just the 10th team in MLS history to have three players score doubledigit goals in a single regular season (Dom Dwyer 11, Benny Feilhaber 10, Krisztian Nemeth 10). They are just the third team to accomplish the feat since 2003 (San Jose 2012, LA Galaxy 2014. • Captain Matt Besler leads MLS with 208 clearances and leads the team with 35 appearances (and starts) in all competitions. • Benny Feilhaber is third in MLS with 14 assists (one off the league lead) and is one of two MLS players (Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC) to reach double digits in goals and assists in league play. • Dom Dwyer’s 33 regular season goals since the start of 2014 are the most over a two-year span in KC history. His 89 total shots rank sixth in MLS. • Krisztian Nemeth’s 22 combined goals (15) and assists (7) in all competitions are the most by a Kansas City newcomer in club history, excluding the inaugural 1996 season. Nemeth has also scored five gamewinning goals in MLS, one shy of tying the club’s single-season record. • Kevin Ellis is tied for the lead among MLS defenders with three goals. • Soni Mustivar leads MLS with 6.3 interceptions per 90 minutes played and boasts a 14-4-5 record as a starter in all competitions. • Tim Melia has a 14-7-5 record in all competitions and ranks fourth in MLS with a 73.1 save percentage.
#SKCvCOL: PLAYER HISTORY • • • • • • •
Graham Zusi has three goals and four assists in 11 MLS matches played against Colorado (including postseason). Benny Feilhaber has scored three goals in seven MLS matches against Colorado. He also provided the cross that led to Sam Cronin’s own goal on June 27 at Sporting Park. Krisztian Nemeth scored the game-winning goal on a cross from Chance Myers in a 2-0 win at Sporting Park ion June 27. Dom Dwyer scored a 92nd-minute game-winner in a 3-2 triumph over Colorado in March 2014 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. He also scored in Sporting KC’s 2-1 loss at Colorado on Aug. 29. Vicente Sanchez scored two penalty kick goals for Colorado in a 3-2 loss to Sporting KC in March 2014. He then led the Rapids to a 2-1 on Aug. 29, recording both assists. Maynor Figueroa and Kevin Doyle scored for Colorado in their 2-1 win over Sporting KC on Aug. 29 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. As a member of LA Galaxy, Marcelo Sarvas notched a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win over Sporting KC on April 20, 2013.
Colorado Rapids - 2015 Team Statistics • Colorado’s 30 goals scored this season are seven fewer than any other team in MLS. Their 0.94 goals per game are on pace for the lowest single-season scoring rate in team history. • Colorado has conceded 16 road goals this season, fewest in MLS, but their 11 road goals scored (0.69 per game) rank second-to-last. • Entering the final week of the regular season, Colorado’s seven road defeats (3-7-5) are tied for the fewest in MLS. • Colorado has allowed just five goals after the 75th minute, the fewest in MLS. The Rapids have outscored opponents 11-5 in the final quarter-hour this season. • Colorado’s 2-2-2 record when leading at halftime is the worst in MLS. The Rapids are 0-8-2 when trailing at the break. • Colorado leads MLS with 14.5 fouls per game and ranks fourth with 69 cautions, but their two red cards are third fewest in the league. • Colorado has gone eight straight games without a shutout after posting eight in their first 24 games. • Colorado has just one draw in their last 17 matches after tying nine of their first 15. • Colorado has lost four straight games and is winless in six, both their longest skids of the season.
#SKCvCOL: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • • • • •
SKC forward Jacob Peterson played for the Colorado Rapids from 20062009, scoring eight goals in 95 MLS appearances for the club (including postseason). Colorado defender Michael Harrington played for SKC from 2007-2012, recording five goals and 15 assists in 170 appearances over all competitions. His 149 regular season games played for SKC rank 10th in club history. Peterson and Colorado defender Drew Moor were college teammates at Indiana from 2003-2004, winning the NCAA National Championship in both seasons. SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia and Colorado midfielder Nick LaBrocca were teammates at Chivas USA in 2012. SKC midfielder Paulo Nagamura and Colorado defender Bobby Burling were teammates at Chivas USA from 2007-2009.
Colorado Rapids - 2015 Individual Statistics • Colorado has a different statistical leader in goals scored (Kevin Doyle 5), assists (Dillon Powers 6), shots (Gabriel Torres 42) and shots on target (Vicente Sanchez 16). • Dillon Powers leads Colorado with 30 MLS appearances. His 23 starts are tied for the team lead with fellow midfielders Sam Cronin and Lucas Pittinari. • Four of Kevin Doyle’s five MLS goals scored have been game-winners, including the decisive strike in the 76th minute of Colorado’s 2-1 win over Sporting KC on Aug. 29.
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NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • • •
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Sporting KC’s 13 home wins in all competitions (13-1-5) are one shy of tying the single-season club record previously set in 2000, 2004 and 2012. Peter Vermes is the second coach in MLS history to win an MLS Cup and multiple U.S. Open Cup titles with the same team (Bob Bradley, Chicago). Dom Dwyer has scored 44 career goals in all competitions for Sporting KC, fourth most in club history and two shy of tying Josh Wolff for third.
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES ESPN TO AIR #SKCvLA ON DECISION DAY
SPORTING KC ANNOUNCES 2015 CLUB AWARDS
Sporting KC’s regular season finale against the LA Galaxy at 6 p.m. CT on Sunday at Sporting Park will be nationally televised on ESPN as the marquee Western Conference match-up on Major League Soccer’s Decision Day.
Sporting KC presented the club’s annual awards on Oct. 10 at Sporting Park during Pitch Black. The club’s players, media members and fans voted on the following awards: • • • • •
All 20 MLS clubs will be in action on the final day of the league’s 20th season with five Eastern Conference matches played simultaneously on Sunday at 4 p.m. CT followed by five Western Conference games kicking off concurrently at 6 p.m. CT. The results will determine the field of 12 teams in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs and the postseason match-ups, as well as regular season honors for the Supporters’ Shield and Golden Boot winners.
Feilhaber, the team’s MVP, has scored a career-high 12 goals and set a single-season club record with 19 assists in 35 games across all competitions in 2015. For the third straight year, Feilhaber collected Sporting KC’s Goal of the Year for his game-tying goal in the 95th minute of a 4-4 draw at Houston on April 25.
Sporting KC currently sits in sixth place in the West with two home matches. A win on Wednesday over the Colorado Rapids would not only lock up a playoff berth for the fifth straight season, but would lift the club into a share of second place with the LA Galaxy heading into Sunday’s meeting.
Dwyer repeats as the team’s Offensive Player of the Year with 16 goals, most among all Sporting KC players, and three assists in 33 games played across all competitions in 2015. Besler and Mustivar share Defensive Player of the Year honors for a Sporting KC side that has conceded the fewest shots (332) in MLS this season. Besler leads MLS with 208 clearances, while Mustivar is 14-4-5 as a starter (all competitions) and leads the league with 6.3 interceptions per game.
However, a loss or draw on Wednesday would set up an equally high-stakes showdown with the five-time MLS Cup champions. Sporting KC would be putting their playoff hopes on the line at the 11th hour. Meanwhile, the LA Galaxy would be tasked with the challenge of securing a top-two finish (Knockout Round bye and home field advantage in Conference Semifinals) or top-four finish (home field advantage in Knockout Round) on the road where they are 2-8-6 this season.
Nemeth has contributed 15 goals, including the game-tying goal in the U.S. Open Cup Final, to go along with seven assists in 30 games played across all competitions in 2015 to earn distinction as the team’s Newcomer of the Year. His 22 combined goals and assists are the most by a KC newcomer since the inaugural 1996 season.
Sporting KC and the LA Galaxy have met only once in 2015 to date with the Galaxy prevailing 2-1 in April on a 94th-minute game winner from Omar Gonzalez. Sunday’s national broadcast will mark the fifth time in 2015 that Sporting KC has featured on ESPN or ESPN2. The club went unbeaten in the previous four instances, including the U.S. Open Cup Final.
Defender Kevin Ellis was given his Humanitarian of the Year award by the parents of three-year-old Kit Van Sickle, who is fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia and first met Ellis in May during a Victory Project photo shoot for the 2016 Braden’s Hope calendar. The pair have since formed a close bond, which embodies Ellis’ commitment to making a difference in the lives of others.
HOME SWEET HOME
Sporting KC has a 13-1-5 home record in all competitions this season, including a 2-0 regular season triumph over Colorado on June 27. Peter Vermes’ men have outscored opponents 40-21 at Sporting Park and have reached the three-goal mark eight times. Their 40 home goals scored in all competitions are second most in club history, trailing only the inaugural 1996 season (46). Furthermore, the team’s one home defeat is fewest in MLS.
FEILHABER ON FIRE
Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has pieced together one of the best seasons in Sporting KC history, setting MLS career highs with 10 goals and 14 assists during an MVPcaliber 2015 season. In a 3-1 win over FC Dallas on Sept. 18, he became just the third player in club history to reach double digits in goals and assists in league play, joining Josh Wolff (2005) and Preki (1996-98, 2003). Feilhaber has recorded 19 assists this season in all competitions, breaking the club record he had previously shared with Preki (2003). Earlier this year, he became just the second player in club history (Preki) to reach 10 goals and 15 assists in a single season (all competitions). Feilhaber won MLS Player of the Month for April and received MLS All-Star honors for the first time in his career when he was named to the All-Star Fan XI and competed in the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29. He has bagged two MLS Goal of the Week Awards (Weeks 8 and 21) and earned Team of the Week honors on eight separate occasions from various media outlets (see page 5). On Oct. 10, he was named Sporting KC’s MVP for the 2015 season.
Sporting KC’s 13 home wins in all competitions are one shy of tying the club record previously set in 2000, 2004 and 2012. In each of those seasons, the club went on to win a major trophy. Kansas City claimed an MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield double in 2000 and lifted the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title in 2004 and 2012. The team is set to continue that trend, having won the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with a penalty shootout win over the Philadelphia Union on Sept. 30.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
2015 marks the first season in club history that Sporting KC has seen three different players reach the double-digit goal mark in all competitions. Dom Dwyer (16), Krisztian Nemeth (15) and Benny Feilhaber (12) have combined for 43 of the team’s 60 totals goals in the MLS regular season and U.S. Open Cup. Nemeth’s goal in a 1-0 win at Portland on Oct. 3 brought him to 10 MLS goals in 2015, tied with Feilhaber and one behind Dwyer for the team lead. As a result, Sporting KC has three double-digit scorers in the same MLS season for the first time ever. It’s a feat only nine other teams have reached in league history — and just the third such occurrence since 2003. Of the previous nine clubs to match the milestone, eight qualified for the playoffs and two went on to win MLS Cup — including last year’s LA Galaxy side led by Robbie Keane, Gyasi Zardes and Landon Donovan. Player Dom Dwyer Krisztian Nemeth Benny Feilhaber TRIO TOTALS TEAM TOTALS
MLS 11 10 10 31 46
USOC 5 5 2 12 14
Most Valuable Player: Benny Feilhaber Offensive Player of the Year: Dom Dwyer Defensive Player of the Year: Matt Besler and Soni Mustivar Goal of the Year: Benny Feilhaber Newcomer of the Year: Krisztian Nemeth
SKC players with a combined 25 goals/assists in a single season (all competitions) Year Player Goals Assists Total 1996 Preki 22 14 36 2015 Benny Feilhaber 12 19 31 2003 Preki 12 18 30 1997 Preki 13 17 30 2014 Dom Dwyer 24 1 25
Total Goals 16 15 12 43 60
ROOKIE RELEVANCE
In January, Sporting KC selected Connor Hallisey (10th), Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) and Amadou Dia (20th) in the first round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Fast forward to a 1-0 win at the Portland Timbers on Oct. 3, and all three newcomers were in the starting lineup for Manager Peter Vermes. It marked the first time in the past eight seasons for three rookie draft picks to start a regular season match for Kansas City and the only such occasion in MLS this season.
LAST TIME OUT: SKC FALLS 1-0 IN SAN JOSE
Sporting KC’s winless streak in San Jose continued last Friday with a 1-0 loss in the team’s first match at Avaya Stadium. Anibal Godoy’s 47th minute goal extended the Earthquakes’ home unbeaten streak in the series to 17 straight games in MLS competition (including playoffs) dating back to 2001. With two home games remaining in the regular season, Sporting KC is sixth in a Western Conference table in which second through seventh place are separated by only four points. Sporting KC can book a postseason berth with a victory against the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday at Sporting Park.
Collectively, Sporting KC’s three rookies have now played a total of 55 regular season games through MLS Week 32. That ties the club record, set in 2007, for appearances by first-year draft picks and more than the previous four rookie classes combined. It also leads MLS in 2015, as does their 27 combined starts and their 2,727 minutes played.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) SPORTING KC CROWNED U.S. OPEN CUP CHAMPIONS
NEMETH AND HUNGARY SET FOR EURO 2016 PLAYOFF
Sporting KC claimed the club’s third U.S. Open Cup championship since 2004 and the team’s third major title in the past four seasons on Sept. 30, prevailing 7-6 in an eight-round penalty kick shootout after a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. With the triumph, Sporting KC secured the Dewar Challenge Trophy and clinched a berth in the 2016/17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League to compete against the best teams in North America, Central America and the Caribbean region.
On Oct. 13, the final day of UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying with nine games played concurrently, Hungary and Norway were 20 minutes away from advancing directly to a long-awaited European championship. Norway led 1-0 on Italy in Rome until Toronto FC playmaker Sebastian Giovinco came off the bench to set up two goals for the Azzurri in a 2-1 comeback win that knocked Norway out of a top two-finish in Group H. Hungary, who had received two goals from Sporting KC forward Krisztian Nemeth in their qualifying finale two days earlier, were poised to go through as the best overall third-place finisher until Turkey vaulted to the top of that table with an 89th-minute game-winner.
Sporting KC forward Krisztian Nemeth scored his fifth goal of the tournament, tying teammate Dom Dwyer for most in this year’s competition, with a 65th minute goal that leveled the match at 1-1 after Sebastien Le Toux had struck for the opening goal in the 23rd minute. Tim Melia matched his career-high with seven saves through 90 minutes of regulation and two 15-minute extra time periods, then made two saves in the penalty kick shootout to turn away attempts from Union captain Maurice Edu and former No. 1 draft pick Andrew Wenger.
Instead, Hungary and Norway will now meet in a two-game, aggregate goal playoff to be held Nov. 12 (Oslo, Norway) and Nov. 15 (Budapest, Hungary) with only one of the two teams booking a berth for the field of 24 in France next summer. Norway has held the upper hand in the recent series history, going unbeaten against Hungary since 1981.
Approximately 1,000 Sporting KC supporters were among the more than 14,000 fans in attendance at PPL Park. Philadelphia, playing in the U.S. Open Cup Final at home for the second straight year, took the 1-0 lead thanks to the tournament’s leading scorer in the modern era. Sebastian Le Toux raced onto a pass from Victor Nogueira and placed a first-time finish into the back of the net for the 16th U.S. Open Cup goal in his career.
Hungary’s quest for their first UEFA European Championship since 1972 will likely see Nemeth return to his national team next month after the 26-year-old appeared in each of their final five qualifiers. He is one of three MLS players in contention for a role in the Euro 2016 playoffs along with the Irish duo of Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) and Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids).
Nemeth, whose header carried just over the crossbar moments before halftime, found the coveted equalizer 20 minutes into the second half amidst rainy conditions. With a total of three combined touches, Chance Myers played a ball into the path of Graham Zusi who flicked it further across the penalty area for Nemeth to bend a right-footed curler inside the post.
The games will be played during the FIFA fixture window from Nov. 9-17, during which time CONCACAF’s World Cup qualifying campaign will resume with both the United States (Matt Besler, Graham Zusi) and Canada (Marcel de Jong) in action on Nov. 13 and Nov. 17. The Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs accommodates the international break with the conference semifinals concluding on Nov. 8 and the conference championships kicking off on Nov. 22.
The Hungarian international scored in each of his four appearances in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup and his five total goals moved him into a share of the club lead among all-time scorers in the tournament. Zusi’s assist was the third of his career in the U.S. Open Cup, placing him second on the club’s all-time assists chart for the competition.
Nemeth has contributed 15 goals, including the game-tying goal in the U.S. Open Cup Final, to go along with seven assists in 30 games played across all competitions in 2015. His 22 combined goals and assists are the most by a KC newcomer since the team’s inaugural 1996 season.
Sporting KC are no strangers to the penalty shootout, claiming the 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup with kicks from the mark, and the experience showed on Wednesday with seven of the team’s eight shooters successful. Both goalkeepers came up with back-to-back saves on their third try as Melia thwarted Edu and Blake tipped Nemeth’s attempt into the post.
2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Bracket Round of 16 June 30/July 1
• • • • • • • • •
Semifinals Aug. 12
Final
Sept. 30
New York 1 (3)
New York Cosmos 1 Philadelphia Union 2
July 21 Harrison, NJ
Phila. Union 1
Phila. Union 1 (4)
OPEN CUP FAST FACTS: SPORTING KC CLAIMS CROWN •
July 14-22
New York Red Bulls 4
The next eight players would convert one after another until the eighth round when Melia lifted his left leg to meet Wenger’s shot and set the stage for the decisive penalty. Up stepped 21-year-old newcomer Jordi Quintilla -- the youngest player to feature in the shootout -- to secure the title with a left-footed shot as Blake dove the opposite direction. •
Quarterfinals
D.C. United 1
Sporting KC became the fourth MLS team to win the tournament three times (Chicago 4, Seattle 4, D.C. United 3). Sporting KC has now won three Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championships in team history, each of which in extra time (2004) or a penalty kick shootout (2012, 2015). Sporting KC started five players on Sept. 30 who also started in the 2012 final: Graham Zusi, Matt Besler, Chance Myers, Paulo Nagamura and Seth Sinovic. Dom Dwyer and Krisztian Nemeth both scored five goals in Sporting KC’s run to the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, finishing in a tie for the tournament’s Golden Boot. Nemeth’s fifth U.S. Open Cup goal moved him into a tie for first place atop Sporting KC’s all-time U.S. Open Cup scoring chart, alongside Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong, Davy Arnaud and Igor Simutenkov. Krisztian Nemeth scored in four straight U.S. Open Cup games, becoming the fourth player since 1995 to tally in four straight USOC matches in the same edition of the tournament. Graham Zusi recorded his third career U.S. Open Cup assist on Sept. 30, moving into a tie for second in team history behind Benny Feilhaber (five). The visiting team has won the last three U.S. Open Cup finals and five of the last nine, including back-to-back losses for Philadelphia in 2014 against Seattle and again in 2015 versus Sporting KC. Sporting KC has 11 U.S. Open Cup wins since 2012, more than any other team (11-2-1). Philadelphia is tied for second with nine (9-3-3). Sporting KC overcame 1-0 deficits in the quarterfinals, semifinals and final of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Sporting KC became the fifth team to lift three major trophies in a four-year span since 2005 (LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders, D.C. United, Columbus Crew SC).
Aug. 12
Phila. Union 1 (6)
Chester, PA
Chicago Fire 3 Chicago Fire 3 Charlotte Independence 1
Orlando City SC 2
July 22 Bridgeview, IL
Chicago Fire 0
Orlando City SC 1
Columbus Crew SC 0
SKC wins FINAL: Sept. 30 7-6 in PKs PPL Park after Chester, PA 1-1 draw
Sporting Kansas City 6 Sporting KC 3
FC Dallas 2 Houston Dynamo 1 Colorado Rapids 0
July 21 Kansas City, KS
Sporting KC 3
Houston Dynamo 1 Aug. 12
Kansas City, KS
Real Salt Lake 2 Real Salt Lake 1
Portland Timbers 0 San Jose Earthquakes 0
July 14 Sandy, UT
LA Galaxy 0
LA Galaxy 1
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Real Salt Lake 1
Sporting KC 1 (7)
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) PETER THE GREAT
2015 SPORTING KC MEDIA RECOGNITIONS
Seventh-year head coach Peter Vermes has stamped his name in the Sporting KC and MLS history books this season. The 48-year-old began the 2015 campaign with 76 regular season coaching wins, good for 14th most in MLS history. More than seven months later, Vermes has climbed to eighth all-time with 89 regular season victories — fifth among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (221), Bruce Arena (190), Dominic Kinnear (152) and Jason Kreis (100).
SAADABDUL-SALAAM Team of the Week
In addition, 2015 has seen Vermes become Kansas City’s winningest coach ever. When Sporting KC beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals on Aug. 12, Vermes earned his 109th coaching win for the club in all competitions to pass his former coach Bob Gansler atop the club’s all-time chart. Three days later, Sporting KC pulled off a 4-3 comeback win to give Vermes his 87th regular season triumph, also passing Gansler for sole possession of first place in team history. On Sept. 30, Vermes won his third major trophy as coach of Sporting KC when the club defeated the Philadelphia Union 7-6 in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw through regulation. The second-longest tenured manager in team history behind Gansler (1999-2006), Vermes assumed head coaching duties in August 2009 and has since compiled a 112-78-60 record in all competitions. He led Sporting KC to the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championships and in 2013 became the first person to win MLS Cup as both a player and coach with the same team. Gansler coached Vermes as manager of the United States Men’s National at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and later in Kansas City when the club achieved the Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup double in 2000.
2015 SPORTING KC POWER RANKINGS
MLSsoccer.com Week 1 (3/9) 7th Week 2 (3/16) 14th Week 3 (3/23) 12th Week 4 (3/30) 7th Week 5 (4/6) 8th Week 6 (4/13) 8th Week 7 (4/20) 10th Week 8 (4/27) 9th Week 9 (5/4) 9th Week 10 (5/11) 9th Week 11 (5/18) 7th Week 12 (5/25) 3rd Week 13 (6/1) 2nd Week 14 (6/8) 2nd Week 15 (6/15) 2nd Week 16 (6/22) 4th Week 17 (6/29) 3rd Week 18 (7/6) 2nd Week 19 (7/13) 1st 1st Week 20 (7/20) Week 21 (7/27) 2nd Week 22 (8/3) 4th Week 23 (8/10) 4th 2nd Week 24 (8/17) Week 25 (8/24) 4th Week 26 (8/31) 6th Week 27 (9/7) 5th Week 28 (9/14) 8th Week 29 (9/21) 7th Week 30 (9/28) 9th Week 31 (10/5) 4th Week 32 (10/12) 4th
ESPNFC.com 6th 13th 15th 12th 7th 5th 10th 9th 8th 8th 8th 6th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 7th 7th 10th 8th 7th 7th 7th
SI.com 15th 17th 16th 15th 12th 11th 12th 13th 11th 11th 11th 9th 6th 2nd 7th 5th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 5th 4th 2nd 8th 11th 12th 13th 12th 15th 14th 14th
Bleacher Report N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 13th 10th 9th 9th 9th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 5th 5th 8th 6th 9th 6th 5th
TIM MELIA Week 9 (5/4) Week 14 (6/8) Week 19 (7/13) Week 22 (8/3) Week 28 (9/14) Week 31 (10/5)
Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com SI.com Bleacher Report ESPNFC MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com SI.com MLSsoccer.com Goal.com MLSsoccer.com SI.com Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com
MARCEL DE JONG Team of the Week Week 3 (3/23) Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com
TIM MELIA Week 31 (9/21)
Player of the Week MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Soccer By Ives
AMADOU DIA Week 12 (5/25) Week 14 (6/8) Week 30 (9/28)
Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com Bleacher Report Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com SI.com
SONI MUSTIVAR Team of the Week Week 19 (7/13) MLSsoccer.com
DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)
Team of the Week Goal.com
DOM DWYER Week 12 (5/25)
Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com
PAULO NAGAMURA Team of the Week Week 24 (8/17) Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com SI.com
KEVIN ELLIS Week 13 (6/1) Week 17 (6/29) Week 23 (8/10) Week 31 (10/5)
Team of the Week Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com SI.com
Week 19 (7/13) Week 25 (8/25) Week 31 (10/5)
Bleacher Report Bleacher Report SI.com
JALIL ANIBABA Week 5 (4/6) Week 6 (4/13) Week 9 (5/4)
Team of the Week Goal.com Goal.com Bleacher Report
MATT BESLER Week 9 (5/4) Week 14 (6/8) Week 31 (10/5)
Team of the Week Goal.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk ESPNFC NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk
ROGER ESPINOZA Team of the Week Bleacher Report Week 2 (3/16) Week 3 (3/23) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 5 (4/6) Goal.com SI.com BENNY FEILHABER Team of the Week Week 1 (3/9) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 4 (3/30) Goal.com MLSsoccer.com Week 6 (4/13) NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 8 (4/27) Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Week 9 (5/4) MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Week 12 (5/25) MLSsoccer.com Bleacher Report Week 20 (7/20) SI.com Week 23 (8/10) Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com SI.com Week 29 (9/21) Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com SI.com BENNY FEILHABER Goal of the Week MLSsoccer.com Week 8 (4/27) Week 21 (7/27) MLSsoccer.com BENNY FEILHABER Player of the Week Week 29 (9/21) MLSsoccer.com BENNY FEILHABER Player of the Month April MLSsoccer.com
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CHANCE MYERS Team of the Week Week 17 (6/29) Bleacher Report MLSsoccer.com
PAULO NAGAMURA Player of the Week Week 24 (8/17) MLSsoccer.com Soccer By Ives KRISZTIAN NEMETH Team of the Week Week 12 (5/25) Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com SI.com ESPNFC Week 13 (6/1) MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Week 31 (10/5) NBC Pro Soccer Talk KRISZTIAN NEMETH Goal of the Week Week 28 (9/14) MLSsoccer.com Week 31 (10/5) MLSsoccer.com Soccer By Ives KRISZTIAN NEMETH Player of the Month May MLSsoccer.com IKE OPARA Week 1 (3/9) Week 3 (3/23) Week 4 (3/30) Week 6 (4/13)
Team of the Week Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk Soccer By Ives MLSsoccer.com SI.com Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com NBC Pro Soccer Talk SI.com Goal.com
IKE OPARA March
Player of the Month Soccer By Ives
GRAHAM ZUSI Week 13 (6/1)
Team of the Week MLSsoccer.com
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS RESULTS
All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS
Sporting KC regular season record vs. Colorado Rapids: 23-18-13 Home games: 18-3-5 (57 GF, 25 GA) Road games: 5-15-8 (36 GF, 47 GA) Date
04/13/1996 05/05/1996 07/10/1996 08/07/1996 06/28/1997 08/28/1997 09/06/1997 09/26/1997 05/31/1998 07/19/1998 08/08/1998 09/02/1998 04/17/1999 07/07/1999 09/10/1999 09/25/1999 04/01/2000 04/29/2000 08/02/2000 08/26/2000 07/18/2001 08/12/2001 08/19/2001 03/23/2002 05/11/2002 09/14/2002 09/20/2002 07/04/2003 08/22/2003 09/13/2003 10/04/2003 05/01/2004 06/09/2004 09/10/2004 09/25/2004 04/02/2005 07/04/2005 07/08/2006 09/09/2006 05/19/2007 07/22/2007 04/05/2008 08/16/2008 03/28/2009 09/26/2009 04/10/2010 07/17/2010 05/28/2011 07/06/2011 05/19/2012 08/31/2013 03/29/2014 06/27/2015 08/29/2015
Score
KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 0 at COL 4 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 4 KC 3 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 2 at COL 1 KC 5 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 0 KC 5 at COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 0 at COL 0 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 0 at COL 2 KC 1 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 at COL 3 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 0 KC 1 at COL 3 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 at COL 1 KC 4 vs COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 2 vs COL 2 KC 3 vs COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 1 at COL 2 KC 0 vs COL 0 KC 1 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 at COL 1 KC 1 vs COL 1 KC 2 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 1 KC 3 at COL 2 KC 2 vs COL 0 KC 1 at COL 2
Result
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium W (SO) Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Mile High Stadium L (SO) Mile High Stadium L Arrowhead Stadium L (SO) Mile High Stadium L (SO) Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Mile High Stadium T Mile High Stadium T Mile High Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium T Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High L Arrowhead Stadium T Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High T Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium W Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium W Arrowhead Stadium L Invesco Field at Mile High L Invesco Field at Mile High W Arrowhead Stadium T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Arrowhead Stadium W CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T CommunityAmerica Ballpark W CommunityAmerica Ballpark T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park T Sporting Park T Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Sporting Park W Dick’s Sporting Goods Park W Sporting Park L Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
68
Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD
7 Tony Meola 5 Tony Meola 6 Tony Meola 65 Tony Meola 18 Tony Meola
John Spencer 8 Chris Henderson 7 John Spencer 53 John Spencer 29 Pablo Mastroeni 35 Chris Henderson 36 four players tied 3 Cannon/Hahnemann 5 Scott Garlick 3 Marcus Hahnemann 44 Marcus Hahnemann 17
All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
colorado rapids
2 nine players tied Goals 3 Preki (10/4/03) Assists 9 Onandi Lowe (8/12/01) Shots 5 Dom Dwyer (8/29/15) Shots on Goal 7 Chris Henderson (8/26/00) Fouls Committed 7 three players tied Fouls Suffered
eight players tied 2 five players tied 2 (9/14/02) Mark Chung 8 (8/22/03) John Spencer 5 (8/2/00) Chris Martinez 7 three players tied 6
SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
9 Bo Oshoniyi (9/10/04) 4 Mike Amman (8/7/96)
four players tied 9 Grafer/Kramer 5
All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 34 319 138 348 82 120
2 59 415 186 352 80 134
OT 0 7 3 12 0 3
Total 93 741 327 712 162 257
colorado rapids Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 28 300 117 378 82 143
2 44 366 138 414 67 145
OT 0 9 2 8 2 8
Total 72 675 257 800 151 296
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 6 COL 8
16-30 12 10
SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS
19,402
CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 89 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 83 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 89 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467
113
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
9 Klein/Preki 16 Preki 83 Preki 35 Preki 34 McKeon/Zavagnin 47 Kerry Zavagnin
Location
colorado rapids
105.1 6
31-45 16 10
46-60 22 16
61-75 11 9
76-90 26 19
OT 0 0
Total 93 72
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SPORTING KC MATCHES WON not including penalty shootout wins in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
183
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 113 matches played at the stadium
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In
Players Out
Bernardo Anor (trade - 12/8/14)
Antonio Dovale (option declined - 11/25/14)
Jalil Anibaba (trade - 12/12/14)
Christian Duke (option declined - 11/25/14)
Luis Marin (signing - 12/18/14)
Andy Gruenebaum (option declined - 11/25/14)
Krisztian Nemeth (signing - 12/18/14)
Michael Kafari (option declined - 11/25/14)
Tim Melia (signing - 12/23/14)
Eric Kronberg (option declined - 11/25/14)
Roger Espinoza (signing - 1/6/15)
Victor Munoz (option declined - 11/25/14)
Connor Hallisey (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)
Sal Zizzo (option declined - 11/25/14)
Saad Abdul-Salaam (SuperDraft - 1/15/15)
Lawrence Olum (out of contract - 11/25/14)
Servando Carrasco (trade - 1/27/15)
Martin Steuble (out of contract - 11/25/14)
Soni Mustivar (signing - 2/13/15)
Aurelien Collin (trade - 12/8/14)
Amadou Dia (SuperDraft - 2/18/15)
C.J. Sapong (trade - 12/8/14)
James Ansu Rogers (SuperDraft - 2/25/15)
Soony Saad (out of contract - 1/1/15)
Marcel de Jong (signing - 3/2/15)
Igor Juliao (loan ends - 1/1/15)
Amobi Okugo (trade - 7/20/2015)
Claudio Bieler (out of contract - 1/20/15)
Jordi Quintilla (signing - 8/6/2015)
Jorge Claros (waived - 2/24/15) Luis Marin (contract terminated - 5/27/15) James Ansu Rogers (waived - 6/22/15) Servando Carrasco (trade - 7/20/15)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Nov. 25: Dec. 8: Dec. 8: Dec. 12: Dec. 18: Dec. 23: Jan. 1: Jan. 6: Jan. 15: Jan. 15: Jan. 20: Jan. 20: Jan. 27: Feb. 13: Feb. 18: Feb. 24: Feb. 25: March 2: March 24: April 1: May 19: May 27: May 27: June 22: July 20: Aug. 6:
OUT IN OUT IN IN IN OUT IN IN OUT IN IN IN IN OUT IN IN LOAN (out) LOAN (out) LOAN (in) OUT IN OUT IN/OUT IN
Sporting KC declines contract options for M Christian Duke, M Antonio Dovale, GK Andy Gruenebaum, M Michael Kafari, GK Eric Kronberg, M Victor Munoz and F Sal Zizzo; M Lawrence Olum and M Martin Steuble leave club out of contract Sporting KC acquires M Bernardo Anor from Columbus Crew SC Sporting KC trades D Aurelien Collin to Orlando City SC; trades F C.J. Sapong to Philadelphia Union Sporting KC signs D Jalil Anibaba after acquiring his rights from Orlando City SC (2014 MLS Expansion Draft) Sporting KC signs GK Luis Marin and F Krisztian Nemeth Sporting KC signs GK Tim Melia F Soony Saad leaves club out of contract; D Igor Juliao leaves club as loan expires Sporting KC signs M Roger Espinoza Sporting KC selects M Connor Hallisey (10th overall), D Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th overall) and D Amadou Dia (20th overall) in the first round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Hallisey and Abdul-Salaam signed with MLS prior to the draft and were automatically added to Sporting KC’s roster. Sporting KC signs F Jacob Peterson to new contract F Claudio Bieler leaves club out of contract Sporting KC selects M James Ansu Rogers (53rd overall) and D Tony Rocha (73rd overall) in the third and fourth rounds of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis to new contract; signs M Servando Carrasco after acquiring his rights from Houston Dynamo Sporting KC signs M Soni Mustivar Sporting KC signs D Amadou Dia, the 20th overall pick (first round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC waives M Jorge Claros Sporting KC signs F James Ansu Rogers, the 53rd overall pick (third round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC signs D Marcel de Jong Sporting KC loans M Mikey Lopez to OKC Energy FC (USL) Sporting KC loans D Saad Abdul-Salaam to San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC recalls D Saad Abdul-Salaam from San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC and GK Luis Marin mutually agree to terminate contract Sporting KC recalls GK Jon Kempin from San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) Sporting KC waives F James Ansu Rogers Sporting KC acquires D/M Amobi Okugo from Orlando City SC in trade for Servando Carrasco Sporting KC signs M Jordi Quintilla
CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year
MLS SuperDraft
2008
Chance Myers (1st)
2009
Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)
Signings
Trades
Homegrown Players
2010
Jon Kempin (8/31/10)
2011
Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)
2012
Dom Dwyer (16th)
Jacob Peterson (1/19/12)
Paulo Nagamura (11/29/11)
2013
Mikey Lopez (14th)
Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13)
Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)
2015
Connor Hallisey (10th) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th) Amadou Dia (20th)
Krisztian Nemeth (12/18/14) Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Marcel de Jong (3/2/15) Jordi Quintilla (8/6/15)
Bernardo Anor (12/8/14) Jalil Anibaba (12/12/14) Amobi Okugo (7/20/15)
7
Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)
Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)
MLS Lottery Draft
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE
OPPONENT
COMPETITION
TIME/RESULT TV/SCORERS
ATTENDANCE
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
NEW YORK RED BULLS
MLS
T 1-1
Opara 50 19,784
Saturday, March 14
at FC Dallas
MLS
L 1-3
Espinoza 44
14,149
SATURDAY, MARCH 21
PORTLAND TIMBERS
MLS
T 0-0
---
20,848
27,454
Saturday, March 28
at New York City FC
MLS
W 1-0
Opara 12
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
PHILADELPHIA UNION
MLS
W 3-2
Dwyer 16; Anibaba 91+; Nemeth 94+
19,545
SATURDAY, APRIL 11
REAL SALT LAKE
MLS
T 0-0
---
20,087
Saturday, April 18
at LA Galaxy
MLS
L 1-2
Nemeth 22
20,018
Saturday, April 25
at Houston Dynamo
MLS
T 4-4
Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+
21,046
SUNDAY, MAY 3
CHICAGO FIRE
MLS
W 1-0
Nagamura 75
19,581
Saturday, May 9
at D.C. United
MLS
T 1-1
Dwyer 45
16,221
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
MLS
W 4-2
Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43
18,864
Saturday, May 23
at Seattle Sounders FC
MLS
T 0-0
--- 40,653
FRIDAY, MAY 29
FC DALLAS
MLS
W 4-0
Nemeth 19; Feilhaber 51; Ellis 57; Zusi 64
20,172
SATURDAY, JUNE 6
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
W 1-0
Feilhaber 84
21,505
TUESDAY, JUNE 16
ST. LOUIS FC
U.S. Open Cup (4th Round)
W 1-0
Zusi 70
19,298
Sunday, June 21
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
L 1-2
Dwyer 30
19,155
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
W 2-0
Nemeth 32; own goal 64
19,835
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
FC DALLAS
U.S. Open Cup (5th Round)
W 6-2
Dwyer 5, 30, 41, 69; Nemeth 46+, 59
19,113
Sunday, July 12
at Vancouver Whitecaps
MLS
W 1-0
Ellis 52
21,000
SATURDAY, JULY 18
MONTREAL IMPACT
MLS
W 2-1
Feilhaber 4; Dwyer 34
19,070
TUESDAY, JULY 21
HOUSTON DYNAMO
U.S. Open Cup (Quarterfinals) W 3-1
Feilhaber 71; Dwyer 86; Nemeth 88
17,589
Friday, July 24
at Real Salt Lake
MLS
L 1-2
Feilhaber 50
20,809
SATURDAY, AUG. 1
HOUSTON DYNAMO
MLS
T 1-1
Dwyer 6
19,882
Saturday, Aug. 8
at Toronto FC
MLS
W 3-1
Feilhaber 22; Nemeth 29; Peterson 87
24,326
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12
REAL SALT LAKE
U.S. Open Cup (Semifinals)
W 3-1
Mustivar 35; Feilhaber 80; Nemeth 85
16,117
SATURDAY, AUG. 15
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
MLS
W 4-3
Ellis 53; Dwyer 81; Nagamura 87, 94+
19,969
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
MLS
L 0-5
---
18,866
Saturday, Aug. 22
at Columbus Crew SC
MLS
L 2-3
de Jong 14; Zusi 62
20,018
Saturday, Aug. 29
at Colorado Rapids
MLS
L 1-2
Dwyer 47
16,430
Wednesday, Sept. 9
at Portland Timbers
MLS
T 0-0
--- 21,144
Sunday, Sept. 13
at Orlando City SC
MLS
L 1-3
Nemeth 59
22,241
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18
FC DALLAS
MLS
W 3-1
Feilhaber 65, 76; Dwyer 83
18,861
Wednesday, Sept. 23
at Houston Dynamo
MLS
L 0-1
--- 18,037
SUNDAY, SEPT. 27
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
MLS
T 1-1
Dwyer 79
19,496
Wednesday, Sept. 30
at Philadelphia Union
U.S. Open Cup (Final)
T 1-1 (W 7-6 PKs) Nemeth 65
14,463
Saturday, Oct. 3
at Portland Timbers
MLS
W 1-0
Nemeth 83
21,144
Friday, Oct. 16
at San Jose Earthquakes
MLS
L 0-1
--- 18,000
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21
COLORADO RAPIDS
MLS
7:30
KMCI, SKCTV
SUNDAY, OCT. 25
LA GALAXY
MLS
6:00
ESPN
Wed/Thu, Oct. 28/29
Conference Knockout Round
MLS Cup Playoffs
Sunday, Nov. 1
Conference Semifinals (Leg 1)
MLS Cup Playoffs
Sunday, Nov. 8
Conference Semifinals (Leg 2)
MLS Cup Playoffs
Sunday, Nov. 22
Conference Championship (Leg 1) MLS Cup Playoffs
Sunday, Nov. 29
Conference Championship (Leg 2) MLS Cup Playoffs
Sunday, Dec. 6
MLS Cup Final
MLS Cup Playoffs 8
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES March 8, 2015: Sporting KC 1-1 New York Red Bulls MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,784 (54th straight sellout) Weather: 70 degrees and sunny Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt) New York Red Bulls (0-0-1, 1 pt)
1 2 0 1 0 1
F 1 1
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara, Amadou Dia; Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 77); Bernardo Anor (Paulo Nagamura 61), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Erik Palmer-Brown 85) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Connor Hallisey, Jalil Anibaba, Jimmy Medranda New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Damien Perrinelle, Ronald Zubar (Matt Miazga 77), Roy Miller, Chris Duvall; Sacha Kljestan, Felipe (Anatole Bertrand Abang 84), Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty (c), Mike Grella (Sal Zizzo 68); Bradley Wright-Phillips Subs not used: Kyle Reynish, Sean Davis, Leo Stolz, Dane Richards SKC NYR Stats Summary Shots (on goal) 18 (4) 14 (4) Saves 3 3 Fouls 10 17 Offside 0 5 Corner Kicks 6 9 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless tackle) 30 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 70 SKC -- Matt Besler (ejection; second caution) 70 NYR -- Bradley Wright-Phillips (caution; tactical foul) 80 NYR -- Sacha Kljestan (caution; reckless tackle) 86 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Ike Opara 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 50 NYR -- Lloyd Sam 1 (Felipe 1) 54
March 28, 2015: New York City FC 0-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Yankee Stadium | Bronx, NY Attendance: 27,454 Weather: 36 degrees and cloudy Sporting KC (1-1-2, 5 pts) New York City FC (1-1-2, 5 pts)
1 2 1 0 0 0
F 1 0
March 14, 2015: FC Dallas 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX Attendance: 14,149 Weather: 57 degrees and cloudy 1 2 1 0 1 2
Sporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) FC Dallas (2-0-0, 6 pts)
F 1 3
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Amadou Dia, Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara, Marcel de Jong; Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi (c) (Jacob Peterson 88), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 76) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Seth Sinovic, Jalil Anibaba, Soni Mustivar, Jimmy Medranda FC Dallas: Chris Seitz; Atiba Harris, Matt Hedges (c), Moises Hernandez, Zach Loyd; Fabian Castillo (Kyle Bekker 89), Mauro Diaz (Ryan Hollingshead 69), Michel, Tesho Akindele (Michael Barrios 76), Victor Ulloa; Blas Perez Subs not used: Dan Kennedy, Walker Zimmerman, David Texeira, Kellyn Acosta Stats Summary SKC FCD Shots (on goal) 11 (4) 11 (5) Saves 2 3 Fouls 16 12 Offside 2 2 Corner Kicks 6 5 Misconduct Summary: FCD -- Atiba Harris (caution; reckless foul) 35 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; dissent) 41 FCD -- Kyle Bekker (caution; unsporting behavior) 90 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; unsporting behavior) 90 Scoring Summary: FCD -- Blas Perez 2 (Tesho Akindele 1, Fabian Castillo 1) 17 SKC -- Roger Espinoza 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 44 FCD -- Blas Perez 3 (Michel 1) 52 FCD -- Fabian Castillo 1 (Ryan Hollingshead 1, Michel 2) 73
April 5, 2015: Sporting KC 3-2 Philadelphia Union MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,545 (56th straight sellout) Weather: 61 degrees and cloudy 1 2 Sporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 1 2 Philadelphia Union (0-3-2, 2 pts) 2 0
F 3 2
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara, Jalil Anibaba; Servando Carrasco, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Soni Mustivar 78); Graham Zusi (Bernardo Anor 39), Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Jacob Peterson 67) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia, Connor Hallisey
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler (c), Marcel de Jong (Seth Sinovic 46); Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 77), Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Krisztian Nemeth 64) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Kevin Ellis, Paulo Nagamura, Bernardo Anor
New York City FC: Josh Saunders; Jeb Brovsky, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Jason Hernandez, Chris Wingert; Ned Grabavoy, Andrew Jacobson (Thomas McNamara 84), Mix Diskerud (c), Mehdi Ballouchy (Kwadwo Poku 75); Patrick Mullins, Javier Calle (Tony Taylor 59) Subs not used: Ryan Meara, Andres Mendoza, Pablo Alvarez, Matthew Dunn
Philadelphia Union: Rais Mbolhi; Fabinho (Raymond Lee 78), Steven Vitoria, Maurice Edu (c), Raymon Gaddis; Andrew Wenger, Brian Carroll, Michael Lahoud, Eric Ayuk (C.J. Sapong 72); Sebastien Le Toux, Fernando Aristeguieta Subs not used: Ryan Meara, Andres Mendoza, Pablo Alvarez, Matthew Dunn
Stats Summary SKC NYC Shots (on goal) 9 (2) 12 (3) Saves 3 1 Fouls 11 16 Offside 2 1 Corner Kicks 2 3 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless tackle) 68 NYC -- Mix Diskerud (caution; tactical foul) 73 NYC -- Kwame Watson-Siriboe (caution; reckless tackle) 86 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 1) 12
Stats Summary SKC PHI Shots (on goal) 14 (6) 10 (5) Saves 4 2 Fouls 11 11 Offside 2 3 Corner Kicks 8 3 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Marcel de Jong (caution; reckless tackle) 18 PHI -- Maurice Edu (caution; tactical foul) 62 PHI -- Brian Carroll (caution; reckless foul) 68 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Own Goal (Jacob Peterson) 3 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 16 PHI -- Fernando Aristeguieta 3 (Sebastien Le Toux 1) 19 SKC -- Jalil Anibaba 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 91+ SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 1 (M. Besler 2, B. Feilhaber 4) 94+
9
March 21, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Portland Timbers MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,848 (55th straight sellout) Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting KC (0-1-2, 2 pts) Portland Timbers (0-0-3, 3 pts)
1 2 0 0 0 0
F 0 0
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler (c), Marcel de Jong; Benny Feilhaber (Servando Carrasco 84), Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza (Soni Mustivar 93+); Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Jimmy Medranda (Bernardo Anor 56) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Amadou Dia, Seth Sinovic, Jacob Peterson Portland Timbers: Adam Kwarasey; Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell (c), Jorge Villafana; Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury, Dairon Asprilla (Gaston Fernandez 76), Darlington Nagbe, Rodney Wallace (Jeanderson 92+); Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti 76) Subs not used: Andrew Weber, Norberto Paparatto, Taylor Peay, George Fochive Stats Summary SKC POR Shots (on goal) 16 (2) 7 (3) Saves 3 2 Fouls 13 11 Offside 0 4 Corner Kicks 6 4 Misconduct Summary: POR -- Diego Chara (caution; reckless foul) 72 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; reckless foul) 82 Scoring Summary: None
April 11, 2015: Sporting KC 0-0 Real Salt Lake MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,087 (57th straight sell out) Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting KC (2-1-3, 9 pts) Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts)
1 2 0 0 0 0
F 0 0
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Marcel de Jong, Matt Besler (c), Ike Opara (Kevin Ellis 84), Jalil Anibaba; Roger Espinoza, Servando Carrasco, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Bernardo Anor 77) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Soni Mustivar, Amadou Dia, Jimmy Medranda, Paulo Nagamura Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando; Jamison Olave, Elias Vasquez, Tony Beltran, Kenny Mansally; Luke Mulholland (John Stertzer 92+), Kyle Beckerman (c), Javier Morales; Luis Gil (Jordan Allen 65), Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Demar Phillips 88) Subs not used: Jeff Attinella, Aaron Maund, Sebastian Saucedo, Devon Sandoval Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 12 (1) 4 (0) Saves 0 1 Fouls 11 11 Offside 2 5 Corner Kicks 7 2 Misconduct Summary: RSL -- Tony Beltran (caution; reckless tackle) 44 RSL -- Alvaro Saborio (caution; unsporting behavior) 61 SKC -- Servando Carrasco (caution; unsporting behavior) 61 RSL -- Kyle Beckerman (caution; dissent) 64 RSL -- Kenny Mansally (caution; delaying a restart) 80 Scoring Summary: None
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) April 18, 2015: LA Galaxy 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | StubHub Center | Carson, CA Attendance: 20,018 Weather: 64 degrees and clear Sporting KC (2-2-3, 9 pts) LA Galaxy (3-2-2, 11 pts)
1 2 1 0 1 1
F 1 2
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 75), Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Jalil Anibaba; Servando Carrasco, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 92) Subs not used: Tim Melia, Paulo Nagamura, Soni Mustivar, Connor Hallisey LA Galaxy: Jaime Penedo; Dan Gargan, A.J. DeLaGarza, Tommy Meyer (Omar Gonzalez 78), Robbie Rogers; Stefan Ishizaki (Gyasi Zardes 69), Rafael Garcia (Mike Vayrynen 66), Juninho (c), Baggio Husidic; Bradford Jamieson, Alan Gordon Subs not used: Brian Rowe, Oscar Sorto, Jose Villarreal, Ignacio Maganto SKC LA Stats Summary Shots (on goal) 10 (2) 9 (6) Saves 4 1 Fouls 12 11 Offside 3 2 Corner Kicks 3 9 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; tactical foul) 30 LA -- Dan Gargan (caution; reckless tackle) 32 LA -- Juninho (caution; unsporting behavior) 83 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 83 Scoring Summary: LA -- Baggio Husidic 1 (unassisted) 9 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 2 (B. Feilhaber 5, D. Dwyer 1) 22 LA -- Omar Gonzalez 1 (Juninho 2) 94+
May 9, 2015: D.C. United 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 16,221 Weather: 81 degrees and cloudy Sporting KC (3-2-5, 14 pts) D.C. United (5-1-3, 18 pts)
1 2 1 0 1 0
F 1 1
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Erik Palmer-Brown, Jalil Anibaba; Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 85), Dom Dwyer (Krisztian Nemeth 71), Graham Zusi (Amadou Dia 90) Subs not used: Luis Marin, Kevin Ellis, Servando Carrasco, Jimmy Medranda D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Chris Korb, Kofi Opare, Bobby Boswell, Sean Franklin; Chris Rolfe (Michael Farfan 74), Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud (c), Nick DeLeon (Miguel Aguilar 88), Chris Pontius, Jairo Arrieta (Luis Silva 66) Subs not used: Conor Doyle, Taylor Kemp, Steve Birnbaum, Andrew Dykstra Stats Summary SKC DC Shots (on goal) 11 (5) 7 (2) Saves 1 4 Fouls 10 9 Offside 2 4 Corner Kicks 5 5 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; reckless tackle) 9 DC -- Davy Arnaud (caution; tactical foul) 41 SKC -- Luis Marin (caution; dissent) 81 Scoring Summary: DC -- Jairo Arrieta 2 (Chris Pontius 1, Perry Kitchen 1) 42 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Roger Espinoza 2) 45
April 25, 2015: Houston Dynamo 4-4 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 21,046 Weather: 79 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting KC (2-2-4, 10 pts) Houston Dynamo (2-2-4, 10 pts)
1 2 1 3 2 2
F 4 4
Sporting KC: Luis Marin; Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis (Connor Hallisey 92+), Matt Besler (c), Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 63); Servando Carrasco (Soni Mustivar 55), Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth Subs not used: Tim Melia, Paulo Nagamura, Bernardo Anor, Jacob Peterson Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Kofi Sarkodie, Raul Rodriguez, Jermaine Taylor, DaMarcus Beasley; Alex Lopez (David Horst 80), Ricardo Clark, Nathan Sturgis (Luis Garrido 84), Brad Davis (c); Giles Barnes, Will Bruin (Chandler Hoffman 70) Subs not used: Joe Willis, Alex, Leonel Miranda, Rob Lovejoy Stats Summary SKC HOU Shots (on goal) 16 (4) 12 (4) 0 0 Saves Fouls 14 7 Offside 2 5 Corner Kicks 7 6 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; reckless tackle) 31 SKC -- Jalil Anibaba (caution; reckless foul) 43 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; tactical foul) 53 HOU -- Will Bruin (caution; reckless foul) 63 HOU -- Jermaine Taylor (ejection; denied obvious goal opp.) 79 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Marcel de Jong 1) 2 HOU -- Giles Barnes 3 (unassisted) 11 HOU -- Will Bruin 1 (Brad Davis 2) 46+ HOU -- Giles Barnes 4 (Nathan Sturgis 1) 46 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (unassisted) 74 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick) 80 HOU -- Raul Rodriguez 1 (Brad Davis 3) 83 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 1) 95+
1 2 3 1 1 1
F 4 2
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Paulo Nagamura (Servando Carrasco 86), Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 79), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Saad AbdulSalaam 92+) Subs not used: Luis Marin, Jimmy Medranda, James Rogers NE Revolution: Brad Knighton; Jose Goncalves, Kevin Alston (Chris Tierney 73), Jermaine Jones (c), London Woodberry; Diego Fagundez (Charlie Davies 54), Lee Nguyen, Andy Dorman, Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe (Teal Bunbury 54); Juan Agudelo Subs not used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Jeremy Hall, Sean Okoli, Steve Neumann Stats Summary SKC NE Shots (on goal) 15 (7) 11 (4) Saves 2 2 Fouls 16 12 Offside 4 4 2 10 Corner Kicks Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 30 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; persistent infringement) 37 NE -- Andy Dorman (caution; tactical foul) 41 SKC -- Amadou Dia (caution; persistent infringement) 71 SKC -- Soni Mustivar (caution; reckless foul) 76 NE -- Jose Goncalves (caution; reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: NE -- Juan Agudelo 4 (Kelyn Rowe 3) 11 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (Krisztian Nemeth 1, Jalil Anibaba 2) 29 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 4 (Benny Feilhaber 6) 39 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 3 (penalty kick) 43 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 5 (Jacob Peterson 1, Benny Feilhaber 7) 46 NE -- Scott Caldwell 2 (Charlie Davies 1, Jose Goncalves 1) 64
10
Sporting KC (3-2-4, 13 pts) Chicago Fire (3-4-0, 9 pts)
1 2 0 1 0 0
F 1 0
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Seth Sinovic (Amadou Dia 77); Soni Mustivar (Jacob Peterson 85), Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 65); Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth Subs not used: Luis Marin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Connor Hallisey, Bernardo Anor Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Joevin Jones, Jeff Larentowicz (c), Adailton, Eric Gehrig (Lovel Palmer 85); Matt Polster, Shaun Maloney, David Accam, Chris Ritter (Kennedy Igboananike 77), Harrison Shipp; Guly (Quincy Amarikwa 72) Subs not used: Razvan Cocis, Victor Perez, Greg Cochrane, Jon Busch Stats Summary SKC CHI Shots (on goal) 14 (3) 11 (3) Saves 3 2 Fouls 14 12 Offside 2 8 Corner Kicks 3 4 Misconduct Summary: CHI -- Adailton (caution; persistent infringement) 32 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 38 CHI -- Chris Ritter (caution; delaying a restart) 58 CHI -- David Accam (ejection; violent conduct) 89 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless tackle) 92+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 1 (Jalil Anibaba 1, Graham Zusi 2) 75
May 20, 2015: Sporting KC 4-2 New England Revolution MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,864 (59th straight sellout) Weather: 53 degrees and cloudy Sporting KC (4-2-5, 17 pts) NE Revolution (5-3-4, 19 pts)
May 3, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,581 (58th straight sellout) Weather: 84 degrees and partly cloudy
May 23, 2015: Seattle Sounders FC 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | CenturyLink Field | Seattle, WA Attendance: 40,653 Weather: 63 degrees and cloudy 1 2 Sporting KC (4-2-6, 18 pts) 0 0 Seattle Sounders FC (6-3-2, 20 pts) 0 0
F 0 0
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jalil Anibaba, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Servando Carrasco (Graham Zusi 77), Benny Feilhaber; Jimmy Medranda (Saad Abdul-Salaam 58) , Krisztian Nemeth, Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 56) Subs not used: Luis Marin, James Rogers Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans, Chad Marshall, Dylan Remick; Osvaldo Alonso, Gonzalo Pineda, Marco Pappa (Cristian Roldan 73), Lamar Neagle (Andy Rose 64); Chad Barrett (Darwin Jones 84), Clint Dempsey (c) Subs not used: Troy Perkins, Zach Scott, Leo Gonzalez, Michael Azira Stats Summary SKC SEA Shots (on goal) 9 (3) 10 (1) Saves 1 3 Fouls 11 6 Offside 0 4 Corner Kicks 3 2 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless foul) 81 SKC -- Soni Mustivar (caution; dissent) 81 Scoring Summary: None
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) May 29, 2015: Sporting KC 4-0 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,172 (60th straight sellout) Weather: 70 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting KC (5-2-6, 21 pts) FC Dallas (6-4-3, 21 pts)
1 2 1 3 0 0
F 4 0
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Jalil Anibaba; Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza (Servando Carrasco 71), Benny Feilhaber; Graham Zusi (Saad Abdul-Salaam 83), Krisztian Nemeth, Connor Hallisey (Marcel de Jong 65) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Jimmy Medranda, James Rogers FC Dallas: Dan Kennedy; Moises Hernandez, Matt Hedges (c), Zach Loyd, Je-Vaughn Watson; Kyle Bekker, Victor Ulloa, Mauro Diaz (Michel 72), Ryan Hollingshead; Tesho Akindele (David Texeira 74), Blas Perez (Rolando Escobar 46) Subs not used: Atiba Harris, Chris Seitz, Walker Zimmerman, Michael Barrios Stats Summary SKC DAL Shots (on goal) 12 (6) 5 (1) Saves 1 2 Fouls 11 14 Offside 4 2 Corner Kicks 5 3 Misconduct Summary: DAL -- Zach Loyd (caution; reckless foul) 33 DAL -- Zach Loyd (ejection; second caution, tactical foul) 43 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 6 (Kevin Ellis 1, Graham Zusi 3) 19 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 4 (Krisztian Nemeth 2, Jalil Anibaba 3) 51 SKC -- Kevin Ellis 1 (Graham Zusi 4) 57 SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Connor Hallisey 1, Jalil Anibaba 4) 64 June 21, 2015: Real Salt Lake 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 19,155 Weather: 86 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting KC (6-3-6, 24 pts) Real Salt Lake (5-5-6, 21 pts)
1 2 1 0 1 1
F 1 2
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia (Saad Abdul-Salaam 91+); Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 75) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Servando Carrasco, Marcel de Jong, Connor Hallisey, Chance Myers Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Justen Glad, Aaron Maund, Demar Phillips; Luke Mulholland (Luis Gil 70), Kyle Beckerman (c), Javier Morales; Sebastian Jaime (Jordan Allen 69), Devon Sandoval, Joao Plata (Olmes Garcia 83) Subs not used: Jeff Attinella, John Stertzer, Phanuel Kavita, Sebastian Saucedo Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 11 (5) 15 (7) Saves 4 4 Fouls 15 9 Offside 0 3 Corner Kicks 4 16 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Soni Mustivar (caution; reckless tackle) 8 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless foul) 14 RSL -- Javier Morales (caution; reckless foul) 15 RSL -- Demar Phillips (caution; reckless tackle) 18 RSL -- Kyle Beckerman (caution; reckless foul) 47 RSL -- Sebastian Jaime (caution; reckless foul) 51 RSL -- Olmes Garcia (caution; unsporting behavior) 93+ Scoring Summary: RSL -- Sebastian Jaime 1 (Javier Morales 4) 15 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (Benny Feilhaber 8) 30 RSL -- Olmes Garcia 1 (Javier Morales 5) 93+
June 6, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 21,505 (61st straight sellout) Weather: 85 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 Sporting KC (6-2-6, 24 pts) 0 1 Seattle Sounders FC (8-4-2, 26 pts) 0 0
F 1 0
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jalil Anibaba, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Connor Hallisey (Saad Abdul-Salaam 85), Graham Zusi, Marcel de Jong (Dom Dwyer 58) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Chance Myers, Servando Carrasco, Jimmy Medranda, James Rogers Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; Dylan Remick, Zach Scott (c), Chad Marshall, Tyrone Mears; Gonzalo Pineda, Micheal Azira (Darwin Jones 86), Marco Pappa (Thomas 80), Andy Rose, Cristian Roldan (Leo Gonzalez 77); Lamar Neagle Subs not used: Troy Perkins, Damion Lowe, Oniel Fisher, Aaron Kovar Stats Summary SKC SEA Shots (on goal) 16 (4) 6 (6) Saves 6 3 Fouls 7 9 Offside 1 3 Corner Kicks 3 5 Misconduct Summary: SEA -- Stefan Frei (caution; dissent) 82
1 2 0 1 0 0
F 1 0
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Saad AbdulSalaam 56), Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia (Marcel de Jong 81); Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza; Connor Hallisey (Jacob Peterson 68), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Jalil Anibaba, Servando Carrasco, Jimmy Medranda Saint Louis FC: Mark Pais; Jacob Bushue, Chad Vandegriffe, Sam Fink, Patrick Doody; Parker Maher, Brandon Barklage (c), Jamiel Hardware (Jordan Roberts 79), Brian Ciesulka (Charles Renken 68); Jermie Lynch (Kingsley Bryce 80), Mike Ambersley Subs not used: Alex Riggs, Oskar Gasecki, Kentaro Takada, Nick Bibbs
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 70
June 27, 2015: Sporting KC 2-0 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,835 (62nd straight sellout) Weather: 83 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 1 1 0 0
Sporting KC Saint Louis FC
Stats Summary SKC STL Shots (on goal) 12 (5) 2 (0) Saves 0 4 Fouls 3 10 Offside 4 1 Corner Kicks 4 0 Misconduct Summary: STL -- Brandon Barklage (caution; reckless foul) 54 STL -- Charles Renken (caution; reckless foul) 86
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (penalty kick) 84
Sporting KC (7-3-6, 27 pts) Colorado Rapids (2-6-9, 15 pts)
June 16, 2015: Sporting KC 1-0 Saint Louis FC U.S. Open Cup 4th Round | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,298 (sellout) Weather: 77 degrees and cloudy
F 2 0
July 1, 2015: Sporting KC 6-2 FC Dallas U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,113 (sellout) Weather: 82 degrees and cloudy Sporting KC FC Dallas
1 2 4 2 0 2
F 6 2
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Marcel de Jong (Saad AbdulSalaam 78), Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers (Amadou Dia 90); Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth (Jacob Peterson 71), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Servando Carrasco, Connor Hallisey, Jalil Anibaba
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Jalil Anibaba; Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber (Paulo Nagamura 62); Krisztian Nemeth (Connor Hallisey 75), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Saad Abdul-Salaam 50) Subs not used: Alex Riggs, Erik Palmer-Brown, Servando Carrasco, Jimmy Medranda
Colorado Rapids: Clint Irwin; Bobby Burling, James Riley, Jared Watts, Joseph Greenspan; Marcelo Sarvas, Lucas Pittinari (Dillon Powers 73), Sam Cronin (c), Dillon Serna (Kevin Doyle 69), Gabriel Torres (Vicente Sanchez 74); Luis Solignac Subs not used: Shane O’Neill, Zac MacMath, Marc Burch, Charles Eloundou
FC Dallas: Chris Seitz; Moises Hernandez (Victor Ulloa 46), Matt Hedges (c) (Kellyn Acosta 60), Walker Zimmerman, Atiba Harris; Ryan Hollingshead (Alex Zendejas 68), Michel, Je-Vaughn Watson, Michael Barrios; Rolando Escobar, David Texeira Subs not used: Jesse Gonzalez, Zach Loyd, Danny Garcia
Stats Summary SKC COL Shots (on goal) 9 (4) 6 (2) Saves 2 3 Fouls 15 14 Offside 0 5 Corner Kicks 6 3 Misconduct Summary: COL -- Jared Watts (caution; tactical foul) 52 COL -- Joseph Greenspan (caution; reckless tackle) 61 COL -- Kevin Doyle (caution; reckless foul) 70 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless foul) 80 SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; delaying a restart) 92+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 7 (C. Myers 1, B. Feilhaber 9) 32 SKC -- Sam Cronin (own goal) 64
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Stats Summary SKC DAL Shots (on goal) 11 (10) 9 (5) Saves 3 2 Fouls 10 12 Offside 3 0 Corner Kicks 7 3 Misconduct Summary: DAL -- Michel (caution; reckless tackle) 15 DAL -- Walker Zimmerman (caution; reckless foul) 68 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 5 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 30 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Penalty Kick) 41 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 1 (J. Peterson 1, B. Feilhaber 4) 46+ SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Saad Abdul-Salaam 1) 59 FCD -- Michael Barrios 3 (David Texeira 1) 62 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (unassisted) 69 FCD -- Kellyn Acosta 1 (unassisted) 73
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) July 12, 2015: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, Canada Attendance: 21,000 Weather: 68 degrees and fair
July 18, 2015: Sporting KC 2-1 Montreal Impact MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,070 (63rd straight sellout) Weather: 92 degrees and fair
1 2 F Sporting KC (8-3-6, 30 pts) 0 1 1 Vancouver Whitecaps (10-8-2, 32 pts) 0 0 0
1 2 F Sporting KC (9-3-6, 33 pts) 2 0 2 Montreal Impact (6-8-3, 21 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam; Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 83) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Paulo Nagamura, Servando Carrasco, Jimmy Medranda
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber (Paulo Nagamura 74); Krisztian Nemeth (Connor Hallisey 63), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers 79) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Marcel de Jong, Servando Carrasco
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted; Steven Beitashour (Robert Earnshaw 84), Kendall Waston, Tim Parker, Jordan Harvey; Matias Laba, Gershon Koffie (Deybi Flores 59), Mauro Rosales (c), Cristian Techera, Kekuta Manneh (Erik Hurtado 80); Octavio Rivero Subs not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Christian Dean, Kianz Froese, Nicolas Mezquida Stats Summary SKC VAN Shots (on goal) 13 (5) 13 (7) Saves 6 4 Fouls 12 16 Offside 1 3 Corner Kicks 2 6 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; reckless foul) 20 SKC -- Soni Mustivar (caution; tactical foul) 58 VAN -- Kendall Waston (caution; dissent) 73 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth (caution; delaying a restart) 86 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 88 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Kevin Ellis 2 (Krisztian Nemeth 3) 52 July 24, 2015: Real Salt Lake 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, UT Attendance: 20,809 Weather: 81 degrees and clear
SKC MTL Stats Summary Shots (on goal) 10 (4) 6 (2) Saves 1 2 Fouls 15 10 Offside 3 4 Corner Kicks 5 1 Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Marco Donadel (caution; reckless tackle) 84 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 6 (K. Nemeth 4, R. Espinoza 3) 4 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 6 (Benny Feilhaber 10) 34 MTL -- Ignacio Piatti 6 (Calum Mallace 2) 59 Aug. 1, 2015: Sporting KC 1-1 Houston Dynamo MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,882 (64th straight sell out) Weather: 90 degrees and partly cloudy
Sporting KC Houston Dynamo
1 2 0 3 0 1
F 3 1
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia; Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90); Connor Hallisey (Jacob Peterson 54), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth (Saad Abdul-Salaam 91+) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Marcel de Jong, Erik PalmerBrown, Bernardo Anor Houston Dynamo: Joe Willis; Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst, A.J. Cochran, Taylor Hunter; Leonel Miranda, Nathan Sturgis (Zach Steinberger 64), Ricardo Clark, Luis Garrido, Brad Davis (c); Will Bruin (Erick Torres 64) Subs not used: Tyler Deric, Raul Rodriguez, Chandler Hoffman Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (6) 1 11 1 6
HOU 5 (3) 2 15 5 7
Misconduct Summary: HOU -- Luis Garrido (ejection; serious foul play) 30 SKC -- Soni Mustivar (caution; tactical foul) 34 HOU -- Ricardo Clark (caution; reckless foul) 57 HOU -- Brad Davis (caution; unsporting behavior) 68 SKC -- Roger Espinoza (caution; unsporting behavior) 68 Scoring Summary: HOU -- Will Bruin 1 (unassisted) 59 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (Matt Besler 1) 71 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (K. Nemeth 1, Amadou Dia 1) 86 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Dom Dwyer 1, R. Espinoza 1) 88 Aug. 8, 2015: Toronto FC 1-3 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BMO Field | Toronto, Canada Attendance: 24,326 Weather: 70 degrees and partly cloudy
1 2 F Sporting KC (9-4-7, 34 pts) 1 0 1 Houston Dynamo (7-8-7, 28 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting KC (10-4-7, 37 pts) Toronto FC (9-8-4, 31 pts)
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Marcel de Jong (Amadou Dia 46), Matt Besler (c), Erik Palmer-Brown, Saad Abdul-Salaam; Soni Mustivar (Benny Feilhaber 46), Roger Espinoza, Paulo Nagamura; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 79) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Amobi Okugo, Chance Myers, Jimmy Medranda
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers (Saad Abdul-Salaam 79); Soni Mustivar, Roger Espinoza (Paulo Nagamura 90), Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 94+) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Marcel de Jong, Amobi Okugo, Connor Hallisey
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jimmy Medranda, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers (Amadou Dia 88); Soni Mustivar, Paulo Nagamura (Amobi Okugo 57), Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth (Saad Abdul-Salaam 76), Jacob Peterson, Connor Hallisey Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Marcel de Jong, Erik PalmerBrown, Graham Zusi
Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Abdoulie Mansally, Elias Vasquez, Aaron Maund, Tony Beltran; Luke Mulholland, Luis Gil (John Stertzer 87), Javier Morales (c); Joao Plata (Sebastian Saucedo 94+), Devon Sandoval (Olmes Garcia 61), Sebastian Jaime Subs not used: Eduardo Fernandez, Justen Glad, Boyd Okwuonu, Wellington Paeckart
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Sheanon Williams, David Horst, Raul Rodriguez, DaMarcus Beasley; Alex (Leonel Miranda 68), Nathan Sturgis, Ricardo Clark (Luis Garrido 80), Giles Barnes, Brad Davis (c); Will Bruin (Erick Torres 62) Subs not used: Joe Willis, Kofi Sarkodie, Mauro Manotas, Rasheed Olabiyi
Toronto FC: Joe Bendik, Ashtone Morgan (Daniel Lovitz 69), Ahmed Kantari, Eriq Zavaleta, Jackson; Collen Warner, Marco Delgado, Jonathan Osorio (Justin Morrow 69), Michael Bradley (c); Sebastian Giovinco, Jozy Altidore Subs not used: Chris Konopka, Nick Hagglund, Jay Chapman, Chris Mannella, Robbie Findley
Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 6 (3) 7 (5) Saves 4 1 Fouls 19 12 Offside 2 3 Corner Kicks 3 1 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 20 HOU -- Tyler Deric (caution; unsporting behavior) 45 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 45 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; delaying a restart) 65 SKC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless tackle) 76 HOU -- Erick Torres (caution; reckless foul) 80 HOU -- Nathan Sturgis (ejection; serious foul play) 86
Stats Summary SKC TOR Shots (on goal) 11 (4) 12 (5) Saves 4 1 Fouls 16 11 Offside 2 4 Corner Kicks 4 5 Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Collen Warner (caution; reckless foul) 88
Sporting KC (9-4-6, 33 pts) Real Salt Lake (7-8-8, 29 pts)
1 2 F 0 1 1 1 1 2
Montreal Impact: Evan Bush; Victor Cabrera, Donny Toia, Ambroise Oyongo, Laurent Ciman; Dilly Duka (Maxim Tissot 84), Ignacio Piatti (c), Calum Mallace (Nigel ReoCoker 68), Marco Donadel, Andres Romero; Dominic Oduro (Anthony Jackson-Hamel 74) Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Wandrille Lefevre, Eric Miller, Patrice Bernier
July 21, 2015: Sporting KC 3-1 Houston Dynamo U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,589 Weather: 78 degrees and clear
Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 12 (6) 14 (6) Saves 4 5 Fouls 13 9 Offside 2 2 Corner Kicks 3 6 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Tim Melia (caution; reckless foul) 72 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless tackle) 77 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; unsporting behavior) 91+ RSL -- Joao Plata (caution; delaying a restart) 91+ RSL -- Elias Vasquez (caution; persistent infringement) 92+ Scoring Summary: RSL -- Javier Morales 5 (Sebastian Jaime 1) 34 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 7 (Roger Espinoza 4) 50 RSL -- Joao Plata 2 (penalty kick) 73
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 7 (Benny Feilhaber 11) 6 HOU -- Ricardo Clark 5 (Brad Davis 6) 78
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1 2 F 2 1 3 1 0 1
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 8 (penalty kick) 22 TOR -- Michael Bradley 3 (Sebastian Giovinco 11) 22 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 8 (Benny Feilhaber 12) 29 SKC -- Jacob Peterson 1 (Amobi Okugo 1) 87
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) Aug. 12, 2015: Sporting KC 3-1 Real Salt Lake U.S. Open Cup Semifinal | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 16,117 Weather: 82 degrees and clear Sporting KC Real Salt Lake
1 2 1 2 1 0
F 3 1
Aug. 15, 2015: Sporting KC 4-3 Vancouver Whitecaps MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,969 (65th straight sellout) Weather: 88 degrees and sunny
Aug. 19, 2015: Sporting KC 0-5 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,866 (66th straight sellout) Weather: 73 degrees and sunny
1 2 F Sporting KC (11-4-7, 40 pts) 0 4 4 Vancouver Whitecaps (13-9-3, 42 pts) 2 1 3
1 2 F Sporting KC (11-5-7, 40 pts) 0 0 0 San Jose Earthquakes (9-10-5, 32 pts) 3 2 5
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam (Marcel de Jong 92+); Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Krisztian Nemeth (Chance Myers 87), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Connor Hallisey 64) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jimmy Medranda, Mikey Lopez
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jimmy Medranda (Amadou Dia 34), Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam (Chance Myers 73); Soni Mustivar, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Connor Hallisey (Jacob Peterson 46) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Marcel de Jong, Erik PalmerBrown, Amobi Okugo
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Amadou Dia (Marcel de Jong 46); Amobi Okugo (Mikey Lopez 46), Paulo Nagamura (Graham Zusi 68), Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Connor Hallisey
Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando; Demar Phillips, Elias Vasquez, Aaron Maund, Tony Beltran; Luke Mulholland (Abdoulie Mansally 88), Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales; Olmes Garcia, Devon Sandoval (Luis Gil 77), Sebastian Jaime Subs not used: Jeff Attinella, Justen Glad, Pecka, John Stertzer, Sebastian Saucedo
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted (c); Jordan Harvey, Pa Modou Kah, Tim Parker, Steven Beitashour; Gershon Koffie, Matias Laba, Kekuta Manneh (Darren Mattocks 74), Nicolas Mezquida (Pedro Morales 65), Cristian Techera (Mauro Rosales 60); Octavio Rivero Subs not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Christian Dean, Russell Teibert, Robert Earnshaw
San Jose Earthquakes: David Bingham; Marvell Wynne, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Shaun Francis; Anibal Godoy, Fatai Alashe (Marc Pelosi 82), Chris Wondolowski (c); Cordell Cato, Quincy Amarikwa (Adam Jahn 73), Shea Salinas (Sanna Nyassi 88) Subs not used: Bryan Meredith, Leandro Barrera, JJ Koval, Tommy Thompson
Stats Summary SKC RSL Shots (on goal) 17 (11) 7 (3) Saves 2 7 Fouls 12 13 Offside 0 2 Corner Kicks 5 5 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 30 SKC -- Soni Mustivar (caution; tactical foul) 75 RSL -- Tony Beltran (caution; tactical foul) 76 RSL -- Olmes Garcia (ejection; serious foul play) 93+
SKC VAN Stats Summary Shots (on goal) 17 (6) 10 (7) Saves 4 2 Fouls 14 11 Offside 2 3 Corner Kicks 7 5 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Amadou Dia (caution; reckless foul) 61 VAN -- Matias Laba (caution; reckless foul) 64 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution, unsporting behavior) 95+
Stats Summary SKC SJ Shots (on goal) 10 (2) 17 (9) Saves 4 2 Fouls 14 9 Offside 0 5 Corner Kicks 6 4 Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (ejection; professional foul) 71 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth (caution; reckless foul) 74
Scoring Summary: RSL -- Olmes Garcia 1 (Tony Beltran 1) 24 SKC -- Soni Mustivar 1 (Benny Feilhaber 5) 35 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (unassisted) 80 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 4 (unassisted) 85
Aug. 22, 2015: Columbus Crew SC 3-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | MAPFRE Stadium | Columbus, OH Attendance: 20,018 Weather: 77 degrees and clear 1 2 F 1 1 2 Sporting KC (11-6-7, 40 pts) Columbus Crew SC (10-8-8, 38 pts) 1 2 3 Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Jimmy Medranda (Amadou Dia 57), Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (c), Saad Abdul-Salaam; Graham Zusi, Mikey Lopez, Paulo Nagamura; Marcel de Jong (Krisztian Nemeth 90), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Chance Myers 78) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Seth Sinovic, Erik PalmerBrown, Connor Hallisey Columbus Crew SC: Steve Clark; Waylon Francis, Tyson Wahl, Michael Parkhurst (c), Harrison Afful (Hector Jimenez 70); Justin Meram (Jack McInerney 64), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp, Ethan Finlay, Federico Higuain; Kei Kamara (Cedrick Mabwati 72) Subs not used: Brad Stuver, Chris Klute, Kevan George, Mohammed Saeid Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 5 (2) 4 14 2 3
CLB 13 (7) 0 10 2 8
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless tackle) 33 SKC -- Jimmy Medranda (caution; reckless foul) 39 SKC -- Mikey Lopez (caution; reckless tackle) 79 CLB -- Jack McInerney (caution; delaying a restart) 92+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Marcel de Jong 1 (Saad Abdul-Salaam 1, Dom Dwyer 2) 14 CLB -- Ethan Finlay 8 (Kei Kamara 7) 35 SKC -- Graham Zusi 2 (Matt Besler 3) 62 CLB -- Tony Tchani 5 (Tyson Wahl 1, Federico Higuain 6) 80 CLB -- Jack McInerney 5 (unassisted) 88
Scoring Summary: VAN -- Kekuta Manneh 5 (unassisted) 9 VAN -- Kekuta Manneh 6 (Steven Beitashour 5) 41 SKC -- Kevin Ellis 3 (Soni Mustivar 1) 53 VAN -- Pedro Morales 5 (unassisted) 75 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 8 (Krisztian Nemeth 5) 81 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 2 (C. Myers 2, B. Feilhaber 13) 87 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 3 (Soni Mustivar 2) 94+ Aug. 29, 2015: Colorado Rapids 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, CO | Attendance: 16,480 Weather: 82 degrees and partly cloudy
Scoring Summary: SJ -- Cordell Cato 2 (Shea Salinas 3) 3 SJ -- Chris Wondolowski 10 (penalty kick) 17 SJ -- Anibal Godoy 1 (Quincy Amarikwa 3) 27 SJ -- Cordell Cato 3 (Shea Salinas 4) 58 SJ -- Chris Wondolowski 11 (Fatai Alashe 1) 61
Sept. 9, 2015: Portland Timbers 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,144 Weather: 80 degrees and sunny
1 2 F Sporting KC (11-7-7, 40 pts) 0 1 1 Colorado Rapids (8-9-9, 33 pts) 0 2 2
1 2 F Sporting KC (11-7-8, 41 pts) 0 0 0 Portland Timbers (11-9-8, 41 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers (Saad Abdul-Salaam 24); Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura, Mikey Lopez (Jordi Quintilla 77); Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 84), Dom Dwyer, Krisztian Nemeth Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Marcel de Jong, Amadou Dia
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam (Jalil Anibaba 62); Soni Mustivar, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Jordi Quintilla 95+); Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Bernardo Anor 75) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Amadou Dia, Connor Hallisey, Mikey Lopez
Colorado Rapids: Clint Irwin; Maynor Figueroa, Drew Moor, Axel Sjoberg, Sean St Ledger; Marcelo Sarvas, Sam Cronin, Juan Ramirez (Dominique Badji 62), Dillon Powers (Lucas Pittinari 80), Vicente Sanchez (Nick LaBrocca 89); Kevin Doyle Subs not used: Zac MacMath, James Riley, Marlon Hairston, Gabriel Torres
Portland Timbers: Adam Kwarasey; Jorge Villafana, Norberto Paparatto, Nat Borchers, Taylor Peay; Jack Jewsbury (c), George Fochive (Rodney Wallace 83), Lucas Melano (Maximiliano Urruti 83), Diego Valeri, Darlington Nagbe; Fanendo Adi (Dairon Asprilla 73) Subs not used: Jake Gleeson, Jeanderson, Anthony Manning, Michael Nanchoff
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (5) 2 9 0 4
COL 10 (4) 4 18 1 11
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Saad Abdul-Salaam (caution; tactical foul) 34 COL -- Axel Sjoberg (caution; persistent infringement) 58 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 60 COL -- Marcelo Sarvas (caution; tactical foul) 72 COL -- Drew Moor (caution; delaying a restart) 90 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 9 (Krisztian Nemeth 6) 47 COL -- Maynor Figueroa 1 (Vicente Sanchez 3) 53 COL -- Kevin Doyle 4 (Vicente Sanchez 4) 76 13
SKC 8 (2) 7 19 3 3
POR 18 (8) 2 17 4 6
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 40 POR -- Lucas Melano (caution; reckless foul) 46+ SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; tactical foul) 48+ SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 68 SKC -- Bernardo Anor (caution; reckless tackle) 94+ Scoring Summary: None
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) Sept. 13, 2015: Orlando City SC 3-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Citrus Bowl | Orlando, FL Attendance: 22,241 Weather: 78 degrees and fair
Sept. 18, 2015: Sporting KC 3-1 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,861 (67th straight sellout) Weather: 79 degrees and cloudy
Sept. 23, 2015: Houston Dynamo 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston Attendance: 18,037 Weather: 86 degrees and clear
1 2 F Sporting KC (11-8-8, 41 pts) 0 1 1 Orlando City SC (8-13-8, 32 pts) 1 2 3
1 2 F Sporting KC (12-8-8, 44 pts) 0 3 3 FC Dallas (14-9-5, 47 pts) 0 1 1
1 2 F Sporting KC (12-9-8, 44 pts) 0 0 0 Houston Dynamo (10-12-8, 38 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting KC: Jon Kempin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam; Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber (Jordi Quintilla 73), Graham Zusi; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Bernardo Anor 46) Subs not used: Trey Mitchell, Marcel de Jong, Jalil Ani baba, Amadou Dia, Mikey Lopez
Sporting KC: Jon Kempin; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers (Saad Abdul-Salaam 70); Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Jalil Anibaba 92+); Krisztian Nemeth (Bernardo Anor 82), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Trey Mitchell, Marcel de Jong, Jalil Ani baba, Amadou Dia, Mikey Lopez
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Seth Sinovic (Bernardo Anor 86), Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers; Soni Mustivar (Jordi Quintilla 80), Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Marcel de Jong (Jacob Peterson 54), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Mikey Lopez
FC Dallas: Jesse Gonzalez; Je-Vaughn Watson, Matt Hedges, Zach Loyd (Blas Perez 71), Walker Zimmerman; Atiba Harris, Michel, Victor Ulloa, Ezequiel Cirigliano (Tesho Akindele 64); Michael Barrios, David Texeira (Fabian Castillo 46) Subs not used: Chris Seitz, Moises Hernandez, Ryan Hollingshead, Rolando Escobar
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; DaMarcus Beasley, Raul Rodriguez, David Horst, Boniek Garcia; Brad Davis (Sheanon Williams 74), Rasheed Olabiyi, Ricardo Clark, Leonel Miranda; Giles Barnes (Erick Torres 68), Will Bruin (Alex 80) Subs not used: Joe Willis, Nathan Sturgis, Mauro Manotas, Rob Lovejoy
Orlando City SC: Tally Hall; Luke Boden, Aurelien Collin, David Mateos, Rafael Ramos; Servando Carrasco, Cristian Higuita, Adrian Winter (Eric Avila 73), Lewis Neal, Carlos Rivas (Brek Shea 61); Cyle Larin (Bryan Rochez 57) Subs not used: Earl Edwards, Seb Hines, Tommy Redding, Danny Mwanga Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (3) 1 11 4 5
ORL 8 (4) 2 13 2 3
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 83 ORL -- Brek Shea (caution; dissent) 83 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (ejecton; violent conduct) 87 Scoring Summary: ORL -- Adrian Winter 1 (Luke Boden 4) 3 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 9 (Benny Feilhaber 14) 59 ORL -- Bryan Rochez 1 (Brek Shea 2, David Mateos 1) 66 ORL -- Adrian Winter 2 (Lewis Neal 1) 72
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (9) 3 7 2 6
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Bernardo Anor (caution; unsporting behavior) 86 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 9 (unassisted) 65 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 10 (penalty kick) 76 DAL -- Victor Ulloa 1 (Fabian Castillo 7) 80 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 10 (Paulo Nagamura 1) 83
Sept. 27, 2015: Sporting KC 1-1 Seattle Sounders FC MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,496 (68th straight sell out) Weather: 80 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting KC (12-9-9, 45 pts) 0 1 1 Seattle Sounders FC (14-13-4, 46 pts) 1 0 1 Sporting KC: Jon Kempin; Amadou Dia, Erik PalmerBrown, Kevin Ellis, Jalil Anibaba (Saad Abdul-Salaam 66); Paulo Nagamura (Soni Mustivar 46), Jordi Quintilla, Mikey Lopez; Bernardo Anor (Dom Dwyer 74), Jacob Peterson, Connor Hallisey Subs not used: Trey Mitchell, Jimmy Medranda, Marcel de Jong, Amobi Okugo Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; Tyrone Mears, Zach Scott, Brad Evans (c), Oniel Fisher; Gonzalo Pineda, Osvaldo Alonso (Erik Friberg 73), Nelson Valdez (Lamar Neagle 84), Andrea Ivanschitz (Marco Pappa 64); Clint Dempsey, Obafemi Martins Subs not used: Troy Perkins, Chad Marshall, Cristian Roldan, Leonardo Gonzalez Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (7) 2 15 1 5
SEA 9 (3) 6 7 1 2
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless foul) 35 SEA -- Osvaldo Alonso (caution; tactical foul) 44 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 82 Scoring Summary: SEA -- Obafemi Martins 14 (Gonzalo Pineda 2) 32 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 11 (Amadou Dia 1, Jacob Peterson 2)
DAL 8 (4) 6 12 0 3
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 8 (3) 3 20 4 3
HOU 6 (4) 3 16 2 2
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Soni Mustivar (caution; reckless tackle) 33 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless foul) 41 HOU -- Boniek Garcia (caution; reckless foul) 45 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless tackle) 56 HOU -- Boniek Garcia (caution; reckless foul) 70 HOU -- Boniek Garcia (ejection; second caution) 70 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; delaying a restart) 88 Scoring Summary: HOU -- Will Bruin 11 (DaMarcus Beasley 1, Brad Davis 9) 67
Sept. 30, 2015: Philadelphia Union 1-1 (6-7) Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Final | PPL Park | Chester, PA Attendance: 14,463 Weather: 70 degrees and rainy Sporting KC wins 7-6 in penalty kick shootout Sporting KC Philadelphia Union
1 2 ET PK 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 6
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Chance Myers (Jacob Peterson 112), Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic (Saad Abdul-Salaam 78); Soni Mustivar (Jordi Quintilla 66), Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Graham Zusi, Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Bernardo Anor, Mikey Lopez Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake (John McCarthy 121+); Maurice Edu (c), Richie Marquez, Ray Gaddis, Fabinho; Vincent Noguiera, Sebastien Le Toux, Cristian Maidana (Conor Casey 77), Michael Lahoud, Tranquillo Barnetta; C.J. Sapong (Andrew Wenger 116) Subs not used: Warren Creavalle, Brian Carroll, Eric Ayuk, Steven Vitoria Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (6) 7 24 1 6
PHI 14 (8) 5 18 5 10
Misconduct Summary: PHI -- Michael Lahoud (caution; reckless tackle) 21 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; tactical foul) 29 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 34 PHI -- Tranquillo Barnetta (caution; reckless foul) 58 SKC -- Jordi Quintilla (caution; reckless tackle) 71 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 86 PHI -- C.J. Sapong (caution; reckless foul) 91+ SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 94 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; reckless tackle) 104 SKC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 106 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Sebastien Le Toux 2 (Vincent Nogueira 2) 23 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 5 (Graham Zusi 1, Chance Myers 1) 65
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Penalty Kick Shootout: PHI: Sebastien Le Toux (make) SKC: Benny Feilhaber (make) PHI: Vincent Nogueira (make) SKC: Dom Dwyer (make) PHI: Maurice Edu (save) SKC: Krisztian Nemeth (save) PHI: Tranquillo Barnetta (make) SKC: Matt Besler (make) PHI: Conor Casey (make) SKC: Paulo Nagamura (make) PHI: Michael Lahoud (make) SKC: Graham Zusi (make) PHI: Ray Gaddis (make) SKC: Kevin Ellis (make) PHI: Andrew Wenger (save) SKC: Jordi Quintilla (make)
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 BOX SCORES (CONTINUED) Oct. 3, 2015: Portland Tmbers 0-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR Attendance: 21,144 Weather: 63 degrees and clear
Oct. 16, 2015: San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Avaya Stadium | San Jose, CA Attendance: 18,000 Weather: 68 degrees and clear
1 2 F Sporting KC (13-9-9, 48 pts) 0 1 1 Portland Timbers (12-11-8, 44 pts) 0 0 0
1 2 F Sporting KC (13-10-9, 48 pts) 0 0 0 San Jose Earthquakes (13-12-8, 47 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Amadou Dia, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis (Erik Palmer-Brown 80), Saad Abdul-Salaam; Benny Feilhaber, Mikey Lopez, Jordi Quintilla; Bernardo Anor, Jacob Peterson (Krisztian Nemeth 73), Connor Hallisey (Graham Zusi 46) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Jalil Anibaba, Dom Dwyer, Amobi Okugo
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Seth Sinovic (Saad Abdul-Salaam 64), Matt Besler (Amobi Okugo 60), Erik Palmer-Brown, Chance Myers; Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber, Mikey Lopez; Bernardo Anor (Krisztian Nemeth 59), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Amadou Dia, Jordi Quintilla, Jacob Peterson
Portland Timbers: Adam Kwarasey; Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell (c), Jorge Villafana (Maximiliano Urruti 83); Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury (Dairon Asprilla 80), Darlington Nagbe, Diego Valeri, Rodney Wallace (Lucas Melano 62); Fanendo Adi Subs not used: Jake Gleeson, Norberto Paparatto, Taylor Peay, George Fochive
San Jose Earthquakes: David Bingham; Shaun Francis, Clarence Goodson, Fatai Alashe, Marvell Wynne; Shea Salinas, Anibal Godoy, Matias Perez Garcia (Sanna Nyassi 76), Cordell Cato; Quincy Amarikwa (Adam Jahn 91+), Chris Wondolowski Subs not used: Bryan Meredith, Leandro Barrera, J.J. Koval, Tommy Thompson, Mark Sherrod
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 8 (4) 6 14 1 2
POR 17 (6) 3 15 5 6
Misconduct Summary: POR -- Fanendo Adi (caution; tactical foul) 70 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 74 POR -- Diego Valeri (caution; unsporting behavior) 80 SKC -- Tim Melia (caution; delaying a restart) 88 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth 10 (Graham Zusi 5) 83
Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 8 (3) 7 15 0 4
SJ 13 (8) 3 17 4 4
Misconduct Summary: SJ -- Anibal Godoy (caution; reckless tackle) 67 SKC -- Amobi Okugo (caution; tactical foul) 69 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless takle) 82 Scoring Summary: SJ -- Anibal Godoy 2 (Chris Wondolowski 1, Shea Salinas 5) 47
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Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS
SPORTING KC IN 2015 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)
Regular Season Record By Month
2015 Record When... Scoring first goal Conceding first goal Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime 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 Wearing Sporting blue Wearing dark indigo Wearing white Leading at 75’ Tied at 75’ Trailing at 75’ Outshooting opponent Outshot by opponent Shots even One-goal games On ESPN/2 On FOX Sports 1 On KMCI-TV Day games (before 5 p.m.) Games 5 p.m. CT or later With red card for With red card against Temperature 75 & up Temperature below 75 In Pacific time zone In Mountain time zone In Central time zone In Eastern time zone vs. Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference On grass On turf With zero subs With one sub With two subs with three subs
10-2-3 3-8-2 6-0-1 5-7-6 2-3-2 0-3-4 5-6-4 2-1-0 3-0-0 3-0-1 7-0-4 3-2-4 2-4-0 1-3-0 0-1-1 7-8-7 4-1-0 2-1-2 9-1-1 2-3-6 2-6-2 9-4-6 3-5-3 1-1-0 8-7-0 2-0-1 1-2-1 10-8-7 2-0-1 11-10-8 0-2-1 2-1-2 6-6-5 7-4-4 2-2-2 0-3-0 9-3-6 2-2-1 6-2-2 7-8-7 11-9-7 2-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-3-1 11-7-8
March 2015 March all-time April 2015 April all-time May 2015 May all-time June 2015 June all-time July 2015 July all-time Aug. 2015 Aug. all-time Sept. 2015 Sept. all-time Oct. 2015 Oct. all-time
Quickest Goals...
1-1-2 13-9-6 1-1-2 39-31-14 3-0-2 33-39-23 2-1-0 38-29-21 2-1-0 46-33-24 2-3-1 39-48-15 1-2-2 29-37-15 1-1-0 19-13-14
Quickest Goals Against... Game-winning goals after 75’...
Game-tying goals after 75’...
2nd min, Krisztian Nemeth, 4/25 at HOU 4th min, Benny Feilhaber, 7/18 vs MTL 6th min, Dom Dwyer, 8/1 vs HOU 12th min, Ike Opara, 3/28 at NYC
3rd min, own goal (Jacob Peterson), 4/5 vs PHI 3rd min, Cordell Cato, 8/19 vs SJ 3rd min, Adrian Winter, 9/13 at ORL 9th min, Baggio Husidic, 4/18 at LA 9th min, Kekuta Manneh, 8/15 vs VAN 94th min, Krisztian Nemeth, 4/5 vs PHI 84th min, Benny Feilhaber, 6/6 vs SEA 94th min, Paulo Nagamura, 8/15 vs VAN 76th min, Benny Feilhaber, 9/18 vs DAL 83rd min, Krisztian Nemeth, 10/3 at POR 95th min, Benny Feilhaber, 4/25 at HOU 79th, min Dom Dwyer, 9/27 vs SEA
Game-winning goals against after 75’...
Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2015) 14-25-11 (1-0-0) vs. Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids 23-18-13 (1-1-0) vs. Columbus Crew SC 24-22-6 (0-1-0) vs. D.C. United 20-20-12 (0-0-1) vs. FC Dallas 22-20-10 (2-1-0) vs. Houston Dynamo 5-8-10 (0-1-2) vs. LA Galaxy 19-24-11 (0-1-0) vs. Montreal Impact 6-3-1 (1-0-0) vs. NE Revolution 24-16-11 (1-0-0) vs. New York City FC 1-0-0 (1-0-0) vs. New York Red Bulls 19-20-13 (0-0-1) vs. Orlando City SC 0-1-0 (0-1-0) vs. Philadelphia Union 5-4-4 (1-0-0) vs. Portland Timbers 4-2-2 (1-0-2) vs. Real Salt Lake 8-7-5 (0-2-1) vs. SJ Earthquakes 21-23-7 (0-2-0) vs. Seattle Sounders FC 2-7-3 (1-0-2) vs. Toronto FC 13-4-5 (1-0-0) vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 4-1-2 (2-0-0)
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
78th min, Ricardo Clark, 8/1 vs HOU 3rd min, Jacob Peterson, 4/5 vs PHI 64th min, Sam Cronin, 6/27 vs COL
Red Cards... Red Cards Against...
70th min, Matt Besler, 3/8 vs NYR 71st min, Benny Feilhaber, 8/19 vs SJ 87th min, Dom Dwyer, 9/13 at ORL 79th min, Jermaine Taylor, 4/25 at HOU 89th min, David Accam, 5/3 vs CHI 43rd min, Zach Loyd, 5/29 vs DAL 86th min, Nathan Sturgis, 8/1 vs HOU 70th min, Boniek Garcia, 9/23 at HOU
79th min, Dom Dwyer (saved), 3/14 at DAL 80th min, Benny Feilhaber (goal), 4/25 at HOU 43rd min, Benny Feilhaber (goal), 5/20 vs NE 84th min, Benny Feilhaber (goal), 6/6 vs SEA 22nd min, Benny Feilhaber (goal), 8/8 at TOR 76th min, Benny Feilhaber (goal), 9/18 vs DAL 73rd min, Joao Plata (goal), 7/24 at RSL 17th min, Chris Wondolowski (goal), 8/19 vs SJ
Penalty Kicks Against...
256-239-132 9-1-5 165-86-61 4-9-4 91-153-71
94th min, Omar Gonzalez, 4/18 at LA 93rd min, Olmes Garcia, 6/21 at RSL 88th min, Jack McInerney, 8/22 at CLB 76th min, Kevin Doyle, 8/29 at COL
Own Goals... Own Goals Against...
Penalty Kicks...
Regular Season Home and Away Overall All-time 2015 at home All-time at home 2015 on road All-time on road
Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Youngest to play in a game... Oldest Starter... Oldest to play in a game...
23 years, 333 days, Kevin Ellis, 5/29 vs DAL 32 years, 166 days, Paulo Nagamura, 8/15 vs VAN 18 years, 15 days, Erik Palmer-Brown, 5/9 at DC 17 years, 318 days, Erik Palmer-Brown, 3/8 vs NY 32 years, 219 days, Paulo Nagamura, 10/16 at SJ 32 years, 219 days, Paulo Nagamura, 10/16 at SJ
2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 18 28 46 OppONENT 19 23 42
SHOTS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 184 187 371 OppONENT 157 175 332
SHOTS ON GOAL SPORTING KC OppONENT
1 62 62
2 69 83
FOULS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 203 223 426 OppONENT 197 190 387
OFFSIDES 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 28 27 55 OppONENT 60 45 105
CORNER KICKS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 67 73 140 OppONENT 83 80 163
CAUTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 23 38 61 OppONENT 12 38 50
EJECTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 0 3 3 OppONENT 1 4 5
PK’S (Made/attempted) 1 SPORTING KC 2/2 OppONENT 1/1
2 3/4 1/1
Total 131 145
Total 5/6 2/2
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 256 239 132 17 19 7 23 14 6 9 10 8 305 282 153
home GF GA 878 848 57 57 86 51 33 37 1054 993
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W 165 14 17 5 201
L 86 3 7 3 99
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away T 61 3 2 5 71
GF GA 520 375 35 15 59 26 16 10 630 426
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L 91 153 2 15 6 7 4 7 103 182
T 71 4 4 2 81
Neutral site MLS Cup Playoffs International TOTAL
W L T 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
GF GA 358 473 19 39 27 25 17 27 421 564 GF GA 3 3 0 0 3 3
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 GOAL CHART 6 1
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42 11
Penalty kicks: 10, 16, 22, 31, 43
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GOAL INFORMATION 1 - Ike Opara 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1), Mar. 8 vs NYR, 50th min 2 - Roger Espinoza 1 (Benny Feilhaber 2), Mar. 14 at FCD, 44th min 3 - Ike Opara 2 (Matt Besler 1), Mar. 28 at NYC, 12th min # 4 - Dom Dwyer 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 16th min * 5 - Jalil Anibaba 1 (Roger Espinoza 1), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 91st min 6 - Krisztian Nemeth 1 (Matt Besler 2, Benny Feilhaber 4), Apr. 5 vs PHI, 94th min * 7 - Krisztian Nemeth 2 (Benny Feilhaber 5, Dom Dwyer 1), Apr. 18 at LA, 22nd min 8 - Krisztian Nemeth 3 (Marcel de Jong 1), Apr. 25 at HOU, 2nd min 9 - Dom Dwyer 2 (unassisted), Apr. 25 at HOU, 74th min 10 - Benny Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick), Apr. 25 at HOU, 80th min ^ 11 - Benny Feilhaber 2 (Graham Zusi 1), Apr. 25 at HOU, 95th min 12 - Paulo Nagamura 1 (Jalil Anibaba 1, Graham Zusi 2), May 3 vs CHI, 75th min 13 - Dom Dwyer 3 (Roger Espinoza 2), May 9 at DC, 45th min 14 - Dom Dwyer 4 (Krisztian Nemeth 1, Jalil Anibaba 2), May 20 vs NE, 29th min 15 - Krisztian Nemeth 4 (Benny Feilhaber 6), May 20 vs NE, 39th min + 16 - Benny Feilhaber 3 (penalty kick), May 20 vs NE, 43rd min ^ 17 - Krisztian Nemeth 5 (Jacob Peterson 1, Benny Feilhaber 7), May 20 vs NE, 46th min 18 - Krisztian Nemeth 6 (Kevin Ellis 1, Graham Zusi 3), May 29 vs DAL, 19th min + 19 - Benny Feilhaber 4 (Krisztian Nemeth 2, Jalil Anibaba 3), May 29 vs DAL, 51st min 20 - Kevin Ellis 1 (Graham Zusi 4), May 29 vs DAL, 57th min * 21 - Graham Zusi (Connor Hallisey 1, Jalil Anibaba 4), May 29 vs DAL, 64th min 22 - Benny Feilhaber 5 (penalty kick), June 6 vs SEA, 84th min ^ 23 - Dom Dwyer 5 (Benny Feilhaber 8), June 21 at RSL, 30th min
24 - Krisztian Nemeth 7 (Chance Myers 1, Benny Feilhaber 9), June 27 vs COL, 32nd min 25 - Own goal (Sam Cronin), June 27 vs COL, 64th min 26 - Kevin Ellis 2 (Krisztian Nemeth 3), July 12 at VAN, 52nd min 27 - Benny Feilhaber 6 (Krisztian Nemeth 4, Roger Espinoza 3), July 18 vs MTL, 4th min 28 - Dom Dwyer 6 (Benny Feilhaber 10), July 18 vs MTL, 34th min 29 - Benny Feilhaber 7 (Roger Espinoza 4), July 24 at RSL, 50th min 30 - Dom Dwyer 7 (Benny Feilhaber 11), Aug. 1 vs HOU, 6th min + 31 - Benny Feilhaber 8 (penalty kick), Aug. 8 at TOR, 22nd min ^ 32 - Krisztian Nemeth 8 (Benny Feilhaber 12), Aug. 8 at TOR, 29th min + 33 - Jacob Peterson 1 (Amobi Okugo 1), Aug. 8 at TOR, 87th min 34 - Kevin Ellis 3 (Soni Mustivar 1), Aug. 15 vs VAN, 53rd min 35 - Dom Dwyer 8 (Krisztian Nemeth 5), Aug. 15 vs VAN, 81st min 36 - Paulo Nagamura 2 (Chance Myers 2, Benny Feilhaber 13), Aug. 15 vs VAN, 87th min 37 - Paulo Nagamura 3 (Soni Mustivar 2), Aug. 15 vs VAN, 94th min 38 - Marcel de Jong 1 (Saad Abdul-Salaam 1, Dom Dwyer 2), Aug. 22 at CLB, 14th min 39 - Graham Zusi 2 (Matt Besler 3), Aug. 22 at CLB, 62nd min 40 - Dom Dwyer 9 (Krisztian Nemeth 6), Aug. 29 at COL, 47th min 41 - Krisztian Nemeth 9 (Benny Feilhaber 14), Sept. 13 at ORL, 59th min 42 - Benny Feilhaber 9 (unassisted), Sept. 18 vs DAL, 65th min + 43 - Benny Feilhaber 10 (penalty kick), Sept. 18 vs DAL, 76th min ^ 44 - Dom Dwyer 10 (Paulo Nagamura 1), Sept. 18 vs DAL, 83rd min 45 - Dom Dwyer 11 (Amadou Dia 1, Jacob Peterson 2), Sept. 27 vs SEA, 79th min 46 - Krisztan Nemeth 10 (Graham Zusi 5), Oct. 3 at POR, 83rd min
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 MLS RECORD WHEN... Saad Abdul-Salaam Jalil Anibaba Bernardo Anor Matt Besler Marcel de Jong Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Kevin Ellis Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Connor Hallisey Jon Kempin Mikey Lopez Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Krisztian Nemeth Amobi Okugo Ike Opara Erik Palmer-Brown Jacob Peterson Jordi Quintilla Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi
STARTS Overall Home Away 4-3-1 2-0-0 2-3-1 6-2-6 5-0-3 1-2-3 1-1-2 0-0-2 1-1-0 13-9-8 9-1-4 4-8-4 3-5-3 3-0-2 0-5-1 6-3-4 4-1-3 2-2-1 9-10-7 7-1-4 2-9-3 11-8-5 8-1-2 3-7-3 7-4-6 6-0-4 1-4-2 13-8-8 9-1-4 4-7-4 5-0-1 3-0-1 2-0-0 1-1-1 1-0-1 0-1-0 1-3-1 0-0-1 1-3-0 4-1-2 2-0-1 2-1-1 10-7-4 7-1-1 3-6-3 10-4-4 8-0-1 2-4-3 3-4-1 2-1-1 1-3-0 5-7-3 3-1-2 2-6-1 9-7-5 7-1-3 2-6-2 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-3 1-0-3 1-1-0 0-2-2 0-0-1 0-2-1 6-4-5 3-1-2 3-3-3 1-0-1 0-0-1 1-0-0 3-4-3 2-0-1 1-4-2 6-8-6 5-0-3 1-8-3
COMES ON AS A SUB Overall Home Away 6-3-3 5-0-2 1-3-1 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 2-4-3 1-0-2 1-4-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 4-3-2 3-0-0 1-3-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 3-1-3 2-0-0 1-1-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-3 1-0-2 1-0-1 2-1-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 2-2-1 1-0-0 1-2-1 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-1 1-0-0 4-5-2 3-0-2 1-5-0 0-3-1 0-0-0 0-3-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 0-1-0 1-0-1
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SCORES A GOAL Overall Home Away 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-2-4 5-0-2 0-2-2 3-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 6-1-1 5-0-0 1-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 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 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 6-2-1 4-0-0 2-2-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0
RECORDS AN ASSIST Overall Home Away 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-1 2-0-0 0-1-1 6-4-2 5-0-2 1-4-0 1-0-0 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 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-0 4-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-1
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS NEW YORK RED BULLS March 8, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Marin D Dia D Opara D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber M Espinoza M Nemeth (Peterson (77’) F Zusi (Palmer-Brown (85’) F Dwyer F Anor (Nagamura 61’)
at FC Dallas March 14, 2015 (L 1-3) GK Marin D Dia D Opara D Ellis D de Jong M Nagamura M Feilhaber M Espinoza F Zusi (Peterson 88’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 76’)
PORTLAND TIMBERS March 21, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D de Jong M Nagamura M Feilhaber (Carrasco (84’) M Espinoza (Mustivar 89’) F Zusi F Dwyer F Medranda (Anor 56’)
at New York City FC March 28, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D Sinovic M Nagamura (Mustivar 78’) M Carrasco M Feilhaber F Zusi (Anor 39’) F Dwyer F Medranda (Peterson 67’)
PHILADELPHIA UNION April 5, 2015 (W 3-2) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara D Besler D de Jong (Sinovic 46’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco (Mustivar 77’) M Espinoza F Peterson F Dwyer F Medranda (Nemeth 64’)
REAL SALT LAKE April 11, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Marin D Anibaba D Opara (Ellis 84’) D Besler D de Jong M Feilhaber M Carrasco M Espinoza F Peterson (Anor 77’) F Dwyer F Nemeth
at LA Galaxy April 18, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Marin D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D de Jong (Dia 75’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco M Espinoza F Zusi (Peterson (90’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 75’)
at Houston Dynamo April 25, 2015 (T 4-4) GK Marin D Anibaba D Ellis (Hallisey 90’) D Besler D de Jong (Dia 63’) M Feilhaber M Carrasco (Mustivar 55’) M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth
CHICAGO FIRE May 3, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic (Dia 77’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar (Peterson 85’) M Espinoza (Nagamura 65’) F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth
at D.C. United May 9, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Melia D Anibaba D Palmer-Brown D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi (Dia 89’) F Dwyer (Nemeth 71’) F Peterson (Hallisey 85’)
NE REVOLUTION May 20, 2015 (W 4-2) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura (Carrasco 86’) F Peterson (Hallisey 79’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Abdul-Salaam 89’)
at Seattle Sounders FC May 23, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Carrasco (Zusi 77’) F Peterson (Hallisey 56’) F Nemeth F Medranda (Abdul-Salaam 58’)
FC DALLAS May 29, 2015 (W 4-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza(Carrasco 71’) F Zusi (Abdul-Salaam 83’) F Nemeth F Hallisey (de Jong 65’)
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC June 6, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F de Jong (Dwyer 58’) F Zusi F Hallisey (Abdul-Salaam 85’)
SAINT LOUIS FC (USOC) June 16, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Myers (Abdul-Salaam 56’) D Ellis D Besler D Dia (de Jong 81’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Hallisey (Peterson 68’)
at Real Salt Lake June 21, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia (Abdul-Salaam 90’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth (Peterson 75’)
COLORADO RAPIDS June 27, 2015 (W 2-0) GK Melia D Myers (Dia 89’) D Ellis D Besler D de Jong (Abdul-Salaam 78’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth (Peterson 71’)
FC DALLAS (USOC) July 1, 2015 (W 6-2) GK Melia D Anibaba D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber (Nagamura 62’) M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Abdul-Salaam 50’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Hallisey 75’)
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC July 12, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Hallisey 83’) F Dwyer F Nemeth
MONTREAL IMPACT July 18, 2015 (W 2-1) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber (Nagamura 74’) M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Myers 79’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Hallisey 63’)
HOUSTON DYNAMO (USOC) July 21, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza (Nagamura 90’) F Hallisey (Peterson 54’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Peterson 91’)
at Real Salt Lake July 24, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Palmer-Brown D Besler D de Jong (Dia 46’) M Nagamura (Feilhaber 46’) M Mustivar M Espinoza F Peterson (Hallisey 79’) F Dwyer F Nemeth
HOUSTON DYNAMO Aug. 1, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Melia D Myers (Abdul-Salaam 79’) D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Espinoza (Nagamura 90’) F Zusi (Peterson 94’) F Dwyer F Nemeth
at Toronto FC Aug. 8, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Melia D Myers (Dia 88’) D Ellis D Besler D Medranda M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura (Okugo 57’) F Hallisey F Peterson F Nemeth (Abdul-Salaam 76’)
REAL SALT LAKE (USOC) Aug. 12, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam (de Jong 92’) D Ellis D Besler D Dia M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura F Peterson (Hallisey 64’) F Dwyer F Nemeth (Myers 87’)
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Aug. 15, 2015 (W 4-3) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam (Myers 73’) D Ellis D Besler D Medranda (Dia 34’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura F Hallisey (Peterson 46’) F Dwyer F Nemeth
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Aug. 19, 2015 (L 0-5) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Dia (de Jong 46’) M Feilhaber M Okugo (Lopez 46’) M Nagamura (Zusi 68’) F Peterson F Dwyer F Nemeth
at Columbus Crew SC Aug. 22, 2015 (L 2-3) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Medranda (Dia 57’) M Lopez M Nagamura M Zusi F Peterson (Myers 78’) F Dwyer F de Jong (Nemeth 90’)
at Colorado Rapids Aug. 29, 2015 (L 1-2) GK Melia D Myers (Abdul-Salaam 24’) D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic M Lopez (Quintilla 77’) M Feilhaber M Nagamura F Zusi (Peterson 84’) F Dwyer F Nemeth
at Portland Timbers Sept. 9, 2015 (T 0-0) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam (Anibaba 62’) D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber (Quintilla 95’) M Mustivar M Nagamura F Peterson (Anor 75’) F Dwyer F Zusi
at Orlando City SC Sept. 13, 2015 (L 1-3) GK Kempin D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic M Feilhaber (Quintilla 73’) M Mustivar M Zusi F Peterson (Anor 46’) F Dwyer F Nemeth
FC DALLAS Sept. 18, 2015 (W 3-1) GK Kempin D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic (Abdul Salaam 70’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar M Nagamura (Anibaba 92’) F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth (Anor 82’)
at Houston Dynamo Sept. 23, 2015 (L 0-1) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic (Anor 86’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar (Quintilla 80’) M Nagamura F Zusi F Dwyer F de Jong (Peterson 54’)
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Sept. 27, 2015 (T 1-1) GK Kempin D Anibaba (Abdul-Salaam 66’) D Ellis D Palmer-Brown D Dia M Quintilla M Nagamura (Mustivar 46’) M Lopez F Anor (Dwyer 74’) F Peterson F Hallisey
at Philadelphia Union (USOC) Sept. 30, 2015 (T 1-1, W 7-6 PKs ) GK Melia D Myers (Peterson 112’) D Ellis D Besler D Sinovic (Abdul-salaam 78’) M Feilhaber M Mustivar (Quintilla 66’) M Nagamura F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth
at Portland Timbers Oct. 3, 2015 (W 1-0) GK Melia D Abdul-Salaam D Ellis (Palmer-Brown 80’) D Besler D Dia M Quintilla M Feilhaber M Lopez F Anor F Peterson (Nemeth 73’) F Hallisey (Zusi 46’)
at San Jose Earthquakes Oct. 16, 2015 (L 0-1) GK Melia D Myers D Palmer-Brown D Besler (Okugo 60’) D Sinovic (Abdul-Salaam 64’) M Feilhaber M Nagamura M Lopez F Zusi F Dwyer F Anor (Nemeth 61’)
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Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #17 | D | Saad Abdul-Salaam | @saad_abdul
#23 | D | Jalil Anibaba | @jalil_anibaba4
Ht: 6-4 Wt. 185 DOB: 9/8/1991 Hometown: Gahanna, Ohio College: Akron Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#12)
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 185 DOB: 10/19/1988 Hometown: Fullerton, California College: North Carolina Last Club: Seattle Sounders FC Acquired: Trade with Orlando City SC on 12/12/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Shots 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 9, 2015, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal N/A Assist Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB 2015 Record when: he starts 4-3-1 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Oct. 22, 2011, CHI vs CLB Assists 2, May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 27, 2012, CHI vs DC Shots 3, 4 times, last: Mar. 21, 2015, KC vs POR Fouls Committed 3, 8 times, last: May 3, 2015, KC vs CHI Fouls Suffered 3, 4 times, last: Apr. 5, 2014, SEA at POR Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Goal Apr. 5, 2015, KC vs PHI Assist May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL 2015 Record when: he starts 6-2-6 he scores 1-0-0
Rookie defender Saad Abdul-Salaam was selected by Sporting KC with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Sporting KC debut with a substitute appearance in a 4-2 win over New England on May 20 after starting five games on loan for the reigning North American Soccer League champion San Antonio Scorpions. He has made 25 appearances in all competitions this season (20 in MLS) and recorded his first professional assist in a 6-2 U.S. Open Cup win over FC Dallas on July 1. He earned his first MLS start on July 12, a 1-0 win over Vancouver in which Abdul-Salaam received Team of the Week honors from Bleacher Report. Abdul-Salaam played three seasons at the University of Akron (2012-2014), recording three goals and 12 assists in 54 college games. The right back helped Akron win MAC regular season titles in each of his three college seasons. He enjoyed a breakout junior campaign in 2013 with five assists in 19 starts before earning All-MAC First Team honors as a senior in 2014, notching two goals and a team-high six assists while starting all 21 games for the Zips.
Fifth-year MLS defender Jalil Anibaba joined Sporting KC ahead of the 2015 season. He previously made 112 regular season appearances over four years with the Chicago Fire (2011-2013) and Seattle Sounders FC (2014), recording four goals and six assists. He made his Sporting KC debut on March 21 and scored his first goal for the club in second half stoppage time of a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on April 5. His first of four Sporting KC assists during the month of May was a game-winner to Paulo Nagamura on May 3, and he was named to the fan ballot for the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game. Capable of playing as a centerback or right back, Anibaba made 16 MLS appearances in 2014 and helped Seattle win the Supporters’ Shield title. He also featured in four matches during the club’s run to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open championship. The 26-year-old spent his first three professional seasons in Chicago, where he played in 96 of the team’s 102 regular season contests from 2011-2013. The defender was named a finalist for Major League Soccer’s Fair Play Award in 2013, starting every regular season match of the campaign. As a youth, Anibaba represented the United States at the under-18 and under-20 national team levels.
#11 | M | Bernardo Anor | @BernardoAnor
#5 | D | Matt Besler | @MattBesler
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 178 DOB: 5/24/1988 Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela College: South Florida Last Club: Columbus Crew SC Acquired: Trade with Columbus Crew SC on 12/8/2014
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: July 19, 2014, CLB vs MTL Assists 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 11, 2014, CLB at PHI Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots 5, 3 times, last: July 19, 2014, CLB vs MTL Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: July 7, 2013, CLB vs POR Fouls Suffered 4, 3 times, last: July 26, 2014, CLB at NE Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Oct. 26, 2014, CLB vs PHI Assist Oct. 11, 2014, CLB at PHI 2015 Record when: he starts 1-1-2 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 10 times, last: Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 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 Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB 2015 Record when: he starts 13-9-8 he scores 0-0-0
Bernardo Anor joined Sporting KC from Columbus Crew SC in December 2014 to become the club’s first offseason acquisition. The 27-year-old native of Venezuela appeared in 72 matches over four seasons with Columbus, scoring 12 goals and adding three game-winning assists since being drafted out of the University of South Florida in 2011. He made his Sporting KC debut with a start on March 8 before being sidelined from May through August with multiple injuries. Anor played 13 MLS matches as a rookie and 11 games in 2012 before suffering a season-ending ACL injury. He returned in 2013 to make 19 MLS starts and earn the club’s Comeback Player of the Year award. He netted a career-high six goals in 2014, helping Columbus earn a postseason berth for the first time since 2011. Anor was South Florida’s top scorer for three seasons during his collegiate career (2007-2010) in which he recorded 21 goals and seven assists. His younger brother, Juan Pablo, plays professionally for Malaga CF in Spain’s La Liga, and his father, Bernardo, represented Venezuela at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Sporting KC captain Matt Besler is in his seventh season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013-2015), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. He was named to the MLS All-Star Fan XI ahead of the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29. Besler signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the club in July 2014. His 216 appearances for Sporting KC in all competitions lead the current roster and rank eighth most all-time. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 175 of his 180 MLS regular season appearances and landed Sporting KC Defender of the Year honors three times (2011-2013). Besler has earned 27 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2013. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil alongside teammate Graham Zusi, becoming the first Kansan to play in the World Cup. He started all four matches in the tournament as the U.S. finished Group G runners-up behind eventual champion Germany and advanced to the Round of 16. He helped lead the U.S. to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title, starting all three matches in the knockout stage. 19
Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #71 | D | Marcel de Jong
#13 | D | Amadou Dia | @amadou_iT11
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/15/1986 Hometown: Valkenswaard, Netherlands Last Club: FC Augsburg (Germany) Acquired: Signed on 3/2/2015
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 150 DOB: 6/8/1993 Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colorado College: Clemson Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#20)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Assists 1, Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Shots 5, June 6, 2015, KC vs SEA Fouls Committed 2, Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: Apr. 18, 2015, KC at LA Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Goal Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Assist Apr. 25, 2015, KC at HOU 2015 Record when: he starts 3-5-3 he scores 0-1-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: June 6, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots 2, Mar. 8, 2015, KC vs NYR Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 1, 2015, KC vs HOU Fouls Suffered 3, June 6, 2015, KC vs SEA Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Goal N/A Assist Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA 2015 Record when: he starts 6-3-4 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC signed defender Marcel de Jong ahead of the 2015 campaign. After logging more than 225 club appearances over his past 10 professional seasons in Netherlands and Germany, he made his MLS and Sporting KC debut on March 14 with a 90-minute performance at FC Dallas. He scored his first MLS goal in a 3-2 loss at Columbus on Aug. 22. A dual citizen of Canada and Netherlands, de Jong began his youth career with PSV Eindhoven before signing professionally with Helmond Sport 2004. After two years in the Dutch second division, he joined Roda JC in the top flight Eredivisie in 2006. De Jong moved to Germany in 2010, signing for FC Augsburg. His first season there ended with promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time since the team was founded in 1907. De Jong has made 39 appearances for the Canada Men’s National Team with two goals since his international debut at age 21 in 2007, recently starting in all three group stage matches at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup in July and scoring in a friendly vs. Ghana on Oct. 13. He has represented the Reds at the past four Gold Cup tournaments, as well as 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Rookie defender Amadou Dia was selected by Sporting KC with the 20th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. On March 8, the 21-year-old became the first rookie to start in a Sporting KC season opener since 2011 and recorded seven interceptions, third most among MLS players in Week 1. He has started 13 of 22 MLS appearances this year and 17 of 26 in all competitions, recording his first assist for the club in the U.S Open Cup quarterfinals against Houston. Dia appeared in 70 games during a four-year collegiate career at Clemson, contributing four goals and six assists. As a senior in 2014, he led the Tigers to the school’s first ACC soccer championship since 2001 en route to reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. Dia has represented the United States at the under-14 (2007), under-18 (2009, 2010) and under-20 (2012) levels and also holds dual citizenship in his native France. As a youth, he was an NSCAA All-American and Colorado’s Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the Year in 2010.
#14 | F | Dom Dwyer | @Ddwyer14
#4 | D | Kevin Ellis | @Kev_Ellis4
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England College: South Florida Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 2/18/2011
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 5 times, last: Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 5, Aug. 29, 2015, KC at COL Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 5, 4 times, last: Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Assist Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB 2015 Record when: he starts 9-10-7 he scores 5-2-4
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Assists 1, 4 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Shots 2, 2 times, last: May 23, 2015, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, Apr 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Goal Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Assist May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL 2015 Record when: he starts 11-8-5 he scores 3-0-0
Now in his fourth season at Sporting KC, Dom Dwyer is coming off a breakout 2014 campaign in which he garnered Sporting KC Offensive Player of the Year and co-MVP honors. The Englishman set a single season club record with 22 goals, second most in MLS, and his 44 career goals in all competitions are fourth most in team history. Dwyer, who was an MLS All-Star in 2014 for the first time in his career, has scored 66 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013—44 for Sporting KC and 22 for former USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. He signed a contract extension with the club ahead of the 2015 campaign and leads the team this year with 16 goals in all competitions, including a club-record four goals in a 6-2 U.S. Open Cup win over FC Dallas on July 1. After making three appearances across all competitions during his rookie season, he notched 15 goals in 13 regular season games while on loan with Orlando City SC in 2013 to set USL PRO’s single-season scoring record at the time. He added four goals in the USL PRO final to earn championship MVP honors. Dwyer won two national championships at Tyler (Texas) Junior College (2009, 2010), where he was the national junior college player of the year after scoring 37 goals as a sophomore. Moving on to South Florida in 2011, he scored 16 goals in 21 games.
Sporting KC’s second Homegrown Player in club history, defender Kevin Ellis is coming off a 2014 campaign in which he made 21 MLS appearances, including his playoff debut. He finished 2014 with three assists in league play, tied for third most in the team, while splitting time between the right back and center back positions. The 24-year-old has continued his unlikely rise in 2015, registering career highs in MLS with 24 starts and three goals, tied for most among MLS defenders this season. Now in his fifth season with the club, Ellis developed in the Sporting KC Academy while attending Oak Park High School before playing collegiately at Barton County Community College in 2009-10. He scored his first competitive goal for the club last March, sparking a 1-0 win over Cruz Azul (Mexico) in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Sporting Park.
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Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #27 | M | Roger Espinoza
#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber | @b_feilhaber22
Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 10/25/1986 Hometown: Aurora, Colorado College: Ohio State Last Club: Wigan Athletic FC (England) Acquired: Signed on 1/6/2015
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, California College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with NE Revolution on 12/11/2012
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Assists 1, 15 times, last: July 24, 2015, KC at RSL Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Shots 5, 2 times, last: Mar. 17, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 4, 6 times, last: Mar. 21, 2015, KC vs POR Fouls Suffered 6, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 1, 2015, KC vs HOU Goal Mar. 14, 2015, KC at DAL Assist July 24, 2015, KC at RSL 2015 Record when: he starts 7-4-6 he scores 0-1-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Assists 2, 4 times, last: May 20, 2015, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 3, Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots 5, 2 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Assist Sept. 13, 2015, KC at ORL 2015 Record when: he starts 13-8-8 he scores 6-1-1
Roger Espinoza returns to Sporting KC in 2015 after a two-year stint in the English Premier League and Championship. He began his pro career in Kansas City (2008-2012) before moving abroad to Wigan Athletic FC. He tallied a career-high four MLS assists in 2015 with one goal before suffering a sesamoid fracture in his left foot on Aug. 1. In his last year with the Sporting KC, Espinoza was an MLS All-Star and helped lead the club to the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title. He has made 150 appearances for the team in all competitions, recording three goals and 17 assists over six seasons. In the 2011 and 2012 seasons combined (including playoffs), he ranked in the top 10 among MLS players with 358 duels won (fifth) and 128 tackles won (seventh). Espinoza has earned 46 caps for the Honduras Men’s National Team, scoring four goals since debuting in 2009. He is the only active MLS player to have competed in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He leads the Sporting KC roster with five career World Cup starts. Espinoza made 57 appearances and scored three goals in all competitions for Wigan Athletic, including eight in the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. He also recorded a 90-minute shift in Wigan’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup Final.
Now in his fifth Major League Soccer season, Benny Feilhaber has reached MLS career-highs with 10 goals and 14 assists en route to earning Sporting KC’s MVP award in 2015. A regular fixture in Sporting KC’s midfield, he earned his first career MLS All-Star selection after being named to the Fan XI for the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29. He was named Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for April and has recorded a single-season club record 19 assists in all competitions. Feilhaber turned professional in 2005 with Hamburg (Germany) after two seasons at UCLA. He moved to Derby County of the English Premier League in 2007 and Danish club AGF Aarhus in 2008 before signing with the New England Revolution in 2011. Acquired by Sporting KC prior to the 2013 season, he has made 109 appearances in all competitions for the club with 20 goals and 35 assists. A member of the United States Men’s National Team, Feilhaber has earned 41 caps with two goals since debuting in 2007. He scored the game-winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup final against Mexico before competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He helped lead the U.S. to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and also made three appearances at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
#22 | M | Connor Hallisey | @c_hallisey
#21 | GK | Jon Kempin | @JonKempin21
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 158 DOB: 2/9/1993 Hometown: Granite Bay, California College: California Acquired: 2015 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/31/2010
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Shots 3, June 6, 2015, KC vs SEA Fouls Committed 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 1, May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Goal N/A Assist May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL 2015 Record when: he starts 5-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, 3 times, last: Sept. 13, 2015, KC at ORL Saves 3, Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shutout N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 1-1-1 Goalkeeper Jon Kempin became Sporting KC’s first ever Homegrown Player upon signing for the club in 2010. He enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2014, entering the record books as the youngest goalkeeper to start an MLS match in club history. He earned back-to-back MLS Save of the Week honors in his first two MLS appearances and was MVP of the 2014 MLS Chipotle Homegrown Game. After making his Sporting KC debut in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Kempin went on loan to then-USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC (nine games played) in 2013. He then spent half of 2014 on loan at OKC Energy FC (13 games played), the club’s current USL PRO affiliate managed by former Sporting KC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. In April 2015, Kempin joined the NASL’s San Antonio Scorpions on loan and played two matches before returning to Sporting KC in May. He earned his season debut for the club on Sept. 13 against Orlando City SC and picked up his first win of the campaign five days later vs. FC Dallas. Kempin was named to the United States Men’s National Team roster for the first time in his career to take part in manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp at the beginning of this year. He previously represented the U.S. at the under-14 through under-23 levels.
Rookie midfielder Connor Hallisey was selected by Sporting KC with the 10th overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of California. He made his MLS debut with a late substitute appearance in a 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo on April 25. He has made 13 MLS appearances this season and earned his first professional start on May 29, a 4-0 win over FC Dallas in which he recorded his first MLS assist. A former member of the United State Under-18 Men’s National Team, Hallisey played four seasons at Cal (2011-2014), recording 12 goals and 19 assists in 72 career matches. As a senior in 2014, Hallisey was an NCAA Division I Men’s Second Team All-American, starting 19 games with nine goals and 12 assists. He was named to the 2014 Capital One/CoSIDA All-District 8 Team, earned All-Pac-12 first team honors, landed a Pac-12 All-Academic second team nod, and was a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist.
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Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #12 | M | Mikey Lopez | @MLopez12_5
#94 | M | Jimmy Medranda | @jimmymedranda
Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 DOB: 2/20/1993 Hometown: Mission, Texas College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14)
Ht: 5-5 Wt. 150 DOB: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Shots 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 3, Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 1-3-1 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB Shots 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 4-1-2 he scores 0-0-0
Mikey Lopez was drafted in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. He made his club debut in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup before playing his first MLS match in July 2014 for the first of eight MLS appearances and five starts. He spent the first half of last year on loan at affiliates Orlando City SC and OKC Energy FC, playing 14 total matches in USL PRO. Lopez was a regular fixture for the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team, playing at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and the 2013 Toulon Tournament in France. He has also participated in training camps at the U-15 and U-18 levels. Lopez made his 2015 debut for Sporting KC on Aug. 19 and started his first MLS match three days later. He previously made eight appearances and played 434 minutes for USL affiliate OKC Energy FC, coached by former Sporting KC captain Jimmy Nielsen.
Jimmy Medranda joined Sporting KC in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia), making his MLS debut on Sept. 7, 2013 in a 3-0 win over Columbus Crew SC. The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club last February, making six appearances across all competitions in 2014. He made his first appearance of 2015 with a start on March 21 against Portland and has started six more matches since. He played his first MLS match as a defender in a 3-1 win at Toronto FC on Aug. 8, leading all players with six tackles while also notching five interceptions and five recoveries. Medranda joined Deportivo Pereira’s youth system at age 12 before climbing the ladder to the senior team. He made 16 first team appearances for the club in two seasons, scoring twice.
#29 | GK | Tim Melia | @TimMelia28
#93 | M | Soni Mustivar | @billydougie
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 190 DOB: 5/15/1986 Hometown: Great River, New York College: Lynn University Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Signed on 12/23/2014
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/12/1990 Hometown: Aubervilliers, France Last Club: Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs SJ Saves 7, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Shutout Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR 2015 Record when: he starts 10-7-4
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Shots on Goal 0 Shots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 13, 2015, KC at ORL Fouls Suffered 3, July 12, 2015, KC at VAN Last Regular Season... Appearance Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Goal N/A Assist Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN 2015 Record when: he starts 10-4-4 he scores 0-0-0
Sporting KC signed goalkeeper Tim Melia in December 2014. He enters his sixth MLS season in 2015 after previously representing Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014), where he backed up MLS All-Stars Nick Rimando (RSL) and Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA). Melia made his Sporting KC debut on May 3, shutting out Chicago in a 1-0 result for the first clean sheet and first win of his MLS career. On July 12, he became the first keeper in MLS history to record six shutouts in his first nine MLS matches for a new club. He boasts a 14-7-5 record for Sporting KC in all competitions this season and made two saves in Sporting KC’s victorious penalty kick shootout win over Philadelphia in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. Melia’s professional career began in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. In 2010, he joined Real Salt Lake and spent part of the season on loan in the USL Second Division with the Charleston Battery. He helped lead Charleston to a first place finish in the regular season standings and eventually the league title with eight saves in the championship match. Melia was a member of Chivas USA from 2012-2014, making 18 saves in six MLS appearances. He most recently served as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning emergency call-ups from MLS Cup Playoff participants Sporting KC (August), FC Dallas (October) and D.C. United (November) in late 2014.
Sporting KC signed defensive midfielder Soni Mustivar ahead of the 2015 season. The 25-year-old made his MLS debut on March 21 against Portland before earning his first start on May 3 vs. Chicago. He has a 14-4-5 record as a starter in all competitions and made 19 interceptions in a 1-0 win over Vancouver on July 12, the most in an MLS match during the Opta era (2011-present). He scored his first goal for the club in the U.S. Open Cup on Aug. 12 and recorded the first two assists of his MLS career in a 4-3 win over Vancouver on Aug. 15. Mustivar began his professional career as a teenager with SC Bastia in France’s Ligue 2 during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. He then moved to FC Petrolul Ploiesti and played each of the past three seasons in Romania’s Liga I. He recorded 61 league appearances with two goals in addition to playing eight matches in the UEFA Europa League. He started in Petrolul’s triumph in the 2012-13 Romanian Cup Final. Mustivar has earned six caps for the Haiti Men’s National Team. Prior to making his international debut with Haiti in 2013, he was a youth international for France at the U-20 level.
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Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #7 | D | Chance Myers | @CR_Myers
#6 | M | Paulo Nagamura | @paulinhonag
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California College: UCLA Acquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)
Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 3/2/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 15 times, last: Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs VAN Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN 2015 Record when: he starts 3-4-1 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Assists 1, 20 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 6, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Assist Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL 2015 Record when: he starts 5-7-3 he scores 2-0-0
Eighth-year veteran Chance Myers enters 2015 as Sporting KC’s longest tenured player. The No. 1 overall selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft has played 160 matches for the club in all competitions, recording four goals and 18 assists from the wing back position. He made his 2015 debut on June 16 in the U.S. Open Cup fourth round, recording his first appearance since May 2014 after recovering from an Achilles injury. He tallied the game-winning assist in his first MLS match of the season on June 27, landing MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week honors. Myers eclipsed 30 MLS appearances in both 2011 and 2012 as a regular starter, and after making a career-high 31 MLS starts in 2013 (including playoffs), was the top-rated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. He led MLS with 91 successful crosses from open play (including playoffs) between 2011 and 2013 before missing most of 2014 through injury. Myers signed a new contract with the club last year after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams.
Sporting KC’s most experienced MLS player with 256 league appearances (including playoffs), Paulo Nagamura is in his fourth season with the club. Since arriving ahead of the 2012 campaign, he has recorded seven goals and seven assists in 103 games across all competitions. Nagamura scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in the 87th and 94th minutes of a 4-3 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Aug. 15 as Sporting KC came from two goals behind after the 80th minute to complete one of the greatest regular season comebacks in MLS history. A veteran presence in the midfield, he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 U.S. Open Cup Final, the 2013 MLS Cup Final and the 2015 U.S. Open Cup Final. The Brazilian began his career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He has also played for Toronto FC (2007) and Chivas USA (2007-2011) in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009.
#9 | F | Krisztian Nemeth | @KNemeth_Nemo
#20 | D/M | Amobi Okugo | @amobisays
Ht: 5-11 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/5/1989 Hometown: Gyor, Hungary Last Club: Roda JC Kerkrade (Netherlands) Acquired: Signed on 12/18/2014
Ht: 6-0 Wt. 175 DOB: 3/13/1991 Hometown: Sacramento, California College: UCLA Last Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Trade with Orlando City SC on 7/20/2015
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 20, 2015, KC vs NE Assists 1, 6 times, last: Aug. 29, 2015, KC at COL Shots on Goal 2, 4 times, last: Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots 6, May 20, 2015, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 2, 6 times, last: Aug. 19, 2015, KC vs SJ Fouls Suffered 7, May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Assist Aug. 29, 2015, KC at COL 2015 Record when: he starts 9-7-5 he scores 6-2-1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: Oct. 2, 2014, PHI vs CHI Assists 1, 7 times, last: Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Shots on Goal 2, Apr. 30, 2011, PHI vs SJ Shots 4, June 7, 2014, PHI vs VAN Fouls Committed 4, 7 times, last: Oct. 26, 2014, PHI at CLB Fouls Suffered 4, Oct. 26, 2013, PHI vs KC Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Oct. 2, 2014, PHI vs CHI Assist Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR 2015 Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
Now in his first MLS season, Krisztian Nemeth signed for Sporting KC last December. He made his league debut on March 8 at Sporting Park before scoring his first MLS goal in the 94th minute of a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on April 5. He has notched 15 goals and seven assists across all competitions in 2015, including the equalizer in Sporting KC’s penalty shootout win over the Union in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. Nemeth’s professional career began at age 15 when he signed with MTK Budapest in 2005. He was signed by Rafael Benitez to join Liverpool FC in 2007 and featured extensively for the Liverpool Reserves, becoming the Barclays Premier Reserve League’s top scorer with nine goals during his first season. His career continued in Greece with AEK Athens (2009-10), Olympiacos (2010) and Olympiacos Volos (2011) before he moved to Dutch club RKC Waalwijk in 2012. He most recently played for Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch Eredivisie, recording eight goals during the 2013-14 season. Internationally, Nemeth led Hungary to third place at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He has three goals in 21 caps for Hungary’s senior team, including a brace in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Oct. 11. He has played six international matches in 2015, helping Hungary qualify for the UEFA European Championship for the first time since 1972.
Sporting KC acquired 24-year-old Amobi Okugo from Orlando City SC on July 20 of this year. He has played 135 MLS matches as a central defender and holding midfielder in six professional seasons since being selected sixth overall by the Philadelphia Union in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Sporting KC debut in a 3-1 win at Toronto FC on Aug. 8, assisting a late goal to seal the result. In 2011, Okugo was a member of Major League Soccer’s Generation adidas roster that was led by Sporting KC Manager Peter Vermes during a tour of the Netherlands. Between 2012-2014, he led all MLS players with 70 blocks and was fourth in the league with 276 interceptions. Okugo was included on MLSsoccer.com’s “24 under 24” rankings of the league’s top youth talent each of the past two seasons (8th in 2013, 13th in 2014) and joined Orlando City SC for their inaugural MLS campaign in 2015. Okugo represented the United States extensively at the youth national team levels. He went on to appear at the 2009 and 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championships before playing for the U.S. U-23’s at the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | Ike Opara | @IkeOpara
#2 | D | Erik Palmer-Brown | @ErikBrown14
Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, North Carolina College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes on 12/12/2012
Ht: 6-1 Wt. 175 DOB: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri Acquired: Signed as Homegrown on 8/2/2013
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 8 times, last: Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYC Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Last Regular Season... Appearance Apr. 11, 2015, KC vs RSL Goal Mar. 28, 2015, KC at NYC Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 2-1-3 he scores 1-0-1
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 0 Shots 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Fouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 0-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
Defender Ike Opara is in his sixth season in MLS and third season as a member of Sporting KC. After sitting out almost a year through injury, he returned to the pitch on March 8 and scored Sporting KC’s first goal of the season. He led MLS through Week 6 with 30 interceptions and was nominated for Eithad Airways MLS Player of the Month for March after scoring twice and anchoring a backline that posted two shutouts. He then suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury in his right ankle on April 11. The club’s 2013 Newcomer of the Year, Opara appeared in a career-best 18 MLS matches with 15 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. He scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions (all headers) and featured in three of Sporting KC’s playoff matches. A season-ending ankle injury limited him to three MLS appearances in 2014 and two starts in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. Opara represented the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing all three matches at the tournament, and at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing and played 36 MLS matches for the club over three seasons.
One of the youngest players under contract in MLS, Erik Palmer-Brown became a homegrown player in August 2013 at age 16. This year, he became the youngest MLS player to appear in a team’s regular season opener since 2010 and recorded his first MLS minutes at Sporting Park. The 18-year-old earned his first start of 2015 on May 9 at D.C. Palmer-Brown made his league debut with a start in May 2014, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, for the first of six appearances in all competitions (including debuts in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League). He has played in each of the last two Chipotle MLS Homegrown Games and was No. 24 on MLSsoccer.com’s “24 Under 24” rankings of the league’s top youth talent in 2015. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13 and has represented United States at the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels. This year, he competed with the U-20s at training camps in England (March) and Austria (April) before joining the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He started one match in the tournament as the U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals. He then captained the U-20s for the 2015 Stevan Vilotic-Cele Tournament in September.
#37 | F | Jacob Peterson | @jacob_peterson
#96 | M | Jordi Quintilla | @JordiQuintilla
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 1/19/2012
Ht: 5-9 Wt. 154 Hometown: Lleida, Spain Last Club: AC Ajaccio (France) Acquired: Signed on 8/6/2015
DOB: 10/25/1993
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 16 times, last: Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Assists 1, 16 times, last: Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR vs CLB Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Goal Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Assist Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA 2015 Record when: he starts 6-4-5 he scores 1-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Shots 3, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 27, 2015, KC vs SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 1-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
A nine-year MLS veteran, Peterson has 16 goals and 16 assists in 225 regular season appearances over the course of his professional career. Now in his fourth season with Sporting KC, he has contributed nine goals and nine assists in 111 games across all competitions for the club. Peterson is one of only two players in MLS history, alongside former Kansas City defender Nick Garcia, to be a member of teams that won each of the following: NCAA Division I National Championship (2003, 2004), Canadian Championship (2010, 2011), U.S. Open Cup (2012) and MLS Cup (2013). As a youth, Peterson represented the United States at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championships and 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Four seasons with the Colorado Rapids (2006-09) were followed by stints with Toronto FC (2010-11) and the San Jose Earthquakes (2011) before he was acquired by Sporting KC in 2012. His 225 regular season appearances are second most on the team, behind only Paulo Nagamura (241).
Sporting KC signed 21-year-old midfielder Jordi Quintilla on Aug. 6, 2015. Currently the youngest Spaniard in Major League Soccer, he made his club debut as a second-half substitute at the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 29 and started his first match for the club on Sept. 27 against Seattle Sounders FC. He converted the match-winning penalty kick in a shootout that sealed Sporting KC’s 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup triumph over the Philadelphia Union. Quintilla developed as a youth at UE Lleida before moving to FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy, where he trained alongside former Sporting KC midfielder Oriol Rosell. In 2012, he began his professional career as an 18-year-old with Barcelona B in Spain’s second division and later went on loan to CF Badalona and CE L’Hospitalet. Most recently, Quintilla spent the 2014/15 season with AC Ajaccio in the French Ligue 2 and played in 20 games across all competitions for the club.
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Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #15 | D | Seth Sinovic | @ssinovic
#8 | M | Graham Zusi | @gzusi
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011
Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, Florida College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Shots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: Apr. 20, 2013, KC at LA Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal N/A Assist Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY 2015 Record when: he starts 3-4-3 he scores 0-0-0
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 5 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Shots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Goal Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Assist Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR 2015 Record when: he starts 6-8-6 he scores 1-1-0
Sporting KC’s 2014 Defender of the Year, Seth Sinovic is in his sixth MLS season and fifth campaign at his hometown club. A regular fixture at left back, he is the only player on the team to start at least 30 regular season games in each of the last three seasons. He missed more than three months in 2015 with a concussion before returning to the lineup on Aug. 29. Drafted in 2010 by the New England Revolution, Sinovic joined Sporting KC in 2011 and has started 152 of his 154 total appearances for the club in all competitions. He scored his first professional goal in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs and registered the second of his career in the 2013 postseason against his former team, helping Sporting KC prevail in the decisive leg of the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Sinovic received his first call-up to the United States Men’s National Team ahead of the 2014 USMNT January camp.
A seventh-year veteran for Sporting KC, Graham Zusi has garnered MLS All-Star (20122015), MLS Best XI (2012-2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors in addition to receiving a 2012 MLS MVP nomination. The winger is the only MLS player with at least five goals and at least seven assists in each of the last four regular seasons. He has earned Sporting KC MVP honors each of the last three years (twice a co-MVP) and has led the club in assists every year since 2011. He was named to the All-Star Fan XI ahead of the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 29 and is the only player to appear in each of the last four MLS All-Star games. Zusi signed a long-term Designated Player contract with the team in July 2014. Since 2011, he is third in MLS with 404 chances created and second with 391 successful crosses/corners (including playoffs). His 55 career assists in all competitions are second most in club history. Zusi has earned 32 caps for the United States Men’s National Team since debuting in January 2012, recording three goals and six assists. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, playing in all four matches at the tournament. In the group stage, he provided the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win over Ghana before adding another assist in a 2-2 draw with Portugal. He played in his first CONCACAF Gold Cup this summer, starting two matches as the U.S. finished in fourth place.
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Sporting KC Coach Bios | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | 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 enters his seventh season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2015. He is the team’s second-longest serving manager and his 112 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won three major trophies – the 2012 and 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – as well as two MLS Eastern Conference regular season titles (2011, 2012). He is the second coach to lead Sporting KC to four 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 89 regular season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank eighth 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. Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster and the Sporting KC Juniors program. Vermes, an original member of Major League Soccer, 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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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 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 184 MLS matches and playing more than 16,000 minutes. He was nominated on the players’ ballot for the National Soccer Hall of Fame from 2007-2012. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Year
PETER VERMES HEAD COACHING RECORD AT SPORTING KC MLS Playoffs Open Cup International Total
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL
3-6-3 --- 11-13-6 --- 13-9-12 2-1-0 18-7-9 1-1-0 17-10-7 2-1-2 14-13-7 0-1-0 13-10-9 --- 89-68-53 5-4-2
--- 0-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 4-0-1 13-4-2
--- --- --- --- 2-0-2 3-2-1 --- 5-2-3
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.
3-6-3 11-14-6 18-11-12 23-8-10 22-12-11 18-17-8 17-10-10 112-78-60
Assistant Coach | John Pascarella Assistant Coach John Pascarella played professionally for nine seasons before beginning his coaching career in 1998 at the University of Maryland. Pascarella played club soccer with Sporting Kansas City Technical Director Peter Vermes. His playing experience took him to Peru before he returned to the United States to play in the A-League and MLS.
Fitness Coach | Mateus Manoel
Once his playing career was over, Pascarella began coaching as a member of Sasho Cirovski’s staff at Maryland. He then went on to work in Northern Virginia youth soccer circles as a high school coach and Olympic Development Program coach before becoming the Head Coach and Technical Director of the Northern Virginia Royals of the USL’s Premier Development League for two seasons.
Mateus Manoel is in his sixth season with Sporting Kansas City 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.
Pascarella joined Kansas City’s technical staff in 2009 and was a goalkeeper and fitness coach until 2011, when he became an assistant.
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 from the MLS, 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.
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Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS STATISTICS SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
20
8
894
0
1
5
3
9
14
1
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
20
8
894
0
1
5
3
9
14
1
0
1
0
0
0
JALIL ANIBABA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
16
14
1265
1
4
11
4
10
4
2
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - Regular Season
128
121
10984
5
10
64
21
88
49
6
1
6
1
1
3
MLS - Postseason
2
1
76
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
130
122
11060
5
10
65
21
90
51
6
1
6
1
1
3
BERNARDO ANOR
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
4
483
0
0
11
3
11
11
0
1
2
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
84
52
4951
12
3
139
46
97
85
8
41
16
2
5
3
MLS - Postseason
1
0
17
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
85
52
4968
12
3
141
47
98
85
8
41
17
2
5
3
MATT BESLER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
180
175
15766
2
10
34
8
163
89
6
1
23
2
1
5
KC - Postseason
11
11
1050
0
0
2
0
14
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
191
186
16816
2
10
36
8
177
97
7
1
23
2
1
5
MARCEL DE JONG
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
11
847
1
1
13
3
5
10
1
7
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
13
11
847
1
1
13
3
5
10
1
7
1
0
0
0
AMADOU DIA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
22
13
1317
0
1
5
3
26
16
3
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
22
13
1317
0
1
5
3
26
16
3
0
2
0
0
0
DOM DWYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
78
64
5768
35
5
230
92
132
154
64
1
13
1
8
1
KC - Postseason
7
4
372
2
0
19
9
12
9
5
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
85
68
6140
37
5
249
101
144
163
69
1
13
1
9
1
KEVIN ELLIS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
47
41
3806
3
4
14
6
54
33
1
0
7
0
1
3
KC - Postseason
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
48
42
3896
3
4
14
6
55
33
1
0
7
0
1
3
ROGER ESPINOZA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
130
110
9734
3
15
115
31
185
167
9
14
22
4
1
2
KC - Postseason
7
6
455
0
0
4
1
7
7
1
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
137
116
10189
3
15
119
32
192
174
10
14
24
4
1
2
BENNY FEILHABER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
88
81
6977
17
24
123
42
111
178
3
102
17
1
4
6
MLS - Regular Season
140
127
11170
22
33
201
69
178
319
5
173
25
3
4
7
KC - Postseason
5
5
484
0
3
14
1
7
14
2
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
145
132
11654
22
36
215
70
185
333
7
173
26
3
4
8
CONNOR HALLISEY
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
6
516
0
1
8
3
3
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
13
6
516
0
1
8
3
3
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
MIKEY LOPEZ
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
14
10
964
0
0
10
4
26
14
0
0
3
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
14
10
964
0
0
10
4
26
14
0
0
3
0
0
0
JIMMY MEDRANDA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
13
8
558
0
0
10
1
15
8
0
5
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
13
8
558
0
0
10
1
15
8
0
5
1
0
0
0
27
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS STATISTICS SONI MUSTIVAR
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
23
18
1666
0
2
2
0
29
17
0
0
5
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
23
18
1666
0
2
2
0
29
17
0
0
5
0
0
1
CHANCE MYERS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
134
106
9780
2
15
88
22
144
94
8
5
11
1
0
7
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
0
1
7
1
9
10
0
1
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
144
116
10740
2
16
95
23
153
104
8
6
13
1
0
7
PAULO NAGAMURA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
84
72
6274
6
6
102
24
109
68
9
3
16
0
2
1
MLS - Regular Season
241
216
19042
15
20
242
75
355
277
13
20
56
2
6
6
KC - Postseason
5
5
487
0
0
11
2
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
15
14
1396
0
0
20
7
21
29
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
256
230
20438
15
20
262
82
376
306
14
20
60
2
6
6
KRISZTIAN NEMETH
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
26
21
1858
10
6
52
18
18
32
8
0
2
0
5
1
MLS - TOTAL
26
21
1858
10
6
52
18
18
32
8
0
2
0
5
1
AMOBI OKUGO
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
3
1
108
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
135
111
1075
5
7
91
21
142
83
5
0
20
2
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
135
111
1075
5
7
91
21
142
83
5
0
20
2
0
1
IKE OPARA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
27
23
2083
5
0
24
10
35
10
1
0
3
0
3
0
MLS - Regular Season
62
45
4245
8
0
45
17
64
27
6
1
5
0
4
0
KC - Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
4
0
94
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
66
45
4339
8
0
46
17
65
29
6
1
5
0
4
0
ERIK PALMER-BROWN
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
9
6
610
0
0
2
0
7
3
1
0
4
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
9
6
610
0
0
2
0
7
3
1
0
4
1
0
0
JACOB PETERSON
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
87
47
4422
7
6
86
36
39
46
9
3
4
1
3
2
MLS - Regular Season
225
129
11708
16
16
200
78
84
126
25
63
9
1
6
6
KC - Postseason
5
3
253
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
8
5
414
0
0
1
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
233
134
12122
16
16
201
78
86
130
26
63
9
1
6
6
JORDI QUINTILLA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
6
2
221
0
0
5
3
9
6
0
3
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
6
2
221
0
0
5
3
9
6
0
3
0
0
0
0
SETH SINOVIC
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
124
122
10702
0
7
61
17
150
82
3
0
19
0
0
4
MLS - Regular Season
144
140
12368
0
7
68
18
163
92
3
0
22
0
0
4
KC - Postseason
11
11
1045
2
0
4
2
15
11
0
0
1
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
155
151
13413
2
7
72
20
178
103
3
0
23
0
2
4
GRAHAM ZUSI
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
171
135
12495
24
44
257
84
151
221
22
585
14
0
8
19
KC - Postseason
11
11
1139
0
5
21
1
18
19
1
52
1
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
182
146
13634
24
49
278
85
169
240
23
637
15
0
8
22
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Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME MLS STATISTICS JON KEMPIN
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
7
6
585
24
11
0
12
1.85
0
1
0
0
2
3
1
MLS - TOTAL
7
6
585
24
11
0
12
1.85
0
1
0
0
2
3
1
TIM MELIA
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
21
21
1890
104
76
8
25
1.19
2
2
2
0
10
7
4
MLS - Regular Season
27
26
2329
136
94
8
39
1.51
3
3
2
1
10
11
5
MLS - TOTAL
27
26
2329
136
94
8
39
1.51
3
3
2
1
10
11
5
29
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME STATISTICS (ALL COMPETITIONS WITH SPORTING KC) SAAD ABDUL-SALAAM
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
ROGER ESPINOZA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
20
8
894
0
1
MLS Regular Season
130
110
9734
3
15
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
7
6
455
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
1
206
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
11
9
1024
0
2
International
0
0
0
0
0
International
2
1
142
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
25
9
1100
0
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
150
126
11355
3
17
JALIL ANIBABA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
BENNY FEILHABER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
16
14
1265
1
4
MLS Regular Season
88
81
6977
17
24
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
5
5
484
0
3
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
7
7
600
2
5
International
0
0
0
0
0
International
9
8
592
1
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
17
15
1355
1
4
ALL COMPETITIONS
109
101
8653
20
35
BERNARDO ANOR
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
CONNOR HALLISEY
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
13
4
483
0
0
MLS Regular Season
13
6
516
0
1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
2
163
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
13
4
483
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
17
8
679
0
1
MATT BESLER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MIKEY LOPEZ
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
180
175
15766
2
10
MLS Regular Season
14
10
964
0
0
MLS Postseason
11
11
1050
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
15
13
1204
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
76
0
0
International
10
10
885
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
216
209
18905
2
11
ALL COMPETITIONS
15
11
1040
0
0
MARCEL DE JONG
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
JIMMY MEDRANDA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
13
11
847
1
1
MLS Regular Season
13
8
558
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
0
10
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
International
1
0
6
0
0
14
8
564
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
15
11
857
1
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
AMADOU DIA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SONI MUSTIVAR
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
22
13
1317
0
1
MLS Regular Season
23
18
1666
0
2
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
4
351
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
5
5
426
1
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
26
17
1668
0
2
ALL COMPETITIONS
28
23
2092
1
2
DOM DWYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
CHANCE MYERS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
78
64
5768
35
5
MLS Regular Season
134
106
9780
2
15
MLS Postseason
7
4
372
2
0
MLS Postseason
10
10
960
0
1
U.S. Open Cup
8
8
686
5
1
U.S. Open Cup
15
13
1176
2
2
International
9
2
314
2
0
International
1
1
90
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
102
78
7140
44
6
ALL COMPETITIONS
160
130
12006
4
18
KEVIN ELLIS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
PAULO NAGAMURA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
47
41
3806
3
4
MLS Regular Season
84
72
6274
6
6
MLS Postseason
1
1
90
0
0
MLS Postseason
5
5
487
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
9
8
777
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
9
7
713
1
1
International
4
4
360
1
0
International
5
5
413
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
61
54
5033
4
4
ALL COMPETITIONS
103
89
7887
7
7
30
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME STATISTICS (ALL COMPETITIONS WITH SPORTING KC) KRISZTIAN NEMETH
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
JON KEMPIN
GP
GS
MIN
GA
GAA
SO
W-L-T
MLS Regular Season
26
21
1858
10
6
MLS Regular Season
7
6
585
12
1.85
0
2-3-1
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
x
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
4
4
371
5
1
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
2
2.00
0
1-0-0
International
0
0
0
0
0
International
1
1
90
1
1.00
0
0-0-1
ALL COMPETITIONS
30
25
2229
15
7
ALL COMPETITIONS
9
8
765
15
1.76
0
3-3-2
AMOBI OKUGO
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
TIM MELIA
GP
GS
MIN
GA
GAA
SO
W-L-T
MLS Regular Season
3
1
108
0
1
MLS Regular Season
21
21
1890
25
1.19
8
10-7-4
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
x
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
5
5
480
5
0.94
1
4-0-1
International
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
x
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
3
1
108
0
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
26
26
2370
30
1.14
9
14-7-5
IKE OPARA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
27
23
2083
5
0
MLS Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
5
5
450
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
36
29
2639
6
0
ERIK PALMER BROWN
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
9
6
610
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
2
2
180
0
0
International
1
1
60
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
12
9
850
0
0
JACOB PETERSON
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
87
47
4422
7
6
MLS Postseason
5
3
253
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
13
8
752
1
3
International
6
3
359
1
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
111
61
5786
9
9
JORDI QUINTILLA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
6
2
221
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
0
54
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
7
2
275
0
0
SETH SINOVIC
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
124
122
10792
0
7
MLS Postseason
11
11
1045
2
0
U.S. Open Cup
10
10
898
0
2
International
9
9
810
0
1
ALL COMPETITIONS
154
152
13545
2
10
GRAHAM ZUSI
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
171
135
12495
24
44
MLS Postseason
11
11
1049
0
5
U.S. Open Cup
11
9
878
3
3
International
8
8
690
0
3
ALL COMPETITIONS
201
163
15112
27
55
31
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
ALL-TIME RECORDS (FIELD PLAYERS)
Stat
Player
#
Stat
Player
#
Games
C.J. Sapong (2011)
34
Games
Davy Arnaud
240
Minutes
Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)
2916
Minutes
Kerry Zavagnin
20515
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
Davy Arnaud
329
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2004)
111
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud
528
Offsides
Eddie Johnson (2007)
50
Offsides
Eddie Johnson
126
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi (2012)
150
Corner Kicks
Graham Zusi
585
Cautions
Aurelien Collin (2013)
13
Cautions
Kerry Zavagnin
44
Ejections
Davy Arnaud (2010)
3
Ejections
Nick Garcia
5
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS)
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 Avg.
Jimmy Nielsen (2012)
0.79
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
Player
#
Goals
Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop (2010)
3
Goals
1996
61
Assists
2000
67
2012
542
Assists
Chris Henderson (1999)
4
Shots
Shots
Preki (1997)
12
Shots on goal
1996
250
2013
511
Shots on goal
Preki (1996), Eddie Johnson (2007)
6
Fouls Committed
Fouls Committed
Davy Arnaud (2010), Oriol Rosell (2013)
8
Fouls Suffered
2000
541
1997
117
Fouls Suffered
Davy Arnaud (2006)
10
Offsides
Offsides
Alex Bunbury (1999)
7
Corner Kicks
2012
199
12
Cautions
2013
67
Ejections
2011
8
Points
2012
63
Corner Kicks
Alex Zotinca (2006)
SINGLE GAME RECORDS (GOALKEEPERS) Stat
Player
#
Wins
1997
21
Goals Allowed
Bo Oshoniyi
7
Losses
1999
24
Saves
Garth Lagerwey (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000, three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)
9
Ties
2005 & 2011
12
Shutouts
2000
17
Goals Allowed
1996
63
32
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL ALL-TIME CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GAMES PLAYED Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 3. Nick Garcia 224 4. Preki 218 5. Jimmy Conrad 204 6. Chris Klein 200 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 8. Matt Besler* 180 9. Graham Zusi* 171 10. Michael Harrington 149 10. Mo Johnston 149 GAMES STARTED Player GS 1. Kerry Zavagnin 228 224 2. Nick Garcia 3. Davy Arnaud 213 4. Jimmy Conrad 203 5. Preki 199 6. Chris Klein 183 175 7. Matt Besler* 8. Jack Jewsbury 142 8. Mo Johnston 142 135 10. Graham Zusi* MINUTES PLAYED Player MP 1. Kerry Zavagnin 20,515 20,157 2. Nick Garcia 3. Davy Arnaud 19,399 4. Jimmy Conrad 18,194 5. Preki 17,817 6. Chris Klein 16,380 15,766 7. Matt Besler* 13,275 8. Jack Jewsbury 9. Mo Johnston 12,599 10. Graham Zusi* 12,495 GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 125 2. Tony Meola 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 4. Kevin Hartman 90 5. Mike Ammann 60 6. Chris Snitko 26 7. Eric Kronberg 25 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 21 9. Tim Melia* 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11
GOALS G Player GP 1. Preki 218 71 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 2. Josh Wolff 144 43 4. Chris Klein 200 39 5. Kei Kamara 113 38 78 35 6. Dom Dwyer* 6. Mo Johnston 149 31 7. Scott Sealy 88 28 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 10. Graham Zusi* 171 24 ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Chris Klein 200 45 171 44 3. Graham Zusi* 4. Davy Arnaud 240 35 5. Mo Johnston 149 28 6. Josh Wolff 144 26 7. Mark Chung 94 25 8. Benny Feilhaber* 88 24 9. Kerry Zavagnin 237 22 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 20 10. Kei Kamara 113 20 SHOTS SH Player GP 1. Preki 218 693 2. Davy Arnaud 240 452 3. Kei Kamara 113 370 4. Chris Klein 200 312 149 274 5. Mo Johnston 6. Josh Wolff 144 265 171 257 7. Graham Zusi* 8. Dom Dwyer* 78 230 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 216 10. Mark Chung 94 203 SHOTS ON GOAL SOG Player GP 1. Preki 218 283 2. Davy Arnaud 240 176 149 138 3. Mo Johnston 3. Chris Klein 200 138 3. Josh Wolff 144 138 6. Kei Kamara 113 126 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 102 8. Mark Chung 94 95 9. Dom Dwyer* 78 92 9. Jack Jewsbury 195 90
SAVES Player GP SV 1. Tony Meola 125 507 2. Bo Oshoniyi 96 354 3. Kevin Hartman 90 332 4. Jimmy Nielsen 128 304 5. Mike Amman 60 206 6. Chris Snitko 26 95 23 83 7. Garth Lagerwey 8. Tim Melia* 21 76 9. Eric Kronberg 25 58 10. Andy Gruenebaum 11 34
FOULS COMMITTED FC Player GP 1. Davy Arnaud 240 329 2. Kerry Zavagnin 237 326 3. Matt McKeon 144 309 224 234 4. Nick Garcia 5. Mo Johnston 149 226 6. Jimmy Conrad 204 210 7. Aurelien Collin 107 191 8. Diego Gutierrez 119 190 130 184 9. Roger Espinoza* 10. Jack Jewsbury 195 175
SHUTOUTS SO Player GP 128 45 1. Jimmy Nielsen 2. Tony Meola 125 37 3. Kevin Hartman 90 22 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 22 5. Mike Ammann 60 10 6. Tim Melia* 21 8 6. Eric Kronberg 25 8 8 3 8. Luis Marin 8. Andy Gruenebaum 11 3 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 3 26 3 8. Chris Snitko
FOULS SUFFERED Player GP FS 1. Davy Arnaud 240 528 2. Preki 218 362 3. Kerry Zavagnin 237 354 4. Nick Garcia 224 250 5. Graham Zusi* 171 221 6. Mark Chung 94 204 7. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 195 187 8. Jack Jewsbury 9. Josh Wolff 144 183 88 178 10. Benny Feilhaber*
GOALKEEPER WINS GW Player GP 1. Jimmy Nielsen 128 57 125 49 2. Tony Meola 3. Mike Ammann 60 33 3. Bo Oshoniyi 96 33 5. Kevin Hartman 90 30 6. Garth Lagerwey 23 12 7. Tim Melia* 21 10 8. Eric Kronberg 25 9 9. Andy Gruenebaum 11 6 10. Chris Snitko 26 5
CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) Player GP YC 1. Kerry Zavagnin 237 44 2. Davy Arnaud 240 43 3. Nick Garcia 224 37 107 31 4. Aurelien Collin 5. Diego Gutierrez 119 30 5. Matt McKeon 144 30 7. Jack Jewsbury 195 28 7. Mo Johnston 149 28 9. Jimmy Conrad 204 27 179 23 10. Matt Besler* 33
CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 171 585 2. Preki 218 452 3. Claudio Lopez 57 188 4. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 175 5. Francisco Gomez 114 157 6. Chris Henderson 61 154 7. Chris Klein 200 152 8. Davy Arnaud 240 144 9. Benny Feilhaber* 88 102 10. Carlos Marinelli 41 91 GAME-WINNING GOALS Player GP GWG 1. Preki 218 13 2. Chris Klein 200 12 3. Kei Kamara 113 11 3. Josh Wolff 144 11 240 10 5. Davy Arnaud 6. Dom Dwyer* 78 8 6. Graham Zusi* 171 8 6. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 110 7 9. C.J. Sapong 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GWA Player GP 1. Preki 218 23 171 19 2. Graham Zusi* 3. Chris Klein 200 16 4. Davy Arnaud 240 10 4. Josh Wolff 144 10 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 8 6. Mo Johnston 149 8 6. Kei Kamara 113 8 6. Kerry Zavagnin 237 8 134 7 10. Chance Myers* 10. Francisco Gomez 114 7 10. Chris Henderson 61 7 MULTI-GOAL GAMES Player GP MGG 1. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 2. Preki 218 7 78 5 3. Dom Dwyer* 3. Kei Kamara 113 5 3. Scott Sealy 88 5 3. Josh Wolff 144 5 7. Mo Johnston 149 4 7. Chris Klein 200 4 171 3 10. Graham Zusi* 10. Davy Arnaud 240 3 10. Teal Bunbury 89 3 10. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS PKG Player GP 1. Preki 218 21 2. Dom Dwyer* 78 7 3. Benny Feilhaber* 88 5 3. Kei Kamara 113 5 5. Claudio Lopez 57 4 6. Claudio Bieler 41 3 6. Jose Burciaga Jr. 115 3 6. Jack Jewsbury 195 3 6. Josh Wolff 144 3 10. Omar Bravo 27 2 10. Matt McKeon 144 2 Player 1. Dom Dwyer* 2. Kei Kamara 3. Preki 4. Scott Sealy 5. Josh Wolff 6. Vitalis Takawira 7. Mark Chung 8. Mo Johnston 9. Chris Klein 10. C.J. Sapong *Minimum 20 goals
GOALS PER GAME GP 78 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 200 110
GLS AVG 35 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 20 0.18
BOLD * - denotes player on current roster
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | 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
Year Player 2014 Dom Dwyer 1996 Preki 2007 Eddie Johnson 1996 Vitalis Takawira 1997 Preki 2000 Miklos Molnar 2003 Preki
GAMES STARTED Year Player GS 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 8 players tied with 32
ASSISTS Year Player GP ASSISTS 1997 Preki 27 17 2003 Preki 30 17 2000 Preki 31 15 2012 Graham Zusi 32 15 2015 Benny Feilhaber* 30 14 1996 Preki 32 13 1998 Preki 25 13
MINUTES PLAYED MIN Year Player 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 3060 2000 Nick Garcia 2915 2000 Peter Vermes 2915 1996 Preki 2880 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2880 2011 Matt Besler 2880
Year Player 1996 Preki 2012 Kei Kamara 2014 Dom Dwyer 1999 Preki 2000 Preki
GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL Year Player GP 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 32 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2000 Tony Meola 31 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 Year Player 2000 Tony Meola 2003 Tony Meola 2008 Kevin Hartman 2005 Bo Oshoniyi 2007 Kevin Hartman
SHOTS GP SHOTS 32 140 33 134 33 113 30 97 31 95
SHOTS ON GOAL GP SOG Year Player 1996 Preki 32 61 33 49 2012 Kei Kamara 1996 Vitalis Takawira 28 48 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 48 1997 Preki 27 44 2002 Preki 25 44
SAVES GP SV 31 129 30 121 30 117 32 112 30 110
FOULS COMMITTED GP FC Year Player 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
SHUTOUTS Year Player GP SO 2000 Tony Meola 31 16 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 15 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 13 2008 Kevin Hartman 30 10 2010 Jimmy Nielsen 29 10
FOULS SUFFERED Year Player GP FS 2004 Davy Arnaud 30 111 2005 Davy Arnaud 31 85 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 2014 Benny Feilhaber 31 73 2015 Dom Dwyer* 28 73
GOALKEEPER WINS GP GW Year Player 1997 Mike Ammann 29 21 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 18 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 17 31 15 2000 Tony Meola 1996 Garth Lagerwey 23 12 2011 Jimmy Nielsen 31 12 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE GP GA Year Player 2012 Jimmy Nielsen 34 27 2013 Jimmy Nielsen 34 30 2000 Tony Meola 31 29 2004 Tony Meola 21 22 2014 Eric Kronberg 19 20 *Minimum 1,000 minutes played
GOALS GP GOALS 33 22 32 18 24 15 28 13 27 12 17 12 30 12
GAA 0.79 0.88 0.92 1.05 1.05
CAUTIONS (YELLOW CARDS) GP YC Year Player 2013 Aurelien Collin 29 13 2011 Aurelien Collin 23 10 2013 Oriol Rosell 31 10 1997 Mo Johnston 29 9 2005 Jose Burciaga Jr. 31 9 EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Year Player GP RC 2010 Davy Arnaud 27 3 7 players tied with 2
34
CORNER KICKS GP CK Year Player 2012 Graham Zusi 32 150 2013 Graham Zusi 27 128 2014 Graham Zusi 25 125 2009 Claudio Lopez 29 123 2011 Graham Zusi 32 97 OFFSIDES GP OFF Year Player 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 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 5 2015 Krisztian Nemeth* 26 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GP GWA Year Player 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 PENALTY KICK GOALS GP PKG Year Player 1996 Preki 32 7 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 7 5 2015 Benny Feilhaber* 30 2003 Preki 30 5 1997 Preki 27 3 1998 Preki 25 3 2006 Jose Burciaga Jr. 30 3 2013 Claudio Bieler 28 3 GOALS PER GAME GP GLS AVG Year Player 2000 Miklos Molnar 17 12 0.71 2014 Dom Dwyer 33 22 0.67 2007 Eddie Johnson 24 15 0.63 1996 Preki 32 18 0.56 2013 Kei Kamara 15 7 0.47 *Minimum 5 goals
BOLD * - denotes current season
Sporting KC Game Notes | Oct. 21, 2015 vs. Colorado Rapids | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Career: 71 Preki Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014) Game: 3 6 times Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd) Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 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 6 times
CORNER KICKS Career: 585 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)
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)
FOULS COMMITTED Career: 329 Davy Arnaud 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 (07/04/201 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: 9 9 times Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/23/2000 at MET, 1st) Half: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (06/13/2001 at LA, 2nd) Half: 7 Tony Meola (08/08/2003 vs. SJ, 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)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON) GOALS Season: 61 in 1996 Game: 6 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Game: 6 06/21/1997 vs. DC Game: 6 06/20/1999 vs. MET 2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB Half: 5 05/02/1996 vs. CLB (2nd) Half: 5 06/21/1997 vs. DC (2nd) ASSISTS Season: 67 in 2000 Game: 10 06/20/1999 vs. MET 2-Tms: 12 07/04/2001 vs. CHI Half: 8 06/20/1999 vs. MET (1st) SHOTS Season: 542 in 2012 Game: 27 8 times 2-Tms: 44 08/14/1999 at MET 2-Tms: 44 08/05/2000 vs. LA 2-Tms: 44 06/09/2001 at MIA Half: 19 07/28/2012 vs. CLB (2nd)
SHOTS ON GOAL Season: 250 in 1996 Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI 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: 133 in 1999 Game: 9 10 times 2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL 2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB Half: 7 08/23/2000 at MET (1st) Half: 7 06/13/2001 at LA (2d) Half: 7 08/08/2003 vs. SJ (1st)
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COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES Richard Clarke, Sr. Director Communications & Digital Media - rclarke@dsgpark.com Diego Garcia, Media Relations & Social Media Coordinator - diegogarcia@dsgpark.com
MLS Regular Season Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 6:30 p.m. MT Location: Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS Television: Altitude 2 Radio: Mile High Sports (AM 1340); 1650AM Radio Luz
MATCH PREVIEW Colorado Rapids will travel back to Kansas City to take on the 2015 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup winners, Sporting Kansas City, on Wednesday evening. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. MT (Altitude 2). Wednesday’s match was first scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 16 but was postponed due to inclement weather in the area. The Western Conference rivals split the first two matches, with both clubs winning at home. Sporting KC earned a 2-0 win back on June 27, while Colorado won 2-1 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on August 29. Rapids go into the second-to-last regular season match having lost four in a row and five of the last six. Currently, Colorado is tenth in the Western Conference with a 8-14-10 record. Pablo Mastroeni will have Kevin Doyle, Maynor Figueroa and Gabriel Torres at his disposal after the trio missed the last two matches due to international duty. Meanwhile, Sporting KC can clinch a spot in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs with a win on Wednesday night. At the moment, Peter Vermes’ men are one point clear of the San Jose Earthquakes and the red line with a 13-10-9 record. INJURY REPORT Out: Michael Harrington (left foot), Dillon Serna (left hamstring), Jared Watts (toe). HISTORY WITH SPORTING KC Sporting KC will always have a ‘special’ place in the hearts of Rapids fans, being as they were the first-ever opponents when – as Kansas City Wiz – they ruined Colorado’s introduction to Major League Soccer with a 3-0 win at Arrowhead Stadium. The date was April 13, 1996 and it was the first match for both franchises in the newly-launched MLS.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Overall: 13-10-9 (48 pts.) Home: 9-1-5 Away: 4-9-4 GF: 46 GA: 42 GD: 4
COLORADO RAPIDS Overall: 8-14-10 (34 pts.) Home: 5-7-5 Away: 3-7-5 GF: 30 GA: 39 GD: -9
This match was originally scheduled for May 16, but was postponed in the moments before kickoff due to inclement weather. LAST MEETING Colorado Rapids 2-1 Sporting Kansas City Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO Saturday, August 29, 2015 In beating Sporting KC 2-1 on Saturday night, Pablo Mastroeni’s side recorded their third win in eight days to lift themselves off the bottom of the Western Conference and back into the Playoff race. As ever, Kevin Doyle was the difference. The Irishman decided the game when he rose to nod home an excellent cross from Vicente Sanchez with 13 minutes left. It was his fourth goal since joining Rapids in May and all of them have been winners. Dom Dwyer had given Sporting KC the lead two minutes after the break. However, Maynor Figueroa blasted home his first goal in burgundy to equalize six minutes later. Rapids had bossed the majority of the first half and they would do likewise in the latter stages of this highly entertaining game. A mixture of grit, guts, intelligence and creativity secured their club’s first victory over Sporting KC in 12 attempts. It was a record going back to March 2009. FIRST HALF Rapids were the better side in the opening 20 minutes. They pressed back Sporting into the own third of the pitch and it nearly brought the opener. Sjoberg tested keeper Tim Melia with a couple of headers as the home side forced a flurry of corners. However, in the 11th minute, they should have taken the lead. Drew Moor swung over a cross to the far post where he found an unmarked Ramirez. The Argentine dived forward and sent his header over the bar with the goal at his mercy. With goals at a premium, it was a massive opportunity.
In all, the Rapids and Sporting KC have met 54 times. Colorado’s Despite the miss, Ramirez would have an eye-catching first half. regular season record against Kansas City stands at 18-23-13 His pace was too much for Chance Myers, who pulled his ham(72 GF, 93 GA) overall. string in a foot race with the Argentine and was forced off. The most recent meeting with Sporting Kansas City came at the Doyle claimed a penalty after clashing with Kevin Ellis and end of August at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. With goals from Sjöberg would threaten again from another corner. Maynor Figueroa and Kevin Doyle, the Rapids won 2-1.
However Sporting ended the half strongly. Saad Abdul-Salaam nodded wide and then Dwyer headed weakly into the arms of Irwin after being found by Graham Zusi’s searching cross.
Current Rapids defender, Michael Harrington, was third overall pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Kansas City Wizards. He spent six seasons with Kansas City, making 149 appearances.
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Now Director of Soccer at the Rapids, the former Argentine international striker Claudio López was with Colorado during their The visitors took the lead within a couple of minutes of the restart. successful 2010 season, though managing just 11 appearances Krisztian Németh weaved into the area and beat Sjöberg. He for a total of 200 minutes. He arrived in MLS from Argentina, prodded the ball into the path of Dwyer who lashed the ball from signing for the Wizards ahead of the 2008 season. He spent two close range. years in Kansas City, scoring 13 goals in 57 appearances. The lead would last just six minutes. Sánchez carved his way into TALE OF THE TAPE the area and his pass found Figueroa at the far post. The HonduSporting vs. Rapids ran defender unleashed a fierce shot that deflected off Zusi before finding the top corner. 32 32 Games Played It was now an open, pacy game. Nemeth was a menace on the left and flashed a low, unconverted ball across the face of goal. But Sánchez was equally inventive. He crossed for substitute Dominique Badji to head straight at Melia. He was penalized for a foul anyway.
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The former Charlotte Independence loanee made a difference when he came on. Suddenly the Sporting defense had the trickery of Sánchez, the strength of Doyle AND the sheer pace of Badji to handle.
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Powers and Sánchez set up Badji to shoot straight at Melia on 74 minutes. Then came the winner.
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Dom Dwyer (11 goals)
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Shots
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131
Shots On Goal
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The Uruguayan mesmerized his marker and floated over an inviting cross that Doyle gleefully nod into the corner. A trademark goal for the 31-year-old who leaves for international duty on Sunday morning. Sean St. Ledger nodded wide from a corner shortly afterwards. Sporting were not spent, however. Two minutes from time, Irwin made a stunning save from Dwyer and the striker’s mishit rebound bobbled back off the woodwork and into the keeper’s hands.
LAST MATCH Colorado Rapids 0-1 Montreal Impact The latter half was sheer good luck but Mastroeni will argue that it Dick’s Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City, CO merely makes up for misfortune earlier this season. Saturday, October 10, 2015 The wins against Chicago and Houston were a grind but this was much more entertaining and fluid. Along with the 4-0 success at Dallas, this rates as the best result AND performance of the season. SPORTING KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS Sporting Kansas City’s head coach, Peter Vermes, joined the Rapids from the Metrostars after the inaugural season. He was a part of the 1997 MLS Cup finalists, and would spend three years in Colorado, making 98 appearances (8 goals). The defender then left for Kansas City, in a trade which brought Scott Vermillion in the other direction. Vermes played 78 times in three seasons for KC, before retiring.
Didier Drogba’s expert free-kick proved to be the difference between Colorado Rapids and Montreal Impact on Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The former Chelsea striker put the Canadian side in the lead after 15 minutes when he curled home an effort from almost 30 yards. Rapids pressed their opponents during the second half but the closest they came to scoring was in added time when a longrange drive by Lucas Pittinari was tipped aside by visiting keeper Evan Bush. Rapids are now 8-14-10 for the season while Montreal (13-13-6) improved their hopes of making the Playoffs.
TEAM NEWS Jacob Peterson is now in his fourth season with Sporting Kansas City. He has played 87 regular season matches during that With their own Playoff hopes over, Rapids head coach Pablo time (7 goals). Peterson began his pro career with the Rapids, Mastroeni rang the changes for the final home game of the seahaving been selected 21st overall in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. In son. three seasons in Colorado, he made 92 appearances (8 goals).
Zac MacMath and Marlon Hairston came in for their first game of the season. Rookies Dominique Badji and Axel Sjoberg returned to the starting line-up.
MAXIMUM MINUTES Zac MacMath’s appearance in goal for the Rapids against Montreal Impact ended Clint Irwin’s hopes of going the entire season without missing a minute in MLS. He played every minute of the The average age of the starting XI was 24.8 years-old. first 31 games, and started 35 games in a row in all. The last FIRST HALF match he failed to start was the 1-1 home tie with San Jose Earthquakes on September 27, 2014, in which Joe Nasco feaRapids were bright enough in the opening stages and Badji headtured for the Rapids. ed an early effort over the bar. Then Sjoberg nodded wide from Hairston’s cross. INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Maynor Figueroa played 90 minutes at center back for Honduras However the game changed in the 15th minute when Powers last week in their 1-1 tie with South Africa in an international hauled down Andres Romero as he went clear. friendly. Dillon Serna came out after 70 minutes of the USA U23s The midfielder might have been relieved to only receive a yellow 2-0 win over Canada in the third place playoff for the CONCACAF card. However Drogba would mete out further punishment by Olympic Qualifying Championship, while Gabriel Torres was an curling his free-kick into the net at the near post with MacMath unused substitute as Panama lost 1-0 to Mexico, also in a friendly beaten. international. Rapids struggled to respond and Montreal managed to hold contain them. They could muster little and the visitors might have extended their lead just before the whistle but MacMath tipped over a long-range effort from Ignacio Piatti.
NEXT MATCH Next up for the Rapids is a trip to Portland Timbers for the last game of the 2015 season on Sunday, October 25. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. MT (Altitude).
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Rapids took the game to Montreal after the restart. Juan Ramirez created danger from the left but visiting defender Laurent Ciman marshaled the lines to great effect.
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On the hour, Drogba threatened to break clear but Sean St. Ledger managed to steal the ball as they went one-on-one. Powers drilled a shot at Bush but, by now, Montreal were starting to look comfortable in defense. Coach Mauro Biello also brought on pacy Dominic Oduro to stretch the Rapids when the visitors broke away. Badji dribbled through but his shot was easily saved. In added time, Lucas Pittinari conjured up arguably Rapids’ best chance of the night. His low drive seemed destined for the corner before Bush thrust out a hand to push it around the post. FAN AWARDS The Colorado Rapids celebrated Fan Appreciation Night following the final home match of the 2015 season against Montreal Impact at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. At the conclusion of the match, the club presented the 2015 team awards to the Rapids Academy Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Humanitarian of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Fan Favorite and Most Valuable Player. The Rapids’ Golden Boot winner, given to the club’s leading scorer, will be awarded following the final match of the regular season on Sunday, October 25 against Portland Timbers. Academy Player of the Year – Oliver Larraz Young Player of the Year – Dillon Serna Humanitarian of the Year – Dillon Powers Defensive Player of the Year – Bobby Burling Fan Favorite – Clint Irwin Most Valuable Player – Vicente Sánchez
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GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS, 2015 REGULAR SEASON @ Philadelphia Union (D 0-0) - March 7, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjoberg, Michael Harrington, Marcelo Sarvas, Lucas Pittinari, Vicente Sanchez (Dillon Powers 55′), Dillon Serna, Gabriel Torres (Shane O’Neill 74′), Dominque Badji (Deshorn Brown 88′). Unused Subs: John Berner, Marc Burch, Sam Cronin, Carlos Alvarez. vs. New York City FC (D 0-0) - March 21, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Shane O’Neill, Axel Sjoberg, Marc Burch, Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari, Vicente Sánchez (Marcelo Sarvas 78’), Dillon Powers (Juan Ramírez 73’), Gabriel Torres, Dominique Badji (Carlos Alvarez 59’). Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Jared Watts, Ben Newnam, Nick LaBrocca @ Houston Dynamo (D 0-0) - March 28, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Jared Watts, Bobby Burling, Marc Burch; Lucas Pittinari, Sam Cronin; Dillon Powers (Vicente Sánchez 83’), Marcelo Sarvas, Juan Ramírez (Dominique Badji 77’), Gabriel Torres. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, James Riley, Ben Newnam, Dillon Serna, Nick LaBrocca. vs. New England Revolution (L 2-0) - April 4, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Bobby Burling, Jared Watts, Marc Burch, Sam Cronin (Dominique Badji 58), Lucas Pittinari, Marcelo Sarvas, Juan Ramirez (Dillon Serna 82), Dillon Powers (Vicente Sanchez 66), Gabriel Torres. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Nick LaBrocca, Shane O’Neill, James Riley. @ FC Dallas (W 4-0) - April 10, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, James Riley; Lucas Pittinari, Marcelo Sarvas; Dillon Powers (Dillon Serna, 81’), Gabriel Torres, Juan Ramírez (Nick LaBrocca 72’); Dominique Badji (Vicente Sánchez, 89’). Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Jared Watts, Shane O’Neill, Marc Burch. vs. Seattle Sounders FC (L 3-1) - April 18, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley (Dillon Serna 80’), Bobby Burling, Drew Moor, Michael Harrington, Marcelo Sarvas, Lucas Pittinari, Vicente Sánchez (Nick LaBrocca 66’), Dillon Powers, Juan Ramírez, Gabriel Torres. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Ben Newnam, Shane O’Neill, Axel Sjoberg, Jared Watts. vs. FC Dallas (D 1-1) - April 24, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Axel Sjoberg, Drew Moor, James Riley, Nick LaBrocca, Lucas Pittinari, Juan Ramírez, Dillon Powers, Gabriel Torres, Dominique Badji (Vicente Sánchez 65’). Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Bobby Burling, Ben Newnam, Jared Watts, Carlos Alvarez, Charles Eloundou. @ New York Red Bulls (D 1-1) - April 29, 2015 Clint Irwin, Ben Newnam, Bobby Burling, Alex Sjoberg, Michael Harrington, Lucas Pittinari, Nick LaBrocca, Gabriel Torres (Sam Cronin, 69'), Dillon Powers, Juan Ramirez (Dillon Serna, 86'), Dominique Badji (Charles Eloundou, 73'). @ LA Galaxy (D 1-1) - May 2, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley, Axel Sjoberg, Shane O’Neill, Michael Harrington, Lucas Pittinari, Sam Cronin ©, Nick LaBrocca (Dominique Badji 62’), Dillon Powers (Vicente Sanchez 84’), Juan Ramirez (Dillon Serna 75’), Gabriel Torres. Unused Subs: Ben Newnam, Jared Watts, Zac MacMath, Charles Eloundou. vs. San Jose Earthquakes (D 1-1) - May 8, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Axel Sjoberg, Drew Moor, James Riley, Sam Cronin (Charles Eloundou, 74’), Lucas Pittinari, Juan Ramírez, Dillon Powers, Gabriel Torres, Dominique Badji (Vicente Sánchez, 45’). Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Dillon Serna, Marc Burch, Nick LaBrocca, Shane O’Neill. vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W 1-0) - May 23, 2015 Clint Irwin, Marc Burch, Axel Sjoberg, Drew Moor, James Riley, Sam Cronin Lucas Pittinari, Juan Ramírez (Vicente Sánchez, 86’), Dillon Powers, Gabriel Torres (Kevin Doyle, 63’), Luis Solignac. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Michael Harrington, Bobby Burling, Charles Eloundou, Jared Watts. @ Seattle Sounders FC (L 1-0) - May 27, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Bobby Burling – Captain, Jared Watts, Marc Burch; Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari, Gabriel Torres (Juan Ramirez 45’); Dillon Powers (Vicente Sanchez 74’), Kevin Doyle (Charles Eloundou 83’), Luis Solignac. Unused Subs: Dominique Badji, Zac MacMath, Drew Moor, James Riley. vs. Portland Timbers (L 2-1) - May 30, 2015 Clint Irwin, Michael Harrington, Axel Sjoberg, Drew Moor, James Riley, Sam Cronin, Nick LaBrocca (Lucas Pittinari, 70’), Juan Ramírez, Vicente Sánchez (Dillon Powers, HT), Kevin Doyle (Luis Solignac, 55’), Gabriel Torres. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Bobby Burling, Charles Eloundou, Jared Watts.
GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS, 2015 REGULAR SEASON (cont.) @ Real Salt Lake (D 0-0) - June 7, 2015 Clint Irwin; James Riley, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjoberg, Michael Harrington; Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas (Lucas Pittinari, 62’); Gabriel Torres (Charles Eloundou, 82’), Dillon Powers, Juan Ramirez (Nick LaBrocca, 46’); Luis Solignac. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Marc Burch, Kevin Doyle, Jared Watts. vs. FC Dallas (D 1-1) - June 19, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley, Bobby Burling, Jared Watts, Drew Moor, Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas (Lucas Pittinari, 67’), Dillon Serna, Dillon Powers (Vicente Sánchez, 75’), Gabriel Torres (Kevin Doyle, HT), Luis Solignac. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Joseph Greenspan, Marc Burch, Charles Eloundou. @ Orlando City SC (L 2-0) - June 24, 2015 Clint Irwin; Joseph Greenspan, Drew Moor, Shane O’Neill, Marc Burch; Marcelo Sarvas (Sam Cronin 71’), Lucas Pittinari; Dillon Serna (Gabriel Torres 67’), Kevin Doyle (Charles Eloundou 59’), Dillon Powers; Luis Solignac. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Bobby Burling, James Riley, Dominique Badji. @ Sporting Kansas City (L 2-0) - June 27, 2015 Clint Irwin; Bobby Burling, James Riley, Jared Watts, Joseph Greenspan; Marcelo Sarvas, Lucas Pittinari (Dillon Powers 73'), Sam Cronin, Dillon Serna (Kevin Doyle 69'), Gabriel Torres (Vicente Sanchez 74'); Luis Solignac. Unused Subs: Shane O'Neill, Zac MacMath, Marc Burch, Charles Eloundou. vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (W 2-1) - July 4, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley, Bobby Burling, Jared Watts, Drew Moor, Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas (Dillon Powers, 84’), Lucas Pittinari, Vicente Sánchez (Dillon Serna, 73’), Luis Solignac, Kevin Doyle. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Joseph Greenspan, Marc Burch, Charles Eloundou, Dominique Badji. vs. Real Salt Lake (W 3-1) - July 11, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley, Bobby Burling, Jared Watts, Drew Moor, Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas, Lucas Pittinari, Vicente Sánchez (Juan Ramírez 80’), Kevin Doyle, Luis Solignac (Charles Eloundou 73’). Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Joseph Greenspan, Marc Burch, Marlon Hairston, Dillon Powers. @ Seattle Sounders FC (W 1-0) - July 18, 2015 Clint Irwin; James Riley, Drew Moor, Jared Watts, Michael Harrington; Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari (Dillon Powers 28’), Marcelo Sarvas; Charles Eloundou (Juan Ramirez 75’), Kevin Doyle, Vicente Sanchez. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Marc Burch, Joseph Greenspan, Marlon Hairston, Nick LaBrocca. vs. LA Galaxy (L 3-1) - August 1, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley, Bobby Burling, Jared Watts, Drew Moor, Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas, Dillon Powers (Nick LaBrocca 57’), Vicente Sánchez (Gabriel Torres 76’), Charles Eloundou (Juan Ramirez 65’), Kevin Doyle. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Marc Burch, Dillon Serna, Axel Sjoberg. vs. Columbus Crew SC (L 2-1) - August 8, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Axel Sjoberg, Marc Burch, Jared Watts, Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas (Gabriel Torres 83’), Vicente Sánchez (Dillon Serna 78’), Charles Eloundou (Juan Ramírez 66’), Kevin Doyle. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Marlon Hairston, Nick LaBrocca, Dillon Powers. @ San Jose Earthquakes (L 1-0) - August 14, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa, Jared Watts (Marcelo Sarvas 45’), Sam Cronin, Dillon Powers (Gabriel Torres 81’), Juan Ramirez, Kevin Doyle, Vicente Sanchez (Charles Eloundou 62’). Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Marc Burch, Nick LaBrocca, Dillon Serna. @ Chicago Fire (W 1-0) - August 22, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa, Nick LaBrocca, Marcelo Sarvas, Dillon Powers (Charles Eloundou 77’), Dillon Serna, Gabriel Torres (Vicente Sánchez 89’), Kevin Doyle. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Marc Burch, Marlon Hairston, Juan Ramirez, Axel Sjoberg. vs. Houston Dynamo (W 2-1) - August 26, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa, Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas, Vicente Sánchez (Juan Ramírez 65’), Dillon Serna, Gabriel Torres (Dillon Powers 57’), Kevin Doyle. Unused Subs: Zac MacMath, Axel Sjoberg, Nick LaBrocca, James Riley, Marlon Hairston.
GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS, 2015 REGULAR SEASON (cont. 2) vs. Sporting Kansas City (W 2-1) - August 29, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Axel Sjöberg, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa, Sam Cronin, Marcelo Sarvas, Vicente Sánchez (Nick LaBrocca 89’), Dillon Powers (Lucas Pittinari 80’), Juan Ramirez (Dominique Badji 62’), Kevin Doyle. Unused subs: Zac MacMath, James Riley, Marlon Hairston, Gabriel Torres. @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC (L 2-0) - September 9, 2015 Clint Irwin, James Riley, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger, Marc Burch, Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari (Dillon Powers, 80’), Marcelo Sarvas, Nick LaBrocca (Vicente Sánchez, 77’), Juan Ramirez, Gabriel Torres (Kevin Doyle, 58’). Unused subs: Zac MacMath, Joseph Greenspan, Marlon Hairston, Jared Watts. vs. D.C. United (D 1-1) - September 12, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa, Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari, Dillon Powers (Jared Watts 75’), Vicente Sánchez, Dillon Serna (Dominique Badji 64’), Kevin Doyle (Nick LaBrocca 89’). Unused subs: Zac MacMath, Marlon Hairston, Juan Ramírez, Gabriel Torres. @ Toronto FC (L 3-1) - September 19, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa, Sam Cronin (Marcelo Sarvas 87’), Lucas Pittinari, Dillon Powers, Vicente Sánchez (Juan Ramírez 69’), Dillon Serna (Gabriel Torres HT), Luis Solignac. Unused subs: Zac MacMath, Marlon Hairston, Jared Watts, Nick LaBrocca. @ Houston Dynamo (L 3-2) - September 26, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger (Gabriel Torres 58’), Maynor Figueroa, Jared Watts, Lucas Pittinari, Marcelo Sarvas, Vicente Sánchez, Dillon Powers (Juan Ramirez 81’), Luis Solignac. Unused subs: Zac MacMath, Joseph Greenspan, Nick LaBrocca, Sam Cronin, Dillon Serna. vs. Real Salt Lake (L 2-1) - October 4, 2015 Clint Irwin, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Sean St. Ledger, Maynor Figueroa, Lucas Pittinari, Marcelo Sarvas, Dillon Powers (Dominique Badji 78’), Vicente Sánchez, Luis Solignac (Juan Ramirez 58’), Kevin Doyle. Unused subs: Zac MacMath, James Riley, Gabriel Torres, Sam Cronin, Jared Watts. vs. Montreal Impact (L 1-0) - October 10, 2015 Zac MacMath, Marlon Hairston, Sean St. Ledger, Axel Sjoberg, Drew Moor, Lucas Pittinari, Sam Cronin (Joseph Greenspan 85’), Juan Ramírez (Vicente Sánchez 72’), Dillon Powers, Dominique Badji, Luis Solignac. Unused subs: Clint Irwin, Marcelo Sarvas, Bobby Burling, Jared Watts, Nick LaBrocca.
COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES Richard Clarke, Sr. Director Communications & Digital Media - rclarke@dsgpark.com Diego Garcia, Media Relations & Social Media Coordinator - diegogarcia@dsgpark.com
2015 Goal Scorers #2 Nick LaBrocca - R #3 Drew Moor - H #6 Sam Cronin - L #7 Vicente Sanchez - L, L, L, R #8 Dillon Powers - L, H #9 Kevin Doyle - H, L, H, H, H #10 Gabriel Torres - R, R, H, R #11 Marcelo Sarvas - L #14 Dominique Badji - L #15 Juan Ramirez - L #16 James Riley - H #17 Dillon Serna - L, L, L #22 Lucas Pittinari - R #23 Bobby Burling - H, L #31 Maynor Figueroa - L #33 Jared Watts - L Key L - Left Footed: 15 R - Right Footed: 6 H - Header: 9
8-L 31-L
33-L 9-H 3-H 9-H 8-H 17-L 11-L 2-R 10-R 16-H 7-R 15-L 14-L 7-L 23-H 9-L 7-L 10-H 10-R 10-R 9-H 9-H 17-L 22-R 23-L 6-L 7-L 17-L
RAPIDS NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS (as of 10/13/15)
2015 MLS SEASON CATEGORICAL RECORD Overall Home
Road
NAME
COUNTRY
CAPS
GOALS
Overall MLS Games
8-14-10 5-7-5
3-7-5
Against Western Conference Against Eastern Conference Scoring 0 goals Scoring 1 goal Scoring 2 goals Scoring 3 goals Scoring 4+ goals Conceding 0 goals Conceding 1 goal Conceding 2 goals Conceding 3 goals Conceding 4+goals Scoring first Conceding first Leading at halftime Tied at halftime Trailing at halftime On Altitude On Univision On ESPN On Fox In March In April In May In June In July In August In September In October
7-9-6 1-5-4 0-7-4 3-6-6 3-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 4-0-4 4-3-6 0-7-0 0-4-0 0-0-0 6-3-3 2-11-3 2-2-2 6-3-4 0-9-2 7-13-6 1-0-3 0-0-1 0-1-0 0-0-3 1-2-2 1-2-2 0-2-2 3-0-0 3-3-0 0-3-1 0-2-0
2-5-3 1-2-2 0-5-3 2-1-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 3-0-3 0-2-2 0-3-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-0-2 0-7-0 2-0-1 1-3-2 0-4-0 2-7-2 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-2 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-2-1 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-3-0 0-0-0
Cronin Doyle Figueroa Moor Sánchez Torres
U.S.A. Rep. of Ireland Honduras U.S.A. Uruguay Panama
2 61 117 5 31 50
0 14 4 0 5 9
5-4-3 0-3-2 0-2-1 1-5-4 3-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 4-1-4 0-4-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-3-1 2-4-3 0-2-1 5-0-2 0-5-2 5-6-4 0-0-3 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-1 0-2-1 1-1-1 0-0-1 2-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-1 0-2-0
2015 MLS SEASON MISCELLANEOUS STATS Quickest Goal: 1’ Serna - 8/22 @ CHI Quickest Goal Against: 18’ Agudelo - 4/4 vs. NE Game Winning Goals after 75’: 90+1 Watts - 7/11 vs. RSL; 84’ Doyle 7/18 @ SEA; 79’ Doyle - 8/26 vs. HOU; 76’ Doyle - 8/29 vs. SKC Game Tying Goals after 75’: 79’ LaBrocca - 4/24 vs. DAL; 93’ Riley 5/8 vs. SJ; 81’ Moor - 7/11 vs. RSL Multi-Goal Games: Vicente Sanchez 9/26 @ HOU Hat Tricks: Hat Tricks Against: Own Goals For: Sam Cronin 6/27 @ SKC Own Goals Against: Red Cards: Bobby Burling 3/7 @ PHI; Axel Sjoberg 8/8 vs. CLB Opp. Red Cards: Shay Facey 3/21 vs. NYC; Blas Perez 4/24 vs. DAL Penalties for: Dillon Powers 6/7 @ RSL (missed); Vicente Sánchez 8/26 vs. HOU (scored) Penalties against: Lee Nguyen 4/4 vs. NE (scored); Bradley WrightPhillips 4/29 @ NYRB (scored); Brad Davis 8/26 vs HOU (scored)
2015 RAPIDS AWARD WINNERS MLS Goal of the Week: Week 6: Dillon Serna 4/10 @ DAL MLS Team of the Week: Badji, Powers (Week 6); Irwin, Moor (Week 20); Irwin, Figueroa (Week 25); Sanchez , Sarvas (Week 26); Sanchez (Week 30).
COLORADO RAPIDS 2015 SCHEDULE DATE
OPPONENT
TIME/RESULT
Saturday, March 7
at Philadelphia Union
D 0-0
Saturday, March 21
vs. New York City FC
D 0-0
Saturday, March 28
at Houston Dynamo
D 0-0
Saturday, April 4
vs. New England Revolution
L 2-0
NE: Agudelo, Nguyen (pen)
Friday, April 10
at FC Dallas
W 4-0
COL: Badji, Powers, Torres, Serna
Saturday, April 18
vs. Seattle Sounders FC
L 3-1
COL: Torres; SEA: Neagle (2), Martins
Friday, April 24
vs. FC Dallas
D 1-1
COL: LaBrocca; DAL: Diaz
Wednesday, April 29
at New York Red Bulls
D 1-1
NY: Wright-Phillips; COL: Torres
Saturday, May 2
at LA Galaxy
D 1-1
LA: Gordon; COL: Torres
Friday, May 8
vs. San Jose Earthquakes
D 1-1
COL: Riley; SJ: Wondolowski
Saturday, May 23
vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
W 1-0
COL: Pittinari
Wednesday, May 27
at Seattle Sounders FC
L 1-0
SEA: Pappa
Saturday, May 30
vs. Portland Timbers
L 2-1
COL: Cronin; POR: Fernรกndez, Jewsbury
Sunday, June 7
at Real Salt Lake
D 0-0
Friday, June 19
vs. FC Dallas
D 1-1
COL: Serna; DAL: Castillo
Wednesday, June 24
at Orlando City SC
L 2-0
ORL: Larin, Kakรก
Saturday, June 27
at Sporting Kansas City
L 2-0
SKC: Nemeth, Cronin (OG)
Saturday, July 4
vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
W 2-1
COL: Sรกnchez, Doyle; VAN: Manneh
Saturday, July 11
vs. Real Salt Lake
W 3-1
COL: Moor, Watts, Ramirez; RSL: Jaime
Saturday, July 18
at Seattle Sounders FC
W 1-0
COL: Doyle
Saturday, August 1
vs. LA Galaxy
L 3-1
COL: Sarvas; LA: Lletget, Gordon, Keane
Saturday, August 8
vs. Columbus Crew SC
L 2-1
COL: Burling; CLB: Kemara (2)
Friday, August 14
at San Jose Earthquakes
L 1-0
SJ: Goodson
Saturday, August 22
at Chicago Fire
W 1-0
COL: Serna
Wednesday, August 26
vs. Houston Dynamo
W 2-1
COL: Sรกnchez, Doyle; HOU: Davis
Saturday, August 29
vs. Sporting Kansas City
W 2-1
COL: Figueroa, Doyle; SKC: Dwyer
Wednesday, September 9
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
L 2-0
VAN: Rivero, Techera
Saturday, September 12
vs. D.C. United
D 1-1
COL: Burling DC: Birnbaum
Saturday, September 19
at Toronto FC
L 3-1
COL: Powers TOR: Giovinco (2), Perquis
Saturday, September 26
at Houston Dynamo
L 3-2
COL: Sanchez (2); HOU: Miranda, Barnes, Davis
Sunday, October 4
vs. Real Salt Lake
L 2-1
COL: Doyle RSL: Plata, Mulholland
Saturday, October 10
vs. Montreal Impact
L 1-0
MTL: Drogba
Wednesday, October 21
at Sporting Kansas City
6:30pm
Altitude 2
Sunday, October 25
at Portland Timbers
5:00pm
Altitude
All kickoff times are Mountain Time (MT)
SCORERS/TV
COLORADO RAPIDS NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #
Player
Pos.
1
Clint Irwin
GK
2
Nick LaBrocca
MID
3
Drew Moor
DEF
4
Marc Burch
5
Pronunciation
Ht.
Wt.
Birthdate
Hometown
College
Previous club
6-3
195
04/01/1989
Charlotte, NC
Elon
Charlotte Eagles
La-BROCK-ah
5-10 165
12/04/1984
Howell, NJ
Rutgers
Chivas USA
More
6-0
165
01/15/1984
Dallas, TX
Indiana
FC Dallas
DEF
6-1
180
05/07/1984
Cincinnati, OH
UMC
Seattle Sounders
Michael Harrington
DEF
6-0
170
01/24/1986
Greenville, NC
UNC
Portland Timbers
6
Sam Cronin
MID
Crow-nin
5-10 165
12/12/1986
Atlanta, GA
Wake Forest
San Jose Earthquakes
7
Vicente Sánchez
FWD
Ve-sen-tay
5-7
145
12/07/1979
Montevideo, Uruguay
8
Dillon Powers
MID
5-11 170
02/14/1991
Plano, TX
9
Kevin Doyle
FWD
6-0
165
09/18/1983
Adamstown, Ireland
Wolverhampton Wanderers
10
Gabriel Torres
FWD
Gay-bree-el TORR-ez 5-11 165
10/31/1988
Panama City, Panama
Zamora FC (VEN)
11
Marcelo Sarvas
MID
Mar-sello Sar-vass
5-10 155
10/16/1981
São Paulo, Brazil
LA Galaxy
12
John Berner
GK
6-3
205
02/14/1991
St. Louis, MO
SIU
SIU, Edwardsville
14
Dominique Badji
FWD
Baa-zhee
6-0
175
10/16/1992
Dakar, Senegal
Boston Univ.
Boston University
15
Juan Ramirez
MID
Wan Ra-meer-ez
5-8
150
05/25/1993
Moreno, Argentina
16
James Riley
DEF
5-10 150
10/27/1982
Colorado Springs, CO
Wake Forest
LA Galaxy
17
Dillon Serna
MID
5-7
140
03/25/1994
Brighton, CO
Akron
Homegrown Player
18
Zac MacMath
GK
6-2
194
08/07/1991
St. Petersburg, FLA
UMC
Philadelphia Union
19
Charles Eloundou
FWD
5-7
155
12/02/1994
Yaoundé, Cameroon
20
Joseph Greenspan
DEF
6-6
209
09/12/1992
Westfield, N.J.
21
Luis Solignac
FWD
Soll-in -Yak
6-0
160
02/16/1991
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nueva Chicago (ARG)
22
Lucas Pittinari
MID
Pitt-in-are-ee
5-10 167
11/30/1991
Laborde, Argentina
Belgrano (ARG)
23
Bobby Burling
DEF
6-5
195
10/15/1984
Monument, CO
24
Sean St. Ledger
DEF
6-0
188
12/28/1984
Solihull, ENG
Orlando City SC
29
Caleb Calvert
FWD
6-2
160
10/22/1996
Wrightwood, CA
Chivas USA
31
Maynor Figueroa
DEF
5-11 187
05/02/1983
Jutiapa, Honduras
Hull City (ENG)
33
Jared Watts
DEF
6-1
155
02/03/1992
Statesville, NC
Wake Forest
Wake Forest Univ.
44
Axel Sjöberg
DEF
Hoo-berg
6-7
210
03/08/1991
Stockholm, Sweden
Marquette
Marquette Univ.
57
Carlos Alvarez
MID
Alvar-ez
5-10 160
11/12/1990
Los Angeles, CA
UConn
Chivas USA
94
Marlon Hairston
DEF
Hair-ston
6-0
03/23/1994
Jackson, MS
U of L
Univ. of Louisville
Ser-ner
El-OON-doo
My-nor
157
Nacional (URU) Notre Dame
Univ. of Notre Dame
Argentinos Jnrs (ARG)
Coton Sport (CMR) Navy
LMU
Navy
Chivas USA
Head Coach: Pablo Mastroeni Assistant Coaches: Steve Cooke, Brian Mullan, Chris Sharpe (Goalkeepers) Head Athletic Trainer: Michael Heitkamp COLORADO RAPIDS TRANSACTIONS November 19, 2014 - Caleb Calvert arrived via the Chivas USA Dispersal Draft December 8, 2014 -Michael Harrington acquired from Portland Timbers, in exchange for allocation money. December 10, 2014 - selected former Chivas USA defender Bobby Burling 3rd via the Waiver Draft. January 6, 2015 - goalkeeper Zac MacMath loaned from Philadelphia Union for the year. January 15, 2015 - defender Axel Sjöberg was selected 14th in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, out of Marquette University. January 15, 2015 - Marcelo Sarvas joined from LA Galaxy for the Rapids' slot (3rd) in the allocation rankings, plus allocation money. The Rapids also gained an International spot. January 19, 2015 - traded allocation money with San Jose Earthquakes for Sam Cronin. January 31, 2015 - midfielder Lucas Pittinari joined on loan for a year, from Belgrano of the Argentine Primera División. February 20, 2015 - signed Juan Ramirez as a Young DP from Argentinos Juniors. March 4, 2015 - Dominique Badji, selected 67th overall (4th round) in the MLS SuperDraft, signed by the Rapids. March 6, 2015 - acquired James Riley, formerly with LA Galaxy. March 20, 2015 - signed Kevin Doyle as a Designated Player, from Wolverhampton Wanderers (set to officially join in July). March 21, 2015 - signed Ben Newnam from Charlotte Independence. May 1, 2015 - signed Luis Solignac from Nueva Chicago of the Argentine Primera División. June 5, 2015 - rookie Joseph Greenspan able to play and train with the Rapids around the fulfillment of his Naval duties. August 6, 2015 - acquired Sean St. Ledger and Maynor Figueroa, while Shane O’Neill was transferred to Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) and Ben Newnam waived.
COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES Richard Clarke, Sr. Director Communications & Digital Media - rclarke@dsgpark.com Diego Garcia, Media Relations & Social Media Coordinator - diegogarcia@dsgpark.com
PABLO MASTROENI
CLAUDIO LOPEZ
HEAD COACH
DIRECTOR OF SOCCER Birth date: August 29, 1976 Coaching career: Colorado Rapids (2014-present). Playing career: Miami Fusion (1998-01); Colorado Rapids (2002-13); LA Galaxy (2013). Club honors: MLS Eastern Conference Championship (2010); MLS Cup (2010). International: 65 appearances for USA International honors: CONCACAF Gold Cup (2005, ‘07).
Named the seventh Head Coach in Rapids history on March 8, 2014. Holds club records for most games played (225), games started (217) and minutes played (18,669), and served as the Rapids captain from late 2004 until his trade to the LA Galaxy during the 2013 season. Featured for the USA at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup.
PÁDRAIG SMITH
Joined the Rapids as Director of Soccer in January, 2015, working closely with Head Coach, Pablo Mastroeni and VP of Soccer Operations and Technical Director, Paul Bravo. Playing career: Racing Club (1992-96); Valencia (96-00); Lazio (00–04); América (04-06); Racing Club (07-08); Kansas City Wizards (08-09); Colorado Rapids (2010). Club honors: Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup (1999); Italian Super Cup (2000); Coppa Italia: (2004); Primera División de México (Clausura 2005); Campeón de Campeones (2005); CONCACAF Champions' Cup (2006); MLS Eastern Conference Championship (2010); MLS Cup (2010). International: 55 appearances for Argentina. Featured at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup.
STEVE COOKE
SPORTING DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT COACH Prior to joining the Rapids in January, 2015, Irishman Smith had spent the last three years with European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, and previously worked for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). He works in direct support of Paul Bravo, vice president of soccer operations and technical director, and head coach, Pablo Mastroeni.
Joined the Colorado Rapids coaching staff full-time in February 2010, sharing roles within the first team and academy. Named assistant coach with the appointment of Pablo Mastroeni in March, 2014.
His primary focus is to introduce a more data analytical approach to player recruitment, player identification, performance analysis and scouting processes.
Arrived in the United States following a six year career with Sheffield Wednesday, then of the English Premier League, where he performed duties as Youth Team Coach and Center of Excellence Coach.
Prior to joining the Rapids, Cooke had enjoyed a 20 year full-time coaching career in England and in the United States.
Smith had been a key player in UEFA’s Financial Analysis Group, which assesses the top professional European clubs in the areas of finance, corporate and sporting structures.
He holds both the UEFA “A” Coaching License and the USSF “A” Coaching License.
BRIAN MULLAN
CHRIS SHARPE
ASSISTANT COACH
ASSISTANT COACH/GOALKEEPERS Retired at the end of the 2014 season, having won MLS Cup five times with four separate clubs (Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo, Colorado Rapids). One of only three people to win five or more MLS Cups (Landon Donovan, Jeff Agoos). He was named assistant coach and community ambassador on February 5, 2015. Playing career: Los Angeles Galaxy (0102); San Jose Earthquakes (03-05); Houston Dynamo (06-10); Colorado Rapids (10-14). Club honors: MLS Cup (02, 03, 06, 07, 10); MLS Western Conference Championship (01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 10); Lamar Hunt
U.S. Open Cup (01). International: 4 appearances for USA.
Named an Assistant Coach at the start of the 2014 season, joining Pablo Mastroeni’s technical staff, having served as a player and coach with the team since 2008. Sharpe originally arrived in Colorado in 2008 as a player, forming a part of the Rapids squad while serving as an MLS League Pool Goalkeeper, meaning that all MLS clubs could call upon him if their goalkeepers were unavailable. In his five years in that MLS role, Sharpe spent nearly all his time in Colorado, but suited up as a reserve for eight other clubs across the league. Spent time in Australia, Denmark and England. Represented Australia at U-20 level in qualifying for the 2001 FIFA Youth World Cup.
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#57 CARLOS ALVAREZ Position: Midfielder Hometown: Los Angeles, California Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: November 12, 1990 Citizenship: USA and Mexico Acquired: Joined from Chivas USA in exchange for Nathan Sturgis on 07/01/14. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 08/11/2013 vs. COL (for CHV). Last MLS Assist: 07/25/14 vs. CHV 2015: made his season debut as a sub vs. NYCFC, playing left and right midfield.
#14 DOMINIQUE BADJI Position: Forward Hometown: Dakar, Senegal Height: 6 foot Weight: 175 pounds Birth date: October 16, 1992 Citizenship: Senegal Acquired: Selected 67th overall (fourth round) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Signed a contract on March 4, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ in midfield. Last MLS Goal: 04/10/2015 @ DAL. Last MLS Assist: N/A 2015: scored the club’s first goals of the year in MLS and USOC.
Quick Facts: Quick Facts: Joined the Rapids mid-2014 after starting seven of 11 appearances Born in Senegal, the six foot tall striker helped Boston to its first for Chivas USA., and made 10 appearances with one assist. conference championship final appearance since 2009 with a personal-best eight goals and four assists. Joined Chivas USA in 2013 after being selected as the second over That form earned Badji the 2014 Patriot League Offensive Player of all pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. the Year award. Played his collegiate soccer at the University of Connecticut where After being drafted, Badji has enjoyed an impressive preseason with he was named Big East Conference midfielder of the year, as well as being named to the all-Big East first team. the Rapids, scoring against UNLV and Sporting KC. In 2012 he was named a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy, the Moved with his guardian from Zimbabwe, leaving his father and award that honors America’s top collegiate soccer player. brother behind, to further his education, enrolling at Episcopal High School, a boarding school in Alexandria, Va. Participated in two national team-type camps, training with the U. S. Despite his young age, Badji has had quite a journey from Senegal, Under-20 squad in 2008 and then with Mexico’s U-20 squad in 2009. to Tanzania, to Zimbabwe, to the USA.
#12 JOHN BERNER Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Height: 6 feet 3 Weight: 205 pounds Birth date: February 14, 1991 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected with the 35th overall selection (second round) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Signed contract on Feb. 12. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Win: 03/22/14 vs. POR Last MLS Shutout: 06/04/14 vs. CHI 2015: on the bench at Philadelphia Union (3/7), but was then loaned to USL affiliate Charlotte Independence. Quick Facts: Started five games (1-1-3) in his rookie season with Colorado.
Started the first three games of the 2014 campaign after a preseason injury to regular keeper Clint Irwin. During that spell, he experienced a tie, a win and a loss. Berner played four years of college soccer at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville from 2010-2013. He was named Missouri Valley Conference Goalkeeper of the Year for two of those seasons, including being named to the first team all-MVC team in 2012. In high school, he was selected to the all-state first team following his senior season at St. Mary’s High School, where he was soccer team captain and earned varsity letters in baseball and ice hockey.
#4 MARC BURCH Position: Defender Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Height: 6 feet 1 Weight: 180 pounds Birth date: May 7, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: selected with the 11th pick in Stage 1 of the 2013 Re-Entry Draft from Seattle Sounders FC. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 08/20/14 vs LA Last MLS Assist: 09/13/14 vs. POR 2015: made his season debut vs. NYCFC, and went close with two shots.
Quick Facts: A veteran of nine years in Major League Soccer, Burch is now in his second season with the Rapids. He split his first year with LA and Columbus before moving to D.C. United in 2007, where he spent the next five years. Then came two years in Seattle before arriving in Colorado prior to the 2014 season. A durable defender, he has started more than 20 games in three of his nine seasons in MLS. He started 21 of his 22 appearances in 2014 for the Rapids. Burch played for the University of Maryland and his 25-yard free kick in the championship game against New Mexico gave the Terrapins
the national championship.
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#23 BOBBY BURLING
#29 CALEB CALVERT
Position: Defender Hometown: Monument, Colorado Height: 6 feet 5 Weight: 195 pounds Birth date: October 10, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: selected third by the Rapids via the Waiver Draft, on Dec. 10, 2014. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 09/12/15 vs. DC Last MLS Assist: 08/27/2012 @ TOR (for SJ) 2015: part of tallest central defensive pairing in MLS history alongside Sjoberg for 3/7 match. Sent off on Rapids debut.
Position: Forward Hometown: Wrightwood, California Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 160 pounds Birth date: October 22, 1996 Citizenship: USA Acquired: joined the Rapids from the Chivas USA dispersal draft in November. 2014. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18 Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2015: yet to make his MLS debut but currently loaned to USL affiliate, Charlotte Independence.
Quick Facts: Quick Facts: Bobby Burling joined the Rapids in time for 2015 after nine seasons Was the youngest player ever signed by Chivas USA when he signed a homegrown player contract in July, 2013 at 16 years, eight in MLS, primarily spent with Chivas USA and San Jose. months. Burling played in 48 games, starting 41 in his last three seasons with A tall, rangy forward with unlimited potential, he has still to make his Chivas USA. official first team Major League Soccer debut. During his two years with the San Jose Earthquakes (2009-2011) Did make his professional debut (non-MLS game) in Chivas’ 2013 he was named to the starting eleven 41 times. season-ending exhibition match against FC Tucson. Burling was drafted by the LA Galaxy in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft He was the leading scorer with 22 goals in the 2012-2013 U.S. Socout of Loyola Marymount University. cer Development academy regular season, earning him honors as U A native of Colorado, he attended Lewis-Palmer High School in -15-16 national player of the year. Monument, where he played both soccer and basketball.
#6 SAM CRONIN
#9 KEVIN DOYLE
Position: Midfielder Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: December 12, 1986 Citizenship: USA Acquired: joined via a trade with San Jose Earthquakes, signing on January 19, 2015 for allocation money. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 85’ at center midfield, replaced by Greenspan. Last MLS Goal: 05/30/15 vs. POR Last MLS Assist: 09/08/13 vs. PHI (for SJ) 2015: wore captain’s armband on his MLS debut for the Rapids (3/21). Quick Facts: Earned a late call-up to the 2015 MLS All-Star team, and came on at halftime to play 45 minutes. Missed three games in 2015 due to concussion symptoms.
In five of his six seasons he has started 20 or more games, and last season with San Jose Earthquakes, started 30 of 31 appearances. Cronin started his MLS career in Toronto after being the third overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of the University of Maryland. Cronin has six goals in his six seasons, with four of them coming the last two years. The only game-winning goal of his career came in 2013 against the Colorado Rapids. Sam has two caps with the U.S. National team, both coming in games against Haiti and Mexico during the 2009 Gold Cup.
Position: Forward Hometown: Adamstown, Republic of Ireland Height: 6 foot Weight: 179 pounds Birth date: September 18, 1983 Citizenship: Ireland Acquired: signed on March 20, 2015, as the club’s third Designated Player Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18 (international duty). Last MLS Goal: 10/04/15 vs. RSL Last MLS Assist: 08/22/15 @ CHI 2015:
Quick Facts: Joins the Rapids from Wolverhampton Wanderers of the English Championship. Enjoyed a high-caliber career in English football, scoring 92 goals in 357 appearances overall. Previous clubs include: St. Patrick’s Athletic, Cork City, Reading, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Queens Park Rangers (loan), Crystal Palace (loan) Scored 19 goals in his first season with Reading (2005) as they won promotion to the Premier League. Has amassed 61 caps and 14 goals for the Republic of Ireland, since his national team debut in 2006.
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#19 CHARLES ELOUNDOU Position: Forward Hometown: Yaoundé, Cameroon Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 155 pounds Birth date: December 4, 1994 Citizenship: Cameroon Acquired: via MLS Lottery on January 25, 2013, then signed by the Rapids on January 21, 2014 Pronunciation: el-OON-doo Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 07/11/15 vs. RSL 2015: started season on loan at USL affiliate Charlotte Independence. Made two assists in 3-1 home win over RSL (7/11) having come on as 73rd minute sub. Quick Facts: His 2015 debut came at New York Red Bulls (4/29).
Earned his first career assist on Oct. 11, 2014 against Chivas USA. Made his MLS debut as a 69th minute sub for Deshorn Brown on April 5 at Vancouver. Started his first MLS game on May 7 at San Jose. Netted twice for the Reserves in a 2-2 tie with Real Salt Lake (8/3). Did not play in MLS in 2013 due to paperwork issues, instead playing for Coton Sport in Cameroon. Originally made his debut for Cameroon U-17s in 2009 at just 14.
#20 JOSEPH GREENSPAN Position: Defender Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey Height: 6 feet 6 Weight: 209 pounds Birth date: September 12, 1992 Citizenship: USA Acquired: drafted in the second round (#26 pick overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. An ensign in the U.S. Navy, he officially signed with the Rapids on June 5, 2015, having been granted permission to play for the club around the fulfilment of his Naval duties. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 85’ as center forward, on for Cronin. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2015: trained with the team in two spells, and featured in preseason friendlies against UNLV and San Jose in Las Vegas, prior to officially joining the club.
#31 MAYNOR FIGUEROA Position: Defender Hometown: Westfield, New Jersey Height: 5 feet 11 Weight: 187 pounds Birth date: May 2, 1983 Citizenship: Honduras Acquired: signed on August 7 as a free agent. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18 (international duty). Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A 2015: Made his Rapids debut on 08/14/15 at San Jose. Earned MLS Team of the Week (25) in just his second game with the Rapids. Quick Facts: The 32-year-old joins the Rapids after spending the last eight season in the English Premier League. In total, Figueroa played 200 games for Wigan, scoring six goals and earned an FA Cup winners’ medal in 2013. Figueroa has amassed 113 caps for Honduras, scoring four goals. He has represented his country at three CONCACAF Gold Cups and started all three games in the 2015 tournament last month. He also appeared at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups plus the 2012 Olympics.
#94 MARLON HAIRSTON Position: Midfielder/Defender Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi Height: 6 feet Weight: 157 pounds Birth date: March 23, 1994 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Selected with the 12th pick (first round) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Member of Generation adidas. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ at right back. Last MLS Goal: 08/20/14 vs. LA Last MLS Assist: 05/24/14 vs. MTL 2015: loaned to USL affiliate Charlotte Independence, making his debut as a sub in 1-1 tie at Wilmington Hammerheads.
Quick Facts: Made his 2015 MLS debut in the 1-0 home loss to Montreal Impact on Oct. 10, having been in the 18 on nine occasions without playing. Quick Facts: Featured in the US Open Cup. Made his competitive debut in the 4-1 U.S. Open Cup win over Colo- Made 22 appearances (nine starts) in his rookie season (2014). rado Springs Switchbacks (6/16), scoring the team’s second goal. Scored his first and only (so far) professional goal Aug. 20 at home One of the most decorated players in the history of Navy men's socagainst LA Galaxy. cer, earning All-American honors as both a junior and senior and Played collegiate soccer at the University of Louisville where he was leading “The Mids” to the school's first NCAA tournament win in 42 named to the all-Big East rookie team in his freshman year. years in 2013. In 2013, he made first team all-conference and helped the Cardinals In 2014, he became Navy's all-time leader in career games played win the inaugural American Athletic Conference title. with 78. Finished his four-year career with 78 games played, 75 Hairston’s cousin, LaMarcus Aldridge, is a professional basketball games started, 42 points, 18 goals, six assists and 6,627 minutes player in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs. played. He played over 1,900 minute in each of his last two seasons.
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#5 MICHAEL HARRINGTON Position: Defender Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina Height: 6 feet Weight: 170 pounds Birth date: January 24, 1986 Citizenship: USA Acquired: joins the Rapids following a trade with the Portland Timbers, announced in December, 2014. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18 (foot injury). Last MLS Goal: 10/05/08 vs. CHI (for SKC) Last MLS Assist: 08/30/14 @ VAN (for POR) 2015: played RB and LB this season. Wife Maggie gave birth to their first child, 6/16.
#1 CLINT IRWIN Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina Height: 6 feet 3 Weight: 195 pounds Birth date: April 1, 1989 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed on Feb. 21, 2013 after joining the team on trial for preseason. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Win: 08/29/15 vs. SKC Last MLS Shutout: 08/22/15 @ CHI 2015: started the season with three successive shutouts. Had four in five games. CHI game was his 8th shutout of 2015.
Quick Facts: Quick Facts: An eight-year veteran, he spent his first six years in Kansas City Late addition to the 2015 MLS All-Star roster, though he did not play. after being chosen as the No. 3 overall pick in the 2007 MLS Super- Started 25 of his 26 appearances in 2014, keeping seven shutouts. Draft. Scored first MLS goal just three minutes into his debut (2007). Irwin had an outstanding first season in MLS, recording 10 shutouts, In two seasons with Portland he started 54 games and proved himtying a previous club season record held by Joe Cannon. self one of the more durable personalities on the Timbers’ back line, His 14 wins in goal in 2013 were the most for a Rapids goalkeeper playing mostly left back. He can operate on the right as well. since 1998 (Marcus Hahnemann). In 2013, he was part of a run of 15 shutouts recorded by the Tim Faced a record four PKs in his first four starts in MLS (faced six in bers’ defense. total). With his shutout on 5/25/13, Irwin became only the third MLS Attended high school as part of U.S. Soccer’s residency program in goalkeeper to record five shutouts in his first 10 career starts. Bradenton, Fla., then attended University of North Carolina where he Played professionally in Canada (Capital City FC) and the United played in 82 games, scoring four goals and contributing 14 assists. States (Charlotte Eagles, USL). Selected by the New England Revolution in 2011 and spent preseason on trial with the Revs.
#2 NICK LABROCCA Position: Midfielder Hometown: Howell, New Jersey Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: December 4, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Acquired by the Rapids on Jan. 25, 2013 from Chivas USA in exchange for the rights to Eric Avila. Pronunciation: la-BROCK-ah Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 04/24/15 vs. DAL Last MLS Assist: 04/26/14 @ SEA 2015: re-signed in February after contract option declined at the end of last season. Quick Facts: Is on his second tour of duty with the Rapids (fourth year), after starting his career with the Colorado club in 2007. One of Colorado’s most durable and versatile performers, he started 29 of the 31 appearances in 2014. The previous two seasons (2011 and 2012) he was a starter for Chivas USA after being acquired from Toronto, during which time he was named to the MLS All-Star team (2011). In 2010, he was traded to Toronto along with a Rapids draft pick in exchange for Marvell Wynne.
#18 ZAC MACMATH Position: Goalkeeper Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 194 pounds Birth date: August 7, 1991 Citizenship: USA Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’, conceding one goal. Last MLS Win: 10/18/14 vs. SKC (for PHI) Last MLS Shutout: 09/06/14 @ TOR (for PHI) 2015: Played in both USOC matches for Colorado, but had to wait until the last home game, against Montreal Impact (10/10) to make his MLS debut for the Rapids.
Quick Facts: MacMath joined this year on a one-year loan spell from the Philadelphia Union, where he started 102 games over the last four seasons (2011 through 2014) with 28 career shutouts. Joining Philadelphia right after being drafted out of the University of Maryland, MacMath in 2014 became the youngest goalkeeper in MLS history to reach 100 career starts. In 2014, he appeared and started in 29 games, logging five shutouts in 2,610 minutes of action, including two wins in the U.S. Open Cup. A product of U.S. Soccer’s U-17 residency program in Bradenton, Fla., he competed for the USA in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2007, starting two games in goal.
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#3 DREW MOOR
#22 LUCAS PITTINARI
Position: Defender Hometown: Dallas, Texas Height: 6 feet Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: January 15, 1984 Citizenship: USA Acquired: via a trade on August 31, 2009, along with a second round 2010 SuperDraft pick and allocation money from DAL Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ at left back. Last MLS Goal: 07/11/15 vs. RSL Last MLS Assist: 06/19/15 vs. DAL 2015: made his return from 08/17/2014 ACL injury in 4-0 win @ DAL (04/10); played in his 300th MLS game vs. DC (09/12) Quick Facts: Played the second half of the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star game.
Until leaving the 8/17 match in the 14th minute with season-ending right knee ACL and meniscus tears, he had played every moment of all but one game in 2014, for which he was rested on May 11. Scored two goals last season, and played 1,994 minutes. The only other time he has fallen short of 2,000 minutes in a single season was in his rookie season, in 2005 (934mins). Set an MLS record on August 27, 2011 for the most consecutive complete games played of any field player at 69 straight matches, consisting of 6,210 consecutive minutes of regular-season action. In 2010, Moor became the third field player in MLS history to play every minute of every possible MLS game.
#8 DILLON POWERS
Position: Midfielder Hometown: Laborde, Argentina Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 167 pounds Birth date: November 30, 1991 Citizenship: Argentina Acquired: joined on a year-long loan from Argentine club Belgrano on January 31, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ at center midfield. Last MLS Goal: 05/24/15 vs. VAN Last MLS Assist: 07/04/15 vs. VAN 2015: Third on the team in most minutes played with 1,611.
Quick Facts: The versatile, skillful midfielder has more than 70 appearances for Belgrano in Argentina, a club he joined in 2007. He made his first team debut October 2, 2010 in a 3-0 victory over Independiente Rivadavia. His first goal for Belgrano was September 16, 2012 in a 2-0 victory over Arsenal de Sarandi. In 2011, Pittinari moved up from Belgrano’s U-19 squad to the full senior team. That same year he was part of the Belgrano squad that gained promotion to the Argentine Primera Division.
#15 JUAN RAMIREZ
Position: Midfielder Hometown: Plano, Texas Height: 5 feet 11 Weight: 170 pounds Birth date: February 14, 1991 Citizenship: USA & Italy Acquired: selected with the 11th overall pick (first round) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ at center midfield Last MLS Goal: 09/19/15 @ TOR Last MLS Assist: 09-26/15 @ HOU 2015: enjoyed sixth career goal/assist match in 4-0 win at FC Dallas (04/10/2015). Leads the team with six assists. Quick Facts: AT&T MLS Rookie of the Year in 2013. His debut season was curtailed by concussion, sustained in the 5-1 home win over Seattle Sounders (Oct. 5). Last year proved another impressive one, as he appeared in 30 games, starting 27. He scored five goals and contributed nine assists, holding down a key role in midfield for most of the season. Powers made his MLS debut on the opening day of 2013 at Dallas (March 2), playing 75 minutes. He scored his first professional goal March 30 against the Portland Timbers. Son of a former Major Indoor Soccer League professional (Michael Powers played 16 years with the Dallas Sidekicks), he was team captain at Notre Dame where he started 64 of 78 appearances,
Position: Midfielder/Winger Hometown: Moreno, Argentina Height: 5 feet 8 Weight: 150 pounds Birth date: May 23, 1993 Citizenship: Argentina Acquired: Signed from Argentinos Juniors on February 20, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 72’ at left midfield. Replaced by Sanchez. Last MLS Goal: 07/11/15 vs. RSL Last MLS Assist: 04/10/15 @ DAL 2015: made his Rapids debut as a sub vs. NYCFC (3/21). Missed four games with a hamstring injury and scored first MLS goal on his return (7/11). Quick Facts: Maiden goal in MLS came against Real Salt Lake at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 11, a breakaway goal with the goalkeeper stranded having gone up for a RSL corner kick late in the game. Ramirez’s goal in the 3-1 home win turned out to be the telling goal as the Rapids reclaimed the Rocky Mountain Cup. They drew the first match 0-0, and lost the third game 2-1. With 81 appearances at Argentinos Juniors - where Diego Maradona began his career - Ramirez brings a considerable measure of skill and speed to the Rapids’ midfield attack. Most comfortable on the left side, Ramirez is elusive in that he can break free of opposing defenders. He can also play on the right .
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#16 JAMES RILEY
#7 VICENTE SÁNCHEZ
Position: Defender Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 150 pounds Birth date: October 27, 1982 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed on March 6, 2015. Previously with LA Galaxy. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 05/08/15 vs. SJ Last MLS Assist: 10/05/13 vs. SEA (2) 2015: signed March 6, and made his debut March 7. Sat out NYCFC game due to retrospective ban.
Position: Midfielder Hometown: Montevideo, Uruguay Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 145 pounds Birth date: December 7, 1979 Citizenship: Uruguay Acquired: Signed by the Rapids on August 6, 2013. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 18’ at right midfield, on for Ramirez. Last MLS Goal: 09/26/15 @ HOU Last MLS Assist: 09/19/15 @ TOR 2015: scored one of Rapids’ quickest goals of year, after 79 seconds, vs. VAN 7/4.
Quick Facts: Well-traveled Riley joined Rapids’ preseason camp unsigned but earned a roster spot on his sixth MLS team in a 10-year career. Riley spent 2014 with LA Galaxy, but for the first time in his career did not play in very many games (four appearances, three starts). He went eight consecutive years (2006-13) having never failed to start less than 20 games in a season. Previous clubs include New England Revolution, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Chivas USA and LA Galaxy. Five-time winner of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2007, New England; 2009, ‘10, ‘11, Seattle; 2013, D.C. United). Made a handful of appearances for Colorado Springs Blizzard in the 2004 season, before being drafted by the Revolution in 2005.
Quick Facts: Scored his first MLS goal on Sept. 14 , 2013, against FC Dallas, and created the play that led to a Dallas own goal in the 2-1 victory. Last season Sánchez was bothered by injuries that limited him to 17 appearances (12 starts), but still was able to score six goals (mostly from pk’s). Sánchez, who has 31 appearances with the Uruguay national team (five goals), rose to prominence during his seven years with Toluca in Mexico (2001-2007), scoring 85 goals in 242 matches. Most recently in Mexico, he played two years with Club America, scoring 11 goals in 49 appearances. The quick, elusive attacking midfielder also spent two years in Germany (2008-2010), playing 50 games with Schalke (three goals).
#11 MARCELO SARVAS
#17 DILLON SERNA
Position: Midfielder Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Height: 5 feet 10 Weight: 155 pounds Birth date: October 16, 1981 Citizenship: Brazil Acquired: Joined from LA Galaxy on Jan. 15, 2015 for Rapids' slot (3rd) in the allocation rankings, plus allocation money. Rapids also gained an International spot. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 10/19/14 vs. SEA (also scored twice in the 2014 playoffs for LA). Last MLS Assist: 04/10/15 @ DAL 2015: wife Camila gave birth to their second child, Luisa Benuce, on 3/11. Quick Facts: Underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in Los Angeles (4/27/15). Returned for 0-0 draw at RSL (6/7/15). A three-year MLS veteran, he started 80 of 88 appearances in Los Angeles. In 2013 and 2012 he started 33 and 22 games, respectively, and was an integral part of the Galaxy attack. Part of the Galaxy’s MLS Cup-winning team from 2012 and 2014.
Has scored nine goals in three years, while adding 20 assists (as of April 29, 2015). Joined the Galaxy from Costa Rica’s LD Aljuelense, where he spent one year, helping the club reach the Torneo de Invierno final. Sarvas began his career in Brazil, but at 23 signed with Karlskrona AIF in Sweden. Also played in Poland.
Position: Midfielder Hometown: Brighton, Colorado Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 140 pounds Birth date: March 25, 1994 Citizenship: USA Acquired: Signed by the Rapids as a Homegrown Player on January 14, 2013 Pronunciation: SARE-nah Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP, not in the 18 (international duty). Last MLS Goal: 08/22/15 @ CHI Last MLS Assist: 07/25/14 vs. CHV 2015: GotW with the team’s fourth @ FCD (04/10/15).
Quick Facts: MLS Goal of the Week following his strike at FC Dallas (4/10).
Scored one of the top goals in 2014 when volleying beyond Bill Hamid at D.C. United on August 17. His goal was listed in SportsCenter’s Top 10 that evening and also voted Week 23 AT&T Goal of the week. Scored his first professional goal, and the first scored by a Rapids Homegrown Player, in the loss at Seattle on April 26, 2014. Made MLS debut against the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 2013 regular season finale on Oct. 27 as a 77th minute substitute. Last season he set a personal record of 27 appearances and ended the season with three goals and four assists.
COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES Richard Clarke, Sr. Director Communications & Digital Media - rclarke@dsgpark.com Diego Garcia, Media Relations & Social Media Coordinator - diegogarcia@dsgpark.com
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#21 LUIS SOLIGNAC
Position: Defender Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden Height: 6 feet 7 Weight: 210 pounds Birth date: March 8, 1991 Citizenship: Sweden Language fluency: English, Swedish, German Acquired: Selected 14th overall in 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ at center back, his first appearance since Aug, 29. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: N/A Pronunciation: Ax-el HOO-berg 2015: Quick Facts: Was drafted out of Marquette University where he was an all-Big East first team selection and winner of Marquette’s most valuable player award in 2014. He was selected by the Rapids Selected January 15, 2015 as the 14th pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. In 2013, Sjöberg was also named Marquette’s most valuable player and a first team all-Big East pick. He was also named to the second team All-America squad and first team all-Big East by College Sports Madness.
#24 SEAN ST. LEDGER Position: Defender Hometown: Solihull, England Height: 6 feet 0 Weight: 188 pounds Birth date: December 28, 1984 Citizenship: Ireland Acquired: off waivers on August 7, 2015 Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ at center back. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 10/04/15 vs. RSL 2015: Made his Rapids debut on 08/14/15 at San Jose
Quick Facts: Contributed his first assist in MLS on his Rapids’ home debut, 8/26/15 versus Houston Dynamo, for Kevin Doyle’s winning goal. St. Ledger featured in 15 MLS games for Orlando City SC this season, amassing a total of 1,213 minutes. The 30-year-old played in over 190 matches in England for clubs such as Preston North End, Middlesbrough and Leicester City. St. Ledger has made 37 appearances for the Irish National Team, scoring key goals in international competitions, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, the 2012 UEFA Euro qualification and the 2012 UEFA Euro.
Position: Forward Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina Height: 6 feet 0 Weight: 171 pounds Birth date: February 16, 1991 Citizenship: Argentina Acquired: Signed by the Rapids on May 1, 2015. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): played 90’ at center forward. Last MLS Goal: N/A Last MLS Assist: 07/04/15 vs. VAN 2015: missed nine games from July 11 due to a hamstring injury.
Quick Facts: Scored two goals in 10 appearances this season for Nueva Chicago.
Becomes the third Argentine player signed by the club this season, joining Lucas Pittinari and Juan Ramírez. Made his professional debut for Club Atlético Platense in 2008. Has also played in Portugal, Sweden and Finland during a globetrotting career. During his time with IFK Mariehamn in Finland, Solignac amassed 23 goals in 47 matches.
#10 GABRIEL TORRES Position: Forward Hometown: Panama City, Panama Height: 5 feet 11 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: October 31, 1988 Citizenship: Panama Acquired: signed on August 8, 2013, as the club’s first Designated Player. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP; not in the 18 (international duty). Last MLS Goal: 05/02/15 @ LA Last MLS Assist: 08/22/15 @ CHI 2015: second goal/assist game in the 4-0 win @ DAL. Only other vs. SEA 10/05/13.
Quick Facts: Goal at LA (02/05) was his fourth in five games. Not scored since.
Started 11 of 23 appearances last season, finishing the season with three goals and one assist. Scored his first MLS goal on Oct. 5, 2013 in the 5-1 rout of Seattle Sounders. Scored two of the Rapids’ three goals in a win over Vancouver (Oct. 17), which earned him MLS Player of the Week honors. Torres began his pro career with Chepo FC (Panama), where he scored 31 goals in 91 games between 2009-2009. Joint-top scorer (5) at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, including both goals in a 2-1 win over Mexico in the group stage.
COLORADO RAPIDS GAME NOTES Richard Clarke, Sr. Director Communications & Digital Media - rclarke@dsgpark.com Diego Garcia, Media Relations & Social Media Coordinator - diegogarcia@dsgpark.com
#33 JARED WATTS Position: Defender Hometown: Statesville, North Carolina Height: 6 feet 1 Weight: 165 pounds Birth date: February 3, 1992 Citizenship: USA Acquired: selected with 33rd overall pick (2nd round) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. Rapids’ Last Match (10/10/15 vs. MTL): DNP, but in the 18. Last MLS Goal: 07/11/15 vs. RSL Last MLS Assist: 07/18/15 @ SEA 2015: scored and completed match vs. RSL (7/11), as he went 90 minutes for three Rapids games in a row for the first time. Got only second career assist @ SEA (7/18) and first since 8/17/14. Quick Facts: Scored first MLS goal versus Real Salt Lake, 07/11/2015.
Made 17 appearances (13 starts) in his rookie season. Had ample opportunity to prove his worth in the latter half of 2014 when the Rapids lost both Moor and O’Neill to injuries. Sustained a hamstring injury vs. LA (8/20) and missed six games. Sent off for two bookable offenses in the 1-0 home loss to DAL, 10/18/14. One of three Rapids players to come out of Wake Forest. The others are Sam Cronin and James Riley. Captain of the U.S. at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
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Clint Irwin Nick LaBrocca Drew Moor Marc Burch Michael Harrington Sam Cronin Vicente Sanchez Dillon Powers Kevin Doyle Gabriel Torres Marcelo Sarvas John Berner Ben Newnam Dominique Badji Juan Ramirez James Riley Dillon Serna Zac MacMath Charles Eloundou Joseph Greenspan Luis Solignac Lucas Pittinari Bobby Burling Sean St. Ledger Deshorn Brown Shane O'Neill Caleb Calvert Maynor Figueroa Jared Watts Axel Sjoberg Carlos Alvarez Marlon Hairston 90D
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Clint Irwin Nick LaBrocca Drew Moor Marc Burch Michael Harrington Sam Cronin Vicente Sanchez Dillon Powers Kevin Doyle Gabriel Torres Marcelo Sarvas John Berner Ben Newnam Dominique Badji Juan Ramirez James Riley Dillon Serna Zac MacMath Charles Eloundou Joseph Greenspan Luis Solignac Lucas Pittinari Bobby Burling Deshorn Brown Shane O'Neill Caleb Calvert Jared Watts Axel Sjoberg Carlos Alvarez Marlon Hairston
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/16/2015 5R 06/30/2015