KNOCKOUT ROUND PORTLAND TIMBERS v SPORTING KANSAS CITY Thu., Oct. 29, Providence Park (7 p.m. PT; UniMas; TSN1/4/5; KMCI-38; ROOT-NW) 12 Kwarasey
2 Powell
7
24
Borchers
Ridgewell
19 Villafana
21
5
Chara
Fochive
6
22
26
Nagbe
Wallace
Melano
9 Adi
14 Dwyer
9 Nemeth
8
6
10
Nagamura
Feilhaber
Zusi
93 17 Abdul-Salaam
Mustivar
5
4
Besler
7 Myers
Ellis
29 Melia
REFEREE: Armando Villarreal. AR1 (bench): Peter Manikowski; AR2 (opposite): Corey Parker; 4th: Allen Chapman SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: none
PORTLAND TIMBERS SUBSTITUTES FROM 4 Johnson MF 8 Valeri MF 11 Asprilla MF 13 Jewsbury MF 14 Zemanski MF 15 Jeanderson DF 17 Nanchoff MF 20 Peay DF 23 Paparatto DF 27 Besler MF 28 Thoma MF 31 Seaton FW 33 Weber GK 35 Manning DF 37 Urruti FW 90 Gleeson GK
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 3 11 12 13 15 20 21 22 23 27 37 71 94 96
SUBSTITUTES FROM Palmer-Brown DF Opara DF Anor MF Lopez MF Dia DF Sinovic DF Okugo MF Kempin GK Hallisey FW Anibaba DF Espinoza MF Peterson FW de Jong DF Medranda MF Quintilla MF
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD: POR 2 wins, 6 goals … KC 4 wins, 9 goals … Ties 2 2015 HEAD-TO-HEAD: POR 0 wins, 0 goals … KC 1 win, 1 goal … Ties 2 PROVIDENCE PARK: 9/9: POR 0, KC 0 10/3: POR 0, KC 1 (Nemeth 83) MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: First meeting. The Timbers make their return to the MLS Cup Playoffs under scintillating form, having won three games in a row, and having scored nine goals over their last two matches. The Timbers had scored 10 goals total over their previous 13 matches, dating back to the start of July. "We get three wins in a row and now we are the three seed. We’re not just getting in, we are not just satisfied with getting in, and that was never the case. We are in the playoffs in a position of strength which means we get a home game. Nothing is guaranteed but it gives us a good chance to make a run here," said Timbers head coach Caleb Porter. "I think with the way the guys are playing right now, I wouldn’t bet against them because we are getting the balance right. We’ve defended well all year, but now we are scoring goals. When you get those things right and you get momentum heading into the playoffs, you like your chances.” ... The win was also the first at Providence Park since August for the Timbers, snapping a four-game winless run. ... Darlington Nagbe concluded the season with second career two-goal game (the first coming March 31, 2012 vs. Real Salt Lake). Nagbe also added an assist; over the final two games, he had three goals and the assist. "To be effective as an attacker you’ve got to create and produce goals and he’s showing that now in addition to keeping the ball and helping us with possession and causing problems for the opponent," said Porter. "He’s causing problems by scoring. He’s stepped up. He’s not waiting for things to happen he’s making them happen and that’s what makes him scary when he plays like that.” ... Jorge Villafana scored his first league goal of the season in the finale -- marking now six consecutive seasons where he's scored one goal over the league campaign. ... Fanendo Adi scored his 16th goal, now with a goal in three consecutive games, with four goals over that time. Adi has six goals over the last five games (with a pair of two-goal outings in that span). ... Rodney Wallace recorded an assist for a second consecutive game, his third assist in the last five matches, all since he returned to the starting lineup in an attacking wide role. Sporting put an end to a two-game losing run in securing their place in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs, reaching the postseason for a fifth consecutive season. Over the course of this season we've been extremely competitive. I also think that there is a mental toughness in our group that is at times incredible, and at times maybe we've been a little inconsistent with it. ... What I do think is that whenever it's time that we have to get something done, we have been pretty good at the plate," said Sporting manager Peter Vermes. ... The main talking point immediately prior to the match was the dropping of Benny Feilhaber to the substitutes' bench. Feilhaber came on at halftime -- and his assist set up the match-winning goal that sent Sporting through. "I don't think he had enough in his gas tank to go 90 minutes. Better to use him in the second half and come on and do what he did. ... It was a decision based off of physical data from the last game, it was based on watching video from the last game, it was based on a lot of different variables. But at the end of the day, for us I know it was the right decision," said Vermes. ... Feilhaber ended the season with 15 assists, second-most in the league, behind Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco. Feilhaber recorded 20 assists in all competitions for Sporting this season, a club record. ... Kevin Ellis scored his fourth goal of the season, his first since Aug. 15, netting the opener -- the first goal scored by Sporting in three matches, snapping a 225-minute goalless drought. ... Dom Dwyer netted his 12th goal of the season, his first since Sept. 27. He has 34 goals in 64 games over the last two seasons in league play. "We have some incredible attacking players as well, and Dom's finish -- the way he made his run, his calmness in the box -- it was a little like Houston a couple years ago when we won the [Eastern Conference Championship in 2013]. Calmness and experience -- everything came into play." Said Dwyer: "I knew Benny was looking for me. He's our playmaker; he's a guy who can find that pass. So I knew I just had to make a good run and try to stay onside. I knew he'd find me a pass and I'd finish it off."
PORTLAND TIMBERS v SPORTING KANSAS CITY – 2015 LEAGUE BOXSCORES SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0, PORTLAND TIMBERS 0
PORTLAND TIMBERS 0, SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1
March 21, 2015 -- Sporting Park
October 3, 2015 -- Providence Park
• Sporting had the better chances on the night, but failed to put them on target -- center back Ike Opara twice sending headers off the mark, and fullback Jalil Anibaba also flashing a header over the goal. • Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey was credited with two saves for his second clean sheet of the young season, while SKC goalkeeper Luis Marin made three saves, the best in the 62nd minute when he stopped an effort from Fanendo Adi.
Scoring Summary: KC--Nemeth 10 (Zusi 5) 83
SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Luis Marin - Jalil Anibaba, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Marcel de Jong - Benny Feilhaber (Servando Carrasco 84) - Paulo Nagamura, Roger Espinoza (Soni Mustivar 90) Jimmy Medranda (Bernardo Anor 56), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi. TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Anibaba 3);SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Espinoza 1, Nagamura 1);FOULS: 13 (Espinoza 4);OFFSIDE: 0;CORNER KICKS: 6;SAVES: Marin 3;CAUTIONS: Feilhaber 82;EJECTIONS: None. PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1): Adam Kwarasey - Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana - Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury - Dairon Asprilla (Gaston Fernandez 76), Darlington Nagbe, Rodney Wallace (Jeanderson 90), Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti 76). TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Borchers 2, Wallace 2);SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 tied with 1);FOULS: 12 (Borchers 3);OFFSIDE: 3;CORNER KICKS: 4;SAVES: Kwarasey 2;CAUTIONS: Chara 72;EJECTIONS: None.
• The game's lone goal came in the 83rd minute and was a stellar display of talent. Second-half substitute Krisztian Nemeth received the ball inside midfield and set off on a 50-yard run in which he eluded three Timbers defenders before firing past Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey and inside the far post for the winner. • SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia was credited with six saves in keeping the clean sheet, as the Timbers took 17 attempts at goal. PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1): Adam Kwarasey - Alvas Powell, Nat Borchers, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana (Maximiliano Urruti 83) - Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury (Dairon Asprilla 80) - Darlington Nagbe, Diego Valeri, Rodney Wallace (Lucas Melano 62) - Fanendo Adi. TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (3 tied with 4);SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Nagbe 3);FOULS: 15 (Chara 3);OFFSIDE: 5;CORNER KICKS: 6;SAVES: Kwarasey 3;CAUTIONS: Adi 70, Valeri 80;EJECTIONS: None. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam, Kevin Ellis (Erik Palmer-Brown 80), Matt Besler, Amadou Dia - Benny Feilhaber - Jordi Quintilla, Mikey Lopez - Connor Hallisey (Graham Zusi 46), Jacob Peterson (Krisztian Nemeth 73), Bernardo Anor.
Referee: Silviu Petrescu Attendance: 20,848.
TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Anor 3);SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 tied with 1);FOULS: 14 (Lopez 3);OFFSIDE: 1;CORNER KICKS: 2;SAVES: Melia 6;CAUTIONS: Feilhaber 74, Melia 88;EJECTIONS: None.
PORTLAND TIMBERS 0, SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0
Referee: Ismail Elfath Attendance: 21,144.
September 9, 2015 -- Providence Park • The best chance for a goal from either side came in the 29th minute when Portland’s Diego Valeri freed Fanendo Adi on goal, but Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia sprang into action nicely to turn away the attempt with a kick save. That was just the first of a single-game careerhigh seven saves for Melia. • Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey was called upon to make two saves in keeping the clean sheet, relieved in the 64th minute when SKC's Graham Zusi pinged a side-footed shot with his left foot off the goalpost. PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1): Adam Kwarasey - Taylor Peay, Nat Borchers, Norberto Paparatto, Jorge Villafana - George Fochive (Rodney Wallace 83), Jack Jewsbury - Darlington Nagbe, Diego Valeri, Lucas Melano (Maximiliano Urruti 83) - Fanendo Adi (Dairon Asprilla 73). TOTAL SHOTS: 18 (Melano 5);SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Adi 3, Melano 3);FOULS: 17 (Adi 4, Melano 4);OFFSIDE: 4;CORNER KICKS: 6;SAVES: Kwarasey 2;CAUTIONS: Melano 46+;EJECTIONS: None. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Tim Melia - Saad Abdul-Salaam (Jalil Anibaba 62), Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Soni Mustivar Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Jordi Quintilla 90) - Jacob Peterson (Bernardo Anor 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi. TOTAL SHOTS: 8 (Nagamura 2, Zusi 2);SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (AbdulSalaam 1, Peterson 1);FOULS: 19 (Sinovic 5);OFFSIDE: 3;CORNER KICKS: 3;SAVES: Melia 7;CAUTIONS: Nagamura 40, Peterson 48+, Feilhaber 68, Anor 94+;EJECTIONS: None. Referee: Fotis Bazakos Attendance: 21,144.
PORTLAND TIMBERS v SPORTING KANSAS CITY – PLAYOFF HISTORY FIRST MEETING
2015 PORTLAND TIMBERS STATISTICS (15-11-8, 53 pts.) UNF 9 6 37 13 7 8 10 21 22 19 26 11 2 5 18 24 12 33 15 17 23 20 4
POS F M F M D M M M M D F M D M M D G G D M D D M
PLAYER Fanendo Adi Darlington Nagbe Maximiliano Urruti Jack Jewsbury Nat Borchers Diego Valeri Gaston Fernandez Diego Chara Rodney Wallace Jorge Villafana Lucas Melano Dairon Asprilla Alvas Powell George Fochive Ishmael Yartey Liam Ridgewell Adam Kwarasey Andrew Weber Jeanderson Michael Nanchoff Norberto Paparatto Taylor Peay Will Johnson Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING Diego Valeri GAME-WINNING Villafana 2, PENALTY KICK
GP 33 33 30 26 31 22 21 28 32 33 13 26 31 11 5 32 33 1 3 4 6 5 12
GS 23 33 12 18 31 20 6 28 23 33 8 10 31 8 3 32 33 1 1 0 5 3 12
MIN 2161 2842 1082 1719 2790 1713 721 2479 1978 2929 725 1008 2726 684 227 2868 2970 90 92 27 451 319 1046
34 34
34 34
3060 3060
G 16 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 39
A 3 5 3 0 0 8 2 1 7 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 85 50 39 18 15 67 25 11 40 15 27 27 18 9 5 12 0 0 0 1 5 2 15
SOG 36 16 15 7 8 22 6 7 12 7 10 6 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
43 29
486 405
166 127
FC 49 11 22 12 13 30 12 63 37 26 18 27 30 22 6 19 2 0 2 1 7 2 10
FS 50 87 18 16 6 25 19 48 18 34 19 9 40 14 0 25 5 0 0 1 7 0 7
OFF 24 3 15 0 3 8 1 0 11 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CK 1 12 2 32 0 104 4 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24
C 2 0 3 2 0 5 0 8 3 3 4 1 7 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
421 470 470 421
78 42
204 178
49 64
3 2
GOALS: Fanendo Adi 5, Maximiliano Urruti 3, Jack Jewsbury 2, Darlington Nagbe 1, Diego Chara 1, 1, Nat Borchers 1, Dairon Asprilla 1 ASSISTS: Rodney Wallace 4, Diego Valeri 3, Darlington Nagbe 2, Gaston Fernandez 2, Jorge Fanendo Adi 1, Dairon Asprilla 1, Ishmael Yartey 1, Lucas Melano 1 GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Fanendo Adi 3-3, Gaston Fernandez 1-1, Diego Valeri 0-1, Darlington Nagbe 0-1
PORTLAND TIMBERS GOALKEEPING UNF 33 12
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Andrew Weber Adam Kwarasey Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 33 34 34
GS 1 33 34 34
MIN SHTS SV 90 7 4 2970 120 80 3060 127 84 3060 166 122
GA 3 36 39 41
GAA 3 1.09 1.15 1.21
PG 0 4 4 4
PA 0 4 4 6
W L 0 1 15 10 15 11 11 15
T 0 8 8 8
SO 0 13 13 12
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2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (14-11-9, 51 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 30 32 28 27 21 25 6 16 17 26 13 32 13 25 22 3 18 13 22 13 7 7 3 8 8 6 9 21 11 23
GS 28 30 23 26 17 22 6 14 17 15 11 32 10 20 13 1 10 6 10 4 4 7 3 3 8 5 6 16 10 23
MIN 2546 2731 2037 2335 1484 1986 534 1265 1484 1335 847 2830 840 1838 1317 108 920 516 1074 483 376 426 270 274 720 482 508 1408 902 2070
34 34
34 34
3060 3060
G 12 10 10 4 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 48 45
A 2 15 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 96 48 58 11 22 28 7 11 19 21 13 0 9 3 5 0 4 8 5 11 2 5 0 7 0 3 7 10 6 0
SOG 40 17 20 7 6 5 2 4 5 11 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
52 46
405 351
141 154
FC 59 44 19 31 26 19 6 10 28 9 5 28 15 31 26 0 11 3 13 11 3 10 0 11 0 14 10 20 21 2
FS 81 64 36 19 10 32 4 4 18 13 10 13 5 23 16 0 6 1 16 11 2 4 1 7 2 4 1 2 4 4
OFF 25 1 8 2 3 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 57 0 0 0 79 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 8 8 3 5 6 1 0 1 3 2 1 5 2 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
454 424 424 454
59 109
153 169
67 54
3 6
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Krisztian Nemeth 5, Benny Feilhaber 3, Paulo Nagamura 2, Dom Dwyer 2, Ike Opara 1, Kevin Ellis 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Benny Feilhaber 5, 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 23 3 8 34 34
GS 23 3 8 34 34
MIN SHTS SV 2070 113 82 270 11 6 720 30 19 3060 154 107 3060 141 90
GA 28 5 12 45 48
GAA 1.22 1.67 1.5 1.32 1.41
PG 2 0 0 2 5
PA 2 0 0 2 6
W L 11 8 1 1 2 2 14 11 11 14
T 4 1 4 9 9
SO 8 0 3 11 8
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PORTLAND TIMBERS 2015 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.
RESULT T 0-0 T 2-2 T 0-0 L 1-2 W 3-1
ATT 21144 21144 20848 22500 21144
W-L-T 0-0-1 0-0-2 0-0-3 0-1-3 1-1-3
12 Orlando City SC 19 at New York City FC 26 at Seattle 2 Vancouver 9 at Montreal 16 at Houston 23 at Toronto FC 27 D.C. United 30 at Colorado 6 New England 20 Houston 24 at Los Angeles
L 0-2 W 1-0
21144 21891
1-2-3 2-2-3
L T W L L W W W W L
0-1 0-0 2-1 1-3 0-1 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 0-5
41451 21144 13020 20844 23569 21144 18209 21114 21144 21207
2-3-3 2-3-4 3-3-4 3-4-4 3-5-4 4-5-4 5-5-4 6-5-4 7-5-4 7-6-4
6 6 7 7 7 7 5 3 3 4
Sun. June
28 Seattle
W 4-1
21144
8-6-4
3
Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat.
5 San Jose 11 at Philadelphia 18 Vancouver 25 at FC Dallas
W L T L
1-0 0-3 1-1 1-4
21144 18722 21144 15992
9-6-4 9-7-4 9-7-5 9-8-5
3 4 5 5
2 at San Jose 7 Chicago 15 at Real Salt Lake 21 Houston
T 0-0 W 1-0 W 1-0
18000 21144 20338
9-8-6 10-8-6 11-8-6
4 4 3
T 2-2
21144
11-8-7
3
L T L W L W
64358 21144 21144 22719 21144 19457
11-9-7 11-9-8 11-10-8 12-10-8 12-11-8 13-11-8
4 5 5 5 6 5
Sun. Oct.
30 at Seattle 9 Sporting KC 20 New York 26 at Columbus 3 Sporting KC 14 at Real Salt Lake 18 at Los Angeles
W 5-2
27000 14-11-8
4
Sun. Oct.
25 Colorado
W 4-1
21144 15-11-8
3
Sun. Apr. Sun. Apr. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.
Apr. May May May May May May June June June
July July July July
Sun. Aug. Fri. Aug. Sat. Aug. Fri. Aug. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Wed.
Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct.
OPPONENT 7 Real Salt Lake 15 Los Angeles 21 at Sporting KC 28 at Vancouver 4 FC Dallas
1-2 0-0 0-2 2-1 0-1 1-0
POS PTS NOTES: 4 1 7 2 POR: Adi (31,90); LA: Zardes (65) Gordon (92+) 6 3 7 3 POR: Adi (82); VAN: Mezquida (15) Earnshaw (90) 5 6 POR: Borchers (23) Urruti (62) Chara (87); DAL: Akindele (29) 8 6 ORL: Larin (30) Santos Leite (85) 7 9 POR: Asprilla (79); 9 SEA: Dempsey (77) 10 13 POR: Borchers (64) Valeri (70); MTL: Oduro (71) 13 POR: Adi (48); HOU: Bruin (9,83) Barnes (75) 13 TOR: Giovinco (5) 16 POR: Urruti (5); 19 POR: Fernandez (38) Jewsbury (93+); COL: Cronin (89) 22 POR: Adi (86,89); 25 POR: Urruti (34) Fernandez (61); 25 LA: Lletget (13) Keane (18) Rogers (33) Gomes (72) Villarreal (88) 28 POR: Nagbe (12) Adi (74,76) Wallace (91+); SEA: Neagle (38) 31 POR: Jewsbury (91+); 31 PHI: Wenger (69) Nogueira (71,82) 32 POR: Valeri (33); VAN: Laba (58) 32 POR: Adi (93+); DAL: Barrios (12,22) Acosta (69) Diaz (87) 33 36 POR: Adi (49); 39 POR: Borchers (95+); 40 POR: Nagbe (76) Melano (86); HOU: Garcia (40) Bruin (45) 40 POR: Jewsbury (58); SEA: Martins (6) Evans (42) 41 41 NYR: Martins (43) Perrinelle (47+) 44 POR: Adi (28,50); CLB: Kamara (43) 44 KC: Nemeth (83) 47 POR: Adi (55); 50 POR: Adi (65,68) Chara (75) Nagbe (85) Urruti (90); LA: Keane (36,84) 53 POR: Nagbe (5,33) Villafana (63) Adi (88); COL: Badji (13)
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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 L W
18861 12-8-8 18037 12-9-8 19496 12-9-9 21144 13-9-9 18000 13-10-9 18897 13-11-9 19422 14-11-9
4 5 5 3 4 6 5
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) 48 COL: Powers (78) Sarvas (86) 51 KC: Ellis (38) Dwyer (65); LA: Keane (46+)
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 0-2 2-1
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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TIMBERS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2015)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2015)
Goals 2 6 times Assists 2 Jorge Villafana Shots 6 Fanendo Adi 6 Fanendo Adi 6 Diego Valeri Shots on Goal 4 Rodney Wallace Fouls Committed 5 Dairon Asprilla 5 George Fochive Fouls Suffered 7 Darlington Nagbe Offside 4 Maximiliano Urruti Saves 5 Adam Kwarasey 5 Adam Kwarasey 5 Adam Kwarasey Shots Faced 9 Adam Kwarasey Goals Allowed 5 Adam Kwarasey
Goals 5 10/18/2015 vs Assists 7 10/18/2015 vs Shots 24 06/28/2015 vs Shots on Goal 11 06/28/2015 vs Fouls Committed 19 03/07/2015 vs 19 09/26/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 22 03/07/2015 vs Corner Kicks 11 03/07/2015 vs 11 09/26/2015 vs Offside 6 05/09/2015 vs 6 05/27/2015 vs 6 06/24/2015 vs 6 08/07/2015 vs Saves 5 04/19/2015 vs 5 05/23/2015 vs 5 08/15/2015 vs Shots Faced 9 06/24/2015 vs Goals Allowed 5 06/24/2015 vs
03/15/2015 vs LA
T 2-2
10/18/2015 vs LA
W 5-2
04/12/2015 vs ORL 06/28/2015 vs SEA 07/05/2015 vs SJ
L 0-2 W 4-1 W 1-0
03/07/2015 vs RSL
T 0-0
03/07/2015 vs RSL 08/30/2015 vs SEA
T 0-0 L 1-2
10/25/2015 vs COL
W 4-1
06/24/2015 vs LA
L 0-5
04/19/2015 vs NYC 05/23/2015 vs TOR 08/15/2015 vs RSL
W 1-0 L 0-1 W 1-0
06/24/2015 vs LA
L 0-5
06/24/2015 vs LA
L 0-5
LA
W 5-2
LA
W 5-2
SEA
W 4-1
SEA
W 4-1
RSL CLB
T 0-0 W 2-1
RSL
T 0-0
RSL CLB
T 0-0 W 2-1
MTL DC LA CHI
W W L W
NYC TOR RSL
W 1-0 L 0-1 W 1-0
LA
L 0-5
LA
L 0-5
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 at 4 05/20/2015 at 4 05/29/2015 at 4 08/15/2015 at Assists 7 05/29/2015 at Shots 18 03/08/2015 at 18 09/18/2015 at 18 10/21/2015 at Shots on Goal 9 09/18/2015 at Fouls Committed 20 09/23/2015 at Fouls Suffered 25 10/21/2015 at Corner Kicks 8 04/05/2015 at 8 10/21/2015 at Offside 4 05/20/2015 at 4 05/29/2015 at 4 09/13/2015 at 4 09/23/2015 at Saves 7 09/09/2015 at 7 10/16/2015 at Shots Faced 9 08/19/2015 at Goals Allowed 5 08/19/2015 at
04/25/2015 at HOU
T 4-4
04/05/2015 at PHI
W 3-2
08/29/2015 at COL
L 1-2
08/29/2015 at COL
L 1-2
08/01/2015 at HOU
T 1-1
05/29/2015 at DAL
W 4-0
05/20/2015 at NE 09/13/2015 at ORL
W 4-2 L 1-3
09/09/2015 at POR 10/16/2015 at SJ
T 0-0 L 0-1
08/19/2015 at SJ
L 0-5
08/19/2015 at SJ
L 0-5
TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)
2-1 1-0 0-5 1-0
Shots 6 05/16/2015 vs 6 06/20/2015 vs Shots on Goal 1 05/02/2015 vs 1 05/16/2015 vs 1 06/24/2015 vs Fouls Committed 6 05/02/2015 vs Fouls Suffered 7 08/15/2015 vs Corner Kicks 0 10/14/2015 vs Offside 0 03/07/2015 vs 0 06/28/2015 vs 0 07/11/2015 vs 0 08/02/2015 vs 0 08/21/2015 vs 0 08/30/2015 vs 0 10/25/2015 vs Saves 0 06/28/2015 vs Shots Faced 1 06/20/2015 vs 1 06/28/2015 vs
HOU HOU
L 1-3 W 2-0
VAN HOU LA
T 0-0 L 1-3 L 0-5
VAN
T 0-0
RSL
W 1-0
RSL
W 1-0
RSL SEA PHI SJ HOU SEA COL
T W L T T L W
SEA
W 4-1
HOU SEA
W 2-0 W 4-1
0-0 4-1 0-3 0-0 2-2 1-2 4-1
TEAM LOW GAMES (2015)
HOU NE DAL VAN
T W W W
4-4 4-2 4-0 4-3
DAL
W 4-0
NYR DAL COL
T 1-1 W 3-1 L 0-2
DAL
W 3-1
HOU
L 0-1
COL
L 0-2
PHI COL
W 3-2 L 0-2
NE DAL ORL HOU
W W L L
POR SJ
T 0-0 L 0-1
SJ
L 0-5
SJ
L 0-5
4-2 4-0 1-3 0-1
Shots 5 08/22/2015 at Shots on Goal 1 04/11/2015 at Fouls Committed 7 06/06/2015 at 7 09/18/2015 at Fouls Suffered 6 05/23/2015 at Corner Kicks 2 03/28/2015 at 2 05/20/2015 at 2 07/12/2015 at 2 10/03/2015 at Offside 0 03/08/2015 at 0 03/21/2015 at 0 05/23/2015 at 0 06/21/2015 at 0 06/27/2015 at 0 08/19/2015 at 0 08/29/2015 at 0 10/16/2015 at Saves 0 04/11/2015 at 0 04/25/2015 at Shots Faced 0 04/11/2015 at
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
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2015 PORTLAND TIMBERS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (0-1-2) UNF 7 19 13 22 6 21 10 8 2 37 20 23 5 9 24 12 15 11 26
POS D D M M M M M M D F D D M F D G D M F
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 3
3 3 3 2 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 1 3 3
270 263 260 158 270 180 14 180 180 29 90 90 83 238 180 270 1 103 111 270 270
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 1 1 3 5 0 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 2 9 42 32
1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 17 8
5 5 1 1 2 5 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 7 2 0 0 3 6 44 46
0 3 4 1 10 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 6 2 1 0 1 5 46 44
1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 12 4
0 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 11
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 7
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
Nat Borchers Jorge Villafana Jack Jewsbury Rodney Wallace Darlington Nagbe Diego Chara Gaston Fernandez Diego Valeri Alvas Powell Maximiliano Urruti Taylor Peay Norberto Paparatto George Fochive Fanendo Adi Liam Ridgewell Adam Kwarasey Jeanderson Dairon Asprilla Lucas Melano Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 12
POS G
GOALKEEPER Adam Kwarasey Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
3 3 3
3 3 3
MIN SHT
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
270 270 270
7 7 16
1 1 0
0.33 0.33 0.00
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
1 1 0
2 2 2
2 2 3
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
8 8 17
2015 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. PORTLAND TIMBERS (1-0-2) UNF 9 8 71 27 10 6 37 5 3 29 15 11 16 23 4 14 1 12 2 94 93 17 22 13 96
POS F F D M M M F D D G D M M D D F G M D M M D F D M
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
CP
1 3 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 3
0 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3
17 225 90 89 263 180 148 270 90 180 90 139 6 118 170 180 90 90 10 56 91 152 45 90 91 270 270
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 4 1 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 32 42
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 17
1 2 0 4 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 2 46 44
0 1 2 3 3 2 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 3 44 46
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12
0 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 16
0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Krisztian Nemeth Graham Zusi Marcel de Jong Roger Espinoza Benny Feilhaber Paulo Nagamura Jacob Peterson Matt Besler Ike Opara Tim Melia Seth Sinovic Bernardo Anor Servando Carrasco Jalil Anibaba Kevin Ellis Dom Dwyer Luis Marin Mikey Lopez Erik Palmer-Brown Jimmy Medranda Soni Mustivar Saad Abdul-Salaam Connor Hallisey Amadou Dia Jordi Quintilla Team totals Opponent totals
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF 29 1
POS G G
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Luis Marin Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
2 1 3 3
2 1 3 3
MIN SHT
SV
GA
GAA
PG
PA
W
L
T
SO
O'TIME
180 90 270 270
13 3 16 7
0 0 0 1
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.33
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0
0 0 0 1
1 1 2 2
2 1 3 2
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
14 3 17 8
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
SPORTING KC VS TIMBERS ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS
Sporting KC
Timbers
Timbers 2 wins, 6 goals Sporting KC 4 wins, 9 goals 2 ties 7/2/2011 8/17/2011 4/21/2012 4/27/2013 6/27/2014 3/21/2015 9/9/2015 10/3/2015
KC 2 at POR KC 3 vs POR POR 1 vs KC POR 3 at KC KC 1 at POR KC 0 vs POR POR 0 vs KC KC 1 at POR
1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
(PO) (SP) (PO) (SP) (PO) (SP) (PO) (PO)
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 7 46 19 48 4 12
2 2 55 14 75 3 22
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 9 101 33 123 7 34
1 4 44 17 52 21 15
2 2 51 17 54 10 24
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 6 95 34 106 31 39
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC POR
1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
OT
Total
2 0
4 1
1 3
0 1
1 0
1 1
0 0
9 6
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Caleb Porter Peter Vermes
vs. KC vs. POR
1-2-2 4-2-2
(1 pts./game) (1.75 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
2 2 14 6 18 24 1 2 2 8 5
Timbers Darlington Nagbe Diego Valeri Darlington Nagbe Darlington Nagbe Diego Chara Darlington Nagbe Perkins/Ricketts Troy Perkins Adam Kwarasey Perkins/Ricketts Troy Perkins
2 2 12 4 12 10 2 2 2 13 6
Sporting KC Myers/Zusi Matt Besler Graham Zusi Graham Zusi Seth Sinovic Dom Dwyer Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Timbers 1 5 players tied 2 Diego Valeri (04/27/13) 5 Lucas Melano (09/09/15) 3 4 players tied 4 3 players tied 6 Darlington Nagbe (06/27/14) 1 3 players tied 6 Donovan Ricketts (04/27/13) 3 Troy Perkins (08/17/11)
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
Sporting KC 2 Myers/Zusi 1 9 players tied 5 Teal Bunbury (08/17/11) 3 Graham Zusi (08/17/11) 5 3 players tied 5 Kei Kamara (04/21/12) 1 4 players tied 7 Tim Melia (09/09/15) 3 Jimmy Nielsen (04/27/13)
W-L-T Breakdowns: Portland Timbers W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
Streak (started)
Sporting Kansas City W-L-T
Streak (started)
4-0-2 10-3-5 1-8-1
1 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ws
(10/25/2015) (10/14/2015) (10/18/2015)
6-0-1 6-8-6 2-3-2
1 Ws (08/08/2015) 1 Ws (10/25/2015) 1 Ts (09/27/2015)
1-11-1 14-0-2
1 Ws 5 Ws
(10/18/2015) 3-9-2 (08/07/2015) 11-2-3
2 Ls (10/16/2015) 3 Ws (09/18/2015)
0-7-5 6-4-1 5-0-2 1-0-0 3-0-0
2 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ws 3 Ws 3 Ws
(09/20/2015) (10/14/2015) (09/26/2015) (09/20/2014) (06/28/2015)
0-4-5 5-6-4 3-1-0 3-0-0 3-0-1
3 1 1 5 3
Ls Ws Ws Ws Ws
(09/23/2015) (10/03/2015) (10/25/2015) (03/29/2014) (05/20/2015)
8-0-5 6-3-1 1-4-2 0-2-0 0-2-0
1 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ws 3 Ls 4 Ls
(10/14/2015) (10/25/2015) (10/18/2015) (09/27/2014) (06/01/2014)
7-0-5 4-2-4 2-5-0 1-3-0 0-1-1
1 1 4 2 1
Ws Ws Ls Ls Ls
(10/03/2015) (10/25/2015) (06/21/2015) (08/22/2015) (08/19/2015)
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TIMBERS CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (2-4-2) PLAYER Darlington Nagbe Ryan Johnson Rodney Wallace Bright Dike Diego Valeri Diego Chara Jack Jewsbury Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT GOALKEEPER
8 1 7 1 4 7 7 8 8
8 1 6 0 4 7 7 8 8
677 72 493 24 348 630 620 720 720
2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 9
0 1 1 0 2 1 1 6 9
14 3 6 1 11 1 6 95 101
Adam Kwarasey Donovan Ricketts Troy Perkins Team totals Opponent totals
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
3 2 3 8 8
270 180 270 720 720
8 12 13 33 34
7 8 8 23 28
0.33 1.50 1.67 1.12 0.75
0 0 0 0 0
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SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. TIMBERS (4-2-2) PLAYER Graham Zusi Chance Myers Aurelien Collin C.J. Sapong Krisztian Nemeth Lawrence Olum Soony Saad Matt Besler Omar Bravo Kevin Ellis Benny Feilhaber Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
GOALKEEPER
7 4 4 5 1 1 2 7 1 3 4 5 8 8
6 4 4 4 0 1 1 7 1 3 4 5 8 8
585 359 360 393 17 56 117 630 82 260 324 435 720 720
2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 9 6
12 6 7 9 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 101 95
Eric Kronberg Luis Marin Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 2 4 8 8
MIN SHTS
SV
GAA
PG
90 90 180 360 720 720
3 3 13 9 28 23
0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.75 1.12
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 14 14 34 33
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CURRENT TIMBERS VS. SPORTING KC (2-4-2)
CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. TIMBERS (4-2-2)
PLAYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
PLAYER
Rodney Wallace Darlington Nagbe Nat Borchers Ben Zemanski Diego Valeri Diego Chara Jack Jewsbury Fanendo Adi Dairon Asprilla George Fochive Will Johnson Adam Kwarasey Lucas Melano Norberto Paparatto Taylor Peay Jeanderson Alvas Powell Liam Ridgewell Michael Seaton Maximiliano Urruti Jorge Villafana Andrew Weber Team totals Opponent totals
12 8 24 5 4 7 7 4 3 1 9 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 6 1 8 8
11 8 24 4 4 7 7 4 1 1 8 3 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 8
943 677 2170 350 348 630 620 328 103 83 732 270 111 90 90 1 180 180 10 37 470 90 720 720
2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9
2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9
10 14 9 4 11 1 6 9 2 0 10 0 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 95 101
Graham Zusi Chance Myers Jalil Anibaba Bernardo Anor Krisztian Nemeth Matt Besler Kevin Ellis Benny Feilhaber Paulo Nagamura Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Marcel de Jong Amadou Dia Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Connor Hallisey Mikey Lopez Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Amobi Okugo Ike Opara Erik Palmer-Brown Jacob Peterson Jordi Quintilla Team totals Opponent totals
GOALKEEPER
GP
MIN
SHT
SV
GAA
PG
3 1 8 8
270 90 720 720
8 4 33 34
7 3 23 28
0.33 1.00 1.12 0.75
0 0 0 0
Adam Kwarasey Andrew Weber Team totals Opponent totals
GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
7 4 8 6 1 7 3 5 7 5 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 2 4 3 1 5 2 8 8
6 4 7 2 0 7 3 5 6 5 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 4 2 0 4 1 8 8
585 359 658 255 17 630 260 414 494 435 152 90 90 270 359 45 90 56 270 91 348 197 10 357 91 720 720
2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
12 6 8 10 1 1 0 4 7 0 2 1 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 1 101 95
GP 3 8 8
MIN SHTS
SV
GAA
PG
270 720 720
17 1.67 28 0.75 23 1.12
0 0 0
23 34 33
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015, 7 P.M. (PT) VP Communications: Chris Metz - (503) 553-5433, cmetz@timbers.com; Manager, Media Relations: Mark Nelson - (503) 553-5529, mnelson@timbers.com; Coordinator, Media Relations: Katie Simons - (503) 553-5539, ksimons@timbers.com
TIMBERS
SPORTING KC
2015 SCHEDULE 2015 MLS RECORD: 15-11-8 (Home: 8-3-6 Away: 7-8-2) 2015 ALL-COMPETITIONS RECORD: 16-12-8 (Home: 8-3-6 Away: 8-9-2)
VS.
WEST NO. 3 SEED
WEST NO. 6 SEED
MATCH INFORMATION Date: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 Kickoff: 7 p.m. (Pacific) Location: Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) Forecast: Scattered Showers, 62 degrees Referee: Armando Villarreal Assistant Referees: Peter Manikowski, Corey Parker Fourth Official: Allen Chapman Local TV: ROOT SPORTS Talent: Jake Zivin (play-by-play), Ross Smith (analyst), Samantha Yarock (sideline reporter) National Spanish TV: UniMás Talent: Raul Guzman (play-by-play), Marcelo Balboa (analyst), Ana Caty Hernandez (sideline reporter) English Radio: KXL 101.1 FM Talent: Keith Bleyer (play-by-play), Brett Jacobs (analyst) Spanish Radio: La GranD (KGGD 93.5FM, 1150 AM) Talent: Josue del Castillo (play-by-play), Ozkar Ramos (analyst)
AUDI 2015 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE TIME (PT)
NATIONAL TV
Wednesday, Oct. 28 New England at D.C. United LA Galaxy at Seattle
4:30 p.m. 7 p.m.
UniMás UniMás
Thursday, Oct. 29 Toronto FC at Montreal Sporting Kansas City at Portland
4 p.m. 7 p.m.
UniMás UniMás
DATE Sat., March 7 Sun., March 15 Sat., March 21 Sat., March 28 Sat., April 4 Sun., April 12 Sun., April 19 Sun., April 26 Sat., May 2 Sat., May 9 Sat., May 16 Sat., May 23 Wed., May 27 Sat., May 30 Sat., June 6 Tues., June 16 Sat., June 20 Wed., June 24 Sun., June 28 Wed., July 1 Sun., July 5 Sat., July 11 Sat., July 18 Sat., July 25 Sun., Aug. 2 Fri., Aug. 7 Sat., Aug. 15 Fri., Aug. 21 Sun., Aug. 30 Wed., Sept. 9 Sun., Sept. 20 Sat., Sept. 26 Sat., Oct. 3 Wed., Oct. 14 Sun., Oct. 18 Sun., Oct. 25 Thurs., Oct. 29
OPPONENT REAL SALT LAKE LA GALAXY @Sporting KC @Vancouver FC DALLAS ORLANDO CITY SC @New York City FC @Seattle VANCOUVER @Montreal @Houston @Toronto FC D.C. UNITED @Colorado NEW ENGLAND @Seattle^ HOUSTON @LA Galaxy SEATTLE @Real Salt Lake^ SAN JOSE @Philadelphia VANCOUVER @FC Dallas @San Jose CHICAGO @Real Salt Lake HOUSTON @Seattle SPORTING KC NY RED BULLS @Columbus SPORTING KC @Real Salt Lake @LA Galaxy COLORADO SPORTING KC*
TIME/RESULT TV/ATTENDANCE T 0-0 21,144 T 2-2 21,144 T 0-0 20,848 L 1-2 22,500 W 3-1 21,144 L 0-2 21,144 W 1-0 21,891 L 0-1 41,451 T 0-0 21,144 W 2-1 13,020 L 1-3 20,844 L 0-1 23,569 W 1-0 21,144 W 2-1 18,209 W 2-0 21,144 W 3-1 (AET) 4,022 W 2-0 21,144 L 0-5 21,207 W 4-1 21,144 L 0-2 15,840 W 1-0 21,144 L 0-3 18,722 T 1-1 21,144 L 1-4 15,992 T 0-0 18,000 W 1-0 21,144 W 1-0 20,338 T 2-2 21,144 L 1-2 64,358 T 0-0 21,144 L 0-2 21,144 W 2-1 22,719 L 0-1 21,144 W 1-0 19,427 W 5-2 27,000 W 4-1 21,144 7 p.m. ROOT SPORTS/UniMás
* - Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs ^ - 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match Dates and times subject to change
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
LAST MATCH RECAP The Timbers secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and a spot in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs as midfielder Darlington Nagbe tallied two goals and one assist to help lead Portland to a 4-1 win against the Colorado Rapids in front of a sellout crowd of 21,144 fans on Sunday evening at Providence Park. Portland finished the regular-season schedule with three consecutive wins to set a new MLS-club record mark for wins (15) in a single season.
Providence Park opened on April 14, 2011, in front of a sold-out crowd in the Timbers first-ever home match as an MLS team. The club proceeded to sell out all of its regular-season home games in the team’s first four MLS seasons. Spanning the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the Timbers compiled an MLS-club record 22-game unbeaten streak (12-0-10) at Providence Park from April 6, 2013 to June 1, 2014. The streak ranks as the third-longest all-time in MLS history.
CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON HOME SELLOUTS:
85
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 CATEGORICAL WON-LOST-TIED Overall: vs. Eastern: vs. Western: Day Games: Night Games: On Grass: On Turf: Pre-All-Star: Post-All-Star: Scoring First: Opponent Scoring First: One-Goal Games: Leading at Half: Trailing at Half: Tied at Half: Leading at 75’: Trailing at 75’: Tied at 75’: Outshooting Opponent: Outshot by Opponent: Shots Even: When Scoring 0 Goals: When Scoring 1 Goal: When Scoring 2 Goals: When Scoring 3 Goals: When Scoring 4+ Goals: When Allowing 0 Goals: When Allowing 1 Goal: When Allowing 2 Goals: When Allowing 3 Goals: When Allowing 4+ Goals: Pacific Time Zone: Mountain Time Zone: Central Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone: Primary Unis: Rose City Red Unis: Retro-Inspired Unis: On ESPN/ESPN2: On FOX Sports 1: On FOX Sports 2: On ROOT SPORTS: On FOX 12: On KPDX TV: On UniMás: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October:
HOME 8-3-6 3-2-0 5-1-6 0-2-0 8-1-6 0-0-0 8-3-6 6-1-4 2-2-2 8-0-2 0-3-1 3-1-0 3-0-2 0-2-1 5-1-3 6-0-0 0-2-1 2-1-5 7-2-4 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-3-3 3-0-1 2-0-2 1-0-0 2-0-0 5-0-3 3-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 8-3-6 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-5 1-1-0 5-2-1 1-2-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 3-0-3 1-0-0 1-1-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-1-3 3-2-1 0-0-2 1-1-0 1-0-1 3-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 1-1-0
ROAD 7-8-2 3-2-0 4-6-2 1-1-1 6-7-1 7-5-2 0-3-0 3-7-1 4-1-1 6-0-0 1-8-0 6-4-0 1-0-0 1-6-0 5-2-2 5-0-0 0-7-0 2-1-2 4-3-1 3-5-1 0-0-0 0-4-2 3-4-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 3-0-2 3-2-0 1-2-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 1-4-1 3-0-0 0-2-1 3-2-0 2-4-1 1-2-1 4-2-0 0-2-1 1-1-0 1-0-0 3-4-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-5-1 2-2-1 0-1-1 1-1-0 2-2-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 1-1-1 1-0-0 2-0-0
OVERALL 15-11-8 6-4-0 9-7-8 1-3-1 14-8-7 7-5-2 8-6-6 9-8-5 6-3-3 14-0-2 1-11-1 9-4-0 4-0-2 1-8-1 10-3-5 11-0-0 0-9-1 4-2-7 11-5-5 4-6-3 0-0-0 0-7-5 6-4-1 5-0-2 1-0-0 3-0-0 8-0-5 6-3-1 1-4-2 0-2-0 0-2-0 9-7-7 3-0-0 0-2-1 3-2-0 4-4-6 2-3-1 9-4-1 1-4-1 2-1-1 1-0-0 6-4-4 1-1-0 3-1-1 1-0-1 2-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 7-6-4 5-4-2 0-1-3 2-2-0 3-2-1 3-1-0 1-2-1 2-1-2 1-1-1 3-1-0
HEAD COACH CALEB PORTER Head coach Caleb Porter is in his third season with the club in 2015 after guiding the Portland Timbers to record-setting campaigns in his first two years in MLS. Guiding the team to an impressive turnaround season and the club’s first-ever MLS postseason appearance in 2013, Porter helped direct a record-setting offense in 2014 as the Timbers netted 61 regular-season goals, a club record across all eras. He was announced as the Timbers head coach on Aug. 29, 2012, and joined the club ahead of the 2013 MLS campaign. Porter received the Slats Gill Award for Sportsperson of the Year at the Oregon Sports Awards on March 9, 2014, becoming the fourth soccerrelated figure to receive the award since it was founded in 1957. On Aug. 6, 2014, Porter helped guide the MLS All-Stars to a 2-1 win over German power Bayern Munich in the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game at Providence Park in Portland. The 2013 MLS Coach of the Year award winner, Porter has compiled one of the league’s top winning percentages among active MLS head coaches with a 41-25-36 mark (.578) after leading Portland to double-digits wins in each of his first two seasons. The 25 losses in his first 100 career games as an MLS head coach ranks tied for the fewest losses with San Jose’s Dominic Kinnear among all MLS coaches who have reached 100 or more games in the league. Under Porter’s guidance, the Timbers have made Providence Park one of the toughest places to play in the league, registering an impressive regular-season mark of 24-7-20 at Providence Park over the last two-plus seasons. In 2014, the Timbers netted a team-record 61 goals while compiling one of the highest point totals (44) across the final two-thirds of the regular season – recording the highest goal differential (plus-9) of any nonplayoff team in MLS history. Portland also made its first appearance in CONCACAF Champions League, contesting matches against Alpha United of Guyana and C.D. Olimpia of Honduras during the competition’s group stage. During Porter’s first season as head coach in 2013, the Timbers assembled one of the biggest turnaround seasons in MLS. In comparison to 2012 totals, the Timbers assembled a 23-point improvement in points and an MLS-record 43-goal improvement in goal differential. Portland’s five losses during the 2013 regular season tied for the fewest in MLS history in a 34-game season and the Timbers led the league with 15 shutouts. The Timbers recorded a 15-game, home unbeaten streak during the 2013 regular season, posting a league-best 11-1-5 home record at Providence Park and an MLS singleseason record 11 home shutouts. In 2013, Portland qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since joining the league in 2011. Additionally, the Timbers made their deepest run in club history in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2013 under Porter’s guidance, reaching the semifinals of the tournament. Prior to joining the Timbers, Porter was one of the most successful coaches in NCAA history during his tenure as head coach at the University of Akron (2006-12). He compiled a career mark of 123-18-17 and was named 2009 NSCAA National Coach of the Year. Porter led the Zips to back-to-back NCAA College Cup appearances (2009, 2010) and the school’s first national title in any sport in 2010. Porter’s coaching career also includes time as the head coach of the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team during 2012 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying and three years as an assistant coach on the U.S. U-18 National Team (2009-11). Porter was an assistant coach for six years (2000-05) at Indiana University. As a player, Porter was the 27th overall pick by the San Jose Clash in the 1998 MLS College Draft. He spent time with San Jose and the Tampa Bay Mutiny before a knee injury ended his professional playing career in 2000. He also played for the U.S. National B Team from 1996-97, winning a bronze medal at the 1997 World University Games. As a player at Indiana, he was a three-year captain and led the Hoosiers to four conference titles. Porter was the runner-up for the 1997 Hermann Trophy. Porter graduated from Indiana in 1998 with a degree in sports management. He and his wife, Andrea, have three children – two sons, Colin and Jake, and a daughter, Stella..
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 ALL-TIME SERIES NOTES
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES LEADERS
Thursday’s match marks the first time Portland and Sporting Kansas City meet in postseason play, but the 10th all-time meeting across all competitions since 2011. The two clubs have squared off eight times in regular-season play since 2011, with Sporting Kansas City previously a part of the Eastern Conference until making the switch to the Western Conference in 2015 with the additions of expansion sides Orlando City SC and New York City FC. Outside of regular-season action, Portland earned a 3-1 win against Sporting Kansas City on June 24, 2014, in the fifth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Sporting Park.
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
PORTLAND 2 Darlington Nagbe 2 Diego Valeri 14 Darlington Nagbe 6 Darlington Nagbe 18 Diego Chara 24 Darlington Nagbe
SPORTING KC 2 Myers/Zusi 2 Matt Besler 12 Graham Zusi 4 Graham Zusi 12 Seth Sinovic 10 Dom Dwyer
Across all competitions, Portland has registered a 3-4-2 overall record. Thursday’s match marks the fourth meeting of 2015, as Portland earned a 0-1-2 record against Sporting Kansas City during the regular season.
Wins Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
1 Perkins/Ricketts 2 Adam Kwarasey 8 Perkins/Ricketts 5 Troy Perkins
2 Jimmy Nielsen 2 Tim Melia 14 Tim Melia 6 Jimmy Nielsen
Cautions Ejections
2 Chara/Purdy n/a
3 Benny Feilhaber n/a
LAST TIME VS. SPORTING KC
MATCH PREVIEW
Despite controlling a majority of the possession and registering a 17-8 advantage in shots, the Timbers conceded a goal late in the second half in a 1-0 loss against Western Conference side Sporting Kansas City in front of a sellout crowd of 21,144 fans at Providence Park on Oct. 3. Sporting KC grabbed the lead in the 83rd minute as forward Krisztian Nemeth dribbled into the box, placing a low, hard shot into the bottom-left corner of the goal.
The Timbers secured their second trip to the MLS Cup Playoffs in the last three seasons with a 4-1 victory against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday night at Providence Park, earning the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and the right to play host to No. 6 seed Sporting Kansas City in a single-elimination, Western Conference Knockout Round match on Thursday at Providence Park. Over its last two regular-season games, Portland has registered nine goals, including five in the final 25 minutes of a 5-2 road win against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 18 and four in a regular-season ending 4-1 win against the Rapids. Sporting Kansas City enters the postseason as the conference’s No. 6 seed following a 2-1 win against the LA Galaxy on Sunday at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan.
Portland Timbers 0, Sporting KC 1 Oct. 3, 2015, at Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) Att: 21,144 SCORING SKC - Nemeth (Zusi) 83 POR - None
SKC POR
Shots 8 17
LONGEST INDIVIDUAL STREAKS Saves 6 3
Fouls Offsides 14 1 15 5
Corners 2 6
LINEUPS POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña (Urruti, 84), M Chara, M Jewsbury (Asprilla, 80), M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Wallace (Melano, 62), F Adi SKC: GK Melia, D Abdul-Salaam, D Ellis (Palmer-Brown, 80), D Besler ©, D Dia, M Feilhaber, M Lopez, M Quintilla, M Hallisey (Zusi, 46), M Añor, F Peterson (Nemeth, 73)
ALL-TIME MLS SERIES RESULTS ALL-TIME RECORD Regular Season: 2-4-2; Home: 1-3-1; Away: 1-1-1 July 2, 2011 - Sporting Kansas City 2, Portland 1 (Portland, Ore.) Aug. 17, 2011 - Sporting Kansas City 3, Portland 1 (Kansas City, Kan.) April 21, 2012 - Portland 1, Sporting Kansas City 0 (Portland, Ore.) April 27, 2013 - Portland 3, Sporting Kansas City 2 (Kansas City, Kan.) June 27, 2014 - Sporting Kansas City 1, Portland 0 (Portland, Ore.) March 21, 2015 - Portland 0, Sporting Kansas City 0 (Kansas City, Kan.) Sept. 9, 2015 - Portland 0, Sporting Kansas City 0 (Portland, Ore.) Oct. 3, 2015 - Sporting Kansas City 1, Portland 0 (Portland, Ore.)
PLAYERS Consecutive Games with Goal: ........................................4, Valeri, July 18-Aug. 16 Consecutive Games with Assist: ............4, 3x (last: Valeri, Aug. 30-Sept. 20, 2014) Consecutive Games with Point: ...................... 5, Jewsbury, April 30-May 29, 2011 Consecutive Games with Shot: ................. 18, Valeri, June 20, 2015-Oct. 18, 2015 Consecutive Games with SOG:..............................10, Valeri, June 1-Aug. 16, 2014 Consecutive Games with Corner Kick: .......22, Jewsbury, March 19-Aug. 17, 2011 Consecutive Games with Offside: .....8, 2x (last: R. Johnson, Mar. 3-Apr. 27, 2013) Consecutive Games with Foul Com.: ..........18, Chara, Oct. 7, 2012-June 19, 2013 Consecutive Games with Foul Suff.: .........22, Nagbe, Aug. 25, 2013-May 24, 2014 Consecutive Games with Caution: ..................3, 5x (last: Chara, May 16-27, 2015) Songo’o, July 21-Aug. 5, 2012 Chara, June 17-30, 2012 Boyd, April 14-28, 2012 Marcelin, July 10-30, 2011 Consecutive Games with Ejection:............... 1, 8x (last: Ricketts, March 22, 2014) Zemanski, Aug. 30, 2013 Kah, July 7, 2013 Chara, July 7, 2012 Palmer, June 24, 2012 Alhassan, Sept. 24, 2011 Brunner, July 10, 2011 Hall (two cautions), Aug. 6, 2011 Consecutive Starts:................................... 60, Nagbe, July 28, 2012-May 28, 2014 Consecutive Minutes: .................... 2868, Ridgewell, July 18, 2014-June 24, 2015 GOALKEEPERS Scoreless Streak (minutes):....... 401, Ricketts (May 18-25; June 15-July 7, 2013) Consecutive Shutouts: ................................4, Ricketts, May 25; June 15-23, 2013 Consecutive Starts:................................... 51, Perkins, April 23, 2011-Aug.5, 2012 Consecutive Minutes in Goal:.............3307, Perkins, April 23, 2011-April 28, 2012
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 MLS CAREER LEADERS
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
PLAYERS Games played .................................................................... Darlington Nagbe - 160 Games started ................................................................... Darlington Nagbe - 149 Minutes played ..................................................................... Diego Chara - 12,835 Goals ............................................................................................ Fanendo Adi - 25 Assists ..........................................................................................Diego Valeri - 35 Game-winning goals................................................. Fanendo Adi, Diego Valeri - 7 Game-winning assists ....................................................................Diego Valeri - 7 Shots...........................................................................................Diego Valeri - 243 Shots on goal ................................................................................Diego Valeri - 90 Corner kicks ...............................................................................Diego Valeri - 320 Offsides......................................................................................Jorge Perlaza - 48 Fouls suffered .................................................................... Darlington Nagbe - 351 Fouls committed ........................................................................ Diego Chara - 356 Cautions....................................................................................... Diego Chara - 41 Ejections ........................................................................................ Diego Chara - 2
PLAYERS Goals: .......................................2, 21x (last: Nagbe, 10/25/15 vs. Colorado (5’, 33’) Adi, 10/18/15 at LA Galaxy (65’, 68’) Adi, 9/26/15 at Columbus (28’, 50’) Adi, 6/28/15 vs. Seattle (74’, 76’) Adi, 6/6/15 vs. New England (86’, 89’) Adi, 3/15/15 vs. LA Galaxy (31’, 90’) Valeri, 10/8/14 vs. San Jose (51’, 73’) Wallace, 10/4/14 at San Jose (71’, 74’) Adi, 9/20/14 vs. Vancouver (66’, 69’) Adi, 8/24/14 vs. Seattle (73’, 90+1’) Adi, 6/7/14 at Real Salt Lake (36’, 45’) Adi, 5/28/14 at Chivas USA (65’, 71’) Urruti, 5/24/14 at New York (45’, 74’) Chara, 4/5/14 vs. Seattle (9’, 55’) Valeri, 10/26/13 at Chivas USA (16’, 29’) R. Johnson 4/6/13 vs. Houston (55’, 73’) W. Johnson, 3/30/13 at Colorado (55’, 71’) Mwanga, 9/19/12 at San Jose (45’, 62’) Boyd, 7/14/12 vs. LA Galaxy (3’, 70’) Nagbe, 3/31/12 vs. Real Salt Lake (48’, 65’) Perlaza, 4/14/11 vs. Chicago (29’, 47’)
GOALKEEPERS Games played in goal .......................................................... Donovan Ricketts - 73 Games started in goal.......................................................... Donovan Ricketts - 73 Minutes played in goal ................................................... Donovan Ricketts - 6,518 Wins ..................................................................................... Donovan Ricketts - 28 Saves ................................................................................. Donovan Ricketts - 223 Shutouts .............................................................................. Donovan Ricketts - 23 * - as of Oct. 25, 2015
Assists: .......................................................3, 3x (last: Valeri, 9/7/14 vs. San Jose) Points: ....................... 5, 3x, (last: Nagbe, 10/25/15 vs. Colorado (2 goals, 1 assist) Shots:........................................................................ 9, Valeri, 9/7/14 vs. San Jose Shots on Goal:........................................................... 5, Valeri, 9/7/14 vs. San Jose Corner Kicks: .......................................................... 14, Valeri, 9/7/14 vs. San Jose
TIMBERS CAREER LEADERS (ALL ERA) PLAYERS Games played ........ W. Anderson (1975; 1977-1982), D. Nagbe (2011-pres.) - 160 Points ....................................................... John Bain (1978-1982) - 145 (45g, 55a) Goals ........................................................................... John Bain (1978-1982) - 45 Assists ......................................................................... John Bain (1978-1982 - 55 GOALKEEPERS Games played in goal ..............................................Mick Poole (1977-1980) - 101 Wins ...........................................................................Mick Poole (1977-1980) - 52 Shutouts ......................................................... Donovan Ricketts (2012-2014) - 23
TIMBERS MEDIA SOURCES TALK TIMBERS The Timbers’ weekly radio talk show, presented by JELD-WEN Windows & Doors airs regularly Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT on 750 AM The Game. Hosted by Fletcher Johnson, “Talk Timbers” features interviews with club officials, coaches, players and special guests. The show provides team news and the latest information from around the league. Tune in to the show live on 750 AM The Game or listen online at www.750thegame.com. Available podcasts can be downloaded at www.timbers.com/timbers-podcast-network.
Offsides:..............................................4, 10x (last: Urruti, 4/12/14 vs. Chivas USA) Fouls Committed:................................................. 7, Songo’o, 9/19/12 at San Jose Fouls Suffered:..................................................... 7, Nagbe, 10/25/15 vs. Colorado Cautions/Yellow Cards: ................................................. 2, Hall, 8/6/11 at San Jose Ejections/Red Cards:....................1, 12x (last: Chara, 8/15/15 vs. Houston (90+1’) W. Johnson, 7/18/15 vs. Vancouver (90+5’) Ridgewell, 6/24/15 vs. LA Galaxy (78’) Powell, 5/17/14 vs. Columbus (34’) Ricketts, 3/22/14 at Colorado, (71’) Zemanski, 8/30/13 at Real Salt Lake, (45+3’) Kah, 7/7/13 at Columbus (11’) Chara, 7/7/12 vs. Real Salt Lake (74’) Palmer, 6/24/12 vs. Seattle (90’+2) Alhassan, 9/24/11 at New York (64’) Hall, 8/6/11 at San Jose (90’) Brunner, 7/10/11 vs. Seattle (81’) GOALKEEPERS Shots Faced: .......................................11, 2x (last: Ricketts, 6/1/14 vs. Vancouver) Saves: ......................................................................8, Ricketts, 7/13/14 at Seattle Goals Allowed: ....................................5, 3x (last: Kwarasey, 6/24/15 at LA Galaxy) Perkins, 7/21/12 at FC Dallas Perkins, 7/14/12 vs. LA Galaxy
TIMBERS IN 30 The Timbers’ weekly television show features exclusive, inside access to the club and airs each Friday at 6:30 p.m. PT on KPTV Fox 12. The show focuses on the inner-workings and personalities of the club and provides detailed team and game analysis with in-studio appearances from Timbers players and coaches each week. Previously aired shows and “Timbers In 30” features can be found at www.timbers.com. * - as of Oct. 25, 2015
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 SCOUTING SPORTING KC Sporting Kansas City enters the postseason following a 2-1 win against the LA Galaxy on Sunday at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. Forward Dom Dwyer’s strike in the 65th minute lifted Sporting Kansas City to the win over the defending MLS Cup-champion Galaxy and into the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. Head coach Peter Vermes’ side won the league’s title in 2013, defeating Real Salt Lake on penalty kicks in a dramatic final, but struggled down the stretch this season with just three wins in their final 12 regular-season games. Dwyer leads the club with 12 goals, while midfielder Benny Feilhaber has tallied 10 goals and 15 assists. Forward Krisztian Nemeth has chipped in 10 goals in his first season with the club.
LATE-SEASON FORM Since the 2013 season, the Timbers have posted a regular-season record of 13-3-7 overall during the months of September and October, including a mark of 7-2-4 at Providence Park.
SOLID DEFENDING The Timbers defense finished the season tied for first in MLS with 13 clean sheets in 34 games. Over the last three seasons, Portland has registered the most shutouts (35) among all MLS teams.
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS HISTORY Portland has reached the MLS Cup Playoffs for the second time in three seasons under head coach Caleb Porter. In Porter’s first season in 2013, the Timbers finished as the top seed in the Western Conference and defeated Seattle Sounders FC 5-3 on aggregate in the two-leg, conference semifinals round after bypassing the knockout round. In the conference finals, Portland fell to Real Salt Lake 5-2 on aggregate. In 2014, the Timbers missed out on the postseason by just one point.
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE The Timbers roster features 76 combined games of MLS Cup Playoffs experience with defender Nat Borchers (23 appearances) leading the way. Midfielder Will Johnson (18) is second, while midfielder Jack Jewsbury (13) ranks third in career postseason appearances. Borchers and Johnson helped Real Salt Lake win the 2009 MLS Cup in penalty kicks against the LA Galaxy, while Borchers also helped guide Real Salt Lake to the 2013 MLS Cup as RSL lost on penalty kicks to Sporting Kansas City. Jewsbury started and played 66 minutes for the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting KC) in the 2004 MLS Cup as Kansas City lost 3-2 against D.C. United.
2015 SEASON BY THE NUMBERS Portland concluded the 2015 season with several impressive marks in a variety of categories. The Timbers racked up an MLS-club record mark with 15 wins, while tying for the league lead in shutouts (13). Portland finished with the league lead in both chances created (477) and total shots (486), while also conceding the third-fewest goals (39) among all teams.
TIMBERS INJURY REPORT QUESTIONABLE: M Ben Zemanski (right ACL surgery) OUT: None * - As of Oct. 27, 2015
PLAYER OF THE WEEK Timbers midfielder Darlington Nagbe was named Major League Soccer Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week 34 of the 2015 MLS season, it was announced on Tuesday. Nagbe, 25, registered a firsthalf brace and added an assist to help guide the Timbers to a 4-1 win against the Colorado Rapids on Sunday at Providence Park. This marks Nagbe’s first MLS Player of the Week award as he also becomes the sixth different Timbers player to earn the honor since 2011. Additionally, it is the second straight week a Timbers player has earned the award after forward Fanendo Adi was named NASR MLS Player of the Week for Week 33 of the regular season.
WINNING AT HOME The Timbers finished among league leaders with a 8-3-6 overall record at Providence Park during the 2015 season, including a Timbers MLS-club-record-tying streak of five straight wins from May 27-July 5. Portland has compiled one of the league’s best home records with an overall mark of 24-7-20 (.667) over the last three seasons since 2013. The Timbers’ seven home losses since 2013 is the second fewest of any team in the league over that span of time.
CONSISTENCY Over the last three seasons, the Timbers have compiled regular-season point totals of 57 (2013), 49 (2014) and 53 (2015), reaching the postseason in two of the last three years. Over that span of time, Portland’s combined point total (159) ranks as the fourth most in MLS, behind only the New York Red Bulls (169), Seattle Sounders FC (167) and LA Galaxy (165).
STREAKING Timbers forward Fanendo Adi has registered six goals in the last five regularseason matches, including scoring a goal in three straight games heading into the postseason. Midfielder Darlington Nagbe has scored in back-to-back games, including a brace in the regular-season finale against Colorado on Sunday. Additionally, midfielder Rodney Wallace has registered an assist in consecutive games.
SCORING FIRST Portland finished as the best team in the league when scoring the all-important opening goal this season. The Timbers registered an undefeated 14-0-2 overall record when scoring first and were one of just two teams (Houston, 10-0-4) to have never lost after scoring the opening goal.
PORTER AT 100 Timbers head coach Caleb Porter registered his 100th career MLS game on Oct. 14 in a 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake. Porter, the 2013 MLS Coach of the Year, has registered a career coaching record of 41-25-36 (.578) through 102 career games, while his 25 losses is tied with San Jose’s Dominic Kinnear for the fewest among MLS coaches through their first 100 games.
AGAINST THE WESTERN CONFERENCE The Timbers have put together a 7-1-8 regular-season home record against teams from the Western Conference, dating back to Sept. 7, 2014. The Timbers have lost just four home games (12-4-8) in their last 23 at Providence Park dating back to the 2014 season. Portland has earned five regular-season home shutouts against Western Conference sides in 2015.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015
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ALVAS POWELL - D
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WILL JOHNSON - M
Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 DOB: 07/18/94 Birthplace: St. Thomas, Jamaica Acquired: Signed on loan from Portmore United FC, 06/28/13 Last MLS goal: 09/07/14 vs. SJ Last MLS assist: 09/07/14 vs. SJ
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 DOB: 01/21/87 Birthplace: Toronto, Canada Acquired: Trade with Real Salt Lake, 12/03/12 Last MLS goal: 07/27/14 POR @ MTL Last MLS assist: 07/18/14 POR vs. COL
2015: Has started 31 of the team’s 34 matches ... Called up by the Jamaica National Team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches on Sept. 4 and Sept. 8 against Nicaragua ... Named to MLS Team of the Week for Week 23 ... Called into the Jamaica National Team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, appearing as a sub on July 14 vs. El Salvador ... Tallied an assist on June 6 against New England ... Played 36 minutes in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16. 2014: In his first full season with the Timbers, Powell appeared in MLS career-high 15 games (11 starts) and registered his first career goals and assists during the campaign ... Was named the Timbers Up-and-Coming Player for a second consecutive season ... Scored the first two goals of his MLS career in back-to-back games against Vancouver (Aug. 30) and the San Jose (Sept. 7) ... Tallied his first career MLS assist against the Earthquakes in a three point (1g, 1a) performance on Sept. 7 ... Made one appearance each for the club in 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play and the 201415 CONCACAF Champions League group stage ... Tallied a goal against Alpha United FC in his CONCACAF Champions League debut on Aug. 19 in Guyana ... Earned a spot on the MLS Team of the Week for Week 33. INTERNATIONAL: Has earned 15 caps for the Jamaica National Team ... Named to the Jamaica National Team for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Oct. 11-15 against the United States and Honduras ... Started against Panama, playing 44 minutes before leaving due to an injury and aiding in a shutout against Panama ... Featured in a pair of friendlies against Trinidad & Tobago on Nov. 15 and Nov. 19, 2013 ... Called up for a pair of friendlies on March 2 against Barbados and March 5, 2014, against St. Lucia.
2015: Started and logged 66 minutes on Sept. 20 against New York Red Bulls ... Called up by the Canada National Team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches on Sept. 4 and Sept. 8 against Belize ... Helped the team register three consecutive clean sheets (Aug. 2-15) ... Issued a red card after the final whistle of a 1-1 draw against Vancouver on July 18, missed match against FC Dallas on July 25 ... Made his season debut, playing 84 minutes in a 1-0 win over D.C. United on May 27 ... Made three appearances with T2, playing 270 minutes and recording one assist. 2014: Appeared in 29 games (all starts) before suffering a fractured tibia and fibula in his right leg on Sept. 27 against Toronto FC ... Despite missing the final five matches of the campaign, set an MLS career high in minutes played (2,526) and tallied six goals and two assists while being named an MLS All-Star for a second consecutive season ... Appeared in 32 games in all competitions, making one substitute appearance in the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and registering one goal and two assists in CONCACAF Champions League action against C.D. Olimpia in a 4-2 win on Sept. 16. INTERNATIONAL: Has 33 caps with the Canada National Team since making his senior debut as an 18-year-old on Nov. 16, 2005, in a 1-0 friendly win over Luxembourg … Has been a staple in the team’s midfield since 2011 … Amassed seven caps in 2012, appearing in five 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
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GEORGE FOCHIVE - M
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DARLINGTON NAGBE - M/F
Height: 5-9 Weight: 172 DOB: 03/24/92 Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Acquired: Selected in the third round (No. 39 overall) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, 01/21/14 Pronunciation: fo-SHEE-vay Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL
Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 DOB: 07/19/90 Birthplace: Monrovia, Liberia Acquired: Selected in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, 01/13/11 Pronunciation: NAG-be Last MLS goal: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL Last MLS assist: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL
2015: Notched his first career MLS assist in a 4-1 win against Colorado on Oct. 25, a match in which he started and played 90 minutes ... Logged 18 minutes off the bench on Oct. 18 against the LA Galaxy ... Played 27 minutes as a substitute in a 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake on Oct. 14 ... Named Timbers Up-and-Coming Player of the Year ... Started consecutive matches Aug. 30-Sept. 9 ... Logged 74 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 ... Started and played 90 minutes on May 30 against Colorado ... Made three consecutive starts March 28-April 12 ... Made his second career MLS regular-season start, logging 75 minutes and one shot on goal against Vancouver on March 28 ... Made his Timbers MLS regular-season debut on March 7, starting and playing 86 minutes against Real Salt Lake ... Has made seven appearances on loan with T2 in USL, recording four goals. 2014: Made his CONCACAF Champions League debut as a second-half substitute on Sept. 23 against Alpha United FC ... Made his Timbers debut, playing 19 minutes in a 3-0 win over Orlando City U23s in the U.S. Open Cup on June 17 ... Appeared in seven matches on loan with USL PRO co-affiliate Sacramento Republic FC ... Made his professional debut, playing 28 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 2-1 loss against Harrisburg City Islanders April 26.
2015: Started 33 of the team’s 34 matches, missing game against Philadelphia on July 11 with a shoulder injury ... Has registered three goals in the last two games ... Netted a brace and an assist in a 4-1 win against Colorado on Oct. 25 ... Tallied a goal, his third of the season, in a 5-2 win against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 18 ... Recorded an assist in a 2-1 win against Columbus on Sept. 26 ... Registered a goal in a 2-2 draw against Houston on Aug. 21 ... Tallied a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win over Seattle on June 28 ... Named to the MLS Team of the Week three times (Week 2, Week 7, Week 17) ... Registered an assist in a 3-1 win over FC Dallas on April 4 ... Recorded a lategame assist in a 2-2 draw against the LA Galaxy on March 15 ... Played 120 minutes in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16. 2014: Tallied one goal and an MLS career-high seven assists in 32 appearances (30 starts) during the 2014 season ... Scored a goal in 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play, forcing the team’s match against Seattle Sounders FC into extra time on July 9 ... Made his CONCACAF Champions League debut on Sept. 16 as a second-half substitute for midfielder Michael Nanchoff in a 4-2 win over C.D. Olimpia at Providence Park. 2013: Was named the Xbox Individual Fair Play award winner ... Set new career highs in goals (9), assists (4), points (22), and minutes (2,848) while become the first MLS Timbers player to start all 34 regular-season games ... Started four playoff games, scoring one goal ... Was voted the 2013 Timbers Players’ Player of the Year by his teammates for his efforts during the regular season ... Listed at No. 1 on the 2013 “24-Under-24”, MLSsoccer.com’s annual series.
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NAT BORCHERS - D
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DIEGO VALERI - M
Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 DOB: 04/13/81 Birthplace: Tucson, Ariz. Acquired: Trade with Real Salt Lake, 12/8/14 Last MLS goal: 08/15/15 POR @ RSL Last MLS assist: 08/17/13 RSL @ LA
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 DOB: 05/01/86 Birthplace: Valentín Alsina, Argentina Acquired: Contract purchased from Atlético Lanús as a Designated Player, 08/06/13 Last MLS goal: 07/18/15 POR vs. VAN Last MLS assist: 10/18/15 POR @ LA
2015: Has started in 31 of the team’s 34 matches, logging 90 minutes in every match ... Leads the league with 31 blocks ... Tallied the game-winning goal in 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 15 ... Made his 300th career MLS appearance on May 23 at Toronto FC ... Netted second goal of the season May 9 in 2-1 win over Montreal ... Tallied his first career goal as a member of the Timbers in the 23rd minute against FC Dallas on April 4 ... Played 120 minutes in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16. 2014: Made an MLS-career high 32 appearances during the 2014 season with Real Salt Lake, his seventh season with the team ... Helped RSL reach the Western Conference Semifinals ... Tallied one goal in an MLS-career high 2,856 minutes played ... Scored a goal Sept. 27, 2014, in a 2-1 loss against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 2013: In his sixth season with RSL, Borchers was as dependable as ever, playing and starting in 28 games in the regular season ... His 2,520 logged minutes placed him second on the team in minutes played ... Finished the regular season with one goal and two assists ... Registered two assists in RSL’s 4-2 loss to LA Galaxy on Aug. 17 ... Scored his only goal in a 3-3 draw with Portland Timbers on Aug. 21 ... Registered one yellow card and zero red cards in the regular season ... Real Salt Lake was 128-7 with Borchers on the field and 3-2-1 in his absence ... Defensive veteran played every minute of RSL’s playoff run. 2012: Started all 26 games he appeared in for RSL, finishing sixth on the team in that category and sixth in minutes played with 2,340 ... Was not shown a card in MLS play for the first time in his eight years in the league.
2015: Missed regular-season finale due to one-game suspension for caution accumulation ... Tallied his eighth assist of the season in a 5-2 win against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 18 ... Recorded an assist in a 2-1 win against Columbus on Sept. 26 ... Tallied an assist in three consecutive matches Aug. 15-30 ... Netted a goal against Vancouver on July 18 ... Registered an assist in a 1-0 win over San Jose on July 5 ... Recorded an assist in a 4-1 win over Seattle on June 28 ... Registered a goal in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16 ... Tallied an assist May 16 at Houston ... Made first start and scored first goal, the game winner, in a 2-1 win over Montreal May 9 ... Made his Timbers season debut, playing 38 minutes May 2 against Vancouver ... Missed first eight games while rehabbing offseason ACL surgery. 2014: Set Timbers MLS single-season record marks in goals (11) and assists (14) during the 2014 campaign ... Made 33 appearances (32) starts, logging a team-high 2,762 minutes played among field players ... Sustained a torn left ACL in the first half of the last match of the regular season on Oct. 25 against FC Dallas ... Was named the Players’ Player of the Year and Supporters’ Player of the Year, along with earning the team’s Golden Boot ... Ranked tied for second in the league with 14 assists during the regular season, a mark which tied the Timbers all-time single-season record across all eras ... Was named to the roster for the MLS AT&T All-Star Game and delivered the game-winning assist in a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich on Aug. 6 at Providence Park ... Was named the NASR MLS Player of the Week in Week 31. INTERNATIONAL: Has three caps with Argentina ... Earned first cap March 16, 2011, in a win against Venezuela ... Featured in a 4-2 win over Paraguay on May 25, 2011.
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FANENDO ADI - F
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DAIRON ASPRILLA - M
Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 DOB: 10/10/90 Birthplace: Lagos, Nigeria Acquired: Contract purchased from Danish club FC Copenhagen as a Designated Player, 06/23/14 Last MLS goal: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL Last MLS assist: 10/18/15 POR @ LA
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Birthplace: Istmina, Colombia Acquired: Signed, 12/8/14 Pronunciation: DIE-rone ah-SPREE-ah Last MLS goal: 04/19/15 POR @ NYCFC Last MLS assist: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL
DOB: 05/25/92
2015: Netted a late goal, his 16th of the year, in a 4-1 win against Colorado on Oct. 25 ... Has scored in three straight games ... Tallied his fifth multi-goal game of the season on Oct. 18 against the LA Galaxy, also recording an assist in the match ... Was named NASR MLS Player of the Week for Week 33 of the regular season ... Registered his 13th goal, a penalty kick, in a 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake on Oct. 14 ... Set a Timbers MLS single-season club record for goals in a season (12), tallying his fourth multi-goal game of 2015 in a 2-1 win against Columbus on Sept. 26 ... Tallied an assist on July 18 against Vancouver ... Registered his third brace of the season, netting two goals in a 4-1 win against Seattle on June 28 ... Named NASR MLS Player of the Week for Week 17 ... Tallied a brace, including the game-winning goal, against the New England Revolution on June 6 ... Scored his fourth goal on May 16 at Houston ... Registered an assist in a 3-1 win over FC Dallas on April 4 ... Scored his third goal of the season on March 28 ... Tallied a brace in a 2-2 draw against the LA Galaxy on March 15, the fifth two-goal game of his Timbers MLS career. 2014: Registered nine goals and four assists in 24 appearances (18 starts) during his debut season for the Timbers ... Tallied two goals in three appearances in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Made his 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup debut in a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City as a second-half substitute ... Earned NASR MLS Player of the Week honors in Week 14 after netting a brace in a 3-1 road win against Real Salt Lake on June 7 ... Tallied a brace on May 28 against Chivas USA in his first career MLS start ... Registered the game-tying assist in his Timbers MLS debut on May 17, a come-from-behind, 3-3 draw against Columbus.
2015: Has appeared in 26 games (10 starts) this season ... Tallied an assist in a 4-1 win against Colorado on Oct. 25 ... Started and played 67 minutes against Vancouver on July 18 ... Logged 73 minutes as a starter on July 5 against San Jose ... Started and played 62 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup match against Real Salt Lake on July 1 ... Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 win over D.C. United on May 27 ... Tallied his first career goal for the Timbers, the game-winning goal, against New York City FC on April 19 ... Registered his first career MLS assist in a 3-1 win over FC Dallas on April 4 ... Made his Timbers and MLS debut on March 7 against Real Salt Lake, starting and playing 62 minutes. 2014: Registered five goals in 17 matches, logging 1,431 minutes of action during the 2014 Torneo Finalización for Colombian side Alianza Petrolera ... Made nine appearances during the 2014 Torneo Apertura campaign, netting two goals while also logging time in three 2014 Copa Colombia games. 2013: After helping lead Alianza Petrolera to promotion, scored the team’s first goal in Primera División play, netting the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over La Equidad on Feb. 9, 2013 ... Tallied four goals in 12 appearances during the year.
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ADAM KWARASEY - GK
Height: 6-3 Weight: 170 Birthplace: Oslo, Norway Pronunciaton: ka-WAHR-ah-say Acquired: Signed, 12/8/14 Last MLS win: 10/18/15 POR @ LA Last MLS shutout: 10/14/15 POR @ RSL
DOB: 12/12/87
2015: Started 33 of the team’s 34 matches ... Ranks first in MLS with 13 clean sheets ... Earned a shutout Sept. 9 against Kansas City in a scoreless draw ... Logged three consecutive shutouts Aug. 2-15 ... Registered a 313-minute shutout streak from July 25-Aug. 21 ... Tallied clean sheets on June 6 (New England), June 20 (Houston) and July 5 (San Jose) ... Registered his fifth shutout May 27 in a 1-0 win over D.C. United ... Made four saves in a 2-1 win over Montreal May 9 ... Earned his fourth shutout of the season May 2 against Vancovuer ... Made five saves in a 1-0 win over New York City FC on April 19 ... Tallied a clean sheet, making two saves in a scoreless draw at Sporting KC on March 21 ... Earned a clean sheet in his Timbers and MLS debut on March 7, saving two shots in a scoreless draw against Real Salt Lake ... Made four saves in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16. 2014: Made 26 league appearances in his final season with Strømsgodset in the Norwegian Tippeligaen ... Was named to the Ghana National Team roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and appeared in the Black Stars’ opening Group G match against the United States, playing 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss on June 16. 2013: Was named Tippeligaen Goalkeeper of the Year, helping lead Strømsgodset to a league title making 30 league appearances. INTERNATIONAL: Has earned 23 caps for the Ghana National Team since his debut on Sept. 2, 2011 in a Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Swaziland ... Made one appearance during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss against the United States on June 16, 2014 ... Helped Ghana reach the semifinals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.
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BEN ZEMANSKI - M
Height: 5-11 Weight: 150 Birthplace: Akron, Ohio Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA, 02/13/13 Last MLS goal: 06/08/13 POR @ CHI Last MLS assist: 06/23/13 POR vs. COL
DOB: 05/12/88
2015: Sustained a ruptured ACL in his right knee during a preseason match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Feb. 22 ... Underwent successful surgery and will miss at least five months. 2014: Made seven starts in 13 appearances during the 2014 season ... Registered a goal and an assist in three appearances (three starts) in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Made his CONCACAF Champions League debut as a starter in a 4-1 win over Alpha United FC on Aug. 19. 2013: Finished the regular season tied for the team lead with 16 substitute appearances ... Made 25 appearances (9 starts), recording one goal and two assists in league play ... Appeared as a sub in two playoff games ... Played 66 minutes in a 2-1 loss at San Jose on July 27 ... Logged 63 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Played 45 minutes as a sub on July 20 against Philadelphia ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 loss at Columbus on July 7 ... Started and played 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Earned an assist in a 3-0 win over Colorado on June 23 ... Scored his first MLS goal since July 6, 2011, with a 58th-minute tally in a 2-2 draw against Chicago on June 8 ... Made his Portland debut as a halftime substitute March 9 of a 2-1 loss to Montreal.
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JACK JEWSBURY - M
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 DOB: 04/13/81 Hometown: Springfield, Mo. Acquired: Trade with Sporting Kansas City, 03/01/11 Last MLS goal: 08/30/15 POR @ SEA Last MLS assist: 07/18/14 POR vs. COL
2015: Has appeared in 26 games (18 starts) this season ... Started against Seattle on Aug. 30, scoring his third goal of the season ... Logged 90 minutes against FC Dallas on July 25 ... Tallied the game-winning goal in stoppage time in a 1-0 win against San Jose on July 5 ... Played 90 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 at Real Salt Lake ... Scored the game-winning goal in second-half stoppage time in a 2-1 win over Colorado on May 30 ... Started and played 90 minutes in six consecutive games (April 19-May 23) ... Played 120 minutes in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16. 2014: Provided two assists in 19 appearances (16 starts) during the 2014 season ... Tallied one goal in three appearences (three starts) in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Made his 300th career MLS appearance on July 27 against Montreal, becoming just the 26th player in MLS history to reach the milestone ... Appeared in three consecutive U.S. Open Cup matches. 2013: Started all 26 of his appearances during the regular season, including 21 starts on the backline ... Started all four playoff matches, logging two assists ... Named the Timbers Unsung Hero for the 2013 campaign ... Played in 13 of the club’s 15 shutouts during the regular season, and contributed to a new MLS single-season record with 11 shutouts at home. 2012: Finished second on the team in games played (32), minutes played (2,765) ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Oct. 21 at BC Place, giving the club its only road win of the season and clinching the Cascadia Cup.
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JEANDERSON - D
Height: 5-11 Weight: 160 Birthplace: Serra, Brazil Pronunciation: zhee-AHN-derson Acquired: Signed, 12/08/14 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 08/13/91
2015: Made his first career MLS start on July 11, playing 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss at Philadelphia ... Was a late-game sub on April 19 at New York City FC ... Made his Timbers MLS debut on March 21 at Sporting KC, coming on as a late-game substitute in a scoreless draw ... Has appeared in 15 matches (14 starts) on loan with T2 this season, scoring one goal and earning a USL Team of the Week mention for Week 13. 2014: Appeared in 15 matches for Cruzeiro de Porto Alegre in the 2014 Campeonato Gaúcho from January to March 2014, helping the club reach the competition’s quarterfinals ... Made four appearances for Brazilian side Santa Rita in the 2014 Copa do Brasil, as the team reached the tournament’s Round of 16 ... Started both legs of the third round as Santa Rita earned a 4-3 aggregate win over Santa Cruz to reach the Round of 16 ... Squaring off against eventual runners-up Cruzeiro (Minas Gerais) in the Round of 16, earned two more starting nods, but Santa Rita was eliminated 7-1 on aggregate.
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MICHAEL NANCHOFF - M
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthplace: North Royalton, Ohio Acquired: Signed, 02/21/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 09/24/88
2015: Came on as a late sub on Oct. 14 against Real Salt Lake ... Played seven minutes as a sub on July 11 at Philadelphia ... Logged 16 minutes as a substitute in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 against Real Salt Lake ... Played 15 minutes against LA on June 24 ... Was in the game-day 18 on June 20 against Houston ... Made six appearances on loan with T2, recording two goals and two assists ... Underwent successful surgery to repair a sports hernia on March 16 ... Made a late-game substitute appearance, attempting two shots - including one cleared off the goal line - in a scoreless draw against Real Salt Lake on March 7. 2014: Made one start in three appearances during the 2014 season ... Tallied a goal and two assists in three appearances (three starts) in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Played 90 minutes in a 3-0 win over Orlando City U23s in the U.S. Open Cup on June 17 ... Made his first start of the season, playing 58 minutes in a 2-0 win over Chivas USA on May 28 ... Made his first appearance of the season, playing 13 minutes as a second-half substitute and registering one shot in a loss at Real Salt Lake April 19. 2013: Spent the second half of the season on loan with Swedish second-division club Jönköpings Södra IF where he recorded two goals and one assists in league play ... Made his regular-season debut, playing eight minutes as a second-half sub on July 7 at Columbus ... Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Recorded a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 12 ... Recorded four goals and one assist in MLS Reserve League play.
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TAYLOR PEAY - D
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JORGE VILLAFA„A - M/D
Height: 5-9 Weight: 150 DOB: 09/16/89 Birthplace: Anaheim, Calif. Acquired: Via trade from Chivas USA along with the No. 2 selection in Stage 1 of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Process, 12/12/13 Pronunciation: HOR-hay vee-ya-FAH-nyah Last MLS goal: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL Last MLS assist: 10/18/15 POR @ LA
2015: Scored his first goal of the season in a 4-1 win against Colorado on Oct. 25 ... Tallied two assists in a 5-2 win against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 18, earning MLS Team of the Week honors for Week 33 ... Has started 14 consecutive matches (July 18-Oct. 25) ... Has appeared in 32 of the team’s 33 regular-season matches ... Started and played 90 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 ... Registered an assist in consecutive matches June 6-20, including an assist in a 2-0 win over Houston on June 20 ... Named to MLS Team of the Week for Week 16 ... Tallied the game-winning assist on Fanendo Adi’s header against New England on June 6 ... Registered an assist in a 3-1 win over FC Dallas on April 4 ... Logged 120 minutes in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16. 2014: Tallied one goal and two assists in 19 appearances (17 starts) during the 2014 season ... Made two starts in two appearances in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Started back-to-back U.S. Open Cup matches against Sporting Kansas City (June 24) and Seattle Sounder FC (July 9)... Scored his first goal for the Timbers in the 70th minute of a 2-2 draw with LA on July 4 ... Started and played 90 minutes in a 2-1 win at New York May 24, helping set up the game-winning goal. 2013: Compiled one goal and a career-best four assists over 20 regular-season appearances (15 starts) in his seventh season with Chivas USA .. Recorded assists in three of his first five appearances of the campaign (March 24, March 30, April 27), including one in a 4-1 route of Chicago on the road March 24 ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory against Vancouver on March 30 ... Scored the club’s lone goal in a loss to Real Salt Lake on May 19.
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DIEGO CHARA - M
Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 DOB: 09/05/91 Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Acquired: Selected in the second round (No. 26 overall) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, 01/16/14 Pronunciation: pay Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Birthplace: Cali, Colombia Acquired: Signed, 04/13/11 Pronunciation: dee-EH-goh char-ah Last MLS goal: 10/18/15 POR @ LA Last MLS assist: 10/25/14 POR @ FCD
DOB: 04/05/86
2015: Started and played 90 minutes in a 5-2 win against the LA Galaxy on Oc.t 18, his third career MLS start ... Started and played 90 minutes in a scoreless draw on Sept. 9 against Sporting Kansas City ... Logged 45 minutes as a halftime sub in a shutout against San Jose on Aug. 2 ... Made his first career MLS start on July 11, playing 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss at Philadelphia ... Started and played 90 minutes against Real Salt Lake in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 ... Made his Timbers MLS debut June 20 against Houston, entering the match as a late-game substitute ... Appeared in 14 matches for T2 on loan this season, logging one assist ... Was named to the USL Team of the Week for Week 6 of the regular season after helping T2 earn a 2-0 shutout against Arizona United SC on April 25 ... Played 84 minutes as a substitute in a 3-1 win against Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup, making his 2015 first-team debut. 2014: Spent the majority of the 2014 season on loan with USL PRO side Orange County Blues FC, making 14 appearances ... Played eight minutes as a late-game sub in a 4-1 win over Alpha United FC in CONCACAF Champions League play on Aug. 19 ... Made his first Timbers start, playing 90 minutes in a 3-1 win over Sporting KC in the fifth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 24 ... Registered his first professional goal in his Timbers debut, playing 34 minutes in a 3-0 win over Orlando City U23s in the U.S. Open Cup on June 17 ... An honorably mention on the USL PRO Team of the Week for Week 8 ... Made his professional debut, going the full 90 minutes in a 2-0 loss to OKC Energy FC on April 5.
2015: Was named Supporters’ Player of the Year following the Oct. 25 match against Colorado ... Logged his first-ever goal off a header in a 5-2 win against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 18, earning MLS Team of the Week honors for Week 33 ... Started and played 90 minutes in five consecutive matches (Sept. 20-Oct. 14) ... Missed matches against Seattle on Aug. 30 and Sporting Kansas City on Sept. 9 due to a red card on Aug. 21 ... Tallied an assist on the team’s second goal in a 2-0 win against New England on June 6 ... Scored a goal in a 3-1 win against FC Dallas on April 4, his fifth career MLS goal with Portland ... Made his first start of the 2015 season on March 15, playing 90 minutes against the LA Galaxy. 2014: Tallied two goals and a career-high five assists in 31 appearances (31 starts) during the 2014 season ... Was ejected in the 99th minute of a 3-1 loss at Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on July 9 ... Made his 100th MLS appearance, playing 90 minutes in a 3-1 road win over Real Salt Lake June 7 ... Underwent successful surgery to stabalize fractured third metacarpal sustained May 11 against LA Galaxy ... Became the club’s MLS career leader in minutes played on April 12 against Chivas USA ... Scored two goals, his first-career MLS brace, on his 28th birthday in a 4-4 draw against Sounders FC on April 5 at Providence Park ... His first goal in the ninth minute was his first since Sept. 16, 2011, and his second goal in the 55th minute was nominated for MLS Goal of the Week for Week 5. INTERNATIONAL: Joined the Colombian National Team for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bolivia on Oct. 11, 2011, and played the final 21 minutes in a 2-1 win ... Made his senior debut on Nov. 17, 2010, starting a friendly against Peru in Bogota.
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RODNEY WALLACE - M
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Birthplace: San José, Costa Rica Acquired: Trade with D.C. United, 11/24/10 Last MLS goal: 06/28/15 POR vs. SEA Last MLS assist: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL
DOB: 06/17/88
2015: Tallied an assist in consecutive matches, setting an MLS career high with seven assists ... Played 90 minutes in three consecutive matches ... Started and played 90 minutes, tallying an assist in a 2-1 win against Columbus on Sept. 26 ... Started and played 73 minutes July 11 at Philadelphia ... Started and played 90 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 ... Tallied a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win against Seattle on June 28 ... Registered a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win against Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16 ... Tallied an assist May 30 at Colorado ... Registered an assist in a 2-1 win over Montreal May 9 ... Recorded an assist in a 2-2 draw against the LA Galaxy on March 15. 2014: Tallied five goals and an assist in 17 appearances (12 starts) during the 2014 season ... Netted his first career brace in a 2-1 win over San Jose on Oct. 4 ... Registered one assist in four appearances (one start) in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Tallied his first goal of the season Aug. 9 against Chivas USA ... Logged first regular-season start on June 27 against Sporting KC ... Made 2014 Timbers debut in a 3-0 win over Orlando City U23s in the U.S. Open Cup on June 17. 2013: Logged new career highs in goals (7), assists (6) and points (20). INTERNATIONAL: Appeared in five matches as Costa Rica earned the gold medal at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana ... Scored the game-winning goal against El Salvador in the semifinals ... Made two appearances during the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup ... Featured in three 2014 FIFA World Cup third-round qualifying matches ... Made debut, scoring the game-winning goal for Costa Rica in a 1-0 win over the United States on Sept. 2, 2011 ... Has 17 total caps for Costa Rica.
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LIAM RIDGEWELL - D
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NORBERTO PAPARATTO - D
Height: 6-3 Weight: 180 DOB: 01/03/84 Birthplace: Adrogué, Buenos Aires, Argentina Acquired: Signed, 01/15/14 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
2015: Logged 90 minutes in a scoreless draw against Sporting Kansas City on Sept. 9 ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 win over San Jose on July 5 ... Logged 90 minutes in a 4-1 win over Seattle on June 28 ... Played 90 minutes, helping the team register a 2-0 win against Houston on June 16 ... Named to MLS Team of the Week for Week 16 ... Made his 2015 debut on May 27 against D.C. United, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 1-0 win ... Played 120 minutes in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16 ... Made one appearance on loan with T2 on May 3. 2014: Made 12 starts in 13 appearances during the 2014 season ... Registered a brace with two headers in a 6-0 win over Alpha United FC in CONCACAF Champions League play on Sept. 23 ... Registered two goals in three appearances, all starts, in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Started and played 29 minutes in a 3-1 win over Sporting KC in the fifth round of the U.S. Open Cup June 24 ... Made his MLS and Timbers debut on March 8 against Philadelphia. 2013-14: Named Tigre’s captain ahead of the 2013-14 campaign, starting all 17 of his league appearances and contributing to six shutouts in the Inicial season ... Helped lead Tigre into the Round of 16 at the 2013 Copa Libertadores, falling to eventual runners-up Club Olimpia of Paraguay. 2012-13: After helping Tigre to a second-place finish in the 2012 Clausura tournament, he appeared in 26 games across all competitions for the club during the 201213 campaign ... Contributed to Tigre’s run to the final of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana. 2011-12: Helped Tigre to a second-place finish in the 2012 Clausura tournament, making 12 starts during the campaign as Tigre fell two points shy of the title.
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LUCAS MELANO - F
Height: 6-2 Weight: 175 DOB: 07/21/84 Birthplace: Bexleyheath, England Acquired: Signed as a Designated Player 06/25/14 Last MLS goal: 09/07/14 POR vs. SJ Last MLS assist: 03/15/15 POR vs. LA
Height: 6-1 Weight: 165 DOB: 03/01/93 Birthplace: Hernando, Argentina Acquired: Transfered from Atletico Lanús and signed as a Designated Player, 07/17/15 Pronunciation: meh-LAH-no Last MLS goal: 8/21/15 POR vs. HOU Last MLS assist: 10/25/15 POR vs. COL
2015: Has started 32 of the team’s 34 matches ... Missed match against Sporting Kansas City on Sept. 9 due to league-imposed suspension for caution accumulation ... Helped the club register consecutive shutouts Aug. 2-15 ... Logged 90 minutes, helping the team earn a clean sheet in a 1-0 win over San Jose on July 5 ... Started and played 90 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 ... Was issued a red card on June 24 against the LA Galaxy, missing the match against Seattle June 28 ... Registered an assist, delivering a long pass to help set up a 90th minute goal by Fanendo Adi in a 2-2 draw against LA on March 15 ... Started 32 straight games from July 18, 2014-June 24, 2015. 2014: Tallied two goals and an assist in 15 appearances, all starts, during the 2014 season ... Started and played 90 minutes, making his CONCACAF Champions League debut in a 3-1 loss at C.D. Olimpia Oct. 21 ... Tallied the game-winning assist, the first of his MLS career, in a comeback, 2-1 win over San Jose on Oct. 4 ...Tallied his first career MLS goal, the game-tying goal, in a 1-1 draw against New England on Aug. 16 Was named to the 2014 MLS AT&T All-Star roster, playing the second half of a 2-1 win over German club Bayern Munich on Aug. 6 ... Made his MLS and Timbers debut, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 2-1 win over Colorado on July 18. 2013-14: Made 33 appearances, recording one goal and two assists, for West Bromwich Albion during the 2013-14 English Premier League season ... Helped the Baggies collect seven clean sheets to finish just above the relegation zone ... Netted his only goal of the season on Sept. 21, 2013, in a 3-0 win against Sunderland ... Tallied assists against Chelsea (2-2 draw on Nov. 9) and Aston Villa (4-3 loss on Jan. 29, 2014).
2015: Has appeared in 13 consecutive matches (8 starts) ... Registered an assist in consecutive matches (Oct. 18-25) ... Drew penalty kick in 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake on Oct. 14 ... Started five consecutive matches (Aug. 15-Sept. 20) ... Started and played 83 minutes in a 2-1 loss against Seattle on Aug. 30 ... Tallied first career goal for Portland with the game-tying strike in a 2-2 draw against Houston on Aug. 21 ... Logged an assist on Portland’s opening goal of the match against Houston ... Made first career start on Aug. 15, playing 65 minutes in a 1-0 win at Real Salt Lake ... Attempted four shots in 22 minutes of action as a substitute in a 1-0 win against Chicago on Aug. 7 ... Appeared in his second straight match as a substitute, playing 24 minutes and delivering three shots (1 on goal) in a scoreless draw at San Jose ... Made his Timbers and MLS debut, entering as a second-half substitute against FC Dallas on July 25 ... Drew a penalty kick late in the match against FC Dallas ... Before joining Portland, tallied five goals in 14 appearances for Lanús ... Registered four goals in a 5-1 win over Godoy Cruz on March 15 ... His five goals in the first half of the season ranked as the team-high for Lanús. 2013-14: Joined Lanús in July 2013 ... Made team debut on Aug. 4, 2013 … Helped lead Lanús to the title in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, scoring three goals in nine appearances during the competition as Lanús defeated Brazilian side Ponte Preta in a two-leg series … Finished the competition as one of the leading scorers … Made two appearances in the 2014 Copa Libertadores tournament … Logged 19 appearances (12 starts) for Lanús during the regular-season schedule. 2012-13: Made 37 appearances (29 starts) for Belgrano, logging five goals.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015
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NICK BESLER - M
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ANDY THOMA - D
Height: 6-1 Weight: 165 DOB: 05/07/93 Birthplace: Overland Park, Kan. Acquired: Selected in the first round (No. 5 overall) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, 01/15/15 Pronunciation: BEEZ-ler Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 DOB: 04/29/93 Birthplace: Los Alamos, N.M. Acquired: Selected in the second round (No. 24 overall) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, 01/15/15 Pronunciation: TOE-ma Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
2015: Made 25 appearances (22 starts) for T2 on loan this season ... Registered a goal in a 4-3 win against Newcastle United of the English Premier League on July 21. COLLEGE: Appeared in 72 matches (59 starts) for Notre Dame, tallying two goals and five assists while helping the Fighting Irish win the 2013 NCAA National Championship ... All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) first-team pick during the last two seasons (2013, 2014) ... Selected as an NSCAA All-American second-team pick as a senior in 2014 ... Is the younger brother of Sporting Kansas City and U.S. Men’s National Team defender Matt Besler ... Served as team captain for Notre Dame during the 2014 season.
2015: Appeared in 26 matches (25 starts) on loan with T2 this season ... Has registered three assists for T2. COLLEGE: Made 80 appearances during a four-year career at the University of Washington ... Playing at left back, was named NSCAA third team All-America; second team All-Pac-12; and first team All-Far West region in 2014 as a senior ... Tallied one goal and seven assists in his career.
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MICHAEL SEATON - F
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ANDREW WEBER - GK
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 DOB: 05/01/96 Birthplace: Spanish Town, Jamaica Acquired: Acquired from D.C. United in exchange for targeted allocation money and an international roster slot, 08/07/15 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Birthplace: Austin, Texas Acquired: Signed, 01/10/14 Pronunciation: WEB-er Last MLS win: 07/28/13 SEA vs. CHV Last MLS shutout: n/a
DOB: 08/09/83
2015: Called up to the Jamaica National Team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Nicaragua on Sept. 4 and Sept. 8 ... Scored a goal in his first appearance for T2 during a 4-3 loss against OKC Energy FC on Aug. 8 ... Made five appearances (2 starts) on loan with T2 ... Prior to joining the Timbers, made four appearances on loan with Swedish Allsvenskan side Örebro SK ... Registered two goals and two assists with the club’s Under-21 side. 2014: Tallied three goals in eight appearances (7 starts) on loan with USL side Richmond Kickers ... Made two regular-season appearances for D.C. United, playing 15 minutes against Houston on Aug. 3, 2014 ... Started and played 45 minutes in a 3-3 draw against Chicago on Sept. 20, 2014. 2013: Appeared in three matches during his rookie season with D.C. United ... Made MLS career debut on Aug. 10, 2013 ... Made first career MLS start on Sept. 28 against Toronto FC ... Recorded five goals and one assist in 15 appearances on loan with USL side Richmond Kickers.
2015: Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss at Philadelphia on July 11 ... Made three appearances with USL side T2 on loan this season, earning a 1-2-0 record and a 1.33 goals-against average with 15 saves. 2014: Made two starts in three appearances during the 2014 season, tallying eight saves ... Registered seven saves in two CONCACAF Champions League starts against Alpha United FC (Aug. 9) and C.D. Olimpia (Sept. 16) ... Won consecutive U.S. Open Cup matches (June 17-24) ... Nominated for back-to-back MLS Save of the Week awards (Week 4-5) ... Nominated MLS Save of the Week for Week 5 for a first half save against Seattle Sounders FC on April 5 ... Nominated for MLS Save of the Week for Week 4 for a save against FC Dallas’ Blas Perez on March 29 ... Made his Timbers MLS debut March 22 at Colorado in the second half. 2013: Made three MLS appearances (2 starts) while on loan with Seattle Sounders FC ... Posted a 1-1-1 record in those appearances, recording five saves and a 1.20 goalsagainst average ... Joined Seattle on July 11 and played in three straight matches July 13-28 ... Played in two games for the Sounders FC Reserves in the MLS Reserve League ... Played a majority of the season with Phoenix FC Wolves of USL, starting 14 league games and recording three shutouts for the club in its inaugural season. 2012: Started three MLS matches for Seattle Sounders FC ... Played in one game during Seattle’s run in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, recording four saves in a shutout in a 1-0 victory against San Jose in the quarterfinal June 26 ... Made his second career CONCACAF Champions League appearance during the 2012-13 tournament, starting and making three saves in a 3-1 victory Aug. 2 against Caledonia.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015
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ANTHONY MANNING - D
Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Birthplace: Mesquite, Texas Acquired: Signed, 07/09/15 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 09/04/92
2015: Started 15 games for T2 this season, logging 1,045 minutes of action ... Tallied a goal in a 4-3 win over Newcastle United of the English Premier League in an international friendly on July 21. COLLEGE: A two-time Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year, anchoring a Saint Louis University defense ... As a senior, appeared in 21 matches, recording five goals and two assists.
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JAKE GLEESON - GK
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand Acquired: Signed, 02/17/11 Pronunciation: GLEE-son Last MLS win: 04/17/11 POR vs. FCD Last MLS shutout: n/a
DOB: 06/26/90
2015: Made 20 appearances (all starts) on loan with T2 this season, earning an 8-102 record in USL play with three shutouts. 2014: Started consecutive CONCACACF Champions League matches (Sept. 23 and Oct. 21) ... Made three saves to earn the clean sheet in a 6-0 win over Alpha United FC in CONCACAF Champions League play on Sept. 23 ... Spent the majority of the season on loan to USL PRO co-affiliate Sacramento Republic FC, helping guide the club to the USL PRO Championship in the team’s inaugural season ... Made 17 appearances for Republic FC, posting a 11-2-3 record and recording six shutouts ... Recorded five saves for Republic FC in the club’s inaugural match March 29, a 1-1 draw at LA Galaxy II ... Named to the USL PRO Team of the Week for Week 2. 2013: Appeared in nine games (6 starts) for the Timbers Reserves this season, logging 675 minutes in goal ... Made two saves in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24. 2012: Played in three matches (2 starts) with the Timbers Reserves in the MLS Reserve League. 2011: Made his professional debut with the Timbers in the second half of a 2-0 loss at Toronto FC on March 26 ... Earned his first start and win in the Timbers home opener at JELD-WEN Field, a 4-2 win over Chicago (April 14) ... Was named the Timbers/MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year. INTERNATIONAL: Helped the New Zealand U-23 National Team qualify for the London 2012 Olympics ... Earned his first senior cap with New Zealand on June 5, 2011, coming on as a 77th minute sub in a friendly against Australia in Adelaide, Australia.
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MAXIMILIANO URRUTI - F
Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 DOB: 02/22/91 Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina Acquired: Trade with Toronto FC, 09/07/13 Pronunciation: Max-a-mill-ee-ano Urr-oo-tee Last MLS goal: 10/18/15 POR @ LA Last MLS assist: 10/18/15 POR @ LA
2015: Registered a goal and an assist in just seven minutes as a substitute in a 5-2 win against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 18 ... Has appeared in 30 games (12 starts) this season ... Started and played 72 minutes against FC Dallas on July 25 ... Logged 81 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup match on July 1 ... Tallied an assist on June 28 in a 4-1 win over Seattle ... Netted the opening goal in a 2-0 win against Houston on June 20 ... Scored the final goal in a 3-1 win over Seattle in the U.S. Open Cup on June 16 ...Tallied an assist on May 30 at Colorado ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over D.C. United on May 27 ... Tallied his first goal of the season in a 3-1 win over FC Dallas on April 4 ... Named to MLS Team of the Week for Week 5. 2014: Registered 10 goals and two assists in 30 appearances (12 starts) during the 2014 season ... Scored his 10th goal of the season in a 2-0 win over FC Dallas on Oct. 25, becoming the second Timbers player to log 10 or more goals in 2014 ... Scored three goals and provided one assist in four appearances, all starts, in CONCACAF Champions League play ... Registerd a brace in a 4-2 home win over C.D. Olimpia in CONCACAF Champions League play on Sept. 16 ... Tallied two assists in two appearances, both starts, in the U.S. Open Cup ... Recorded two assists in a 3-0 win over Orlando City U23s in the U.S. Open Cup on June 17. 2013: Registered one goal in five appearances during the regular season after joining the club on Sept. 7 in a trade with Toronto FC ... Tallied his first career MLS goal, the game-winner in a 1-0 victory against the LA Galaxy on Sept. 29 ... Made his Timbers debut on Sept. 14 at Chivas USA, entering the match as a 72nd-minute substitute in a 1-1 draw ... Acquired by the Timbers on Sept. 7, 2013, in a trade with Toronto FC.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES TIMBERS 0 vs. REAL SALT LAKE 0 March 7, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 2 vs. LA GALAXY 2 March 15, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 0 at SPORTING KC 0 March 21, 2015 • Sporting Park (Kansas City, Kan.) • Att: 20,848
SCORING POR - None • RSL - None
SCORING POR - Adi (Wallace) 31, Adi (Nagbe, Ridgewell) 90 • LA Zardes (Villarreal) 65, Gordon (Ishizaki) 90+2
SCORING POR - None • SKC - None
STATS
STATS
STATS POR RSL
Shots Saves 18 2 9 5
Fouls Offsides 19 0 22 0
Corners 11 0
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Jewsbury, M Fochive (Nanchoff, 86), M Asprilla (Fernández, 62), M Nagbe, M Wallace, F Adi (Urruti, 82)
POR LA
Shots Saves 8 2 13 2
Fouls Offsides 10 3 15 1
Corners 4 6
POR SKC
Shots Saves 7 2 16 3
Fouls Offsides 11 4 13 0
Corners 4 6
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Jewsbury, M Chara, M Asprilla (Fernández, 56), M Nagbe, M Wallace (Urruti, 82), F Adi
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Jewsbury, M Chara, M Asprilla (Fernández, 76), M Nagbe, M Wallace (Jeanderson, 90+2), F Adi (Urruti, 76)
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Jeanderson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Fochive
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Fochive
Referee: Ismail Elfath Time of Game: 1:51 Weather: Clear, 55 degrees
Referee: Hilario Grajeda Time of Game: 1:50 Weather: Cloudy, 59 degrees
Referee: Silviu Petrescu Time of Game: 1:51 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 69 degrees
TIMBERS 1 at VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2 March 28, 2015 • BC Place (Vancouver, B.C.) • Att: 22,500
TIMBERS 3 vs. FC DALLAS 1 April 4, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 0 vs. ORLANDO CITY SC 2 April 12, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
SCORING POR - Adi 82 • VAN - Mezquida 15, Earnshaw (Morales) 90+1
SCORING POR - Borchers (Villafaña) 23, Urruti (Asprilla, Nagbe) 62, Chara (Adi) 87 • DAL - Akindele (Harris, Pereira) 29
SCORING POR - None • ORL - Larin (Molino) 30, Kaká (penalty kick) 85
STATS
STATS
STATS
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Jeanderson, D Paparatto, M Besler
POR VAN
Shots Saves 15 1 13 4
Fouls Offsides 13 2 15 1
Corners 7 0
POR DAL
Shots Saves 12 2 8 3
Fouls Offsides 13 1 17 0
Corners 4 6
POR ORL
Shots Saves 18 1 14 4
Fouls Offsides 13 1 16 1
Corners 3 4
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Nagbe, M Chara, M Fochive (Fernández, 75), M Wallace, F Urruti (Asprilla, 65), F Adi
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Nagbe, M Chara, M Fochive (Fernández, 90+3), M Wallace (Asprilla, 61), F Urruti (Jewsbury, 81), F Adi
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña (Fernández, 81), M Nagbe, M Chara, M Fochive (Jewsbury, 46), M Wallace (Asprilla, 55), F Urruti, F Adi
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Jeanderson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Besler
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Jeanderson, D Paparatto, D Peay
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Jeanderson, D Paparatto, M Yartey
Referee: Allen Chapman Time of Game: 1:52 Weather: Cloudy, 54 degrees
Referee: Ricardo Salazar Time of Game: 1:53 Weather: Clear, 54 degrees
Referee: Kevin Stott Time of Game: 1:53 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 53 degrees
TIMBERS 1 at NEW YORK CITY FC 0 April 19, 2015 • Yankee Stadium (New York, N.Y.) • Att: 21,891
TIMBERS 0 at SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 1 April 26, 2015 • CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) • Att: 41,451
TIMBERS 0 vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 0 May 2, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
SCORING POR - Asprilla 79 • NYC - None
SCORING POR - None • SEA - Dempsey 77
SCORING POR - None • VAN - None
STATS POR NYC
STATS
STATS Shots Saves 12 5 21 2
Fouls Offsides 12 1 12 2
Corners 5 8
POR SEA
Shots Saves 11 2 10 2
Fouls Offsides 12 1 12 0
Corners 3 5
POR VAN
Shots Saves 13 2 7 1
Fouls Offsides 6 1 16 0
Corners 8 3
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Jewsbury, M Chara, M Yartey (Fernández, 74), M Nagbe, M Asprilla (Jeanderson, 90+3), F Adi (Urruti, 84)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Jewsbury, M Asprilla (Fernández, 62), M Nagbe, M Yartey, F Urruti (Adi, 74)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Jewsbury, M Wallace (Fernández, 78), M Nagbe, M Yartey (Valeri, 52), F Urruti (Adi, 66)
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, M Fochive
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, M Fochive, M Valeri
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, D Jeanderson, M Fochive
Referee: Armando Villarreal Time of Game: 1:54 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 51 degrees
Referee: Alan Kelley Time of Game: 1:51 Weather: Cloudy, 60 degrees
Referee: Allen Chapman Time of Game: 1:52 Weather: Clear, 70 degrees
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES TIMBERS 2 at MONTREAL IMPACT 1 May 9, 2015 • Stade Saputo (Montreal) • Att: 13,020
TIMBERS 1 at HOUSTON DYNAMO 3 May 16, 2015 • BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston) • Att: 20,844
TIMBERS 0 at TORONTO FC May 23, 2015 • BMO FIeld (Toronto) • Att: 23,569
SCORING POR - Borchers 64, Valeri (Wallace) 70 • MTL - Oduro 71
SCORING POR - Adi (Valeri) 48 • HOU - Bruin (Davis) 9, Barnes (López) 75, Bruin (Taylor) 83
SCORING POR - None • TOR - Giovinco (Moore, Bradley) 5
STATS
STATS
STATS
POR MTL
Shots Saves 15 4 19 7
Fouls Offsides 8 6 16 3
Corners 8 9
POR HOU
Shots Saves 6 3 12 0
Fouls Offsides 13 1 13 0
Corners 4 4
POR TOR
Shots Saves 11 5 13 5
Fouls Offsides 7 2 17 2
Corners 2 9
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Jewsbury, M Nagbe, M Valeri (Asprilla, 72), M Wallace (Yartey, 81), F Adi (Urruti, 87)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell (Fernández, 85), D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Jewsbury, M Nagbe (Asprilla, 76), M Valeri (Urruti, 84), M Wallace, F Adi
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña (Urruti, 80), M Chara, M Jewsbury, M Nagbe, M Valeri (Fernández, 25), M Wallace (Asprilla, 60), F Adi
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, D Jeanderson, M Fochive
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, M Fochive, M Yartey
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, M Johnson, M Yartey
Referee: Mark Geiger Time of Game: 1:50 Weather: Cloudy, 79 degrees
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Time of Game: 1:53 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 80 degrees
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Time of Game: 1:51 Weather: Clear, 62 degrees
TIMBERS 1 vs. D.C. UNITED 0 May 27, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 2 at COLORADO RAPIDS 1 May 30, 2015 • Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colo) • Att: 18,209
TIMBERS 2 vs. NEW ENGLAND 0 June 6, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
SCORING POR - Urruti (Fernández) 5 • DC - None
SCORING POR - Fernández (Urruti) 38, Jewsbury (Wallace, Yartey) 90+3 • COL - Cronin (Solignac, Pittinari) 89
SCORING POR - Adi (Villafaña) 86, Adi (Powell, Chara) 89 • NE - None
STATS
STATS
STATS POR DC
Shots Saves 16 2 11 8
Fouls Offsides 12 6 17 0
Corners 8 3
POR COL
Shots Saves 20 2 15 6
Fouls Offsides 12 1 9 1
Corners 5 5
POR NE
Shots Saves 19 3 4 3
Fouls Offsides 10 1 12 0
Corners 4 6
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Paparatto, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Johnson © (Jewsbury, 84), M Asprilla, M Fernández (Wallace, 60), M Nagbe, F Urruti (Adi, 75)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Fochive, M Jewsbury, M Nagbe (Wallace, 58), M Fernández (Adi, 71), M Asprilla, F Urruti (Yartey, 88)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Johnson, M Chara, M Asprilla (Adi, 67), M Fernández (Wallace, 63), M Nagbe, F Urruti (Jewsbury, 90)
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Borchers, D Jeanderson, M Yartey
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Jeanderson, D Paparatto, D Peay
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, M Fochive, M Yartey
Referee: Chris Penso Time of Game: 1:50 Weather: Sunny, 78 degrees
Referee: Ismail Elfath Time of Game: 1:45 Weather: Sunny, 70 degrees
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Time of Game: 1:52 Weather: Sunny, 87 degrees
TIMBERS 2 vs. HOUSTON 0 June 20, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 0 at LA GALAXY 5 June 24, 2015 • StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.) • Att: 21,207
TIMBERS 4 vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 1 June 28, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
SCORING POR - Urruti (Villafaña), 34, Fernández (penalty kick) 61 • HOU - None
SCORING POR - None • LA - Lletget 13, Keane (penalty kick) 18, Rogers (Keane) 33, Juninho (Keane) 72, Villarreal 88
SCORING POR - Nagbe (Valeri) 12, Adi (Nagbe) 74, Adi (Wallace) 76, Wallace (Urruti) 90+1 • SEA - Neagle (Mears) 38
STATS
STATS
STATS
POR HOU
Shots Saves 6 1 9 0
Fouls Offsides 15 4 14 0
Corners 10 6
POR LA
Shots Saves 16 4 17 1
Fouls Offsides 12 6 13 0
Corners 9 4
POR SEA
Shots Saves 24 0 6 7
Fouls Offsides 13 0 12 2
Corners 7 4
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Paparatto, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Johnson ©, M Chara, M Nagbe (Peay, 86), M Fernández (Valeri, 72), M Wallace, F Urruti (Adi, 76)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Jewsbury, M Chara, M Nagbe (Fernández, 60), M Valeri (Adi, 70), M Wallace (Nanchoff, 75), F Urruti
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Paparatto, D Villafaña, M Johnson ©, M Chara, M Valeri (Wallace, 66), M Fernández (Urruti, 82), M Nagbe (Jewsbury, 80), F Adi
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Borchers, M Jewsbury, M Nanchoff
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Johnson
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Jeanderson, D Peay, M Nanchoff
Referee: Baldomero Toledo Time of Game: 1:51 Weather: Mostly Sunny, 78 degrees
Referee: Ted Unkel Time of Game: 1:49 Weather: Clear, 70 degrees
Referee: Jair Marrufo Time of Game: 1:51 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 88 degrees
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES TIMBERS 1 vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 0 July 5, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 0 at PHILADELPHIA UNION 3 July 11, 2015 • PPL Park (Chester, Pa.) • Att: 18,722
TIMBERS 1 vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 1 July 18, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
SCORING POR - Jewsbury (Fernández, Valeri) 90+1 • SJ - None
SCORING POR - None • PHI - Wenger (Maidana) 69, Nogueira (Maidana) 71, Nogueira (Maidana) 82
SCORING POR - Valeri (Adi) 33 • VAN - Laba (Manneh) 57
STATS
STATS
STATS
POR SJ
Shots Saves 23 1 7 6
Fouls Offsides 9 3 14 3
Corners 9 4
POR PHI
Shots Saves 8 4 17 4
Fouls Offsides 7 0 8 2
Corners 8 8
POR VAN
Shots Saves 14 4 16 2
Fouls Offsides 12 2 14 1
Corners 7 7
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Paparatto, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Johnson ©, M Jewsbury, M Asprilla (Wallace, 73), M Valeri, M Nagbe (Fernández, 84), F Adi (Urruti, 79)
LINEUP POR: GK Weber, D Peay, D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Jeanderson, M Johnson ©, M Jewsbury (Nanchoff, 83), M Valeri, M Fernández, M Wallace (Asprilla, 73), F Adi
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Johnson ©, M Chara, M Asprilla (Wallace, 67), M Valeri, M Nagbe (Fernández, 83), F Adi (Urruti, 76)
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Borchers, D Peay, M Nanchoff
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Manning, D Thoma, M Besler, M Fochive
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Jewsbury
Referee: Ricardo Salazar Time of Game: 1:53 Weather: Sunny, 91 degrees
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Time of Game: 1:49 Weather: Sunny, 87 degrees
Referee: Juan Guzman Time of Game: 1:53 Weather: Sunny, 92 degrees
TIMBERS 1 at FC DALLAS 4 July 25, 2015 • Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas) • Att: 15,992
TIMBERS 0 at SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 0 Aug. 2, 2015 • Avaya Stadium (San Jose, Calif.) • Att: 18,000
TIMBERS 1 vs. CHICAGO FIRE 0 Aug. 7, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
SCORING POR - Adi (penalty kick) 90+3 • DAL - Barrios (Acosta) 12, Barrios 22, Acosta 69, Diaz (penalty kick) 87
SCORING POR - None • SJ - None
SCORING POR - Adi, 48 • CHI - None
STATS
STATS
POR DAL
Shots Saves 10 2 16 2
Fouls Offsides 8 5 12 0
Corners 1 8
POR SJ
STATS Shots Saves 15 3 12 5
Fouls Offsides 11 0 16 1
Corners 5 11
POR CHI
Shots Saves 15 3 13 1
Fouls Offsides 15 6 9 1
Corners 8 3
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Jewsbury, M Chara, M Nagbe (Fernández, 78), M Valeri, M Wallace (Melano, 64), F Urruti (Adi, 72)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell (Peay, 46), D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Johnson ©, M Chara, M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Wallace (Urruti, 80), F Adi (Melano, 66)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Johnson ©, M Chara, M Nagbe, M Valeri (Jewsbury, 90), M Wallace (Melano, 68), F Adi (Asprilla, 86)
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, M Asprilla, M Fochive
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, M Asprilla, M Jewsbury
Subs not used: GK Weber, D Paparatto, D Peay, F Urruti
Referee: Ismail Elfath Time of Game: 1:49 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 94 degrees
Referee: Kevin Stott Time of Game: 1:50 Weather: Clear, 75 degrees
Referee: Armando Villarreal Time of Game: 1:52 Weather: Clear, 82 degrees
TIMBERS 1 at REAL SALT LAKE 0 Aug. 15, 2015 • Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) • Att: 20,338
TIMBERS 2 vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO 2 Aug. 21, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 1 at SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 Aug. 30, 2015 • CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) • Att: 64,358
SCORING POR - Borchers (Valeri), 90+5 • RSL - None
SCORING POR - Nagbe (Melano) 76, Melano (Valeri) 86 • HOU - Garcia (Bruin) 40, Bruin (Davis) 45
SCORING POR - Jewsbury (Valeri) 58 • SEA - Martins 6, Evans (penalty kick) 42
STATS
STATS
STATS POR RSL
Shots Saves 10 5 15 3
Fouls Offsides 13 1 7 4
Corners 7 7
POR HOU
Shots Saves 17 1 11 5
Fouls Offsides 15 0 20 0
Corners 10 3
POR SEA
Shots Saves 20 1 6 5
Fouls Offsides 17 0 12 2
Corners 7 4
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Johnson © (Jewsbury, 86), M Chara, M Nagbe (Asprilla, 82), M Valeri, M Wallace, F Melano (Urruti, 65)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña (Asprilla, 82), M Johnson ©, M Chara, M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Wallace (Adi, 57), F Melano
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña (Wallace, 83), M Fochive (Asprilla, 78), M Jewsbury, M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Melano (Urruti, 83), F Adi
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Nanchoff
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Jewsbury, F Urruti
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Nanchoff
Referee: Drew Fischer Time of Game: 1:57 Weather: Clear, 88 degrees
Referee: Ricardo Salazar Time of Game: 1:52 Weather: Clear, 73 degrees
Referee: Alan Kelly Time of Game: 1:53 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 68 degrees
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES TIMBERS 0 vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY 0 Sept. 9, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 0 vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS 2 Sept. 20, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 2 at COLUMBUS CREW SC 1 Sept. 26, 2015 • MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) • Att: 22,719
SCORING POR - None • SKC - None
SCORING POR - None • NYRB - Felipe (Lawrence) 43, Perrinelle (Kljestan), 45+2
SCORING POR - Adi (Nagbe) 28, Adi (Wallace, Valeri) 50 • CLB - Kamara (Higuain) 43
STATS
STATS
STATS POR SKC
Shots Saves 18 2 8 7
Fouls Offsides 17 4 19 3
Corners 6 3
POR NYRB
Shots Saves 17 3 20 4
Fouls Offsides 13 3 12 2
Corners 9 10
POR CLB
Shots Saves 13 2 11 5
Fouls Offsides 19 2 9 4
Corners 11 7
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Peay, D Borchers, D Paparatto, D Villafaña, M Fochive (Wallace, 83), M Jewsbury ©, M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Melano (Urruti, 83), F Adi (Asprilla, 73)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell (Asprilla, 76), D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Johnson © (Wallace, 66), M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Melano, F Urruti (Adi, 56)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell (c), D Villafaña, M Chara, M Jewsbury, M Nagbe, M Valeri (Fochive, 87), M Wallace (Asprilla, 81), F Adi (Melano, 75)
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Jeanderson, D Manning, M Nanchoff
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Jewsbury
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, F Urruti
Referee: Fotis Bazakos Time of Game: 1:54 Weather: Clear, 81 degrees
Referee: Drew Fischer Time of Game: 1:55 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 73 degrees
Referee: Silviu Petrescu Time of Game: 1:55 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 70 degrees
TIMBERS 0 vs. SPORTING KC 1 Oct. 3, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144
TIMBERS 1 at REAL SALT LAKE 0 Oct. 14, 2015 • Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) • Att: 19,427
TIMBERS 5 at LA GALAXY 2 Oct. 18, 2015 • StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.) • Att: 27,000
SCORING POR - None • CLB - Nemeth (Zusi) 83
SCORING POR - Adi (penalty kick) 54 • RSL - None
STATS POR CLB
SCORING POR - Adi (Melano, Valeri) 65, Adi (penalty kick) 68, Chara (Wallace, Adi) 74, Nagbe (Urruti, Villafaña) 85, Urruti (Villafaña) 90 • LA - Keane (Juninho) 36, Keane (Villarreal) 84
STATS Shots Saves 13 2 11 5
Fouls Offsides 19 2 9 4
Corners 11 7
POR RSL
Shots Saves 13 2 11 5
Fouls Offsides 19 2 9 4
Corners 11 7
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell (c), D Villafaña (Urruti, 83), M Chara, M Jewsbury (Asprilla, 80), M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Wallace (Melano, 62), F Adi
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Valeri (Urruti, 85), M Nagbe (Nanchoff, 90+3), F Melano (Fochive, 63), F Adi, F Wallace
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Fochive
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Jeanderson, D Paparatto, D Peay
Referee: Ismail Elfath Time of Game: 1:55 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 64 degrees
Referee: Juan Guzman, Jr. Time of Game: 1:52 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 63 degrees
TIMBERS 4 vs. COLORADO 1 Oct. 25, 2015 • Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 21,144 SCORING POR - Nagbe 5, Nagbe (Melano) 33, Villafaña (Nagbe, Wallace) 63, Adi (Asprilla, Fochive) 88 • COL - Badji 13 STATS POR COL
Shots Saves 9 1 8 1
Fouls Offsides 14 0 18 0
Corners 1 5
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Chara (Jewsbury, 50), M Fochive, M Wallace, M Nagbe (Urruti, 87), M Melano (Asprilla, 64), F Adi Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Johnson Referee: Baldomero Toledo; Time of Game: 1:51 Weather: Rain, 54 degrees
STATS POR LA
Shots Saves 18 4 13 0
Fouls Offsides 11 2 10 1
Corners 5 3
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Peay, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Valeri (Paparatto, 90+1), M Nagbe, F Wallace, F Adi (Urruti, 83), F Melano (Fochive, 72) Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Jeanderson, M Asprilla, M Nanchoff Referee: Alan Kelly; Time of Game: 1:53 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 75 degrees
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 REGULAR-SEASON STATISTICS NO 9 6 8 37 22 19 7 13
POS F M/F M F M/F D D M
21 26 11 24 2 5
M F M/F D D M
4 23 20 15 17
M D D D M
NO 12 33
POS GK GK
PLAYER Fanendo Adi Darlington Nagbe Diego Valeri Maximiliano Urruti Rodney Wallace Jorge Villafaña Nat Borchers Jack Jewsbury Gastón Fernández Diego Chara Lucas Melano Dairon Asprilla Liam Ridgewell Alvas Powell George Fochive Ishmael Yartey Will Johnson Norberto Paparatto Taylor Peay Jeanderson Michael Nanchoff Own goals received
GP 33 33 22 30 32 33 31 26 21 28 13 26 32 31 11 5 12 6 5 3 4
Timbers Opponents
MIN 2162 2842 1713 1081 1978 2929 2790 1719 721 2479 725 1008 2868 2726 684 227 1045 451 319 92 27
G 16 5 2 4 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 3 5 8 3 7 5 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
P 35 15 12 11 9 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
SH 84 50 66 36 41 15 15 18 26 11 27 27 12 18 7 5 15 5 2 0 1
SOG 36 16 22 15 13 7 8 7 6 7 10 6 2 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 1
CK 1 12 105 1 3 23 0 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0 0 2
OFF 23 4 9 14 11 4 3 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FC 50 10 32 21 40 25 13 13 12 62 17 24 19 35 22 6 9 6 2 2 1
FS 50 87 24 16 17 38 6 17 20 48 17 9 24 35 14 0 7 6 0 0 1
C 1 0 5 2 3 3 0 2 0 8 4 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
34 34
3060 3060
41 39
43 29
123 105
486 405
167 127
206 178
79 42
419 468
467 417
48 63
3 2
GOALKEEPER GP Adam Kwarasey 33 Andrew Weber 1 Own goals committed
GS MIN 33 2970 1 90
SH 120 7
SV 80 4
GA GAA 36 1.09 3 3.00 0
SHO 13 0
PG 4 0
PA 4 0
W 15 0
L 10 1
T 8 0
3060 3060
127 163
85 119
39 1.15 41 1.21
13 12
4 4
4 6
15 11
11 15
8 8
Timbers Opponents
GS 23 33 20 12 23 33 31 18 6 28 8 10 32 31 8 3 12 5 3 1 0
34 34
TIMBERS TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Timbers Opponents
1 10 20
2 31 19
T 41 39
SHOTS Timbers Opponents
1 201 205
2 285 200
T 486 405
CORNERS Timbers Opponents
1 101 91
2 105 87
T 206 178
OFFSIDES Timbers Opponents
1 38 21
2 41 21
T 79 42
SOG Timbers Opponents
1 61 59
2 106 68
T 167 127
FOULS COM. Timbers Opponents
1 192 225
2 227 243
T 419 468
YELLOW CARDS 1 Timbers 19 Opponents 23
2 30 40
T 49 63
RED CARDS Timbers Opponents
1 0 0
2 3 2
T 3 2
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 TIMBERS GAME-BY-GAME Timbers GP MIN G March 7 vs. RSL 1 90 0 March 15 vs. LA Galaxy 1 90 2 March 21 at Sporting KC 1 90 0 March 28 at Vancouver 1 90 1 April 4 vs. FC Dallas 1 90 3 April 12 vs. Orlando City 1 90 0 April 19 at New York City FC 1 90 1 April 26 at Seattle 1 90 0 May 2 vs. Vancouver 1 90 0 May 9 at Montreal 1 90 2 May 16 at Houston 1 90 1 May 23 at Toronto FC 1 90 0 May 27 vs. D.C. United 1 90 1 May 30 at Colorado 1 90 2 June 6 vs. New England 1 90 2 June 20 vs. Houston 1 90 2 June 24 at LA Galaxy 1 90 0 June 28 vs. Seattle 1 90 4 July 5 vs. San Jose 1 90 1 July 11 at Philadelphia 1 90 0 July 18 vs. Vancouver 1 90 1 July 25 at FC Dallas 1 90 1 Aug. 2 at San Jose 1 90 0 Aug. 7 vs. Chicago 1 90 1 Aug. 15 at Real Salt Lake 1 90 1 Aug. 21 vs. Houston 1 90 2 Aug. 30 at Seattle 1 90 1 Sept. 9 vs. Sporting KC 1 90 0 Sept. 20 vs. NY Red Bulls 1 90 0 Sept. 26 at Columbus 1 90 2 Oct. 3 vs. Sporting KC 1 90 0 Oct. 14 at Real Salt Lake 1 90 1 Oct. 18 at LA Galaxy 1 90 5 Oct. 25 vs. Colorado 1 90 4 Totals 34 3060 41
A P SH SOG CK OFF FC FS 0 0 18 6 11 0 19 22 3 7 8 4 4 3 10 15 0 0 7 3 4 4 11 13 0 2 15 5 7 2 13 15 4 10 12 6 4 1 13 17 0 0 18 4 3 1 13 16 0 2 12 3 5 1 12 12 0 0 11 2 3 1 12 12 0 0 13 1 8 1 6 16 1 5 15 9 8 6 8 16 1 3 6 1 4 1 13 13 0 0 11 5 2 2 7 17 1 3 16 9 8 6 12 17 3 7 20 8 5 1 12 9 3 7 19 5 4 1 10 12 1 5 6 2 10 4 15 14 0 0 16 1 9 6 12 13 4 12 23 11 7 0 13 12 2 4 23 7 9 3 9 14 0 0 8 4 8 0 7 8 1 3 14 3 7 2 12 14 0 2 10 3 1 5 8 12 0 0 15 5 5 0 11 16 0 0 15 2 8 6 15 9 1 3 10 5 7 1 13 7 2 6 17 7 10 0 15 20 1 3 20 6 7 0 17 12 0 0 18 8 6 4 17 19 0 0 17 4 9 3 13 12 3 7 13 7 11 2 19 9 0 0 17 6 6 5 15 13 0 2 15 5 0 5 12 13 7 17 18 5 5 2 11 10 5 13 9 5 1 0 14 18 43 123 486 167 206 79 419 467
Timbers GP MIN SH SV GA GAA SHO PG PA March 7 vs. RSL 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 March 15 vs. LA Galaxy 1 90 4 2 2 2.00 March 21 at Sporting KC 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 March 28 at Vancouver 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 April 4 vs. FC Dallas 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 April 12 vs. Orlando City 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 1 1 April 19 at New York City FC 1 90 5 5 0.00 1 April 26 at Seattle 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 May 2 vs. Vancouver 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 May 9 at Montreal 1 90 5 4 1 1.00 May 16 at Houston 1 90 6 3 3 3.00 May 23 at Toronto FC 1 90 6 5 1 1.00 May 27 vs. D.C. United 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 May 30 at Colorado 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 June 6 vs. New England 1 90 3 3 0.00 1 June 20 vs. Houston 1 90 1 1 0.00 1 June 24 at LA Galaxy 1 90 9 4 5 5.00 1 1 June 28 vs. Seattle 1 90 1 0 1 1.00 July 5 vs. San Jose 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 July 11 at Philadelphia 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 July 18 vs. Vancouver 1 90 6 4 1 1.00 July 25 at FC Dallas 1 90 7 2 4 4.00 1 1 Aug. 2 at San Jose 1 90 3 3 0.00 1 Aug. 7 vs. Chicago 1 90 3 3 0.00 1 Aug. 15 at Real Salt Lake 1 90 5 5 0.00 1 Aug. 21 vs. Houston 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 Aug. 30 at Seattle 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 1 1 Sept. 9 vs. Sporting KC 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 Sept. 20 vs. NY Red Bulls 1 90 6 3 2 2.00 Sept. 26 at Columbus 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 Oct. 3 vs. Sporting KC 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 Oct. 14 at Real Salt Lake 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 Oct. 18 at LA Galaxy 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 Oct. 25 vs. Colorado 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 Totals 34 3060 127 85 39 1.15 13 4 4
W
L
C 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 3 1 2 48 T 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15
11
8
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Opponents Real Salt Lake LA Galaxy Sporting KC Vancouver FC Dallas Orlando City SC New York City FC Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver Montreal Houston Toronto FC D.C. United Colorado New England Houston LA Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Philadelphia Vancouver FC Dallas San Jose Chicago Real Salt Lake Houston Seattle Sounders FC Sporting KC New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew SC Sporting KC Real Salt Lake LA Galaxy Colorado Totals
GP MIN G 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 1 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 1 1 90 3 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 0 1 90 5 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 3 1 90 1 1 90 4 1 90 0 1 90 0 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 1 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 1 34 3060 39
A P SH SOG CK OFF FC FS 0 0 9 2 0 0 22 19 2 6 13 4 6 1 15 10 0 0 16 2 6 0 13 11 1 5 13 3 0 1 15 13 2 4 8 3 6 0 17 13 1 5 14 3 4 1 16 13 0 0 21 5 8 2 12 12 0 2 10 3 5 0 12 12 0 0 7 2 3 0 16 6 0 2 19 5 9 3 16 8 3 9 12 6 4 0 13 13 2 4 13 6 9 2 17 7 0 0 11 2 3 0 17 12 2 4 15 3 5 1 9 12 0 0 4 3 6 0 12 10 0 0 9 1 6 0 14 15 2 12 17 9 4 0 13 12 1 3 6 1 4 2 12 13 0 0 7 2 4 3 14 9 3 9 17 7 8 2 8 7 1 3 16 6 7 2 14 12 1 9 16 7 8 0 12 8 0 0 12 3 11 1 16 11 0 0 13 3 3 1 9 15 0 0 15 5 7 4 7 13 2 6 11 3 3 0 20 15 0 4 6 3 4 2 12 17 0 0 8 2 3 3 19 17 2 6 20 6 10 2 12 13 1 2 11 3 7 4 9 17 1 2 8 4 2 1 14 15 0 0 7 2 5 3 13 12 2 6 13 6 3 1 10 11 0 2 8 2 5 0 18 14 29 105 405 127 178 42 468 417
Opponents Real Salt Lake LA Galaxy Sporting KC Vancouver FC Dallas Orlando City SC New York City FC Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver Montreal Houston Toronto FC D.C. United Colorado New England Houston LA Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Philadelphia Vancouver FC Dallas San Jose Chicago Real Salt Lake Houston Seattle Sounders FC Sporting KC New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew SC Sporting KC Real Salt Lake LA Galaxy Colorado Totals
GP MIN SH SV GA GAA SHO PG PA 1 90 6 5 0.00 1 1 90 4 2 2 2.00 1 90 3 3 0.00 1 1 90 5 4 1 1.00 1 90 6 3 3 3.00 1 90 4 4 0.00 1 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 1 90 2 2 0.00 1 1 90 1 1 0.00 1 1 90 9 7 2 2.00 1 90 1 0 1 1.00 1 90 5 5 0.00 1 1 90 9 8 1 1.00 1 90 8 6 2 2.00 1 90 5 3 2 2.00 1 90 2 0 2 2.00 1 90 1 1 0.00 1 1 90 11 7 4 4.00 1 90 7 6 1 1.00 1 90 0 0 0.00 1 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 1 1 1 90 5 5 0.00 1 1 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 1 90 5 3 1 1.00 1 90 7 5 2 2.00 1 90 6 5 1 1.00 1 90 8 7 0.00 1 1 90 4 4 0.00 1 1 90 7 5 2 2.00 1 90 6 6 0 0.00 1 1 90 5 4 1 1.00 1 1 1 90 5 0 5 5.00 1 1 1 90 5 1 4 4.00 34 3060 163 119 41 1.21 12 4 6
W
L
C 3 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 2 63
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
T 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
11
1 1 1 15
8
* - all stats MLS play only
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 TIMBERS GOAL CHART PENALTY KICKS Adi - 3 Fernández - 1
GOAL SCORERS 9 Fanendo Adi 6 Darlington Nagbe 37 Maximiliano Urruti 7 Nat Borchers 13 Jack Jewsbury 21 Diego Chara 10 Gastón Fernández 8 Diego Valeri 11 Dairon Asprilla 26 Lucas Melano 19 Jorge Villafa–a 22 Rodney Wallace
16 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Total
6
11
41
13
KEY Right foot (15) Left foot (12) Header (7) Body (1) Free kick (1) Penalty kick (4)
9
R L H B F P
R
L9 22 H R H 6267
L
H
8 9
L
L
37 9
21 L
7
H
9
R
L L R
R
6 L
L
9 L 9
H
9 37
R
7
9
H
H
9
10 6
R
R
L
198
9
R
R
R
R 937 13 37 B
R
13
L
SCORING BREAKDOWN
FOR: MIN 31 61 90+3 75 54 68
OPP VAN HOY DAL SJ RSL LA
PLAYER Nagbe Fernández Adi Valeri Adi Adi
GOALKEEPER Ousted Deric Kennedy Bingham Rimando Ricketts
RESULT Miss Goal Goal Miss Goal Goal
MIN 85 18 87 42
OPP ORL LA DAL SEA
PLAYER Kaká Keane Diaz Evans
GOALKEEPER Kwarasey Kwarasey Kwarasey Kwarasey
RESULT Goal Goal Goal Goal
AGAINST: DATE 4/12 6/24 7/25 8/30
R
6
21
R
PENALTY KICKS DATE 5/2 6/20 7/25 8/2 10/14 10/18
9
R
R
HOME (17 games) Minute 0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOTAL Timbers 3 1 4 1 4 10 23 Opponents 0 3 5 1 1 3 13 ROAD (17 games) Minute 0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOTAL Timbers 0 1 1 4 5 7 18 Opponents 6 2 4 0 6 8 26
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 2015 U.S. OPEN CUP STATISTICS NO 22 37 8 26 7 19 13 20 10 23 6 9 11 2
POS M F M M D D M D M D M F M D
PLAYER Rodney Wallace Maximiliano Urruti Diego Valeri George Fochive Nat Borchers Jorge Villafaña Jack Jewsbury Taylor Peay Gastón Fernández Norberto Paparatto Darlington Nagbe Fanendo Adi Dairon Asprilla Alvas Powell Own goals received
GP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
Timbers Opponents NO 12
POS GK
GS 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2
GOALKEEPER GP Adam Kwarasey 2 Own goals committed Timbers Opponents
2 2
GS 2
MIN 210 105 88 194 210 210 210 174 150 120 120 105 62 36
G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0
SOG 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
CK 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
FC 1 1 2 3 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 3 0 0
FS 1 3 3 5 1 4 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 2
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
210 210
3 3
2 1
8 7
19 27
6 8
9 11
9 7
21 31
31 21
3 2
0 3
MIN 210
SH 8
SV 5
GA GAA 3 1.29 0
SHO 0
PG 1
PA 1
W 1
L 1
T 0
210 210
8 6
5 3
3 1.29 3 1.29
0 1
1 0
1 0
1 1
1 1
0 0
OPEN CUP BOX SCORES TIMBERS 3 at SEATTLE 1 (AET) June 16, 2015 • Starfire Stadium (Tukwila, Wash.) • Att: 4,022
TIMBERS 0 at REAL SALT LAKE 2 July 1, 2015 • Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) • Att: 15,840
SCORING POR - Valeri (Wallace) 48, Wallace 100, Urruti (Fochive) 116 • SEA - Martins 79
SCORING POR - None • RSL - Jaime (Garcia) 54, Morales (penalty kick) 71
STATS
STATS
POR SEA
Shots Saves 13 4 13 2
Fouls Offsides 12 5 19 2
Corners 4 8
POR RSL
Shots Saves 6 1 14 1
Fouls Offsides 9 4 12 5
Corners 5 3
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell (Peay, 36), D Borchers, D Paparatto, D Villafaña, M Jewsbury ©, M Fochive, M Nagbe, M Valeri (Fernández, 60), M Wallace, F Adi (Urruti, 96)
LINEUP POR: GK Kwarasey, D Peay, D Borchers, D Ridgewell ©, D Villafaña, M Asprilla (Valeri, 62), M Jewsbury, M Fochive (Nanchoff, 74), M Wallace, F Fernández, F Urruti (Adi, 81)
Subs not used: GK Weber, M Nanchoff, M Yartey
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Powell
Referee: Daniel Radford Time of Game: 2:32 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 72 degrees
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Time of Game: n/a Weather: Clear, 94 degrees
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 ALL COMPETITIONS STATISTICS NO 9 6 8 37 22 19 7 13
POS F M/F M F M/F D D M
21 26 11 5 24 2
M F M/F M D D M/F M D D D M
4 23 20 15 17
NO 12 33
POS GK GK
PLAYER Fanendo Adi Darlington Nagbe Diego Valeri Maximiliano Urruti Rodney Wallace Jorge Villafaña Nat Borchers Jack Jewsbury Gastón Fernández Diego Chara Lucas Melano Dairon Asprilla George Fochive Liam Ridgewell Alvas Powell Ishmael Yartey Will Johnson Norberto Paparatto Taylor Peay Jeanderson Michael Nanchoff Own goals received
GP 35 34 24 32 34 35 33 28 23 28 13 27 13 32 32 5 12 7 7 3 4
Timbers Opponents
MIN 2267 2962 1801 1186 2188 3139 3000 1929 871 2479 725 1070 878 2868 2762 227 1045 571 493 92 27
G 16 5 3 5 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 3 5 8 3 8 5 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
P 35 15 14 13 12 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
SH 85 52 69 39 45 15 15 20 27 11 27 27 8 12 18 5 15 6 2 0 1
SOG 36 17 23 17 14 7 8 7 7 7 10 6 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 1
CK 1 12 107 1 3 25 0 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0 0 2
OFF 24 5 9 16 13 4 4 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
FC 53 10 34 22 41 25 14 16 15 62 17 24 25 19 35 6 9 7 4 2 1
FS 52 88 27 19 18 42 7 18 23 48 17 9 19 24 37 0 7 7 0 0 1
C 1 0 5 2 3 3 0 3 0 8 4 1 2 5 7 0 1 2 1 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
36 36
3270 3270
44 42
45 30
131 112
505 432
173 135
215 189
88 49
440 499
498 438
51 65
3 5
GOALKEEPER GP Adam Kwarasey 35 Andrew Weber 1 Own goals committed
GS MIN 35 3180 1 90
SH 128 7
SV 85 4
GA GAA 39 1.10 3 3.00 0
SHO 13 0
PG 5 0
PA 5 0
W 16 0
L 11 1
T 8 0
3270 3270
135 169
90 122
42 1.16 44 1.21
13 13
5 4
5 6
16 12
12 16
8 8
Timbers Opponents
36 36
GS 24 34 21 13 25 35 33 20 7 28 8 11 10 32 32 3 12 6 4 1 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 MISCELLANEOUS STATS INDIVIDUAL Braces: 21x (last: Nagbe, Oct. 25, 2015 vs. Colorado) Hat tricks: n/a Quickest goal: 0:34, Fernández, May 3, 2014 vs. D.C. United Quickest road goal: 8’, Dike, Aug. 19, 2012 at New York Latest game-winning goal: 95’ (94:56), Borchers, Aug. 15, 2015 at Real Salt Lake Latest goal: 95’ (94:56), Borchers, Aug. 15, 2015 at Real Salt Lake (GWG) Substitue goals: 17x (last: Urruti, Oct. 18, 2015, at LA Galaxy) Substitute assists: 15x (last: Asprilla, Oct. 25, 2015, vs. Colorado) Goal on home debut: 8x (last: Fernández, March 8, 2014, vs. Philadelphia) Braces against: 11x (last: Morales, June 1, 2014 vs. Vancouver) Hat tricks against: 1, Saborio, July 7, 2012 at RSL Quickest goal against: 0:28, Séne, March 24, 2012 at New England Quickest goal against at Providence Park: 3’, Cooper, April 5, 2014 vs. Seattle Latest game-winning goal against: 93’, Beckerman, March 31, 2012 vs. RSL Substitute goals against: 21x (last: Villarreal, June 24 at LA Galaxy) Substitute assists against: 19x (last: Villarreal, Oct. 18, 2015, at LA Galaxy) Goal on debut vs. Timbers: 13x (last: Kaká, April 12, 2015, vs. Orlando City)
TEAM Longest overall win streak: 4 games, May 27-June 20, 2015 Longest home win streak: 5 games, 2x (last: May 27-July 18, 2015) Longest road win streak: 3 games, 2x (last: Sept. 26-Oct. 18, 2015) Longest overall unbeaten streak: 15 games, March 16-June 23, 2013 Longest home unbeaten streak 22 games, April 6, 2013-June 1, 2014 Longest road unbeaten streak: 11 games, Oct. 21, 2012-June 23, 2013 Longest overall winless streak: 8 games, 2x (last: March 8-May 3, 2014) Longest home winless streak: 6 games - May 29-June 30, 2011 Longest road winless streak: 16 games - March 17-Sept. 21, 2012 Largest margin of victory: 5 goals, Oct. 26, 2013 at Chivas USA Largest margin of defeat: 5 goals, 2x (last: June 24, 2015 at LA Galaxy) Largest margin overcome: 2 goals, 5x (last: Aug. 15, 2015 vs. Houston, T 2-2) Most goals scored: 5 goals, 2x (last: Oct. 18, 2015 at LA Galaxy, W 5-2) Most goals against: 5 goals, 3x (last: June 24, 2015 at LA Galaxy) Most goals in a half: 5 goals, Oct. 18, 2015 at LA Galaxy, second half Most goals against in a half: 4 goals (July 14, 2012 vs. LA Galaxy)
* - all stats MLS play only
SUBSTITUTE APPEARANCES Maximiliano Urruti - 17 Dairon Asprilla - 16 Gastón Fernández - 15 Fanendo Adi - 10 Rodney Wallace - 9 Jack Jewsbury - 8 Lucas Melano - 5 Michael Nanchoff - 4 George Fochive - 3 Jeanderson - 2 Ishmael Yartey - 2 Diego Valeri - 2 Norberto Paparatto - 1 Taylor Peay - 1
2015 MLS PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK 17 33 34
PLAYER Fanendo Adi Fanendo Adi Darlington Nagbe
REASON 2G 2G, 1A 2G, 1A
2015 GOAL OF THE WEEK AWARDS WEEK 2 10 14 17
PLAYER Fanendo Adi Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Darlington Nagbe
NOMINATED/WON Nominated Won Nominated Nominated
2015 SAVE OF THE WEEK AWARDS MLS TEAM OF THE WEEK WEEK 2 5 7 14 14 16 16 17 23 24 33 33 33 33 34
PLAYER M/F Darlington Nagbe F Maximiliano Urruti M/F Darlington Nagbe F Fanendo Adi D Jorge Villafaña D Jorge Villafaña D Norberto Paparatto M Darlington Nagbe D Alvas Powell D Nat Borchers F Fanendo Adi M Diego Chara D Jorge Villafaña HC Caleb Porter M Darlington Nagbe
REASON 1A 1G 4 chances created 2G 1A 1A SO 1G, 1A SO 1G, SO 2G, 1A 1G 2A W 2G, 1A
Honorable Mention: M/F Darlington Nagbe (Week 1), F Fanendo Adi (Week 2), D Alvas Powell (Week 3), D Nat Borchers (Week 5), D Jorge Villafaña (Week 5), GK Adam Kwarasey (Week 7), D Nat Borchers (Week 10), M Diego Valeri (Week 10), Liam Ridgewell (Week 14), F Fanendo Adi (Week 17), D Alvas Powell (Week 18), GK Adam Kwarasey (Week 24)
WEEK 7 11 24
PLAYER Adam Kwarasey Adam Kwarasey Adam Kwarasey
NOMINATED/WON Won Nominated Won
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 TRANSACTIONS JAN. 7, 2014 Re-signed forward Frederic Piquionne. JAN. 10, 2014 Signed goalkeeper Andrew Weber, announced that forward Sebastián Rincón will not return for the 2014 season. JAN. 15, 2014 Signed forward Gastón Fernández. Signed defender Norberto Paparatto.
TRANSACTIONS Signed winger/forward Dairon Asprilla. Acquired defender Nat Borchers from Real Salt Lake in exchange for allocation money. Exercised purchase option on defender Alvas Powell, signed to long-term contract. Signed defender Jeanderson Salvador Pereira.
Loaned forward Jose Valencia to Club Olimpo Bahia Blanca (Argentina).
Exercised contract options on midfielders George Fochive, Michael Nanchoff, Rodney Wallace, Ben Zemanski; defender Taylor Peay, and goalkeepers Jake Gleeson and Andrew Weber.
Signed defender Bryan Gallego as a Homegrown player.
Re-signed defender Jorge Villafaña.
JAN. 16, 2014 Selected forward Schillo Tshuma (No. 17 overall), defender Taylor Peay (No. 26) and midfielder Aaron Long (No. 36) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.
Declined contract options on midfielders Kalif Alhassan, Steven Evans; defenders Bryan Gallego and Pa Modou Kah. Sold forward Jose Valencia to Argentine side Club Olimpo Bahía Blanca.
JAN. 21, 2014 Selected midfielder George Fochive (No. 39), forward Victor Chavez (No. 71) and midfielder Nikita Kotlov (No. 73) in the final two rounds of the MLS SuperDraft.
DEC. 10, 2014 Orlando City SC selects goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts in 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.
JAN. 27, 2014 Club and defender Mikael Silvestre mutually agree to part ways.
JAN. 7, 2015 Re-signed forward Gastón Fernández.
FEB. 11, 2014 Signed 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick Taylor Peay.
JAN. 8, 2015 Sent defender Liam Ridgewell to Wigan Athletic on a short-term loan.
FEB. 25, 2014 Signed 2014 MLS SuperDraft picks Aaron Long and George Fochive.
MARCH 26, 2015 Signed winger Ishmael Yartey on loan from FC Sion.
MAY 13, 2014 Waived forward Frederic Piquionne.
JULY 9, 2015 Signed defender Anthony Manning from T2.
Signed forward Fanendo Adi on loan from FC Copenhagen.
JULY 17, 2015 Signed forward Lucas Melano as a Designated Player from Argentine side Atletico Lanús.
MAY 27, 2014 Signed defender Danny O’Rourke. JUNE 2, 2014 Acquired a second-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft from Montreal in exchange for defender Futty Danso. JUNE 23, 2014 Exercised purchase option on forward Fanendo Adi, signing as a Designated Player. JUNE 25, 2014 Signed defender Liam Ridgewell as a Designated Player. JULY 2, 2014 Waived midfielder Aaron Long. OCT. 29, 2014 Midfielder Steve Zakuani announces retirement. DEC. 8, 2014 Acquired allocation money from Colorado Rapids in exchange for defender Michael Harrington. Signed goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey.
JULY 20, 2015 Waived forward Schillo Tshuma. AUG. 3, 2015 Club and midfielder/forward Gastón Fernández mutually agree to part ways. AUG. 6, 2015 Acquired forward Michael Seaton from D.C. United in exchange for targeted allocation money and an international roster slot through Dec. 31, 2015.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 2015 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER #
PLAYER
POS
HT
WT
DOB
BIRTHPLACE
COLLEGE
9 11 27 7 21 5 90 15 13 4 12 35 26 6 17 23 20 2 24 31 28 37 8 19 22 33 14
Adi, Fanendo Asprilla, Dairon Besler, Nick Borchers, Nat Chara, Diego Fochive, George Gleeson, Jake Jeanderson Jewsbury, Jack Johnson, Will Kwarasey, Adam Manning, Anthony Melano, Lucas Nagbe, Darlington Nanchoff, Michael Paparatto, Norberto Peay, Taylor Powell, Alvas Ridgewell, Liam Seaton, Michael Thoma, Andy Urruti, Maximiliano Valeri, Diego Villafaña, Jorge Wallace, Rodney Weber, Andrew Zemanski, Ben
F M/F M D M M GK D M M GK D F M/F M D D D D F D F M M/D D GK M
6-4 5-11 6-1 6-2 5-8 5-9 6-3 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-1 5-9 5-8 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-2 5-11
185 165 165 175 150 172 200 160 185 160 168 200 160 165 150 180 180 165 175 180 165 165 165 150 165 190 150
10/10/90 05/25/92 05/07/93 04/13/81 04/05/86 03/24/92 06/26/90 08/13/91 04/13/81 01/21/87 12/12/87 09/04/92 03/01/93 07/19/90 09/24/88 01/03/84 09/05/91 07/18/94 07/21/84 05/01/96 04/29/93 02/22/91 05/01/86 09/16/89 06/17/88 08/09/83 05/12/88
Lagos, Nigeria Istmina, Colombia Overland Park, Kan. Tucson, Ariz. Cali, Colombia Washington, D.C. Wellington, New Zealand Serra, Brazil Springfield, Mo. Woodridge, Ill. Oslo, Norway Mesquite, Texas Hernando, Argentina Lakewood, Ohio North Royalton, Ohio Adrogué, Argentina Salt Lake City, Utah St. Thomas, Jamaica Bexleyheath, England Spanish Town, Jamaica Los Alamos, N.M. Rosario, Argentina Valentín Alsina, Argentina Anaheim, Calif. Rockville, Md. Austin, Texas Akron, Ohio
n/a n/a Univ. of Notre Dame Univ. of Denver n/a Univ. of Connecticut n/a n/a Saint Louis Univ. n/a n/a Saint Louis Univ. n/a Univ. of Akron Univ. of Akron n/a Univ. of Washington n/a n/a n/a Univ. of Washington n/a n/a n/a Univ. of Maryland Univ. of New Mexico Univ. of Akron
COACHES & STAFF HEAD COACH: Caleb Porter ASSISTANT COACH: Sean McAuley ASSISTANT COACH: Cameron Knowles ASSISTANT COACH: Jay Vidovich GOALKEEPER COACH: Adin Brown DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE: Nik Wald, ATC
DIRECTOR OF SPORT SCIENCE: Nick Milonas PLAYER LIASON/VIDEO ANALYST: Pablo Moreira SPORT PERFORMANCE ANALYST: Nick Lewis ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: Alex Margarito ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: Taichi Kitagawa HEAD EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Sam Younie ASST. EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Kevin Christiana TEAM MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Dr. Kevin Murphy
NUMERICAL ROSTER # 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 31 33 35 37 90
PLAYER Alvas Powell Will Johnson George Fochive Darlington Nagbe Nat Borchers Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Dairon Asprilla Adam Kwarasey Jack Jewsbury Ben Zemanski Jeanderson Michael Nanchoff Jorge Villafaña Taylor Peay Diego Chara Rodney Wallace Norberto Paparatto Liam Ridgewell Lucas Melano Nick Besler Andy Thoma Michael Seaton Andrew Weber Anthony Manning Maximiliano Urruti Jake Gleeson
POS D M M M/F D M F M GK M M D M M/D D M M D D F M D F GK D F GK
PRONUNCIATION fo-SHEE-vay NAG-be fah-NEN-doe ah-dee DIE-rone ah-SPREE-ah ka-WAHR-ah-say zhee-AHN-der-son HOR-hay vee-ya-FAH-nyah pay chara
meh-LAH-no BEEZ-ler TOE-ma WEB-er Max-a-mill-ee-ano Urr-oo-tee
NATIONALITY Jamaica Canada United States United States United States Argentina Nigeria Colombia Norway/Ghana United States United States Brazil United States United States/Mexico United States Colombia United States Argentina England Argentina United States United States Jamaica/United States United States United States Argentina New Zealand
LAST CLUB Portmore United (Jamaica) Real Salt Lake Univ. of Connecticut (NCAA) Univ. of Akron (NCAA) Real Salt Lake Atlético Lanús (Argentina) FC Copenhagen (Denmark) Alianza Petrolera (Colombia) Strømsgodset (Norway) Sporting Kansas City Chivas USA Santa Rita (Brazil) Vancouver Whitecaps FC Chivas USA Univ. of Washington (NCAA) Deportes Tolima (Colombia) D.C. United Tigre (Argentina) West Bromwich Albion (England) Atlético Lanús (Argentina) Univ. of Notre Dame (NCAA) Univ. of Washington (NCAA) D.C. United Phoenix FC Wolves (USL) Portland Timbers 2 (USL) Toronto FC Portland Timbers U-23s (PDL)
#
2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 31 32 33 35 37 90
Player
Alvas Powell Will Johnson George Fochive Darlington Nagbe Nat Borchers Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Gaston Fernandez Dairon Asprilla Adam Kwarasey Jack Jewsbury Ben Zemanski Jeanderson Michael Nanchoff Ishmael Yartey Jorge Villafana Taylor Peay Diego Chara Rodney Wallace Norberto Paparatto Liam Ridgewell Lucas Melano Nick Besler Andy Thoma Michael Seaton Schillo Tshuma Andrew Weber Anthony Manning Maximiliano Urruti Jake Gleeson 15
90F 90F 90F 15 1 9 25 29 35 90G 90G 90G 9 45
65F 81F 90F
84F 16 89M 90G 90M
6
16 28 62M 90G 90M
74F 66F
3
6
90M 90D 25M 90F 65 30 90G 90M
10
15 60M 90M 90G 6
18 72M 90M 90G 90M
20 21 PHI VAN 0-3 1-1 90D 90M 90M
19 SJ 1-0 90D 90M
18 SEA 4-1 90D 90M
90D 90M 90F 90M 17 83M 90D 7
83M 90D 90M 76F 7 67M 90G
80M 84M 90D 66M 90M 90F 79F 82M 6 73M 90G 90G 10 90M
8
11
90G 14
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 75M 24 17 73M 23 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
75F 88F 89F 76F 90F
78D
15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 RSL LA KC VAN DAL ORL NYC SEA VAN MTL HOU TOR DC COL NE HOU LA 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 3-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 1-3 0-1 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 0-5 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 85D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 84M 90M 90M 90M 90M 57M 90M 86M 60M 90D 90D 90D 18 70M 23 14 20 63M 72M 30 67M 90G 90G 90G 1 90M 75F 14 76M 90G 90M
86M 75M 89M 45M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 76M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 38 72M 84M 24 87F 90F 12 5 18 14 90G 90G 90G 90M 90M 90M 90F 34 56M 90G 90M
8
1 1 4 74M 90M 52M 9 2 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 81D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 80D 90D 90D 90D 90D 4 90M 90M 90D 90D
8
90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 82M 89M 90M 61M 55M 78M 81M 90M 60M 30 33 27 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
82F 28 62M 90G 90M
PORTLAND TIMBERS
"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
22 DAL 1-4 90D
23 SJ 0-0 45D 90M
24 CHI 1-0 90D 90M 78M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 89M 18 66F 86F 12 4 90G 90G 90G 90M 1
25 26 27 28 RSL HOU SEA KC 1-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 90D 90D 90D 86M 90M 78M 83M 82M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 33 90F 73F
7
7
29 NYR 0-2 76D 66M
90M 90D 90M 34
56F
30 CLB 2-1 90D
31 KC 0-1 90D
27 89M 90D 85M 90F
32 33 34 RSL LA COL 1-0 5-2 4-1 90D 90D
90F
90M 87M 90D
90M 90D 90M 90F
18 90M 90D 89M 83F
3 90M 90D 87M 75F
1
5
7
90D 83D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 81M 62M 90F 90F 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 15 28 63F 72F
7
3
90D 64M
50M 90M
90D
8 8 12 17 14 9 10 26 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 4 90M 90M 90M 80M 40
25
90D 90D 90D 90D 82D 83D 90D 90D 45 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 64M 80M 68M 90M 57M 7 7 24 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 26 24 22 65F 90F 83M 83M 90M
72F 10
31; Adi 2 (Nagbe 1, Ridgewell 1)
79
90
70
23; Urruti 1 (Asprilla 1, Nagbe 2)
Asprilla 1 (unassisted)
64; Valeri 1 (Wallace 2)
93+
50
62; Chara 1 (Adi 1)
87
76; Wallace 1 (Urruti 2)
91+
74; Adi 8 (Wallace 4)
86
28; Adi 12 (Wallace 5, Valeri 7)
91+
Adi 13 (penalty kick) 54 Adi 14 (Melano 2, Valeri 8) 65; Adi 15 (penalty kick) 68; Chara 2 (Wallace 6, Adi 3) 74; Nagbe 3 (Urruti 3, Villafana 4) 85; Urruti 4 (Villafana 5) 90 Nagbe 4 (unassisted) 5; Nagbe 5 (Melano 3) 33; Villafana 1 (Nagbe 5, Wallace 7) 63; Adi 16 (Asprilla 2, Fochive 1) 88
Adi 11 (Nagbe 4)
Adi 10 (unassisted) 48 Borchers 3 (Valeri 4) 95+ Nagbe 2 (Melano 1) 76; Melano 1 (Valeri 5) Jewsbury 3 (Valeri 6) 58
Valeri 2 (Adi 2) 33 Adi 9 (penalty kick)
Nagbe 1 (Valeri 2) 12; Adi 7 (Nagbe 3) Jewsbury 2 (Fernandez 2, Valeri 3) 91+
Urruti 2 (Fernandez 1) 5 Fernandez 1 (Urruti 1) 38; Jewsbury 1 (Yartey 1, Wallace 3) Adi 5 (Villafana 2) 86; Adi 6 (Powell 1, Chara 1) 89 Urruti 3 (Villafana 3) 34; Fernandez 2 (penalty kick) 61
Borchers 2 (unassisted) Adi 4 (Valeri 1) 48
Adi 3 (unassisted) 82 Borchers 1 (Villafana 1)
Adi 1 (Wallace 1)
PORTLAND TIMBERS T T T L W L W L T W L L W W W W L W W L T L T W W T L T L W L W W
RSL 0 LA 2 KC 0 VAN 2 DAL 1 ORL 2 NYC 0 SEA 1 VAN 0 MTL 1 HOU 3 TOR 1 DC 0 COL 1 NE 0 HOU 0 LA 5 SEA 1 SJ 0 PHI 3 VAN 1 DAL 4 SJ 0 CHI 0 RSL 0 HOU 2 SEA 2 KC 0 NYR 2 CLB 1 KC 1 RSL 0 LA 2
POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR W
vs vs at at vs vs at at vs at at at vs at vs vs at vs vs at vs at at vs at vs at vs vs at vs at at
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2 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 32 33 35 37 90
Player
OPEN CUP 5R RSL 0-2
90D 28 9 90M 62M 90G 90M
W (OT) L
Valeri (Wallace) 48; Wallace (unassisted) 100; Urruti (Fochive) 116
PORTLAND TIMBERS U.S. 4R SEA 3-1 36D 120M 120D 60M 96F 60 120G 120M
90D 90D
16 120D 84
90D 74M
90M
120M
81F
120M 120D
24
POR 3 at SEA 1 POR 0 at RSL 2
Alvas Powell Will Johnson Darlington Nagbe Nat Borchers Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Gaston Fernandez Dairon Asprilla Adam Kwarasey Jack Jewsbury Ben Zemanski Jeanderson Michael Nanchoff Ishmael Yartey Jorge Villafana Taylor Peay Diego Chara Rodney Wallace Norberto Paparatto Liam Ridgewell George Fochive Nick Besler Andy Thoma Schillo Tshuma Andrew Weber Anthony Manning Maximiliano Urruti Jake Gleeson
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/18/2015 5R 07/01/2015
GAME NOTES
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2015 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Knockout Round
14-11-9 (51 pts.) RECORD 34 GAMES PLAYED 6th in West CONFERENCE POSITION 48 GOALS 1.41 GOALS/GAME 52 ASSISTS 45 GOALS ALLOWED 1.32 ALLOWED/GAME +3 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL 405 (141) SHOTS (ON GOAL) 34.8% ON GOAL % 454 FOULS COMMITTED 424 FOULS SUFFERED 67 CAUTIONS 3 EJECTIONS
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 Kickoff: 9 p.m. CT Providence Park (Portland, OR) Sporting Kansas City 14-11-9, 51 points (10-2-5 home; 4-9-4 away) 6th place in Western Conference Portland Timbers 15-11-8, 53 points (8-3-6 home; 7-8-2 away) 3rd place in Western Conference
English TV: KMCI-TV Spanish TV: UniMas English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM 2015 head-to-head SKC 0-0 Portland 3/21 at Sporting Park Portland 0-0 SKC 9/09 at Providence Park Portland 0-1 SKC 10/3 at Providence Park
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) Columbus Crew SC (X) Montreal Impact (X) D.C. United (X) New England Revolution (X) Toronto FC (X) 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) Vancouver Whitecaps FC (X) Portland Timbers (X) Seattle Sounders FC (X) LA Galaxy (X) Sporting Kansas City (X) 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 60 53 51 51 50 49 44 37 37 30
Pts 60 53 53 51 51 51 47 42 41 37
3rd in West
41 1.21 43 39 1.15 +2
486 (166) 34.2% 421 470 49 3
2015 Regular Season INDIVIDUAL LEADERs
oh-PAR-ah
W L T
18 15 15 15 14 15 12 10 10 8
10 11 13 13 12 15 14 17 17 20
6 8 6 6 8 4 8 7 7 6
W L T
18 16 15 15 14 14 13 11 11 9
10 13 11 13 11 11 13 14 15 15
6 5 8 6 9 9 8 9 8 10
GD GP +19 +5 +4 –2 +1 0 –10 –9 –13 –15
34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
GD GP
+13 +9 +2 +8 +10 +3 +2 –7 –10 –10
34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
portland timbers
Dom Dwyer 12 GOALS 16 Benny Feilhaber 15 ASSISTS 8 Dom Dwyer 96 SHOTS 85 Dom Dwyer 40 SHOTS ON GOAL 36 Krisztian Nemeth 5 GAME-WINNING GOALS 5 Benny Feilhaber 5 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 3 Dom Dwyer 59 FOULS COMMITTED 63 Dom Dwyer 81 87 FOULS SUFFERED Dwyer/Feilhaber 8 8 CAUTIONS three players tied 1 EJECTIONS 1 Tim Melia 2070 Tim Melia 1.22 Tim Melia 11 Tim Melia 8 Tim Melia 82
MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES
Fanendo Adi Diego Valeri Fanendo Adi Fanendo Adi Fanendo Adi Rodney Wallace Diego Chara Darlington Nagbe Diego Chara three players tied
2970 Adam Kwarasey 1.09 Adam Kwarasey 15 Adam Kwarasey 13 Adam Kwarasey 80 Adam Kwarasey
COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES 7th season
(X) = Participant in Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
15-11-8 (53 pts.) 34
Pronunciation
2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Eastern Conference
portland timbers
(.550) 90-69-53
7th season
(.550) 90-69-53
5th appearance (.545) 5-4-2
caleb porter
MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE PLAYOFF RECORD
3rd season 41-25-36 (.578) 3rd season 41-25-36 (.578) 2nd appearance 2-2-0 (.500)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, Oct. 26 QUESTIONABLE: • Amadou Dia (knee sprain) • Roger Espinoza (tibial sesamoid fracture) • Ike Opara (ruptured Achilles) • Seth Sinovic (hamstring tendinopathy)
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SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #PORvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD
#PORvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS
Fresh off Sunday’s 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy, sixth-seeded Sporting KC will make their fifth straight postseason appearance on Thursday against the third-seeded Portland Timbers in the Western Conference Knockout Round. The match at Providence Park pits two teams who have battled three times in the 2015 regular season, two of which ended in scoreless draws and a third was decided in the final minutes. Sporting KC has a 4-2-2 regular season record against the Portland Timbers, including just one loss in five all-time trips to Providence Park (3-1-1). The sides most recently met a little more than three weeks ago on Oct. 3, a match that looked destined to finish in a third straight goalless tie between the clubs this year. However, second-half substitute Krisztian Nemeth stunned a sold-out Providence Park into silence with a remarkable 60-yard run and finish in the 83rd minute to clinch Sporting’s 1-0 victory. The visiting team is winless in six straight meetings between the clubs in all competitions since 2012. The last time the host claimed a win in this series was April 2012, when Portland beat Sporting KC 1-0 at Providence Park. Perhaps more remarkably, the Timbers haven’t scored in 392 regular season minutes against Sporting KC dating back to April 2013. The goalless streak is slightly shorter on Portland’s home ground, as Caleb Porter’s men haven’t breached the Sporting KC back line in 319 regular season minutes at Providence Park dating back to 2012. Sporting KC is unbeaten in four trips to the Pacific Northwest this season, earning two wins and two draws with shutouts in every match (0-0 draw at Seattle, 1-0 win at Vancouver, 0-0 draw and 1-0 win at Portland).
Sporting KC - 2015 Team Statistics • SKC has scored 62 goals in all competitions this season, third most in club history behind the inaugural 1996 campaign (71) and 2011 (63). • SKC has won 14 home games this season in all competitions, tying the club record set in 2000, 2004 and 2012. • SKC led MLS with 12 assists from set plays, 70 chances created from set plays and 14 headed goals — this despite ranking second-to-last in MLS with 153 corner kicks (4.5 per game). • SKC led MLS with 26.3 interceptions per game while ranking second in tackles won per game (17.6) and duels won per game (55.8). • SKC posted nine shutouts in their first 17 games but had just two clean sheets in their final 17 matches (both at Portland on Sept. 9 and Oct. 3). • SKC received 67 yellow cards this regular season, tied for most in club history. 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 12, 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 led MLS with 217 clearances and leads the team with 37 appearances (and starts) in all competitions. • Benny Feilhaber’s 15 MLS regular season assists were second in MLS this season behind only Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco. His five gamewinning assists were also second most in MLS this year, while his 20 assists in all competitions are a single-season club record. • Dom Dwyer’s 34 regular season goals since the start of 2014 are the most over a two-year span in KC history. He has won Sporting KC’s Golden Boot award in each of the last two seasons (22 in 2014 and 12 in 2015). • 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 also scored five gamewinning goals in MLS, one shy of tying the club’s single-season record. • Kevin Ellis’ four goals were the most by an MLS defender in 2015 and tied for the most by a defender in a single regular season during the Opta era (2011-present). • Soni Mustivar led MLS with 6.1 interceptions per 90 minutes played and boasts a 15-5-5 record as a starter in all competitions. Portland Timbers - 2015 Team Statistics • Portland led MLS with 13 shutouts, including a league-best eight at home. • Portland led the Western Conference with 11.8 chances created per game and 15.5 shot attempts per game, but ranked just 17th in the league with 41 goals scored (1.21 per game). • Portland scored 10 first-half goals this season, fewest in MLS, but led the league with 17 goals (of their 41 total) after the 75th minute. • Portland scored just 32 goals through their first 32 games but have exploded for nine in their last two, a 5-2 win at LA and a 4-1 win over COL. • Portland was 14-0-2 when scoring first (best mark in MLS) but 1-11-1 when conceding first (third-worst mark in MLS). Portland Timbers - 2015 Individual Statistics • Fanendo Adi led Portland with 16 MLS goals, including six in his final five appearances. No other Timbers player has more than five. Adi had five multi-goal games this season, second most in MLS behind Kei Kamara (6). • Darlington Nagbe has three goals and one assist in his last two games. Since 2013, no MLS player has suffered more fouls than Nagbe (278 including playoffs, 44 more than any other player). • Adam Kwarasey led MLS with 13 clean sheets. His 313-minute shutout streak from July 25 to Aug. 21 was sixth longest in MLS this season. • Alvas Powell led MLS with 267 duels won while ranking second in tackles (117) and third in crosses from open play (125). • Diego Valeri ranked second in MLS with 2.9 chances created per game (minimum 1,000 minutes played). Valeri ranks seventh in MLS history with 0.47 assists per 90 minutes played.
Recent #PORvSKC all-time meetings Date KC result Comp. Location 04/27/2013 L 2-3 MLS Sporting Park 06/24/2014 L 1-3 Open Cup Sporting Park 06/27/2014 W 1-0 MLS Providence Park 03/21/2015 T 0-0 MLS Sporting Park MLS Providence Park 09/09/2015 T 0-0 10/03/2015 W 1-0 MLS Providence Park
Home team result Lost Lost Lost Tied Tied Lost
#PORvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY • • • • • • • • •
Tim Melia has two shutouts in two appearances at Portland this season, recording a career-high seven saves in a 0-0 draw on Sept. 9 and an additional six on Oct. 3. Krisztian Nemeth scored a stunning game-winner in Sporting KC’s 1-0 win over Portland on Oct. 3 at Providence Park, carrying the ball 60 yards and beating multiple defenders before firing low past Adam Kwarasey. Chance Myers scored a brace (and his only two MLS goals to date) in a 3-2 loss to Portland on April 27, 2013, at Sporting Park. Two of Matt Besler’s 10 career regular season assists have come against Portland (7/2/11 and 4/27/13). Graham Zusi scored two goals against Portland in a 3-1 win on Aug. 17, 2011, at Sporting Park. Kevin Ellis recorded the first assist of his MLS career in a 1-0 win over Portland on June 27, 2014, at Providence Park. Rodney Wallace has two goals and two assists in 12 regular season appearances against Sporting KC. Darlington Nagbe has two goals in eight regular season games against Sporting KC, most recently scoring at Sporting Park on April 27, 2013. Diego Valeri recorded two assists in Portland’s 3-2 win over Sporting KC on April 27, 2013, at Sporting Park.
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Portland midfielder Jack Jewsbury played for Kansas City from 20032010, recording 15 goals and 22 assists in 218 appearances across all competitions. Jewsbury’s 218 matches played for Kansas City rank seventh in club history, four games ahead of current SKC captain Matt Besler. Sporting KC’s Matt Besler and Graham Zusi faced Portland goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey in the group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The U.S. beat Ghana 2-1 on June 16 as Zusi recorded the game-winning assist. Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura and Portland midfielder Jorge Villafana were teammates at Chivas USA from 2007-2009. Sporting KC midfielder Graham Zusi and Portland winger Rodney Wallace were teammates at the University of Maryland in 2007 and 2008, winning the NCAA national championship their final year together. Portland head coach Caleb Porter made his MLS debut in April 1999 for the San Jose Earthquakes, starting in a 1-1 tie against the Kansas City Wizards at Arrowhead Stadium. Porter was sent off in that match after receiving his second yellow card in the 32nd minute. Portland Timbers Academy head coach Andrew Gregor played for Kansas City in 2001, recording two assists in 23 appearances across all competitions.
NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • • • •
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Matt Besler is one shy of his 219th career appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions, which would pass Jack Jewsbury for seventh most in club history. Dom Dwyer is fourth in club history with 45 goals in all competitions, one shy of tying Josh Wolff for third. Benny Feilhaber is tied with Josh Wolff for sixth in club history with 27 MLS assists including postseason. Graham Zusi is one shy of his 50th MLS assist (including postseason), which would move him past Chris Klein and into sole possession of second place in club history.
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES SKC CLINCHES PLAYOFF SPOT WITH 2-1 WIN OVER GALAXY
SPORTING KC ANNOUNCES 2015 CLUB AWARDS
Sporting KC clinched a postseason berth for the fifth straight season on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over the LA Galaxy on the final day of the MLS regular season. The club will open the playoffs at the Portland Timbers on Thursday in the Western Conference Knockout Round. If Sporting KC advances, the team would host FC Dallas on Sunday, Nov. 1 at Sporting Park in the opening leg of the two-game Western Conference Semifinals series.
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: • • • • •
Kevin Ellis opened the scoring with his fourth goal of the year, tied for the most by an MLS defender during the Opta era (2011-present). Dom Dwyer, for a second straight year, secured the team’s Golden Boot with his 12th goal of the regular season and 17th goal in all competitions.
Feilhaber, the team’s MVP, has scored a career-high 12 goals and set a single-season club record with 20 assists in 37 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.
LA entered the match in second place in the West, in position for a Knockout Round bye and home field advantage in the Conference Semifinals, yet slipped to fifth place following the loss. Zardes had nearly rescued a result in the game’s final minute if not for Melia getting block gloves behind the shot to push it away.
Dwyer repeats as the team’s Offensive Player of the Year with 17 goals, most among all Sporting KC players, and three assists in 35 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 in MLS this season. Besler led MLS with 217 clearances, while Mustivar is 15-5-5 as a starter (all competitions) and led the league with 6.1 interceptions per game.
Meanwhile, Sporting KC extended the club’s home unbeaten streak against the Galaxy to seven straight games dating back to 2008 and matched the team’s singleseason record with 14 home wins across all competitions. The team has now won 14 times at home in 2000, 2004, 2012 and 2015 — all of which are represented on the stadium’s championship wall as a result of winning major trophies in those seasons.
Nemeth has contributed 15 goals, including the game-tying goal in the U.S. Open Cup Final, to go along with seven assists in 32 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 will now begin pursuit of a third MLS Cup title on the road in the Rose City on Thursday. Sporting KC went unbeaten (1-0-2) against the Timbers in three matches this year, most recently earning a 1-0 win at Providence Park on Oct. 3.
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.
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 (17), Krisztian Nemeth (15) and Benny Feilhaber (12) have combined for 44 of the team’s 62 totals goals in the MLS regular season and U.S. Open Cup.
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 15 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 20 assists this season in all competitions, breaking the club record previously held by Preki (18 in 2003). He becomes just the second player in club history (Preki) to reach 10 goals and 15 assists in a single regular season. 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 10 separate occasions from various media outlets (see page 5). On Oct. 10, he was named Sporting KC’s MVP for the 2015 season.
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 12 10 10 32 48
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
Total Goals 17 15 12 44 62
ROOKIE RELEVANCE
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 20 32 2003 Preki 12 18 30 1997 Preki 13 17 30 2014 Dom Dwyer 24 1 25
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. Collectively, Sporting KC’s three rookies have now played a total of 56 regular season games. That’s a new club record for appearances by first-year draft picks (topping 55 in 2007) and more than the previous four rookie classes combined. It also leads MLS in 2015, as does their 28 combined starts and their 2,817 minutes played.
HOME SWEET HOME
Sporting KC has a 14-2-5 home record in all competitions this season. Peter Vermes’ men have outscored opponents 42-24 at Sporting Park and have reached the threegoal mark eight times. Their 42 home goals scored in all competitions are second most in club history, trailing only the inaugural 1996 season (46).
TOUGH TO CRACK
Sporting KC has fared well in the Rose City, going 3-1-1 in five regular season trips to Providence Park since 2011. Peter Vermes’ men are unbeaten in their last three visits, posting three shutouts and a pair of 1-0 victories. The Timbers have gone 319 regular season minutes without a goal against Sporting KC on home soil — a run of three straight scoreless performances — and most recently breached the Kansas City defense in April 2012. Sporting KC wields positive and negative history heading into Thursday’s showdown. The visiting team in the #PORvSKC series is unbeaten in six straight contests across all competitions dating back to 2012, and no team has more MLS road wins since 2011 than Sporting KC (33 including postseason). However, the club has a 2-15-4 road playoff record, with the only two wins coming in 1996 (Dallas) and 2011 (Colorado).
Sporting KC’s 14 home wins in all competitions tie 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 has successfully continued that trend, having won the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with a penalty shootout triumph over the Philadelphia Union on Sept. 30. Sporting Park has sold out 70 straight MLS matches (including playoffs) dating back to April 2012 and 82 of 91 overall since opening in June 2011. The 18,467-seat venue has averaged 105 percent capacity over the last five MLS seasons, drawing 19,400 fans per game.
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SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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 32 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
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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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Sporting KC 1 (7)
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED) CONQUERING CASCADIA
2015 SPORTING KC MEDIA RECOGNITIONS
Sporting KC is unbeaten in four trips to the Pacific Northwest this season, earning two wins and two draws with shutouts in every match. The streak began with a hard-fought 0-0 draw against the Seattle Sounders at Century Link Field on May 23, Sporting’s first point in Seattle since 2009. Peter Vermes men’ emerged victorious with a 1-0 outcome at BC Place in Vancouver on July 12 before earning a pair of results at Providence park — a goalless draw on Sept. 9 and a 1-0 win on Oct. 3.
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NO STRANGER TO PLAYOFFS
Sporting KC is makings their fifth straight postseason appearance in 2015, tied for the longest streak in club history (2000-2004). Only three other MLS clubs have an active postseason appearance streak of five seasons or longer: LA Galaxy (7), Seattle Sounders FC (7) and New York Red Bulls (6).
PETER THE GREAT
Seventh-year head coach Peter Vermes has stamped his name in the Sporting KC and MLS history books this season. The 48-year-old began the 2015 campaign with 76 regular season coaching wins, good for 14th most in MLS history. Eight months later, Vermes has climbed to eighth all-time with 90 regular season victories — fifth among active coaches behind Sigi Schmid (222), Bruce Arena (190), Dominic Kinnear (152) and Jason Kreis (100). In addition, 2015 has seen Vermes become Kansas City’s winningest coach ever. When Sporting KC beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals on Aug. 12, Vermes earned his 109th coaching win for the club in all competitions to pass his former coach Bob Gansler atop the club’s all-time chart. Three days later, Sporting KC pulled off a 4-3 comeback win to give Vermes his 87th regular season triumph, also passing Gansler for sole possession of first place in team history. 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 113-79-60 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. 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 Week 33 (10/19) 7th
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MARCEL DE JONG Team of the Week Week 3 (3/23) Bleacher Report Goal.com MLSsoccer.com
TIM MELIA Week 31 (9/21)
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AMADOU DIA Week 12 (5/25) Week 14 (6/8) Week 30 (9/28)
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SONI MUSTIVAR Team of the Week Week 19 (7/13) MLSsoccer.com
DOM DWYER Week 5 (4/6)
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2015 SPORTING KC POWER RANKINGS
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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 Week 34 (10/26) ESPNFC MLSsoccer.com BENNY FEILHABER Goal of the Week Week 8 (4/27) MLSsoccer.com 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
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SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
All-Time Regular Season SERIES LEADERS
Sporting KC record vs. Portland Timbers: 4-2-2 Home games: 1-1-1 (5 GF, 4 GA) Road games: 3-1-1 (4 GF, 2 GA) Date 07/02/2011 08/17/2011 04/21/2012 04/27/2013 06/27/2014 03/21/2015 09/09/2015 10/03/2015
Score KC 2 at POR 1 KC 3 vs POR 1 KC 0 at POR 1 KC 2 vs POR 3 KC 1 at POR 0 KC 0 vs POR 0 KC 0 at POR 0 KC 1 at POR 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Result Location W Providence Park W Sporting Park L Providence Park L Sporting Park W Providence Park T Sporting Park T Providence Park W Providence Park
2 2 55 14 75 3 21
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 101 33 123 7 33
1 4 44 17 51 21 15
2 2 51 17 54 10 23
OT 0 0 0 0 0 0
70
2 Jimmy Nielsen 2 Jimmy Nielsen 2 Tim Melia 13 Tim Melia 6 Jimmy Nielsen
Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals alloweD
Total 6 95 34 105 31 38
7 Tim Melia (9/9/15) 3 Jimmy Nielsen (4/27/13)
Perkins/Ricketts 1 Troy Perkins 2 Adam Kwarasey 2 Perkins/Ricketts 8 Troy Perkins 5
portland timbers
SAVES GOALS ALLOWED
(4/27/13) Donovan Ricketts 6 (8/17/11) Troy Perkins 3
GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 1 POR 0
16-30 4 1
SPORTING PARK BY THE NUMBERS
19,396
CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)
ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 91 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)
SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 85 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 5 CCL, 5 friendlies
PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 91 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467
115
Darlington Nagbe 2 Diego Valeri 2 Darlington Nagbe 14 Darlington Nagbe 6 Diego Chara 18 Darlington Nagbe 24
five players tied 1 Goals (4/27/13) Diego Valeri 2 Assists (9/9/15) Lucas Melano 5 Shots three players tied 3 Shots on Goal three players tied 4 Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered (6/27/14) Darlington Nagbe 6
2 Myers/Zusi 1 nine players tied 5 Teal Bunbury (8/17/11) 3 Graham Zusi (8/17/11) 5 three players tied 5 Kei Kamara (4/21/12)
portland timbers Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 7 46 19 48 4 12
2 Myers/Zusi 2 Matt Besler 12 Graham Zusi 4 Graham Zusi 12 Seth Sinovic 10 Dom Dwyer
All-Time Regular Season GAME HIGHS
All-Time Regular Season SERIES STATS Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
portland timbers
105.0 6
31-45 2 3
46-60 0 1
61-75 1 0
76-90 1 1
OT 0 0
Total 9 6
61
SPORTING KC MATCHES WON not including penalty shootout wins in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals
185
SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 115 matches played at the stadium
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
SPORTING KC ALL-TIME POSTSEASON LEADERS
Sporting KC postseason record vs. Portland: 0-0-0 Best postseason finish: MLS Cup Champions (2000 & 2013)
Games played Minutes Goals Assists Shots Shots on goal Fouls committed Fouls suffered Offside Corner kicks Cautions Ejections
Date Opponent (Rd.) Result Attendance 09/26/1996 DAL (Q) W 3-2 4,466 09/29/1996 at DAL (Q) L 1-2 10,125 10/02/1996 at DAL (Q) W 3-2 (SO) 9,802 10/10/1996 at LA (S) L 1-2 25,212 10/13/1996 LA (S) L 1-2 (SO) 11,041 10/04/1997 COL (Q) L 0-3 10,174 10/08/1997 at COL (Q) L 2-3 13,117 09/16/2000 COL (Q) W 1-0 8,682 09/20/2000 at COL (Q) T 0-0 (OT) 8,789 09/24/2000 COL (Q) W 3-2 4,156 09/29/2000 LA (S) T 0-0 (OT) 11,815 10/03/2000 at LA (S) L 1-2 (OT) 20,849 10/06/2000 LA (S) W 2-0 (ST) 8,320 10/15/2000 CHI (F) W 1-0 39,159 09/22/2001 at MIA (Q) L 0-2 6,281 09/26/2001 MIA (Q) W 3-0 5,803 09/29/2001 at MIA (Q) L 1-2 8,119 09/25/2002 at LA (Q) L 2-3 (OT) 14,585 09/28/2002 LA (Q) W 4-1 9,484 at LA (Q) L 2-5 14,713 10/02/2002 at COL (Q) T 1-1 6,434 11/04/2003 COL (Q) W 2-0 10,712 11/08/2003 at SJ (S) L 2-3 (OT) 16,108 11/15/2003 at SJ (Q) L 0-2 8,659 10/24/2004 SJ (Q) W 3-0 10,222 10/30/2004 LA (S) W 2-0 11,931 11/05/2004 D.C. (F) L 2-3 25,797 11/14/2004 CHV (Q) W 1-0 12,442 10/27/2007 at CHV (Q) T 0-0 19,711 11/03/2007 at HOU (S) L 0-2 30,972 11/10/2007 CLB (Q) T 1-1 10,385 11/01/2008 at CLB (Q) L 0-2 11,153 11/08/2008 at COL (Q) W 2-0 8,601 10/30/2011 COL (Q) W 2-0 18,565 11/02/2011 HOU (S) L 0-2 20,839 11/06/2011 at HOU (Q) L 0-2 20,689 11/04/2012 HOU (Q) W 1-0 20,894 11/06/2012 at NE (Q) L 1-2 15,164 11/02/2013 NE (Q) W 3-1 (OT) 19,031 11/06/2013 11/09/2013 at HOU (S) T 0-0 22,107 HOU (S) W 2-1 21,650 11/23/2013 12/07/2013 RSL (F) T 1-1 (7-6 SOW) 21,650 10/30/2014 at NY (WC) L 1-2 15,518
GK wins Shutouts Goals allowed Saves
SINGLE GAME
CAREER 23 Garcia/Zavagnin 2135 Nick Garcia 8 Preki 5 Graham Zusi 54 Preki 30 Preki 42 Matt McKeon 37 Kerry Zavagnin 9 Vitalis Takawira 52 Graham Zusi 6 Nick Garcia 1 Gomez/Johnston
2 Arnaud/Bunbury/Molnar 2 Graham Zusi (11/02/11) 10 Onandi Lowe (9/29/01) 5 Takawira/Preki/Molnar 6 Johnston/Henderson/Gutierrez 8 Vitalis Takawira (10/2/96) 3 Lowe/Johnson 9 Graham Zusi (twice in 2013) 1 86 times 1 Gomez/Johnston
7 Tony Meola 7 Tony Meola 21 Tony Meola 62 Tony Meola
5 Tony Meola (10/2/02) 10 Tony Meola (10/15/00)
AUDI 2015 MLS CUP PLAYOFS 101 QUALIFICATION The six teams from each conference who finish the regular season with the most points qualify for the playoffs to bring the total field to 12 participants, two more than qualified from 2011-14. SEEDING AND KNOCKOUT ROUND The top two teams in each conference automatically qualify directly to the conference semifinals, a week-long break that serves as a reward for regularseason performance. Meanwhile, the other four teams in each conference face a quick turnaround for the Knockout Round, which pits the No. 3 and No. 6 seeds and the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds in winner-take-all matches hosted by the higher seed. Away goals do not count as a tiebreaker in the Knockout Round. RESEEDING FOR THE CONFERENCE SEMIS When the field has been trimmed to eight teams, four per conference, the Knockout Round winners are re-seeded ahead of the Conference Semifinals based on regular-season performance. The lowest remaining seed in each conference will play the No. 1 seed, while the No. 2 seed takes on the other team in Conference Semifinal matches set for Nov. 1 and Nov. 8. For example, if the No. 6 seed sprung an upset against the No. 3 seed and the No. 5 seed did the same against the No. 4 seed, the conference semifinals would pit the No. 1 seed against the No. 6 seed and the No. 2 seed against the No. 5 seed. CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS Once the single-elimination Knockout Round matches narrow the field, the format switches to two-match, aggregate-goal series for the Conference Semifinals and Conference Championships, with the lower seed hosting the first leg and the higher seed hosting the second leg. The team with the most total goals over two legs advances.
SCHEDULE: AUDI 2015 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS Eastern Conference Knockout Round (4) D.C. United vs (5) New England Revolution Wednesday, Oct. 28 (3) Montreal Impact vs (6) Toronto FC Thursday, Oct. 29
6:30 p.m. CT 6 p.m. CT
Western Conference Knockout Round (4) Seattle Sounders FC vs (5) LA Galaxy (3) Portland Timbers vs (6) Sporting KC
Wednesday, Oct. 28 Thursday, Oct. 29
9 p.m. CT 9 p.m. CT
If the teams score an equal number of goals over the course of both matches, the team with the most road goals in the series advances to the Conference Championship. If at the end of the 180 minutes the teams are tied on both total goals and away goals, the teams will play two 15-minute extra time periods in which away goals DO NOT count, followed by, if necessary, penalty kicks to determine a winner.
Eastern Conference Semifinals TBD vs (1) New York Red Bulls TBD vs (2) Columbus Crew SC (1) New York Red Bulls vs. TBD (2) Columbus Crew SC vs. TBD
Sunday, Nov. 1 Sunday, Nov. 1 Sunday, Nov. 8 Sunday, Nov. 8
TBD TBD TBD TBD
MLS CUP MLS Cup’s format – a winner-take-all match hosted by the team with the most regular season points – should be familiar by now. Like the Knockout Round, away goals DO NOT count. Like the Knockout Round, extra time and, if necessary, penalty kicks will break any tie in regulation.
Eastern Conference Semifinals TBD vs (1) FC Dallas TBD vs (2) Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1) FC Dallas vs. TBD (2) Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. TBD
Sunday, Nov. 1 Sunday, Nov. 1 Sunday, Nov. 8 Sunday, Nov. 8
TBD TBD TBD TBD
Conference Finals First Leg Sunday, Nov. 22 Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 29
POSTSEASON GOALS SCORED BY INTERVAL 1-15 KC 7 OPP 4
16-30 11 11
31-45 7 5
Record when scoring first goal: Record when allowing first goal: Record when leading at halftime: Record when trailing at halftime: Record in one-goal games:
2015 MLS Cup Sunday, Dec. 6, 3 p.m. CT
7
46-60 9 9 15-7-2 (.667) 2-12-1 (.167) 12-1-1 (.893) 1-9-0 (.100) 8-10-0 (.444)
61-75 14 14
76-90 7 11
OT 2 3
Total 57 57
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round SPORTING KC ALL-TIME POSTSEASON OPPONENTS No. of Series Last vs Team Series W-L GP W-L-T OT ShO GF GA Mtg. 1-0 1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0 1 0 2000 Chicago 1 Chivas USA 1 1-0 2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0 1 0 2007 4 3-1 9 5-2-2 0-0-1 0-0 13 9 2011 Colorado Columbus 1 0-1 2 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0 1 3 2008 1 0-1 1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0 2 3 2004 D.C. United FC Dallas 1 1-0 3 2-1-0 0-0-0 1-0 6 6 1996 Houston 4 1-3 6 2-3-1 0-0-0 0-0 3 7 2013 LA Galaxy 4 2-2 9 3-5-1 0-2-1 0-1 15 14 2004 Miami Fusion 1 0-1 3 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0 4 4 2001 NE Revolution 1 1-0 2 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0 4 3 2013 NY Red Bulls 1 0-1 1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0 1 2 2015 Real Salt Lake 1 1-0 1 0-0-1 0-0-1 1-0 1 1 2013 SJ Earthquakes 2 1-1 3 1-2-0 0-1-0 0-0 5 5 2004 23 12-11 43 17-19-7 1-3-3 2-1 57 57 Totals
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Round MLS Cup 2000 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Ouarterfinals MLS Cup 2004 West Semifinals Semifinals Semifinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Knockout Round MLS Cup 2013 Quarterfinals
Result Won MLS Cup Won 1 game to 0 Won 4-0 on aggregate Lost 1 game to 0 Lost MLS Cup Won 2 games to 1 Won 2-1 on aggregate Won 1 game to 0 Lost 2 games to 1 Won 4-3 on aggregate Lost 1 game to 0 Won MLS Cup Won 3-2 on aggregate
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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)
9
Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)
Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)
MLS Lottery Draft
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
L 0-2
--- 18,897
SUNDAY, OCT. 25
LA GALAXY
MLS
W 2-1
Ellis 38, Dwyer 65
MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round
9:00
KMCI-TV, UniMas
Thursday, Oct. 29 at Portland Timbers
10
19,422
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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+
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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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
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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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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 15
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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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)
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
Oct. 21, 2015: Sporting KC 0-2 Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,897 (69th straight sellout) Weather: 78 degrees and partly cloudy
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
1 2 F Sporting KC (13-11-9, 48 pts) 0 0 0 Colorado Rapids (9-14-10, 37 pts) 0 2 2
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
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers; Paulo Nagamura, Soni Mustivar (Jordi Quintilla 82), Benny Feilhaber; Krisztian Nemeth, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Jimmy Medranda, Jacob Peterson, Erik Palmer-Brown, Bernardo Anor, Mikey Lopez
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 (c) 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
Oct. 25, 2015: Sporting KC 2-1 LA Galaxy MLS Regular Season | Sporting Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 19,422 (70th straight sellout) Weather: 62 degrees and sunny Sporting KC (14-11-9, 51 pts) LA Galaxy (14-11-9, 51 pts)
1 2 F 1 1 2 1 0 1
Sporting KC: Tim Melia; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Matt Besler (c), Kevin Ellis, Chance Myers; Paulo Nagamura, Soni Mustivar, Jordi Quintilla (Benny Feilhaber 46); Krisztian Nemeth (Erik Palmer-Brown 90), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Jalil Anibaba, Amadou Dia, Jacob Peterson, Bernardo Anor LA Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts; A.J. DeLaGarza (Alan Gordon 81), Leonardo, Omar Gonzalez, Robbie Rogers; Juninho (Mika Vayrynen 85), Steven Gerrard, Sebastian Lletget (Jose Villarreal 79); Gyasi Zardes, Robbie Keane (c), Giovani dos Santos Subs not used: Todd Dunivant, Dave Romney, Brian Rowe, Baggio Husidic Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 16 (6) 3 16 2 5
LA 12 (4) 4 12 2 5
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 17 LA -- A.J. DeLaGarza (caution; reckless tackle) 24 SKC -- Chance Myers (caution reckless tackle) 58 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless tackle) 66 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; delaying a restart) 92+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Kevin Ellis 4 (unassisted) 38 LA -- Robbie Keane 20 (Giovani dos Santos 5) 46+ SKC -- Dom Dwyer 12 (Benny Feilhaber 15) 65
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Colorado Rapids: Zac MacMath; Maynor Figueroa, Axel Sjoberg, Sean St. Ledger, Marlon Hairston; Lucas Pittinari, Sam Cronin (c), Dom Badji (Juan Ramirez 74), Dillon Powers (Marcelo Sarvas 83), Luis Solginac (Nick LaBrocca 87) ; Kevin Doyle Subs not used: Joseph Greenspan, Clint Irwin, Vicente Sanchez, Gabriel Torres Stats Summary Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (3) 3 12 2 8
COL 7 (5) 3 24 4 1
Misconduct Summary: COL -- Sam Cronin (caution; reckless foul) 42 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth (caution; dissent) 78 COL -- Juan Ramirez (caution; simulation) 80 COL -- Sam Cronin (caution; reckless tackle) 84 COL -- Sam Cronin (ejection; second caution) 84 COL -- Zac MacMath (caution; delaying a restart) 85 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; tactical foul) 89 Scoring Summary: COL -- Dillon Powers 3 (Juan Ramirez 2, Kevin Doyle 2) 78 COL -- Marcelo Sarvas 2 (Juan Ramirez 3) 86
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
11-2-3 3-9-2 6-0-1 6-8-6 2-3-2 0-4-4 5-6-4 3-1-0 3-0-0 3-0-1 7-0-4 4-2-4 2-5-0 1-3-0 0-1-1 7-9-7 5-1-0 2-1-2 10-1-1 2-4-6 2-6-2 10-5-6 3-5-3 1-1-0 9-7-0 3-0-1 1-2-1 10-9-7 2-0-1 12-11-8 0-2-1 2-2-2 7-6-5 7-5-4 2-2-2 0-3-0 10-4-6 2-2-1 6-2-2 8-9-7 12-10-7 2-1-2 0-0-0 1-1-0 2-3-1 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 2-2-0 20-14-14
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
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 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 23-19-13 (1-2-0) 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 20-24-11 (1-1-0) 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)
Overall All-time 2015 at home All-time at home 2015 on road All-time on road
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
78th min, Ricardo Clark, 8/1 vs HOU
Own Goals... Own Goals Against...
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 84th min, Sam Cronin, 10/21 vs COL
Penalty Kicks...
Regular Season Home and Away
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...
257-240-132 10-2-5 166-87-61 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 78th min, Kevin Doyle, 10/21 vs COL
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, 228 days, Paulo Nagamura, 10/25 vs LA 32 years, 228 days, Paulo Nagamura, 10/25 vs LA
2015 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS GOALS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 19 29 48 OppONENT 20 25 45
SHOTS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 200 205 405 OppONENT 165 186 351
SHOTS ON GOAL SPORTING KC OppONENT
1 67 69
2 74 89
FOULS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 217 237 454 OppONENT 212 212 424
OFFSIDES 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 29 30 59 OppONENT 64 47 111
CORNER KICKS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 74 79 153 OppONENT 84 85 169
CAUTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 24 43 67 OppONENT 14 41 55
EJECTIONS 1 2 Total SPORTING KC 0 3 3 OppONENT 1 5 6
PK’S (Made/attempted) 1 SPORTING KC 2/2 OppONENT 1/1
2 3/4 1/1
Total 141 158
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 257 240 132 17 19 7 23 14 6 9 10 8 306 283 153
home GF GA 880 851 57 57 86 51 33 37 1056 996
Competition MLS Reg. Season MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup International TOTAL
W L T 166 87 61 14 3 3 17 7 2 5 3 5 202 100 71
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away GF GA 522 378 35 15 59 26 16 10 632 429
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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2015 GOAL CHART 6 1 38 33
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41 39
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LEGEND + Free Kick * Corner Kick ^ Penalty Kick # Throw-In ~ Own Goal
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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 47 - Kevin Ellis 4 (unassisted), Oct. 25 vs LA, 38th min 48 - Dom Dwyer 12 (Benny Feilhaber 15), Oct. 25 vs LA, 65th 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 5-4-1 3-1-0 2-3-1 6-2-6 5-0-3 1-2-3 1-1-2 0-0-2 1-1-0 14-10-8 10-2-4 4-8-4 3-5-3 3-0-2 0-5-1 6-3-4 4-1-3 2-2-1 10-11-7 8-2-4 2-9-3 12-9-5 9-2-2 3-7-3 7-4-6 6-0-4 1-4-2 13-9-8 9-2-4 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 11-8-4 8-2-1 3-6-3 11-5-4 9-1-1 2-4-3 4-5-1 3-2-1 1-3-0 6-8-3 4-2-2 2-6-1 10-8-5 8-2-3 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 2-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-0 3-4-3 2-0-1 1-4-2 7-9-6 6-1-3 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 1-1-0 1-0-0 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 2-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-0 4-5-2 3-0-2 1-5-0 0-4-1 0-1-0 0-3-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 0-1-0 1-0-1 19
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 6-2-4 6-0-2 0-2-2 4-0-0 3-0-0 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 7-4-2 6-0-2 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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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’)
COLORADO RAPIDS Oct. 21, 2015 (L 0-2) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Abdul-Salaam M Feilhaber M Mustivar (Quintilla 82’) M Nagamura F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth 61
LA GALAXY Oct. 25, 2015 (W 2-1) GK Melia D Myers D Ellis D Besler D Abdul-Salaam M Quintilla (Feilhaber 46’) M Mustivar M Nagamura F Zusi F Dwyer F Nemeth (Palmer-Brown 90’)
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Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #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 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 16, 2015, KC at SJ Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal N/A Assist Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB 2015 Record when: he starts 5-4-1 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 27 appearances in all competitions this season (22 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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB 2015 Record when: he starts 14-10-8 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 218 appearances for Sporting KC in all competitions lead the current roster and rank seventh most all-time. A regular staple of the team’s backline, he has started 177 of his 182 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. 21
Sporting KC Player Bios | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Assist Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB 2015 Record when: he starts 10-11-7 he scores 6-2-4
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 4 times, last: Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Assists 1, 4 times, last: May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Shots 3, Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Fouls Committed 4, Apr 25, 2015, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Assist May 29, 2015, KC vs DAL 2015 Record when: he starts 12-9-5 he scores 4-0-0
Fourth-year veteran Dom Dwyer has garnered Sporting KC Offensive Player of the Year and Golden Boot honors in each of the last two seasons. The Englishman set a single-season club record in 2014 with 22 goals, second most in MLS, and his 45 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 67 goals in all competitions since the start of 2013—45 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 17 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 26 starts and four goals, the most among MLS defenders during the Opta era (2011-present). 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. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL Assist Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA 2015 Record when: he starts 13-9-8 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 15 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 20 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 111 appearances in all competitions for the club with 20 goals and 36 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. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Shutout Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR 2015 Record when: he starts 11-8-4
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 0 Assists 2, Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Shots on Goal 1, Oct. 21, 2015, KC vs COL Shots 2, Aug. 8, 2015, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 4, Sept. 13, 2015, KC at ORL Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Last Regular Season... Appearance Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal N/A Assist Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN 2015 Record when: he starts 11-5-4 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 owns a 15-8-5 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 15-5-5 record as a starter in all competitions and made 20 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. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN 2015 Record when: he starts 4-5-1 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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Aug. 15, 2015, KC vs VAN Assist Sept. 18, 2015, KC vs DAL 2015 Record when: he starts 6-8-3 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 162 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 258 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 105 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, 5 times, last: Oct. 25, 2015, KC vs LA 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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR Assist Aug. 29, 2015, KC at COL 2015 Record when: he starts 10-8-5 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. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA 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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal N/A Assist N/A 2015 Record when: he starts 2-0-1 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 (242).
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. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round #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. 25, 2015, KC vs LA Goal Aug. 22, 2015, KC at CLB Assist Oct. 3, 2015, KC at POR 2015 Record when: he starts 7-9-6 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 previous 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 409 chances created and first with 398 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. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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 113 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 14-11-9 --- 90-69-53 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 18-11-10 113-79-60
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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GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
22
10
1074
0
1
5
3
13
16
1
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
22
10
1074
0
1
5
3
13
16
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
182
177
15946
2
10
34
8
164
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
193
188
16996
2
10
36
8
178
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
80
66
5948
36
5
237
95
138
162
66
1
14
1
9
1
KC - Postseason
7
4
372
2
0
19
9
12
9
5
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
87
70
6320
38
5
256
104
150
171
71
1
14
1
10
1
KEVIN ELLIS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
49
43
3986
4
4
18
8
57
35
2
0
8
0
1
3
KC - Postseason
1
1
90
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
50
44
4076
4
4
18
8
58
35
2
0
8
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
90
82
7112
17
25
128
42
114
182
3
104
18
1
4
7
MLS - Regular Season
142
128
11305
22
34
206
69
181
323
5
175
26
3
4
8
KC - Postseason
5
5
484
0
3
14
1
7
14
2
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
147
133
11789
22
37
220
70
188
337
7
175
27
3
4
9
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
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GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
25
20
1838
0
2
3
1
31
23
0
0
5
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
25
20
1838
0
2
3
1
31
23
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
136
108
9960
2
15
92
23
146
97
9
5
12
1
0
7
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
0
1
7
1
9
10
0
1
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
146
118
10920
2
16
99
24
155
107
9
6
15
1
0
7
PAULO NAGAMURA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
86
74
6454
6
6
104
25
112
71
9
3
17
0
2
1
MLS - Regular Season
243
218
19222
15
20
244
76
358
280
13
20
57
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
258
232
20618
15
20
264
83
379
309
14
20
61
2
6
6
KRISZTIAN NEMETH
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
28
23
2037
10
6
58
20
19
36
8
0
3
0
5
1
MLS - TOTAL
28
23
2037
10
6
58
20
19
36
8
0
3
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
10
6
611
0
0
2
0
7
3
1
0
4
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
10
6
611
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
8
3
274
0
0
7
3
11
7
0
3
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
8
3
274
0
0
7
3
11
7
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
173
137
12675
24
44
260
84
152
223
22
596
14
0
8
19
KC - Postseason
11
11
1139
0
5
21
1
18
19
1
52
1
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
184
148
13814
24
49
281
85
170
242
23
648
15
0
8
22
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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
23
23
2070
113
82
8
28
1.22
2
2
2
0
11
8
4
MLS - Regular Season
29
28
2509
145
100
8
42
1.51
3
3
2
1
11
12
5
MLS - TOTAL
29
28
2509
145
100
8
42
1.51
3
3
2
1
11
12
5
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GP
GS
MIN
G
A
ROGER ESPINOZA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
22
10
1074
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
27
11
1280
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
90
82
7112
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
111
102
8788
20
36
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
182
177
15946
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
218
211
19085
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
25
20
1838
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
30
25
2264
1
2
DOM DWYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
CHANCE MYERS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
80
66
5948
36
5
MLS Regular Season
136
108
9960
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
104
80
7320
45
6
ALL COMPETITIONS
162
132
12186
4
18
KEVIN ELLIS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
PAULO NAGAMURA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
49
43
3986
4
4
MLS Regular Season
86
74
6454
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
63
56
5213
5
4
ALL COMPETITIONS
105
91
8067
7
7
32
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
28
23
2037
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
32
27
2408
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
23
23
2070
28
1.22
8
11-8-4
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
28
28
2550
33
1.16
9
15-8-5
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
10
6
611
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
13
9
851
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
8
3
274
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
9
3
328
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
173
137
12675
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
203
165
15292
27
55
33
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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
596
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 & 2015
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
34
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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* 182 9. Graham Zusi* 173 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 183 177 7. Matt Besler* 8. Jack Jewsbury 142 8. Mo Johnston 142 137 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 15,946 7. Matt Besler* 13,275 8. Jack Jewsbury 9. Mo Johnston 12,599 10. Graham Zusi* 12,675 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 23 8. Tim Melia* 8. Garth Lagerwey 23 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 80 36 6. Dom Dwyer* 6. Mo Johnston 149 31 7. Scott Sealy 88 28 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 28 10. Graham Zusi* 173 24 ASSISTS Player GP A 1. Preki 218 98 2. Chris Klein 200 45 173 44 3. Graham Zusi* 4. Davy Arnaud 240 35 5. Mo Johnston 149 28 6. Josh Wolff 144 26 7. Benny Feilhaber* 90 25 7. Mark Chung 94 25 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 144 265 173 260 7. Graham Zusi* 8. Dom Dwyer* 80 237 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. Dom Dwyer* 80 95 8. Mark Chung 94 95 195 90 10. Jack Jewsbury
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* 23 82 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* 23 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* 173 223 6. Mark Chung 94 204 7. Diego Gutierrez 119 196 195 187 8. Jack Jewsbury 9. Josh Wolff 144 183 90 182 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* 23 11 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 27 182 23 10. Matt Besler* 35
CORNER KICKS Player GP CK 1. Graham Zusi* 173 596 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* 90 104 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* 80 9 7. Graham Zusi* 173 8 7. Vitalis Takawira 103 8 110 7 9. C.J. Sapong 9. Scott Sealy 88 7 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GWA Player GP 1. Preki 218 23 173 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 90 7 10. Benny Feilhaber* 10. Chance Myers* 136 7 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 80 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 10. Graham Zusi* 173 3 10. Davy Arnaud 240 3 89 3 10. Teal Bunbury 10. Eddie Johnson 43 3 PENALTY KICK GOALS Player GP PKG 1. Preki 218 21 80 7 2. Dom Dwyer* 3. Benny Feilhaber* 90 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 80 113 218 88 144 103 94 149 200 110
GLS AVG 36 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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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* 31 15 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 2015 Dom Dwyer*
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 30 96
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 30 81 2015 Dom Dwyer* 1999 Preki 30 77 2006 Davy Arnaud 32 76 2014 Benny Feilhaber 31 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) Year Player GP YC 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
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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* 27 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* 32 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
SportingKC.com/Game-Notes | Oct. 29, 2015 at Portland Timbers | Western Conference Knockout Round 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: 596 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)
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 27 29 37 71 93 94 96
Player
Luis Marin 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 Servando Carrasco Saad Abdul-Salaam James Rogers Amobi Okugo Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Jordi Quintilla
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DAL POR NYC PHI RSL LA HOU CHI DC NE SEA DAL SEA RSL COL 1-3 0-0 1-0 3-2 0-0 1-2 4-4 1-0 1-1 4-2 0-0 4-0 1-0 1-2 2-0 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 84D 90D 6 90D 89D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 78M 25 86M 89D 88F 90F 39F 89F 90F 90F 89F 13 83F 90F 90F 90F 76F 26 90F 75F 90F 90F 19 89F 90F 90F 75F 71F 90M 84M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 14 34 51 13 15
85F 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90G 90G 90G 15 19 58F 78D 90M 90M 90M
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 16 90M 1 57M 11 79D 88D 89F 90F 63F 90F 90F 76F 90M 74M 45 90M 90M
7
27 90M 90M 90G 90G 83F 79F 90M 90M
33
73D
90F 45F
45M
90M 89M 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 79F 1 90F 45 90F 45D 45 45M 90M 90M 90M 90D 34D
11
57D 13
90D 10
90D
80D 90D 60D 90M 90D 90F 31 90M 59F 90M
45 17 90M 90F 90M 90D
90D 90D 90M 90D 90F 90F 90M
1
90D 90D 90M 90D 90F 89F 45
90D 90D
90F 90F 90F 64D
30
90D 26
90G 90F 45F 66D
24
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89M 90M 45M 70D 90D 90F 90F 82F 90M 90M 8 4 74F 90M 90D 90F 90F 16 90D 86D
1
90G 90G
62D 90D 20
28
1
17
10
90M 90M
8
45M
90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 78F 6 75F 45F 36 90F 73F 89F 54F 90M 90M 90M 80M 45 82M 90M
90D 66
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 68M 90M 90M 90M 17 90D 12 24D 22 90M 84F 90F 90M 90F 90F 1 90F 90F 90M 71M 90M 89M 73M 15 45 45 90M 77M 56 45D 33 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 87F 90D 90D 90D
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 VAN MTL RSL HOU TOR VAN SJ CLB COL POR ORL DAL HOU SEA POR SJ COL LA 1-0 2-1 1-2 1-1 3-1 4-3 0-5 2-3 1-2 0-0 1-3 3-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-2 2-1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 NYR 1-1 90G 5 90D 70D 29 85M 77M 90M 61M
11 34 65F 90D 90D 90D 71M 90G 90G 90G 79F 56M 25 90M 90M 90M 58M
90D 90D 15 27 13 1 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D 1 90D 90D 45 90D 2 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 71F 90F 32 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 45 77D 90D 90M 77M 90M 90M 55M 4 77M 19 1 32 7 5 1 12 90D 90D 90D 11 14 6
1 5 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 65M 90M 90G 90G 13 2 23 90F 77F 1 5 85F 90D 90D 45D 90D 75D 63D 1 12 13 35 85M 90M 56F 67F 64F
Played for other teams: Amobi Okugo played 812 minutes for ORL "00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
T L T W W T L T W T W
Opara 1 (Feilhaber 1) 50 Espinoza 1 (Feilhaber 2) 44 Opara 2 (Besler 1) 12 Dwyer 1 (Feilhaber 3) 16; Anibaba 1 (Espinoza 1)
Ellis 4 (unassisted)
34
Feilhaber 4 (Nemeth 2, Anibaba 3) 64
64 4; Dwyer 6 (Feilhaber 10)
32; own goal (Cronin) 3)
62
51; Ellis 1 (Zusi 4)
76; Dwyer 10 (Nagamura 1)
94+
57
83
95+
Nemeth 8 (Feilhaber 12) 29; Peterson 1 (Okugo 1) 87 8 (Nemeth 5) 81; Nagamura 2 (Myers 2, Feilhaber 13) 87; Nagamura 3 (Mustivar 2) 14; Zusi 2 (Besler 3)
65
Feilhaber 10 (penalty kick) 79
38; Dwyer 12 (Benny Feilhaber 15)
Dwyer 11 (Dia 1, Peterson 2) Nemeth 10 (Zusi 5) 83
Nemeth 9 (Feilhaber 14) 59 Feilhaber 9 (unassisted) 65;
de Jong 1 (Abdul-Salaam 1, Dwyer 2) Dwyer 9 (Nemeth 6) 47
Nemeth 6 (Ellis 1, Zusi 3) 19; Zusi 1 (Hallisey 1, Anibaba 4) Feilhaber 5 (penalty kick) 84 Dwyer 5 (Feilhaber 8) 30 Nemeth 7 (Myers 1, Feilhaber 9) Ellis 2 (Nemeth 3) 52 Feilhaber 6 (Nemeth 4, Espinoza Feilhaber 7 (Espinoza 4) 50 Dwyer 7 (Feilhaber 11) 6 Feilhaber 8 (penalty kick) 22; Ellis 3 (Mustivar 1) 53; Dwyer
Nemeth 2 (Feilhaber 5, Dwyer 1) 22 Nemeth 3 (de Jong 1) 2; Dwyer 2 (unassisted) 74; Feilhaber 1 (penalty kick) 80; Feilhaber 2 (Zusi 1) Nagamura 1 (Anibaba 1, Zusi 2) 75 Dwyer 3 (Espinoza 2) 45 Dwyer 4 (Nemeth 1, Anibaba 2) 29; Nemeth 4 (Feilhaber 6) 39; Feilhaber 3 (penalty kick) 43; Nemeth 5 (Peterson 1, Feilhaber 7) 46
91+; Nemeth 1 (Besler 2, Feilhaber 4)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC T W
NYR 1 DAL 3 POR 0 NYC 0 PHI 2 RSL 0 LA 2 HOU 4 CHI 0 DC 1 NE 2
KC 0 at SEA 0 KC 4 vs DAL 0 W L W W W L T W W L L L T L W L T W L L W
vs at vs at vs at vs at vs vs at at at at vs at vs at at vs vs
vs at vs at vs vs at at vs at vs
03/08/2015 03/14/2015 03/21/2015 03/28/2015 04/05/2015 04/11/2015 04/18/2015 04/25/2015 05/03/2015 05/09/2015 05/20/2015
SEA 0 RSL 2 COL 0 VAN 0 MTL 1 RSL 2 HOU 1 TOR 1 VAN 3 SJ 5 CLB 3 COL 2 POR 0 ORL 3 DAL 1 HOU 1 SEA 1 POR 0 SJ 1 COL 2 LA 1
1 1 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 1 4
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game 05/23/2015 05/29/2015 KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC
log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11
Game #12 Game #13 06/06/2015 06/21/2015 06/27/2015 07/12/2015 07/18/2015 07/24/2015 08/01/2015 08/08/2015 08/15/2015 08/19/2015 08/22/2015 08/29/2015 09/09/2015 09/13/2015 09/18/2015 09/23/2015 09/27/2015 10/03/2015 10/16/2015 10/21/2015 10/25/2015
1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
#14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game
94+
#
Player
90D 90D
OPEN CUP 5R QF DAL HOU 6-2 3-1 F PHI 1-1
87F 90M
54
66M
120G 8
42
120F 78D
SF RSL 3-1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY U.S. 4R STLO 1-0
90D 90D
89F 90M 1 90D 90F
90D 90D 90M 3
75F 62M
90D 90F
89D
90D
90M
90D 90F
1
27
90D 90D 28
81D 90F
40
54F
56D 90M
34
89M 90G 36
120D 120D 120M 112D 120F 120F 120M
68F
15 90D 90M 90G 50F 90M
W W
Zusi (Feilhaber) 70 Dwyer (Feilhaber) 5; Dwyer (Feilhaber) 30; Dwyer (penalty kick) 41; Nemeth (Peterson) 46+; Nemeth (Abdul-Salaam) 59; Dwyer (unassisted) 69 Feilhaber (Besler) 71; Dwyer (Nemeth) 86; Nemeth (Dwyer) 88 Mustivar (Feilhaber) 35; Feilhaber (unassisted) 80; Nemeth (unassisted) 85 Nemeth (Zusi) 65
90G 63F 1 90M
90M
1 vs STLOUS 0 6 vs DAL 2
W W T (7-6 pen)
90M 90G 22 9 90F
KC KC 3 vs HOU 1 3 vs RSL 1 1 at PHI 1
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 Servando Carrasco Saad Abdul-Salaam James Rogers Jon Kempin Connor Hallisey Jalil Anibaba Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Jacob Peterson Marcel de Jong Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda Jordi Quintilla
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/16/2015 5R 07/01/2015 KC KC KC
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 27 29 37 71 93 94 96
07/21/2015 08/12/2015 09/30/2015
QF SF F