Match Notes: Sporting KC at Houston Dynamo FC | Feb. 24, 2024

SPORTING KANSAS CITY at HOUSTON DYNAMO FC

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT

Shell Energy Stadium (Houston, TX)

MLS Regular Season Game 1

Sporting Kansas City (2023)

12-14-8, 44 points (9-6-2 home; 3-8-6 away)

8th in MLS Western Conference

Houston Dynamo FC (2023)

14-11-9, 51 points (11-2-4 home; 3-9-5 away)

4th in MLS Western Conference

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Referee: TBA

Assistant ref: TBA

Assistant ref: TBA

4th official: TBA

VAR: TBA

SPORTING KANSAS CITY PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

No. Pos. Name Pronunciation

1 GK John Pulskamp

3 DEF Andreu Fontas ahn-DRAY-oo

4 DEF Robert Voloder VOLO-derr

5 DEF Dany Rosero danny roh-CERO

6 MID Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya RAHD-oy-ah

7 FWD Johnny Russell

8 MID Memo Rodriguez

9 FWD Alan Pulido ah-LAHN pooh-LEE-doh

10 FWD Daniel Salloi shallow-EE

11 FWD Khiry Shelton KY-ree

14 DEF Tim Leibold LIE-bold

17 DEF Jake Davis

18 DEF Logan Ndenbe en-DEN-bay

19 DEF Robert Castellanos CASS-tee-YAH-nos

20 FWD Alenis Vargas uh-LEN-iss

21 MID Felipe Hernandez feh-LEE-pay

22 DEF Zorhan Bassong ZOR-uhn bah-SONG

23 FWD Willy Agada ah-GAH-dah

24 DEF Kayden Pierre

25 FWD Ozzie Cisneros sis-NAIR-oce

26 MID Erik Thommy tommy

28 DEF Chris Rindov rin-DOVE

29 GK Tim Melia MEE-lia

30 FWD Stephen Afrifa uh-FREE-fuh

31 MID Danny Flores

36 GK Ryan Schewe SHAY-way

54 MID Remi Walter vault-AIR

77 FWD Marinos Tzionis ma-REE-noss JOHN-eese

2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

2023 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY HOUSTON DYNAMO

12-14-8 (44 pts.) 1.29 34

8th in West 48 1.41 49 51 1.50 -3

446 (163) 36.5% 334 397 59 4

RECORD POINTS PER GAME

GAMES PLAYED

CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS

GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME

GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS

14-11-9 (51 pts.)

1.50

34 4th in West 51 1.50 56 38 1.12 +13

385 (150) 39.0% 435 403 98 5

2023 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY HOUSTON DYNAMO

Alan Pulido 14

Erik Thommy 11

Erik Thommy 81

Daniel Salloi 32

Pulido, Salloi 3

Erik Thommy 3

Davis, Thommy 28

Erik Thommy 57 Dany Rosero 8

Four Players 1

Tim Melia 1419

John Pulskamp 1.40

Tim Melia 8

Tim Melia 3

Tim Melia 44

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS

SHOTS ON GOAL

GAME-WINNING GOALS

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS

FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

10 Amine Bassi

17 Hector Herrera

65 Hector Herrera

24 Hector Herrera

4 Amine Bassi

3 Baird, Carrasquilla

43 Adalberto Carrasquilla

52 Hector Herrera

11 Franco Escobar

2 Hector Herrera

2970 Steve Clark

1.15 Steve Clark

14 Steve Clark

12 Steve Clark

84 Steve Clark

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

BEN OLSEN

13th season

127-148-93 (.471)

2nd season

14-11-9 (.544)

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6 Nemanja Radoja nem-AHN-ya

7 Johnny

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14

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 NUMERICAL ROSTER

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2024 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

#HOUvSKC: HEAD-TO-HEAD

Sporting Kansas City will open the club’s 29th season in Major League Soccer this Saturday with a trip to face Houston Dynamo FC at Shell Energy Stadium down in Texas.

Saturday’s showdown is a rematch of the 2023 Western Conference Semifinal which the Dynamo won 1-0 in controversial circumstances. On Nov. 26, 2023, the Dynamo took the lead through Franco Escobar’s header late in the first half before Daniel Salloi saw a shot saved off the line by the arm of Houston’s Erik Sviatchenko, but no penalty was awarded. The Professional Referee Organization admitted after the match that the decision was a mistake.

Sporting claimed the regular-season series over Houston in 2023, going 1-0-1 in a pair of matches. The two sides first played out a wild 2-2 draw at Shell Energy Stadium on July 8, 2023. Alan Pulido twice gave Sporting the lead in either half but Houston tallied in first & second half stoppage time through Ibrahim Aliyu and Ivan Franco to salvage a point. Sporting then earned a 2-1 victory against Houston at Children’s Mercy Park on Sept. 23, 2023, taking the lead through Johnny Russell’s penalty before the Scotsman was sent off late in the first half following a VAR review. Willy Agada added a second for Sporting before Houston’s Teenage Hadebe pulled a goal back on the stroke of halftime. Sporting rode out the storm in the second half with 10 men to claim the win.

Sporting and Houston also met at Shell Energy Stadium in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on May 10, 2023, with Houston advancing 1-0.

Sporting leads the regular-season series 14-13-15, while Sporting are 9-3-3 against Houston since the start of 2018.

#HOUvSKC: Recent Meetings (SKC leads 14-13-15 in regular season)

Date Score Result Details

09/23/2023 KC 2 vs HOU 1 W Russell scores and is shown red as Agada nets winner

07/08/2023 KC 2 at HOU 2 T Pulido scores twice as Dynamo equalize in stoppage time

09/10/2022 KC 0 at HOU 0 T Sporting can’t break down Dynamo despite Vera red card

03/05/2022 KC 1 vs HOU 0 W Remi Walter scores winner in 60th minute of home opener 10/03/2021 KC 4 vs HOU 2 W Russell brace and goals from Salloi & Kinda seal home win

#HOUvSKC: PLAYER HISTORY

• Forward Alan Pulido has tallied six goals and an assist against the Dynamo, netting the game-winner and recording an assist in a 4-0 home win on March 7, 2020 before scoring a brace in the 2-1 road win on Oct. 3, 2020. He converted a penalty in a 3-2 comeback home win on May 29, 2021 before tallying another brace in the 2-2 road draw on July 8, 2023.

• Forward Johnny Russell has five goals and three assists against Houston. He scored the game-winner in the Aug. 31, 2019 home win and another in the 5-2 home loss on Aug. 25, 2020. He bagged a brace in the 4-2 home win on Oct. 3, 2021 before tallying the opener in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 23, 2023. Two of his assists came in the 3-2 home victory on June 23, 2018, with the other coming in the 4-0 home win on March 7, 2020.

• Forward Khiry Shelton has two goals and two assists against Houston, scoring his first with a late game-winner in the 3-2 home win on June 23, 2018, before tallying a goal and an assist in the 4-0 home win on March 7, 2020 then providing the game-winning assist in a 3-2 comeback win on May 29, 2021.

• Forward Daniel Salloi has two goals and three assists against the Dynamo, with a goal and two assists coming in the 3-2 comeback home victory on June 23, 2018 and a goal and an assist coming in the 4-2 home win on Oct. 3, 2021.

• Midfielder Remi Walter has one goal against Houston, tallying the game-winner in the 1-0 home win on March 5, 2022.

• Forward Willy Agada has scored once against Houston, firing home the gamewinner in the 2-1 home win on Sept. 23, 2023.

• Defender Andreu Fontas has one assist against Houston, coming in the 2-2 road draw on July 8, 2023.

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 9-5-2 all-time against the Houston Dynamo, posting a 1.46 goals against average and four shutouts - coming in a 1-0 road win on Aug. 4, 2018, a 1-0 home win on Aug. 31, 2019, a 4-0 home win on March 7, 2020 and a 1-0 home win on March 5, 2022.

• Goalkeeper John Pulskamp is 0-1-1 against the Dynamo, recording a shutout in the 0-0 road draw on Sept. 10, 2022.

#HOUvSKC: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS

• Sporting midfielder Memo Rodriguez came through the Houston Dynamo Academy and played profesionally for the club from 2015-2022, tallying 17 goals and 14 assists in 136 MLS regular-season appearances.

• Houston assistant coach Aurelien Collin played for Sporting KC from 2011-2014, tallying 16 goals and four assists in 133 appearances across all competitions and scoring the equalizer in the 2013 MLS Cup Final on his way to being named MLS Cup MVP.

• Midfielder Remi Walter played alongside Houston’s Amine Bassi at Nancy II in France in 2015 before Walter moved to the first team. Bassi would eventually move up in 2017 after Walter departed.

• Forward Alan Pulido was teammates with Houston midfielder Hector Herrera on the Mexican National Team from 2014-2021.

• Goalkeeper John Pulskamp was in the LA Galaxy Academy while Houston defender Daniel Steres was playing for the first team from 2017-2019.

#HOUvSKC: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting KC Team Notes

• Sporting’s 15 season-opening wins and 10 wins in road openers are both most all-time in MLS history. Sporting are 15-9-4 in MLS season openers and 10-14-4 in road openers.

• Sporting reached the conference semifinals last year for the fourth time since 2018, tied for the most in MLS over the last six seasons (New York City FC, Philadelphia Union, Seattle Sounders FC).

• In 2023, Sporting became the first club in MLS history to make the MLS Cup Playoffs after opening the regular season winless in their first 10 games (0-7-3).

• From the start of May to the end of the 2023 regular season, Sporting led the Western Conference in points (41), wins (12) and goals per game (1.88) while ranking second in goal differential (+10). Sporting’s seven losses during that time were also tied for the fewest in the conference.

• In 2023, Sporting won six of the club’s final nine regular season matches for just the third time in club history, equaling a feat first accomplished in 2013 and 2020 (when the team won six of its last eight each year).

• Sporting won three of their last five MLS away matches in 2023 (including playoffs) after winning just three of their previous 32 MLS road games from Oct. 31, 2021 to Sept. 9, 2023.

• During the 2023 regular season, Sporting ranked third in MLS in overall passing accuracy (85.1%), passing accuracy in the attacking half (80.1%) and passing accuracy in the final third (76.2%).

• Sporting were the only lower-seeded team to win their Round One Best-of-3 series in the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs (and the only away team to win Game 1 in the series). The other seven participants in the conference semifinals were higher-seeded teams in Round One.

Sporting KC Player Notes

• Goalkeeper Tim Melia is 10-3-1 in his last 14 regular season starts since May 13, 2023. Since the start of his Sporting tenure in 2015, Melia’s 15 penalty kick saves in the regular season are most in MLS. He also has a 58.3% goals conceded percentage on penalty kicks (21 of 36) in the regular season, lowest in MLS regular season history among keepers with at least 20 penalties faced.

• Forward Daniel Salloi led Sporting last season with 22 goal contributions in all competitions (10 goals 12 assists). Salloi is entering his first year as an MLS Designated Player and his first season wearing the No. 10 jersey. Salloi is one of four MLS players with seven or more goals in each of the last three regular seasons since 2021 alongside Hany Mukhtar, Lucho Acosta and Jesus Ferreira.

• Forward Alan Pulido was second on the team last season with 21 goal contributions in all competitions (15 goals, six assists).

Houston Dynamo Team Notes

• Houston is 10-1-7 in 18 regular season home openers since joining MLS in 2006. The Dynamo are unbeaten in their last 12 home openers since 2012 (8-0-4 record).

• A successful 2023 campaign saw Houston win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and reach the Western Conference Finals after missing the playoffs in five straight seasons from 2018-2022. Houston has reached the conference finals in eight of the club’s nine playoff appearances since 2006.

• Houston ended last season with two losses in its final 17 matches across all competitions: a 2-1 defeat at Sporting on Sept. 23 and a 2-0 playoff loss at LAFC on Dec. 2. The team never trailed in the 15 matches it did not lose during that stretch.

• Houston was 18-3-5 at home last season in all competitions, scoring 51 goals (1.96 per match) and conceding 18 (0.69 per match) with 13 shutouts in 26 games.

• Houston conceded 11 goals in 17 regular season home matches last season, their fewest in club history (11-2-4 record).

Houston Dynamo Player Notes

• Goalkeeper Steve Clark ranked second in MLS during the 2023 regular season with 12 shutouts.

• Midfielder Hector Herrera finished second in MLS during the 2023 regular season with 17 assists while leading the team with 21 total goal contributions (four goals).

• Midfielder Amine Bassi led Houston with 15 goals last season in all competitions, including nine penalty kick goals and one goal immediately off a saved penalty kick rebound.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES

• Manager Peter Vermes is one shy of his 500th MLS match as Sporting’s head coach (including MLS Cup Playoffs and MLS is Back Tournament).

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES

SPORTING KICKS OFF 29th SEASON IN MLS

Sporting Kansas City will embark on their 29th Major League Soccer season this Saturday when the team south to take on Houston Dynamo FC at Shell Energy Stadium. Sporting enjoyed a momentous turnaround during the 2023 campaign, going a winless 0-7-3 in their first 10 game before posting a Western Conference-best record of 12-7-5 the rest of the way to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Spoting’s run in the MLS Cup Playoffs saw the team eliminate the San Jose Earthquakes and St. Louis before falling to this weekend’s opponents, the Dynamo, in the Western Conference Semifinals. Houston enjoyed a stellar 2023 campaign, highlighted by hoisting the U.S. Open Cup.

Sporting KC has an excellent record in the opening weekend of a season - the team actually leads MLS with 15 season-opening wins all-time, posting a 15-9-4 record in Week 1. Over the previous eight seasons, Sporting has gone 3-4-1 in season openers, beating Seattle, Vancouver and the New York Red Bulls in 2016, 2020, and 2021 respectively, falling to New York City, LAFC, Atlanta United and the Portland Timbers in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 while also playing to a scoreless draw against D.C. United in 2017.

Sporting maintains an edge in the all-time regular-season series against Houston, going 14-13-15, but also has a 5-8-8 mark on the road.

BACK WHERE IT ENDED IN 2023

Sporting Kansas City will commence the club’s 2024 MLS campaign this Saturday night with a visit to take on Houston Dynamo FC at Shell Energy Stadium. The match marks an immediate opportunity for revenge as Sporting saw their 2023 season curtailed by the Dynamo in the MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinal.

That postseason matchup didn’t pass without controversy, as just moments after Houston scored the only goal of the game, Daniel Salloi saw a shot blocked off the line by the arm of Erik Sviatchenko, but no penalty was awarded. PRO later admitted an error had been made on the call.

Sporting claimed the season series over Houston in the 2023 regular season, going 1-0-1. Sporting first settled for a point on July 8 with a 2-2 draw at Shell Energy Stadium. Alan Pulido twice gave Sporting the lead but Houston equalized in first and second-half stoppage time to salvage a draw.

The return fixture took place at Children’s Mercy Park on Sept. 23, with Sporting holding on for a 2-1 win. Johnny Russell gave Sporting an early lead from the spot before being shown a straight red card following a VAR review later in the first half. Willy Agada doubled the lead before Teenage Hadebe pulled a goal back on the stroke of halftime but Sporting held on with 10 men through the second half to pick up all three points.

CONTINUITY FROM 2023

Sporting Kansas City enters the 2024 campaign with the vast majority of the team that produced one of the most remarkable turnarounds in MLS history last season returning for another year under Manager Peter Vermes.

Of the starting XI that saw their season come to an end in Houston on Nov. 26, 2023, 10 of those players are back in 2024 as Gadi Kinda was the sole casualty of the offseason after he returned home to Israel and Maccabi Haifa. Despite Kinda starting Sporting’s final three postseason matches, it was actually the returning Erik Thommy who played the majority of the minutes alongside Nemanja Radoja and Remi Walter in 2023.

Up front, Sporting’s deadly trio all return as Alan Pulido, Johnny Russell and Daniel Salloi are all back in 2024 after putting up some stellar numbers last campaign. Pulido was the team’s top scorer with 15 goals in all competitions and tallied 21 goal contributions, while Salloi led the team with 22 goal contributions (10g, 12a). Russell also tallied 13 goal involvements as the trio made up 56 goals and assists in 2023.

Along the backline, goalkeeper Tim Melia is back to anchor the same quartet that started Sporting’s playoff finale in Jake Davis, Dany Rosero, Andreu Fontas and Tim Leibold.

VERMES SET FOR MLS MILESTONE

When Sporting KC takes the field in their season opener at Houston Dynamo FC on Saturday, Manager Peter Vermes will be reaching a major managerial milestone.

Across all MLS competitions (including the MLS Cup Playoffs and MLS is Back Knockout Round), Vermes currently sits on 499 games coached. Embarking on his 16th season at the helm in Kansas City, Vermes will celebrate the new campaign with his 500th game coached in MLS competition.

Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, while Vermes is the 5th longest tenured head coach in the five major American men’s sports leagues.

PRESEASON RECAP

Sporting Kansas City concluded a successful preseason trip to Miami, Florida this past weekend that included approximately five weeks of training with five preseason scrimmages as the team honed their skills heading into the 2024 campaign.

2024 Preseason Results (3-1-1)

Date Opponent Score Goalscorers

Jan. 20 Florida International (NCAA) W 4-1 Salloi, Agada, Russell & Afrifa

Jan. 26 Charlotte FC (MLS) T 3-3 Thommy, Hernandez & Cruz

Jan. 30 Nashville SC (MLS) L 1-2 Pulido

Feb. 10 Miami FC (USLC) W 5-0 Own Goal, Afrifa, Agada (3)

Feb. 17 Atlanta United FC (MLS) W 3-1 Agada (2), Vargas

Sporting went 3-1-1 in their five preseason outings, including a 1-1-1 mark against MLS opponents. Sporting scored 16 goals across those five games, conceding just seven.

NEWCOMERS AIMING TO SHINE

Sporting Kansas City added four players during the offseason and each will be looking to make an impact in 2024 and beyond. Sporting signed a player on each line heading into the season with goalkeeper Ryan Schewe, defender Zorhan Bassong, midfielder Memo Rodriguez and forward Alenis Vargas all joining the ranks.

Schewe, 21, was Sporting’s first round selection in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft (22nd overall) out of Georgetown University where he posted a 20-4-4 record in two standout collegiate seasons.

Canadian left back Bassong, 24, joins Sporting as a free agent after spending the last year playing in Romania. Bassong was developed at Belgian clubs Mouscron and Anderlecht before moving to Lille in France and Cercle Brugge back in Belgium. In a previous stint in MLS, Bassong made 43 appearances in all competitions for his hometown team CF Montreal from 2021-2022.

Rodriguez, 28, arrives in Kansas City with a wealth of MLS experience, mostly with Houston Dynamo FC from 2015-2022 where he came up through their academy. Rodriguez has scored 34 goals in 227 professional appearances and helped the Dynamo win the 2018 U.S. Open Cup before spending the 2023 season with the LA Galaxy and Austin FC.

Vargas, 20, signed with Sporting’s first team from Costa Rican side Futbol Consultants Desamparados after impressing while on loan with SKC II in 2023. Last season, Vargas recorded six goals and five assists while drawing three penalty kicks and helping the team reach the MLS NEXT Pro Playoffs with a third-place finish in the West.

SPORTING LAUNCHES NEW SECONDARY JERSEY

Sporting Kansas City’s new secondary jersey for the 2024 and 2025 seasons – featuring a modern, fashion-oriented evolution of the club’s iconic argyle look – was unveiled on Feb. 14.

First introduced with a viral third kit during the club’s 2013 MLS Cup championshipwinning campaign, the argyle diamonds have become a highly visible brand element in the club’s identity and are now brought back by popular demand for the first time since 2015 as the focal point of a jersey design. The new iteration features a reinterpretation of the argyle to modern, interlocking diamonds displayed in the club’s Dark Indigo color with a repeating pattern on the front of the kit.

Authentic kits are also highlighted by specialized elements emblazoned to both the interior and exterior of the back neck. Above the player’s name and number is “SKC” inside argyle diamonds, carrying over the custom mark from the club’s primary jersey for a direct link between the two kits. In addition, a neck tape adorned to the inside of the kits is accentuated with the club motto “Two States. One City. One Club.”

SKC & CHILDREN’S MERCY SURPRISE STUDENTS

Sporting Kansas City teamed up with Children’s Mercy Kansas City to deliver the club’s brand new secondary jersey and Kindness Champion scarves to students and staff at 42 local schools in 14 districts to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week from Feb. 14-20 with a special K.I.T.S. (Kindness In The Schools) initiative.

Each school surprised two individuals with co-branded scarves and Sporting jerseys customized with “Kindness” above the number 24 on the back of the kits as a special thank you for their kind character as part of the RED CARD anti-bullying campaign.

New for 2024, fifth graders at Rising Star Elementary in the Shawnee Mission School District and Southeast Elementary in the Park Hill School District each assembled Happy Kits used in a variety of areas throughout Children’s Mercy Kansas City to help patients and families feel welcome during their visit.

09/14/2012 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Livestrong Sporting Park

05/12/2013 KC 1 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium

05/26/2013 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park

10/09/2013 KC 0 at HOU 0 T BBVA Compass Stadium

06/06/2014 KC 2 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium

08/29/2014 KC 1 vs HOU 3 L Sporting Park

04/25/2015 KC 4 at HOU 4 T BBVA Compass Stadium

08/01/2015 KC 1 vs HOU 1 T Sporting Park

09/23/2015 KC 0 at HOU 1 L BBVA Compass Stadium

05/07/2016 KC 0 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium

09/09/2016 KC 3 vs HOU 3 T Children’s Mercy Park

10/11/2017 KC 1 at HOU 2 L BBVA Compass Stadium

10/15/2017 KC 0 vs HOU 0 T Children’s Mercy Park

06/23/2018 KC 3 vs HOU 2 W Children’s Mercy Park

08/04/2018 KC 1 at HOU 0 W BBVA Compass Stadium

06/01/2019 KC 1 at HOU 1 T BBVA Stadium

08/31/2019 KC 1 vs HOU 0 W Children’s

6 Alan Pulido

6 Graham Zusi

38 Dwyer, Salloi

17 Dom Dwyer

36 Roger Espinoza

27 Graham Zusi

9 Tim Melia

4 Tim Melia

4 Melia, Nielsen

52 Tim Melia

20

Melia

2 Five Players

2 Five Players

10 Feilhaber, Sapong

5 Dom Dwyer (9/9/16)

6 Dia, Hirsig

6 Dwyer, Feilhaber

7 Kevin Hartman (9/7/08)

5 Tim Melia (8/25/20)

Five Players

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER

Players In Players Out

DEF - Zorhan Bassong (Signed as Free Agent - Dec. 12, 2023)

FWD - Alenis Vargas (Acquired from Futbol Consultants Desamparados - Dec. 15, 2023)

MID - Memo Rodriguez (Signed as Free Agent - Feb. 1, 2024)

GK - Ryan Schewe (MLS SuperDraft Selection - Feb. 5, 2024)

GK - Kendall McIntosh (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)

DEF - Kortne Ford (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)

DEF - Graham Zusi (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)

MID - Cam Duke (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)

MID - Roger Espinoza (Option Declined - Dec. 1, 2023)

MID - Felipe Gutierrez (Option Declined / Retired - Dec. 1, 2023)

MID - Gadi Kinda (Out of Contract - Dec. 1, 2023)

DATE IN/OUT DETAILS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE

Dec. 1: OUT Sporting KC declines options on defenders Kortne Ford and Graham Zusi along with midfielders Roger Espinoza and Felipe Gutierrez. In addition, goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh and midfielders Cam Duke and Gadi Kinda are out of contract.

Dec. 12: IN Sporting KC signs free agent defender Zorhan Bassong, most recently with Farul Constanta (Romania).

Dec. 15: IN Sporting KC acquires forward Alenis Vargas in a transfer from Futbol Consultants Desamparados (Costa Rica). Vargas had spent the 2023 season on loan with Sporting KC II (MLS NEXT Pro).

Feb. 1: IN Sporting KC signs free agent midfielder Memo Rodriguez, most recently with Austin FC (MLS).

Feb. 5: IN Sporting KC signs goalkeeper Ryan Schewe, the club’s first round pick (22nd overall) in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft out of Georgetown.

2015

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2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023 Stephen Afrifa (1st Round - #8)

Chris Rindov (2nd Round - #37)

2024 Ryan Schewe (1st Round - #22)

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Tim Melia (12/23/14)

Johnny Russell (1/31/18)

Andreu Fontas (8/8/18)

Khiry Shelton (12/9/19)

Alan Pulido (12/10/19)

Remi Walter (12/22/20)

Logan Ndenbe (1/14/22)

Robert Voloder (1/19/22)

Marinos Tzionis (1/24/22)

Willy Agada (6/23/22)

Erik Thommy (6/23/22)

Nemanja Radoja (10/26/22)

Tim Leibold (1/12/23)

Robert Castellanos (2/17/23)

Dany Rosero (3/2/23)

Zorhan Bassong (12/12/23)

Alenis Vargas (12/15/23)

Danny Flores (1/13/23)

Memo Rodriguez (2/1/24)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

Felipe Hernandez (8/30/19)

John Pulskamp (2/24/20)

Ozzie Cisneros (1/20/21)

Kayden Pierre (5/4/21)

Jake Davis (8/19/21)

2023 REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

2023 VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE LOG (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

March 4, 2023 at COL Allen Chapman

Malik Badawi COL Goal Overturned - No Goal

Darren Yapi bundles the ball home from close range after a cross is re-directed into his path by Sam Nicholson. After reviewing the play, referee Allen Chapman overturns his original decision and disallows the goal because Yapi was offside.

March 18, 2023 at DAL Pierre-Luc Lauziere

Carol Anne Chenard SKC Penalty Saved Overturned - Retake Penalty

Willy Agada steps up to take a penalty in the second half of the match but it’s saved by Maarten Paes. After reviewing the play, referee Pierre-Luc Lauziere orders a retake because Paes had encroached on Agada’s attempt.

March 18, 2023 at DAL Pierre-Luc Lauziere

Carol Anne Chenard SKC Penalty/DAL Red Card Overturned - No Penalty/No Red Card

Felipe Hernandez latches onto a loose ball in the area and is brought down by goalkeeper Maarten Paes, and referee Pierre-Luc Luziere awards Sporting a penalty kick and shows Paes his second yellow card of the match. After reviewing the play, Luziere deems that Hernandez was in an offside position thus negating the penalty and the second yellow card.

April 22, 2023 at NE Nima Saghafi

Alejandro Mariscal SKC Second Yellow Card

Overturned - Straight Red Card

Andreu Fontas brings down Giacomo Vrioni on the break and is shown his second yellow card and is sent off. After reviewing the play, referee Nima Saghafi changes his decision from a second yellow card to a straight red card for denial of a goalscoring opportunity.

May 17, 2023 at LAFC Armando Villarreal

Jair Marrufo LAFC Goal

Overturned - No Goal

Ryan Hollingshead receives a pass from Nathan Ordaz and fires home late in the match to give LAFC a 2-1 lead. After reviewing the play, referee Armando Villarreal overturns his original decision and disallows the goal because Ordaz was offside in the build-up.

May 28, 2023 vs. POR Rubiel Vazquez

Jorge Gonzalez SKC Goal Overturned - No Goal

Daniel Salloi scores the rebound after Marinos Tzionis’ header is saved following a corner. After reviewing the play, referee Rubiel Vazquez overturns his original decision and disallows the goal because of a foul by Dany Rosero in the build-up.

June 3, 2023 at VAN Lukasz Szpala

Sorin Stoica SKC Yellow Card Confirmed - Yellow Card

Robert Castellanos is shown a yellow card for pulling down Sergio Cordova after losing the ball near midfield. After reviewing the play for a potential red card for DOGSO, referee Lukasz Szpala confirmed his original decision and sticks with a yellow card.

June 3, 2023 at VAN Lukasz Szpala

Sorin Stoica VAN No Penalty Overturned - Penalty

Robert Voloder slides in an attempt to tackle Deiber Caicedo in the box and the ball goes out for a corner kick. After reviewing the play, referee Lukasz Szpala overturned his original decision and awarded Vancouver a penalty kick.

June 17, 2023 vs. LAFC Rosendo Mendoza Younes Marrakchi SKC No Penalty Overturned - Penalty

Denil Maldonado slides into Gadi Kinda and takes him down in the penalty area, but the referee doesn’t award a foul. After reviewing the play, referee Rosendo Mendoza overturned his original decision and awarded Sporting a penalty kick.

June 17, 2023 vs. LAFC Rosendo Mendoza Younes Marrakchi SKC Goal Overturned - No Goal

Roger Espinoza heads home what Sporting believe to be a late equalizer off Nemanja Radoja’s cross. After reviewing the play, referee Rosendo Mendoza overturned his original decision for a foul by Khiry Shelton in the build-up.

Sept. 23, 2023 vs. HOU Chris Penso

Daniel Radford SKC No Penalty Overturned - Penalty

Erik Thommy meets Logan Ndenbe’s cross and sees his volley deflect off the arm of Sebastian Kowalczyk and saved by Steve Clark. After reviewing the play, referee Chris Penso overturned his original decision and awarded Sporting KC a penalty kick.

Sept. 23, 2023 vs. HOU Chris Penso

Daniel Radford SKC No Foul Overturned - Red Card

Johnny Russell goes in with a slide tackle on Nelson Quinones and the referee awards Houston a throw-in. After reviewing the play, Chris Penso overturned his original decision and showed Russell a straight red card for serious foul play.

Oct. 7, 2023 at RSL Ted Unkel

Joe Dickerson RSL No Foul Overturned - Red Card

Erik Thommy nicks the ball away from Justen Glad who drags Thommy down just outside the RSL penalty area, but play continues. After reviewing the play, referee Ted Unkel overturned his original decision and showed Glad a straight red card for DOGSO.

SPORTING KC MISCELLANEOUS STATS

2023 Regular-Season Record When...

Scoring

Conceding

Tied

Trailing

Scoring 0 goals 0-7-3

Scoring 1 goal 1-6-2

Scoring 2 goals

Scoring 3 goals

Scoring

Allowing

Allowing

Allowing

Wearing Sporting blue 12-9-5

Wearing dark indigo 0-4-3

Wearing Parley 0-1-0

Leading

Outshooting

Outshot

Shots

Shutouts

Temperature below 75 5-8-6

With SKC red card 1-3-0

With opponent red card 1-0-0

In Pacific time zone 1-2-3

In Mountain time zone 1-0-1

In Central time zone 10-10-3

In Eastern time zone 0-2-1

vs. Western Conference 12-9-7 vs. Eastern Conference 0-5-1

On grass 11-12-7

On turf 1-2-1

With zero subs 0-0-0

With one sub 0-0-0

With two subs 0-2-2

With three subs 3-3-2

With four subs 5-2-2

With five subs 4-7-2

With six subs 0-0-0

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June

June

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Regular Season Team-By-Team (in 2023)

vs. Atlanta United FC 1-2-1 (0-0-0)

vs. Austin FC 2-4-1 (1-1-0)

vs. Charlotte FC 0-0-0 (0-0-0)

vs. Chicago Fire FC 19-28-12 (0-1-0)

vs. Colorado Rapids 29-26-19 (0-1-1)

vs. Columbus Crew 26-22-9 (0-0-0)

vs. D.C. United 22-22-13 (0-0-0)

vs. FC Cincinnati 1-0-1 (0-0-0)

vs. FC Dallas 28-30-14 (1-1-0)

vs. Houston Dynamo FC 14-13-15 (1-0-1)

vs. Inter Miami CF 0-1-0 (0-1-0)

vs. Los Angeles FC 4-6-1 (0-1-1)

vs. LA Galaxy 26-26-18 (0-0-2)

vs. Minnesota United FC 11-4-4 (3-0-0)

vs. CF Montreal 8-5-3 (0-1-0)

vs. Nashville SC 2-2-0 (0-1-0)

vs. NE Revolution 25-20-12 (0-1-0)

vs. New York City FC 2-3-1 (0-0-0)

vs. New York Red Bulls 22-22-14 (0-0-0)

vs. Orlando City SC 2-3-2 (0-0-0)

vs. Philadelphia Union 6-6-6 (0-0-1)

vs. Portland Timbers 9-7-6 (1-1-0)

vs. Real Salt Lake 13-16-9 (1-0-1)

vs. St. Louis 1-2-0 (1-2-0)

vs. SJ Earthquakes 30-26-10 (1-1-0)

vs. Seattle Sounders FC 11-12-4 (1-1-0)

vs. Toronto FC 14-4-8 (0-0-0)

vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 12-6-5 (1-0-1)

Regular Season Home,

SPORTING KC IN 2023 (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

Quickest Goal...

Quickest Goal Against...

Game-winning goals after 75’...

Game-tying goals after 75’...

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Red Cards...

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Penalty Kicks Earned...

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Youngest Goalscorer...

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Youngest to play in a game...

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Oldest to play in a game...

2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS

Daniel Salloi (8/26 vs. SJ) - 3rd Minute

Juan Mosquera (2/27 at POR) - 6th Minute

Gadi Kinda (9/16 at MIN) - 84th Minute

Alan Pulido (10/7 at RSL) - 77th Minute

Alan Pulido (6/21 at LA) - 91+ Minute

Jesus Ferreira (3/18 at DAL) - 84th Minute

Carlos Vela (6/17 vs. LAFC) - 90th Minute

Ryan Gauld (6/3 at VAN) - 88th Minute

Ivan Franco (7/8 at HOU) - 98+ Minute

Ben Sweat (3/25 vs. SEA) - 63rd Minute

Robert Castellanos (4/15 at SJ) - 38th Minute

Andreu Fontas (4/22 at NE) - 61st Minute

Johnny Russell (9/23 vs. HOU) - 39th Minute

Justen Glad (10/7 at RSL) - 3rd Minute

Erik Thommy (3/18 at DAL) - Saved by Maarten Paes

Alan Pulido (6/17 vs. LAFC) - Scored on John McCarthy

Alan Pulido (6/21 at LA) - Scored on Jonathan Bond

Alan Pulido (7/8 at HOU) - Scored on Steve Clark

Johnny Russell (9/23 vs. HOU) - Scored on Steve Clark

Alan Pulido (10/7 at RSL) - Saved by Zac MacMath

Foul on Willy Agada (3/18 at DAL) - 61st Minute

Foul on Gadi Kinda (6/17 vs. LAFC) - 17th Minute

Daniel Aguirre Handball (6/21 at LA) - 91+ Minute

Foul on Gadi Kinda (7/8 at HOU) - 62nd Minute

Sebastian Kowalczyk Handball (9/23 vs. HOU) - 7th Minute

Foul on Logan Ndenbe (10/7 at RSL) - 77th Minute

Jeremy Ebobisse (4/15 at SJ) - Scored on Tim Melia

Nicolas Lodeiro (5/7 at SEA) - Scored on Tim Melia

Sang Bin Jeong (5/13 vs. MIN) - Saved by Tim Melia

Eduard Lowen (5/20 at STL) - Scored on Kendall McIntosh

Ryan Gauld (6/3 at VAN) - Scored on Kendall McIntosh

Carlos Gruezo (8/26 vs. SJ) - Saved by Tim Melia

Leo Campana (9/9 at MIA) - Scored on Tim Melia

Willy Agada (3/25 vs. SEA) - 23 years and 189 days

Johnny Russell (10/21 vs. MIN) - 33 years and 196 days

Jake Davis (4/29 vs. MTL) - 21 years and 116 days

Kayden Pierre (3/18 at DAL) - 20 years and 30 days

Tim Melia (10/21 vs. MIN) - 37 years and 159 days

Tim Melia (10/21 vs. MIN) - 37 years and 159 days

SPORTING KC ALL-TIME WIN/LOSS RECORDS IN COMPETITIVE MATCHES

SPORTING KC 2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES

Feb. 27, 2023: Portland Timbers 1-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Providence Park | Portland, OR

Attendance: 22,925

Weather: 39 degrees and rainy

2 F

Sporting KC (0-1-0, 0 points) 0

Portland Timbers (1-0-0, 3 points) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Portland Timbers

GK Pulskamp GK Bingham

D Zusi D Mosquera

D Voloder D Zuparic

D Fontas D McGraw

D Sweat (Leibold 73’) D Rasmussen

M Walter M D. Chara (C)

M Espinoza (Hernandez 70’) M Williamson (Paredes 80’)

M Thommy (C) (Tzionis 71’) M Evander

F Shelton F Y. Chara (Moreno 33’)

F Agada F Niezgoda (Fogaca 62’)

F Salloi F Loria (Gutierrez 80’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Ivacic (GK)

Castellanos Bonilla

Pierre Bravo

Rindov Mabiala

Davis Miller

Duke

Scoring Summary:

POR - Juan Mosquera 1 (Yimmi Chara 1) 6’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 16’

POR - Dario Zuparic (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 26’

POR - Eryk Williamson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 73’

POR - Evander (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’

Stats Summary SKC POR Shots (on goal) 12 (4) 7 (4)

3 4

9 12

0 1

March 18, 2023: FC Dallas 2-1 Sporting KC

MLS Regular Season | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX

Attendance: 17,467

Weather: 48 degrees and clear

Sporting KC FC Dallas

GK Pulskamp GK Paes

D Zusi D Twumasi (Jesus 82’)

D Voloder D Tafari

D Fontas D Martinez

D Sweat (Pierre 86’) D Farfan

M Walter M Cerrillo

M Espinoza (Hernandez 67’) M Lletget (Jimenez 82’)

M Thommy (C) (Radoja 75’) M Pomykal (Ntsabeleng 59’)

F Shelton (Tzionis 85’) F Arriola (C) (Ibeagha 93+)

F Agada F Ferreira

F Salloi F Velasco (Quignon 92+)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Maurer (GK)

Castellanos Junqua

Rindov Mulato

Davis Obrian

Duke

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Unassisted) 11’

DAL - Alan Velasco 2 (Sebastian Lletget 1) 55’

DAL - Jesus Ferreira 3 (Unassisted) 84’

Misconduct Summary:

DAL - Maarten Paes (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 61’

DAL - Ema Twumasi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 76’

SKC - Robert Voloder (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’

Stats Summary SKC DAL

Shots (on goal) 11 (3) 12 (3)

Saves 1 2

Fouls 10 9

Offside 1 2

Corner Kicks 4 7

March 4, 2023: Colorado Rapids 0-0 Sporting KC

MLS Regular Season | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, CO Attendance: 14,954

Weather: 37 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (0-1-1, 1 point)

Colorado Rapids (0-1-1, 1 point)

Sporting KC Colorado Rapids

GK Pulskamp GK Yarbrough (C)

D Zusi D Rosenberry

D Voloder D Abubakar

D Fontas D Maxso

D Sweat (Leibold 82’) D Beitashour

M Walter M Priso (Max 46’)

M Espinoza (Hernandez 72’) M Bassett

M Thommy (C) (Duke 88’) M Ronan

F Tzionis (Shelton 72’) F Barrios (Galvan 77’)

F Agada F Yapi

F Salloi F Nicholson (Cabral 63’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Rodriguez (GK)

Castellanos Anderson

Pierre Gersbach

Rindov Wilson

Davis Acosta Harris

Scoring Summary: None

Misconduct Summary:

COL - Lalas Abubakar (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 3’

SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’

COL - Kevin Cabral (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’

March 25, 2023: Sporting KC 1-4 Seattle Sounders FC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,629

Weather: 54 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (0-3-2, 2 points) 1 0 1

Seattle Sounders FC (3-1-1, 10 points) 1 3 4

Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FC

GK Pulskamp GK Frei

D Zusi (Davis 83’) D C. Roldan (Kitahara 87’)

D Voloder D Yeimar

D Fontas D Ragen

D Sweat D Rowe (Dobbelaere 84’)

M Walter M Paulo (Leyva 84’)

M Espinoza (Hernandez 46’) M Atencio

M Thommy (C) (Duke 70’) M Rusnak

F Shelton (Russell 61’) M Lodeiro (C)

F Agada (Flores 84’) M Chu (Montero 78’)

F Salloi F Morris (Teves 84’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Melia (GK) Castro (GK)

Castellanos Cleveland (GK)

Rindov Cissoko

Pulido

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Willy Agada 1 (Unassisted) 5’

SEA - Jordan Morris 4 (Leo Chu 1) 23’

SEA - Jordan Morris 5 (Leo Chu 2, Joao Paulo 1) 54’

SEA - Jordan Morris 6 (Nicolas Lodeiro 1) 69’

SEA - Jordan Morris 7 (Leo Chu 3, Albert Rusnak 1) 77’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Ben Sweat (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’

SKC - Ben Sweat (Yellow Card/Red Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’

Stats Summary SKC SEA

Shots (on goal) 7 (3) 13 (7)

Saves 3 2

Fouls 10 9

Offside 1 5

Corner Kicks 3 3

March 11, 2023: Sporting KC 0-0 LA Galaxy

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,612

Weather: 39 degrees and rain 1 2 F

Sporting KC (0-1-2, 2 points)

LA Galaxy (0-1-1, 1 point)

Sporting KC LA Galaxy

GK Pulskamp GK Bond

D Zusi D Leerdam (Mavinga 67’)

D Voloder D Caceres

D Fontas D Neal

D Leibold (Sweat 77’) D Edwards (Uri 92+)

M Walter M Puig

M Espinoza (Radoja 67’) M Brugman (C)

M Thommy (C) M Delgado

F Shelton (Tzionis 63’) F Rodriguez (Aguirre 81’)

F Agada F Joveljic (Judd 67’)

F Salloi F Alvarez (Boyd 67’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Klinsmann (GK)

Castellanos Zavaleta

Pierre Perez

Rindov Saldana

Duke Hernandez

Scoring Summary: None

Misconduct Summary: None

April 1, 2023: Philadelphia Union 0-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Subaru Park | Chester, PA

Attendance: 18,550

Weather: 56 degrees and

Sporting KC (0-3-3, 3 points)

Philadelphia Union (2-3-1, 7 points)

Sporting KC Philadelphia Union GK Melia GK Blake

D Zusi D Harriel (Mbaizo 85’)

D Rosero D Glesnes

D Castellanos D Elliott

D Voloder D Real

M Radoja (Espinoza 34’) M Martinez (Torres 86’)

M Walter M Bedoya (C)

M Thommy M Flach (McGlynn 62’)

F Russell (C) (Shelton 62’) M Gazdag

F Agada (Pulido 63’) F Carranza

F Salloi F Uhre (Sullivan 72’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Bendik (GK)

Fontas Lowe

Rindov Bueno

Davis Perea

Duke Donovan

Hernandez

Scoring Summary:

None

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Willy Agada (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 16’

PHI - Nathan Harriel (Yellow Card; Handball) 18’

PHI - Daniel Gazdag (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’

PHI - Jose Martinez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 72’

SKC - Remi Walter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 95+

Stats Summary SKC PHI Shots (on

13 (4) 17 (4)

Saves

SPORTING KC 2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES

April 8, 2023: Sporting KC 0-1 Colorado Rapids

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 18,467

Weather: 61 degrees and clear

1 2 F

Sporting KC (0-4-3, 3 points) 0 0 0

Colorado Rapids (1-3-3, 6 points) 0 1 1

Sporting KC Colorado Rapids

GK Melia GK Yarbrough (C)

D Zusi D Abubakar

D Rosero D Maxso (Beitashour 45’)

D Castellanos D Wilson

D Voloder M Rosenberry

M Walter M Acosta

M Hernandez (Tzionis 79’) M Ronan

M Thommy M Nicholson (Markanich 80’)

F Russell (C) F Max (Barrios 60’)

F Pulido (Agada 65’) F Rubio (Cabral 85’)

F Salloi F Lewis (Yapi 60’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Ilic (GK)

Fontas Edwards

Rindov Priso

Davis Harris

Duke

Espinoza

Shelton

Scoring Summary:

COL - Diego Rubio 1 (Darren Yapi 1) 68’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 35’

COL - Max (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’

COL - Danny Wilson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’

COL - Sam Nicholson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 71’

COL - Bryan Acosta (Yellow Card; Persistent Infringement) 74’

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’

Stats Summary SKC COL

18 (2) 8 (2)

April 29, 2023: Sporting KC 0-2 CF Montreal

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 18,226

Weather: 61 degrees and sunny

Sporting KC (0-7-3, 3 points)

CF Montreal (3-6-0, 9 points)

Sporting KC CF Montreal

GK Melia GK Sirois

D Davis D Corbo

D Rosero D Camacho

D Voloder (Castellanos 46’) D Waterman

D Ndenbe M Herrera

M Walter M Wanyama (C)

M Espinoza M Choiniere

M Thommy (Kinda 62’) M Lassiter (Campbell 83’)

F Russell (C) F Duke (Ibrahim 75’)

F Pulido F Offor (Thorkelsson 95+)

F Salloi F Rea (Saliba 74’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Ketterer (GK)

Rindov Brault-Guillard

Duke Hamdi

Hernandez Jabang

Shelton

Tzionis

Scoring Summary:

MTL - Bryce Duke 1 (Mathieu Choiniere 2, Sean Rea 1) 35’

MTL - Mathieu Choiniere 2 (Aaron Herrera 1, Sean Rea 2) 46+

Misconduct Summary:

MTL - Victor Wanyama (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 27’

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’

SKC - Alan Pulido (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’

SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’

MTL - Joel Waterman (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 65’

MTL - Mathieu Choiniere (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 96+

Stats Summary SKC MTL

Shots (on goal) 13 (6) 10 (4)

Saves 2 6

Fouls 13 12

Offside 3 4

Corner Kicks 5 6

April 15, 2023: San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | PayPal Park | San Jose, CA Attendance: 14,212

Weather: 56 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (0-5-3, 3 points) 0 0 0

San Jose Earthquakes (4-2-2, 14 points) 2 1 3

Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes

GK Melia GK Marcinkowski

D Zusi (Duke 70’) D Akapo

D Rosero D Mensah (Beason 89’)

D Castellanos D Rodrigues

D Voloder D Marie

M Walter M Gruezo (Judson 82’)

M Thommy M Yueill (C)

M Hernandez (Agada 46’) M Monteiro (Thompson 73’)

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 70’) F Espinoza

F Pulido (Fontas 41’) F Ebobisse (Bouda 89’)

F Salloi (Shelton 70’) F Cowell (Kikanovic 82’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Ochoa (GK)

Ndenbe Trauco

Rindov Baldisimo

Espinoza Skahan

Scoring Summary:

SJ - Cristian Espinoza 5 (Cade Cowell 1, Jamiro Monteiro 2) 9’

SJ - Jeremy Ebobisse 3 (Penalty Kick) 40’

SJ - Jeremy Ebobisse 4 (Paul Marie 1, Cade Cowell 2) 51’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 31’

SKC - Robert Castellanos (Red Card; DOGSO) 38’

SJ - Cristian Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’

SJ - Carlos Gruezo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 77’

April 22, 2023: New England Revolution 2-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 19,281

Weather: 51 degrees and cloudy 1 2 F

Sporting KC (0-6-3, 3 points) 0 1 1

New England Revolution (6-1-2, 20 points) 2 0 2

Sporting KC New England Revolution

GK Melia GK Petrovic

D Duke D Bye

D Rosero D Farrell

D Fontas D Romney

D Ndenbe (Shelton 64’) D Makoun (Sweat 74’)

M Walter M Polser

M Espinoza (Hernandez 67’) M Buck

M Thommy (Rindov 86’) M Gil (C)

F Russell (C) F Bajraktarevic (Rennicks 64’)

F Pulido (Voloder 64’) F Vrioni (Panayotou 96+)

F Salloi (Tzionis 86’) F Boateng (Rivera 74’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Edwards Jr. (GK)

Davis Gonzalez

Flores Bolma

Kinda

Scoring Summary:

NE - Giacomo Vrioni 2 (Emmanuel Boateng 1, Carles Gil 4) 31’

NE - Giacomo Vrioni 3 (Unassisted) 35’

SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 50’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 20’

SKC - Andreu Fontas (Red Card; DOGSO) 61’

SKC - Robert Voloder (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’

Stats Summary

May 7, 2023: Seattle Sounders FC 1-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Lumen Field | Seattle, WA Attendance: 31,620

Weather: 61 degrees and partly cloudy

Sporting KC (1-7-3, 6 points) 2 0 2

Seattle Sounders (6-3-2, 20 points)

Sporting KC Seattle Sounders FC

GK Melia GK Frei

D Davis D Baker-Whiting (Baker 57’)

D Rosero D Yeimar

D Fontas D Ragen

D Ndenbe D A. Roldan

M Walter M Vargas (Teves 84’)

M Thommy (Espinoza 76’) M Rusnak

M Kinda (Hernandez 46’) M Lodeiro (C)

F Russell (C) M Heber

F Pulido (Zusi 85’) M Chu (Montero 57’)

F Salloi (Shelton 78’) F Morris

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Cleveland (GK)

Castellanos Thomas

Voloder Arreaga

Afrifa Dobbelaere

Tzionis Kitahara

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Erik Thommy 1 (Gadi Kinda1, Daniel Salloi 2) 4’

SKC - Alan Pulido 1 (Erik Thommy 1) 31’

SEA - Nicolas Lodeiro (Penalty Kick) 66’

Misconduct Summary:

SEA - Alex Roldan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 10’

SKC - Remi Walter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 12’

SKC - Logan Ndenbe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’

SEA - Albert Rusnak (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’

SKC - Johnny Russell (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 95+

Stats Summary SKC SEA

11 (5) 11 (3)

May 13, 2023: Sporting KC 3-0 Minnesota United FC MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 17,851

Weather: 80 degrees and sunny

Sporting KC (2-7-3, 9 points)

Minnesota United (3-5-3, 12 points)

Sporting KC Minnesota United FC

GK Melia (McIntosh 69’) GK St. Clair

D Davis D Boxall (C)

D Rosero D Kallman (Fragapane 46’)

D Fontas D Tapias

D Ndenbe M Taylor

M Radoja (Kinda 62’) M Lod

M Thommy (Hernandez 86’) M Dotson (Garcia 65’)

M Walter M Arriaga

F Russell (C) (Zusi 86’) M Lawrence (Valentin 82’)

F Pulido F Hlongwane

F Salloi F Jeong

Subs not used: Subs not used: Castellanos Dick (GK)

Rindov Irwin (GK)

Duke Rosales

Afrifa Trapp

Tzionis Dunbar

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Dany Rosero 1 (Daniel Salloi 3) 9’

SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Remi Walter 1, Alan Pulido 1) 22’

SKC - Gadi Kinda 1 (Johnny Russell 1, Erik Thommy 2) 84’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 21’

MIN - Miguel Tapias (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 36’

MIN - Michael Boxall (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’

Stats Summary SKC MIN

Shots (on goal) 9 (4) 6 (3)

Saves 3 1 Fouls 11 15

1 4

3

SPORTING KC 2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES

May 17, 2023: Los Angeles FC 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BMO Stadium | Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 22,222

Weather: 61 degrees and cloudy

1 2 F

Sporting KC (2-7-4, 10 points) 1 0 1

Los Angeles FC (6-1-4, 22 points) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Los Angeles FC

GK McIntosh GK Jakupovic

D Davis (Zusi 60’) D Palencia

D Rosero D Maldonado

D Fontas D Long (Hollingshead 58’)

D Ndenbe D Palacios

M Radoja M Ilie (Duenas 67’)

M Thommy (Kinda 61’) M Tillman

M Walter M Cifuentes

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 83’) F Opoku (Bogusz 67’)

F Pulido (Afrifa 93+) F Vela (C) (Biuk 67’)

F Salloi F Bouanga (Ordaz 77’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Romero (GK)

Leibold Rosales

Rindov Crisostomo

Espinoza

Hernandez

Scoring Summary:

LAFC - Denis Bouanga 10 (Kwadwo Opoku 1, Sergi Palencia 2) 13’

SKC - Johnny Russell 2 (Remi Walter 2, Alan Pulido 2) 20’

Misconduct Summary:

LAFC - Ilie Sanchez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 29’

LAFC - Diego Palacios (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 40’

LAFC - Timothy Tillman (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 70’

SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+

Stats Summary SKC LAFC

Shots (on goal) 7 (3) 13 (6)

Saves 5 2

Fouls 8 15

Offside 2 3 Corner Kicks 3 5

May 31, 2023: Sporting KC 2-1 FC Dallas MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 17,178

Weather: 76 degrees and mostly cloudy

Sporting KC (4-8-4, 16 points)

FC Dallas (6-4-5, 23 points)

Sporting KC FC Dallas

GK McIntosh GK Maurer

D Davis (Zusi 46’ (Shelton 71’)) D Smith (Jesus 55’)

D Rosero (Castellanos 63’) D Tafari

D Fontas D Ibeagha

D Ndenbe (Leibold 64’) D Farfan

M Radoja M Obrian (Endeley 83’)

M Thommy M Norris (Quignon 55’)

M Kinda (Walter 63’) M Cerrillo

F Tzionis M Velasco (Kamungo 83’)

F Pulido (C) F Ferreira (C)

F Salloi F Jimenez (Mulato 71’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Paes (GK)

Espinoza Junqua

Hernandez Korca

Afrifa Martinez

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Gadi Kinda 2 (Unassisted) 41’

SKC - Daniel Salloi 4 (Gadi Kinda 2) 60’

DAL - Jesus Ferreira 9 (Facundo Quignon 1) 91+

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Logan Ndenbe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 37’

DAL - Edwin Cerrillo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Stats Summary SKC DAL

Shots (on goal) 15 (5) 11 (4)

Saves 3 3

Fouls 2 13

Offside 2 2

Corner Kicks 5 2

May 20, 2023: St. Louis 4-0 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Citypark | St. Louis, MO Attendance: 22,423

Weather: 65 degrees and clear

Sporting KC (2-8-4, 10 points) 0 0 0

St. Louis (7-4-1, 22 points)

Sporting KC St. Louis

GK McIntosh GK Burki (C)

D Zusi (Davis 63’) D Nerwinski

D Rosero D Bartlett

D Fontas D Parker

D Leibold (Ndenbe 46’) D Hiebert

M Radoja M Blom (Perez 78’)

M Walter (Espinoza 77’) M Lowen (Klein 78’)

M Kinda (Thommy 46’) M Stroud (Ostrak 69’)

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 77’) F Vassilev

F Pulido F Gioacchini (Jackson 88’)

F Salloi F Pompeu

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Lundt (GK)

Rindov Bell

Hernandez Pidro

Afrifa Yaro Jensen

Scoring Summary:

STL - Eduard Lowen 3 (Penalty Kick) 19’

STL - Indiana Vassilev 1 (Jared Stroud 3) 25’

STL - Niko Gioacchini 4 (Jared Stroud 4) 55’

STL - Indiana Vassilev 2 (Tomas Ostrak 2) 74’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 28’

STL - Jake Nerwinski (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 30’

SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 42’

June 3, 2023: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | BC Place | Vancouver, BC Attendance: 13,739

Weather: 67 degrees and sunny 1 2 F

Sporting KC (4-8-5, 17 points)

Vancouver Whitecaps (5-5-6, 21 points)

Sporting KC Vancouver Whitecaps

GK McIntosh GK Takaoka

D Davis D Laborda (Schopf 66’)

D Castellanos D Veselinovic

D Fontas (Voloder 46’) D Blackmon

D Ndenbe (Leibold 42’) D Martins

M Radoja M Gressel

M Thommy (Espinoza 91+) M Cubas (Caicedo 76’)

M Walter M Vite (Berhalter 91+)

F Tzionis (Shelton 71’) F Gauld

F Pulido (C) (Kinda 72’) F White

F Salloi F Cordova (Becher 76’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Boehmer (GK)

Duke Brown

Hernandez Campagna

Afrifa Raposo Teibert

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Alan Pulido 2 (Erik Thommy 3) 20’

VAN - Ryan Gauld 2 (Penalty Kick) 88’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Robert Castellanos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 7’

VAN - Brian White (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 39’

VAN - Tristan Blackmon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 63’

VAN - Andres Cubas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 70’

VAN - Ryan Gauld (Yellow Card; Dissent) 78’

SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’

SKC - Kendall McIntosh (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 95+

May 28, 2023: Sporting KC 4-1 Portland Timbers

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 18,514

Weather: 83 degrees and sunny 1 2 F

Sporting KC (3-8-4, 13 points) 1 3 4

Portland Timbers (4-7-4, 16 points) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Portland Timbers

GK McIntosh GK Ivacic

D Davis (Zusi 46’) D Mosquera

D Rosero D Mabiala

D Fontas D McGraw

D Ndenbe (Leibold 62’) D Bravo (Blanco 81’)

M Radoja M Paredes

M Thommy (Hernandez 77’) M D. Chara (C)

M Kinda (Espinoza 62’) M Moreno (Y. Chara 46’ (Loria 53’))

F Tzionis M Evander

F Pulido (C) (Shelton 77’) M Asprilla (Niezgoda 81’)

F Salloi F Boli (Fogaca 81’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Bingham (GK)

Castellanos Miller

Rindov Rasmussen

Afrifa Caliskan

Scoring Summary:

POR - Franck Boli 3 (Unassisted) 8’

SKC - Erik Thommy 2 (Marinos Tzionis 1) 33’

SKC - Daniel Salloi 3 (Graham Zusi 1, Tim Leibold 1) 66’

SKC - Own Goal (Larrys Mabiala) 68’

SKC - Felipe Hernandez 1 (Roger Espinoza 1) 93+

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 47’

SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Handball) 72’

SKC - Khiry Shelton (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

POR - Marvin Loria (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’

Stats

June 10, 2023: Sporting KC 4-1 Austin FC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 18,885

Weather: 69 degrees and rainy 1 2 F

Sporting KC (5-8-5, 20 points) 1 3 4

Austin FC (5-8-4, 19 points) 0 1 1

Sporting KC Austin FC

GK McIntosh GK Stuver

D Davis D Lima

D Castellanos D Cascante

D Voloder D Radovanovic (Bruin 87’)

D Leibold (Espinoza 93+) M Rigoni (Finlay 58’)

M Radoja M Pereira

M Thommy (Hernandez 92+) M Valencia (Wolff 59’)

M Walter M Gallagher

F Tzionis F Driussi (C)

F Pulido (Shelton 77’) F Zardes (Urruti 68’)

F Salloi (C) F Fagundez (Lundkvist 68’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Bersano (GK) Rindov Jimenez

Duke Redes

Flores

Kinda

Afrifa

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Alan Pulido 3 (Unassisted) 19’

SKC - Robert Castellanos 1 (Alan Pulido 3, Erik Thommy 4) 47’

SKC - Alan Pulido 4 (Tim Leibold 2, Robert Voloder 1) 57’

ATX - Sebastian Driussi 4 (Gyasi Zardes 1) 61’

SKC - Khiry Shelton 1 (Unassisted) 89’

Misconduct Summary:

ATX - Julio Cascante (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’

ATX - Gyasi Zardes (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 60’

SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 61’

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’

Stats Summary SKC ATX

(on goal) 15 (6) 14 (2)

1 2

11 12

2 1

KC Game

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June 17, 2023: Sporting KC 1-2 Los Angeles FC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 19,410

Weather: 84 degrees and sunny

2 F

Sporting KC (5-9-5, 20 points)

Los Angeles FC (8-3-5, 29 points)

Sporting KC Los Angeles FC

GK McIntosh GK McCarthy

D Davis (Russell 76’) D Gaines (Murillo 46’)

D Rosero D Maldonado

D Castellanos D Long

D Leibold (Espinoza 59’) D Palacios (Hollingshead 46’)

M Radoja M Duenas

M Walter M Ilie (C) (Vela 46’)

M Kinda (C) (Shelton 58’) M Crisostomo

F Thommy F Bogusz

F Pulido F Ordaz (Subah 77’)

F Salloi F Biuk

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Jakupovic (GK)

Voloder Jaime

Flores Torres

Hernandez

Afrifa

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Alan Pulido 5 (Penalty Kick) 17’

LAFC - Denil Maldonado 1 (Mateusz Bogusz 1) 48’

LAFC - Carlos Vela 5 (Aaron Long 1) 90’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’

LAFC - Mateusz Bogusz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’

LAFC - Stipe Biuk (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’

Stats Summary SKC LAFC

Shots (on goal) 16 (7) 6 (4)

Saves 2 6 Fouls 14 17 Offside 0 4

July 1, 2023: Sporting KC 3-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,867

Weather: 79 degrees and partly cloudy

Sporting KC (6-10-6, 24 points) 2 1 3

Vancouver Whitecaps (6-6-7, 25 points) 0 0 0

Sporting KC

Vancouver Whitecaps

GK McIntosh GK Takaoka

D Davis D Laborda

D Rosero D Veselinovic

D Fontas D Martins

D Leibold (Ndenbe 86’) M Raposo (Aguilar 81’)

M Radoja (Thommy 46’) M Vite (Caicedo 61’)

M Walter M Cubas (Berhalter 46’)

M Kinda (Espinoza 78’) M Schopf (Ngando 78’)

F Russell (C) M Gauld (C)

F Pulido (Afrifa 86’) F Cordova

F Salloi (Tzionis 78’) F Becher (Johnson 61’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Hasal (GK)

Castellanos Campagna

Hernandez Yao

Shelton Habibullah

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Remi Walter 1 (Gadi Kinda 3) 33’

SKC - Alan Pulido 8 (Tim Leibold 3, Remi Walter 3) 47+

SKC - Erik Thommy 3 (Unassisted) 53’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 57’

VAN - Sebastian Berhalter (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’

SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 89’

Stats Summary SKC VAN

Shots (on goal) 16 (4) 11 (2)

Saves 1 1

Fouls 9 13

Offside 0 5

Corner Kicks 7 8

June 21, 2023: LA Galaxy 2-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Dignity Health Sports Park | Carson, CA Attendance: 20,960

Weather: 69 degrees and sunny

Sporting KC (5-9-6, 21 points)

LA Galaxy (3-9-5, 14 points)

Sporting KC LA Galaxy

GK McIntosh GK Bond

D Davis D Calegari

D Rosero D Caceres (Leerdam 85’)

D Fontas D Mavinga

D Leibold D Aude (Edwards 62’)

M Radoja M Brugman (C)

M Thommy (Espinoza 76’) M Delgado

M Walter M Puig

F Shelton (Russell 65’) F Boyd (Cuevas 86’)

F Pulido (C) F Judd (Bibout 76’)

F Salloi F Costa (Aguirre 75’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Klinsmann (GK)

Castellanos Alvarez

Voloder Vivi

Flores Saldana

Hernandez

Afrifa

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Alan Pulido 6 (Erik Thommy 5, Daniel Salloi 4) 12’

LA - Martin Caceres 2 (Douglas Costa 2) 24’

LA - Preston Judd 2 (Riqui Puig 3, Raheem Edwards 1) 64’

SKC - Alan Pulido 7 (Penalty Kick) 91+

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 17’

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’

LA - Daniel Aguirre (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 90’

July 8, 2023: Houston Dynamo FC 2-2 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Shell Energy Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 16,489

Weather: 90 degrees and sunny 1 2 F

Sporting KC (6-10-7, 25 points) 1 1 2

Houston Dynamo (8-9-4, 28 points) 1 1 2

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

GK McIntosh GK Clark

D Davis D Escobar

D Rosero D Sviachenko

D Fontas D Bartlow

D Leibold (Ndenbe 75’) D Steres (Smith 88’)

M Walter M Artur

M Thommy (Shelton 75’) M Herrera (C)

M Kinda M Baird (Franco 78’)

F Russell (C) (Espinoza 66’) M Bassi

F Pulido (Castellanos 90’) M Quinones (Ulfarsson 68’)

F Salloi (Tzionis 66’) F Aliyu (Ferreira 78’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Valdez (GK)

Duke Dorsey

Flores Gasper

Afrifa Caicedo Raines

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Alan Pulido 9 (Gadi Kinda 4, Andreu Fontas 1) 25’

HOU - Ibrahim Aliyu 1 (Hector Herrera 8, Corey Baird 3) 47+

SKC - Alan Pulido 10 (Penalty Kick) 62’

HOU - Ivan Franco 2 (Thor Ulfarsson 1, Hector Herrera 9) 98+

Misconduct Summary:

HOU - Thor Ulfarsson (Yellow Card; Dissent) 49’

HOU - Hector Herrera (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 50’

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 65’

HOU - Sebastian Ferreira (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 100+

SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Dissent) 101+

Stats

June 24, 2023: Sporting KC 0-1 Chicago Fire FC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 18,032

Weather: 91 degrees and sunny

1 2 F

Sporting KC (5-10-6, 21 points) 0 0 0

Chicago Fire (5-6-8, 23 points) 0 1 1

Sporting KC Chicago Fire

GK McIntosh GK Brady

D Davis (Shelton 84’) D Souquet

D Castellanos D Pineda

D Fontas D Czichos (C)

D Leibold D Aceves (Dean 70’)

M Radoja M Gimenez (Shaqiri 59’)

M Thommy (Kinda 55’) M Navarro

M Walter M Torres (Teran 70’)

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 65’) M Gutierrez (Koutsias 89’)

F Pulido M Herbers (Haile-Selassie 58’)

F Salloi F Kamara

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Richey (GK)

Rindov Burks

Voloder Omsberg

Espinoza Przybylko

Hernandez Afrifa

Scoring Summary:

CHI - Fabian Herbers 3 (Unassisted) 47’

Misconduct Summary:

CHI - Rafael Czichos (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’

CHI - Mauricio Pineda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’

CHI - Arnaud Souquet (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 67’

SKC - Khiry Shelton (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 88’

SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+

Stats

July 12, 2023: Sporting KC 2-2 Real Salt Lake

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

17,924

Sporting KC Real Salt Lake GK McIntosh GK Beavers

D Davis D Eneli

D Rosero D Glad

D Fontas D Silva

D Leibold D Brody

M Radoja M Gomez (Luna 46’)

M Thommy (Kinda 57’) M Palacio (Ojeda 79’)

M Walter M Loffelsend (Ruiz 46’)

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 57’) M Oviedo

F Pulido F Kreilach (C) (Arango 46’)

F Salloi F Musovski (Julio 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) MacMath (GK)

Ndenbe Hidalgo

Voloder Jacquesson

Espinoza Vera

Gutierrez

Afrifa

Shelton

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Daniel Salloi 5 (Johnny Russell 2, Nemanja Radoja 1) 30’

SKC - Johnny Russell 3 (Erik Thommy 6, Jake Davis 1) 36’

RSL - Danny Musovski 5 (Cristian Arango 1, Pablo Ruiz 6) 46’

RSL - Anderson Julio 4 (Unassisted) 72’

Misconduct Summary: RSL - Cristian Arango (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’

RSL - Pablo Ruiz (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’

Stats Summary SKC RSL

Shots (on goal) 11 (4) 12 (9)

Saves 7 2

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July 15, 2023: Austin FC 2-1 Sporting KC

MLS Regular Season | Q2 Stadium | Austin, TX

Attendance: 20,738

Weather: 94 degrees and clear

1 2 F

Sporting KC (6-11-8, 26 points) 1 0 1

Austin FC (9-9-5, 32 points) 2 0 2

Sporting KC Austin FC

GK McIntosh GK Stuver

D Davis D Lima

D Rosero D Cascante

D Fontas (C) D Keller

D Ndenbe D Gallagher

M Radoja (Gutierrez 66’) M Pereira (Valencia 13’)

M Thommy (Kinda 57’) M Wolff

M Walter M Driussi (C) (Redes 43’)

F Tzionis (Russell 46’) F Finlay

F Afrifa (Pulido 46’) F Zardes (Urruti 46’)

F Salloi (Leibold 81’) F Fagundez (Bruin 84’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Bersano (GK)

Voloder Jimenez

Espinoza Lundkvist

Shelton Craig Djeffal

Scoring Summary:

ATX - Gyasi Zardes 6 (Unassisted) 17’

ATX - Ethan Finlay 4 (Unassisted) 19’

SKC - Dany Rosero 2 (Daniel Salloi 5) 33’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 8’

SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’

ATX - Julio Cascante (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’

SKC - Peter Vermes (Yellow Card; Dissent) 96+

Stats Summary SKC ATX

Shots (on goal) 8 (3) 10 (6)

Saves 4 3

Fouls 9 8

Offside 1 0

Corner Kicks 2 3

September 9, 2023: Inter Miami CF 3-2 Sporting KC

MLS Regular Season | DRV PNK Stadium | Ft. Lauderdale, FL Attendance: 19,355

Weather: 82 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (8-12-8, 32 points) 1 1 2

Inter Miami CF (8-14-4, 28 points) 2 1 3

Sporting KC Inter Miami CF GK Melia GK Callender

D Davis (Leibold 75’) D Yedlin (C)

D Rosero D Aviles

D Fontas D Miller

D Ndenbe (Shelton 90’) D Alba

M Walter (Espinoza 90’) M Arroyo

M Gutierrez (Radoja 46’) M Busquets

M Thommy M Farias (Ulloa 88’)

F Russell (C) F Stefanelli (Sunderland 75’)

F Pulido F Campana F Salloi (Agada 71’) F Robinson (Allen 83’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Dos Santos (GK)

Voloder McVey

Flores Sailor

Hernandez Meek Johnson

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Daniel Salloi 7 (Unassisted) 9’

MIA - Leo Campana 6 (Penalty Kick) 25’

MIA - Leo Campana 7 (DeAndre Yedlin 4, Facundo Farias 1) 45’

MIA - Facundo Farias 2 (Sergio Busquets 2) 60’

SKC - Alan Pulido 13 (Erik Thommy 10) 78’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 33’

MIA - Tomas Aviles (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’

SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 79’

MIA - Jordi Alba (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 93+

Stats Summary SKC MIA

Shots (on goal) 15 (5) 10 (5)

Saves 2 3

Fouls 9 9

Offside 2 3

Corner Kicks 7 2

August 26, 2023: Sporting KC 3-0 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 18,892

Weather: 78 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F

Sporting KC (7-11-8, 29 points) 2 1 3

San Jose Earthquakes (9-8-8, 35 points) 0 0 0

Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes

GK Melia GK Daniel

D Davis D Akapo (Marie 67’)

D Rosero D Beason

D Fontas D Rodrigues

D Ndenbe D Trauco

M Radoja (Espinoza 84’) M Gruezo

M Walter M Yeuill (C)

M Thommy M Monteiro (Skahan 66’)

F Russell (C) (Shelton 54’) F Espinoza (Tsakiris 75’)

F Pulido (Agada 77’) F Ebobisse (Akinola 67’)

F Salloi (Tzionis 77’) F Cowell (Hoppe 46’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Marcinkowski (GK)

Leibold Mensah

Voloder Thompson

Flores Baldisimo

Gutierrez

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Daniel Salloi 6 (Johnny Russell 3, Remi Walter 4) 3’

SKC - Johnny Russell 4 (Nemanja Radoja 2, Erik Thommy 7) 42’

SKC - Erik Thommy 4 (Nemanja Radoja 3) 69’

Misconduct Summary: None Stats Summary SKC SJ

September 16, 2023: Minnesota United FC 0-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Allianz Field | St. Paul, MN Attendance: 19,685

Weather: 67 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (9-12-8, 35 points) 0 1 1

Minnesota United (9-9-10, 37 points) 0 0 0

Sporting KC Minnesota United GK Melia GK St. Clair

D Davis D Taylor

D Rosero D Boxall (C)

D Fontas D Dibassy

D Ndenbe (Leibold 74’) D Birstow

M Radoja (Espinoza 80’) M Gregus

M Walter M Dotson

M Thommy (Kinda 70’) M Hlongwane (Tajouri-Shradi 63’)

F Russell (C) (Shelton 81’) M Reynoso

F Pulido M Fragapane (Jeong 63’)

F Salloi F Pukki (Garcia 80’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Irwin (GK)

Voloder Kallman

Flores Padelford

Afrifa Valentin

Agada Rosales Trapp

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Gadi Kinda 3 (Roger Espinoza 2) 84’

Misconduct Summary:

MIN - D.J. Taylor (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 24’

SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 44’

SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 91+

SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 95+

Stats Summary SKC MIN

September 2, 2023: Sporting KC 2-1 St. Louis

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 21,650

Weather: 87 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (8-11-8, 32 points) 2 0 2

St. Louis (15-10-2, 47 points) 1 0 1

Sporting KC St. Louis

GK Melia GK Burki (C)

D Davis D Hiebert

D Rosero D Parker (Yaro 46’)

D Fontas D Nilsson

D Ndenbe D Markanich (Alm 62’)

M Walter M Blom

M Gutierrez (Radoja 46’) M Vassilev (Klauss 46’)

M Thommy M Ostrak (Lowen 46’)

F Russell (C) (Espinoza 86’) F Stroud

F Pulido F Adeniran (Jackson 75’)

F Salloi (Shelton 79’) F Thorisson

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Lundt (GK)

Leibold Bartlett Voloder Watts

Hernandez Gioacchini

Agada Tzionis

Scoring Summary:

STL - Sam Adeniron 6 (Indiana Vassilev 5) 22’

SKC - Alan Pulido 11 (Daniel Salloi 6, Erik Thommy 8) 31’

SKC - Alan Pulido 12 (Jake Davis 2, Erik Thommy 9) 44’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Alan Pulido (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 71’

STL - Rasmus Alm (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’

SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 86’

STL - Joao Klauss (Yellow Card; Dissent) 89’

SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 97+

Stats Summary SKC STL

September 20, 2023: Sporting KC 0-3 Nashville SC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 16,825

Weather: 75 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (9-13-8, 35 points) 0 0 0

Nashville SC (12-9-7, 43 points) 1 2 3

Sporting KC Nashville SC

GK Melia GK Willis

D Davis D Moore

D Rosero D Zimmerman (C) (Bauer 70’)

D Fontas (Voloder 78’) D Maher

D Ndenbe D Lovitz (Washington 81’)

M Radoja (Kinda 46’) M Davis (Surridge 81’)

M Walter M McCarty

M Thommy (Gutierrez 75’) M Godoy (Anunga 69’)

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 75’) F Muyl

F Pulido (Agada 72’) F Mukhtar

F Salloi F Picault (Shaffelburg 87’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Panicco (GK)

Espinoza Haakenson

Hernandez Leal

Shelton Zubak

Scoring Summary:

NSH - Fafa Picault 5 (Daniel Lovitz 4) 29’

NSH - Hany Mukhtar 15 (Unassisted) 66’

NSH - Jack Maher 1 (Hany Mukhtar 9) 76’

Misconduct Summary:

NSH - Alex Muyl (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 52’

NSH - Taylor Washington (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 82’

NSH - Shaq Moore (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 91+

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 94+

Stats Summary SKC NSH

Shots (on goal) 12 (2) 9 (4)

Saves 1 2

Fouls 13 10

Offside 0 4

Corner Kicks 5 4

Sporting KC Game Notes

SPORTING KC 2023 MLS REGULAR SEASON BOX SCORES

September 23, 2023: Sporting KC 2-1 Houston Dynamo FC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 18,033

Weather: 73 degrees and clear

1 2 F

Sporting KC (10-13-8, 38 points) 2 0 2

Houston Dynamo (12-11-7, 43 points) 1 0 1

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

GK Melia GK Clark

D Davis D Escobar

D Rosero D Bartlow

D Fontas D Hadebe (Micael 46’)

D Ndenbe D Smith

M Radoja (Espinoza 62’) M Caicedo

M Thommy (Gutierrez 86’) M Herrera (C) (Franco 76’)

M Kinda (Salloi 62’) M Carrasquilla

F Shelton F Quinones (Baird 46’)

F Agada (Walter 46’) F Aliyu (Dorsey 70’)

F Russell (C) F Kowalczyk (Artur 60’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Tarbell (GK)

Castellanos Steres

Voloder Sviatchenko

Zusi Raines

Tzionis

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Johnny Russell 5 (Penalty Kick) 7’

SKC - Willy Agada 2 (Unassisted) 51+

HOU - Teenage Hadebe 1 (Ethan Bartlow 1) 54+

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 34’

SKC - Johnny Russell (Red Card; Serious Foul Play) 39’

HOU - Franco Escobar (Yellow Card; Dissent) 46+

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 73’

HOU - Griffin Dorsey (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 74’

SKC - Peter Vermes (Yellow Card; Dissent) 76’

HOU - Luis Caicedo (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 83’

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 88’

SKC - Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Dissent) 96+

October 21, 2023: Sporting KC 3-1 Minnesota United FC

MLS Regular Season | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 20,479

Weather: 62 degrees and clear

Sporting KC (12-14-8, 44 points)

Minnesota United (10-13-11, 41 points)

Sporting KC Minnesota United

GK Melia GK St. Clair

D Davis D Valentin (Taylor 46’)

D Rosero D Boxall

D Fontas D Tapias

D Ndenbe D Dibassy

M Radoja M Trapp (C)

M Walter M Gregus (Arriaga 46’)

M Thommy (Kinda 76’) M Dotson

F Russell (C) (Shelton 81’) M Reynoso

F Pulido (Gutierrez 93+) M Fragapane (Hlongwane 67’)

F Salloi F Pukki

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Irwin (GK)

Castellanos Padelford

Voloder Rosales

Zusi Jeong

Espinoza Garcia

Agada Tajouri-Shradi

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Johnny Russell 7 (Daniel Salloi 8) 28’

SKC - Remi Walter 2 (Daniel Salloi 9) 31’

SKC - Johnny Russell 8 (Unassisted) 78’

MIN - Michael Boxall 2 (Emanuel Reynoso 5) 82’

Misconduct Summary:

MIN - Wil Trapp (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 53’

MIN - DJ Taylor (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 66’

MIN - Michael Boxall (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 68’

SKC - Jake Davis (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

Stats Summary SKC MIN

Shots (on goal) 13 (3) 7 (3)

Saves 2 0

Fouls 10 18

Offside 1 3

Corner Kicks 5 1

September 30, 2023: St. Louis 4-1 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | Citypark | St. Louis, MO Attendance: 22,423

Weather: 81 degrees and clear

Sporting KC (10-14-8, 38 points)

St. Louis (17-10-5, 56 points)

Sporting KC St. Louis

GK Melia GK Burki (C)

D Davis D Nerwinski

D Rosero (Castellanos 86’) D Parker

D Fontas D Nilsson

D Ndenbe D Markanich (Hiebert 90’)

M Radoja (Kinda 77’) M Blom

M Thommy (Agada 86’) M Vassilev (Stroud 64’)

M Gutierrez (Walter 67’) M Lowen (Ostrak 90’)

F Shelton M Jackson (Gioacchini 65’)

F Pulido (C) F Klauss (Thorisson 89’)

F Salloi F Adeniran

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Lundt (GK)

Voloder Watts

Zusi Alm

Espinoza Pompeu Tzionis

Scoring Summary:

STL - Sam Adeniran 8 (Eduard Lowen 12) 73’

STL - Jared Stroud 5 (Unassisted) 75’

STL - Joao Klauss 9 (Eduard Lowen 13) 80’

STL - Joao Klauss 10 (Jared Stroud 5, Eduard Lowen 14) 85’

SKC - Willy Agada 3 (Daniel Salloi 7) 93+

Misconduct Summary:

STL - Anthony Markanich (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 41’

STL - Tim Parker (Yellow Card; Dissent) 87’

October 7, 2023: Real Salt Lake 2-3 Sporting KC MLS Regular Season | America First Field | Sandy, UT

Attendance: 21,205

Weather: 66 degrees and clear 1 2 F

Sporting KC (11-14-8, 41 points) 2 1 3

Real Salt Lake (13-12-7, 46 points) 0 2 2

Sporting KC Real Salt Lake

GK Melia GK MacMath

D Davis D Brody (Julio 82’)

D Rosero (Castellanos 46’) D Glad

D Voloder D Vera

D Ndenbe D Oviedo (Chang 62’)

M Radoja (Walter 46’) M Ojeda

M Gutierrez M Gomez (Hidalgo 62’)

M Thommy (Kinda 58’) M Palacio

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 74’) M Luna (Silva 5’)

F Pulido (Agada 82’) M Savarino

F Salloi F Arango (C) (Rubin 28’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Beavers (GK)

Zusi Eneli

Espinoza Kreilach

Shelton Lambert

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Erik Thommy 5 (Unassisted) 4’

SKC - Johnny Russell 6 (Logan Ndenbe 1, Erik Thommy 11) 29’

SKC - Alan Pulido 14 (Unassisted) 77’

RSL - Brayan Vera 3 (Unassisted) 81’

RSL - Jefferson Savarino 7 (Unassisted) 89’

Misconduct Summary:

RSL - Justen Glad (Red Card; DOGSO) 3’

SKC - Nemanja Radoja (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 38’

RSL - Brayan Vera (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’

SKC - Tim Melia (Yellow Card; Delaying a Restart) 92+

RSL - Zac MacMath (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 97+

Stats Summary SKC RSL

SPORTING KC 2023 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS BOX SCORES

October 25, 2023: Sporting KC 0-0 (4-2 PK) San Jose Earthquakes

MLS Wild Card Match | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 17,437

Weather: 68 degrees and overcast

2 F PK

Sporting KC (8th Seed)

San Jose Earthquakes (9th Seed)

Sporting KC San Jose Earthquakes

GK Melia GK Daniel

D Davis D Akapo

D Rosero D Mensah

D Fontas D Rodrigues

D Ndenbe D Marie (Trauco 77’)

M Radoja (Espinoza 88’) M Gruezo (Judson 85’)

M Walter (Kinda 68’) M Yueill (C)

M Thommy M Monteiro (Tsakiris 85’)

F Russell (C) F Espinoza

F Pulido F Ebobisse (Skahan 77’)

F Salloi F Hoppe (Cowell 57’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Ochoa (GK)

Castellanos Beason

Voloder Thompson

Zusi Akinola

Gutierrez

Agada

Shelton

Scoring Summary:

None

Misconduct Summary:

SJ - Matthew Hoppe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 55’

SKC - Andreu Fontas (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’

SJ - Jack Skahan (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 80’

SJ - Judson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’

Stats Summary SKC SJ

November 26, 2023: Houston Dynamo FC 1-0 Sporting KC

Western Conference Semifinal | Shell Energy Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 20,319

Weather: 53 degrees and clear

Sporting KC (8th Seed)

Houston Dynamo (4th Seed)

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

GK Melia GK Clark

D Davis (Zusi 84’) D Dorsey

D Rosero D Sviatchenko

D Fontas D Micael

D Leibold (Espinoza 89’) D Escobar

M Radoja M Artur

M Walter (Agada 84’) M Herrera (C)

M Kinda (Thommy 70’) M Carrasquilla

F Russell (C) M Bassi (Caicedo 85’)

F Pulido M Quinones (Smith 77’)

F Salloi F Baird (Aliyu 77’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Tarbell (GK)

Castellanos Hadebe

Hernandez Steres

Shelton Franco

Tzionis Kowalczyk Ulfarsson

Scoring Summary:

HOU - Franco Escobar 1 (Hector Herrera 2) 39’

Misconduct Summary:

HOU - Coco Carrasquilla (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 68’

SKC - Tim Leibold (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’

Stats Summary SKC HOU

Shots (on goal) 12 (4) 15 (4)

Saves 2 3

Fouls 14 16

Offside 1 2

Corner Kicks 4 4

October 29, 2023: St. Louis 1-4 Sporting KC Round One Best-of-3 Game 1 | Citypark | St. Louis, MO Attendance: 22,423

Weather: 42 degrees and rainy 1 2 F

Sporting KC (8th Seed)

St. Louis (1st Seed)

Sporting KC St. Louis

GK Melia GK Burki (C)

D Davis D Nerwinski (Watts 80’)

D Rosero D Parker

D Fontas D Nilsson

D Ndenbe D Markanich (Hiebert 59’)

M Radoja M Blom

M Walter M Lowen (Gioacchini 73’)

M Kinda (Thommy 74’) M Vassilev (Pompeu 80’)

F Shelton M Jackson (Adeniran 59’)

F Pulido (C) (Espinoza 86’) M Stroud

F Salloi F Klauss

Subs not used: Subs not used: Pulskamp (GK) Lundt (GK)

Castellanos Bartlett

Zusi Yaro

Gutierrez Ostrak

Hernandez

Russell Tzionis

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Logan Ndenbe 1 (Alan Pulido 1, Gadi KInda 1) 27’

STL - Tim Parker 1 (Unassisted) 28’

SKC - Remi Walter 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 36’

SKC - Gadi Kinda 1 (Khiry Shelton1 ) 39’

SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Alan Pulido 2, Gadi Kinda 2) 61’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Dissent) 15’

STL - Aziel Jackson (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 45’

STL - Jared Stroud (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 58’

STL - Eduard Lowen (Yellow Card; Dissent) 70’

STL - Njabulo Blom (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 78’

STL - Sam Adeniran (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’ Stats

November 5, 2023: Sporting KC 2-1 St. Louis

Round One Best-of-3 Game 2 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 21,650

Weather: 69 degrees and partly sunny 1

Louis (1st Seed)

Sporting KC St. Louis

GK Melia GK Burki (C)

D Davis D Watts (Ostrak 76’)

D Rosero (Castellanos 85’) D Yaro

D Fontas D Parker

D Ndenbe D Hiebert

M Radoja M Vassilev (Jackson 92+)

M Walter M Blom

M Kinda (Espinoza 93+) M Lowen

F Russell (C) (Shelton 97+) M Stroud (Gioacchini 65’)

F Pulido (Thommy 85’) F Klauss

F Salloi F Adeniran (Pompeu 46’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

Pulskamp (GK) Lundt (GK)

Zusi Markanich

Hernandez Nerwinski

Agada Nilsson

Tzionis Thorisson

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Logan Ndenbe 2 (Alan Pulido 3, Daniel Salloi 2) 46+

SKC - Daniel Salloi 2 (Gadi Kinda 3, Johnny Russell 1) 73’

STL - Celio Pompeu 1 (Njabulo Blom 1) 86’

Misconduct Summary:

STL - Eduard Lowen (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 23’

STL - Tim Parker (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 32’

SKC - Alan Pulido (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 43’

SKC - Logan Ndenbe (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 69’

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 81’

STL - Kyle Hiebert (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 96+

SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 104+

Stats Summary

SPORTING KC 2023 LEAGUES CUP BOX SCORES

July 23, 2023: FC Cincinnati 3-3 (4-2 PK) Sporting KC Leagues Cup Group Stage | TQL Stadium | Cincinnati, OH

Attendance: 24,524

Weather: 82 degrees and partly cloudy

2 F PK

Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 point)

FC Cincinnati (0-0-1, 2 points)

Sporting KC FC Cincinnati

GK Pulskamp GK Kann

D Davis D Hagglund (Miazga 46’)

D Rosero D Mosquera (Angulo 85’)

D Fontas D Murphy (Kubo 63’)

D Leibold M Powell

M Walter M Pinto (Nwobodo 46’)

M Gutierrez (Espinoza 59’) M Moreno

M Kinda (Ndenbe 75’) M Acosta (C)

F Shelton M Barreal

F Pulido F Vazquez

F Russell (C) (Thommy 59’) F Boupendza (Santos 63’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Celentano (GK)

Castellanos Louro (GK)

Pierre Aghedo

Voloder Gaddis

Flores Jimenez

Afrifa Ordonez

Tzionis

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Own Goal (Nick Hagglund) 9’

SKC - Dany Rosero 1 (Gadi Kinda 1) 12’

CIN - Own Goal (John Pulskamp) 34’

CIN - Brandon Vazquez 1 (Lucho Acosta 1) 56’

SKC - Gadi Kinda 1 (Penalty Kick) 69’

CIN - Lucho Acosta 1 (Penalty Kick) 98+

Misconduct Summary:

CIN - Ian Murphy (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 10’

CIN - Yerson Mosquera (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 11’

SKC - Alan Pulido (Red Card; Violent Conduct) 30’

CIN - Junior Moreno (Yellow Card; Dissent) 48’

CIN - Aaron Boupendza (Yellow Card; Dissent) 50’

SKC - Gadi Kinda (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 51’

CIN - Alvas Powell (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 68’

SKC - John Pulskamp (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 83’

SKC - Erik Thommy (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 92+

SKC - Dany Rosero (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 96+

SKC - Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Dissent) 98+ Stats Summary SKC CIN

July 31, 2023: Sporting KC 1-0 Chivas Guadalajara

Leagues Cup Group Stage | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS Attendance: 20,373

Weather: 81 degrees and cloudy 1 2 F

Sporting KC (1-0-1, 4 points) 1 0 1

Chivas Guadalajara (0-2-0, 0 points) 0 0 0

Sporting KC Chivas Guadalajara

GK Pulskamp GK Rangel

D Davis D Mozo (Brizuela 79’)

D Rosero D Briseno

D Fontas D Orozco

D Leibold D Calderon

M Walter M Guzman (C) (Padilla 67’)

M Gutierrez (Espinoza 62’) M Beltran

M Kinda M Gutierrez (Perez 66’)

F Shelton (Salloi 74’) F Alvarado

F Thommy F Marin (Cisneros 79’)

F Russell (C) F Vega (Brigido 57’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Jimenez (GK)

Melia (GK) Whalley (GK)

Castellanos Mayorga

Pierre Martinez

Ndenbe Sanchez

Voloder Gonzalez

Duke Torres

Agada

Tzionis

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Johnny Russell 1 (Erik Thommy 1) 27’

Misconduct Summary:

CHV - Erick Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 56’

CHV - Antonio Briseno (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 67’

CHV - Cristian Calderon (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 85’

August 4, 2023: Sporting KC 1-4 Toluca FC Leagues Cup Round of 32 | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 15,121

Sporting KC Toluca FC

GK Pulskamp GK Volpi

D Davis (Pierre 57’) D Garcia

D Rosero D Mosquera

D Fontas D Huerta (C)

D Leibold M Dominguez

M Walter M Baeza (Venegas 81’)

M Gutierrez (Espinoza 57’) M Ruiz (Belmonte 69’)

M Kinda (Agada 71’) M Meneses (Angulo 69’)

F Shelton (Salloi 46’) M Araujo (Isais 40’)

F Thommy F Raul

F Russell (C) (Tzionis 71’) F Morales (Lopez 69’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Beltran (GK)

Melia (GK) Garcia (GK)

Castellanos Orrantia

Ndenbe Pinuelas

Voloder Villegas

Duke Navarro

Hernandez Violante

Scoring Summary:

TOL - Own Goal (Dany Rosero) 29’

TOL - Pedro Raul 2 (Robert Morales 2) 32’

TOL - Robert Morales 2 (Pedro Raul 1) 54’

TOL - Juan Dominguez (Valber Huerta 1) 63’

SKC - Willy Agada 1 (Unassisted) 88’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC - Felipe Gutierrez (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 19’

TOL - Pedro Raul (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 61’

TOL - Robert Morales (Yellow Card; Time Wasting) 61’

Sporting KC Game Notes |

SPORTING KC 2023 U.S. OPEN CUP BOX SCORES

April 25, 2023: Sporting KC 3-0 Tulsa Athletic

U.S. Open Cup 3rd Round | Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS

Attendance: 9,912 Weather: 62 degrees and cloudy

Sporting KC

Tulsa Athletic

Sporting KC Tulsa Athletic

GK Pulskamp GK Reed

D Davis D Ro. Torres (Reyes 82’)

D Castellanos D Harris

D Fontas D Taylor

D Voloder (Abualnadi 81’) D Chavez

M Walter (Espinoza 60’) M Ugbah

M Hernandez M Garcia (Diallo 66’)

M Kinda (Bryant 31’) M Vinicius (C) (Winters 52’)

F Tzionis M Ruiz

F Pulido (C) (Thommy 60’) M Cashion (Ru. Torres 82’)

F Salloi (Cruz 60’) F Watson (Svetanovic 66’)

Subs not used: Subs not used:

McIntosh (GK) Moody (GK)

Rindov Mello

Scoring Summary:

SKC - Daniel Salloi 1 (Unassisted) 32’

SKC - Alan Pulido 1 (Daniel Salloi 1) 54’

SKC - Marinos Tzionis 1 (Erik Thommy 1) 68’

Misconduct Summary:

TUL - Roman Torres (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 59’

TUL - Aaron Ugbah (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 64’

TUL - Jonathan Harris (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 92+

Stats Summary SKC TUL

Shots (on goal) 39 (10) 4 (2)

Saves 2 6

Fouls 19 16

Offside 0 2

Corner Kicks 6 1

May 10, 2023: Houston Dynamo FC 1-0 Sporting KC U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 | Shell Energy Stadium | Houston, TX Attendance: 5,094

Weather: 75 degrees and cloudy 1 2 F

Sporting KC 0 0 0

Houston Dynamo FC 1 0 1

Sporting KC Houston Dynamo

GK Pulskamp GK Tarbell (C)

D Zusi D Murana

D Castellanos (Voloder 78’) D Bartlow (Micael 46’)

D Rindov D Gasper

D Espinoza (C) D Smith (van der Kust 65’)

M Radoja M Quinones (Ibrahim 75’)

M Hernandez (Davis 78’) M Caicedo

M Kinda (Bryant 46’) M Raines (Auguste 85’)

F Tzionis M Dorsey

F Afrifa (Salloi 46’) F Ferreira

F Shelton (Walter 60’) F Ulfarsson (Maples 85’)

Subs not used: Subs not used: McIntosh (GK) Moody (GK)

Cruz Gonzalez

Scoring Summary:

HOU - Thor Ulfarsson 1 (Unassisted) 12’

Misconduct Summary:

SKC – Roger Espinoza (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 10’

HOU – Chase Gasper (Red Card; DOGSO) 35’

HOU – Griffin Dorsey (Yellow Card; Unsporting Behavior) 87’

SKC – Daniel Salloi (Yellow Card; Dissent) 93+

SPORTING KC STARTERS BY POSITION (2023 REGULAR SEASON)

Formation: 4-3-3 (34 games)

Left forward

Daniel Salloi 33

Johnny Russell 1

Left-center midfielder

Erik Thommy 16

Gadi Kinda 8

Remi Walter 8

Felipe Hernandez 1

Felipe Gutierrez 1

Center forward

Alan Pulido 26

Willy Agada 7

Stephen Afrifa 1

Right forward

Johnny Russell 20

Khiry Shelton 7

Marinos Tzionis 6

Erik Thommy 1

Right-center midfielder

Erik Thommy 15

Remi Walter 8

Roger Espinoza 7

Defensive midfielder

Nemanja Radoja 21

Remi Walter 13

Left back

Logan Ndenbe 18

Tim Leibold 9

Ben Sweat 4

Robert Voloder 3

Left center back

Andreu Fontas 27

Robert Castellanos 4

Robert Voloder 3

Felipe Gutierrez 3

Felipe Hernandez 1

Right center back

Dany Rosero 26

Robert Voloder 5

Robert Castellanos 3

Goalkeeper

Tim Melia 16

Kendall McIntosh 13

John Pulskamp 5

Right back

Jake Davis 24

Graham Zusi 9

Cam Duke 1

NOTE: Charts do not account for players interchanging and/ or switching positions over the course of a match. Substitute players are not listed.

SPORTING KC AND CHILDREN’S MERCY KANSAS CITY CONTINUE TO IMPACT LOCAL COMMUNITY

A leading independent children’s health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, educating caregivers and breakthrough innovation to create a world of well-being for all children, Children’s Mercy Kansas City began a 10-year partnership with Sporting KC in 2016. Children’s Mercy provides the highest level of care for children from birth through the age of 21. U.S. News & World Report has repeatedly ranked Children’s Mercy as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.”

The comprehensive partnership between Sporting KC and Children’s Mercy Kansas City – which includes naming rights to Sporting KC’s world-class stadium, Children’s Mercy Park, as well as the Sporting KC II and Sporting KC Academy complex at Swope Soccer Village – is also at the forefront of Sporting’s state-of-the-art training ground at Compass Minerals National Performance Center. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a professional sports team, a national sports federation and a sports medicine provider, the facility opened in 2018 and features the Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center alongside Sporting Kansas City and U.S. Soccer.

Children’s Mercy Kansas City is also the official health care and sports medicine provider for the Sporting Kansas City Academy and Compass Minerals National Performance Center as part of a multi-faceted partnership that focuses on the following three components to impact the local community:

1. Strengthening community

• The partnership directly supports The Victory Project, Sporting’s foundation to help children - including those with cancer and disabilities – through all of life’s challenges.

• Sporting KC players and staff engage with, encourage and inspire Children’s Mercy patients throughout the year during hospital visits and special events.

• FLEET, an innovative team of remote experience robots operated via an iPad, regularly attends Sporting KC home matches to provide an all-access interactive experience for patients at Children’s Mercy. Manufactured by Double Robotics, the robot allows users to enjoy two-way live audio and video captured from a 150-degree wide-angle lens while navigating to control their own VIP behind-the-scenes journey.

• Launched in 2018, the RED CARD campaign addresses one of the most significant social issues impacting children nationwide by empowering youth and adults to prevent and intervene in bullying. Through school assemblies and community-wide messaging, the RED CARD initiative aims to reach children, parents, teachers and coaches who have daily opportunities to create supportive environments and stop bullying in its tracks. In 2023 and 2024, Sporting and Children’s Mercy teamed up to provide 90 students at 30 local elementary and middle schools with SKC jerseys on National Random Acts of Kindness Day as part of a Kindness In The Schools (K.I.T.S.) initiative.

2. Improving access to pediatric-trained sports medicine

• The Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center at Village West is located inside Compass Minerals National Performance Center and offers a full range of sports medicine services, resources and programming for youth athletes. More than two million high-school athletes and 3.5 million children under age 14 are injured each year in the U.S. playing sports. Only a small percentage are treated by pediatric-trained sports medicine specialists who truly understand the youth’s growing body, developing brain and unique psychosocial stressors.

3. Protecting youth athletes and educating parents and coaches

• The partnership provides athletic training, rehabilitation and conditioning programs for the Sporting KC Academy’s six teams at Swope Soccer Village, which hosts Sporting KC II home matches as well as year-round athletic leagues, tournaments and other marquee events.

MANAGER & SPORTING DIRECTOR | PETER VERMES

Peter Vermes is in his 16th season as Sporting Kansas City Manager in 2024 and is the longest-tenured active head coach in MLS. He is the team’s longest-serving manager and his 238 coaching victories in all competitions are the most club history. During his tenure, he has won four major trophies – the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups and the 2013 MLS Cup championship – and finished atop the Eastern Conference regularseason standings in 2011 and 2012, as well as the Western Conference in 2018 and 2020. His three U.S. Open Cup championships are the third most in Open Cup history. He is the first coach in club history to lead Sporting KC to eight 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 195 regular-season wins top the club’s all-time chart and rank third most in MLS history. He passed his former coach Bob Gansler as the winningest manager in team history with a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Aug. 12, 2015, his 109th victory in all competitions.

On August 4, 2018, Vermes coached his 302nd MLS regular-season game with Sporting KC, becoming the league’s all-time leader in games coached for one club. He was named the first-ever MLS Sporting Executive of the Year by his peers in 2018. Vermes has coached 559 total games during his Kansas City coaching career, most in club history.

With over 15 years of service at Sporting KC, Vermes is one of the longest serving managers in world soccer. Among all leagues with an average attendance of 10,000+, Vermes ranks second, only behind Bundesliga side FC Heidenheim’s Frank Schmidt (Sept. 17, 2007 – present). Among the top 126 leagues in the world as denoted by the CIES Football Observatory in March 2022, Vermes’ tenure at ranks as the fifth longest active run.

Vermes oversees all soccer operations for Sporting KC, including the active roster, Sporting Kansas City II (MLS NEXT Pro) and the Sporting KC Academy. Vermes entered MLS ahead of its inaugural season in 1996 and retired from the league in 2002, closing out his playing career in Kansas City after stints with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and Colorado Rapids.

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.

Vermes was an integral part of a young U.S. team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he nearly scored 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 Figueres of the Spanish Second Division.

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.

Vermes joined Kansas City in 2000 for what would be the most successful season of his MLS career. During his first year in Kansas City, he anchored one of the best defenses in league history and won MLS Defender of the Year honors in helping lead the Wizards to the 2000 MLS Cup Championship. He retired in 2002 after appearing in 209 MLS matches (including playoffs) and playing more than 18,000 minutes. In 2013, Vermes was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

ASSISTANT COACH | KERRY ZAVAGNIN

Kerry Zavagnin currently holds the MLS record as he enters his 25th season with one club as a player or coach. 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. He started his professional career with the MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to KC in 2000. He played 237 games and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories before being overtaken by Matt Besler early in 2018. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in KC. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001. On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the U.S. Men’s National Team. He recorded one assist for the U.S., who went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin featured.

ASSISTANT COACH | ZORAN SAVIC

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. 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. 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.

ASSISTANT COACH | ASH WALLACE

Ash Wallace has served on Sporting Kansas City’s technical staff since 2012, aiding the first team coaching staff in a variety of roles. Wallace, originally from England, helps scout and develop game plans for upcoming opponents, assists in planning and executing training sessions and provides valuable analysis for coaches and players regarding strategy. Wallace holds a U.S. Soccer A License. Wallace’s first involvement with the club came in August 2012 when he was contracted to produce a detailed scouting report on Seattle Sounders FC ahead of the U.S. Open Cup Final, helping Sporting claim their first of four major titles during a trophy-laden decade. Prior to joining Sporting KC, Wallace was a member of the Preston North End coaching staff and also served as an opposition scout for Fleetwood Town in his native England. Earlier in his career, he worked with Preston North End’s women’s academy teams and Penwortham Boys academy teams while earning a Degree in Sports Coaching from the University of Central Lancashire.

GOALKEEPER COACH | ALEC DUFTY

Alec Dufty is in his ninth season with Sporting Kansas City having been introduced to the organization as the Sporting KC II goalkeeper coach in the side’s inaugural season in 2016. In his first season working with the Sporting KC first team, starting goalkeeper Tim Melia enjoyed a recordbreaking season where he was named the 2017 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year. A former MLS player, Dufty began his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2009, making one appearance before joining the MLS reserve goalkeeper pool. In 2010, Dufty joined USSF D2 Pro League side AC St. Louis, making 30 appearances before returning to MLS with the Chicago Fire in late 2010. He announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Dufty then took to coaching, first working with Florida Gulf Coast University and then the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2015, Dufty served as goalkeeper coach for Toronto FC II in their inaugural USL Championship season.

DIRECTOR, SPORTS PERFORMANCE & SCIENCE | JOEY HARTY

2023

Joey Harty was named Sporting Kansas City’s Director of Sports Performance and Science ahead of the 2020 season, stepping up from his role as assistant fitness coach which he held from 2018-2019. Harty manages all aspects of the club’s performance department from the academy to the senior team. He oversees day-to-day training plans on and off the field, including work in the weight room, soccer session planning, onfield movement training, data analysis and more, aiming to optimize player health and performance. Harty joined Sporting’s organization in January 2016, serving as a fitness coach for the Sporting Kansas City Academy before spending the 2017 season as head fitness coach for Sporting KC II. The Colorado native then transitioned to assistant fitness coach for Sporting’s first team in January 2018 before landing his current role with the club. Prior to arriving in Kansas City, Harty worked for Phoenix Rising FC and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Harty attended Grand Canyon from 2010-2014, played for the men’s soccer team from 2010-2012 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. In addition to holding several professional licenses and certifications in athletic performance, Harty is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Height: 5-10

Weight: 155

Hometown: Toronto, Canada

College: Florida International University

Birthday: 2/19/2001

Acquired: 2023 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Forward Stephen Afrifa was selected by Sporting Kansas City as the eighth overall pick of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft before signing with the team at the conclusion of his senior year in April. He enjoyed a standout career at Florida International, where he amassed 23 goals and 11 assists in 63 appearances from 2019-2022. He made his debut for Sporting on May 17, 2023 at LAFC before earning his first start at Austin on July 15, 2023.

Capable of playing as a striker or a winger, Afrifa began his professional journey on the heels of a phenomenal campaign in 2022 that yielded a team-high 10 goals, four assists and United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American honors. He guided the Panthers to the 2022 American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles and was

Regular Season Game Highs:

Fouls Committed 1, July 15, 2023, KC at ATX Fouls Suffered

Last Regular Season... Appearance July 15, 2023, KC at ATX

named the AAC Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Afrifa ended his senior season as a 2022 MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist and a member of the USC All-East Region Team.

As a freshman, Afrifa tallied three goals and three assists, and added two goals and an assist during his COVID-shortened sophomore year. As a junior, Afrifa helped FIU make its first of two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with a team-best eight goals and three assists. Afrifa competed for USL League Two side One Knoxville SC in 2022, scoring 10 goals and leading the club to a first-place finish in the South Central Division and a run to the national quarterfinals.

#23 | F | WILLY AGADA

Height: 5-9

Weight: 185

Hometown: Bauchi, Nigeria

Last Club: Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 6/23/2022

Birthday: 9/17/1999

Willy Agada joined Sporting KC in a transfer from Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem in June 2022. A native of Nigeria, Agada scored 37 goals across four seasons in Israel before heading to the United States. Agada enjoyed an incredible start to his Sporting KC career, tallying eight goals and two assists in just 12 appearances to close out 2022 - placing him among the best goalscorers by a per-game basis in the league.

Agada turned professional as an 18-year-old and bagged eight goals during his first season with Hapoel Jerusalem in 2018-2019. He doubled his goal haul the following year, scoring a team-best 15 times across 36 appearances in the Israeli second division.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 17, 2022, KC vs. MIN

Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 4, 2022, KC at LA

Shots on Goal 5, Oct. 2, 2022, KC vs. SEA

Shots 7, Oct. 2, 2022, KC vs. SEA

Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 6, 2022, KC vs. LA

Fouls Suffered 3, 3 times, last: March 18, 2023, KC at DAL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Goal Sept. 30, 2023, KC at STL

Assist Sept. 4, 2022, KC at LA

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Agada’s excellent 2019-2020 campaign paved the way for a loan to Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Premier League where he finished second on the team with six goals in 20202021. The 2021-2022 season saw Agada return to Hapoel Jerusalem, which had gained promotion to the Premier League and led the team with eight goals.

#22 | D | ZORHAN BASSONG | @BassongZ

Height: 5-10

Weight: 175 Birthday: 5/7/1999

Hometown: Montreal, Canada

Last Club: Farul Constanta (Romania)

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/12/2023

Sporting Kansas City added left back Zorhan Bassong ahead of the 2024 campaign. The Canadian has previously spent time in France, Belgium, Romania and Major League Soccer, including 43 matches in all competitions with CF Montreal. He played two MLS seasons in Montreal from 2021-2022 before spending 2023 in Romania with Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta.

Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Bassong moved to Belgium in 2013 to join the Mouscron academy. Bassong furthered his development in the heralded academy systems at Belgian side Anderlecht and French club Lille, beginning his professional career at the latter in 2016.

Height: 6-1

Weight: 195

Hometown: Palmdale, California

Last Club: KuPS (Finland)

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 1, May 29, 2021, MTL at CHI (w/ MTL)

Shots on Goal 1, July 31, 2021, MTL at MIA (w/ MTL)

Shots 1, 7 times, last: May 22, 2022, MTL vs. RSL (w/ MTL)

Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 19, 2021, MTL vs. CHI (w/ MTL)

Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: July 7, 2021, MTL vs. MIA (w/ MTL)

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Aug 20, 2022, MTL vs. NE (w/ MTL)

Goal N/A

Assist May 29, 2021, MTL at CHI (w/ MTL)

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

He joined Belgian outfit Cercle Brugge in January 2019 and left the club in July 2020. Bassong enjoyed a two-year MLS stint with CF Montreal that began in early 2021. Following his time with Montreal, Bassong spent 2023 with two Romanian clubs, Arges Pitesti and Farul Constanta.

On the international stage, Bassong represented the Belgium U-19s for two friendlies in 2017 before switching his allegiance to Canada. He earned two caps for Canada’s senior national team in January 2020, including a 90-minute outing in a 4-1 friendly win over Barbados. In March 2021, Bassong played three matches for Canada at the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico, reaching the semifinals.

#19 | D | ROBERT CASTELLANOS | @rc4official

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Assists 0

Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Shots 2, Aug. 1, 2021, NSH at TOR (w/ NSH)

Fouls Committed 3, April 1, 2023, KC at PHI

Fouls Suffered 2, June 17, 2023, KC vs. LAFC

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Goal June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Assist N/A

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 5/11/1998

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 2/17/2023

Center back Robert Castellanos signed with Sporting Kansas City ahead of the 2023 campaign following a brief stint playing abroad with KuPS in Finland. Castellanos turned professional in 2017 and has had stints in the USL Championship, MLS and Finland. Castellanos made his debut for the club in Philadelphia on April 1, 2023 and scored his first goal for Sporting in the 4-1 home win over Austin FC on June 10, 2023.

Castellanos developed at the youth level with Nomads SC in San Diego before joining Liga MX club Atlas’ academy in 2016. He launched his professional career in early 2017, signing for LA Galaxy II and started 15 of 16 appearances in his debut USL Championship season. Castellanos spent the next three years at RGVFC, where he played 37 matches

and scored two goals. Castellanos jumped to MLS by signing for Nashville in February 2021 where he scored an equalizing goal in a 1-1 draw at Toronto FC in his lone appearance for the club. Nashville loaned Castellanos to the Tampa Bay Rowdies for the 2022 season where he played 13 matches, including starts in all three playoff games as the Rowdies reached the Conference Final. Castellanos then ventured abroad by joining KuPS, where he started three matches before leaving the club.

Castellanos is a former U.S. youth international, having made two appearances for the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team in 2016.

Height: 5-5

Weight: 140

Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska

Last Club: Sporting KC Academy

#25 | F | OZZIE CISNEROS | @OzzieCisner10

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals N/A

Assists N/A

Shots on Goal N/A

Shots N/A

Fouls Committed N/A

Fouls Suffered N/A

Last Regular Season...

Birthday: 3/13/2004

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/20/2021

Forward Ozzie Cisneros, who has competed for the Sporting KC Academy at the U-13 through U-19 levels, became the fourth-youngest signing in club history when he inked an MLS contract at age 16 in early 2021. He scored his first professional goal for Sporting KC II against Louisville City FC on July 28, 2021 before making his debut for Sporting KC in a Leagues Cup match against Club Leon on Aug. 10, 2021.

A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Cisneros joined the Sporting KC Academy as a 12-year-old in 2016. That summer, he led Sporting to a fourth-place finish at the Concacaf U-13 Champions League in Mexico City. Cisneros went on to play almost 70 matches for Sporting in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, scoring 15 goals and climbing to the

U-19 ranks by the time he was 15. He helped the U-17s reach the 2019 Development Academy Playoffs and split time between the U-17s and U-19s during the first half of the 2019-20 campaign. Cisneros and the SKC Academy returned to action in September 2020 in MLS Next play, with Cisneros striking twice during the abbreviated fall season - once for the U-17s and once for the U-19s.

On the international stage, Cisneros notably starred at the 2019 Concacaf U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida, scoring both goals in a 2-0 quarterfinal win over Costa Rica, and also found the back of the net at the 2019 Torneo delle Nazioni in Italy.

#17 | D | JAKE DAVIS | @jdavis_3211

Height: 5-9

Weight: 160 Birthday: 1/3/2002

Hometown: Rochester, Michigan

Last Club: Sporting KC II (USL Championship)

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/19/2021

Sporting Kansas City signed defender Jake Davis as a Homegrown Player in August 2021 as the 19th Homegrown Player to emerge from the Sporting Kansas City Academy. He made his first-team debut in the 4-0 victory over Minnesota United on Sept. 15, 2021 and earned his first MLS start on April 29, 2023 in a home match against Montreal.

Davis spent significant time developing with Sporting KC II under former Sporting greats Paulo Nagamura and Benny Feilhaber from 2019-2022 before breaking out with the first team in early 2023, switching from central midfield to right back and helping the team post a 12-7-5 record in the 24 regular-season matches he started.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL

Shots on Goal 1, March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA

Shots 2, Sept. 20, 2023, KC vs. NSH

Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: July 15, 2023, KC at ATX

Fouls Suffered 2, May 20, 2023, KC at STL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal N/A

Assist Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

A native of Rochester, Michigan, Davis moved to Kansas City in 2017 at age 15 to join the Sporting KC Academy. He represented Sporting at the U-17 and U-19 levels, amassing eight goals across 54 appearances in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.

Davis earned international recognition in November 2019 when he was selected to the United States U-17 National Team for the 19th annual Nike International Friendlies.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 0

Shots on Goal 0

Shots 0

Fouls Committed 0

Fouls Suffered 0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA

Goal N/A

Assist N/A

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City added Danny Flores off MLS waivers in January 2023. Flores began his MLS career after a two-year college stint at Virginia Tech, while he also boasts three seasons of play in the USL Championship, representing Philadelphia Union II from 2019-2020 and Oakland Roots SC in 2021. Flores spent the 2023 seaosn primarily with SKC II, tallying two goals and two assists in 21 MLS NEXT Pro appearances while he also made his first-team debut on March 25 against Seattle.

Flores made his USL Championship debut in September 2019 for Union II and was an ever-present fixture for the club the following year by playing in all 16 matches. Flores returned to California in 2021 as he moved cross-country to join Oakland Roots SC for the

club’s inaugural USL Championship campaign, starting 10 of 12 matches. Following his successful spell in Oakland, Flores began his collegiate career in Virginia Tech’s midfield. He started all 19 matches during his first season and was named the No. 3 freshman in the country by Top Drawer Soccer and earned ACC All-Freshman Team accolades. Flores continued to lead the Hokies in 2022, scoring a team-best four goals and adding two assists.

Flores has represented the U.S. U-17 National Team, where he competed alongside SKC Academy products Gianluca Busio and Tyler Freeman. Flores starred for two clubs at the Academy level, first with Shattuck St. Mary’s and later with the Philadelphia Union.

Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Birthday: 11/14/1989

Hometown: Banyoles, Spain

Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain)

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 8/8/2018

Andreu Fontas joined Sporting KC midway through the 2018 season following a 10-year career with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain. Fontas underwent Achilles surgery in late 2019, keeping him out for the majority of the 2020 season before returning as an MLS Defender of the Year contender in 2021. Fontas has made 126 appearances in all competitions for Sporting KC, tallying three goals and two assists.

Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he played alongside current Sporting midfielder Nemanja Radoja and started 100 of 105 league appearances, helping the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 21, 2022, KC vs. POR

Assists 1, 2 times, last: July 8, 2023, KC at HOU

Shots on Goal 1, 9 times, last: July 8, 2023, KC at HOU

Shots 2, 8 times, last: June 21, 2023, KC at LA

Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Sept. 16, 2023, KC at MIN

Fouls Suffered 2, 9 times, last: June 21, 2023, KC at LA

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal Aug. 21, 2022, KC vs. POR

Assist July 8, 2023, KC at HOU

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced from Barcelona’s B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013.

Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.

Sporting KC Game Notes | February

#21 | M | FELIPE HERNANDEZ | @Fe1ipe98

Height: 5-7

Weight: 140 Birthday: 6/8/1998

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee

Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/30/2019

Felipe Hernandez signed with Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player in August 2019. Hernandez is the first Sporting player to progress from an Academy Affiliate club to the SKC Academy to Sporting KC II before signing with the senior team. He signed with the first team following a breakout 2019 with SKC II in the USL Championship, where he started 24 of 26 appearances, scored a team-best eight goals and recorded four assists.

Hernandez scored his first MLS goal for the club in a June 23, 2021 victory over the Colorado Rapids and also tallied the opener against his hometown club Nashville SC in a 2-1 Sporting victory on June 19, 2022.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 4 times, last: May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR

Assists 2, May 14, 2022, KC at POR

Shots on Goal 2, May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR

Shots 4, 4 times, last: Sept. 10, 2022, KC at HOU

Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: July 23, 2022, KC vs. LAFC

Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: April 8, 2023, KC vs. COL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Goal May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR

Assist May 14, 2022, KC at POR

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Hernandez played for Sporting Nashville Heroes, a former Academy Affiliate, and moved to Kansas City in the summer of 2014 to join the Academy. At age 16, Hernandez earned a preseason training stint with the first team in January 2015, before signing an Academy contract with SKC II in August 2016, two months prior to earning Bob Gansler Academy Player of the Year honors that then led to a professional SKC II contract in early 2017.

On the international stage, Hernandez played for the U.S. U-19 and U-20 National Teams in 2016 and 2017.

Height: 5-9

Weight: 170 Birthday: 11/30/1993

Hometown: Friolzheim, Germany

Last Club: Hamburger SV (Germany)

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 1/12/2023

Tim Leibold joined Sporting Kansas City in January 2023 having amassed more than 20 goals and 40 assists in nearly 300 professional appearances in his native Germany. Leibold is the third German newcomer at Sporting since the start of 2022, following center back Robert Voloder and midfielder Erik Thommy. Since joining the club, Leibold has tallied three assists in 21 appearances across all competitions.

Leibold spent eight seasons across Germany’s top two divisions from 2015-2022. He starred at Nurnberg from 2015-2019 before moving to Hamburg, where he served as club captain during the 2020-21 campaign. Leibold developed in youth academies at VfB Stuttgart, TSF Ditzingen and SGV Freiberg before turning professional with Freiberg at

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 1, 3 times, last: July 1, 2023, KC vs. VAN

Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 9, 2023, KC at MIA

Shots 2, Sept. 9, 2023, KC at MIA

Fouls Committed 3, June 21, 2023, KC at LA

Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: July 12, 2023, KC vs. RSL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Sept. 16, 2023, KC at MIN

Goal N/A

Assist July 1, 2023, KC vs. VAN

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

age 18 in 2012. Leibold enjoyed a breakthrough in 2015 by joining 2. Bundesliga side Nurnburg and solidifying his place as a regular starter. The 2018-19 campaign saw Leibold lead Nurnburg with 32 Bundesliga starts while also assisting three goals. Competing in one of the world’s best leagues, he led the team in key passes, tackles, recoveries and touches while placing second in minutes played.

Leibold then returned to the 2. Bundesliga with a move to Hamburg, where he had his best professional season to date in 2019-20. He played every minute of all 34 league matches and led the 2. Bundesliga with 16 assists. At the international level, Leibold played five matches for the Germany U-20s in 2013.

Great River, New York

Signed as Free Agent on 12/23/2014

Tim Melia leads Sporting KC in regular-season wins (100), shutouts (66) and saves (668), and has also played the most games (232) of any goalkeeper in club history. Melia claimed the 2017 Goalkeeper of the Year crown with career-highs in wins (12), shutouts (10), saves (91), starts (31) and minutes (2,759) before surpassing each of those stats in 2018.

Melia has an unbelievable knack for saving penalty kicks, having only conceded 19 of the 34 he has faced for Sporting while also guiding the team to penalty shootout victories in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup Final, the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Semifinal, the 2020 MLS is Back Round of 16, the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Quarterfinal and the 2023 Wild Card Game.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals Allowed 7, 2 times, last: May 14, 2022, KC at POR

Saves 10, April 8, 2018, KC at LA

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Shutout Sept. 16, 2023, KC at MIN

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Among goalkeepers with at least 15 regular-season appearances in 2017, he led MLS with a 0.78 goals against average, 78.4 save percentage and 69.2-percent passing accuracy. He also ranked second in shutouts. On April 8, 2018, Melia set a new club record and career-high with 10 saves in a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy. During his breakout campaign in 2015, he was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year.

After a four-year college career with NCAA DIII program Lynn University, Melia began his professional career in 2008 with the Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division. After stints with Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, he spent the latter half of 2014 as a League Pool Goalkeeper, earning call-ups from Sporting KC, FC Dallas and D.C. United.

Height: 5-8

Weight: 180

Hometown: La Louviere, Belgium

Last Club: EA Guingamp (France)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/14/2022

#18 | D | LOGAN NDENBE | @Ndenbe22

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 1, Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Shots 3, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL

Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 30, 2023, KC at STL

Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal N/A

Assist Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Birthday: 2/9/2000

Logan Ndenbe joined Sporting in a transfer from French team EA Guingamp in January 2022. Ndenbe arrived in Kansas City after spending his first five professional seasons in Europe with Belgian top-flight side KV Oostende and Guingamp.

Ndenbe has made 50 appearances for the club in all competitions, tallying two goals and two assists with both goals coming in the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs series against St. Louis. Ndenbe suffered a torn ACL in the second match against St. Louis on Nov. 5, 2023 and is set to be out until the summer of 2024.

Ndenbe developed in the Royal Excel Mouscron academy before joining KV Oostende as a 17-year-old in 2017. Ndenbe left Belgium in July 2020, signing for Guingamp to mark the start of a successful stint in the French Ligue 2.

On the youth international stage, Ndenbe rose through the Belgian U-17 and U-18 teams before earning his Belgium U-21 debut in June 2021 for his first of six matches in 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying. He started in four games during qualifying, helping the team go 3-0-1.

#24 | D | KAYDEN PIERRE | @KaydenPierre5

Height: 5-9 Weight: 155 Birthday: 2/16/2003

Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Last Club: Sporting KC Academy

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 5/4/2021

Kayden Pierre signed with Sporting as a Homegrown player early in the 2021 season after impressing at preseason camp in Arizona with the Sporting KC first team. He made his debut for the club against Club Leon in the Leagues Cup on Aug. 10, 2021 before making his MLS debut at Colorado on March 12, 2022. He enjoyed a breakout spell over the summer of 2022 with senior right back Graham Zusi sidelined through injury, as Pierre made 12 of his 19 appearances on the season between June 25-Sept. 17.

Pierre joined the Sporting KC Academy in 2018 from Vardar SC in his native Michigan. He represented Sporting at the U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels and helped guide the U-17s to

Height: 5-10

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 1, July 13, 2022, KC at MIN

Shots on Goal 0

Shots 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC

Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 4, 2022, KC at LA

Fouls Suffered 4, July 3, 2022, KC vs. NY

Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 18, 2023, KC at DAL

Goal N/A

Assist July 13, 2022, KC at MIN

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

the Academy Playoffs in 2019. Capable of playing at left back and right back, Pierre gained his first professional experience in 2020 when he signed an amateur academy contract with SKC II. Pierre enjoyed a breakout season for Sporting in 2022, making 22 appearances in all competitions.

On the international stage, Pierre has competed for the U.S. U-14, U-16 and U-20 national teams.

#9 | F | ALAN PULIDO | @alanpulido

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 2, 6 times, last: Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL

Assists 2, July 22, 2020, KC at RSL

Shots on Goal 6, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL

Shots 8, May 22, 2021, KC at SJ

Fouls Committed 3, June 19, 2021, KC at POR

Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Aug. 4, 2021, KC at LAFC

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Assist June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Weight: 170 Birthday: 3/8/1991

Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Mexico

Last Club: C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 12/10/2019

Mexican star Alan Pulido signed with Sporting KC as a Designated Player in a club-record transfer from Chivas Guadalajara in December 2019. Pulido has scored over 100 combined goals for club and country during a decorated career highlighted by five domestic championships and the 2018 Concacaf Champions League title.

Pulido tallied 15 goals and eight assists in 36 games in his first two seasons in MLS and was named Sporting’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2020. Pulido missed the entire 2022 season following knee surgery, returning to the field on April 1, 2023 and was named MLS Comeback Player of the Year after tallying 14 goals on his return in 2023. Pulido has tallied 30 goals and 14 assists in 70 appearances across all competitions for the club.

Pulido developed in the Tigres UANL youth academy before breaking into the first team in 2009 as an 18-year-old. He helped Tigres to the 2009 SuperLiga title and two years later,

Pulido scored in the second leg of the 2011 Liga MX Apertura Final as Tigres won its first league championship since 1982. Pulido enjoyed a breakout 2013-14 campaign with 25 goals in all competitions during his final season at Tigres, scoring in the 2014 Copa MX Clausura Final to finish as the tournament’s top scorer. Pulido then signed for Greek outfit Levadiakos before heading to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. Pulido returned to Liga MX in August 2016, joining Chivas on a club-record transfer fee. His first full season with Chivas yielded 14 goals, helping his side to a double-winning campaign that ended with his first Liga MX Best XI selection. In 2018, he led Chivas to the Concacaf Champions League title and the club’s first continental championship in 56 years.

At the international level, Pulido has bagged five goals in 20 caps for Mexico’s senior team and was part of the El Tri squad at the 2011 Copa America and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 Birthday: 4/19/2001

Hometown: Bakersfield, California

Last Club: Sporting Kansas City II (USL Championship)

Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on 2/24/2020

John Pulskamp joined Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player ahead of the 2020 season after acquiring his Homegrown rights from the LA Galaxy where he spent two seasons in the club’s Academy. He made his MLS debut in the 2021 season opener, helping the side to a 2-1 victory at the New York Red Bulls.

Pulskamp became the youngest goalkeeper in Sporting KC history to record a shutout following a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Oct. 27, 2021 at the age of 20 years and 191 days. He enjoyed a breakout year in 2022 when he deputized for an injured Tim Melia to make 15 starts in all competitions, posting an 8-3-4 record.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA

Saves 7, July 17, 2022, KC at RSL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance March 25, 2023, KC vs. SEA

Shutout March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

Pulskamp joined the MLS ranks on the heels of a breakout 2019 USL Championship season with SKC II. Pulskamp arrived in Kansas City in April 2019 after a two-year stint in the LA Galaxy Academy. He also spent time on trial with English Premier League outfit AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. Prior to joining the Galaxy, he represented youth sides Real So Cal and Central California Aztecs.

Pulskamp was called in to a U.S. Men’s National Team training camp in December 2021. At the youth international level, Pulskamp has represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels.

#6 | M | NEMANJA RADOJA

Height: 6-0

Weight: 175

Hometown: Novi Sad, Serbia

Last Club: Levante (Spain)

Birthday: 2/6/1993

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 10/26/2022

Nemanja Radoja signed with Sporting KC ahead of the 2023 campaign, having spent most of the last decade in the Spanish La Liga with Celta Vigo and Levante. Radoja played nearly 300 matches across the top divisions of Serbia and Spain and also boasts experience in the UEFA Europa League with Vojvodina and Celta Vigo. Radoja has tallied three assists in 30 appearances across all competitions since joining Sporting KC.

Radoja began his professional career with Serbian club Vojvodina before embarking on an eight-year journey in La Liga. He logged 181 La Liga appearances from 2014-2022, playing alongside Sporting defender Andreu Fontas at Celta Vigo from 2014-2018 and spending each of the last three seasons with Levante. Radoja developed in Vojvodina’s youth academy and joined the club’s senior team in 2011 prior to brief loan spells in Serbia. Celta Vigo acquired Radoja via transfer in August 2014 and he took little time

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 2, Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ

Shots on Goal 1, May 31, 2023, KC vs. DAL

Shots 2, 3 times, last: June 21, 2023, KC at LA

Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 23, 2023, KC vs. HOU

Fouls Suffered 3, 2 times, last: July 15, 2023, KC at ATX

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal N/A

Assist Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

settling in as a key figure for Celta, regularly competing in tandem with Fontas for a team that finished eighth in 2014-15. Radoja and Celta improved upon their fortunes in 2015-16 leading to a sixth-place league finish. Celta Vigo’s 2016-17 campaign was highlighted by runs to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey and UEFA Europa League, where they fell to eventual champions Manchester United. Radoja moved to Levante ahead of the 2019-20 campaign. His first year at the club was highlighted by scoring in a 3-1 upset win over European powerhouse FC Barcelona.

On the international stage, Radoja has two caps for the Serbia Men’s National Team. He earned his senior debut in a friendly match at Ukraine in November 2016 and made one appearance in Serbia’s successful qualifying campaign ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As a youth, Radoja represented Serbia at the U-18 through U-21 levels.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 0

Assists 0

Shots on Goal 0

Shots 0

Fouls Committed 0

Fouls Suffered 0

Last Regular Season...

Appearance April 22, 2023, KC at NE

Goal N/A

Assist N/A

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City singed center back Chris Rindov ahead of the 2023 season after selecting the defender in the Second Round (37th overall) of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft out of Maryland. Rindov became Sporting’s first MLS SuperDraft selection to sign for the first team since 2018. Rindov made his MLS debut as a late substitute on April 22, 2023 at New England.

Rindov was a defensive mainstay for perennial powerhouse Maryland, starting in each of the program’s 38 matches over his final two seasons and finishing his college career with four goals and five assists in 58 appearances. Rising from freshman walk-on to team captain as a senior, he had a banner year in 2022 as an All-Big Ten First Team honoree

and an MLS College Showcase participant. Rindov played every minute in all 20 matches for the Terrapins in 2022, pushing Maryland to the Big Ten regular season title with an unbeaten 4-0-4 conference record. A two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, Rindov guided the Terps to their 22nd consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in the fall of 2022.

Rindov won four consecutive state championships at Rockville High School. He also played for youth club OBGC, where he competed at two national championships and won an Eastern Regional title in 2018.

#8 | M | MEMO RODRIGUEZ | @40_jrod

Height: 5-8

Weight: 155

Hometown: El Campo, Texas

Last Club: Austin FC (MLS)

Birthday: 12/27/1995

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 2/1/2024

Sporting Kansas City signed midfielder Memo Rodriguez ahead of the 2024 MLS campaign. Prior to joining Sporting, Rodriguez scored 34 goals in 227 professional club appearances since joining Houston Dynamo FC as a homegrown player in late 2014. He spent seven MLS seasons in Houston, notably winning the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, prior to representing both LA Galaxy and Austin FC in 2023.

Born in Wharton, Texas, and raised in nearby El Campo, Rodriguez entered the Houston Dynamo Academy in 2011. He was named its Academy Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013 before launching his MLS career at age 18, inking a Homegrown Player deal with the Dynamo ahead of the 2015 season. He spent most of his debut campaign on loan

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 2, 2 times, last: July 13, 2020, HOU at LAFC (w/ HOU)

Assists 1, 16 times, last: Aug. 30, 2023, ATX vs. SEA (w/ ATX)

Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: July 24, 2021, HOU at SJ (w/ HOU)

Shots 7, 2 times, last: April 16, 2021, HOU vs. SJ (w/ HOU)

Fouls Committed 5, June 18, 2022, HOU at ORL (w/ HOU)

Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: June 29, 2022, HOU at POR (w/ HOU)

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, ATX at SJ (w/ ATX)

Goal May 31, 2023, LA at RSL (w/ LA)

Assist Aug. 30, 2023, ATX vs SEA (w/ ATX)

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

with the Charleston Battery in the USL Championship before joining the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, Houston’s then-USL affiliate, for a breakout 2016 season. Rodriguez rejoined Houston in 2017 and made his MLS debut on April 8, 2017. In 2018, Rodriguez and Houston collected silverware as champions of the prestigious U.S. Open Cup before being named the Dynamo Young Player of the Year in 2019.

The Galaxy signed Rodriguez as a free agent in January 2023. He scored his first goal for the club in a thrilling 3-2 road win over Real Salt Lake on May 31 before moving to Austin FC in a trade on Aug. 1. He played nine MLS matches for Austin and finished the year with 21 league appearances, notching one goal and two assists.

Height: 6-2

Weight: 205 Birthday: 10/6/1993

Hometown: Bogota, Colombia

Last Club: Atletico Junior (Colombia)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 3/2/2023

#5 | D | DANY ROSERO

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 2 times, last: July 15, 2023, KC at ATX

Assists 0

Shots on Goal 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 30, 2023, KC at STL

Shots 3, April 1, 2023, KC at PHI

Fouls Committed 3, June 17, 2023, KC vs. LAFC

Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal July 15, 2023, KC at ATX

Assist N/A

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting Kansas City acquired center back Dany Rosero in a transfer from Colombian side Atletico Junior in March 2023. Rosero eclipsed 300 professional appearances across Argentina and his native Colombia, scoring 20 goals and competing in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. Beginning his career at Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandi as a teenager, the defender has spent the last seven seasons in the Colombian top-flight Categoria Primera A with Patriotas Boyacá, Deportivo Cali and Junior. To date, Rosero has tallied three goals in 33 appearances across all competitions for Sporting KC.

Born in Colombia, Rosero moved to Argentina to join Arsenal’s youth academy and began his professional career with the club in 2012. He enjoyed a pair of early breakthroughs by helping Arsenal win the 2013 Copa Argentina and by appearing in the 2014 Copa Libertadores. Rosero returned to his home country in 2016 with Patriotas Boyacá where

strong performances paved the way for Rosero to join Colombian powerhouse Deportivo Cali in 2017. Rosero delivered his most dominant season to date in 2019, scoring seven goals and starting 55 games in all competitions, with Deportivo Cali finishing as Copa Colombia runners-up.

In 2020, Rosero signed for Colombian heavyweights Junior and played in both the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, making 11 starts across the two tournaments. The following season, Rosero made seven appearances in the Copa Libertadores and one in the Copa Sudamericana while scoring three goals in 33 Primera A matches as Junior finished fifth in the aggregate league table. Rosero remained one of the Colombian first division’s best center backs in 2022, starting 36 league games and propelling Junior to the Copa Colombia finals.

#7 | F | JOHNNY RUSSELL

Height: 5-9

Weight: 175

Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland

Last Club: Derby County FC (England)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/31/2018

Birthday: 4/8/1990

Scottish winger Johnny Russell joined Sporting KC in a transfer from English club Derby County FC in January 2018. A cult-hero at the club, Russell has tallied 62 goals and 43 assists in 196 appearances for Sporting KC since the start of 2018. He was named club captain ahead of the 2021 season.

In 2021, Russell scored in eight consecutive games as part of a run where he tallied 15 goals in 19 matches over the second half of the campaign. Russell was named the club’s MVP in 2020 and 2022 as well as Offensive Player of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2021.

Russell previously scored 93 goals during a 12-year professional career in England and his native Scotland. Russell developed in the Dundee United Academy in Scotland before

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 3, 2 times, last: May 26, 2019, KC vs. SEA

Assists 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 15, 2021, KC vs. MIN

Shots on Goal 4, 4 times, last: Aug. 28, 2021, KC vs. COL

Shots 8, Sept. 2, 2020, KC vs. DAL

Fouls Committed 5, April 30, 2022, KC vs. DAL

Fouls Suffered 6, 2 times, last: April 8, 2023, KC vs. COL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Assist Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

making his professional debut for the top-flight Scottish Premiership club in May 2007 at age 17. He spent most of the following three seasons out on loan and marked his first Dundee United start with a goal in the 2009 Scottish FA Cup. After scoring 23 goals from 2010-2012, Russell’s final season at Dundee saw him produce a team-best 20 goals. Russell joined Derby County in the summer of 2013 and marked his debut for the Rams with his first of nine goals in the 2013-14 English Championship as Derby fell just short of promotion to the EPL. He totaled 18 goals over the next two seasons.

Russell has 13 career caps for Scotland and scored his first international goal during a European Championship Qualifier in San Marino on March 24, 2019. He has also represented Scotland at the U-19 and U-21 levels.

Height: 6-1

Weight: 160 Birthday: 7/19/1996

Hometown: Budapest, Hungary

Last Club: Sporting KC Academy

Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 1/13/2016

Daniel Salloi signed with Sporting KC as a Homegrown Player in early 2016 and made his Sporting KC debut on April 9, 2017. After enjoying a breakout campaign in 2018 where he tallied 16 goals and seven assists in all competitions, Salloi rebounded from a few lean years to be named an MLS All-Star and an MLS MVP finalist in 2021 after recording 16 goals and 10 assists in all competitions, tying the club record for most non-penalty goals in a single MLS regular season. His 16 game-winning goals are the most in club history.

Salloi, who signed a new four-year contract in late 2022, enjoyed another productive year in 2023 by leading the team with 22 goal contributions (10 goals, 12 assists) and has recorded 58 goals and 37 assists in 214 appearances across all competitions. Salloi scored on his first start for the club - a 4-0 win over Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Cup on June 14, 2017 - and added his first MLS goal vs. Portland on July 1, 2017 before scoring the winning goal in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup Final against the Red Bulls.

Height: 6-3

Weight: 195

Hometown: Marietta, Georgia

College: Georgetown

Birthday: 3/8/2002

Acquired: 2024 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#22)

Sporting Kansas City selected goalkeeper Ryan Schewe as the 22nd overall pick in the first round of MLS SuperDraft 2024. In two outstanding seasons as a starter at Georgetown University from 2022-2023, Schewe posted a 20-4-4 record with a 0.79 goals against average, 12 clean sheets and 86 saves. He enjoyed a breakout season as a junior in 2022, landing Second Team All-BIG EAST recognition after leading the conference in save percentage (.838) and shutouts (seven) en route to an 11-2-1 record.

During his senior year in 2023, Schewe propelled the Hoyas to the BIG EAST regular season championship with a 9-2-3 record and led the conference with the lowest goals against average (0.84) and the most shutouts (five). He punctuated his final college

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 2, 4 times, last: May 18, 2022, KC vs. COL

Assists 2, 4 times, last: Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Shots on Goal 4, 3 times, last: July 13, 2019, KC at VAN

Shots 8, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL

Fouls Committed 4, June 7, 2019, KC at TOR

Fouls Suffered 5, July 31, 2021, KC vs. DAL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal Sept. 9, 2023, KC at MIA

Assist Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Salloi moved to the U.S. in 2014 as an AFS exchange student and attended Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, joining the SKC Academy. Salloi briefly returned to his former Hungarian Academy side Ujpest FC in July 2015 where he made his pro debut on July 18, 2015 before returning to Kansas City in 2016. He split the 2016 season on loan with SKC II and Gyirmot SE in Hungary before joining the Sporting KC first team full-time in 2017.

Salloi has four caps for the senior Hungary National Team, having made his debut in a World Cup Qualifier against England on Sept. 2, 2021. He previously played for the Hungary Under-21 National Team.

campaign with BIG East Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST honors while also receiving United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-East Region accolades.

In addition to playing for Georgetown, Schewe competed as an amateur for Georgia club Apotheos FC of the National Premier Soccer League in 2022 and the New York-based Westchester Flames of USL League Two in 2023. At the youth level, the Georgia native spent three years each with the Atlanta United Academy and United Football Academy in his home state.

#11 | F | KHIRY SHELTON | @KhiryShelton

Height: 6-3

Weight: 190 Birthday: 6/26/1993

Hometown: Austin, Texas

College: Oregon State

Last Club: SC Paderborn 07 (Germany)

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/9/2019

Khiry Shelton is in the midst of his second stint with Sporting Kansas City, having initially helped the club to a first place in the Western Conference and a record-breaking scoring season in 2018, before departing to play in Germany with SC Paderborn 07 for one season in 2019. He returned to the club ahead of the 2020 season and has tallied 15 goals and 17 assists across 138 appearances for the club.

Shelton was selected second overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by expansion side New York City FC and spent three seasons with the club before initially arriving in KC via trade ahead of the 2018 season.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 18 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Assists 3, Sept. 23, 2016, NYC vs. CHI (w/ NYC)

Shots on Goal 4, July 17, 2020, KC vs. COL

Shots 6, May 5, 2018, KC vs. COL

Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2018, KC at FCD

Fouls Suffered 4, April 11, 2015, NYC at PHI (w/ NYC)

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Assist July 9, 2022, KC at MTL

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Height: 5-8

Weight: 155

Hometown: Wettenhausen, Germany

Last Club: VfB Stuttgart (Germany)

Birthday: 8/20/1994

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 6/23/2022

Erik Thommy, a German Bundesliga veteran, signed with Sporting KC in June 2022. Thommy previously recorded 42 goals and 33 assists across nine seasons in his native Germany - including nine goals, 14 assists and 96 appearances in the top-flight Bundesliga. He scored his first goal for Sporting in the 4-2 victory over the LA Galaxy on Aug. 6, 2022 and has tallied eight goals and 15 assists across 55 appearances across all competitions for the club.

Capable of playing in an advanced midfield role or on the wing, Thommy launched his professional career with FC Augsburg in 2014 before going on loan to FC Kaiserslautern

He was NYCFC’s first-ever SuperDraft pick and played a total of 54 regular-season games for the club, notching six goals and 10 assists across just 23 starts.

In college, Shelton attended Oregon State University where he was an NSCAA All-America Second Team selection; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team as he helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003 during his senior year. Shelton was a member of the U.S. U-18 National Team as a youth player.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 8 times, last: Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Assists 2, Sept. 2, 2023, KC vs. STL

Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA

Shots 8, March 11, 2023, KC vs. LA

Fouls Committed 3, April 8, 2023, KC vs. COL

Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Assist Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

(2014-2016) and Jahn Regensburg (2016-2017). Thommy joined VfB Stuttgart in 2017, starred for Fortuna Dusseldorf during a successful loan spell in 2019-2020, and ended his time at Stuttgart in the Spring of 2022 by appearing in each of the club’s last six matches of the 2021-2022 campaign.

Thommy developed in academies at SV Kleinbeuren (2000-2002), SSV Ulm (2002-2009) and TSG Thannhausen (2009-2010) before moving to FC Augsburg. He signed for FC Augsburg II in 2013 and made his Bundesliga debut with Augsburg’s senior team as a 19-year-old in February 2014.

#77 | F | MARINOS TZIONIS

Height: 5-7

Weight: 155 Birthday: 7/16/2001

Hometown: Nicosia, Cyprus

Last Club: Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/24/2022

Marinos Tzionis signed with Sporting KC in a transfer from Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus in late January 2022. Tzionis scored 15 goals in 88 appearances for hometown club Omonia Nicosia since turning professional as a 15-year-old in 2017. Appearing mostly as a substitute during his time with Sporting, Tzionis has tallied three goals and one assists in 53 appearances across all competitions.

Tzionis scored his first goal for the club with a last-gasp equalizer in the 98th minute of the club’s U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 clash with FC Dallas on May 10, 2022 and scored his first MLS goal four days later in a loss at Portland.

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, May 14, 2022, KC at POR

Assists 1, May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR

Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Sept. 10, 2022, KC at HOU

Shots 3, 3 times, last: Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ

Fouls Committed 2, 5 times, last: Sept. 20, 2023, KC vs. NSH

Fouls Suffered 5, April 17, 2022, KC at LAFC

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Goal May 14, 2022, KC at POR

Assist May 28, 2023, KC vs. POR

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Tzionis developed in Omonia Nicosia’s academy, signed for the first team in 2017 and made his senior debut for the club in May 2018. In a breakout 2020-21 campaign, Tzionis guided Omonia to the club’s first league title in 11 years by tallying seven goals in 43 games. He landed his UEFA Champions League debut in the qualifying rounds and started all six of Omonia’s games in the UEFA Europa League group stage.

Tzionis represented Cyprus at the U-17 and U-19 youth levels, before breaking into the senior national team in September 2020. To date, Tzionis has two goals in 25 caps for the Cyprus National Team, scoring his first goal in a 2-0 win over Estonia on March 29, 2022.

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Last

Consultants Desamparados (Costa Rica) Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 12/15/2023

Sporting Kansas City acquired forward Alenis Vargas in a transfer from Costa Rican side Futbol Consultants Desamparados ahead of the 2024 season. Vargas spent the 2023 season on loan with SKC II and enjoyed an excellent campaign in MLS NEXT Pro. In 21 appearances, Vargas recorded six goals and five assists while drawing three penalty kicks and helping the team reach the MLS NEXT Pro Playoffs with a third-place finish in the Western Conference.

A native of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Vargas did not begin playing competitive soccer until he was 16. He developed in the Leones Academy from 2019-2020 before joining the

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals N/A

Assists N/A

Shots on Goal N/A

Shots N/A

Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A

Last Regular Season...

N/A

N/A

N/A

reserve team at Honduran powerhouse C.D. Olimpia in December 2020 at age 17. Vargas left his home country in 2022, signing for Futbol Consultants in Costa Rica’s second division. During the latter half of the year, he trained with reigning top-flight champion Cartaginés, where he was coached by former striker and Costa Rican World Cup veteran Paulo Wanchope.

Vargas excelled on loan with SKC II in 2023, scoring a sensational scissor-kick goal to spark a 4-0 home win over first-place Colorado Rapids 2 before scoring a hat trick in a 6-1 win over Portland Timbers 2 in Aug. 13, 2023.

Height: 6-0

Weight: 170

Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany

Last Club: NK Maribor (Slovenia)

Acquired: Acquired in transfer on 1/19/2022

Birthday: 5/9/2001

#4 | D | ROBERT VOLODER

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC

Assists 1, June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC

Shots 1, 4 times, last: June 3, 2023, KC at VAN

Fouls Committed 2, 2 times, last: June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

Fouls Suffered 2, 2 times, last: June 3, 2023, KC at VAN

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 7, 2023, KC at RSL

Goal Sept. 13, 2022, KC vs. DC

Assist June 10, 2023, KC vs. ATX

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Robert Voloder arrived in Kansas City in a transfer from NK Maribor in the Slovenian first division ahead of the 2022 MLS season. Voloder had played every minute for Slovenian powerhouse Maribor during the 2021-22 season before making the move to MLS. Since joining Sporting KC, Voloder has made 30 appearances in all competitions and tallied his first MLS goal against D.C. United on Sept. 13, 2022.

Prior to joining Maribor, Voloder began his professional career at heralded German side FC Cologne. He developed in the club’s academy from 2016-2020 before being selected to Cologne’s first team squad for three German Bundesliga matches at the end of the

2019-20 campaign. Voloder featured regularly for FC Cologne II in 2020-21, starting all 26 appearances.

On the youth international stage, Voloder represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the U-17 through U-19 levels from 2017-2019 before switching his national team allegiance to Germany in September 2019, debuting for the country’s U-19s in a friendly against England. He played his first of five matches for the German U-20s in the fall of 2020 and recently captained the team in an Under 20 Elite League matchup against Norway on Sept. 6, 2021.

| M | REMI WALTER | @remi_walter

Height: 5-8

Weight: 165 Birthday: 4/26/1995

Hometown: Essey-les-Nancy, France

Last Club: Yeni Malatyaspor (Turkey)

Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 12/22/2020

Remi Walter signed with Sporting KC in December 2020, having amassed nearly 200 professional appearances since 2012 while playing in his native France and one season in Turkey. Walter has been an integral part of the Sporting KC squad since 2021, tallying seven goals and nine assists in 111 appearances, and was the only Sporting player to start all 34 regular-season matches in 2022.

Walter developed in Nancy’s youth academy before joining the first team as an 18-year-old in 2013. He became a regular starter in the early stages of the 2013-14 season and spent the next two and a half years as an integral midfield contributor for the side before being transferred to French title contender Nice in early 2016. Walter helped

Regular Season Game Highs:

Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Assists 1, 8 times, last: Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ

Shots on Goal 2, June 17, 2023, KC vs. LAFC

Shots 3, 4 times, last: June 17, 2023, KC vs. LAFC

Fouls Committed 3, March 5, 2022, KC vs. HOU

Fouls Suffered 3, Nov. 7, 2021, KC vs. RSL

Last Regular Season...

Appearance Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Goal Oct. 21, 2023, KC vs. MIN

Assist Aug. 26, 2023, KC vs. SJ

2024 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

the club to a fourth-place finish as well as qualification to the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The following season, Walter and Nice took another step forward by placing third in Ligue 1 and booking a spot in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League. Walter split the 2017-18 campaign between Nice and Troyes on loan, before returning to Nice in the summer of 2018. Walter transferred to Turkish first division outfit Yeni Malatyaspor in January of 2020 before departing later that summer.

On the international stage, Walter was a French youth international who participated in a number of high-profile tournaments, namely the 2012 UEFA U-17 Championship in Slovenia and qualifying for the 2017 UEFA U-21 Championship in Poland.

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SPORTING

INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

Sporting KC Game Notes

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

(MLS

REGULAR SEASON)

GOALS

Career: 71 Preki

Season: 22 Dom Dwyer (2014)

Game: 3 10 times

Half: 3 Vitalis Takawira (05/16/1998 at NE, 2nd)

Half: 3 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY, 2nd)

Half: 3 Gerso Fernandes (05/17/2017 vs. SEA, 2nd)

ASSISTS

Career: 98 Preki

Season: 17 Preki (1997)

Season: 17 Preki (2003)

Game: 4 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET)

Half: 3 Chris Henderson (06/20/1999 vs. MET, 1st)

Half: 3 Preki (06/21/2003 vs. CHI, 1st)

SHOTS

Career: 693 Preki

Season: 140 Preki (1996)

Game: 12 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB)

Half: 8 Preki (04/12/1997 at TB, 2nd)

Half: 8 Onandi Lowe (08/12/2001 at COL, 2nd)

Half: 8 Preki (07/06/2002 vs. DAL, 2nd)

GOALS

Season: 65 in 2018

Game: 7 03/30/2019 vs. MTL

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: 69 in 2018

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: 583 in 2018

Game: 34 05/15/2016 vs. ORL

Game: 34 04/20/2018 vs. VAN

Game: 34 10/06/2018 vs. LA

2-Tms: 44 4 times

Half: 23 04/20/2018 vs. VAN (2nd)

SHOTS ON GOAL

Career: 283 Preki

Season: 61 Preki (1996)

Game: 6 Preki (05/19/1996 at LA)

Game: 6 Eddie Johnson (06/02/2007 vs. NY)

Game: 6 Alan Pulido (10/24/2020 vs. COL)

Half: 4 10 times

FOULS COMMITTED

Career: 517 Roger Espinoza

Season: 79 Chris Henderson (2000)

Game: 8 Davy Arnaud (05/29/2010 at RSL)

Game: 8 Oriol Rosell (07/27/2013 at MTL)

Half: 7 Scott Uderitz (05/11/1996 vs. DAL, 1st)

FOULS SUFFERED

Career: 528 Davy Arnaud

Season: 111 Davy Arnaud (2004)

Game: 10 Davy Arnaud (10/14/2006 at NY)

Half: 6 8 times

CORNER KICKS

Career: 800 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)

Half: 8 Johnny Russell (08/14/2019 at ORL, 2nd)

GOALS ALLOWED

Career: 294 Tim Melia

Season: 60 Tim Melia (2019)

Game: 7 Bo Oshoniyi (07/04/2001 vs. CHI)

Game: 7 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA)

Game: 7 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR)

Half: 6 Tim Melia (09/15/2019 at LA, 2nd)

Half: 6 Tim Melia (05/14/2022 at POR, 2nd)

SAVES

Career: 668 Tim Melia

Season: 129 Tony Meola (2000)

Game: 10 Tim Melia (04/08/2018 at LA)

Half: 7 4 times

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TEAM HIGHS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)

SHOTS ON GOAL

Season: 250 in 1996

Game: 14 08/23/1998 vs. MIA

Game: 14 06/21/2003 vs. CHI

Game: 14 04/20/2018 vs. VAN

2-Tms: 22 05/02/1996 vs. CLB

2-Tms: 22 04/18/1997 vs. DAL

Half: 11 08/23/1998 vs. MIA (1st)

FOULS COMMITTED

Season: 511 in 2013

Game: 27 07/04/1997 at CLB

2-Tms: 52 05/17/2000 vs. DC

Half: 16 04/05/1997 vs. LA (1st)

Half: 16 07/04/1997 at CLB (2nd)

Half: 16 03/08/2014 at SEA (1st)

FOULS SUFFERED

Season: 541 in 2000

Game: 30 08/16/2003 at DAL

2-Tms: 51 05/17/2000 vs. DC

Half: 20 07/27/1996 vs. NE (2nd)

CORNER KICKS

Season: 207 in 2021

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: 67 in 2019

Game: 7 07/04/2001 vs. CHI

Game: 7 09/15/2019 at LA

Game: 7 05/14/2022 at POR

2-Tms: 10 05/02/1996 vs. CLB

Half: 6 09/15/2019 at LA (2nd)

Half: 6 05/14/2022 at POR (2nd)

SAVES

Season: 133 in 1999

Game: 10 04/08/2018 at LA

2-Tms: 18 04/18/1997 vs. DAL

2-Tms: 18 09/02/2000 vs. TB

Half: 7 4 times