SPORTING KC 2014 POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE
CONTENTS
2014 POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE
2014 Sporting Kansas City Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2014 Team Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2014 Stats, Standings, and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 2014 Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21 All-time Player Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-24 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Postseason Stats, Leaders, and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-29 Postseason Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-41 Technical Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-74
STATISTICS KEY FIELD PLAYER LEGEND
GP = Games Played; GS = Games Started; MIN = Minutes Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; SHT = Total Shots; SOG = Shots on Goal; FC = Fouls Committed; FS = Fouls Suffered; OFF = Times Offside; CK = Corner Kicks; C = Cautions; E = Ejections; * = indicates individual played for other team(s); FW= Forward; MF = Midfielder; DF = Defender; GK = Goalkeeper; SKG = Penalty Kick Shootout Goals; SKA = Penalty Kick Shootout Attempts;
GOALKEEPER STATISTICS LEGEND
SHTS = Shots Faced; SVS = Saves; GA = Goals Allowed; GAA: Goals Against Average (goals allowed per 90 minutes); PG = Penalty Kick Goals Allowed; PA = Penalty Kick Attempts Faced; SKG = Penalty Kick Shootout Goals; SKA = Penalty Kick Shootout Attempts; W = Goalkeeper Wins; L = Goalkeeper Losses; T = Goalkeeper Ties; SO = Shutouts; OT Record = Record in Overtime Games
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ROSTER
ALPHABETICAL/NUMERICAL
NO. PLAYER PRONUNCIATION 5 Matt Besler BEEZ-ler 16 Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr 20 Jorge Claros hor-hay 78 Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en 9 Antonio Dovale doh-VAH-lay 25 Christian Duke 14 Dom Dwyer 4 Kevin Ellis 10 Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber 30 Andy Gruenebaum GREEN-uh-BOHM 40 Igor Juliao ZHOO-lee-ow 24 Michael Kafari 21 Jon Kempin 18 Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg 12 Mikey Lopez 94 Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah 18 Victor Munoz 7 Chance Myers 6 Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra 13 Lawrence Olum OH-lumm 3 Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 37 Jacob Peterson 22 Soony Saad soo-NEE sod 17 C.J. Sapong sah-PONG 15 Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick 23 Martin Steuble SHTOY-bleh 11 Sal Zizzo ZEE-zoh 8 Graham Zusi ZOO-see
POS HT WT DEF 6-0 170 FWD 5-11 171 MID 5-9 155 DEF 6-2 169 MID 5-8 152 MID 5-9 157 FWD 5-9 180 DEF 5-9 160 MID 5-9 160 GK 6-1 200 DEF 5-8 145 MID 6-1 175 GK 6-1 170 GK 6-5 210 MID 5-8 160 MID 5-5 150 MID 5-7 165 DEF 6-0 165 MID 5-8 155 MID 6-2 185 DEF 6-2 180 DEF 6-1 175 FWD 5-10 165 FWD 5-10 165 FWD 6-1 185 DEF 5-10 170 MID 5-8 158 FWD 5-11 165 MID 5-10 160
BIRTHDATE BIRTHPLACE 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 01/08/1986 La Ceiba, Honduras 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-bains, France 04/04/1990 A Coruna, Galicia, Spain 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10/30/1991 Boise, ID 04/08/1993 Brasilia, Brazil 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 07/25/1999 Madrid, Spain 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 7/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 4/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 06/09/1991 Zurich, Switzerland 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL
NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 30 37 40 78 94
POS GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID DEF MID MID MID FWD MID MID FWD DEF FWD FWD MID MID GK FWD MID MID MID GK FWD DEF DEF MID
BIRTHDATE 06/07/1983 04/24/1997 02/21/1989 06/30/1991 02/11/1987 03/02/1983 12/7/1987 08/18/1986 04/04/1990 01/19/1985 04/03/1987 02/20/1993 07/10/1984 07/30/1990 01/28/1987 03/01/1984 12/27/1988 07/25/1990 01/08/1986 04/08/1993 08/17/1992 06/09/1988 10/30/1991 06/05/1991 12/30/1982 01/27/1986 08/23/1994 03/08/1986 02/07/1994
PLAYER PRONUNCIATION Eric Kronberg krawn-berg Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara oh-PAR-ah Kevin Ellis Matt Besler BEEZ-ler Paulo Nagamura POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra Chance Myers Graham Zusi ZOO-see Antonio Dovale doh-VAH-lay Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Sal Zizzo ZEE-zoh Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Victor Munoz Jorge Claros hor-hay Jon Kempin Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Martin Steuble SHTOY-bleh Michael Kafari Christian Duke Andy Gruenebaum GREEN-uh-BOHM Jacob Peterson Igor Juliao ZHOO-lee-ow Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Jimmy Medranda muh-DRAHN-dah
HT 6-5 6-1 6-2 5-9 6-0 5-8 6-0 5-10 5-8 5-9 5-11 5-8 6-2 5-9 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-7 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-8 6-1 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-8 6-2 5-5
WT 210 175 180 160 170 155 165 160 152 160 165 160 185 180 170 171 185 165 155 170 165 158 175 157 200 165 145 169 150
HOMETOWN Santa Rosa, CA Lee’s Summit, MO Durham, NC Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO Sao Paulo, Brazil Thousand Oaks, CA Orlando, FL A Coruna, Galicia, Spain Rio de Janeiro, Brazil San Diego, CA Dallas, TX Nairobi, Kenya Cuckfield, England Kansas City, MO Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Manassas, VA Madrid, Spain La Ceiba, Honduras Overland Park, KS Dearborn, MI Schlieren, Switzerland Accra, Ghana Overland Park, KS Overland Park, KS Portage, MI Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Enghien-les-Bains, France Mosquera, Columbia
COLLEGE Notre Dame
San Diego South Florida Barton County CC UCLA Kentucky New Mexico California North Carolina UCLA UCLA Missouri Baptist Wake Forest Indiana Michigan James Madison Creighton UCLA Maryland
COLLEGE California Wake Forest Barton County CC Notre Dame UCLA Maryland
UCLA UCLA North Carolina Missouri Baptist Univ. of South Florida Creighton James Madison UCLA
Michigan New Mexico San Diego Kentucky Indiana
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SPORTING KC
2014 TEAM AWARDS
DOM DWYER
CO-MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
PRESENTED BY ARISTOCRAT MOTORS & MERCEDES-BENZ OF KANSAS CITY
GRAHAM ZUSI
SETH SINOVIC
CO-MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
DEFENDER OF THE YEAR
ANTONIO DOVALE
IGOR JULIAO
PRESENTED BY ARISTOCRAT MOTORS & MERCEDES-BENZ OF KANSAS CITY
PRESENTED BY SABATES EYE CENTERS
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY IVY FUNDS
BENNY FEILHABER GOAL OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY POWER PARTNERS
CO-NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY MARRIOTT KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN
DOM DWYER GOLDEN BOOT
PRESENTED BY HENRY WURST INCORPORATED
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CO-NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY MARRIOTT KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN
SOONY SAAD
VICTORY PROJECT HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR
2014
FASTEST GOALS
TEAM
MIN. PLAYER DATE(S)
FASTEST 2 GOALS BY ONE PLAYER:
12
Dom Dwyer
4/19
* Consecutive goals (none by other players during span), player must be on field for clock to run. FASTEST 2 GOALS BY TEAM: FASTEST 3 GOALS BY TEAM: FASTEST 4 GOALS BY TEAM:
2 13 48
9/26 9/12 9/12
HIGHS IN A GAME
GOALS
4, 4/19 vs MTL in 4-0 W 4/ 8/16 vs TOR in 4-1 W 4, 9/12 at CHV in 4-0 W
ASSISTS
5, 3/29 at COL in 3-2 W
SHOTS
20, 4/5 vs RSL in 0-0 T
SHOTS ON GOAL
FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED
INDIVIDUAL
HIGHS IN A GAME
GOALS
2, Dom Dwyer, 4/19 vs MTL in 4-0 W 2, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL in 3-0 W 2, Dom Dwyer, 5/23 vs TOR in 2-2 T 2, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL in 2-1 W 2, Dom Dwyer, 8/16 vs TOR in 4-1 W
ASSISTS
2, Sal Zizzo, 3/29 at COL in 3-2 W 2, Graham Zusi, 3/29 at COL in 3-2 W
SHOTS
6, Dom Dwyer, 3/8 at SEA in 1-0 L 6, Dom Dwyer, 8/29 vs HOU in 3-1 L 6, Dom Dwyer, 9/12 at CHV in 4-0 W 6, Dom Dwyer, 10/10 vs CHI in 2-0 W
SHOTS ON GOAL
4, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL in 3-0 W 4, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL in 2-1 W
FOULS COMMITTED
6, Benny Feilhaber, 8/10 at VAN in 2-0 L
FOULS SUFFERED
CORNER KICKS
OFFSIDE SAVES
GOALS ALLOWED
10, Graham Zusi, 7/19 vs LA in 2-1 W 10, Graham Zusi, 8/16 vs TOR in 4-1 W 3, Chance Myers, 4/5 vs RSL in 0-0 T 3, Dom Dwyer, 7/16 at CLB in 2-1 W 3, Dom Dwyer, 9/6 at NY in 2-1 L 3, Dom Dwyer, 10/3 at DC in 0-0 T 3, Dom Dwyer, 10/10 vs CHI in 2-0 W
SHOTS FACED
9, Dom Dwyer, 4/19 vs MTL in 4-0 W
7, Andy Gruenebaum, 10/3 at DC in 0-0 T
7, Eric Kronberg, 5/14 vs PHI in 2-1 L 7, Andy Gruenebaum, 8/1 vs PHI in 1-1 T 7, Andy Gruenebaum, 9/3 at NE in 3-1 L 7, Andy Gruenebaum, 10/3 at DC in 0-0 T 3, Jon Kempin, 8/23 vs DC in 3-0 L 3, Jon Kempin, 8/29 vs HOU in 3-1 L 3, Andy Gruenebaum, 9/3 at NE in 3-1 L 3, Eric Kronberg 9/26 vs NE in 3-2 L
SHOTS FACED
TEAM GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CORNER KICKS OFFSIDE SAVES SHOTS FACED GOALS ALLOWED
25, 3/8 at SEA in 1-0 L 25, 8/10 at VAN in 2-0 L
CORNER KICKS OFFSIDE SAVES
9, 4/5 vs RSL in 0-0 T 9, 7/6 vs CHI in 1-1 T
28, 5/18 at CHI in 2-1 L 12, 3/15 vs DAL in 1-1 T 5, 9/6 at NY in 2-1 L 7, 10/3 at DC in 0-0 T 7, five times
LOWS IN A GAME 0, eight times 0, 13 times 8, 9/3 at NE in 3-1 L 1, 4/26 at NE in 1-0 L 1, 10/26 vs NY in 2-0 L 6, 5/14 vs PHI in 2-1 L 6, 4/5 vs RSL in 0-0 T 1, 9/3 at NE in 3-1 L 0, four times 0, four times 1, four times 0, 10 times
YOUNGEST PLAYER TO ... PLAY IN A GAME START A GAME PLAY COMPLETE GAME SCORE A GOAL RECORD AN ASSIST SCORE TWICE PLAY A GAME AS GK START A GAME AS GK PLAY A CG AS GK RECORD A SHUTOUT RECORD A WIN
Erik Palmer-Brown, 17y24d, 5/18 at CHI Erik Palmer-Brown, 17y24d, 5/18 at CHI Erik Palmer-Brown, 17y43d, 6/6 at HOU Soony Saad, 21y293d, 6/6 at HOU Igor Juliao, 19y327d, 7/16 at CLB Dom Dwyer, 23y263d, 4/19 vs MTL Jon Kempin, 21y124d, 8/10 at VAN Jon Kempin, 21y130d, 8/16 vs TOR Jon Kempin, 21y130d, 8/16 vs TOR Eric Kronberg, 30y288d, 3/22 vs SJ Jon Kempin, 21y130d, 8/16 vs TOR
OLDEST PLAYER TO ... PLAY IN A GAME START A GAME PLAY COMPLETE GAME SCORE A GOAL RECORD AN ASSIST SCORE TWICE PLAY A GAME AS GK START A GAME AS GK PLAY A CG AS GK RECORD A SHUTOUT RECORD A WIN
Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI Paulo Nagamura, 31y208d, 9/26 vs NE Paulo Nagamura, 31y208d, 9/26 vs NE Dom Dwyer, 24y17d, 8/16 vs TOR Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI Andy Gruenebaum, 31y284d, 10/10 vs CHI
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2014
RECORD
REGULAR SEASON
AT SPORTING PARK
GOALS
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 17 6-5-6 24 25 21 RECORD
ON THE ROAD
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 17 8-8-1 25 23 20 TEAM GOALS SCORED TOTAL SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL SHOOTING ACCURACY FOULS COMMITED FOULS SUFFERED CORNER KICKS OFFSIDE GOALS
TOTALS FOR AGAINST 48 41 468 350 160 131 34.2% 37.4% 499 492 492 499 180 145 79 85 SCORED IN A GAME
GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG 34 7 12 9 2 3 48 1.41 GOALS
ALLOWED IN A GAME
GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG 34 10 11 9 4 0 41 1.21 GOALS
GOALS BY INTERVAL
TOT 0-15 16-30 31-45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90+ FOR 48 5 3 8 11 7 14 AGAINST 41 4 7 8 5 7 10
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GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
WHERE THEY CAME FROM FOR AGAINST 48 41 64 75
HOW SCORED RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
19 25 19 7 10 7 0 2
TYPE OF PLAY OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
25 23 6 4 5 1 1 1 7 6 1 0 2 4 1 2
DISTANCE INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
10 29 9
8 24 9
RECORD
2014 Record When…
Record By Month…
Scoring first goal: 13-1-5
March 2014: 2-1-1
Conceding first goal: 1-12-0
March all-time: 12-8-4
Leading at halftime: 9-0-1
April 2014: 1-1-1
Tied at halftime: 4-4-6
April all-time: 38-30-12
Trailing at halftime: 1-9-0
May 2014: 2-3-2
0 goals scored: 0-6-2
May all-time: 30-39-21
1 goal scored: 2-6-4
June 2014: 2-0-0
2 goals scored: 7-1-1
June all-time: 44-32-24
3 goals scored: 2-0-0
July 2014: 4-0-1
4+ goals scored: 3-0-0
July all-time: 44-32-24
0 goals allowed: 8-0-2
August 2014: 1-3-1
1 goal allowed: 5-2-4
August all-time: 37-45-14
2 goals allowed: 1-7-1
September 2014: 1-3-0
3 goals allowed: 0-4-0
September all-time: 28-35-13
4+ goals allowed: N/A
October 2014: 1-2-1
Wearing Sporting blue: 8-9-7
October all-time: 18-12-14
Wearing dark indigo: 5-4-0
Home and Away…
Wearing black: 1-0-0
BREAKDOWN
Overall All-time: 243-229-123
Leading at 75’: 9-0-0
2014 at home: 6-5-6
Tied at 75’: 5-3-7
All-time at home: 156-85-56
Trailing at 75’: 0-10-0
2014 on road: 8-8-1
Outshooting opponent: 10-7-6
All-time on road: 87-144-67
Outshot by opponent: 2-6-1
Team-by-team (in 2014)…
Shots even: 2-0-0
vs. Chicago: 13-25-11 (1-1-1)
One-goal games: 7-7-0
vs. Chivas USA: 9-4-4 (1-0-0)
On ESPN: 1-1-2
vs. Colorado Rapids: 22-17-13 (1-0-0)
On NBCSN: 1-4-2
vs. Columbus Crew: 24-21-6 (2-0-0)
On KMCI-TV: 12-8-3
vs. D.C. United: 20-20-11 (0-2-1)
Day games (before 5pm): 2-2-1
vs. FC Dallas: 20-19-10 (0-0-1)
Games 5pm or later: 12-11-6
vs. Houston Dynamo: 5-7-8 (1-1-0)
With red card received: 3-2-1
vs. LA Galaxy: 19-23-11 (1-0-0)
With red card against: 4-2-1
vs. Miami Fusion: 3-4-1
Temperature 75 & up: 8-7-4
vs. Montreal Impact: 5-3-1 (3-0-0)
Temperature below 75: 6-6-3
vs. N.E. Revolution: 23-16-11 (0-3-0)
In Pacific time zone: 2-2-0
vs. New York Red Bulls: 19-20-12 (0-2-1)
In Mountain time zone: 1-0-0
vs. Philadelphia Union: 4-4-4 (0-2-1)
In Central time zone: 7-7-6
vs. Portland Timbers: 3-2-0 (1-0-0)
In Eastern time zone: 4-4-1
vs. Real Salt Lake: 8-5-4 (0-0-1)
vs. Eastern Conference: 9-11-5
vs. SJ Earthquakes: 21-21-7 (1-0-0)
vs. Western Conference: 5-2-2
vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 1-7-1 (0-1-0)
On grass: 13-9-7
vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny: 10-6-1
On turf: 1-4-0
vs. Toronto FC: 12-4-5 (2-0-1) vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1-2 (0-1-0)
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MLS
REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
Eastern Conference 1. *D.C. United 2. *NE Revolution 3. *Columbus Crew 4. *New York Red Bulls 5. *Sporting Kansas City 6. Philadelphia Union 7. Toronto FC 8. Houston Dynamo 9. Chicago Fire 10. Montreal Impact
MLS
GOALKEEPER WINS
PLAYER TEAM GP 1. Stefan Frei SEA 34 2. Bobby Shuttleworth NE 32 3. Jaime Penedo LA 29 4. Bill Hamid DC 30 4. Steve Clark CLB 34
GP W L T P 34 17 9 8 59 34 17 13 4 55 34 14 10 10 52 34 13 10 11 50 34 14 13 7 49 34 10 12 12 42 34 11 15 8 41 34 11 17 6 39 34 6 10 18 36 34 6 18 10 28
MLS
GOALKEEPER SHUTOUTS
PLAYER TEAM GP 1. David Ousted VAN 34 2. Bill Hamid DC 30 3. Stefan Frei SEA 34 4. Bobby Shuttleworth NE 32 4. Jaime Penedo LA 29 4. Steve Clark CLB 34
Western Conference GP W L T P 1. *Seattle Sounders FC 34 20 10 4 64 2. *LA Galaxy 34 17 7 10 61 3. *Real Salt Lake 34 15 8 11 56 4. *FC Dallas 34 16 12 6 54 5. *Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 8 14 50 6. Portland Timbers 34 12 9 13 49 7. Chivas USA 34 9 19 6 33 8. Colorado Rapids 34 8 18 8 32 9. San Jose Earthquakes 34 6 16 12 30
W 20 16 15 14 14
SO 13 10 9 8 8 8
*clinched berth in 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs MLS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
PLAYER
GOALS TEAM GP GOALS
Bradley Wright-Phillips NY 32 27
Dom Dwyer Robbie Keane Lee Nguyen Obafemi Martins
KC LA NE SEA
MLS 1. 2. 2. 2. 5.
MLS
PLAYER Landon Donovan Diego Valeri Robbie Keane Thierry Henry Obafemi Martins
33 29 32 31
22 19 18 17
ASSISTS TEAM LA POR LA NY SEA
TEAM STATS
GAME WINNING GOALS
1. 2. 2. 2. 5.
PLAYER Lee Nguyen
TEAM GP GWG NE 32 9 Bradley Wright-Phillips NY 32 6 Dom Dwyer KC 32 6 Gyasi Zardes LA 32 6 Clint Dempsey, Ethan Finlay 5
Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane
Will Bruin
MLS
GP ASSISTS 31 19 33 14 29 14 30 14 31 13
1. 2. 2. 4.
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER Robbie Keane Clint Dempsey Landon Donovan
TEAM GP GWA LA 29 6 SEA 26 5 LA 31 5 Brad Davis, Fabian Espindola 4 Gonzalo Pineda, Marcelo Sarvas, Marco Pappa Obafemi Martins, Pedro Morales, Thierry Henry
SCORING 1 2 TOTAL
SHOTS
SPORTING 16 32 48
SPORTING 214 254 468
SPORTING 68 92 160
OPP.
19
OPP.
OPP.
FOULS
1 2 TOTAL
22
41
1 2 TOTAL
GAME WINNING ASSISTS
164 186 350
SOG
1 2 TOTAL 60 71 131
OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL
CORNERS 1 2 TOTAL
SPORTING 245 254 499
SPORTING 34 45 79
SPORTING 84 96 180
OPP.
OPP.
OPP.
77 68 145
PK GOALS
1
231 261 492
43 42 85
CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL
EJECTIONS 1
SPORTING 17 45 62 OPP. 31 43 74
SPORTING 1 5 6 OPP. 1 6 7
8
2 TOTAL
2
TOTAL
SPORTING 3 4 7 OPP. 3 3 6
STATS Quickest Goal...
4 min, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL
Quickest Goal Against...
7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI
Game-winning goals after 75’...
2014 SEASON MISCELLANEOUS
90+2 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/29 at COL 89 min, Dom Dwyer, 7/12 at MTL 90+3 min, Benny Feilhaber, 7/16 at CLB 80 min, Jacob Peterson, 7/26 at TOR 80 min, Graham Zusi, 10/10 vs CHI
Game-tying goals after 75’... Game-winning goals against after 75’...
N/A 90+4 min, Chad Barrett, 3/8 at SEA 90+2 min, Teal Bunbury, 4/26 at NE
Game-tying goals against after 75’...
81 min, Cristian Maidana, 5/14 vs PHI 85 min, Jermaine Jones, 9/26 vs NE 90 min, Walker Zimmerman, 6/22 at DAL
Hat Tricks...
N/A
Hat Tricks Against...
N/A
Own Goals...
69 min, Igor Juliao, 7/16 at CLB 17 min, Igor Juliao, 8/10 at VAN
Own Goals Against... Red Cards...
31 min, Calum Mallace, 4/19 vs MTL 83 min, Oriol Rosell, 4/5 vs RSL 74 min, Aurelien Collin, 4/26 at NE 64 min, Erik Palmer-Brown, 5/18 at CHI 21 min, Toni Dovale, 6/6 at HOU 55 min, Aurelien Collin, 7/16 at CLB 75 min, Matt Besler, 7/26 at TOR
Red Cards Against...
85 min, Marvell Wynne, 3/29 at COL 80 min, Wil Trapp, 5/4 vs CLB 17 min, Collen Warner, 5/10 at MTL 90 min, Corben Bone, 5/14 vs PHI 63 min, Steven Caldwell, 5/23 vs TOR 90+4 min, Alex Caskey, 5/31 at DC 89 min, Wil Trapp, 7/16 at CLB
Penalty Kicks...
57 min, Dom Dwyer, 3/22 vs SJ 18 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/10 at MTL 84 min, Dom Dwyer, 5/23 vs TOR 70 min, Dom Dwyer, 6/6 at HOU 18 min, Dom Dwyer, 8/16 vs TOR 33 min, Dom Dwyer, 8/16 vs TOR 54 min, Dom Dwyer, 10/18 at PHI
Penalty Kicks Against...
60 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL 78 min, Vicente Sanchez, 3/29 at COL 90+5 min, Lee Nguyen, 4/26 at NE 7 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI 15 min, Mike Magee, 5/18 at CHI 85 min, Darren Mattocks, 8/10 at VAN
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RESULTS DATE Sat. Mar. 8 Sat. Mar. 15 Sat. Mar. 22 Sat. Mar. 29 Sat. Apr. 5 Sat. Apr. 19 Sat. Apr. 26 Sun. May 4 Sat. May 10 Wed. May 14 Sun. May 18 Fri. May 23 Tue. May 27 Sat. May 31 Fri. June 6 Fri. June 27 Sun. July 6 Sat. July 12 Wed. July 16 Sat. July 19 Sat. July 26 Fri. Aug. 1 Sun. Aug. 10 Sat. Aug. 16 Sat. Aug. 23 Fri. Aug. 29 Wed. Sept. 3 Sat. Sept. 6 Fri. Sept. 12 Fri. Sept. 26 Fri. Oct. 3 Fri. Oct. 10 Sat. Oct. 18 Sun. Oct. 26
REGULAR SEASON
OPPONENT RESULT at Seattle L 0-1 FC Dallas T 1-1 San Jose W 1-0 at Colorado W 3-2 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 Montreal W 4-0 at New England L 0-2 Columbus W 2-0 at Montreal W 3-0 Philadelphia L 1-2 at Chicago L 1-2 Toronto FC T 2-2 New York T 1-1 at D.C. United L 0-1 at Houston W 2-0 at Portland W 1-0 Chicago T 1-1 at Montreal W 2-1 at Columbus W 2-1 Los Angeles W 2-1 at Toronto FC W 2-1 Philadelphia T 1-1 at Vancouver L 0-2 Toronto FC W 4-1 D.C. United L 0-3 Houston L 1-3 at New England L 1-3 at New York L 1-2 at Chivas USA W 4-0 New England L 2-3 at D.C. United T 0-0 Chicago W 2-0 at Philadelphia L 1-2 New York L 0-2
TEAM STATS
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
GOALS
22 Dom Dwyer
ASSISTS
8 Graham Zusi
SHOTS
113 Dom Dwyer
SOG
48 Dom Dwyer
GWG
6 Dom Dwyer
GWA
2 Kevin Ellis / Graham Zusi
FS
73 Benny Feilhaber
FC
64 Dom Dwyer
CAUTIONS
6 Dwyer/Feilhaber/Olum/Sinovic
EJECTIONS
2 Aurelien Collin
GAA
1.10 Eric Kronberg
WINS
7 Eric Kronberg
SHUTOUTS
7 Eric Kronberg
SAVES
10
ATT. W-L-T 39,240 0-1-0 19,431 0-1-1 19,368 1-1-1 12,203 2-1-1 19,838 2-1-2 20,306 3-1-2 14,806 3-2-2 20,565 4-2-2 16,529 5-2-2 19,073 5-3-2 15,746 5-4-2 19,914 5-4-3 19,221 5-4-4 18,522 5-5-4 18,396 6-5-4 20,814 7-5-4 20,858 7-5-5 17,155 8-5-5 13,643 9-5-5 21,493 10-5-5 22,591 11-5-5 21,318 11-5-6 20,183 11-6-6 20,730 12-6-6 19,963 12-7-6 20,332 12-8-6 11,707 12-9-6 20,831 12-10-6 3,933 13-10-6 19,522 13-11-6 19,308 13-11-7 18,938 14-11-7 18,073 14-12-7 19.188 14-13-7
45 Eric Kronberg
POS. T4 T5 T4 2 3 T1 T2 T1 1 T1 T2 T2 2 3 2 T1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 T2 2 2 3 5
PTS 0 1 4 7 8 11 11 14 17 17 17 18 19 19 22 25 26 29 32 35 38 39 39 42 42 42 42 42 45 45 46 49 49 49
GOAL SCORERS SEA: Barrett (94+) KC: Collin (81); DAL: Hedges (90) KC: Dwyer (57) KC: Zusi (50) Feilhaber (79) Dwyer (92+); COL: Sanchez (60,78) KC: own goal (31) Collin (71) Dwyer (74,86) NE: Bunbury (92+) Nguyen (95+) KC: Peterson (10) Bieler (95+) KC: Dwyer (18,64) Nagamura (34) KC: Dwyer (80); PHI: Cruz (49) Maidana (81) KC: Dwyer (68); CHI: Magee (7,15) KC: Dwyer (47,84); TOR: Moore (67) Orr (91+) KC: Dovale (9); NY: Wright-Phillips (50) DC: Espindola (28) KC: Saad (45) Dwyer (70) KC: Olum (24) KC: Dwyer (33); CHI: Magee (40) KC: Dwyer (4,89); MTL: Di Vaio (28) KC: Sapong (42) Feilhaber (93+); CLB: own goal (69) KC: Feilhaber (10) Olum (61); LA: Keane (79) KC: Zusi (48) Peterson (80); TOR: Jackson (16) KC: Zusi (54); PHI: Brown (71) VAN: own goal (17) Mattocks (39) KC: Dwyer (18,33) Saad (64) Sapong (77); TOR: Gilberto (46+) DC: Espindola (24) Rolfe (28) Kitchen (31) KC: Dwyer (54); HOU: Bruin (35) Horst (62) Clark (67) KC: Saad (9); NE: Bunbury (45) Nguyen (48,94+) KC: Dwyer (54); NY: Wright-Phillips (11) Henry (52) KC: Dwyer (39) Feilhaber (47+) Zusi (52) Bieler (87) KC: Nagamura (54) Dwyer (56); NE: Rowe (22) Goncalves (35) Jones (85) KC: Zusi (80) Dwyer (92+) KC: Dwyer (54); PHI: Brown (45) Ribeiro (71) NY: Wright-Phillips (15, 70)
COACH STATS
PETER VERMES
MLS EXPERIENCE 6th season MLS RECORD 76-58-44
STATS UNF POS 14 F 8 F 10 M 22 F 6 M 37 F 13 M 16 F 78 D 17 F 9 M 4 D 11 F 40 D 15 D 5 D 7 D 20 M 31 M 30 G 24 D 21 G 1 G 12 M 23 M 94 M 3 D 2 D 20 M 23 M 25 M 24 M 18 M
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E Dom Dwyer 33 31 2724 22 1 113 48 64 66 38 1 6 0 Graham Zusi 25 24 2151 5 8 32 13 24 43 3 125 3 0 Benny Feilhaber 31 30 2607 4 6 47 13 44 73 1 27 6 0 Soony Saad 22 9 906 3 1 30 12 14 13 0 7 1 0 Paulo Nagamura 21 21 1745 2 3 28 10 31 22 5 0 5 0 Jacob Peterson 22 13 1301 2 2 24 10 12 15 3 0 2 0 Lawrence Olum 25 21 1853 2 1 14 4 18 4 1 0 6 0 Claudio Bieler 13 4 421 2 0 12 3 9 7 4 0 1 0 Aurelien Collin 26 25 2104 2 0 24 6 42 27 11 0 2 2 C.J. Sapong 20 7 811 2 0 14 5 21 22 4 0 1 0 Antonio Dovale 19 14 1033 1 3 29 8 15 13 0 13 3 1 Kevin Ellis 20 16 1538 0 3 6 1 22 14 0 0 3 0 Sal Zizzo 19 13 1097 0 3 19 7 8 9 0 0 0 0 Igor Juliao 23 23 1992 0 2 15 4 25 52 5 0 4 0 Seth Sinovic 31 31 2755 0 2 21 7 51 22 1 0 6 0 Matt Besler 24 24 2145 0 1 4 0 37 13 0 0 4 1 Chance Myers 7 7 576 0 1 1 0 3 7 3 0 1 0 Jorge Claros 7 4 419 0 0 1 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 Josh Gardner 1 1 89 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 Andy Gruenebaum 11 11 945 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 *Mechack Jerome 2 1 91 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Jon Kempin 4 3 315 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Eric Kronberg 20 20 1800 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 Mikey Lopez 8 5 482 0 0 7 3 12 10 0 0 2 0 Alex Martinez 10 3 411 0 0 8 3 5 17 0 2 0 0 Jimmy Medranda 5 1 131 0 0 4 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 Ike Opara 3 2 152 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 2 235 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 Oriol Rosell 7 7 594 0 0 7 1 11 3 0 0 0 1 Martin Steuble 3 1 69 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 Christian Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Kafari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Victor Munoz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 33 33 2970 48 37 457 159 489 477 76 176 62 6 Opponent totals 33 33 2970 39 33 334 127 477 489 81 137 74 7
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 6, Jacob Peterson 2, Lawrence Olum 2, Graham Zusi 1, Soony Saad 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 2, Kevin Ellis 2, Seth Sinovic 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Igor Juliao 1, Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 7-8
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 1 GK Eric Kronberg 20 20 1800 73 45 22 1.10 5 5 7 8 5 7 30 GK Andy Gruenebaum 11 11 945 45 34 12 1.14 1 1 6 3 2 3 21 GK Jon Kempin 4 3 315 13 5 7 2.00 0 1 1 2 0 0 Team totals 33 33 2970 127 83 39 1.18 6 7 14 12 7 10 Opponent totals 33 33 2970 159 102 48 1.45 7 8 12 14 7 7 * = Played with other teams in 2014. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.
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2014 REGULAR SEASON
Sporting KC at Seattle Sounders - March 8, 2014 CenturyLink Field | Seattle, Washington Attendance: 39,240 Weather: 50 degrees and rain
Sporting KC vs San Jose Earthquakes - March 22, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,368 (38th straight MLS sell out) Weather: 41 degrees and partly cloudy
1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (0-1-0, 0 pts) 0 0 0 Seattle Sounders FC (1-0-0, 3 pts) 0 1 1
1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-1-1, 4 pts) 0 1 1 San Jose Earthquakes (0-1-1, 1 pt) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Josh Gardner (Mechack Jerome 92+), Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 93+), Graham Zusi; Jacob Peterson (Sal Zizzo 58), Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 75), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (C)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Claudio Bieler, Jimmy Medranda, Oriol Rosell
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Matt Besler, Jacob Peterson, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale, Claudio Bieler
Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; DeAndre Yedlin, Chad Marshall, Djimi Traore, Dylan Remick; Marco Pappa (Clint Dempsey 57), Osvaldo Alonso, Brad Evans (C), Lamar Neagle (Sean Okoli 86); Kenny Cooper (Chad Barrett 78), Obafemi Martins Subs Not Used: Marcus Hahnemann, Jalil Anibaba, Andy Rose, Zach Scott Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (3) 4 25 1 7
SEA 14 (5) 3 15 1 5
Discipline Summary: SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 16 SEA -- Kenny Cooper (caution; reckless foul) 34 SEA - Osvaldo Alonso (caution; tactical foul) 44 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; persistent infringement) 46 SKC -- C.J. Sapong (caution; delaying a restart) 83 Referee: Alan Kelly Asst. Ref.: Dimitar Chadarav Asst. Ref.: Kyle Longville 4th Official: William Niccolla
1 0 0
2 1 1
F 1 1
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Kevin Ellis, Lawrence Olum, Ike Opara FC Dallas: Chris Seitz, Kellyn Acosta (Andres Escobar 61), Stephen Keel, Matt Hedges (C), Jair Benitez, Andrew Jacobson, Adam Moffat (Michel 87), Mauro Diaz (David Texeira 78), Fabian Castillo, Je-Vaughn Watson, Blas Perez Subs Not Used: Peter Luccin, Hendry Thomas, Richard Sanchez, Nicholas Walker DAL 7 (1) 5 19 5 2
Misconduct Summary: DAL -- Adam Moffat (caution; reckless foul) 28 DAL -- Stephen Keel (caution; reckless tackle) 30 DAL - Je-Vaughn Watson (caution; reckless tackle) 88 Scoring Summary: SKC - Aurelien Collin 1 (Benny Feilhaber 1) 81 DAL - Matt Hedges 1 (Michel 1) 90 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Asst. Ref.: Eric Weisbrod Asst. Ref.: Nikola Aleksic 4th Official: Leszek Stalmach
Misconduct Summary: SJ - Victor Bernardez (caution; tactical foul) 9 SJ - Steven Lenhart (caution; reckless foul) 39 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 42 SJ -- Clarence Goodson (caution; dissent) 57 SJ -- Shaun Francis (caution; tactical foul) 66 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; simulation) 81 SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 83
Sporting KC at Colorado Rapids - March 29, 2014 Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, Colorado Attendance: 12,203 Weather: 64 degrees and partly cloudy Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts) Colorado Rapids (1-1-1, 4 pts)
1 0 0
2 3 2
F 3 2
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Ike Opara (Aurelien Collin 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 61), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 83), Graham Zusi Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Jimmy Medranda, Antonio Dovale, Jacob Peterson
Colorado Rapids: John Berner; Shane O’Neill, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor (C), Marc Burch (Nathan Sturgis 62); Jared Watts, Nick LaBrocca; Vicente Sanchez (Marlon Hairston 88), Dillon Powers, Deshorn Brown; Edson Buddle (Gabriel Torres 82) Subs Not Used: Clint Irwin, Kamani Hill, Marvin Chavez, Grant Van De Casteele Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (4) 1 16 1 4
COL 9 (6) 3 15 5 5
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; tactical foul) 29 COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 43 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 72 COL -- Marvell Wynne (caution; reckless foul) 85 COL -- Marvell Wynne (ejection; second caution) 85 COL -- Nick LaBrocca (caution; reckless foul) 89 COL -- Nathan Sturgis (caution; reckless foul) 93+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Graham Zusi 1 (Sal Zizzo 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 50 COL -- Vicente Sanchez 3 (penalty kick) 60 COL -- Vicente Sanchez 4 (penalty kick) 78 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 1 (Sal Zizzo 2, Graham Zusi 1) 79 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 2 (Graham Zusi 2) 92+ Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn 4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez
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SJ 5 (1) 2 20 1 1
Referee: Ricardo Salazar Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland 4th Official: Sorin Stoica
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Mechack Jerome; Oriol Rosell, Jimmy Medranda (Alex Martinez 75), Benny Feilhaber; C.J. Sapong (Jacob Peterson 46), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 77), Sal Zizzo
SKC 18 (8) 0 15 0 12
SKC 17 (4) 1 17 3 8
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57
Sporting KC vs FC Dallas - March 15, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,431 (37th straight sellout) Weather: 67 degrees and mostly cloudy
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Subs Not Used: Ty Harden, David Bingham, Khari Stephenson, Billy Schuler, Adam Jahn
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Scoring Summary: SEA -- Chad Barrett 1 (Clint Dempsey 1) 94+
Sporting KC (0-1-1, 1 pt) FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4 pts)
San Jose Earthquakes: Jon Busch, Shaun Francis, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Cordell Cato, Shea Salinas, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Sam Cronin (J.J. Koval 46), Atiba Harris (Alan Gordon 76), Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski (C)
BOX SCORES
Sporting KC at NE Revolution - April 26, 2014 Gillette Stadium| Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 14,806 Weather: 47 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake - April 5, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,838 (39th straight sell out) Weather: 56 degrees and partly cloudy 1 2 F Sporting KC (2-1-2, 8 pts) 0 0 0 Real Salt Lake (2-0-3, 9 pts) 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 85); Sal Zizzo (Antonio Dovale 80), Dom Dwyer ( Claudio Bieler 76), Graham Zusi Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Igor Juliao, Alex Martinez, Jacob Peterson Real Salt Lake: Jeff Attinella; Rich Balchan, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Abdoulie Mansally; Kyle Beckerman (C), Luis Gil (Luke Mulholland 55), Ned Grabavoy, Javier Morales; Alvaro Saborio, Olmes Garcia (Devon Sandoval 72) Subs Not Used: Eduardo Fernandez; Carlos Salcedo, Aaron Maund, John Stertzer, Cole Grossman Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 20 (9) 1 14 3 7
RSL 5 (1) 8 6 4 4
Sporting KC (3-2-2, 11 pts) New England Revolution (3-3-2, 11 pts)
F 0 2
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell, Darrius Barnes; Andy Dorman (C) (Steve Neumann 79); Diego Fagundez, Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell 71), Teal Bunbury; Jerry Bengtson (Charlie Davies 57) Subs Not Used: Brad Knighton, Stephen McCarthy, O’Brian Woodbine, Patrick Mullins SKC 14 (1) 2 17 0 8
NE 12 (4) 1 13 1 5
Scoring Summary: NE -- Teal Bunbury 1 (Darrius Barnes 1, Diego Fagundez 1) 92+ NE -- Lee Nguyen 3 (penalty kick) 95+
Referee: Armando Villarreal Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker Asst. Ref.: Craig Lowry 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos
Referee: Alan Kelly Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn Asst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson 4th Official:Jorge Gonzalez
Sporting KC vs Montreal Impact - April 19, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,306 (40th straight sell out) Weather: 74 degrees and partly cloudy 1 1 0
2 3 0
F 4 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin (Alex Martinez 76), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 66), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Antonio Dovale, Soony Saad Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Eric Miller, Matteo Ferrari (Hassoun Camara 78), Karl Ouimette, Maxim Tissot; Calum Mallace, Patrice Bernier (C); Justin Mapp (Andres Romero 46), Felipe Martins, Collen Warner; Marco Di Vaio (Jack McInerney 56) Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Jeb Brovsky, Heath Pearce, Santagio Gonzalez SKC MTL Shots (on goal) 12 (7) 3 (2) Saves 1 4 Fouls 10 17 Offside 2 5 Corner Kicks 3 1 Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Justin Mapp (caution; reckless tackle) 38 MTL -- Matteo Ferrari (caution; reckless tackle) 52 MTL -- Karl Ouimette (caution; persistent infringement) 73 MTL -- Calum Mallace (caution; tactical foul) 80 SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Calum Mallace (own goal) 31 SKC -- Aurelien Collin 2 (Lawrence Olum 1) 71 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 3 (Jacob Peterson 1) 74 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 4 (Graham Zusi 3) 86 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Asst. Ref.: Ian Anderson Asst. Ref.: Jeff Muschik 4th Official:Jair Marrufo
2 0 2
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; reckless foul) 41 NE -- Lee Nguyen (caution; reckless foul) 47 NE -- Andy Dorman (caution; delaying a restart) 71 SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 74 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; persistent infringement) 88
Scoring Summary: None
Sporting KC (3-1-2, 11 pts) Montreal Impact (0-4-3, 3 pts)
1 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Toni Dovale (Alex Martinez 44, Lawrence Olum 76); Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Misconduct Summary: RSL -- Chris Schuler (caution; reckless foul) 39 SKC -- Chance Myers (caution; reckless foul) 76 SKC -- Oriol Rosell (ejection; serious foul play) 83 RSL -- Nat Borchers (caution; reckless foul) 87 SKC -- Claudio Bieler (caution; reckless foul) 91+
2014 REGULAR SEASON
Sporting KC vs Columbus Crew - May 4, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,565 (41st straight sellout) Weather: 81 degrees and sunny 1 2 F Sporting KC (4-2-2, 14 pts) 1 1 2 Columbus Crew (3-2-3, 12 pts) 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura (Alex Martinez 78), Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 61), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 87), Graham Zusi Subs Not Used: Igor Juliao, Andy Gruenebaum, Antonio Dovale, Jimmy Medranda Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Josh Williams, Michael Parkhurst (C), Giancarlo Gonzalez, Waylon Francis; Hector Jimenez (Dominic Oduro 46), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp, Bernardo Anor (Justin Meram 69); Federico Higuain, Jairo Arrieta (Ethan Finlay 82) Subs Not Used: Eric Gehrig, Matt Lampson, Tyson Wahl, Dan Paladini Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (6) 4 16 3 4
CLB 10 (4) 4 7 4 3
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless foul) 38 CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless foul) 45 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 68 CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; reckless tackle) 80 CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second caution) 80 CLB -- Ethan Finlay (caution; reckless tackle) 86 CLB -- Tony Tchani (caution; unsporting behavior) 87 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 92+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Jacob Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10 SKC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Graham Zusi 4) 95+ Referee: Ismail Elfath Asst. Ref.: Frank Anderson Asst. Ref.: James Conlee 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos
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Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - May 10, 2014 Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 16,529 Weather: 78 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC at Chicago Fire - May 18, 2014 Toyota Park | Bridgeview, Illinois Attendance: 15,746 Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-2-2, 17 pts) 2 1 3 Montreal Impact (1-5-3, 6 pts) 0 0 0
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-4-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1 Chicago Fire (2-2-6, 12 pts) 2 0 2
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura; Jacob Peterson (Antonio Dovale 57), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 70), Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 75)
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Chance Myers, Erik Palmer-Brown, Seth Sinovic; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 84), Paulo Nagamura (C), Benny Feilhaber, Antonio Dovale (Alex Martinez 71), Igor Juliao; Claudio Bieler (Kevin Ellis 67), Dom Dwyer
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Igor Juliao, Lawrence Olum, Jimmy Medranda
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, C.J. Sapong, Sal Zizzo
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins (C); Maxim Tissot, Wandrille Lefèvre, Karl Ouimette, Jeb Brovsky; Hernan Bernardello, Collen Warner; Sanna Nyassi (Andres Romero 61), Felipe Martins (Patrice Bernier 70), Justin Mapp; Jack McInerney (Santiago Gonzalez 69)
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Greg Cochrane; Patrick Nyarko (Dilly Duka 59), Jeff Larentowicz (C), Benji Joya (Logan Pause 58), Harry Shipp; Quincy Amarikwa ( Juan Luis Anangono 85), Mike Magee
Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Heath Pearce, Calum Mallace, Blake Smith Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (5) 2 9 4 5
MTL 4 (2) 4 8 5 2
Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Collen Warner (ejection; denying goal scoring opportunity) 17 MTL -- Hernan Bernardello (caution; reckless foul) 38 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 1 (Chance Myers 1) 34 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 6 (Antonio Dovale 1) 64 Referee: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Philippe Briere Asst. Ref.: Richard Gamache 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu
Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union - May 14, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,073 (42nd straight sellout) Weather: 59 degrees and cloudy
Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish; Gonzalo Segares, Steven Kinney, Matt Watson
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (2) 4 20 3 2
CHI 15 (6) 1 28 1 6
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; tactical foul) 49 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; reckless foul) 64 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (ejection; second caution) 64 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 82 CHI -- Mike Magee (caution; reckless foul) 91+ SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; tactical foul) 94+ CHI -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (caution; reckless foul) 96+ Scoring Summary: CHI -- Mike Magee 3 (Penalty Kick) 7 CHI -- Mike Magee 4 (Penalty Kick) 15 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 8 (Benny Feilhaber 2) 68 Referee: David Gantar Asst. Ref.: Daniel Belleau Asst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli 4th Official: Robert Sibiga
Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - May 23, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,914 (43rd straight sellout) Weather: 79 degrees and fair
1 2 F Sporting KC (5-3-2, 17 pts) 0 1 1 Philadelphia (2-5-5, 11 pts) 0 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Lawrence Olum 61), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Paulo Nagamura, Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 55), Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 71), Graham Zusi
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-4-3, 18 pts) 0 2 2 Toronto FC (4-4-1, 13 pts) 0 2 2
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Chance Myers, Alex Martinez, Antonio Dovale
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Chance Myers (Sal Zizzo 36), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 85), Paulo Nagamura (C); Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 86), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson
Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath, Fabinho, Sheanon Williams, Austin Berry, Raymon Gaddis, Amobi Okugo (C), Vincent Nogueira (Corben Bone 89), Leo Fernandes, Danny Cruz (Sebastien Le Toux 83), Cristian Maidana (Aaron Wheeler 92+), Andrew Wenger Subs Not Used: Andre Blake, Ethan White, Antoine Hoppenot, Conor Casey Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (6) 5 6 0 3
PHI 14 (7) 5 20 1 1
Misconduct Summary: PHI -- Fabinho (caution; reckless foul) 58 PHI -- Vincent Nogueira (caution; reckless foul) 70 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 86 PHI -- Corben Bone (ejection; serious foul play) 90 PHI -- Zac MacMath (caution; delaying a restart) 94+ Scoring Summary: PHI -- Danny Cruz 1 (unassisted) 49 SKC - Dom Dwyer 7 (Paulo Nagamura 2) 80 PHI - Cristian Maidana 1 (Andrew Wenger 1) 81 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Asst. Ref.: George Gansner Asst. Ref.: Ian Anderson 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo
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Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Victor Munoz, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik, Mark Bloom, Steven Caldwell (C), Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow, Alvaro Rey (Luke Moore 53), Kyle Bekker (Daneil Lovitz 53), Bradley Orr, Collen Warner, Gilberto (Doneil Henry 66), Jermain Defoe Subs Not Used: Chris Konopka, Ashtone Morgan, Jeremy Hall, Dwayne De Rosario Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (5) 1 15 2 3
TOR 7 (3) 3 19 3 2
Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Gilberto (caution; reckless foul) 39 TOR -- Mark Bloom (caution; reckless tackle) 57 TOR -- Steven Caldwell (ejection; serious foul play) 63 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; tactical foul) 79 TOR -- Luke Moore (caution; dissent) 84 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 9 (Sal Zizzo 3) 47 TOR -- Luke Moore 2 (Jermain Defoe 1) 67 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84 TOR -- Bradley Orr 1 (Nick Hagglund 1) 91+ Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker 4th Official: Younes Marrakchi
Sporting KC vs New York Red Bulls - May 27, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,221 (44th straight sellout) Weather: 76 degrees and partly cloudy
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Sporting KC at Houston Dynamo - June 6, 2014 BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, Texas Attendance: 18,396 Weather: 86 degrees and partly cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-4-4, 19 pts) 1 0 1 New York Red Bulls (3-5-6, 15 pts) 0 1 1
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (6-5-4, 22 pts) 1 1 2 Houston Dynamo (5-9-2, 17 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 75); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Sal Zizzo (Soony Saad 72)
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao (Jacob Peterson 46), Erik PalmerBrown, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Sal Zizzo 46), Paulo Nagamura (C) (Alex Martinez 7); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Christian Duke, Claudio Bieler, C.J. Sapong
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Bobby Convey, Chris Duvall, Ibrahim Sekagya (Armando 76), Jamison Olave; Eric Alexander, Ruben Bover Izquierdo (Péguy Luyindula 57), Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty; Thierry Henry (C), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Andre Akpan 93+) Subs Not Used: Connor Lade, Kosuke Kimura, Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo, Ryan Meara Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (4) 3 16 2 5
NY 8 (4) 1 9 3 4
Misconduct Summary: NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips (caution; reckless tackle) 14 NY -- Dax McCarty (caution; reckless tackle) 20 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless foul) 63 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; tactical foul) 87 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Antonio Dovale 1 (Benny Feilhaber 3) 9 NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips 11 (Thierry Henry 5) 50 Referee: Chris Penso Asst. Ref.: C.J. Morgante Asst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson 4th Official: Ismail Elfath
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (5-5-4, 19 pts) 0 0 0 D.C. United (6-4-3, 21 pts) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin (Erik Palmer-Brown 9), Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Benny Feilhaber, Paulo Nagamura (C), Alex Martinez (Jimmy Medranda 66); Toni Dovale, Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 77) Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, C.J. Sapong, Jacob Peterson, Claudio Bieler, Sal Zizzo D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Cristian Fernandez, Jeff Parke, Bobby Boswell (C), Chris Korb (Sean Franklin 34); Chris Rolfe, Perry Kitchen, Davy Arnaud, Nick DeLeon (Alex Caskey 86); Fabian Espíndola, Eddie Johnson (Lewis Neal 68) Subs Not Used: Andrew Dykstra, Steven Birnbaum, Conor Doyle, Luis Silva SKC 16 (5) 1 10 1 3
DC 7 (2) 5 18 3 8
Misconduct Summary: DC -- Cristian Fernandez (caution; reckless foul) 62 SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; tactical foul 72 DC -- Fabian Espindola (caution; unsporting behavior) 76 DC -- Perry Kitchen (caution; persistent infringement) 82 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (caution; unsporting behavior) 85 DC -- Alex Caskey (ejection; serious foul play) 94+ Scoring Summary: DC -- Fabian Espindola 7 (Chris Korb 1) 28 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Craig Lowry 4th Official: Mark Kadlecik
Subs Not Used: Tally Hall, Anthony Arena Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (6) 4 10 2 3
HOU 18 (3) 4 17 3 7
Misconduct Summary: HOU -- Alexander Lopez (caution; unsporting behavior) 21 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (ejection; violent conduct) 21 HOU -- Andrew Driver (caution; reckless tackle) 29 HOU -- Eric Brunner (caution; reckless tackle) 47+ HOU -- Jermaine Taylor (caution; reckless foul) 79 SKC -- Soony Saad (caution; tactical foul) 87 SKC -- Eric Kronberg (caution; delaying a restart) 94+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Soony Saad 1 (Benny Feilhaber 4) 45 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 11 (penalty kick) 70 Referee: Juan Guzman Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn Asst. Ref.: Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal
Sporting KC at D.C. United - May 31, 2014 RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,522 Weather: 76 degrees and partly cloudy
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst (Eric Brunner 9, Warren Creavalle 57), AJ Cochran, Jermaine Taylor; Servando Carrasco, Alexander Lopez, Giles Barnes; Omar Cummings (Jason Johnson 68), Will Bruin (C), Andrew Driver
Sporting KC at Portland Timbers - June 27, 2014 Providence Park | Portland, Oregon Attendance: 20,814 Weather: 65 degrees and partly cloudy Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (7-5-4, 25 pts) 1 0 1 Portland Timbers (4-5-8, 20 pts) 0 0 0 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Lawrence Olum (C.J. Sapong 56), Paulo Nagamura (C), Jacob Peterson; Sal Zizzo (Alex Martinez 80), Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Erik Palmer-Brown, Alex Martinez, Jimmy Medranda Portland Timbers: Donovan Ricketts; Michael Harrington (Maximiliano Urruti 82), Danny O’Rourke, Pa Modou Kah, Jorge Villafana; Diego Chara, Will Johnson (C), Diego Valeri; Darlington Nagbe, Fanendo Adi, Rodney Wallace (Gaston Fernandez 65) Subs Not Used: Andrew Weber, Jack Jewsbury, Rauwshan McKenzie, Kalif Alhassan, Michael Nanchoff Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (4) 3 23 0 5
POR 11 (3) 3 10 2 7
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 36 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution; reckless tackle) 65 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; delaying a restart) 94+ POR -- Will Johnson (caution; hard foul) 95+ SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless tackle) 96+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum 1 (Kevin Ellis 1, Seth Sinovic 1) 24 Referee: Armando Villarreal Asst. Ref.: Mike Kampmeinert Asst. Ref.: Jeremy Hanson 4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal
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Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire - July 6, 2014 Sporting Park Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,858 (45th straight sellout) Weather: 85 degrees and partly cloudy
Sporting KC at Columbus Crew - July 16, 2014 Crew Stadium | Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 13,643 Weather: 71 degrees and cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (7-5-5, 26 pts) 1 0 1 Chicago Fire (2-4-10, 16 pts) 1 0 1
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (9-5-5, 26 pts) 1 1 2 Columbus Crew (4-7-8, 20 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura (C) (Sal Zizzo 80), Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson, Dom Dwyer (C.J. Sapong 80), Soony Saad (Graham Zusi 62)
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Mikey Lopez (Jacob Peterson 64); C.J. Sapong, Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad (Kevin Ellis 57)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Erik Palmer-Brown, Jimmy Medranda, Mikey Lopez
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Claudio Bieler, Antonio Dovale, Sal Zizzo
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Patrick Ianni, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Bakary Soumare 65), Gonzalo Segares; Grant Ward (Matt Watson 80), Logan Pause, Chris Ritter, Alex (Dilly Duka 46); Harrison Shipp, Mike Magee (C) Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish, Greg Cochrane, Matthew Fondy Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 18 (9) 0 9 4 7
CHI 6 (4) 8 16 1 3
Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Chad Barson, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst (C), Waylon Francis; Ethan Finlay, Daniel Paladini (Adam Bedell 45), Justin Meram (Bernardo Anor 45), Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp; Federico Higuain Subs Not Used: Matt Lampson, Eric Gehrig, Kevan George, Ben Speas, Tyson Wahl Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 10 (3) 2 12 4 6
CLB 10 (2) 1 18 1 6
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; unsporting behavior) 34 CHI -- Chris Ritter (caution; tactical foul) 45 CHI -- Dilly Duka (caution; reckless foul) 54 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; tactical foul) 86
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; tactical foul) 34 CLB -- Wil Trapp (caution; off the ball) 53 SKC -- Aurelien Collin (ejection; serious foul play) 55 SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; reckless foul) 79 CLB -- Wil Trapp (ejection; second yellow card) 89
Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 12 (unassisted) 33 CHI -- Mike Magee 5 (Alex 1) 40
Scoring Summary: SKC -- C.J. Sapong 1 (Feilhaber 5) 42 CLB -- own goal (Juliao 1) 69 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 2 (Jacob Peterson 2, Igor Juliao 1) 93+
Referee: Alan Kelly Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker Asst. Ref.: Matthew Kreitzer 4th Official: Ismail Elfath
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Asst. Ref.: Anthony Vasoli Asst. Ref.: Eric Weisbrod 4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.
Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - July 12, 2014 Stade Saputo | Montreal, Quebec Attendance: 17,155 Weather: 79 degrees and sunny
Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy - July 19, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 21,493 (46th straight sellout) Weather: 81 degrees and partly cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (8-5-5, 29 pts) 1 1 2 Montreal Impact (3-9-5, 14 pts) 1 0 1
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (10-5-5, 35 pts) 1 1 2 LA Galaxy (7-4-6, 27 pts) 0 1 1
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi; Antonio Dovale (Soony Saad 76), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (C.J. Sapong 76)
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Igor Juliao (Kevin Ellis, 84); Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi; Soony Saad (C.J. Sapong 73), Dom Dwyer, Antonio Dovale (Jacob Peterson 46)
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Mikey Lopez, Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Sal Zizzo, Mikey Lopez, Claudio Bieler
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Krzysztof Krol, Heath Pearce, Matteo Ferrari, Hassoun Camara; Andres Romero (Issey Nakajima-Farran 67), Patrice Bernier (C), Felipe Martins (Gorka Larrea 71), Justin Mapp; Marco Di Vaio, Jack McInerney (Calum Mallace 87)
LA Galaxy: Jaime Penedo; A.J. DeLaGarza (Bradford Jamieson 75), Leonardo, Tommy Meyer, Kofi Opare; Marcelo Sarvas, Juninho (Stefan Ishizaki 70), Baggio Husidic (Kenney Walker 84), Landon Donovan; Gyasi Zardes, Robbie Keane (C)
Subs Not Used: Evan Bush, Karl Ouimette, Santiago Gonzalez, Futty Danso Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (6) 1 13 2 3
MTL 8 (2) 4 19 0 2
Misconduct Summary: MTL -- Felipe Martins (caution; reckless tackle) 31 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; tactical foul) 32 MTL -- Andres Romero (caution; delaying a restart) 41 MTL -- Krzysztof Krol (caution; reckless tackle) 64 MTL -- Marco Di Vaio (caution; reckless foul) 92+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 13 (Matt Besler 1) 4 MTL -- Marco Di Vaio 3 (Justin Mapp 6, Patrice Bernier 1) 28 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 14 (unassisted) 89 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea 4th Official: Robert Sibiga
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Subs Not Used: Chandler Hoffman, Rob Friend, Oscar Sorto, Brian Rowe Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 19 (6) 1 12 4 11
LA 9 (2) 4 12 2 3
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless foul) 66 LA -- Robbie Keane (caution; reckless foul) 88 SKC -- Jacob Peterson (caution; reckless foul) 93+ Scoring Summary: SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 3 (unassisted) 10 SKC -- Lawrence Olum 2 (unassisted) 61 LA -- Robbie Keane 10 (Bradford Jamieson 1) 79 Referee: Allen Chapman Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott 4th Official: Silviu Petrescu
Sporting KC at Toronto FC - July 26, 2014 BMO Field | Toronto, Ontario Attendance: 22,591 Weather: 75 degrees and clear
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Sporting KC at Vancouver Whitecaps - Aug. 10, 2014 BC Place | Vancouver, British Columbia Attendance: 20,183 Weather: 73 degrees and sunny
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (11-5-5, 38 pts) 0 2 2 Toronto FC (7-6-5, 26 pts) 1 0 1
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (11-6-6, 39 pts) 0 0 0 Vancouver Whitecaps (7-4-11, 32 pts) 2 0 2
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Seth Sinovic (Kevin Ellis 55), Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Igor Juliao; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber, Mikey Lopez (Jacob Peterson 77); C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 71), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum (Jon Kempin 46); Igor Juliao (C.J. Sapong 64), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Jorge Claros, Mikey Lopez, Benny Feilhaber; Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 78), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler, Antonio Dovale
Subs Not Used: Antonio Dovale, Sal Zizzo, Lawrence Olum, Martin Steuble
Toronto FC: Joseph Bendik; Nick Hagglund, Doneil Henry, Bradley Orr (Dwayne De Rosario 82), Justin Morrow; Jackson, Michael Bradley (C), Collen Warner (Jonathan Osorio 80), Dominc Oduro; Luke Moore, Gilberto
Vancouver Whitecaps: David Ousted; Steven Beitashour, Andy O’Brien, Johnny Leveron, Jordan Harvey; Gershon Koffie, Matias Laba, Erik Hurtado (Mehdi Ballouchy 68), Pedro Morales (C) (Russel Teibert 77), Sebastian Fernandez (Omar Salgado 82); Darren Mattocks
Subs Not Used: Chris Konopka, Kyle Bekker, Warren Creavalle, Daniel Lovitz, Andrew Wiedeman Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (7) 3 21 1 7
TOR 17 (4) 5 17 3 5
Subs Not Used: Paolo Tornaghi, Kekuta Manneh, Carlyle Mitchell, Nicolas Mezquida Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (2) 4 25 2 5
VAN 13 (7) 2 9 6 6
Misconduct Summary: TOR -- Jackson (caution; dissent) 32 TOR -- Justin Morrow (caution; hard foul) 35 TOR -- Dominic Oduro (caution; not retreating) 44 TOR -- Doneil Henry (caution; hard foul) 47+ SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; hard foul) 53 SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; hard foul) 69 TOR -- Michael Bradley (caution; dissent) 73 SKC -- Matt Besler (ejection; second caution) 75
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; reckless foul) 25 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; reckless foul) 62 VAN -- Erik Hurtado (caution; reckless foul) 63 VAN -- Jordan Harvey (caution; delaying a restart) 83
Scoring Summary: TOR -- Jackson 3 (Dominc Oduro 3) 16 SKC -- Graham Zusi 2 (unassisted) 48 SKC -- Jacob Peterson 2 (Dom Dwyer 1) 80
Referee: David Gantar Asst. Ref.: Brian Dunn Asst. Ref.: Jeff Hosking 4th Official: Baboucarr Jallow
Scoring Summary: VAN -- Igor Juliao (Own Goal) 17 VAN -- Darren Mattocks 6 (Pedro Morales 9) 39
Referee: Ted Unkel Asst. Ref.: Greg Barkey Asst. Ref.: Richard Gamache 4th Official: Geoff Gamble Sporting KC vs Toronto FC - Aug. 16, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,730 (48th straight sellout) Weather: 79 degrees and cloudy Sporting KC vs Philadelphia Union - Aug. 1, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 21,318 (47th straight sellout) Weather: 83 degrees and partly cloudy Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (11-5-6, 39 pts) 0 1 1 Philadelphia Union (5-8-9, 24 pts) 0 1 1 Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Jacob Peterson; Jorge Claros, Mikey Lopez (Soony Saad 68), Benny Feilhaber; Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 68), Dom Dwyer (Martin Steuble 89), Graham Zusi (C) Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Erik Palmer-Brown, Claudio Bieler, Sal Zizzo Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath; Raymon Gaddis, Maurice Edu, Ethan White, Sheanon Williams; Brian Carroll, Amobi Okugo (C), Daniel Cruz (Andrew Wenger 67), Vincent Nogueira (Fred 87); Sebastien Le Toux, Conor Casey (Brian Brown 69) Subs Not Used: Andre Blake, Fabinho, Aaron Wheeler, Pedro Ribeiro Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (6) 6 11 2 4
PHI 12 (7) 4 15 2 5
Misconduct Summary: None Scoring Summary: SKC -- Graham Zusi 3 (Antonio Dovale 2) 54 PHI -- Brian Brown 1 (Raymon Gaddis 2) 71 Referee: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Corey Rockwell Asst. Ref.: Eric Boria 4th Official: Sorin Stoica
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (12-6-6, 42 pts) 2 2 4 Toronto FC (9-8-5, 32 pts) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jon Kempin; Igor Juliao, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Jorge Claros 73), Graham Zusi; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 67), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 80), Soony Saad Subs Not Used: Tim Melia, Antonio Dovale, Mikey Lopez, Kevin Ellis Toronto FC: Joe Bendik; Jackson, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow, Doneil Henry; Jonathan Osorio, Dominic Oduro (Daniel Lovitz 74), Collen Warner, Michael Bradley (C) (Kyle Bekker 84); Gilberto, Luke Moore (Bright Dike 78) Subs Not Used: Ashtone Morgan, Bradley Orr, Chris Konopka, Dwayne De Rosario Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 10 (5) 2 16 1 10
TOR 9 (3) 1 12 4 6
Misconduct Summary: None Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 15 (penalty kick) 18 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 16 (penalty kick) 33 TOR -- Gilberto 5 (Dominic Oduro 5, Collen Warner 2) 46+ SKC -- Soony Saad 2 (unassisted) 64 SKC -- C.J. Sapong 2 (Soony Saad 1, Graham Zusi 5) 77 Referee: Drew Fischer Asst. Ref.: Claudio Badea Asst. Ref.: James Conlee 4th Official: Kevin Terry Jr.
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Sporting KC vs D.C. United - Aug. 23, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,963 (49th straight sellout) Weather: 96 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC at New England Revolution - Sept. 3, 2014 Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 11,707 Weather: 82 degrees and sunny
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (12-7-6, 42 pts) 0 0 0 D.C. United (13-7-4, 43 pts) 3 0 3
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (12-9-6, 42 pts) 1 0 0 New England Revolution (11-12-3, 36 pts) 1 2 3
Sporting Kansas City: Jon Kempin; Igor Juliao, Matt Besler (C), Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (Claudio Bieler 70), Graham Zusi; Sal Zizzo (C.J. Sapong 37), Dom Dwyer, Soony Saad (Antonio Dovale 79)
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Lawrence Olum, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Jorge Claros (Martin Steuble 88), Mikey Lopez, Graham Zusi; C.J. Sapong, Claudio Bieler, Soony Saad (Sal Zizzo 66)
Subs Not Used: Tim Melia, Jorge Claros, Kevin Ellis, Martin Steuble
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Antonio Dovale, Jimmy Medranda
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Bobby Boswell (c), Steve Birnbaum, Sean Franklin, Taylor Kemp; Chris Rolfe, Luis Silva (David Estrada 68), Nick DeLeon (Alex Caskey 90), Davy Arnaud, Perry Kitchen; Fabian Espindola Subs Not Used: Nana Attakora, Lewis Neal, Joe Willis, Jared Jeffrey, Kofi Opare Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 12 (3) 2 8 1 6
DC 16 (5) 3 12 1 4
Misconduct Summary: DC -- Taylor Kemp (caution; delaying a restart) 61 SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; reckless tackle) 83 Scoring Summary: DC -- Fabian Espindola 9 (Luis Silva 3) 24 DC -- Chris Rolfe 6 (Luis Silva 4) 28 DC -- Perry Kitchen 4 (Chris Rolfe (6) 31 Referee: Alan Kelly Asst. Ref.: Adam Garner Asst. Ref.: Paul Scott 4th Official: Hilario Grajeda
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Darrius Barnes, Jose Goncalves (C), A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell; Jermaine Jones (Steve Neumann 46); Kelyn Rowe (Diego Fagundez 85), Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi, Teal Bunbury; Charlie Davies (Patrick Mullins 61) Subs Not Used: Brad Knighton, Donnie Smith, Tony Taylor, Kevin Alston Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 8 (2) 4 19 4 1
NE 14 (7) 1 14 2 7
Misconduct Summary: NE -- Daigo Kobayashi (caution; reckless tackle) 22 NE -- Teal Bunbury (caution; reckless foul) 29 SKC -- Mikey Lopez (caution; tactical foul) 35 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 39 NE -- Kelyn Rowe (caution; tactical foul) 84 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; unsporting behavior) 84 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Soony Saad 3 (unassisted) 9 NE -- Teal Bunbury 4 (Jermaine Jones 1) 45 NE -- Lee Nguyen 11 (Kelyn Rowe 5) 48 NE -- Lee Nguyen 12 (Patrick Mullins 1) 94+
Sporting KC vs Houston Dynamo - Aug. 29, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 20,332 (50th straight sellout) Weather: 83 degrees and partly cloudy Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (12-8-6, 42 pts) 0 1 1 Houston Dynamo (8-13-4, 28 pts) 1 2 3
Referee: Ismail Elfath Asst. Ref.: Craig Lowry Asst. Ref.: Scott Kachmarik 4th Official: Alan Kelly Sporting KC at New York Red Bulls - Sept. 6, 2014 Red Bull Arena | Harrison, New Jersey Attendance: 20,831 Weather: 82 degrees and cloudy
Sporting Kansas City: Jon Kempin; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Martin Steuble (Jorge Claros 66), Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 68); C.J. Sapong, Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (12-10-6, 42 pts) 0 1 1 New York Red Bulls (8-8-10, 34 pts) 1 1 2
Subs Not Used: Tim Melia, Erik Palmer-Brown, Antonio Dovale, Mikey Lopez, Claudio Bieler
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum (Jorge Claros 70), Paulo Nagamur (C.J. Sapong 85), Benny Feilhaber; Antonio Dovale (Sal Zizzo 58), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall (Tyler Deric 80); Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe; Boniek Garc铆a, Ricardo Clark, Garrido, Brad Davis (C) (Andrew Driver 89); Giles Barnes, Will Bruin (Jason Johnson 40) Subs Not Used: A.J. Cochran, Servando Carrasco, Brian Ownby, Alexander L贸pez Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (4) 0 19 2 7
HOU 9 (3) 3 16 1 5
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; argument) 40 HOU -- Kofi Sarkodie (caution; argument) 44 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber (caution; argument) 44 HOU -- Ricardo Clark (caution; off the ball) 50 HOU -- Boniek Garcia (caution; time wasting) 96+ Scoring Summary: HOU -- Will Bruin 10 (unassisted) 35 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 17 (Benny Feilhaber 6) 54 HOU -- David Horst 1 (Brad Davis 7) 62 HOU -- Ricardo Clark 3 (Brad Davis 8) 67 Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Ted Unkel
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Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Mikey Lopez, Claudio Bieler New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Chris Duvall, Jamison Olave, Ibrahim Sekagya (Armando 65), Roy Miller; Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty, Peguy Luyindula (Saer Sene 76), Eric Alexander; Thierry Henry (C) (Ruben Bover 90) , Bradley Wright-Phillips Subs Not Used: Ryan Meara, Richard Eckersley, Ian Christianson, Eric Stevenson Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 17 (3) 0 15 5 9
NY 5 (2) 1 11 2 4
Misconduct Summary: NY -- Ibrahim Sekagya (caution; reckless foul) 49+ SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; tactical foul) 57 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; reckless tackle) 62 SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless foul) 68 Scoring Summary: NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips 21 (penalty kick) 11 NY -- Thierry Henry 8 (Lloyd Sam 8) 52 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 18 (Seth Sinovic 2, Graham Zusi 6) 54 Referee: Mark Geiger Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Ted Unkel
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Sporting KC at Chivas USA - Sept. 12, 2014 StubHub Center | Carson, California Attendance: 3,933 Weather: 77 degrees and clear
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Sporting KC at D.C. United - Oct. 3, 2014 RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. Attendance: 19,308 Weather: 70 degrees and cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (13-10-6, 45 pts) 2 2 4 Chivas USA (6-16-6, 24 pts) 0 0 0
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (13-10-7, 46 pts) 0 0 0 D.C. United (15-9-7, 52 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura (Mikey Lopez 61), Benny Feilhaber; Antonio Dovale, Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 77), Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 70)
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler (C), Kevin Ellis, Igor Juliao; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi; C.J. Sapong, Dom Dwyer, Antonio Dovale (Benny Feilhaber 78)
Subs Not Used: Eric Kronberg, Sal Zizzo, C.J. Sapong, Jorge Claros
Subs Not Used: Eric Kronberg, Mikey Lopez, Jimmy Medranda, Soony Saad, Claudio Bieler, Sal Zizzo
Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy (C); Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Bobby Burling, Akira Kaji, Tony Lochhead; Nigel Reo-Coker, Leandro Barrera (Donny Toia 69), Eric Avila, Nathan Sturgis; Marvin Chavez (Matthew Dunn 61), Felix Borja (Eriq Zavaleta 75) Subs Not Used: Luis Bolanos, Trevor Spangenberg, Oswaldo Minda, Ryan Finley Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 13 (6) 1 21 4 2
CHV 6 (1) 2 20 1 4
Misconduct Summary: CHV -- Marvin Chavez (caution; tactical foul) 12 SKC -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 67 SKC -- Mikey Lopez (caution; reckless foul) 67 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer 19 (Graham Zusi 7) 40 SKC -- Benny Feilhaber 4 (unassisted) 47+ SKC -- Graham Zusi 4 (Igor Juliao 2) 52 SKC -- Claudio Bieler 2 (unassisted) 87 Referee: Juan Guzman Asst. Ref.: Fabio Tovar Asst. Ref.: Felisha Mariscal 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Taylor Kemp, Steve Birnbaum, Bobby Boswell (C), Chris Korb; Chris Pontius (Lewis Neal 64), Davy Arnaud, Nick DeLeon, Sean Franklin; Luis Silva (Eddie Johnson 72), Fabian Espindola Subs Not Used: Joe Willis, Kofi Opare, Jared Jeffrey, Samuel Inkoom, David Estrada Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 9 (3) 7 18 3 3
DC 12 (7) 3 13 4 4
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 30 DC -- Davy Arnaud (caution; persistent infringement) 46+ SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless tackle) 52 SKC -- Dom Dwyer (caution; dissent) 55 Scoring Summary: None Referee: Hilario Grajeda Asst. Ref.: Matthew Kreitzer Asst. Ref.: Matthew Nelson 4th Official: Robert Sibiga
Sporting KC vs New England Revoluton - Sept. 26, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,522 (51st straight sellout) Weather: 79 degrees and sunny
Sporting KC vs Chicago Fire - Oct. 10, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 18,938 (52nd straight sellout) Weather: 55 degrees and cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (13-11-6, 45 pts) 0 2 2 New England Revolution (14-13-3, 45 pts) 2 1 3
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (14-11-7, 49 pts) 0 2 2 Chicago Fire (5-9-18, 33 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Jorge Claros, Paulo Nagamura (C.J. Sapong 91+), Benny Feilhaber; Antonio Dovale (Soony Saad 61), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi
Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Kevin Ellis, Matt Besler, Jacob Peterson (Mikey Lopez 86); Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Antonio Dovale (C.J. Sapong 68), Dom Dwyer, Graham Zusi (Soony Saad 94+)
Subs Not Used: Andy Gruenebaum, Erik Palmer-Brown, Mikey Lopez, Claudio Bieler, Jimmy Medranda
Subs Not Used: Eric Kronberg, Jimmy Medranda, Sal Zizzo, Claudio Bieler
NE Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, Jose Goncalves (C), Anrew Farrell, Kevin Alston; Jermaine Jones; Kelyn Rowe (Darrius Barnes 92+), Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi (Scott Caldwell 65), Teal Bunbury (Steve Neumann 80); Charlie Davies Subs Not Used: Brad Knighton, Diego Fagundez, Patrick Mullins, Tony Taylor Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 15 (6) 2 12 3 7
NE 11 (5) 4 9 2 2
Misconduct Summary: NE -- Daigo Kobayashi (caution; tactical foul) 8 SKC -- Jorge Claros (caution; tactical foul) 39 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; dissent) 60 NE -- Jose Goncalves (caution; tactical foul) 89 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; tactical foul) 90 NE -- Charlie Davies (caution; delaying a restart) 94+ Scoring Summary: NE -- Kelyn Rowe 4 (Kevin Alston 2, Teal Bunbury 5) 22 NE -- Jose Goncalves 1 (unassisted) 35 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura 2 (Kevin Ellis 2) 54 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 20 (Paulo Nagamura 3, Antonio Dovale 3) 56 NE -- Jermaine Jones 1 (Lee Nguyen 5) 85
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jeff Larentowicz (c), Bakary Soumare, Alex (Matt Fondy 88); Patrick Nyarko (Sanna Nyassi 69), Matthew Watson, Logan Pause, Harry Shipp (Grant Ward 83); Florten Sinama-Pongolle, Quincy Amarikwa Subs Not Used: Kyle Reynish, Greg Cochrane, Patrick Ianni, Chris Ritter Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 19 (7) 6 11 4 4
CHI 15 (6) 4 9 2 5
Misconduct Summary: CHI -- Matt Watson (caution; reckless tackle) 4 CHI -- Bakary Soumare (caution; tactical foul) 60 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; persistent infringement) 71 CHI -- Quincy Amarikwa (caution; reckless tackle) 88 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Graham Zusi 5 (Kevin Ellis 3) 80 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 21 (Graham Zusi 8) 92+ Referee: Kevin Scott Asst. Ref.: Adam Wienckowski Asst. Ref.: Jason White 4th Official: Younes Marrakchi
Referee: Baldomero Toledo Asst. Ref.: Sean Hurd Asst. Ref.: Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic
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BOX SCORES
2014 REGULAR SEASON
Sporting KC at Philadelphia Union - Oct. 18, 2014 PPL Park | Chester, Pennsylvania Attendance: 18,073 Weather: 62 degrees and cloudy
Sporting KC vs New York Red Bulls - Oct. 26, 2014 Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Attendance: 19,188 (53rd straight sellout) Weather: 80 degrees and partly cloudy
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (14-12-7, 49 pts) 0 1 1 Philadelphia Union (10-11-12, 42 pts) 1 1 2
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (14-13-7, 49 pts) 0 0 0 New York Red Bulls (13-10-11, 50 pts) 1 1 2
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura (C), Benny Feilhaber; Sal Zizzo (Jacob Peterson 70), Dom Dwyer (Antonio Dovale 85), Soony Saad (Jimmy Medranda 78)
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum (Mikey Lopez 30), Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi; Sal Zizzo (Antonio Dovale 63), Dom Dwyer, Jacob Peterson (Claudio Bieler 76)
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Mikey Lopez, Martin Steuble, Graham Zusi
Subs Not Used: Jon Kempin, Jimmy Medranda, Soony Saad, C.J. Sapong
Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath, Raymon Gaddis, Maurice Edu (c), Carlos Valdes, Sheanon Williams, Amobi Okugo, Vincent Nogueira (Brian Carroll 74), Andrew Wenger, Cristian Maidana (Jimmy McClaughlin 93+), Daniel Cruz, Brian Brown (Pedro Ribeiro 69)
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Richard Eckersley, Jamison Olave, Ibrahim Sekagya (Damien Perrinelle 85), Roy Miller; Eric Alexander (Connor Lade 91+), Dax McCarty, Lloyd Sam (Ruben Bover 79), Tim Cahill, Ambroise Oyongo; Bradley Wright-Phillips
Subs Not Used: Andre Blake, Fabinho, Richie Marquez, Zach Pfeffer Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 10 (2) 4 13 2 2
PHI 11 (6) 1 9 1 4
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 26 PHI -- Lawrence Olum (caution; reckless tackle) 84 PHI -- Carlos Valdes (caution; delaying a restart) 90 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Brian Brown 2 (Cristian Maidana 10) 45 SKC -- Dom Dwyer 22 (penalty kick) 54 PHI -- Pedro Ribeiro 2 (Cristian Maidana 11, Sheanon Williams 4) 71 Referee: Jair Marrufo Asst. Ref.: Peter Manikowski Asst. Ref.: Adam Garner 4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero
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Subs Not Used: Ryan Meara, Chris Duvall, Peguy Luyindula, Marius Obekop Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offside Corner Kicks
SKC 11 (1) 1 10 3 4
NY 15 (4) 1 15 4 8
Misconduct Summary: None Scoring Summary: NY -- Bradley Wright-Phillips 26 (Eric Alexander 9) 15 NY -- Bradley-Wright Phillips 27 (unassisted) 70 Referee: Armando Villarreal Asst. Ref.: Corey Parker Asst. Ref.: Chris Strickland 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic
Sporting KC 1, Real Estelí 1 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage (1 of 4) Aug. 19, 2014 | Estadio Independencia | Estelí, Nicaragua Weather: 72 degrees and partly cloudy Attendance: 3,753
BOX SCORES
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Sporting KC 3, Real Estelí 0 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage (3 of 4) Sept. 23, 2014 | Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Weather: 72 degrees and partly cloudy Attendance: 17,154
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (0-0-1, 1 pt) 1 0 1 Real Estelí (0-0-2, 2 pts) 1 0 1
Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (2-0-1, 7 pts) 1 2 3 Real Estelí (0-2-2, 2 pts) 0 0 0
Sporting Kansas City: Jon Kempin; Kevin Ellis, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Jorge Claros, Graham Zusi (Benny Feilhaber 67); Toni Dovale (Sal Zizzo 57), C.J. Sapong, Soony Saad (Dom Dwyer 73)
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao, Erik Palmer-Brown (Jorge Claros 60), Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura (Jimmy Medranda 84), Benny Feilhaber (Sal Zizzo 46); Antonio Dovale, Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi
Subs not used: Tim Melia, Igor Juliao, Mikey Lopez, Martin Steuble
Subs not used: Kevin Ellis, Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong, Andy Gruenebaum
Real Estelí FC: Justo Lorente; Felix Rodriguez, Eduardo Praes, Alan Kardek, Manuel Rosas; Samuel Wilson (Elvis Figueroa 73), Elmer Mejia (C), Rodrigo Valiente Baraybar (Jefferson de Almeida 70); Daniel Da Silva, Rudel Calero
Real Estelí FC: Justo Lorente; Felix Rodriguez, Alan Kardek, Eduardo Praes, Manuel Rosas (Jefferson De Almeida 87); Juan Barrera, Rodrigo Valiente, Elmer Mejia (C), Samuel Wilson; Elvis Figueroa (Franklin Lopez 77), Daniel Da Silva (Rudel Calero 70)
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
Subs Not Used: Cristian Gutierrez Peralta, Carlos Chavarria, Francisco Paz, Roger Sanchez
SKC 5 (1) 3 19 1 5
RES 11 (3) 0 20 4 2
Misconduct Summary: RES -- Daniel Da Silva (caution; reckless foul) 21 SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 32 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution, reckless foul) 53 Scoring Summary: RES -- Jorge Claros (own goal) 6 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (unassisted) 16 Sporting KC 3, Deportivo Saprissa 1 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage (2 of 4) Sept. 18, 2014 | Sporting Park | Kansas City, Kansas Weather: 67 degrees and cloudy Attendance: 16,834 Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (1-0-1, 4 pts) 1 2 3 Deportivo Saprissa (1-1-1, 4 pts) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Andy Gruenebaum; Igor Juliao, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler (C), Seth Sinovic; Jorge Claros, Paulo Nagamura (Lawrence Olum 92+), Benny Feilhaber; Antonio Dovale, Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 80), Graham Zusi (C.J. Sapong 83) Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Mikey Lopez, Soony Saad, Sal Zizzo Deportivo Saprissa: Dany Alvarez; Jordan Smith, Adolfo Machado, Gabriel Badilla (C), Rafael Morales, Keylor Soto (Diego Estrada 83), Manfred Russell, Juan Bustos (Marvin Angulo 70), Daniel Colindres, Ariel Rodriguez, Hansell Arauz (David Ramirez 74)
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
SKC 14 (6) 3 20 0 7
RES 7 (3) 3 14 1 2
Misconduct Summary: SKC -- Erik Palmer-Brown (caution; tactical foul) 12 SKC -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; unsporting behavior) 13 RES -- Rodrigo Valiente (caution; reckless foul) 13 SKC -- Igor Juliao (caution; tactical foul) 18 RES -- Felix Rodriguez (caution; reckless foul) 42 RES -- Alan Kardek (caution; reckless foul) 48 SKC -- Matt Besler (caution; reckless foul) 54 SKC -- Graham Zusi (caution; reckless foul) 64 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Claudio Bieler (Seth Sinovic) 13 SKC -- Claudio Bieler (penalty kick) 70 SKC -- Sal Zizzo (Antonio Dovale) 79 Sporting KC 0, Deportivo Saprissa 2 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage (4 of 4) Oct. 23, 2014 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma | San Jose, Costa Rica Weather: 73 degrees and cloudy Attendance: 16,175 Score 1 2 F Sporting KC (2-1-1, 7 pts) 0 0 0 Deportivo Saprissa (2-1-1, 7 pts) 1 2 2 Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Juliao (Jacob Peterson 45), Aurelien Collin, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Jorge Claros, Lawrence Olum, Benny Feilhaber (C) (Soony Saad 41); Antonio Dovale, Claudio Bieler (Dom Dwyer 65), C.J. Sapong
Subs Not Used: Alexander Robinson, Kevin Briceno, Heiner Mora, Carlos Saucedo
Subs not used: Jon Kempin, Mikey Lopez, Paulo Nagamura, Sal Zizzo
Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
Deportivo Saprissa: Donny Grant; Heiner Mora, Adolfo Machado, Alexander Robinson; Rafael Morales, Juan Golobio, Keilor Soto, David Guzman, Deyver Vega (Gabriel Badilla 86), Carlos Saucedo (David Ramirez 59), Ariel Rodriguez (Marvin Angulo 70)
SKC 17 (10) 1 11 2 6
SAP 7 (2) 7 12 1 7
Misconduct Summary: SAP -- Dany Alvarez (caution; reckless foul) 13 SAP -- Rafael Morales (caution; reckless tackle) 30 SKC -- Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 40 SAP -- Jordan Smith (caution; tactical foul) 50 SAP -- Gabriel Badilla (caution; reckless foul) 79 Scoring Summary: SKC -- Dom Dwyer (penalty kick) 14 SAP -- Juan Bustos (Daniel Colindres) 28 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (Igor Juliao) 69 SKC -- Antonio Dovale (Benny Feilhaber) 76
Subs Not Used: Diego Estrada, Kevin Briceno, Mynor Escoe, Daniel Colindres Stats Shots (on goal) Saves Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
SKC 4 (1) 5 20 0 3
SAP 20 (7) 1 26 4 7
Misconduct Summary: SAP -- Adolfo Machado (caution; reckless foul) 20 SKC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless foul) 35 SAP -- David Guzman (caution: dissent) 74 SAP -- Donny Grant (caution: time wasting) 78 SKC -- Kevin Ellis (caution: reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: SAP -- Heiner Mora (unassisted) 22 SAP -- Ariel Rodriguez (Heiner Mora) 46
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ALL-TIME
MLS STATISTICS
MATT BESLER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
150
145
13116
2
7
34
8
136
76
6
1
18
1
1
3
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
0
0
2
0
12
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
160
155
14076
2
7
36
8
148
84
7
1
18
1
1
3
CLAUDIO BIELER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
41
29
2530
12
4
82
30
44
39
16
0
5
0
4
1
KC - Postseason
3
0
85
1
0
4
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
44
29
2615
13
4
86
31
46
40
16
0
5
0
4
1
JORGE CLAROS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
7
4
419
0
0
1
0
7
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
7
4
419
0
0
1
0
7
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
AURELIEN COLLIN
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
107
103
9071
11
2
100
27
191
98
23
0
31
3
5
0
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
4
1
12
4
21
10
3
0
3
0
1
1
MLS - TOTAL
117
113
10031
15
3
112
31
212
108
26
0
34
3
6
1
ANTONIO DOVALE
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
19
14
1033
1
3
29
8
15
13
0
13
3
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
19
14
1033
1
3
29
8
15
13
0
13
3
1
0
0
CHRISTIAN DUKE
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
DOM DWYER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
50
38
3402
24
3
141
55
79
81
41
1
6
0
7
1
KC - Postseason
6
3
282
1
0
17
8
8
7
3
0
0
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
56
41
3684
25
3
158
63
87
88
44
1
6
0
8
1
KEVIN ELLIS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
22
17
1651
0
3
7
1
26
16
0
0
3
0
0
2
MLS - TOTAL
22
17
1651
0
3
7
1
26
16
0
0
3
0
0
2
BENNY FEILHABER
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
58
52
4381
7
10
79
25
70
118
2
47
10
0
1
2
MLS - Regular Season
110
98
8574
12
19
158
52
137
259
4
118
18
2
1
3
KC - Postseason
4
4
394
0
2
14
1
5
12
2
0
1
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
114
102
8968
12
21
172
53
142
271
6
118
19
2
1
4
IGOR JULIAO
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
23
23
1992
0
2
15
4
25
52
5
0
4
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
23
23
1992
0
2
15
4
25
52
5
0
4
0
0
1
MICHAEL KAFARI
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MIKEY LOPEZ
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
8
5
482
0
0
7
3
12
10
0
0
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
8
5
482
0
0
7
3
12
10
0
0
2
0
0
0
JIMMY MEDRANDA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
6
1
132
0
0
5
1
5
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
6
1
132
0
0
5
1
5
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
VICTOR MUNOZ
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CHANCE MYERS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
123
98
9120
2
13
83
21
131
92
7
4
10
1
0
6
KC - Postseason
10
10
960
0
1
7
1
9
10
1
1
2
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
133
108
10080
2
14
90
22
140
102
8
5
12
1
0
6
22
0
ALL-TIME
MLS STATISTICS
PAULO NAGAMURA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
65
57
4970
3
5
82
19
86
61
6
3
12
0
0
1
MLS - Regular Season
222
201
17738
12
19
222
70
332
270
10
20
51
2
4
6
KC - Postseason
4
4
397
0
0
10
1
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
14
13
1306
0
0
19
6
19
29
1
0
4
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
236
214
19044
12
19
241
76
351
299
11
20
55
2
4
6
LAWRENCE OLUM
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
67
40
3776
3
2
27
6
42
11
4
0
13
0
3
0
KC - Postseason
2
1
202
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
69
41
3978
3
2
30
6
42
12
4
0
13
0
3
0
IKE OPARA
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
20
16
1488
3
0
16
8
28
5
1
0
3
0
2
0
MLS - Regular Season
56
39
3711
6
0
38
15
58
23
6
1
5
0
3
0
KC - Postseason
3
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
4
0
94
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
60
39
3805
6
0
39
15
59
25
6
1
5
0
3
0
ERIK PALMER-BROWN
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
3
2
235
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
3
2
235
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
JACOB PETERSON
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
61
32
3087
6
4
65
25
30
33
5
2
2
1
3
2
MLS - Regular Season
199
114
10373
15
14
179
67
75
113
21
62
7
1
6
6
KC - Postseason
4
3
244
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Postseason
7
5
405
0
0
1
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
206
119
10778
15
14
180
67
77
117
22
62
7
1
6
6
SOONY SAAD
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
58
26
2603
8
6
97
30
38
51
3
19
2
0
2
2
KC - Postseason
4
0
47
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
62
26
2650
8
6
97
30
41
51
3
19
2
0
2
2
C.J. SAPONG
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
110
69
6668
20
9
161
67
128
166
30
0
4
1
7
3
KC - Postseason
10
9
876
2
1
25
11
16
27
3
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
120
78
7544
22
10
186
78
144
193
33
0
4
1
7
3
SETH SINOVIC
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
113
112
9886
0
7
55
15
129
78
3
0
16
0
0
4
MLS - Regular Season
133
130
11466
0
7
62
16
142
88
3
0
19
0
0
4
KC - Postseason
10
10
955
2
0
4
4
13
10
0
0
1
0
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
143
140
12421
2
7
66
20
155
98
3
0
20
0
2
4
MARTIN STEUBLE
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
3
1
69
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
3
1
69
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
SAL ZIZZO
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
19
13
1097
0
3
19
7
8
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
89
42
4295
2
11
71
27
27
66
5
38
2
0
0
1
MLS - TOTAL
89
42
4295
2
11
71
27
27
66
5
38
2
0
0
1
GRAHAM ZUSI
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
148
115
10689
22
39
232
79
133
191
18
517
13
0
8
16
KC - Postseason
10
10
959
0
5
21
1
18
19
1
46
1
0
0
3
MLS - TOTAL
158
125
11648
22
44
253
80
151
210
19
563
14
0
8
19
23
ALL-TIME
MLS STATISTICS
ANDY GRUENEBAUM
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
11
11
945
45
34
3
12
1.14
1
1
0
0
6
3
2
MLS - Regular Season
91
90
8010
424
304
21
113
1.27
7
9
4
0
32
34
23
MLS - Postseason
2
2
210
9
7
0
2
0.86
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
93
92
8220
433
311
21
115
1.26
7
9
4
0
33
35
23
JON KEMPIN
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
4
3
315
13
5
0
7
2.00
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
MLS - TOTAL
4
3
315
13
5
0
7
2.00
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
ERIC KRONBERG
GP
GS
MIN
SHT
SVS
SO
GA
GAA
PG
PA
C
E
W
L
T
KC - Regular Season
25
24
2182
92
58
8
28
1.15
6
6
3
0
9
9
7
MLS - TOTAL
25
24
2182
92
58
8
28
1.15
6
6
3
0
9
9
7
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PLAYOFF
BRACKET
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LEADERS
FIELD PLAYERS
LEADERS
CAREER GAMES PLAYED
SEASON
IN POSTSEASON GAME
23 Garcia/Zavagnin
7 ten players tied
2135 Nick Garcia
659 seven players tied
8 Preki
5 Miklos Molnar (2000)
2 Bunbury/Molnar/Arnaud
5 Graham Zusi
3 Eric Quill (2002)
2 Graham Zusi (11/02/2011 vs COL)
SHOTS
54 Preki
28 Miklos Molnar (2000)
10 Onandi Lowe (9/29/01 at MIA)
SHOTS ON GOAL
30 Preki
13 Miklos Molnar (2000)
5 Takawira/Preki/Molnar
42 Matt McKeon
22 Matt McKeon (2000)
6 Johnston/Henderson/Gutierrez
37 Kerry Zavagnin
18 Chris Henderson (2000)
8 Vitalis Takawira (10/2/96 at DAL)
9 Vitalis Takawira
7 Vitalis Takawira (1996)
3 Lowe/Johnson
46 Graham Zusi
26 Graham Zusi (2013)
9 Graham Zusi (2 times in 2013)
CAUTIONS
6 Nick Garcia
3 Garcia/Johnston (2000)
1 86 times
EJECTIONS
1 Gomez/Johnston
1 Gomez/Johnston
1 Gomez/Johnston
MINUTES GOALS ASSISTS
FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED OFFSIDE CORNER KICKS
LEADERS
GOALKEEPERS CAREER
GAMES PLAYED MINUTES
SEASON
16 Tony Meola
7 Tony Meola (2000)
GAME HIGH
GAME LOW
SEASON LOW
1505 Tony Meola
659 Tony Meola (2000)
WINS
7 Tony Meola
4 Tony Meola (2000)
0 (1997, 2008)
LOSSES
6 Tony Meola
3 Garth Lagerway (1996)
1 (six times)
DRAWS
3 Tony Meola
2 Meola/Nielsen
0 (seven times)
SHUTOUTS
7 Tony Meola
5 Tony Meola (2000)
GOALS ALLOWED
21 Tony Meola
9 Lagerway/Meola
SAVES
62 Tony Meola
30 Tony Meola (2000)
0 (four times) 5 Tony Meola
0 (15 Times)
2 (three times)
0 (11/4/12 at HOU)
1 (2012)
(10/2/02 at LA) 10 Tony Meola (10/15/00 vs CHI)
TEAM
LOWS
HIGHS
SEASON GAMES PLAYED MINUTES
659 in 2000
180 in 1997/2008/2012
4 in 2000
LOSSES
3 in 1996
GOALS ASSISTS
SEASON GAME 2 in 1997/2008/2012
WINS TIES
GAME
7 in 2000
2 in 2000/2013 8 in 1996/2000/2002
4 (9/28/02 vs LA)
1 (2007/2008/2012)
0 (11 times)
9 in 2002
4 (9/28/02 vs LA)
0 in 2007
0 (15 Times)
4 (10/30/04 vs SJ) SHOTS
103 in 2000
32 (11/06/13 vs NE)
11 in 2008
3 (11/10/07 at HOU)
43 in 1996
15 (9/26/96 vs DAL)
4 in 2008
0 (11/10/07 at HOU)
FOULS COMMITTED
126 in 2000
27 (10/6/00 vs LA)
25 in 2012
8 (10/3/00 at LA)
FOULS SUFFERED
SHOTS ON GOAL
125 in 2000
27 (11/06/13 vs NE)
29 in 2008 /2012
7 (9/26/01 vs MIA)
OFFSIDE
15 in 1996
5 (10/8/97 at COL)
2 in 2008
0 (five times)
CORNER KICKS
36 in 2000
10 (two times)
3 in 2007
0 (11/3/07 at CHV)
CAUTIONS
15 in 2000
4 (five times)
3 in 2008/2012
0 (four times)
EJECTIONS
1 in 2000 & 2008
1 (two times)
0 (Nine times)
0 (40 Times)
5 (10/15/00 vs CHI)
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ALL-TIME
DATE
OPP (RD)
POSTSEASON RESULTS
SCORE
ATT.
GOALS
09/26/1996 DAL (Q)
W 3-2
4,466
KC: Johnston (16) McKeon (79) Preki (89); DAL: Elliott (21) Ashton (25)
09/29/1996 at DAL (Q)
L 1-2
10,125 KC: Preki (30); DAL: Kreis (5) Washington (32)
10/02/1996 at DAL (Q)
W 3-2 (SO)
9,802
10/10/1996 at LA (S)
L 1-2
25,212 KC: Preki (52); LA: Armas (48) Vanney (57)
10/13/1996 LA (S)
L 1-2 (SO)
11,041 KC: Preki (69); LA: Vanney (76)
10/04/1997 COL (Q)
L 0-3
10,174 COL: C. Henderson (25) Bravo (67) Paule (75)
10/08/1997 at COL (Q)
L 2-3
13,117 KC: Takawira (9) Preki (88); COL: Bravo (16,68) Harris (83)
09/16/2000 COL (Q)
W 1-0
8,682
09/20/2000 at COL (Q)
T 0-0 (OT)
8,789
09/24/2000 COL (Q)
W 3-2
4,156
09/29/2000 LA (S)
T 0-0 (OT)
11,815
10/03/2000 at LA (S)
L 1-2 (OT)
20,849 KC: McKeon (29); LA: Jones (16) Califf (93)
10/06/2000 LA (S)
W 2-0 (ST)
8,320
10/15/2000 CHI (F)
W 1-0
39,159 KC: Molnar (11)
09/22/2001 at MIA (Q)
L 0-2
6,281
MIA: Serna (28) Pineda Chacon (53)
09/26/2001 MIA (Q)
W 3-0
5,803
KC: Lowe (24) McKeon (31) Gomez (45)
8,119
KC: Lowe (13); MIA: Preki (14) Henderson (71)
09/29/2001 at MIA (Q) L 1-2
KC: Chung (41) Takawira (62); DAL: Sanchez (27) Elliott (66)
KC: Molnar (18) KC: Henderson (11) Molnar (65) Gomez (69); COL: Bravo (70,90)
KC: Molnar (21,96)
09/25/2002 at LA (Q)
L 2-3 (OT)
14,585 KC: Preki (25) Brown (70); LA: Ruiz (62,99) Jones (85)
09/28/2002 LA (Q)
W 4-1
9,484
KC: Simutenkov (19) Quill (37) Preki (70) Fabbro (73); LA: Albright (71)
10/02/2002 at LA (Q)
L 2-5
14,713 KC: Klein (47) Preki (72); LA: Ruiz (34,66) Jones (45,62) Tennyson (90)
11/04/2003 at COL (Q)
T 1-1
6,434
KC: Harris (3); COL: Borchers (53)
11/08/2003 COL (Q)
W 2-0
10,712 KC: Simutenkov (45) Klein (63)
11/15/2003 at SJ (S)
L 2-3 (OT)
16,108 KC: Simutenkov (57) Klein (72); SJ: Lagos (61) Mullan (83) Donovan (117)
10/24/2004 at SJ (Q)
L 0-2
8,659
10/30/2004 SJ (Q)
W 3-0
10,222 KC: Stephenson (26) own goal (48) Jewsbury (90)
W 2-0
11,931 KC: Arnaud (24,69)
11/05/2004 LA (S)
11/14/2004 D.C. (F)
L 2-3
10/27/2007 CHV (Q)
W 1-0
11/03/2007 at CHV (Q) T 0-0
25,797 KC: Burciaga (6) Wolff (58); DC: Eskandarian (19,23) own goal (26)
SJ: De Rosario (40) Waibel (52)
12,442 KC: Arnaud (35)
19,711
11/10/2007 at HOU (S)
L 0-2
30,972 HOU: Jaqua (35) De Rosario (81)
11/01/2008 CLB (Q)
T 1-1
10,385 KC: Arnaud (53); CLB: Lenhart (90)
11/08/2008 at CLB (Q) L 0-2
11,153 CLB: Evans (7) Rogers (57)
10/30/2011 at COL (Q)
W 2-0
8,601
11/02/2011 COL (Q)
W 2-0
18,565 KC: Collin (28), Sapong (76)
L 0-2
20,839 HOU: Hainault (53), Costly (87)
11/04/2012 at HOU (Q)
L 0-2
20,689 HOU: Moffat (18), Bruin (75)
11/06/2012 HOU (Q)
W 1-0
11/06/2011 HOU (S)
KC: Bunbury (49, 59)
20,894 KC: Sinovic (64)
11/02/2013 at NE (Q)
L 1-2
15,164 KC: Collin (69); NE: Dorman (55), Rowe (67)
11/06/2013 NE (Q)
W 3-1 (OT)
19,031 KC: Collin (40), Sinovic (79), Bieler (113); NE: Imbongo (70)
11/09/2013 at HOU (S)
T 0-0
22,107
11/23/2013 HOU (S)
W 2-1
21,650 KC: Sapong (14), Dwyer (63); HOU: Garcia (3)
12/07/2013 RSL (F)
T 1-1 (7-6 SOW)
21,650 KC: Collin (76); RSL: Saborio (52)
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ALL-TIME
POSTSEASON RECORDS
YOUNGEST PLAYER TO ... play in a game start a game play a complete game score a goal record an assist score twice in a game play a game as GK start a game as GK play a CG as GK record a shutout record a win
Soony Saad Oriol Rosell Oriol Rosell Francisco Gomez Francisco Gomez Teal Bunbury Garth Lagerwey Garth Lagerwey Garth Lagerwey Tony Meola Garth Lagerwey
19 yrs., 74 days 20 yrs., 123 days 20 yrs., 123 days 21 yrs., 243 days 21 yrs., 243 days 21 yrs., 245 days 23 yrs., 289 days 23 yrs., 289 days 23 yrs., 289 days 31 yrs., 208 days 23 yrs., 289 days
10/30/2011 KC at COL 11/07/2012 KC vs HOU 11/07/2012 KC vs HOU 09/24/2000 KC vs COL 09/24/2000 KC vs COL 10/30/2011 KC vs COL 09/26/1996 KC vs DAL 09/26/1996 KC vs DAL 09/26/1996 KC vs DAL 09/16/2000 KC vs COL 09/26/1996 KC vs DAL
OLDEST PLAYER TO ... play in a game start a game play a complete game score a goal record an assist score twice in a game play a game as GK start a game as GK play a CG as GK record a shutout record a win
Preki Preki Preki Preki Preki Miklos Molnar Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen
40 yrs., 144 days 40 yrs., 144 days 40 yrs., 144 days 39 yrs., 100 days 40 yrs., 144 days 30 yrs., 118 days 36 yrs., 123 days 36 yrs., 123 days 36 yrs., 123 days 36 yrs., 95 days 36 yrs., 109 days
11/15/2003 KC at SJ 11/15/2003 KC at SJ 11/15/2003 KC at SJ 10/02/2002 KC at LA 11/15/2003 KC at SJ 10/06/2000 KC vs LA 12/07/2013 KC vs RSL 12/07/2013 KC vs RSL 12/07/2013 KC vs RSL 11/09/2013 KC at HOU 11/23/2003 KC vs HOU
Record when scoring first goal: 15-6-2 (.696) Record when allowing first goal: 2-12-1 (.167) Record when leading at halftime: 12-1-1 (.893) Record when trailing at halftime: 1-9-0 (.100) Record in one-goal games*: 8-9-0 (.471) *Not including games decided by shootout
No. of Series Last vs Team Series W-L GP W-L-T OT ShO GF GA Mtg. Round Chicago 1 1-0 1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0 1 0 2000 MLS Cup 2000 Chivas USA 1 1-0 2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0 1 0 2007 Quarterfinals Colorado 4 3-1 9 5-2-2 0-0-1 0-0 13 9 2011 Quarterfinals Columbus 1 0-1 2 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0 1 3 2008 Ouarterfinals D.C. United 1 0-1 1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0 2 3 2004 MLS Cup 2004 FC Dallas 1 1-0 3 2-1-0 0-0-0 1-0 6 6 1996 West Semifinals Houston 4 1-3 6 2-3-1 0-0-0 0-0 3 7 2013 Semifinals Los Angeles 4 2-2 9 3-5-1 0-2-1 0-1 15 14 2004 Semifinals Miami 1 0-1 3 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0 4 4 2001 Quarterfinals New England 1 1-0 2 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0 4 3 2013 Quarterfinals Real Salt Lake 1 1-0 1 0-0-1 0-0-1 1-0 1 1 2013 MLS Cup 2013 San Jose 2 1-1 3 1-2-0 0-1-0 0-0 5 5 2004 Quarterfinals Totals 22 12-10 42 17-18-7 1-3-3 2-1 56 55
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Result Won MLS Cup Won 1 game to 0 Won 4-0 on aggregate Lost 1 game to 0 Lost MLS Cup Won 2 games to 1 Won 2-1 on aggregate Won 1 game to 0 Lost 2 games to 1 Won 4-3 on aggregate Won MLS Cup Won 3-2 on aggregate
ALL-TIME LONGEST
POSTSEASON WINNING STREAKS
2 - 10/06/00 - 10/15/00; 10/30/04 - 11/05/04; 10/30/11 - 11/2/11 HOME
7
ALL-TIME LONGEST
POSTSEASON UNBEATEN STREAKS
4
09/16/00 - 09/29/00
HOME
ALL-TIME LONGEST 4
10/06/00 - 11/05/04
12 09/16/00 - 11/2/11
POSTSEASON LOSING STREAKS
10/10/96 - 10/08/97
HOME
2 10/13/96 - 10/04/97
ROAD
5 10/03/00 - 10/02/02
ALL-TIME LONGEST 4
POSTSEASON WINLESS STREAKS
10/10/96 - 10/08/97, 11/03/2007 - present
HOME
2
ROAD
14 10/10/96 - 10/30/11
10/13/96 - 10/04/97
ALL-TIME
Home Road MLS Total
POSTSEASON ATTENDANCE
Dates Total Average 22 317,218 14,419 20 291,190 14,560 243 4,113,800 16,929
ALL-TIME
Peter Vermes Bob Gansler Ron Newman Curt Onalfo
ALL-TIME
POSTSEASON COACHING RECORDS
W L T 5 3 2 9 8 3 2 5 0 1 2 2
% .600 .525 .286 .400
OT 1-0-1 0-3-2 0-0-0 0-0-0
POSTSEASON GOALS SCORED
Scored by Interval GP G 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT 42 56 7 11 7 8 14 7 2
ALL-TIME
POSTSEASON GOALS ALLOWED
Allowed by Interval GP G 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT 42 55 4 11 5 9 14 9 3
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ALL-TIME
POSTSEASON BOX SCORES
DALLAS BURN (17-15-0, 0-1-0) VS KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (17-15-0, 1-0-0) DATE: September 26, 1996 -- Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (17-15-0, 1-1-0) VS DALLAS BURN (17-15-0, 1-1-0) DATE: September 29, 1996 -- Cotton Bowl
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Dallas Burn 2 0 2 Kansass City Wizards 1 2 3
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City Wizards 1 0 1 Dallas Burn 2 0 2
Scoring Summary: KC--Johnston 1 (Sorber 1) 16 DAL--Elliott 1 (unassisted) 21 DAL--Ashton 1 (Elliott 1) 25 KC--McKeon 1 (unassisted) 79 KC--Preki 1 (Chung 1) 89
Scoring Summary: DAL--Kreis 1 (Sanchez 1) 5 KC--Preki 2 (Johnston 1) 30 DAL--Washington 1 (Lozzano 1) 32 Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Sorber 50, Gutierrez 70 DAL: CAUTIONS: Kreis 17, Farrer 20
Misconduct Summary: DAL: CAUTIONS: Sonora 57, Alvarez 87 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 20 (Takawira 5) 15 (Takawira 5) 11 (Takawira 3) 4 9 Lagerway 4
Dallas Burn 14 (Washington 5) 7 (Ashton/Washington 2) 17 (Alvarez/Pollard 4) 6 3 Dodd 12
DALLAS BURN--Mark Dodd, Lawrence Lozzano, Diego Sonora, Mark Santel, Richard Farrer, Brandon Pollard, Chad Ashton (Zak Ibsen 79), Leonel Alvarez, Brian Haynes, Gerell Elliott (Ted Eck 46), Dante Washington. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz (Samuel Ekeme 71), Uche Okafor, Sean Bowers, Mike Sorber (Matt McKeon 71), Paul Wright, Diego Gutierrez, Preki, Mark Chung, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira.
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 13 (Chung/Preki 3) 9 (Preki 3) 16 (Uderitz 4) 1 5 Lagerway 5
Dallas Burn 9 (3 tied with 2) 8 (3 tied with 2) 15 (6 tied with 2) 3 9 Dodd 6
DALLAS BURN--Mark Dodd, Diego Sonora, Brandon Pollard, Mark Santel, Richard Farrer, Zak Ibsen, Lawrence Lozzano, Leonel Alvarez, Jason Kreis (Brian Haynes 59), Hugo Sanchez (Chad Ashton 82), Dante Washington (Gerell Elliott 68). KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Garth Lagerwey, Sean Bowers, Uche Okafor (Matt McKeon 46), Scott Uderitz, Preki, Paul Wright (Frank Klopas 68), Mike Sorber, Mark Chung, Diego Gutierrez, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira.
Referee: Tim Weyland Referee’s Assistants: Ali Mohabbi, Mehrdad Bonvan 4th Official: Rob Chaplin. Attendance: 4,466.
Referee: Esse Baharmast Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Jon Wilson 4th Official: Misail Tsapos. Attendance: 10,125. Temperature: 75.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (17-15-0, 2-1-0) VS DALLAS BURN (17-15-0, 1-2-0) DATE: October 2, 1996 -- Cotton Bowl
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (17-15-0, 2-2-0) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (19-13-0, 3-1-0) DATE: October 10, 1996 -- Rose Bowl
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot PK Kansas City Wizards 1 1 2 3 Dallas Burn 1 1 2 2
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 1 1 Los Angeles 0 2 2
Scoring Summary: DAL--Sanchez 1 (Santel 1) 27 KC--Chung 1 (Sorber 2, Preki 1) 41 KC--Takawira 1 (Wright 1) 62 DAL--Elliott 2 (Sanchez 2) 66
Penalty Kicks Summary: KC --Johnston, Saved DAL--Farrer, Goal DAL--Ashton, Saved KC --Takawira, Miss DAL--Sanchez, Goal KC --Wright, Goal KC --Klopas, Goal DAL--Haynes, High KC --Preki, Goal DAL--Lozzano, Saved
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Uderitz 22, Preki 35; DAL: CAUTIONS: Sanchez 41, Farrer 73, Haynes 81 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 9 (4 tied with 2) 5 (Takawira 2) 16 (Johnston 4) 3 5 Lagerway 1
Dallas Burn 4 (4 tied with 1) 4 (4 tied with 2) 23 (Sanchez 4) 1 5 Dodd 1
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz, Matt McKeon, Sean Bowers, Preki, Paul Wright, Mike Sorber (Samuel Ekeme 79), Mark Chung (Frank Klopas 89), Diego Gutierrez, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira. DALLAS BURN--Mark Dodd, Brandon Pollard, Diego Sonora (Brian Haynes 66), Richard Farrer, Mark Santel, Lawrence Lozzano, Zak Ibsen, Leonel Alvarez, Jason Kreis (Chad Ashton 89), Hugo Sanchez, Dante Washington (Gerell Elliott 46). Referee: Rich Grady Referee’s Assistants: Michael Williams, Andrew Barnes 4th Official: Glenn Prechac. Attendance: 9,802. Temperature: 80.
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Scoring Summary: LA--Armas 1 (unassisted) 48 KC--Preki 3 (unassisted) 52 LA--Vanney 1 (unassisted) 57 Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Wright 15 LA: CAUTIONS: Calichman 18 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 11 (Wright 3) 7 (Wright 2) 11 (Wright 3) 3 4 Lagerway 5
Los Angeles Galaxy 4 (Armas 4) 8 (Jones 3) 11 (Ciuenfuegos 3) 6 3 Campos 5
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz, Matt McKeon, Sean Bowers, Mike Sorber (Frank Klopas 73), Paul Wright, Preki, Mark Chung, Diego Gutierrez, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira (Uche Okafor 79). LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Jorge Campos, Robin Fraser, Dan Calichman, Greg Vanney, Mark Semioli (Brad Wilson 88), Mauricio Cienfuegos, Jorge Salcedo, Chris Armas, Cobi Jones, Harut Karapetyan (Eduardo Hurtado 46), Ante Razov (Guillermo Jara 78). Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Levon Baladjanian, Juan Hernandez 4th Official: Hugo Silva. Attendance: 25,212. Temperature: 70.
ALL-TIME
POSTSEASON BOX SCORES
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (17-15-0, 2-3-0) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (19-13-0, 4-1-0) DATE: October 13, 1996 -- Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (21-11-0, 0-1-0) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (14-18-0, 1-0-0) DATE: October 4, 1997 -- Arrowhead Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot PK Kansas City 0 1 1 1 Los Angeles 0 1 1 3
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 Colorado 1 2 3
Scoring Summary: KC--Preki 4 (unassisted) 69 LA--Vanney 1 (Cienfuegos 1) 76
Scoring Summary: COL--C. Henderson 1 (unassisted) 25 COL--Bravo 1 (C. Henderson 1) 67 COL--Paule 1 (Bravo 1, C. Henderson 2) 75
Penalty Kick Summary: LA --Noamouz, Saved KC --Sorber, Saved LA --Vanney, Goal KC --Wright, Goal LA --Cienfuegos, Goal LA --Jones, High KC --Chung, Wide Left LA --Fraser, Goal KC --Preki, Saved
Misconduct Summary: LA: CAUTIONS: Calichman 38, Semioli 42, Armas 60, Cienfuegos 67 KC: CAUTIONS: Johnston 70, Preki 81 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 14 (Preki 4) 7 (3 tied with 2) 23 (Uderitz/Wright 4) 4 5 Lagerway 3
Los Angeles Galaxy 9 (Armas 4) 4 (Cienfuegos 2) 18 (Hurtado 4) 3 8 Campos 6
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Garth Lagerwey, Scott Uderitz, Uche Okafor (Matt McKeon 51), Sean Bowers, Diego Gutierrez, Mike Sorber, Preki, Mark Chung, Paul Wright, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira. LOS ANGELES GALAXY-Jorge Campos, Greg Vanney, Dan Calichman, Robin Fraser, Mark Semioli (Arash Noamouz 71), Jorge Salcedo (David Kramer 73), Chris Armas, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Cobi Jones, Ante Razov (Harut Karapetyan 54), Eduardo Hurtado.
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Pittman 35, Tinsley 52, Preki 84, Rodriguez 84 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 10 (Bowers 3) 3 (3 tied with 1) 12 (Tinsley 3) 1 5 Ammann 2
Colorado Rapids 9 (3 tied with 2) 5 (C. Henderson 2) 13 (5 tied with 2) 3 7 Hahnemann 3
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Mike Ammann, Matt McKeon, Uche Okafor, Richard Gough, Sean Bowers, Steve Pittman, Ryan Tinsley (Edmundo Rodriguez 80), Frank Klopas (Preki 46), Mark Chung, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira (Paul Wright 57). COLORADO RAPIDS--Marcus Hahnemann, Chris Martinez (Marcelo Balboa 77), Tahj Jakins, Peter Vermes, Steve Trittschuh, Matt Kmosko, Sean Henderson, Paul Bravo, Chris Henderson, David Patino (Ross Paule 70), Steve Rammel (Wolde Harris 62). Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Laszlo Nagy, Tom Bobadilla Attendance: 10,174. Temperature: 84.
Referee: Zimmerman Boulos Referee’s Assistants: Ali Saheli, Alan Shepherd 4th Official: Mehrdad Bonvan. Attendance: 11,041. Temperature: 78.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (21-11-0, 0-2-0) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (14-18-0, 2-0-0) DATE: October 8, 1997 -- Mile High Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (16-7-9, 1-0-0) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (13-15-4, 0-1-0) DATE: September 16, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 1 2 Colorado 1 2 3
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 0 1 Colorado 0 0 0
Scoring Summary: KC--Takawira 1 (Okafor 1) 9 COL--Bravo 2 (C. Henderson 3, S. Henderson 1) 16 COL--Bravo 3 (Kmosko 1, Harris 1) 68 COL--Harris 1 (Bravo 2, Balboa 1) 83 KC--Preki 1 (Takawira 1) 88
Scoring Summary: KC--Molnar 1 (Preki 1) 18
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Gough 23, McKeon 27, Okafor 51, Klopas 85
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 14 (Johnston 6) 9 (Preki 5) 21 (3 tied with 5) 5 3 Ammann 7
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Garcia 24, Johnston 27, Henderson 84 EJECTIONS: Johnston 92+ COL: CAUTIONS: Hart 13, Vaudreuil 15, Bent 18
Coloado Rapids 14 (Balboa 5) 10 (Balboa 4) 17 (C. Henderson/Trittschuh 3) 7 5 Hahnemann 7
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Mike Ammann, Sean Bowers, Uche Okafor, Steve Pittman (John DeBrito 70), Richard Gough, Matt McKeon, Ryan Tinsley (Frank Klopas 70), Mark Chung, Preki, Mo Johnston, Vitalis Takawira. COLORADO RAPIDS--Marcus Hahnemann, Steve Trittschuh, Matt Kmosko, Chris Martinez, Peter Vermes, Marcelo Balboa, David Patino (Tahj Jakins 73), Sean Henderson, Paul Bravo, Chris Henderson, Steve Rammel (Wolde Harris 63). Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Steve Olson, Susan Cicchinelli Attendance: 13,117.
Kansas City Wizards 12 (Henderson 4) 8 (Henderson/Molnar 2) 24 (Johnston 6) 3 2 Meola 6
Colorado Rapids 19 (Bent/Okoh 3) 6 (6 tied with 1) 19 (Vaudreuil 5) 5 4 Kramer 7
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Chris Klein (Chris Brown 46), Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon (Francisco Gomez 67), Chris Henderson, Preki (Brian Johnson 77), Mo Johnston, Miklos Molnar. COLORADO RAPIDS--David Kramer, Marcelo Balboa, Chris Martinez, David Vaudreuil, Scott Vermillion, Jason Moore (Anders Limpar 75), Ross Paule, Jason Bent, Wes Hart (Junior Agogo 62), Paul Bravo, Matt Okoh (Jorge Dely Valdes 46). Referee: Rich Grady Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, Richard Eddy 4th Official: Noel Kenny. Attendance: 8,682.
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KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (16-7-9, 1-0-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (13-15-4, 0-1-1) DATE: September 20, 2000 -- Mile High Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (16-7-9, 2-0-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (13-15-4, 0-2-1) DATE: September 24, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 OT Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 2 3 Colorado 0 2 2
Scoring Summary: None
Scoring Summary: KC--Henderson 1 (unassisted) 11 KC--Molnar 2 (Klein 1, Gomez 1) 65 KC--Gomez 1 (Zavagnin 1) 69 COL--Bravo 1 (Vermillion 1) 70 COL--Bravo 2 (penalty kick) 94+
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Vermes 27 COL: CAUTIONS: Vermillion 31, Bravo 59, Limpar 68 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 18 (Molnar 5) 3 (3 tied with 1) 17 (Henderson 4) 1 5 Meola 3
Colorado Rapids 12 (Agogo/Bravo 3) 3 (3 tied with 1) 20 (Dely Valdes/ Limpar 5) 4 7 Kramer 3
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Zavagnin 59, McKeon 73 COL: CAUTIONS: Key 61; EJECTIONS: Agogo 75
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Nick Garcia, Chris Klein (Brian Johnson 91), Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon (Francisco Gomez 62), Chris Henderson, Preki, Miklos Molnar, Chris Brown.
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
COLORADO RAPIDS--David Kramer, Marcelo Balboa, Chris Martinez, Scott Vermillion, Ross Paule (Jason Moore 46), Anders Limpar (Wes Hart 84), Paul Bravo, David Vaudreuil, Jason Bent, Junior Agogo, Jorge Dely Valdes (Matt Okoh 96).
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Chris Klein, Francisco Gomez, Matt McKeon (Brian Johnson 80), Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Henderson, Preki (Chris Brown 74), Miklos Molnar.
Referee: Noel Kenny Referee’s Assistants: Tom Bobadilla, Jon Wilson 4th Official: Michael Kennedy. Attendance: 8,789.
COLORADO RAPIDS--David Kramer, Scott Vermillion, Marcelo Balboa, Chris Martinez (Lance Key 50), David Vaudreuil (Wes Hart 85), Jason Bent, Paul Bravo, Ross Paule, Anders Limpar, Jorge Dely Valdes, Junior Agogo.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (16-7-9, 2-0-2) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (14-10-8, 2-0-1) DATE: September 29, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (16-7-9, 2-1-2) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (14-10-8, 3-0-1) DATE: October 3, 2000 -- Rose Bowl
Goals by Period 1 2 OT1 OT2 Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0
Goals by Period 1 2 OT Tot Kansas City 1 0 0 1 Los Angeles 1 0 1 2
Scoring Summary: None.
Scoring Summary: LA--Jones 2 (Hendrickson 1) 16 KC--McKeon 1 (Zavagnin 2) 29 LA--Califf 1 (Jones 2) 93
Kansas City Wizards 20 (Molnar 5) 8 (3 tied with 2) 10 (McKeon/Molnar 2) 1 10 Meola 1
Los Angeles 6 (Hernandez/Kelly 2) 1 (Hernandez 1) 22 (Jones 5) 4 6 Hartman 8
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Matt McKeon (Francisco Gomez 83), Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Klein, Chris Henderson, Preki, Chris Brown (Mo Johnston 46), Miklos Molnar. LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Kevin Hartman, Greg Vanney, Robin Fraser, Paul Caligiuri, Ezra Hendrickson, Brian Kelly (Sebastien Vorbe 77), Simon Elliott, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Zak Ibsen, Cobi Jones, Luis Hernandez. Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Roger Sill, Albert Echeverria 4th Official: Marcel Yonan. Attendance: 11,815.
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Colorado Rapids 7 (Bravo/Dely Valdes 2) 4 (Bravo 2) 16 (Agogo 4) 2 3 Kramer 5
Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Chip Reed, Francisco Sanchez 4th Official: Ali Saheli. Attendance: 4,156.
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Klein 2, Henderson 15 LA: CAUTIONS: Fraser 58, Cienfuegos 97, Jones 98, Hernandez 100 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 20 (Molnar 8) 8 (Molnar 5) 14 (McKeon 4) 1 4 Meola 2
Misconduct Summary: LA: CAUTIONS: Hernandez 59, Hendrickson 82 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 11 (McKeon 4) 6 (3 tied with 2) 8 (3 tied with 2) 0 8 Meola 4
Los Angeles 9 (Cienfuegos/Jones 3) 6 (Jones 3) 16 (Cienfuegos/Hernandez 3) 5 6 Hartman 5
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Brandon Prideaux, Peter Vermes, Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Chris Klein, Chris Henderson, Miklos Molnar, Mo Johnston, Preki (Francisco Gomez 91). LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Kevin Hartman, Greg Vanney, Robin Fraser, Ezra Hendrickson, Paul Caligiuri, Zak Ibsen (Danny Califf 46), Mauricio Cienfuegos, Simon Elliott, Brian Kelly (Sasha Victorine 55), Cobi Jones, Luis Hernandez. Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, Richard Eddy 4th Official: Kevin Terry. Attendance: 20, 849.
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KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (16-7-9, 3-1-2) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (14-10-8, 3-1-1) DATE: October 6, 2000 -- Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (16-7-9, 4-1-2) VS CHICAGO FIRE (17-9-6, 4-3-0) DATE: October 15, 2000 -- RFK Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 OT Tot Kansas City 1 0 1 2 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 0 1 Chicago Fire 0 0 0
Scoring Summary: KC--Molnar 3 (penalty kick) 21 KC--Molnar 4 (Johnston 1) 96
Scoring Summary: KC--Molnar 5 (Klein 2) 11
Misconduct Summary: LA: CAUTIONS: Vanney 36 KC: CAUTIONS: Garcia 40, Molnar 50, Johnston 58, Zavagnin 76 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 16 (Molnar 4) 4 (Molnar 2) 27 (Henderson 6) 2 5 Meola 4
Los Angeles 9 (3 tied with 2) 4 (Hernandez 2) 20 (Califf/Hendrickson 4) 5 7 Hartman 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Matt McKeon, Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Klein, Mo Johnston, Chris Henderson, Preki, Miklos Molnar. LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Kevin Hartman, Robin Fraser, Danny Califf, Ezra Hendrickson, Paul Caligiuri, Simon Elliott, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Sasha Victorine, Greg Vanney, Luis Hernandez, Cobi Jones.
Misconduct Summary: CHI: CAUTIONS: Kovalenko 47, Bonseu 76 KC: CAUTIONS: Johnston 48, Garcia 58, Meola 76 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 6 (Molnar/Preki 2) 3 (Molnar 2) 26 (McKeon/Molnar 5) 5 2 Meola 10
Chicago Fire 22 (Razov/Stoitchkov 4) 10 (Razov 3) 17 (Brown 4) 1 8 Thornton 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Chris Klein (Francisco Gomez 89), Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Preki (Uche Okafor 74), Matt McKeon, Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Henderson, Mo Johnston, Miklos Molnar. CHICAGO FIRE--Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Carlos Bocanegra, Tenywa Bonseu, Peter Nowak (Lubos Kubik 83), Dema Kovalenko, Diego Gutierrez (DaMarcus Beasley 70), Chris Armas, Jesse Marsch (Josh Wolff 59), Hristo Stoitchkov, Ante Razov.
Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Nate Clement, George Gasner 4th Official: Gerry Corrie. Attendance: 8,320.
Referee: Paul Tamberino Referee’s Assistants: Craig Lowry, George Vergara 4th Official: Kevin Stott. Attendance: 39,159. Temperature: 77 and Sunny.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-13-3, 0-1-0) VS MIAMI FUSION (16-5-5, 1-0-0) DATE: September 22, 2001 -- Lockhart Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-13-3, 1-1-0) VS MIAMI FUSION (16-5-5, 1-1-0) DATE: September 26, 2001 -- Arrowhead Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 Miami Fusion 1 1 2
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 3 0 3 Miami Fusion 0 0 0
Scoring Summary: MIA--Serna 1 (Woan 1, Rooney 1) 28 MIA--Pineda Chacon 1 (Preki 1, Serna 1) 53
Scoring Summary: KC--Lowe 1 (McKeon 1, Gomez 1) 24 KC--McKeon 1 (penalty kick) 31 KC--Gomez 1 (Vermes 1) 49+
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: McKeon 33, Gregor 56 MIA: CAUTIONS: Rooney 50 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 10 (Lowe 4) 2 (Burns/Lowe 1) 19 (McKeon 4) 4 2 Meola 3
Miami Fusion 13 (Serna 6) 5 (Serna 3) 17 (Mastroeni 4) 1 4 Rimando 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Mike Burns, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Chris Klein, Kerry Zavagnin (Mo Johnston 69), Matt McKeon, Andrew Gregor (Francisco Gomez 79), Gary Glasgow, Onandi Lowe, Chris Brown (Roy Lassiter 46). MIAMI FUSION--Nick Rimando, Ian Woan (Tyrone Marshall 73), Carlos Llamosa, Ivan McKinley, Pablo Mastroeni, Ian Bishop, Alex Pineda Chacon, Jim Rooney, Chris Henderson, Preki (Johnny Torres 82), Diego Serna. Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Rob Fereday, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Robbie Mann. Attendance: 6,281. Temperature: 89.
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Lassiter 38, Burns 60, Gregor 79, Vermes 80 MIA: CAUTIONS: Mastroeni 4, Llamosa 29, Woan 41;EJECTIONS: Mastroeni 30, Serna 82 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 19 (Lowe 8) 7 (Lowe 3) 25 (Lowe/McKeon 5) 2 8 Meola 5
Miami Fusion 8 ( Henderson/Serna 2) 5 (5 tied with 1) 7 (Mastroeni 2) 1 6 Rimando 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Chris Klein, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Mike Burns, Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Francisco Gomez (Mo Johnston 46), Gary Glasgow (Chris Brown 21), Roy Lassiter (Andrew Gregor 60), Onandi Lowe. MIAMI FUSION--Nick Rimando (Jeff Cassar 46), Ivan McKinley, Carlos Llamosa (Brian Dunseth 46), Pablo Mastroeni, Ian Woan (Tyrone Marshall 43), Jim Rooney, Ian Bishop, Chris Henderson, Alex Pineda Chacon, Preki (Lazo Alavanja 46), Diego Serna. Referee: Alex Prus Referee’s Assistants: Richard Huber, George Gansner 4th Official: Ali Saheli. Attendance: 5,803
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KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-13-3, 1-2-0) VS MIAMI FUSION (16-5-5, 2-1-0) DATE: September 29, 2001 -- Lockhart Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (9-10-9, 0-1-0) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (16-9-3, 1-0-0) DATE: September 25, 2002 -- Rose Bowl
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 0 1 Miami Fusion 1 1 2
Goals by Period 1 2 OT1 OT2 Tot Kansas City 1 1 0 0 2 Los Angeles 0 2 0 1 3
Scoring Summary: KC--Lowe 2 (Burns 1, Lassiter 1) 13 MIA--Preki 1 (unassisted) 14 MIA--Henderson 1 (Torres 1, McKinley 1) 71
Scoring Summary: KC--Preki 1 (Brown 1, Quill 1) 25 LA--Ruiz 1 (penalty kick) 62 KC--Brown 1 (Klein 1) 70 LA--Jones 1 (Marshall 1) 85 LA--Ruiz 2 (Elliott 1) 99
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Lowe 16, Burns 65, Glasgow 91+ MIA: CAUTIONS: Alavanja 42 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 21 (Lowe 10) 8 (Lowe 3) 19 (Lowe 5) 2 8 Meola 1
Miami Fusion 12 (Preki 4) 4 (4 tied with 1) 15 (McKinley 4) 2 6 Rimando 7
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Chris Klein, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Mike Burns, Kerry Zavagnin, Matt McKeon, Francisco Gomez (Mo Johnston 45), Chris Brown (Andrew Gregor 81), Onandi Lowe, Roy Lassiter (Gary Glasgow 61). MIAMI FUSION--Nick Rimando, Ian Woan (Johnny Torres 62), Brian Dunseth, Carlos Llamosa, Ivan McKinley, Lazo Alavanja (Tyrone Marshall 62), Ian Bishop, Jim Rooney, Chris Henderson, Alex Pineda Chacon, Preki (Jeff Bilyk 90). Referee: Gerry Corrie Referee’s Assistants: Chip Reed, Richard Eddy 4th Official: Reggie Rutty. Attendance: 8,119. Temperature: 76.
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Talley 27, Garcia 67 LA: CAUTIONS: Elliott 63 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 13 (Preki 4) 4 (Preki 2) 20 (Gutierrez 5) 0 5 Meola 7
Los Angeles 19 (Ruiz 9) 10 (Ruiz 6) 19 (Albright 4) 5 3 Hartman 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Carey Talley, Chris Klein, Diego Gutierrez, Kerry Zavagnin, Preki, Eric Quill (Stephen Armstrong 82), Chris Brown, Igor Simutenkov (Mike Burns 73). LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Kevin Hartman, Danny Califf, Alexi Lalas (Brian Mullan 84), Tyrone Marshall, Ezra Hendrickson, Sasha Victorine, Cobi Jones, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Simon Elliott, Chris Albright (Alejandro Moreno 70), Carlos Ruiz. Referee: Richard Heron Referee’s Assistants: George Gansner, Craig Lowry 4th Official: Jesse Johnson. Attendance: 14,585. Temperature: 78 and Warm.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (9-10-9, 1-1-0) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (16-9-3, 1-1-0) DATE: September 28, 2002 -- Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (9-10-9, 1-2-0) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (16-9-3, 2-1-0) DATE: October 2, 2002 -- Rose Bowl
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 2 2 4 Los Angeles 0 1 1
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 2 2 Los Angeles 2 3 5
Scoring Summary: KC--Simutenkov 1 (Garcia 1) 19 KC--Quill 1 (Vermes 1, Preki 1) 37 KC--Preki 2 (unassisted) 70 LA--Albright 1 (Ruiz 1) 71 KC--Fabbro 1 (Quill 2) 73
Scoring Summary: LA--Ruiz 3 (Victorine 1) 34 LA--Jones 2 (unassisted) 46+ KC--Klein 1 (Quill 3, Brown 2) 47 LA--Jones 3 (Ruiz 2) 62 LA--Ruiz 4 (Jones 1, Waibel 1) 66 KC--Preki 3 (unassisted) 72 LA--Tennyson 1 (unassisted) 93+
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Vermes 43, Fabbro 61 LA: Ruiz 40 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 13 (Brown/Fabbro 3) 8 (Quill 2) 22 (Gutierrez 6) 4 3 Meola 3
Los Angeles 14 (Elliot/Ruiz 5) 4 (Albright 2) 9 (3 tied with 2) 2 5 Hartman 4
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Carey Talley, Peter Vermes, Nick Garcia, Chris Klein (Stephen Armstrong 81), Preki (Matt McKeon 76), Kerry Zavagnin, Diego Gutierrez, Eric Quill, Igor Simutenkov (Dario Fabbro 59), Chris Brown. LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Kevin Hartman, Alexi Lalas (Brian Mullan 73), Ezra Hendrickson, Tyrone Marshall, Danny Califf, Peter Vagenas (Adam Frye 76), Simon Elliott, Mauricio Cienfuegos (Chris Albright 46), Sasha Victorine, Carlos Ruiz, Cobi Jones. Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Thomas Supple, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Alex Prus. Attendance: 9,484. Temperature: 86 and Partly Cloudy.
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Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Simutenkov 37, Vermes 48, McKeon 78, Quill 84 LA: CAUTIONS: Ruiz 27, Lalas 67 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 15 (Preki 5) 7 (Preki 4) 13 (Gutierrez 3) 3 4 Meola 3
Los Angeles 12 (Ruiz 5) 8 (Ruiz 3) 26 (Ruiz/Victorine 6) 8 4 Hartman 5
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes (Stephen Armstrong 66), Carey Talley, Chris Klein, Diego Gutierrez (Matt McKeon 73), Kerry Zavagnin, Preki, Eric Quill, Chris Brown, Igor Simutenkov (Dario Fabbro 46). LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Kevin Hartman, Danny Califf, Alexi Lalas, Tyrone Marshall, Ezra Hendrickson, Sasha Victorine, Chris Albright (Craig Waibel 62), Simon Elliott, Cobi Jones, Alejandro Moreno (Brian Mullan 71), Carlos Ruiz (McKinley Tennyson 92+). Referee: Michael Kennedy Referee’s Assistants: George Vergara, David Bragg 4th Official: Jair Marrufo. Attendance: 14,713. Temperature: 65 and fair.
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KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-10-9, 0-0-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (11-12-7, 0-0-1) DATE: November 4, 2003 -- Invesco Field at Mile High
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-10-9, 1-0-1) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (11-12-7, 0-1-1) DATE: November 8, 2003 -- Arrowhead Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 0 1 Colorado 0 1 1
Goals by Period Kansas City Colorado
Scoring Summary: KC--Harris 1 (Zavagnin 1) 3 COL--Borchers 1 (Beckerman 1, Kotschau 1) 53
Scoring Summary: KC--Simutenkov 1 (unassisted) 47+ KC--Klein 1 (Simutenkov 1) 63
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Klein 16, Arnaud 90 COL: CAUTIONS: Carrieri 12, Fraser 48
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Meola 47+, Zavagnin 70, Armstrong 77 COL: CAUTIONS: Roberts 58, Beckerman 89
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 6 (Harris/Preki 2) 4 (Preki 2) 13 (Zavagnin 4) 4 3 Meola 3
Colorado Rapids 12 (Beckerman 3) 4 (4 tied with 1) 20 (Mastroeni 4) 1 4 Cannon 3
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
1 2 Tot 1 1 2 0 0 0
Kansas City Wizards 10 (Simutenkov 3) 6 (Simutenkov 2) 14 (Gutierrez/Talley 3) 1 4 Meola 4
Colorado Rapids 9 (Chung 5) 4 (Chung 3) 10 (3 tied with 2) 3 5 Cannon 3
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Chris Klein, Alex Zotinca (Stephen Armstrong 71), Eric Quill, Carey Talley, Kerry Zavagnin, Wolde Harris (Davy Arnaud 86), Preki.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Chris Klein, Kerry Zavagnin, Eric Quill (Stephen Armstrong 46+), Igor Simutenkov (Alex Zotinca 71), Carey Talley, Wolde Harris (Davy Arnaud 85), Preki.
COLORADO RAPIDS--Joe Cannon, Kyle Beckerman, Wes Hart (Matt Crawford 45), Nat Borchers, Ritchie Kotschau, Robin Fraser, Mark Chung, Chris Henderson, Pablo Mastroeni, Chris Carrieri (Zizi Roberts 66), John Spencer.
COLORADO RAPIDS--Joe Cannon, Nat Borchers, Robin Fraser, Wes Hart (Chris Carrieri 64), Ritchie Kotschau, Kyle Beckerman, Mark Chung, Chris Henderson, Pablo Mastroeni, Zizi Roberts, John Spencer.
Referee: Brian Hall Referee’s Assistants: Roger Itava, Steven Davidson 4th Official: Michael Kennedy. Attendance: 6,434. Temperature: 33 and Partly Cloudy.
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Thomas Supple 4th Official: Terry Vaughn. Attendance: 10, 712. Temperature: 36 and Cloudy.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-10-9, 1-1-1) VS SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (14-7-9, 2-1-0) DATE: November 15, 2003 -- Spartan Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (14-9-7, 0-1-0) VS SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (9-10-11, 1-0-0) DATE: October 24, 2004 -- Spartan Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 OT Tot Kansas City 0 2 0 2 San Jose 0 2 1 3
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 San Jose 1 1 2
Scoring Summary: KC--Simutenkov 2 (Klein 1) 57 SJ--Lagos 1 (Dayak 2, Donovan 2) 61 KC--Klein 2 (Preki 1) 72 SJ--Mullan 1 (Russell 2) 83 SJ--Donovan 2 (Ekelund 2) 117
Scoring Summary: SJ--De Rosario 1 (Donovan 1) 40 SJ--Waibel 1 (Agoos 1) 52 Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Simutenkov 41, Zotinca 59 SJ: CAUTIONS: Agoos 24, Mullan 38
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Zavagnin 100 SJ: CAUTIONS: Dayak 73, Faria 112 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 13 (Preki 4) 4 (4 tied with 1) 16 (Zavagnin 3) 2 2 Meola 3
San Jose Earthquakes 21 (Donovan 6) 6 (Donovan/Lagos 2) 10 (De Rosario/Faria 2) 2 6 Onstad 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Tony Meola, Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Stephen Armstrong (Eric Quill 66), Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Klein, Preki, CareyTalley, Wolde Harris (Davy Arnaud 91+), Igor Simutenkov (Josh Wolff 71). SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Pat Onstad, Jeff Agoos, Troy Dayak, Eddie Robinson, Craig Waibel (Dwayne De Rosario 81), Ronnie Ekelund, Manny Lagos (Ian Russell 68), Brian Mullan, Richard Mulrooney, Landon Donovan, Jamil Walker (Rodrigo Faria 77). Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: George Vergara, Greg Barkey 4th Official: Ricardo Valenzuela. Attendance: 16,108. Temperature: 51 and Clear.
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 5 (5 tied with 1) 2 (Zavagnin/Zotinca 1) 14 (Zotinca 4) 3 5 Oshonivi 5
San Jose Earthquakes 15 (Ching/De Rosario 5) 7 (Ching 3) 24 (Agoos/Ching 5) 2 11 Onstad 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia,Alex Zotinca, Diego Gutierrez, Jack Jewsbury (Diego Walsh 79), Igor Simutenkov (Khari Stephenson 52), Kerry Zavagnin, Davy Arnaud, Josh Wolff. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Pat Onstad, Jeff Agoos, Ryan Cochrane, Todd Dunivant, Craig Waibel, Ramiro Corrales, Landon Donovan, Brian Mullan, Ian Russell (Chris Brown 94+), Brian Ching, Dwayne De Rosario (Jamil Walker 86). Referee: Kevin Terry Referee’s Assistants: Rob Fereday, Richard Eddy 4th Official: Alex Prus. Attendance: 8,659. Temperature: 62 and Partly Cloudy.
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KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (14-9-7, 1-1-0) VS SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (9-10-11, 1-1-0) DATE: October 30, 2004 -- Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (14-9-7, 2-1-0) VS LOS ANGELES GALAXY (11-9-10, 1-2-0) DATE: November 5, 2004 -- Arrowhead Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 2 3 San Jose 0 0 0
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 1 2 Los Angeles 0 0 0
Scoring Summary: KC--Stephenson 1 (Jewsbury 1, Arnaud 1) 26 KC--own goal (Ching) 48 KC--Jewsbury 1 (Simutenkov 1, Burciaga 1) 92+
Scoring Summary: KC--Arnaud 1 (Wolff 1) 24 KC--Arnaud 2 (Zotinca 1) 69
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Jewsbury 46+, Arnaud 56, Gutierrez 78 SJ: CAUTIONS: Donovan 43 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 14 (3 tied with 3) 6 (3 tied with 2) 21 (Arnaud 5) 2 5 Oshonivi 4
San Jose Earthquakes 8 (Ching 3) 4 (Mulrooney 2) 15 (Ching 5) 6 4 Onstad 3
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Alex Zotinca (Taylor Graham 94+), Jack Jewsbury, Khari Stephenson (Igor Simutenkov 69), Kerry Zavagnin (Diego Walsh 86), Davy Arnaud, Diego Gutierrez, Josh Wolff. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES--Pat Onstad, Jeff Agoos, Ryan Cochrane, Todd Dunivant, Craig Waibel, Ramiro Corrales (Eddie Robinson 94+), Landon Donovan, Brian Mullan, Richard Mulrooney, Brian Ching, Dwayne De Rosario (Ian Russell 61). Referee: Terry Vaughn Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, George Gansner 4th Official: Abiodun Okulaja. Attendance: 10,222. Temperature: 64 and Partly Cloudy.
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Burciaga 41, Zotinca 72 LA: CAUTIONS: Vagenas 26, Broome 72, Herzog 83 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 14 (Arnaud 3) 6 (Arnaud 2) 19 (3 tied with 3) 3 5 Oshonivi 3
Los Angeles Galaxy 9 (Kirovski 4) 3 (Ruiz 2) 17 (Ruiz 4) 1 5 Hartman 4
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Alex Zotinca, Diego Gutierrez, Jack Jewsbury, Khari Stephenson (Taylor Graham 59), Kerry Zavagnin, Davy Arnaud, Josh Wolff. LOS ANGELES GALAXY--Kevin Hartman, Chris Albright, Paul Broome, Danny Califf (Alejandro Moreno 78), Tyrone Marshall, Cobi Jones (Andreas Herzog 59), Marcelo Saragosa (Arturo Torres 62), Peter Vagenas, Sasha Victorine, Jovan Kirovski, Carlos Ruiz. Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Referee’s Assistants: Thomas Supple, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Michael Kennedy. Attendance: 11,931. Temperature: 58 and Partly Cloudy.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (14-9-7, 2-2-0) VS D.C. United 11-10-9, 3-0-1) DATE: November 14, 2004 -- The Home Depot Center
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-12-7, 1-0-0) VS CHIVAS USA 15-7-8, 0-1-0) DATE: October 27, 2007 -- Arrowhead Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 1 2 D.C. United 3 0 3
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 1 0 1 Chivas USA 0 0 0
Scoring Summary: KC--Burciaga 1 (unassisted) 6 DC--Eskandarian 3 (Carroll 1) 19 DC--Eskandarian 4 (unassisted) 23 DC--own goal (Zotinca, NONINDIVIDUAL) 26 KC--Wolff 1 (penalty kick) 58
Scoring Summary: KC--Arnaud 1 (free kick) 35
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Gutierrez 33 DC: CAUTIONS: Stewart 55, Namoff 72, Olsen 89; EJECTIONS: Kovalenko 57
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Harrington 44, Garcia 54, Zavagnin 88 CHV: CAUTIONS: Zotinca 46+
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 11 (Conrad 3) 6 (Conrad 2) 13 (Arnaud/Gutierrez 3) 1 5 Oshonivi 2
D.C. United 8 (Eskandarian/Gomez 3) 4 (Eskandarian 2) 15 (Stewart 3) 2 4 Rimando 2
Kansas City Wizards 8 (3 tied with 2) 3 (3 tied with 1) 12 (Garcia/Zavagnin 4) 2 2 Hartman 4
Chivas USA 8 (Marsch 2) 4 (4 tied with 1) 18 (Kljestan 4) 5 1 Guzan 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Bo Oshoniyi, Jose Burciaga Jr., Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Alex Zotinca (Diego Walsh 82), Diego Gutierrez, Jack Jewsbury (Matt Taylor 66), Khari Stephenson (Igor Simutenkov 48+), Kerry Zavagnin, Davy Arnaud, Josh Wolff.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Kevin Hartman, Jack Jewsbury (Ryan Raybould 89), Nick Garcia, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Sasha Victorine, Kerry Zavagnin, Kurt Morsink (Ryan Pore 72), Scott Sealy, Eddie Johnson.
D.C. UNITED--Nick Rimando, Bryan Namoff, Ryan Nelsen, Mike Petke, Brian Carroll, Earnie Stewart (Brandon Prideaux 82), Christian Gomez (Joshua Gros 59), Dema Kovalenko (Ejected 57), Ben Olsen, Alecko Eskandarian (Freddy Adu 65), Jaime Moreno.
CHIVAS USA--Brad Guzan, Jason Hernandez, Claudio Suarez, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Alex Zotinca (John Cunliffe 57), Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch, Paulo Nagamura, Francisco Mendoza, Laurent Merlin (Ramon Nunez 70).
Referee: Michael Kennedy Referee’s Assistants: Nate Clement, Kermit Quisenberry 4th Official: Abiodun Okulaja. Attendance: 25, 797. Temperature: 81 and Clear.
Referee: Alex Prus Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, Rob Fereday 4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez. Attendance: 12,442. Temperature: 56 and Clear.
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ALL-TIME KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-12-7, 1-0-1) VS CHIVAS USA 15-7-8, 0-1-1) DATE: November 3, 2007 -- The Home Depot Center Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 Chivas USA 0 0 0 Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Johnson 65 CHV: CAUTIONS: Marsch 19, Francisco Mendoz 53, Nunez 62, Bornstein Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 8 (Johnson 3) 3 (Arnaud 2) 13 (Johnson 3) 4 0 Hartman 6
Chivas USA 16 (Galindo 4) 7 (Francisco Mendoz/Nagamura 2) 20 (3 tied with 3) 2 6 Guzan 3
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Kevin Hartman, Jack Jewsbury, Nick Garcia, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Kurt Morsink, Kerry Zavagnin (Lance Watson 94+), Sasha Victorine (Ryan Pore 67), Eddie Johnson, Scott Sealy (Jose Burciaga Jr. 82). CHIVAS USA--Brad Guzan, Lawson Vaughn, Claudio Suarez, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Francisco Mendoza (Anthony Hamilton 81), Paulo Nagamura, Jesse Marsch, Sacha Kljestan, Maykel Galindo, Ramon Nunez (John Cunliffe 74). Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Tim Weyland. Attendance: 19,711. Temperature: 60 and Partly Cloudy.
POSTSEASON BOX SCORES
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-12-7, 1-1-1) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO 15-8-7, 2-1-0) DATE: November 10, 2007 -- Robertson Stadium Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 Houston 1 1 2 Scoring Summary: HOU--Jaqua 1 (Mulrooney 1) 35 HOU--De Rosario 1 (Waibel 1) 81 Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Garcia 55, Marinelli 58, Arnaud 93+ HOU: CAUTIONS: Jaqua 41 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 3 (Johnson 2) 0 (28 tied with 0) 10 (Morsink 4) 0 1 Hartman 4
Houston Dynamo 11 (Ching/De Rosario 3) 6 (De Rosario 2) 11 (Waibel 3) 6 6 None
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Kevin Hartman, Jack Jewsbury (Ryan Pore 75), Nick Garcia, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Kurt Morsink, Kerry Zavagnin (Carlos Marinelli 46), Sasha Victorine (Eloy Colombano 66), Eddie Johnson, Scott Sealy. HOUSTON DYNAMO--Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Brian Mullan, Eddie Robinson, Ryan Cochrane, Wade Barrett, Dwayne De Rosario (Stuart Holden 85), Richard Mulrooney, Brad Davis, Brian Ching (Joseph Ngwenya 70), Nate Jaqua. Referee: Jair Marrufo Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey, C.J. Morgante 4th Official: Abiodun Okulaja. Attendance: 30,972. Temperature: 74 and Clear.
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-10-9, 0-0-1) VS COLUMBUS CREW (17-7-6, 0-0-1) DATE: November 1, 2008 -- CommunityAmerica Ballpark
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS (11-10-9, 0-1-1) VS COLUMBUS CREW (17-7-6, 1-0-1) DATE: November 8, 2008 -- Columbus Crew Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 1 1 Columbus 0 1 1
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Kansas City 0 0 0 Columbus 1 1 2
Scoring Summary: KC--Arnaud 1 (Lopez 1) 53 CLB--Lenhart 1 (Moreno 1) 92+
Scoring Summary: CLB--Evans 1 (Carroll 1) 7 CLB--Rogers 1 (Moreno 2, Barros Schelotto 1) 57
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Jewsbury 41; EJECTIONS: Gomez 75 CLB: CAUTIONS: Padula 84, Carroll 93+
Misconduct Summary: KC: CAUTIONS: Arnaud 39, Wahl 49 CLB: CAUTIONS: Evans 63, Rogers 66, Hejduk 87, Ekpo 90
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Kansas City Wizards 5 (Gomez 3) 2 (Arnaud/Gomez 1) 18 (Thompson 4) 0 1 Hartman 3
Columbus Crew 10 (Barros Schelotto/Moreno 3) 4 (Hejduk 2) 14 (3 tied with 3) 0 4 Hesmer 1
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Kevin Hartman, Jonathan Leathers, Tyson Wahl, Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Herculez Gomez (Ejected 75), Jack Jewsbury, Davy Arnaud, Kevin Souter (Roger Espinoza 92+), Abe Thompson (Josh Wolff 69), Claudio Lopez (Ivan Trujillo 89).
Kansas City Wizards 6 (Jewsbury/Lopez 2) 2 (Lopez/Thompson 1) 10 (Arnaud 3) 2 3 Hartman 1
Columbus Crew 13 (Evans 4) 3 (Evans 2) 15 (Carroll/Rogers 3) 1 1 Hesmer 2
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Kevin Hartman, Jonathan Leathers, Tyson Wahl (Josh Wolff 68), Jimmy Conrad, Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, Roger Espinoza (Matt Marquess 77), Jack Jewsbury, Kevin Souter, Abe Thompson (Michael Kraus 59), Claudio Lopez.
COLUMBUS CREW--William Hesmer, Frankie Hejduk, Chad Marshall, Danny O’Rourke, Gino Padula, Eddie Gaven (Steven Lenhart 83), Brad Evans, Brian Carroll, Robbie Rogers (Emmanuel Ekpo 88), Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Alejandro Moreno.
COLUMBUS CREW--William Hesmer, Frankie Hejduk, Chad Marshall (Andy Iro 92+), Danny O’Rourke, Gino Padula (Ezra Hendrickson 92+), Eddie Gaven, Brad Evans, Brian Carroll, Robbie Rogers, Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Emmanuel Ekpo 85), Alejandro Moreno.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Corey Rockwell 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo. Attendance: 10,385. Temperature: 65 and Partly Cloudy.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Nate Clement 4th Official: Mark Geiger. Attendance: 11,153. Temperature: 42 and Partly Cloudy.
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY (13-9-12, 1-0-0) VS COLORADO RAPIDS (12-9-13, 1-1-0) DATE: October 30, 2011 -- Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
COLORADO RAPIDS (12-9-13, 1-2-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (13-9-12, 2-0-0) DATE: November 2, 2011 -- Sporting Park
Goals by Period Sporting KC Colorado
Goals by Period Colorado Sporting KC
1 0 0
2 2 0
Tot 2 0
2 0 1
Tot 0 2
Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 1 (Zusi 1) 28 KC--Sapong 1 (Zusi 2) 76
Scoring Summary: KC--Bunbury 1 (Julio Cesar 1) 49 KC--Bunbury 2 (penalty kick) 59 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
1 0 1
Sporting Kansas City 8 (Bunbury 3) 5 (Bunbury 2) 13 (Sapong 3) 0 4 Nielsen 1
Colorado Rapids 8 (Nyassi/Cummings 2) 1 (Kandji 1) 10 (3 players tied with 2) 2 6 Pickens 3
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Jeferson 78), Roger Espinoza, Kei Kamara (Soony Saad 89), Teal Bunbury (Davy Arnaud 69), C.J. Sapong. COLORADO RAPIDS--Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura (Tyrone Marshall 36, COL Nonindividual 57), Miguel Comminges, Drew Moor (Scott Palguta 59), Marvell Wynne, Brian Mullan, Wells Thompson, Sanna Nyassi, Jeff Larentowicz, Omar Cummings, Caleb Folan (Macoumba Kandji 23). Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Frank Anderson, Ian Anderson 4th Official: Juan Guzman. Attendance: 8,601. Temperature: 63 and Clear.
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City 12 (3 tied with 3) 7 (Sapong 3) 21 (Myers/Sapong 4) 3 3 Nielsen 4
Colorado Rapids 9 (Nyassi 3) 4 (Nyassi 2) 17 (Cummings 4) 3 2 Pickens 5
COLORADO RAPIDS--Matt Pickens, Wells Thompson, Miguel Comminges, Marvell Wynne, Scott Palguta, Brian Mullan, Sanna Nyassi, Joseph Nane (Macoumba Kandji 56), Jeff Larentowicz, Omar Cummings (Quincy Amarikwa 45), Ross LaBauex (Eddie Ababio 80). SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Birahim Diop 79), Roger Espinoza (Davy Arnaud 45), Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury (Soony Saad 87), C.J. Sapong. Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Brian Poeschel 4th Official: David Gantar. Attendance: 18,565. Temperature: 45 and Raining.
HOUSTON DYNAMO (12-9-13, 3-0-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (13-9-12, 2-1-0) DATE: November 6, 2011 -- Sporting Park
SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-7-9, 0-1-0) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO (14-9-11, 2-0-0) DATE: November 4, 2012 -- BBVA Compass Stadium
Goals by Period Houston Sporting KC
Goals by Period Sporting KC Houston
1 0 0
2 2 0
Tot 2 0
Scoring Summary: HOU--Hainault 2 (unassisted) 53 HOU--Costly 1 (Luiz Camargo 1) 87 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City 13 (Kamara 5) 4 (Kamara 2) 11 (Bunbury 3) 2 4 Nielsen 2
Houston Dynamo 6 (6 tied with 1) 4 (4 tied with 1) 13 (Carr 3) 5 1 Hall 4
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic (Omar Bravo 85), Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Julio Cesar (Jeferson 82), Roger Espinoza (Davy Arnaud 75), Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, C.J. Sapong.
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2 0 1
Tot 0 2
Scoring Summary: HOU--Moffat 1 (Bruin 1) 18 HOU--Bruin 3 (Carr 2) 75
HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Geoff Cameron, Bobby Boswell, Danny Cruz, Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo, Brad Davis (Jermaine Taylor 39), Calen Carr (Will Bruin 68), Brian Ching (Carlo Costly 78).
Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: C.J. Morgante, Steven Taylor 4th Official: Chris Penso. Attendance: 20,839. Temperature: 66 and Sunny.
1 0 1
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City 13 (Zusi 4) 1 (Sapong 1) 11 (Collin 3) 2 4 N/A
Houston Dynamo 13 (Clark/Moffat 3) 2 (Bruin/Moffat 1) 15 (Clark 4) 2 3 Hall 1
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Graham Zusi, Roger Espinoza (Peterson Joseph 77), Kei Kamara, Jacob Peterson (Bobby Convey 90), Julio Cesar, C.J. Sapong (Dom Dwyer 80). HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie, Corey Ashe, Jermaine Taylor (Andre Hainault 55), Bobby Boswell, Boniek Garcia, Brad Davis, Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark, Calen Carr (Brian Ching 81), Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 84). Referee: Edvin Jurisevic Referee’s Assistants: Chris Strickland, Adam Garner 4th Official: Fotis Bazakos. Attendance: 20,689. Temperature: 80 and Clear.
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HOUSTON DYNAMO (14-9-11, 2-1-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-7-9, 1-1-0) DATE: November 7, 2012 -- Sporting Park
SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-10-7, 0-1-0) VS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (14-11-9, 1-0-0) DATE: November 2, 2013 -- Gillette Stadium
Goals by Period Houston Sporting KC
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 0 1 1 NE Revolution 0 2 2
1 0 0
2 0 1
Tot 0 1
Scoring Summary: KC--Sinovic 1 (Zusi 1, Kamara 1) 64 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City 20 (Sapong 6) 4 (4 tied with 1) 14 (Zusi 5) 2 5 Nielsen 1
Houston Dynamo 3 (Bruin 2) 1 (Bruin 1) 14 (Garcia 3) 0 0 Hall 3
HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall, Kofi Sarkodie, Corey Ashe, Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Boniek Garcia, Brad Davis (Luiz Camargo 84), Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark, Calen Carr (Macoumba Kandji 33), Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 74). SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph, Roger Espinoza, Oriol Rosell, Kei Kamara, C.J. Sapong, Graham Zusi. Referee: Allen Chapman Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Corey Parker 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo. Attendance: 20,894. Temperature: 47 and Fair.
Scoring Summary: NE--Dorman 1 (unassisted) 55 NE--Rowe 1 (Nguyen 1, Agudelo 1) 67 KC--Collin 1 (Sapong 1, Myers 1) 69 Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City 13 (Myers 4) 4 (4 tied with 1) 12 (Collin 3) 2 3 Nielsen 1
New England Revolution 8 (3 tied with 2) 3 (3 tied with 1) 13 (Imbongo 4) 2 2 Reis 2
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Oriol Rosell, Graham Zusi; C.J. Sapong, Teal Bunbury (Dom Dwyer 77), Jacob Peterson (Soony Saad 70). NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis; Darrius Barnes, Jose Goncalves, A.J. Soares, Andrew Farrell; Andy Dorman, Diego Fagundez, Kelyn Rowe (Chad Barrett 85), Lee Nguyen, Juan Agudelo; Dimitry Imbongo (Scott Caldwell 71). Referee: Ismail Elfath Referee’s Assistants: George Gansner, Corey Rockwell 4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez. Attendance: 15,164. Temperature: 47 and Clear.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (14-11-9, 1-1-0) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-10-7, 1-1-0) DATE: November 6, 2013 -- Sporting Park
SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-10-7, 1-1-1) VS HOUSTON DYNAMO (14-11-9, 2-0-2) DATE: November 9, 2013 -- BBVA Compass Stadium
Goals by Period 1 2 OT Tot NE Revolution 0 1 0 1 Sporting KC 0 2 1 3
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Sporting KC 0 0 0 Houston 0 0 0
Scoring Summary: KC--Collin 2 (unassisted) 41 NE--Imbongo 1 (Rowe 1) 70 KC--Sinovic 1 (Zusi 1, Collin 1) 79 KC--Bieler 1 (Feilhaber 1) 113
Scoring Summary: None
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City 32 (Sapong 7) 10 (Dwyer 3) 16 (Rosell 4) 3 10 Nielsen 1
New England Revolution 5 (Agudelo 2) 2 (Agudelo/Imbongo 1) 27 (Agudelo 7) 1 1 Reis 7
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION--Matt Reis; A.J. Soares, Jose Goncalves, Darrius Barnes (Jerry Bengtson 115), Andrew Farrell; Diego Fagundez, Kelyn Rowe, Andy Dorman (Scott Caldwell 46), Lee Nguyen, Juan Agudelo; Dimitry Imbongo ( Chad Barrett 78). SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura (Soony Saad 97), Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 116); C.J. Sapong, Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 84), Graham Zusi. Referee: Mark Geiger Referee’s Assistants: Sean Hurd, Joe Fletcher 4th Official: Sorin Stoica. Attendance: 19,031. Temperature: 50 and Partly Cloudy.
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City 15 (Feilhaber 3) 3 (Bunbury 2) 12 (Zusi 3) 2 1 Nielsen 3
Houston Dynamo 10 (Garcia 3) 3 (Garcia 2) 11 (Weaver 3) 2 4 Hall 2
SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (C.J. Sapong 74); Graham Zusi, Teal Bunbury (Dom Dwyer 76), Jacob Peterson (Ike Opara 84). HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Eric Brunner, Mike Chabala; Boniek Garcia, Warren Creavalle, Ricardo Clark (Andrew Driver 26), Brad Davis; Will Bruin (Cam Weaver 46), Omar Cummings (Giles Barnes 78). Referee: Kevin Stott Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkley, Adam Wienckowski 4th Official: Chris Penso. Attendance: 22,107. Temperature: 69 and Partly Cloudy.
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HOUSTON DYNAMO (14-11-9, 2-1-2) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (17-10-7, 2-1-1) DATE: November 23, 2013 -- Sporting Park
REAL SALT LAKE (16-10-8, 3-1-1) VS SPORTING KANSAS CITY (18-7-9, 2-1-2) DATE: December 7, 2013 -- Sporting Park
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot Houston 1 0 1 Sporting KC 1 1 2
Goals by Period Real Salt Lake Sporting KC
Scoring Summary: HOU--Garcia 2 (Davis 1) 3 KC--Sapong 1 (unassisted) 14 KC--Dwyer 1 (Feilhaber 2) 63
Scoring Summary: RSL--Saborio 1 (Beckerman 1) 52 KC--Collin 3 (Zusi 2) 76
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
Sporting Kansas City Houston Dynamo 14 (Dwyer 5) 8 (Garcia 2) 3 (Dwyer 2) 2 (Ashe/Garcia 1) 14 (Feilhaber/Dwyer 3) 14 (Davis 4) 2 2 4 1 Nielsen 1 Hall 1
HOUSTON DYNAMO--Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Eric Brunner, Corey Ashe; Warren Creavalle (Servando Carrasco 75), Giles Barnes, Brad Davis; Andrew Driver (Omar Cummings 70), Boniek Garcia, Cam Weaver (Jason Johnson 82). SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell, Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Ike Opara 84); Graham Zusi (Jacob Peterson 90), Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 90), C.J. Sapong. Referee: Baldomero Toledo Referee’s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Frank Anderson 4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic. Attendance: 21,650. Temperature: 22 and Partly Cloudy.
Stats TOTAL SHOTS: SHOTS ON GOAL: FOULS: OFFSIDE: CORNER KICKS: SAVES:
1 0 0
2 1 1
OT 0 0
Tot 1 1
PK 6 7
Penalty Kicks Summary: KC--Bieler, Goal RSL--Saborio, Miss KC--Nagamura, Goal RSL--Grabavoy, Miss KC--Besler, Saved RSL--Beckerman, Goal KC--Feilhaber, Goal RSL--Plata, Goal KC--Zusi, Miss RSL--Morales, Goal KC--Sinovic, Goal RSL--Schuler, Goal KC--Sapong, Goal RSL--Beltran, Goal KC--Olum, Miss RSL--Velasquez, Saved KC--Myers, Goal RSL--Borchers, Goal KC--Collin, Goal RSL--Palmer, Miss
Sporting Kansas City 24 (Zusi 4) 5 (Dwyer 2) 19 (Collin 4) 4 9 Nielsen 1
Real Salt Lake 12 (Saborio 4) 2 (Saborio/Beckerman 1) 21 (Beltran/Beckerman 4) 3 1 Rimando 4
REAL SALT LAKE--Nick Rimando; Chris Schuler, Tony Beltran, Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert (Lovel Palmer 72); Ned Grabavoy, Luis Gil (Sebastian Velasquez 87), Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales; Alvaro Saborio, Robbie Findley (Joao Plata 112). SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Jimmy Nielsen; Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic; Oriol Rosell (Lawrence Olum 8), Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber; Graham Zusi, Dom Dwyer (Claudio Bieler 72), C.J. Sapong. Referee: Hilario Grajeda Referee’s Assistants: Paul Scott, Bill Dittmar 4th Official: Ismail Elfath. Attendance: 21,650. Temperature: 22 and Sunny.
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Peter Vermes - Manager Vermes’ career began in Delran, N.J. where he led Delran High School to a state championship in 1983 with the game-winning goal in overtime and was the New Jersey scholastic player of the year in 1984 as an All-American who finished his prep career with 109 goals. Collegiately, he recorded eight goals and three assists at Loyola of Maryland before transferring to Rutgers University.
Not only was Vermes the only MLS player to play every minute in the 1999 season, but the feat came during a span of 67 uninterrupted MLS appearances from 19982000 that ranks second most by a field player in League history.
Vermes arrived in Kansas City for the historic 2000 season via a trade with the Rapids. After finishing worst in the Western Conference a year before, KC won the From 1985-1987, Vermes contributed 35 goals and 19 assists for the Scarlet Knights Supporters Shield and MLS Cup in 2000 thanks to Vermes’ stellar defensive play in in a college career that culminated with Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, NSCAA Allfront of Tony Meola. American and National Player of the Year finalist honors. He scored 21 goals and added 10 assists in 24 games as Rutgers’ Male Athlete of the Year as a senior and his The team set an MLS record for most regular season shutouts with 17, highlighted 10 game-winning goals in 1987 still stand as a school record. by an 817-minute shutout streak in home matches that still stands as the best mark in MLS history. Vermes anchored the backline in all seven postseason matches, Vermes debuted for the U.S. Men’s National Team in 1988 in the first of 67 career including five more shutouts, to cap off a season that saw him claim MLS All-Star, appearances that spanned the highest levels of international competition. He Best XI and Defender of the Year honors. represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and was named U.S. Soccer’s 1988 Male Athlete of the Year and Olympic Player of Vermes’ playing career came to a close after the 2002 season, retiring at the age the Year. of 36 after a seven-year MLS run in which he reached the MLS Cup Playoffs in all seven campaigns. He started 208 of 209 MLS appearances (including playoffs) with In 1989, he starred for the bronze-medal winning U.S. team at the first-ever FIFA 11 goals and 19 assists and is one of 26 players in MLS history to start 25 or more Five-A-Side World Championship (now Futsal World Cup) in Holland, where he was postseason matches. the tournament’s leading scorer with six goals. He then made six appearances in the 1989 CONCACAF Championship, helping the U.S. qualify for the country’s first Since retirement, Vermes has continued to grow the game at all levels and holds a FIFA World Cup in 40 years. Vermes was chosen to the World Cup team, coached by USSF “A” coaching license. In 2003, he began his current role as Technical Director Gansler, and started all three games at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. of Blue Valley Soccer Club and as Technical Director of the Super-Y League. He founded U.S. Youth Futsal in 2004 and remains on their leadership team today. He After scoring six of his 11 career international goals in 1990 and earning the also served as an assistant coach on the United States Under-20 Men’s National captain’s armband for his country, Vermes scored twice in the 1991 CONCACAF Team that won their group at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Gold Cup with goals in the group stage finale and semifinals en route to the United Netherlands. States’ first of four regional championships. After playing a prominent role in the first ever Gold Cup, Vermes would also feature in the inaugural editions of two In November 2006, two months after Sporting Club purchased the then-Kansas more international tournaments a year later with appearances in the 1992 U.S. Cup City Wizards from the Hunt Sports Group, Vermes was named the team’s Technical and FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia. Director to oversee all soccer operations for the club. In 2009, Vermes became the team’s manager and his .554 winning percentage in six seasons is the best in team In 1993, Vermes was selected for the United States first trip to Copa America and history. His .600 winning postseason winning percentage (5-3-2) is also a franchise again represented the U.S. in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. He earned his final cap for best. the U.S. Men’s National Team in November 1997 after transitioning from goal scorer to defender, playing in his 10th career FIFA World Cup Qualifier and doing so under He led Sporting Kansas City to first place finishes in the Eastern Conference in 2011 his fifth different national team coach. and 2012 and their first trophy in eight years with the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title. An MLS Coach of the Year finalist in 2011 and 2012, Vermes was selected Vermes also enjoyed a prolific career at the club level, turning pro with the to coach the MLS All-Stars during the 2013 MLS All-Star Game at Sporting Park. American Soccer League’s New Jersey Eagles in 1988. He then became the first American to play in the first divisions of Hungary (Raba ETO FC in 1989) and After Sporting Kansas City’s MLS Cup triumph on Dec. 7, 2013, Vermes became Holland (F.C. Volendam in 1990). Following a brief stint with the Tampa Bay the first person to win MLS Cup as a player and coach for the same club. The Rowdies of the American Professional Soccer League, he joined Figueres in Spain’s championship capped a campaign that also saw Sporting Kansas City compete in second division from 1991-1995. the CONCACAF Champions League for the first time in eight years and come within a point of the Supporters’ Shield title. Returning home ahead of Major League’s soccer inaugural season, Vermes first played domestically for the New York Fever as a USISL Professional League This season, Vermes became the first coach in club history to guide Kansas City to Northeast Division All-Star in 1995. He was selected in the 1996 MLS Inaugural four straight appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs. His club was also the only MLS Player Draft by the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and captained the club in side to make a second straight appearance in the CONCACAF Champions League their debut season, leading the team in minutes played. Following the MLS season, as the League’s reigning champions competed in the 2014-15 group stage. Vermes signed with the NPSL’s Philadelphia Kixx and was a 1996-1997 NPSL AllStar. Vermes has served on the U.S. Soccer Federation’s Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Athlete Council in addition to similar roles within Major League The Colorado Rapids acquired Vermes prior to the 1997 season, in a trade for Soccer. He was inducted into the Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 and current Sporting Kansas City assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin, and Vermes led the the Soccer Coaches of New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2009. His hometown of Delran, club to the 1997 MLS Cup with six goals and four assists in the regular season. N.J. also honored him with the opening of Olympian Peter Vermes Soccer Park in A team co-captain, Vermes’ three years in Colorado under head coach Glenn 1989. Myernick from 1997-1999 remain as the Rapids three most victorious seasons in team history.
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Kerry Zavagnin – Assistant 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, among others. He started his professional career with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, where he played in 39 games over two seasons. After spending one season with the Lehigh Valley Steam (USL-1), Zavagnin came to Kansas City in 2000. He played 237 games (228 starts) and logged 20,516 minutes for Kansas City, setting team records in both categories. He scored eight goals and added 22 assists in his nine seasons in Kansas City blue. Zavagnin was named Team Defender of the Year in 2001. On top of his club success in Kansas City, Zavagnin also appeared 21 times for the United States National Team. He recorded one assist for the Red, White and Blue. The U.S. team went 15-2-4 when Zavagnin appeared. Zavagnin married his wife Mirriam prior to the 2009 season.
Zoran Savic – Assistant Coach Savic joined Sporting Kansas City as an assistant coach 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. John Pascarella – Goalkeeper Coach Pascarella played professionally for nine seasons before beginning his coaching career in 1998 at the University of Maryland. Pascarella played club soccer with Sporting Kansas City Technical Director Peter Vermes. His playing experience took him to Russia and Peru before he returned to the United States to play in the A-League and MLS. Once his playing career was over, Pascarella began coaching as a member of Sasho Cirovski’s staff at Maryland. He then went on to work in Northern Virginia youth soccer circles as a high school coach and Olympic Development Program coach before becoming the Head Coach and Technical Director of the Northern Virginia Royals of the USL’s Premier Development League for two seasons. Pascarella is married and has four children.
Mateus Manoel – Fitness Coach Manoel is in his second season with Sporting Kansas City as Fitness Coach. His responsibilities cover all aspects of sport performance for the team. In the summer of 2010 he was an Assistant Fitness Coach for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Previously, Mateus had served as Fitness Coach for the Mexican Men’s National Team during the Qualification rounds for the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010, working with world renowned coach Sven Goran Eriksson. He then held a full-time position as Performance Specialist with Athletes’ Performance in the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, where he worked with professional athletes from a variety of sports, including NFL, NHL, MLB and Chivas USA and LA Galaxy of the MLS. During the 2007 and 2008 seasons of MLS, Mateus had assisted with strength and conditioning for D.C. United. Prior to joining MLS, Mateus served as Sports Performance Director for Velocity Sports Performance in Virginia. Mateus holds a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from George Washington University, where he was also responsible for the strength and conditioning needs of the Colonials Men’s Varsity Soccer Team. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from University of Maryland - College Park and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Mateus was born in Brazil and is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
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KRONBERG GOALKEEPER krawn-berg
Height: 6’ 5” Weight: 210 lbs. Birth Date: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, California The longest tenured member of the club, Kronberg is in his ninth season in Kansas City and first as a starter. During the 2014 regular season, he was second in MLS with a 1.10 goals against average among keepers with at least 400 minutes played. He earned MLS Save of the Week in May and was named MLS Player of the Month for June after registering shutouts in the club’s only two games that month. He missed 11 weeks of action from mid-July to mid-September with a broken bone in his hand and returned to League play on Sept. 26. He made 20 MLS appearances this year, posting seven shutouts Kronberg has remained with his current team longer than any active MLS goalkeeper. Only one player in club history (Davy Arnaud) has been with the team for more than nine seasons and only three other active MLS players have longer tenures with their teams: Logan Pause (12, Chicago Fire), Landon Donovan (10, LA Galaxy) and Gonzalo Segares (10, Chicago Fire). College: California Acquired: 2006 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round (#40) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Saves 6, May 14, 2011, KC at LA Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Shutout June 27, 2014, KC at POR 2014 Record when: he starts 7-8-5
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ERIK
PALMER-BROWN DEFENDER
Height: 6’ 1” Weight: 175 lbs. Birth Date: 4/24/1997 Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MO The second youngest player in MLS, 17-year-old Palmer-Brown signed a homegrown player contract last August at the age of 16. He made his debut and first MLS start on May 18, becoming the youngest player in MLS history to start a match as a defender, and delivered strong League performances at D.C. United (May 31) and at Houston (June 6, a 1-0 shutout win). He featured at right back in the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game on Aug. 4., helping the MLS Homegrown team secure a 0-0 draw against the Portland Timbers U-23s. The Lee’s Summit, Mo. native joined the Sporting KC Academy at age 13. He has represented U.S. youth national teams as the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, most recently competing with the U-20s in a September training camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He suffered a season-ending stress fracture injury on Sept. 30. Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/2/2013. Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Fouls Suffered 1, May 31, 2014 Last regular season... Appearance June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
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IKE
OPARA DEFENDER
oh-PAR-ah
Height: 6’ 2” Weight: 180 lbs. Birth Date: 02/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, NC The 2013 Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year appeared in a career-best 18 games with 16 starts during the club’s MLS Cup-winning campaign. Opara scored four goals in 2013 across all competitions, each of them a header, and appeared in three of Sporting KC’s five MLS Cup Playoff matches. He suffered a season-ending chondral defect injury to his right ankle on March 29 of this year after making three MLS appearances and two starts in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. Opara started all thee matches for the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and was invited to camp with the U.S. Olympic squad (U-23) in February 2012. College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose Earthquakes 12/12/12 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Shots 3, 2 times, last: Mar. 22, 2014, KC vs SJ Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: May 19, 2013, KC at DC Last regular season... Appearance Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Goal Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Assist N/A 2014 record when: he starts 2-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
Ike Opara: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2012 San Jose 1 0 78 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 4 0 94 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
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KEVIN
ELLIS DEFENDER
Height: 5’ 9” Weight: 160 lbs. Birth Date: 6/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO Ellis started three of Sporting KC’s first four MLS matches in 2014 and scored his first goal for the club in the opening leg of the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals vs. eventual champion Cruz Azul. He went on loan to USL Pro affiliate OKC Energy FC from mid-April to mid-May before featuring regularly along the Sporting KC back line. He made a career-high 20 League appearances (16 starts) and contributed three assists, tied for third most on the team. The right back, who became the second Homegrown Player in club history in 2011, earned MLS Team of the Week honors twice and contributed to five shutouts in MLS play. College: Barton County Community College Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 2/18/11 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 1, Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Shots 2, Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Fouls Committed 3, 4 times, last: Oct. 3, 2014, KC at DC Fouls Suffered 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal N/A Assist Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI 2014 record when: he starts 5-6-5 he scores 0-0-0
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BESLER DEFENDER BEEZ-ler
Height: 6’ 0” Weight: 170 lbs. Birth Date: 02/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS Sporting KC’s team captain for the 2014 campaign, Besler is in his sixth season at his hometown club. He has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014), MLS Defender of the Year (2012) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2012) honors and was named the 2014 KC Sportsman of the Year by the Kansas City Sports Commission. On July 19, he signed a Designated Player contract with the club through 2018. His 150 regular season games played and 145 starts for the club rank seventh and eighth all-time, respectively. He had one assist in 24 MLS starts this season and contributed to seven shutouts. He was named to the MLS Team of the Week on July 14. Besler was on the United States’ roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Graham Zusi. He became the first player from the state of Kansas to play in the World Cup and started all four matches in central defense at the tournament. Besler has earned 22 caps since debuting in January 2013, most recently appearing in a 1-1 friendly draw against Honduras on Oct. 14, 2014. College: Notre Dame Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: October 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 7 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 16, 2013, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 5, Aug. 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL 2014 record when: he starts 11-10-3 he scores 0-0-0
Matt Besler: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2011 Sporting KC 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2012 Sporting KC 2 2 180 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 5 5 510 0 0 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 10 10 960 0 0 2 0 12 8 1 0 0 0 48
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PAULO
NAGAMURA MIDFIELDER
POW-lo na-ga-MOO-ra
Height: 5’ 8” Weight: 155 lbs. Birth Date: 3/2/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Sporting KC acquired Nagamura in November 2011. A regular starter in the midfield, he converted penalty kicks in shootouts following the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and 2013 MLS Cup Final. He played and started 21 games this season, contributing two goals and three assists, but was out from mid-July to the beginning of September with an ankle injury. He leads the club’s current roster in career MLS appearances (221) and minutes played (19,044). An MLS veteran, Nagamura is in his third season with Sporting KC. The Brazilian began his career with Sao Paulo FC and Arsenal FC in England before coming to the United States to play for the LA Galaxy in 2005, winning the MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in his first season. He’s also played for Toronto FC and Chivas USA in MLS, becoming an MLS All-Star in 2009.
Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA on 11/29/2011 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 19 times, last: Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 4, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Shots 5, 2 times, last: Sept. 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 6, Sept. 13, 2007, CHV vs LA Fouls Suffered 6, May 13, 2006, LA vs RSL Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Assist Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE 2014 Record when: he starts 9-7-5 he scores 1-1-0
Paulo Nagamura: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2005 LA Galaxy 4 3 369 0 0 2 2 7 8 0 0 2 0 2007 Chivas USA 2 2 180 0 0 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 2008 Chivas USA 2 2 180 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 2009 Chivas USA 2 2 180 0 0 4 1 3 5 0 0 1 0 2013 Sporting KC 4 4 397 0 0 10 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 Totals 14 13 1306 0 0 19 6 19 29 1 0 4 0 49
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CHANCE
MYERS DEFENDER
Height: 6’ 0” Weight: 165 lbs. Birth Date: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA The second-longest tenured member of the squad, Myers is in his seventh season after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. In 2013, Myers started a career-high 31 MLS matches (including playoffs) and was the toprated outside back on the MLS Castrol Index. His 2014 campaign ended after he suffered a left achilles tear on May 23 vs. Toronto. He finished the campaign with seven MLS starts, contributing to four shutouts. Myers signed a new contract with the club in January after joining the U.S. Men’s National Team for the first time in his career as a member of Jurgen Klinsmann’s January Camp in 2014. He previously played for the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 youth national teams. College: UCLA Acquired: 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, April 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assists 1, 13 times, last: May 10, 2014, KC at MTL Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Shots 3, 3 times, last: July 3, 2013, KC vs VAN Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: Apr. 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Last regular season... Appearance May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR Goal Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Assist May 10, 2014, KC at MTL 2014 Record when: he starts 3-2-2 he scores 0-0-0
Chance Myers: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2011 Sporting KC 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 2012 Sporting KC 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2013 Sporting KC 5 5 510 0 1 7 1 3 4 0 1 1 0 Totals 10 10 960 0 1 7 1 9 10 0 1 2 0
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GRAHAM
ZUSI MIDFIELDER ZOO-see
Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 160 lbs. Birth Date: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL Sporting KC’s 2014 Co-Most Valuable Player, Zusi scored five and eight assists in 25 appearances and is the only MLS player with at least five goals and at least seven assists in each of the last four seasons. On July 19, he signed a Designated Player contract with the club through the 2018 season. Sporting KC is 17-0-2 all-time when he scores an MLS goal. He is a four-time MLS Team of the Week honoree in 2014 and has won MLS Goal of the Week twice. Zusi’s 70 successful crosses/ corners in 2014 were most in MLS, as are his 349 chances created in MLS competition (including playoffs) since 2011. His 39 career assists are third most on the team’s all-time charts and his 22 goals rank 10th most in club history. Zusi recorded a career-high six goals and a team-best 12 assists in all competition in 2013 and was the top-rated midfielder in the MLS Castrol Index. He was an MLS MVP finalist in 2012 to go along with MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014), MLS Best XI (2012, 2013) and MLS Breakout Player of the Year (2011) honors. Zusi was on the United States’ roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup alongside teammate Matt Besler. He appeared in all four matches for the U.S. at the tournament and contributed two assists. He has earned 28 caps with three goals and six assists in his international career, most recently appearing in a 1-1 friendly draw against Honduras on Oct. 14, 2014. College: Maryland Acquired: 2009 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 4 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Shots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Suffered 6, Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Assist Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI 2014 Record when: he starts 11-10-3 he scores 4-0-1
Graham Zusi: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2011 Sporting KC 3 3 270 0 2 4 0 5 3 0 11 0 0 2012 Sporting KC 2 2 180 0 1 5 0 7 4 0 9 1 0 2013 Sporting KC 5 5 509 0 2 12 1 6 12 1 26 0 0 Totals 10 10 959 0 5 21 1 18 19 1 46 1 0 51
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ANTONIO
DOVALE MIDFIELDER doh-VAH-lay
Height: 5’ 8” Weight: 152 lbs. Birth Date: 4/4/1990 Hometown: A Coruna, Galicia, Spain Sporting KC’s 2014 Co-Newcomer of the Year, Dovale made his club debut as a substitute in the MLS Cup rematch against Real Salt Lake on April 5 and scored his first goal on May 27 vs. New York. He contributed a goal and three assists in 19 MLS matches this season and scored three goals in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage to become Sporting KC’s second-leading scorer all-time in international competition. The midfielder played four years in the Barcelona Academy before signing a professional contract with second division club Celta de Vigo at age 16. In the 2011-12 season, he helped the club earn promotion to LigaBBVA with two goals in 30 appearances. Last club: Celta de Vigo (Spain Acquired: Signed on 3/12/2014 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, May 27, 2014, KC vs NY Assists 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 2, 2 times, last: Oct. 3, 2014, KC at DC Shots 4, Oct. 3, 2014, KC at DC Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 3, May 18, 2014, KC at CHI Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal May 27, 2014, KC vs NY Assist Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE 2014 record when: he starts 5-5-4 he scores 0-0-1
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BENNY
FEILHABER MIDFIELDER FAIL-hob-ber
Height: 5’ 9” Weight: 160 lbs. Birth Date: 1/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, CA In his fourth MLS season, Feilhaber set career-highs in games played (31) and games started (30) en route to recording four goals and six assists in MLS. Named MLS Player of the Month in July, the two-way midfielder led the team with 45 chances created from open play, 57 tackles won, 227 recoveries, 1,542 passes and 2,085 touches. A two-time MLS Team of the Week honoree, Feilhaber was named MLS Player of the Month for July as Sporting KC went 4-0-1 during the month. He also won Sporting KC’s 2014 Goal of the Year for his 93rd-minute strike against the Columbus Crew on July 16. Feilhaber began his career in Germany with Hamburg’s reserve team before helping Derby County earn promotion to the English Premier League in 2007. He was a member of the U.S. 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, making three appearances in South Africa. College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution on 12/11/2012 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 12 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Assists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 30, 2013, KC vs MTL Shots on Goal 2, 8 times, last: Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Shots 5, July 26, 2014, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 6, Aug. 10, 2014, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 6, May 12, 20112, NE vs VAN Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 18, 2014, KC at PHI Goal Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Assist July 16, 2014, KC at CLB 2014 record when: he starts 14-10-6 he scores 4-0-0
Benny Feilhaber: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2013 Sporting KC 4 4 394 0 2 14 1 5 12 2 0 1 0 Totals 4 4 394 0 2 14 1 5 12 2 0 1 0
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SAL
ZIZZO MIDFIELDER ZEE-zoh
Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 165 lbs. Birth Date: 4/3/1987 Hometown: San Diego, California The first-year Sporting KC winger made 19 MLS appearances with 13 starts in 2014. He recorded three assists this campaign, tied for third most on the team, and scored his first Sporting KC goal in the CONCACAF Champions League on Sept. 23. Acquired in December via a trade with the Portland Timbers, Zizzo spent three years in the German Bundesliga with Hannover 96 before coming back to the United States in 2010. He represented the U.S. at the U-18 and U-20 levels and starred for the U-20 National Team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. College: UCLA Last club: Portland Timbers Acquired: Trade with Portland Timbers on 12/13/2013 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSL Assists 2, 2 times, last: Mar. 29, 2014, KC at COL Shots on Goal 3, May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI Shots 3, 7 times, last: May 14, 2014, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 2, 5 times, last: Oct. 18, 2014, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 4, May 20, 2012, POR vs CHI Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal Aug. 30, 2013, POR at RSL Assist May 23, 2014, KC vs TOR 2014 record when: he starts 5-5-3 he scores 0-0-0
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MIKEY
LOPEZ MIDFIELDER
Height: 5’ 8” Weight: 160 lbs. Birth Date: 2/20/1993 Hometown: Mission, Texas Lopez was selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing and made his Sporting KC debut on May 26, 2013 in the U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round. His MLS debut and first start came on July 16 of this year at Columbus. He played in eight games this season, starting five. Lopez joined USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC in March before switching to OKC Energy FC in June. He was recalled to Sporting KC on June 30 after making 14 USL PRO appearances with one goal and one assist. Lopez is a member of the U.S. U-20 National Team and helped the country qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#14) Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Shots 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 3, July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 3, Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 record when: he starts 2-2-1 he scores 0-0-0
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LAWRENCE
OLUM MIDFIELDER OH-lumm
Height: 6’ 2” Weight: 185 lbs. Birth Date: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya Currently in his fourth season with Sporting KC, Olum set career-highs in MLS appearances (25), starts (21) and minutes played (1,853). Capable of serving as a central defender or holding midfielder, Olum’s 12-7-2 record as a starter this MLS season was best on the team among players with at least 10 starts. He ranked third among MLS midfielders with 60 aerial duels won. Olum began his professional career with the Portland Timbers in 2007. He also played for the Minnesota Thunder, Austin Aztex and Orlando City SC before signing with Sporting KC in September 2011. He joined the Kenya Men’s National Team in November 2012 and recently helped the team advance to the second round of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, starting two games in late May and one in early August. College: Missouri Baptist Last club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed on 9/15/2010 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Assists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Shots 3, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Suffered 2, Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal July 19, 2014, KC vs LA Assist Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL 2014 record when: he starts 12-7-2 he scores 2-0-0
Lawrence Olum: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2013 Sporting KC 2 1 202 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 2 1 202 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
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DOM
DWYER FORWARD
Height: 5’ 9” Weight: 180 lbs. Birth Date: 7/30/1990 Hometown: London, England Dwyer’s breakout season garnered Sporting KC Offensive Player of the Year and Co-Most Valuable Player recognition. In his third year with the club, he topped Kansas City’s all-time single-season scoring chart with 22 MLS goals, while his 23 goals in all competitions were also a franchise best. Dwyer finished second in the MLS Golden Boot race behind Bradley Wright-Phillips (27 goals). Major League Soccer’s Player of the Month in May, he scored in four straight MLS games on two separate occasions in 2014 and his five multigoal games were second most in MLS. The 24-year-old Englishman scored six game-winning goals, tied for the most in a single-season in club history, and his 14 left-footed goals, seven penalty kick goals and five headed goals were League bests. In 2013, he totalled 26 goals across six competitions while splitting time with Sporting KC and the team’s USL PRO affiliate Orlando City SC. The Englishman was the USL PRO Championship MVP with four goals in the final and helped propel Sporting KC to MLS Cup by scoring the game-winning goal in the Eastern Conference Championship. College: South Florida Acquired: 2012 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 5 times, last: Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TOR Assists 1, 3 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at TOR Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: July 12, 2014, KC at MTL Shots 7, Sept. 27, 2013, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 26, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 9, Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal Oct. 18, 2014, KC at PHI Assist July 26, 2014, KC at TOR 2014 record when: he starts 13-11-7 he scores 9-6-2
Dom Dwyer: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2012 Sporting KC 1 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 5 3 272 1 0 16 8 8 7 3 0 0 0 Totals 6 3 282 1 0 17 8 8 7 3 0 0 0 57
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SETH
SINOVIC DEFENDER sin-OH-vick
Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 170 lbs. Birth Date: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Left back Seth Sinovic is Sporting KC’s Defender of the Year this season. A regular starter on a backline that allowed the fewest shots among all MLS teams in 2014, Sinovic led all Sporting KC players in interceptions (77) and minutes played (2,755) during the regular season while contributing three assists across all competition. He started 31 MLS matches and contributed to nine shutouts. The 27-year-old Leawood, Kansas native ranks third among MLS defenders with 2,085 touches and fourth at his position with 1,281 passes and 291 duels. Since 2011, no player in Major League Soccer has contributed to more shutouts than Sinovic in MLS competition (47 including postseason). Over that span, he’s played in 63 MLS victories (including postseason), which is fifth most among MLS players. College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed on 5/10/2011 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 7 times, last: Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Shots 3, 2 times, last: Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Fouls Committed 4, 3 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 3, 6 times, last: April 20, 2013, KC at LA Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal N/A Assist Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY 2014 record when: he starts 13-12-6 he scores 0-0-0
Seth Sinovic: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2011 Sporting KC 3 3 265 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2012 Sporting KC 2 2 180 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 5 5 1 1 0 2 1 8 5 0 0 1 0 Totals 10 10 955 2 0 4 2 13 10 0 0 1 0 58
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CLAUDIO
BIELER FORWARD bee-AY-lurr
Height: 5’ 11” Weight: 170 lbs. Birth Date: 3/1/1984 Birthplace: Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Bieler won the club’s Golden Boot in 2013 with 10 goals while adding four assists in 28 MLS games played. The team’s fourth Designated Player in club history, he made 13 MLS appearances during the 2014 season with two goals. He also scored twice in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. Bieler was acquired from LDU Quito where he won the Copa Libertadores (2008) and Copa Sudamericana (2009). A dual citizen of Ecuador and Argentina, he has played professionally in both countries as well as Chile. Last club: LDU Quito (Ecuador) Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/2012 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Assists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB Shots on Goal 4, May 5, 2013, KC vs CHV Shots 6, 2 times, last: June 1, 2013, KC vs MTL Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: July 27, 2013, KC at MTL Fouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2014, KC at TOR Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Assist Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB 2014 record when: he starts 1-3-0 he scores 2-0-0
Claudio Bieler: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2013 Sporting KC 3 0 85 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 0 85 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
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C.J.
SAPONG FORWARD Sah-PONG
Height: 6’ 1” Weight: 185 lbs. Birth Date: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia A fourth-year professional, Sapong played in 20 League games this year with seven starts and two goals. Sporting KC has a 19-0-2 overall record (including postseason) when he scores. He missed two months from mid-March to mid-May with a neck injury. Sapong was named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year with five goals and five assists in his first season. He scored nine goals in 2012 and four more in 2013, including the game-tying goal in last year’s Eastern Conference Championship series vs. Houston. He debuted for the U.S. National Team in January 2012. College: James Madison Acquired: 2011 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, Sept. 21, 2013, KC at TOR Assists 1, 9 times, last: Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL Shots on Goal 4, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 10, Sept. 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 5, 2 times, last: Oct. 5, 2013, KC at CLB Fouls Suffered 5, 2 times, last: Apr. 20, 2013, KC at LA Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Goal Aug. 16, 2014, KC vs TOR Assist Aug. 31, 2013, KC vs COL 2014 record when: he starts 2-3-2 he scores: 2-0-0
C.J. Sapong: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2011 Sporting KC 3 3 270 1 0 5 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 2012 Sporting KC 2 2 170 0 0 8 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 5 4 436 1 1 12 4 7 15 3 0 0 0 Totals 10 9 876 2 1 25 11 16 27 3 0 0 0
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VICTOR
MUNOZ MIDFIELDER
Height: 5’ 7” Weight: 165 lbs. Birth Date: 7/25/1990 Hometown: Madrid, Spain Sporting KC acquired Munoz in April 2014. The 23-year-old was selected by D.C. United in the second round of hte 2014 MLS SuperDraft. He made his Sporting KC debut in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round on June 18. Munoz spent eight years in the Real Madrid academy system and was a member of Spain’s U-15, U-16 and U-17 youth national teams before moving to the U.S. in 2010 to pursue a college education. College: UCLA Acquired: Signed on 4/1/2014 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last regular season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 record when: he starts 0-0-0
he scores: 0-0-0
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JORGE
CLAROS MIDFIELDER
hor-hay
Height: 5’ 9” Weight: 155 lbs. Birth Date: 1/8/1986 Hometown: La Ceiba, Honduras Claros made his MLS debut on Aug. 1 after signing for Sporting KC on July 16. He featured seven times in League play and played in all three 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage matches for the club. The defensive midfielder has featured 55 times for the Honduras Men’s National Team, most recently against teammates Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and the United States in a friendly on Oct. 14, 2014. He has scored three goals since making his debut in 2006 and played in all three matches for his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Claros helped Motagua win Liga Nacional titles during the 2007-08 Apertura and 2010-11 Clausura before joining Scottish side Hibernian in 2012. He returned to Motagua in 2013. Last Club: CD Motagua (Honduras) Acquired: Signed on 7/16/2014 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY Fouls Committed 3, Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Fouls Suffered 1, 3 times, last: Sept. 6, 2014, KC at NY Last regular season... Appearance Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 record when: he starts 0-3-1 he scores 0-0-0
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JON
KEMPIN GOALKEEPER
Height: 6’ 1” Weight: 170 lbs. Birth Date: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas A product of the Sporting KC Academy, Kempin became the club’s first Homegrown Player in 2010 at the age of 17. He was named the Most Valuable Player at the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game on Aug. 4 in Portland and made his MLS debut on Aug. 10 against Vancouver, saving a penalty kick in the 84th minute after replacing the injured Andy Gruenebaum at halftime. The Blue Valley North High School alum earned his first MLS start on Aug. 16. He is a two-time MLS Save of the Week honoree (Weeks 22-23). Kempin has been an active member of the U-20 and U-23 U.S. National Team pools. He was loaned to USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC in March, registering five shutouts in 13 games played, before his return to Sporting KC on July 9. He spent most of the 2013 campaign on loan at Orlando City SC. Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Academy Acquired: Signed as Homegrown Player on 8/31/2010 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Saves 2, 2 times, last: Aug. 23, 2014, KC vs DC Last regular season... Appearance Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Shutout N/A 2014 record when: he starts 1-2-0
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SOONY
SAAD FORWARD soo-NEE sod
Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 165 lbs. Birth Date: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan Saad made 22 appearances with nine starts during the 2014 MLS campaign. He opened his scoring account on June 6 and added two more goals from the left side of attack. The 22-year-old also scored twice in the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. After leading the NCAA in scoring with a school record 19 goals as a freshman at the University of Michigan, Saad was signed by Major League Soccer and allocated to Sporting KC via a lottery draft in July 2011. He scored nine minutes into his MLS debut on his 19th birthday and added four goals and four assists in 23 MLS regular season appearances last season. He represented the U.S. at the youth level, including appearances with the U-20 national team, but is now a member of the Lebanon Men’s National Team. College: Michigan Acquired: Weighted lottery on 7/5/2011 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, July 13, 2013, KC vs TOR Assists 2, Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE Shots on Goal 3, 3 times, last: June 6, 2014, KC at HOU Shots 9, June 29, 2013, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: June 27, 2014, KC at POR Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 26, 2013 KC at PHI Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 18, 2014, KC at PHI Goal Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Assist Aug. 10, 2013, KC vs NE 2014 record when: he starts 5-3-1 he scores 2-1-0
Soony Saad: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2011 Sporting KC 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 2 0 43 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 4 47 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 64
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MARTIN
STEUBLE MIDFIELDER SHTOY-bleh
Height: 5’ 8” Weight: 155 lbs. Birth Date: 6/9/1988 Hometown: Schlieren, Switzerland Steuble joined Sporting KC on July 16 from Swiss club FC Wil 1900. He made his MLS debut on Aug. 1 as a second half substitute and earned his first League start on Aug. 29. The 26-year-old midfielder played seven years of professional soccer in Switzerland has featured nine times for the Philippines Men’s National Team under head coach Thomas Dooley. He made his international debut on March 1 of this year and opened his international scoring account on April 11.
Last Club: FC Wil 1900 Acquired: Signed on 9/13/2013 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 2, Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Fouls Suffered 1, Aug. 29, 2014, KC vs HOU Last regular season... Appearance Sept. 3, 2014, KC at NE Goal N/A Assist N/A Record when: he starts 0-1-0 he scores 0-0-0
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MICHAEL
KAFARI
MIDFIELDER
Height: 6’ 1” Weight: 175 lbs. Birth Date: 10/30/1991 Hometown: Accra, Ghana Sporting KC acquired Kafari in early July of this year, and he made his first appearance for the club on July 23 in a friendly vs. Manchester City. He previously played collegiately at New Mexico before the Vancouver Whitecaps drafted the Ghana native in the third round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft (No. 51 overall). After spending preseason with the Canadian club, Kafari signed with their USL PRO affiliate Charleston Battery in midMarch. He made his competitive debut for Charleston on May 28 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third round.
College: New Mexico Acquired: Signed on 7/8/2014 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last regular season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 record when: he starts 0-0-0
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CHRISTIAN
DUKE MIDFIELDER
Height: 5’ 9” Weight: 155 lbs. Birth Date: 06/05/1991 Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Duke played 13 matches for club affiliate OKC Energy FC before returning from loan at the conclusion of the 2014 USL PRO season on Sept. 7. He led all loanees on Sporting KC’s roster with three assists and 912 minutes played in USL PRO. In 2013, the Overland Park, Kansas native spent a successful first professional season with league champions Orlando City SC and was named the team’s top rookie with one goal and one assist in 22 games. He began playing for the Sporting KC Academy in June 2007 while attending Shawnee Mission South High School. College: San Diego Acquired: 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft 1st round (#14) Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed N/A Fouls Suffered N/A Last regular season... Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
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ANDY
GRUENEBAUM GOALKEEPER
GREEN-uh-BOHM
Height: 6’ 1” Weight: 175 lbs. Birth Date: 12/30/1982 Birthplace: Overland Park, Kansas 2014 is a homecoming for Gruenebaum, as Sporting KC acquired the Overland Park native from the Columbus Crew in December. He made his club debut in the U.S. Open Cup on June 18 and earned his first MLS start of 2014 on July 12 . After Sporting KC’s 2-1 win at Toronto on July 26, he became the second goalkeeper in MLS history to secure regulation wins in each his first four starts with a new club. He tied a career-high with seven saves en route to a clean sheet against D.C. United on Oct. 3, and after shutting out Chicago in a 2-0 win on Oct. 10, reached a league-best .76 save percentage among keepers with at least four starts. His 308-minute shutout streak since Sept. 6 is the longest active streak in MLS, 44 minutes short of the season-high. An eight-year veteran of the league, Gruenebaum featured 82 times for the Crew (including postseason) and was part of their 2008 team that won MLS Cup. Gruenebaum had a breakout season in 2012, becoming Columbus’ starting keeper and recording an MLS-best 124 saves en route to 13 wins and eight shutouts. College: Kentucky Last club: Columbus Crew Acquired: Trade with Columbus Crew on 12/16/2013 Regular Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: Apr. 7, 2012, CLB vs NY Saves 7, 6 times, last: Oct. 3, 2014, KC at DC Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI Shutout Oct. 10, 2014, KC vs CHI 2014 record when: he starts 6-3-2
Andy Gruenebaum: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN SOG SV SHO GA GAA PK PKA W L T 2010 Columbus 2 2 210 9 7 0 2 0.86 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 2 2 210 9 7 0 2 0.86 0 0 1 1 0
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JACOB
PETERSON FORWARD
Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 165 lbs. Birth Date: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan An eight-year veteran of MLS, Peterson is in his third season with Sporting KC. He showcased his versatility throughout the 2014 season, playing in defense, midfield and attack on the left side en route to 22 League appearances and 13 starts. He returned to action at left back on Oct. 10 after missing two months with a hamstring strain. Peterson, a two-time national champion at Indiana University with goals in the finals of the 2003 and 2004 College Cups, was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Following stints with Toronto FC and the San Jose Earthquakes, he was signed by Sporting Kansas City in January 2012. He represented the U.S. at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels. College: Indiana Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 1/19/2012 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 15 times, last: July 26, 2014, KC at TOR Assists 1, 14 times, last: July 16, 2014, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, May 12, 2013, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal July 26, 2014, KC at TOR Assist July 26, 2014, KC at CLB 2014 record when: he starts 5-5-3 he scores 2-0-0
Jacob Peterson: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2006 Colorado 3 2 161 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2012 Sporting KC 1 1 89 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 3 2 155 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 7 5 405 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0
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IGOR
JULIAO DEFENDER
ZHOO-lee-ow
Height: 5’ 8” Weight: 145 lbs. Birth Date: 8/23/1994 Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The 20-year-old Juliao contributed three assists in all competitions as a right back and led all MLS defenders with 39 dribbles completed and 52 fouls suffered in 2014. During a season that saw Sporting KC suit up the youngest field player (Erik Palmer-Brown, 17) and goalkeeper (Jon Kempin, 21) in MLS this year, Juliao became the youngest player in club history to start 20 MLS matches for the team. All 23 of his MLS appearances were starts. Sporting KC’s 2014 Co-Newcomer of the Year, Juliao is a member of Brazil’s Under-20 Men’s National Team and currently on loan from Fluminense FC. He joined Fluminense’s academy in 2003 and made his debut in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as a 17-year-old in August 2012. Last Club: Fluminense FC (Brazil) Acquired: Signed as 08/09/2013 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 2 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Shots 3, Sept. 26, 2014, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 3, Aug. 1, 2014, KC vs PHI Fouls Suffered 4, 5 times, last: Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 18, KC at PHI Goal N/A Assist Sept. 12, 2014, KC at CHV 2014 record when: he starts 9-9-5 he scores 0-0-0
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AURELIEN
COLLIN DEFENDER
au-REEL-ee-en
Height: 6’ 2” Weight: 169 lbs. Birth Date: 3/8/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France The fourth-year Frenchman has earned MLS Best XI (2012, 2013), MLS All-Star (2012, 2013, 2014) and Sporting KC Humanitarian of the Year honors (2013). Collin’s 15 goals in MLS competition are second most by a defender in club history. He was named 2013 MLS Cup MVP after scoring the equalizing goal and converting the match-winning penalty kick vs. Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park. The centerback scored three goals in the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs and leads the current roster with four postseason goals. Collin had two goals in 26 MLS appearances this season (25 starts) and was twice named to MLS Team of the Week. His professional career began with stints in Scotland (Gretna FC), Greece (Panserraikos) and England (Wrexham FC). He played two seasons for Vitoria Setubal of the Portuguese top flight before joining Sporting KC as a guest trialist in March 2011. Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 4/15/2011 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 11 times, last: Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Assists 1, 2 times, last: Apr. 27, 2014, KC vs POR Shots on Goal 2, 3 times, last: Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Shots 4, 4 times, last: Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR Fouls Committed 6, 3 times, last: May 8, 2013, KC vs SEA Fouls Suffered 4, Aug. 23, 2013, KC at CHI Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 26, 2014, KC vs NY Goal Apr. 19, 2014, KC vs MTL Assist Apr. 27, 2013, KC vs POR 2014 record when: he starts 10-10-5 he scores 1-0-1
Aurelien Collin: Postseason Stats GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 2011 Sporting KC 3 3 270 1 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2012 Sporting KC 2 2 180 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 2013 Sporting KC 5 5 510 3 1 6 3 11 9 1 0 2 0 Totals 10 10 960 4 1 12 4 21 10 3 0 2 0
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JIMMY
MEDRANDA DEFENDER
muh-DRAHN-dah
Height: 5’ 5” Weight: 150 lbs. Birth Date: 2/7/1994 Hometown: Mosquera, Narino, Colombia Sporting KC acquired Medranda in August 2013 on loan from Deportivo Pereira (Colombia). The Colombian midfielder signed permanently for the club in February, making his first MLS start on March 15. He made five league appearances this season, four of them as a substitute. Medranda joined the youth program of Deportivo Pereira at age 12 before climing the ladder to the senior team. In two seasons with the club, he made 16 appearances across all competitions and scored two goals. He went on loan to USL PRO affiliate OKC Energy FC from July 9 to Sept. 1.
Last Club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) Acquired: Signed on 2/13/2014 Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, Sept. 7, 2013, KC vs CLB Shots 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Fouls Committed 3, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 4, Mar. 15, 2014, KC vs DAL Last regular season... Appearance Oct. 18, 2014, KC at PHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2014 record when: he starts 0-0-1 he scores 0-0-0
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BIOGRAPHIES
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2014 RECORD GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 34 14-13-7 49 48 41
RECORD at SPORTING PARK
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 17 6-5-6 24 25 21
RECORD on road
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 17 8-8-1 25 23 20
RECORD at the half W L T LEADING 9 0 1 TIED 4 4 6 TRAILING 1 9 0
RECORD with the first goal W L T SCORING 13 1 5 CONCEDING 1 12 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM FOR AGAINST 48 41 64 75
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL HOW SCORED RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER TYPE OF PLAY OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS DISTANCE INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
TEAM COMPARISONS
19 19 10 0
25 7 7 2
25 6 5 1 7 1 2 1
23 4 1 1 6 0 4 2
10 29 9
8 24 9
PRIMARY TEAM
FOR AGAINST GOALS SCORED 1.41 (11th) 1.21 (5th) TOTAL SHOTS 13.76 (5th) 10.29 (19th) SHOTS ON GOAL 4.71 (8th) 3.85 (17th) SHOOTING ACCURACY 34.2% (14th) 37.4% (3rd) SCORING %AGE 10.3% (11th) 11.7% (8th) FOULS 14.68 (1st) 14.47 (3rd) CORNER KICKS 5.29 (4th) 4.26 (15th) OFFSIDE 2.32 (7th) 2.50 (6th)
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GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 34
0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG 8 12 9 2 3 48 1.41
Dwyer 33/31; 22G/1A
8
GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 34
22
Zusi 25/24; 5G/8A
0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG 10 11 9 4 0 41 1.21
Saad 22/9; 3G/1A
10
6
Feilhaber 31/30; 4G/6A
Nagamura 21/21; 2G/3A
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GOALS BY INTERVALS TOT 0-15 16-30 31-45+ 46-60 61-75 76-90+ FOR 48 5 3 8 11 7 14 AGAINST 41 4 7 8 5 7 10
15 Sinovic 31/31; 0G/2A
Olum 25/21; 2G/1A
40
78
5
Collin 26/25; 2G/0A
Besler 24/24; 0G/1A
1 Kronberg 20/20; 1.10GAA/7ShO
58
Juliao 23/23; 0G/2A
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 20 20 0 0 25 24 0 0 MLS Season: 9. 2006 SuperDraft: Round 4, Pick 40 (California). 2 Erik Palmer-Brown DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 Homegrown Player. MLS Season: 2. 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 3 2 0 0 56 39 6 0 MLS Season: 5. Last club: San Jose Earthquakes 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 20 16 0 3 22 17 0 3 Homegrown Player. MLS Season: 4. 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 24 24 0 1 150 145 2 7 MLS Season: 6. 2009 SuperDraft: Round 1, Pick 8 (Notre Dame). 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 21 21 2 3 222 201 12 19 MLS Season: 10. Last club: LA Galaxy. 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 7 7 0 1 123 98 2 13 MLS Season: 7. 2008 SuperDraft: Round 1, Pick 1 (UCLA) 8 Graham Zusi FW 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 25 24 5 8 148 115 22 39 Designated Player. Designated Player. MLS Season: 6. 2009 SuperDraft: Round 2, Pick 23 (Maryland) 9 Antonio Dovale MF 5-8 152 04/04/1990 A Coruna, Galicia, Spain 19 14 1 3 19 14 1 3 MLS Season: 1. Last club: Celta de Vigo (Spain) 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 31 30 4 6 110 98 12 19 MLS Season: 4. Last club: New England Revolution 11 Sal Zizzo FW 5-11 165 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 19 13 0 3 89 42 2 11 MLS Season: 5. Last club: Portland Timbers 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 8 5 0 0 8 5 0 0 MLS Season: 2. 2013 SuperDraft: Round 1, Pick 13 (North Carolina). Generation adidas. 13 Lawrence Olum MF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 25 21 2 1 67 40 3 2 MLS Season: 4. International: Kenya 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 33 31 22 1 50 38 24 3 MLS Season: 3. 2012 SuperDraft: Round 1, Pick 16 (South Florida). 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 31 31 0 2 133 130 0 7 MLS Season: 5. Last club: New England Revolution 16 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 13 4 2 0 41 29 12 4 Designated Player. MLS Season: 2. Last club: LDU Quito (Ecuador) 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 20 7 2 0 110 69 20 9 MLS Season: 4. 2011 SuperDraft: Round 1, Pick 10 (James Madison). 18 Victor Munoz MF 5-7 165 07/25/1990 Madrid, Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS Season: 1. 20 Jorge Claros MF 5-9 155 01/08/1986 La Ceiba, Honduras 7 4 0 0 7 4 0 0 MLS Season: 1. Last club: CD Motagua (Honduras) 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 4 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 Homegrown Player. MLS Season: 5. 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 22 9 3 1 58 26 8 6 MLS Season: 4. International: Lebanon 23 Martin Steuble MF 5-8 158 06/09/1988 Schlieren, Switzerland 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 MLS Season: 1. Last club: FC Wil 1900 (Switzerland). 24 Michael Kafari MF 6-1 175 10/30/1991 Accra, Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS Season: 1. Last club: Charleston Battery (USL PRO) 25 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MLS Season: 2. 2013 Supplemental Draft: Round 1, Pick 14 (San Diego). 30 Andy Gruenebaum GK 6-1 200 12/30/1982 Kansas City, MO 11 11 0 0 91 90 0 1 MLS Season: 9. Last club: Columbus Crew. 37 Jacob Peterson FW 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 22 13 2 2 199 114 15 14 MLS Season: 9. Last club: San Jose Earthquakes 40 Igor Juliao DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 23 0 2 23 23 0 2 MLS Season: 1. Last club: Fluminense FC (Brazil). DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 26 25 2 0 107 103 11 2 78 Aurelien Collin MLS Season: 4. Last club: Vitoria FC (Portugal) 94 Jimmy Medranda MF 5-5 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 MLS Season: 1. Last club: Deportivo Pereira (Colombia) HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes
11/21/1966 W76 L58 T44
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYOFF HISTORY No. of vs. Team Series Chicago 1 Colorado 4 Columbus 1 D.C. United 1 FC Dallas 1 Los Angeles 4 New England 1 Miami 1 San Jose 2 Chivas USA 1 Real Salt Lake 1 Houston 4 TOTALS 22
Series W-L 1-0 3-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 2-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-3 12-10
GP 1 9 2 1 3 9 2 3 3 2 1 6 42
W-L-T 1-0-0 5-2-2 0-1-1 0-1-0 2-1-0 3-5-1 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-2-0 1-0-1 1-0-0 2-3-1 18-18-6
OT 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-3-2
ShO 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-1
GF 1 13 1 2 6 15 4 4 5 1 1 3 56
GA 0 9 3 3 6 14 3 4 5 0 1 7 55
Last Mtg. 2000 2011 2008 2004 1996 2004 2013 2001 2004 2007 2013 2013
Round MLS Cup '00 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals MLS Cup '04 West Semifinals Semifinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals MLS Cup '13 Semifinals
Series Result Won MLS Cup '00 Won 2 games to 0 Lost 1 games to 0 Lost MLS Cup '04 Won 2 games to 1 Won 1 games to 0 Won Series Tie-Breaker Lost 6 pts. to 3 Won Series Tie-Breaker Won 1 games to 0 Won MLS Cup '13 Won 1 games to 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY - ALL-TIME POSTSEASON RESULTS DATE 09/26/1996
OPPONENT Dallas
RESULT W 3-2
ATT. 4,466
W-L-T 1-0-0
1-2 3-2 1-2 1-2
10,125 9,802 25,212 11,041
1-1-0 2-1-0 2-2-0 2-3-0
RD. GOALS: QTR KC: Johnston (16) McKeon (79) Preki (89); DAL: Elliott (21) Ashton (25) QTR KC: Preki (30); DAL: Kreis (5) Washington (32) QTR KC: Chung (41) Takawira (62); DAL: Sanchez (27) Elliott (66) SEM KC: Preki (52); LA: Armas (48) Vanney (57) SEM KC: Preki (69); LA: Vanney (76)
09/29/1996 10/02/1996 10/10/1996 10/13/1996
at Dallas at Dallas at Los Angeles Los Angeles
L W L L
DATE 10/04/1997 10/08/1997
OPPONENT Colorado at Colorado
RESULT L 0-3 L 2-3
ATT. 10,174 13,117
W-L-T 0-1-0 0-2-0
RD. GOALS: QTR COL: C. Henderson (25) Bravo (67) Paule (75) QTR KC: Takawira (9) Preki (88); COL: Bravo (16,68) Harris (83)
DATE 09/16/2000 09/20/2000 09/24/2000 09/29/2000 10/03/2000 10/06/2000 10/15/2000
OPPONENT Colorado at Colorado Colorado Los Angeles at Los Angeles Los Angeles Chicago
RESULT W 1-0 T 0-0 (OT) W 3-2 T 0-0 (OT) L 1-2 (OT) W 2-0 (ST) W 1-0
ATT. 8,682 8,789 4,156 11,815 20,849 8,320 39,159
W-L-T 1-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-1 2-0-2 2-1-2 3-1-2 4-1-2
RD. QTR QTR QTR SEM SEM SEM FIN
GOALS: KC: Molnar (18)
DATE 09/22/2001 09/26/2001 09/29/2001
OPPONENT at Miami Miami at Miami
RESULT L 0-2 W 3-0 L 1-2
ATT. 6,281 5,803 8,119
W-L-T 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-0
RD. QTR QTR QTR
GOALS: MIA: Serna (28) Pineda Chacon (53) KC: Lowe (24) McKeon (31) Gomez (45) KC: Lowe (13); MIA: Preki (14) Henderson (71)
DATE 09/25/2002 09/28/2002
OPPONENT at Los Angeles Los Angeles
RESULT L 2-3 (OT) W 4-1
ATT. 14,585 9,484
W-L-T 0-1-0 1-1-0
10/02/2002
at Los Angeles
L 2-5
14,713
1-2-0
RD. GOALS: QTR KC: Preki (25) Brown (70); LA: Ruiz (62,99) Jones (85) QTR KC: Simutenkov (19); Quill (37); Preki (70); Fabbro (73); LA: Albright (71) QTR KC: Klein (47) Preki (72); LA: Ruiz (34,66) Jones (45,62) Tennyson (90)
DATE 11/04/2003 11/08/2003 11/15/2003
OPPONENT at Colorado Colorado at San Jose
RESULT T 1-1 W 2-0 L 2-3 (OT)
ATT. 6,434 10,712 16,108
W-L-T 0-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-1
RD. QTR QTR SEM
GOALS: KC: Harris (3); COL: Borchers (53) KC: Simutenkov (45) Klein (63) KC: Simutenkov (57) Klein (72); SJ: Lagos (61) Mullan (83) Donovan (117)
DATE 10/24/2004 10/30/2004 11/05/2004 11/14/2004
OPPONENT at San Jose San Jose Los Angeles D.C. United
RESULT L 0-2 W 3-0 W 2-0 L 2-3
ATT. 8,659 10,222 11,931 25,797
W-L-T 0-1-0 1-1-0 2-1-0 2-2-0
RD. QTR QTR SEM FIN
GOALS: SJ: De Rosario (40) Waibel (52) KC: Stephenson (26) own goal (48) Jewsbury (90) KC: Arnaud (24,69) KC: Burciaga (6) Wolff (58); DC: Eskandarian (19,23) own goal (26)
DATE 10/27/2007 11/03/2007 11/10/2007
OPPONENT Chivas USA at Chivas USA at Houston
RESULT W 1-0 T 0-0 L 0-2
ATT. 12,442 19,711 30,972
W-L-T 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-1
RD. GOALS: QTR KC: Arnaud (35) QTR SEM HOU: Jaqua (35) De Rosario (81)
DATE 11/01/2008 11/08/2008
OPPONENT Columbus at Columbus
RESULT T 1-1 L 0-2
ATT. 10,385 11,153
W-L-T 0-0-1 0-1-1
RD. GOALS: QTR KC: Arnaud (53); CLB: Lenhart (90) QTR CLB: Evans (7) Rogers (57)
DATE 10/30/2011 11/02/2011 11/06/2011
OPPONENT at Colorado Colorado Houston
RESULT W 2-0 W 2-0 L 0-2
ATT. 8,601 18,565 20,839
W-L-T 1-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0
RD. QTR QTR SEM
DATE 11/04/2012 11/07/2012
OPPONENT at Houston Houston
RESULT L 0-2 W 1-0
ATT. 20,689 20,894
W-L-T 0-1-0 1-1-0
RD. GOALS: QTR HOU: Moffat (18) Bruin (75) QTR KC: Sinovic (64)
KC: Henderson (11) Molnar (65) Gomez (69); COL: Bravo (70,90) KC: McKeon (29); LA: Jones (16) Califf (93) KC: Molnar (21,96) KC: Molnar (11)
GOALS: KC: Bunbury (49,59) KC: Collin (28) Sapong (76) HOU: Hainault (53) Costly (87)
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SPORTING KANSAS CITY 11/02/2013 11/06/2013 11/09/2013 11/23/2013 12/07/2013
at New England New England at Houston Houston Real Salt Lake
L W T W T
1-2 3-1 (OT) 0-0 2-1 1-1 (OT)
15,164 19,031 22,107 21,650 21,650
0-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-1 2-1-1 2-1-2
QTR QTR SEM SEM FIN
KC: Collin (69); NE: Dorman (55) Rowe (67) KC: Collin (41) Sinovic (79) Bieler (113); NE: Imbongo (70) KC: Sapong (14) Dwyer (63); HOU: Garcia (3) KC: Collin (76); RSL: Saborio (52)
CAREER POSTSEASON STATISTICS FOR CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS UNF 5 16 78 14 10 7 6 13 3 37 22 17 15 8
POS D F D F M D M D D M F F D M
PLAYER Matt Besler Claudio Bieler Aurelien Collin Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Chance Myers Paulo Nagamura Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Soony Saad C.J. Sapong Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi
GP 10 3 10 6 4 10 14 2 4 7 4 10 10 10
GS MIN 10 960 0 85 10 960 3 282 4 394 10 960 13 1306 1 202 0 94 5 405 0 47 9 876 10 955 10 959
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 30 GK Andy Gruenebaum
GP 2
GS 2
G 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
MIN SHTS 210 0
A 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
SHT 2 4 12 17 14 7 19 3 1 1 0 25 4 21
SV 7
SOG PKG PKA SKG SKA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
GA GAA PKG PKA 2 0.86 0 0
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FC 12 2 21 8 5 9 19 0 1 2 3 16 13 18
SKG SKA 5 5
FS OFF 8 1 1 0 10 3 7 3 12 2 10 0 29 1 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 27 3 10 0 19 1 W 1
L 1
CK 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 T 0
SO 0
C 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME KC WIZARDS/SPORTING KC POSTSEASON STATISTICS (17-18-7, 56 PTS.) PLAYER Preki Miklos Molnar Davy Arnaud Aurelien Collin Chris Klein Igor Simutenkov Matt McKeon Francisco Gomez C.J. Sapong Vitalis Takawira Teal Bunbury Onandi Lowe Seth Sinovic Eric Quill Chris Brown Mo Johnston Jose Burciaga Jr. Mark Chung Jack Jewsbury Josh Wolff Claudio Bieler Dom Dwyer Dario Fabbro Wolde Harris Chris Henderson Khari Stephenson Graham Zusi Kerry Zavagnin Benny Feilhaber Mike Sorber Peter Vermes Mike Burns Nick Garcia Julio Cesar Kei Kamara Roy Lassiter Claudio Lopez Chance Myers Uche Okafor Paul Wright Alex Zotinca Mike Ammann Stephen Armstrong Matt Besler Sean Bowers Omar Bravo Eloy Colombano Jimmy Conrad Bobby Convey John DeBrito Birahim Diop Samuel Ekeme Roger Espinoza Gary Glasgow Herculez Gomez Richard Gough Taylor Graham Andrew Gregor Diego Gutierrez Michael Harrington Kevin Hartman Jeferson Brian Johnson Eddie Johnson Peterson Joseph Frank Klopas Michael Kraus Garth Lagerwey Jonathan Leathers Carlos Marinelli Matt Marquess Tony Meola Kurt Morsink Paulo Nagamura Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Ike Opara Bo Oshoniyi Jacob Peterson
GP 20 7 15 10 16 8 19 9 10 7 5 3 10 6 10 15 5 7 9 7 3 6 2 3 7 4 10 23 4 5 13 4 23 4 5 3 2 10 7 6 6 2 6 10 7 1 1 12 1 1 1 2 7 3 1 2 2 3 15 5 5 2 3 3 2 5 1 5 2 1 1 16 3 4 10 2 3 4 4
GS 19 7 9 10 16 6 14 3 9 7 5 3 10 5 7 11 4 7 9 4 0 3 0 3 7 3 10 23 4 5 13 3 23 4 5 2 2 10 5 5 5 2 1 10 7 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 2 0 1 15 5 5 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 16 3 4 10 1 0 4 3
MIN 1758 659 927 960 1440 437 1335 272 876 586 399 270 955 448 680 1166 368 629 759 449 85 282 76 261 659 211 959 2065 394 403 1184 296 2135 329 449 166 179 960 393 461 441 180 180 960 630 5 24 1107 1 20 11 30 455 140 75 180 32 118 1369 450 450 20 33 270 103 105 31 450 180 44 13 1505 252 397 960 202 16 360 244
G 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 4 0 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Pittman Ryan Pore Brandon Prideaux Ryan Raybould Edmundo Rodriguez Oriol Rosell Soony Saad Scott Sealy Kevin Souter Carey Talley Matt Taylor Abe Thompson Ryan Tinsley Ivan Trujillo Scott Uderitz Sasha Victorine Tyson Wahl Diego Walsh Lance Watson Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
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2 3 7 1 1 6 4 3 2 6 1 2 2 1 5 3 2 3 1
2 0 7 0 0 6 0 3 2 6 0 2 2 0 5 3 2 0 0
160 56 659 1 10 488 47 262 179 576 24 128 150 1 431 223 158 23 1 3925 3925
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56 55
42 42
42 42
KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING GOALKEEPER GP GS Jimmy Nielsen 10 10 Kevin Hartman 5 5 Bo Oshoniyi 4 4 Tony Meola 16 16 Garth Lagerwey 5 5 Mike Ammann 2 2 Team totals 42 42 Opponent totals 42 42
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 54
SV 15 18 14 62 18 9 140 159
GA 9 5 5 21 9 6 55 56
GAA 0.84 1.00 1.25 1.26 1.80 3.00 1.26 1.28
SO 4 2 2 7 0 0 15 11
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2014)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2014)
Goals 2 Dom Dwyer
5 times
Assists 2 Sal Zizzo 2 Graham Zusi
Goals 4 04/19/2014 4 08/16/2014 4 09/12/2014
vs. MTL vs. TOR at CHV
W 4-0 W 4-1 W 4-0
03/29/2014 03/29/2014
Assists 5 03/29/2014
at
W 3-2
Shots 6 Dom 6 Dom 6 Dom 6 Dom
Dwyer Dwyer Dwyer Dwyer
Shots on Goal 4 Dom Dwyer 4 Dom Dwyer Fouls Committed 6 Benny Feilhaber Fouls Suffered 9 Dom Dwyer
03/08/2014 08/29/2014 09/12/2014 10/10/2014
05/10/2014 07/12/2014
08/10/2014
04/19/2014
at at
at vs. at vs.
at at
at
COL COL
SEA HOU CHV CHI
MTL MTL
VAN
vs. MTL
W 3-2 W 3-2
L L W W
0-1 1-3 4-0 2-0
W 3-0 W 2-1
Shots Faced 7 Eric Kronberg 7 Andy Gruenebaum 7 Andy Gruenebaum 7 Andy Gruenebaum Goals Allowed 3 Jon Kempin 3 Jon Kempin 3 Andy Gruenebaum 3 Eric Kronberg
10/03/2014
05/14/2014 08/01/2014 09/03/2014 10/03/2014
08/23/2014 08/29/2014 09/03/2014 09/26/2014
at
vs. vs. at at
vs. vs. at vs.
DC
PHI PHI NE DC
DC HOU NE NE
Shots on Goal 9 04/05/2014 9 07/06/2014
vs. RSL
vs. RSL vs. CHI
Shots 8 09/03/2014
at
NE
L 1-3
Shots on Goal 1 04/26/2014 1 10/26/2014
at NE vs. NY
L 0-2 L 0-2
Fouls Committed 6 05/14/2014 vs. PHI
L 1-2
Fouls Suffered 6 04/05/2014 vs. RSL
T 0-0
Corner Kicks 1 09/03/2014
at
NE
L 1-3
Offside 0 03/15/2014 0 04/26/2014 0 05/14/2014 0 06/27/2014
vs. at vs. at
DAL NE PHI POR
T L L W
1-1 0-2 1-2 1-0
Saves 0 03/15/2014 0 07/06/2014 0 08/29/2014 0 09/06/2014
vs. vs. vs. at
DAL CHI HOU NY
T T L L
1-1 1-1 1-3 1-2
Shots Faced 1 03/15/2014 1 03/22/2014 1 04/05/2014 1 09/12/2014
vs. vs. vs. at
DAL SJ RSL CHV
T W T W
1-1 1-0 0-0 4-0
T 0-0
T 0-0 T 1-1
Fouls Committed 25 03/08/2014 at 25 08/10/2014 at
SEA VAN
L 0-1 L 0-2
Fouls Suffered 28 05/18/2014
at
CHI
L 1-2
Corner Kicks 12 03/15/2014
vs. DAL
T 1-1
L 0-2
W 4-0
Offside 3 5 times Saves 7 Andy Gruenebaum
Shots 20 04/05/2014
COL
TEAM LOW GAMES (2014)
Offside 5 09/06/2014
at
NY
L 1-2
Saves 7 10/03/2014
at
DC
T 0-0
vs. vs. at vs.
DC HOU NE NE
L L L L
T 0-0
L T L T
L L L L
1-2 1-1 1-3 0-0
0-3 1-3 1-3 2-3
Shots Faced 7 5 times Goals Allowed 3 08/23/2014 3 08/29/2014 3 09/03/2014 3 09/26/2014
0-3 1-3 1-3 2-3
SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL POSTSEASON HIGH GAMES (1996-2013)
TEAM POSTSEASON HIGH GAMES (1996-2013)
TEAM POSTSEASON LOW GAMES (1996-2013)
Goals 2 Miklos Molnar 2 Davy Arnaud 2 Teal Bunbury
Goals 4 09/28/2002
vs. LA
W 4-1
Shots 3 11/10/2007
at
HOU
L 0-2
Assists 4 09/28/2002 4 10/30/2004
vs. LA vs. SJ
W 4-1 W 3-0
Shots on Goal 0 11/10/2007
at
HOU
L 0-2
LA
L 1-2
Assists 2 Graham Zusi Shots 10 Onandi Lowe Shots on Goal 5 Vitalis Takawira 5 Preki 5 Miklos Molnar Fouls Committed 6 Mo Johnston 6 Chris Henderson 6 Diego Gutierrez Fouls Suffered 8 Vitalis Takawira Offside 3 Onandi Lowe 3 Eddie Johnson Saves 10 Tony Meola Shots Faced 10 Mike Ammann 10 Tony Meola 10 Tony Meola Goals Allowed 5 Tony Meola
10/06/2000 11/05/2004 10/30/2011
11/02/2011
vs. LA vs. LA at COL
vs. COL
W 2-0 W 2-0 W 2-0
W 2-0 Shots 32 11/06/2013
09/29/2001
at
MIA
09/16/2000 10/06/2000 09/28/2002
10/02/1996
09/22/2001 11/03/2007
10/15/2000
10/08/1997 10/15/2000 09/25/2002
vs. DAL at COL vs. COL
vs. COL vs. LA vs. LA
at
at at
DAL
MIA CHV
vs. CHI
at COL vs. CHI at LA
W 3-2 L 2-3 W 3-2
W 1-0 W 2-0 W 4-1
at
LA
vs. DAL
Fouls Committed 27 10/06/2000 vs. LA Fouls Suffered 27 11/06/2013 Corner Kicks 10 09/29/2000 10 11/06/2013
L 0-2 T 0-0
Offside 5 10/08/1997 5 10/15/2000
vs. NE
at
CHV
T 0-0
Saves 0 11/04/2012 vs. LA vs. NE
at
HOU
L 0-2
Shots Faced 1 09/29/2000 1 10/30/2011 1 11/04/2012
vs. LA at COL at HOU
T 0-0 W 2-0 L 0-2
W 3-1
T 0-0 W 3-1
at COL vs. CHI
L 2-3 W 1-0
vs. CHI
W 1-0
Shots Faced 10 10/08/1997 10 10/15/2000 10 09/25/2002
at COL vs. CHI at LA
L 2-3 W 1-0 L 2-3
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Corner Kicks 0 11/03/2007 Offside 0 5 times
Saves 10 10/15/2000
L 2-5
W 3-0
W 2-0
W 1-0
L 2-3 W 1-0 L 2-3
Fouls Suffered 7 09/26/2001 vs. MIA W 3-2
W 2-2
Goals Allowed 5 10/02/2002 10/02/2002
W 3-1
L 1-2 Shots on Goal 15 09/26/1996
09/26/1996 10/08/1997 09/24/2000
Fouls Committed 8 10/03/2000 at vs. NE
at
LA
L 2-5
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (14-13-7, 49 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 14 F Dom Dwyer 8 F Graham Zusi 10 M Benny Feilhaber 22 F Soony Saad 6 M Paulo Nagamura 37 F Jacob Peterson 13 M Lawrence Olum 16 F Claudio Bieler 78 D Aurelien Collin 17 F C.J. Sapong 9 M Antonio Dovale 4 D Kevin Ellis 11 F Sal Zizzo 40 D Igor Juliao 15 D Seth Sinovic 5 D Matt Besler 7 D Chance Myers 20 M Jorge Claros 31 M Josh Gardner 30 G Andy Gruenebaum 24 D *Mechack Jerome 21 G Jon Kempin 1 G Eric Kronberg 12 M Mikey Lopez 23 M Alex Martinez 94 M Jimmy Medranda 3 D Ike Opara 2 D Erik Palmer-Brown 20 M Oriol Rosell 23 M Martin Steuble 25 M Christian Duke 24 M Michael Kafari 18 M Victor Munoz Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 33 25 31 22 21 22 25 13 26 20 19 20 19 23 31 24 7 7 1 11 2 4 20 8 10 5 3 3 7 3 0 0 0
GS 31 24 30 9 21 13 21 4 25 7 14 16 13 23 31 24 7 4 1 11 1 3 20 5 3 1 2 2 7 1 0 0 0
MIN 2724 2151 2607 906 1745 1301 1853 421 2104 811 1033 1538 1097 1992 2755 2145 576 419 89 945 91 315 1800 482 411 131 152 235 594 69 0 0 0
34 34
34 34
3060 3060
G 22 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 48 41
A 1 8 6 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 113 32 47 31 28 24 14 12 24 14 29 6 19 15 21 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 8 4 4 0 7 1 0 0 0
SOG 48 13 13 12 10 10 4 3 6 5 8 1 7 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
FC 64 24 44 14 31 12 18 9 42 21 15 22 8 25 51 37 3 7 4 0 1 0 3 12 5 5 4 4 11 3 0 0 0
FS 66 43 73 13 22 15 4 7 27 22 13 14 9 52 22 13 7 3 1 4 0 1 2 10 17 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0
OFF 38 3 1 0 5 3 1 4 11 4 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 1 125 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 6 3 6 1 5 2 6 1 2 1 3 3 0 4 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
37 34
468 350
160 131
499 492
492 499
79 85
180 145
62 74
6 7
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 6, Jacob Peterson 2, Lawrence Olum 2, Graham Zusi 1, Soony Saad 1 Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 2, Kevin Ellis 2, Seth Sinovic 1, Jacob Peterson 1, Igor Juliao 1 Benny Feilhaber 1, Dom Dwyer 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Dom Dwyer 7-8 SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G Eric Kronberg 20 20 1800 30 G Andy Gruenebaum 11 11 945 21 G Jon Kempin 4 3 315 Team totals 34 34 3060 Opponent totals 34 34 3060
SHTS SV 73 45 45 34 13 5 131 84 160 103
GA 22 12 7 41 48
GAA 1.10 1.14 2.00 1.21 1.41
PG 5 1 0 6 7
PA 5 1 1 7 8
W 7 6 1 14 13
L 8 3 2 13 14
* = Played with other teams in 2014. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.
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T 5 2 0 7 7
SO 7 3 0 10 8
SPORTING KANSAS CITY SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2014 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar.
8 15 22 29
OPPONENT at Seattle FC Dallas San Jose at Colorado
RESULT L 0-1 T 1-1 W 1-0 W 3-2
ATT. 39,240 19,431 19,368 12,203
Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Fri. Tue. Sat. Fri. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Fri. Fri.
Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May May May June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept.
5 19 26 4 10 14 18 23 27 31 6 27 6 12 16 19 26 1 10 16 23 29 3 6 12 26
Real Salt Lake Montreal at New England Columbus at Montreal Philadelphia at Chicago Toronto FC New York at D.C. United at Houston at Portland Chicago at Montreal at Columbus Los Angeles at Toronto FC Philadelphia at Vancouver Toronto FC D.C. United Houston at New England at New York at Chivas USA New England
T W L W W L L T T L W W T W W W W T L W L L L L W L
0-0 4-0 0-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 1-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 0-2 4-1 0-3 1-3 1-3 1-2 4-0 2-3
19,838 20,306 14,806 20,565 16,529 19,073 15,746 19,914 19,221 18,522 18,396 20,814 20,858 17,155 13,643 21,493 22,591 21,318 20,183 20,730 19,963 20,332 11,707 20,831 3,933 19,522
Fri. Fri. Sat. Sun.
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
3 10 18 26
at D.C. United Chicago at Philadelphia New York
T W L L
0-0 2-0 1-2 0-2
19,308 18,938 18,073 19,188
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 0-1-0 T4 0 SEA: Barrett (94+) 0-1-1 T5 1 KC: Collin (81); DAL: Hedges (90) 1-1-1 T4 4 KC: Dwyer (57) 2-1-1 2 7 KC: Zusi (50) Feilhaber (79) Dwyer (92+); COL: Sanchez (60,78) 2-1-2 3 8 3-1-2 T1 11 KC: own goal (31) Collin (71) Dwyer (74,86) 3-2-2 T2 11 NE: Bunbury (92+) Nguyen (95+) 4-2-2 T1 14 KC: Peterson (10) Bieler (95+) 5-2-2 1 17 KC: Dwyer (18,64) Nagamura (34) 5-3-2 T1 17 KC: Dwyer (80); PHI: Cruz (49) Maidana (81) 5-4-2 T2 17 KC: Dwyer (68); CHI: Magee (7,15) 5-4-3 T2 18 KC: Dwyer (47,84); TOR: Moore (67) Orr (91+) 5-4-4 2 19 KC: Dovale (9); NY: Wright-Phillips (50) 5-5-4 3 19 DC: Espindola (28) 6-5-4 2 22 KC: Saad (45) Dwyer (70) 7-5-4 T1 25 KC: Olum (24) 7-5-5 2 26 KC: Dwyer (33); CHI: Magee (40) 8-5-5 2 29 KC: Dwyer (4,89); MTL: Di Vaio (28) 9-5-5 1 32 KC: Sapong (42) Feilhaber (93+); CLB: own goal (69) 10-5-5 1 35 KC: Feilhaber (10) Olum (61); LA: Keane (79) 11-5-5 1 38 KC: Zusi (48) Peterson (80); TOR: Jackson (16) 11-5-6 1 39 KC: Zusi (54); PHI: Brown (71) 11-6-6 1 39 VAN: own goal (17) Mattocks (39) 12-6-6 1 42 KC: Dwyer (18,33) Saad (64) Sapong (77); TOR: Gilberto (46+) 12-7-6 2 42 DC: Espindola (24) Rolfe (28) Kitchen (31) 12-8-6 2 42 KC: Dwyer (54); HOU: Bruin (35) Horst (62) Clark (67) 12-9-6 2 42 KC: Saad (9); NE: Bunbury (45) Nguyen (48,94+) 12-10-6 2 42 KC: Dwyer (54); NY: Wright-Phillips (11) Henry (52) 13-10-6 2 45 KC: Dwyer (39) Feilhaber (47+) Zusi (52) Bieler (87) 13-11-6 T2 45 KC: Nagamura (54) Dwyer (56); NE: Rowe (22) Goncalves (35) Jones (85) 13-11-7 2 46 14-11-7 2 49 KC: Zusi (80) Dwyer (92+) 14-12-7 3 49 KC: Dwyer (54); PHI: Brown (45) Ribeiro (71) 14-13-7 5 49 NY: Wright-Phillips (15,70)
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Player
Eric Kronberg Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Antonio Dovale Benny Feilhaber Sal Zizzo Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Victor Munoz Peterson Joseph Jorge Claros Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Alex Martinez Martin Steuble Mechack Jerome Michael Kafari Christian Duke Andy Gruenebaum Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Igor Juliao Aurelien Collin Jimmy Medranda 15
61M 83M
90D 90D 90D 90M 78M 90D 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F 44M 90M 90M 90M 66F 55F
90D 90M 90D 75M 33 90M
15
12 TOR 2-2 90G
13 NY 1-1 90G
14 DC 0-1 90G 81
16 POR 1-0 90G
14
1
22
26
45 12
2
90M
29
90G 90G
1
90F 69F 90F 90M 89F 58F 90F 61F 78F 68F 90M 90M 90M 12 90M 32 29 4 70M 90M 90M 90M 90F 77F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 90D 90D 13 1 90F 22
5
88M 20
90M 90F 90M 11 70M 68M 37F 24 90M 90M 90D 90F 90D 90D 90F 90F 90M
90M 90F 90D 20 53
24
66M
90G 90G 90G 90F 79F 22 66M
90M 90M 17
71F 21
57F 73F 19
90F 17
90F 90F 90F 90M 69F 90M 90M 90M 73M 67F 77M 68M 90M 90M 90M 90F 89F 90F 80F 55D 90D 90D 10 23
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 CHI MTL CLB LA TOR PHI VAN TOR DC HOU NE NY CHV NE DC CHI PHI 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 0-2 4-1 0-3 1-3 1-3 1-2 4-0 2-3 0-0 2-0 1-2 90G 90G 90G
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
15 HOU 2-0 90G 90D
10
18 13 90F 90F 62F 14 85M 75M 66M 83 10
90G 90G 90G
21
34 NY 0-2 90G
90D 90D 90M
90M 27
63F 60 30M 90F 90D 14
20 76F 90D 90D 90D 12
78F
23 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 33 7 35 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 75D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 7M 90M 80M 85M 61M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90D 36D 90F 28 90F 90M 71M 86F 90F 90F 21F 76F 45F 5 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 55F 54 72F 45 80M 10 70F 64M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 80F 90F 90F 90F 85F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
6 19
90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 45G
61F 57M 35 84D 90F 77F 45 90M 90F 76M 26 45 13 90D 78F 86D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D 90D 90D 83D 90D 90D 64D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 61D 90D 9D 90D 90D 90D 55D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 5 15 24
29 12
90M 90M 90M 90M
32
35 90D 76D 74D
24
14
90M 29 5 90M 14 90D 90F 7 76F 87F 90F 87F 70F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 83F 14 3 3 20
1 90D 61D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 85M 90D 90M 90F 90F 90F 10 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 32 90F 75F 90F 80F
90D
15
90M
90M 90F 77F 90D 13 90F 45F
1
89D 58F 45 90D 90D 90D 29 75M
29 90M 56M 19 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 71F 67F 4 34
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 SEA DAL SJ COL RSL MTL NE CLB MTL PHI CHI 0-1 1-1 1-0 3-2 0-0 4-0 0-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 1-2 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 64D
SPORTING KANSAS CITY – GAME-BY-GAME #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 30 31 37 40 78 94
"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
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#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34
03/08/2014 03/15/2014 03/22/2014 03/29/2014 04/05/2014 04/19/2014 04/26/2014 05/04/2014 05/10/2014 05/14/2014 05/18/2014 05/23/2014 05/27/2014 05/31/2014 06/06/2014 06/27/2014 07/06/2014 07/12/2014 07/16/2014 07/19/2014 07/26/2014 08/01/2014 08/10/2014 08/16/2014 08/23/2014 08/29/2014 09/03/2014 09/06/2014 09/12/2014 09/26/2014 10/03/2014 10/10/2014 10/18/2014 10/26/2014
KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC KC
0 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 1 0
at vs vs at vs vs at vs at vs at vs vs at at at vs at at vs at vs at vs vs vs at at at vs at vs at vs
SEA 1 DAL 1 SJ 0 COL 2 RSL 0 MTL 0 NE 2 CLB 0 MTL 0 PHI 2 CHI 2 TOR 2 NY 1 DC 1 HOU 0 POR 0 CHI 1 MTL 1 CLB 1 LA 1 TOR 1 PHI 1 VAN 2 TOR 1 DC 3 HOU 3 NE 3 NY 2 CHV 0 NE 3 DC 0 CHI 0 PHI 2 NY 2
L T W W T W L W W L L T T L W W T W W W W T L W L L L L W L T W L L
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
92+
93+
64
33; Saad 2 (unassisted)
92+
86
52; Bieler 2 (unassisted)
87
64; Sapong 2 (Saad 1, Zusi 5)
74; Dwyer 4 (Zusi 3)
79; Dwyer 2 (Zusi 2)
71; Dwyer 3 (Peterson 1)
50; Feilhaber 1 (Zizzo 2, Zusi 1)
31; Collin 2 (Olum 1)
18; Dwyer 16 (penalty kick)
Zusi 5 (Ellis 3) 80; Dwyer 21 (Zusi 8) Dwyer 22 (penalty kick) 54
Dwyer 17 (Feilhaber 6) 54 Saad 3 (unassisted) 9 Dwyer 18 (Sinovic 2, Zusi 6) 54 Dwyer 19 (Zusi 7) 40; Feilhaber 4 (unassisted) 47+; Zusi 4 (Juliao 2) Nagamura 2 (Ellis 2) 54; Dwyer 20 (Nagamura 3, Dovale 3) 56
Dwyer 15 (penalty kick)
Saad 1 (Feilhaber 4) 45; Dwyer 11 (penalty kick) 70 Olum 1 (Ellis 1, Sinovic 1) 24 Dwyer 12 (unassisted) 33 Dwyer 13 (Besler 1) 4; Dwyer 14 (unassisted) 89 Sapong 1 (Feilhaber 5) 42; Feilhaber 2 (Peterson 2, Juliao 1) Feilhaber 3 (unassisted) 10; Olum 2 (unassisted) 61 Zusi 2 (unassisted) 48; Peterson 2 (Dwyer 1) 80 Zusi 3 (Dovale 2) 54
Peterson 1 (unassisted) 10; Bieler 1 (Zusi 4) 95+ Dwyer 5 (penalty kick) 18; Nagamura 1 (Myers 1) 34; Dwyer 6 (Dovale 1) Dwyer 7 (Nagamura 2) 80 Dwyer 8 (Feilhaber 2) 68 Dwyer 9 (Zizzo 3) 47; Dwyer 10 (penalty kick) 84 Dovale 1 (Feilhaber 3) 9
own goal (Mallace)
Collin 1 (Feilhaber 1) 81 Dwyer 1 (penalty kick) 57 Zusi 1 (Zizzo 1, Nagamura 1)
SPORTING KANSAS CITY – GAME-BY-GAME LOG Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game
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67
Player
90D
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
90D 90F
30
90D 6
45 45D 90D
49
90M
90M 25 90D 65F 90F
90F 41M
90D
2014/15 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Grp2 Grp2 Grp2 Grp2 ESTL SAPR ESTL SAPR 1-1 3-1 3-1 0-2 90G 90G 60D
90D 84M
90D
90D 89M
90F 90F 45M 45
90D 90D
83F 90F 90M
84M 67M 57M 23 33
90M 60F
90D
90F 28
90M 90G 73F
90G
90D 90D
90M
90M 17 90D
90F 6
90F
90M 71F 90D
88F 54
90G
19
90G
30
90M 90F 90D 62M 2 36M
90D
90M
1 80F 90D 10 7
90D
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 5R MNUT POR 2-0 1-3
SPORTING KANSAS CITY –CUP COMPETITIONS – GAME-BY-GAME #
90D 90D 90D 72M
2013/14 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QF1 QF2 AZL AZL 1-0 1-5 90G 90G 90D 90D 90D 90M 90F 90M
90F 76M 60F
67F 18
23
2 90D 88F 14
90M
43D 90F
47
90M
30
90D
Ellis (Bieler) 17 Feilhaber (Zusi) 44
90D
W L
Saad (Olum) 76; Martinez (Zizzo) 87 Saad (penalty kick) 73
Eric Kronberg Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Antonio Dovale Benny Feilhaber Sal Zizzo Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Victor Munoz Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jorge Claros Jon Kempin Soony Saad Alex Martinez Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Andy Gruenebaum Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Igor Juliao Aurelien Collin Jimmy Medranda
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013/14 QF1 03/12/2014 KC 1 vs CRZAZL 0 QF2 03/19/2014 KC 1 at CRZAZL 5
W L
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 30 31 37 40 78 94
vs MINNUT 0 vs POR 3
Dovale (unassisted) 16 Dwyer (penalty kick) 14; Dovale (Juliao) 69; Dovale (Feilhaber) 76 Bieler (Sinovic) 13; Bieler (penalty kick) 70; Zizzo (Dovale) 79
KC 2 KC 1
W W W L
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014/15 08/19/2014 KC 1 at ESTELI 09/18/2014 KC 3 vs SAPRSA 09/23/2014 KC 3 vs ESTELI 10/23/2014 KC 0 at SAPRSA
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R 06/11/2014 5R 06/24/2014
1 1 0 2
CONCACAF Grp2 Grp2 Grp2 Grp2
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RULES OF COMPETITION The following competition guidelines will be in effect for the entirety of the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs.
ALL PLAYOFF MATCHES
Unlike the Regular Season, all playoff matches will be played in their entirety. If a match is cancelled prior to its completion, regardless of the score, the match will be resumed from the moment it was stopped.
KNOCKOUT ROUND MATCHES (4 v 5)
If the score is tied at the end of regulation (90 minutes), then an additional 30 minutes (consisting of two 15-minute halves) will be played in its entirety. o
If the score is still tied at the end of the additional 30 minutes, then the match will be decided by kicks from the penalty mark (in accordance with FIFA regulations).
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (HOME and AWAY SERIES)
If the score of the first match is tied at the end of regulation (90 minutes), then the match will end in a tie with no overtime being played.
The team that has scored the most total goals over the course of the two matches will advance to the Conference Championship.
If total goals are level, the team with the most away goals advances.
If total goals and away goals are level, there will be 2 X 15-minute extra time played in its entirety. Away goals do not count in extra time
If there is no winner after extra time, then the match will be decided by kicks from the penalty mark (in accordance with FIFA regulations).
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOME and AWAY SERIES)
SAME RULES AS SEMI-FINALS; SEE SECTION ABOVE
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MLS CUP
If the score of MLS Cup is tied at the end of regulation (90 minutes), then an additional 30 minutes (consisting of two 15-minute halves) will be played in its entirety. o
MLS Cup will be hosted by the participant that amassed the most points in the Regular Season. The hosting Club will be accorded all normal advantages associated with home field including locker room, bench position and uniform priority. However, the match will be operated by League Office staff and its designees. o
If the score is still tied at the end of the additional 30 minutes, then the match will be decided by kicks from the penalty mark (in accordance with FIFA regulations).
If both participating Clubs amassed the same point total in the Regular Season, then normal playoff tie-breakers will be used to determine the host.
All matters related to the playing surface will remain consistent with how they were managed in the Regular Season. That is, items such as field size, grass cut, grass length and grass watering will all be done as was verified by the League Office prior to the start of the season.
EXTRA TIME (ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES)
Throughout the Playoffs and MLS Cup, all extra time periods will be played in two equal halves with change of ends at intermission. Extra time will begin approximately three (3) minutes after regulation. Teams will have approximately one minute to switch ends at intermission.
A toss of the coin will occur at the end of regulation and the team that wins the toss decides which goal it will attack in the first 15-minute interval.
SUBSTITUTIONS and PENALTY KICKS
Substitutions will be conducted according to the same rules employed during the Regular Season. No additional substitutions over and above the regular three (3) substitutes per match will be permitted in any 30-minute series tiebreaker or kicks from the penalty mark. Once a player leaves the field having been substituted, he will not be permitted to re-enter throughout the duration of the match including any applicable 30-minute series tiebreaker or kicks from the penalty mark. In the case of a goalkeeper injury during kicks from the penalty mark, please note the following: o
A goalkeeper who is injured while kicks are being taken from the penalty mark and is unable to continue as a goalkeeper may be replaced by a named substitute provided his team has not used the maximum number of substitutes permitted under the competition rules. With the exception of the foregoing case, only players who are on the field of play at the end of the match, which includes extra time where appropriate, are eligible to take kicks from the penalty mark.
An equal number of players from each team is required only at the start of kicks from the penalty mark. If a team ends the match having fewer number of players due to a sendoff or injury after all allotted substitutions have been made, the team with the greater number must “reduce to equate”. The captain of the team with the greater number must identify the player(s) to be excluded from participating in kicks from the penalty mark as a means of making equal the number of eligible players on each team.
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PLAYOFF DISCIPLINARY PARAMETERS Yellow Card accumulation thresholds are re-set entering MLS Cup Playoffs o A player who exceeds an accumulation threshold in the last Regular Season match (e.g., 5th, 8th, etc.) IS ELIGIBLE for the Playoffs and IS ELIGIBLE for the first Regular Season Match of 2015 o A player who receives a Red Card in his last Regular Season match IS SUSPENDED for the next match for which he is eligible including a Playoff Match or the first Regular Season Match of 2015 o A player sanctioned by the Disciplinary Committee will have any corresponding suspension applied to the next match(es) for which he is eligible including a Playoff Match(es)
Once the Playoffs begin and up until MLS Cup (when Yellow Card accumulation for Playoffs will be re-set again), a player accumulating TWO (2) Yellow Cards will be suspended for the next match for which he is eligible (with one exception noted below) o A player who accumulates TWO (2) Yellow Cards in any of the following matches IS SUSPENDED for his next match: Knockout Match, Conference Semi-Final #1, Conference Semi-Final #2, Conference Final #1 o EXCEPTION: A player who earns his second Yellow Card in Conference Final #2 IS ELIGIBLE to play in MLS Cup. In other words, Playoff Yellow Card accumulation re-sets entering MLS Cup (or after the Conference Finals).
A player who earns TWO (2) Yellow Cards in the same match IS SUSPENDED for the next match for which he is eligible including MLS Cup o Also, in an instance where a player earns TWO (2) Yellow Cards in the same match, both Yellow Cards WILL NOT COUNT against his Playoff Yellow Card accumulation. (This is different from the regular season). In other words, if a player earns a Yellow Card in the Knockout Match and then two Yellow Cards in his Conference Semi-Final #2, that player would be suspended for Conference Final #1 (due to the Red Card/Double Caution) but he would remain on ONE (1) Yellow Card for his accumulation total. (If his club does not advance, the Red Card suspension would carry to the 2015 Regular Season.)
A player who earns a STRAIGHT RED CARD in the same match in which he previously has earned his second cumulative Yellow Card MAY BE SUSPENDED for his next TWO (2) Playoff Matches o For example, a player earns a Yellow Card in the Knockout Match. He then earns a Yellow Card (his 2nd cumulatively) in Conference Semi-Final #2 AND a STRAIGHT RED CARD (different from earning a second Yellow Card) in the same match. The player IS SUSPENDED for Conference Final #1 (due to the Red Card) AND IS SUSPENDED for the Conference Final #2 (due to Playoff Yellow Card accumulation). o However, if a player earns a Yellow Card in Conference Semi-Final #2 and then earns both a Yellow Card (his 2nd cumulatively) in Conference Final #1 AND a STRAIGHT RED CARD in the same match, then the player IS SUSPENDED for the Conference Final #2 (due to the Red Card) but IS NOT SUSPENDED for MLS Cup as the Yellow Card accumulation re-sets entering MLS Cup.
A player who earns a Red Card in any Playoff Match, whether a straight Red Card or Two Yellow Cards, IS SUSPENDED for his next match (if this occurs in MLS Cup, then the suspension carries over to the first Regular Season Match of 2015).
A player sanctioned by the Disciplinary Committee will have any corresponding suspension applied to the next match(es) for which he is eligible including a Playoff Match(es) and MLS Cup. 5
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: 18-YEAR HISTORY
While the MLS Cup championship game itself has remained a constant throughout the first 18 seasons of Major League Soccer – a dramatic one-match finale at a venue announced well in advance of the postseason – the road to MLS Cup has varied slightly over the years: 1996 Who Qualified: The top four teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences were seeded to start the conference semifinals, with the 1 seeds playing the number 4’s and the No. 2’s vs. No. 3’s. Format: Both the Conference Semifinals (first round) and Conference Finals (second round) were designed on a Best-of-Three format with the first game hosted by the lower-seeded team and the final two games (Game Three if necessary) at the home of the higher seeded team. The first team to win two games in regulation or via the shootout advanced to the next playoff round (since the shootout was in place from 1996-1999 no games ended in ties). 1997 - 1999 Who Qualified: As in 1996, the top four teams in each conference advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs. Format: As in 1996, a Best-of-Three format was utilized in the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals (no games ended in ties due to the shootout). However, a change to the format allowed the higher seeded teams to host Game One and Game Three, unlike in 1996 when the higher seed played Games Two and Three (if necessary) at home. 2000 - 2002 Who Qualified: With the introduction of a new three-division alignment in 2000, a single playoff table was established to determine postseason berths and seeds. Although a two-conference alignment was re-introduced in 2002 following the contraction of Miami and Tampa Bay, the system based on the single playoff table remained. The single playoff table ensured that only the League’s eight best teams during the regular season qualified for postseason play, eliminating situations like what occurred in 1999, when the San Jose Clash failed to qualify for the playoffs despite finishing with more points (37) than the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds in the Eastern Conference. The three division winners (2000-01) or two conference champions (2002) were given automatic top seeds entering the postseason. The rest of the field was seeded according to final regular season point totals regardless of conference affiliation. Format: During the first round, the seeding placed seed No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5 in the MLS Cup Playoff Quarterfinals. In the semifinal round, the winner of the 1 vs. 8 series advanced to face the winner of the 4 vs. 5 series, while the victors of the 3 vs. 6 and 2 vs. 7 series played for the right to compete in MLS Cup. The team that advanced was based on a “first-to-five-points” format with a win earning three points and a tie one point (ties were first introduced in MLS in the 2000 regular season in conjunction with the elimination of the shootout). The first team to compile five points or more in three games advanced to the following round. If the series was tied in points after a Game Three, a 20-minute golden-goal Series Tiebreaker was played, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. As was the case from 1997-1999, the higher seed hosted Game One and Game Three in each series. 2003-2006 Who Qualified: As was the case between 1996 and 1999, the top four teams in each conference advance to the Conference Semifinals. Format: Conference Semifinal series are conducted under a home-and-home, aggregate-goal format. The aggregate goal format follows the lead of various international competitions, including Europe’s UEFA Champions League and South America’s Copa Libertadores club tournament. In the case that teams are tied on aggregate goals following the conclusion of Game 2 of the Conference Semifinal series, a 30-minute extra time period is played followed by penalty kicks if necessary. The two teams left standing in each conference after the Conference Semifinals will meet in the singlegame Conference Championship to be hosted by the higher seed. The winners of each Conference Championship advances to MLS Cup. 2007-10 Who Qualified: In 2007, 2009 and 2010, the top two teams in each conference qualified and were seeded 1 & 2 in their respective four-team playoff conference brackets. The four MLS teams with the next most points, regardless of conference, received “wild card” berths. The four wildcard teams were seeded according to conference first. If more than four teams qualified from one conference, those finishing lower than fourth in their conference shifted over to the other conference bracket. A team switching conference brackets was seeded below all other teams in its new conference playoff bracket. For 2008, the top three teams in each conference qualified, with the next four teams with the most points, regardless of conference, receiving “wildcard” berths. Format: Same as from 2003-2006. 2011 Who Qualified: Beginning in 2011, 10 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top three finishers in each conference, based on regular season points, were given automatic berths. The next best four clubs based on regular season points, irrespective of conference, received wild cards. Format: The four wild cards played single elimination games against each other, with higher seeds hosting (1 vs. 4; 2 vs. 3). These play-in games are part of the MLS Cup Playoffs. After the two play-in games, the lowest remaining seed faced the Supporters’ Shield winner in the Conference Semifinals; the other faced the No. 1 seed in the opposite conference from the Supporters’ Shield winner. The No. 2 and No. 3 placed teams in each conference met in the semifinals, with the higher seed holding homefield advantage for the second leg. The winners of the Conference Semifinal Series met in a one-game Conference Championship, hosted by the highest seeds, with the winners advancing to MLS Cup. 2012-14 Who Qualified: Ten teams qualified for the playoffs. The top five in points from each conference at the end of the regular season, qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. Format: The fourth and fifth place teams in each conference played a single knockout game, the winner of which advanced to the Conference Semifinals and faced the first place team in the conference. The four Conference Semifinals were two-game aggregate series, with the lower seed hosting the first leg and the higher seed hosting the second leg. The two Conference Championships were two-game aggregate series, with the lower seed hosting the first leg and the higher seed hosting the second leg. MLS Cup was a single championship match hosted by the higher seed.
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