Sporting KC Game Notes | March 19, 2022 at Chicago Fire FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #3 | D | ANDREU FONTAS | @AFontas3 SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
54
50
4557
1
1
MLS Postseason
2
2
180
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
1
1
90
0
0
International
4
4
326
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
58
54
4883
1
1
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Hometown: Banyoles, Spain Last Club: Celta Vigo (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 8/8/2018
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assists 1, June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL Shots on Goal 1, 6 times, last: Feb. 27, 2022, KC at ATL Shots 2, 5 times, last: March 5, 2022, KC vs. HOU Fouls Committed 3, 2 times, last: Oct. 17, 2021, KC at VAN Fouls Suffered 2, 4 times, last: July 4, 2021, KC at LA Last Regular Season... Appearance March 12, 2022, KC at COL Goal Oct. 24, 2020, KC vs. COL Assist June 23, 2021, KC vs. COL 2022 Record when: he starts 1-2-0 he scores 0-0-0
Birthday: 11/14/1989
Sporting Kansas City signed center back Andreu Fontas, a 10-year professional with more than 200 appearances in his native Spain, on Aug. 8, 2018. Fontas underwent Achilles surgery in late 2019, keeping him out for the majority of the 2020 season before making his return with three starts late in the campaign.
Masia youth academy alongside current Sporting KC midfielder Uri Rosell, playing nearly 100 matches combined for FC Barcelona B and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Fontas advanced through from the B team to the first team in 2009 and played in 16 games for the Spanish giants, including a sub appearance in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final that Barca won 4-0 over Santos. Fontas spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Mallorca before signing with Celta Vigo in June 2013, where he made 139 appearances over five years. Internationally, Fontas has represented Spain at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels and has also played for the Catalonia National Team.
Fontas spent five seasons from 2013-2018 with Celta Vigo in Spain’s top-flight La Liga, where he started 100 of 105 league appearances and helped the club to the semifinals of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. The defender developed in FC Barcelona’s famed La MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
54
50
4557
1
1
23
6
29
20
0
0
5
0
0
1
KC - Postseason
2
2
180
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - TOTAL
56
52
4737
1
1
23
6
32
20
0
0
5
0
0
1
#12 | D | KORTNE FORD | @KortFord SPORTING KC STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
MLS Regular Season
1
0
9
0
0
MLS Postseason
0
0
0
0
0
U.S. Open Cup
0
0
0
0
0
International
0
0
0
0
0
ALL COMPETITIONS
1
0
9
0
0
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Birthday: 1/26/1996 Hometown: Greeley, Colorado College: University of Denver Last Club: Colorado Rapids (MLS) Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on 1/14/2022
Sporting Kansas City signed free agent center back Kortne Ford ahead of the 2022 season. Ford began his professional career in 2017 with the Colorado Rapids, where he started 33 of 35 MLS appearances as a Homegrown Player. Following a five-year stint in Colorado, Ford spent the last three months of 2021 on loan with San Antonio FC in the USL Championship. Ford made his first MLS appearance since 2018 in Sporting’s match at the Colorado Rapids on March 12, 2022.
Regular Season Game Highs: Goals 1, May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Assists 0 Shots on Goal 2, May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Shots 3, Sept. 9, 2017, COL at HOU (w/ COL) Fouls Committed 3, 8 times, last: Aug. 11, 2018, COL vs. SJ (w/ COL) Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 11, 2018, COL vs. SJ (w/ COL) Last Regular Season... Appearance March 12, 2022, KC at COL Goal May 27, 2017, COL vs. SKC (w/ COL) Assist N/A 2022 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0
scoring account against the same opponent in a 1-0 home win on May 27. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Ford played youth soccer in the Kansas City area before moving with his family to Colorado at age 12. He joined the Colorado Rapids Academy in 2012 and represented the club at the U-16 and U-18 levels.
In three standout seasons at the University of Denver, Ford was a two-time All-Summit League First Team selection and a Top Drawer Soccer Second Team All-America honoree Ford signed for the Rapids as a Homegrown Player in 2017 and enjoyed a strong rookie in 2016. He started in all 62 college appearances, notching five goals and three assists, campaign, starting 19 of 20 MLS appearances. He earned his MLS debut in a road loss to and led the Pioneers to their first NCAA Men’s College Cup appearance as a junior in Sporting Kansas City on April 9 at Children’s Mercy Park and opened his professional 2016. MLS CAREER STATS
GP
GS
MIN
G
A
SHT
SOG
FC
FS
OFF
CK
C
E
GWG
GWA
KC - Regular Season
1
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MLS - Regular Season
36
33
2877
1
0
15
4
41
17
0
0
11
0
1
0
MLS - TOTAL
36
33
2877
1
0
15
4
41
17
0
0
11
0
1
0
17
