3/16/2013 - Sporting KC vs Chicago FIre by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v CHICAGO FIRE (March 16, Sporting Park, 2 p.m. CT; NBC SN) PROBABLE LINEUPS

2012 SEASON RECORDS GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Sporting 2 1-1-0 3 4 3 at home 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 Fire on road

1 Nielsen

2 0-2-0 0 0 5 1 0-1-0 0 0 4

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM F 0

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

10 Feilhaber

Maicon Santos

Rolfe

Nyarko

Pause

Segares

A 5 36

1 3 1 0

4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 4 0

TYPE OF PLAY

OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

0 4 0

0 3 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

26 LIndpere

Berry

Anibaba

21 Videira

Johnson

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

20 Larentowicz

HOW SCORED

2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

11 Convey

FIRE

SPORTING

6 Nagamura

Bieler

UPCOMING MATCHES FIRE SPORTING Sun. Mar. 24 Chivas USA Sat. Mar. 23 at New England Sun. Apr. 7 New York Sat. Mar. 30 Montreal Sun. Apr. 14 at Houston Fri. Apr. 5 D.C. United Sat. Apr. 20 Columbus Wed. Apr. 17 at New York

3 0 0 0

16 Sinovic

Zusi

LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/12: CHI 2, KC 1 (Grazzini 61; Oduro 81 – Convey 31) 6/29: KC 0, CHI 1 (Pappa 58) 9/28: KC 2, CHI 0 (Zusi 11, 96+)

3 0 1 0

5 Besler

Rosell

AT KC (23 meetings): Sporting 8 wins (0 shootout), 33 goals … Fire 8 wins (1 shootout), 37 goals … Ties 7

A 3 60

78 Collin

Myers

ALL-TIME (43 meetings): Sporting 11 wins (0 shootout), 52 goals … Fire 23 wins (1 shootout), 80 goals … Ties 9

F 4 45

ROSTERS

REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. SAR (bench): Philippe Briere; JAR (opposite): Paul Scott; 4th: Matthew Foerster DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE KC: Teal Bunbury; Jacob Peterson

SPORTING KC 1 Jimmy Nielsen (GK) 2 Yann Songo'o (DF) 3 Ike Opara (DF) 4 Kevin Ellis (DF) 5 Matt Besler (DF) 6 Paulo Nagamura (MF) 7 Chance Myers (DF) 8 Graham Zusi (MF) 9 Teal Bunbury (FW) 10 Benny Feilhaber (MF) 11 Bobby Convey (MF) 12 Mikey Lopez (MF) 13 Lawrence Olum (DF) 14 Dom Dwyer (FW) 15 Seth Sinovic (DF) 16 Claudio Bieler (FW) 17 C.J. Sapong (FW) 18 Eric Kronberg (GK) 19 Peterson Joseph (MF) 20 Oriol Rosell (MF) 21 Jon Kempin (GK) 22 Soony Saad (FW) 23 Kei Kamara (FW) 24 Mechack Jerome (MF) 25 Christian Duke (MF) 27 Kyle Miller (MF) 31 Josh Gardner (MF) 37 Jacob Peterson (MF) 78 Aurelien Collin (DF) 88 Michael Thomas (MF) CHICAGO FIRE 3 Hunter Jumper (DF) 6 Jalil Anibaba (DF) 7 Sherjill MacDonald (FW) 8 Dilly Duka (MF) 11 Daniel Paladini (MF) 12 Logan Pause (MF) 13 Gonzalo Segares (DF) 14 Patrick Nyarko (FW) 15 Wells Thompson (MF) 16 Brendan King (MF) 17 Chris Rolfe (FW) 18 Steven Kinney (DF) 19 Corben Bone (MF) 20 Jeff Larentowicz (MF) 21 Michael Videira (MF) 22 Austin Berry (DF) 23 Arne Friedrich (DF) 24 Quincy Amarikwa (FW) 25 Sean Johnson (GK) 26 Joel Lindpere (MF) 27 Victor Pineda (MF) 29 Maicon Santos (FW) 30 Yazid Atouba (MF) 70 Paolo Tornaghi (GK) 71 Alex (MF) 94 Kellen Gulley (FW)

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC CHI

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

INTERNATIONAL DUTY none

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-2-0

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 10/24/2012 KC 2, PHI 1 3/02/2013 KC 3, PHI 1 7/28/2012 KC 1, CLB 2 3/09/2013 KC 1, TOR 2 10/20/2012 KC 0, NY 0 10/20/2012 KC 0, NY 0 10/20/2012 KC 0, NY 0

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC WL Fire LL

(0) (1) (6) (0) (3) (3) (3)

CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) 9/22/2012 CHI 2, CLB 1 10/06/2012 CHI 2, NY 0 3/09/2013 CHI 0, NE 1 3/03/2013 CHI 0, LA 4 10/27/2012 CHI 1, DC 1 10/06/2012 CHI 2, NY 0 3/09/2013 CHI 0, NE 1

(3) (2) (0) (0) (2) (4) (0)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 2 Bieler A: 2 Zusi SHT: 2 Bieler/Zusi SOG: 2 Bieler FC: 5 Feilhaber/Nagamura FS: 7 Zusi OF: 4 Bieler C: 2 Collin E: 0 FIRE G: 0 A: 0 SHT: 4 Santos SOG: 2 Santos FC: 6 Duka FS: 9 Nyarko OF: 5 MacDonald C: 1 Larentowicz E: 0

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 2.00 CHI 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1.50 CHI 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 2.50 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 CHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 CHI 5 0 0 1 0 3 1

SPORTING KANSAS CITY v CHICAGO FIRE (March 16, Sporting Park, 2 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 19)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Jimmy Nielsen GK 6-3 200 08/06/1977 Aalborg, Denmark 2 2 0 0 96 96 0 0 2 Yann Songo'o DF 6-1 182 02/14/1989 Yaounde, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 0 0 0 0 35 22 3 0 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 105 100 2 4 6 Paulo Nagamura MF 5-8 154 03/02/1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 2 0 0 186 165 10 15 7 Chance Myers DF 6-0 165 12/07/1987 Thousand Oaks, CA 2 2 0 1 91 67 0 10 8 Graham Zusi MF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 2 2 1 2 98 67 12 25 9 Teal Bunbury FW 6-2 175 02/27/1990 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 77 47 19 6 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 2 0 0 54 48 5 9 11 Bobby Convey MF 5-9 150 05/27/1983 Philadelphia, PA 2 2 0 0 182 168 12 32 12 Mikey Lopez MF 5-8 160 02/20/1993 Dallas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Lawrence Olum DF 6-2 185 07/10/1984 Nairobi, Kenya 0 0 0 0 22 10 0 0 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 Seth Sinovic DF 5-9 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 2 2 0 0 72 70 0 2 16 Claudio Bieler FW 5-11 170 03/01/1984 Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 17 C.J. Sapong FW 6-2 185 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 2 0 0 1 67 46 14 8 18 Eric Kronberg GK 6-5 210 06/07/1983 Santa Rosa, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 19 Peterson Joseph MF 5-8 132 04/24/1990 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1 0 0 0 12 4 0 1 20 Oriol Rosell MF 6-0 168 07/07/1992 Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain 2 2 1 0 7 3 2 0 21 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 170 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 1 0 0 0 14 2 1 1 24 Mechack Jerome DF 5-10 165 04/21/1990 Liancourt, Haiti 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 Christian Duke MF 5-9 155 06/05/1991 Overland Park, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Kyle Miller MF 5-9 160 05/12/1989 Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Josh Gardner MF 5-10 168 09/14/1982 Brazosport, TX 0 0 0 0 49 38 3 5 37 Jacob Peterson MF 5-10 165 01/27/1986 Portage, MI 0 0 0 0 161 91 13 11 78 Aurelien Collin DF 6-2 169 03/08/1986 Enghien-les-Bains, France 2 2 0 0 54 51 6 1 88 Michael Thomas MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 UNAVAILABLE 23 Kei Kamara (loan) FW 6-3 186 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 33 32 11 8 178 137 45 21 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes 11/21/1966 W46 L36 T30

CHICAGO FIRE 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 3 Hunter Jumper DF 6-2 175 02/28/1989 Plano, TX 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 175 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 2 2 0 0 64 61 3 2 7 Sherjill MacDonald FW 6-0 174 11/20/1984 Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 1 0 0 16 13 4 4 8 Dilly Duka MF 5-9 160 12/15/1989 Montville, NJ 2 2 0 0 47 34 2 5 11 Daniel Paladini MF 5-9 165 11/11/1984 Van Nuys, CA 0 0 0 0 46 28 3 3 12 Logan Pause MF 5-10 155 08/22/1981 Hillsborough, NC 0 0 0 0 259 236 3 11 13 Gonzalo Segares DF 5-11 162 10/13/1982 San Jose, Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 180 177 11 13 14 Patrick Nyarko FW 6-0 165 01/15/1986 Kumasi, Ghana 2 2 0 0 132 103 11 28 15 Wells Thompson MF 5-10 155 11/25/1983 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 150 76 7 7 16 Brendan King MF 6-0 160 02/25/1990 Naperville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Chris Rolfe FW 5-8 146 01/17/1983 Kettering, OH 2 2 0 0 147 124 44 21 18 Steven Kinney DF 6-0 175 10/28/1987 Norcross, GA 2 2 0 0 15 12 1 1 19 Corben Bone MF 5-9 160 09/16/1988 Plano, TX 0 0 0 0 17 8 0 1 20 Jeff Larentowicz MF 6-1 175 08/05/1983 Pasadena, CA 2 2 0 0 209 200 23 11 21 Michael Videira MF 5-10 170 01/06/1986 Milford, MA 0 0 0 0 24 12 0 1 22 Austin Berry DF 6-2 180 10/06/1988 Cincinnati, OH 2 2 0 0 30 30 3 0 23 Arne Friedrich DF 6-1 170 05/29/1979 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany 0 0 0 0 23 22 1 0 24 Quincy Amarikwa FW 5-9 180 10/29/1987 Bakersfield, CA 0 0 0 0 67 14 4 4 25 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Auburn, GA 2 2 0 0 74 74 0 1 26 Joel Lindpere MF 5-10 165 10/05/1981 Tallinn, Estonia, USSR 2 2 0 0 99 91 15 18 27 Victor Pineda MF 5-11 140 05/15/1993 Chicago, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Maicon Santos FW 6-1 186 04/18/1984 Paracambi, Brazil 2 1 0 0 90 62 21 8 30 Yazid Atouba Emane MF 5-6 150 01/02/1993 Yaounde, Cameroon 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 70 Paolo Tornaghi GK 6-2 175 06/21/1988 Garbagnate Milanese, Italy 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 71 Alex MF 5-8 155 12/15/1988 Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 0 0 0 19 6 2 0 94 Kellen Gulley FW 6-0 185 04/06/1994 Clinton, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UNAVAILABLE Alvaro Fernandez (loan) MF 6-1 159 10/11/1985 Soriano, Uruguay 27 23 4 3 68 50 15 4 Federico Puppo (loan) FW 5-8 160 12/06/1986 Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay 11 1 0 1 11 1 0 1 Orr Barouch (loan) FW 6-2 190 11/29/1991 Haifa, Israel 9 1 0 0 37 3 2 2 HEAD COACH : Frank Klopas

09/01/1966 W25 L18 T16

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs CHICAGO FIRE SPORTING PARK, Kansas City, Kan. March 16, 2013 (WEEK 3, MLS Game #19)

2 p.m. CT (NBC SN)

Two Midwestern rivals meet in MLS Rivalry Week as Sporting Kansas City make their 2013 home debut, taking on the Chicago Fire. Sporting are coming off their first loss of the season, a 2-1 defeat by Toronto FC last weekend. The Fire are still looking for their first win and their first goal, dropping a 1-0 decision to the New England Revolution in their home debut last weekend. REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. SAR (bench): Philippe Briere; JAR (opposite): Paul Scott; 4th: Matthew Foerster MLS Career: 59 games; FC/gm: 27.4; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 8; pens: 7 DISABLED LIST: KC: Teal Bunbury; Jacob Peterson SUSPENDED: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (43 meetings): Sporting 11 wins (0 shootout), 52 goals … Fire 23 wins (1 shootout), 80 goals … Ties 9 AT KC (23 meetings): Sporting 8 wins (0 shootout), 33 goals … Fire 8 wins (1 shootout), 37 goals … Ties 7 RETURN MATCHES: 7/7: Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City, 2 p.m. CT (ESPN); Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSN) LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/12: CHI 2, KC 1 (Grazzini 61; Oduro 81 – Convey 31) 6/29: KC 0, CHI 1 (Pappa 58) 9/28: KC 2, CHI 0 (Zusi 11, 96+)  Kansas City had gone a couple of seasons and four matches in all since defeating Chicago before their 2-0 victory in the final meeting last year, Sept. 28 at Sporting Park.  Kansas City has won twice on their last five trips to Bridgeview, dating back to 2008 – after winning at the Fire just once in the opening decade of the series between the clubs.  KC has twice defeated Chicago in a final – MLS Cup 2000 and the 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.  Coaches record: Peter Vermes v CHI: P8 W2 L4 D2 … Frank Klopas vs. KC: P4 W2 L1 D1 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sporting Kansas City went down to defeat for the first time this season, dropping a 2-1 decision to Toronto FC at Rogers Centre. LAST MATCH  Toronto FC took the lead after just three minutes. Matt Besler's pass to fellow defender Aurélien Collin was intercepted by Robert Earnshaw, and he clinically finished past helpless SKC 'keeper Jimmy Nielsen.  The home side doubled their lead shortly thereafter. SKC midfielder Paulo Nagamura tripped up newly acquired Toronto midfielder John Bostock in the box, and Earnshaw stepped up and used a cool stutter-step to catch Nielsen wrong-footed from the penalty spot in the 21st minute.  Sporting pulled a goal back in the 77th minute when halftime substitute C.J. Sapong flicked a long free kick from goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen on to Claudio Bieler, who split the TFC defense and blasted the ball past Toronto 'keeper Joe Bendik for his second goal in as many games.  Sporting manager Peter Vermes made no changes to the team that came back from an early deficit for a 3-1 win against Philadelphia Union at PPL Park  SPORTING KANSAS CITY (4-1-2-3): Jimmy Nielsen - Chance Myers, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic - Oriol Rosell - Paulo Nagamura, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 82) - Graham Zusi, Claudio Bieler, Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 46). TEAM NEWS  Sporting lost for the first time in league play since last July 28, ending their undefeated streak at 13 games, one shy of the club record set in 2011.  “They pushed the game and they made the most of their opportunities. We made a big mistake early on to get them into the game that gave them some confidence. Getting the second goal early on put us behind the 8-ball pretty early,” said SKC manager Peter Vermes. “Two goals is a big deficit to come back from. I thought they closed the half out well, they slowed the game down and didn’t give us much to get into the rhythm or anything.”

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Designated Player Claudio Bieler scored for the second time in as many matches, getting a late goal to pull Sporting back within a goal. For a second consecutive match, C.J. Sapong came off the bench to provide an attacking spark. He came on for Bobby Convey to start the second half after replacing Convey at the 63-minute mark in the season opener. “We definitely needed to change something, I don’t know if whether it was a change for a different mentality or it was the difference in the way everyone was playing, but it wasn’t just one guy,” Vermes said. “C.J. (Sapong) was a good spark for us at half, kind of changed a lot of the game for us so it was good to see.” Sporting were able to uncork 16 attempts at goal in Toronto, but were not able to match the three-goal effort from the season opener in Philadelphia. “The second half I thought our guys did a very good job of changing the pace of the game and pushing the tempo a little bit.” Vermes said. “We created quite a few opportunities, maybe a little unlucky here or there, but at the end of the day they did well in the first half we did well in the second half, they got two and we got one.” SKC maintained their first-choice back four of Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler and Aurelien Collin – losing for just the second time in 30 matches with that group in the first XI. “It was not a question about tactical, about the quality of what we did, it was our attitude on the field that was wrong. We were not ready to battle; we were not ready to fight,” said goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen. “That surprised me a lot because that is what we talked about just before we went on the field. We should be ready right from the first whistle but it took us 45 minutes to get ready.”

CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire lost for the second time in as many matches to open the new season, falling 1-0 to the New England Revolution in their home opener Saturday night at Toyota Park. LAST MATCH  The lone goal came shortly after the hour mark. After a misclearance was back toward the Fire penalty area, Juan Toja controlled the loose ball at the top of the box and laid the ball back to Kelyn Rowe. He looped the ball to the far post over the pulled-up Chicago backline, where Jerry Bengtson was lurking and calmly able to finish his header.  Fire head coach Frank Klopas made one change to the team that lost 4-0 to the LA Galaxy to open the season at The Home Depot Center. Sherjill MacDonald started up top in place of Maicon Santos.  CHICAGO FIRE (4-2-3-1): Sean Johnson - Steven Kinney, Austin Berry, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares - Jeff Larentowicz, Joel Lindpere - Patrick Nyarko, Chris Rolfe (Alex 65), Dilly Duka (Yazid Atouba Emane 58) Sherjill MacDonald (Maicon Santos 46). TEAM NEWS  For the first time since 2000, and just the second time in club history, the Fire have opened the season with back-to-back losses.  The Fire are the only team still to score a goal in league play this season that has played two games. The only other team still without a league goal – Seattle Sounders FC – has played only their season opener (a 1-0 loss to Montréal).  “We’ve got to put our chances away. I thought in the first half we had some good looks,” said Fire head coach Frank Klopas. “We have got to be better in the final third. It’s difficult when you create the opportunities but don’t put them away. The game sometimes is not fair because out of nothing, we gave up a goal. I think in the run of play we got in some good spots, we just couldn’t finish.”  After starting the season opener on the substitutes’ bench and coming on for the final quarter of the match, Sherjill MacDonald was given the start in the New England. But he played only the first half before coming off in place of Maicon Santos.  “We took out MacDonald because we needed him more,” coach Frank Klopas said. “We needed him to hold the ball better. At times when we tried to find him, he was late to movement. He had a couple of chances he didn't put away. Going against the wind, Maicon [Santos] was bigger and stronger.”  Said MacDonald: “For me, this is my job. As a striker, I know things like this happen. I'm just there to support this team no matter what. … I still think I have a good connection with Rolfe. Some games, it works better than other games. But I'm sure that, once the season gets going, we're going to be OK.”  There was then another change up top when Chris Rolfe had to come off. “Chris came off because he had an injury. His quad muscle or hamstring in the back had a muscle issue. He was grabbing his knee and we had to take him out. … We were going to make a different change, but then we had to take him out because he couldn’t continue,” said Klopas.  In the season opener, Steven Kinney played centrally with Jalil Anibaba at right back. It was Kinney’s first appearance in central defense. For the New England match, the two exchanged places, with Kinney back at his usual fullback spot.  “I knew Jerry Bengtson was more athletic and with his speed, I wanted to get Jalil in the back. I switched it up at the end of the game because I knew Steven was getting tired and we had to push the game,” Klopas said. “I

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knew Jalil still had his legs and could push it on the right. I thought Steven had a good game. I think at the end it was a fitness thing with him.” After missing the opening two matches of the season, veteran center back Arne Friedrich traveled to Germany to visit with a specialist concerning his hamstring injury. “You're going to face situations throughout the season like this, and you're going to have to cope with this,” Klopas said. “Arne's experience and his quality, any team would miss him, but we're just going to have to accept this and just move on and when he's ready, he'll be ready to help us.” Said Austin Berry: “We’re getting more comfortable. I think sliding in Jalil into the center back spot, there’s a little bit more familiarity between me and him. We played a lot of games last season so it’s getting better but we would like to have Arne back.”

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2013 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (1-1-0, 3 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 16 F Claudio Bieler 8 M Graham Zusi 20 M Oriol Rosell 7 D Chance Myers 17 F C.J. Sapong 5 D Matt Besler 78 D Aurelien Collin 11 M Bobby Convey 10 M Benny Feilhaber 24 D Mechack Jerome 19 M Peterson Joseph 6 M Paulo Nagamura 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 22 F Soony Saad 15 D Seth Sinovic 25 M Christian Duke 14 F Dom Dwyer 4 D Kevin Ellis 31 M Josh Gardner 21 G Jon Kempin 18 G Eric Kronberg 12 M Mikey Lopez 27 M Kyle Miller 13 D Lawrence Olum 3 D Ike Opara 2 D Yann Songo'o 88 M Michael Thomas Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

GS 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

MIN 180 180 180 179 72 180 180 108 164 1 8 180 180 8 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 180

G 2 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 4 3

A 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

SHT 4 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 22

SV 5 5 1

GA 3 3 4

SOG 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8

FC 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 38

GAA 1.50 1.50 2.00

PG 1 1 0

FS 6 7 2 4 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 28

OFF 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5

CK 0 11 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 11 9

C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Oriol Rosell 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Graham Zusi 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 G Jimmy Nielsen 2 2 Team totals 2 2 Opponent totals 2 2

MIN 180 180 180

SHTS 8 8 5

PA 1 1 0

W 1 1 1

L 1 1 1

* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Sporting Kansas City statistics listed here.

T 0 0 0

SO 0 0 0

E 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

2013 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (0-2-0, 0 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 71 M Alex 6 D Jalil Anibaba 30 M Yazid Atouba Emane 22 D Austin Berry 8 M Dilly Duka 25 G Sean Johnson 18 D Steven Kinney 20 M Jeff Larentowicz 26 M Joel Lindpere 7 F Sherjill MacDonald 29 F Maicon Santos 14 F Patrick Nyarko 17 F Chris Rolfe 13 D Gonzalo Segares 24 F Quincy Amarikwa 19 M Corben Bone 23 D Arne Friedrich 94 F Kellen Gulley 3 D Hunter Jumper 16 M Brendan King 11 M Daniel Paladini 12 M Logan Pause 27 M Victor Pineda 15 M Wells Thompson 70 G Paolo Tornaghi 21 M Michael Videira Team totals Opponent totals

GP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

GS 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

MIN 58 180 51 180 115 180 180 180 161 68 112 180 155 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 180

CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 25 G Sean Johnson 2 Team totals 2 Opponent totals 2

GS 2 2 2

MIN 180 180 180

G 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 5

A 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 5

SHT 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 28

SV 8 8 5

GA 5 5 0

SOG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13

FC 1 1 1 1 6 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 34

GAA 2.50 2.50 0.00

PG 0 0 0

FS 2 3 3 2 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 27

OFF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4

CK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10

C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

SHTS 13 13 5

PA 0 0 0

* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Chicago Fire statistics listed here.

W 0 0 2

L 2 2 0

T 0 0 0

SO 0 0 2

E 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

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Wed. Fri. Sat.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

2 9 16 23 30 5 17 20 27 5 8 12 19 26 1 22 29 3 7 13 20 27 3 10 18 23 31 7 21 27 5 9 18 26

OPPONENT RESULT at Philadelphia W 3-1 at Toronto FC L 1-2 Chicago at New England Montreal D.C. United at New York at Los Angeles Portland Chivas USA Seattle at Houston at D.C. United Houston Montreal at FC Dallas Columbus Vancouver at Chicago Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake at Montreal New York New England at San Jose at Chicago Colorado Columbus at Toronto FC Philadelphia at Columbus at Houston D.C. United at Philadelphia

ATT. 18,160 25,991

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 0 3 KC: Zusi (41) Rosell (66) Bieler (83); PHI: Le Toux (17) 1-1-0 T1 3 KC: Bieler (77); TOR: Earnshaw (3,21)

ATT. 20,124 13,242

W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 0-1-0 T8 0 LA: Magee (38,68,74) Keane (80) 0-2-0 T9 0 NE: Bengtson (62)

CHICAGO FIRE 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May June June June June July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

3 9 16 24 7 14 20 27 11 18 25 2 8 19 22 3 7 14 20 27 3 10 17 23 1 7 11 14 21 28 4 12 19 27

OPPONENT RESULT at Los Angeles L 0-4 New England L 0-1 at Sporting KC Chivas USA New York at Houston Columbus at Montreal Philadelphia at Philadelphia at Real Salt Lake D.C. United Portland Colorado at Columbus San Jose Sporting KC at Vancouver D.C. United at Houston at Philadelphia Montreal at New England Sporting KC Houston at Seattle at Toronto FC New England at Columbus Montreal at D.C. United at FC Dallas Toronto FC at New York

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013) Goals 1 Claudio Bieler 1 Oriol Rosell 1 Graham Zusi 1 Claudio Bieler

03/02/2013 03/02/2013 03/02/2013 03/09/2013

at at at at

PHI PHI PHI TOR

W W W L

Assists 2 Graham Zusi

03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

3-1 3-1 3-1 1-2

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)

Goals 3 03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

Shots 7 03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

Assists 3 03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

Shots on Goal 1 03/09/2013

TOR

L 1-2

Shots 16 03/09/2013

Shots 2 8 times

Shots on Goal 4 03/02/2013

Shots on Goal 1 5 times

Fouls Committed 15 03/09/2013 at

Fouls Committed 4 Paulo Nagamura

Fouls Suffered 19 03/02/2013 19 03/09/2013

Fouls Suffered 5 Claudio Bieler Offside 3 Claudio Bieler Saves 4 Jimmy Nielsen Shots Faced 5 Jimmy Nielsen Goals Allowed 2 Jimmy Nielsen

03/09/2013

03/02/2013

03/09/2013

TOR

PHI

TOR

L 1-2

W 3-1

L 1-2

CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013) Shots 2 Maicon Santos 2 Maicon Santos 2 Joel Lindpere 2 Sherjill MacDonald

03/03/2013 03/09/2013 03/09/2013 03/09/2013

at vs. vs. vs.

LA NE NE NE

L L L L

0-4 0-1 0-1 0-1

Shots on Goal 1 5 times

03/03/2013 03/03/2013 03/03/2013 03/09/2013

at at at vs.

Fouls Suffered 5 Patrick Nyarko

03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

Offside 3 Sherjill MacDonald

03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

Shots Faced 10 Sean Johnson Goals Allowed 4 Sean Johnson

at at

03/03/2013

LA LA LA NE

L L L L

0-4 0-4 0-4 0-1

L 0-4

PHI

L 1-2

W 3-1

TOR

L 1-2

PHI TOR

W 3-1 L 1-2

Fouls Committed 13 03/02/2013 at

PHI

W 3-1

Fouls Suffered 19 03/02/2013 19 03/09/2013

PHI TOR

W 3-1 L 1-2

at at

Corner Kicks 2 03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

Offside 2 03/09/2013

TOR

L 1-2

Corner Kicks 9 03/09/2013

TOR

L 1-2

Saves 1 03/09/2013

TOR

L 1-2

Offside 4 03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

Shots Faced 3 03/09/2013

TOR

L 1-2

Saves 4 03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

Shots Faced 5 03/02/2013

PHI

W 3-1

Goals Allowed 2 03/09/2013

TOR

L 1-2

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)

TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)

Shots 8 03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

Shots 7 03/03/2013

L 0-4

Shots on Goal 4 03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

Shots on Goal 1 03/03/2013

L 0-4

Fouls Committed 14 03/03/2013 at

Fouls Committed 3 Dilly Duka 3 Jeff Larentowicz 3 Gonzalo Segares 3 Dilly Duka

Saves 6 Sean Johnson

TOR

Fouls Suffered 21 03/09/2013

L 0-4

Fouls Committed 13 03/09/2013 vs. NE

L 0-1

vs. NE

L 0-1

Fouls Suffered 13 03/03/2013

L 0-4

Corner Kicks 2 03/03/2013

Offside 5 03/03/2013 5 03/09/2013 Saves 6 03/03/2013 Shots Faced 10 03/03/2013 Goals Allowed 4 03/03/2013

L 0-4

Corner Kicks 0 03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

at LA vs. NE

L 0-4 L 0-1

Offside 5 03/03/2013 5 03/09/2013

at LA vs. NE

L 0-4 L 0-1

L 0-4

Saves 2 03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

Shots Faced 3 03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

Goals Allowed 1 03/09/2013

vs. NE

L 0-1

L 0-4

2012 SPORTING KANSAS CITY VS. CHICAGO FIRE (1-2-0) UNF 8 11 23 15 7 17 5 9 78 2 19 6 1 13 37 22 55 16

POS MID MID MID M/D DEF FWD DEF FWD DEF DEF MID MID GK DEF MID FWD MID DEF

PLAYER Graham Zusi Bobby Convey Kei Kamara Roger Espinoza Chance Myers C.J. Sapong Matt Besler Teal Bunbury Aurelien Collin Michael Harrington Peterson Joseph Paulo Nagamura Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Jacob Peterson Soony Saad Julio Cesar Seth Sinovic ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 2

GS 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 3 2

MIN 270 78 270 242 270 236 249 106 180 90 8 90 270 111 12 18 262 180

G 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 4 1 14 6 3 6 1 5 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0

SOG 2 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

FC 4 0 4 5 4 3 1 1 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 3

FS 4 0 6 3 6 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

OFF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

E 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3

270 270

3 3

5 2

52 37

15 11

39 36

36 39

4 11

19 13

5 7

1 1

0 0

GP 3

GS 3

MIN 270

SHTS 11

SV 8

GA 3

GAA 1.00

PG 1

PA 1

W 1

L 2

T 0

3 3

270 270

11 15

8 12

3 3

1.00 1.00

1 0

1 2

2 1

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Graham Zusi 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kei Kamara 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0

2012 CHICAGO FIRE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (2-1-0) UNF 10 8 16 14 18 71 6 22 4 10 23 3 25 99 7 11 17 12 9 88 13

POS PLAYER MID Sebastian Grazzini FWD Dominic Oduro MID Marco Pappa F/M Patrick Nyarko MID Chris Rolfe MID Alex DEF Jalil Anibaba DEF Austin Berry MID*Alvaro Fernandez FWD Guillermo Franco DEF Arne Friedrich D/M Dan Gargan GK Sean Johnson DEF Hunter Jumper FWD Sherjill MacDonald MID Daniel Paladini MID Pavel Pardo MID Logan Pause FWD Federico Puppo MID Rafael Robayo DEF Gonzalo Segares ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2

GS 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 2

MIN 80 209 154 243 180 87 270 270 90 19 198 151 270 11 90 10 180 241 10 27 179

G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 4 4 10 5 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1

SOG 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

FC 3 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5

FS 3 5 1 8 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 2

OFF 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

CK 3 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

C 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3

270 270

3 3

2 5

37 52

11 15

36 39

39 36

11 4

13 19

7 5

1 1

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Marco Pappa 1, Dominic Oduro 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Chris Rolfe 1, Patrick Nyarko 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Sebastian Grazzini 1-1

UNF POS GOALKEEPER 25 GK Sean Johnson ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 3

GS 3

MIN 270

SHTS 15

SV 12

GA 3

GAA 1.00

PG 0

PA 0

W 2

L 1

T 0

3 3

270 270

15 11

12 8

3 3

1.00 1.00

0 1

2 1

1 2

0 0

SO O'TIME 1 0-0-0 1 1

0-0-0 0-0-0

CHICAGO FIRE VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY ALL-TIME RESULTS Fire 23 wins, 80 goals Sporting 11 wins, 52 goals Ties 9 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998

KC 1 vs CHI CHI 4 vs KC CHI 2 at KC CHI 1 vs KC

0 1 2 0

03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999

CHI CHI CHI CHI

0 1 1 0

(KC) (SF) (KC) (SF)

03/25/2000 06/04/2000

KC 4 vs CHI 3 CHI 3 vs KC 2

(KC) (SF)

05/19/2001 07/04/2001

CHI 2 vs KC 0 CHI 7 at KC 0

(SF) (KC)

08/14/2002 08/31/2002

CHI 5 vs KC 1 KC 2 vs CHI 1

(NC) (KC)

04/26/2003 06/21/2003 07/26/2003

CHI 3 at KC 2 KC 4 vs CHI 2 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(KC) (KC) (NC)

04/03/2004 05/08/2004 09/01/2004

KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 2 vs CHI 2 CHI 3 vs KC 1

(KC) (KC) (SF)

06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005

CHI 1 vs KC KC 3 at CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 at KC

1 2 0 0

(SF) (SF) (KC) (KC)

05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006

KC 1 vs CHI KC 3 vs CHI CHI 1 vs KC CHI 3 vs KC

1 2 0 0

(KC) (KC) (TP) (TP)

04/21/2007 08/22/2007 08/25/2007

CHI 2 vs KC 1 KC 3 vs CHI 2 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(TP) (KC) (TP)

04/20/2008 07/27/2008 10/05/2008

KC 1 at CHI 0 KC 0 vs CHI 0 KC 1 vs CHI 1

(TP) (CA) (CA)

04/18/2009 08/16/2009

CHI 2 vs KC 2 CHI 2 at KC 0

(TP) (CA)

05/15/2010 10/12/2010

KC 2 vs CHI 2 KC 2 at CHI 0

(CA) (TP)

03/26/2011 06/09/2011

CHI 3 vs KC 2 KC 0 vs CHI 0

(TP) (SP)

05/12/2012 06/29/2012 09/28/2012

CHI 2 vs KC 1 CHI 1 at KC 0 KC 2 vs CHI 0

(TP) (SP) (SP)

3 3 2 2

at vs at vs

KC KC KC KC

(KC) (SF) CHI SOW (KC) (SF)

MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 10/15/2000

KC 1 vs CHI 0

(DC, F)

U.S. OPEN CUP 07/11/2001 09/22/2004 08/14/2006

CHI 1 at KC 0 KC 1 vs CHI 0 CHI 2 vs KC 0

(X6, 3R) (KC, F) (TP, 4R)

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

Sporting KC 1 2 OT Tot. 26 26 0 52 256 282 0 538 122 111 0 233 280 300 0 580 41 37 0 78 101 114 0 215

1 38 264 115 305 58 88

Fire 2 OT 42 0 279 0 125 0 296 0 72 0 115 0

Tot. 80 543 240 601 130 203

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

KC CHI

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 9 6 11 6 9 11 12 10 16 12 15 15

OT 0 0

Total 52 80

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes vs. CHI Frank Klopas vs. KC

2-4-2 (1.00 pts./game) 2-1-1 (1.75 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

5 10 43 18 38 40

Sporting KC Sealy/Wolff Preki Davy Arnaud Josh Wolff Kerry Zavagnin Davy Arnaud

9 8 48 20 39 42

Fire Ante Razov Justin Mapp Ante Razov Ante Razov Gonzalo Segares Justin Mapp

Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

3 6 2 40 24

Meola/Oshoniyi Tony Meola Hartman/Nielsen Tony Meola Tony Meola

15 4 8 94 26

Zach Zach Zach Zach Zach

Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Sporting KC 6 players tied Preki (6/21/03) Kei Kamara (6/29/12) 4 players tied Alex Zotinca (4/3/04) 5 players tied

Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered

2 3 8 4 6 6

Saves Goals Allowed

9 Tony Meola (7/26/03) 7 Bo Oshoniyi (7/4/01)

2 2 9 4 6 7

Fire 6 players tied 10 players tied Damani Ralph (7/26/03) 6 players tied 4 players tied Ralph/Blanco

10 Zach Thornton (6/21/03) 4 Sutton/Thornton

2013 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:

At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

SPORTING KANSAS CITY W-L-T Streak (started)

W-L-T

CHICAGO FIRE Streak (started)

0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0

1 Ws (10/24/2012 1 Ws (3/2/2013) 1 Ls (3/9/2013)

0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

1 Ts (10/27/2012 1 Ls (3/9/2013) 5 Ls (8/22/2012)

0-0-0 1-1-0

1 Ws (10/24/2012 1 Ls (3/9/2013)

0-0-0 0-2-0

1 Ts (10/27/2012 5 Ls (9/28/2012)

0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

4 1 8 6 31

Ts Ls Ws Ws Ws

(7/7/2012) (3/9/2013) (5/27/2012) (8/17/2011) (5/2/1996)

0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

6 1 3 11 23

Ls Ts Ws Ws Ws

(7/8/2012) (10/27/2012 (9/12/2012) (9/29/2010) (5/23/1998)

0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

1 2 3 2 21

Ts Ws Ls Ls Ls

(10/20/2012 (10/24/2012 (7/18/2012) (4/23/2011) (5/5/1996)

0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

2 1 6 4 15

Ws Ls Ls Ls Ls

(7/14/2012) (3/9/2013) (4/28/2012) (5/31/2009) (6/21/2003)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (11-23-9)

CURRENT SPORTING KANSAS CITY PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (11-23-9)

PLAYER Josh Wolff Scott Sealy Preki Mo Johnston Chris Klein Davy Arnaud Jose Burciaga Jr. Kei Kamara Sasha Victorine Teal Bunbury Jimmy Conrad Chris Henderson Jack Jewsbury Graham Zusi Michael Harrington Dario Fabbro Gary Glasgow Eddie Johnson Matt Besler Chris Brown Mark Chung Bobby Convey Francisco Gomez Carlos Marinelli Pete Marino Miklos Molnar Igor Simutenkov Alex Zotinca Claudio Lopez Diego Gutierrez Paul Rideout Kerry Zavagnin Jake Dancy Roger Espinoza Herculez Gomez Brian Johnson Chance Myers Uche Okafor Ryan Raybould Brian Roberts Refik Sabanadzovic C.J. Sapong Ryan Smith Vitalis Takawira

GP 17 10 17 10 20 22 13 6 13 6 20 6 18 7 12 3 2 6 8 11 4 1 9 2 2 1 5 7 3 9 3 22 1 11 3 7 7 6 3 3 4 5 1 5

GS 17 7 15 10 18 22 13 6 12 3 20 5 11 5 9 2 1 6 7 4 4 1 4 0 0 1 5 6 3 7 2 21 0 9 2 3 6 6 3 1 3 4 1 5

MIN 1448 605 1339 858 1583 1927 1125 504 1090 327 1791 451 1089 456 920 170 117 523 654 472 339 78 415 68 66 80 329 498 261 641 187 1857 45 775 194 340 545 540 206 116 286 357 90 368

G 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 3 2 10 0 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 35 11 37 18 34 43 19 24 12 16 14 4 15 5 5 3 2 13 2 10 7 1 13 1 3 2 7 6 8 10 5 14 0 10 5 6 8 1 1 2 1 10 5 1

Team totals Opponent totals

43 43

3870 3870

52 80

62 98

538 543

GOALKEEPER Eric Kronberg William Hesmer Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Mike Ammann Tony Meola Bo Oshoniyi Chris Snitko David Winner ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 1 7 8 3 11 11 2 2

MIN 22 90 607 720 270 982 819 180 180

SHTS 1 3 29 47 15 65 58 12 10

SV 1 2 21 36 9 40 35 7 5

GAA 0.00 1.00 1.19 1.38 1.67 2.20 2.31 2.50 2.50

PG 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0

43 43

3870 3870

240 233

156 173

1.86 1.21

5 2

PLAYER Bobby Convey Teal Bunbury Paulo Nagamura Graham Zusi Benny Feilhaber Matt Besler Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Roger Espinoza Josh Gardner Chance Myers C.J. Sapong Aurelien Collin Peterson Joseph Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Lawrence Olum Soony Saad Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

GP 15 6 12 7 3 8 3 11 11 4 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 1 3 43 43

GS 14 3 11 5 2 7 2 6 9 4 6 4 3 0 0 7 2 0 2 43 43

GOALKEEPER Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 7

MIN 22 607

43 43

3870 3870

MIN 1293 327 941 456 225 654 189 536 775 335 545 357 270 8 22 607 111 18 201 3870 3870

G 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 80

A 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 98

SHT 15 16 16 5 5 2 3 7 10 2 8 10 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 538 543

SHTS 1 29

SV 1 21

GAA 0.00 1.19

PG 0 2

240 233

156 173

1.86 1.21

5 2

CHICAGO FIRE CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (23-11-9)

CURRENT CHICAGO FIRE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (23-11-9)

PLAYER Ante Razov Justin Mapp Peter Nowak Diego Gutierrez Hristo Stoitchkov Josh Wolff Chad Barrett Dema Kovalenko Brian McBride Marco Pappa Chris Rolfe Cuauhtemoc Blanco Roman Kosecki Andy Williams Thiago Andy Herron Nate Jaqua Damani Ralph Lubos Kubik Jesse Marsch Jerzy Podbrozny Evan Whitfield DaMarcus Beasley Jamar Beasley Carlos Bocanegra Lubos Reiter Eric Wynalda Mike Banner C.J. Brown Craig Capano Calen Carr Diego Chaves Jim Curtin Sergi Daniv Sebastian Grazzini Julio Martinez Dominic Oduro Orlando Perez Gaston Puerari Dasan Robinson Dipsy Selolwane Chris Armas Ivan Guerrero Kelly Gray Patrick Nyarko Logan Pause David Vaudreuil Wilman Conde Sam George Frank Klopas Ritchie Kotschau Andrew Lewis Tony Sanneh Gonzalo Segares Zach Thornton Michael Videira

GP 14 20 11 19 6 9 9 6 4 7 15 6 5 5 8 5 10 6 9 20 8 10 9 1 4 2 2 3 29 3 8 2 14 2 1 1 5 5 2 10 1 21 10 8 10 26 2 4 4 4 3 6 4 16 23 1

GS 13 19 11 18 5 5 5 6 2 6 14 6 4 5 7 2 7 5 9 16 6 9 7 1 4 1 1 0 29 0 1 1 14 1 1 1 3 4 2 8 0 21 9 6 7 23 0 3 3 2 2 3 2 16 22 1

MIN 1134 1476 953 1606 336 503 415 539 270 506 1053 530 325 426 621 288 615 474 810 1485 568 815 640 90 360 80 100 70 2536 36 209 108 1260 71 80 45 300 368 145 724 19 1878 825 549 687 2038 35 297 252 189 180 338 201 1404 1995 90

G 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A 6 8 5 2 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SHT 48 28 21 18 18 17 22 9 6 24 23 11 10 14 13 7 17 22 11 14 13 5 10 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 3 2 5 2 4 1 6 4 2 7 2 5 4 5 11 5 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 9 0 1

Team totals Opponent totals

43 43

3870 3870

80 52

98 62

543 538

GOALKEEPER David Mahoney Jon Busch D.J. Countess Sean Johnson Henry Ring Zach Thornton Matt Pickens Andrew Dykstra Greg Sutton ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 1 7 1 5 2 23 3 2 1

MIN 90 630 90 450 180 1995 165 180 90

SHTS 2 36 3 22 10 123 10 18 9

SV 2 29 2 17 7 94 6 12 4

GAA 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.17 1.64 2.00 4.00

PG 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

43 43

3870 3870

233 240

173 156

1.21 1.86

2 5

PLAYER Chris Rolfe Jeff Larentowicz Maicon Santos Patrick Nyarko Logan Pause Dilly Duka Gonzalo Segares Michael Videira Alex Quincy Amarikwa Jalil Anibaba Austin Berry Corben Bone Guillermo Franco Arne Friedrich Cory Gibbs Sean Johnson Hunter Jumper Joel Lindpere Sherjill MacDonald Jay Nolly Daniel Paladini Pavel Pardo Wells Thompson Team totals Opponent totals

GP 15 14 5 10 26 5 16 2 2 4 4 3 2 1 3 8 5 1 7 1 1 3 2 9 43 43

GS 14 14 4 7 23 3 16 2 1 1 4 3 2 0 3 8 5 0 5 1 1 1 2 5 43 43

GOALKEEPER Sean Johnson Jay Nolly ----------Team totals Opponent totals

GP 5 1

MIN 450 90

43 43

3870 3870

MIN 1053 1260 324 687 2038 292 1404 149 87 153 360 270 94 19 198 709 450 11 462 90 90 145 180 518 3870 3870

G 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 52

A 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 62

SHT 23 11 16 11 5 10 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 1 0 5 1 3 543 538

SHTS 22 7

SV 17 4

GAA 1.00 3.00

PG 0 0

233 240

173 156

1.21 1.86

2 5

GAME NOTES WWW.SPORTINGKC.COM/MEDIA-GUIDE SPORTING KANSAS CITY at CHICAGO FIRE Sporting Park Kansas City, Kansas English TV: NBC Sports Network English Radio: 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Gran D 1340 AM

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER No. Pos. 1 GK 2 DEF 3 DEF 4 DEF 5 DEF 6 MID 7 DEF 8 MID 9 FWD 10 MID 11 MID 12 MID 13 DEF 14 FWD 15 DEF 16 FW 17 FWD 18 GK 19 MID 20 MID 21 GK 22 FWD 24 DEF 25 MID 27 DEF 31 DEF 37 DEF 78 DEF 88 MID

Name Pronunciation Jimmy Nielsen neel-sen Yann Songo’o SOHN-go 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 Teal Bunbury BUN-buh-ree Benny Feilhaber FAIL-hob-ber Bobby Convey CON-vee Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum OH-lumm Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic sin-OH-vick Claudio Bieler bee-AY-lurr C.J. Sapong sah-PONG Eric Kronberg Krawn-berg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell ew-REE-all rohz-EL Jon Kempin Soony Saad soo-NEE sod Mechack Jerome MEH-shack Christian Duke Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin au-REEL-ee-en Michael Thomas

2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1-1-0 (3 pts) 2 2nd in East 4 2.00 3 1.50 +1 23 (5) 21.7% 28 38 6 0

RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS

0-2-0 (0 pts) 2 10th in East 0 0.00 5 2.50 -5 15 (5) 33.3% 27 34 1 0

2013 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

CHICAGO FIRE

2 Claudio Bieler GOALS 2 Graham Zusi ASSISTS 4 Bieler/Zusi SHOTS 2 Claudio Bieler SHOTS ON GOAL 1 Oriol Rosell GAME-WINNING GOALS 1 Graham Zusi GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 7 Graham Zusi FOULS SUFFERED 5 Feilhaber/Nagamura FOULS COMMITTED 2 Aurelien Collin CAUTIONS N/A EJECTIONS

N/A N/A Maicon Santos 4 Maicon Santos 2 N/A N/A Patrick Nyarko 9 Dilly Duka 6 Jeff Larentowicz 1 N/A

1.50 Jimmy Nielsen GOALS AGAINST AVG Sean Johnson 2.50 N/A 1 Jimmy Nielsen WINS N/A N/A SHUTOUTS Sean Johnson 8 5 Jimmy Nielsen SAVES

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON PETER VERMES

2013 REGULAR SEASON MLS STANDINGS Eastern Conf. GP W L T P 1. Montreal Impact 2 2 0 0 6 2. Sporting Kansas City 2 1 1 0 3 3. Columbus Crew 2 1 1 0 3 4. Philadelphia Union 2 1 1 0 3 5. Houston Dynamo 1 1 0 0 3 6. Toronto FC 2 0 1 0 3 7. New England Revolution 1 1 0 0 3 8. D.C. United 2 1 1 0 3 9. New York Red Bulls 2 0 1 1 1 10. Chicago Fire 2 0 2 0 0 Western Conf. GP W L T P 1. Vancouver Whitecaps 2 2 0 0 6 3. LA Galaxy 1 1 1 0 3 2. Chivas USA 2 1 1 0 3 4. Real Salt Lake 2 1 1 0 3 5. San Jose Earthquakes 2 0 1 1 3 6. FC Dallas 2 1 1 0 3 7. Portland Timbers 2 0 1 0 1 8. Colorado Rapids 2 0 2 0 0 9. Seattle Sounders 1 0 1 0 0

CHICAGO FIRE

FRANK KLOPAS

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

5th season 46-36-30 5th season 46-36-30

SPORTING KC INJURY REPORT

As of March 12, 2013 OUT: • •

Teal Bunbury (left knee sprain) Jacob Peterson (right shoulder sprain)

QUESTIONABLE: • •

Chance Myers (left quad strain) Aurelien Collin (left ankle sprain)

3rd season 25-18-16 3rd season 25-18-16

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KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS... • • • • • • • • • •

Jimmy Nielsen and Chris Rolfe both played for Danish side Aalborg. Mikey Lopez, Jalil Anibaba, and Logan Pause both played for the University of North Carolina. Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi, Matt Besler, and Sean Johnson were all in the U.S. Men’s National Team January camp. Sean Johnson, Teal Bunbury, and Ike Opara were all on the U.S. U-23 squad during CONCACAF 2012 Olympic qualifying. Frank Klopas played for Kansas City from 1996-1997. Paulo Nagamura and Maicon Santos were teammates at Chivas USA from 2009-2010. Corben Bone and Ike Opara were teammates at Wake Forest from 2007-2009. Bobby Convey and Quincy Amarikwa were teammates at San Jose Earthquakes from 2009-2010. Yann Songo’o and Yazid Atouba were both part of the Cameroon squad at the FIFA 2011 U-20 World Cup. Josh Gardner and Daniel Paladini are brother-in-laws.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES... • • • • • • • • • •

Sporting KC is unbeaten in their last six home regular season matches. Peter Vermes is in his fifth season as manager, second longest in club history behind Bob Gansler. Peter Vermes’ winning percentage (.545) is best for SKC all-time Bobby Convey is 212 regular season minutes shy of 15,000 in MLS career (accomplished by 38 active players) Graham Zusi’s next multi-goal game will move him into fifth on KC’s all-time multi-goal game chart with four. Graham Zusi’s next game-winning assist will move him into sole possession of third place on Sporting KC’s all-time chart with 11. Graham Zusi’s next assist will tie him with Josh Wolff for fifth place on Sporting KC’s all-time chart with 26. Jimmy Nielsen’s career GAA (1.03) is best for SKC keeper all-time Sporting KC has the most ties in MLS history among all teams (109) Claudio Bieler is second all-time and only active Designated Player to score in his first two MLS regular season matches.

LAST TIME THEY MET... Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire last met in MLS action on September 28, 2012, when Sporting KC won the match 2-0 in front of a sold-out crowd at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan.. Sporting KC’s Graham Zusi had goals in the 11th minute and 96th minute. The win clinched a playoff spot for Sporting KC. The 21,010 in attendance for that match is a record for a Sporting KC match at Sporting Park. The two teams will meet three times during the 2013 MLS regular season ( March 16, July 7, August 23).

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SPORTING KC NEWS & NOTES Bieler scores again Sporting KC’s Designated Player, Claudio Bieler, scored his second goal in last Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Toronto FC. Bieler was named MLS Latino Player of the Week last week for his performance against Philadelphia on March 2.

Record at home Sporting KC has an all-time record of 11-2-4 in home openers (one loss in last 11) and unbeaten in their last six home regular season matches (dating back to 2012). Sporting KC’s all-time record at Sporting Park is 19-5-10.

Zusi named top 3 Sporting KC midfielder was named one of MLSSoccer.com’s top three performers last week for his one goal and two assists performance against Philadelphia on March 2.

First of eight on NBC Sports

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Sporting KC’s match against Chicago will be the first of eight matches on the NBC Sports Network during the 2013 MLS regular season. All three regular season matches against Chicago will be broadcast on national television. 17 of Sporting KC’s 34 regular season matches will be shown nationally in the United States or Canada.

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Sporting Park will host Sporting KC’s 17 MLS regular season matches, two CONCACAF Champions League group stage matches, and the 2013 MLS All-Star Game. The stadium is in contention to host one of the remaining 2014 World Cup qualifying matches for the U.S. Men’s National Team and Sporting KC’s U.S. Open Cup matches. Sporting Park will also host Flatlands, a three day country music festival in September.

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALS AND ASSISTS

1 3

3 2 4 KEY GOALS: ASSISTS:

GOAL INFORMATION 1- Graham Zusi, Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 41 2- Oriol Rosell (Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 66 3- Claudio Bieler (Myers/Zusi), Mar. 2, at Philadelphia Union, 83 4- Bieler (Sapong), Mar. 9, at Toronto FC, 77

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY OFFSEASON TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Josh Gardner (trade) Ike Opara (trade) Yann Songoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;o (signing) Claudio Bieler (signing) Mikey Lopez (SuperDraft) Mechack Jerome (signing) Benny Feilhaber (trade) Christian Duke (Supplemental Draft)

Julio Cesar (waived) Cyprian Hedrick (waived) Konrad Warzycha (waived) Neven Markovic (waived) Michael Harrington (trade) Korede Aiyegbusi (option not exercised) Roger Espinoza (out of contract)

OFFSEASON TRANSACTION TIMELINE November 19: Sporting Kansas City waives four players and does not select any players in the waiver draft. December 3: Sporting Kansas City trades Michael Harrington to Portland Timbers for allocation money and does not exercise option on Korede Aiyegbusi. December 5: Sporting Kansas City acquires Josh Gardner from Montreal Impact in exchange for highest second round pick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft. December 11: Sporting Kansas City acquires Benny Feilhaber from New England Revolution for natural first round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, and natural second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. December 12: Sporting Kansas City re-signs Matt Besler. December 12: Sporting Kansas City acquires Ike Opara from the San Jose Earthquakes for natural second round draft prick in 2013 MLS SuperDraft. December 13: Sporting Kansas City signs Yann Songo'o. December 18: Sporting Kansas City signs Claudio Bieler, the fourth Designated Player in club history. January 1: Roger Espinoza joins Wigan Athletic (English Premier League) January 17: Sporting Kansas City selects Mikey Lopez (14th overall) in the MLS SuperDraft. January 22: Sporting Kansas City selects Christian Duke, Brian Fekete, Mitchell Cardenas, and Mike Reidy in the MLS Supplemental Draft. January 30: Sporting Kansas City loans Kei Kamara to Norwich City (English Premier League). February 28: Sporting Kansas City signs Christian Duke and Mechack Jerome.

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2006

Eric Kronberg (40th)

MLS Supplemental Draft

Signings

Trades

Homegrown Players

MLS Lottery Draft

2007 2008

Chance Myers (1st)

2009

Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)

2010

Teal Bunbury (10th)

Jimmy Nielsen (Feb. 15)

2011

C.J. Sapong (10th)

Aurelien Collin (Apr. 15) Peterson Joseph (Sept. 1) Lawrence Olum (Sept. 15)

Seth Sinovic (Nov. 28 from MON, originally signed May 10) Paulo Nagamura (Nov. 29 from CHV) Bobby Convey (Dec. 2 from SJ

2012

Dom Dwyer (16th)

Kyle Miller (54th)

Jacob Peterson (Jan. 19) Oriol Rosell (Aug. 2)

Michael Thomas (Jan. 18 from SJ)

2013

Mikey Lopez (14th)

Christian Duke (14th)

Yann Songoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;o (Dec. 13) Claudio Bieler (Dec. 18) Mechack Jerome (Feb 28)

Josh Gardner (Dec. 5) Ike Opara (Dec. 12) Benny Feilhaber (Dec. 11)

Kei Kamara (Sept. 15 from HOU) Jon Kempin (Aug. 31) Kevin Ellis (Feb. 18)

Soony Saad (July 5)

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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Date 04/08/1998 06/24/1998 08/29/1998 09/17/1998 03/27/1999 05/22/1999 08/05/1999 08/25/1999 03/25/2000 06/04/2000 05/19/2001 07/04/2001 08/14/2002 08/31/2002 04/26/2003 06/21/2003 07/26/2003 04/03/2004 05/08/2004 09/01/2004 06/18/2005 08/10/2005 08/19/2005 10/01/2005 05/06/2006 06/17/2006 07/04/2006 08/16/2006 04/21/2007 08/22/2007 08/25/2007 04/20/2008 07/27/2008 10/05/2008 04/18/2009 08/16/2009 05/15/2010 10/12/2010 03/26/2011 06/09/2011 05/12/2012 06/29/2012 09/28/2012

Score Result Location 1-0 W Arrowhead Stadium 4-1 L Soldier Field 2-2 SOL Arrowhead Stadium 1-0 L Soldier Field 3-0 L Arrowhead Stadium 3-1 L Soldier Field 2-1 L Arrowhead Stadium 2-0 L Soldier Field 4-3 W Arrowhead Stadium 3-2 L Soldier Field 2-0 L Soldier Field 7-0 L Arrowhead Stadium 5-1 L Cardinal Stadium 2-1 W Arrowhead Stadium 2-3 L Arrowhead Stadium 4-2 W Arrowhead Stadium 2-0 L Cardinal Stadium 0-0 T Arrowhead Stadium 2-2 T Arrowhead Stadium 3-1 L Soldier Field 1-1 T Soldier Field 3-2 W Soldier Field 3-0 W Arrowhead Stadium 1-0 L Arrowhead Stadium 1-1 T Arrowhead Stadium 3-2 W Arrowhead Stadium 1-0 L Toyota Park 3-2 L Toyota Park 2-1 L Toyota Park 3-2 W Arrowhead Stadium 2-0 L Toyota Park 1-0 W Toyota Park 0-0 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 1-1 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 2-2 T Toyota Park 2-0 L CommunityAmerica Ballpark 2-2 T CommunityAmerica Ballpark 2-0 W Toyota Park 3-2 L Toyota Park 0-0 T Sporting Park 2-1 L Toyota Park 1-0 L Sporting Park 2-0 W Sporting Park

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 26 256 122 280 41 101

2 26 282 111 300 37 114

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot. 52 538 233 580 78 215

CHICAGO FIRE Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 38 264 115 305 58 88

2 42 279 125 296 72 115

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot. 80 543 240 601 130 203

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

CHICAGO FIRE

5 Sealy/Wolff Ante Razov 9 GOALS 10 Preki Justin Mapp 8 ASSISTS 43 Davy Arnaud Ante Razov 48 SHOTS 18 Josh Wolff Ante Razov 20 SHOTS ON GOAL 38 Kerry Zavagnin FOULS COMMITTED Gonzalo Segares 39 40 Davy Arnaud FOULS SUFFERED Justin Mapp 42 3 Meola/Oshoniyi Zach Thornton 15 WINS 6 Tony Meola Zach Thornton 4 LOSSES 2 Hartman/Nielsen SHUTOUTS Zach Thornton 8 40 Tony Meola Zach Thornton 94 SAVES 24 Tony Meola GOALS ALLOWED Zach Thornton 26

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 3 8 4 6 6

CHICAGO FIRE

6 Players Tied GOALS 6 players tied 2 Preki ASSISTS 10 players tied 2 Kei Kamara SHOTS Damani Ralph 9 4 players tied SHOTS ON GOAL 6 players tied 4 Alex Zotinca FOULS COMMITTED 4 players tied 6 Ralph/Blanco 7 5 players tied FOULS SUFFERED

9 Tony Meola 7 Bo Oshoniyi

Zach Thornton 10 SAVES GOALS ALLOWED Sutton/Thornton 4

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC CHI

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Tot. 9 7 10 6 9 11 0 52 12 10 16 13 14 15 0 80

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2013 Schedule and Box Scores DATE Sat., March 2nd Sat., March 9th Sat., March 16th Sat., March 23rd Sat., March 30th Fri., April 5th Wed., April 17th Sat., April 20th Sat., April 5th Sun., May 5th Wed., May 8th Sun., May 12th Sun., May 19th Sun., May 26th Sat., June 1st Sat., June 22nd Sat., June 29th Wed., July 3rd Sun., July 7th Sat., July 13th Sat., July 20th Sat., July 27th Wed., July 31st Sat., Aug. 3rd Sat., Aug. 10th Sun., Aug. 18th Fri., Aug. 23rd Sat., Aug. 31st Sat., Sept. 7th Sat., Sept. 21st Fri., Sept. 27th Sat., Oct. 5th Wed., Oct. 9th Fri, Oct. 18th Sat., Oct. 26th

OPPONENT 3-1 W @ Philadelphia Union 2-1 L @ Toronto FC Chicago Fire New England Revolution Montreal Impact D.C. United New York Red Bulls LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Chivas USA Seattle Sounders Houston Dynamo D.C. United Houston Dynamo Montreal Impact FC Dallas Columbus Crew Vancouver Whitecaps Chicago Fire Toronto FC Real Salt Lake Monteal Impact MLS All-Star Game New York Red Bulls New England Revolution San Jose Earthquakes Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Toronto FC Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew Houston Dynamo D.C. United Philadelphia Union

GOAL SCORERS Bieler/Rosell/Zusi Bieler N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Sporting KC at Philadelphia Union PPL Park | Chester, Penn. Attendance: 18,160 Weather: 42 degrees, mostly cloudy Score 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-0-0) 1 2 3 Philadelphia Union (0-1-0) 1 0 1 Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers (Mechack Jerome 92+); Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Peterson Joseph 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 63), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Soony Saad, Josh Gardner Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath; Sheanon Williams, Amobi Okugo, Jeff Parke, Raymon Gaddis; Michael Lahoud (Roger Torres 80), Brian Caroll (c), Michael Farfan, Keon Daniel (Conor Casey 84), Gabriel Farfan (Jack McInerney 70); Sebastien Le Toux Subs not used: Chris Konopka, Danny Cruz, Bakary Soumare, Antoine Hoppenot PHI SKC Shots 17 7 Shots on goal 5 4 Corner Kicks 6 2 Fouls 19 13 Offsides 1 4 Possession 46.8% 53.2% Passing Accuracy 78% 80% Misconduct Summary: KC -- Aurelien Collin (caution; reckless tackle) 25 KC -- Bobby Convey (caution; tactical foul) 56 PHI -- Raymon Gaddis (caution; reckless foul) 89 Scoring Summary: PHI -- Sebastien Le Toux 1 (Keon Daniel) 17 KC -- Graham Zusi 1 (unassisted) 41 KC -- Oriol Rosell 1 (Graham Zusi 1) 66 KC -- Claudio Bieler 1 (Chance Myers 1, Graham Zusi 2) 83

Sporting KC at Toronto FC Rogers Centre | Toronto, Canada Attendance: 25,991

Score 1 2 F Sporting Kansas City (1-1-0) 0 1 1 Toronto FC (1-1-0) 2 0 2

Sporting KC: Jimmy Nielsen (c); Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler, Aurelien Collin, Chance Myers; Oriol Rosell, Benny Feilhaber (Soony Saad 82); Paulo Nagamura; Bobby Convey (C.J. Sapong 46), Claudio Bieler, Graham Zusi Subs not used: Eric Kronberg, Ike Opara, Josh Gardner, Peterson Joseph, Lawrence Olum Toronto FC : Joseph Bendik; Richard Eckersley, Danny Califf, Darren O’Dea, Ashtone Morgan; John Bostock (Darel Russell 85), Terry Dunfield (Jonathan Osorio 82), Jeremy Hall, Reggie Lambe; Hogan Ephraim (Kyle Bekker 87), Robert Earnshaw Subs not used: Gale Agbossoumonde, Stefan Frei, Andrew Wiedeman, Emery Welshman TOR SKC Shots (on goal) 5 (3) 16 (1) Corner Kicks 3 9 Fouls 19 15 Offsides 3 2 Possession 32% 68% Passing Accuracy 60.7% 81.4% Misconduct Summary: KC - Paulo Nagamura (caution; reckless foul) 24 KC - Aurelien Collin (caution; tactical foul) 39 KC - Seth Sinovic (caution; reckless foul) 75 TOR - Danny Califf (caution; unsporting behavior) 77 KC - Benny Feilhaber (caution; dissent) 78 TOR - Richard Eckersley (caution; persistent infringement) 86 TOR - Darren O’Dea (caution; reckless foul) 95+ Scoring Summary: TOR - Robert Earnshaw 1 (unassisted) 3 TOR - Robert Earnshaw 2 (penalty kick) 21 KC - Claudio Bieler 2 (C.J. Sapong 1) 77

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SKC Miscellaneous Stats 2013 Record When…

Record By Month...

Scoring first goal N/A Conceding first goal 1-1-0 Leading at halftime N/A Tied at halftime 1-0-0 Trailing at halftime 0-1-0 Scoring 0 goals N/A Scoring 1 goal 0-1-0 Scoring 2 goals N/A Scoring 3 goals 1-0-0 Scoring 4+ goals N/A Allowing 0 goals N/A Allowing 1 goal 1-0-0 Allowing 2 goals 0-1-0 Allowing 3 goals N/A Allowing 4+ goals N/A Wearing Sporting Blue 1-1-0 Wearing Dark indigo N/A Leading at 75’ 1-0-0 Tied at 75’ N/A Trailing at 75’ 0-1-0 Outshooting opponent 0-1-0 Outshot by opponent 1-0-0 Shots even N/A One-goal games 0-1-0 On ESPN N/A On NBCSN N/A On KCWE 1-1-0 On KSMO-TV N/A Day games (before 5pm) 1-1-0 Games 5pm or later N/A With red card received N/A With red card against N/A Temperature 75 & up N/A Temperature below 75 1-0-0 Indoors 0-1-0 In Pacific time zone N/A In Mountain time zone N/A In Central time zone N/A In Eastern time zone 1-1-0 vs. Eastern Conference 1-1-0 vs. Western Conference N/A On grass 1-0-0 On turf 0-1-0 With zero subs N/A With one sub N/A With two subs 0-1-0 with three subs 1-0-0

March 2013 March all-time April 2013 April all-time May 2013 May all-time June 2013 June all-time July 2013 July all-time Aug. 2013 Aug. all-time Sept. 2013 Sept. all-time Oct. 2013 Oct. all-time

SKC Miscellaneous Stats - 2013 Regular Season Quickest Goal...

1-1-0 9-7-1 N/A 35-27-11 N/A 26-35-17 N/A 33-27-20 N/A 37-31-22 N/A 34-39-13 N/A 25-31-13 N/A 14-10-12

Team-by-team (in 2013)... vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

11-23-9 (0-0-0) Chicago 7-4-4 (0-0-0) Chivas USA 20-17-13 (0-0-0) Colorado Rapids 19-21-6 (0-0-0) Columbus Crew 18-18-9 (0-0-0) D.C. United 20-19-8 (0-0-0) FC Dallas 3-6-6 (0-0-0) Houston Dynamo 18-22-11 (0-0-0) LA Galaxy 3-4-1 Miami Fusion 1-1-1 (0-0-0) Montreal Impact 21-13-10 (0-0-0) N.E. Revolution New York Red Bulls 18-17-11 (0-0-0) Philadelphia Union 3-1-3 (1-0-0) 2-1-0 (0-0-0) Portland Timbers 7-5-3 (0-0-0) Real Salt Lake 20-20-7 (0-0-0) SJ Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC 1-5-1 (0-0-0) 10-6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 8-4-4 (0-1-0) Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0-1 (0-0-0)

Home and Away... Overall All-time 2013 at home All-time at home 2013 on road All-time on road

Quickest Goal Against...

41 min., Graham Zusi, 3/2 at PHI 3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR

Game-winning goals after 75’...

N/A

Game-tying goals after 75’...

N/A

Game-winning goals against after 75’...

N/A

Game-tying goals against after 75’...

Hat Tricks...

N/A N/A

Hat Tricks Against...

N/A

Own Goals...

N/A

Own Goals Against...

N/A

Red Cards...

N/A

Red Cards Against...

N/A

Penalty Kicks...

N/A

Penalty Kicks Against... Youngest Goalscorer... Oldest Goalscorer... Youngest Starter... Oldest Starter...

3 min, Robert Earnshaw, 3/9 at TOR

20y7m, Oriol Rosell, 3/2 at PHI 29y8d, Claudio Bieler, 3/9 at TOR 20y7m, Oriol Rosell, 3/2 at PHI 35y7m3d, Jimmy Nielsen, 3/9 at TOR

213-206-109 N/A 141-75-47 1-1-0 72-132-62

2013 MAJOR EVENTS AT SPORTING PARK

• •

MLS All-Star Game: MLS All-Stars v TBD (July 31) Concert: Flatlands Festival (September 12-14)

2013 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SCORING 1 2 TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 TOTAL SOG 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 1 3 4 SPORTING 8 15 23 SPORTING 2 3 5 OPP. 3 0 3 OPP. 16 6 23 OPP. 7 1 8 FOULS 1 2 TOTAL OFFSIDES 1 2 TOTAL CORNERS 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 15 13 28 SPORTING 5 1 6 SPORTING 3 8 11 OPP. 16 22 38 OPP. 2 3 5 OPP. 7 2 9 CAUTIONS 1 2 TOTAL EJECTIONS 1 2 TOTAL PK 1 2 TOTAL SPORTING 3 3 6 SPORTING 0 0 0 SPORTING 0 0 0 OPP. 0 1 1 OPP. 0 0 0 OPP. 1 0 1

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Single Season Records (Field Players)

All-Time Records (Field Players)

Stat

Player

Stat

Player

Games

C.J. Sapong (2011)

Games

Davy Arnaud

240

Minutes

Nick Garcia (2000) & Peter Vermes (2000)

2916

Minutes

Kerry Zavagnin

20516

Goals

Preki (1996)

Goals

Preki

Assists

Preki (1997 & 2003)

Assists

Preki

Shots

Preki (1996)

140

Shots

Preki

693

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

Shots on goal

Preki

283

Fouls Committed

Chris Henderson (2000)

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud

328

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2004)

111

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud

528

Offsides

Eddie Johnson (2007)

Offsides

Eddie Johnson

126

Corner Kicks

Graham Zusi (2012)

150

Corner Kicks

Preki

452

Cautions

Aurelien Collin (2011)

Cautions

Kerry Zavagnin

Ejections

Davy Arnaud (2010)

Ejections

Nick Garcia

Single Season Records (Goalkeepers)

All-Time Records (Goalkeepers)

Stat

Player

Stat

Player

Games

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

Games

Tony Meola

125

Minutes

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

3060

Minutes

Tony Meola

11323

Wins

Mike Ammann (1997)

Wins

Tony Meola

Losses

Mike Ammann (1998)

Losses

Tony Meola

Draws

Bo Oshoniyi (2005)

Draws

Tony Meola

Shutouts

Tony Meola (2000)

Shutouts

Tony Meola

Goals Against Average

Jimmy Nielsen (2012)

0.79

Goals Allowed

Tony Meola

154

Goals Allowed

Ammann (1997)/Kevin Hartman (2007)

Saves

Tony Meola

507

Saves

Tony Meola (2000)

129

Goals Against Average

Jimmy Nielsen

1.03

Single Game Records (Field Players)

Single Season Team Records

Stat

Player

Stat

Year

Goals

Digital Takawira (1998), Preki (1998), Davy Arnaud (2004), Eddie Johnson (twice in 2007), Birahim Diop

Goals

1996

Assists

2000

Assists

Chris Henderson (1999)

Shots

2012

542

Shots

Preki (1997)

Shots on goal

1996

250

Shots on goal

Preki (1996)

Fouls Committed

2000

503

Fouls Committed

Davy Arnaud (2010)

Fouls Suffered

2000

541

Fouls Suffered

Davy Arnaud (2006)

Offsides

1997

117

Offsides

Alex Bunbury (1999)

Corner Kicks

2012

199

Corner Kicks

Alex Zotinca (2006)

Cautions

2003

Ejections

2011

Points

2012

Single Game Records (Goalkeepers)

Wins

1997

Stat

Player

Losses

1999

Goals Allowed

Bo Oshoniyi

Ties

2005 & 2011

Saves

Garth Lagerway (1996), Mike Ammann (1997 & 1998), Tony Meola (2000 & three times in 2003), Bo Oshoniyi (2002 & 2004)

Shutouts

2000

Goals Allowed

1996

MINI BIOS

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Coaching Staff

Peter Vermes Kerry Zavagnin Zoran Savic Manager Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

John Pascarella Assistant Coach

Mateus Manoel Fitness Coach

#5 | D | Matt Besler Ht: 6-0 Wt. 170 DOB: 2/11/1987 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Notre Dame Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#8)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assists 1, 4 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 9, 2010, KC vs SEA Shots 2, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 5, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 4, Sept. 26, 2009, KC vs COL Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal Oct. 22, 2011, KC at DC Assist September 19, 2012, KC at NY 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #16 | F | Claudio Bieler Ht: 5-11 Wt. 170 DOB: 03/01/1984 Hometown: Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Last Club: LDU Quito (Ecuador) Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on 12/18/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots 2, 2 times, last: March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Fouls Committed 1, March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Fouls Suffered 5, March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 1-1-0

#9 | F | Teal Bunbury Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 2/17/1990 Hometown: Prior Lake, MN College: Akron Acquired: ‘10 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#4)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Assists 1, 6 times, last: August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Shots on Goal 4, 2 times, last: Oct. 1, 2011, KC at SJ Shots 7, 3 times, last: July 28, 2012, KC vs CLB Fouls Committed 7, August 27, 2011, KC vs DAL Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, KC at NE Last.. Appearance August 26, 2012, KC vs NY Goal August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Assist August 26, 2012, KC vs NY 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #55 | D | Aurelien Collin Ht: 6-2 Wt. 169 DOB: 03/08/1986 Hometown: Enghien-les-Bains, France Last Club: Vitoria Setubal (Portugal) Acquired: Signed as Discovery on 4/15/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 6 times, last: April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assists 1, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Shots on Goal 2, Sept. 17, 2011, KC at RSL Shots 4, 3 times, last: August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Fouls Committed 6, 2 times, last: June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal April 18, 2012, KC at VAN Assist June 20, 2012, KC at SEA 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #11 | M | Bobby Convey Ht: 5-9 Wt. 150 DOB: 5/27/1983 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with San Jose 12/02/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Assists 3, 2 times, last: May 8, 2010, SJ vs NY Shots on Goal 4, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Shots 8, May 31, 2003, DC at DAL Fouls Committed 5, August 6, 2011, SJ vs POR Fouls Suffered 7, May 3, 2003, DC vs DAL Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal May 12, 2012, KC at CHI Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 16, 2013 vs Chicago Fire| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #25 | M | Christian Duke Ht: 5-9 Wt. 155 DOB: 06/5/1991 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: University of San Diego Acquired: Signed on 2/28/13

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.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #14 | D | Dom Dwyer Ht: 5-9 Wt. 180 DOB: 7/30/1990 Hometown: Cuckfield, England College: University of South Florida Acquired: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#16)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots N/A Fouls Committed 1, September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Suffered N/A Last.. Appearance September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #4 | D | Kevin Ellis Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 06/30/1991 Hometown: Kansas City, MO College: Barton County CC Acquired: Signed as Home Grown on 2/18/11

#10 | M | Benny Feilhaber Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 01/19/1985 Hometown: Irvine, CA College: UCLA Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade with New England Revolution 12/11/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 5 times, last: June 2, 2012, NE vs CH Assists 2, Oct. 22, 2011, NE at TOR Shots on Goal 2, Oct. 2, 2010, KC at NY Shots 4, 4 times, last: May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Fouls Committed 5, July 17, 2011, NE vs PHI Fouls Suffered 6, May 12, 2012, NE vs VAN Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal June 2, 2012, NE vs CHI Assist Aug. 25, 2012, NE at CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0 #31 | D/M | Josh Gardner Ht: 5-10 Wt. 167 DOB: 09/14/1982 Hometown: Houston, TX College: Cincinnati Last Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Trade with Montreal Impact 12/5/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assists 1, 5 times, last: Aug. 13, 2011, CLB vs NE Shots on Goal 1, 12 times, last: Sept. 24, CLB vs LA Shots 4, Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Fouls Committed 4, Mar. 10, 2012, MTL at VAN Fouls Suffered 3, Aug. 9, 2006, LA at HOU Last.. Appearance October 27, 2012, NE at MTL Goal Aug. 27, 2011, CLB at SEA Assist Aug. 13, 2011, CLB vs NE 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #24 | D | Mechack Jerome Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 04/21/1990 Hometown: Liancourt, Haiti Previous Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Signed on 2/28/13

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.. Appearance March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 16, 2013 vs Chicago Fire| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #19 | M | Peterson Joseph Ht: 5-8 Wt. 132 DOB: 4/24/1990 Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Last Club: SC Braga (Portugal) Acquired: Signed on 9/1/11

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 1, 3 Times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 2, July 18, 2012, KC at HOU Fouls Suffered 4, October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal N/A Assist July 14, 2012, KC at CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#21 | GK | Jon Kempin Ht: 6-1 Wt. 170 DOB: 4/8/1993 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas Last Club: Sporting Kansas City Juniors Acquired: Signed 8/31/10

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed N/A Saves N/A Last.. Appearance N/A Shutout N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0

#25 | M | Mikey Lopez Ht: 5-8 Wt. 160 Hometown: Mission, TX College: North Carolina Acquired: 2013 MLS SuperDraft

DOB: 02/20/1993

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.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #27 | D | Kyle Miller Ht: 5-9 Wt. 160 DOB: 5/12/1989 Hometown: Overland Park, KS College: Rockhurst University Acquired: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft

#18 | GK | Eric Kronberg Ht: 6-5 Wt. 210 DOB: 6/7/1983 Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA College: California Acquired: ‘06 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.. Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:

June 12, 2011, KC at DAL June 4, 2011, KC at TOR he starts 0-0-0

Ht: 6-0 Wt. 165 DOB: 12/7/1987 Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA College: UCLA Acquired: ‘08 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#1)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 8 times, last: Oct. 7, 2012, KC at CLB Shots on Goal 2, May 3, 2008, KC at CLB Shots 3, June 9, 2011, KC vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 5 times, last: April 1, 2012, KC at CHV Fouls Suffered 4, 2 times, last: Sept. 19, 2012, KC at NY Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal N/A Assist October 7, 2012, KC at CLB 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 16, 2013 vs Chicago Fire| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #6 | M | Paulo Nagamura Ht: 5-8 Wt. 155 DOB: 03/02/1983 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Last Club: Chivas USA Acquired: Aquired in trade on 11/29/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, March 21, 2009, CHV vs COL Assists 1, 14 times, last: June 4, 2011, CHV vs POR Shots on Goal 4, May 15, 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.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR Assist September 1, 2012, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

#3 | D | Ike Opara Ht: 6-2 Wt. 180 DOB: 2/21/1989 Hometown: Durham, NC College: Wake Forest Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Trade with SJ Earthquakes 12/12/12

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 3 times, last: July 3, 2010, SJ vs D.C. Assists N/A Shots on Goal 2, Apr. 17, 2010, SJ vs NE Shots 2, 4 times, last: July 28, 2012 SJ vs CHI Fouls Committed 4, 2 times, last: May 28, 2011, SJ at CHI Fouls Suffered 2, 3 times, last: Aug. 25, 2012, SJ vs COL Last.. Appearance November 7, 2012, SJ vs LA Goal July 3, 2010, SJ vs D.C. Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #37 | F | Jacob Peterson

#1 | GK | Jimmy Nielsen Ht: 6-3 Wt. 200 DOB: 8/6/1977 Hometown: Aalborg, Denmark Last Club: Vejle (Denmark) Acquired: Signed 2/15/10

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals Allowed 4, 2 times, last: June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Saves 7, 3 times, last: June 22, 2011, KC at PHI Last.. Appearance Shutout 2013 Record when:

March 9, 2013, KC at TOR November 7, 2012, KC vs HOU he starts 1-1-0

#13 | D | Lawrence Olum Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 7/10/1984 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya College: Missouri Baptist University Last Club: Orlando City SC (USL PRO) Acquired: Signed 9/15/10

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal N/A Shots 2, June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Fouls Committed 1, 8 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Fouls Suffered 1, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Last.. Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 1/27/1986 Hometown: Portage, Michigan College: Indiana University Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Acquired: Signed on 01/19/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 13 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assists 1, 11 times, last: June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR Shots on Goal 3, June 28, 2007, COL at DC Shots 5, July 21, 2012, KC vs NE Fouls Committed 2, 9 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Suffered 5, Oct. 16, 2010, TOR at CLB Last.. Appearance October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Goal October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assist June 16, 2012, KC vs TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #20 | F | Oriol Rosell Ht: 6-0 Wt. 168 DOB: 7/7/1992 Hometown: Puig-Reig, Catalonia, Spain Last Club: Barcelona B (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 08/2/2012

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots 1, 2 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Fouls Committed 2, September 22, 2012, KC at MON Fouls Suffered October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 16, 2013 vs Chicago Fire| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #22 | F | Soony Saad Ht: 5-10 Wt. 165 DOB: 08/17/1992 Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan College: Univ. of Michigan Acquired: Weighted Lottery on 07/05/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, August 17, 2011, KC vs. POR Assists July 4, 2012, KC at MON Shots on Goal 1, 3 times, last: August 4, 2012, KC at NE Shots 2, June 23, 2012, KC at PHI Fouls Committed 2, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, August 4, 2012, KC at NE Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal August 17, 2011, KC vs POR Assist July 4, 2012, KC at MON 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #17 | F | C.J. Sapong Ht: 6-2 Wt. 185 DOB: 12/27/1988 Hometown: Manassas, Virginia College: James Madison Acquired: ‘11 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round (#10)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 1, 13 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assists 1, 6 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Shots on Goal 4, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Shots 9, September 14, 2012, KC vs HOU Fouls Committed 3, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Suffered 4, 4 times, last: Oct. 20, 2012, KC at NY Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal October 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Assist March 9, 2013, KC at TOR 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#12 | D | Yann Songo’o Ht: 6-1 Wt. 182 DOB: 02/14/1989 Hometown: Yaounde, Cameroon Last Club: Pobla de Mafumet CF (Spain) Acquired: Signed on 12/13/12

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.. Appearance N/A Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0 #88 | M | Michael Thomas Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1//1987 Hometown: Olathe, Kansas College: Notre Dame Last Club: Ljungskile (Sweden) Acquired: Signed 3/16/2011

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists N/A Shots on Goal 1, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Shots 3, June 20, 2012, KC at SEA Fouls Committed 2, August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Fouls Suffered 1, 2 times, last: July 14, 2012, KC at CLB Last.. Appearance August 11, 2012, KC vs DC Goal N/A Assist N/A 2013 Record when: he starts 0-0-0 he scores 0-0-0

#16 | D | Seth Sinovic

#8 | M | Graham Zusi

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 170 DOB: 1/28/1987 Hometown: Leawood, Kansas College: Creighton Last Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Signed May 10, 2011

Ht: 5-10 Wt. 160 DOB: 8/18/1986 Hometown: Longwood, FL College: Maryland Acquired: ‘09 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round (#23)

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals N/A Assists 1, 2 times, last: May 19, 2012, KC at COL Shots on Goal 1, 4 times, last: Aug. 18, 2012, KC at TOR Shots 3, April 17, 2010, NE at SJ Fouls Committed 3, 3 times, last: August 4, 2012, KC at NE Fouls Suffered 3, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal November 7, 2012, KC vs HOU Assist May 19, 2012, KC at COL 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 0-0-0

Regular-Season Game Highs: Goals 2, 3 times, last: Sept. 28, 2012, KC vs CHI Assists 2, 3 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Shots on Goal 3, 2 times, last: Aug. 17, 2011, KC vs POR Shots 5, 5 times, last: Oct. 24, 2012, KC vs PHI Fouls Committed 4, September 19, 2012, KC at NY Fouls Suffered 4, 5 times, last: March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Last.. Appearance March 9, 2013, KC at TOR Goal March 2, 2013, KC at PHI Assist March 2, 2013, KC at PHI 2013 Record when: he starts 1-1-0 he scores 1-0-0

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 16, 2013 vs Chicago Fire | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Matt Besler

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

105

100

9081

KC - Post Season

450

MLS - TOTAL

110

105

9531

Claudio Bieler

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

180

MLS - TOTAL

180

Teal Bunbury

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4432

157

KC - Post Season

246

MLS - TOTAL

4678

164

Aurelien Collin

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4582

KC - Post Season

450

MLS - TOTAL

5032

106

Bobby Convey

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1097

MLS - Reg. Season

182

168

14788

203

234

219

280

KC - Post Season

MLS - Post Season

451

MLS - TOTAL

188

173

15239

210

242

227

291

Christian Duke

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - TOTAL

Dom Dwyer

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

KC - Post Season

MLS - TOTAL

Kevin Ellis

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - TOTAL

Benny Feilhaber

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

164

MLS - Reg. Season

4357

145

MLS - TOTAL

4357

145

Josh Gardner

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - Reg. Season

3359

MLS - Post Season

MLS - TOTAL

3449

Mechack Jerome

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - TOTAL

Peterson Joseph

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

279

MLS - TOTAL

382

Mikey Lopez

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - TOTAL

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 16, 2013 vs Chicago Fire| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes Kyle Miller

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - TOTAL

Chance Myers

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

6340

KC - Post Season

450

MLS - TOTAL

6790

Paulo Nagamura

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

1937

MLS - Reg. Season

186

165

14705

177

281

229

MLS - Post Season

909

MLS - TOTAL

196

174

15614

186

297

253

Lawrence Olum

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

921

MLS - TOTAL

921

Ike Opara

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - Reg. Season

2162

MLS - Post Season

MLS - TOTAL

2240

Jacob Peterson

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

942

MLS - Reg. Season

161

8228

138

KC - Post Season

MLS - Post Season

250

MLS - TOTAL

165

8478

138

Oriol Rosell

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

307

MLS - Post Season

MLS - Total

397

Soony Saad

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

352

KC - Post Season

MLS - TOTAL

356

C.J. Sapong

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4378

116

100

KC - Post Season

440

MLS - TOTAL

4818

129

112

Seth Sinovic

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

4538

MLS - Reg. Season

6118

KC - Post Season

360

MLS - TOTAL

6478

Yann Songo’o

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

MLS - TOTAL

Michael Thomas

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

344

MLS - TOTAL

344

Graham Zusi

MIN

SHT

SOG

OFF

GWG

GWA

KC - Reg. Season

6361

154

101

275

KC - Post Season

450

MLS Career - TOTAL

103

6811

163

108

295

Sporting KC Game Notes | March 16, 2013 vs Chicago Fire| SportingKC.com/Game-Notes

GOALKEEPING ALL-TIME STATISTICS Jimmy Nielsen

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

KC - Reg. Season

8617

338

241

1.03

KC - Post Season

450

1.00

MLS Career - TOTAL

101

9067

347

249

103

1.02

Jon Kempin

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

KC - Reg. Season

N/A

MLS Career - TOTAL

N/A

Eric Kronberg

MIN

SHT

SVS

GAA

KC - Reg. Season

382

1.41

MLS Career - TOTAL

382

1.41

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 27 31 37 78 88

Player

Jimmy Nielsen Yann Songo'o Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Paulo Nagamura Chance Myers Graham Zusi Teal Bunbury Benny Feilhaber Bobby Convey Mikey Lopez Lawrence Olum Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Claudio Bieler C.J. Sapong Eric Kronberg Peterson Joseph Oriol Rosell Jon Kempin Soony Saad Kei Kamara Mechack Jerome Christian Duke Kyle Miller Josh Gardner Jacob Peterson Aurelien Collin Michael Thomas 90D 90M 90D 90F

90D 90D

8 90M 90M

90D 90D 90F 90F 27 45

82M 82M 63F 45F

90D 90M 89D 90F

1 2 PHI TOR 3-1 1-2 90G 90G

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position

Game log: Game #1 03/02/2013 Game #2 03/09/2013 W L

Zusi 1 (unassisted) Bieler 2 (Sapong 1)

41; Rosell 1 (Zusi 1) 77

66; Bieler 1 (Myers 1, Zusi 2)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY KC 3 at PHI 1 KC 1 at TOR 2

Chicago Fire (0-2-0, 0pts.) at Sporting Kansas City (1-1-0, 3 points) Fire Game #3 – Away Game #2 Saturday, March 16, 2013 – Sporting Park – Kansas City, Kan. – 2:00 PM CT TV: NBC Sports Network Radio: La Ley (WLEY-FM 107.9) TWITTER: @ChiFireMatch FIRE FLASHES ___________________________________________ 2013 Record/Home/Away…………………………………..0-2-0/0-1-0/0-1-0 2012 Record/Home/Away………………………………17-11-6/11-3-3/6-8-3 vs. Eastern Conference/2012……………………………………0-1-0/14-7-4 vs. Western Conference/2012…………………………………….0-1-0/3-4-2 Current Streak..........................................................................................2L Last Five……………………………………………………………………….LL All-Time Record…………………………………………………..202-159-104 All-Time Home Record……………………………………………...122-56-55 All-Time Away Record………………………………………………80-103-49 Last Regular Season Win…………………………....2-0, at RBNY 10/06/12 Last Regular Season Loss………………………...………1-0, vs NE, 3/9/13 Last Shutout by Fire……………………..…………..2-0, at RBNY, 10/06/12 Last Shutout by Opponent……………………………..….1-0, vs NE, 3/9/13 March Record 2013/2012………………………………………….0-2-0/1-0-1 April Record 2013/2012……………………………………………0-0-0/1-2-1 May Record 2013/2012…………………………………………….0-0-0/3-2-1 June Record 2013/2012……………………………………………0-0-0/3-1-0 July Record 2013/2012…………………………………………….0-0-0/1-2-2 August Record 2013/2012…………………………………………0-0-0/3-1-0 September Record 2013/2012…………………………………….0-0-0/4-1-0 October Record 2013/2012………………………………………..0-0-0/1-2-1 Pre All-Star 2013/2012……………………………………………..0-2-0/9-7-4 Post All-Star 2013/2012……………………………………………0-0-0/8-4-2 Record After 2 Games 2013/2012………..………………..……..0-2-0/1-0-1 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime…………………………….0-0-0/0-1-0/0-1-0 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’…………………………………...0-0-0/0-2-0/0-0-0 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied……………..0-0-0/0-2-0/0-0-0 Day/Night…………………………………………………………….0-1-0/0-1-0 Grass/Turf…………………………………………………………...0-2-0/0-0-0 Wearing All-Red Primary Kit……………………………………………...0-2-0 Wearing All-Blue Secondary Kit………………………………………….0-0-0 CHICAGO FIRE – Sporting Kansas City Saturday's match is the first of three meetings this season between the Fire and Sporting KC. The Fire host the second and third legs of the series at Toyota Park July 7 (ESPN) and Aug. 23 (NBC Sports Network). The Men in Red opened their home schedule with a 1-0 loss to the New England Revolution at Toyota Park Saturday evening. A 62nd minute goal by Revolution forward Jerry Bengtson was the difference as the Revolution won their first match at Toyota Park since 2006. Sporting Kansas City enters the match after falling 2-1 to Toronto FC Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. QUICK KICKS vs. Sporting Kansas City (1-1-0; 3 pts.) - The Fire hold a 23-11-9 overall record against Sporting Kansas City, including an 8-8-1 record in matches played on the road - The Men in Red were 2-1-0 in the 2012 series. - In 2012 Sporting Kansas City and the Fire defenses allowed the fewest goals in the Eastern Conference. Led by 2012 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Jimmy Nielsen, Sporting allowed a league-best 27 goals. The Fire and MLS Rookie of the Year Austin Berry only allowed 41 goals during the 2012 campaign. - Sporting Kansas City is 12-2-3 in home openers. One of their two losses came at the hands of the Men in Red, a 3-0 Fire victory March 27, 1999 at Arrowhead Stadium. The Fire were also on hand for the grand opening of Sporting Park as the two squads played to a 0-0 draw June 9, 2011.

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire (0-2-0, 0pts.) enter their 16th season of MLS play after posting a 17-11-6 record, earning 57 points, tied with the 2000 season for the highest point total in club history. Continuity is key for head coach Frank Klopas this season as the team returns 19 players from the 2012 squad that qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2009, including veterans Logan Pause, Patrick Nyarko and Gonzalo Segares. Offseason acquisitions Jeff Larentowicz, Joel Lindpere, Maicon Santos and Dilly Duka bolster the roster for the Men in Red. Sean Johnson returns for his fourth campaign with the Fire. Reigning MLS Rookie of the Year Austin Berry is set to pair with German World Cup veteran Arne Friedrich in central defense. The strike tandem of Sherjill MacDonald and 2012 Fire MVP and Golden Boot winner Chris Rolfe will serve as the scoring force for the Fire in 2013. ATHLETICO INJURY REPORT: March 12, 2013 OUT Arne Friedrich – Left Hamstring Tightness Brendan King – R Ankle Sprain Steven Kinney – Grade 1 Hamstring Strain Victor Pineda – Left Meniscus Repair QUESTIONABLE Logan Pause-Right Quad Tightness PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT: D Cory Gibbs – Retired (11/26/2012) GK Jay Nolly – Re-Entry List (12/7/2012) D Dan Gargan – Re-Entry List (12/7/2012) M Pavel Pardo – Retired (1/19/2013) F Guillermo Franco – Option Declined (1/21/2013) M Alvaro “Flaco” Fernandez – Loaned (1/25/2013) F Federico Puppo – Loaned (1/26/2013) F Dominic Oduro – Traded to the Columbus Crew (2/4/2013) D Tony Walls – Waived (2/22/2013) IN: F Maicon Santos – Selected in Stage One of Re-Entry Draft (12/7/12) M Joel Lindpere – Traded from New York Red Bulls (1/4/2013) M Jeff Larentowicz – Traded from Colorado Rapids (1/16/2013) M Brendan King – Signed (1/31/2013) M Dilly Duka – Traded from Columbus Crew (2/4/2013) F Quincy Amarikwa – Traded from Toronto FC (2/27/2013) M Yazid Atouba – Signed (3/1/2013)

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- at Sporting Kansas City – March 16, 2013 FIRE-SPORTING KANSAS CITY CONNECTIONS Fire midfielder Daniel Paladini will face his brother-in-law on Saturday in Sporting defender Josh Gardner, who is married to the Fire midfielder’s sister Michelle. When MLS launched in 1996, current Fire head coach Frank Klopas was allocated to the Kansas City Wiz going on to tally seven goals and 11 assists over 54 matches from 1996-97. Kansas City boss Peter Vermes and Chicago manager Frank Klopas represented the United States National Team eight times together from 1988-1994. Team USA went 3-3-2 in those matches, with Klopas netting three goals, including a brace on in a 5-1 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying win over Jamaica on August 13, 1988 in Fenton, Missouri. IRON MEN th Saturday’s match against the Revolution marked the 150 competitive match in a Fire shirt of Ghanaian midfielder Patrick Nyarko. Drafted in the first round (seventh overall) by the Fire in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, Nyarko enters his sixth season as a professional as one of the longest-tenured Fire players on the current roster. th

An appearance in Saturday’s match against Sporting Kansas City will mark Estonian midfielder Joel Lindpere’s 100 career MLS regular season match. Lindpere, who joined the Fire in a trade from the New York Red Bulls Jan. 4, has appeared in 91 consecutive MLS regular season games. ARNE FRIEDRICH TRAVELS TO GERMANY FOR TREATMENT Chicago Fire defender Arne Friedrich has traveled to Berlin to seek treatment for a hamstring strain. The German international departed Sunday night to begin treatment with therapist Thomas Fennewald, who has previously worked with the defender over the course of his professional career. “Thomas has been my therapist for the last 10 years and he’s the most talented guy,” Friedrich told Chicago-Fire.com Sunday night. “For me it’s the best way to get back as soon as possible and he’s the best therapist I’ve ever seen.” Friedrich was given extra time off at the start of preseason but joined the team in good form in Ventura, Calif., at the beginning of February. After successful preseason outings in California and the beginning of the Carolina Challenge Cup, Friedrich was held out of the team’s preseason finale due to a hamstring injury. The injury has caused him to miss the team’s first two matches of the MLS season. Friedrich is expected to remain in Germany working with Fennewald for a maximum of two weeks before returning to Chicago. KELLEN GULLEY TO TRAIN WITH ATLANTA SILVERBACKS Fire Homegrown forward Kellen Gulley has headed to Georgia to begin training with the NASL’s Atlanta Silverbacks this week. Fire head coach Frank Klopas mentioned throughout preseason that the team was looking to send the 18-year-old forward out on loan this year and it appears that the club is working towards an agreement with the second division side. Signed from the Mississippi Fire Juniors in August 2011, Gulley has yet to make his competitive debut for the club. The potential move should serve him well in gaining playing time as he continues to develop. Coached by former FC Dallas head coach Brian Haynes, the Silverbacks open their 2013 NASL Spring campaign vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers on April 13 at Silverbacks Park. CHICAGO FIRE EDGED BY NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1-0 ON OPENING NIGHT AT TOYOTA PARK The Chicago Fire fell to the New England Revolution 1-0 at Toyota Park Saturday evening. A 62nd minute goal from Revolution forward Jerry Bengtson was the difference as the Revolution won their first MLS Regular Season match at Toyota Park since July 8, 2006. The Fire came out charged from the early going and nearly went ahead in the third minute. Steven Kinney worked his way up the right side before a quick combination with Chris Rolfe pushed the fourth-year defender into the box. Kinney quickly cut back for Sherjill MacDonald who pushed his firsttime effort over the bar. The Fire would get their best chance of the half in the 31st minute as Rolfe intercepted a pass out of the back at midfield before laying off for Dilly Duka. The winger took the space inside before unleashing a right-footed rocket that Reis got a touch to sending the ball clanging off the crossbar. The visitors broke through and found the lone goal of the match in the 62nd minute. Kelyn Rowe lofted a cross into the Fire penalty box and found Jerry Bengston, and the Honduran international was able to head the ball just out of Johnson’s reach. With five minutes of stoppage time added to the match, the Fire continued to press for the equalizer. In the waning moments of the match, Lindpere won the ball and played it through to Santos on the left flank. Santos let loose a low drive but Reis was able dive onto the ball to preserve the score line.

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CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 71 24 6 22 19 8 23 94 25 3 16 18 20 26 7 14 11 12 27 17 29 13 15 70 21

Player Alex Quincy Amarikwa Jalil Anibaba Austin Berry Corben Bone Dilly Duka Arne Friedrich Kellen Gulley Sean Johnson Hunter Jumper Brendan King Steven Kinney Jeff Larentowicz Joel Lindpere Sherjill MacDonald Patrick Nyarko Daniel Paladini Logan Pause Victor Pineda Chris Rolfe Maicon Santos Gonzalo Segares Wells Thompson Paolo Tornaghi Michael Videira

Pos. MID FWD DEF DEF MID MID DEF FWD GK DEF MID DEF MID MID FWD FWD MID MID MID FWD FWD DEF MID GK MID

Ht. 5-8 5-9 6-0 6-2 5-9 5-9 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-2 5-10

Wt. 155 180 185 188 152 160 170 185 215 172 160 183 175 164 174 165 165 155 140 145 186 160 155 175 180

Birth date 12/15/1988 10/29/1987 10/19/1988 10/06/1988 09/16/1988 09/15/1989 05/29/1979 04/06/1994 05/31/1989 02/28/1989 02/25/1990 10/28/1987 08/05/1983 10/05/1981 11/20/1984 01/15/1986 11/11/1984 08/22/1981 03/15/1993 01/17/1983 04/18/1984 10/13/1982 11/25/1983 06/21/1988 01/06/1986

Hometown Sao Paulo, Brazil Bakersfield, CA Davis, CA Cincinnati, OH Plano, TX Montville, NJ Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Clinton, MS Lilburn, GA Plano, TX Naperville, IL Norcross, GA Philadelphia, PA Tallinn, Estonia Amsterdam, Netherlands Kumasi, Ghana Northridge, CA Hillsborough, NC Bolingbrook, IL Kettering, OH Paracambi, Brazil San Jose, Costa Rica Winston-Salem, NC Garbagnate Milanese, Italy Milford, MA

College -UC Davis North Carolina Louisville Wake Forest Rutgers Univ. --Central Florida Virginia Notre Dame Elon University Brown Univ. --Virginia Tech Cal State Northridge North Carolina -Univ. of Dayton --

Status Int.

GC Int. GC

Virginia Commonwealth GC

Wake Forest Int. Duke

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 3 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 70 71 94

Player Hunter Jumper Jalil Anibaba Sherjill MacDonald Dilly Duka Daniel Paladini Logan Pause Gonzalo Segares Patrick Nyarko Wells Thompson Brendan King Chris Rolfe Steven Kinney Corben Bone Jeff Larentowicz Michael Videira Austin Berry Arne Friedrich Quincy Amarikwa Sean Johnson Joel Lindpere Victor Pineda Maicon Santos Paolo Tornaghi Alex Kellen Gulley

Pos. DEF DEF FWD MID MID MID DEF FWD MID MID FWD DEF MID MID MID DEF DEF FWD GK MID MID FWD GK MID FWD

Pronunciation Jah-LEEL Ah-Nee-Bah-Bah sir-ZHEEL DOO-kah

seh-GAH-res NEE-yah-koh

low-REN-toe-witz VEE-dare-AH ARR-nuh FREE-drick ah-MARE-ik-wah jol lind-pair PIN-eh-DA my-cohn TOR-nah-GEE

Head Coach: Frank Klopas Assistant Coach: Leo Percovich Assistant Coach: Mike Matkovich Goalkeeper Coach: Aron Hyde Soccer Fitness Specialist: Tony Jouaux Director of Team Operations: Ron Stern

Place of Birth Plano, TX Fontana, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands Montville, NJ Northridge, CA Hillsborough, NC San Jose, Costa Rica Kumasi, Ghana Winston-Salem, NC Naperville, IL Kettering, Ohio Norcross, GA Plano, Texas Pasadena, CA Milford, MA Cincinnati, OH Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Bakersfield, CA Lilburn, GA Tallinn, Estonia Chicago, IL Paracambi, Brazil Garbagnate Milanese, Italy Sao Paulo, Brazil Clinton, MS

Last Team Virginia (NCAA) North Carolina (NCAA) Beerschot AC (BEL) Columbus Crew Carolina Railhawks (NASL) North Carolina (NCAA) Apollon Limassol (CYP) Virginia Tech University (NCAA) Colorado Rapids Alta IF (Norway) Aalborg BK (DEN) Elon University (NCAA) Wake Forest University (NCAA) Colorado Rapids AC St. Louis (USSF D-2) Louisville (NCAA) VfL Wolfsburg (GER) Toronto FC University of South Florida (NCAA) New York Red Bulls Chicago Fire Academy D.C. United Como (ITA) FC Wohlen (SUI) CFJ-Mississippi

Head Athletic Trainer: Bo Leonard Assistant Athletic Trainer: Matt Zalewski Equipment Manager: Charles Raycroft Assistant Equipment Manager: Allan Araujo Soccer Science Analyst: Garrison Draper Massage Therapist: Jake Bronowski

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Lineups: Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Jalil Anibaba, Arne Friedrich, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Alvaro Fernandez, Logan Pause © (Daniel Paladini, 80’), Alex (Dominic Oduro, 61’), Patrick Nyarko (Guille Franco 71’); Chris Rolfe, Sherjill MacDonald Substitutes not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Dan Gargan, Corben Bone, Wells Thompson Head Coach: Frank Klopas Sporting KC: Jimmy Nielsen ©; Chance Myers, Matt Besler, Lawrence Olum, Seth Sinovic; Paolo Nagamura, Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza; Graham Zusi, C.J. Sapong, Kei Kamara Substitutes not used: Eric Kronberg, Michael Harrington, Aurelien Collin, Oriol Rosell, Peterson Joseph, Soony Saad, Dom Dwyer Head Coach: Peter Vermes Scoring Summary SKC – Graham Zusi (Kei Kamara) 11’ SKC – Graham Zusi (C.J. Sapong, Chance Meyers) 96’ Misconduct Summary CHI - Arne Friedrich (caution) 23’ SKC – Paolo Nagamura (caution) 70’ CHI – Gonzalo Segares (caution) 72’ CHI – Gonzalo Segares (caution; ejection) 94’

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2013 Chicago Fire Schedule/Results DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT/TIME (CT)

Sunday, Mar 3 (UNIMAS)

@ LA Galaxy

4-0 L

0-1-0

Saturday, Mar 9 (NBCSN)

New England

1-0 L

0-2-0

Saturday, Mar 16 (NBCSN)

@ Kansas City

2:00 PM

4:00 PM

Sunday, Mar 24 (My50/UNIMAS)

Chivas

GOAL SCORERS (MIN)

LEAGUE RECORD

Sunday, Apr 7 (ESPN2)

New York

4:00 PM

Sunday, Apr 14 (My50/UNIMAS)

@ Houston

4:00 PM

Saturday, Apr 20

Columbus

7:30 PM

Saturday, Apr 27 (NBCSN)

@ Montreal

3:00 PM

Saturday, May 11 (NBCSN)

Philadelphia

12:30 PM

Saturday, May 18 (My50)

@ Philadelphia

6:30 PM

Saturday, May 25 (My50)

@ Real Salt Lake

8:00 PM

Sunday, Jun 2 (UNIMAS)

4:00 PM

Saturday, Jun 8 (My50)

Portland

7:30 PM

Wednesday, Jun 19 (My50)

Colorado

7:30 PM

Saturday, Jun 22 (My50)

@ Columbus

7:00 PM

Wednesday, Jul 3 (My50)

San Jose

7:30 PM

Sunday, Jul 7 (ESPN)

Kansas City

2:00 PM

Sunday, Jul 14 (My50)

@ Vancouver

6:00 PM

Saturday, Jul 20 (My50)

7:30 PM

Saturday, Jul 27 (NBCSN)

@ Houston

7:00 PM

Saturday, Aug 3 (My50)

@ Philadelphia

6:30 PM

Saturday, Aug 10

Montreal

7:30 PM

Saturday, Aug 17

@ New England

6:30 PM

Friday, Aug 23 (NBCSN)

Kansas City

7:30 PM

Sunday, Sep 1 (My50/UNIMAS)

Houston

4:00 PM

Saturday, Sep 7 (NBCSN)

@ Seattle

9:00 PM

Wednesday, Sep 11 (My50)

@ Toronto

6:30 PM

Saturday, Sep 14 (My50)

New England

7:30 PM

Saturday, Sep 21 (My50)

@ Columbus

6:30 PM

Saturday, Sep 28 (My50)

Montreal

7:30 PM

Friday, Oct 4 (NBCSN)

@ DC

7:00 PM

Saturday, Oct 12 (My50)

@ Dallas

7:30 PM

Saturday, Oct 19 (My50)

Toronto

7:30 PM

Sunday, Oct 27 (My50/UNIMAS)

@ New York

4:00 PM

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2012 RESULTS Below is the complete list of 2012 Chicago Fire results and goal scorers. DATE March 17 March 24 April 1 April 15 April 21 April 28 May 4 May 9 May 12 May 20 May 23 May 26 May 29 June 2 June 17 June 23 June 29 July 3 July 8 July 14 July 21 July 18 July 28 August 4 August 12 August 18 August 22 September 2 September 8 September 12 September 15 September 22 September 28 October 3 October 6 October 20 October 27 October 31

OPPONENT @ Montreal Impact Philadelphia Union @ Colorado Rapids Houston Dynamo @ Toronto FC Seattle Sounders FC @ Chivas USA Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City @ Portland Timbers FC Dallas @ Columbus Crew @ Michigan Bucks* @ New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew @ Sporting Kansas City @ Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Vancouver Whitecaps FC Aston Villa FC^ @ New York Red Bulls @ San Jose Earthquakes Toronto FC @ Philadelphia Union New England Revolution @ DC United Houston Dynamo Club Santos Laguna^ @ Toronto FC Montreal Impact Columbus Crew @ Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union @ New York Red Bulls @ New England Revolution DC United Houston Dynamo**

RESULT/TIME (CT) GOAL SCORERS (MIN) LEAGUE RECORD 1-1 T Oduro 71’ 0-0-1 1-0 W Oduro 28’ 1-0-1 0-2 L -1-1-1 1-1 T Pause 27’ 1-1-2 3-2 W Oduro 1’, Segares 40’, Nyarko 58’ 2-1-2 1-2 L Pappa 89’ 2-2-2 2-1 W Berry 25’, Pappa 93+’ 3-2-2 0-0 T -3-2-3 2-1 W Grazzini 61’, Oduro 81’ 4-2-3 1-2 L Anibaba 39’ 4-3-3 2-1 W Grazzini 45’ Pappa 63’ 5-3-3 1-2 L Berry 72’ 5-4-3 2-3 L (asdet) Bone 28’, Puppo 51’ -0-2 L -5-5-3 3-1 W Nyarko 4’, Segares 68’, Rolfe 81’ 6-5-3 2-1 W Pappa 2’, Oduro 26’ 7-5-3 1-0 W Pappa 58’ 8-5-3 0-0 T -8-5-4 0-2 L -8-6-4 1-0 W Pardo 10’ 9-6-4 1-0 L --1-0 L -9-7-4 1-1 T Rolfe 37’ 9-7-5 2-1 W Pappa 64’, Berry 84’ 10-7-5 3-1 W Rolfe 43’, Friedrich 45’, Rolfe 56’ 11-7-5 2-1 W Rolfe 5’, MacDonald 25’ 12-7-5 4-2 L Paladini 44’, Segares 75’ 12-8-5 3-1 W Nyarko 1’, Paladini 19’, Alex 93+’ 13-8-5 2-2 T Videira 48’, Bone 63’ -2-1 W Fernandez 13’, Rolfe 42’ 14-8-5 3-1 W MacDonald 34’, Alex 61’, Fernandez 80’ 15-8-5 2-1 W Rolfe 23’, Rolfe 26’ 16-8-5 2-0 L -16-9-5 3-1 L Oduro 69’ 16-10-5 2-0 W MacDonald 65’, MacDonald 78’ 17-10-5 1-0 L -17-11-5 1-1 T Nyarko 16’ 17-11-6 2-1 L Alex 83’ --

*Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, ^Friendly, **MLS Cup Playoffs

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2013 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season Statistics (through 3/9/2013) Player GP GS MIN Alex 2 0 58 Quincy Amarikwa 0 0 0 Jalil Anibaba 2 2 180 Yazid Atouba 2 0 51 Austin Berry 2 2 180 Corben Bone 0 0 0 Dilly Duka 2 2 115 Arne Friedrich 0 0 0 Kellen Gulley 0 0 0 Sean Johnson 2 2 180 Hunter Jumper 0 0 0 Brendan King 0 0 0 Steven Kinney 2 2 180 Jeff Larentowicz 2 2 180 Joel Lindpere 2 2 161 Sherjill MacDonald 2 1 68 Patrick Nyarko 2 2 180 Daniel Paladini 0 0 0 Logan Pause 0 0 0 Victor Pineda 0 0 0 Chris Rolfe 2 2 155 Maicon Santos 2 1 112 Gonzalo Segares 2 2 180 Wells Thompson 0 0 0 Paolo Tornaghi 0 0 0 Michael Videira 0 0 0 GOALKEEPING STATISTICS Player GP GS MIN Sean Johnson 2 2 180 Paolo Tornaghi 0 0 0

SHT 13 0

SVS 8 0

GA 5 0

G 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

GAA 2.5 0

A 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

C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

E 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

GWG 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

PG PA W 0 0 0 0 0 0

GWA 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

L D 2 0 0 0

SO 0 0

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- at Sporting Kansas City – March 16, 2013 #71 Alex – 2013: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 58 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 25 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 10/31/12 vs. HOU (83’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS match - Signed with the club April 26, 2012 - Scored the game-winner in the Fire’s 2-1 win over the Charleston Battery during the Carolina Challenge Cup preseason victory #24 Quincy Amarikwa – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 33 min., 10/6/12 vs. TOR in a 1-0 loss (COL) LAST MLS GOAL: 3/10/12 vs. CLB (89’) – (TOR) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/22/12 at CLB (Luis Silva 71’) – (TOR) - Acquired from Toronto FC on Feb. 27, 2013 nd - Was selected in the third round (32 overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes - Was a member of the Colorado Rapids squad that captured the 2010 MLS Cup with a 2-1 win over FC Dallas - Appeared in 77 games, scored 31 goals and added seven assists in four seasons at UC Davis #6 Jalil Anibaba – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 05/20/12 at POR (39’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/17/11 vs. LA (89’) - Spent three weeks training with La Liga side Atletico Madrid during the winter - Scored a brace in 2011 season finale, a 3-2 victory 10/22 vs. CLB - First professional goal in 2-1 U.S. Open Cup qualifying victory over 3/30/11 vs. Colorado was voted club’s 2011 Goal of the Year st th - Drafted in 1 round, 13 overall of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft #30 Yazid Atouba – 2013: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 51 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 32 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match th - Was selected in the second round (30 overall) by the Fire in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft - Scored against the Columbus Crew and Chivas USA during preseason friendlies - A Cameroonian youth international, represented his country in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Championships where he started three matches #22 Austin Berry – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 8/4/12 vs. TFC (84’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play - Selected ninth overall (first round) in 2012 MLS SuperDraft - Was part of 2010 Chicago Fire PDL team - Appeared in 28 consecutive MLS Regular Season Matches and scored three goals en route to 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year honors #19 Corben Bone – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 25 min., 7/14/12 vs. VAN in a 1-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/14/2011 at TOR (Barouch 75’) st th - Drafted in 1 round, 13 overall of 2010 MLS SuperDraft - Trained with Atletico Madrid for ten days during the preseason - Recorded 15 goals and 38 assists in three years of play at Wake Forest University #8 Dilly Duka 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 115 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 58 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 10/22/11 vs. CHI (80’) (CLB) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/19/12 at HOU (Grossman 33’) (CLB) - A U.S. Youth international was a member of the U.S. squad for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt - Selected in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew - Played two seasons at Rutgers University, earning 2008 All-Big East honors

#23 Arne Friedrich – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 10/31/12 vs. HOU in a 2-1 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 08/12/12 at PHI (45’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play - Veteran of 2006 and 2010 German World Cup Teams - Appeared for Germany at the 2004 and 2008 European Championship - Has amassed 82 appearances for Die Mannschaft - Was named the Fire’s 2012 Defender of the Year #94 Kellen Gulley – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in an MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play - Product of Mississippi Fire Juniors - Became club’s second Homegrown Player after signing with the first team in August 2011 #25 Sean Johnson – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0W, 0SO in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS WIN: 10/06/2012 vs. New York Red Bulls (2-0) LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 10/06/2012 vs. New York Red Bulls (2-0) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/12/12 at PHI (Rolfe 56’) - Has three appearances for the full U.S. Men’s National Team - Earned his first international start Jan. 29, 2013 and earned the shutout in a 0-0 draw with Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium - At age 21, was the youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire after making his debut on August 1, 2010. #3 Hunter Jumper – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 7 min., 7/28/12 at SJ in a 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play Finished th - Selected 28 overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft - Appeared in 79 matches between 2008-11 at the University of Virginia, helping the Cavaliers to the 2009 NCAA College Cup - Able to play at left back as well as a center back #16 Brendan King – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in an MLS first team match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not registered an assist in MLS play Finished - Fire PDL and Super-20 product - Naperville, Ill. native signed with the Fire on Jan. 31, 2013 th - Was drafted in the second round (27 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft by the Portland Timbers but elected to go abroad - Spent 2012 with Norwegian Division One side Alta IF and League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers AFC #18 Steven Kinney – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 09/29/10 @ SJ (39’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/08/10 vs. CLB (Lowry 30’) - Returned to MLS action March 3 after more than two years after rupturing his Achilles tendon on Oct. 23, 2010. - First player out of Elon University to sign an MLS contract - Made 78 appearances during his four-year college career at Elon University #20 Jeff Larentowicz – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 8/11/12 at FCD (55’) (COL) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/3/11 vs. DC (Caleb Folan 39’) (COL) th - Selected in the fourth round (45 overall) in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft by the New England Revolution, Larentowicz has gone on to appear in 208 career MLS Regular Season matches - Has reached the MLS Cup finals four times in his career; won the 2010 edition with the Colorado Rapids - Has been capped four times by the U.S. Men’s National Team

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- at Sporting Kansas City – March 16, 2013 #26 Joel Lindpere – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 161 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 9/22/12 at NE (91+’) (NY) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/28/12 at MTL (Henry 57’) (NY) - An Estonian international, has 86 caps to his name - In three seasons with the Red Bulls from 2010-12, Lindpere made 97 MLS appearances, more than any player in that time span. - Professional career has included stops in Estonia, Bulgaria and Norway. #7 Sherjill MacDonald – 2013: 2 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 68 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 9/15/12 vs. MTL (34’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/22/12 vs. CLB (Rolfe 23’) - Signed for the Fire on July 24, 2012 - Dutch youth international, has been capped for the Netherlands at the U21 level - Joins the Fire from Belgian Pro League Side Beerschot AC. Joined the Antwerp club in 2009 and tallied 15 goals in 82 matches through the 2012 campaign. - Over the course of his 10-year career in Belgium, the Netherlands and England, MacDonald has tallied 47 goals in 217 appearances.

#14 Patrick Nyarko – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 10/27/12 vs. DC (16’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/22/12 vs. CLB (Rolfe 26’) - Team leader in assists the past three seasons with ten (2010), nine (2011) and seven (2012) - Has appeared in more matches than any other Fire player over the past four seasons with 121 games played - Made debut for Ghana in 1-1 draw vs. Chile on 2/29/12 - Was the most fouled player in MLS during the 2012 season, suffering 78 fouls - Was named Section 8 Chicago Player of the Year in 2012 #11 Daniel Paladini – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 64 min., 10/20/12 at NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 09/02/12 vs. HOU (19’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/06/12 at NY (MacDonald 78’) - Scored in consecutive matches 8/22/12 and 9/2/2012 - Two-time Division 2 All-League Best XI Midfielder (2009-10) - Helped Carolina RailHawks to 2010 USSFD2 Finals - Drafted in 2006 by Los Angeles Galaxy #12 Logan Pause – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 68 min., 10/27/12 vs. DC in a 1-1 tie LAST MLS GOAL: 04/15/12 vs. HOU (27’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/21/12 @ TOR (Nyarko 58’) - Sits second on club’s all-time appearance list with 259 games played th - Enters his 11 consecutive season with the Fire in 2013 and third as captain - Longest tenured member of the current roster - Has earned six caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team - Has appeared in 21+ games in every season since joining the Fire in 2003 - Youngest Fire player to hit 200 MLS regular season appearances at 29 - Suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung against the Philadelphia Union 8/12/12 and missed just two matches, returning to action on 9/2/12 #27 Victor Pineda – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match - First Home Grown player signed by the Chicago Fire first team - Helped Fire’s U16/17 Academy to 2010 National Championship - Has previously played for U.S. U17, U18 and U20 National Teams

#17 Chris Rolfe – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 65 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 09/22/12 vs. CLB (26’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/06/12 at NY (MacDonald 65’) - Re-joined the Chicago Fire on a free transfer from Aalborg BK on April 16, 2012 - Second all-time leading goal scorer in club history with 36 regular season goals - Has 10 international appearances with the U.S. Men’s National Team - Was named the Fire’s 2012 MVP and Golden Boot Winner with eight goals #13 Gonzalo Segares – 2013: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 08/22/12 at DC (75’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/18/12 vs. NE (MacDonald 25’) - With 11, sits second among Fire defenders for most goals all-time for the club behind Lubos Kubik (15) - Has appeared in 19 matches for the Costa Rican Men’s National Team th - Selected 35 overall (third round) by the Fire in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft - With three goals in 2012, was tied for fifth on the team’s goal scoring charts #29 Maicon Santos – 2013: 2 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 112 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min., 3/09/13 vs. NE in a 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 5/26/12 vs. NE (61’) (DC) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/20/12 at PHI (Lionard Pajoy 67’) (DC) - Was selected by the Fire in Stage One of the 2012 MLS Re-entry Draft - Joined MLS in 2009 and has played for Chivas USA, Toronto FC, FC Dallas and DC United. - In 89 MLS matches, has scored 21 goals and added eight assists #15 Wells Thompson – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 30 min., 10/06/12 at NY in a 2-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 10/22/11 at VAN (84’) (COL) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/13/11 at SJ (Larentowicz 72’) (COL) - Acquired by the Fire on Sept. 10, 2012 in a trade with the Colorado Rapids - In his rookie season, started in the 2007 MLS Cup Final with the New England Revolution - Won the 2010 MLS Cup with the Colorado Rapids - Four-year standout at Wake Forest University helped the Deacons advance to the 2006 NCAA College Cup for the first time in school history. #70 Paolo Tornaghi – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0W, 0SO in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 4/1/12 vs. COL in 2-0 loss LAST MLS WIN: 3/24/12 vs. PHI in 1-0 win LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 3/24/12 vs. PHI in 1-0 win - Joined the Fire from Serie A giants Inter Milan - Appeared for Italy from the U16-U20 levels #21 Michael Videira – 2013: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 9 min., 10/06/12 at NY in a 2-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/26/11 vs. KC (Puerari 40’) - Signed with Hamilton Academical of the Scottish Premier League in 2008 after playing four years at Duke - Played for the U.S. U17 and U20 Men’s National Teams - Scored against Club Santos Laguna in an international friendly Sept. 9, 2012 - Was the only player to appear in every minute of the Fire’s ten Reserve League matches in 2012

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- at Sporting Kansas City – March 16, 2013 3-3-13 at LA, 4-0 L GK Johnson D Anibaba D Berry D Kinney D Segares M Nyarko M Larentowicz © M Lindpere (Atouba 71’) M Duka (Alex 57’) F Rolfe F Santos (MacDonald 67’)

3-9-13 vs NE, 1-0 L GK Johnson D Anibaba D Berry D Kinney D Segares M Nyarko M Larentowicz © M Lindpere M Duka (Atouba 58’) F Rolfe (Alex 65’) F MacDonald (Santos 45’)

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